Staff Editorial
New Center for Student Media presents new opportunities
The Daily Cougar, Student Video Network and Coog Radio have worked to bring you the news and features that are fit to print, watch and hear, and we have been doing so while provideding...
Give us classes for Christmas
Giving up winter break in order to get ahead on class credit may not be an oportunity many college students would jump at, but it may be a good idea. On one hand, the opportunity...
HISD needs to Race to the Top
President Barack Obama’s $4.35 billion Race to the Top contest is far from perfect, but when Texas Governor Rick Perry made the decision to reject RTT grant funds in 2010, Texas missed out on...
Online service offers free higher education
If tuition and fees seem too much on campus, consider open source textbooks and free education online. While free online coursework doesn’t seem likely to replace traditional college classroom settings any time soon, it’s close. Coursera,...
Grant funds language teacher training course
The Monday kickoff luncheon for the STARTALK Texas Teacher program at the A.D. Bruce Religion Center may have a Tex-Mex menu: carne asada, grilled chicken, flour tortillas and green salsa, but the program consists...
Light Rail contruction needs to move forward
As many students have already noticed, construction on the Metro Light Rail have ground to a halt. UH and Metro are negotiating over about 4.5 acres of UH parking lot on the corner of Scott...
Politicians don’t fail to entertain constituency
Friday's Republican primary runoff debate for the US Senate between Ted Cruz and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst could have been renamed "The battle to be Tea Party favorite". Cruz and Dewhurst parroted each other down...
UH wants students to take heavier class loads
The Texas Legislature is going to come down on public university budgets next year, which will inevitably increase the cost of education. The University of Houston suggested to student leaders during the fourth annual...
Summer classes tough but worth the trouble
We get it, you toiled and strained over the long spring semester; now you want a break. Too bad. There are no breaks for college students. Summer isn’t for lazing about anyway. Only high school...
Food trucks a boon to the starving student
The University Center is closed for renovations and food operations there have ceased. Food trucks circled the wagons as a result, and we could not be more pleased. Bare Bowls Kitchen, Bernie’s Burger Bus and...