Sign up for our
Email Edition

Staff Editorial

Football beef no excuse for vandalism

Maybe it isn’t such a bad thing after all that UH will not be included in the Big 12 Conference. On Saturday, Texas A&M visited Texas Tech in Lubbock for a football game. The...

Tech pioneer and Apple visionary dies at 56

Tech pioneer and Apple visionary dies at 56

You probably didn’t know him personally, but Steve Jobs has impacted your day-to-day life more than you can realize. His death Wednesday has already sent shock waves throughout social media and news organizations — the...

Amanda Knox case shows media misogyny

Justice has finally come to Perugia, Italy. After spending four years in an Italian prison for a crime she did not commit, Amanda Knox has finally had her murder conviction overturned. One of the most...

Wall Street protestors speak for Coogs

For the past few weeks, protesters have been gathering in larger and larger numbers along the sidewalks of Wall Street. It’s about time. For far too long, Americans have been sitting on the sidelines just...

Brownie-eating cops were irresponsible

Of all the people under investigation for possession of drugs, most people wouldn’t expect the ones enforcing the laws to be the ones that are breaking them. Ironically, that’s the case for three Houston police...

Newly freed US hikers were irresponsible

After being held captive in an Iranian prison for over two years, Americans Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattall were finally released on Sept. 21 and arrived on US soil four days later. The two were...

Coogs should be inspired by Saudi women

King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud announced on Sunday that the women of Saudi Arabia will now have the right to vote and run for public office. In a region that typically puts females in...