Staff Editorial
Damage from bottled water is tough to swallow
Today marks the 41st anniversary of Earth Day, a tradition started in 1970 by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson to spread environmental awareness throughout the United States. More than four decades later, it is still celebrated...
Privacy issues surface again with technology
Apple’s iPhone 4, which floats between being the most popular smartphone to being tied with Google’s Android phone, is a device that is known for its seemingly limitless capabilities. But sometimes the capabilities that...
McDonald’s: Would you like a job with that?
Men and women from a variety of backgrounds lined up and applied for positions Tuesday at McDonald’s locations across the nation as part of McDonald’s National Hiring Day. The event provided employment to about...
New bill could turn trials into witch hunts
The Texas Senate has given initial approval to a bill that has the legal world in an uproar. The bill would allow juries in sexual assault trials to hear testimony about previous allegations towards...
High schoolers storm out over teacher layoffs
Teachers are losing jobs as school district budgets are cut, and students aren’t happy about it. The cuts — which amount to billions of dollars in reductions to education at every level — have...
Weigh consequences before you drink, drive
Members of the non-profit organization Krysta’s Karing Angels spoke with students in front of the UC on Thursday with a crashed car on display to raise student awareness of the dangers of drinking and...
Shuttle won’t call home to Houston much longer
On Tuesday, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced the destinations of the three retiring space shuttles, and Houston wasn’t picked to be home to any of them. Houston has been an integral part of NASA and...
Civil War anniversary shows a historical repeat
Tuesday marked the 150th anniversary of the hostilities of the Civil War, which is fitting because Democrats are acting in the same manner that victorious Northern Republicans in Congress did after the war. After the...
Learn a thing or two from this former UH star
Nine-time Olympic gold medalist and former UH athlete Carl Lewis announced his bid to run for the Legislature in his home state of New Jersey yesterday. Lewis will run as a Democrat, but regardless of...
The outlook on Texas education is depressing
It is no secret that with the current economic climate, state funding for education is being slashed across the board. The Houston Independent School District trustees voted to cut 277 jobs to help ease the...