Economides
Cullen College of Engineering professor Michael Economides died of a heart attack Saturday while on an international flight, according to the Houston Chronicle. He was 64.
Economides had high blood pressure, his wife said to the Chronicle, and died while on a flight from Madrid to Chile. He was considered a local expert in energy, and had been traveling for the past month due to his status as a “highly-demanded expert in the field,” according to the Chronicle.
If your ENTIRE article is essentially a reference to the Hearst publication, The Houston Chronicle, wouldn’t you imagine you should at least provide a hyperlink of the article you consistently reference, so that your readers can actually get the real news or story? Because what you are providing here basically amounts to a luke-warm, half-baked, mostly-lifted-from-another-publication summary obit… #whateverhappenedtogoodjournalism?
That is completely rude. Some of these students are still learning journalism and the process of writing good pieces. Instead of grieving and offering condolences for the professor and his family you are just criticizing. Be a better person!
Completely rude, is how the University treats personal opinion. BTW I don’t think any one wrote this, it looks like a retweet or something like that.
Here are some real comments on this fracking lapdog.
“It’s clear that Dr. Economides is a fully committed, “bought and paid for” industry apologist.”
-http://www.stuarthsmith.com/damage-control-oil-and-gas-industry-reeling-from-bad-press/#sthash.Ujt70AU9.dpuf
Yes, it is sad that he (Economides) passed away, but the daily cougar hardly mentioned Nelson Madela’s passing (If fact I don’t think they even put out an article on it, sad), and he was by far a better unifier. It solidifies the fact that this school is an oil/gas industry puppet.