Published on August 29th, 2016 | by Emily Burleson
Residents of Cougar Place residence hall received an email Monday alerting them of a building-wide hot water outage. As of 11:41 a.m., maintenance workers were at Cougar Place investigating the cause of the outage, according to …... Read More →
Published on August 25th, 2016 | by Emily Burleson
Get ready for the Fertitta Center. Once Hofheinz Pavilion is torn down, its replacement will be named after UH athletic’s most generous donor to date. During a press conference Thursday at the Hilton at the University …... Read More →
Published on August 18th, 2016 | by Emily Burleson
As a diverse and populated city, Houston is home to many religions — from the mainstream to the downright weird. It’s no surprise that the Church of Scientology, which became an official U.S. religion in 1993 …... Read More →
Published on August 16th, 2016 | by Emily Burleson
Cold scoops, hot coffee and warm smiles greet anyone who walks into Shasta’s Cones & More, an ice cream parlor that serves the University of Houston’s most reliable late-night coffee (well, later than 6 p.m.) this …... Read More →
Published on August 5th, 2016 | by Emily Burleson
Student Government Association President Shane Smith will drop his sanctions, including the 50-day suspension, for Vice President Rohini Sethi, Smith said in a joint statement with Sethi released Friday. Instead, Sethi has agreed to take an …... Read More →
Published on August 4th, 2016 | by Emily Burleson
CORRECTION: Due to some confusion, an earlier version of this article claimed that press were forced to leave the room. Actually, the SGA exempted press from their motion to remove non-University affiliates from the room. The …... Read More →
Published on August 1st, 2016 | by Emily Burleson
SGA President Shane Smith's decision to sanction his vice president, Rohini Sethi, ignited harsh criticism and praise from around the nation... Read More →
Published on August 1st, 2016 | by Emily Burleson
Guns are here. Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 11 into law in May 2015 after promising to sign any campus carry legislation that crossed his desk. S.B.11 goes into effect Monday, and anyone with a …... Read More →
Published on July 29th, 2016 | by Alex Meyer, Emily Burleson
In an unusually crowded SGA meeting Wednesday, students lined the walls to call for punishment for the vice president’s inflammatory comments on her private Facebook page. Nearly four hours later, the Senate approved and President Shane …... Read More →
Published on July 14th, 2016 | by Emily Burleson
While earning her PhD at Florida State University, associate professor of psychology Rheeda Walker discovered that the suicide rate for African-Americans was rising. In her most recent study, “A Longitudinal Study of Racial Discrimination and Risk for …... Read More →