Published on November 30th, 2022 | by Jhair Romero
Dozens of fans at UH packed into Student Center South on Wednesday afternoon to watch Mexico’s pivotal match against Saudi Arabia, but many of them turned heads after a homophobic chant notorious among Mexico soccer supporters …... Read More →
Published on October 14th, 2022 | by Jhair Romero
For years it’s been known the University will demolish Farish Hall to make way for its ambitious Centennial Plaza, but UH has backtracked on plans to replace the College of Education’s home with another building, a …... Read More →
Published on August 16th, 2022 | by Donna Keeya, Jhair Romero
A student was charged with felony arson after intentionally starting a fire and damaging four floors of the University Lofts on Monday night, according to court documents. Kevin Ekofo, 26, started the fire by lighting a …... Read More →
Published on May 18th, 2021 | by Jhair Romero
UH’s COVID-19 policy that required students, faculty, staff and visitors to wear face coverings on campus has been rescinded, effective immediately, after Gov. Greg Abbott signed an order prohibiting government entities from mandating masks on Tuesday …... Read More →
Published on April 30th, 2021 | by Donna Keeya, Jhair Romero
When I became editor in chief of The Cougar, just months after the coronavirus pandemic took hold, my goal for the newspaper was to meet the moment. I knew our responsibility as the University’s student news …... Read More →
Published on March 22nd, 2021 | by Jhair Romero
UH has been allocated 1,170 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from the Texas Department of State Health Services and will begin distributing them at the Student Health Center on Wednesday and Thursday. Students, faculty and …... Read More →
Published on February 26th, 2021 | by Jhair Romero
UH residential life director Antonio Pee was fired from a similar post at Michigan State University in February 2017 after making inappropriate and sexual contact with MSU student residents, according to disciplinary records recently obtained by …... Read More →
Published on February 24th, 2021 | by Jhair Romero
Despite the many screenshots circulating throughout the UH community on Wednesday afternoon, the University’s interim grading policy has not yet been reinstated and is “still under consideration,” spokesperson Shawn Lindsey said. The UH website on Wednesday …... Read More →
Published on February 15th, 2021 | by Jhair Romero
Update 6:15 p.m. Wednesday: Class cancellations and campus closure will run through Saturday, with UH opting to extend the emergency measures as much of the Houston region continues to battle power and water outages. Many residential …... Read More →
Published on February 3rd, 2021 | by Jhair Romero
Somewhere in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in the early 1990s, a little girl’s life was about change. Violence had just broken out in the capital city after Bosnia-Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1992, sparking the Bosnian War. …... Read More →