By: Jared Luck

Costly fees, lengthy wait times and out-of-order ATMs have some students questioning whether UH should change its system for dispersing refunds. Under the current system, a third party, HigherOne, handles refund disbursement and for nearly 200 colleges an...

By: Candis Price

The UH Alumni Association will culminate its celebration of 70 years of serving and aiding alumni at its annual Alumni Awards Dinner on April 23. “We are honored to have spent the last 70 years serving and supporting the University of Houston,&rdquo...

By: Ingrid Furtado

This semester’s Houstonian Yearbook staff has kicked off the semester with a new and contemporary approach. Matt Dulin, print production manager for Student Publications, said that the main motivation to make changes was that most of the old st...

By: Brian LeGrand

The Cougars look to bounce back from a heartbreaking loss when they face Western Kentucky in their last non-conference game at 7 p.m. today at E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Ky. UH (11-11, 4-5 Conference USA) lost to Southern Miss 57-55 on Saturday o...

By: Cougar Sports Services

Head football coach Kevin Sumlin announced Monday he will promote from within to fill the vacancy of offensive coordinator created when Dana Holgorsen left for Oklahoma State this offseason. Wide receivers coach Jason Phillips and offensive quality contro...

By: Gordon Furneaux

Defender John Terry was recently stripped of his captainship for the 2010 World Cup by England head coach Fabio Capello. Oddly, this action was not taken because of a slip in performance or injury, but rather in response to an unsavory episode in Terry&rs...

By: Trsvis Hensley

People put some dumb things on social networking Web sites. When students leave college, improper use of these Web sites could result in them standing in the unemployment line. The only thing they will have to show for their college days will be a bunch o...

By: Liz Price

Many magazines targeted toward women advertise articles that supposedly have the secret to how women can “have it all. According to such publications, women can be wives and mothers, have successful careers and be good friends. They say that ladies ...

By: Patrick Levy

UH students have great pride in their university. They are proud of its traditions and aren’t afraid to show it. Even though school pride is evident in some way or another on any school’s campus, it’s something that doesn’t really ...

By: Cougar Editorial Board

The Who performed during the halftime of Sunday’s Super Bowl, and though it is a great band and legendary in the rock community, young people who watch the big game every year are starting to get bored. Who’s to blame? We’ll tell you. Ja...

By: Mishele Lamshing

By: Jason Poland

By: Abby Lee

Though it may take time getting used to for some, technology has revolutionized college student’s educational experiences by making learning easier, more interactive and sometimes more entertaining. Some UH professors are embracing the advances in t...

By: Wyshanda Sennett

Architecture senior Nick Jackson received the Merit Award at the Excellence in Architecture Design Awards 2009 student competition. This competition was in the Texas chapter of the American Institute of Architects, where Jackson was awarded for his outsta...

By: Safiya Ravat

The Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, that killed over 170,000 people, left some religious and non-religious, people asking questions. One of these was whether or not the earthquake was an act of a higher power. “It is not an act of God to punish the Hai...

By: Maurice Bobb

Most people spend their birthdays blowing out candle-laden cakes and opening presents with family and friends who sing the birthday song embarrassingly off-key. UH’s Brittney Scott celebrated her 21st birthday and the annual Hoops for the Cure event...

By: John Brannen

    In a meet that featured more than 100 schools and 2,000 athletes, the Cougars made strides at the talent-rich New Balance Invitational held at the historic Armory over the weekend in New York. Head coach Leroy Burrell saw positive signs, bu...

By: Tristan Tippet

The Cougars swam against the sixth-ranked Texas A&M Aggies in a dual meet Friday at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Natatorium and did so with a noticeably smaller team. The meet consisted of 35 swimmers for Texas A&M going against 20 swimmers ...

By: Alan Dennis

USC head football coach Lane Kiffin expects David Sills to be the next in a long line of great quarterbacks for the Trojans, and it’s easy to see why. Search for his name on YouTube, and it’ll bring up enough highlight tape to fill an entire e...

By: Jack Wehman

Before anything else about Bayonetta is explained, just know this: the game’s main character is a 500-year-old witch that uses her magic hair (which, somehow, is also her clothing), to destroy God’s minions. She also has amnesia. There is noth...