Perry: Higher education should be available to everyone

As the UH campus re-opened Monday on the first business day of the new year, concerns over how the University's computers would react to any Y2K glitches proved unfounded. "So far today, we've received zero calls on desktop systems," Steven Green, Year 2000 Project office manager, said Monday afternoon.
 

Arte Público Press will offer Hispanic children's book award

All eyes are on the UH College of Optometry's Texas Eye Research and Technology Center, which gives students and faculty members the opportunity to become involved in research and development of optometry products.
 
 

'Shadow of the Vampire' feeds the blood thirst for a good horror flick

The pool of characters in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia fills the niches of human life, forming a story about interconnected lives that are fragile, flawed and magnificently realistic.
 

Films from Asia, Britain and Iran screen at MFAH

Before the blunt-laced voice of the Notorious B.I.G., the socially conscious rhymes of Tupac and the unorthodox freestyles of Jay-Z, there was only one master: Rakim. His newest release, The Master, showcases Rakim's second-to-none skills.
 

Gibson and Hunt can't save the mediocrity in 'What Women Want'

Yeah, I know. You've had enough of all the millennium lists. But really, would there really be a point to living if you hadn't read The Wrestling Report's Top 10 List of the Last Millennium?
 

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Ignoring things don't necessarily make them go away

Not so long ago, Bill Clinton was the most scrutinized man in America. Now it's George W. Bush. But no one bothers to take a good look at John McCain or Bill Bradley, the men being billed as "serious threats" to the presidential frontrunners.
 

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Men fall in first conference game' Hendrick hits highs

The UH basketball team knew it had its hands full heading into last week. First came Connecticut -- the defending national champion, currently ranked No. 2. Then, on Sunday, UH traveled to Austin for an intrastate battle with No. 18 Texas -- the defending Big 12 champ. Chopped liver they are not.
 

Lady Cougars get off to 2-1 conference record

UH basketball fans had the opportunity to peer into the crystal ball last week to see what hoops life on campus may be like in the near future. And it looks like they have a lot to get excited about when it comes to their men's basketball team in the coming years.
 

Stanford pulls an ace in AP shuffle; Cincinnati dropped from poll

For the second time in three weeks, the UH baseball team was able to crack the Top 10 in a national baseball magazine preseason poll. This time it was Baseball America, which ranks UH higher than any other Texas school at No. 6 in the country.