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A new beginning: Jenny Johnson, freshman pitcher and captain of the UH softball team, practices at Baseball USA on Thursday. The Cougars' inaugural softball season begins Feb. 9 with a tournament at the University of Texas at Arlington.

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A controversy between UH art students and the new director of the Blaffer Gallery involving a student art exhibition may be resolved today, sources told The Daily Cougar on Thursday.

 
Which set of drugs has the bigger negative impact on American life: legal ones like tobacco and alcohol, or illegal ones like marijuana and LSD?

Trust, respect and forgiveness are all components of a successful relationship. Unfortunately, some people have to learn that lesson the hard way, as Ferrando and Guglielmo do in the opera Cosi fan tutte.

The Lady Cougars are leading the conference and appear to be on their way to postseason tournament play as they face two C-USA National Division rivals: Memphis today and Alabama-Birmingham on Sunday.