Pin Lim/The Daily Cougar

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Ride 'em cowboy: Chad Klein of Clinton, La., competes in the bareback bronc riding event at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo on Saturday.

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St. Louis has its "Gateway to the West," a breathtaking arch that signifies the completion of America's manifest destiny. And with the funding approval of a state-of-the-art science, engineering and classroom building, UH will have a "Gateway from the West," a sure to be equally breathtaking edifice that will help the University toward its dream of Tier I status.

After reading that President Bush was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize last week, I knew I needed to take a much-needed break from the world. I felt my blood warming, my stomach turning and my general contentedness with life taking a slow dive.

Four years after releasing her second album, and three years after playing God in the Kevin Smith film Dogma, Alanis Morissette returns with the release of under rug swept.

Life after Kevin Gaines began Tuesday for a depleted Houston squad as South Florida beat up the Cougars like a schoolyard bully
88-57 on Tuesday.