While professors are busy finalizing our grades, we’re busy finalizing our summer plans. Some of us have already mapped out our travel routes while others feel stuck at home. If you’re spending the summer in Houston, there’s no need to feel like you’re missing out. There are plenty of cool things to do in Houston, and...
After Former Student Government Association President Shaun Theriot-Smith put an end to his three years of service with SGA and handed off the reigns to his successor, he is looking back on this bittersweet time in his life. He started his SGA career as a Cullen College of Engineering senator in 2014, and served as...
The University of Houston is home to a rare breed of squirrels. Unlike normal squirrels that run if you so much as look in their direction, our squirrels practically step on your feet, get on their hind-legs and stick their hands up for you to feed them. People feed squirrels their leftovers and scraps all the time...
—–NEED INTRO—- “Girl Boss” by Sophia Amoruso At 29 years old, Amoruso is the founder, CEO and creative director of Nasty Gal, a $100+ million e-tailor that sells high-end fashion to the masses. Her story is extraordinary considering she chose not to go to college and instead to live a life of dumpster-diving at age...
With summer right around the corner, many of you are thinking that it’s time to break out the bikinis and hit the beach. While that sounds fun, protecting your skin is what is most important. Slathering sunscreen all over your body is only part of what you need to do, especially if you decide to wear a lot of makeup....
Although it may sound like more fun to spend the summer soaking up the sun, it’s a good idea to spend the summer soaking up every professional opportunity that’s available. Summer jobs provide a multitude of things that have the potential to increase chances of finding, and loving, a career upon graduation. Having a...
Remember when you were younger and spent summer vacationing, playing video games or just being lazy for three months? Those luxury days are (almost) over. As college students who need a compelling resume for this competitive world we call job hunting, we need to spend those three months wisely. So instead of working,...
The Glass Mountain magazine writers presented poetry at the Honors Commons at the MD Anderson Library in support of the launch of their newest issue. Glass Mountain features student writers that has garnered the attention of other hopeful writers. The magazine provides an opportunity for aspiring writers, artists and...
It was a tale as old as time from the book, to the big screen, to finally the play. Today thousands of Houstonians gathered at the Hobby Center at the Sarofim Hall on the opening day to see the “Beauty and the Beast” up close. The musical was sponsored by Bank of America and included a dazzling array of lights and...
Vladimir Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, two students from Stanford created platforms for finance companies who believed that they could create an app that would help people by removing commission fees. Tenev and Bhatt intended to help millennials, they believed that if people had student loans why not let the market pay back...
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