Behold: my roommate’s Intel octa-core, GTX 1080 SLI with 64 GB of RAM intended to run yet-developed PC games that only cost me three easy payments of $1,399.99 and, possibly, a quart of blood. That’s cool and all, but I just built my PC on craigslist for about $420.00. It will probably run most games on high or ultra...
College is stressful, which is why you should take advantage of the study spots we have here on campus. Agnes Arnold Hall/Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall Here you’ll find comfy benches to sit down and read a book while enjoying the environment. Upstairs, there is a foreign language study room. Also, there are a few tables...
“Technology is killing our generation.” Such a broad statement cannot be taken seriously; it’s a disservice to the collective dialogue about where technology is going. Speech like that is so corrosive and divisive that the simple thought of it makes my IQ drop a fraction of a point. However, my Note 7 really is trying...
Nobody likes Houston. It’s an oil-crazed, sweaty city with more cars than people; ugly and chaotic; crime-ridden and polluted; just too damn big and always, always, always under construction. But Houston doesn’t hide its flaws coated in shiny paint or behind gated communities (except you, River Oaks). We’re all aware...
There was a moment when, like it or not, I became a Houstonian. It began with a friend from high school. She was visiting from North Texas, and I was to show around the city. It felt like Judgment Day, the way she asked it, her eyes wide and scrutinizing and her brown hair wavy and curling over. We were no longer...
On the second-most diverse campus that’s filled with 40,000 students, one thing is clear: it’s not enough to just be a student. To stick out and really develop a sustainable university and culture, it takes leaders who, beyond classes, are working to create discussion, make change and vouch for each other. The following...
“Coming from a marketing background, one of my obsessions is studying user behavior—how do people interact with something,” Nguyen said. | Courtesy of Tri Nguyen If you lure them, they will come. Besides concerts and New Year’s Eve, Pokemon Go can prompt the masses (of customers and Pokemon) to gather at certain...
As a Tier One university with more than 42,000 students, the University of Houston plays host to major accomplishments every year. However, alongside every Peach Bowl win there are students, faculty and alumni winning awards and making advances, even in fields of study you might not have heard of. This professor...
Twenty years after settling on the Cougar as their official mascot, the University of Houston made the logical decision to begin keeping live mountain lions on retainer. Serving as a campus pet, feline guest of honor at events and mascot at football games, Shastas I through V were, literally, the pride of UH. Though...
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...
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