In January, there is one topic consuming every type of news outlet and social media alike: the NFL Playoffs. This takes over three full weekends with its 12 games leading up to the biggest American sporting event of the year, the Super Bowl. But like football, the playoffs themselves can be very confusing to...
A new year is often the beginning of a 2.0 version of ourselves, or like many of us like to say, “New year, new me!” As the calendar resets, we promise ourselves to foster healthier habits, give up the not-so-healthy habits and commit to all the goals we set for the rest of the year. Like a lot of people, I also...
Graphic by: Maya Palavali Imagine this: You finally settle at your desk, thinking of the fifty things your professors assigned within the past week. You mentally prepare yourself for those while wondering when to finish that one assignment from three weeks ago. Right before you start, you receive a text from your...
Graphic by: Nancy Aneke We’re only a few weeks away from welcoming 2024. A new year always calls for a fresh start and making some resolutions. These resolutions are the goals and targets for a new year that could help bring about a positive change in our lives. However, for many people, these resolutions only...
Photos by: Oscar Herrera Game Day is a nerve-racking yet exciting event for a Cougar Doll such as Jocelynn Luna. She starts the day by waking up around 8 a.m. to eat some breakfast. Then around 10 a.m., it’s time to get glammed up in her dance attire. This process takes up to an hour and a half. If call time...
Over the years, and especially recently, the Cougar men’s basketball team has been arguably the crown jewel of University of Houston sports. From winning “The Game of the Century” in 1968 to the high-flying days of “Phi Slama Jama” in the 1980s to the dominant hard-nosed Cougars dominating in Fertitta Center...
As first-generation college students, many members of the Asian American community at UH struggle to accept opportunities without guilt. Each opportunity serves as a reminder of their parents’ sacrifices, resulting in the compulsion to live by those standards — to achieve “success.” However, some students are...
Graphic by: Jamie Thornton One of the most common phenomena every student experiences irrespective of their age is having a crush. It is a very interesting, heebie-jeebie feeling. Initially. The feeling starts really good when you get butterflies by seeing them and hearing their voice. Sometimes, even their...
Hey Fall 2020, It’s me, a Coog. We’ve been going at this for a while, and I think it’s time we finally took action. It’s been a few months, but I think it’s safe to say that we are straight up, not having a good time out here. We keep going back and forth; I keep saying “this can’t get any worse”, and you...
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...
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