“Spaghetti Monster” illustration by Erin Davis Spaghetti Warehouse resides in the heart of downtown, serving patrons for over 40 years now. Not only is it known for it’s delightful spaghetti, but there is something spooky about the place as well, and I determined to figure out what exactly that was. I went midday on...
A wise woman once said, “Give someone a warm meal and they’ll feel at home. And if it happens to be Indian food, late-night breakfast or a piping hot latte, extra brownie points for you.” OK, so maybe I said that—and maybe it isn’t true in every situation—but food is an important aspect of culture and society, and (at...
UH’s Student Feminist Organization has been meeting to promote gender equity, social justice and student success through weekly group discussions. In 2009, UH alumni Amanda Williams and Andrea Pratt founded SFO to inform and educate students about feminism. Their goal was to inspire members to abolish social...
On October 7th Netflix released a documentary, “13th” made by “Selma” director Ava DuVernay. On the surface, the film is about the 13th amendment, which states that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United...
The dining halls at the University of Houston (Fresh Foods Company and Cougar Woods) seem to have a wide variety of reviews. Some people think that the dining halls are the bane of all creation, and this side would probably argue that the quality of food is low, they do not serve the needs of students who want to be...
For this “Reel Mood of the Week,” seek out three different kinds of encounters and see how the varying characters will handle them. “Arrival” As a wise wizard once said, “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.” When...
A first encounter of the most stellar kind. In a case of life imitating art, this is also the director’s first contact with the sci-fi genre. Yet, with the same level of expertise in cinematic storytelling as the main character in analyzing languages, Denis Villenueve has made a film so personal, stimulating...
As the nine or so hours of “The Hobbit” trilogy, every adaptation of Frank Herbert’s “Dune,” WWZ (starring Brad Pitt) and “Cat in the Hat” (starring nightmares) show—turning a book into a film is an unfathomably difficult task that can go horribly wrong, no matter how many dollars are thrown at it. Here’s a list of the...
Houston’s animal shelters are reporting a huge increase in abandoned animals and they can’t hold them for long. This means a lot of them will have to be put down, something most people don’t like. The different animal shelters around the Houston area such as BARC and the Houston Humane Society are trying everything in...
Last week, I had the privilege of meeting New York Times best-selling author, Jay Asher. His first major novel, “Thirteen Reasons Why,” resonated with me when I first read it in eighth grade. I remember my friends and I devouring this book like candy as Asher told his tale about Hannah Baker struggling to be the new...
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