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Gallery by Shahd Ayesh The Dare’s show in Houston on Oct. 9 wasn’t just a concert. It was an experience. In a venue like the Bronze Peacock at House of Blues, where the crowd is close and the energy is immediate, the experience hits even harder. You could feel the energy building long before The Dare even hit the...

Gallery by Matthew Guzman The last time The Lumineers performed in the Houston metropolitan area was in 2017. The alternative folk band visited three major cities in Texas, with Austin, Fort Worth and Houston during their Automatic Tour.  The namesake tour embodies the messaging of their “Automatic” album:...

Picture this scenario: It’s 11:45 p.m. on a Sunday night. Someone’s daunting 1,000-word writing assignment is due in exactly 15 minutes. The only slight problem: They have a blank document staring right back at them with exactly 0 words on the screen. What’s the solution? They turn to their new late-night study...

The retail season between September and December has a very distinct identity with its own fashion, activities and foods. It is also during these months when the annual return of fall fragrances fills up the displays of home fragrance and personal care stores. While you may love this, your classmates are not...

One of the hottest events, literally and figuratively, on campus during the fall semester is hands down a football game tailgate. It is an annual event where the entire student body is able to come together to enjoy the two most popular college activities: football and drinking. There is never a bad vibe, which...

Society has seemingly accepted alcohol as an integral part of college culture. Some even glorify overdrinking and view it as a university rite of passage. In dorms, at parties and during other college social events, liquor is seen flowing into plastic cups like endless waterfalls.  This imagery is especially...

Photos by Seles Sanchez On Thursday, Oct. 10, Houston’s House of Blues welcomed Cannibal Corpse and their unrelenting brutality to the stage. The night’s lineup, stacked with openers like Fulci, Full of Hell and Municipal Waste, made for an unforgettable show. The evening built steadily. Each opening band...

Photo by Cindy Rivas Alfaro Let’s face the reality. College life isn’t all about clubbing with friends and going to parties, at least not for everyone. Some students are homebodies.  Homebodies thrive in the quiet, value their personal space and enjoy their alone time. They tend to experience the joy of...

Photo by Gauraangi Gupta College students are well known for crafting some of the most creative excuses to explain missed assignments. Today, they have mastered crafting their own rendition of the classic, “The dog ate my homework.”  In the midst of juggling classwork, part-time jobs, internships and the...

Photo by Gauraangi Gupta What if lasting change didn’t require massive shifts, only micro-habits? College life often feels like an endless loop of chaos. Perhaps that’s why so many college students aim for the big overhaul of their lives at 5 a.m., aiming for dramatic transformations only to burn out in a week...