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column \ Easter \ family traditions
Resurrecting Easter traditions
While watching my family stuff their faces with great food this past Easter weekend, I couldn’t help but think how this scene has played out in front of me year after year for nearly three decades.
census scams \ identity theft \ U.S. Census
MAKING SENSE OF THE CENSUS
The phone rings, “This is John Smith with the U.S. Census Bureau. We haven’t received your 2010 census paperwork and want to do it on the phone. What’s your name? Who is the head of the household? What is your social security number?”
Galveston Island \ Galveston residents \ Hurricane Ike \ U.S. Census Bureau
Galveston reaches for higher numbers
Nearly 45,000 people left Galveston after 2008’s Hurricane Ike devastated the island. Nearly 75 percent of the city was flooded by the storm surge and many homes still require repair before they are habitable again. All this makes the 2010 U.S. Census that much more important for Galveston.
college students \ health insurance \ healthcare reform bill
What new healthcare bill means for students
President Barack Obama passed the Healthcare Reform Bill March 23, which offers extended coverage for students under the age of 26 through their parents’ existing coverage.
credit \ education costs \ financial aid \ Pell grant \ PLUS loans \ student debt \ student loans \ tuition
Mounting debt raises students’ concerns
College students are in crisis. Tuition is rising, loan interest rates are increasing and jobs are few and far between. Students are now leaving college with enormous debt.
editorial \ job market \ recent graduates \ state funding \ student debt \ student loans
State’s lack of support costs society more than an education
Higher education has become a realistic and tangible goal for more and more students in this country over the past few decades, but at what cost?
column \ life changes \ serenity
Grant me the courage to change what I can
Decisions, decisions. From the time the alarm goes off we begin to make decisions. Many of us find ourselves living day-in and day-out making pretty much the same decisions some without understanding why.
Bayou Theater \ Cultural Extravaganza \ IISS \ UHCL
Cultural Extravaganza: Celebrating cultural diversity through performance art
Students representing different countries came together March 27 in Bayou Theater to showcase their cultural heritages. Cultural Extravaganza is a show put on by University of Houston-Clear Lake students to share their culture with the community through singing, dancing, poetry, food and much more.
Campus Calendar
Events in and around campus going on now through April 19, 2010.
