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editorial \ featured \ parking fees \ tuition & fees \ UHCL Police Department
EDITORIAL: Proposed parking fee increases cause concern
That cyclic request that induces intense pondering and deliberation that we know as the budget proposal is once again upon the UH System Board of Regents.
column \ crying wolf \ victim blame
COLUMN: ‘Crying wolf’ ruins careers and tarnishes reputations
You are a high school English teacher. You enter your classroom like any other day, preparing to teach. You suddenly notice your students are staring at you, pointing and snickering. Come to find out, you are the center of a rumor around school that you are performing sexual acts with one of your students.
Kristopher Sharp \ letter to the editor \ Unity Club
LETTER: Equality is not an agenda
In March, when I first heard of the University of Houston-Downtown student who had his personal medical information stolen revealing his HIV status on flyers posted on campus, I was outraged.
Letters to the Editor \ student spaces on campus
LETTER: Students’ spaces disappearing
Right outside the lab is, or should I say was, a student break room with tables, vending machines, and a microwave. This room has been taken away for what I understand is going to be a storage area.
letter to the editor \ online instruction vs face-to-face instruction
LETTER: Mr. Chips or Computer Chips?
James Hilton’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips was a nostalgic recollection of a dedicated and inspiring teacher. The new “Mr. Chips” is a computer. With online classes now often replacing traditional face-to-face classes, and the live professor disappearing behind a computer screen, we have to ask once again, what is the purpose of a university, and will online learning promote or frustrate that purpose?
Austin \ editorial \ featured \ Kim Jong-un \ North Korea \ nuclear war
EDITORIAL: North Korea taking aim at Texas, no joke
The North Korean threats against the United States are hitting close to home. One of the latest threats from North Korea is to Houston’s neighbor and state capital, Austin.
column \ discrimination \ HIV/AIDS \ Kristopher Sharp \ University of Houston-Downtown
COLUMN: HIV doesn’t discriminate against people, people do
Fliers circulated around the University of Houston-Downtown campus portraying a photo of student Kristopher Sharp with an oversized ‘X’ crossed over him and the words “WANT AIDS?” and “DON’T SUPPORT THE Isaac and Kris HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA.”
COLUMN: Sex?… No thank you: Raising awareness on asexuality
I never thought I’d be on the receiving end of a “coming out” conversation. I definitely didn’t think that it would be coming from my wife.
editorial \ featured \ federal budget \ politicians \ politics \ sequestration
EDITORIAL: Government by the lobbyists and for the lobbyists
Politicians use deplorable tactics to oust each other from office, while ignoring the implications that their political immaturity is having on our economy – namely, sequestration.
editorial \ environment \ Houston \ Keystone XL Pipeline \ TransCanada
EDITORIAL: Oil Valued Greater than Planet Earth
On the surface, the Keystone XL Pipeline seems like a beneficial proposal.
