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editorial \ Esperanza Quintero \ Hollywood Ten \ Salt of the Earth \ women's rights
Don’t fight till the end, fight to win
In the 50s, during a time when women were offered few opportunities short of marriage and raising children, movie makers brought the tale of Esperanza Quintero.
Teetering along on the tightrope of life
Life is a balancing act for most of us. It is like walking a tight rope a thousand feet in the air.
child care \ editorial \ UHCL
Parents have class too
Young or old, single or married, mother or father, if you are a parent, you understand the importance and difficulty of obtaining quality child care.
Community service puts you on the road to good karma
In life, roadblocks will sometimes send you on a detour filled with so many ruts and pot holes that you have to wonder if you are on the wrong path.
economy \ editorial \ recession \ Texas \ tuition \ UHCL
Tuition rising, job market declining
The state of Texas primarily depends on sales tax revenue to fund education. This year sales tax revenue is down, some months by more than 10 percent.
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot
It is the beginning of a new year; 2010 signifies that another decade has gone by and with it, many of the things I love.
classroom etiquette \ editorial \ student-faculty interaction \ technology
Polite practices replaced by Tech-no etiquette
Move over baby boomers, technology boomers have just about taken over the classroom; which means the University of Houston-Clear Lake is not the university of old. There has been a tremendous shift in the way professors and students conduct themselves in class with the evolution of technology.
Letter to the Editor
Are students a university’s customers? Is a “business model” the best way to construe a university’s function? Should university professors be in the business of generating customer satisfaction? Should a university serve the same set of values as Honest Al’s Used Cars?
Christmas \ column \ hand-made gifts \ holiday spirit
Student rediscovers true spirit of Christmas
I face quite a dilemma this Christmas: no money. At the moment my husband and I struggle to pay the bills and put food on the table; I am left to wonder how we are going to have much of a Christmas for our family.
Some rules are not meant to be broken
Everyone has heard the golden rule: do unto others as you would have others do unto you. Yet, not everyone has grasped the simple logic behind this statement.
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