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Decisions, Decisions
The amount of trivial decisions we are faced with each day is unreal and can sometimes make significant decisions seem overwhelming.
commentary \ featured \ Internet Blackout Day \ PIPA \ social media \ social networking \ SOPA
COMMENTARY: A night without networking
Twas the night before SOPA, when all through the world,
Not a Wiki was stirring: a panic unfurled.
academic research \ commentary \ university teaching
Professors defend academic research
In an article titled, “Texas students should not take a back seat to research,” published in the March 31 issue of the Houston Chronicle and on the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) Website
adolescents \ commentary \ Facebook depression \ social networking
WARNING: Facebook may cause depression
The most influential invention of our time is nothing more than a website. It has helped connect billions worldwide, and social networking as a whole has opened a floodgate to this new wave of communication.
American Traffic Solution \ city of Houston \ commentary \ Proposition 3 \ red-light cameras
Red light cameras: parting is not sweet sorrow
Houstonians voted against red light cameras Nov. 2. Those cameras within Houston city limits were shut down Nov. 15.
alcohol \ commentary \ concealed handguns \ marijuana laws \ medical marijuana
SCIENCE IN FAVOR OF MEDICINAL USE
There is no question that legalization of marijuana is and will be the center of controversy until its prohibition ends.
The great smoke off
The current smoking policy at UHCL, approved by the University Life Committee Jan. 23, 2008, applies to all university controlled and owned property
– except the University Forest Apartments. The policy states that the university is a smoke-free campus, except for officially posted designated areas.
commentary \ Election 2010 \ Hispanic voters \ politics \ voter apathy
Where are my peeps? Roll call for Hispanic voters
The estimated Hispanic population of the United States based on the Census Facts as of July 1, 2009, is 48.4 million. Despite the growing interest the newly titled “largest minority group” has generated, there is still a question of whether this segment of our community can render demographics into political influence. With so much power in numbers, why is the Hispanic community still not making an impact at the voting polls?
1st Amendment \ commentary \ freedom of speech \ Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder \ U.S. Supreme Court \ Westboro Baptist Church
Does freedom of speech include the freedom to hate?
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon be faced with a challenge to rule whether or not free speech can take precedence over an individual’s right to privacy.
1845 Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas \ commentary \ featured \ President Obama \ secession \ statehood \ Texas
COMMENTARY: Could Texas secession succeed?
Petitions have been submitted from all 50 states to secede from the union. In Texas’ petition, petitioners state one thing they hope to achieve from seceding is to “re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government.”