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Sam Houston State University

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Know Your Local Media: Adam Clanton, the Jim Rome-Impersonating Sports Guy from Channel 2

    Each week, we will profile an esteemed member of the local media and ask them five questions, for better or worse. Name: Adam Clanton Employer: KPRC-TV Channel 2 Title: Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter/Producer With so many local sports personalities hailing from up north -- we have more than our fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Vic Shealy Is the First Football Coach in Houston Baptist History

    Houston Baptist University took another step towards becoming a football program today by naming a head coach. He is Vic Shealy, who most recently was defensive coordinator at Kansas, a team that went winless in conference play and whose staff was thus replaced. Shealy also has coached at Richmond ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    The Choking Game: Texas Survey Says Lots of Kids Still Playing

    ​Sixteen percent of Sam Houston State University students responding to a survey about "The Choking Game" reported to having played the dumb-ass, potentially fatal game. The Crime Victims' Institute study states that, of the 827 students who completed the survey, males were more likely than f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Texans-Saints, Etc. -- 4 Winners, 4 Losers

    Big winner: James Casey​The easy fall back after Sunday's 40-33 to the New Orleans Saints is to say "Same ol' Texans," and in a way, I understand. Red zone issues, fourth quarter brain farts (23 points allowed), the untimely turnover, same ol' Texans. But I choose to look at the glass half f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Top 5 Worst Big 12 Football Games of 2011 (With Suggested Alternatives)

    If only Kansas' basketball season started in September.​Compared to the best Big 12 gridiron match-ups of 2011, these stink bombs make us want to reschedule our college-football recordings to international cricket. Texas Tech is on here because year after year, they have proven that they are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Alyssa Rubich: "I Do Not Exaggerate My Instabilities At All"

    ​Rocks Off almost never gets a bad recording out of the Red Tree Recording Studio, so when producer Harold Reubens sent us his latest project, he had to jump a bar he'd already set pretty high. Little did we know that not only would Alyssa Rubich's C'est La Vie clear the hurdle, she would kee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Owls Soar Over The Cougars And Continue To Dominate Cross-Town Series

    John RoyalHouston Cougar Ryan Still leaps high for an overthrown ball on a first inning Rice sacrifice bunt​The Houston Cougars (11-11) grabbed the 1-0 lead from the Rice Owls (15-9) in the top of the first inning last night. The Owls scored two runs in the bottom of the first, and the game w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Sam Houston State: Bomb Threat Evacuates Library

    Sam Houston State has evacuated the Newton Grisham library after a note was found containing a bomb threat. "-A note was found at the Newton Gresham Library indicating a bomb was planted on the third floor of the building," the school announced on its web page. "The building has been evacuated and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Roadrunners Speed Past Cougars

    The Coogs were missing the Slama and the Jama against UTSA​That the Houston Cougars (6-4) played a basketball game on Saturday night was not too surprising. That none of the so-called Cougar fans could be bothered to come by Hofheinz Pavilion for the game was not too surprising either. In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    SFA vs. Sam Houston: The Battle Of The Piney Woods Comes To Houston

    SFA-SHSU -- Big crowd expected​There's Texas-OU in the Red River Shootout (eff that "Rivalry" crap). Florida-Georgia in the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. And Oregon-Oregon State in the Civil War.And then there's the Battle of the Piney Woods, where two meth-fueled, teeth-lacking inbred t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Mark Ivy Gets Set To Rock Little Shop of Horrors At Miller Outdoor Theatre

    Photo by Margaret DowningA whole swarm of Humphreys School of Musical Theatre students have been incorporated into the show and here test out their balcony scene. ​It's not too many 6-year-olds who decide to go into musical theater because they want to play a down-on-his-luck floral assistant who ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Homeless High

    On the Furr campus, kids are getting the chances they need.

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Coogs Stumble As Rice Begins To Find Its Footing

    ​It's a good day to be a baseball fan in Houston. The Astros are hosting the Giants at Minute Maid Park, the University of Houston is hosting Sam Houston State at Cougar Field, and the Rice Owls are hosting Dallas Baptist at Reckling Park.It's tempting to recommend the major league baseball. B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Stages Theatre: Playing a Drama Queen in Speech & Debate

    Photo by Bruce BennettAshtyn Sonner, Michael McClure and Garret Storms​What Ashtyn Sonner likes about playing drama queen Diwata in Speech & Debate now playing to all-round good reviews at Stages Repertory Theatre is that it "nice to see someone dealing with the issues we're actually dealing w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Sculptor James Surls Puts A Magnificent Seven On The Rice Campus

    Photo by Hallie Jordan​James Surls, the sculptor who had seven of his art pieces installed at Rice University last month, enlightened a crowd there recently about his art philosophy and the ideas behind his plant-like sculptures.   The seven pieces in the exhibit, which arrived Feb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Carolyn Rodriguez: From Selling Crack to Prescribing "Medicine" for the Soul

    One of the first things Carolyn Rodriguez, the Houston-based female singer and rap artist by way of Arkansas, by way of North Carolina, said to us is that she doesn't like bios. "When you make a bio you have to keep it politically correct," she tells Rocks Off. "You can't tell the real story." She' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Kevin Sumlin Didn't Leave (This Time), But Unlike His Players, He Could

    ​There was much panic among the Houston Cougar faithful when head coach Kevin Sumlin's name was mentioned in regards to the open University of Cincinnati coaching job. And that same panic was seen as well at Stanford when coach Jim Harbaugh's name was mentioned in connection with the Kansas job. & ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 3, 2009

    Close Call at Mackey Gallery

    Apama Mackey soldiers on.

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    Five Reasons The Longhorns Won't Win The BCS Title This Year

    ​Finally -- after what seems a wait of approximately five years -- college football is back.The New York Times, of all people, has picked the UT Longhorns as the Number One team in the nation. A lot of other experts, not to mention Red Bull-swilling, Cheeto-chomping, Mom-avoiding bloggers, pick UT ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    At Least One Football Team In Town Is Supposed To Be Good This Year (Hint: They Don't Get Paid)

    ​Most of Houston's football focus is going to the Houston Texans, who are once again striving to produce an actual winning season. But there are several other football teams in Houston, and today, one of those teams officially reports for preseason camp.The team in question is the Houston Cougars, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Texas Traveler: Huntsville

    Most Houstonians probably know Huntsville for the colossal Sam Houston statue, designed by Texas artist David Adickes, himself a graduate of Sam Houston State University and a Huntsville native. At 67 feet tall, "Big Sam" is dubbed The World's Tallest Statue of an American Hero. Or maybe they know ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    Rice Hosts NCAA Baseball Regional, Doesn't Get Top Seed

    Photo by Daniel KramerYesterday saw the announcement of the NCAA's 64-team bracket for the College World Series, and it was a mixed bag for local fans.Good news: Seven Texas teams are in it.Bad news: Rice didn't get a top regional seeding, for the first time in three years, kind of a slap to the new ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    Racism Goes Unchecked at Regent University, Meanwhile the Melanin-Challenged Turn Out to Protest... Something.

    Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Local Guy's Suit Against Pat Robertson Helped By Racism From Pat Robertson's Students

    New evidence may help a Spring man prove the freedom of expression case he's filed in federal court claiming that Regent University, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia, unconstitutionally kicked him out of school for posting a picture on the Internet of Robertson scratching his face ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    The John Royal College Football Top 25, Week Four

    New evidence may help a Spring man prove the freedom of expression case he's filed in federal court claiming that Regent University, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia, unconstitutionally kicked him out of school for posting a picture on the Internet of Robertson scratching his face ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    Football U: Texas Roundup, and Then Some

    New evidence may help a Spring man prove the freedom of expression case he's filed in federal court claiming that Regent University, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia, unconstitutionally kicked him out of school for posting a picture on the Internet of Robertson scratching his face ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2008

    Houston Sports, Hurricane Ike Update

    New evidence may help a Spring man prove the freedom of expression case he's filed in federal court claiming that Regent University, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia, unconstitutionally kicked him out of school for posting a picture on the Internet of Robertson scratching his face ... More >>

  • Music

    July 10, 2008

    Peeking Inside the Shadowy Crypt of Houston's Goth Community

    New evidence may help a Spring man prove the freedom of expression case he's filed in federal court claiming that Regent University, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia, unconstitutionally kicked him out of school for posting a picture on the Internet of Robertson scratching his face ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    Rick Smith, RIP

    New evidence may help a Spring man prove the freedom of expression case he's filed in federal court claiming that Regent University, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia, unconstitutionally kicked him out of school for posting a picture on the Internet of Robertson scratching his face ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2007

    The College Football Review, Week Five: Horns, Sooners and Coogs Lose. Gig ‘Em.

    New evidence may help a Spring man prove the freedom of expression case he's filed in federal court claiming that Regent University, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson in Virginia, unconstitutionally kicked him out of school for posting a picture on the Internet of Robertson scratching his face ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 25, 2006

    Blowing Smokey

    Inexperienced actors can't carry the Great Caruso's latest show

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Letters

    Inexperienced actors can't carry the Great Caruso's latest show

  • News

    August 25, 2005

    Eighteen Greater Houston Hamburgers You Need to Try Right Now

    A "must try" list of Houston-area burgers

  • News

    August 25, 2005

    Eighteen Hamburgers You Need to Try Right Now

    A "must try" list of Houston-area burgers

  • Dining

    August 25, 2005

    Texas Burger Binge

    Our food critic reports on the state of the Texas burger -- and recommends 18 you need to try immediately

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    Breaking the Birthday Binge

    Our food critic reports on the state of the Texas burger -- and recommends 18 you need to try immediately

  • Music

    November 18, 2004

    Elephant Dance

    Cuttin' a rug with the Dubya bunch at Wild West

  • News

    April 1, 2004

    Star-Crossed

    No World Series this year, an Astro-loger says

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Rice Gets the Mayor Back

    Some former students question whether Brown's a plus

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    Film Buff

    The naked truth about why Houston isn’t the third coast

  • News

    April 24, 2003

    Stung

    Seven African-American girls tried out for the Texas City Stingarettes drill team this year. None of them made the squad.

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    We Know You Like to Watch!

    An Internet fishing expedition titillates City Hall

  • Music

    February 6, 2003

    Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

    Coming close wasn't good enough for Brother Luck

  • News

    August 23, 2001

    Prose and Cons

    Crusading convicts turned the docile Echo newspaper into a voice for prison reform. Fellow inmates cheered, but alarmed TDCJ officials preferred silence.

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    The Weed Eater

    Prickly pears. Pepper grass. Cattail stems. It's all snack food to T.R. Zimmermann.

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    Sam Houston's Retreat?

    SHSU stirred the higher-ed circles. Now the excitement has turned to exodus.

  • Music

    November 4, 1999

    Sonic Portraits

    Momus renders average folk in song and tours

  • News

    May 18, 1995

    A decade of struggles for sexual equality means that male prisoners today are having to answer to female jailers.

    Now everybody, it's claimed, will be on their best behavior. Really?

  • News

    April 6, 1995

    Down on Peckerwood Hill

    It's the last stop for some Texas prison inmates

  • News

    July 7, 1994

    Battle of the Bonds

    Bail bondsmen claim no-money bonds are putting criminals on the street

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