Subject: University of Houston

• The College Football Review, Week Four: Coogs Win Despite Mascot Shame

  September 24, 2007

• Art Briles Hired by Baylor

  November 28, 2007

• The Pain in the UH to Tier I Process

  May 16, 2008

• UH Sweatshop Protest, Part XVII

  July 14, 2008

• Students Against (Possible) Sweatshops Fight On

  July 16, 2008

• UH Phone System Swamped

  August 19, 2008

• UH To Students: Your Classmates Are Not Drunk

  August 29, 2008

• Adding Insult to Injury

  March 17, 1994

• UH Reporters Ordered To Hand Over E-Mails

  October 31, 2008

• UH Reporters Won't Have To Hand Over E-Mails After All

  November 6, 2008

• UH Study Shows People Willing To Keep Diaries About Their Feelings May Have Too Many Feelings

  A new study out from the University of Houston claims some people need to get a life. Okay, maybe it doesn't exactly say that, but it does talk about a phenomenon called "relationship-contingent self-esteem," which happens when people "place too much emotional weight" on their relationships. People with RCSE get depressed or anxious over "even the most minor or common relationship-based incidents." A group of researchers at UH's Interpersonal Relations and Motivation Research Group, run by UH re

  December 11, 2008

• The Strange Advertising Deal No One At UH Wants To Talk About

  The University of Houston's Communication Department has taken bold, groundbreaking steps to preserve the study of journalism for future generations.It just depends on how you define "journalism."The Daily Cougar, the student newspaper, recently inked a sweet deal with a local company called Inverted Advertising, which was founded by two UH alums. The company provides technology whereby holographic images are projected onto the floor of a building, providing ad space in allegedly "high-traffic"

  December 12, 2008

• UH-Downtown Gets Set To Vote On World's Least Necessary Name Change

  Max Castillo, president of UH-Downtown, confirmed to the Houston Chronicle what he told us last month: he really, really wants to change the name of his school.And now he's taking it online!The school has put up on its webpage a whole collection of facts, lists, criteria and suggested names for students, staff and faculty to ponder.Among the highlights: The "Current Name List" includes such winners as Seguin State University (Come again?), Texas Gulf Coast State University (Can we get more modif

  January 21, 2009

• Picture Perfect

  July 20, 1995

• Chances The Next Issue Of UH's Alumni Magazine Will Feature A Photo of Renu Khator With The "BP Buggy": 100 Percent

  In recent history, BP has faced a few public relations challenges. But the company has a vehicle for refurbishing its image: the BP Buggy. It's been gifting them all over the place, to parks, nature centers and universities. And the latest recipient is the University of Houston, which received its very own BP Buggy at a ceremony during halftime of Wednesday's men's basketball game.The Buggy, valued at around $10,000, has two electric motors, with a battery system augmented by solar power. "The S

  January 23, 2009

• Crossed Cultures

  July 4, 1996

• The Insider

  January 23, 1997

• Homeless Man Killed On University of Houston Main Campus

  Sometime late Friday night or early Saturday morning an older man, who the Houston Police are saying was homeless, was shot in the head and killed at a campus bus stop outside Hofheinz Pavilion. His body was discovered by a student around 7 a.m. Saturday morning.HPD is investigating the murder, and although they currently have no suspects in custody, they are hoping to cull useful information from some of the almost 500 security cameras across the UH campus. "Personally, I don't think UPD would

  February 9, 2009

• Lunch with LLaughing BBoy

  February 27, 1997

• Grade A

  August 7, 1997

• Night & Day

  October 29, 1998

• 2 x 2

  February 19, 2009

• "Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion"

  October 16, 2008

• Frontier Fiesta

  The annual western party at UH is not everyone's idea of a good time

  April 30, 1998

• “2008 Houston Area Exhibition”

  16 artists represent the past four years of the city’s art scene

  May 29, 2008

• Moving Pictures

  Travesty Dance Group joins AURA and UH Ensemble for a program of contemporary dance and music

  April 10, 2008

• “Artists of Permanence: The Fine Art of the Tattooist”

  This exhibit makes its mark at UHCL

  February 7, 2008

• Apply Precision-Rinse. Repeat

  UH dancers show off

  November 29, 2007

• Impulse!

  UH faculty gives us a future perfect

  April 23, 2009

• A Real Fun "Group"

  March 23, 2006

• Best Reading Series

  September 23, 2004

• Go, Baby, Go

  Behind the barricades with the Pro-Life Cougars and their dead-fetus pictures

  October 2, 2003

• Best Poet

  Adam Zagajewski

  September 25, 2003

• Cram Shop

  A-Plus makes the money even if students don't make the grade

  October 24, 2002

• Hot Springtime for Sheridan

  UH faculty discontent targets the controversial provost

  April 11, 2002

• Too Small for the Two of 'Em

  A nasty divorce forces a UH dean's departure

  December 27, 2001

• Catching Flack

  UH's new communication school plan puts the priorities on PR

  May 25, 2000

• Computer Math, UH-Style

  Clashes over class sizes cause a Bear to oust a chairman

  April 27, 2000

• Big Meal on Campus

  Back in school, Eric's teases those poor UH students with its enticing menu and hotel-like prices

  April 13, 2000

• The Insider

  Where Have All the Women Gone? Discrimination charges spotlight UH's lack of female leadership

  July 15, 1999

• A year of brave new companies, of fresh keen moments, and of Beckett and Albee evermore

  January 6, 1994

• Phi Slama Jama Lives On...But Not In Houston

  Photo courtesy NikeWith a 31-3 record and slam-dunking skills like no other, the "dunking fraternity" Phi Slama Jama put University of Houston men's basketball on the map in 1983. So much so that Nike will soon be releasing a shoe commemorating the team: a limited edition release, the Big Nike Hi LE will be sold only at House of Hoops Foot Locker locations in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.That's great -- people in those cities will be thrilled, but what about those in Houston that, you know

  April 17, 2009

• Last Chance Weekend: This Week's List Of Shows That Are Closing

  Lawndale Art Center closes down its quartet of shows this weekend, so get over there on Saturday if you want to see "Ritual Prototypes for the Afterlife" by Dennis Harper, "Ta Marmaruga" by David Waddell and Kelly Ulcak, "Silent Topographies" by Brent Fogt, and "The Listening Post" by Tim Brown. The works range from quirky to, um, challenging. Noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main. For information, call 713-528-5858 or visit www.lawndaleartcenter.org. Free. "Solution" over at D

  April 17, 2009

• UH Grapples With The Guns-On-Campus Issue

  The Texas Legislature is moving forward with a bill allowing concealed handguns on college campuses. Not a fan of the move: The University of Houston faculty senate. They've passed a resolution opposing the legislation.Not a fan of the faculty resolution: Some UH students.Seth Chandler, the law professor who authored the resolution, tells Hair Balls he has felt like the go-to guy for the anti-gun crowd on the issue even though he's on the "mild end of the opposition.""I'm not really an anti-gun

  April 20, 2009

• UH Gets the Brush-Off from Nike

  Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  April 30, 2009

• The Closing Of UH's Pre-School Is Getting Nasty

  When last Hair Balls looked into the sudden closure of the Human Development Lab, UH's venerable and acclaimed (if ominously named) pre-school, the situation was just starting to simmer. By now the stew over on Wheeler is on full boil. A Save HDLS web site has been created, and parents have protested on the UH campus. The university's general counsel is bedeviled with gales upon gales of open records requests, and vicious emails are flying back and forth between outraged parents and the honchos

  June 9, 2009

• Late Night Scene: Coffee Groundz

  ​For such a small space, the Coffee Groundz has a United Nations-like ability to bring together a crowd of people who normally operate in different layers of the social stratosphere. The front of the bar is sparsely populated by midnight, with a few solo guys working on the laptops and a gay couple cuddling across from two girls discussing their relationships. Boston Legal plays silently on a flat screen above their heads. The second TV screen has attracted a crowd of bystanders who are wa

  October 5, 2009

• UH Hoops Still Dreaming Of Making It Back To March Madness

  Photo courtesy UH​Guy V. Lewis last coached the University of Houston men's basketball team in 1986. His last great team lost in the 1984 NCAA title game to the Georgetown Hoyas. He left a legacy of 27 straight winning seasons. Fourteen seasons with 20-plus wins. Fourteen NCAA tournament appearances. Five Final Fours and two championship games.  That's a history that many college problems would die to have.  But since 1986, the Houston Cougars have been living off of that history. An

  October 30, 2009

• Stirred and Shaken: The Cougar Den's Cougar Cooler

  Photo by Troy Fields​When I attended University of Houston, the only on-campus watering holes I frequented were the stadium parking lot and the Communication Building. (During one end-of-the-semester newspaper party, a colleague who also went on to write for this very column nearly pissed on my head from a second-story walkway. We're a classy bunch.) But today's UH students have a drinking option not available even at that party school in Austin — a fully-stocked on-campus bar. Jason

  November 4, 2009

• THE COUGAR DEN'S COUGAR COOLER

  November 5, 2009