letter to the editor

Letter submitted by Heather Kanenberg, faculty senate president; Elizabeth Beavers, faculty senate president-elect; and Mike McMullen, faculty senate past-president

Contributed by Erica Solis, social work major

Contributed by Neal T. Dugre, assistant professor history

With the start of every new semester comes late-night studying, early morning coffee runs and the occasional midday nap. Whether you are a returning or new student, the challenges of staying on top of the workload and balancing life outside…

As many UHCL community already know, the Texas legislature passed a law known as “campus carry” that will require all state universities to allow licensed concealed handguns on campus beginning August 1, 2016.

Editorial about the confederate flag overlooked one essential point and fudged another. The overlooked point is whose speech the flag on a public space is.

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.

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…

On his first day on the job as the elected representative of our 36th district, Congressman Steve Stockman, a UHCL alumnus, introduced legislation to repeal gun free school zones (Houston Chronicle: 1/20/13).

In the culture of hip-hop, “battle rapping” is the ability to spar verbally with your opponent. Battle rapping is a fierce competition of two rappers free styling (many times with prewritten raps about their opponent) exchanging verbal…