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. The Fair Labor Action Committee is a grassroots student organization that envisions a society where the workers of the world who support our lives are free from all oppression. We evolved from UH Students for Fair Trade and UH Students Against Sweatshops, and maintain the tradition of persistent action towards policy change. We are [...]
Houston boxer Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz graduated in 2009 with a bachelor’s in political science from the University of Houston-Downtown. As the son of Mexican immigrants, Diaz shares his dream and his future goals. Q: When did you first say “this is what I want to do, this is my passion”? What led [...]
Hombre, déjame explicar, explicar por ejemplo, tus ojos. Tus ojos, son oscuros como las noches bellas, y son claros como las estrellas brillantes. Hay una luz en tus ojitos, una luz inmensa que me lleva al cielo, una luz que nunca se apaga. Disculpe, pero mis palabras no pueden explicar. Hombre, y tu cabello, ese [...]
Due Date, directed by The Hangover’s Todd Phillips, stars Robert Downey Jr. as the high-strung Peter Highman and Zach Galifianakis as Ethan Tremblay. Peter needs to get to Los Angeles for the birth of his child, and through a chance encounter with Tremblay, gets kicked off a flight and is forced to travel [...]
Beware of what prowls the streets of Houston as Tax the Wolf brings the progressive rock movement at in their new album “Hold the Sun”. “We’re the baby mix of Led Zeppelin, the Mars Volta, Radiohead and the Strokes. Not too progressive and not too hard rock,” said Alan Garza, lead guitarist, on the [...]
The Longoria Affair, a poignant documentary film directed by John Valdez, follows the family of fallen World War II soldier Felix Longoria after he was denied funeral services more than sixty years ago in his hometown Three Rivers, Texas because he was Mexican-American. Longoria’s widow was simply told that “the whites wouldn’t like [...]
Famed comedian Gabriel Iglesias, also simply known as ‘Fluffy’, performed live at the Verizon Wireless Theater on Friday Feb. 18th, and Saturday Feb. 19th. A mini bonus show was also added later at the Improv Comedy Club at the Marquee Center alongside the Katy Freeway. Openings acts on Feb. 18th included comedians Martin [...]
The opening scene sets the tone of the award-winning documentary “Which Way Home”. The film starts with the broken body of a dead illegal migrant being pulled from the Rio Grande along the Texas-Mexico border; it is the body of a Hispanic male who couldn’t finish the treacherous journey to the U.S. It serves [...]
An EGMN investigation comparing crime statistics concluded that the University of Houston had a lower crime rate than Rice or Texas Southern University in 2009. These three universities also reported less crime than their surrounding areas. However, out of six local universities, UH reported the most crimes in the past three years. According to data [...]
With technology infiltrating almost every aspect of our lives it’s no surprise to find AA batteries replace a baseball bat, a bowling ball or a boxing glove. Not too long ago people actually went outside to get in shape and have fun — oh, the horror! Nowadays, more and more fall captive to the [...]
