
Portland-The various new features of the 2013 Ford Mustang offer a new driving experience that starts before you grab the keys. I drove the 3.7-liter V-6 coupe throughout the streets of Portland and its surrounding suburbs testing the 19/31-MPG claim and it’s new features. The route was selected by Ford and later modified due to [...]
Mar 27 2012 | Posted in
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Houston Cougars avenged their earlier season loss to Rice, escaping Tudor Fieldhouse with a 76-75 win. Darian Thibodeaux led all scorers with 21 points, while Alandise Harris added 16 points. The Cougars were up by as many as 10 points with eight minutes remaining in the game, however, the Owls managed to rally back [...]

DeeDee Garcia Blase is a political activist and current President of the National Tequila Party Movement. Her rhetoric has prompted strong reactions from both sides of the political aisle.
Feb 24 2012 | Posted in
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Ever since swingman Chase Budinger entered the NBA in 2009, he has continued to amaze crowds with his highlight reel dunks, courtesy of his over 40-inch vertical leap. Budinger now has a platform to display his unique talents, as he was selected to participate in the annual Sprite Slam Dunk Competition on All-Star Saturday [...]
Feb 23 2012 | Posted in
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In response to the arrests of two Houston Dynamo players earlier this month, Quanell X, the leader of the New Black Panther Party and a local community activist, organized a march against racism on Washington Avenue. The protest was to be held on February 12. He decided to postpone the protest after Roosevelt Lounge [...]
Feb 19 2012 | Posted in
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US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that Self Check, a free online service of E-Verify that allows workers to check their own employment eligibility status, is now available in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. Launched in March 2011 by Secretary [...]
Feb 19 2012 | Posted in
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At long last we’ve done another FUHA Mmm…Food segment. This time we checked out the Good Dog Hot Dog short bus, recommended to us by one of our directors, Alex Olivares. These are not your run of the mill hot dogs. They are Texas-made and all-natural served in local artisan buns. Good Dog food [...]

This spring, students from the University of Houston chapter of MAES began volunteering with the robotics program at Reagan High School, located in the Houston Independent School District. The high school students in the robotics club, under the instruction of Mr. Fernando Blasco, design and build robots using FIRST robotics kits. The students will [...]
Feb 16 2012 | Posted in
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The casting call went out for HCC students wanting to be part of MTV’s three-time Emmy award winning series, MADE, and the students showed up in force. So many students clamored for a chance of being on the show that the producers closed the casting call 10 days before auditions. Michael Santos, an HCC [...]
Feb 10 2012 | Posted in
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It’s that time of the year again – the time when you reassess the promises you made to yourself in January and profess to the world: “This year, this year things will be different! This year, I will…” But somehow, these mostly empty promises have ended up in the back burner of your daily [...]
Feb 9 2012 | Posted in
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