Gandhi Week: A Celebration Of Peace
RANDI NULL THE SIGNAL As October begins, most Americans think about the cooling weather, football and pumpkin-flavored everything. Halfway around the world, as well as right here in the heart of...
View ArticleGerman Festival Celebrates Bavarian Culture
SEAN WESLEY THE SIGNAL The aroma of German sausages and potatoes wafts through the air as traditional German folk music fills festivalgoers’ ears. October is here, and with it, Oktoberfest...
View ArticleFolk Art Exhibit Honors Latin America
ADRIANA CAPILLA-GARCIA THE SIGNAL The first Hispanic Folk Art exhibit to grace the halls of UHCL is now on display in the Bayou Building, Atrium I, as part of Hispanic Heritage Month 2013. Students,...
View ArticlePulling [Heart] Strings: Fall In Love With This Spanish Rom-Com
ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW Image courtesy of PANTELION and Lionsgate Publicity. Victor Araiza The Signal While some moviegoers will be heading out to watch the much-anticipated “Gravity” (starring Sandra...
View ArticleQu’ils Mangent de Petits Gateaux
‘Let Them Eat Cupcakes’ And Then Some HALEY FOLLETT THE SIGNAL The French culture sweeps over the campus of UHCL for the fifth year in a row as the Tournées Festival kicked off Friday, Oct. 8. To...
View ArticleIt Pays to Read, Support Literacy
JASMINE GASCAR THE SIGNAL ProLiteracy, an international non-profit organization that promotes adult literacy learning, states on its website (proliteracy.org) that 63 million Americans cannot read or...
View ArticleDr. Who Travels Through Time for 50 Years
SUZETTE ORTIZ THE SIGNAL The popular TV series “Doctor Who” will celebrate its 50th anniversary Nov. 23, along with 50 years of changes, achievements and, most importantly, adoration from its fans....
View ArticleWorld’s First Superpowered Hero Turns 75
VICTOR ARAIZA THE SIGNAL Seventy-five years is a long time for anyone to stay an icon, but not for the Man of Steel. He has learned to fly, grown his hair, survived death and is still going strong....
View ArticleKennedy Killer Shrouded In Mystery 50 Years Later
DANIEL DURBIN THE SIGNAL It was a warm, sunny morning in Dallas when our youngest president, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and his motorcade cruised at a pace of 11 miles-per-hour through the downtown area...
View ArticleFormer Golf Course Repurposed As Green Space
KELSEY BENOIT THE SIGNAL The Clear Lake City Water Authority (CLCWA), along with partners, is planning a new flood detention system that includes an open green space and efforts toward tree...
View ArticleKemah: Preserving History, Restoring Communities
Photo: Kemah Historical Society The community now known as Kemah started out as a 177-acre land grant from the Mexican government. It was established as the town of Evergreen in 1898. Two years...
View ArticleUHCL honors former professor with diversity award
EDWARD “JIM” HAYES TIFFANY SEXTON THE SIGNAL Ethnicity, race and gender all contribute to the meaning of diversity. Twenty years ago Edward “Jim” Hayes acted to change the face of diversity at UHCL...
View ArticleUHCL professor and NFL star tackle bullying
William Hoston DANIEL DURBIN THE SIGNAL UHCL Associate Professor of Political Science William Hoston and star NFL Pro Bowl receiver DeSean Jackson of the Philadelphia Eagles have co-written a...
View ArticleRant Against Violence: ‘A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer’
ANDREA THOMAS THE SIGNAL V-Day is a global movement of activists united to help shine some light on the dark subject of violence against women and girls. UHCL joins the V-Day campaign for the sixth...
View Article30 is not the new 50
ERIKA THOMAS THE SIGNAL Everyone knows the basics: eat healthy, exercise and take your vitamins. Growing older is unavoidable. Our bodies will experience changes that we have no control over: wrinkles...
View ArticleGulf Coast Film and Video Festival
Action: student filmmakers wanted LIZ DAVIS THE SIGNAL Student filmmakers have the opportunity to have their independent films viewed on the silver screen at a local film festival. The 16th Annual Gulf...
View ArticleHouston dining scene: Unchartered & unreserved
ERIKA THOMAS THE SIGNAL As the fourth-largest city in the nation, Houston has lots of bragging rights: basketball, rodeo, football (we are still working on that), and we can now add best culinary...
View ArticleFilm and Fun in Houston
LOREE COUCH THE SIGNAL “There is at least one film festival in Houston every month, except in April. In April there is WorldFest…” said Trish Rigdon, executive director of Houston Cinema Arts Society....
View ArticleSXSW: MUSIC + FILM + INTERACTIVE
KRIS STIVERS THE SIGNAL The 2014 South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference & Festival kicked off March 7 in Austin. As with previous years, SXSW featured an exciting blend of live music, film screenings...
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