The University expanded by 80,000 square feet over the Christmas break with the purchase of the Memorial Hermann/Houston Baptist University Wellness Center, a state-of-the-art fitness building located within walking distance of the campus.
She walked into Dillon I prepared to teach her first class of the spring semester in the midst of the Jan. 9 flash flood that struck Houston and campus. Dr. Mary Osterloh, adjunct professor in chemistry, first noticed students vacating front-row seats in the tiered classroom. She then saw the water gushing in through a side door that led outside.
Refusing to sit on the sidelines, men’s basketball head coach Ron Cottrell paced back-and-forth on the court reminding his players to keep up the hustle despite the team taking a 60-point lead. He treated it like any other game night.
“Red Tails,” the new World War II film by legendary filmmaker George Lucas about a group of African-America military aviators who bust through racial barriers, has all the ingredients for an inspirational war story but does not get the mix quite right.
Table Talk, a newly implemented event designed to familiarize students with vocation and career choices, will feature President Robert B. Sloan Jr. as its keynote speaker on Jan. 30 in Dillon II.
In this list, editors from The Collegian discuss some of the major stories from 2011 that will continue to impact the University community.
The University announced yesterday that it has purchased the Memorial Hermann Wellness Center located adjacent to the campus and will rename it the Bradshaw Fitness Center, with the facility scheduled to open for the spring semester.
The University administration recently made three decisions that will reduce costs for students as part of the institution's broad effort to make college more affordable.
While the national spotlight remains fixed on the 2012 presidential election and the impassioned duel between Republicans and Democrats over the course of the United States, something appears to be conspicuously missing at the University: politically active student organizations.
Patrick Kelly Thornton, a business law professor at the University from 2001 to 2009, whom his colleagues regarded as a man of strong values and faith, died Jan. 15. He was 53.
I stood with my neck craned skyward in the crisp wintery air and peered into the vastness of space, marveling at the thousands of stars revealed by the cloudless night.
Refusing to sit on the sidelines, men’s basketball head coach Ron Cottrell paced back-and-forth on the court reminding his players to keep up the hustle despite the team taking a 60-point lead. He treated it like any other game night.
It’s A Wrap!, one of Houston’s best food trucks, is well worth visiting for students short on time but still looking to enjoy great, exotic food.
Tim Tebow burst into the national spotlight mid-season as “God’s quarterback,” a title with which fans and
the media anointed him that completely undermines the message of Christianity.
Botanists et al excitedly celebrated the new year as the stroke of midnight marked the expiration of an archaic mandate that newly discovered species be described in Latin. This revision eliminates a major inefficiency and could greatly expedite conservation efforts of many of the plant, algae and fungi yet to be named.
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