Review: The strong stuff suits Jon Pardi’s new album
Ron Harris, Associated Press
October 9, 2019
Jon Pardi "Heartache Medication" (Capitol Nashville) Jon Pardi's third studio album, "Heartache Medication," is surely positioned to be a bartender's best friend. The traditional country release offers up a strong sampling of drinking songs about love lost. Pardi is a California native, but he's...
Pro Wrestling: TNT isn’t only for the NBA playoffs
Milton Johnson, Staff Writer
June 17, 2019
The year was 1999, and I grew up being a pro wrestling fan and watching "WWF Smackdown!" on UPN . Yet, we roll over to 2019 and as far as WWE is concerned, it’s dying slower than a death row inmate who’s awaiting his or her death. I’m very ashamed to promote WWE due to the mockery and extreme...
Why Beyonce’s Lemonade is the best album of the decade
Geoffrey King-Curtis, Staff Writer
June 10, 2019
When you think about this decade when it comes to music, what stands out in your mind? "To Pimp a Butterfly" by Kendrick Lamar, "Blonde" by Frank Ocean, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" by Kanye West, or even "Lonerism” by Tame Impala. Now before I go farther, I love those albums but they...
HelloFresh: college student, full-time employee, and no time for grocery shopping
Angelica Chavez, Staff Writer
June 9, 2019
College life, or better yet adulthood sometimes feels as if we have little to no time for anything. For example, a simple task of going to the grocery store to pick out all the necessary ingredients for your family meals, let alone gathering energy to even cook them after spending an hour or two at...
MOD(ERN) Pizza: It’s not just the cheese.
Milton Johnson, Staff Writer
June 9, 2019
Subway and Chipotle have the best competition ever and it’s a pizza joint so good it’s literally the Chick Fil A of Pizza . The place is called MOD’s pizza and as a worker of the chain I’m here to review this place for food and working there . I have worked in places like Breakfast Klub, HEB and even a movi...
Cultural Obsolescence and Evolution
Virginia Grant, Culture Editor
April 2, 2019
The headline read “Whites Will Become a Minority by 2045.” My first thought was; no big deal, we all knew that was coming. I remember being a child back in the 60s and my parents discussing how America was becoming a new blended race with ancestors from around the globe. We thought it was a good...
The Federalist President
Virginia Grant, Culture Editor
March 21, 2019
Sometimes, and it is happening with increasing frequency, I find that the average citizen possesses a profound lack of understanding regarding the most basic precepts of American democracy. Part of the blame rests in our education system. For generations we have passed on a revisionist history that,...
Are you ready for Lent? 40-day religious period begins this week
Ana Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief
March 6, 2019
Happy Mardi Gras! Crawfish, King Cake, Gumbo, all that good stuff…and not to mention the parties and the loads of beads to wear. But if you are religious, it also means one thing: time to give up something for Lent. Lent, the 40-day, six-week period that starts from Ash Wednesday and leads into...
Women’s History Month: Crushing Gender Discrimination in Male Dominated Industries
Lesley Abegunde, Staff Writer
March 2, 2019
To celebrate this new month which can be termed "Mother's month", let's talk about Gender equality and the likes, shall we? Gender discrimination has been a major issue in the world at large. Although, it has reduced in the past years, and even though we live in the 21st century and in the realest...
R.I.P. Café Adobe: “the best margaritas in Houston”
Ana Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief
February 20, 2019
When I moved to Houston in March of 2015, I never thought about how exquisite the Tex-Mex restaurant business was. I have deep Mexican roots, so the food I grew up with was not the food I was introduced here in Houston. My boyfriend, who was trying to play it cool at the time before we started to date,...
Notebooks vs. laptops: a controversial comparison
Ana Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief
January 29, 2019
Man, times have changed significantly in the past few years. Technology has evolved, from taking notes on notebook paper to taking notes on a reusable Rocketbook and/or on a laptop/tablet. These days, many students now have a variety of ways to learn thanks to technology. I’m 28 years old. I fall ...
“I’m an Angels fan, why am I rooting for the Astros?”
Ana Gonzalez, Culture Editor
October 24, 2018
When you are from California, there's a good chance that you may be affiliated with a random team that is not from California. Why is that? Do outside teams play better than our home teams? It depends, but that's not the case if you are a Houstonian rooting for the Astros. But the funny thing is,...