Dashing for a Dime: Gig Work Lining College Students Pockets How one Gen Zer is using Doordash to pay his rent. By Maddison Freeman, Amirah Zeidat, Valeria Casadevall Tessman For many college-age Americans, independence is a goal that often collides with financial reality. Rising costs for housing, groceries and transportation have left many students living paycheck to paycheck. Ezekiel Alvarado, 21, a former college student in the Houston area near the Second Ward, now reli

UH South/University Oaks Transit Center Nov. 20, 2024 / Maddison Freeman Houston is the most dangerous city in Texas, with the Texas Department of Public Safety reporting Harris County and the Houston PD as the highest crime rated jurisdictions among the top 25 populated jurisdictions. More specifically, the University of Houston is located in the Third Ward, touting an overall crime rate three times the national average according to reporting by Wiechart . Recent troubling

Students hold all of the world's news at their fingertips, privy to see historical events unfold before their eyes in high quality—right after they swipe through just one more funny TikTok. It has long been clear that news is no longer watched by the youth through cable television, or even through traditional news networks. Instead many younger people prefer the convenience of consuming information alongside casual entertainment found in social sites like Facebook, TikTok an

13 U.S States and D.C have enacted lawsuits against the media company TikTok, and are seeking financial penalties. The states accuse TikTok of intentionally using addictive software against children and misrepresenting its content moderation effectiveness in order to boost profits. TikTok rebuffs these claims, saying they offer robust safeguards for parents of teens. UH students share their opinions on the situation.