UHD Name Change

UH-D Name Change: A Question of Class and Race

May 16, 2010

I have a serious problem with the way UH-D is being represented in the media, and none of the people being interviewed in these articles seem to have the wherewithal to correct the reporters when they make asinine assumptions. Just because UH-D is an open enrollment university, does not mean that it is second rate anything. Students, faculty, and staff are doing amazing things with the scraps that UH gives us.

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Sunday Stories: Miranda Rights, Mom, and Thoughts of Graduation

May 9, 2010

Sunday Stories: The Sunday talk shows were all about Faizal Shahzad’s citizenship and him being given full protection of his Miranda Rights. On one side you have zionist war-mongers like Joe Lieberman introducing legislation to strip citizenship from people suspected of committing crimes against the United States. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe [...]

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Possible Names for UHD

December 19, 2008

So the UH-System Board of Regents voted to change the name of my school, UH-Downtown. I am ambivalent about the idea. I can see both the good and bad about having a new identity for this growing institution. I would like to know, however, why President Max Castillo failed to inform the University community about [...]

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Informational Sessions on the UHD Name-Change Issue

November 17, 2008

Courtesy of GatorMail: Open to Faculty, Staff and Students Choose one of three sessions. Refreshments will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. Noon: Wednesday, November 19: One Main Building, Room 1099N. Light lunch served. 10 a.m. Thursday, November 20: One Main Building, Room 1099N. Rolls, Danish, fruit served. 5:30 p.m. Thursday, November 20: Shea [...]

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