The Daily Cougar is a daily newspaper

Newspaper

A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

 run entirely by students at the University of Houston

University of Houston

The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...

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In publication since April 6, 1928, The Daily Cougar was originally named The Cougar. The Daily Cougar is one of only two independent daily college newspapers in Texas, and operates as a student-managed forum for the university community, a source of campus news for students, faculty, staff, and administrators at UH.

The Daily Cougar publishes Monday through Friday during the school year, and Wednesdays during the summer, though it has run Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Mondays and Wednesdays in previous summers. The Cougar also maintains a website in which content is distributed electronically online on a daily basis.

History

The newspaper was founded in 1928 by University of Houston students as The Cougar. By the 1950s, circulation had increased to 6,800. In 1965, the paper began a press run of four days a week with a release schedule of Tuesday through Friday. On March 27, 1978, the newspaper added Mondays to its release schedule, and was renamed to The Daily Cougar.

During Tropical Storm Allison

Tropical Storm Allison

Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. The first storm of the season, Allison lasted an unusually long period of time for a June storm, remaining tropical or subtropical for 15 days...

 in 2001, the newsroom was severely damaged, yet the staff continued production of the newspaper as scheduled (on a summer schedule) in the cramped quarters of the business office, which sustained only minimal damage.

As of 2003, The Daily Cougar was Houston's second largest English-language daily newspaper, with a circulation of nearly 12,000 and a readership approaching 40,000.

Awards

• 2004:
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association
    Columbia Scholastic Press Association
    The Columbia Scholastic Press Association is an international student press association, founded in 1925, whose goal is to unite student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges, textbooks, critiques and award programs...
    
     Gold Circle Award - certificate of merit, Single Page Color Photo Layout
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award - certificate of merit, Tabloid Feature Page Design for Newspapers
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award - first place, General Feature in Newspapers

• 2002:

• 2001:
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award - first place, Newspaper Tabloid Overall Design

• 1999:

• • Associated Collegiate Press Newspaper of the Year - third place

• 1996:
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association - Gold medalist, spring 1996
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association - Gold medalist, fall 1995

• 1994:
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association - medalist, fall 1994
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association - medalist, spring 1994

• 1993:
  • Society of Professional Journalists Region 8 Mark of Excellence Awards, first place, Feature Writing
  • Society of Professional Journalists Region 8 Mark of Excellence Awards, third place, In-Depth Reporting

• 1992:
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association - first place, fall 1992
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association medalist, spring 1992
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award - first place, Page One Design
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award - second place, Editorial Writing

• 1991:
  • Associated Collegiate Press - first class honor rating, 1991-1992

Notable alumni

• Dan Cook
  Dan Cook
  Daniel John Cook, Jr. was a sports writer for the San Antonio Express-News, where he worked for 51 years. He is most notable for popularizing the phrase "the opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings." Described as a "sports icon", Cook also was a sports anchor at San Antonio television station...
  
  
• Saul Friedman
  Saul Friedman
  Saul Friedman was an American political journalist, professor, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize.-Career:...
  
  
• Jack Valenti
  Jack Valenti
  Jack Joseph Valenti was a long-time president of the Motion Picture Association of America. During his 38-year tenure in the MPAA, he created the MPAA film rating system, and he was generally regarded as one of the most influential pro-copyright lobbyists in the world...
  
  
• Welcome W. Wilson, Sr.
  Welcome W. Wilson, Sr.
  Welcome Wade Wilson, Sr. is chairman of the GSL Welcome Group—a privately-held real estate development firm with its headquarters in Houston, Texas . He serves on the Board of Regents of the University of Houston System, and is a 1949 graduate of the University of Houston.-Early...
  
  
• Donald Barthelme
  Donald Barthelme
  Donald Barthelme was an American author known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction. Barthelme also worked as a newspaper reporter for the Houston Post, managing editor of Location magazine, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston , co-founder of Fiction Donald...
  
  

External links

• The Daily Cougar
• University of Houston