University of Houston Campus Developments

[hindesky]

[hindesky]

By coincidence I went by this brand new building, turns out it is the Judy Cook building, an alumni of UH.

"Finally, the Judy Cook Building in Third Ward will house the College of Education’s ACES Institute. This institute focuses on connecting our students and faculty with Third Ward community partners to help improve residents’ quality of life. The building will open very soon."

https://uh.edu/president/communications/fall-address/2022/

 

[Texasota]

I know this is a losing battle but...

alumnus

alumni is plural

[rechlin]

18 hours ago, Texasota said:

I know this is a losing battle but...

alumnus

alumni is plural

Judy Cook is a woman so the term should be alumna.

[Texasota]

Yep. And technically alumni actually only refers to men. Multiple Judies Cook would be alumnae.

But I'm fine with removing that distinction. It's a dumb thing to gender and just makes life harder.

Singular vs. plural is a meaningful distinction though. 

Edited May 17, 2023 by Texasota

[august948]

4 hours ago, Texasota said:

Yep. And technically alumni actually only refers to men. Multiple Judies Cook would be alumnae.

But I'm fine with removing that distinction. It's a dumb thing to gender and just makes life harder.

Singular vs. plural is a meaningful distinction though. 

And, as with it's modern descendants, in Latin you use the masculine form, alumni, to refer to mixed groups of men and women.  I always wonder if people who get up in arms about gender usage in English have their heads explode when they find out that in much of the wider world languages can have distinctly patriarchal patterns deeply embedded.

[editor]

31 minutes ago, august948 said:

I always wonder if people who get up in arms about gender usage in English have their heads explode when they find out that in much of the wider world languages can have distinctly patriarchal patterns deeply embedded.

There have been plenty of newspaper articles in the last year about backlash against the term "Latinx" in the Hispanic community. 

I don't speak anything well enough to have an opinion on it.  Unless you count gibberish.  That I'm fluent in.

[august948]

12 minutes ago, editor said:

There have been plenty of newspaper articles in the last year about backlash against the term "Latinx" in the Hispanic community. 

I don't speak anything well enough to have an opinion on it.  Unless you count gibberish.  That I'm fluent in.

I believe Latinx is an American English term.  What I'm talking about are things like word gender, where each noun is one of two or three genders (masculine, feminine, or neuter).  As such, the typical convention in Latin based languages is to use the masculine form for plurals where males are part of a mixed group.  For instance, in Spanish you would use the masculine form "ninos" to refer to a group of boys or a group of boys and girls, but if, and only if, the group is entirely girls would you use "ninas".

[toxtethogrady]

35 minutes ago, editor said:

There have been plenty of newspaper articles in the last year about backlash against the term "Latinx" in the Hispanic community. 

That said, I know plenty of people who will not accept anything but. This seems to have been a tempest Bill Maher has attempted to stir up, and he's not what I would call "Latin"...

[samagon]

I'm a huge proponent of de-gendering all words.

I have an ottoperson in my living room. I don't go to Hermann park, I go to Personpersonn park, etc. /s

anyway, last week I was walking by what will be the Hub, it looks like they have covered the basement area.

Edited May 18, 2023 by samagon

[Twinsanity02]

14 hours ago, toxtethogrady said:

That said, I know plenty of people who will not accept anything but. This seems to have been a tempest Bill Maher has attempted to stir up, and he's not what I would call "Latin"...

I think many ethnic and racial classifications are sloppy and pointless. In my home during the 2010 census, including when my wife was alive, there were one "anglo", three children from central Asia form Siberian Russia, one "hispanic" who is ethnically half Lebanese hence half Asian (me). Our house was labeled Hispanic household though I was outnumbered 4 to 1. Now I am sometimes labelled a "Latino" having been born in Havana of Cuban parents, though I spent 67 of my 70 years in the Midwest or Texas.  I once tried explaining to a fellow Chinese scientist that here we call them "Mongloid" and I am called a "Caucasian", having to do with the Caucuses mountains. He thought our labels were weird which I agree. His labels weren't any better though. 

[mkultra25]

22 hours ago, august948 said:

And, as with it's modern descendants, in Latin you use the masculine form, alumni, to refer to mixed groups of men and women.  I always wonder if people who get up in arms about gender usage in English have their heads explode when they find out that in much of the wider world languages can have distinctly patriarchal patterns deeply embedded.

I have wondered the same thing. As you pointed out, nouns are gendered in every Romance language. I can't imagine that changing any time soon to reflect latter-day gender identity politics, but that probably gets into a debate of linguistic prescriptivists vs. descriptivists. Who knows what languages will look like in several hundred years - consider the differences between Chaucer's 14th-century English and that which is spoken today. 

[mkultra25]

8 hours ago, samagon said:

I'm a huge proponent of de-gendering all words.

I have an ottoperson in my living room. I don't go to Hermann park, I go to Personpersonn park, etc. /s

\herstory has entered the chat

[august948]

1 hour ago, mkultra25 said:

I have wondered the same thing. As you pointed out, nouns are gendered in every Romance language. I can't imagine that changing any time soon to reflect latter-day gender identity politics, but that probably gets into a debate of linguistic prescriptivists vs. descriptivists. Who knows what languages will look like in several hundred years - consider the differences between Chaucer's 14th-century English and that which is spoken today. 

In several hundred years the most commonly spoken languages will be English derivatives.

[hindesky]

"The University of Houston will expand its impact on teaching and research by launching an Innovation Hub in the center of campus, becoming the city’s epicenter for a thriving innovation ecosystem. Innovation and Economic Development are values deeply rooted in the ethos of the University of Houston and a priority to become a Top 50 public research university.

This new 70,000 square-foot, high-tech complex is set to open in Fall 2025."

https://giveto.uh.edu/talent-matters/innovation-hub/

[cougarpad]

On 3/23/2023 at 2:19 PM, hindesky said:

I am a graduate from Hilton College and am really hoping if UH is going go to modern with the all glass facade on the new hotel wing, then they need to reclad the old wing and the college itself. Does not look good to have that cement like facade and then this big massive modern glass facade. The whole complex needs to be the same design look or looks like put lip stick on a pig.

[toxtethogrady]

UH to make upgrades to Agnes Arnold Hall

[hindesky]

Architect - https://www.pagethink.com

[hindesky]

"The University of Houston athletic department released updated renderings Saturday of the football operations center that is set to break ground in November."

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/uh-renderings-football-operations-center-big-12-18180790.php#photo-23994867

[monarch]

 

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[LosFeliz]

This is solid news for the city. The average American conference school brought maybe 200-300 fans to TDECU. I expect 3-5,000 from the Big 12. Should help fill hotels and restaurants on football weekends. 

[hindesky]

Saw the crane up in the air, flew to check what it was building, The Hub.

 

Construction Camera.

[hindesky]

[hindesky]

"The University of Houston plans to re-open Agnes Arnold Hall for the fall semester, which had been closed since March after two separate incidents of students who died by suicide last school year. The building will now have temporary fencing around its verandas, stairwells and walkways. The school said it plans to install more permanent, vertical cabling in the areas next year."

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2023/08/17/459815/university-of-houstons-agnes-arnold-hall-to-re-open-with-temporary-fencing-after-student-deaths-last-school-year/

[hindesky]

https://abc13.com/haven-at-elgin-student-housing-university-of-houston-off-campus-living/13704886/

 

[hindesky]

 

[hindesky]

[hindesky]

[hindesky]

[FIREhat]

On 8/18/2023 at 11:11 AM, hindesky said:

"The University of Houston plans to re-open Agnes Arnold Hall for the fall semester, which had been closed since March after two separate incidents of students who died by suicide last school year. The building will now have temporary fencing around its verandas, stairwells and walkways. The school said it plans to install more permanent, vertical cabling in the areas next year."

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2023/08/17/459815/university-of-houstons-agnes-arnold-hall-to-re-open-with-temporary-fencing-after-student-deaths-last-school-year/

The only thing pleasant about that building was the breeze and feeling of openness. Rare for a pseudo brutalist midcentury bunker. Now they’ve made it look like a jail.