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Location: Houston, TX • Houston, TX is the fourth largest city in the United States, with a city population of 2.1 million people.

Mascot: Cougar At sporting events, the campus rallies around Shasta, UH's Between 1947 and 1989, five cougar live cougars served as …Since 1989, costumed mascot . mascots… students have carried on the tradition.

Pushups The Cougar mascots perform pushups for each point scored during a football game.

U of H Colors • The official colors of the University of Houston are Scarlet Red and Albino White • Red stands for courage or inner strength to face the unknown • White stands for the good of helping one's fellow man.

Hand Signal • At game time, Cougar fans show their support by making the "cougar sign ," made by folding the ring finger of the right hand toward the palm. • The tradition dates back to 1953, when Shasta I, the presiding cougar mascot, lost a toe in a cage door on her way to a game. The opposing team, the University of Texas, mocked UH by imitating the cougar's injury. The Cougars soon adopted that gesture as a symbol of pride.

Cougar Sign

Academics • The University of Houston offers 120 undergraduate majors and minors, and several pre-professional programs leading to careers in medicine, law, pharmacy and more. They also offer programs leading to teacher certification • The most popular majors include: Business, Management, Marketing, Psychology, Social Sciences, Communication, Journalism, and Biological and Biomedical Sciences.

Frontiersmen • The UH Frontiersmen display the Texas flag and the University of Houston flag at football games • The Frontiersmen’s primary purpose is to support UH athletics, school spirit and Frontier Fiesta.

Phi Slamma Jamma: Texas’ Tallest Fraternity The 1982- 1984 U of H men’s basketball team was known for its slam dunking and explosive, fast-breaking style of play. Hakeem Olajuwon Clyde “The Glide” Drexler

Sources • appible.com • http://www.otsbuscharter.com • Townmapusa.com • Boxscorenews.com • Fansedge.com • Espn.go.com • Bleacherreport.com • Uh.edu

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