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From Texas to the border of Canada, 12 states generate 90 percent of U.S. onshore wind power. Each state is doing its own form of wind energy testing, and proposals have been drafted to broaden the Lone Star Wind Alliance to include more of these states. “This is a tremendous potential for UH to be a major player in renewable energy under the Obama Administration,” UH Vice President of Research Don Birx said. The UH-led Lone Star Wind Alliance is part of the UH Energy Initiative that UH President Renu Khator outlined as one way “to stay on the cutting edge of the energy industry.” The Wind Alliance partnership includes universities, government agencies and private industries to make wind a sustainable power industry. Birx said the alliance is one way the University can reach the goal of obtaining flagship status. “The Wind Alliance gives UH an opportunity to take a leadership position working with businesses, universities and the public sector,” Birx said. The Wind Alliance began in 2007 when the U.S. Department of Energy awarded UH a blade test facility cooperative research and development agreement. The purpose of the agreement was to design, build and operate new facilities to test the next generation of large wind turbine blades. The alliance is composed of 10 universities including University of

UH is helping shape the next generation of scientists and engineers by hosting the seventh annual Mars Rover Celebration from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. The all-day event held in the Houston Room, University Center offers elementary and middle school students across southeast Texas the opportunity to design, develop and build a model Mars rover. Physics professor Edgar Bering came up with the idea for the event in 2002 while thinking of a way to engage more young students in science. “Per capita, the U.S. produces one-fourth the number of scientists as China,” Bering said. “This is a real problem, and one that has to be addressed while the kids are still young. My own kids were building model rockets, so I figured — why not have all students do something similar?” Additionally, students will have the opportunity to learn important aspects of research and scientific writing and meet UH and NASA scientists. Bering said he wanted to design a program where cost was not a limiting factor so anyone could participate. “We put a $25 limit on how much each team can spend. This ensures that no one can just outspend the others and at the same time spurs creativity,” Bering said. Each team is comprised of four to eight students, and collaboration is strongly emphasized. “We try very hard to make sure all of the students take part ... and that it really is the students who do the work,” Bering said. More than just model building,

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yric Players’ Seasons of Love songsters vocal performance junior Andy Ingalls and pre-pharmacy sophomore Sarah Stout educated campus audiences on “The Song That Goes Like This.” After the intermission, music education junior Jennifer Agbu gave audiences a lesson on Ahrens & Flaherty’s “Speaking French.”

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Bering said the event involves careful research and planning by the students. “The real key to the program is that the students have to design and select their own mission. They have to spend a good amount of time researching Mars and encounter a broad range of scientific disciplines,” Bering said. To compete successfully, students should be familiar with the climate and geology of Mars, as well as learning certain aspects of mechanical engineering and robotics. A volunteer panel of judges from UH and NASA’s Johnson Space Center selects the winners and awarded trophies to the first through fifth place finishers in both the elementary and middle school divisions. All participants receive a certificate and take part in an interview that goes towards making a video of the day’s events. “We want to engage the kids as much as possible and make sure that everyone feels that they really participated,” said Kim Usey, director of communication for UH Texas Learning and Computation Center. In addition to the competition, students are given a tour of UH’s science departments. “We’d love to see some of these same students decide to pursue engineering and science degrees at UH,” Usey said. Usey said she expects at least 15 area schools to participate this year, with some coming as far away as Galveston and Bryan school districts. “This really is a great opportunity for students to both learn about science and space exploration and have a great deal of fun at the same time,” Usey said. news@thedailycougar.com

Life’s work leads to fellowship By Steven Oster The Daily Cougar Forty years of sustainable research has earned John and Rebecca Moores Professor H. Jerome Freiberg a fellowship with the American Educational Research Association. The AERA fellowship is composed of a group of people who have made significant contributions to the field of educational research. Freiberg has received various awards in his 36 years with the University, but the AERA fellowship is effectively a lifetime achievement award. “I’ve been in education for 40 years. Being a fellow of the American Educational Research Association comes from long term sustainable research,”

Freiberg said. The AERA fellowship is a new program comprised of researchers from all over the world. Freiberg will meet with this group in April. AERA has more than 26,000 members, composed of educators, administrators, researchers, counselors, graduate students, and behavioral scientists. It is the largest education research group in the U.S. Freiberg’s recent work includes the development of teaching models for elementary school students. Freiberg’s methods are coimplemented with teachers to develop a new method of successful teaching and learning. The method provides a framework allowing teachers to use creative ways to captivate student

interest, and implement a structured learning environment. Freiberg’s teaching structure has proven successful for a wide range of students. Videos of his method being implemented in a classroom of 3-year-old children from low-income backgrounds show teachers instilling classroom rules in children without being overbearing. The 3 year olds learned rules for acceptable behavior through songs, allowing them to be vocal participants rather than enforcing a passive and submissive attitude in the educational process. “What works is consistency without see FREIBERG, page 3

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rigidity,” Freiburg said. The method transfers to older students as well. The suburban middle-class Duston High School in England contacted Freiberg to help them with unruly and disobedient students. “The teachers at this school would post the students’ best papers on the wall, and kids would come up and set fire to them,” Freiberg said. “I recommended a system where each student would select their best work for the week to be posted in the hallway. This gives them an active role in the teaching process. And then, instead of burning the papers on the wall, they would actually ask for them back.” Freiberg’s methods worked for a range of students, from low-income to middle class, and for black, white, Hispanic or international students. He attributes this success to extensive research. “Trial and error is very inefficient. I use research and data to drive teaching and learning. We looked at data over a two-year period of 350 students.” Freiberg said he strives to prevent problems in the classroom, to allow the teaching process to progress efficiently and teach

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children discipline for life. Certain students are assigned classroom responsibilities. Obligations differ depending on age group and individual teaching style. Some duties include discipline and attendance monitors, class homework managers and computer problem specialists. The duties have been specialized so if the teacher is absent from class one day, a student will be in charge of the classroom. The level of participation is so high the students can teach each other. Freiberg has documented cases in his classrooms of elementaryage students assuming control of the class. It is a collaborative effort among the students and has been scientifically proven to work. In one documented case, the names of disruptive students were taken down by their peers and documented for classroom misconduct. The reports were turned in the next day when the teacher was present. Freiberg directs 24 research centers with about 2,000 students where he conducts most of his research laboratory. “Research and teaching are joined at the hip. To be a good teacher, you have to be up to date in my field. To be up to date means that you have to continue doing research.”

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Gaza in need of humanitarian aid Reuters estimated Jan. 17 that there have been 5,300 Palestinian casualties, including 1,300 deaths, in comparison to 500 Israeli casualties, including 13 deaths. Students around Lihue the world and across the U.S. are standing Rearte in solidarity with Gaza to support the Palestinian victims of violence. “Their demands are reasonable and very, and I should emphasize, very humble,” pre-med junior Bissan Rafe Qasawari said. “What has been done to Gaza is a violation of human rights and basic integrity measures.” Recent sit-ins and occupations in New York, organized by student groups such as Take Back NYU! and Students for a Democratic Society, demand their universities give scholarships to Palestinian students. The student protesters also request the institutions donate “excess supplies and materials” to help restore the education

in Gaza. Included in the list of recipients are institutions such as the Islamic University of Gaza, one of the targets of Israeli air raids in December. As a symbol of solidarity with the people of Gaza, events and protests were held in Europe last month. Students from 16 different universities across the U.K. occupied facilities, condemning “atrocities perpetrated by Israel in the Gaza Strip” and asking their universities to end their investments in “companies complicit in human rights abuses,” according to the Associated Press. “The Palestinian people are viewed as stateless citizens. They have less rights in other countries, which makes it very hard to cope with life anywhere,” Qasawari said. Similar actions against injustice took place in front of the M.D. Anderson Library. The UH Muslim Student Association and the Houston Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine gathered Monday to raise awareness of

the massive numbers of civilian deaths. They plan to gather again from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today “We are here to honor the people that were killed in Gaza,” chemistry graduate student Kellie Abou-awad said. “Any time something like this happens, people need to know what’s going on.” We should all stand with those whose schools have been completely destroyed and whose friends and professors have been murdered. Why aren’t we demanding our University for scholarships and more aid to the Palestinians? The least we could do is raise awareness by protesting against U.S. companies that manufacture weapons and profit from it. This is not the kind of help people in Israel or Afghanistan need. The situation in Gaza is a humanitarian crisis that needs peaceful investing initiatives. see REARTE, page 5

Black History Month should continue Some have called for the end to Black History Month, as if it has become superfluous. The election of Barack Obama as our 44th President has been reason for some Andrew to cease celebration or Taylor observation. “Now that Barack and his family have moved into the White House, it’s time to rethink the holiday Carter G. Woodson came up with nearly a century ago,” Tony Norman of The Pittsburg Post-Gazette argues. “Times have changed. Even the republicans have a black guy running the party. Maybe February can go back to being for all of us.” Morgan Freeman has called the month ridiculous. “You’re going to relegate my history to a month?” the actor said in 2005 during a 60 Minutes interview. He is not the only person to feel feelings of disregard. Cynthia Tucker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of the Atlanta

Journal-Constitution said Black History Month is “a damaging form of apartheid.” “The nation of Tiger Woods, Oprah and Barack Obama no longer needs a Black History Month,” she said. Our president seems to disagree. On February 2, Barack Obama officially recognized Black History Month. “The history of African-Americans is unique and rich, and one that has helped to define what it is to be an American,” he said.“The ideals of our founders became more real and more true for every citizen as African-Americans pressed us to realize our full potential as a nation and to uphold those ideals for all who enter into our borders and embrace the notion that we are all endowed certain unalienable rights.” His words focus on progress, diligent work and incredibly bold people who fought for a cause. Our president does not suffice as a reason to halt or forget about Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s original idea and purpose.

It used to be a rite of passage for high school graduates heading to college – find a roommate, sign up for a meal plan and create a Facebook account. When the social networking Web site was created Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004, it was open exclusively to Harvard students. In September 2006, Facebook opened its virtual doors to the general public when it allowed anyone with an e-mail address to create an account. Since then, thousands have found different uses for the site. Parents and their children use Facebook to communicate. Friends separated by thousands of miles use Facebook to keep in touch. Employers even use Facebook to scout potential employees. According to the Associated Press, Facebook has 175 million users, all of whom agreed to Facebook’s terms of use and privacy policy when they created an account. Consumerist.com brought Facebook under fire Feb. 15 when it pointed out that changes to Facebook’s terms of service would allow the Web site to share information, including messages and photographs, users shared with others through Facebook even after a user’s account is terminated. The article caused such uproar that on Wednesday, Zuckerberg sent a message to users (through Facebook) that Facebook would “return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised,” according to Bit-tech.net. Zuckerberg also created a Facebook group named “Facebook Bill of Rights” to give users a platform to share concerns and ideas regarding ownership of information shared through Facebook. As more information is shared in the public space of the Internet, it is inevitable that issues about information ownership will arise. Online social networking sites have a definite place and purpose in society, but it is up to individual users to learn how to protect their information. Facebook makes information about its privacy policy available to the public and is by giving its users a voice in shaping the product they use. It is the responsibility of users to stay informed about changes to Facebook’s policies and protest those they find invasive or unfair to ultimately create a better product and resource.

Carter G. Woodson started Black History Month in 1926, originally calling it Negro History Week. It is said Woodson chose the second week of February because it marked the birthdays of two Americans who greatly influenced the lives and social conditions of African Americans — former president Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass. “I think it is a positive uplifting observance in our country. I think for the most part, the rest of our country (general public) gets any exposure to the African heritage,” UH Clear Lake communication junior Anthony Nguyen said. No matter how many strides we make in progress, the hard work of Dr. Carter G. Woodson and all who have fought for rights and recognition deserve to be honored indefinitely. Andrew Taylor is an economics sophomore and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar. com.

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Demands of NYU protestors were unfocused NYU students occupied the marketplace in the Kimmel Center a 10 p.m. Wednesday, their stay to last until the administration agreed to talk. Come Friday, they were lured out under Matthew the guise of Keever negotiation and suspended. “Whose streets? Our streets!” came the cry from protesters outside the Kimmel Center late Thursday evening. Police safeguarded the building and eventually forced protesters back. Take Back NYU!, the organization’s Web site, released a video showing an officer thrashing aimlessly

toward the crowd with his baton. According to Minding the Campus, a Web site dedicated to conversation on U.S. universities, protesters wanted public disclosure of NYU’s endowment and operating budget, a student on the university’s board of trustees, tuition kept at or below the rate of inflation, access to the library for the general public, and priority for student groups in buildings owned or leased by NYU. They also demanded scholarships for 13 Gaza students, extra NYU supplies sent to rebuild Gaza University, amnesty for all occupiers and a reconsideration of the lifting of the campus ban against CocaCola. According to the Web site,

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for with U.S. taxpayers’ money,” Malcolm Smart, Amnesty’s Middle East director, said in a report. In addition, the U.S. is to provide $30 billion in military aid to Israel under a 10-year agreement that runs until 2017, Amnesty said. Perhaps this is a good time to ask ourselves if the University of Houston is, like many others, investing in corporations who could potentially profit from the war. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is an ongoing war dominated by military atrocities. Hundreds of militants and civilians are being murdered and the numbers keep increasing. Surely we can and should do something to ease their suffering.

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Our tuition, the money that all of us pay to fund our “public” universities, could partially be provided by the billions of dollars that the U.S. government gives to the Israeli violence in the Middle East. In an effort to end an arms embargo on Israel, the human rights group Amnesty International demands the UN to stop this “aid” from abroad. Also, Amnesty researchers found proof of Israeli munitions, which were made by Americans. “To a large extent, Israel’s military offensive in Gaza was carried out with weapons, munitions and military equipment supplied by the U.S.A. and paid

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“the occupiers, 18 of them now under suspension, just got their timing wrong. Takeovers and non-negotiable demands seem to work better in the spring and fall, when the weather is better.” Mike Riley and Will Schwartz, NYU class of ’08, created a Fake Back NYU blog to point out what they see as absurdity from the protesters. They claimed the students merely wished to “assuage [their] white guilt” and called them laughable, “largely because they speak a language of knee-jerk-faux-liberalcollege speak that only they can understand,” making their disapproval for the protest clear. The key demand seemed to be transparency of NYU’s budget and endowment. This would be accomplished partially through appointing students to the

university’s board of trustees. Unfortunately, when The Washington Square News interviewed 30 NYU students, not one of them fully supported the list of demands. The issue here seems to be a combination of information overload and a lack of salience. Few students truly feel affected by the demands listed by Take Back NYU!. Without prominence and applicability, causes fail and occupations only last three days. A good question to ask any student who becomes involved in on-campus protests would be, “How important is this issue to you?” Unions and protests usually pick a specific issue to argue. For this reason, they usually only reach about 10 percent of students and fizzle out quickly.

Take Back NYU! chose the big issues and combined them, but the end result was an eclectic group of demands which no one fully understood. The occupation of Kimmel is finished and those who blockaded themselves inside are subject to the consequences, which look bleak. This occupation had the fewest occupiers, shortest occupation, least support among the student body and longest list of demands in the history of NYU. Students who have been identified as being involved have lost their housing status, but NYU is graciously offering them alternative housing. Matthew Keever is a communication junior and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com.

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Cougars look to limit miscues By Ronnie Turner The Daily Cougar Although the Cougars were outscored 27-7 en route to dropping two of three games to Kansas State over the weekend, head coach Rayner Noble was pleased his squad learned a valuable lesson about playing defense. Pitchers and catchers were the chief beneficiaries of this lesson, showcasing a better understanding of how to hold runners on base in Sunday’s series finale after letting the Wildcats run freely in the first two games. Kansas State had a combined 12 stolen bases in the first two games, but the Cougars allowed only one in a 3-2, 10-inning win Sunday. “This was a good series for us because that’s about as aggressive a team (on the bases) as you’ll find,” said Noble, who recorded his 500th career win Sunday. “It was good for us to have to go through that.” The pitchers’ deliveries were quicker to the plate and catcher John Cannon made sharper throws Sunday. “Coach Noble talked to us before the game, saying, ‘That’s why we’re losing these games badly right now because they’re just stealing bases whenever they want to,’” said closer Chase Dempsay, who pitched 3 2/3

shutout innings Sunday to earn his first win of the season. “He told us that we had to be quicker to the plate and don’t get into a (pattern) so the runners know when to go. We got a lot better at that.” The Cougars (1-2) hope the momentum of Sunday’s win will carry over into their matchup against Stephen F. Austin at 3 p.m. today at Jaycees Field in Nacogdoches, but they’ll have to brace themselves for possible growing pains from one player. Freshman right-hander Michael Goodnight will make his first collegiate start. The hard-tossing Goodnight, whose fastball can consistently stay in the 90-94 milesper-hour range, was a two-way star at Westside High School, helping his team come one win short of the Class 5A state semifinals in 2008. He’ll face an SFA squad that is also off to a rough start this season. The Lumberjacks (1-2) dropped decisions to Mississippi Valley State and Louisiana-Monroe by a combined score of 28-10 Saturday at the ULM Warhawk Classic, but rebounded with a 7-2 win over Northwestern State on Sunday. Today’s game will be a tuneup for a bigger matchup against crosstown rival and Collegiate Baseball No. 10 Rice on Wednesday. A win would go a long way

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Junior outfielder Zak Presley, pictured above against Kansas State, had two hits in the Cougars 3-2 win Sunday. toward building confidence for a UH squad with four freshmen, including one redshirt, seeing significant action on the field. “We’re a younger team, and I think we just need to get the

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kinks out,” Dempsay said. “All the freshmen on the team who are starters right now were used to seeing us, and I think seeing another jersey over there (in the opposing dugout) just kind of frightened

them for a couple of games. I think now they kind of have their nerves down, and we’ll start winning some games.” sports@thedailycougar.com

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This honor goes to the Chicago Bulls, who fortified their lineup and snagged an extra first-round pick in the 2009 draft without giving up any of their top three players. The Bulls picked up sharpshooter John Salmons and veteran center Brad Miller from Sacramento for Ronnie forwards Drew Gooden Turner and Andres Nocioni and two scrubs. Salmons, a swingman, averaged a careerhigh 18.3 points with the Kings this season, and Miller, who averaged 11.9 points and eight rebounds with the Kings, is a two-time All-Star. The Bulls also traded unhappy guard Larry Hughes to the Knicks for reserves Tim Thomas, Jerome James and Anthony Roberson. The latter three probably won’t help much this season, but their combined $25.25 million in next season’s salary will come off the books in time for 2010, when LeBron James and others hit free agency. To top it off, the Bulls dumped Thabo Sefolosha to Oklahoma City for one of the Thunder’s 2009 first-round picks.

First of all Ronnie, nobody cares about the Bulls because they continue to disappoint year in and year out while underplaying with tons of talent. The clearcut winners of the NBA trade deadline were the New York Knicks. The Knicks acquired swingman Larry Hughes, who is Keith averaging 11.7 points Cordero Jr. a game this season, from the Bulls by dumping guard Anthony Roberson, highsalary forward Tim Thomas and center Jerome James. They also shipped veteran forward Malik Rose to Oklahoma City for center Chris Wilcox. Hughes and Wilcox are athletic players who will fit in well in head coach Mike D’Antoni’s run and gun system. These two deals continue to free up cap space for the Knicks, who look to make a big push to acquire superstar LeBron James when he becomes a free agent in the summer of 2010. The Knicks, who have played well under their new coach, should start Hughes at shooting guard alongside Chris Duhon.

Let me get this straight. Ronnie and Keith picked two teams that are currently on the outside looking in for the playoff race and they are “winners?” Ronnie plays the “first round pick” card, but it’s a late pick and the NBA draft is a crapshoot. Keith using the Knicks Phillipe and winners in the Craig same sentence is like studying on spring break — it’s just not happening. The real winners are the Orlando Magic, a team that is going to the playoffs and needed a replacement piece to maintain their current pace. By acquiring Rafer Alston for what will most likely be a late first round pick, the Magic plugged in a proven point guard who has playoff experience and is adept to deferring to a center. The game slows down in the playoffs, forcing teams to execute in their halfcourt sets. This is where Alston’s ability to distribute and run the offense will pay dividends. Players want championships now, not cap flexibility in 18 months.

Normally, Judge Dredd would smite any fool who dares to take a shot at the Knicks’ legacy. Phillipe, you bastard — if the names such as Walt Frazier, Willis Reed, and Patrick Ewing don’t ring a bell, you should definitely brush up on your NBA History. These guys are Hall of Fame (and one future hall of fame) players who Judge helped build the Mecca of Dredd basketball and established one of the most storied franchises in sports history. The last seven years of mediocrity doesn’t take away from what this franchise of “winners” has meant for the NBA. Judge Dredd will show leniency this time because your argument for the Magic’s deal for Alston actually made sense. Phillipe wins. However, future displays of ignorance and incompetence will result in harsh punishment. Alston has more scoring options to defer to in Orlando, so his inconsistent shooting will take a back seat to his ability to penetrate and dish. Hedo Turkoglu, Dwight Howard and Rashard Lewis’ numbers should all increase because of Alston’s ability to find the open man.

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Pitt leads race for No. 1 seed The NCAA Tournament selection show is less than three weeks away and all the top teams are making a case for the four coveted No. 1 seeds. The committee looks at several deciding factors including record, strength Keith of schedule, Cordero Jr. Ratings Percentage Index, key wins, key losses and conference records.Here are my four No. 1 seeds for March Madness. The No. 1 overall seed should be the Pittsburgh Panthers (25-2, 12-2 Big East), who are led by their incredible tandem at forward in senior Sam Young and sophomore DeJuan Blair. Pittsburgh is atop the very competitive Big East and has already beaten previously topranked Connecticut, Syracuse and Florida State this season. Senior point guard Levance Fields is averaging 10.9 points with 7.5 assists with a phenomenal assistto-turnover ratio of four-to-one. The Panthers lost two tough road games to top-15 ranked Louisville and Villanova, but with Blair breaking out this season (15.8 points and 13 rebounds per game) the Panthers should go deep into the tournament. Despite a loss to Pittsburgh, the Connecticut Huskies (25-2, 13-2 Big East) also deserve a No. 1 seed. The Huskies have a low block tandem with senior Jeff Adrien and junior Hasheem Thabeet, both averaging double-doubles this season. The loss of junior guard Jerome Dyson to a torn MCL will set the

Huskies back, but head coach Jim Calhoun has faith in senior guards A.J. Price and Craig Austrie to step up. The Huskies have huge wins over Villanova, Gonzaga and Miami and should be a threat in this year’s tournament. It may seem like I am a Big East fan since my first two No. 1 seeds play in that conference, but I believe the Oklahoma Sooners (25-2, 11-1 Big 12) should receive one as well. The Sooners have had an amazing season, led by sophomore stud Blake Griffin, who is averaging 22 points and 13.8 rebounds per game. Despite their loss at Texas on Saturday, the Sooners have dominated the Big 12 this season. Griffin, who may be the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, has scored in double figures in every game this season until he was literally knocked out of the Texas game with a concussion. The Sooners will need a healthy Griffin to carry them in the tournament or else an early exit is looming for the Sooners. The final No. 1 seed goes to North Carolina (24-3, 10-3 ACC), simply because they have the most talent despite three ACC losses. The Tar Heels, led by senior forward Tyler Hansbrough, are first in the ACC and have five players who are averaging double figures in scoring. Freshman seven-footer Tyler Zeller has recently returned for injury and junior point guard Ty Lawson is an exciting player to watch and will lead the Tar Heels to the Final Four for the second consecutive year. sports@thedailycougar.com

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Hockey hopes to stop stereotypes Willie O’Ree is regarded as hockey’s Jackie Robinson. O’Ree broke hockey’s color barrier by becoming the first player of color in the NHL, suiting up for the Boston Bruins in 1958. Once he made it to the Mike NHL, O’Ree Damante was unable to replicate the scoring touch he had in the minors. However, O’Ree’s legacy isn’t about statistics — it’s about the doors he opened. Today, the NHL and the sport of hockey have a growing minority interest because of ambassadors such as O’Ree and programs such as “Ice Hockey in Harlem.” During the past few NHL seasons,

there have been 29 black players, seven Aboriginal, seven Asian, three Hispanic, one Inuit and one South Asian. The most notable of these players is Calgary Flames’ captain Jarome Iginla, who is of half-Nigerian descent. The Flames forward is the first black captain in NHL history, a five-time all-star and helped Canada win Gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Nashville Predators forward Joel Ward came up in the American Hockey League with the Houston Aeros. Under the guidance of head coach Kevin Constantine, Ward became a more complete player in his three seasons with the Aeros. Scott Gomez became the first Hispanic player drafted by a NHL club when the New Jersey Devils selected him with the 27th pick in the first round of the 1998 draft. Gomez is also the first Alaska-born player in the NHL. He won the Calder Trophy, awarded to the league’s top rookie, after notching 19 goals and 51 assists. The NHL is looking to smash racial stereotypes about the sport. Players such as Iginla serve as great role models to all young players, regardless of color. sports@thedailycougar.com

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Fans and bar flies enjoy spoken words performances at poetry series Poison Pen. The next reading will be at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Poison Girl Lounge at 1641 Westheimer Road.z

Art Storm loses gallery space Exhibit display creates ambiance of affordable art for buyers worried of economic crunch Cougar Life & Arts Services A sign of the troubled times, economics is even starting to affect art. The Houston collective ArtStorm will be losing its gallery space at 4828 Caroline. Because of high overhead, the art group has decided to “cut costs” and opt out of their lease at Caroline Collective location. Future planned exhibits have been put on hold until gallery space can be found. ArtStorm is an organization of artists dedicated to exhibiting local talent and open to innovative ideas when it comes to art. The current exhibit, A Jewel Encrusted Pathology, will remain on display through March 14. By two of ArtStorm’s very own, the Alicia Seale and Megan Whitenton’s exhibit is displayed in the manner of a “lived-in” environment. The creation of an inviting space, rather than a plain, white room, enhances the familiarity with the art and encourages the viewer to resonate comfortably with each piece. Seale, ArtStorm’s senior designer, will exhibit pen-andink drawings as well as handmade custom housewares. Whitenton, public relations

director of ArtStorm, will exhibit collage-like works as well as recycled works of art. All pieces on display will be available for purchase. Prices will be reasonable and negotiable. One purpose of exhibiting the artwork as if it were within a home is to encourage visitors to see they too can afford art. A Jewel Encrusted Pathology will run through March 14. The gallery is open noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. The closing of ArtStorm’s exhibit space is not the end of the art collective as a group however. A large-scale event is tentatively scheduled for May 9. More news will be coming on its Web site at http://www. artstormhouston.com. The Caroline Collective also hosts other events. For those attending South By Southwest, an annual music festival in Austin in March, a pre-SXSW party will be held at the Caroline Collection from 6 to 9 p.m. March 12. The goal of this party is to meet other Houston attendees of SXSW, as well as planning your schedule and picking up tips from previous SXSW attendees. More information can be found at http://www.carolinecollective.cc. arts@thedailycougar.com

Poison Girl Lounge will host its monthly reading series Poison Pen at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, with poets Joshua Beckman and Barbara Hamby reading original work. Beckman, a Connecticut native, is the author of six books and the editor of Wave Press. Barbara Hamby, creative writing instructor at Florida State University, is teaching a semester at UH and has published four books. Four UH creative writing alumni who enjoyed reading series, but not the stuffiness and pretentiousness that can often accompany with them, started Poison Pen in September 2006. “You go to some readings and you can definitely feel that people are really worried about their persona — you get fake pieces,” said David Maclean, a founder of Poison Pen. “This series allows people to read things they don’t normally read.” A general requirement of readings at Poison Pen is the pieces must contain desire or “id.” “According to Freud, there are three divisions of a person. Id is the appetite part that wants to eat and smash things and have a good time,” said Greg Oaks, another founder of Poison Pen. “There’s nothing stuffy or cerebral in our readings.”

That Poison Pen readings are set at a local bar is another factor. Scott Repas, owner of Poison Girl Lounge and a co-founder of the reading series, relates a horrible experience he had while at a bar in New York. “(The reading) was so pretentious. We just wanted a setting where people could be real,” Repas said. Named after the old school tattoo made popular by Sailor Jerry, as well as the lyrics from a blues song by the late Houstonian Chris Whitley, Poison Girl is simply the neighborhood bar the reading series grew from. For Maclean, there’s a slightly different story behind the founding of Poison Pen. “We liked other reading series, but we also liked drinking. We wanted to make it less taxing for ourselves. We wanted to stay at the bar,” Maclean said. And stay at the bar they have. In its second year, Poison Pen readings are routinely packed, averaging 100 to 120 patrons. Not all arrive at Poison Pen eager for a poetry review, but because of the liveliness and the id of the readings, many stay. “Most (of the audience) are people that come in for a drink and find themselves in the middle of a poetry review,” Maclean said. see POISON, page 9

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Ely Falls By simply looking through this band’s influences on their MySpace page, you can get a pretty good idea of what they sound like. You can’t go wrong with a list with Sigur Ros, The Appleseed Cast and Radiohead. This young band recently released their EP, Let Your Yes Be Yes, for free on their page, www.elyfalls.co.uk. The band’s main strength Roshan Bhatt is by far their musical abilities. The guitarists will lure you in with their technical progressions and the melodic and soothing croons will make this a surefire nighttime gem. The long-winded instrumentals seem to carry the songs, much like Austin’s post-rock darlings Explosions in the Sky. If releasing the EP for free wasn’t enough to lure you in, Ely Falls also recorded “Let Your Yes Be Yes” acoustically, and is also releasing it for free on the bands Web site. Upon listening to these songs, you’ll come to find out that Ely Falls is the best export out of Iowa since … well, OK, they’re the best. Listen at http:// www.myspace.com/elyfalls A Great Big Pile of Leaves Aside from the incredibly stupid band name, these Brooklyn natives have their game on lock. Much like Ely Falls, they are yet another band that released both their EPs, The Fiery Works and The Fiery Works II, for free on their Web site, http://www.agreatbigpileofleaves. com. Their sound is full of guitar noodling, highly reminiscent of bands like Minus the Bear and As Tall as Lions. Considering the band is comprised of only two members, they’ve done a great job creating a full and rich sound. They also have a strong ‘80s influence from bands like Echo and the Bunnymen or the Smiths. At any rate, A Great Big Pile of Leaves has an upbeat and energetic sound that will undoubtedly make you move your feet. Don’t waste anymore time. Head to their Web site and get a hold of both EPs in The Fiery Works collection. arts@thedailycougar.com

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Taking into consideration that the band Thursday alienated many fans with 2006’s disappointing album A City by the Light Divided, it’s an understatement to say there’s a lot riding on Common Existence, the New Brunswick group’s fifth fulllength Feb. 17 release. A City by the Light Divided took the band’s previously aggressive and energetic sound and transformed it into an experimental and scatterbrained mess. However, they’ve taken a different approach to their music lately. With new songs released on the 2007 release Kill the House Lights, along with songs on the 2008 split with Envy, they’ve made a conscious effort to bridge the gap between their old, more aggressive sound and their more experimental, new sound. Common Existence kicks off with “Resuscitation of a Dead Man,” which as a first single and album opener falls flat in many places. Singer Geoff Rickley has always had a more raw and unconventional vocal method, but there doesn’t seem to be a clear vision on many of the songs. Songs such as “Beyond the Visible Spectrum” and “Circuits of Fever” are other examples of inconsistent tracks. Another slip-up concerning Thursday is the band’s choice in production duties. Dave Fridmann, who has handled duties for the Flaming Lips and Mogwai, has helmed their last two major releases.

POISON continued from page 8

When choosing readers, Poison Pen aims for a variety of types of writers to keep its varied patrons entertained. “We try to mix grad students with professional writers, as well as with writers in the community,” Oaks said. Usually a mix of poetry and fiction, Thursday’s reading will feature poets Beckman and Hamby. “The id requirement will be met at this meeting,” Oaks said. Poison Pen readings occur at 8:30 p.m. on the last Thursday of

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Thursday’s latest album, Common Existence, was released Feb. 17. Fridmann is by no means a bad producer, but his ability to create a more space-rock feel doesn’t seem to mesh all too well with Thursday’s sound. That said, Fridmann has done a fairly decent and a much better job of capturing the band’s element this time around. The album does have its fair share of plunder. “Last Call” borrows style tips from 2002’s “Jet Black New Year,” with a highly climactic bridge. “Time’s Arrow” is another gem, and Thursday’s best U2 impression, complete with electronic flourishes and delay pedals. “Unintended Long Term Effects” and the soon to be fanfavorite “Subway Funeral” are some of Thursday’s best work since “War All the Time.” In retrospect, Thursday may

every month at Poison Girl Lounge, located at 1641 Westheimer Road. Poison Girl Lounge is open from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. daily. Even if poetry isn’t one’s forte, Poison Girl is still worth a visit. With a jukebox that plays only Texas music (we’re not just talking country) and several pinball machines, not to mention a few Houston Press awards for Best Bar, you know the place is legit. “There’s a great mix of musicians and artists and drunks from the community, and everyone is sharing in this experience,” Oaks said. arts@thedailycougar.com

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Epitaph Records Verdict: Perhaps the album is not so ‘Common’ afterall have held onto more fans had they released Common Existence in between the releases of 2003’s War All the Time and A City by the Light Divided. That could have been a smoother progression. Common Existence falls flat several times, but is a more cohesive and consistent effort and will surely comfort old fans and garner new ones. arts@thedailycougar.com

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Texas, Texas A&M, Rice University and Texas Tech, along with 14 companies including Shell Wind, British Petroleum, Dow Industry and Horizon Wind. The Texas Work Force, State Energy Conservation Office and the West Texas Wind Coalition are three of seven public sectors represented in the Wind Alliance. “UH is the general manager of the Wind Alliance,” Birx said. “We coordinate the whole process into an integrated development of wind power.” The governance portion of the Wind Alliance represents all the universities, industries and public sector to reach the main goal, which is to transform the wind industry into

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