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Proposal to lock tuition By James Hale THE DAILY COUGAR

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Student Government Association president Sam Dike outlined a proposal designed to keep tuition at UH affordable at an SGA Senate meeting Wednesday. “In the midst of one of the greatest economic challenges ever to face our nation, it is important we work to preserve the American dream,” Dike said. “The people with the skills and education necessary to succeed will be the engine of our renewal as a nation.” SGA’s tuition task force wrote the five-point proposal, which expands on last year’s tuition recommendations and introduces new measures to make the cost of a college education less daunting. “In a time of great economic hardship, it becomes ever more important to preserve access to higher education,” Dike said. The new measures include a one-year freeze on tuition and a ‘tuition guarantee’ that would lock individual tuition at the rate paid when a freshman first comes to UH. The proposal also recommends maintaining a 6-percent cap on tuition increases for another two years. Tuition rose 5.9 percent in 2008, the lowest raise in five years. UH’s ‘Family Plan’ also continues to be under the SGA proposal. The plan provides that the University pay the tuition of students with family incomes of $30,000 or less as long as they maintain good academic standing. “We hope ... that socioeconomic status will not be a barrier to students seeking higher education at our University,” Dike said. The final point of the proposal expands the University’s two-for-one summer school plan, which began last year at the recommendation of SGA. Under this plan, students can take two summer classes for the price of one class. “We hope this plan will allow students to graduate in a timely and inexpensive manner,” Dike said. see SGA, page 12

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POETRY PROS ecorated poets Hayan Charara and Fady Joudah will read new works in The Honor College commons from 5 to 7 p.m. Joudah’s book The Earth in the Attic received the 2007 Yale Series for Younger Poets award. He received the 2008 Saif Ghobash-Banipal prize for translating Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry. Charara, a teaching fellow at UH, received a 2009 literature fellowship for poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts.

While Barack Obama’s presidency is writing a new chapter in U.S. history, a high school in Crosby will stimulate new discussion of black history with the community’s youth. Crosby High School will host Transition LeVeaux to Change: The 2009 African American Heritage Experience on Saturday. The event includes a Black Business Expo showcasing local businesses, representatives from historically black universities and a panel discussion that will consider

questions such as “Has black history faded?” and “How to reach today’s youth?” Political science and African American Studies assistant professor Christine LeVeaux is a guest panelist for the event. LeVeaux said the event’s title “Transition to Change” plays a role in expressing the importance of the first elected black president. “Blacks in America are being called to redefine themselves, their mission and who they are, and — with the election of Barack Obama — what they can do and what they can be,” LeVeaux said. The event will help bring to light issues that black Americans continue to face, even after Obama’s election. LeVeaux said she’s interested in how the election will affect black identity. “In some ways there’s a renewed interest (in black history) and in

some ways some might feel like that chapter is over in terms of the struggle,” she said. Franklin Anderson, an adjunct lecturer of African American Studies, said it is too early to tell the impact Obama will have on black history. “(The election has) different meanings for different people,” Anderson said. “Has (Martin Luther) King’s dream been fulfilled? From my perspective no — not in a negative perspective. But it’s way too early to tell.” Anderson said he cautions against relying on one man to change everything. “MLK could not have succeeded if literally tens of thousands of people hadn’t participated. If other people hadn’t decided to not ride the bus, it wouldn’t have been successful,” Anderson said. “We can’t be solely dependent on what Barack Obama

University Career Services are taking measures to ensure students are prepared to take advantage of an influx of “green jobs” in the economy. A panel of employers will discuss the green economy and how to find environmentally friendly careers at 2 p.m. today in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library. “Professionals from the city of Houston, Standard Renewable Energy and the U.S. Green Building Council will give information about getting into a green economy field,” UH Career Services counselor Nancy Wilson said. The event will allow students to interact with employers about how to get their foot in the door at a green economy company, Wilson said. “This will also be a good way to network with employers,” Wilson said. “Environmentally conscious students of any major can find a job that aligns with their beliefs.” The coming job influx is due to Obama’s stimulus package, which includes $16.8 billion in renewable see GREEN, page 3

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Expo explores black history By Jasmine Harrison & Shruti Purohit THE DAILY COUGAR

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does. Just like MLK. There has to be a collective effort.” While LeVeaux remains optimistic, she said the fading of history and the repercussions of such an occurrence is an issue. “We have to be very careful to always acknowledge our past,” LeVeaux said. “We cannot let black history fade. ... There has to be a vigilance in terms of maintaining that history because that’s where so much of our pride and identity comes from.” The theme of the African American Heritage Experience is “rewinding our past to start our future.” The event is free and open to the general public. For more information, contact Thinyia Maxey at (832) 5271976 or by e-mail at BSCouncil@ hotmail.com.

Students can receive income tax credits up to $2,000 as part of the $787 million stimulus package. Income increases of $1,000 for the Hope and Lifetime Learning tax credits make students who earned less than $58,000 and families that earned less than $116,000 eligible for the refunds. Political science junior Fithi Garza said he knows exactly how he will spend the extra money. “I am going to buy more clothes,” Garza said. While some students want to go shopping with the tax returns, environmental science junior Judah Lopez said he is going to treat the return like any other paycheck. “I am going to pay off bills that I have,” Lopez said. Lopez isn’t the only one thinking about cashing in on the credit to clear bills and debt.

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energy related industries. The U.S. Department of Energy classifies green jobs as careers with upward mobility, wages that can support a family and benefit the U.S.’s ecology. A study by the University of Tennessee showed that if the country’s renewable energy represented 25 percent by 2025, then 5 million or more green jobs will be created to meet the demand. The government, energy and architecture are three industries represented in the panel. For students who are interested in energy but don’t want to enter the oil industry, there are several companies working on renewable

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“I am going to use the extra money to pay off student loans,” dance senior Kendra Skipworth said. Not everyone is planning on spending the return on clothes or bills. Some students are putting the money away for the future. Anthropology senior Cierra Holloway plans to put the money away for retirement. “I am going to put the money in my savings account,” Holloway said. “Nothing comes out of that account.” The $1,800 Hope credit can be claimed for two years by full-time undergraduates. The Hope credit does not

energy in Houston. “When most people think about Houston, they think oil and natural gas,” Wilson said. “They don’t know that there is a huge wind power industry in Houston.” Green building will also be featured as a path architecture majors can take. There are three speakers who will address the opportunities that students will have in green building when they graduate. Even the City of Houston has areas of environmentally friendly career paths. There is the chief officer for sustainable growth and the code enforcement division. The panel discussion is presented by The GalvestonHouston Association for Smog Prevention, UH EnviroClub, Environment Texas and UH. news@thedailycougar.com

apply to political science doctoral candidate Aaron Diamond, but he is eligible for the Lifetime Learning credit. There is no limit to the number of times students or parents can claim the $2,000 Lifetime Learning credit, and it is available for all years of postsecondary education. “Most of the money will go to pay debt or buy books,” Diamond said. Because of other provisions in the stimulus, students can take advantage of tax incentives for buying a certain type of car or buying their first home. “I plan to use the money as (part of ) a down payment on a house,” education senior Daniela Yepez said. news@thedailycougar.com

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Doth protest too much? AT ISSUE: NYU protests cause national stir, but responders aren’t chanting in unison.

Breaking the law could ruin the point

Student protests evoke powerful messages

Protest is undermined by misguided actions

A lot of people are upset about the situation at New York University, and how students affiliated with Take Back NYU! are being treated since the Kimmel Student Center occupation of the ended. Few people, however, are considering that the students broke into the building to occupy it. We as a people have the right to assemble. If people choose to do so, their credibility must be intact. Credibility is often the only currency that matters. When credibility is in question, a person is Matthew M h then no longer able Keever to serve their cause. According to UH Students Against Sweatshops’ blog, during UH President Khator’s investiture, while organized outside the Cullen Auditorium, Khator’s secretary stood in front of protesters in an attempt to hide their banner from the view of faculty attending the event. “Do you have to stand right in front of me?” asked one of the protesters, which is when he was allegedly slapped. If this is any indication of how on-campus protesting at UH is handled, then we ought to be ashamed. The UHSAS is planning another protest rally at noon March 31 at M.D. Anderson Memorial Library. Stand up for what you believe in. Say it loud, but remember if you break the law, no matter how minor or severe the infraction, you muddle everything up and your cause becomes hopeless.

The UH student handbook allows for peaceful protesting, but looking back on the past at different protests around campus brings up the question — have we gone too far? “Last fall there was a demonstration near the UC involving a guy dressed as a chicken, handing out candy and pointing to pictures of the tortured KFC chickens,” former UH alumnas Sara Turner said. “Normally, it would have been a nonissue, but at that exact moment a father was walking with his son toward the UC for lunch. Alana Al The child saw the MousaviDin gory photo and heard what the feathered man was saying and subsequently burst into tears.” Our feathered friend was doing nothing wrong. He was presenting the information and his opinion. The same goes for the protest a few years ago where a student and a baby doll were carried like corpses across campus, smeared with fake blood. While also graphic, it was poignant and beautifully carried out. Immediately, students knew that there was another side to the war — an ugly, violent, liferobbing side that is far from peaceful and far from productive. The students on our campus need to have opportunities to express views and passions. Protesting is an effective way to get the point across, and censorship of this right would simply be yet another cause for protest.

Rational and peaceful actions deserve a rational peaceful response. Last week, protests were staged at New York University regarding issues as varied as fiscal transparency to the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. About 70 students from NYU and nearby colleges, affiliated with the campaign Take Back NYU!, barricaded themselves in a dining room for about 40 hours, pledging to remain until a list of 13 demands was met. “The demands included public release of NYU’s budget and endowment figures, DDaniel il student representation Wheeler on the school’s board of trustees, scholarships for Palestinian students, tuition stabilization, universal public access to the school’s main library and amnesty for those involved with the protest,” according to The Brown Daily Herald. Some of the proposals were pretty misguided but then again, what else can be expected from a bunch of hipsters? The protest ended Friday but the issue is still far from settled. Peaceful protest cannot be denied without setting a dangerous precedent, but reports have circulated of an injured security guard and breaking and entering occurring during the protests. This was exactly what the administration needed if they are looking to punish these students. In order to make the greatest gain, your side cannot be the one to lose composure — this immediately discredits all prior action.

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The mission is not accomplished and there are tough times ahead. President Obama’s address to Congress on Tuesday was a call to endurance, not to action. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal tendered the Republican response and did not entirely disagree with the president. “We are now in a time of challenge. Many of you listening tonight have lost jobs. Others have seen your college and retirement savings dwindle. Many of you are worried about losing your health care and your homes,” he said. The rhetoric changed little. Both Jindal and Obama spoke of recovery, of the enduring spirit and work ethic of Americans, but the blame game was an unannounced honoree in both speeches. Neither of them was wrong. The true blame belongs on both sides of the aisle, but the culprits are both Legislative and corporate. Deregulation is the largest Legislative offender. In health care, insurance, high finance, stock markets and environment, we are learning anew what happens when foxes guard chickens. The push toward responsibility in finance is something we can all get behind as citizens with an investment in the economy. Most important to recovery is the focus on accountability. At UH, we teach ethics with our finance and economics, an understanding of the human costs of irresponsibility. Regardless of one’s political leanings are, oversight is something we can all get behind. The revival of tuition breaks for civil service also helps students. Financial credits for loans for college and the tax credit for tuition are going to be important to every person on this campus. Although party leaders call for unity, we Cougars also have a duty to and our government and the entities to whom we trust our money, and to hold both to higher standards than we have seen. We all are the oversight, and must be on guard to protect a more honest and ethical future.

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Black history should be taught at young age Names like Rosa Parks, Louis Armstrong and Martin Luther King Jr. have become common names in the vocabularies of elementary-aged kids. However, as they grow older and get into junior and senior high Alana Al school, the prevalence of MousaviDin Black History Month is no longer at the forefront, but instead on the back burner, only to be discussed if time allows. Robyn Lawrence, assistant director for the Children’s Lighthouse daycare center in Katy, said care givers begin teaching the importance of black history beginning at around age 4. “At the Children’s Lighthouse, we incorporate black history into our lesson plans for ages 4 and above,” Lawrence said. “And for our threemonth old groups, we play music from the likes of Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald as a way of introducing them to the dynamics of Black History Month.” Katherine McAteer, a seventh grade Texas history teacher at T. H. McDonald Junior High in Katy, said the school does not focus on teaching black history per class, but instead ends the month with a

special program for the entire school. “Our class doesn’t do anything special in particular, but we always study the Buffalo Soldiers as part of our curriculum,” McAteer said. “Many students and teachers get involved with the program ending Black History Month.” Local high schools utilize class time to introduce guest speakers such as local poet Alice Redditt, who read aloud her poetry Wednesday at the Harris County Public Library, Katy Branch. Her poetry celebrates the history of African-American people. High school is more centered on actual individuals whose experiences can make an impact on the often uninterested minds of teenagers. The Texas Board of Education and each districts’ school board understands how the kids learn best at each age level and plans accordingly. While not as intensive as in latter years, our kids come out each school year having learned more about black history than the year before. With President Obama now in office, our future generations have a lot to look forward to since history as we know it, has changed. Alana MousaviDin is a communication senior and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com.

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ON CAMPUS: The UH School of Theater and Dance will perform the quintessential American play, Bobrauschenbergamerica by Charles L. Mee, at 8 p.m. in the Lyndall Finley Wortham Theater. Support your fellow Coogs!! Conference USA Swimming g and Diving Championshipss will take place, starting at 10 a.m. in the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center’s natatorium.

AT THE MOVIES: Starring Gretchen Mol, Noah h Wyle W l and Cameron Bright, An American Affair tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who ho befriends a beautiful blond neighbor with ties to JFK. Rated R.

AROUND TOWN: Watch The Pie Dialogues, a play about a young woman’s life as viewed through the relationship of her parents. Show starts at 8 p.m. at Main Street Theater in Rice Village. Tickets are $26 - $36. Call 713-524-6706 for tickets and more information. Spanish string quartet Cuarteto Casals will perform at 8 p.m. at The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts’ Zilkha Hall, 800 Bagby St. UH musicologist Paul Bertagnolli will give a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. hosted by Da Camera of Houston, tickets start at $25 and are always halfpriced for students.

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Samcel Humayin’s “Don’t Try This at Home” and Mayra Ramirez’s “Ballerina” sculptures effectively interact with each other in a stairwell of the Fine Arts Building.

28SATURDAY Art ambushes campus ON CAMPUS To raise awareness about violence perpetrated against women and girls, the Women’s Resource Center presents The Vagina Monologues at 8 p.m. in the Jose Quintero Theatre. Tickets are $10 general admission and $8 for students with Cougar 1Card.

AT THE MOVIES: The 5th Annual Historically Black Colleges & Universities Film Festival and Seminars will be held at 10 a.m. at Texas Southern University’s MLK Building Auditorium. The Festival will showcase films, as well as provide attendees the opportunity to network and discuss careers within the entertainment sector. Admission is $10. Drive-in-movies are back! The Center for Land Use Interpretation and Aurora Picture Show will host a drivein screening of movies that feature oil as a central plot point at 6 p.m. at a former junk-yard on Buffalo Bayou, located at 723 North Drennan St. Some outdoor seating will be provided. For tickets, contact Aurora Picture Show at 713-868-2101.

AROUND TOWN: Love to dance? Come watch as 150 Houston dancers take the stage at the Edge Hip Hop Festival. Sponsored by Dance Houston, the show starts at 8 p.m. in the Wortham Theater Center downtown. Tickets are $15 to $31.50 with student discounts available. Call 713-5261049 or visit www.dancehouston.org for more information.

01SUNDAY AROUND TOWN: Check out the 13th Annual City-Wide African American Art Exhibition, on display at Rice University, the Central Library and the University Museum of Texas Southern University. On display through March 16. Admission is free. Compiled by Sarah Tucker

By Sarah Krusleski THE DAILY COUGAR Associate professor Paul Kittelson’s projects raise questions about the dance between art and its environment, while providing eye candy for passersby. The pieces were originally created for a freshman sculpture course assignment to craft a human figure out of chicken wire and mixed media. When removed from the classroom, the autonomous pieces’ original intentions are reinforced or completely re-defined. The collection raises questions about the change of art’s meaning and effect in an ever-changing environment. The collection itself, free from the structure of a traditional museum or art house, is constantly in flux as its creators and viewers remove and alter works as they please. As an example of this appreciation experience, graphic communications

sophomore Janet Sour and education junior Raquel Gonzalez have indefinitely removed their piece “Untitled” from the public eye after vandals bashed its head in. The remaining work displays the conversation between the pieces and their environment. For example, art education sophomore Joshua Large and photography freshman Alyssa Stephen discovered that their overweight ballerina “Vend Me Now” took up too much floor space. As a compromise, they bent its leg and suspended it from the ceiling of the Fine Arts’ building’s third floor vending machine room. “It looks like it’s flying,” Large said regarding the change. The effect will definitely stop viewers while getting their afternoon sugar fix. Allowing the pieces to interact with each other as they share the Fine Arts Building also raises question about artists’ influence on each other, as

well as the effect of competing art on viewers’ perceptions of independent pieces. As an example of this interaction, biology freshman Samcel Humayin’s Mardi Gras-inspired “Don’t Try This at Home” stares up the tutu of painting sophomore Tama Pates and art education freshman Mayra Ramirez’s “Ballerina.” This interaction underscores the hedonistic character of Humayin’s potsmoking jester, yet completely redefines the graceful “Ballerina” as a victim or even a perverse exhibitionist. Despite the fascinating dialogue between the pieces and their environment, most of the artists view their work as much more whimsical. “He is a high school pot smoker,” Humayin said, with a laugh about her jester. Humayin seems to have had a ball while draping her Dionysian piece with see UH ART, page 9

Play unites, informs By Shaista Mohammed THE DAILY COUGAR Eve Ensler didn’t start off trying to change the world. Still, with The Vagina Monologues and later V-Day, she developed the tools to do so on behalf of women everywhere. “We were worried about what we thought about vaginas, but even more what we didn’t think about them,” Woman 1 and 2 say in the first scene. Women don’t talk about their vaginas. They use euphemisms such as coochie, hoohah and even pejoratives. The Vagina Monologues attempts to empower through use of the word “vagina,” confronting the taboo about

speaking frankly of genitalia. “The word is very important. I moved to Houston three years ago. I grew up Catholic. ‘Girly parts’ was all I would say when talking about it,” political science sophomore Blair Wallace said. Wallace is directing UH’s production of the monologues Saturday night, although she only learned of it a few months ago. “My friend gave me a copy of the V-Day edition of the play last October,” Wallace said. The Vagina Monologues spans the range of female behavior. Born from Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women, its words and scenarios are as diverse as her interviewees.

Upon reading the play and learning more about V-Day, Wallace was empowered to produce the play at the University. “We could totally do this,” she said. V-Day, according to http://newsite. vday.org, is about preventing and educating the world about violence toward women both locally and abroad. “All the proceeds are going to charity. 15 percent is going to support women in the Congo war,” Wallace said. “The rest is going to a local charity, HAWC (Houston Area Women’s Center).” College-age women are the most likely targets of sexual violence in the U.S. According to the Department of Justice, see VAGINA, page 12

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Rodeo rides back Annual festivities to include livestock shows, carnival, live concerts By Doosen Tachia THE DAILY COUGAR One of the biggest celebrations of old West culture returns as the 2009 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo hitches a ride Tuesday until March 22 at Reliant Park. More than 35,000 people are expected to attend the showcase of livestock shows, animal auctions, broncos, trail rides, carnivals and plenty of food. Texas and national agriculture get a front row seat in the Livestock and Horse Show where thousands of amateur and professional contestants will fill the Reliant Center and Reliant Arena. Various horse shows and competitions have already taken place since Tuesday, a week earlier than usual, in order to exhibit a larger display of horse breeds. The next competition is the AQHA Cutting Horse Competition at 8 a.m. Friday at the Reliant Arena. The crowd-pleasing World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest kicks off from 5 to11 p.m. Thursday and continues at noon to 11 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday. Friday is also Go Texan Day in Houston, and it is Rodeo tradition to dress in Western attire. On Saturday, the Downtown Rodeo Parade featuring floats and marching bands, including UH’s own “Spirit of Houston” marching band, begins at 10 a.m. at Smith and Texas Streets and winds up at Walker Street and Bagby Street.

The Classic Rodeo Houston BP Super Series starts at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Reliant Stadium and will showcase the world’s best in roping, riding and racing. Special days at the Rodeo include Black Heritage Day on March 6, with exhibits of black Texan pioneers and performances by r&b singers Gladys Knight and Solange. Similarly, Go Tejano Day on March 15 features Fiesta Charra and performances by Latin American artists Ramon Ayala and Alacranes Musical. Salute to Our Troops Day, a day honoring active duty and veteran personnel in the U.S. military, is hosted on March 18. More hours are given for fun and not work as the carnival opens early for the Spring Break Stampede from March 17-22. Concert-wise, popular music artists will perform such as Darius Rucker (lead singer from Hootie and the Blowfish), Rascal Flatts, The Jonas Brothers, Toby Keith, Reba McEntire, Clint Black, Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, ZZ Top and Taylor Swift. The rodeo does not just serve as a place to relax and show off cowboy skills, it also serves a worthy cause in education. The HLSR is a non-profit, charitable event that plans to donate more than $10.9 million to education this year. More than $200 million have been raised to help Texan students since 1932. “The primary goal of the committees is to raise funds to support education in Texas,” said junior political science major David

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Carnival opens, World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest begins Noon to 11 p.m. Thursday Downtown Rodeo Parade 10 a.m. Saturday RodeoHouston BP Super Series begins 6:45 p.m. Tuesday Tickets range from $10 to $300 Visit http://www.rodeohouston.com for more information. Tucker, an active volunteer for the event. For Tucker, the Rodeo “provides Houston with a celebration of Western heritage and is a wonderful event for fundraising.” The old West offers — cultural and ethnic heritage, agriculture and much more — are roped into just a few weeks of activities, so the show should not be missed. Individual rodeo tickets start at $10 and can go up to the $300. Reliant Park admission tickets are $4 for children, $7 for adults and free for children under the age of two. Value Wednesdays tickets are only $5. For more information, visit http:// www.hlsr.com/ or call 832-667-1000. arts@thedailycougar.com

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Cougars can’t ﬁnd the mark Cougar Sports Services Aubrey Coleman was nowhere to be found. He did participate in UH’s 7768 loss to Tulsa on Tuesday at the Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Okla., but something was missing. On a night in which the Cougars (17-9, 8-5 Conference USA) needed a huge road win to stay in prime position for the No. 2 or 3 seed in the conference tournament, Coleman could not find his shot, making only five of his 21 field goal attempts. He ended the night with 12 points in 36 minutes of playing time. Coleman was not the only one who could not sink shots. UH made only 37.7 percent of their shots, including shooting 2-for-15 from beyond the arc. This allowed Tulsa to control the game from start to finish. Tulsa, on the other hand, shot 51.2 percent as a team and sank 31 of its 40 free throw attempts. Tulsa center Jerome Jordan was huge, recording game-highs of 24 points and 13 rebounds. UH center Marcus Cousin and forward Nick Mosley had no answer for the 7 foot monster, who constantly found

an open man when UH’s defense collapsed on him. Cougars guard Kelvin Lewis led the Cougars with 24 points and was about the only UH player who shot well (9of-18). Lewis scored 18 of his points in the second half, while his teammates struggled to put up points. UH trailed 30-24 at the half despite shooting a dismal 31.4 percent and scoring only 6 points in the paint. A Kelvin Lewis jumper cut the Golden Hurricane’s lead to 48-46 with 9:19 remaining, but that was as close as the Cougars would get. Tulsa guard Ben Uzoh, who was held to 12 points on 3-of-11 shooting, nailed two free throws to push the lead to 50-46. Guard Ray Reese followed by nailing a 3-pointer that made the crowd erupt and pushed the Cougars deficit to seven with 8:06 left to play. Soon after, Tulsa (19-9, 9-4 C-USA) closed the door on the Cougars with a 13-4 run, pushing its lead to 65-52 with 3:21 left in the game. UH tried to stretch the game out by fouling Tulsa on most of its remaining possessions, but the Golden Hurricane

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Junior guard Kelvin Lewis, pictured above against Central Florida, scored 24 points in the Cougars 77-68 loss to Tulsa.

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UH falls short to Rice By Ronnie Turner THE DAILY COUGAR

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Junior outfielder Zak Presley had two hits in UH’s 9-2 loss to Rice on Wednesday.

Any hope the Cougars had of playing mistake-free baseball against Rice died in the first inning when they had two runners thrown out at third base while attempting to stretch doubles into triples. After that, the miscues kept coming. The Cougars’ pitching staff was knocked around early and the offense failed to produce in clutch situations en route to a 9-2 loss to Collegiate Baseball No. 10 Rice before a crowd of 2,515 Wednesday at Reckling Park. Rice (2-2) took advantage of shaky outings from starter John Touchton and reliever Jared Ray, scoring all nine of its runs in the second, third and fourth innings. The Owls’ bullpen slammed the door shut on the Cougars (2-3) in the final five innings, with freshman left-hander Taylor Wall (1-1) pitching three shutout frames to earn the win. The Cougars’ poor pitching performance and lackluster effort from their offense, which stranded 11 base runners, saw to it that they never had a chance to pull off the upset in the first game of the Silver Glove Series. “We didn’t play well today, that’s the bottom line,” coach Rayner Noble said. “We had a little bit of a competitive flavor early, but we lost that very quickly when our pitchers didn’t go out and pitch.” Touchton (0-1) came up empty in his first start of the season, surrendering four runs on six hits and a walk in only 2 2/3 innings. He made it through the first inning without much trouble, but the Owls soon caught up with his pitches. Touchton was replaced in the third inning by Ray, who quickly found trouble. Ray was roughed up for five runs (zero earned) in the fourth, giving up a three-run home run to Rice third baseman Anthony Rendon (4-for-4, two runs, three RBIs). “In the first four or five innings, I felt like we really didn’t pitch the ball at all,” Noble said. “That’s what happens against good teams.” But Noble probably didn’t anticipate his squad running itself out of a possible big inning. The trouble

started when shortstop Blake Kelso hit a game-opening double to left-center off Owls starter Andrew Benak. Kelso tried to stretch the double into a triple, but was thrown out by Owls center fielder Steven Sultzbaugh. UH center fielder Zak Presley followed with a single that would have placed runners at first and third with no outs, had Kelso not been thrown out. The next batter, right fielder Chase Dempsay, crushed a double to leftcenter to score Presely. Dempsay also pushed his luck and tried to nab a triple, but was sent back to the dugout after left fielder Jeremy Rathjen’s accurate throw allowed Rendon to tag Dempsay out. The inning ended when first baseman Chris Wallace flied out to right field, leaving the Cougars with only one run after opening the game with three consecutive hits. “It wasn’t very smart base running,” Noble said. The sharp defensive plays might have given an early boost to the Owls, who jumped on Touchton for three runs in the second. Rendon reached on a one-out single and moved to third on designated hitter Jess Buenger’s single through the right side. Rathjen drove in Rendon and advanced Buenger to third with a single, later stealing second base. Owls first baseman Jimmy Comerota drove in Beunger with a groundout to second, and Rathjen scored on a wild pitch. The Owls increased their lead to 4-1 after shortstop Rick Hague hit a solo shot off Touchton in the third. Things worsened for the Cougars in the fifth, when four of Rice’s first five batters reached base. Rendon supplied the biggest blow with his blast to left field that gave the Owls their final runs of the night. The Owls’ bullpen took over from there, as four relievers, led by Wall, combined to allow only five hits and two walks over the final five innings. UH relievers William Kankel and Barry Laird combined to hold the Owls scoreless for the last three and two-thirds innings, but their efforts came too late to save the Cougars. sports@thedailycougar.com

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UH readies for C-USA meet By Keith Cordero Jr. THE DAILY COUGAR The UH men’s track and field team will attempt to capture its third consecutive Conference USA Championship when the Cougars host the C-USA Indoor Track Championships on Friday and Saturday at Yeoman Fieldhouse. UH head coach Leroy Burrell said he is quite confident that the men can win another conference title. “We feel, on the men’s side, that we’ve set the standard for indoor track and field,” Burrell said. “It’s not unusual territory for us. We’ve won the majority of conference championships since we joined C-USA, both indoors and out.” Senior Seun Adigun will lead the women’s team, looking to defend her back-to-back gold medals in the 60-meter hurdles. Adigun had a time of 8.28 seconds in the event at the 2008 C-USA Championships, matching the record set in 2001 by Cougar track legend Jenny Adams. “I am very proud of the improvements that (the women) have made as a group,” Burrell said. “They have put themselves in pretty good position this year.” Sophomore Chris Carter will defend his first place finish in the men’s triple jump after clearing 15.22 meters (49 feet, 11 inches) during the 2008 meet. Carter is

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shot 10-of-15 from the charity stripe in the final three minutes to end any thoughts of a comeback. The Cougars committed its 10th foul of the second half with 9:07 remaining, giving the Golden Hurricane two free throws every time they were fouled for the rest of the game. UH committed a total of 23 fouls in the second half, which played a huge part in keeping Tulsa from falling into any scoring droughts. The Cougars had 26 more shot

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strings of purple, yellow, silver and gold Mardi Gras beads and deforming the humanoid piece’s head and feet into the caricature of a jester, punctuating the display with an overflowing blunt as it reclines on the stairwell. Photography junior Nicole Wu said she got second-degree burns from hot-gluing actual moss to her and painting junior Michelle Barnett’s “Moss Lady Emerging from the Tree” in order to create the earthy elemental. To complete the titular narrative, a fake blue jay on “Moss Lady’s” shoulder watches her lunge for a falling nest with four tiny eggs. Graphic communications sophomore Josh Pinson and art education junior Jorge Trevino’s “Suicide in Technicolor” peers at viewers from a second-floor balcony with eyes cut out of mirrors. It wears a skirt made of

hoping for a more impressive performance this year. “I look pretty good going into this meet,” Carter said. “I honestly think I am going to jump way farther than (I did in 2008).” Carter is coming off a hamstring injury that caused him to miss four weeks, but said he should be good to go for this weekend’s meet. “(Carter is) coming back, so I’m hoping he can improve on his mark and qualify for the NCAA Championships,” Burrell said. The Cougars will have hometrack advantage for the eighth consecutive season, providing extra incentive to perform well. “It gives us (extra) motivation, because we have a lot of fans behind us,” Carter said. “Just having that home-track advantage gives you that extra boost.” Senior Morgan Floyd should be a major factor in the heptathlon competition, while two-sport athletes Isaiah Sweeney and Tyrone Carrier are two Cougars to keep an eye on in the sprinting events. “Floyd can be a big time performer for us,” Burrell said. “He is leading the conference in the heptathlon, and I think he has an excellent shot to qualify for the NCAA Championships.” Another athlete on the rise is sophomore Christie Jones who, along with Carter, won C-USA Track

attempts than Tulsa, but the Golden Hurricane made up some of that differential at the charity stripe, where it had 23 more opportunities. Tonight’s loss knocks the Cougars into a tie for fourth place with TexasEl Paso in C-USA. If the season ended today, UH would be on the same side of the bracket as conference leader and Associated Press No. 5 Memphis when the C-USA Tournament begins March 11. Now the Cougars must turn their focus towards crosstown rival Rice, which will host UH at 3 p.m. Saturday at Tudor Fieldhouse. sports@thedailycougar.com

multi-color streamers and pages ripped from a Bible. Graphic communications senior Dennis Nuom’s “Failed Mission” stands out for its excellent craftsmanship as well as fitting its place particularly well. While the other pieces garner attention for merely occupying surprising places, “Failed Mission” fits the garden between the Music Courtyard and the Fine Arts Building perfectly. This strangely human and monster-like piece was draped in banana leaves to imitate a covert spy. Half-camouflaged in the grass, this piece will surprise viewers and creep them out as originally intended. While it is interesting to watch brick walls and spiral staircases change the dynamics and presentation of artwork clearly intended for other venues, “Failed Mission” showcases the effectiveness of work perfectly tailored to its environment. arts@thedailycougar.com

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Sophomore sprinter Christie Jones, pictured above in the New Balance Invitational, will compete in the 200-meter dash Friday. Athlete of the Week honors earlier this season. Since they joined C-USA, the Cougars have dominated the competition, stacking a conference-leading five team titles to go with 48 individual titles. Events will get underway at 9 a.m. Friday. sports@thedailycougar.com

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An amendment integrating college councils into the student government was approved following a debate. The councils will give students the opportunity to deal with issues that pertain exclusively to their college, SGA Sen. Van Hua said. College councils will work with the deans of their respective colleges and with SGA to address issues that affect students. “There are so many issues that pertain to specific colleges we wanted to empower (the students),” Hua said. “In the college councils, the students better understand what’s going on.” The Senate also approved amendments to set up a line of succession for SGA president. Sen. Hua said he was surprised to find that no line of succession was set up in the initial constitution and that SGA had been too busy to address the issue. “If Sam were to drop off the Earth, we would have no president constitutionally,” Hua said. “It was definitely needed before the election.”

they are four times more likely to be raped or assaulted than at any other time in their lives. Educating them to the risks of violence and empowerment in speaking of past experiences is important. “Girls should be encouraged to talk, not be afraid,” Wallace said. Saturday’s event features presentations of The Vagina Monologues and A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant & Prayer with an art presentation during the intermission. The event starts at 8 p.m. at the Jose Quintero Lab Theatre. Tickets are $10 and $8 for students. There will also be a reception with refreshments.

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