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Alumna leaves legacy in arts By Amenah Khalil THE DAILY COUGAR Prominent alumna and philanthropist Cynthia Woods Mitchell, died Dec. 27 at age 87, after almost a decade of living with Alzheimer’s disease. Mitchell was a valued donor to various projects and causes, most of which involved her love for the arts. “She was a visionary philanthropist whose dedication to the arts was apparent in the founding of the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center,” Karen Farber, director of UH’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, said in an e-mail. Mitchell was an enthusiastic supporter of the arts and believed that everyone, not just the wealthy, should be able to enjoy musical performances. This desire became a reality when the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion was created in The Woodlands. Mitchell’s philanthropy extends throughout Houston, Galveston and College Station. For UH, the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts remains her greatest legacy. With a $20 million donation from Mitchell, the center has been able to cultivate collaborations between performing, visual and literary arts. “Just as she lived a productive and creative life with extraordinary

commitment to our community, she has left a legacy that will fuel creativity for future generations in our community and far beyond,” UH President Renu Khator said in a release. The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts went through renovations in 2005 and 2006 and was renamed in October 2006 to honor Mitchell’s long-standing support for the arts. “Mrs. Mitchell’s and the Mitchell family’s commitment to create the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts — a center that celebrates the arts and encourages collaboration — has helped to position UH arts as one of the University’s key priorities,” Khator said. Mitchell was also a generous donor to UH’s Texas Music Festival and the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture. She also created UH’s Distinguished Authors Program. “Mrs. Mitchell and her family’s generosity has made dozens of significant new artworks possible and left a lasting legacy that will continue to infuse the entire University and City of Houston with creativity and innovation. On behalf of the Mitchell Center board and staff, I extend the deepest sympathy and gratitude to the Mitchell family,” Faber said in an e-mail.

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group of local and national prolife advocates gathered to protest the opening of a new Planned Parenthood facility. The 78,000-sq. ft. facility will be the largest Planned Parenthood building in the nation and will be located at 4600 Gulf Freeway. Keith Fry, right, traveled from Abilene to be among the thousands of participants in the demonstrations, which occurred Sunday and Monday.

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By David Haydon THE DAILY COUGAR UH students from different colleges got the chance to compete against each other and teach high school students at PetroChallenge 2010, held Jan. 9-12. The PetroChallenge is a teambased competition concerning oil and gas, created and conducted by Simprentis, a company that trains students and young professionals with its Oilsim software. “To me, it’s a great way to get the various colleges working together,” director of Petroleum Technology Initiative Christiansen said. During the competition, student groups work with a computer-based

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Students who competed in PetroChallenge 2010 get a real perspective of what the oil industry can offer them in the future. program that simulates situations dealt with by oil workers. “We’re giving them a real sense of what it’s like to work in the oil and gas industry,” Simprentis’ Business Development executive for USA Graeme Slaven said. “They’re handling data and making decisions that replicate and simulate what it is like to work in an oil company going through an exploration campaign. It mimics almost exactly the same

process that an oil company goes through as it explores for oil.” Slaven said each group starts with a budget of $200 million. The students take the budget and must indicate the best prospects. “The way they identify the best prospects is by purchasing industry standard data such as seismic data,” he said. “They learn how to interpret see PETRO, page 3

The UH chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is transforming its monthly Hump Day into a volunteer effort to help raise money and canned goods to send to Haiti, which is reeling in the aftermath of last Tuesday’s magnitude-7.0 earthquake that killed tens of thousands and left multitudes of survivors without food and water. The Hump Day will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at University Center-North Patio. “We would like to raise over $500 and 75 pounds in cans to send to Haiti. We know that it is a small amount in the large spectrum of things, but we also know that everything helps,” fraternity member

Michael Odwumi said. All proceeds will be sent through the American Red Cross. “We are all privileged to be in college and in this position in our lives,” Odwumi said “All college students should step up and help the community when there is need for help.” Other campus organizations such as the Black Student Union will help in putting together relief drives. BSU will put designated drop boxes around campus from today until Feb. 4 for the collection of basic necessities such as clothes, food, pillows and blankets. “If we have it, we should be able to give it to (Haitians),” BSU president Brittany Osazuwa said. news@thedailycougar.com

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Cynthia Loretta Woods and her identical twin sister, Pamela, were born Sept. 24, 1922 in New York. Mitchell moved to Carrollton, Ill., and later to Jacksonville, Fla., with her mother and sister. After graduating from high school, Mitchell and her family moved to Houston in 1939. She enrolled at UH, studying art, literature and psychology. In 1943, she married George P. Mitchell, who later started a successful oil and gas company, Mitchell Energy & Development. In 2002, Mitchell Energy & Development was sold to Devon Energy. In the 1970s, her husband’s success became well known, and the Mitchell family gained prominence in the city. The Mitchells sponsored several conferences about the perils of excessive population growth and were heavily involved in the effort to restore the historic Galveston downtown district. In her obituary, her family describes her as an energetic mother who tried to create order in her family through laughter and fun. Mitchell is survived by her husband, 10 children, 23 grandchildren, four great grandchildren and her twin sister. news@thedailycougar.com

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that data and to use the analysis to decide which prospect holds the best value for their company.” European countries regularly hold PetroChallenge competitions, but PetroChallenge 2010 marks the first time Simprentis’ simulations have been used for competition in the U.S. Christiansen said Simprentis offered the opportunity to the University in late 2008, but it took some time to get everything structured in terms of affordability. The Independent Petroleum Association of America and the University eventually shared the costs for the Simprentis software. “It’s a wonderful opportunity for the students, so we jumped at it,” Director of the IPAA Education Center in Houston Doris Richardson said. Three high school academies started by IPAA took part in the competition for the first two days. The academies competed among themselves before interacting with the UH teams in the next two days. “(IPAA has) established three academies here in Houston: Milby, Lamar and Westside,” Christiansen said. “I thought this would be great for the University and great for the high schools. We need students coming to the University.” Slaven said PetroChallange gives participants a completely different experience. “It gives them a real perspective in terms of what the industry can offer them as a future career. They always surprise us by giving us ... a completely different perspective on what the industry is about. That’s the richness you get from the students.” Results for the competition can be seen at the www.simprentis.com. news@thedailycougar.com

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A life of achievements fit for a King The enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. centers on his faith in the inherent goodness of the human spirit. Because King’s focus in the 1950s and 1960s was largely on Christine securing equal rights LeVeaux-Haley for African-Americans in the U.S., we may be tempted to tell a story that begins there and ends with the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. On the other hand, some may say that King’s legacy manifested itself in 2008 with the election of this nation’s first AfricanAmerican president, which, in part, is true. But the totality of King’s legacy is much more broad and far-reaching. King challenged the U.S. government to make good on the promises that our forefathers made when they declared independence from Britain. He was convinced that the statement, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” not only applied to blacks in America but to all of mankind.

The entire Civil Rights Movement was, in effect, an elaborate experiment testing whether the U.S. government and the American people were committed to the ideals espoused by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Consequently, through the triumphs of the movement, the U.S. government gained legitimacy and a standard of what to expect from the government was established. Moving beyond the Civil Rights Movement, what makes King’s message so powerful is that it is completely transferable. It transcends race, ethnicity, gender, age, economic status and sexual orientation. Through King’s legacy we are taught to be intolerant of inequity, injustice and human suffering, regardless of who is being mistreated. Unlike various other civil rights leaders and groups of the 1960s, King welcomed the support and participation of white Americans as well as men and women of all ethnicities and races. He impressed upon people the reality that if one group suffers injustice, we all suffer. As King stated in a 1963 speech at Western Michigan University, “Whatever

affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.” With his words and actions, King promoted a sense of solidarity and oneness among Americans that can be observed in this nation’s children. This will undoubtedly increase with each generation. King’s message also urges us to be forceful and unrelenting in our demands for social and political equality. King was often criticized for his timing and lack of patience. In 1961, during a commencement speech at Lincoln University, he addressed this issue of timing, saying, “(There is the) myth of time advanced by those who say that you must wait on time, if you just wait and be patient, time will work the situation out. They will say this even about freedom rides. They will say this about sit-ins; that you’re pushing things too fast—cool off—time will work these problems out. Even a superficial look at history shows that social progress never see KING, page 7

Reid’s gaffe no reason to get upset Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid came under fire last week for comments he made about then-Sen. Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential election. Game Change, a behind-the-scenes look at the election that gave America its first black president, quoted Reid as saying Alan DDennis Al i that Obama’s “lightskinned” complexion would serve him well in the election and that Obama had the ability to speak “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.” The remarks caused many prominent Republican Party members to demand Reid’s resignation from his post as majority leader. Those calling for Reid to step down cited a double standard in the way Reid has been treated and the manner in which

then-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott’s supposedly racist comments that cost him his post in 2002 were received. Lott, celebrating the 100th birthday of Sen. Strom Thurmond, said, “When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t have had all these problems over the years, either.” Those familiar with history know that Thurmond ran for president on a platform of racial segregation. That being the case, Lott was chastised for his remarks to the point where he ultimately withdrew from the majority leader position. But here’s the rub: neither man should have been asked to resign. Anyone calling for Harry Reid’s head on a platter needs to calm down and take a close look at the First Amendment of the Constitution.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” What that statement means is that Congress — the governing body of the U.S. — doesn’t have the power to suppress what a person says. Part of living in a free society such as ours is the fact that as long as what a person says does not directly harm or defame someone else, then that person has the freedom to say whatever he or she likes. Freedom of speech is of such importance to civilized nations that our Founding Fathers made sure it was the first thing written into the Bill of Rights. But the road to free speech is a twosee SPEECH, page 6

tudents have a lot on their minds as they return to classes today. Some will stress over trying to enroll in classes that were previously closed to them. Others will think about the long lines that wait at the campus bookstore. Even more will deal with the frustrations of trying to find parking that’s not terribly far from their classes. But even with all the things students have to think about, we ask that they not forget about the people suffering in Haiti in the aftermath of last week’s vicious magnitude-7.0 earthquake. The earthquake resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands or more and left survivors without food, water and access to health care. Thousands of other people are missing, with frantic relatives and friends left to only wait and hope for news of them being found. Humanitarian aid from countries the world over pours in daily, but more will be needed as supplies run out. The U. S. has launched a tremendous military and civilian relief effort, with President Barack Obama pledging an initial $100 million in aid, but problems continue to mount as violence starts to rear its ugly head among impatient survivors. Every little bit helps. Students can contribute to the relief efforts in several ways, whether it’s donating money to the Red Cross and other reputable charities, giving blood, volunteering at organizations involved in relief efforts or contributing clothes and non-perishable food items. Some UH organizations have joined in the relief efforts. The Brothers of Phi Beta Sigma are hosting a volunteer event to raise money and food from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the University Center’s North Patio. The Black Student Union will set up drop boxes around campus for the collection of basic necessities such as food, clothes and blankets. These boxes will remain around campus from today through Feb. 4. Donate your time, energy, resources or whatever else you can to the Haitian relief effort. But also donate your thoughts, prayers and support. That makes a difference, too.

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Cougar Sports Services UH guard Aubrey Coleman had another strong outing against East Carolina on Saturday. His teammates did their part, too. Four Cougars scored in double figures, led by Coleman with 25 points, as UH romped to a solid 7455 win over the Pirates at Minges Coliseum in Greenville, N.C. The Cougars (10-7, 3-1 Conference USA) claimed their second consecutive win and third in the last four games. They finished the weekend in fifth place in C-USA. Coleman, the nation’s leading scorer, made sure Saturday’s game was never in doubt. He shot 8-of15 from the field and 7-of-9 from the free throw line, grabbing 11 rebounds to record his fourth double-double of the season and 18th of his career. Coleman finished with 20-plus points for the fifth consecutive game. In the Cougars’ last five games, he averaged 24.4 points and 7.8 rebounds while shooting just over 45 percent from the field. Forward Maurice McNeil recorded his second consecutive double-double and fourth of

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Guard Aubrey Coleman leads the nation in scoring at 25 points per game, and, not coincidentally, leads the Cougars’ rise through the Conference USA standings. the season with 11 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. Guard Kelvin Lewis added 13 points, and guard Zamal Nixon scored 10 in 25 minutes off the bench. East Carolina (6-12, 0-4 C-USA) was led by reserve forward DaQuan Joyner, who scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in 25 minutes off the bench. The Pirates shot only 31.7 percent en route to suffering their fourth consecutive loss and sixth in the last seven games. UH’s defense made it difficult for East Carolina to operate. The Cougars recorded 13 steals and forced the Pirates into 18 turnovers, while committing only

11 turnovers. The Cougars shot only 36.7 percent in the first half but took a 30-22 lead into the locker room at the break. The Pirates found a rhythm at the start of the second half, pulling within 32-28 with 17:04 remaining. But their momentum died shortly after that. McNeil and Coleman dropped in layups on back-to-back possessions to up the Cougars’ lead to 36-28 with 16:19 left. Nixon stole the ball on the ensuing possession and raced in the other direction for see MEN’S BB, page 12

As dominant and balanced as the Cougars looked in the first half of Sunday’s game against Conference USA opponent Marshall, they looked equally flat in the second. The Cougars, who dropped to 8-9 overall and 2-2 in C-USA after the disappointing 66-61 home loss, spent most of the first half enjoying a comfortable lead thanks to an 11-2 run that was capped off by a free throw by sophomore Porsche Landry at the 11:31 mark. Landry, who finished with 15 points, was helped in the cause by three other UH players finishing in double digits. Junior guard Brittney Scott led the team with 16 points, and junior forward Lesslee Mason contributed 14. Most notable were the 12 points scored by junior forward Courtney Taylor. Along with her 10 rebounds, she recorded the 32nd double-double of her career and finished just 14 points short of being the 19th member of the program’s 1,000-point club. It was that balanced scoring that allowed the Cougars to race to a 42-23 halftime lead, a point at which they seemed in total command of the game. They looked to have come out of the locker room with that same fire, as they quickly went ahead 44-23 on

a layup from Mason, who shot a free throw after being fouled on the play. But over the next 11 minutes, they managed only five points, and Marshall used the drought to cut a 22-point lead to six points on a jumper by Erica Woods at the nineminute mark. After holding the lead for over 37 minutes, the Cougars relinquished it for only the second time of the game on a jumper by Alaya Mitchell, with 1:48 left. Mason tied the game at 59 on a strong post move with 1:29 left, as the Cougars tried to hold onto the lead that seemed to be slipping through their fingers. But Roxana Button, the same freshman who got the Cougars off to their hot start by sinking the first basket of the game, couldn’t connect on a 3-pointer with six seconds left. As the opposing team shot free throws to ice the game as time expired, the Cougars were left wondering where that early magic had gone. The Cougars are tied with Tulane, UTEP and Rice for sixth place in the C-USA standings. They will next face UAB at 4 p.m. Sunday in Birmingham, Ala. before returning home to face Tulsa on Jan. 28. sports@thedailycougar.com

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Many consumers tend to pick a phone first and then pick their carrier accordingly (such as with the iPhone and AT&T). If a person wants to keep using the phone, service must be maintained with that same carrier. But if customers want to switch phones without incurring costly early termination fees, they are limited to the phones offered in their area by that carrier. This is bad for consumers but great for carriers, who don’t have to compete solely on network quality, but rather on a combination of network quality and phone selection. When it comes to competing with phones, carrier incentives are twofold: they want to offer the largest number of attractive, cutting-edge phones in order to attract a user base, and they want to extract a maximum profit from that user base at the lowest possible cost to the carrier. Because AT&T has captured legions of consumers with the iPhone, the company’s goal is to minimize their infrastructure spending and maximize per-user profits. This means that AT&T wants to make money off the iPhone and doesn’t want to spend money on see GOOGLE, page 13

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win their only C-USA title. Before joining the UH staff, Skladany also served as defensive coordinator for 10 years at Iowa State and has been involved in coaching defenses since beginning his career as a graduate assistant at Ohio in 1976. Sumlin and athletics director Mack Rhoades have yet to officially name a possible replacement, but several names have emerged recently, including former Marshall head coach Mark Snyder, former Texas Tech defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill and Pittsburgh Steelers defensive backs coach Ray Horton. UH also lost its offensive coordinator, but it was not due to a lack of production on the field. Dana Holgorsen accepted the Oklahoma State offensive coordinator position after two see FOOTBALL, page 12

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seasons in charge of the Cougars’ record-setting unit. The move to the Big 12 should also bring a hefty pay raise for Holgorsen, who is expected to make double his previous $187,200 annual salary. In his two seasons at the helm, Holgorsen’s unit routinely ranked among the nation’s best in almost every offensive category, and this season quarterback Case Keenum finished eighth in the Heisman Trophy balloting after posting his second consecutive 5,000-yard season.

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