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By Darlene Campos THE DAILY COUGAR The city of Houston recently hosted a new federal training program that is being offered to professionals from university campuses. Nationally renowned campus security authorities Steven J. Healy, and former University of Vermont Chief of Police, Gary J. Margolis, led the training program, which took place at the Houston Marriot Hotel on the East Sam Houston Parkway on Jan. 13. Because of the 2007 Virginia Tech and the 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting incidents, many organizations urged university campuses to establish behavioral threat assessment teams in order to prevent any further acts of violence on university campuses. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services developed the first campus threat assessment. Because of COPS funding the program, attendance was free. The UH Department of Public Safety, the Assistant Vice President for Public Safety and Security, and Chief of Police Malcolm Davis hosted the event at UH. “We wanted to address how a crisis on campus can occur. It’s not

necessarily for people who present a threat, but anyone who has a particular kind of crisis,” said Davis, the assistant vice president for Public Safety and Security. “All kinds of threats can happen around campus. We decide how serious the threats are to investigate.” The program offers a person the opportunity to submit a problem anonymously so that there will be less of a chance that someone will hesitate to report a crisis. Davis said it is important to bring attention to someone who has an issue before the campus is in danger. “We’ve had this program at UH for over 10 years to help students who are in an emotional crisis,” Davis said. “To give an example, when someone acts out in class, the professor will notify the dean of students to try and find out what’s going on. “We look for changes of attitudes, such being withdrawn or a drop in grades. We also try to see what caused the problem. We want to know if only one student or the whole school is affected by some sort of problem.” Healy said that collaboration and strong partnerships within the campus community are important in threat assessment studies. “Our model for campus threat

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he brothers of Phi Betas Sigma Fraternity transformed their monthly themed Hump Day into a relief drive by collecting clothing and canned goods for Haiti on Wednesday. Political science junior Jason Holiday helped collect the donated items. The brothers plan to raise more $500 and around 75 pounds of canned goods. All donations will be sent through the American Red Cross

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2009 Nobel Prize winner Ada Yonath gave a lecture on her research, which mapped the structure and function of ribosomes at the atomic level, Friday at the University.

Ada Yonath, Nobel Prize winner and professor of the Weizmann Institute of Science, visited UH giving her lecture, “The Amazing Ribosome.” The speech detailed the findings of work that spanned more than two decades, and led to her becoming the first Israeli woman and only the fourth woman to be recognized as a chemistry laureate. The lecture was held at the Rockwell Pavilion of the M.D.

Anderson Memorial Library. “I always keep telling our students, the most important thing is that they need passion, and curiosity, and today you’re going to see what that passion and that curiosity can do,” UH President Renu Khator said as she introduced Yonath. Working independently, Yonath received the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, along with Venkatraman

Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz, for solving a mystery once dismissed as a theoretical fantasy. Using X-ray crystallography, they succeeded in mapping the intimate structure and function of the ribosome at the atomic level, revealing the mechanism of peptide bond formation — the bond that links amino acids together in the see NOBEL, page 7

The UH chapter of Amnesty International, a worldwide organization that fights against the abuse of human rights, will resume its activities this spring after being inactive for more than a year. Journalism and pre-law freshman Elize Najm will serve as president of the chapter, which originated in spring 2004. “This semester, our group will dedicate each month to learning about a human rights issue that directly affects our community,” Najm said. “We will also participate in a social awareness service project at the end of each month.” Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by British lawyer

Peter Benenson who wrote an article, The Forgotten Prisoners, in The Observer about two Portuguese students who were imprisoned for raising their wine glasses in a toast to freedom. According to amnesty.org, its mission is to “conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated.” There are more than 2.2 million members and subscribers in more than 150 countries and regions around the world. Some of the things that they advocate for are stopping violence against women, abolishing the death penalty, defending those trapped in see AMNESTY, page 3

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UH should rethink its fiscal policy The University has responded to the current economic climate by taking steps to eliminate excess expenses and exercise frugality in clichéd fashion. This seems all well and good for Kalani Man taxpayers, but in its cost-cutting efforts it has become apparent that the University isn’t afraid to break promises to students hoping to graduate on time with a degree in their chosen field of study. Over the break, I received an e-mail from a professor whose course I had chosen to take this semester informing me that his class, an advanced-level Italian studies course, did not meet new enrollment requirements recently imposed in light of the University’s financial situation. As such, the course — the only course in the Spring 2010 catalog to be taught in Italian and the only to satisfy an advanced requirement of the Italian studies minor — was cancelled. Cancellation of the course further complicates the already-difficult satisfaction of major and minor requirements for Italian studies students,

who even previously faced a paucity of offered courses and must now rearrange degree plans and projected course loads. Although the stricter enrollment quota seems an easy way for the University to save money and encourages professors and departments to increase recruitment efforts and student retention, invoking the circumstances of the policy in order to cut courses vital to an academic program unfairly places students of that program in an awkward and unwarranted situation: students can still manage to accomplish their expected Italian studies major or minor — it just might take more than four years. Moreover, the policy’s effect on the program discourages other students with an interest in Italian studies from studying in that field, as its requirements are harder to accomplish due to the narrower course selection. To be sure, University cost-cutting means students must brook some sacrifices, but the University should not so inhibit students from pursuing their chosen academic path by throwing grossly inconvenient obstacles their way. Doing so could lead to allegations of

extorting from students one or two extra semesters of tuition. While this situation could be exclusive to Italian studies, all students and faculty should take offense, as the blow to the program stifles the liberal arts atmosphere necessary for a proper university and educational experience. For any university, canceling key courses and weakening programs in the name of cutting costs hurts its intellectual capacity and legitimacy; for a university that prides itself on its cultural diversity, cutting off access to a rather traditional field of cultural study and foreign language is woefully contradictory. Coincidentally, the policy could end up hurting the University in the long run. One of the University administration’s putative goals is improving graduation rates. According to University statistics, the graduation rate of first-time students who attend the University for four years has steadily risen from 12.5 percent in 2007, to 14.8 percent and 15.2 percent in 2008 and 2009, respectively. see POLICY, page 6

Election puts Dems in tight spot President Barack Obama celebrated the first anniversary of his inauguration Wednesday, and it is becoming increasingly obvious that he may be the first president in history to reach “lame duck” status before his Timothy first State of the Union Mathis address. Ironically, the deathblow to his administration could have come with Tuesday’s election to fill the seat of the man who arguably won him the Democratic primary, the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. Kennedy, who passed away in 2009 due to terminal brain cancer, endorsed Obama over odds-on favorite Hillary Clinton and virtually handed the Democratic nomination to the first-term senator from Illinois. Kennedy’s seat had been occupied by Paul Kirk, an appointee who was a reliable “yes” vote on the unpopular health care

legislation that is currently in limbo as the House and Senate try to reconcile their respective bills. In theory, Tuesday’s election should have been an easy win for the Democrats, as the party had held both Senate seats in Massachusetts since 1979; Kennedy himself held his seat for nearly 47 years. These factors seemed to clearly point to an easy win for the incumbent party, with no concern that the election could disrupt the 60-vote super majority owned by the Democrats. Emerging from the Democratic primary was Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, while the embattled Republicans selected Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown, who most political insiders readily admitted had little or no chance to pull off a monumental upset in a state with two times as many registered Democrats as Republicans. However, it was perhaps this feeling of

inevitability and the complete disregard of public sentiment that may in fact doom the still-young Obama administration before it can achieve anything of note. Arrogantly expecting to simply walk into Kennedy’s old seat, Coakley did almost no campaigning and was plagued by various gaffes, including misspelling “Massachusetts” in an ad, saying that there were no longer terrorists in Afghanistan, and witnessing a high-level campaign employee rough up a reporter. All of these incidents played into the hands of the upstart Brown, who did what many considered unthinkable in winning the race. To understand the importance of the election, one need only look at the Democrats’ actions once it became clear that Coakley was in danger of losing. Sen. John Kerry wrote a letter requesting see ELECTION , page 6

ports writers worldwide are in even more trouble than their fellow journalists now, thanks to a new computer program called StatsMonkey – the brainchild of the Intelligent Information Laboratory at Northwestern University – that takes statistics from baseball games and generates a story. The program is meant to sound as close as possible to what a viewer would read in a local paper. The sample story from StatsMonkey uses adjectives such as “outstanding,” and refers to home runs being “blasted” out of the park. It’s anything but boring and, other than a few typos (which can be easily remedied), the program is amazing. “We’re really aiming this at a genuinely local audience. We’re trying to write the stories no one else is writing,” Kristian Hammond, co-director of the Intelligent Information Laboratory, told NPR. Specifically, Hammond mentioned Little League. “We could literally write a game story for every single Little League game that is played in this country. That means every kid, every dad, every family, every grandma would see the story of what their kid is doing,” Hammond said. And what of other sports? Soon enough, this technology will proliferate, and countless writers will be out of their jobs, right? Wrong; there will always be a bevy of stories to cover, including press conferences and exclusive interviews, which will keep sports writers in business. This program might even turn out to be a godsend, making their lives easier like the Internet did for anyone attempting research. There will always be a need for more information, because people are hungry for it. Before a lot of NFL games, especially games and the Super Bowl, it is a tradition to pit the two teams against each other via that year’s Madden NFL video game. And though the outcome can sometimes be surprisingly accurate, it can’t take a lot of things into account. Journalists aren’t so handicapped. But this is applicable with almost any field. If a technology is in the works (or even available now) that some say will make your dream job obsolete, don’t believe it. The program may actually make your life easier. After all, StatsMonkey would have no idea about Babe Ruth’s iconic point toward outfield right before hitting a home run in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series.

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Students need to understand issues The U.S. is at war, both internationally and domestically. More than 2 million troops are deployed overseas, and many of them are college-aged. Liz Price On the home front, unemployment rates were at a staggering 9.7 percent in December of 2009. Americans are in the middle of wars and economic depression, yet an unfortunate amount of college students simply donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care about the issues around them. Many students have acquired attitudes of passivity. Without the fear of a draft that could force them off to war against their will and with the promise of student loans to subsidize their expenses until they finish college, todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s students have become increasingly less involved in domestic and foreign issues than prior generations were. Many students are satisfied to simply sit back and listen to the talking heads on television. Instead of forming their own opinions and ideas, they simply take everything public figures say at face value, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hurting society more than one could have ever imagined. The problems of the outside world seems too big for them, but what many fail to realize is that those problems are going to quickly become their own, and if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t learn to step up and take some responsibility, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to end in a

rude awakening. Laws are being passed taking studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; federal Stafford loans out of banks they selected as lenders and putting them into the hands of the U.S. Treasury. After graduation, all students seek out jobs to help them pay off those government loans, but they had better be prepared for tough times, because unemployment is at a 26-year high. So what can be done? Should students change majors to computer science and become network systems and data communications analysts, the fastest growing career in America? Students must understand that the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems are not going to fix themselves. They canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t assume every public figure has their best interests at heart and that mommy and daddy will be around forever to clean up after them. While itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true that it is a governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s responsibility to take care of its citizens, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the responsibility of the citizens to keep their government in checkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to be aware of whom they elect and the processes by which they are governed. Countries have fallen to pieces because citizens sat back and assumed someone else would fix their problems. We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let that happen to us. Liz Price is a communication junior and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com

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Continuation of that trend might not happen if the University indiscriminately cuts courses, which renders planning for graduation moot. Additionally, students wary of the inconsistency and threatened status of academic programs could easily find another institution with a more stable program. The University should endeavor to retain these students, as those dedicated to their field of study and committed to graduating on time are, well, more likely to graduate on time. The administration should reevaluate this repressive enrollment policy, making sure those courses crucial to completing academic programs are not canceled because of low enrollment. If no solution can be negotiated, it might be better to extinguish a struggling program altogether, rather than cause faculty to fret over the hassles of rearranging course planning and teaching schedules or deceiving current and prospective students. Kalani Man is a history senior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com

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more funding for Coakley. Former President Bill Clinton urged people to vote for Coakley, while union and community organization machines went into emergency “get out and vote” mode. The reason for such fear in the Democratic Party was because the special election may have been most pivotal in political history. With Brown’s win, the Republicans in the Senate will be able to block the passage of the health care bill, which virtually every public poll shows the American people detest. But the race was indicative of change that had already taken place. In November of 2009, the swing state of Virginia went red by double digits in its gubernatorial race, while the deep blue state of New Jersey went Republican despite campaigning from Obama himself. The fact that these races proved to be such a problem for Democrats does not bode well for the party in power for the 2010 general elections, especially considering that the centerpiece for the popular Brown campaign was his claim that if elected, he would use his vote to stop Obama’s proposed health care bill. But what is most harrowing for Democrats is that Obama’s promises of “hope” and “change” have soured like old milk. Lying about transparency, putting national defense on the back burner while forcing unpopular legislation, such as cap and trade health care and the stimulus bill, down the public’s throat and drastically increasing the national budget while nationalizing various corporations has been an overreach of epic proportions. The Massachusetts election sent shockwaves up the spines of any Democratic politician up for election this fall, as well it should have. Timothy Mathis is a history senior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar. com

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creation of proteins. “We saw something that looked like a tunnel ... and at the same time another group found it at a much lower resolution,” Yonath said. According to a Dec. 14 article in scienceblog.com, the groups found the structural center of the ribosome, “a highly symmetrical tunnel that allows for a 180-degree repositioning of the aminoacyltRNAs as amino acids are transferred from the tRNA to the growing peptide strand.” Without ribosomes and the key proteins they produce, life would not be possible. It would be similar to having all of the raw instructions (DNA) necessary for a product, but without having the machines (ribosomes) to put those instructions together. “What the ribosome does,” Yonath said, “is it translates the genetic code into proteins, and the genetic code is brought to the ribosome by messenger RNA. It is stored in the DNA, but it’s being transcribed to messenger (RNA) and then is translated into proteins.” Ribosomes are factories for producing proteins, similar to factories that receive instructions on a piece of paper and use trucks called tRNA to ship in and empty the amino acids to be assembled by the code into a protein, Yonath said. According to the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, X-ray crystallography allows scientists to take molecular snapshots of antibiotics grabbing onto the bacterial ribosome.

Applying these data, they were able to construct 3-D computer models that will now allow researchers to view how more than a dozen different antibiotics bind to the ribosome of the bacteria and block its function. The use of these models will allow researchers to study how pathogenic bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics and design stronger molecules to fit the bacterial ribosomes more effectively, which will be used to create new life saving drugs. UH Professor Paul Chu worked with Yonath in the early ‘80s, when they collaborated on a paper after meeting each other at a conference in Hamburg. “Ada is an extremely enthusiastic scientist who’s absolutely infectious,” Chu said. “I remember, through the collaborations, I flew to Hamburg to see her, and she took me to her lab. Ada was initially heard saying, ‘Let’s get the structure of a ribosome,’ which in those days was almost unthinkable or impossible.” Thanks to her work, researchers now have a much clearer window into the mechanisms of microbiology, a feat that few believed was a reality, even after the structure was defined. “If you think this fantastic finding was easily obtained by the ribosomologists, you’re wrong,” Yonath said. “It was felt, and everybody said that we won’t be able to determine the structure. Now, when we came to the tunnel, they said, ‘this lady from the Middle East, this dreamer, now she has a home.’” news@thedailycougar.com

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AROUND TOWN From Jan. 22 to Jan.24 The “Original Classic International Gem & Jewelry Show.” This show offers one of the largest displays of gems, minerals and jewelry in the world. Tickets are available at www.reliantw.reliantpark. com and for more information tion about the exhibit go to www. ww. intergem.com. Wonderland, a new musicall from composer Frank Wild-horn, modernizes the tale of Alice in Wonderland with a pop score. The Alley Theatre tre offers one of the first chances ces to see this musical. Ticket and information at www.alleytheatre.org.

AT THE MOVIES In writer-director Scott Cooper’s debut ut feature film Crazy Heart, Jeff Bridges stars as a country music singer whose destructive lifestyle has finally caught up with him. Showing downstairs at the River Oaks Theater. Tickets and show times available at the www.landmarktheatres.com.

23SATURDAY AROUND TOWN Everclear, with special guest Clayton Senne, is playing at The House of Blues. Tickets and information are available at www.houseofblues. com. “The Monumental Sculpture of Bernar Venet.” This French artist’s work is featured throughout Hermann Park free of charge. For more infor-mation go to www.hermannpark.org.

AT THE MOVIES In Heath Ledger’s final role, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus is a present day morality tale, which follows a traveling show called the “Imaginarium.” Shows at the Angelika Film Center. Show times and tickets available at www.angelikafilmcenter.com An Education is the coming of age story of Jenny Mellor (Cary Mulligan). Jenny lives with her parents, whose singular goal for their daughter is for her to be accepted into Oxford. Playing at the Angelika Film Center.

24SUNDAY AROUND TOWN Museum of Fine Arts hosts the 17th annual Iranian Film Festival, featuring the Majid Majidi film The Song of Sparrows. For tickets and information go to www.mfah. org/films.

AT T THE MOVIES D Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, The Young Victorian V dramatizes the romance of Queen Victoria (Emily Blunt) aand Prince Albert (Rupert Friend) during the first years Fr of h her rule. Academy Award winning writer/director Pedro Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces tells the tale of a director who has lost his vision in a car accident. Showing at the Angelika Film Center. Compiled by the Life & Arts staff

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Campus rec offers variety of ways for students to stay fit By Sarah Turner THE DAILY COUGAR With the dawn of a new decade comes a blank slate for commitments, priorities and resolutions. Many people label exercising, saving money and pursuing happiness as personal goals to reach in the new year. The UH Campus Recreation and Wellness Center offers athletic adventures that encompass all of these goals. The 53-foot rock climbing wall, several free group fitness classes, personal trainers, 107 cardio machines, indoor swimming pool, intramural sports and a grand total of 32,188 pounds of plates and dumbbells, offer students and members a way to have fun while strengthening their muscles and friendships. Exercise is almost always more fun when you have a friend to join you, especially when lifting weights, jogging on a treadmill, and rocking out a new route on the rock wall. With this in mind, the CRWC allows members to bring a guest with a $7 fee for a oneday pass for an adult or $4 for a child.

Be sure to bring your Cougar One card and ask your guest to bring photo identification. If you want to find new show stopping dance moves, there are classes for that. Rhythm N Sculpt, Belly Dance, and Poppin’ focus on honing your ability to control your muscle movements to create a seamless, clubworthy dance sequence. If you want a hardcore workout with a break-you-down to build-you-up mentality, there’s a class for that. Boot Camp will test your endurance, speed and power. This class comes with a warning, “No wimps allowed!” If you want to find a low impact workout, there’s a class for that. Be sure to bring your bathing suit to the Aquatics cardiovascular classes. The CRWC Web site adds, “Swimming proficiency is not required, so come ready to make a splash and have a blast!” These classes offer a sense of community that is sometimes hard to find and foster amidst the pride of 36,000 Cougars. The schedule and descriptions of group exercise classes

are available at www.uhrecreation.com. Most of them are free for currently enrolled students and non-student CRWC members. To enter a class, pick up a pass from the Welcome Desk prior to class, and don’t forget to be on time. They also offer personal training designed for specialized instruction and encouragement. Although these sessions require an additional fee, they allow for the undivided attention from your trainer to ensure that you are performing the moves correctly, to prevent injury and to maximize your results. When you are ready to bust a move or build up your biceps, head to the CRWC. It is located across the street from the Welcome Center and Parking Garage. The CRWC is open every day of the week. The operating hours vary throughout the week: Monday through Thursday 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; Friday 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday noon to 11:30 p.m. For any questions, contact the CRWC at (713) 743-PLAY. arts@thedailycougar.com

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UH starts slow, falls to C. Florida By Phillipe Craig THE DAILY COUGAR UH fans who came to Wednesday’s game against Central Florida eager to catch a glimpse of former NBA great Michael Jordan taking in his son’s game may have been disappointed to find out he didn’t make the trip. His son Marcus Jordan, however, didn’t disappoint, scoring a career-high 23 points en route to leading the Knights to a 78-71 victory in front of 3,578 at Hofheinz Pavilion. On a night when UH honored record-setting quarterback Case Keenum at halftime, the Cougars (10-8, 3-2 Conference USA) seemed to take his knack for late comebacks to heart, trailing for much of the night before staging a late rally that ultimately fell short. Aubrey Coleman, the nation’s leader scorer, finished with a game-high 30 points, but the Cougars shot a paltry 25.4 percent as a team. “It was an embarrassment,” Coleman said. “They took it right to us, and we weren’t ready for it. We just didn’t come to play. We took too long to get it started. There’s no way we should come out there in any game not focused on what we needed to do.” After UH jumped out to a 4-1 lead less than two minutes in, the Knights (10-8, 2-2) went on a 20-4 run to take a 21-8 lead with 8:19 remaining in the first half. At the center of the UCF surge was Jordan, who scored six of his team-high 23 while eliminating the Cougars’ only lead of the night. Jordan, who finished 9-of-9 from the field and 4-of-5 from the foul line, scored on consecutive possessions to extend UFC’s lead to 30-12 with less than four minutes remaining in the half. UH finished the opening period with an 11-4 run of its own, capped by a Maurice McNeil tip-in at the buzzer to close the gap to 34-23 at the break.

Head coach Tom Penders said he thought his team failed to take heed of his pregame suggestion of “relaxing on offense and giving a good effort” in the first half. “In the first half, we were taking great shots (and) getting great looks, but all of our turnovers, it seemed like, were in the first half,” Penders said. “To me, that shows a little bit of nerves or being too keyed up or too uptight. Maybe it’s us trying too hard, but it wasn’t because we were lackadaisical.” Penders’ estimation was not far off base, as UH committed seven of its 10 turnovers in the opening period, while forcing the Knights to commit 10 of their own. Penders lamented the Cougars’ inability to convert on the extra possessions, before and after the break, when UH forced another 14 UCF turnovers. “We couldn’t finish anything inside,” Penders said. “We had three buckets off 15 steals, so that hurts. You should do (better) so that certainly changes the offense.” UCF’s Dave Diakite scored the first four points of the second half to push the score to 38-23 less than a minute in. UH then countered with a 10-2 run, capped by a pair of Coleman free throws, to close to within 40-32 with 14:45 remaining. When Kelvin Lewis scored four consecutive points to draw UH to 45-38 with 12:20 remaining, the Cougars suddenly found themselves within striking distance. But, as had been the case for much of the night, spotty shooting again did in the Cougars. The Knights converted on several UH misses and second chances of their own, scoring six consecutive points to balloon the lead back to double digits at 51-38. UCF went on a 15-8 run to extend its lead to 66-46 — the biggest margin of the game — and put the game away with 4:23 remaining. UH closed to within 68-59 with 2:42 left behind a Coleman-fueled 13-2 run, but it

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Even Aubrey Coleman’s usual scoring punch wasn’t enough to overcome a horrid shooting night for the Cougars, as they fell to Central Florida 87-81 at Hofheinz Pavilion Wednesday night. was too little, too late. Several factors affected UH’s offensive flow, including UCF’s approach on offense. “They came out a little harder than us and knocked us around a bit,” said Lewis, who scored 14 points on 3-of-16 shooting. “Their system is tough to play against. They keep it moving, trying to lure you to sleep by making you play for 25-30 seconds on offense. They

kept running their stuff, trying to wear us down. We put ourselves in a hole, and it was to dig out of it.” UCF coach Kirk Speraw echoed Lewis’ sentiments, but also cited his team’s approach on defense as being a key factor as well. “I think out guys did a nice job in the half-court defense, and I thought that was a big key to the game,” Speraw said. “We didn’t let them have easy buckets or

easy looks early in the game and made it difficult for anything that they got. They did a great job of attacking the basket and getting to the foul line on us, but I thought our defense set a good tone early in the game.” UH will next take the court to face Memphis at 7 p.m. Saturday in Memphis, Tenn. sports@thedailycougar.com

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NBA All-Star Game: league’s best or popularity contest? All-Star games in professional sports are oddballs in that for the players and the media, the important part is who is going to be in the game. The actual game itself is an afterthought for fans and players SSalomon l alike—unless Fuentes the game inexplicably ends in a tie—and it usually shows in the form of the product. The NBA All-Star Weekend

has epitomized the formula by evolving into a kind of a circuslike event. Combine the razzledazzle of the Sprite Dunk Contest and Taco Bell Skills Competition, add the celebrity sightings and the actual All-Star game itself, and its easy to see why the All-Star weekend is derided and dismissed by many as exactly what is wrong with the NBA. This has only been exacerbated by Tracy McGrady and Allen Iverson being voted by fans into the starting lineup of the game, despite McGrady only averaging 10 minutes in six games played

and Iverson averaging 14.7 points a night in just 18 games. With that in mind, it’s easy to see why the voting process has been called into question as merely a popularity contest where players with big name recognition are able to get into the game despite lacking on-the-court credentials. Ray Allen told reporters this week he felt players and coaches should have input in the process, and rightfully so. They would have good insight into which players should be in the game, in particular defensive

minded players who too often are overlooked by fans. But lets not blow this too far out of proportion. More often than not, fans are right about who belongs in the game, and more importantly they have a right to watch who they want to see. It is easy to blow off the selection of Iverson and McGrady as a horrible mistake by fans, but as long as the NBA wants fans involved, and those fans want to see McGrady and Iverson, than I’d say no harm no foul. What’s most likely to happen is that Iverson and McGrady will be

getting calls from commissioner David Stern to “convince” them not to play in the game or, at the very least, come off the bench in order to save face. David Stern is many things, but a foolish man he is not. He will try to find a way to keep the NBA out of a negative spotlight. For the sake of everybody, it would be best to move beyond this, as what’s being ignored is a great NBA playoff race with a little team called the Rockets somehow still in the thick of it. sports@thedailycougar.com

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Angola incident mars Cup’s spirit The African Cup of Nations is usually a time to celebrate the best soccer Africa has to offer. People travel from all over the continent to play and watch their Gordon represented Furneaux countries. This was not the case on Jan. 8, as the two buses carrying the Togolese National Team came under heavy fire from a separatist group in Angola, killing three and injuring ten others. The buses carrying the team along with staff and reporters were traveling from the Republic of Congo into the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, where they were scheduled to play their group stage matches at the beginning of the tournament. The buses never made it, as gunfire ensued for an estimated thirty minutes. After it was over three were left dead; the Angolan born bus driver, Amelete Abalo, the assistant coach, and Stan Ocloo, a press officer for the tournament. Armed guards, who escorted the buses, returned fire and quelled the ambush before the terrorists could do any more harm. Several guards were also killed. The exclave of Cabinda has been known to be an area of unrest, and the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda has already claimed responsibility for the attack. They stated that it was the guards escorting the players, and not the players themselves, who were the target of the attack. Two people have been arrested for the attack, but French financiers are reportedly harboring the leaders of the organization. Their

whereabouts are unknown, as Angolan and African officials are seeking answers to who exactly is responsible. Involved in the incident was Premier League superstar Emmanuel Adebayor, who was not injured in the gun battle. After helping carry wounded players to the hospital, he described the incident in detail to reporters. Adebayor said it was one of the worst moments in his life, but once the wounded were taken to the hospital and the dead were accounted for the question was would his team play in the African Cup of Nations. It seems like a crass question after what the team and staff underwent, but they held a meeting to come to a decision. Although reports estimate that only six players were injured, leaving Togo with a full squad, they would not compete in the tournament. The team left for Tome, the capital of Togo, days after the shooting, forcing their disqualification from the tournament. Several players from the Togolese team, along with others, called for a boycott of the tournament since they were in fear for their safety, but top officials of the tournament ruled that it would go on. The games will still be played in Cabinda, which gives cause for concern, doubly so as Africa will host its first World Cup in less then five months. The scale of the tournament is exponentially larger, and security will have to be tight in South Africa for everything to run smoothly.

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TODAY’S SUDOKU How to play Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9; and each set of 3-by-3 boxes must also contain the numbers 1 to 9.

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1 New Zealand parrot 4 Vinegary 8 First name in photography 13 Vampire’s tooth 14 — Major 15 Miss Longstocking 16 Handel contemporary 17 It had three parts 18 — — a million 19 The Mustangs 20 Aerobic move (2 wds.) 22 Suit makers 24 Wine label info 25 AAA recommendation 26 Smoke 28 Got acquainted 31 Not an express 34 Jolt 35 Some ballpoints 36 “I” problems 37 Change, in sci-fi 38 Andes empire 39 “— La Douce” 40 What we have 41 River mammal 42 Not masc. 43 — -bitty 44 Gladiator’s hello 45 All, in combos 47 More luxurious 51 Vent (3 wds.) 55 PC key 56 Up and running 57 Perches 58 Issue a summons 59 Cantata performers 60 Long hike 61 Big leaguers 62 Trig functions 63 Inoculants 64 Novelist — Rand

DOWN 1 It may be good or bad 2 Boredom 3 Era 4 Portent 5 Studies hard 6 The jig — —!

Corporate Entrepreneurship Certificate

(Non – Business Majors)

The purpose of this certificate is to increase the students’ value as employees to the employers.

The Global Business minor provides nonbusiness majors with a broad understanding of the business process, both for corporate and entrepreneurial business, along with an understanding of the historical, political, and economic context within which business operates.

ENTR 3312 s Hands-on Corporate Entrepreneurial Experience; Discover key factors to your future success; Understand the business process; Gain CEO perspective

Course Requirement ENTR 3310 Entrepreneurship Overview ENTR 3312 Corporate Entrepreneurship

Sarah Gnospelius, Marketing & Entrepreneurship Advisor 713.743.8963 sjgnospelius@uh.edu

Spring 2010 Entrepreneurship Class Schedule ENTR 3310 (15959) TTH 10:00-11:30am William Sherrill (15961) TTH 11:30-1:00pm Carlos Ortega (15963) TTH 1:00-2:30pm Carlos Ortega (31045) Online Evie Smith (31046) Online Evie Smith

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7 Melting-watch artist 8 Orbit extreme 9 Feudal warrior 10 Tangy flavor 11 Monumental 12 Sausage unit 13 Like lightning 20 Dewlap 21 Tree sprite 23 Tibetan city 26 Like felines 27 Refs 29 Livy’s “Lo!” 30 Romanov title 31 Eric the Red’s son 32 Man-eating giant 33 Uproar 34 Wrestling match 35 Chomps down 37 Recurring theme 41 Egg cell 43 Surmises 44 Nome home 46 Blockbuster

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47 Gunn with a gun 48 Dangerous 49 Rocker — John 50 66 and I-80 51 Insect resins 52 Grades 1-12 53 Former JFK arrivals 54 Wear down 58 Form 1040 expert

2009 UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE INC.

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Global Business Minor & Corporate Entrepreneurship

(All Undergraduate Majors)

ENTR 3310 s Business Planning; Leadership; Negotiations; Entrepreneurial Thinking; Idea Generation

Course Requirement ENTR 3310 Entrepreneurship Overview ENTR 3312 Corporate Entrepreneurship INTB 3351 History of Globalization INTB 3352 Politics of Globalization INTB 3353 Economics of Globalization

C. T. Bauer College of Business Melcher Hall Suite 250 Phone: 713.743.4752 E-mail: wce@uh.edu

ENTR 3312 (15967) TTH 10:00-11:30am Alan Lish (34696) Tue 6-9pm Carlos Ortega (23565) TTh 11:30-1:00pm Alan Lish (15965) Online John Karonika (15969) Online John Karonika (15971) Online John Karonika (15973) Online John Karonika

Andres Garcia, Program Manager 713.743.4752 agarcia9@uh.edu

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