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By Jose Aguilar THE DAILY COUGAR A draft published to the UH Budget Office Web site Friday listed the top nine priorities in budget cuts the University submitted to the Texas Legislative Budget Board on Monday. The recommendations are in response to a letter sent last month by Gov. Rick Perry asking for a 5-percent reduction in state appropriations for the 2010-11 biennium.
The draft shows fiscal year 2010 cuts would total more than $4 million, while the recommended total for FY 2011 would surpass $11 million. The top five priorities deal mainly with the running of the University. The budget calls for communication allowances to J Perry be reduced by 95 percent and travel and business expenses by 10 percent, as well as an implementation of equipment and energy savings.
“The priority order reflects our desire to implement institutional cost savings first,” Executive Vice Chancellor Carl Carlucci said in an e-mail. “We are protecting our academic programs, and reductions in instructional faculty are not a part of our plan.” These top five priorities combined will equal $6.03 million of the $15.29 million in cuts currently proposed in the draft. The remaining $9.26 million will come from the next four priorities, which will affect academics. The draft calls for overtime and additional compensation to be reduced by up to 65 percent. Support
goals.” A reduction in staff positions is also proposed in the draft, through a combination of a hiring freeze, elimination of vacancies, retirements and layoffs. A mandated one-day furlough for all faculty and staff for FY 2010 is also proposed. “Some of these plans would be painful,” Carlucci said. “But the UH community has offered many suggestions that we can implement to help avoid the worst of these.” A Feb. 3 memo from Carlucci and Provost John Antel states that the total amount UH would need to cut see CUTS, page 3
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By Michael Baerga THE DAILY COUGAR The Student Alumni Connection is having its annual event “Dinner for 10 Cougars,” a program that aids students in making connections with UH alumni professionals who are now in the work force. Students will have the opportunity to meet former students alongside their peers and get a firsthand perspective on the current workforce in various fields. “The annual program has been running for more than 25 years,” Student Alumni Connection President Raj Thaker said. “I like this program because it’s nice to know about various studies in our diverse university and get a real outlook on getting jobs that students might not find out in class alone. We have representatives from business to
for research assistants, which mainly came in the form of paid tuition, would be shifted from the University to external grants or indirect cost recovery from the federal government. The draft states that “doing so would mean less (federal money) to devote to other elements J Carlucci of the research enterprise (e.g., lab renovations, equipment purchases), which would impede UH’s progress toward achievement of its tier one research
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Each year, the Student Alumni Connection hosts “Dinner for 10 Cougars,” where students have the opportunity to dine with alumni and network. chemistry and architecture.” In this program a student is placed with an alumni volunteer who takes the participants to dinner, talks about their employment experience and provides advice for current Cougars. The program runs from Monday through March 5. Participants will select a day where they will have a meal at an alumni-chosen restaurant or home of an alumni host. This program presents an
opportunity for students to gain more wisdom about their fields and establish relationships with potential employers and co-workers. “I like the fact that students get to create avenues for themselves and even establish friendships, possibly mentors that they can look up to in their scholastic as well as their professional careers,” Thaker said. see DINNER, page 3
The Indian Students Association at UH is a non-profit student organization that’s sole purpose is to provide a medium for students to experience Indian culture. “Our organization is not just for Indian students but for anyone who wants to learn about the culture. We want to educate students about India and the diverse culture that it has to offer,” ISA President Nehal Verma said. In the 1970s and 1980s, ISA was a robust and active program with numerous events and activities, but for the last decade or so the program fell by the wayside. Then, about two years ago, ISA was “rebooted” and brought back to campus. Although it could be considered a new organization, ISA is fully on its feet and growing fast. According to the ISA Web site, its mission is “to provide a platform to all students to share, experience and spread the profound joy of our
rich Indian Cultural Heritage, with pride and dignity.” Membership can be attained by completing the membership form and paying a $10 annual fee. Members get free T-shirts and access to monthly socials. “Not only do I get to learn more about the culture, but I also love the activities,” ISA Secretary Janoo Shah said. ISA holds many events throughout the year, from bake sales and blood drives to banquets. The organization also volunteers with a senior citizen society in Houston as well as sponsoring education for underprivileged children in India. Some members said that volunteering is one of their favorite things to do with the organization. “I love how it gives me a chance to interact with other Indians as well as to give back to the community,” Shah said. ISA will host Nasha, which will be held at 7 p.m. April 2 at the Cullen Performance Hall. It will feature see ISA, page 8
Judge returns weeks after surgery By Robert Garcia THE DAILY COUGAR For UH Law School alumna Holly Williamson, 2009 was a memorable year, marked by a professional milestone and a lifealtering challenge. Williamson was sworn in as Harris County Precinct 8 Place 1 justice of the peace in January 2009 after being elected in November 2008. Less than
a year later, Williamson would have to tackle a greater challenge after doctors discovered a fist-sized tumor on her brain. Williamson said the symptoms of her tumor where minimal, and she almost dismissed them entirely. She said she then began to experience slight headaches, which were uncommon for her. “I thought it was associated with my heart beat or maybe high blood
pressure,” she said. She said she mentioned the symptoms to her husband, Dr. Danny Williamson, a chiropractor, to see if there was anything he could do about the light headaches. She also mentioned that the headaches where accompanied by a whooshing sound in her ears, and he became concerned. see JUDGE, page 3
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Six weeks after surgery to remove a fist-sized tumor on her brain, UH alumna Holly Williamson returned to the judge’s bench.
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would be $16.7 million over the next 18 months. The memo was sent to the deans of each college, as well as representatives of the Faculty Senate, Student Government Association and Staff Council. “Each college and each dean is being consulted and is part of the process,” Antel said in an e-mail. “All departments and colleges are unique. There is no ‘one size fits all’.” J Antel Perry’s letter, sent in response to decreasing state revenues affected by the recession, discourages across-the-board cuts. “Across-the-board cuts do not put us in a strategic position to move forward after the economic crisis,” Antel said. In a Jan. 28 Houston Chronicle article, Faculty Senate President
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Williamson said he urged her to see a colleague of his with a background in neurology, Dr. Jane Noojin, who also agreed there could be reason for concern. Noojin suggested a CT scan in an effort to eliminate any major issues, though Williamson “thought that was just ridiculous. “I don’t need a (CT) scan, and you all are just overreacting,” Williamson told them. After having the CT scan on Nov. 11, Williamson said she began to feel uneasy about everything when doctors told her she also needed to have an MRI done. “I came out of the (CT) scan, and they said I needed to do an MRI right now. That woke me up,” she said. “I called my husband and told him something was going on and asked that he come. They did the MRI and by 2:30 p.m. that afternoon they said I had a massive tumor, and I had to see a brain surgeon right now.” Williamson was referred to Dr. Jonathan Zhang at the Methodist Neurological Institute of Houston’s Methodist Hospital.
Mark Clarke also spoke on the effects of across-the-board cuts. “The consequences of an acrossthe-board cut would be (to hurt) those programs we’re trying to develop, the student success and the tier one initiatives,” Clarke told the Chronicle. Carlucci said all proposed cuts are dependent on the severity of final state reductions, but actions to save funds outside of state appropriations may be implemented as well. “Savings from these actions could be used to backfill budget cuts made as a result of the reduced State appropriation,” Carlucci said. “Money we save now can be applied against any future reduction in the current year and so we can begin plans that require a long lead time.” Antel said he promotes reallocating savings from programs that are not funded by the state. “You are always reallocating resources to maximize your return,” Antel said. “(There is) no reason to stop during a crisis.”
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Students will gain a better understanding of goal setting for better career planning by seeing what it takes to be successful in their various fields of study straight from UH alumni hosts that have already gone through the steps. An opportunity like “Dinner for 10 Cougars” is considered by many as a viable asset to one’s professional career, one where an alumni
contact can turn into a potential job opportunity. “Advice from a person who has already gone through the steps in their own succession, is so valuable in today’s economy and work place; that’s what students are lacking coming out of college,” local Avance employer Luz Flores said. All UH students are eligible to participate and there is no fee. Interested students should apply by faxing a “Dinner for 10 Cougars” student form, which is retrievable from the UH Student Alumni
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During the initial meeting, Zhang told Williamson that he felt the tumor was benign, and the chances of it being cancerous where slim. However, he urged her to have it removed. Five days after her CT scan, Williamson had surgery to remove the tumor from her brain. Noojin successfully removed the mass during the surgery, which took seven hours. With virtually no postoperative complications, she was released from Methodist Hospital seven days after surgery. Following the surgery, Williamson attended vestibular therapy in order to regain her faculties. “It’s the type of therapy where you have to make the brain foot connection. As the tumor was on the left side of my brain, the right side of my body was weak; it wasn’t connecting,” Williamson said. She returned to the bench Jan. 4. Williamson is confident of a bright future, as she is scheduled to return to the hospital in six months for a follow-up examination and yearly thereafter. “I’ve come out of the other side victorious, and it so easy to be joyful,” she said.
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Apple iPad more than a gimmick Apple unveiled its much-anticipated tablet PC on Jan. 27, and it seems that the public was underwhelmed by Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs’ new device. According to Jobs, the iPad was Michael introduced as a “third Padon category device” — a niche intended to be in between laptops and smart phones. The iPad was designed to focus on a handful of capabilities offered by the iPhone and perform them better than a laptop could. The iPad’s hardware is impressive for any tablet computer on the market. It has a beautiful color, 10-inch screen with multi-touch capabilities as its main interface, which leaves limitless potential for interface upgrades. The tablet is also thin, which in addition to its 10-hour battery life, would make it the ideal e-book platform for college students, as the iPad allows users to take notes on it. Apple also designed its own 1 GHz system-on-a-chip processor, which contains integrated 3-D graphics,
audio support, power management, storage space and I/O interfaces on one processor die. In theory, it sounds like an impressive chip, but only the details — which are currently unknown — will tell for sure. It’s safe to assume that the processor is more power-efficient than the Intel Atom chip, which Apple openly passed on using in the iPad because of its power consumption. Critics have been quick to harp on the various software offerings, saying there is little difference between the applications for the iPad and iPhone. Apple introduced mobile versions if its iWork productivity software and mentioned that a dock-able keyboard accessory was in development for the iPad. Apple has also said that its Bluetooth keyboard will be supported. But the iPad’s announcement was not about software. When it came out, the iPhone made a huge splash for two reasons. It featured a revolutionary finger-only touch screen, but more importantly, it was a complete interface paradigm shift.
Instead of limited functionality buried in menus, full-featured applications are available right on the home screen. The iPad did not create any such shift in the way we view technology, but neither did the original iPod when it was released in 2001. The device didn’t dominate the market until 2005, when the now-iconic click wheel was added to it. The iPad might be a letdown compared to the iPhone and iPod Touch, but that doesn’t mean it’s any less revolutionary. With this product, Apple has created an entirely new category of mobile device. The real issue is whether iPads ultimately be more useful than laptops. The hardware potential is there, but only a software update will really tell. I just hope the next version will be scented, for when your data feels not-sofresh. Michael Padon is an engineering sophomore and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com
ell-known director and actor Kevin Smith, better known by his character Silent Bob, was kicked off an airline Sunday for being too fat and, thanks to Twitter, the whole world read about it as it was happening. Smith, who directed the likes of Clerks (unfortunately), Jersey Girl and the upcoming comedy Cop Out, live-tweeted as the events were unraveling. He was far from amused. At least he didn’t seem to (Companies) be, until he uploaded a picture should of himself sitting on the plane, puffing his cheeks up to look as be wary large as possible. of whom Later, on his blog, Smith admitted that he was stressed they put because he hadn’t “laid the in charge pipe” to his wife in two days. of their Still, he tried to make light of Twitter and the situation while proving a point. Facebook Southwest Airlines apologized in a blog of its own, accounts. wittily entitled “Not So Silent Bob,” but rather than simply apologizing, the company defended its actions (to an extent) and took a bit of a stab at Smith. “Mr. Smith originally purchased two Southwest seats on a flight from Oakland to Burbank — as he’s been known to do when traveling on Southwest.” In his blog, Smith admits to usually buying two tickets for himself — because yes, he knows he is a larger man and because he can afford it. But isn’t that personal information that Southwest shouldn’t release? Although companies, both large and small, can get benefit greatly from social networking Web sites, they should be wary of whom they put in charge of their Twitter and Facebook accounts. They might accidentally release private information that the companies could be sued for. Sure, Smith talks about it openly in his blog and via Twitter, but it still seems like confidential customer information that Southwest Airlines isn’t supposed to publicly release, especially on its Web site that attracts thousands of visitors every day.
Kindle sparks flame of controversy With such a prevalence of new technology and innovative devices making it easier for people to read anything anywhere, a pillar of our society Andrew may soon be faced Taylor with elimination. E-readers such as the Kindle, BlackBerries, iPhones and laptop computers have all made reading more nomadic. This raises the question: Who goes to libraries, and do we still need them? The answer to this is surely a subjective opinion, differing from person to person for different reasons. In a New York Times article that ran Wednesday, the editorial board opened a debate examining the need for bookfilled libraries. A group of authors, librarians and college professors all weighed in with
their views of libraries and what the future ideally holds. James Tracy, headmaster of Cushing Academy in Massachusetts, told the Times he had recently moved his school’s library away from exclusively using traditional books and more toward e-books and computer stations. According to the editorial board, Tracy is not alone. “Suzanne E. Thorin, the dean of libraries at Syracuse University, reached a similar conclusion when she said at the 2009 Educause Conference ‘…we need to move on to a new concept of what the academic library is,’” Tracy told the board. Tracy’s reasoning was similar for the same type of move at his secondary school. “A small collection of printed books no longer support the type of research
required by a 21st century curriculum. We wanted to create a library that reflected the reality of how students do research and fostered what they do, one that went beyond stacks and stacks of underutilized books,” Tracy said. The idea that getting rid of books is a move to cut costs is proven wrong by the amount of capital making such a change would require. A library that shifts toward digital media is a library that is investing in its own future. Tracy told the board he still has a fondness for books, but also finds his library’s transformation more efficient. “By reconceptualizing our library, our teachers and students now have better access to vast digital resources for research and learning,” Tracy said. see LIBRARIES, page 6
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By Keith Cordero Jr. THE DAILY COUGAR The Cougars have chosen the right time to raise their game as Conference USA tournament time nears. The team only has six games left, with two at home, before the C-USA tournament tips off March 10 in Tulsa, Okla. The Cougars take a two-game win streak with them as they travel to Central Florida for their second meeting of the season against Marcus Jordan and the Knights at 6 p.m. today in Orlando. Jordan, the son of Basketball Hall of Fame guard Michael Jordan, scorched the Cougars (13-11, 5-5 C-USA) for 23 points in a 78-71 win Jan. 20 at Hofheinz Pavilion. “When you play a team twice and get beat the first game, it makes you pay attention, and I think our kids are paying attention,” head coach Tom Penders said. With wins at Western Kentucky and at home against SMU this past week, the Cougars will try and steal a game from the Knights, who are coming off a 62-54 win at home against struggling Tulane. Senior guard Aubrey Coleman leads the way for the Cougars,
averaging an NCAA-leading 25.6 points per game, against a Central Florida team led by point guard A.J. Rompza, who is eighth in the country with 2.8 steals per game. “I felt like Central Florida always plays us tough,” Penders said. “It’s a big rivalry game for them, and they have the win in the first game.” In the teams’ first meeting this season, Coleman and the Cougars were stifled by the Knights’ defense, shooting a miserable 25 percent from the field despite 30 points and nine rebounds from Coleman. UCF (1212, 4-6 C-USA) shot 51 percent and outrebounded Houston 45-31 in that game. “We looked at the film, and they really hustled on defense,” Penders said. “We really couldn’t throw it in the ocean from inside or outside. We really struggled, but I’ll give them credit for playing hard.” Coleman is coming off a 16-point performance in the team’s 66-60 win over SMU, his lowest scoring output since he scored 10 points in an 8382 New Year’s Day loss at Texas-San Antonio. The Cougars were able to overcome Coleman’s low scoring total with help from senior guard Kelvin Lewis’s season-high 29 points,
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assists and three steals in that game. “I hope we get some shooter’s confidence,” Penders said. “You always talk about certain arenas you play in where it seems like teams shoot better; we clearly shot well in the two games we played in their new arena.”
The Cougars battled a poor start and inclement weather to finish the first day of the Rice Intercollegiate tournament tied for fourth place with Nebraska and Northern Colorado at 621. With the wind gusting up to 20 miles per hour and early morning temperatures in the 30s, the Cougars finished the morning 18 holes with a mediocre score of 315. “We started off poorly. It was a struggle from the get-go, but the guys did a good job with damage control and managed what they could,” firstyear head coach Jonathan Dismuke said in a release. As the day and the players warmed up, the Cougars used a nine-stroke improvement in the afternoon round, the third best of the day, to get back into contention when the 54-hole event concludes with the final 18 holes beginning at
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Aubrey Coleman and the Cougars will try to extend their win streak to three games when they take on the Central Florida Knights at 6 p.m. today at UCF Arena. along with a solid 7-for-16 outing from behind the three-point line. “We’re not going to lose too many games with those two guys hitting, because that really opens up easy shots for everyone,” Penders said. UH should feel comfortable in Orlando, having throttled UCF last season on the road 97-69. Coleman had 30 points, 10 rebounds, five
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UH prepares to rack up for annual pool tournament By Gordon Furneaux THE DAILY COUGAR The intramural offices at the Campus Recreation Center are holding their annual billiards tournament this week. The tournament is open to all students regardless of skill level, Assistant Director of Intramural Sports Adam Finney said. “For the most part, we do have first time pool players that will come out and give it a try, but there are always a few ringers,” Finney said.
Students interested in playing must have turned in an entry form to the intramural office by Monday. Students who did not submit a form will not be allowed to compete. The tournament ends March 3 after a two-step process where a champion is named after all the games have been played. “It’s just two weeks. It’s one week for the pool play, and the second week is a single elimination tournament that takes about two days,” Finney said.
Games will be arranged around the students’ schedules in order to maximize the number of contestants and to assure that no one is disqualified due to a conflict with their classes. This will be further discussed at the introduction meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday in Wellness Center Room 1038C, where students can sign up for play times. Once a time is decided, games will be played on the ground floor of the UC Games Room. Billiards might only be found on
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tournament. Currently, Finney is trying to bring something even less traditional to the lineup. “One thing I’m still trying to figure out how to bring to this campus is intramural cricket. There is a really high demand for that,” said Finney. For information on upcoming tournaments and new leagues being offered at UH, visit www. uhrecreation.com sports@thedailycougar.com
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Trumpet legend to be guest at jazz festival By Michelle Reed THE DAILY COUGAR Enlightening to some and stunning to others, trumpet king Brian Lynch has become a major player in the jazz scene. Ranging from the complexities of early jazz to modern bebop and Afro-Caribbean beats, Lynchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music recognizes the ability to commemorate a new sound force in jazz music. As special guest for the Moores School of Music, Lynch will perform at the annual spring semester Jazz Festival on Friday and Saturday. Alongside the Moores Jazz Ensemble, Lynch will also give free lessons to high school and middle school students from the Houston area. Lynch wrote on his Web site that
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The board spoke to others who said they prefer the more traditional methods of heavy books and the decimal systems that organize them. Matthew Kirschenbaum, an associate professor of English at the University of Maryland, is an example. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Books and libraries are working (or living) models of knowledge formation,â&#x20AC;? Kirschenbaum told the
jazz shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a certain sound, but more so a blend of everything. His music embodies the aspect of people with a lot of knowledge. Lynch grew up in Milwaukee, where he studied at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. He apprenticed with local residents such as American jazz vibraphonist and pianist Buddy Montgomery and organist Melvin Rhyne. Moving to New York after graduation, Lynch played with the Horace Silver Quintet (19821985) and the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra (1982-1988). In 1987, Lynch learned the basic identity of Afro-Caribbean music, a subcategory of Latin music, from Grammy Award winner Eddie Palmieri. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eddie inspired me to want to
do my own thing, because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what he does, and now he energizes and leads the band. Being a Messenger is something that will never be taken away from me,â&#x20AC;? Lynch wrote on his Web site. With this new knowledge, Lynchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music metamorphed into a new transition. He welcomed the saxophonist sounds of Grammy Award Winner Phil Woods in 1992. According to his biography, Lynch â&#x20AC;&#x153;projects a rich tone that ranges from warm to brilliant, uncoiling serpentine lines that land in the most surprising places.â&#x20AC;? Lynch has also focused his variety of music as a composer with originals â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chippinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; In,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chandekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Den,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Byrdflight,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Green Is Mean,â&#x20AC;? which were recorded by famous jazz drummer Art Blakey. Lynchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2000 album, Tribute to
the Trumpet Masters, was a part of his vision of modern trumpeters, mixed with the classicism and soulfulness of jazz roots. Lynch currently teaches at New York University and the North Netherlands Conservatory. However, he has held positions at Dartmouth University, the University of North Texas and Columbia University. He has also taught at the Stanford Jazz Workshop and various other institutions. The Jazz Festival will begin at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday at the Mooreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Opera House with a performance by middle school and high school student jazz ensembles. The students will perform for a panel of judges. The 20-year-old Texas Music Festival Jazz Project will perform a
big band show Friday, while Lynch will perform Saturday. Both shows begin at 7:30 p.m. The Texas Music Festival, which features the Jazz Project, occurs every summer at UH and encompasses nearly 30 public concerts from ensembles at the Moores Opera House, the Presidential Conference Center at Texas A&M University and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in the Woodlands. The festival was founded in 1990 to help young musicians develop skills in orchestral, chamber music and solo performance. Tickets for the Jazz Festival can be purchased through the Moores School of Music ticket office at (713) 743-3388.
board. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need them for the same reason we need models of atoms and airplanes. They are hands-on. They are immersive. Holding a book in our hands, we orient ourselves within a larger system.â&#x20AC;? Kirschenbaum said he values lessons that Internet pages and e-readers cannot emphasize â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the lessons of where something came from and what its limitations are. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Books, precisely because of their (literally) bounded limitations, teach us to ask questions that are no less essential for the databases and
deep archives of the online world,â&#x20AC;? Kirschenbaum said. Liz Gray, the library director at a boarding school in Massachusetts and president of the board for the Association of Independent School Librarians, talked with the editorial board about the importance of reading and libraries designed toward a studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s curriculum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My responsibility as a school librarian is to encourage reading, which all the research shows is crucial to student success,â&#x20AC;? Gray said to the board. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Focused, engaged
reading occurs with printed books and far less with online material.â&#x20AC;? Gray said that students at her school enjoyed using e-readers, but werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ready to give up books quite yet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The two Kindles that I purchased for my library are popular, but they have not taken the place of books, just as audio books are not everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cup of tea,â&#x20AC;? Gray said. Gray said she disagrees with librarians and educators such as Tracy who move mainly toward
electronic devices as a way of trying to keep up with technology, and her justification was astute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cushing Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to dispose of most of its library books unnecessarily deprives that community of an irreplaceable resource,â&#x20AC;? Gray said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to choose between technology and printed books, and we shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;?
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8:15 a.m. today. All but one of the Cougars in the tournament improved their scores in the afternoon round, led by junior Matt Eschenburg, who finished the day tied for 12th with a score of 153. Last week’s C-USA Golfer of the Week, junior Clark Mitzner, finished tied for 27th with a score of 155, while redshirt freshman Joseph Reynolds ended the day in a tie for 37th at 157. UH was rounded out by freshman Jordan Rumora (161, t-53rd) and senior Jackie Lindsey (163, t-59th). “The team fought well today. It was a really tough day, and it never really warmed up, but I was proud of (our) guys for fighting through the conditions,” Dismuke said. The Cougars next compete in the J.L. Lewis Intercollegiate, hosted by Texas State at Wolfdancer Golf Club in Lost Pines and the second of four Texas tournaments opening their spring season. sports@thedailycougar.com
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