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Reduction plan raises concerns Faculty Senate encouraged to give input on budget cut
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By Hiba Adi THE DAILY COUGAR The Faculty Senate discussed the 5 percent budget reduction plan
implemented by Gov. Rick Perry in depth at Wednesday’s meeting. “The timeline for this has been very short,” Faculty Senate President Mark Clarke said. The state of Texas told its universities that they would be facing a budget cut in mid January, but specifics were released only a week ago.
“We started working on this last summer because we saw this coming,” Provost John Antel said. C l a r k e J Clarke said the plan published on the UH Budget
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Office Web site was just a draft that was required to go to the state. He would like to see the Senate strongly encourage the faculty to provide input in order to form a more detailed plan. “Budget reductions will be targeted, and it will be made in a strategic way. They should not be across the board,” Clarke said.
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By Amanda Trella THE DAILY COUGAR By Michelle Villarreal THE DAILY COUGAR When the ice shelf of the Antarctic Peninsula broke up in 2002, it provided an opportunity to study the physical and biological environment of the former ice shelf. Earth science major Yuribia Munoz was invited by UH’s CoDirector of the Geoscience Learning Center, Julia Wellner, to start working on the LARISSA project (LARsen Ice Shelf System-Antarctica). The shelf is located on the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula. “I accepted the offer and after a lot of medical exams, vaccines and blood tests, I made it to Antarctica,” Munoz said. “A very thorough medical exam had to be done because there are no hospitals in Antarctica, and there are no doctors in the vessel. I even had to have my four wisdom teeth taken out in order to pass the medical exam.” The LARISSA project is separated into three different proposals: marine and quaternary geosciences, cryosphere and oceans and marine ecosystems. But those who choose
UH President Renu Khator attended the meeting and she said she doesn’t agree with the state’s budget reductions. “If you noticed the survey that was recently published in the Houston Chronicle, it shows that public opinion says (the budget)
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The scientists in Antarctica working on a project, including a UH student and faculty, collected mud in search of sediments in steel boxes called kasten cores. They dropped the box into seawater and bring it back up on the ship for examination. to participate need time to adjust to living on the water. “This is my first time being on a ship and honestly, it was difficult the first days because I did get seasick,” Munoz said. “There was one day that I could not get out of bed and apparently I was not alone. More than half of the science party did not leave their rooms that day.”
Munoz is the only undergraduate working on the ship and shares a room with two other students working toward their doctorates. “Whenever there is work for the biologists, we, the geologists, help as much as we can. When we need help, they are always willing to stay late see ANTARCTICA, page 10
The University of Houston Department of Psychology has come out with a recent study surveying the effects of overqualified workers in the workplace. With the unemployment rate at an all-time high, the jobless are often taking any work that comes available to them, sometimes causing overqualified employees to work in unchallenging positions. Alexandra Luksyte, a thirdyear student in the Industrial Organizational Psychology graduate program conducted the study. She surveyed 215 full-time student employees in a wide range of occupations and their employers to find how overqualified workers reacted to their under qualified positions. “We found that overqualified people are usually the least productive in the workforce,” Luksyte said. “They engage in counterproductive work-behaviors, such as surfing the Internet or talking to their co-workers. They
do anything besides their work because they are bored and feel underutilized.” The study reflected that these employees participate in these behaviors because they become burned-out and tend to take a cynical point of view towards their occupations. “We hypothesized this would happen and it makes sense, if you are overqualified and doing something boring, to feel as if you are wasting your time. If there is no room for professional growth, you might become detached from your job or your employers,” Luksyte said. Luksyte’s findings also illustrate that employees tend to become cynical because no one forced them to accept the job for which they are overqualified. Employees become stuck in a position that they put themselves into even though they never had to accept the job in the first place. Although these employees feel a sense of cynicism, those who are overqualified do produce good quality work, according to their supervisors, but they do not go above and beyond their expectations, Luksyte said. For over two years, Luksyte see WORKERS, page 10
Environmental chamber used in human body study By Nzinga Tchameni THE DAILY COUGAR The UH Department of Health and Human Performance is using an environmental chamber to study the ways in which the immune system is susceptible to hot and cold weather. Associate Professor Brian McFarlin and Assistant Professor
Richard Simpson are the researchers behind this study. According to a UH news release, the environmental chamber at the department’s Laboratory of Integrated Physiology resembles a giant cooler. The temperature and humidity can be widely adjusted in the 10-by-10 foot stainless steel room between 120 degrees and minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit.
Biothera, a biotechnology company that’s primary focus is to improve immune health, developed a product called Wellmune, an FDA-approved food additive. McFarlin said the company approached the department about doing a study to evaluate whether Wellmune could maintain immune function after exercise in the heat. Researchers at the department
are assisting the company in evaluating their product and its effects on athletes’ immune systems. The athletes’ blood and temperatures are monitored while they work out on stationary bikes in both sweltering and frigid environments. “One of the focuses (of this study) is how the environmental stressors influence the immune
system,” McFarlin said. “What we know is that if you compare exercising in a very hot or very cold environment, it creates certain disturbances in normal immune functioning.” The study is intended to help evaluate the strain that elite athletes experience while training. see BODY HEAT, page 3
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should not be cut in higher education,” Khator said. The budget currently includes the reduction of 83 UH staff positions, made possible by hiring freezes, elimination of vacant positions, retirements and layoffs. Other affected areas include energy and special items, such as research. “These are by no means good solutions … it’s focused on things driven by state appropriated dollars,” Executive Vice Chancellor Carl Carlucci said. Instructional faculty was the only group passed from this plan. At the meeting, Khator reiterated the Board of Regents’ nine-point program to reach flagship status. Khator said the most important
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“We want to take people that exercise at a very high level like runners, cyclists, tri-athletes … this particular study did not use any intercollegiate athletes,” McFarlin said. “The study involved just local cyclists and tri-athletes from the area. Houston is a pretty good place to recruit those kind of people because the climate is ideal for that kind of training.” The project was started in October of last year and wrapped up in late November. The department is currently evaluating the results of its study and plans
point to implement is a fresh attitude toward students. “We may be a commuter school, but our service and attitude should not be of commuting nature,” she said. Khator also mentioned that she believes increasing the graduation rate would help move the needle on student success. UH’s graduation rate of 42 percent falls well below the state average of 52 percent. The next scheduled Faculty Senate meeting will be held following the Spring Faculty Assembly on March 24. The meeting will be held at the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library. A more detailed discussion on possible solutions for the budget cuts will take place. news@thedailycougar.com
to release a full conclusion in a month or two. Biothera has conducted a couple of preliminary projects using individuals who work in extremely stressful fields. The company’s latest project i n v o l v e d firefighters. “ T h e y showed that they are under a lot of stress, and J McFarlin the supplement tended to boost their immune response when it was incorporated into their diet,” McFarlin said. news@thedailycougar.com
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Time to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell The nation’s highest-ranking defense officials — Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen — testified before the Senate David Armed Services Committee on Feb. Brooks 2 in support of repealing the government’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy. Don’t Ask Don’t Tell has been responsible for discharging more than 13,000 troops since Congress adopted the policy in 1993. Many congressional Republicans have frequently deferred to the military when challenged about DADT. But in a Friday article in the Washington Post, Ed O’Keefe reported that a Washington Post-ABC News Poll showed that 75 percent of Americans support allowing openly gay people to serve in the military. Even Colin Powell, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who was instrumental to crafting the policy, now supports repealing it.
“In the almost 17 years since the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ legislation was passed, attitudes and circumstances have changed,” Powell said through a release from his office. Despite the fact that a majority of Americans along with the top brass in the military and the man most responsible for DADT now support repealing it, most Republicans inexplicably remain opposed to doing so. Opponents of allowing gays to openly serve have long argued that doing so would hurt morale and prove destructive to unit cohesion. Yet, 25 countries allow gays to serve openly with no problems, including Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany and Israel. Arguing that our soldiers aren’t as professional as their British, German or Israeli counterparts is insulting. Plus, it ignores the fact that our straight soldiers already serve alongside and share bathrooms and living arrangements with gays. Chances are most people serving in the military
already know which people in their units are gay. There are almost certainly people serving in the military who are uncomfortable around gays, but they already knowingly serve with them. Those who are uncomfortable about the fact are still professional enough to deal with it. Others argue that repealing DADT may be a good idea at a later date, but that now is not a good time because we’re at war. But the U.S. almost always has troops deployed in combat operations somewhere around the world, and it managed to integrate the military during the Korean War. That was a much more drastic change than simply allowing gays who already serve to admit they’re gay. Those who argue that repealing DADT would damage morale never seem to consider the negative impact on morale the policy has. Mullen said in his testimony, “I see BROOKS, page 5
Childhood obesity a growing issue As President Barack Obama deals with problems such as health care overhaul, creating jobs and ending a war, first lady Michelle Obama is doing her part to help solve an issue that has affected Americans for Karen some time: childhood Ramirez obesity. Although childhood obesity is not a new problem for Americans, not much has been done to resolve it. Blame for the issue has been placed on everything and everyone, beginning with parents. Easy access to junk food and the convenience of fast food are components that have contributed to obesity not only in children, but also adults. In a Jan. 20 article in USA Today, Nanci Hellmich wrote that Obesity Society President Donna Ryan said dealing with obesity at an early age is better because it becomes much harder to lose weight
and change habits as an adult. This is why the obesity issue has attracted the entire nation’s attention. Although Obama has shown concern for younger generations, many people believe she is placing too much emphasis on the importance of looks and being thin. This could lead to greater problems, such as eating disorders among children. In an interview with Don Lemon of CNN, Paul Campos, author of The Obesity Myth, argued that Obama was “stigmatizing the body of one-third of America’s kids,” using junk science to label kids’ bodies as fat, which will only lead to a “wave of eating disorders.” Whether Campos is right, the fact still remains that childhood obesity is a growing concern. Obama is doing her part by bringing this topic to light — an issue that will bring controversy to whoever deals with it. The word “diet” can be taboo in
our society, as everyone has a different definition of what a diet consists of. The solution, according to Obama, is to exercise more while implementing a morebalanced diet. Obama mentioned in the USA Today article that she had to put her 8-year-old daughter Sasha on a diet, but also stated that she was working full-time. Due to a lack of time, Obama relied on fast food on many occasions. Americans cannot be close-minded when it comes to dealing with sensitive issues regarding the nation’s youth. Obama is not calling children fat, but some are interpreting it that way. All Obama wants is for parents to consider healthier alternatives to their children’s lifestyles. That’s not too much to ask for. Karen Ramirez is a psychology junior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com
H is often glibly referred to as a “commuter school,” implying that it amounts to little more than a collection of individuals who gather together five days a week almost begrudgingly. President Renu Khator’s well-documented push to raise the school to flagship status isn’t designed to address the population distribution of its students. But in a sense, it is aimed at combating the more negative connotations inherent in the term “commuter school.” Her campaign intends to ... and in change the perception of the some cases, school, and in some cases, to put the University in a position to be to put the at all. University in perceived Although Khator is earning a position to her paycheck by making this she’s not doing it just be perceived happen, for herself. at all. Increasing the national status of the University will result in more funding for attracting even better faculty. In turn, the number and quality of events held on campus would rise and better facilities could be built. But it also means something different, something more integral to the students at UH. As we wait for the political machine Khator helms to take form, there is something students can do to change the way the University is perceive: we can change the way we perceive it. Instead of acting like ants, following with nary a deviation a pheromone trail set down by PeopleSoft at the beginning of each semester, we can look up, shake our heads clear and see all the amazing opportunities UH presents us to get out of our ruts, not reinforce them. This means English majors could go to more fiction and poetry readings, music majors could go to more recitals and communication majors could actually getting involved with the campus paper. Students should make it a point to seek out events held on areas of campus they haven’t visited. Think about attending something or going somewhere you’ve never considered. It’s surprising, the vistas UH students could attain if only they would stop seeing the University as just a “commuter school.”
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cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens.” How can we ask anyone to
live by a code of honor while simultaneously requiring that they remain silent about who they are? Our gay soldiers shouldn’t have to worry about being blackmailed if someone finds out who they really are, or of being discharged for slipping up and using the wrong pronoun in a conversation. A large majority of the country
thinks that it’s ridiculous to require anyone who serves to lie on a daily basis in every interaction they have with their colleagues. Now is the time to let gays serve openly. David Brooks is a communication senior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com
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AROUND TOWN Reckless Kelly with special guest Sarah Pierce will be at the House of Blues this Friday at 8:30 p.m. For tickets and information go to www.houseofblues.com.
AT THE MOVIES Shutter Island (R) with Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Kingsley.
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AROUND TOWN The Wonderful Future, Holy Fiction, The 71’s and They Were Stars will be at Warehouse Live this Saturday. For Tickets and information go to www.warehouselive.com. At 8 p.m., Miss Saigon will be at Theater Under the Stars. For tickets and information go to www. tuts.com. At the Off the Wall Gallery, a display of the works of Charles Fazzino o and Michael Godard. For More Information go to www.offthewallgallery.com
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Bill Burr, the comedian famous for his recurring parts in skits on Chappelle’s Show and his comedic assault on the Philadelphia Hecklers, will be at the Houston Improv from Feb. 26-28. In an interview, the fast-talking comedian jokingly switched topics from finding left-handed guitars to the Perry Mason television show. Despite his notoriety for taking on hecklers, the quality of Burr’s material has catapulted him into an incredible comedic career. He recorded two CDs and has appeared in several episodes of comedy specials on Comedy Central and HBO. He was also the first comedian to perform on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
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work. “You just drop the weak ones,” Burr said. “If you make a joke about someone in the audience, they’ll go crazy. Then it is jokes about sex, and then it is well written ones,” Burr said. Burr is no stranger to responding to criticism of himself and peers. In 2006 after comedian Dom Irrera was booed off stage in Philadelphia, Burr took the stage and berated the audience members for 11 minutes. “What you really want to do is throw the mic at them,” Burr said. “There’s nothing worse than being called stupid by some dumb guy who thinks that they’re right.” With advancements in technology, heckling is no longer something that is found solely on the stage. see BURR, page 7
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Most importantly, his recent interview provides insight into his early career, how he writes jokes and how he deals with critics. “In the beginning, I was more shy and reserved … I was one of the kids in grade school who used to get nervous for book reports,” Burr said. With the same honesty and simplistic attitude that he brings to the stage, he also has advice for those who want to become comedians. “The only way to learn is to get on stage,” Burr said. Burr also discussed the process of writing material for his hour-long standup. “I ask myself one of three questions: What is bugging me, what am I afraid of, and what is in pop culture?” Burr said. The real technical side to Burr’s work is all about finding out which jokes
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New Scorsese film puts DiCaprio out of his element
By Michelle Reed THE DAILY COUGAR The tick-tocking of the Academy Awards clock can be heard across the nation, and with the anticipation for Martin Scorsese’s psychological thriller Shutter Island, fans can now look forward to the Oscars. The film, which was originally set to release Oct. 2, 2009, was pushed back to Feb. 19 due to scheduling conflicts with Leonardo DiCaprio. The Digital Spy’s Web site reported in 2009 that DiCaprio was having difficulty touring for the thriller due to production for his new science fiction film, Inception, and rumored Sinatra biopic. Scorsese and DiCaprio wrangled
in the premiere of the film Saturday at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany. Beyond exasperated pride for the final release of the film, the duo expanded their regiment together as a power team. For nearly a decade, Scorsese and DiCaprio have made amazing films including, Gangs of New York, The Aviator and Oscar winner The Departed. Shutter Island will be the fourth film that is sure to provide as many thrills and chills as the previous three. “Each experience has been unique. It’s been a progression; now it’s been 10 years,” DiCaprio said of his relationship with Scorsese at a news conference in Berlin. “If I’m lucky enough to work with him, I would consider it a gift.”
The movie, set in 1954, follows U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) as he investigates the disappearance of a mental patient from Boston’s Shutter Island hospital for the mentally insane. “This (film) was a complex jigsaw puzzle of emotional backstories and dream sequences and truth and fiction,” DiCaprio said. “It was challenging and fulfilling.” Another challenge DiCaprio faced was mastering his infamous Boston accent moviegoers became acquainted with in The Departed. Judging by the psychologically teasing movie trailers for Shutter Island, it seems DiCaprio has mastered the challenge. see MOVIE, page 7
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“I got trashed on Facebook,” said Burr, explaining the criticism he received when someone in his audience claimed that he was using canned laughs for recordings. However, Burr said the audio technician was trying to get the correct sound levels for audience responses. “That’s not creative criticism; that’s slander,” he said. These critiques don’t just come in through the comment section
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The film is based on a novel written by Dennis Lehane, who is most notable for Clint Eastwood’s adaptation of his novel, Mystic River, and Ben Affleck’s directorial debut on Gone, Baby, Gone. In an interview with Michelle Kung from The Wall Street Journal, Lehane said a lot of his success has been due to luck and a distinct desire to work with people who are acclaimed on a high level. Lehane said ever since he met Scorsese, he had a newfound appreciation for Scorseses’ knowledge on movies. “For the first time in my life, I met somebody who not only knew more about movies than me, but knew vastly more about movies than me,” Lehane said. “Not only had I not seen things he was throwing out at me, which is rare,
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but he knew of films that I haven’t even heard of, which is unheard of.” Lehane said his inspiration for the novel Shutter Island was based more on a cinematic vision. Films such as the 1973 version of The Wicker Man and Invasion of the Body Snatchers gave Lehane a glimpse into the allegorical world he used for his novel. “I wanted the book to have a real pulpy feel,” Lehane said. “Marty [Scorsese] really got the tone; you can tell by the actors’ dialogue, which is not the dialogue of people in the 1950s, but rather the dialogue of how people spoke in the 1950s movies.” Shutter Island will surely pivot above the rest this year at the movies. With an amazing cast, director and novelist behind the works, the film hopes to be remembered. arts@thedailycougar.com
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the horses that pulled the cart the whole season to lead us on the offensive end, Courtney Taylor and Brittney Scott. I’m also going to be counting on Porsche Landry to be the floor leader and get her teammates and herself going.” Saturday’s game against UCF will also be televised on Bright House Sports Network.
After a rash of injuries forced Sam Houston State to forfeit UH’s first scheduled match of the sprint, the Cougars are eager for their first action-packed weekend on John E. Hoff Courts. From Friday through Sunday, UH will take on Louisiana Tech and Texas Pan-American before finishing off the weekend with a match against Northwestern State. The team faces an uphill climb and will be on little rest. Head coach John Severance plans on utilizing the team’s entire lineup. “Unfortunately, we don’t have enough players to ration,” Severance said. “We have seven players on our team. In doubles we’ll play six, and in singles we’ll play six. So we’ll be using 85 percent, if not all, of our team.” Severance says the team is hungry to compete against other teams after weeks of practicing with each other. With each passing day, he expects the competition to grow fiercer. “I would imagine all three teams have got better from what they were last year. I think the weekend gets progressively harder each day,
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By Maurice Bobb THE DAILY COUGAR The Cougars look to build on their hard-fought 73-67 win over SMU in Dallas last weekend when they hit the road to close out the 2010 regular season against conference rivals Southern Miss and Central Florida. UH will battle Southern Miss at 7 p.m. today at Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Miss. The game will be nationally televised on CBS College Sports. UH (13-11, 7-4 Conference USA) is now within reach of the league leaders at third place in the standings, just a game behind Memphis and Tulane who are each tied at 8-3 in C-USA. A win over Southern Miss (7-17, 3-8) today and UCF (7-13, 4-7) on Saturday would put them in a position to enter the postseason as a topranked team in the conference. Cougars head coach Joe Curl missed his team’s gritty comeback win after being admitted to a Dallas hospital with chest pains, but recently checked out and has
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Porsche Landry and the Cougars are in position to finish at or near the top of their conference if they can win their final two road games, against Southern Miss and UCF. returned to Houston. Doctors have advised him not to accompany the team on its two-game road trip. Assistant coach Wade Scott, who filled in admirably for Curl against SMU, is ready to lead the team for at least two more games. “Obviously, we would rather have coach Curl join us on this trip,” Scott said, who praised his team’s ability to focus in the midst of adversity during their win at
Moody Coliseum. “But we’re going to be ready to meet the challenge.” Scott and his coaching staff have already scouted the Golden Eagles and have made the necessary adjustments to their game plan. “Southern Miss is very long and athletic,” Scott said. “We’re going to have to come to play and play our game if we want to win. Right now, we’re going to go with
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By John Brannen THE DAILY COUGAR Freshman Errol Nolan pictured himself playing wide receiver in college, beating cornerbacks for long receptions and touchdowns. Instead, Nolan is placing his name in the record books after notching the fourth-best indoor 60-meter time and fifth-best indoor 200-meter time in UH history earlier this season. Nolan, 18, is the youngest member of the track and field team and a mechanical engineering technology major. He started out playing football at Lamar Consolidated, and running track was not high on his list of priorities. In 2007, his Mustangs won the 4A state championship in football. To this day, Nolan proudly wears his gleaming state championship ring. Nolan hoped to be courted by schools to play football, but no one came calling. “I didn’t get recruited,” Nolan said. “My highlight tape was a minute long.”
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Freshman Errol Nolan is enjoying the start of his UH career and has his sights set on making the most of his time on the track. Despite not realizing his dream of playing college football, Nolan’s competitive spirit led him to discover he had more to offer as an athlete. In his senior year of high school, he decided to give track a more spirited effort than he did before. “I started running sophomore year (in high school) but I was losing all my races,” Nolan said. “Until senior year — I decided to take it more seriously.” That increased focus toward track eventually earned Nolan a victory in the UIL Track Championships in June 2009. Nolan crossed the finish
line with a personal-best of 46.9 seconds in the open 400-meter. After this performance, other schools offered Nolan a scholarship, but he had already signed with UH months earlier. Nolan ran at UH in 2007 in the Carl Lewis Indoor Open, which turned him on to the school. “I liked the campus when I came here,” Nolan said. “That’s when I fell in love with the school.” Nolan, who is featured on the 4x400-meter relay, says his favorite events are the open 200-meter and 400-meter. His goal for the see TRACK, page 10
The most reliable barometer this season for the Cougars’ success has been their shooting percentage. That may seem too simplistic, but it’s shown to be eerily reliable. When the Cougars shoot the ball at least TTristan i 40 percent, they win. When the Tippet Cougars shoot below 40 percent, they usually lose. In eight of their 12 losses, the Cougars have shot below 40 percent from the floor. In the four losses when they shot at least 40 percent, the other team shot at least 48 percent, and that’s going to happen on occasion. Three of those teams, Nevada, Louisiana Tech and Memphis, are also legitimately better than UH. In 12 of their 13 victories, the Cougars have shot 43 percent or better overall. They shot only 32 percent in their other win, but that’s because they made 18 of 20 freethrow attempts. The Cougars have some reasons to account for their erratic shooting.
They don’t have a dominating lowpost presence, which makes it hard for them to score in the paint. The closer you get to the basket, the higher percentage shot you’ll get. That goes for Kobe Bryant or Rony Seikaly. Fortunately, the Cougars have two talented guards in Kelvin Lewis and Aubrey Coleman. The trend for the Cougars is to allow Coleman and Lewis to roam freely, with Coleman usually taking the lead. Sometimes that works because Coleman and Lewis are streaky shooters who can get on a roll. Sometimes that doesn’t work because they aren’t shooting well, and even if they are, it’s not difficult for teams to double both players. When that happens, Coleman and Lewis don’t trust their supporting cast and tend to force up low-percentage shots. The result? Too many contested long jumpers, no passing to open teammates, no attempts at penetrating to the basket, no chance of getting to the foul line and no chance of consistently see TIPPET, page 9
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finishing with Northwestern State who is a very talented team.” The Cougars’ strength is that they are injury free. With only seven players, however, a single injury can have a drastic effect on the team’s success. Sam Houston State felt that blow in last week’s match. Severance hopes this weekend will bring much needed experience to a team that features three freshmen. “We’re very young and very inexperienced. That’s obviously our weakness,” Severance said. “The only way to get (experience) is to play matches.” The team hopes they will be rewarded for their hard work during
By Gordon Furneaux THE DAILY COUGAR The Cougars soccer team will start its spring season Saturday in College Station. Head coach Susan Bush is ready to see her team return to the playing field after the end of their fall season. “This spring looks great. We didn’t lose too many kids from our starting roster last year,” Bush said. “The first date of competition starts Saturday. We have five competition dates, and we are really looking forward to it.” The spring season presents a less rigorous schedule. Teams have five set dates to fit in as many games as they can. In its first game, UH will travel to College Station for a seven-on-seven tournament. The Cougars will take on Sam Houston State, Lamar and the University of Texas-San Antonio. The games are 50 minutes instead of the usual 90, but Bush feels this will be a good chance for her players to develop. “It’s really just to get the kids playing, get kids who don’t get to play much in the fall some playing time,” Bush said. The Cougars’ spring schedule also includes Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech. Because the spring is more restrictive with regards to scheduling games and traveling, the team will remain in Texas until the fall season begins. “In the fall, you have a little more freedom to play the teams you want to play, but there is so much talent in Texas that we really don’t need to travel far to get a good game,” Bush said. One perk of the spring season
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creating quality shots. Teams that struggle to get good looks at the basket don’t shoot the ball at a high percentage. That, too often, has been the Cougars’ downfall. There’s no denying that Coleman and Lewis are talented players, but they’re not going to combine for 100 points — or even score 20 points individually — every night. Either find better ways to score, or help recruit a better supporting cast. Even the legendary Michael Jordan needed help once in a while.
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replicate the study on a broader spectrum. Luksyte has already looked into other aspects of being overqualified, including the idea that if the employee feels a connection with the company or their coworkers, they will be more likely to stay in the position they are in, even if they are overqualified for the position. “I hope to expand upon this study in my dissertation and apply my finding to other topics in the workplace,â€? Luksyte said. In a recent press release, SpitzmĂźller said that these finding would benefit many companies in the future. “Organizations need to be aware of the risks associated with hiring overqualified job candidates,â€? SpitzmĂźller said. “With unemployment rates remaining high, companies now have access to very talented and experienced professionals who need jobs. Sometimes, however, hiring these people comes at a cost.â€?
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Earth science major Yuribia Munoz is one of 12 students aboard the ship working on the LARISSA project in the east side of the Antarctica Peninsula. The group is examining the aftermath of the ice shelf break in 2002.
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to sort through sediment samples,� Munoz said. “It is very nice talking to young, enthusiastic scientists that are thrilled to be here.� Munoz grew up in Mexico before moving to the U.S. a few years ago, so she had never been surrounded by snow. She said the snow in Antarctica is especially beautiful because it hasn’t been distorted by human hands and has kept the same position since it fell on a mountain or glacier. “For me, anything below 70 Fahrenheit is too cold, so right now I am wearing a long sleeve shirt and two sweaters,� Munoz said. “Most of the time we are inside the ship that is kept at about 65 Fahrenheit, but to go outside we need to wear special clothing and at least two pairs of wool socks with boots.� Munoz said the geologists on the ship are mostly interested in mud,
rocks and the sediment suspended in the seawater. “There are many ways to take mud out of the sea floor, but we have to be very careful not to mix the different layers of sediment in each of the samples we take,â€? Munoz said. “The job is hard and dirty, but someone has to do it, right?â€? The mud is collected in steel boxes called kasten cores. The box is lowered to the ocean floor and dropped vertically to collect as much sediment as possible. “If we get a good core, that means we get more than 300 pounds of sediment process ‌ we take samples for chemical, physical and biological analysis,â€? Munoz said. “One of my duties is to keep a detailed record of all the processed samples. I have to count every single sample that we take from the cores, store it in the right place and keep a log of everything we have.â€? The ship tried to break through the ice to get to the Larsen B ice
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has been retrieving data for this study in order to be one of the first people to look into this topic and hopes to publish her findings in a psychology-related journal. “Surprisingly, nothing has ever been done like this before, and I wanted to fill a gap in the literature and investigate further,â€? Luksyte said. Luksyte and her academic advisor, Christiane SpitzmĂźller, associate professor of psychology, are preparing a manuscript for publication to be printed in a respective journal. Luksyte and SpitzmĂźller are also collaborating to write a chapter for an upcoming book by Douglas Maynard, an associate professor of psychology at SUNY New Paltz in New York and creator of the validated measures for overqualifications Luksyte used while conducting the survey. With two years left in her graduate program, Luksyte hopes to further develop her findings and
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Pitcher takes aim at wins By Christopher Losee THE DAILY COUGAR A year ago, Michael Goodnight stood tall — literally and figuratively — for the UH baseball team. The 6-4 right-hander made the Conference USA All-Freshman Team after going 5-5 with 58 strikeouts in 65 innings. In the postseason he stood even taller, posting a season-high 8.1 innings and 10 strikeouts against UAB in the C-USA Tournament. Now, as he prepares to make his 2010 debut against Texas State in the Cougars’ season opener Friday, Goodnight — who added an inch to his 225-pound frame in the offseason — has his sights on loftier goals. “When I came in as a freshman my goal was to start on the weekend,” said Goodnight, a sports administration major. “Now, I am moving toward being a solid starter game-in and game-out, just going out there and trying to win every game I pitch.” Goodnight grew up on the West Side of Houston, near Katy, where he attended Westside High School. At Westside, Goodnight excelled in the football and baseball programs while playing on select baseball teams across the Houston area. He was named a first-team all-district baseball selection three times (2006-2008) and won District MVP in football in the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
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UH pitcher Michael Goodnight hopes to begin building on his stellar freshman campaign when he takes the mound in the Cougars’ season opener against Texas State at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Cougar Field. By the time Goodnight was a junior in high school, he knew the mound was where he belonged. “Pitching was probably going to be the best opportunity for me,” Goodnight said. Recruited by Mississippi and Texas Tech, his decision to play for UH was based on head coach Rayner Noble’s reputation. “I just really wanted to learn from him,” Goodnight said. “Everybody told me he was a great pitching coach and had a history of developing first-round pitchers.” Although he has developed a wide repertoire of pitches, he says he’s most comfortable with his fastball in pressure situations — especially when working with a full count.
“I have got the most confidence in it, and if you just put it where you want to, it’s going to be a good pitch,” Goodnight said. Goodnight has found his home on the diamond, but there is more to him than fastballs and strikeouts. Off the field, Goodnight winds down, he said, by going golfing and playing video games. “Basically, I like to do stuff to help you relax and have fun,” Goodnight said. Goodnight has little time for relaxation these days, but that doesn’t seem to faze him. He enters this weekend with only one expectation. “To sweep them,” he said. sports@thedailycougar.com
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