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Campus torn over health care bill By Josh Malone THE DAILY COUGAR As President Barack Obama signed his historic health care reform bill into law Tuesday, he thanked his supporters in Congress and across the country for what he called, “a victory for the United State of America.” Not everyone agrees, including political science senior Nicholas Smith. “I can’t support this bill,” Smith said. “It’s government exercising more control over the people. I don’t like being told to buy health insurance whether I need it or not.” Smith isn’t alone in his concerns. Since Obama’s first call for health care reform in February 2009, which fueled heated debates and furthered partisan divides, conservatives have largely disagreed with the government, “growing out of control.” The health reform bill would require Americans to purchase health insurance, whether through a private insurer or their employer. Low and middleincome Americans, or a yearly income of about $44,000 for one person, would receive government subsidies to help pay for the coverage, and those who don’t purchase insurance would be subject to fines. These guarantees in coverage are a primary reason why UH assistant professor of political science Elizabeth Rigby said the bill is imperfect but a necessary step forward where others have failed. “We’ve seen presidents try to reform health care for 100 years, so while the bill is a huge compromise, it’s long overdue,” Rigby said. She said that the bill would affect students and young adults the most, particularly those who work part-time or for a small business that doesn’t provide health insurance. “Young people often opt not to have health insurance, so this will change their behavior more than any other group. But to the student who spends four years in college, graduates and can’t find a full-time job with health insurance, this bill gives them an see HEALTH CARE, page 9
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SGA candidates square off By Patricia Estrada THE DAILY COUGAR The Student Government Association run-off presidential candidates, Vice President Prince Wilson and Director of Finance Carlos Reyes, met Tuesday to address their agendas and answer questions from students during a debate hosted by The Daily Cougar. Wilson said the three main areas of concern he will focus on are tuition, campus safety and helping the University achieve flagship status. “When we think about tuition,” Wilson said, “we have to understand how the University works, how the budget works, where the money is going to go and what are the priorities.” In his rebuttal, Reyes he will zero in on improving security, educating students on parking options and building school pride.
He said while developing his agenda, he wanted to focus on goals that are attainable and benefit students. “One of the things that we did (before coming up with our agenda), we pulled about 500 students and asked them what their concerns were,” Reyes said. “They said it was security, parking and school pride.” Both candidates addressed parking, but their proposed solutions differ. Reyes said he wants to focus on educating students of the many programs already available to them to alleviate the parking problem. “Parking is a pretty good situation,” he said. “We have all these great parking programs, but people don’t know about them.” Wilson said he wants to create a rental car program for freshmen to help solve parking congestion. He also suggested promoting carpooling and mass transportation.
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The Daily Cougar hosted Tuesday’s Student Government Association presidential and vice presidential run-off debate between Carlos Reyes, left, and Prince Wilson, right, for the election that will be held today and Thursday. “Building more parking spaces is just a temporary solution,” he said. For the complete debate, log on
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up,” Curl said in a release. “I’m very thankful for the opportunity I’ve had here at the University of Houston. It has been a great fit for me.” Just this season, Curl missed six games, including the Cougars’ season-ending loss to Texas Tech in the WNIT, but it was not his first heart-related health scare. In the fall of 2007, Curl suffered a heart attack and missed the entire 200708 season. After undergoing single-
The UH System Endowment suffered a 25.9 percent drop between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009 but seems to be improving as the market does. “The percentage loss of the University of Houston’s endowment was terribly disappointing but actually not as bad as it could have been,” Regent and former Endowment Chairwoman Carroll Ray said. Ray said this happened during a period that’s considered by many economists to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Almost all investment funds suffered significant losses during this time. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, the UH loss was “greater than the comparable percentage declines of the endowments of the Texas A&M University System and Foundations, the Texas Tech University System, the University of North Texas or the
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After being hospitalized three times in the second half of the 2009-10 season, UH women’s basketball coach Joe Curl stepped down Tuesday to focus on his health.
Citing health, Curl resigns By Phillipe Craig THE DAILY COUGAR When faced with the agonizing decision of whether to continue coaching the UH women’s basketball team or focus on improving his health, Joe Curl ultimately did what was best for himself and the team. Curl, 55, resigned Tuesday, indicating that his recent health concerns, which doctors diagnosed as congestive heart failure, needed
to be addressed. He leaves UH as the winningest women’s basketball coach in school history with a 193167 record (.536) in 12 seasons, also the longest tenure of any coach in the program. Curl led the Cougars to five postseason appearances, including this year’s Women’s National Invitational Tournament. “This season has been really difficult for me to keep up with everything for health reasons, so it’s time for me to step aside and heal
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bypass surgery, Curl remained nearly incident free until this season’s issues. On Feb. 13 Curl was admitted to a Dallas-area hospital after complaining of chest pains prior to the Cougars’ game at SMU. After being released, Curl was admitted to a Houston area hospital where surgeons upgraded his pacemaker and installed an internal defibrillator. He returned to coach the Cougars against in-town rival Rice on March 4 and remained with the team through the end of the regular season. Curl was forced to miss the team’s WNIT opening-round game after being admitted to a Lubbock area hospital with another incidence of chest pains. Curl said part of the problem involved the team’s travel requirements. Each time he was hospitalized this season, it was following a flight, and doctors have told him he shouldn’t fly anymore. “Two cardiologists said I shouldn’t fly at all,� Curl said. “Out of the fairness to our kids, with the games I missed this year, some games last year and the entire year before, I’m resigning. I’m putting the kids in a situation I don’t like, and that’s not giving them what they need. They need a coach 24/7.� While Curl stopped short of saying he was retiring, he did indicate he would not pursue a coaching position at another school and that he is done working — for now. “I have no desire to make another move to another school,� Curl said. “I have fit so well here at UH that I
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University of Texas System for the same period.� UH Administration and Finance did not find this claim to be completely accurate. They said the UH endowment drop was greater than that of Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University but beat the University of Texas. “Rather than using investment performance, the author of the cited blog (as reported by a Chronicle of Higher Education story) seems to have simply taken the beginning and ending values of each endowment from June ‘08 to June ‘09 without accounting for cash flows (new gifts or distributions),� UH Director of Media Relations Richard Bonnin said. “The losses cited in the article are not all ‘real’ losses. Most of it is unrealized loss. Until we sell the investments, we only have a loss on paper and the endowment already has recouped some of the unrealized loss as the market has improved.� The recent budget cuts and tuition increase were not a result of the UH endowment drop but in response to mandates by the State of Texas. “Again, it was very disappointing to see the precipitous drop in the UH endowment asset value during this most recent financial crisis, but according to most experts, the only way to have avoided participating in this drop would have been to invest our funds in very secure cash equivalents such as US treasuries,� Ray said. “Over a longer period of time, an investment strategy of this type, while free of risk, would be
wouldn’t ever entertain anything else. “If I get the itch to work again, and not just in basketball, it’s just being around people, we’ll see. I have my cooker, and I will enjoy cooking for the masses. I will come out and support the Cougars every way possible.� After taking over the program prior to the 1998-99 season, Curl’s teams posted a combined record of 12-43. The Cougars went 19-13 the following season and secured a spot in the WNIT, the program’s first postseason appearance in nine years. Curl guided the Cougars back to the WNIT the following year and lost 5452 to Oregon in the championship game. Curl’s breakthrough campaign came in the 2003-04 season, when the Cougars won 28 games, a school record, and the Conference-USA regular-season and tournament championships, earning a trip to the Women’s NCAA Tournament. He went on to be named the C-USA Coach of the Year and National Coach of the Year by the Associated Press, United States Basketball Writers Association, ESPN.com and the Basketball Times. UH Athletic Director Mack Rhoades thanked Curl for his service and said the search for his replacement would begin immediately. “I really want to thank Joe for his 12 years of service to the University of Houston and his commitment to our student-athletes,� Rhoades said. “The program has enjoyed great success during his tenure and been a source of pride for our department. I want to wish Joe and his family the best; it really has been a pleasure to work with him.� sports@thedailycougar.com
considered very inappropriate.� The UH Board of Regents and its administration said they understand that the State of Texas must be fiscally responsible and must choose between many important priorities in choosing how to allocate its finite state resources. “We are cooperating fully with our mandate,� Ray said. As the stock market recovered from the great fall, so did the UH endowment. “I am happy to report that as the market has recovered, so have the University endowments, again including the UH endowment,� Vice President of Administration and Finance Carl Carlucci said. Bonnin said as of Feb 28, 2009, the UH system endowment and its foundations are at a total of $569 million. The UH endowment is an investment fund that is funded through donations from private donors and public sources and is used to support the University’s educational mission. Ray said that each year the endowment distributes four percent of its asset value to the University for a variety of uses. “Certain portions of the endowment fund are restricted, such as providing scholarships. One purpose of the endowment is to ensure the funds held are available for future generations of University students. The UH endowment is one of the resources that supports the University of Houston. In fact, without the endowment the University would be unable to create and fund some of these innovative programs,� Ray said. news@thedailycougar.com
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UH not quite as green as it thinks No matter what UH faculty, students and staff would like to think, the University is not environmentally friendly. Instead, it is downright hostile. This attitude is due to a combination of Casey a campus population Goodwin unwilling to take the initiative and an administration that, while willing to take publicity-friendly baby steps toward being green, has yet to make the more logical but less brag-worthy leaps in the right direction. Every day, thousands of students drive themselves to campus, each expelling a horrifying amount of toxic fumes into the air. Many simple, cheaper and less damaging options exist, but the percentage of students who take advantage of them is disturbingly small. Considering how easy it is to ride Metro, carpool with other students who live nearby, or simply ride a bike to school, it’s embarrassing how many people never even consider those options. Many students and staff make excuses for why they drive: they don’t have enough
time, they don’t know how to take the bus, or perhaps they don’t have anyone to carpool with. The vast majority of these arguments do nothing but show students’ laziness. Students interested in carpooling can find a list of vanpools (like carpools, but in vans) at uh.edu/pts/greenuhvanpool.htm. For those considering taking the bus, Metro offers a convenient trip planner on its Web site to help people who are unfamiliar with the system find their way to their destination. Other major issues on campus, however, are not so clearly in the hands of students. It is almost painful to think of the number of gallons of water wasted each year on plants and filling the fountains that beautify the campus. Yes, it’s nice to have an aesthetically pleasing school, but seriously, this is Houston. It rains here. We don’t need to drench our grass on a daily basis. UH is also responsible for a great amount of energy waste. Lights shine on empty classrooms, computers that no one uses for hours stay on, and the dorms are
kept at least five to 10 degrees colder than is comfortable. A joint effort between faculty, students and staff could easily fix these problems, but no one has done anything so far. The University’s recycling program is one of few things the school has gotten right in its green initiatives. Paper recycling bins are next to the printers in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library, and receptacles for cans and bottles are near most of the trash cans around campus. But students still leave their trash on the ground, and there are many places around campus where recycling would be taken advantage of if only it were available. Everyone on campus shares a responsibility to make the community as environmentally friendly as possible. Just because we have not done a good job of doing so in the past does not mean that the trend cannot be changed. All it takes is a little effort. Casey Goodwin is an engineering freshman and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com
Applying for aid should be easier Much like many Americans, I’m starting to feel the pressure of the April 15 tax deadline. Thankfully, though, this year I don’t also have to rely on that same Callie tax information to Thompson fill out the forms necessary to apply for federal student financial aid. I say thankfully because filing my Free Application for Federal Student Aid report has always been such a pain in the rear end. Not only was I required to provide the information from my own income tax report for the previous year, but I also needed my mom’s information. This was because according to the government, I am considered a dependent student. Even though I am 23 years old, have lived outside of my mom’s home for two years and have filed my
income taxes as an independent for the last three years, my mother’s income is used to determine my need for financial aid. The FAFSA is available for all undergraduate students to fill out at the beginning of each year. It’s beneficial for students to file their FAFSA reports as early as possible, because money is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Every year since I began attending college, I raced to make sure my mom’s and my income taxes were filed as close to the beginning of January as possible. My mom isn’t exactly computer savvy, so I’d always have to find time between our busy schedules for us to get together and complete the forms online. Because of the changes in the filing process, it would make sense for a person to only be required to submit their own
income information for the government to decide how much aid they should be eligible for. The government, however, sees things differently. The FAFSA’s Web site features an entire worksheet that is supposed to determine a student’s dependency status. The worksheet consists of questions such as, “On or after July 1, 2009, were you homeless or were you at risk of being homeless?” and “At any time since you turned age 13, were both your parents deceased, were you in foster care or were you a dependent or ward of the court?” In many instances, the questions in no conceivable way could be used to determine the dependency status of applicants on a case-by-case basis. If that wasn’t enough, the FAFSA also see THOMPSON, page 5
wo weeks ago, Student Government Association elections were held to appoint a new president and vice president, as well as new senators, for the Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 semesters. We at The Daily Cougar decided to endorse Carlos Reyes for president and Matthew Davis for vice president because of their agenda and commitment to working for the student body. There will be a runoff election today and Thursday between Reyes and Prince Wilson to determine who the SGA’s next president will be, and our support for Reyes has not changed. The Daily Cougar hosted a debate between the two candidates Tuesday, and in our eyes, Reyes distinguished himself as the more-qualified candidate. His ideas and solutions on how to fix some of the problems at the University are more realistic than Wilson’s. On the matter of parking, Wilson announced his plan at the debate to institute a rental car program for students as a way to alleviate congested parking lots. Reyes, on the other hand, touted the virtues of the programs already in place, which he said he would do more to educate students about. Reyes also said he wanted to improve the quality of security provided to students around campus. Both men have good ideas, but Reyes seems more intent on being a steward of University students by seeking out their input. While it is true that Wilson has a great deal of experience, having served as vice president under President Kenneth Fomunung, we feel that the student body would benefit from a new administration with different ideas. Reyes and Davis will provide that leadership, as well as the service necessary to lead UH in the right direction as the school faces unprecedented challenges from a faltering economy, the addition of a MetroRail line and the pitfalls associated with attempting to attain flagship status. Reyes will do an excellent job dealing with these issues and representing University students, and that is why we support his candidacy for president.
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attempts to define parents’ roles in funding their children’s education. One section of the form instructs students that the following reasons are not good enough to refrain from providing parental information: “Your parents do not want to provide their information on your FAFSA, your parents refuse to contribute to your college expenses, your parents do not claim you as a dependent on their income taxes or you do not live with your parents.” None of those reasons is sufficiently applicable to all students across the board. From a young age, I have known that I would be responsible for paying for my college education. I will be the first member of my immediate family to graduate from college, and there were many times when my family did not have enough money to pay the electricity bill on time and put something away for my college education. I began working at age 14, doing the best I could to find a way to pay for my own college education someday, and that is mainly why I feel the FAFSA is unfair. My mom always wanted to assist me in any way she possibly could, including helping me pay for school, but she never had much to give to me. After five long years, I will graduate from UH with a Bachelor of Arts in print journalism and a Bachelor of Music in oboe performance. I have consistently worked three to four part-time jobs throughout that time and after my first full year, have taken between 18 and 22 hours each semester. Although I have been awarded some financial assistance through the FAFSA program, I feel as though I could have been helped a lot more had my case been assessed by a real person as opposed to an online form. I guarantee that I’m not the only one.
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Ke$ha - Animal: DVampire Weekend - Contra: B+ OK Go - Of the Blue Colour of the Sky: C+ Cold War Kids - Behave Yourself: B Eels - End of Times: C Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life: C Spoon – Transference: B+ Beach House - Teen Dream: D+ Green Day - 21 Guns: C Lady Antebellum - Need You Now: F
FEBRUARY2010 Hot Chip - One Life Stand: B Lil Wayne – Rebirth: C+ Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe 2: D Gorilla Manor - Local Natives: B Story of the Year - The Constant: C Alkaline Trio - This Addiction: D Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain’t No Grave: A COURTESY OF MERGE RECORDS
She and Him kept audiences warm during their performance at this year’s South By Southwest event.
She & Him persevere for fans By Desiree Alvarez THE DAILY COUGAR
MARCH2010 Broken Bells - Broken Bells: D Be Human – Brighten: B The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis: C+ Head First – Goldfrapp: D Gorillaz - Plastic Beach: BShe & Him - Volume 2: B+ Monica - Still Standing: C Justin Bieber - My World 2.0: F
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Despite the chilling winds Canada sent to Austin on Saturday, fans gathered in great numbers to watch the charming Los Angeles based folk duo, She & Him. Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward brought one of the biggest crowds to the biggest stage at SXSW: the Auditorium Shores. Auditorium shores, just across the First Street Bridge, gave the concertgoers a beautiful view of Austin’s skyline as the background. On stage, M. Ward, being a folk powerhouse in the particular genre of music, played it cool. Meanwhile, perhaps one of America’s vintage sweethearts, Deschanel sang sweet melodies that took the audience back to a time when dancing under a Blue Moon
was indeed romantic, and desperately wanting to hold your hand was a longing to every young person in love. And when a jacket just wasn’t enough to stay warm, fans were perfectly fine with being shoulder to shoulder with complete strangers. “It’s so cold. Everyone just hug. Hug each other,” said Deschanel, as if that didn’t make every fan love her even more and no longer care about the long-set change, nor the near-freezing weather. As the first song was played, a wave of singing and dancing swept over the crowd keeping us enveloped till the bitter end. Giving the crowd much of what they wanted while simultaneously dealing with technical difficulties proved only child’s play to She & Him. Opening with “Black Hole,” from their critically
acclaimed first album Volume one, got the crowd ready for just the right amount of hits that sounded. Some of these included “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here” and a beautiful spotlight performance of “Sentimental Heart,” where the multitalented Deschanel played the keyboard. The rest of the set gave not just a taste but a whole platter of songs from their highly anticipated follow-up album Volume two, including their first available single “In the Sun” and a superb cover of the NRBQ’s “Ridin’ In My Car.” And such as life the show was put to a halt. But as any concertgoer knows, life doesn’t give encores. She & Him put on a grand finale with “Sweet Darlin.” arts@thedailycougar.com
Cougar Sutra embarks on new path By Travis Hensley THE DAILY COUGAR Since my last break up, I’ve never really followed through on anything. To be honest, I don’t really do much. Installing a toolbar for Mafia Wars on Facebook and watching the first season of “Lost” are really the most productive things I have done outside of school and work. I tried cleaning my room, but that just turned all of things that were in my closet into piles on my floor. There are diet and workout books that I have only read the first chapters of that taunt me as they sit on my bookshelf. Most of the time, my diet consists of whatever is the shortest line at the U.C. Satellite, and my workout involves walking from a distant parking spot. I asked for suggestions for this column at the beginning of the
semester and didn’t really follow through writing on the suggestions. But there has been one that still sticks in mind, which was to try new things. So I started to think of all the fun things I could try and how quickly it would get out of hand. There would be speed dating, then Internet dating … pretty much anything with the word dating in it. With no real direction, it would only be a matter of time before I would find myself posing naked in art class just trying to outdo myself. I don’t want to pose naked; I just want to level up on Mafia Wars. And then spring break happened. I got bored. To fill time, I went to a bookstore at the mall in my neighborhood and just started looking at magazines. There was advice for everything; for instance, how to attract the opposite sex or how to build a body
that is ready for the beach. Celebrity Jeffrey Donovan, who plays Michael Weston on Burn Notice, even shares his workout secret. However, there was no advice for the things I was doing on break. No celebrities talking about how to be a better shut-in, no advice on building up your mafia and not even one magazine that taught their readers how to repel the opposite sex, which were becoming the things I could write about. I could do 600 words on how to cancel plans with your friends so you can watch T.V. There has to be at least 500 words I could write on how to get the orange Cheeto dust off your hands using just the bag. Then I started to think about trying something new, and what if see SEX, page 7
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‘Incarnate’ writer saddled with plagiarism charges By Michelle Reed THE DAILY COUGAR It’s tough living in a parent’s shadow, but for Nick Simmons, the son of KISS founder Gene Simmons, life has become a whole lot harder living in the shadow of public scrutiny. On Feb. 25, Radical Publishing announced that they have halted production of the 21-year-old’s manga series Incarnate following an investigation of plagiarism. “We at Radical Publishing Inc. and Radical Comics are quite concerned to hear the news surrounding Nick Simmon’s Incarnate comic book,” they said. “We have halted further production and distribution of the Incarnate comic book and trade paperback until the matter is resolved to the satisfaction of all parties.” Three single-issues of the book had been released in August 2009, and the collected volume was being published for release later this year. The accusations floating around
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the series started on the popular gaming Web site GameFAQ, accusing Simmons of stealing plot elements, dialogue and designs from eight different manga, including the popular 2001 series Bleach, which has sold 50 million copies in Japan. A Bleach fan site entitled “The Bleachness,” and magnetic-rose. net has posted side-by-side comparisons of Incarnate and Bleach to prove that Simmons has in fact plagiarized. When comparing the pages from each book, it’s easy to see that Simmon’s version is a full proof lift of Bleach, with similarities straight down to the etching of the characters and word-for-word dialogue. Simmons came out with a public apology via Facebook. “Like most artists, I am inspired by work I admire. There are certain similarities between some of my work and the work of others,” he said. “This was simply meant as a homage to artists I respect, and I
definitely want to apologize to any manga fans or fellow manga artists who feel I went too far.” If Simmons hadn’t received enough scathing for his misguided error, he acknowledged his love for Bleach in his statement, alluding to the fact that he is familiar with the design, layout and plot of Tite Kubo’s popular series. Several manga Web sites and fan sites are still not buying Simmons’ public sympathy. “Note that he doesn’t acknowledge he went beyond ‘homage’ to flat-out copies,” Johanna Draper Carlson, a manga reviewer at comicsworthreading. com said. A Facebook group was created in late February named “Calling for legal action against Nick Simmons for plagiarism of other works.” However, out of everyone who took this scandal personally, Kubo seemed more amused than anything. “I’m more interested in the fact that Gene Simmons’ son is
just mindless fallowing. How would things turn out? Would they morph into one of the alltime playboys, or would they just end up an overweight guy with a waxed chest? This is what I want to know, and it is the direction I needed to
try for this sex column. One thing for sure is that he would not end up doing his best statue of David impersonation while students question why he has a shark tattoo running across his left side. arts@thedailycougar.com.
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to celebrate the release of the first issue. The comic is sold online on the A&E Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels Web site. Ironically, Simmons’ DeviantArt account warns other artists about stealing artwork. In his first journal entry, dating back to Nov. 2008, he wrote, “If you steal my artwork, you will pay. In cash.” arts@thedailycougar.com
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By Chris Losee THE DAILY COUGAR Heading into Tuesday’s doubleheader against No. 12 Georgia Tech, the Cougars knew they would need a complete effort to knock off the talented Yellow Jackets. UH got anything but that in the first game, falling 7-1 at Cougar Softball Stadium. After the opener, head coach Kyla Holas told her players to tighten their defense and make some adjustments at the plate. And the Cougars responded, earning a 2-1 victory in the second game to salvage a split. “Defensively, we did really well, (but) we left the bases loaded,” Holas said. “We have to make sure that we capitalize on those runs.” After roughing up UH’s pitchers in the opener, Georgia Tech had no answer for Amanda Crabtree (6-6). The junior righthander recorded nine strikeouts in the victory and allowed no runs until the sixth inning. Meawhile, the Yellow Jackets’ pitching had no solution for freshman Brooke Lathan, whose solo home shots in the second and sixth innings lifted UH to victory. A solid defensive performance by the Cougars sealed the deal, snapping their game four-game losing streak. “We felt like we were doing some soul searching after going 0-3,” she said of being swept by Central Florida last weekend. “So if you turn around and do
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Freshman Bailey Watts took the brunt of the No. 12 Yellow Jackets’ offensive onslaught, surrendering seven runs in two innings as the Cougars dropped the first game of Tuesday’s doubleheader, 7-1. UH rebounded to take the nightcap 2-1. something like this, it does give you a little bit more momentum, a bit more confidence when you thought that you were struggling.” Prior to winning the nightcap, UH (16-13) was definitely struggling. The Cougars scored only two runs in a three-game sweep at UCF and found themselves in another early hole in the first game of Tuesday’s doubleheader. The Yellow Jackets (25-5) started strong with a solo home run in the first inning to take a1-0 lead. Georgia Tech’s offense broke the game open in the second inning, scoring six runs off six hits — including a grand slam and solo home run — to take a commanding 7-0 lead. After laboring through the
first two innings, freshman Bailey Watts (8-5) held the Yellow Jackets at bay for the rest of the opener. Offensively, the Cougars manufactured only three hits, but showed a sign of life by avoiding the shutout with a ninth-inning run. “We have to have better pitching, and we can’t make those mistakes,” Holas said. “Your season is not over when you lose three games.” The Cougars will resume Conference-USA play when they host UTEP for a three-game series. The action begins with a doubleheader Saturday. First pitch for the opener is scheduled for 1 p.m. sports@thedailycougar.com
Nine-time Olympic gold medalist and world record-holder Carl Lewis was a pioneer for the sport of track and field. He was one of the first Americans to ascend the sport from an amateur level to a professional one, allowing athletes to gain endorsements and compete on the international stage. Despite the progress made, Lewis feels track and field still has some maturing to do. Lewis and others want it to receive the same treatment as other professional sports. “Television has changed the dynamics of everything the last 20 years. Twenty years ago, the Internet was not here; television was not the same,” Lewis said. “The big sports got so much bigger because of television. Sports like track and field have declined so dramatically. Former UH head coach Tom Tellez still coaches post-collegiate athletes and said the professional circuit lacks the structure needed to reach greater heights. “They need to get more organized. You got to treat track and field like they do other professional sports,” Tellez said. “The bottom line is they probably have to have more financing from corporations. Advertise and promote — I think we’re lacking in that area.” Despite the dark cloud lingering over track and field due to performance-enhancing drug problems, Lewis is satisfied with how the U.S. has handled the issue. “The difficulty is not the image, because that can always be overcome,” Lewis said. “The sport
does a great job here in America fighting that drug problem. The bigger issue is the sport got to a point, for a 10-year period, where people were doing nothing but taking drugs, and we come out of it with no athletes and coaches.” Being a former athlete is beneficial, but Lewis said that it is a necessity for coaches to also understand the science of track and field. “What’s really killing the sport is all these people who are retiring and coaching the next year. They really do not have the background. They’re not qualified,” Lewis said. “You need to have more than, ‘I ran and I was good.’ You don’t just need to know how to do workouts, to be a coach. You need to understand physiology; how the body works.” UH head track and field coach Leroy Burrell said he agrees with Lewis’ mentality. “The best coaches have an understanding of the artistic side and the scientific side,” Burrell said. “If you throw in the fact they may have some competitive experience, that helps.” Tellez, a former coach of Lewis and Burrell, has followed this same formula and is still a student of the sport. “If you don’t have a background, you better do some studying. If you run that helps, but you still have to know the biomechanics of running. You still have to read about what da Vinci did; Copernicus, Galileo and Newton,” Tellez said. “You got to know it doesn’t work 20 different ways. It works one way the best. If you don’t know what that way is, you’re not helping kids anymore. sports@thdailycougar.com
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Cougars cut down Lumberjacks By Tristan Tippet THE DAILY COUGAR After being swept in a threegame series at No. 1 Arizona State to end their eight-game westcoast road trip, the Cougars could use a breather. UH took Monday off before going back to work Tuesday against Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches. From the second inning on, the Cougars had little to worry about, cruising to a 10-3 win. In the first game of a homeand-home series, both clubs scored a run in the first inning. In the second inning, UH (109) put up seven runs, and the Lumberjacks (13-6) found themselves in too deep of a hole. “Our guys came out prepared to play, and we swung the bats well,” UH head coach Rayner Noble said. “Mo Wiley pitched pretty good and held them down
to a couple of runs and gave us five hard innings. Chase Dempsay gave us a couple of good innings (in relief ), so it was a good day for us. “I was a little worried about today and tomorrow. But today we didn’t play like we had jet lag, and hopefully we can get ourselves together to get after it again tomorrow.” The Cougar’ offensive outburst in the second inning left little doubt as to the outcome. UH scored seven runs in meticulous fashion, registering six singles and drawing two walks. Austin Gracey and Chris Wallace led off the frame with hits. Gracey scored on a single by Travis Trial to give UH a 2-1 lead. Back-to-back walks extended the lead to 3-1 with nobody out. Joel Ansley followed with the biggest single of the inning, driving in Blake Kelso and Trial to
push the Cougars ahead, 5-1. After batting around and adding three runs, UH held a commanding 8-1 advantage. The Cougars added single runs in the third and eighth frames. Stephen F. Austin scored once in the sixth and ninth, respectively, but it was too little, too late. “Their pitcher was falling behind in the count and kind of left pitches in there for us, and we did a good job of lacing them, and scored seven runs,” Noble said of the big second inning. “That’s very hard to overcome, when you give up a seven-run inning.” With the win, the Cougars improved to 36-11 all-time against the Lumberjacks. The Cougars will have the chance for a season sweep of SFA when they return to Cougar Field for a 6:30 p.m. game today. sports@thedailycougar.com
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Austin Gracey was part of the Cougars’ offensive outburst in Tuesday’s 10-3 win over Stephen F. Austin. UH scored seven runs in the second innning and never looked back.
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» Karli Williams Sen. At-Large No. 4
I know most of you are busy people juggling more than one thing in your life. So to help you out, I will be your voice in the Student Government Association. There are many changes that can be made at UH. I am eager and willing to fight for these changes if you let me. I cannot make any promises but I will do my best to tackle every task thrown in my direction. Voting takes place online at studentelections.uh.edu. So you can vote at time that best fits your schedule.
» Dan Cato Sen. At-Large No. 2
in an attempt to clamp down on the corrosive leadership that has caused so many students to become cynical towards SGA. However, if I have learned anything these past months, it is that leadership cannot be legislated. Leadership comes from action. It is my firm promise, and you can hold me to it, that as senator, my actions will speak louder than my legislation. As senator, I will hold our organization to a higher standard, one befitting a university that aspires to a higher status. And, as senator, I will focus my energies on two largely over-looked student services, the Health Center, and the intramural fields. I cannot guarantee reform — but you better believe I will fight for it.
» Ehsan Hashmani
Cynicism among citizens is rampant within any political arrangement or institution. The University of Houston Student Government Association is no exception. And by all means, students have a right to be cynical, considering our organization’s less-than-stellar performance this last year. As the recently appointed vice chair of our Internal Affairs committee, I have seen first hand among the leaders of SGA the blatant disregard for our by-laws, protocol, and overall mission. I co-authored numerous bills, which passed with overwhelming majorities,
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it’ll just determine what kind of treatment we’ll be able to get,” Allen said. Rigby, while acknowledging the bill will coerce some into purchasing insurance who don’t anticipate getting sick, challenged the notion that the health care bill was a government takeover. “There are going to be new regulations on insurance companies, but it’s not going to determine who can get an organ transplant and who can’t. There’s no public option. We’re still using the private insurance market, so it’s not direct government control like the military or a post office is,” Rigby said. Other students, including psychology senior Larissa Gonzalez, welcomed the bill as something she’s waited long to see, specifically the provision for children to remain on a parent’s policy. “I think it has the potential to help a lot of people and to do a lot of good,” Gonzalez said. “No one should have to lose their home or their job because they get sick. Hopefully they won’t now.”
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option,” Rigby said. Health insurance companies would also be forbidden from denying coverage to those with pre-existing medical conditions, would face regulations on rising health premiums and children would be able to stay on their parent’s insurance policies until they’re 26 years old. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the $940 billion bill would cover an estimated 32 million more people and would cut the federal deficit by $1.2 trillion over 20 years. The major coverage expansion will go into effect in 2014. Meanwhile, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed a lawsuit Tuesday alongside 12 other states, saying the bill violates the US Constitution. Biology senior Scott Allen said he agrees with the lawsuit and that the health care bill endangers civil liberties. “I don’t like it. I think it’s an attack on our freedoms, and
I am a junior majoring in business. After three years on this campus I have noticed many issues on campus that need fixing. It seems that every semester not only tuition increases, but also the price of books. Other college campus bookstores offer students the ability to rent textbooks instead of textb buying them, thus b saving them about half the money they would have originally spent o on the textbook. I
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think it’s safe to say that the student body would like to see changes in the current textbook policies, and that is one thing I’d definitely bring to light for SGA. Another concern that many people have is security. How safe is the campus? Many students are tired of their inbox filling up with e-mails about another crime committed on campus. We could use some more security kiosks around campus. A pair of eyes at each kiosk would increase safety on campus tremendously. That is also another issue I will place emphasis on if elected. In order for me to help you guys I will need your help on March 24 and 25, so help yourself by voting for me!
» Julian Jimenez Sen. At-Large No. 2
I only wanted to take this opportunity to urge you to just vote. Period. That’s it. It doesn’t matter who you support, it doesn’t matter who you think is the better candidate — every single person in the run-off election has a passion for improving the university and will do their best to ensure a successful adm administration. No m matter who wins, the student body will benefit from a better, stronger S SGA. There are 31,000 students who attend this school and only 3500 voted in the main election. Why? The school lacks cohesion among the its students, and I believe that if we are to truly be worthy of a tier one status, we must begin treating the school less like a second job and more like a community. It’s
important that we begin building school pride, and that starts when students become more active in the events that shape our campus. The SGA is the voice of the student body, but only a few people are being heard. By voting in this run-off election, you are ensuring a better school. The students are the life of this university, and I think it’s time that we get things moving forward. Vote.
» Carlos Reyes and Matthew Davis President/Vice president You wake up, leave your house, battle through traffic, get to class, leave class, battle through traffic, arrive home, go to sleep and repeat. That’s the lifestyle many of our students at UH go through, with some including jobs, children, families, and so on. Many students simply p y do not care about this school an and don’t get to enjoy tthe full college experience. They lose their mind for a parking spot, th they have to pay for exp expensive books, and feel tuition is too high and no one is willing to help. It doesn’t always have to be that way. We want to help out our students embrace their college experience, to join organizations, to be a part of this school. When you’re involved, you don’t only help this campus, but you also help yourself. By offering scholarships, not necessarily bringing down the tuition rate but instead making school financially accessible to more people. We don’t want to offer unrealistic ideas that are not
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» Prince Wilson and Johnnie Jackson President/Vice president I, together with a diverse group of competent individuals, stand unfazed by the responsibilities and pressures associated with leadership. We want to represent you (your voice, your interests, and your ideas) to the fullest and best of our ability before the administration. We are ready to be strong, logical, honest, fair, transparent and loyal as we represent you and work to alleviate the burdens that you face as ever-busyy college g students. We pro promise to engage yyou the student body directly as we work together to promote o our collective inte interests and secure our well-being while laying the groundwork that will ensure that future generations of Cougars inherit a healthy institution for higher education. We do not need our names up in lights; we just ask that you would lend us your voice. This campaign is not about building a title or resume; we are running with a true heart and dedication to make a difference. Now, there’s one last thing I must ask of you: Please remember our name and cast your vote for us on the Election Day. We are running a Web site, www.uhcougarnation.com, with more updates and information about what we stand for.
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