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On-going series lands at UH to discuss local sustainability issues The Progressive Forum, an ongoing series of panels and speeches, brings the subject of sustainability to UH's campus tonight. The panel "will explore why sustainability is becoming increasingly important, as well as examine our local response to the issue." Barry Lefer, UH professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, and Maria Honey, university services marketing manager, will particpate on the panel, along with representatives from the mayor's office, Rice University and Urban Harvest. Randall Morton, president of The Progressive Forum, will moderate. The event, which is free, will be held inside Oberholtzer Residence Hall, Multipurpose Room 108. For more information, email gary@urbanharvest.org or call 713-880-5540.
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Faculty from School of Music set to perform for community Saxophonist Dan Gelok and pianist Wenli Zhou will perform works by Charpentier, J.S. Bach, Albright, and Benson in a faculty recital tonight. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Moore's Opera House. Price of admission is $10 for the general public. Students and seniors pay $5. Call 713-743-3313 for more information.
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Blaffer Art Museum Fall Exhibition Blaffer Art Museum at the Fine Arts building is showcasing the works of Gabriel Kuri and Amy Patton. Admission is always free! Drop by after 10 a.m. IT Training on Spreadsheets A free class introducing students and faculty to Microsoft Excel 2007 will be held in the Social Work Building in room 110-L. You must register at www.uh.edu/ ittraining beforehand. The class will be held at 10 a.m. Find more campus and local events or add your own at thedailycougar.com/calendar
Running back Bryce Beall celebrates his first touchdown of his career in the season opener against Texas State University on Friday. At halftime, the team led with a 47 point advantage over the Bobcats. | Kendra Berglund/The Daily Cougar
Cougars maul Bobcats Keenum and team greeted by seas of red as fans break attendance record John Brannen
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by quarterback Case Keenum either. “The students were awesome, they were there two hours early,” Keenum said. “We had a huge showing. It’s great to see the city of Houston behind us. It means so much. I really can’t put it into words.” The Cougars struck first when running back Michael Hayes caught a pass from Keenum out of the backfield and took it to the end zone to go up 7-0. For Hayes, it FOOTBALL continues on page 12
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record crowd. 32,119 people managed to squeeze into Robertson Stadium, breaking the record of 31,818 set during last season’s game versus Texas Tech. Head coach Kevin Sumlin said he was grateful for the overwhelming support shown by Cougar Nation. “I want to thank our fans,” Sumlin said. “You don’t know what kind of atmosphere that created for our players.” The fan’s presence did not go unnoticed
After losing one of their longestserving professors last month, students and colleagues in UH’s School of Art continue to remember David Hickman. Students remember Hickman, who taught at UH for over 40 years, for his undivided passion to color as an artist, patron and enthusiast. "He loved the color purple.
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He loved color in general,” photography junior Gloria Cervantes said. “He was the most passionate teacher I have ever had, and I’m sorry to hear that future generations will never be able to experience the love and appreciation of art that Professor Hickman taught to his students, especially me.” Hickman began teaching at UH in 1969. Since that time, his dedication to his students was evident.
The Digital Library at UH recently made a rare book available online to students, scholars and others interested in viewing photographs of India at the beginning of the 20th century. The book, known simply as “India Illustrated,” is one of only three copies known to exist. “There are only two other copies of this book that we have been able to find,” Michelle Reilly, head of digital services at the M.D. Anderson Library, said. “Neither one is available for scholars, historians, students, or people interested in India to see unless
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Mexico border Monday as it moved northwest. Authorities in Mexico have issued warnings and advised people near the coast to seek shelter. Sandbags were distributed at the southern tip of Texas, and warnings for flash floods were issued. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Hermione can acquire hurricane strength today as it touches down near Brownsville.
A massive mudslide along with floods and torrential downpours are devastating areas in and around Guatemala City. Officials are reporting that at least 44 are dead, 56 injured and 16 are missing. More than 11,000 residents have been evacuated and an additional 43,000 are being threatened by the floods. President Alvaro Colom declared a national emergency and also declared a day of mourning on Monday. Rescuers have brought in heavy machinery to clear the debris and destruction. Many parts of the country are seeing the heaviest rainfall since more than 50 years ago.
Hurricane watch in effect for Mexico, Texas GUATEMALA Mudslide and floods Tropical Storm Hermione threatens kill at least 44 the coastline across the Texas and
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Obama reveals plan to give economy extra boost President Barack Obama announced Monday in Milwaukee that a $50 billion infrastructure plan to create jobs and restore the economy is in the works. Obama says he wants to rebuild 150,000 miles of roads, 4,000 miles of rail and 150 miles of airport runways. The proposal, however, will need approval of Congress before it can materialize at all. The Obama administration has been criticized by many over this past year, and public confidence has continued to slide. Obama accused the Republican party of being notorious for holding back on measures to give the economy a jump start, but Republican leaders have responded by pointing out the inefficient "spend to win" tactics the Obama administration is favoring. A recent CNN poll shows that the majority of Americans, 81 percent to be exact, still regard current economic
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"A Native Street in the Fort: The style of Architecture employed in Bombay of years ago is here shown," is the actual title and caption under the photo in "India Illustrated." | Photos Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
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they are in Singapore or London. We felt that it was important to make it available online to everyone that wanted to see it.” Of the other two copies of “India Illustrated: Being a Collection of Pictures of Cities of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, Together with a Selection of the Most Interesting Buildings and Scenes throughout India” — the book’s full title — one is located at the Singapore National Library Board, the other in the British Library. “ The Special Collections
Department at the library became concerned that the book was becoming very fragile,” Reilly said. “They wanted to continue to provide access to this significant resource, but felt that continued handling may damage the book even more.” The book is filled with photographs of daily life in India under British rule, and gives a visual sense of Indian history. The exact date of publication is unknown, but is estimated to be between 1900 and 1910. “We determined that the best treatment would be to scan every page, including the front and back covers, at a very high resolution,”
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UH students, alumni, you truly are The Pride
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ow, what a season opener! Robertson Stadium was a sight to see this weekend, overflowing with students who were all excited to see what Cougar football is all about. And this was just the first taste. We’ve got plenty of other games in which we’ll strut our stuff. Last year, on almost a weekly basis, we at The Daily Cougar would run staff editorials, calling out fair-weather fans who wouldn’t show up to a lot of the games as well as our inability to sellout Robertson Stadium. But on Saturday, the UH student body proved us wrong, and we’ve never been so pleased to retract a statement. Next week, the Cougars take on the University of Texas at El Paso, and we’ve got the home field advantage again. Perhaps even more importantly, the game will be televised on ESPN. Now, we’re proud of our boys regardless of whether they’re represented in the Associated Press Top 25, but next weekend, we’ll have yet another opportunity to show the nation that the Cougars are a force to be reckoned with. So let’s not give the ESPN commentators (or any UT fans) a chance to say we don’t have school spirit, that we don’t support our sports programs, that UH is “just a commuter school,” or that the Cougars are overrated — because that’s just not the case, and we need to show the nation that. With a winning football team, we have the opportunity to showcase not only our phenomenal athletics program; we also have the opportunity to showcase UH in all its greatness as an up-andcoming college, abounding with excellent academic programs along with the most diverse student body in the nation. It’s so much more than football, folks. And we know you know that. So let’s make a date of it, yeah? Friday night at Robertson Stadium, and we’ll wear red so you know who we are. You should probably wear red, too. Oh, and don’t forget your red paint. In other news, Rice almost upset the Longhorns, and didn’t we beat the Owls 73-14 last year? Just something to think about.
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There is no Houston arts epidemic
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etween the KTRU debacle and the sudden closure of the Angelika Film Centre, all over town people are scratching their heads wondering, asking themselves what is happening to Houston’s street cred? I mean we’re not DalSean las, for God’s sake. For Miller many, KTRU was that station you accidentally tuned to when you were tired of commercial breaks for laser hair removal and low, low truck financing in between Staind and Nickelback. KTRU was the station you found out about from the friend who smoked his parents’ cigarettes and wore the same NOFX t-shirt every day. You remember that shirt, it was the one from their EP Timmy the Turtle. It was the station your first girlfriend’s brother had blaring in his Civic when he drove you on your first date to see “Monsters, Inc.”. He bought you both tickets to see “The Royal Tenenbaums” instead, as long as you didn’t tell his mom. Once you saw that first Wes Anderson
movie, no “Harry Potter” flick was ever going to quench your cinema thirst. But “Lost in Translation” looked pretty good too. Wait! It wasn’t playing at the mall, so where were you going to see it? You had to do what people did back in 2003 and look up show times in the Chronicle — the print one — not the dot-com version, and find where it was playing. At least that’s what we did. It became a place of pilgrimage for us. Vivid memories still exist as to how excited my little high school group got when we found out that the Angelika was going to show “The Aristocrats.” By the time that movie was over nearly the entire audience had gotten up and left, but we couldn’t have loved it more. “Thank You For Smoking” opened at the megaplex months after it opened at the Angelika. But KTRU and the Angelika are just the two latest Houston institutions that have faced the cultural relevancy chopping block in the last few years. It wasn’t too long ago that the Landmark River Oaks was facing the threat of losing its shopping center and the Alabama Book
Stop couldn’t survive its parent company’s newest Barnes & Noble mothership right down the street. So is this really an epidemic? Of course not; Houston will prevail. Houston is not losing its cool; it’s not even close to being in jeopardy. As the fourth largest city in the United States, we have everything a college kid could want (except for an eclectic radio station); from restaurants of every kind to neighborhood bookstores and coffee shops, small music venues, and we still have the Landmark River Oaks. It’s sad to see something that played such an important part in my tumultuous teenage years like the Angelika close down, but that’s just how it goes. Who knows, since the closing appears mainly to be a location dispute, perhaps one day we’ll see it open up in another location. At the end of the day, at least we’re still in Houston. Sean Miller is a history junior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com
Ground Zero church proves Islamophobia
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s the debate over Park51 continues, debate over the planned “9/11 Christian Center” has yet to begin. The $8 million center will be located two just two blocks from Ground Zero. Sound Daniel familiar? Bill Keller, an Renfrow evangelical pastor from Florida who is no stranger to controversy, will head the center. Keller’s previous claim to fame came in 2008 when he told his congregation that voting for then-presidential contender Mitt Romney was akin to voting for Satan (because of Romney’s Mormon faith). Keller calls his center, “A Christian response to the Ground Zero Mosque.”
But what kind of response will this center offer? Will it be a place for interfaith dialogue, as Park51 is slated to be? Or will it instead be a breeding ground for Islamophobia? In his ominously titled, “The Coming Showdown Between Islam and Christianity,” Keller wrote the following statement, published in a daily devotional on his website liveprayer.com: “The fact is, Mohammed was a murdering pedophile who dreamed up his false God, ‘Allah’, and the false religion of Islam out of a heart that rejected the one true God of the Bible,” Keller wrote. Keller is a xenophobic pedagogue who dreamed up the idea for a Christian center near Ground Zero to further his
hateful and inherently un-Christian message. How does mocking the Muslim religion in any way honor those who died on 9/11? Furthermore, how will a man who espouses such hatred help 9/11 families heal? If we are ever going to heal as a nation, we must first forgive. I’m not saying we should try to forget what happened on 9/11. I am merely saying that we must recognize that the men who crashed the planes into the World Trade Center on 9/11 did so in defense of an idea that is not shared by all Muslims. People like Keller would have you believe that every one of the RENFROW continues on page 5
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1.5 billion Muslims with whom we share the world are closeted jihadists. This belief sounds laughable until one realizes that it is a belief held by many Americans. These people fail to recognize that there are many sects of Islam, and that these sects have radically different views on how the Quran should be interpreted. A comparison can be made between the ideological
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differences between the various denominations of the Christian faith. If a fundamentalist Christian were to blow up an abortion center, would you expect protests to take place outside of an Episcopalian church? Of course not! The Muslims behind Park51 belong to the Sufi sect of Islam. Their views are so moderate that they themselves have been the targets of Islamic extremism. In July of this year three suicide bombers attacked a Sufi shrine in Pakistan killing 41 people. If the Sufis were
really in cahoots with Islamic terrorists, as people like Newt Ginrich would have you believe, then why are terrorists attacking their holy sites? Park51’s Imam Abdul Rauf gave an interview to the New York Times in which he said the following: “Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam. That’s just as absurd as associating Hitler with Christianity, or David Koresh with Christianity. There are always people who will do peculiar things and think that they are doing things
in the name of their religion.” It is not to be mistaken; the threat of radical Islam is very real. One only has to look at what is going on in Europe to become aware of this. However, if we sacrifice the principles of our founding fathers in our fight against radical Islam we have already lost. There will be a solution to the threat of radical Islam here in the United States, but that solution should be one that is uniquely American. It should not be a solution that causes us to
sacrifice our devotion to religious freedom and tolerance. In the words of Benjamin Franklin: “If an Indian injures me, does it follow that I may revenge that Injury on all Indians? It is well known that Indians are of different Tribes, Nations and languages, as well as the White People,” Franklin wrote in "A Narrative of the Late Massacres." Daniel Renfrow is a Anthropology junior and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com.
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STANDOUTS Case Keenum Saturday's game was a night for the record books for Keenum. He became the school leader in passing attempts, touchdowns and yards, passing former quarterback Kevin Kolb. File photo/the daily cougar
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Defense shows strength Sumlin, Stewart pleased with starter's performance in first half An untested Cougar defense flexed its muscles for the first time against Texas State 68-28 in Saturday’s sellout opener at Robertson Stadium. Holding the Bobcats to 180 yards rushing and 165 passing, the UH defense ripped apart a Bobcat offense led by backup quarterback Tyler Arndt Christopher and freshman running back Losee Karrington Bush. Replacing starting quarterback Tim Hawkins, Arndt completed 14-22 and managed two rushing touchdowns, while Bush rushed for 73 yards. The Cougar defense pressured the gaps and corners, allowing only one touchdown in the first half with the score 54-7. Head coach Kevin Sumlin and defensive coordinator Brian Stewart said that there is always room for improvement. “It was our first opportunity against live bullets,” Stewart said. “I was excited how the first team came out. I would have liked to have played the run better with the first group in the first half, but with the speed of our offense and us going back on the field we just need to calm down,” he said.
The Cougars posted eight tackles for a loss, yielding 40 extra yards the Bobcats had to make up. The unit sacked the quarterback three times. Sumlin said that the first units did what the coaches asked them to do, and that they came out and played hard. “We have a different philosophy right now, and the guys that were going to war in the first half, I think the production was pretty good,” Sumlin said. Veteran linebacker Marcus McGraw led the Cougars defensively with four solo stops, one sack and seven assisted tackles. McGraw said that he and the team felt the excitement being in front of a sellout crowd. “Cougar football is back and everybody is ready to see what we can do,” McGraw said. “We did great. Towards the end we gave up a little, but there were five freshmen out there so they got some good experience,” he said. “We feel like we have a lot of unfinished business out there and we are ready to take care of it.” Highlighting Saturday’s defensive performance were three interceptions. Junior linebacker Matt Nicholson returned one interception 42 yards for a touchdown at the 2:10 mark in the second quarter. “I kind of blacked out, it all happened so fast. But that is the kind of thing that you dream about,” Nicholson said.
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Scoring summary First quarter Hou — Hayes 40 yd pass from Keenum (Hogan kick), 0:34 Hou — Edwards 63 yd pass from Keenum (Hogan kick blocked), 0:45 TXST — Ardnt 14 yd run (Garelick Kick), 6:16 Hou — Beall 8 yd run (Hogan kick), 2:47 Second quarter Hou — Johnson 35 yd pass from Keenum (Hogan kick), 0:37 Hou — Cleveland 17 yd pass from Keenum (Hogan kick), 1:12 Hou — Johnson 21 yd pass from Keenum (Hogan kick), 0:06 Hou — Beall 3 yd run (Hogan kick), 0:15 Hou — Nicholson 42 yd interception return (Hogan kick failed), Third quarter Hou — Sweeney 26 yd pass from Turner (hogan kick), 2:39 Hou — Hayes 5 yd run (Hogan kick), 1:30 TXST — Gentry 2 yd pass from Arndt (Garelick kick), 7:06 Fourth quarter TXST — Reddick 1 yd run (Garelick kick), 7:50 TXST —Arndt 5 yd run (Garelick kick), 4:35
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Nailbiter: In the Conference USA opener, ECU and Tulsa squared off for what turned out to be an instant classic. For new ECU head coach Ruffin McNeill, his debut was a dramatic and high-scoring affair. Tulsa and ECU went back and forth throughout the whole game, and it wasn't decided until the closing seconds. Down 49-44 in the fourth quarter, ECU quarterback Dominique Davis threw up a last second attempt to Justin Jones. Surrounded by Tulsa defenders, Jones managed to grab the pass with the clock expiring to go up 51-49. "There was probably people in the stands — our fans — who probably thought the game was over. But I told the team, 'Just trust.' As soon as I let it go, I knew he was going to catch it," Davis said to The Associated Press.
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Cougars prove to be hospitable hosts Keith Cordero Jr. The Daily Cougar The Cougars continued a rough start to open up the season at the Houston Invitational with losses to tough opponents No.17 Tennessee, Oklahoma and No.13 Florida State over the weekend. UH finished off the tournament with a 3-0 (13-25, 17-25, 22-25) loss to Tennessee. “I thought we played extremely well at times,” head coach Molley Alvey said. “Tennessee is a very good team and they run their system well. Their offense is very fast and I think that we competed extremely well against them.” UH played their best against Tennessee in the third set after falling down 2-0. The Cougars carried some momentum late into the set, leading it 22-21, but the Volunteers edged the Cougars with a 4-1 run to end the set and tournament. Chandace Tryon had her best game of the season with eight kills, while Amber Brooks paced the Cougars with 22 assists. Amanda Carson had another solid defensive game with 13 digs. In the early game Saturday afternoon the Cougars played their best game of the tournament against Oklahoma in a 3-2 defeat. UH fell behind 2-0, but won sets three and four to force a deciding set five.
“I think team effort in sets three, four and five were excellent. I think it showed how well we can play when we decide to. I think the next step is to take those last three sets and continue to build on them and get better,” Alvey said. UH had a 10-7 lead in the fifth and deciding set looking to finish off the Sooners and get the comeback win, but the Sooners rallied to score six of the next eight points to take a 13-12 lead. The Cougars tied it at 13, but Oklahoma finished off the win scoring the final two points to win 15-13. UH provided a balanced scoring effort against the Sooners with three players recording doubledigit kills led by Ingrida Zauere and Lucy Charuk with 11. Stephanie Nwachukwu chipped in with 10 kills. In Friday night’s game UH ran into a tough Florida State team dropping the match 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-13) despite 12 kills from Charuk and 30 assists from Brooks. Even with the team’s 0-3 effort, Charuk was named to her second consecutive all-tournament team with 29 total kills. “As a whole, I think we come away a better team and that’s all I can ask for. As long as we get better I think we are setting ourselves up for a successful season,” Alvey said. sports@thedailycougar.com
For the second week in a row, Lucy Charuk (13) led the team in kills with 29. Her performance resulted in a selection to the Houston Invitational All-Tournament Team. | Pauline Alderete/The Daily Cougar
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Tie and loss ends team's undefeated run Joshua Siegel The Daily Cougar The Cougars experienced their first winless weekend of the season after losing 1-0 to the Baylor Bears on Sunday, and 2-2 against the TCU Horned Frogs after two overtimes Friday. In a physical match against the Bears, the Cougars never seemed to find a rhythm, and suffered their first loss of the season. Freshmen Nicole Duarte and Jasmine Martinez attempted all six of the Cougar's shots, but none were able to find their way into the back of the net. “It was a really physical game and to be honest, they just outplayed us,” head coach Susan Bush said in a release. “We weren’t able to get into a rhythm and Baylor did a good job taking us out of comfort level and style of play.” Against TCU, UH twice found themselves behind and both times matched them with goals by sophomore Courtney Peacock and freshman Nicole Duarte. Both goals were assisted by freshman Sami Sackos. Head coach Susan Bush said that
despite only coming away with a tie, she was proud of the way that the Cougars fought, and how they handled playing in front of a large crowd – the ninth largest in TCU soccer history. “It was a real back and forth battle,” Bush said. “We have to do some things better like defending set pieces but I’m proud of the way our girls rallied in the game and hung in there for 120 minutes. There were a lot of positives to draw from this like playing in front of a big crowd on the road. We handled that very well which shows you the maturity level of our team is high.” Cheryl Martin’s goal for the Frogs at the 14-minute mark was the first goal scored on the Cougars this season, ending a run that lasted 284 minutes. The loss leaves the Cougar's record at 3-1-1 with a home stand coming up this weekend. The Cougars will take on Stephen F. Austin Friday at 5 p.m. at the Carl Lewis Complex and will face the Texas Southern Tigers at Robertson Stadium 1 p.m. on Sunday. sports@thedailycougar.com
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Nicholson’s last two seasons ended in severe knee injuries. His presence has brought energy to this year’s team. “Couldn’t have had a better
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Dog Day Afternoon September 8 This 1970’s flick is a classic movie about a bank heist gone wrong. When it was originally released, it won the Oscar for best original screenplay. Dog Day Afternoon features Al Pachino as Soney and John Cazale as his dimwitted partner 8:30. Domy Books — 1709 Westheimer. For information, call 713-523-3669 or visit www.domybooks.com. Free.
Spellbound September 9 Directed by Alfred Hitchcook, this movie focuses around Dr. Edwards (Gregory Peck) and Dr. Petersen (Ingrid Bergman), as these two fall in love in the Green Manors Mental Asylum. As with every Hitchcook movie, there’s more than a standard plot synopsis can give you. 8:30. Domy Books — 1709 Westheimer. For information, call 713-523-3669 or visit www.domybooks.com. Free.
The American opened this weekend to mixed reviews. Still, the slow-paced movie is worth a look, even if it is only for Irina Björkclund's nude scenes. | Focus Features
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George Clooney gives hitmen a good name in this spy versus spy throwback
You know it’s a slow Friday when you see Kung Fu Hustle in the show time. The movie is set in China during the 1940’s. The story revolves around Sing, a young hoodlum that wants to become a member of the Axe gang. The movie itself is a pretty excellent parody. So go to domy and make fun of it with a group of strangers. 8:30. Domy Books 1709 Westheimer. For information 713-523-3669 or visit www.domybooks.com. Free.
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'The American' shows its stuff Ryan Popham
The Daily Cougar When looking at the poster for “The American,” one could possibly think it has a '60s-ish type of presentation. The bold orange background has the etchings of a woman’s face, along with a blackand-white image of a sprinting James Bond-looking George Clooney with the iconic 007 special issue PPK – and finally, the bold words: GEORGE CLOONEY IS THE AMERICAN. This is result of being a
film that gives the impression of a modern day James Bond/assassin spy movie that is fused with the spaghetti western type films that were popular back in that time. George Clooney plays “A Very Private Gentleman” (the novel by Martin Booth that the film is based on) and is sent to lay low in a small town in Italy by his contact after a failed attempt on his life in Sweden. The target is an assassin (played by George Clooney), known as Jack and/ or Edward throughout the film, and strolls around the town while receiving strange looks while being anti-social, he ends up befriending a priest named Father Benedetto (Paolo Bonacelli) and a beautiful prostitute, Ingrid (Irina Bjorklund). Looking behind his shoulder at every turn and alleyway, Jack/Edward’s character lacks humane characteristics — an ideal talent,
considering what he does. Finally vowing that his lay low assignment, making a gun for a fellow lone assassin, is his last, Jack/ Edward begins to step out of the shadows and pursue Ingrid, as well as a normal life, tempting fate that is already not in his favor. The slow-paced, almost soundtrack absent ingredients of the film give it an extreme sense of suspense, leaving the viewer wondering what is going to happen to the story, as well as the well-being of “The American.” Directed by Anton Corbijn and adapted by Rowan Joffe (co-writer of “28 Weeks Later”), “The American” is a story that challenges the protagonist, who is not supposed to change, risking everything to do just that. AMERICAN continues on page 9
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Jeff Lindsay: Dexter is Delicious September 8 Before Dexter Morgan was ever embodied by Michael C. Hall in the Showtime show “Dexter,” he was in the mind of Jeff Lindsay. The creator of the serial killer will be at Murder by the Book to sign and read from the fourth installment in the Dexter series at 6:30 p.m. 2342 Bissonnet. For information on the event, call 713-524-8597 or visit www. murderbooks.com. Free.
The Internet and television have given viewers an almost infinite number of things to watch. The problem is not deciding what to watch or where to watch it. The issue is how much time is spent watching things that should have never been watched. Take the now-completed series "Lost,” which has 115 episodes with an average run time of 42 minutes each. That equals more than three days of nonstop television watching. And this is better than having watched it during its original run of an hour on T.V. That would have been close to seven days over the course of six years. Now, that is just one popular television show. According to Nielson ratings for 2009, the average American watched
This is a T.V., and it's what most Americans like to posistion all of the furniture in their homes around. WIKICOMMONS 153 hours of television, and 131 million people watched an additional three hours online a month. When you do the math, that means
a little over six days a month — which equals 72 days and 12 hours a year. The DISORDER continues on page 9
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Local musicians team up to survive Matthew Keever
The Daily Cougar On Friday night, The Eastern Sea played a show at Mango’s to kick off their east coast tour with Screwtape and Holy Fiction. Halfway through The Eastern Sea’s set, during an instrumental interlude, Houston’s own Fat Tony hopped onstage and began to rap – it might have been freestyle, but it was probably planned, was nonetheless impressive and got the crowd pretty hyped. Groups of people speaking with one voice are what power and influence is all about. Never try and promote local music by promoting only yourself; instead, make your case in one voice as a group. Because in all honesty, who cares about your garage band? It’s got to be about more than you. Working together can be discussed in the language of teams or collaborations or partnerships — yet one word doesn't really
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There is an obvious homage to Sergio Leone’s 1968 spaghetti western “Once Upon a Time in the West” that is on a television in a store that Clooney goes into at some point during the film. It shows Henry Fonda pull out a revolver with an extreme close-up of his face before firing at a crying child. This is validation on the desired outcome of the way the film goes, showing a film from the director famous for making westerns
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addition of three hours a month of watching T.V. on the Internet ups the average to 78 days. There are only 116 days in this semester, including weekends and vacation days. And if you have a 20-hour a week part time job, that only adds up to a little over 43 days a year. T.V should not be abandoned. It’s just the easiest place to start taking time away, and then applying those hours to different areas of life. A two-hour workout, three days a week, will subtract about 13 days from the time spent watching television. Actually spending an hour of studying a day for the 101 that are left in the semester will give you four days back. The 115 spent in spring semester will give nearly
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define the activity, because it’s the process of group pride and group accomplishment that is so powerful and needed in our H-Town music community today, regardless of the name we give to the process. Or as Shakespeare said, “That which we call a rose / by any other name would smell as sweet.” Houston musicians may want to follow the example of Ten out of Tenn, which is a group of ten artists who collaborated to support one another, buy each others’ CDs and attend each others’ shows to form a collective group of talented musicians. As individual artists, you may record, produce and release an album or two, garner some attention from the press and gain a small fan base, but together the groups really flourished and earned the attention of the nation. “A Ten Out Of Tenn show typically consists of each artist playing two songs, acting as their own house band, along with their backbeat, drummer Will Sayles,” says John Tumminello, a musician
from Tennessee and avid supporter of Ten out of Tenn. “They say the whole is the sum of its parts, and as individual parts, these ten artists have their own successful careers and fan bases. Bring them together and their true artistry shines as they swap vocals and instruments during their shows for a unique twist on each other's creative work.” So how can we do this, Houston? A lot of you are already collaborating, and some of you have bands that you play with regularly, but can we do it on a grander scale? We shouldn’t let our preferred genres define us and should instead focus on embracing the eclectic nature that defines Houston as a city, UH as a university and our music scene as an underground movement. If you have any ideas, we’d love to hear them, because we’re trying to show everyone why Houston’s music scene is quite possibly the most underrated in the country.
in Italy during the ‘60s – the slow pace, silence, and monotone voices that are periodically interrupted by loud, mostly unexpected gunshots is very western-esque. It isn’t for everyone, however; like all movies there are people who are disappointed with it. “I didn’t like it, I liked 'Michael Clayton' better,” Tom Frank, a biology junior said. “I was just expecting action so it disappointed me, I guess it was a learning experience to never go into a movie expecting something.” There is also pretty explicit sexuality/nudity in it that might make family get-togethers at the movies
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five days back, making a total of nine days a year that will prevent the stress of having to cram for things at the last second or trying to write a research paper the night before its due. How about taking time to actually cook instead of going for fast food? Spend 10 minutes to cook eggs in the morning, five to make a sandwich for lunch and 20 for dinner. That’s over eight days cooking (and adding control over what you eat) a year. This is not about taking time from the programs that you enjoy. It’s about taking time from watching reruns, or turning on the T.V. when there is nothing better to do besides channel surf. One of the quickest ways to get time back is to watch it on the Internet or use a DVR. The average run time for an hour-long show is 42 minutes.
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IN REVIEW The American Rated: R for violence, sexual content and nudity. Starring: George Clooney, Irina Bjorklund, Lars Hijel, Johan Leysen Verdict: Go see the movie, but be warned there is a lot of nudity. So leave mom at home for this one.
That’s 18 minutes of commercials. For 30-minute shows it is 21 minutes. That is nine minutes of commercials. so mindlessly turn on the T.V for two hours will equal about 36 minutes that is spent just watching commercials. Do that everyday for a year and that is over nine days spent watching ads. Now if you get the recommended eight hours of sleep each night, that is 121.7 days a year. That leaves people with 243.3 days that can be decided what to do. If you decided to watch the average amount of T.V. that leaves only 90 days. Add a 40 hour a week full time job (86.9 days) and you’re are left with only 3.1 days to get everything that you need to do done. So the next time you feel like time is running out on you, turn off the T.V. arts@thedailycougar.com
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Robbie and Bobby by Jason Poland
ACROSS 1 Panhandles 5 City near Syracuse 10 Apple-pie pros 14 Ocean color 15 Screen with blips 16 Qom’s country 17 Slowdown 18 Big Dipper neighbor 19 “Beowulf,” e.g. 20 Surfing mecca 22 Lingerie buy (hyph.) 24 More crafty 25 Calm down (2 wds.) 26 1940s auto 28 Started a poker game 32 Main idea 35 — Wiedersehen 37 Pulp tree 38 Sleep briefly 39 Discount chain 41 Sequel’s sequel 42 Andre of tennis 45 Light meal 46 Damsel rescuer 47 Large volumes 48 Popeye’s hi 50 Worked with acid 54 Brown pigment 58 Reneges (2 wds.) 61 Conclusion 62 Jai — 63 Keep occupied 65 Got older 66 Speckled horse 67 Carbonated beverages 68 Let use 69 Cask stopper 70 Lock or curl 71 Leave laughing
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Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9; and each set of 3-by-3 boxes must also contain the numbers 1 to 9.
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On — — 9 (winning) 10 False move 11 Uttered 12 Astrologers of yore 13 Ginger cookie 21 Half a bikini 23 Rover’s pal 25 Sidekick 27 Munro’s penname 29 What never to tell (2 wds.) 30 Pirates’ base 31 Threesome 32 Pesky bug 33 “Othello” heavy 34 Unwanted e-mail 36 Grease 37 Egyptian god 40 Pored over 43 Looking for 44 Former JFK
arrivals 46 Pew adjuncts 49 Garcon’s yes 51 Glide 52 Funniness 53 Recital piece 55 Deli staple 56 Ms. Verdugo 57 “Angie Baby” singer 58 Snide remark 59 Felipe or Matty 60 “Misery” co-star 61 Parker who played Boone 64 Stockholm carrier
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The UH Cougar marching band gets pumped up before the game, rallying the troops with a few smooth cadences before marching into Robertson Statium. | Kendra Burglund/The Daily Cougar
FOOTBALL was his first play as a Cougar. “Welcome to Cougar football. That’s one way to start,” Keenum said. Texas State would pull within six in the first quarter to make it 13-7. The Cougars responded quickly when Patrick Edwards scored on a 63-yard reception to make it 20-7. By the half the Cougars had
raced to a 54-7 advantage. Texas State didn’t score again until the third quarter. With the starters resting in the second half, it provided an opportunity for less experienced players to get time on the field. “As our program gets stronger, we need to be able to develop our younger players,” Sumlin said. “We really gave them a chance in the second half to play in our defensive and offensive schemes. Some guys are ready, some guys aren’t.”
Programs in Texas, and was elected to the Board of Directors of Artist Bookworks Houston. Hickman also curated exhibitions and juried various shows. “No matter what he did or how busy he was, he always made time for his students,” Cervantes said.
His love for painting has been exhibited in solo and group shows, and can be found in various collections, including Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts, The Houston Art League and Houston Area Exhibition are among the many institutions that have
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Shasta started rallying the Pride early, showing up to a few tailgating celebrations before taking to the field. | Kendra Burglund/The Daily Cougar
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In 1975, he helped lead the way in developing the Master of Fine Arts program for the University’s fine art students.
In addition to the impact he has made on the University, Hickman has supported countless local arts organizations and boards. He served as president of the Houston Society of Illustrators. He also acted as an examiner for the International Baccalaureate
Keenum completed 17 passes on 22 attempts with five touchdown tosses. While pleased with the victory, he said there were lessons to learn from the win. “I thought it was a good game for us,” Keenum said. “We saw a lot of things that we need to work on, and we saw some things we did well. It’s a learning experience; I think we’re going to get a lot better after watching the film.” news@thedailycougar.com
awarded him for his work. Hickman is survived not only by his family, but also by his works of art, and the passion that he inspired in his students, fellow faculty members and family. news@thedailycougar.com