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UH announces the signing of the KTRU deal UH announced an agreement allowing the University to take over the broadcast tower, FM frequency and license used by Rice University station KTRU for $9.5 million, according to a news release. After the agreement is presented to the Federal Communications Commission, a 90-day public comment session will take place and interested people are encouraged to contact the FCC with their concerns. KUHF, the UH-run radio station replacing KTRU, will air classical music and fine arts programming and the frequency 88.7 will become a 24-hour NPR news station. UH is the first university in Texas to submit a proposal like this to the FCC. — Sara Nichols/The Daily Cougar
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Ron Paul attends campus event to speak with attendees on economy, government Ashley Evans
THE DAILY COUGAR Congressman Ron Paul spoke to an enlivened audience at Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law on Oct. 12. Paul, known for his dedication to upholding the Constitution and his belief in limited government, spoke candidly to students and supporters about monetary and foreign policy, the war on drugs and the wars in Iraq and Iran. “I don’t believe we should be the policemen for the world,” Paul said. “It makes us
more enemies than friends and it costs us economically.” While some Tea Partiers have been outspoken against Islam, Paul said that the unwelcomed US occupation is to blame for terrorism, not Islam. “This country is moving in the wrong direction,” he said. “Preventative war is aggression and innocent lives are seen as collateral damage.” In order to achieve a balanced budget and improve foreign relations simultaneously, Paul said the government could take the money they are spending on the war and invest it back into the economy. Paul argued that by funneling millions of CONGRESS continues on page 3
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Congressman Ron Paul stayed to shake hands and take photos with his supporters after his speech. | Ashley Evans/The Daily Cougar
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Houston man helped Chile miner rescue
Hobby will speak about his new book, “How Things Really Work: Lessons From a Life in Politics,” and his former chief of staff Saralee Tiede will conduct an interview with Hobby. Following the discussion, Hobby will be available to sign copies of his book.
Thursday Concert Series Discovery Green will once again host a free concert from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Country rock band Two Tons of Steel and psychedelic rock band Ponderosa will be performing on stage tonight. If nothing else, come by and enjoy a show!
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Congressman visits TSU
Former lieutenant governor of Texas and former UH chancellor William “Bill” Hobby will visit UH at 7 p.m. today in the Conrad and Shamrock Ballrooms at the UH Hilton Hotel.
Architecture Fall Lecture Series Founders of New York based Work Architecture Company Dan Wood and Amale Andraos will lecture at the architecture building in room 150 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today. WORKac specializes in many kinds of unique design and buildings. Come by and listen in!
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Issue 38, Volume 76
Sorority bakes for the cure
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he girls of Alpha Kappa Delta Phi contributed to Breast Cancer Awareness Month by hosting an on campus event, shown above collecting donations, at the UC-Satellite. They baked cupcakes and cookies, and also made informative posters about how women can stay healthy and self check for breast cancer. The sorority was raising money for the Avon Foundation for Women. | Hiba Adi/The Daily Cougar
The wait is over and people around the nation can finally stop holding their breath for the 33 miners in Chile who are being rescued after being trapped underground for almost 70 days, the longest in human history. Officials began the rescue effort on the night of Oct. 12 by ascending the men one by one through a 13-foottall capsule called Phoenix. Though there were minor door and wheel complications, everything is working as planned. Houston-based NASA offered its assistance, considering its experience in training space crew members for extended periods of isolation. Among a team of scientists and engineers from all over the world helping to figure out how to get the Chilean miners out was a Houston man and his local company, Driller Supply International. Owner Greg Hall started the company in 1986. He opened another location that provides equipment for mine drillers in Chile in 1993. When the collapse happened, Hall said his workers were there. “Our customers called us and asked if we can send (equipment), and we did,” Hall said. 17 days into the miners being trapped, they began to drill 500-800 meters deep when they hit a pocket where they felt some sort of tapping. “We thought the miners were dead,” he said. “That’s when we received the note that all 33 of them were alive.” The miners attached the note to a drill that the rescuers were using. Hall said after that, they left and thought they their job was finished. “Then they called us and asked us if we had any suggestions on what to do next,” he said. “I became a general rig contractor.” Hall and a team of people from all around the nation attempted to do whatever they could to find CHILE continues on page 3