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Q&A with professor provides resources for LGBT students A UH news release provided valuable information for LGBT Cougars through answers from Thomas Schanding, an assistant professor in the department of educational psychology. Schandling is conducting research on the impact a student’s sexual orientation, gender expression and identity has on their academic achievement and psycho-social functioning. The Q&A is available in the UH News Archives in both video and transcribed formats. Visiti http://www. uh.edu/news-events/stories/2010articles/Oct2010/102 610BullyingExpertSchanding.php for the full story.
Propositions up for vote Voters to decide on drainage funding, council item, fate of red light cameras Paulina Lam and Jourdan Vian
THE DAILY COUGAR Houstonians will be given the choice to vote for or against three local referendums in order to improve the city on Tuesday’s ballot. ”I think one (will) fail, two probably (will) pass because no one is opposing it and … I think Houston voters will uphold and keep (the red light cameras),” political science Professor Richard Murray said.
Proposition 1, also known as Renew Houston, will be among the ballot proposals for the city. If passed, this referendum will help improve the street and drainage problems of Houston with a pay-as-yougo system. The city of Houston currently does not have enough funds for the maintenance and improvements of its streets and infrastructure. Through an added fee to property owners, the proposition seeks to raise about $8 billion to fix Houston’s flooding problems. “In the pay-as-you-go plan, we are not spending a huge amount of money at one time. We are basically prioritizing the important problems of our city,” Chinese
studies and English junior Connie Tu said. “Proposition 1 will be a good outlet to spend money on.” Proposition 2 is the government’s way of keeping their part of a deal they made 30 years ago as part of a court case involving the city-wide elections for city council, Murray said. At the time, the entire city voted for each council position, rather than having the city divided up into districts and district residents voting for their own representatives. After the city lost the court case, the city was divided into districts and agreed PROPOSITIONS continues on page 3
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Mobile check-in app’s ongoing campaign will name winner at end of football season
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he Rally to Restore Sanity and its counterpart, the March to Keep Fear Alive, drew over 250,000 participants on Saturday afternoon in Washington D.C.
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Football season is in full effect and UH fans are showing their pride for the team with a new web application. Gowalla check-in is a mobile and web location app game that allows students and fans to click and check in at hot spots within their schools to show their school pride. The more students that check in at UH, the more prizes Gowalla awards. Katie Gaviola, UH Pride Patrol vice president, has the app installed on both her phone and her iPad. “Everywhere I go, I make sure I check in,” Gaviola, an economics and political science senior said. “I love Gowalla because it allows me to keep track of places me and my friends go. (We) sometimes use it as a GPS device to find each other, and it’s great when you are playing treasure hunt.” The four designated spots for Gowalla check-in on the UH campus are the University Center, Robertson Stadium, the baseball field, and the statue at the UC. Gowalla adds up the number of check-ins at colleges across the country, and the school with the most check-ins is the school with the most spirit. The school with the most people checking in wins a $10,000 scholarship. “I think Gowalla is another great opportunity for Coogs to be competitive and win,” Corbin Lewis, biochemistry junior, said. Each time a student checks in for their school, they also have a chance of winning different prizes such as a Macbook Air, iPod or iTunes gift cards. The top 25 schools are ranked on the Gowalla SPIRIT continues on page 3
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IRAQ
At least 37 dead after standoff in church An operation to rescue hostages inside a church in Baghdad by Iraqi security forces ended with bloodshed Sunday, reported BBC News. While the death toll remains unclear, reports are claiming that at least 37 are dead and another more than 50 are wounded. It was suspected that the gunmen who took the worshippers hostage were related to al-Qaeda. They were reportedly demanding the release of imprisoned al-Qaeda militants. Among the dead were at least 25 hostages, seven members of the security forces and five of the suspects. Other reports have stated that the attackers were Arabs, and not Iraqi. As many as 120 people were in attendance inside the Catholic church when the attack occurred.
BRAZIL
Nation elects first woman president Brazil has elected its first woman president, reported CNN and BBC News Sunday. Dilma Rousseff won the election after the Superior Electoral Court named her the winner, with 92% of the votes counted. She won 55% of the votes, with her primary rival candidate, Jose Serra, taking in 46% of the votes. Rousseff formerly served as outgoing President Luiz Inacio da Silva’s chief of staff. She made promises of continuing her economic policies and plans to further Brazil as a global energy leader. Millions of voters lined up across the country to partake in the runoff. Sixty cities utilized a new voting system where voters casted
their pick by scanning their thumbs across a machine.
YEMEN
Cargo bomb flown on passenger planes A bomb was discovered on a plane in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, reported CNN. Airline officials stated the bomb may have been transported on other passenger planes. The bomb found was similar to another one discovered in the United Kingdom, both which investigators are saying could detonate on their own without further human input. A mother and a student in Yemen were arrested earlier with suspicion of a connection to the devices, but were released Sunday after no evidence was found. Now, counterterrorism officials are looking at Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, a terrorist on Saudi Arabia’s most-wanted list. AlAsiri is also believed to be responsible for the failed Christmas Day underwear bomb last year.
HOUSTON
Fire destroys business in Montrose Fire in the Montrose area destroyed one business and heavily damaged another, reported the Houston Chronicle Sunday. Antique Warehaus, a popular antique store, was burnt to a crisp Sunday morning. Almost 100 firefighters responded to the call and worked to put out the blaze. Next door, Greek coffee bar Agora was damaged after the fire spread. Investigators are now trying to determine if the fires were a product of arson. Compiled by Newton Liu
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to add more city council districts when the city grew to over 2.1 million people, which experts expect occurred last year. However, the Houston City Council won’t know for certain until the census information from last year is released early next year, so they won’t be able to draw districts until that information is available. To fix this problem, they added a proposition to the ballot that will shorten the time period — from a year to 6 months — that a person running for a city council seat will have to have lived in-district. If passed, Proposition 2 will affect the 2011 elections. The previous time period will be restored after the next election. “If it fails, everything will be pushed back. Everything, meaning the city will be put to a halt for the next fall election,” Tu said. Proposition 3 deals with the city’s red light camera systems. Houstonians are voting on whether or not the cameras should be banned from the city’s intersections. Being caught by a red light camera earns Houstonians a $75 fine, but does not count against their insurance. In contrast, a ticket for running a red light given by a police officer has a much heftier fine and is reported to insurance companies. Traffic lawyers led the charge against the red light cameras, Murray said. The $75 fine isn’t worth fighting, so the cameras cut into their business. “The red-light cameras are a multi-million dollar business. The money goes towards community programs such as the hospital trauma systems and HPD,” Tu said. Election Day is this Tuesday. news@thedailycougar.com
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Compromise and team spirit called for at rally Jourdan Vian
THE DAILY COUGAR “We live now in hard times, not end times,” Jon Stewart said at the Rally to Restore Sanity. “And we can have animus and not be enemies.” One of Stewart’s messages was that Americans are more than what they are portrayed as in the media. “The image of Americans that is reflected back to us by our political and media process is false,” Stewart said. “It is us through a fun house mirror — and not the good kind that makes you look slim through the waist and maybe taller.” If the image were true, our inability to solve problems would be reasonable and sane, but it isn’t, and Americans are capable of working together, Stewart said. “We work together to get things done every (expletive) day. The only place we don’t is here (at the Capitol building) or on cable TV. Americans don’t live here or on cable TV. “Americans do impossible things
every day that are only made possible by the little, reasonable compromises we all make,” he said. Stewart illustrated his point with a video of cars merging together into the Lincoln Tunnel between New York and New Jersey. Things work by a method of constant concessions, Stewart said. “Sure, at some point, there will be a selfish jerk who waits until the last minute and zips up the shoulder, but that individual is rare and he is scorned and he is not hired as an analyst,” Stewart said. We know instinctively, Stewart said, that in order for things to work we need to work together, especially in these dark times. Basketball legend Kareem AbdulJabbar was Stewart’s example of a Muslim that Americans were not afraid of. “We’re all on the same team,” Stewart’s Comedy Central fauxnemesis Stephen Colbert, whose “March to Keep Fear Alive” coincided with the rally, debated Abdul-Jabbar about the importance of sanity over
The Saturday rally and march in D.C. were created to counter Fox News personality Glenn Beck’s Rally to Restore Honor, which was held in August. | Jourdan Vian/The Daily Cougar fear, a debate he eventually won with the help of the crowd’s cheering. Abdul-Jabbar was one of many celebrity guests, which included R2D2, the O’Jays, Sheryl Crow, Sam Waterston, John Legend and The Roots, Ozzy Osbourne and Sami Yusuf. Yusuf and Osbourne competed, with Yusuf singing “Peace Train,” and Osborne singing “Crazy Train.”
Their competition ended with Stewart announcing that he and Colbert would compromise and bring out the O’Jays singing “Love Train.” The rally drew over 250,000 people, according to CBS News estimates. The crowd gathered Saturday afternoon on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. news@thedailycougar.com
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Fire ravages popular Houston hangout
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ipsters everywhere are mourning the loss of one of their favorite hangouts today. Early Sunday morning — while most people were still dressed up and partying — the Agora coffee and wine bar went up in flames. Costumed onlookers watched from the street as police and fire departments worked in tandem to try and stop the destruction. The fire originated next door in the Antique Warehaus building and quickly spread to the still-open Agora coffee shop. People inside Agora were quickly evacuated as the fire spread. No one was hurt, but the blaze quickly gained traction — requiring 13 fire trucks and almost 100 firefighters to smother the flames. The cause of the fire is still unknown, but arson investigators are being called into action today to determine how exactly the three-alarm fire started in the first place. While Agora sustained major damage, the Antique Warehaus was almost completely destroyed. The owner of the Warehaus, Gordon Greenleaf, didn’t even hear about the fire for several hours because he was getting some rest after volunteering at a Halloween event, according to the Houston Chronicle. It’s always sad to see great places close down, but it’s even worse when the business in question closes because of circumstances beyond anyone’s control. Hopefully the fire wasn’t malicious — and if it was in fact arson, that person needs to be put behind bars. Businesses like antique shops or coffee and wine bars certainly aren’t the cheapest establishments for local small business owners to get off the ground; it’s going to be a rough couple of months for both owners. In our tough economy, Agora was a great place for a deal — just a few bucks for an unlimited cup of coffee and a comfortable chair to get some work done or relax with some friends. Now there’s nothing but two fire-damaged buildings on Westheimer. Agora was a great place, and the Chronicle reports that it sustained intensive but repairable damage. We at the Daily Cougar hope that the fire doesn’t kill our favorite study spot — the coffee’s good, the people are friendly and it was (and hopefully can still be) one of Houston’s best places to study after midnight.
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Rally brings sanity to Washington
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s much as it hurts, the hateful rhetoric planned for this piece is being scrapped. Saturday, thousands, some say billions, of “average” Americans convened on the National Mall to get a John dose of what appeared to Gervais be healthy fun. Live music from the likes of Jeff Tweedy, gospel great Mavis Staples, the Roots, John Legend, Ozzy Osborne and Yusuf Islam was heard. There were also plenty of satirical skits poking fun at the often overdramatic fear mongering machine that is America’s 24-hour news media. Part of the intrigue, no doubt, were some of the signs people brought from home presenting messages intended to offend no one: “Have You Seen My Keys,” “I’m With Reasonable,” and “More Masturbation, Less Pontification” (okay, so the last one was slightly political, but funny no less.)
For many, this rally was timed perfectly. The mid-term elections this year have run attack ads like America has never seen before. Americans have become nauseated at the sight of all the political blood being spilled, and a bit of comedic sanity or faux-fear is a good remedy. Jon Stewart best summarized the overlying message of the rally: “The country’s 24-hour-politico-pundit-perpetual panicconflictinator did not cause our problems, but its existence makes solving them that much harder,” Stewart said. Instead, Stewart explains, the media should be highlighting what makes us great. “We hear every damn day about how fragile our country is and that it’s a shame we can’t work together to get things done. The truth is, we do,” Stewart said. “We work together to get things done every (expletive) day. The only place we don’t is here (Washington D.C.) or on
cable TV. But Americans don’t live here or on cable TV. Where we live, our values and principles form the foundation that sustains us while we get things done, not the barriers that prevent us from getting things done,” Stewart said. Doesn’t it just feel good to get together once in a while and sing Kum Bah Yah, even if you hate the song? When we get to the point where we don’t agree with someone just because they are a Republican or a Democrat, we are propagating the problem. As Stewart said, “These are dark times, not end times.” Even if you don’t agree with Jon Stewart’s seemingly leftleaning politics, we can all find value in his message. After all, how else can we politicize the idea that we work better if we work together? John Gervais is a psychology senior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.
Law against religious dissent is intolerant
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he United Nations was formed under the ideals of promoting world peace, social progress, economic development and human rights on a world scale to help ensure the human race would move forward on a road where wisdom and logic would be the foundation to enact these principles in an appropriate manner. Though the United Nations might begin to Marcus stray from this path as Smith the General Assembly may again vote in favor of an anti “defamation of religions” or “anti-blasphemy” resolution, primarily championed by Islamic countries who want it elevated into international law. The resolution would shield religion from verbal abuse and be an official approval of blasphemy laws, which vary from fines, lengthy jail sentences, or even
death for the accused. The resolution is presented primarily under the idea of counteracting anti-religious violence and cutting down of what some see as extensive bias against Islam in the West, though it protects all religions. Yes, it will take care of those who burn copies of the Quran or use violence as a means of showing opposition to a religion or a religious denomination, but it will also unjustly affect the peaceful. Many of the critics note the difficulty or impossibility of actually enforcing this law. It’s argued that religion cannot have protection from criticism as that requires a judicial ruling that a religious denomination’s belief is truth over another, and for something to be defamatory it must also be false. Where does this leave the religions denounced as false? Catherine Loubier, spokeswoman for Canada’s foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon made a wise statement saying,
“The focus (here) should not be on protecting religions, but rather on protecting the rights of the adherents of religions, including of people belonging to religious minorities, or people who may choose to change their religion, or not to practice religion at all.” For every issue that has been brought to a forefront and has any trace of affecting free speech, words of resistance and caution always emerge that strive to remind us of a dystopia where our thought is limited, ideas oppressed, and freedom devastated. It is not social progress when tolerance is forced through law, particularly when it’s this shortsighted and ineffectively done. The United Nations has a long way to go to achieve its goals; hopefully they will see that this path is not the right direction. Marcus Smith is an English freshman and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.
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Scoring summary First quarter Memphis — Henriques, P. 39 yd field goal, 9:57 Hou — Edwards, Patrick 15 yd pass from Piland, David, (Hogan, Matt kick), 6:44 Second quarter Hou — Hayes, Michael 1 yd run, (Hogan kick), 9:09 Hou — Edwards, Patrick 74 yd punt return, (Hogan kick), 8:09 Hou — Edwards, Patrick 54 yd pass from Piland, (Hogan kick), 5:41 Hou — Hayes, Michael 22 yd pass from Piland, (Hogan kick), 1:12 Third quarter Hou — Johnson, Justin 4 yd pass from Piland, (Hogan Kick), 11:25 Hou — Cleveland, James 33 yd pass from PIland, (Hogan kick), 5:33 Fourth quarter Memphis — Ray, Gregory 5 yd run, (Henriques kick), 14:21 Hou — Smith, E.J. 54 yd pass from Broadway, Terrance, (Hogan kick), 12:42 Memphis — Smith, Cannon 1 yd run, (Henriques kick), 9:50
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Cougars give Memphis the blues Five touchdown tosses from Piland, stingy defense downs Tigers John Brannen
THE DAILY COUGAR The last time the Cougars played a team with one win, they suffered an agonizing loss to Rice. But there was no mistaking the result Saturday, when they easily deflated Memphis 56-17. The Cougars (5-3, 4-1 Conference USA) never faced a punting situation and compiled 651 total yards on offense. The team appears to be gaining steam at the right time of the season. The Cougars had a comfortable 14-3 cushion in the second quarter, but the next three scores would steal the momentum and burst the game open. A 74-yard punt return for a touchdown by Patrick Edwards made it 21-3. It was a career-long return for Edwards, and his first punt-return touchdown of his career. The last time UH scored on a punt return was in the 2005 season. With 5:58 remaining in the third Piland threw a long pass to a double-covered Edwards. The baill sailed and looked as if it might be intercepted. Instead, Edwards snatched the ball out of the air, and waltzed in the end zone for a 54-yard touchdown reception – his second of the game. On the Cougars’ next score running back Michael Hayes caught a 22-yard screen pass and made an acrobatic somersault over two Memphis defenders to get into the end zone, essentially sealing the win before halftime. Piland led the way, throwing for 292 yards and five touchdowns. With the victory he improved to 2-3 as a starter. Terrance Broadway got a chance to shine when he entered late in the third quarter. He made good
use of his time, completing all four of his passes for 111 yards and a touchdown. The performance gave him a passer rating of 415.6. He showed arm strength on two of his passes completing a 45-yard bomb to Isaiah Sweeney, and a 54-yarder to E.J. Smith for a touchdown. He also had 19 yards on four rushing attempts. Running back Bryce Beall sustained a knee injury early in the first quarter, and was held out the remainder of the game as a precaution. Head coach Kevin Sumlin said he would be further evaluated, but the injury did not look to be severe.
With Beall on the sidelines, Michael Hayes had a career-high 123 rushing yards. He also added two catches for 36 yards and a score. Chris Wilson received his most playing time of the season with 18 rushing attempts for 95 yards. The team now returns to Robertson Stadium for its last two home games of the season. UCF (6-2) edged ECU 49-35 Saturday, capturing first place in the East Division. The Knights remain perfect in C-USA with a 4-0 record. sports@thedailycougar.com
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drug store section. If you were coming from home, this might also be a great place to stop. In that section of the store, there will be a place which sells baby diapers. Now you don’t want to buy diapers. What you want is something that they sell to parents for when their babies have diarrhea. It’s called Pedialyte and it is in a big bottle. Next to it there will be some knock off brands, which will work equally well. What you will do now while sitting in your car is chug something that taste like cough syrup. This will rehydrate your body. You can multitask at this point by thinking of how you got to this point in your life. This moment in which you are wearing cheap clothing and pounding back a kids’ medication is good motivation to prevent the events of last night from happening again. Bad decisions aside, the lack of fluids are the reason you have that bad headache. So if you are at home or on campus and don’t feel like leaving, then it’s time to start getting some water and Powerade into your system. Try to get to a nice sloshy feeling before you start to think about coffee or an energy drink to wake you up. Those things will only dehydrate you even more and give you a headache which would cause you to snap at even the nicest teacher. People are different when it comes to food after a long night. I had a friend my first year of college swear by a big breakfast with eggs and hash browns, but this only made me want to vomit. Bananas, however, don’t make me blow chunks. The potassium and sugar will help for the rest of the day. So, when it comes to food play, it’s safe to eat something you know you can stomach. Now that you’re rehydrated, with food in your system, you should start to feel normal again. If you get the opportunity during the day, try to take a nap. Aside from that, just smile and bear it. At least you know that you’re still young and tomorrow you will feel better.
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A.D.D. Circus by Chris Jacobs
ACROSS 1 Natural crystals 5 Cut off, as branches 8 Sherpa’s sighting 12 Encumbered 14 Withstand 15 During 16 Word of parting 17 Con 18 Tempo 19 ATM insert (2 wds.) 21 Heavy yellow paper 23 Attorney’s deg. 24 Cycle starter 25 “— Miserables” 26 One “in distress” 30 Tolkien hobbit 32 From Basra 33 Snare by devious means 37 In — (undisturbed) 38 Hesitate 39 Corona 40 Lynx 42 Give a synopsis 43 Leap 44 Untroubled 45 Glamorous wrap 48 “Harper Valley —” 49 Wernher — Braun 50 St. Francis’ home 52 Kickboxer of films (2 wds.) 57 “Blazing Saddles” co-star 58 Id companions 60 Type of statesman 61 Really skimps 62 Boot part 63 Violinist’s need 64 Harangue 65 HBO receivers 66 Chromosome part
The Fishbowl by Thomas Hernandez
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