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Issue 064, Volume 76
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November 19, 2010
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Community participates at Green event The Greater Northside Management District is Greening up the district and they are looking for volunteers. Neighborhood participants, volunteers or students requiring community service hours can attend the event at 9 a.m. on Saturday, November 20, at Jensen Drive and Eastex Freeway Service Road. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. sharp. For more information contact (713) 229-0900 or visit safety@greaternorthside.org
Two-day obesity event continues on campus The 2010 Texas Obesity Research Center’s 2-Day Conference continues from 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. today in the MD Anderson Library Rockwell Pavillion. Guest speaker, Michael I. Goran, will present at the event. There will also be a Clinical and Translational Research and a Community Based Research Panel. The event will conclud with a Health Care Reform and Obesity debate and discussion. For professors and faculty it’s $75 - $100 and $20 $25 for students. The UH Research Center is sponsoring the event. For more information, visit the TORC home page or contact texasobesityresearchcenter@yahoo.com
Group approaches regents Students attend meeting to discuss their opposition on KTRU sale Ashley Evans
THE DAILY COUGAR Several UH students voiced their opposition about the buyout of Rice University’s student-run radio station KTRU in the recent Board of Regents meeting. Multiple students consecutively spoke to the straight-faced board members at the Wednesday meeting, and each student expressed a loss of confidence they
had in the institution. Many UH students referred to the deal as a “black eye” on the university. Nick Cooper, Rice alumnus and member of the local award-winning jazz band Free Radicals, told UH Regents they should “be ashamed at the way the situation was handled.” Cooper said the loss of KTRU would be a monumental blow to local musicians like himself who gain exposure through the student run station. Jonathan Stewart, an executive member of Rice’s student government association, went as far as to warn the Regents against entering into a contract with an
institution such as Rice. He said that the institution has practiced the utmost secrecy with its students and entering into any kind of contract with them would be “bad business and a risky investment.” The Regents told the students that they could not respond or comment on this matter at this time. Reactions have been similar throughout the UH community. “As a communications student at UH, I am disheartened by our administration’s underhanded dealings,” Vincent Capurso, KTRU continues on page 8
Students donate to needy on campus Cougar Village residents help in charity program Naheeda Sayeeduddin
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ON CAMPUS Texas Obesity Research Center 2-day Conference The Texas Obesity Research Center will host a two day conference. Researchers, nutritionists, health educators and other members who are interested in the discussion may join in. The event will be held at the Rockwell Pavilion in the library from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
AROUND TOWN Cheech & Chong Comedy duo Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong will perform tonight at the Verizon Wireless Theater at 8 p.m. Be sure to pay this classic set of comedians a visit. Find more campus and local events or add your own at thedailycougar.com/calendar
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As the holiday seasons approach, people tend to volunteer and donate to charity more often, as the Cougar Village residents were invited to take part in making a difference in the lives of Houston’s homeless. UH Residential Life and Housing sponsored Live Give Love, a weeklong program focusing on spreading awareness about Houstonians in need. Students were asked to place unwanted clothing in donation boxes found in the elevator lobbies on floors two through six of Cougar Village. To kickoff the event, an information session was held Monday on the fifth floor lounge of Cougar Village to educate students about homelessness in Houston and to show them how they can help. Donations collected at Cougar Village will be sent off to the Salvation Army at the end of the week. Cougar Village resident Shawn Wilson believes it is a great effort by the University and supports the cause. “I think it’s great that they are doing this,” Wilson said, a freshman music major. “A lot of times, a CHARITY continues on page 6
A group of panelists, including UH professors, discussed misconceptions society has on immigration laws and issues at a Wednesday event. | Brianna Leigh Morrison/The Daily Cougar
Panel discusses immigration Cristi Guerra
THE DAILY COUGAR In an effort to increase student awareness, the Sociology Students Association and the Center for Immigration and Research panel members discussed misconceptions about immigration proving that while the media and politicians portray immigration to be increasing, it has actually been decreasing over the years. Immigration Clinical Professor Geoffrey Hoffman and Assistant Professors Jessica Brown, Jeronimo Cortina and Lydia Tiede were all involved at the Wednesday event. Some of the speakers, including Cortina, presented studies they are currently working on and research of the changes in attitudes about immigration in relation to time periods and races. “When we’re talking about immigration, there is this perceived notion that we’re all equal in the eyes of the law,” Cortina said. “However, immigrants may not be equal in the public opinion.”
President Barack Obama increased deportation to 400,000, which is 10 percent more than the Bush administration, Hoffman said. Since the ’80s and ’90s, there has been an expansion of the enforcement and of immigration laws. Tiede argued whether individuals in the appeals courts are treated equally and what the causes of those variations might be. She said her research suggests that variations are caused by many reasons, not only gender, age and race of the individual, but also attorney and judge caseload. SSA’s objective was to give students the opportunity to understand the immigration issue from different perspectives, SSA member Monalisa Chandra said. This event was SSA’s first, but the organization plans on hosting two other events in the spring. The panel was co-sponsored by the UH Law Center, Immigration Law Clinic and the Center for Americans. news@thedailycougar.com