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UH prepares for Fall 2010 Commencement ceremony Fall 2010 Commencement for UH graduates will take place Friday, Dec. 17. All ceremonies will be held in Hofheinz Pavilion (building 531 on the UH map), and commencement times are determined by each college: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences will take place from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, College of Technology and College of Education will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. C.T. Bauer College of Business and Cullen College of Engineering will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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THE DAILY COUGAR Facebook, one of the largest social networking websites in the world, has announced the launch of a new messaging system aimed at helping all of its users’ messages to be accessed
from one central location. The new system would give users an “@facebook.com” e-mail address that would erase the subject line and instead combine messages from an individual’s e-mail, instant-messaging accounts and cell phones into one thread from each person. MAIL continues on page 8
Students often use their laptops between classes to access social networking sites, like mechanical engineering sophomore Melissa Delfuente, who logged in to her Facebook Wednesday at the UC-Satellite. | Kendra Berglund/The Daily Cougar
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Doors will open one hour before each ceremony and will be closed if the pavilion reaches capacity. Ushers will release saved seats 15 minutes prior to the procession, but the number of guests the graduate may bring is not restricted. The UH Bookstore will set up outside Hofheinz Pavilion at 7 a.m. that day to sell caps and gowns to students who have yet to purchase them. For more information visit http://www.uh.edu/ commencement/index.php
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Attack Attack! Metalcore band from Ohio Attack Attack! will be performing at the House of Blues tonight at 7 p.m. They will be joined by guest artists Emmure, Pierce the Veil, Of MIce & Men and In Fear & Faith. Justin Townes Earle Americana, folk and country singer from Nashville Justin Townes Earle will be on stage tonight at Fitzgerald’s located at 2706 White Oak Dr. at 9 p.m. He will be joined by artist Caitlin Rose. Find more campus and local events or add your own at thedailycougar.com/calendar
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s students stay busy completing final exams, papers and quizzes, the art students are working on their final projects. “Halfway through the semester, art just starts popping up,” said Pat Reeves, assistant director of the School of Art. Shown above are the red flags in between the Fine Arts building and the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication. This is only one of the class projects that have been on display this fall. One class did a paper folding project where they designed skirts and dresses. | Hiba Adi/
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The recent increase in enrollment raises concerns that the computer labs located in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library may need to add more computers to fit the growing amount of students. Students are concerned with limited and often broken computers inside UH’s main library. “They could have more,” finance sophomore Amar Abdilahi said. There are currently 250 computers in the academic research area, 36 computers located in the learning commons that are equipped with special software and 8 limited-access computers. The availability of computers is a main concern for some students. Sometimes students are found lurking around the labs waiting for a vacant spot. Though many have voiced their concerns of the quality of computers and its limited access, the staff does not feel that there are many problems. “They aren’t broken very often,” said Jerry Buckner, computer engineering tech senior and a full-time library employee. “If they are, the turn around is maybe an hour. They get fixed very quickly.” Students like kinesiology junior Abdul-Rahman ElBakry feel otherwise. He said that at times there has been six or seven computers down at the same time. During certain hours, computers in the learning commons are simply not available, leaving some students without a computer to use. Despite the problems, many students find the labs beneficial and are content with the services they receive from the University. “I love the convenience of the computers here in the library and the fact that I have 500 free prints a semester,” political science freshman Paul Carter said. “I have never had any real issues with (the computers).” news@thedailycougar.com