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PARKING

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Weather updates will be made available throughout the day The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a hard freeze warning Wednesday afternoon, effective until 10 a.m. Thursday.

Afternoon classes on Wednesday were not canceled, but officials continue to monitor weather conditions.

The UH Department of Public Safety recommends that students and staff should exercise caution and make a personal decision about traveling safely to campus.

The UH campus will continue to be informed of updates through the PIER emergency communication system throughout the day.

To receive text message updates, update your information within PeopleSoft.

Get more winter safety tips at: www.hcoem.org and monitor road conditions at: http://www.houstontranstar.org.

Streets off-limits for UH Neighborhood off Wheeler moves to make area parking private, requires city permit Daniel Renfrow

THE DAILY COUGAR Many UH community members forego the battlefield caused by limited campus parking spaces by parking in residential neighborhoods surrounding the campus.

Beginning Feb. 15 one of those neighborhoods will become a private parking zone.

The community of University Oaks, located off Wheeler Street and Cullen

Boulevard, has certified with the City of Houston as a Residential Permit Parking neighborhood, according to a UH news release.

Any vehicle parked along streets within the neighborhood will require a parking permit.

UH alum and President of the University Oaks Civic Club Alex Cabrera said the city began placing signs at the end of January.

“It’s been an issue since I lived there in 2001,” Cabrera said, noting that the parking issue has been worse since UH started several construction projects.

To get the word out about the new parking policy, leaflets have been distributed on cars, warning tickets have been issued

by the HPD, and a press release has been released on the University’s parking and transportation website.

Supply chain and logistics technology senior Stephany Marcucci lives in the University Oaks neighborhood.

Marcucci said that she recognizes that parking is an issue at the University, but it causes a lot of problems for people who live in the neighborhood.

“I pay a lot to live here,” Marcucci said.

“Sometimes I have to park three streets away because of the students.”

Marcucci said that sometimes residents of the neighborhood call the police on UH PARKING continues on page

SCHOLARSHIPS

Tough job market prompts college to hold career seminary

UH Dining aims to keep students fed

The Honors College will be hosting the first of three Career Fridays at noon on Feb. 11 in the Honors Commons.

The event was originally set for Feb. 2 but was rescheduled due to poor weather conditions.

“We recognize that our students are facing a tough job market,” said Christine LeVeaux-Haley, associate dean of the Honors College, in a news release. “We have created Career Fridays to ensure that our students have every advantage as they compete against fellow job candidates.”

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This Friday’s event will focus on resume writing with representatives from Shell Oil. Donna M. Blair, UH’s diplomat in residence, will also present on Foreign Service.

All UH students are welcome to attend but must RSVP online at thehonorscollege.com/careerfridays.

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EVENTS Elizabeth Rockwell Celebration of Life The University of Houston is celebrating the life of Elizabeth Dennis Rockwell from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the second floor of the M.D. Anderson Library.

Breast Cancer Screening Breast cancer screening will be available for UH students, staff and faculty. Screening will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the UH Health Center.

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H’s Student Program Board provided students with 300 bear parts and stuffing at the University Center’s Matters of the Heart Gift Mart.

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There are all kinds of scholarships that help students pay for books, classes and school supplies, but now there is a scholarship that provides students with an entire semester’s worth of meals.

UH Dining Services is offering the scholarship that provides 21 meals per week and an extra $100 in Cougar Cash — a value of over $1,500.

“I think it is amazing,” former scholarship recipient Ashley Coates said. “It will be so nice to get through so many exams and assignments on a full stomach.”

An average UH student who regularly eats and shops for supplies on campus can spend as much as $90 a week, resulting in over $300 a month. With this scholarship, a student could save that money every month for an entire semester totaling up to over $1,200.

Unlike most scholarships, the meal plan scholarship does not require a mountain of paper work and essays to apply.

“It was extremely easy to apply for this scholarship,” Coates said. “I have applied for many scholarships during my studies here and there is usually a hefty amount of information that you need to include, and it is usually an exhausting process.”

The scholarship was first offered to students by Dining Services in an effort to help out full-time students.

Dining Services donates the funds for the scholarship each semester.

Ten students have received the scholarship during Fall 2010 and Spring Semester of 2011, with two students winning twice in a row.

Students with at least a 3.0 average and a minimum of 12 hours are encouraged to apply.

The deadline for the Spring semester has already passed, but students who are interested in applying should check in with the Financial Aid office or visit room 31 in the E. Cullen building for more information. news@thedailycougar.com

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Car bombings kill seven, injures 68

Gifford is now speaking

A string of car bombs left seven killed and 68 others injured Wednesday in Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk.

Police officials said that the attacks are believed to be coordinated by al-Qaida.

Rep. Gabrielle Gifford’s spokesman said Wednesday that the congresswoman has regained part of her speaking ability. Gifford’s communications director, C.J. Karamargin, would not go into the specifics of what Gifford said, but did tell media that she asked for toast.

UNITED STATES

Gifford’s has been recovering in Houston at TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation hospital after being shot in the head Jan. 8 in Tucson, Ariz. The suspect is the case, 22-year-old Jared Loughner, is currently facing federal charges.

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The NFL has agreed to reimburse roughly 400 fans that were excluded from Super Bowl XLV. The fans were displaced from the event after seating arrangements made were not suitable for fire code. NFL commissioner promised those fans with a ticket to next year’s Super Bowl in Indianapolis, but on Tuesday he followed up with an even sweeter deal. The 400 fans can choose from a ticket to next year’s game including flight and hotel expenses, or they can choose the $2400 payout.

AUSTIN

Rooster kills man at California cockfight A California man died Tuesday at a cockfight after he was stabbed in the calf by a rooster that had a knife attached to its leg. The 35-year-old man was rushed to the hospital roughly two hours after the incident occurred where he later died.

ARABIAN SEA

2 million barrels of crude gets hijacked An oil tanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude was hijacked Wednesday on its journey to the Egyptian port city of Suez. The MV Irene SL was eventually suppose to dock in the U.S. This incident marks a second day of piracy in foreign waters. The tanker is reported to have 43 crew members, and officials are awaiting any information regarding their release.

SOUTH KOREA

Talks end after heated discussion Discussions abruptly ended between North and South Korea Wednesday after the North Korean delegation walked away from negotiations regarding military action. The delegation walked out in the second round of discussions.

South Korea has asked for apologies from North Korea’s military intervention that left 46 sailors dead.

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CONSTRUCTION

Valenti renovations on schedule to meet May deadline Lauren Mathis

THE DAILY COUGAR The ongoing construction at the Valenti School of Communication building has faculty and staff discussing the transpiring new look and the amount of time it is taking to complete.

Beth Olson, director of the School of Communication, said that quite a few things will be added to the building.

“The biggest square footage component is the second studio, which is the big center block piece you see going up on the Northeast corner,” Olson said.

“The other major change will be a distinct entry to the building that identifies who we are and what we do.”

For this upcoming change to the building, room repositioning will have to take place.

“Because we’re losing so much footage there, we’re reorienting the administrative room and we will reposition things so that there’s a reception desk that faces the corridor,” Olson said.

“Graphics and new corners will also be included in the reception area for a warmer welcome to students, and it will be quite a change,” she said.

Olson explained how the construction project became possible due to help from donor Lance Funston and others.

“We began a multi-year fundraising effort in 2008 and, in a very short amount of time, raised more than $3 million,” Olson said.

The budget for construction was $2.2 million dollars and the remainder of the money has been given to scholarship funds, Olson said.

“We’ve done the usual fundraising campaigns that the University does,” she said. “We’ve

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community members who park in front of their houses.

David Boulos, a Hotel and Restaurant Management senior who has parked in the neighborhood for two years, had not heard about the neighborhood’s new parking policy when asked.

“It’s expensive and ridiculous having to fight for a spot (on campus),” Boulos said. “I don’t know what I’m going to do now.”

Ginger Walker, a UH Department of Public Safety executive administrative assistant, said that the University is standing by to help students with the transition.

“If a student’s car gets towed in the neighborhood, we will do everything we can to help them locate them,” Walker said.

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been successful with big name donors, alumni, friends of Jack Valenti and foundations.”

Funston pledged $1.5 million and administration was able to match that amount.

“We continue to work through those avenues for additional support,” Olson said.

Olson acknowledges that many adjunct and clinical instructors do not have offices, but that is because they are considered parttime.

“I’m sure you’ll find that no one on campus has a lot of space, it’s a huge issue,” she said. “Also, no renovation project is really designed to make sure that every part-time faculty person has an office space, that never really would have been the intention. Structural space is more important.”

The new space may not seem to constitute a large addition, but not enough money was raised to push out the wall of the building.

Olson said the addition of the new studio was in part because Funston has a media production background.

From a student’s point of view regarding the construction project, public relations junior Carolyn Moynahan has no complaints.

“Since the campus is growing, new renovations will be good for the School of Communication,” she said. “At first I thought the construction would take forever but from what I see, it looks like it’s going along.

“I see the construction men consistently working and I believe the renovations will be done by May.” Olson also has reassuring words in regards to the project and insists work crews are sticking to the May 2011 completion date.

“We knew it was going to be

a nine month project,” she said.

“It’s been on schedule since the start day.”

Director of Communication Shannon Buggs, who experienced renovations at her own home, sympathizes with students and faculty who take issue with the construction, but defends the project.

“I think you can’t have a construction project without anyone saying it’s taking too long,” Buggs said in jest before addressing how a few months of construction woes will pay off.

“This really exciting project is happening here at the School of Communication,” Buggs said. “And it’s giving a very high program here at the college a high quality building to function in, which is extremely important to the overall development of our students.”

No matter what inconveniences the construction or lack of space is causing for those on campus, Buggs hopes that people will take the time to see the growth that is happening with the project.

“It’s always those incremental steps that really are going to get us to that Tier One status,” she said. “We (school administration) are taking the time to develop a first-class building for first-class students and instructors.

And the school is doing it in a way that does not require a large amount of money, Buggs said.

“This is a renovation, rather than building straight from scratch,” Buggs said. “And I just think that this is one of the big highlights of what we are doing in terms of this particular college getting our facilities and our students at that level where we need them to be.”

with the neighborhood and no control over the enforcement of the new policy.

The City of Houston Parking Management Department will enforce the parking restriction, beginning with warning citations and eventually implementing parking tickets and towing.

Students without permits could still find free parking next to the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, with whom the University has a partnership.

An estimated 75 to 85 percent of students commute to campus every day, Jonas Chin, University Services program coordinator, said.

“We’re worried about the welfare of students, faculty and staff,” Chin said.

Parking spaces are expected to decrease by an estimated 1,929 spaces over the next two years, Chin said, as the University undergoes several construction projects.

“Things will not even out until 2013, when we will have a surplus,” Chin said. “Our number one priority is finding temporary parking spaces.”

Chin also said that some parking locations, like the lot by the Energy Research Park, are severely underused.

The Energy Research Park, located two miles from campus, has 200 parking spots available to UH commuters with economy passes. Those commuters could then take the shuttle to campus.

The University is also pushing UH community members to consider biking, walking, carpooling, riding METRO, and other alternative methods of transportation as spaces become rare.

The University’s goal is to have 5 percent of the campus community using alternative methods of transportation by the end of 2012.

The north face of the Valenti School of Communication building will provide the school with more production space. | Paris Jomadiao/The Daily Cougar

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People want the meaty truth about Taco Bell

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ecently, Taco Bell has exploded in the news media cycle with its self-promotion of a lawsuit that is waged against it. The most astonishing thing is how Taco Bell is actively publicizing the lawsuit instead of trying to cover it up and leave it in courtrooms only.

A woman in California filed the lawsuit on Jan. 19. Surprisingly, the suit has taken the backseat — what everyone is talking about is Taco Bell’s reaction.

Approaching this lawsuit aggressively and waging a full-on media campaign featuring news ads, Facebook pages and Youtube videos is not the usual course of actions for a charge like this.

Taco Bell is acting boldly, but can it back up its claims? If the lawyers of the plaintiff can succeed in proving that Taco Bell has a beef percentage lower than what the USDA requires or is worse than what Taco Bell claims, the company could have a grande-sized problem.

Taco Bell has more at stake in this situation. If the case results in damage to its reputation and sales, it could potentially lose a significant amount of its market share when it comes to late-night fast-food. This is exactly why Taco Bell feels it is necessesary to spend as much money as it takes in through any venue in order to gain the upper hand and the support of the public.

Television pundits including Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have both weighed in on the meatiness of this issue. Both poked at Taco Bell with wit and used clever humor to further publicize the situation. On The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert was voraciously working his way through a Taco Bell product.

All of this advertising and publicity will likely not have immediate detrimental consequences for Taco Bell. The quality and true percentage of actual meat in Taco Bell products is something people have been skeptical of for some time. When you can buy the taco products at such a cheap price, thinking about the quality is something you should do before the first bite.

E D I TO R I A L P O L I C I E S STAFF EDITORIAL The Staff Editorial reflects the opinions of The Daily Cougar Editorial Board (the members of which are listed above the editorial). All other opinions, commentaries and cartoons reflect only the opinion of the author. Opinions expressed in The Daily Cougar do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Houston or the students as a whole.

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Fox rejects John 3:16 for Super Bowl

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dmittedly, I only watch the Super Bowl for the commercials, which for some reason or another are produced at a higher quality than normal for this Holy Grail of advertising that is the championship game of football. But another commercial didn’t quite make the cut — it made news — and not for the usual reasons of being too racy or too offensive.

Ian The Fox Network Everett decided to reject an ad which featured a few friends watching a football game and cheering. You’d almost expect it to be a beer commercial, but it changes pace as the television displays a football player’s face on a close-up, and written underneath his eyes is John 3:16. The men, not understanding what the reference is, decide to look it up. The whole point of the advertisement is to have people look up the website so they

can further look up a Bible verse.

Fox Network rejected this ad because it was against company policy in that it espoused a particular belief or ideology, according to an article published by the Atlantic Wire. But considering that they already have Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly — plus other commentators — who very much do espouse particular beliefs and ideologies, then is it right for them to deny an advertisement that portrays a brief religious reference, because they don’t want to offend people?

The answer, of course, is that it is absolutely right for them to do so — constitutionally speaking, of course. As a media outlet, Fox is constitutionally entitled to run whatever they want under the First Amendment, whether it be ideology they agree with or not. The issue here is not that the commercial espouses an ideology — even if it is one that sometimes Fox seems to promote — but that Fox must be allowed to show what it feels

is right to show.

If we were to deny Fox the right to broadcast this or that, then we would have to deny ourselves the right to speak freely as well.

As to why the commercial was rejected

by Fox? It doesn’t really matter, but it could be that Fox doesn’t feel comfortable with something so explicit about religion, specifically Christianity. Or it might have even been that they knew the commercial would get more press if it were to be rejected by them.

Freedom of speech and freedom of press can be hotly debated issues. Some people don’t want others saying certain things, or adopting certain beliefs. Yet, we must remember that we live in a country that promises to do what it can in order to preserve those rights, and that we cannot speak if we prohibit others from doing so.

Ian Everett is a literature freshman and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.

Perry’s pro-life bill is a sound solution

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ou may not love him, but he definitely loves you and cares about your life and the lives of your offspring.

No, I’m not talking about any deity or anyone’s god, though Tea Party radicals suggest he’s the second coming — George W. being the first — but Rick Perry, long-time governor, wants female Texans to reconsider life.

Neimon At a pro-life rally James denouncing the Roe v.

Wade decision, Perry announced that he has put forth legislation that would require women seeking abortions to have a sonogram, among other procedures, with the aim of saving lives.

The announcement was met with cheer and applause, but in a crowd full of pro-lifers at a pro-life rally, what does one really expect?

It gets better. Perry has placed the legislation on fast-track emergency status, meaning that it will top the legislative agenda this session — and with a Republican majority in both houses, the legislation is poised to pass.

If this bill does exactly what Perry says it will do, or is remotely successful in that regard, then this is not only a victory for Perry and his supporters but also for all mankind.

Why? Well, any bill that saves a life, potentially 80,000 lives annually, is one that should be celebrated by all, regardless of your political affiliation or ideology.

The bill by design does not deny a woman any of the rights handed down by the Supreme Court in its decision in Roe v. Wade. Ironically, it gives women more options, alternatives and even support.

The legislation would allow women

to see the sonogram, speak with counselors and even consider adoption before they commit to having an abortion — the act of killing a child.

We can either politicize this, while enjoying the freedoms of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, and declare that our “civil rights and liberties” are at jeopardy by this legislation, or we can deal with its reality: do we value life? And if so, how best do we protect it? Perry has proposed a bipartisan solution.

The bottom line is simply this: since the decision to choose was granted in the Roe v. Wade case, about 50 million young American lives, not potential lives, but living, functioning organisms, have been lost to abortion.

Perry wants women to know that there are other options and a lot of JAMES continues on page 6

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Junior guard awarded for academics Three-point specialist Roxanna Button was voted to the 2011 Capital One All-District Second Team for the second time in her career.

Button is a psychology major and has a GPA of 3.88.

Success in the classroom is nothing new to Button, who made it on the Conference USA All-Academic Team last year.

She also has been on the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor roll twice, and won the C-USA commissioner’s

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Sam Khan still finds himself tracking down coaches and athletes for interviews in the halls of the UH Athletics and Alumni Center, five-and-a-half years after graduating; only now his press credentials no longer read, ‘Daily Cougar’.

Khan took over the Houston Chronicle’s UH sports beat this week for Steve Campbell. Khan was hired by the Chronicle straight out of college and served as the high school beat writer for the past five-and-a-half years.

“It gives me a sense of pride because I’m back here,” Khan said. “But in an elevated capacity, whereas I was a student, now I’m a professional covering UH athletics.”

Khan was a psychology major at UH and had no intentions of pursuing journalism until the fall of his senior year when professor Charlie Crixell encouraged him to join the Daily Cougar.

“The Cougar is where I really

discovered my passion for journalism and sports journalism in particular,” Khan said. “Charlie was a big influence on me.

David McHam was a big influence on me.”

Khan had planned on attending graduate school or studying law after graduation, but covering his first game from the press box would help to change his mind.

“I’ll never forget in 2004 when UH played Miami at Reliant Stadium,” Khan said. “I had never covered a game from that angle and afterwards I was sitting there thinking to myself ‘This is something I could see myself doing.’

“I decided that I wanted to give it a shot and pursue it.”

Khan acquired a do-it-yourself attitude from covering high school sports. He would have loved to have started higher up the food chain, but he would have missed out on all the valuable lessons he learned from the experience.

“Doing high school definitely gives you the real foot-to-the-ground experience that you need to be a good reporter,” Khan said. “Nothing is handed to you. You don’t

have stats given to you, you have to take your own at every game. You don’t have people pull coaches or kids for you if you need quotes. Everything you need on the high school beat, you got to go get.

“I definitely needed that. I think that it is to the benefit of every reporter to start at that level because you have to learn how to do everything from scratch.”

The Houston high school connections Khan has made in the past could prove beneficial when covering potential UH recruits.

“The high school coach is a key part because a lot of college coaches go through the high school coach first,” Khan said. “I’ll definitely have that in my back pocket and use it to some capacity.”

Most of the coaches and some of the staff of the athletic department has changed since Khan was last a regular on campus, but he is excited about being a regular on Cullen Blvd. again.

“I think it’s going to be great,” he said.

“For me I’m very excited.” sports@thedailycougar.com

Medal in her freshmen and sophomore years.

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VOLLEYBALL

UH adds new coach; will host camp in upcoming summer Head coach Molly Alvey enlisted in the help of Steve Vencl to become the latest member of her staff as an assistant coach.

Vencl will coordinate the team’s away games and use video as a way for the Cougars to improve and scout other teams.

“With Steve joining the program, we gain a new and positive dynamic to the team and the culture that we are constantly trying to nurture,” Alvey said in a release. “ “Our plan for Steve is to grow and develop our teaching methods by advancing the application of our video systems for training. He will also play an integral role in recruiting.”

Vencl’s last coaching gig was as a volunteer assistant at Marquette last season.

UH will host several clinics this summer to benefit youth volleyball players in the area. Players aged from 14-18 are invited to participate.

From July 23-25 there will be a general and elite skills camp for beginning and advanced volleyball players. Players aged from 10-18 are invited to the general skills camp, and players ages 14-18 for the elite camp.

On July 26 will be the UH Team Camp for high school teams to work together.

The UH Team Shootout on July 29-30 will allow high school teams to compete with one another.

— Cougar Sports Services

VALENTINES DAY

Shasta offering special deliveries If you are looking to wow your Valentine with Cougar Pride you can pay $50 to have Shasta drop off a package of two tickets to any remaining men or women’s home basketball game, roses and candy.

All deliveries are restricted to the UH campus.

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Conference wins are piling up, and the Cougars are beginning to receive national recognition. UH is receiving 10 votes in the USA Today/ESPN Poll and 18 votes in the AP Top 25 Poll.

With that comes an even bigger target on the collective back of the Cougars (18-4, 9-0 Conference USA), who will host a streaking Rice today.

The Owls (14-9, 6-3) are tied for second in the conference with Memphis, and are on the heels of a four-game winning streak after getting the best of SMU at home on Sunday 69-60.

UH has the best offense in C-USA, but

Brittney Scott and the Cougars look to extend their win streak to 10 games tonight against Rice at Hofheinz Pavilion. UH has a firm grasp on the conference standings with the Owls and Memphis trailing by three games. . | File Photo/The Daily Cougar Rice boasts the best defense in the conference holding opponents to 61.3 points per game.

In the all-time series UH has a 45-7 advantage.

The Cougars have won the last six

meetings against the Owls, and have only lost twice at home to Rice since 1978.

Tonight’s game tips off at 7 p.m. at Hofheinz Pavilion. sports@thedailycougar.com

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THE DAILY COUGAR The Cougars will try to establish their second win streak of the season when they take the court this weekend.

After dropping their debut, the Cougars have won two of their last three matches.

“The only way we can measure success is with wins,” head coach John Severance said. “We’ve only got one job, to do and that’s win matches and we’re expecting to win all three games this weekend.”

The Cougars two losses this year have come against skilled teams in No. 3 Baylor and No. 48 Rice.

Severance said he wants the team

to gel as a unit. Instead of stressing on each individual matchup, he said the team will try to focus on treating the weekend as a whole.

“I don’t care how it gets done,” Severance said. “But I want a W.” Saturday’s matchup against Texas State will prove to be a difficult one as the Bobcats are in contention for the Southland Conference Championship.

The game will mark the first of the season for the Bobcats after having their previous matches cancelled due to weather implications.

Sunday’s competition against UTEP is a conference match, and could be the most important of the three.

Severance said the Cougars play more comfortably on their home court and hopes it will benefit their

performance.

“We’re accustomed and used to playing at home,” Severance said.

“We take that to our advantage and so far this year we’ve had a pretty good turnout.”

The Cougars (3-2) will take on UT-Pan American at 2 p.m. Friday, and continue play at noon Saturday against Texas State.

The Cougars will cap the action Sunday at 11 a.m. against Conference USA opponent UTEP. All games will be played at John E. Hoff Courts.

After this weekend’s slate of matches, the Cougars will travel to Monroe, Louis. on the 19th to take on LousianaMonroe. sports@thedailycougar.com

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support should a woman choose not to terminate her pregnancy.

We all can acknowledge that as human beings we make mistakes and that bad things happen to good people. We can also acknowledge that life is our single-most precious gift and that we value it with all our hearts.

We should endeavor to apply this knowledge when debating abortion and take out the

politicking that is the promotion of civil liberties and rights over life.

The question is Shakespearean: to kill, or not to kill? Should women be allowed to kill or not to kill based on their interpretations of life?

When we begin to think of it in this way a natural conclusion will be drawn, and the lives of millions will be made secure.

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THE DAILY COUGAR With Fall Out Boy-inspired guitar riffs, Blink-182-esque vocals and a unique blend of lyrics and quirkiness comes local Houston punk powerhouse Caney Creek Heroes, who have big dreams and an even bigger show ahead of them.

The band’s trio of brothers David, Nick and Sebastien Fisher will be back at the UC Satellite today to promote and sell tickets for the Battle of the Bands and make animal balloons — a unique talent Nick taught his brothers.

“We are playing the Battle of the Bands at Fitzgerald’s on Feb. 20,” Nick Fisher said. “You should come see us. It’s going to be awesome.”

Based out of New Caney, Texas, the band consists of Canadian siblings: Nick, on vocals; Sebastien on lead guitar and vocals; and David on the rhythm guitar.

Also in the band are Shuja Tasin on the drums and Ivan Cagle, a UH graduate, on the bass guitar.

According to Sebastien and Nick, the band’s sound is influenced by Fall Out Boy and events that occured while they were growing up.

They have a full-length studio album, “Forgetting Yesterday,” that can be found on iTunes and is available at other online music stores.

“Nick and I write the music,”

If you’re in the UC-Satellite today, stop by the Caney Creek Heroes table to check out their album and buy tickets to their upcoming show at Fitzgerald’s. | Courtesy of Caney Creek Heroes Sebastien said. “For this album we mostly used Nick’s older songs. I just changed the music.”

David described the influence he believes their music should have.

“Our music tries to convey a positive message,” David said.“We are trying to encourage people with our lyrics. The Fisher brothers were raised in a Christian home and lived all over the globe from India and Mexico to Canada.”

After pushing through financial difficulties and finding a drummer through Craiglist, they

have made a name for themselves in Texas through the Alt Texas Tour Terminatour.

The band’s plans for the future include filming a video for “Sleepless Night,” tour the west coast and record another album. The band hopes to get picked up by a record company “and get signed,” Nick Fisher said.

Caney Creek Heroes will be back in the UC Satellite on Feb. 17, to promote their upcoming shows with more music and balloon animals. arts@thedailycougar.com

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