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Center to hold free cholesterol screenings on campus The UH Health Center is giving free cholesterol screenings today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. “We are motivated by our inherent desire to keep our university community healthy,” health center director Floyd Robinson said. “We also want folks to know their cholesterol level. We provide [free] screening for public outreach.”The center is located across from the A. D. Bruce Religion Center. Students and faculty are required to bring a photo ID and fasting before the screening is advised but optional. “If one overloads with food, it could contribute to a false reading,” Robinson said. Results will be released Tuesday, Feb. 22. For more information, call 713-743-5151. Also visit the center’s website: http://www. uh.edu/admin/hc/ — Tess Livingston/The Daily Cougar
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Game room holding sweepstakes The University Center Game Room is now holding the Games Room Mania sweepstakes, from Feb. 14 to May 1. Prizes include a cruise from galvestoncruises.com, a 42 inch LCD TV, a flip camera and a number of additional prizes set to be announced in the coming weeks. To participate, visit the game rooms located at either the University Center or the UC Satellite and play a game of bowling, billiards or table tennis for a single entry into the prize drawing. An additional entry can be earned for each paid bowling game and each half hour of play in billiards or table tennis. The drawing for the prizes will be on May 7. Contestants cannot win more than one prize. Visit www. uh.edu/uc for more information. — Julian Jimenez/The Daily Cougar
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EVENTS Ross M. Lence Master Teacher Dinner The Honors College is hosting the Ross M. Lence Master Dinner. This year’s Lence Master Teacher is Professor Michael Zuckert, who will discussing “Slavery at the Constitutional Convention.” The event runs from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in room 212 of the MD Anderson Library. Plates cost $50. Piano Works From 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., the Moores School of Music is presenting piano works.
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Petition to fight cuts started Association hosts Provost to discuss budget cuts; David Gonzalez
THE DAILY COUGAR Vice President of Administration and Finance Carl Carlucci spoke at Wednesday night’s Student Government Association meeting about upcoming budget cuts, giving a brief summary of what to expect for fiscal year 2012-2013. Carlucci explained that the budget cuts would greatly affect the amount of financial aid being supplied to the students within the University of Houston system. “We are going to see about $100 million
cut from the whole University of Houston system, 65 million of which will be cut here,” Carlucci said. “That only leaves enough aid to cover current students. There will be no aid available for the new (students).” SGA President Prince Wilson has established an online petition, Texans Against Higher Education Budget Cuts, which has gone viral on Facebook. In one day, the website has received over 3,000 electronic signatures. The petition calls for support in fighting cuts to higher education, stating “Student tuition will rise drastically, important courses will be eliminated, student services will be reduced and many more significant factors of our education will be either completely removed or will face funding
reduction.” SGA officials hope they can raise enough awareness on the topic to garner support and head into the State capitol with the signed petitions during spring break. Carlucci urged SGA to take a trip to Austin to educate state representatives on the matter and get involved in the discussion. “It is important to let your state representatives know that you vote,” Carlucci said. “There are a number of alums that should respond to your efforts.” SGA will hold its next meeting Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Cougar Den. Sign the petition at www.gopetition. com/petition/43058.html news@thedailycougar.com
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Coffee, Cuts & Football
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In a breakfast sponsored by the Bauer College Alumni Association on Thursday, UH football coach Kevin Sumlin said that the football season has begun for him and his team and he’s ready to start the new season. Early Thursday morning was the first practice for the team this year. Sumlin said he looks forward for the upcoming season after a not-so-good season last year. “I probably celebrated New Year’s Eve more than anybody. I’m so happy that it’s a new year that you can’t believe it,” Sumlin said. For the upcoming season, the team will have its games televised on Fox Sports. Sumlin was happy with the new deal because of the way Fox Sports, and especially Fox Sports Houston, has treated the Cougars lately. All games scheduled for this season will all be on Saturdays. Sumlin also said that the NCAA made a great decision on letting quarterback Case Keenum play again. “Case Keenum is everything that is right about college football,” Sumlin said. “He’s everything that is right about the University of Houston.” Keenum, who is now in graduate school, is recovering from a knee injury that prevented him from playing for most of last season. At the event, Welcome Wilson, a member of the UH Board of Regents, spoke about the way Tier One has impacted the University and the goals that the University still has to achieve.
THE DAILY COUGAR More than 100 universities and colleges from 35 states, including UH, will mobilize thousands of student volunteers to make a difference during SustainU’s “oneShirt National Collegiate Clothing Drive,” to be held Feb. 21 and 23. During the two-day event, volunteers will distribute door hangers in and around UH asking people to leave out clothes for donations. The donations will be picked up, weighed and stored at UH and later shipped to several Goodwill locations around Houston to benefit back-to-work programs. Donating will not only help the underprivileged, it can also serve as a good volunteering opportunity for students, Kate Gaviola, UH Student Government Association director of external affairs, said. “As a student, I receive at least one new shirt per month from university events, programs and organizations,” Gaviola said. “Not only does donating free up space in students closets, it also teaches students to reach out to their community, therefore creating a wellrounded student.” This will be the first time UH will join SustainU, an American clothing company based in West Virginia that CONTEST continues on page 3
Coach Sumlin praises the return of Keenum and a new year while Regent Wilson maintains Tier One support Miguel Cortina
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“I’m so happy that it’s a new year that you can’t believe it,” football coach Kevin Sumlin said on Thursday. | Tap Nguyen/The Daily Cougar The Carnegie Foundation is only one of three agencies that rank universities; the other two are the Center for Measuring University Performance and the Association of American Universities. The objective is to be ranked Tier One by all three, Wilson said, who also chairs UH’s ‘Tier One Initiative.” Focus is now on the other two agencies and factors that help in receiving recognition from those agencies, such as having “Tier BREAKFAST continues on page 3