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UH’s Office of Admissions is seeking student volunteers for a Cougar Preview event from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 5. Volunteers are also needed the day before from 3 to 7 p.m. The semiannual event hosts several thousand freshman and transfer students in a tour of the campus. Volunteers are needed for decoration, facility set up and clean up and directing students to activity locations. They will also need to welcome and assist prospective students. Students interested in volunteering for the event can e-mail Tara Monson at tdmonson@uh.edu to schedule their volunteer date or ask questions. — Ayesha Mohiuddin/The Daily Cougar
Homeless advocate to talk about street newspaper movement Paula Mathieu, a Martha Gano Distinguished Visiting Professor, is presenting “The Homeless and the Hobolicious: Rhetoric, Public and Images of ‘Homeless Chic’” at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the Honors College. A reception will be held in the commons after the presentation. Mathieu, an associate professor of English at Boston College, is mostly known for her street-newspaper movement. “I hope that students come away with a greater understanding of the rhetoric of homelessness,” said Paul Butler, assistant professor in the UH Department of English. “Also, I want students to learn more about how the free street newspaper movement works and how it is benefiting homeless people here and around the world.” — Moniqua Sexton/The Daily Cougar
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While the University may be faced with difficult decisions about terminating staff positions, increasing class sizes and raising tuition due to the looming state budget cuts to higher education, UH’s athletic department may go by unscathed. Richard Bonnin, executive director of media relations at UH, said one of the reasons the department may not be affected is that it is not directly funded by the state. The department generates revenue from a number of different sources, including ticket sales, NCAA and conference distributions, program sales, concessions, parking, sponsorships, endowment income, media rights
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Budget cuts Every Thursday, The Daily Cougar will take an in-depth look at how proposed cuts to the state’s higher education allocation will affect the University and its future. Feb. 17: Tier One initiative Feb 24: Staff terminations Today: Athletics programs March 10: The role of community colleges March 24: Public vs. private debate March 31: Financial aid Track this series and find expanded resources on thedailycougar.com/budgetcuts2011
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and student fees, Bonnin said. For fiscal year 2011, according to financial information provided by Cassie Arner, associate athletic director of communications, the athletic department’s revenue has grown more than $5 million in the last three years. “We’ve gone from $9.7 million in 2009 to $15.7 million in 2011,” Arner said. “When we can increase the amount of revenue we bring in, we can reduce what we’re dependent on the University for.” According to the University’s FY 2011 Plan and Budget, UH receives $15,256,089 in student fees. From those student fees, the University provides the athletics department with $4,362,707. The University also provides the athletic department with $12,347,521 of direct
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In an effort to meet the demand for more parking spaces, Parking and Transportation Services has drawn up a plan that will temporarily turn one of the Cullen fields used by students into a parking lot. The plan, announced Feb. 21, will provide an estimated 300 parking spots while construction begins on a parking garage across from Hofheinz Pavilion at Cullen and Holman. The plan, developed in coordination with Campus Recreation and Facilities Planning, aims to alleviate the parking situation — but students who use the fields to participate in intramural sports will be affected. David McBride, supervisor of intramural sports, says that the flag football, soccer and ultimate Frisbee teams will be affected. All softball games for the season will now be played on Sunday afternoons. Parking and Transportation is attempting to minimize the impact of the plan by installing lighting on an existing field, but intramural sports will still need to do some rescheduling. INTRAMURAL continues on page 3
From left: Erica Fauser, history and political science senior, and Gin Benton, corporate communication junior, show their pride in anticipation of UH’s game against Rice on Saturday. | Brianna Leigh Morrison/The Daily Cougar
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THE DAILY COUGAR The UH men’s basketball team takes the court Saturday night at Hofheinz Pavilion and will attempt to avenge last month’s loss to their cross-town rivals, the Rice Owls. Webster’s dictionary defines a rival as “one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something that only one can possess.” In the literal sense, there is a rivalry — but when one constantly dominates the other in a specific field, and vice versa, it’s more of a healthy competition. UH boasts a greater athletic tradition than Rice, while the Owls can lay claim to the academics of an elite research university. “It is perfectly natural for two great universities in the same city to be rivals,” said Welcome
Wilson Sr., UH alumnus and former chair of the UH Board of Regents. “I always considered it a friendly rivalry, but I have not been a student for over 60 years.” The “friendly rivalry” can be traced back to the 1940s after requests by UH officials to engage Rice on the football field were denied. “In spite of the many requests of our athletic director (at the time) Harry Fouke, and Jess Neely, the athletic director of Rice, Rice refused to play the University of Houston during the 1940s and 1950s,” Wilson said. Football is considered the focal point of the competition, and UH can claim dominance in that aspect. The Cougars have a 24-9 record against Rice in the Bayou Bucket game since the teams’ first meeting in 1971, when UH joined the now-defunct Southwest Conference of RIVALRY continues on page 3
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which Rice had been a member of since 1915. There was a break in the annual game from 1996-1998 when both teams were in different conferences. The Cougars can lay claim to four conference championships (’76, ’79, ’84 and ‘96) and two outright (’78 and 2006), while Rice has to share only one with the Cougars in the conference from ’94. Junior quarterback Crawford Jones said the game against Rice is important to him due to the notion that “the kids who couldn’t get into Rice went to (UH) — when that couldn’t be farther from the truth,” Jones said. “I would say it’s our biggest rivalry by far,” he said. “We prepare hard every week but there always seems to be a little extra when we play Rice. We use it as a constant reminder during practice to go a little harder and finish the play, because you never know which play will decide a game.” The UH basketball program boasts NBA Hall of Famers Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler and Elvin Hayes, trumping Rice’s basketball program. Rice’s baseball program, however, which is highlighted by former Houston Astros All-Star Lance Berkman, has the advantage over UH by leading the Silver Glove series since 1948 with a 77-68 record. Some may say that Rice’s sports department doesn’t mean as much to them as research and academics, but if a score is being kept, UH has reached and obtained its goal more often than Rice. “Personally, I have never felt that UH and Rice compete, except in athletics,” Wilson said. “Rice has a different mission.” Wilson said Rice graduates a relatively small number of students total, and two-thirds of them leave the state after graduation. UH graduates 7,500 students each year and 75 percent stay in Texas. “Our universities have different missions, and I believe that each carries out their mission very well,” Wilson said. news@thedailycougar.com
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Intramural softball player Francisco Carranza is upset about the rescheduling and fears this is only the beginning. “I bet they are going to keep the temporary parking lot and just move the sports,” Carranza said. Business junior Andres Loperena said he is definitely in favor of the new parking garage and the plan to alleviate parking woes. “I think it’s going to be great for the school, it will make parking less of a hassle,” he said. Jonas Chin, university services program coordinator, said the lot is definitely temporary. “We have no plans of keeping the temporary parking lot longer than we need it…we’re installing field lights that the sports teams will use after we have removed the parking lot,” Chin said. In response to the plan, a group of students created a Facebook page to voice their opinion on the matter. When reached for comment, they were unwilling to give an interview. news@thedailycougar.com
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Fans should be pumped as Rice rivalry draws near
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he Daily Cougar cordially invites all students, faculty and any other friends to Saturday’s basketball doubleheader at Hofheinz Pavilion.
If your plans do not include stopping in at the Hof, we would like to for you alter them so you can show and give your support. The men’s team is hosting cross-town rival Rice, and the women’s unit is on the cusp of making its historic season even more special. The lady Cougars are a win away from an undefeated record in Conference USA, and are all but guaranteed a spot in the NCAA Tournament. If any group on campus deserves some recognition it’s head coach Todd Buchanan and his squad. The last time the men’s team played Rice, it lost a close one in overtime. The Cougars have hit a rough patch, and need to bite back. Fans could help the Cougars immeasurably by creating a hostile and distracting atmosphere for Rice. Who knows? A strong performance could spark the team to another miraculous run to the NCAA Tournament. We have used this space before to harp on this topic, but the truth is that student participation for sports this semester has been pathetic. The reputation of UH fans being fair-weather is completely appropriate until more people begin to show up consistently. The five men’s home games that were televised revealed dozens of rows of empty seats. A halfempty arena on TV sends out an embarrassing statement about the support for athletics. Basketball season is ending — this is the last chance to show your appreciation for almost a year. It could also serve as a message to the coaches and players that we the fans stand behind them, and will continue to. We are not demanding a sellout, but a season-high attendance would be a start. The women’s game against Tulane tips off at 2 p.m., and the rematch versus Rice begins at 5 p.m. Students with a Cougar Card get in for free. We hope to be proven wrong and see fans show up in masses. If that doesn’t happen, we’ll write that you should show up to baseball and softball games.
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UH beats Rice in all-around value
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he competition between the University of Houston and Rice University is one that only students at either campus knows about. The rivalry isn’t even discussed much — that is, until the yearly match-up of football teams. Outside of the sports arena, Rice and UH don’t play many of the petty pride games that other universities often play. The differAndrew ence in prestige and Taylor national rankings isn’t very close, and that won’t likely change in the near future. A Rice University graduate who earns a bachelors of science in economics earns more than a UH student like myself. In May 2007, the average accepted salary of a Rice graduate with an economics degree was $57,180, according to a survey done by Rice University’s Center for Student Professional
Development. A UH student with a very similar economics degree on average made $48,483, according to the University’s economics department webpage. Earning ten thousand dollars more right off the bat would be great, especially after working so hard for four or more years. The larger paycheck that a Rice graduate can expect may be because of the institution name printed on the diploma, or it may be due a rating published in some magazine. Despite whatever reason, one thing is clear; Rice graduates paid for it. The estimated cost of tuition and fees for the 2009-2010 school year for a Rice student totals $ 43,288. A student who plans on studying at UH and qualifies for resident status will be looking at an estimated total cost of $ 16,418 per academic year. If the student is a non-resident, then the total estimated costs are $ 21,994.
The magnitude of those cost differences is staggering. A prospective non-resident student could finish half a four-year degree for the price of one academic year at Rice. If a degree were earned at both institutions in exactly four academic years the difference is remarkable. For a student with resident status at UH, a four-year degree would total $65, 672 in estimated costs. A degree from Rice, on the other hand, would total $173,152 in estimated costs. If you asked a really sharp student who had to take out loans for his or her education if they would rather make about $10,000 more per year starting out or have almost one-third the amount of debt to pay off, the answer is easy — and you wouldn’t even need a degree in economics to know it. Andrew Taylor is a economics senior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.
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warning ignored is an invitation for disaster, as the recent kidnapping and murder of four Americans by Somali pirates tragically illustrates. Just as the casual dismissal of a high voltage sign can result in a lethal shock, sailing in piratepatrolled waters can prove equally fatal. In 2010 alone, 1,181 hostages Marc were taken Anderson by bands of these roving thugs, with eight reported deaths. There are currently close to 700 people being held for ransom. With the average price being paid out reaching $5 million, kidnapping remains a lucrative activity for Somali pirates. International trade depends on the free use of the seas, and trade
vessels unavoidably remain targets. Recreational sailors, on the other hand, willfully disregard these statistics and continue to brazenly travel in areas known to be infested with marauders. For the four Americans killed, overconfidence and a misguided sense of purpose proved deadly. Their fate should serve as both a grave tale of cau-
Hardly naïve, they were well aware of the dangers they faced when they inexplicably decided to sail through the Red Sea, a known haven for pirates. Soon after the initial assault, the US Navy responded, and for nearly five days tried to negotiate the Americans’ release. Early last Tuesday, all hopes of rescue instantly vanished when gunfire erupted Hardly naïve, they were well aware of the dangers aboard the yacht, leavthey faced when they inexplicably decided to sail ing the four Americans through the Red Sea, a known haven for pirates.” dead. Afterwards, friends tion and an immediate call to arms. reported that the Adams were on a On Feb. 18, the sailing yacht Quest multi-year mission of distributing bibles was captured off the coast of Oman by and were dismissive of any dangers they Somali pirates. faced. Taken captive were a well-traveled The Adams intent may have been group of friends consisting of Jean and noble, but their beliefs caused them to Scot Adam, Phyllis MacKay and Bob act recklessly. In essence, they needRiggle. lessly placed themselves in harm’s
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institutional support. These figures may seem large, but Bonnin said the athletic department only amounts to 3.4 percent of the University’s budget; academics accounts for 62.5 percent of the school’s budget. As the Legislature continues with plans to invest less money into higher education, the athletic department may yet ! Arner feel some of the after effects. In a scenario where budget cuts do affect athletics, a percentage reduction could be made to the institutional support given to the department. If that does happen, the department would look for ways to reduce costs without hindering the overall well-being of the student-athlete. But, Arner said, there are already measures in place to bring down costs and save money for the department. Arner said the athletic department has restructured the way it goes about raising funds and the ways the department acquires revenue. Conference USA, of which UH is a part, has signed a new deal with FOX Sports, which means the department will receive a larger payout than before. The department has also changed the way it goes out and recruits donors, has a new licensing company, LRG, to take care of its merchandising and is renegotiating a contract with IMG, which handles corporate and media rights. All of these moves are efforts to increase revenue and become more selfsufficient. “That’s always the goal of every athletic department,� Arner said. “We hope we’ll be able to grow our revenue and therefore not need as much institutional support. However, it takes a really strong and responsible fiscal mind. The first of our short-term goals is budget.� Re c e n t l y, a s i m i l a r f i s c a l situation to the one UH is facing occurred at the University of California-Berkeley. The UC System had to find ways to resolve financial difficulties that resulted from state cuts to higher education. In order to help reduce the economic strain on the school, officials devised a plan to reduce the amount of funding that the school provides for inter-collegiate athletics from around $12 million to $5 million, resulting in the elimination of two programs — men’s gymnastics and baseball. Although UH is facing similar problems, the University cannot eliminate any of its athletic programs. If UH were to eliminate any program it would lose its status as a Division-1 university, Arner said. The NCAA website states that Division-1 schools must have at least 14 sports, which also have to be male-to-female proportional. “We will not eliminate any sports,� Arner said. “We are currently at the minimum sports number that you can have to operate at a Division-1 level. There will never be a time where we eliminate sports.� news@thedailycougar.com
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Women’s group brings communication together Jourdan Vian
THE DAILY COUGAR A new organization on campus is encouraging students of both genders to broaden their view of what communication can be. The UH chapter of the Association for Women in Communications is having a general interest meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Baltic Room of the UC Underground to further discuss its goals and try to recruit new members. Although AWC has women in its name, it also welcomes men. “Everyone’s welcome to come with ideas ready to be shared,� Aspen
Enoch, the membership chair of the AWC, said. “We are first going to discuss who we are exactly and what we stand for.� Part of AWC’s mission statement is to promote professional opportunities in the communication field and help students find a career path that works for them, broadcast journalism junior Enoch said. “I’d say we really want students to have a sense of pride about being in the communication school,� Enoch said. Members plan to showcase the group at Cougar Preview, Frontier Fiesta and other venues. “Personally, I want to build something that other students would
love to be apart of,� Enoch said. “Regardless of what field of communication you’re in, you have skills that someone in another field of work would need. Hopefully we can help people to appreciate that.� The members of AWC feel like they are filling a much-needed space within the school of communications, Epoch said. The space was opened up two years ago, when the president of the previous UH chapter of AWC graduated. “I was on the Metro and noticed a girl was reading her (communication) book and started a conversation with her about AWC,� Epoch said. “It turns out, there are people who are
looking for an organization like this to be apart of.� The current AWC president, Angelica Waller, a communication junior, was a freshman at the time and made it a goal this year to reopen the UH chapter. After filling out the necessary paperwork with AWC’s national committee, the group recruited Deborah Bridges, an instructional assistant professor at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication, to be the group’s faculty adviser. “We’ve had to put in a lot of work, but I think we’ll see rewards for it,� Epoch said. news@thedailycougar.com
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Spring schedule unveiled, two scrimmages open to public Fans hungry for Hail Marys and the sound of shoulder pads and helmets colliding can see the Cougars open spring practice at 1:40 p.m. Saturday. Over the next month, the Cougars will hold 14 practices, two scrimmages and close it out with the Red and White Game. The remaining practices will not allow spectators, but both scrimmages and the Red and White Game will be open to the public. The times of the scrimmages have yet to be announced, but they will be held on March 26 at Robertson Stadium and April 1 at Carl Lewis Field. The Red and White Game will be played at 2 p.m. April 9 at Robertson Stadium. — Cougar Sports Services
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UAB beats Golden Eagles, still No. 1 UAB (21-7, 11-4 C-USA) is currently atop Conference USA after a 67-66 win over Southern Miss. The Blazers could lose the conference crown with a loss and a Tulsa (17-12, 10-5) win. The Blazers will take on East Carolina (16-13, 8-7) at 7 p.m. Saturday, while the Golden Hurricane will try to catch them against Southern Miss., (21-8, 9-6), also at 7 p.m. Saturday. ECU (16-13, 8-7) got the best of Memphis Wednesday with a 68-57 win. The middle seeds in the tournament are still up for grabs as well, as Southern Miss., Memphis (21-9, 9-6), Marshall (20-10, 8-7), SMU (17-12, 8-7) and East Carolina are either tied or within one game of each other in the standings. Going into the final weekend of the regular season, tournament seeds could still be decided with the remaining slate of games. UTEP and Tulsa are in a deadlock for second place. Southern Miss. and Memphis are tied for fourth; ECU, Marshall and SMU are locked up in sixth place. — Cougar Sports Services
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Former Cougar achieving success as coach Phi Slama Jama playmaker and all-time UH assist leader Reid Gettys is again the leader of a team in the postseason, only now he does his work from the sidelines. Gettys led the Woodlands Christian Academy to the 3-A TAPPS state tournament with a 22-15 record. They will open the playoffs against Mansfield Summitt at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Gettys took over as head coach one game before district play after former coach Bill Storey stepped down. After going to three consecutive Final Fours with the Cougars, he played professionally in the Continental Basketball Association. Gettys returned to UH as an assistant on Clyde Drexler’s staff. He has also worked as an analyst for ESPN. — Cougar Sports Services
The Cougars let their five-point cushion at halftime slip away in the second half, as the Green Wave outscored UH 51-43 after halftime. Decision-making and ball security were issues for UH as it committed 12 more turnovers than Tulane. | Aaron Cisneros/The Daily Cougar
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Tulane tops UH Excess of turnovers causes fifth consecutive loss for Cougars; team finisesh regular season 2-11 in away games Cougar Sports Services
The Cougars achieved their second five-game losing streak of the season, falling 80-77 to Tulane on Wednesday. The Cougars (12-16, 4-11 Conference USA) had a chance to come back, trailing 71-65 with 2 minutes and 30 seconds remaining in the game. Over the next two minutes of play, the Cougars would get defensive stops or force turnovers on four consecutive possessions, but on each ensuing possession they also either came up empty or fell prey to turnovers (0-3 FGA, 2 TO). The Cougars led at halftime 34-29 on the strength of strong post scoring from Maurice McNeil, who had 10 first-half points. Darian Thibobeaux added six points, with two 3-pointers and grabbed five rebounds. One of the Cougars’ goals coming into the game was to defend better against the three-point shot after Tulane (13-15, 3-12) connected for 14 treys in their last meeting. UH was successful in that area, holding the Green Wave to 7-of-25 from deep (28 percent), but the Cougars’ own mistakes on offense was their downfall.
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Another chapter in the storied (and mainly one-sided) rivalry between UH and Rice will add another chapter to its history come John Brannen Saturday. Rice tends to dominate UH in baseball every year, but that’s it. The Cougars usually defeat Rice in football along with men’s and women’s basketball. But recently, it has been the Owls who are frustrating UH fans and athletes. Rice capitalized off UH injuries in football, and edged the men’s basketball team five weeks ago. UH fans are in need of some revenge, and the Cougars should be desperate to get a win over their cross-town nemesis. Head men’s basketball coach James Dickey’s first season started with promise, but the Cougars, like Rice, are just trying to stay afloat. UH suffered through a fivegame losing streak, and is now in the midst of another. In spite of that, Dickey has proven he is the right man for the job. Even if the Cougars were facing an insurmountable deficit, Dickey will still be calling timeouts and drawing up plays. Regardless of the situation, he refuses to quit. With a team that has been criticized for its lack of size and talent, Dickey has been able to squeeze out the most of what the roster is capable of. He takes practice and discipline seriously, and holds his players responsible for their actions on and off the court. Most recently Dickey suspended the team’s second leading scorer, senior guard Adam Brown, for an unspecified violation of team rules. With Saturday’s game being Senior Night, perhaps Dickey will lift his suspension to let Brown slice and dice at Hofheinz for COMMENTARY continues on page 7
CAMPUS COMPARISON
Red over blue: reasons why UH outshines Rice John Brannen
THE DAILY COUGAR With Saturday’s rivalry matchup against Rice, The Daily Cougar compiled a list of five reasons why UH athletics reigns supreme over the Owls. No. 1 — Mascots The whole point of being a mascot is to stir up pride while having fun. A mascot should never go out of character while masquerading around a stadium or at
another event. Shasta, the UH mascot, is as good as it gets when it comes to creating excitement. When the men’s basketball team played at Rice on Jan. 26, the lack of enthusiasm shown by Sammy the Owl was visible. The person under the costume looked apathetic toward the game. They behaved as if they would have rather been at a night class or a library — anywhere but a sporting event. The Rice fans were riled up, but the same cannot be said for Sammy. His demeanor was that of a bored, uninterested mascot. Shasta, on the other hand, is quite the
entertainer. When he is not amusing fans, he is watching the game attentively, preparing for an animated outburst of any sort. Outside of being a mascot, the person under Shasta’s mask has athletic prowess. He is a pole vaulter for the track and field team. If there were ever an athletic competition for mascots, Shasta would run circles around Sammy and any others. No. 2 — Football Admittedly, last season’s Bayou Bucket REASONS continues on page 7
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potentially the last time. The talent level of the Owls is close to the Cougars. Rice has been more successful in the past few weeks, but that isn’t saying too much. The Owls have lost six of their last seven games, after falling to Tulsa 67-57 Wednesday. The Owls’ marquee victory of the season came Feb. 19, an uncharacteristic 67-52 win over Memphis. Rice is led by versatile Iranian forward Arsalan Kazemi. Through 29 games the sophomore has recorded 15.1 points per game. His average of 11.2 rebounds per contest is good for fourth in the NCAA, and his 17 double-doubles ties him for the eighth-best mark in the country. His talent will likely land him a future playing professionally. If he doesn’t make the cut for the NBA, he’ll certainly find work overseas. There’s just one beef. Kazemi does not understand the concept of a contact sport, and that his opponents are not supposed to play nice. All those NCAA-leading statistics aside, Kazemi probably leads the country in complaining to the officials and whining for calls in his favor. He channels the mannerisms of a European soccer player and dramatically flops and flails his way to the floor in any instance of physical contact. In fact, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should reverse its decision to give Colin Firth the award for best actor and give it to Kazemi for his performance against UH on Jan. 26 — he deserved
an Oscar for his superb abilities as a thespian. Maybe Rice could make another excuse to hire a celebrity for a teacher and create a class for Kazemi to lecture. After he graduates he could join rapper Bun B as a guest lecturer at Rice, so he could give lessons on how to fake an injury when the going gets tough. The refs do not always fall for Kazemi’s act — but they did during a critical juncture at the last game. He hit the deck before forward Alandise Harris even touched him and the officials blew the whistle. That was just one of several grievances when it came to the crew of officials that night. The staff was J.B. Caldwell, Jeff Malham and Mark Whitehead. The three clowns displayed an unprofessional performance and gave Rice multiple calls that were questionable at best. When UH committed a foul or another violation, the officials seemed to take great pleasure in calling something against the Cougars. The Owls were able to make the clutch shots and key defensive stops, but the extra assistance from the officials gave them an unfair advantage. Hopefully Conference USA assigns a different crew of officials for Saturday’s tilt. Larry, Curly and Moe of the Three Stooges could call a more balanced game than Caldwell, Malham and Whitehead. Even if both teams are in the dregs of C-USA, both will play passionately — as if a championship was on the line. For the three UH seniors, it could be the last time they ever get to play at Hofheinz. A win over UH’s rival would do them justice. sports@thedailycougar.com
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was a bust for UH, but Rice had circumstance on its side. Rice survived a UH rally to win 34-31, but something was obviously missing. Had Case Keenum not been sidelined with a season-ending knee injury, it is doubtful the game would have been a close contest. His play and leadership would have averted the crisis, and Rice fans would have endured another losing performance on the gridiron. In 2009, the Cougars ran the Owls out of Robertson Stadium with a dominating 73-14 win. With Keenum being granted a sixth year, expect him to pulverize the Owls’ secondary on Oct. 29 when Rice returns to Robertson. UH has an all-time 25-10 advantage over the Owls in the Bayou Bucket. That means the Owls need to go on an unprecedented 15-season winning streak — then maybe UH will recognize Rice as a threat in the football world. No. 3 — Fan participation Attendance for UH athletics is shaky, but at Rice it’s laughable. It is common for the fanbase of visiting teams like Baylor or Memphis to greatly outnumber the Owls for football or basketball games. There is no doubt that the Rice athletics department greatly benefits from visitors from other schools. When the Owls topped UH at Rice Stadium in October, a sea of red overwhelmed the sporadic splotches of navy blue. The moment that the Owls sealed their victory, the 100 or
so Rice fans celebrated, while all the disappointed UH fans made their way to the exit. At the basketball game in January Cougar fans started multiple “Whose House?” chants. When a UH fan noticed she was on the jumbotron, she flashed a Cougar paw on the screen. If Cougar Nation is categorized as fair-weather fans, that would mean Rice loyalists only come out for the one or two weeks of the year that Houston conditions are bearable. No. 4 — Student newspaper The Daily Cougar would consider the Rice Thresher its competition, but we’re not sure if it actually exists. In my time at The Daily Cougar, communication with the Thresher has been nonexistent, despite making at least one attempt to collaborate together. We have worked with student publications from UTEP and UCLA — to name a few — but have not once interacted with the Thresher. In the past year Rice has oneupped UH in football and men’s basketball. At the Bayou Bucket, there were no reporters from the Thresher in the press box at Rice Stadium, and there were none when the Owls beat UH at Tudor Fieldhouse. Rice’s women’s basketball team is solid, and nearly put an end to the Cougars’ historic winning streak Sunday. We sent a reporter there; where was the Thresher? The Cougar considered all three of these instances big stories, and it is surprising to see the Thresher deem Rice victories as non-newsworthy. We’ve read copies of it and visited the website and Twitter account;
No. 5 — Athletic history Rice can pat itself on the back for its braininess and constant success in baseball (who doesn’t love Lance Berkman?) But UH takes the cake when it comes to producing legends in a wide selection of professional sports. Inside Tudor Fieldhouse are the names of Rice Rhode’s Scholars on banners. Kind of like how in Hofheinz Pavilion is draped with retired jerseys of Clyde Drexler, Elvin Hayes and Hakeem Olajuwon, among others. This is a perfect illustration that Rice is behind UH when it comes to success in athletics. With the help of legendary head coach Guy V. Lewis, the Cougars made five Final Fours, tying UH for the fifth-most in NCAA history. Our outdoor track and soccer facility is named for Carl Lewis, a nine-time Olympic gold medalist, considered arguably the greatest Olympian ever. The feeling among the administration and the UH Athletics Department is that the University is poised for greater things. This comes as no surprise, with plans for a new state-of-the-art football stadium and an upgrade to Hofheinz. When rumors circulate about the topic of conference re-alignment, it is UH that is mentioned for a promotion. Even if UH stays in Conference USA, the ambition displayed by the powers that be at show that UH means business Watch out, Rice. sports@thedailycougar.com
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Charlie Sheen brings party-boy tomfoolery to Twitter With all the reports of Charlie Sheen’s drug use and generally reckless lifestyle in recent months, it comes as a bit of a shock that the actor joined Twitter Tuesday. In his first day on the social networking site, he’s gained more than a million follwers. #Winning, #planbetter and #tigerblood are now trending world-wide as Sheen boasts about his erratic behavior — which is clearly not that of a winner at all. He’s also made real-life Warlocks quite angry with his constant use of “the W-word,”TMZ reported Wednesday. The good news is that members of the Twitter-verse will be able to watch his fall from grace from the comfort of their own home. In a recent interview with ABC, he spoke unabashedly about his drug use. “I probably took more than one could survive. I was banging seven-gram rocks and finishing them because that’s how I roll,” Sheen said. “My brain only works in one gear: Go.” In the last week alone, Sheen has temporarily lost custody of his children, had a restraining order filed against him by his ex-wife Brooke Mueller and caused CBS and Warner Bros. to halt production of “Two and a Half Men,” among other things. Even with all this negative publicity, Sheen continues to appear unscathed. “I am on a drug. It’s called ‘Charlie Sheen,’” he said.
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Apple unveils slightly more magical and revolutionary iPad 2 Steve Jobs gave a keynote address on the soon-to-be-released iPad 2 Wednesday. After the great success of its predecessor — 15 million sold worldwide, according to Jobs — the iPad 2 is sure to experience the same reception. This version of the iPad features dual-core processor, which will enable it to function at a much faster speed than the first iPad. It will also have rear- and front-facing cameras — meaning FaceTime capabilities with iPhone 4 and iPod Touch users. The iPad 2 also supports HDMI output, allowing users to have video output of up to 1080p on a television. Another improvement to the iPad 2 is that users will be able to connect to AT&T and Verizon’s 3G networks without having to buy any other products. The iPad 2 is also going to be sold in both black and white, just as the iPhone 4 was marketed in 2010 — but to date, Apple hasn’t sold a single white iPhone 4. In his keynote, however, Jobs stated that the white iPad 2 will be available immediately upon release. It will also be thinner, lighter and have an extended battery life — 10 hours of use and more than a month of standby time. Jobs announced that Random House books will be opening up their 17,000 titles to iBooks, after iBooks sold over 100 million books in only one year. The iPad 2 is set to be released on March 11, 2011. Prices range from $499 to $829 — and the first-generation iPad will have its price reduced by $100.
It’s undeniable that support from fellow Cougars encourages our sports teams to bring home the victory. Brush up on your knowledge of fight songs, the alma mater and other traditions so you can cheer the Cougar basketball teams on to a win. | File Photo/The Daily Cougar
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Prove that you are the pride Mary Baak
THE DAILY COUGAR This weekend, the women’s and men’s basketball teams will be playing in a doubleheader against Tulane and Rice, respectively. Though the women are close to having a record-breaking season, the men’s team is in a bit of a rough patch and has the potential to step up its game in Saturday’s re-match. Either way, very few students go to the games and show support for their fellow Cougar athletes. Among other reasons, this could be caused by a general lack of knowledge of UH traditions. Believe it or not, UH was once known as a basketball school. During the 1980s, Hofheinz pavilion was home to a hugely successful basketball team and a few traditions as well. The first — and most obvious — tradition is the Cougar Sign. It dates back to 1953, when Shasta I (we had live cougars on
campus in those days) lost her toe in a cage door on the way to a football game — thus the folded-down ring finger. When the Cougars make free throws, fans put their paws up. If the player makes the shot, the crowd calls out, “Swoosh.” When an opposing team member shoots a free throw, fans build up a “Choke” chant to distract the player from making the goal. Another long-standing tradition is to call out “Who’s he?” in unison during the introduction of players from the opposing team. Originally, fans would tear up The Daily Cougar and throw the pieces in the air, making it rain like confetti after the UH players were introduced. The band also has a lot to do with the long-standing traditions in all athletics. Eric Shannon, a teaching assistant for the band program, oversees the Cougar Brass and explained the band’s role in team support. “We go with what the game gives us,” Shannon said. “If it’s a close game, we
try to keep the energy up and keep fans on their toes.” Each time the team runs out of the tunnel, the UH Fight Song is played; it is also played at the beginning of the second half and end of the game. The band also closes the game with Alma Mater and, if we win, “Bugler’s Holiday,” an Olympic fanfare song. “Eat ’Em Up Coogs” is another song that’s played by the band during games. It was composed by UH band director Bill Moffit in the 1970s and is played by almost all schools across the country. “What’s unique about ‘Eat ’Em Up Coogs’ is that it actually has a snippet of the fight song in one of the verses,” Shannon said. Coogs, it’s our responsibility to “Be the Pride.” Be sure to prove that you bleed red and show your teams support at Hofheinz Pavilion this weekend. arts@thedailycougar.com
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Concerto Orchestra is a crowd-pleaser Terence Yung
THE DAILY COUGAR Piano concerto, tone poem, violin concerto, song cycle — an egalitarian program heads off the MSM Concerto Orchestra’s Tuesday evening debut at the Moores Opera House. Wanting to give talented UH soloists a chance to perform with an orchestra, conductor Pierre-Alain Chevalier created the MSM Concerto Orchestra. Chevalier said that the the orchestra is an all-volunteer group of musicians who joined the endeavor to gain orchestral experience — the pieces that were performed are staples of the concerto repertory and covered a wide range
of styles from the Baroque to the 20th century. “The diversity of the repertoire and the outstanding performances are sure to impress,” he said. The evening’s talented soloists touched four corners of instrumental possibility. They included pianist Krume Andreevski, flutist Caity Piccini, violinist Mauricio Oliveros and baritone James D. Rodriguez. The orchestra and soloist Andreevski kicked off the program with J. S. Bach’s “Keyboard Concerto in D minor.” “This concerto was originally written for violin, but the copy of this original version is supposedly lost,” Andreevski said. “In the harpsichord version, Bach
added to the melodic line a thicker texture with chords and arpeggios to make it as virtuosic as the violin original.” Andreevski, a doctoral candidate from Macedonia, proved to be a stellar opening act. His Bach was naturally driven with harpsichord-like clarity, yet sounded colorfully pianistic. The slow movement was somber before giving way to the rhythmic finale in triple meter. Many consider this to be Bach’s homage to his predecessor Antonio Vivaldi. Andreevski’s stage presence was exemplary and apt. He never dallied away from the nature of the piece: no ORCHESTRA continues on page 9
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way under the pretext of service towards others. Little did they consider that few messages could be spread if the messengers are killed. Likewise, Phyllis MacKay and Bob Riggle expressed a somewhat cavalier attitude believing that they were prepared against any threats. Exactly how they prepared against a dozen or more heavily armed militants was not detailed. Whether due to arrogance or self-delusion, they were terribly overestimating their ability. While the murdered Americans carry a good deal of responsibility for their fate, they certainly did not deserve to be killed. Their execution should serve as a rallying cry to international forces —that they should increase their efforts to eradicate these ocean-going terrorists. First, no governing body should negotiate with the pirates. In all likelihood, this will initially result in more senseless killing as the pirates’ demands are refused.
However, once it becomes apparent that there is no possibility of financial gain, the motivation for kidnapping will dissipate. Second, the US Navy and other nations should form a floating barricade in the international waters off the Somali coast, with explicit instructions to at least capture — and, if necessary, kill — any and all pirates. Finally, attempts should be made to establish legitimate forms of commerce within Somalia itself. A robust fishing trade is one possible option that would provide a sustainable alternative to piracy. When given the option, most people tend to prefer legal means of earning a living over criminality. In these times of global interdependence, there are simply no excuses for allowing barbarians to continue their tyranny over the open seas. Marc Anderson is a third-year cell biology graduate student and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar. com.
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melodramatic gesturing to some higher authority and no sordid groping for the keys — just good old-fashioned pianism. The next act involved the Poem for flute and orchestra by Charles Griffes, who is sadly a muchneglected 20th century American composer. Piccini said the piece was written in 1918 for flutist George Barrere.
“It is a short, single-movement work, but features a wide display of colors and contrasts within ten minutes,� Piccini said. The poem is an ideal piece to show Piccini’s lyricism. The grave words called to mind some of the horror-film music of the blackand-white era. When Piccini entered the mix, she fashioned some admirable phrasing. In the more flighty passages, she had versatility as well. Mauricio Oliveros was the soloist for Mozart’s “Violin
Concerto in G,� which is one of his most recognizable violin concertos. Playing Mozart takes a measure of guts — it is simple music that exposes the artistry of the performer. For that reason, many conservatory students avoid Mozart like the plague. Oliveros delivered in a piece that is unfortunately the frequent victim of hackneying by innumerable self-proclaimed prodigies. The program concluded with James D. Rodriguez singing Gustav Mahler’s first song cycle — the “Songs of a Wayfarer.� Rodriguez said that Mahler’s “Songs of a Wayfarer� is one of Mahler’s “most famous song cycles and tells the story of an individual’s emotional journey after heartbreak.� The orchestra — led by Chevalier — offered their bittersweet sympathies, which Rodriguez seized upon as he journeyed through the degrees of grief in this four-section work. Interestingly, Mahler would later recapture and rework many of these moments into his First Symphony. Rodriguez said he was “extremely honored to have been chosen to make music with so many a talented individuals.� The MSM Concerto Orchestra and Maestro Chevalier are onto something with this project. Who knows? Maybe one day the idea will catch on so that every major orchestra will invite multiple soloists to perform. From the applause, the audience clearly approved.
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Turnovers were the culprit behind the Cougars’ defeat, as they committed them early and often. They were successful shooting the ball — 55 percent from the field and 53 percent from 3-point range. But coughing the ball up 23 times gave the Green Wave extra possessions. Tulane’s defense held the Cougars in check, limiting them to 13 fewer field goal attempts. UH repeated one of its costly problems of the season — not boxing out. The Green Wave’s work on the offensive glass helped push them past the Cougars. Tulane grabbed 13 offensive boards for the game, seven of which were converted into scoring plays for 14 points. Kendall Timmons and Kris Richard each recorded four offensive rebounds to lead the Green Wave. Timmons finished with a gamehigh 25 points, nine rebounds and four steals.
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For the second consecutive game, an opposing point guard had his way with the Cougars. Jordan Callahan picked up a double-double for the Green Wave. The Cougars’ defense held Callahan to a modest five points on 2 of-6 shooting in the first half, but he found his game after intermission. Callahan exploded in the second half; he finished with 21 points on 5-of-12 from the floor, 3-of-6 from deep and a perfect 8-of-8 from the free-throw line. He was an effective distributor, handing out 12 assists. He also contributed on the defensive end and recorded three steals. Offensive eff ort falls short McNeil led the Cougars with 21 points in 28 minutes. Point guard Zamal Nixon scored 20 points and dished out six assists. Forward Kirk Van Slyke also scored in double figures with 13 points. The Cougars will wrap up the regular season against Rice at 5 p.m. Saturday at Hofheinz — with the winner earning the No. 10 seed in the C-USA Tournament. sports@thedailycougar.com
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Re: Guns issue splits campus To the editor: Most of you would recognize me as the guy with the white cowboy hat in the engineering building or computer labs. I’m a nice guy and I try to treat everyone with courtesy and respect. I’m also fairly quiet. You’d never know that when I’m not on campus (or the post office) I carry a sidearm with me wherever I go- without exception. I want to address one of the more common concerns I’ve heard regarding campus carry. College campuses are a place where differing views and
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opinions clash frequently and that measures should be taken to ensure that this clash happens safely. With this in mind, I would like to ask you: when was the last time you punched someone for disagreeing with you at school? When was the last time you saw something like this happen? When was the last time you even heard of this happening? What about a stabbing? Many students currently carry knives on campus- when was the last time an ideological argument resulted in a stabbing? When was the last time you got in to a shouting match with your professor? When was the last time anyone
got violent over a debate at school? It just doesn’t happen. Knives and fists are already readily available and yet we don’t have stabbings and fist fights left and right simply because person X disagreed (vehemently) with person Y. (for information regarding actual crime rates of CHL holders, please visit the Texas DPS website). Signed, Jordan Carter Senior Mechanical Engineering Student Read more at thedailycougar.com.
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“Did the Daily Cougar fire their fact checker? Looks like the Coug will publish anything with no validation of veracity. Resolution 242 also guarantees Israel the right to secure borders.
“What an amazing turn - I am over 60 years old. more than 60 years ago in England when some did not like the fact that I was Jewish the taunt was always “Jew girl go back to Palestine” yes, 60 years ago the Palestinians were us - the Jews. Dan El Kurd the writer says that “we have been fighting for over 60 years “- the main point of this conflict is that somehow - cleverly - others have taken our narrative., our historical story and made it theirs. There never was an Arab Palestinian people and four fifths of the Land of Israel was made into an Arab State cleverly called Jordan - had it been called Palestine that might have been the end of the whole conflict.”
According to treaty, the 1948 armistice lines never defined ownership of territory. In fact, international law, for almost a century, has clearly stated that the land in question belongs to Israel, not to Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian land grabbers. The rest of the letter has so many distortions of international law that one must question the motives (and certainly the credibility) of the author.”
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