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Stress relieving fun, activities continue for studying students The Student Program Board continues the festivities of Stress Free Finals Week today with three events open for all students.

SPB will start the day off by cooling off students with a water balloon fight from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the University Center Satellite Patio Hill.

Nearby, students interested in participating in a classic novelty will be able to make their own picture T-shirts from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the UC Arbor.

Capping off the day’s events, the Green Hornet DIVE-IN movie and fish fry will offer students a chance to enjoy food and a movie with friends at 8 p.m. at the Campus Recreation Outdoor Pool.

Administration outlines measures for university to reach top tier of institutions

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THE DAILY COUGAR UH’s recognition by the Carnegie Foundation in January as a Tier One school does not mean its work is over — the University has many more goals it must achieve.

The two major goals are obtaining recognition by the Center for Measuring University Performance in its annual Top

American Research Universities report and an invitation into the Association of American Universities.

“UH currently ranks in the top 50 on three of the TARU measures,” Executive Director of Media Relations Richard Bonnin said. “The president’s goal is to rank in the top 50 on five measures and rank in the top 25 on at least one measure.”

According to the UH website, Texas Tech and UT Dallas have measures in the top 50.

While Texas Tech has two measures and UT Dallas has one, neither school met the $40 million threshold for inclusion in TARU. UH is the only “emerging research university” to be named a Top American Research University, the website reports.

While the University is well on its way to reaching President Renu Khator’s goal in regards to TARU, the goal to gain membership in the AAU might not be reached for several years.

“The Association of American Universities is an association of 63 leading public and private research universities in the United States and Canada,” Bonnin said.

“Membership in AAU is by invitation and based on the high quality of programs of academic and scholarship and undergraduate, graduate and professional education in a number of fields, as well as general recognition that a university is outstanding by TIER ONE continues on page 3

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Annual School of Dance concert kicks off this weekend The UH School of Theatre and Dance will present its yearly dance concert performance “Between the Lines” at 8 p.m.

Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre.

Directed by Becky Valls, the show will feature contemporary works performed by UH faculty and guests in conjunction with the UH Dance Ensemble, a pre-professional dance company.

International employees raise inquiries about retirement options

Tickets are $20 for general seating, $15 for faculty, staff and alumni and $10 for students and seniors. To purchase tickets or find out more information about the event, call the box office at 713-743-2929.

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H’s Student Program Board presented an “Evening with Kina Grannis” on Tuesday evening. Grannis, whose debut album “Stairwells” was in the top five of the iTunes pop chart, stopped by UH for a free two-hour concert at Lynn Eusan Park. Grannis will perform in the Bronze Peacock Room at the House of Blues tonight. Visit www.kinagrannis.com for more information. For future events sponsored by SPB, visit www.uh.edu/spb/. | Brianna Leigh Morrison/The Daily Cougar

Some UH employees have expressed concern over the withdrawal of state-contributed funds for their retirement benefits plans.

The assumption of these employees is that once they terminate their jobs at UH, they can withdraw both self-contributed and state-contributed part funds from their retirement benefits, but some are finding out that may not always be the case.

Of the main types of plans offered by the University, the two most popular are the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the Optional Retirement Plan.

Both plans require employees to contribute a small portion of gross salary each month, and the state would add contributions to the plan in proportion to the employee’s gross salary. The portion percentage of each plan is similar, ranging from 6.4 to 6.5 percent.

“Normally I contribute to TRS some money monthly, and UH contributes about the same on my behalf,” Lukasz Sterkowicz, a staff employee at the College of Optometry, said in an email.

“However, if I withdraw the funds before five years of contribution — which is my case, as I’m leaving the country — I only get back my contributions.”

Sterkowicz, who is from Poland, said he heard that the UH-contributed money goes back to the University.

A member of the TRS customer service staff confirmed Sterkowicz’s suspicion.

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Search continues for Student Affairs leader Taylor McGilvray

THE DAILY COUGAR A committee to find a new Vice Chancellor/Vice President for Student Affairs has been formed with the intent of filling the position within the next six months.

The position opened up Feb. 17 when Elwyn C. Lee was named to the new cabinet position of vice president for Community Relations and Institutional Research.

According to the job listing, the Student Affairs position overlooks student development departments including the Dean of Students office, Campus Recreation and the University Center; student services, including Student Publications; Counseling and Psychological Services; Health Center; and Residential Life and Housing.

“The search committee will identify and interview candidates and provide feedback to the president, who will appoint the new VP/ VC,” Richard Bonnin, executive director of media relations, said in an email.

The committee is headed by Dona Cornell, vice chancellor and vice president of Legal Affairs for UH and the UH System.

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Of the 63 universities, three have been granted membership in the last decade.

Georgia Tech University was the last school invited to join in 2010.

Texas A&M was granted membership in 2001.

Bonnin said though there are many

nine other members from the UH community. “ The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate strong leadership, organizational and business skills, as well as ability to communicate and advocate effectively with students, faculty, and community leaders in a multicultural and academic environment,” the job listing states.

Candidates being considered must have a doctorate with at least 10 years experience working with progressively higher responsibility in student life, according to the job listing.

Dr. Michael Lawrence is serving as interim vice president and vice chancellor for Student Affairs until the position is filled.

“L a w re n c e h a s m o re t h a n three decades of experience as an administrator in the student affairs arena,” President Renu Khator said in a message to the UH community.

“He last served as vice president for student development at Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y., where he retired after five years of supervision and coordination of the student development area.”

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Endeavor’s last mission may unlock mysteries

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hen the space Shuttle Endeavor blasts off from Earth for its last mission Friday, it will be transporting one of the most important things to ever reach space.

The AMS-02, or the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer in full, is a particle detector that will be installed on the International Space Station.

Once installed, the AMS-02 will begin capturing and recording the cosmic rays, such as protons, electrons and atomic nuclei. Before this starts to remind you of the physics class that you hated, the AMS-02 will take these cosmic readings and do some incredible things.

Scientists are particularly excited about the AMS-02 because it will have the ability to detect and identify single parts of dark matter or antimatter. The most exciting part about AMS-02 and its abilities is that scientists have been curious about dark matter and antimatter for a long time.

One of the most interesting things about dark matter and antimatter specifically is the fact it is invisible. If everything around us is made up of matter, then what is made up of antimatter?

According to an article published on computerworld.com, scientists from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said, “its most exciting objective is to probe the unknown, because whenever new levels of sensitivities are reached in exploring an uncharted realm, exciting and unimagined discoveries may be expected.”

The mysterious dark matter is considered to make up about 25 percent of the total mass of the universe. By unlocking the mysteries of dark matter, these scientists believe that what could be found may end up providing us with answers about how the universe that we live in was created.

CERN spokesman Guido Tonelli told computerworld.com that “we’ll address soon some of the major puzzles of modern physics, like the origin of mass, the grand unification of forces and the presence of abundant dark matter in the universe.”

Gaining answers like this would serve as a great reminder of why Endeavor’s mission Friday should definitely not be NASA’s last.

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Bernanke is optimistic — sort of

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ederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke held a press conference Wednesday after the first Market Committee meeting opened to the press saying, “The central bank has no real timetable for ending its low interest-rate policies.”

However, Bernanke expressed that the Fed’s second round of quantitative easing strategy, QE2, would end in June.

David In layman’s terms, the Haydon Federal Reserve would cease buying the junk bonds and bad mortgages that cause interest rates to rise.

That the Federal Reserve held a press conference was unprecedented since its previous habit was to send out paper memos.

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, highlighted this in an interview with the MarketWatch Radio Network shortly after the press conference.

“When I listened to what had to be

said, I wasn’t too enthralled. I’ve heard it all before,” Paul said. “I found the press conference to be enlightening in the fact that we heard one, and he held one, and that’s a sign that the Fed knows that they have to be a little more responding to the demand for transparency.”

Bernanke’s relationship with the media is likewise guarded, and his jargon filled statements did nothing to hide this fact.

During the press conference, he said the Federal Reserve will “regularly review the size and composition of its securities holdings in light of incoming information and is prepared to adjust those holdings as needed to best foster maximum employment and price stability.”

That mouthful caused most in the media to suspect he meant a third round of quantitative easing. To put it bluntly, QE3 could pop up any time after QE2 ends in June.

This doesn’t mean that the Fed will repeat itself, because for it to buy bonds and debt, it has to print money, as it did during

QE1 and QE2, and this is only a dangerously temporary solution.

QE3 would at best be a sale of more than $1 trillion in accumulated toxic junk, using the money to buy more government securities.

It does little to help the gross amount of printed dollars already circulating.

These are the same printed dollars that the Fed injected into the market — the same printed dollars that have led to the currency depreciating in value when compared to the Euro.

But Bernanke is cautiously optimistic — we think. He conceded to the inflation of fuel prices and commodities, which cause consumers to buy less, but pointed out that the unemployment rate should shrink and gross domestic product should rise, helping the economic recovery.

The idea of easing money into the economy, increasing the amount of money HAYDON continues on page 5

Fining Bryant was punishment enough

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hese days the word “fag” carries more weight than ever before. It’s no longer a tease to encourage buddies to act more manly.

Instead, it’s an insult of the highest order, a slur in the same league as “n-word,” and NBA living legend Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, found this out the hard way.

Bryant, arguably the star of the Lakers franNeimon chise and one of the most James successful professional basketball players in recent years, was fined $100,000 by the National Basketball Association for calling a referee a “f**king fag” after the official called a foul on Bryant during an intense contest against the San Antonio Spurs.

The comment, made obviously out of anger and in the frustration of the moment, has been denounced by the

NBA commissioner and several gay rights groups.

Aside from the $100,000 fine imposed on Bryant at the behest of the NBA commissioner — a charge Bryant plans to appeal — gay rights activist groups are calling for the Los Angeles star to do more in reconciliation.

Tom Watson, co-founder of Love Honor Cherish, an LA-based gay and lesbian advocate for marriages in California, has called out Bryant, proclaiming, “if he believes that what he did is wrong, he needs to take action ... he’s got time to use his celebrity status to help fix the world that he made a little bit more broken through his comments.”

Really? There can be no denying that this matter has been over-hyped, politicized and manipulated by gay advocates and activists to bring negative attention to the male-dominated world that is sports, which has traditionally been unreceptive to gays

and homosexuals.

Boston University law professor Robert Volk, an expert in the area of the law and sexual minorities, referred to sports as the “last bastion of homophobia in this country,” as if to put cross-hairs on professional sports for gay and lesbian groups to target directly.

Traditionally, it has been considered career suicide for gay sports players, especially basketball players, to come out of the closet.

Many gay professional ball players only go public after retirement, or at whatever point their career ends, which is evident of the high risks of doing so.

But in a progressive world, perhaps the time has come for the sports world and the men who support it to become more open and receptive to gays and homosexual fans and players. Or at least that’s the argument JAMES continues on page 5

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being made by NBA Commissioner David Stern and many gay activist groups. But Bryant and few others beg to differ.

Holding firm to his guns, the Laker’s top scorer has made amends with the referee and swiftly made a public apology for being insensitive, but he has filed an appeal on the premise that the comment wasn’t made in the context in which the nation has taken it.

There’s no question that there are many words in the English dictionary that have multiple meanings and can be manipulated to whatever end; it is a common misinterpretation among people to understand in what way are people using certain words or phrases, or in what context.

In the case of a frustrated Bryant and his frustrated remarks, this is one such misinterpretation.

The “f-word” wasn’t used by Bryant to degrade gays, and if the meaning of the word has changed to that of a derogatory slur, then thanks for the heads up. It probably won’t happen again.

But to sabotage someone who millions enjoy to watch and admire for his talents and skill with a basketball is ethically wrong and unacceptable.

Furthermore, to misconstrue an event, or a person’s words to the end of manipulating a public reaction in this way is extremely lacking in tact.

Bryant is a professional ballplayer and a celebrity in a sense, and is expected to act responsibly; however, he is human and, as such, has his own opinions and beliefs that may not be popular with the public.

When Bryant gets angry and frustrated, it shouldn’t surprise people that he would say things on the bench that we say in many ways, on a daily basis.

The man simply gets angry and frustrated like everyone else and says things he probably doesn’t mean.

It must be stated that what Bryant meant by calling the referee a “fag” was that the ref was making a poor call under the persuasion of hot emotions, not logic or reason and meant no ill-will to the LGBT community.

Bryant is an accomplished professional basketball star, not a guinea pig to be manipulated.

The members of the LGBT community should lay off an issue this petty and focus on those issues that stand to limit their growing demographic.

Nevertheless, celebrities have to be more careful of their public gaffs, but the reaction should be in line with the action, and the $100,000 fine was enough.

Anything else is excessive, overlyhyped, politicized hysteria being raised and manipulated by agents of the LGBT community to advance its agenda.

Neimon James is a political science junior and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com.

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flowing around and allowing market manipulators to run free may sound like a solid economic policy to Bernanke, but the optimism is lost in the real world.

David Haydon is a political science junior and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com.

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Homecoming to feature blast from the past The Cougars are going old school for Homecoming.

UH will don their duds from the ’60s and ’70s for its Oct. 22 game against Marshall.

The Cougars enjoyed one of their more successful eras while wearing this incarnation of their uniforms. UH finished in the top 25 six times in the 11 seasons that it took the field in this edition of Cougar uniforms.

The red uniforms feature an arched “Houston” above white numbers with a navy blue outline. The Cougars will also be outfitted with white pants and red helmets with two white stripes down the middle and the “skinny” UH logo on both sides.

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UH set for pitching duel with East Carolina Conference USA softball fans will be treated to a weekend of pitching when UH takes on East Carolina for a three-game weekend set.

The Cougars and Pirates rank first and second in ERA in the conference, and are each are led by the conference’s two most dominant pitchers, Amanda Crabtree (17-7, 0.96 ERA) and Toni Paisley (26-8, 1.05 ERA), respectively. Crabtree and Paisley are first and second in strikeouts and innings in C-USA. The Cougars’ conference-leading offense will be tested against Paisley, who should start at least one and possibly two of the three games. The Cougars lead C-USA with a .283 average and 238 runs scored in 48 games.

The series represents an opportunity for UH (35-14, 13-5 C-USA) to bridge the 1 1/2 game lead that Tulsa (37-12, 165) holds over it in the conference standings.

A conference or national championships will not be on the line, but many UH athletes are competing in the biggest meet of their young careers starting today.

The Cougars — and more than 20,000 other athletes — will converge upon Franklin Field today to compete in the 117th annual Penn Relays in Philadelphia.

For head coach Leroy Burrell, it is not only a return to his hometown, but a reminder of his previous accomplishments at the historic meet.

“Getting to go back to my hometown is always pretty special, getting the opportunity to take a team to Franklin Field is equally special,” he said. “We’ve worked to get our athletes to understand that competing at this meet is a stepping stone or a prelude to bigger and better things. If you can be successful at Franklin Field, you can pretty much get it done anywhere.

“There are always some logistical and warm-up challenges, and it’s a very high-pressure situation. But there’s a whole lot of reward to compete well.

We always tell our kids you have to go through the gauntlet on qualifying day to get to run in front of 50,000 people on Saturday.”

Reliving past successes When talking about Burrell’s success as an athlete, Penn Relays cannot go without mention. He has participated at the meet as a high school, collegiate and professional athlete. Now Burrell returns to Penn Relays as a coach in an advising role.

As a junior at UH in 1990, Burrell set the meet record in the 100-meter dash with a split of 10.10 seconds, which still stands today. In 2010, he was inducted to the Penn Relays Wall of Fame.

“You never forget the first time you

Head track and field coach Leroy Burrell has enjoyed a successful tenure in his 13 years at the helm of the UH program. The Cougars will hope to record some solid performances in their last meet before the Conference USA Outdoor Championships from May 12-15. | Courtesy of UH Athletics get to go there,” Burrell said. “I went and competed as an eighth grader. It was a blur more than a memory; everything moved so fast. It was almost a little bit too big to take then.”

The same year he broke the 100meter record, Burrell had another proud competitive moment at Penn Relays when he delivered on a bold prophecy.

“We had a really good 4x100-meter relay team,” Burrell said. “We went into the meet as the fourth or fifth seed. I distinctly remember it was a rainy and cold day. TCU had a team with three Jamaicans and a guy from Texas.

“I told my guys if they put me within PENN RELAYS continues on page 7

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The Cougars are coming off of a split against Texas State, while the Pirates (34-16, 14-7) most recently swept lastplace UTEP (16-32, 1-17) in a road series.

Missed opportunities allow Lamar win

UH will open with an afternoon doubleheader at noon Saturday, with the second game following at 2 p.m.

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TRACK AND FIELD

Judge rules Lewis ineligible for public office New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno ruled that former UH athlete Carl Lewis did not meet mandatory residential requirements and will be disqualified to run for the New Jersey legislature. Lewis said that he will appeal the decision and will carry on with his campaign.

“I will continue on, because I will be in the race,” Lewis told the Associated Press.

“It’s a shame because the focus should be on the 8th District and the difficulties we face. Instead, we’re doing politics as usual.”

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THE DAILY COUGAR UH headed east to Beaumont, looking to avenge a loss to Lamar earlier this month.

Instead it ended up losing to Lamar for the second time this season, 7-4.

The Cougars (20-22) started the game off by scoring a run in the first inning, but the offense could not match the Cardinals’ production.

The Cougars had runners on second and third base with no outs and only managed to get a single run. The trend of leaving runners on base would continue throughout the game.

“We left 13 runners on base,” head coach Todd Whitting said. “We had some opportunities throughout the game to win the game, but we just couldn’t get that hit.

Catcher John Cannon and the Cougars could not stage a rally and have lost three of their last four contests. | Courtesy of UH Athletics “We just have to keep working and fight the fight.”

Lamar (23-19) answered in the

bottom half of the first inning by scoring three runs to take a 3-1 lead.

Starting pitcher Codey Morehouse walked the first batter he faced and then gave up a double before surrendering a three-run home run to designated hitter Jeff Abt. The Cougars battled back to tie the game in the fourth with a two-run inning.

Ryan Still grounded out to the pitcher and drove in Austin Gracey. Caleb Ramsey then drove in Landon Appling with a single to left field.

The Cardinals put up another three runs in the sixth inning as UH pitching became erratic.

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striking distance of their anchor, Raymond Stewart, an Olympic medalist, that I would catch him and that we would win. That’s exactly what happened, and the plaque is still hanging in my office.”

Burrell has experienced glory as an athlete at the highest level — he is a former world record holder and once owned the title of the fastest man in the world.

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in the inning before being pulled for Dustin Fuerst.

UH added a run in the seventh to cut the lead to 6-4, but Lamar answered back with a run in the eighth to score the eventual final run.

The Cougars tried to mount a rally in the bottom of the ninth, getting the bases loaded with two outs, but they could not come through with a clutch hit.

Morehouse pitched 4 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on six hits while walking five batters and striking out four.

Dakota Dill and Luke Moran also saw action in the game, combining to pitch the final two innings, allowing one run on two hits.

“The pitching was pretty consistent with what we’ve done

there and compete is special,” he said. “But to go in high school, college and then to come back as an Olympian is pretty neat.

“I’ve won seven Penn Relays watches, and I’ve given them out to many members of my family — but I still have one. I keep it in my jewelry box at home to symbolize my growth and where I came from.”

The Cougars will begin the Penn Relays at 9 a.m. today in hopes of qualifying for the finals Saturday.

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all year,” Whitting said. “We struck out six, but we walked seven and hit one batter.

“We have to minimize our time on defense and maximize our time on offense; when we don’t do that we are very beatable.”

Four UH batters had a multihit night, including designated hitter Matt Creel, who went 3-for-4.

With the win, Lamar head coach Jim Gilligan earned his 1,200th victory. Gilligan has been a head baseball coach for 35 years, with 34 of those years at his alma mater Lamar.

The Cougars will continue C-USA action this weekend as they travel to Orlando to take on the Central Florida Knights for a three-game series.

The Knights won their last conference series over Memphis, winning two of three games. sports@thedailycougar.com

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THE DAILY COUGAR If you’ve ever been in a dating situation and you’re unsure whether your sweetheart is interested in you or not, you know what incertitude feels like. However, it could be that they are just horrible at communicating their interest — or maybe they’re just not that into you.

Now, if your friends tell you to steer clear of that person because they think he or she is just toying with you, you might want to listen to what they have to say.

If your beau is only interested when you don’t show them affection, they might be playing you. Say, for example, that they beg for your attention and flirt with you and then blow the whistle on the whole

relationship, that’s a definite sign that you’re being toyed with.

Furthermore, if you’re only hearing from them while they’re intoxicated and you never actually hear from them when they’re sober, they’re probably looking for something that doesn’t fall under the ‘relationship’ category.

If you find that you’re always the first one to send a text message, make a phone call or coordinate plans, they might not be as interested in you as you think.

Another variation of this is if they only come around when they need something.

If you possess a specific talent that’s of some good use to them and they only call you when they need a favor, they’re probably not looking to date you, but use your services instead. It’s important to be able to recognize when your significant other is doing this to you and save yourself time and energy by not bending over backwards to accomodate them.

The biggest sign that your significant other isn’t interested in you in the way that

you’d like is if there’s no dating involved. If they have yet to ask you out on a one-onone, actual dinner-and-a-movie date, they might not be so into you after all.

Granted, finances can become a big factor in a dating situation, but if they avoid spending time alone with you and have never asked you to hang out if it’s just going to be the two of you, that’s almost like a neon sign telling you that you should abort that mission as soon as you can.

Now, as the old adage goes, hindsight is 20-20. If you’re under the grasp of a player, you’re probably not going to realize it until long after things between you two have ended; however, if your friends keep noticing red flags that you’re completely unaware of, it would be smart to at least give their opinion a little bit of weight.

Most importantly, if you have a little voice in the back of your head telling you to think twice about your sweetie, you might want to do so as quickly as you can. arts@thedailycougar.com

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THE DAILY COUGAR Four words that you would never expect to see in the same sentence are, “Fine-dining Mexican food,” yet it is exactly what you will find at Hugo’s on the corner of Westheimer and Mandell.

An immigrant from Puebla, Mexico, chef Hugo Ortega brings his family history and heritage of rustic Mexican cuisine and introduces some French techniques to provide some of the best Mexican food you can find in Texas.

Now, for the skeptics out there who believe that Mexican restaurants are a dime a dozen and that an enchilada at one taqueria is the same anywhere else, while that may be true for some, this is an exception to the rule.

Ortega takes pride in everything that

comes out of the kitchen, from the molès, the cheeses, tortillas, beans, and pastries — they’re all made in house by him and his skilled staff, including his brother, who is the executive pastry chef.

For a group of four to six people, the appetizer platter is perfect to start out with. It’s a long narrow tray teaming with tamales, sopesitos, which are fried bowls of masa filled with different sauced meats, sweet plantain empanadas and crispy fried chicken tacos; with so many great dishes on one plate, to sum it up as a whole would be a disservice.

I worked my way across the plate, starting with the tamales, masa-wrapped meat rolled in a plantain leaf pocket, so tender and moist, but it doesn’t disintegrate in your mouth like it was overcooked.

Three sopesitos laid on the platter each filled with a different meat, adobo spice rubbed rabbit, braised lamb with a spicy

barbacha sauce, and goat with ancho chili sauce all nestled in handmade fried bowls of masa dough are an excellent balance of flavor and texture.

The plantain empanadas are an intriguing concept. A paste made of sweet plantains is wrapped around refried beans and then fried, creating a great contrast of sweet and savory, along with a slight crisp from the fried plantain paired with the smooth refried beans inside.

Some might recognize the fried tacos as flautas; whatever you want to call them, it doesn’t change the fact that they are tasty.

Drizzled with a salsa verde and topped with thin strips of radish, it is a simple addition to the platter, but it doesn’t take away the fact they are some great tacos.

For the main course, a plate of duck legs cooked confit, a French cooking technique, CUISINE continues on page 12

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What could be some signs that your significant other is playing you for the fool?

Jose Aguilar: Live by words of wisdom

Newton Liu: Beware of those who play hard to get

Andrew Taylor: Follow your head, not heart

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A friend of mine likes to use the phrase, “Don’t make someone your priority when you are only their option.” She lives by it. And that is something that I would say is something to remember when you think you’re being played. I think the biggest example of my friend’s mantra would be the level at which you do things for him or her. If, at any point, he calls you up and asks for a favor and you drop everything to go help — you are making him your priority. If days later you happen to call him for a favor and he gives you an excuse, you are his option. You may chalk it up to him being busy or having to work, but in the end, and especially if he continues to do so, you have to know that you are only an option — and it is time to find a new priority.

Playing games and not being into someone does not necessarily go hand-in-hand in my opinion.

There is something that us humans like about making things official — for example, people probably would not pick up The Daily Cougar if it were not recognized as the University’s official student newspaper. It is a comforting effect when people know that they have a recognized status or title.

Telltale signs that a person is playing games is if they warm up to you one moment and then shy away coldly the next.

Have you fought about taking the wrong route to your favorite restaurant with your significant other? Have you you fought about why taking a left turn was wrong because your significant other thought you should take a right instead? Well, if you have you should probably be wondering: what’s going on?! Often, when the person you’re dating begins to become upset over the most insignificant things you’re probably being played in some form. People that are in relationships “play” you by using mind games to either get under your skin or to purposely pick a fight with you in order to start something.

Similarly, they may also reel you up and keep you on the hook. As a fishing analogy, they won’t reel you all the way in, but they’re not going to drop you back into the water either.

If this happens, you should do a few things and do them quickly; figure out if the relationship is serious and worth playing through a game. If it is, you should try and talk it out with the person. If not, just call it a day.

If you send an elaborate text that takes up most of your characters, and all you get in reply is a simple “OK” or “cool,” that person may be disinterested in interacting with you.

TALK BACK

A person may play games with a friend or significant other but still be into them as a method of teasing.

Likewise, a person may also be disinterested in someone but not play games as games don’t fancy everyone’s style.

It is not difficult to tell when someone is attempting to establish a distance. In this day and age with smart phones and social media, there is a variety of new ways to ignore people. A big key is the oneword reply in a text message.

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involving cooking a protein in its own fat to help develop natural flavors, taking something great and cooking it in awesome to make something that is fall-off-the-bone incredible.

The duck is then covered in a poblano mole, a rich thick sauce which is a food staple in Mexican cuisine; depending on which Mexican family you talk to, the recipe can vary in number of ingredients and instructions much like how Texans are with their barbecue.

To finish off the meal, and put a final nail in the coffin and bury any hopes of keeping a healthy diet, we ordered the chocolate filled churros with Mexican hot chocolate.

Fresh churros fried to perfection, rolled in sugar and stuffed with chocolate makes for a nice treat.

I am not too big on the complex desserts with different kinds of fruit gastrique and blown sugar sculptures; just keep it simple and tasty, and I am a happy man.

A place to keep in mind for special occations or a night out, Hugo’s delivers. and you leave satisfied.

DIRECTIONS: Exit Holcombe Boulevard off Hwy. 288, toward US 90/Old Spanish Trail. Turn west on OST (away from medical center), turn left onto Tierwester. Turn left onto Dixie Drive.

Leasing Center is on your left.

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