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UH’s McAlister’s Deli is competing in this year’s Tea Town USA contest for the chance to win $7,500 for Green UH.
UHS Board of Regents swears in Tamecia Glover Harris as newest student regent
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Tea Town USA Competition Begins this week
In order to win the contest, McAlister’s Deli needs students to help them earn points. This can be done a number of ways. Students can “like” UH’s McAlister’s Deli at http://tinyurl. com/68agx6g to get updates on the competition, as well as vote daily for the UH location on the McAlister’s Deli Tea Freaks Facebook fan page from now until July 28. The direct link to the fan page is http://www.facebook.com/TeaFreaks.
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THE DAILY COUGAR From early in her childhood in Alief, student Tamecia Glover Harris already knew exactly what she wanted to achieve in life. “Growing up I knew I was going to be
either an accountant or a lawyer,” Harris said. Driven by a strong will and a natural propensity to help others, Harris backed up her words by obtaining a scholarship to UH, a bachelor’s degree and leadership roles within the UH Law Center. Now pursuing a juris doctor, she hopes to bring the same grit and determination to the UH System Board of Regents, where she will serve as the new student regent. “I’m excited about this opportunity,” Harris said. “I’m very proud of my school.”
Students can also earn two points for UH every time they check in to UH’s McAlister’s Deli from their smart phones.
Volunteers honored
The competition ends on Free Tea Day, July 28, where each customer will receive a free glass of sweet tea from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “This year we wanted to get more involved with Tea Town USA and show everyone that Houston is the place to be,” said Meredith Jones, general manager of McAlister’s Deli at UH in a press release.
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UH Learning through Discovery will be offering a series of research skills workshops on Fridays this summer from June 24 to July 29. The workshops are free for undergraduate and graduate students of all majors. Topics covered will include using electronic resources, tools to manage references, writing abstracts and research papers as well as how to use surveys and focus groups. Students who cannot attend the on campus sessions can attend webinars.
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HUB Cougar-Connect to provide networking opportunities The UH HUB Cougar-Connect event will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow in the MD Anderson Library Rockwell Pavilion. Sponsored by the UH System Purchasing and the UH Small Business Development Center, the event aims to connect members of the UH community with local underutilized businesses. The event will assist participants network with local HUB vendors. Light snacks will be served, and there will also be hourly drawings for prizes. For more information contact the UH HUB coordinator Christopher Burton at ceburton@central.UH.edu.
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Volunteers from Al Amaanah Refugee Services and the Muslim Student Association were honored for the work they have done over the past three years in a social celebrating the organization’s third anniversary on Saturday. The social featured Rodwann Saleh, a guest speaker from the Regional Manager of Islamic Relief, and a multimedia presentation of the work the volunteers have done. Over the past three years, Al Amaanah has served about 1,200 people from low income families, mainly from various African countries. Because of this success, 10 volunteers were honored with awards for their outstanding work. Gifts were also given to the more than 80 volunteers. Some of the kids from Al Amaanah’s weekend school put on a play in demonstration of the work that the volunteers have done. “I was taking a finance class and charity and finance came up,” said Ghulam Kehar, executive director of Al Amaanah. “We collected money from friends and family to help fund the organization.” Al Amaanah provides social services that deal with case management, mentoring and financial VOLUNTEERS continues on page 3
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Finally, students will earn one point for UH when they upload a picture of themselves with McAlister’s sweet tea onto the Tea Freaks page. Winning the photo competition would earn UH hundreds of points.
All sessions must be registered for at least 48 hours in advance. To view the full schedule and register for a session, students should click on the eDISCOVERY portal on at www.uh.edu/discovery. For more information, students can contact Dr. Veronique Tran at discovery@ uh.edu.
As a non-voting member of the board, Harris is still trying to familiarize herself with her role and abilities. However, she said the main issues she’s focused on are the ! Tamecia Harris rising tuition costs and maintaining UH’s prestigious Tier One status. Appointed by Gov. Rick Perry, Harris
A UH professor is testing various areas of Galveston Bay for contamination in order to identify contaminated areas, so
she, along with state officials, can plan the most efficient way to wipe out the toxic material. “These pollutants are nasty 21stcentury realities that we have to deal with,” said Hanadi Rifai, a professor with the Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department, in a press release written by media relation representative Laura Tolley. “They present a complex challenge because they’re in the air, in the soil and in POLLUTANTS continues on page 3
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the water. The pathway of exposure in this particular case is by ingesting contaminated seafood.” Rifai’s research is being sponsored by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality grant. The TCEQ is part of an award Rifai was honored with in Fall 2010 for her extensive research at the Houston Ship Channel. Because of this grant money, Rifai will have $500,000 for her research in Galveston Bay. Rifai and her team will be collecting water, samples of marine life and sediment to find the exact cause of the pollutants. They will also examine how the pollutants affect the environments of marine life, specifically the trout and
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feels that she is well-prepared for the job. An intern stint at the Harris County Attorney Office’s Compliance Division, as well as a current one at the 165th Civil District Court in Houston, have gotten her accustomed to dealing with a diverse range of people. “( The internships) prepared me because I had to deal with a lot of different personalities and encourage them,” said Harris, who has worked with seven different attorneys.
croaker fish. In particular, Rifai will investigate Galveston’s water for dioxins. Dioxins are contaminated wastes from industrial development and from polychlorinated biphenyls, a chemical compound used in commercial activities until it was officially banned from usage in the US in 1979. “We will assess the extent of the pollution with the dioxin and PCBs and make recommendations on identifying historical and other current sources if they exist to the state and (Environmental Protection Agency),” Rifai said. The team’s conclusions will be utilized by TCEQ for ways to properly remove the pollutants. Measures being considered are bioremediation, a method that neutralizes toxins and the removal of contaminated sediment.
Harris has often served as an advocate for students on campus, holding positions such as president of the Black Law Students Association and student ambassador for the UH Law Center. However, Harris explained that while she is still very sensitive to student needs and desires, she wants to focus on what’s best for both the students and the UH System as a whole in the long term, as opposed to quick fixes. Outside of personal motives, Harris feels that she is personally invested in the success of the UH System. Her husband currently attends UH Downtown, and she has many family members who have attended
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However, removing sediment, according to Rifai, can actually spark more toxins in bodies of water. “The state wants to take a holistic view of all the state waters and figure out what’s going on with dioxin and PCBs,” Rifai said. “The expanded scope of this grant is a sign that they are actually going to do this, and researchers are going to get the resources to make it happen.” Rifai and her research team have successfully pinpointed pollutants in Houston and Houston area water in the past. Rifai previously investigated a site filled with dioxins at the San Jacinto River. Thanks to her efforts, the formerly toxic area is being cleaned by the EPA.
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assistance. The group also offers tutoring programs after school, on weekends and during the summer. These services help children who aren’t fluent in English to progress as quickly as the rest of their classmates. This program is based around what the students are learning in school. The last service is developmental and offers clients resume building
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one of the University’s schools in some form. She said that she was unsure at first about the other board members’ intents and motivations, but after attending the regents’ retreat on June 3 she found that they share many of her concerns. “I saw that the regents truly care,” Harris said. “I’m excited to work with them.” Harris will serve a one-year term, replacing Andrew Cobos who served last year. Harris spoke highly of Cobos, saying that his guidance helped her to transition into her new position easily. news@thedailycougar.com
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tips and connects them to other resources. “We are also connected with the Mayor’s Advising Board for Immigrants and Refugees,” Kehar said. Al Amaanah Refugee Services is a privately funded, non-profit organization that was created by Ghulam Kehar, Raheel Ramadan, Sieda Omar and Rimza Abdul Wahad. Kehar is a UH alumni and graduated in 2009 with a degree in economics.
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Elected officials should listen to student voices
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n Iowa state senator made it abundantly clear how he felt about having student input in a state budget hearing. After hearing prepared remarks from students representing all of Iowa’s public universities, Iowa state Sen. Shawn Hamerlinck, R-Dixon, told the students they should “go back home.”
That’s not exactly a welcoming statement, especially since the students were speaking at the open budget hearing — where all members of the public are welcome to voice their arguments. “I do not like it when students actually come here and lobby me for funds. That’s just my opinion. I want to wish you guys the best,” Hamerlinck said in a video posted on YouTube. “I want you to go home and graduate. But this political theater, leave the circus to us, OK? Go home and enjoy yourselves. I want to thank you for joining us and though I have to concede, your time speaking before us is kind of a tad intense ... spending your time worrying about what we’re doing up here, I don’t want you to do that. Go back home.” To make matters worse, Hamerlinck defended the statements he made, saying that the students were being used as a political gambit. If that sounds hard to swallow, it should; these students were part of a larger group that has college presidents and top administrators asking the same thing. Yet this part of the group was heard and wasn’t shooed off the floor. UH is facing the same kind of problem with funding that Iowa schools are, and several students have gone to Austin to voice our opinions as well. It seems that Hamerlinck has a hard time believing that students can have a well-formed argument — or perhaps he just doesn’t want to listen to someone younger than him. Whatever the case may be, Hamerlinck should apologize to the students and the higher education system of Iowa as well. If not, perhaps the voters can tell him it is his time to go home.
E D I TO R I A L P O L I C I E S STAFF EDITORIAL The Staff Editorial reflects the opinions of The Daily Cougar Editorial Board (the members of which are listed above the editorial). All other opinions, commentaries and cartoons reflect only the opinion of the author. Opinions expressed in The Daily Cougar do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Houston or the students as a whole. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Daily Cougar welcomes letters to the editor from any member of the UH community. Letters should be no more than 250 words and signed, including the author’s full name, phone number or e-mail address and affiliation with the University, including classification and major. Anonymous letters will not be published. Deliver letters to Room 7, University Center Satellite; e-mail them to letters@thedailycougar.com; send them via campus mail to STP 4015; or fax them to (713) 743-5384. Letters are subject to editing. ADVERTISEMENTS Advertisements published in The Daily Cougar do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the University or the students as a whole. GUEST COMMENTARY Submissions are accepted from any member of the UH community and must be signed with the author’s name, phone number or e-mail address and affiliation with the University, including classification and major. Commentary should be kept to less than 500 words. Guest commentaries should not be written as replies to material already printed in the Cougar, but rather should present independent points of view. Rebuttals should be sent as letters. Deliver submissions to Room 7, University Center Satellite; e-mail them to letters@thedailycougar.com; or fax them to (713) 743-5384. All submissions are subject to editing.
Republican leaders undervalue education system, fail American history
Is that gonna be on the quiz? Summer classes are here again, when the majority of us would rather be at the beach or a barbecue. We do this because we know that our education is worth it. Unfortunately, it appears that our nation is not in agreement on the value of a quality education. Last week, at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, presidential primary hopeful Rep. Emily Michele Bachmann, Brooks R-Minn., said, “The federal government should not be involved in local education to the most minimal possible process.” Consequentially, students could receive a public education of vastly differing quality, potentially failing to meet college admission standards, and falling even further behind international competition. Bachmann has never been a friend to education. She began her political career in 1993 by speaking out against statemandated educational standards. She has voted no on all major education bills that have come up for vote in her tenure in the House of Representatives, including the American Competitiveness Scholarship
Act and College Cost Reduction and Access Act. Unsurprisingly, Bachmann has repeatedly demonstrated little comprehension of the most basic academic knowledge. She drew ire earlier this year when, during a speech in New Hampshire, she told a crowd of supporters, “You’re the state where the shot was heard around the world at Lexington and Concord.” A road map could have easily confirmed that Lexington and Concord are in neighboring Massachusetts. There is a growing trend in our nation against education and academic achievement. Candidates attempt to assert themselves as just folks, while trying not to get caught sleeping through class. Former Alaska governor and reality television personality Sarah Palin made news of her own earlier this month when she misunderstood the purpose of Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride. Her version had Paul Revere warning the British that they were coming (as if they were not already aware of this). Of course, everyone makes mistakes, and it is understandable that Palin, Bachmann, or any politician could get a fact wrong. Unfortunately, both figures have
confirmed their indifference to intellect and academia by defending such missteps —they claim that these are responses to “gotcha” questions designed to undermine candidates. Some fringe Palin supporters even edited the Wikipedia entry for Paul Revere to reflect Palin’s mistake as if it were fact. Why would Bachmann need a Board of Education or enhanced standardized curriculum when history can be wantonly revised when convenient? I recall an anecdote that comic and former student Bill Hicks once shared of his time here at UH. He was taking a summer course in Eastern Philosophy with some less-motivated students. His professor enters the room and introduces the class with: “God is consciousness. We are all God trying to realize our full potential.” A student from the back the room yells, “Do we need to know that? Is that gonna be on the quiz?” Well, as our presidential hopefuls have hopefully learned — someday you will be glad you missed the barbecues and didn’t limit your intellectual curiosity to what will be on the quiz. Emily Brooks is an economics senior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Send yours to letters@thedailycougar.com As the Director of the University of Houston’s Women’s Resource Center, I was disappointed to read the editorial Fraternities receive too much scrutiny (June 15, 2011) by Marcus Smith. Smith wrote that when Yale University’s Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) fraternity members chanted, “No means yes and yes means anal,” those words should be laughed at or shrugged off or were merely “a simple chant.” However, advocating rape is not a laughing matter or something to be shrugged off. The words were offensive, hateful, and create a hostile sexual environment that
promotes disrespect towards women and creates a climate in which sexual assault is not only tolerated, but encouraged. Words have meaning and consequences. Instead of holding the fraternity members accountable, Mr. Smith employed two fallacies to cloud the issue: 1) making fraternities the victim instead of acknowledging the pain and trauma of the real victims: women who are sexually assaulted and 2) making the imposed five-year campus ban an indictment of all fraternities, when in reality DKE was the only fraternity involved and the punishment was specific to them. Instead of defending and minimizing
this offensive behavior, Mr. Smith could have done UH a service by strongly condemning the actions of this fraternity and demanding respect for women on this campus and all campuses. I speak to young fraternity men on campus about the importance of gaining affirmative sexual consent. Opinions like this that minimize hateful language and violence against women make my work all the more difficult. Beverly A. McPhail, PHD, is the director of the Women’s Resource Center.
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THE DAILY COUGAR Chris Carter finished his UH career by becoming a two-time All-American with top eight finishes at the indoor and outdoor NCAA Championships, adding to his eight individual Conference USA championships. Carter’s impressive senior season helped him capture indoor and outdoor C-USA Male Field Athlete of the Year as well as Male Cougar of the Year. His haul of awards and medals gives him the validation of a job well done. “There’s a lot of hardware at the house now,” Carter said. “It makes me feel like my career at UH was worth something.” Carter enjoyed success early in his UH career, but had his best showings in his last season. He credits his progression by gaining a more comprehensive knowledge of his event with the assistance of head coach Leroy Burrell. “I felt like I wasn’t getting any better. I had to find out what I was doing,” Carter said. “I always worked hard, but hard work wasn’t getting there so I had to think about what I was doing. “Coach helped me with more than training. He taught me a few things about how to handle
confidence, and how important executing proper technique is.” Carter is one of three Cougars who will be competing at the 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships beginning tomorrow in Eugene, Ore. He will participate in the long jump, sprinter Errol Nolan will run the 400-meter dash and Grecia Bolton will run the 100-meter dash. With his college eligibility over, Carter is trying to jump professionally. Unlike basketball and football, Carter will not be drafted or signed to a specific team. Instead, he needs a performance solid enough to get noticed from shoe companies and gain a sponsorship. For Carter, his newest challenge is to focus solely on his next
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competition. “It’s pretty simple to me,” he said. “The next step is to jump far enough before I worry about all of that. “If I don’t jump far enough, no one will come to me. I’m just trying to perform and move on to the next meet.” Carter was the indoor and outdoor C-USA champion in the long jump, but now that he does not have to worry about scoring points for UH — he can concentrate on his preferred event. “I hate the long jump. I just did it for the team,” he said. “I’m just focusing on the triple jump now. That’s what I feel like is my best event, and I have the best chance to qualify for the world games.” With the majority of the track and field team away on summer vacation, Carter finds himself training alone under the supervision of Burrell. The extra attenton could pay dividends for Carter moving forward. “Without my teammates I get a lot of one-on-one time with coach Burrell, which makes a big difference right now,” Carter said. The meet begins at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, with the preliminaries for the triple jump starting at 3:55 p.m. sports@thedailycougar.com
After dominating Conference USA and placing at the NCAA Championships, Chris Carter will try to have his best performance yet in the triple jump at tomorrow’s USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. | File Photo/The Daily Cougar
UH NOTEBOOK
UH alums shine in minor leagues; golf begins to build new home Cougar Sports Services
Former UH baseball players catcher Chris Wallace, infielder Blake Kelso and pitcher Michael Goodnight have been named to the all-star teams of their respective leagues. Wallace and Kelso both play in
the Class A South Atlantic League. Wallace, a member of the Astros’ farm system, will represent the Lexington Legends for the South Division squad. Kelso will play for the North Division team, representing the Hagerstown Suns of the Washington Nationals system. Wallace is tied for second in
the league in home runs with 14 and will also compete in the BB&T Home Run Derby. Kelso leads the league in hits (88) and is also tied with teammate Bryce Harper for eighth in batting average (.330). Goodnight pitches for the Lake County Captains in the Midwest League as a member of the
Cleveland Indians minor league system. He is 5-5 with a 3.04 ERA. Ground broken for new facility Construction is underway for the Dave Williams Golf Academy at Redstone Golf Club. The academy will be built on the Redstone Tournament Course driving range and will feature
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SPECIAL TO THE DAILY COUGAR When the first painting purchased is one of John Wayne, you know you are at a real Western Art sale. Houston writer and wife of UH grad Bob “Phantom� Roberts, Warner Roberts, television personality and one of Stanley Marcus’ favorite models, produced the premiere of Dallas Hill’s western art collection last week. The celebrity-studded event was hosted by Dovey McLeod at her new gallery at 2813 Westheimer, adjacent to Beau Theriot’s Brownstone Gallery. Dr. Bud Taegel, an orthopedic surgeon, saw the portrait of John Wayne and had to have it. He accompanied Beaumont beauty and philanthropist Joelle Rogers, daughter of Texas State Optical founder Saul Rogers, the eldest of the four Rogers brothers. “Bud bought the portrait for Charlotte and Gail Crawford, some friends of ours who have a John Wayne room in their home in Colorado Springs,� said Joelle Rogers, who drove in from her ranch in Cat Spring , Texas for the art opening. Rogers is donating the heavy bronze plaque from the front of the original TSO headquarters to the new University of Houston College of Optometry Vision Institute. “My favorite was the portrait of a Dallas Hill with the caption, ‘Don’t Mess with Texas,’ in the gallery’s foyer,� Rogers said. “Another stand-
From left, Dallas Hill, Dr. Bud Taegel and donor of TSO Headquarters’ Bronze Plaque Joelle Rogers at the opening of Hill’s Western Art collection. | Photo by Peter Baatz out was the painting of my Uncle Ben Rogers — it caught my attention the moment I walked in the room.� Walter Sheffield bought The Lone Ranger. West University mother of twins, Angie Roberts, owner of Soul for Soul T-shirts, favored the portrait of Jesus. “It’s hard to part with any of my paintings,� said Dallas Hill, a mother of five. “They are all my babies. I don’t want them to go to college.� Hill worked as the house model for Saks Fifth Avenue and later, Isabel Gerhart for many years and starred in Victor Costa’s St. Thomas High School fashion show for more than a decade. She often shared the runway with UH treasure Elsa Rosborough and now lives in a cabin near New
Ulm, Texas and paints. Anna Mae Fertitta, one of Dallas’ high school classmates, was drawn to a fun portrait of Dallas in a kitchen, a place her close friends know she rarely frequents. Guests included pianist Lee LaForge, Walter Sheffield, Chris Kase, Joann and Bill Crassas, Dawn Gillespie, Bruce and Shirley Stein, Sharon Graham, Mary Ann and Jody Hoffer, Charity Yarborough and Molly Hill. Dallas’ children, educator Filomena Martin, attorney Marc Hill, Gifford Hill and Thad Hill brought friends to celebrate their flamboyant mom’s success. The collection will be on display in the gallery through July 1. arts@thedailycougar.com
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I deleted about ten Facebook friends last week because I was tired of seeing all of their summer travel albums every time I looked at my homepage. I could have just Daniel hidden their Renfrow posts, but I usually take a more vindictive approach to conflict resolution. I will continue this approach until I never have to see a “Summer Part One: Greece, Turkey, France, Germany, Portugal, and all of Asia� or “Summer Part Two: Everywhere You Ever Wanted To Go and Saving Orphans in the Third World,� again. I am considering creating my own Facebook albums to chronicle my boring summer here in Houston. It would include pictures of me driving to work, getting off of work, going to class, and getting ready for bed at 9 p.m. My former Facebook friends’ albums would be less offensive to me if they didn’t always look so smug in all of their pictures. If I ever get a chance to travel to Europe I will make sure I look miserable in all of my photos, so as not to upset my friends back home. I will frown in front of the Tower of London and look indignant in front of the Eiffel Tower. I will make sure to label the album, “Everything is way better back in Houston.� In all seriousness, though, the majority of students, like me, will
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