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Rec center fees to stay stable Lindsey Falcon
THE DAILY COUGAR With the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center costs set for maintenance, student fees will likely remain at $84. Senior Associate Director of Recreation Reginald Riley said that students initially voted on the price they wanted to pay for the center. “The state legislature would not approve the bill to build the building, unless the students voted on it, and that’s exactly what happened,” Riley said. “First, they went out and did surveys over
what students wanted to be charged: a $90 rate, a $75 rate or a $60 rate. The surveys came back saying 40 percent would vote for MONEY the $90 rate.” In an attempt to Today: Campus Recreation and appease everyone, the Wellness Center original rate on tuition Next Week: bills was $75 — the Student Services middle-ground price. Kathy Anzivino, former director of the recreation center, pulled the necessary strings to make this rate meet the challenge of building a beautiful center on a tight budget, Riley
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said. “Dr. Anzivino knew numbers. She got with the vice president (for) student affairs and crunched the numbers. She said we could give the students the ‘Taj Mahal’ facility for $75, meaning the 70-meter pool and everything,” Riley said. “She did some serious negotiating, but she got it done. The students owe her everything to get all of this at the rate that is charged right now.” With a total of $7 million in funds accrued in 2010, there should not be a need to alter the student fee in the near future.
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UH kidney disease walk raises funds
The UH Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management will be holding their 16th annual Hospitality Industry Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony on Wednesday. This year’s inductees to the Hilton Hall of Honor will be Randy and Carolyn Smith, co-founders of Smith Travel Research, Inc., and the chairman of Tata Group, Ratan N. Tata. Think tank sessions between students and hospitality industry leaders will be held in conjunction with the induction ceremony Wednesday and Thursday. — Jennifer Postel
Teams collect nearly $30,000 in donations for cure Bryan Dupont-Gray
THE DAILY COUGAR As the cool, breezy weather graced the morning atmosphere, participants and volunteers watched as Run “E” Nose, the mascot for RediClinic, snipped the glossy, blue start ribbon to kick off the “Walk for PKD” on Saturday. More than 200 people attended. the event held at UH’s Lynn Eusen Park. Hosted by the
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Health screenings offered at community project expo
Video coverage of Homecoming week at thedailycougar.com
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UH’s Health and Science Community project will be hosting a health expo from 3-7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library. The event, which will focus on obesity, will offer free health screenings, health activities and discussions focused on healthy eating habits. The event is free and open to public. For more information, please contact scienceandcommunity@yahoo.com — Jennifer Postel
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Polycystic Kidney Disorder Foundation, the walk raised money for a cure for PKD and honored those who were lost to the disease, which builds hazardous cysts in the kidneys. Teams contributed money to fund scientific research, which brings the organization one step closer to their goal of finding a cure. PKD Foundation Representative Kathy Bundrick was happy PKD continues on page 2
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Wrongfully convicted men talk about death row Cougars compete
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s part of Homecoming week celebrations, teams of students participated in basketball, volleyball, flag football and dodgeball games in the Cooglympics, Saturday, at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. | Johnny
Former death row inmates made a visit to the UH Law Center to speak with students about the challenges of wrongful convictions and what it was like to be on death row for a crime they did not commit. “Witness to Innocence,” a program founded in 2005 by exonerated death row inmates, aims to change perceptions and put an end to the death penalty by placing Americans
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face to face with those who have lived through the sentence. “We are here to educate; we plant seeds” said Ron Kleine, assistant director of the program. “We’ve single-handedly stopped the death penalty in Wisconsin, and we ended it in New Mexico with the help of a lot of other people because we can’t do this alone.” Kleine and three of his friends spent two years on death row in New DEATH ROW continues on page 2