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In memoriam: Andrew Taylor, UH alumnus
October 31, 2011 Issue 40, Volume 77
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ACADEMICS
Wednesday last day to drop courses for withdrawal mark A reminder to all students that Wednesday is the last day to drop or withdraw from a course with a W. Note that withdrawing may affect a student’s satisfactory academic progress standing and may cause an ineligibility for future financial aid. Login to myuh.uh.edu (Peoplesoft) to withdraw from a class. — Jennifer Postel
ARCHITECTURE
UH architecture students to be awarded by Mayor Mayor Annise Parker will present students from UH’s Graduate Design Build Studio with the Mayor’s Proud Partner Award for the design and construction of a Solar Shade Tree that is now being utilized by students at McReynolds Middle School. GDBS is made up of graduate architecture students and is led by director and architecture professor Patrick Peters. The steel tree, which is powered by four solar panels, offers seating, cooling and lighting for McReynolds students and is GDBS’ 22nd annual project. Peters and his students will be given the award, which is presented through the Keep Houston Beautiful Organization, at the 27th annual Mayor’s Proud Partners Award Luncheon today at 11 a.m. at the Houston Post Oak Hilton.
History haunts UH parking lot Joshua Mann
THE DAILY COUGAR Ron Gillory says he may have found his great-great-greatgrandfather buried under several tons of asphalt. Charles Gottschalk committed suicide over 125 years ago “with a bullet through his heart,” wrote The Galveston Daily News in 1885; he was not allowed to be buried in a church cemetery. He was placed in his family’s cemetery, which was located in the
“southwestward portion” of his family’s property, according to an 1889 lawsuit between members of the family. The property and the graves were situated beneath what is now the Downtown Daley Lot, which provides parking for University of Houston Downtown students, Gillory said. “(The parking lot) is so big. It totally encompasses the original property,” Gillory said. “I don’t think my ancestors are resting well having cars parked on top of their graves.”
Other members of Gillory’s family started the search for the graves, but Gillory has since become more involved. “The reason we got into this was that there’s a trust fund. Part of the requirements on the trust was to make sure everyone’s grave has a marker. That’s why this came up,” Gillory said. “There’s three sites they’ve been looking for, this is one of them that they’ve found pretty good records on.” HISTORY continues on page 2
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s part of the Octoberfest celebrations at UH, there was a haunted penthouse Wednesday at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. People, such as Tanya Reyes, who braved the scares received a free T-shirt and had the option of donating blood at the end, thanks to the TRUE Blood Drive sponsored by the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Drive. | Emily Chambers/The Daily Cougar
— Jennifer Postel
LECTURE
Award-winning author to talk energy, environment In conjunction with the UH Energy Exchange Program, Pultizer Prize-winning author and energy expert Daniel Yergin will speak on energy issues affecting the environment and economy today at 5:30 p.m. in Michael J. Cemo Hall. “We are excited about Daniel Yergin’s visit to the University of Houston,” said Joseph Pratt, Cullen professor of history and business. “His books, media appearances and lectures have made him one of the most visible and influential energy educators in the world.” The event is free and open to the public. For more information on Daniel Yergin visit www.danielyergin. com.
— Jennifer Postel
As students leave their cars in the UH Downtown parking lot, who knows what spirits are lurking around them? | Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
SEMINAR
Lecture details importance of immigration Ryan Rockett THE DAILY COUGAR Rice University Sociology Professor and Kinder Institute Co-Director Stephen Klineberg rebuked Texas’ austere immigration policies and emphasized the potential of increased diversity in Houston in a presentation Wednesday afternoon in the UH Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall.
“No city has benefitted more from immigration than us,” Klineberg said. “America’s future is here in Houston now.” The Harvard graduate recounted 30 years of demographic and economic surveys in Harris County composed by the Kinder Institute. In the wake of the oil business bust of the mid-1980s, Klineberg said, the new source of Houston wealth will be biotechnology and nanotechnology.
Houston’s diversity will play an integral role in realizing this future. Citing statistics showing rapidly increasing minority and immigrant populations in Houston, Klineberg described current US immigration policy as “immoral and dysfunctional,” and said that embracing and properly educating the immigrant labor force is necessary for the nation’s advancement.
“This is a done deal,” Klineberg said. “Close the borders tomorrow, build your fence so not another immigrant will ever be allowed to come to these shores; no force in the world will stop Houston diversity. “Every business in Houston that doesn’t figure out how to capitalize on the burgeoning diversity of (the city) will find it DIVERSITY continues on page 2