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Talk on the legacy of MLK Tuesday in Houston Room UH will host a discussion of the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday in the University Center Houston Room. A round-table discussion with students, faculty and staff will follow. People in attendance can bring their lunches to the free event. Punch and light refreshments will be provided. For more information about the event, contact Renia Butler at rslusby@uh.edu. — Cougar News Services

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THE DAILY COUGAR UH System President Emeritus Charles Bishop died Jan. 14 in Durham, N.C. The 80-year-old served as president from February 1980 to September 1986, when he left to pursue a job teaching business and economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an event which The Daily Cougar reported on June 11, 1986. Upon his retirement in 1986,

The Daily Cougar reported his accomplishments as president, which include the following: The UH System became the third-largest research university in Texas, behind University of Texas and Texas A&M. The market value of the University’s endowment grew to $57 million from $21.6 million in 1979. M.D. Anderson Library was ranked as No. 50 in the top research libraries in the country, as opposed to being 81st in 1980 when he was hired.

The UH System’s financial management operations received the highest rating given to education institutions by the state auditor, for five years in a row. A World War II veteran, Bishop served on numerous commissions under former Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter. He also served on commissions at the state level in North Carolina, said his newsobserver. com obituary. news@thedailycougar.com

Houston Mayor Annise Parker will speak to GLOBAL, UH’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender student organization, from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Cemo Hall. Parker will talk about her experiences as an LGBT person running for office in the free event. For more information contact Lorraine Schroeder at lschroeder@ uh.edu or call (713) 743-5463. — Cougar News Services

Charles Bishop served as UH System president from February 1980 to September 1986. | File Photo/The Daily Cougar

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emolition of Cougar Place will continue until February. The construction of a new sophomore housing unit will start after the demolition and is expected to be ready for the Fall 2013 semester. It will be four-story building with an occupancy of 799 beds centered around two courtyards. | Taylor McGilvray/ The Daily Cougar

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Photography director to discuss her career today Kathy Ryan, director of photography at The New York Times Magazine, will give a lecture about her career and the selection of photos for her publication from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today on the second floor of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s Beck Building. The event is hosted by UH’s sociology department and MFAH Photo Forum. Ryan will also be signing copies of her book “The New York Times Magazine Photographs” after the lecture. The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. People interested in reserving a seat should send an email to ryanlecture@mfah. org. — Cougar News Services

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In the article entitled “UH to preserve artwork” in Thursday’s issue, the paragraph explaining the hiring and duties of the conservator was incorrectly attributed to Vice President for Student Affairs Richard Walker. It should have been attributed to Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Keith Kowalka.

Three UH print journalism majors spent the first two weeks of January in Arizona, learning from the staff of the New York Times in what they described as a “journalist’s boot camp.” Seniors Louis Casiano, Anna Gallegos and junior Audris Ponce, along with 21 other students, put

out a paper covering local news in Tucson every day of the twoweek program under the guidance and instruction of New York Times and Boston Globe editors and writers, Casiano said. “When I got there, I was kind of nervous,” Ponce, news editor of on-campus newspaper The Venture said. “But (the staff ) treated us with so much respect, and they were so approachable and down-to-earth.”

The students had to work 14 to 15-hour days in the newsroom set up at the University of Arizona. “I am so grateful for the experience, but I was tired all the time,” Casiano said. “You have to be prepared to really work. It’s not a vacation.” Fortunately, he found the experience to be “well worth it.” “I really felt like a journalist. It felt so right,” Casiano said,

describing a protest that he covered with a fellow student in which demonstrators had broken through a barricade in order to confront the police. Ponce said the New York Times Student Journalism Institute program was a great learning experience,. “I really grew, not just as a student, but as a journalist,” she TIMES continues on page 3

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Nondiscrimination bill to be voted on by SGA Joshua Mann

THE DAILY COUGAR UH administration has put the alterations to the student handbook suggested last semester by the Student Government Association back into the hands of the student senate. The SGA will vote on a new GENDA bill, written by communications and political science senior Michael McHugh, to decide whether to include “gender identity and expression” in nondiscrimination section of the UH student handbook, according to the bill text. “The UCC has returned this issue to the students citing that SGA has the most appropriate jurisdiction for amending the student

handbook,” McHugh said in an email. McHugh plans on introducing the bill in the senate meeting on Wednesday, he said. “Meanwhile, the Faculty Senate will address employment nondiscrimination again.” McHugh said. “This resolution, before anything else, is about protecting students,” James Lee said. Lee said this about the original GENDA bill, as reported by The Daily Cougar on Oct. 19. “We have an obligation to protect our fellow students, and transgender students are here for the same reason we all are — to learn and become successful, productive individuals in society.” news@thedailycougar.com

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said. Gallegos, editor-in-chief of The Venture, heard about the program through the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, she said, and encouraged her fellow students to apply. The program takes place

annually during the first two weeks of January. Each year, the location of the program switches between the University of Arizona in Tucson and Florida International University in Miami. The program paid for all of the students’ expenses. “If there was anything we needed, they took care of us,” Ponce said.

Casiano offers this advice to the students who go next January: “Be prepared to get edited and be prepared to take criticisms. It gets better.” To view the students’ work online, go to http://tucson12. nytimes-institute.com.

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Cougar Voices Celebrate DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. “WITH THIS FAITH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HEW OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN OF DESPAIR A STONE OF HOPE” Join the University of Houston as we celebrate the life, legacy and vision of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Featured guests are President Renu Khator, Reverend Victor Thomas, ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rabbi Kenny Weiss, RABBI/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR HOUSTON HILLEL: THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE University Center – Houston Room Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. (Doors open at 10:30 a.m.) Punch and light refreshments provided. Bring your lunch as we discuss the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. followed by a roundtable discussion with students, faculty and staff.

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bill designed to make UH a smoke-free environment was passed by SGA on Jan. 18. The bill requires smokers to stand a minimum of 25 feet away from campus buildings while smoking — the current minimum distance is 15 feet. It also requires ash receptacles to be placed at least 35 feet away from buildings instead of the current 15-foot distance regulation.

It is noble of SGA to try to protect non-smokers from second-hand smoke, but the bill will likely do exactly the opposite. This is because SGA doesn’t seem to understand the layout of our campus. If you step out of a building and walk 15 feet, you will find yourself between that building and a sidewalk. If you were to walk another 10 feet, you would find yourself standing on a sidewalk. The only thing this bill will do is push smokers onto campus sidewalks. When that happens, more students will be exposed to second-hand smoke. If the bill was designed simply to keep smokers away from campus buildings, it will be successful. However, if the bill was designed to protect non-smokers from second-hand smoke, it will fail miserably. While most smokers on campus smoke near buildings, they are often in places that are far away from entrances. . If SGA truly wanted to protect students from second-hand smoke, they would pass a bill that created designated smoking areas on the sides of buildings. Smokers would be able to smoke out of the way of other students and non-smokers would be able to walk on smoke-free sidewalks. SGA should have waited to introduce this bill until later in the semester. By doing this, they could have gotten feedback from smokers and non-smokers alike. Then again, it would have been more difficult for them to pass such a bill if students were aware that it existed. SGA took the easy way out on this one. And, as a result they now have a bill that will do the opposite of what it was intended to do.

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he newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finally has a leader, and the nation’s progressives — who have never seen a new federal agency they didn’t like — are cheering like they haven’t since “affordable housing” disappeared in the last decade. For these people, the goal of any federal agency may be enough to secure their blessing (The CFPB is supposed to protect consumers against financial predaSteven Christopher tion. Who would be against that?), but for those who live in the real world, the truth is rarely what it seems. For one, the entirety of the DoddFrank bill, creator of the CFPB, fails to address any of the root causes of the financial crisis. It certainly has no effect on the Federal Reserve, whose artificial creation of money and credit throughout the decade fueled a bubble in the housing market that was destined to pop. There is a similar dearth of action regarding the continued existence of government-sponsored enterprises such as Freddie or Fannie, whose exclusive lines of credit at the Treasury and government-grade credit ratings allowed them to distort the housing market and amass piles of worthless subprime mortgages. Nor does it address any issues concerning government-created incentives for personal and company use of debt financing over alternative, more reliable

sources. The Obama administration’s tireless line that Dodd-Frank and the CFPB is a necessary response to the financial crisis is untrue and absurd. They would have you believe that opponents of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are defenders of corporations and Wall Street who don’t want their cronies being held liable while they swindle their customers and wreck the economy. This couldn’t be further from the truth. This new agency will do nothing but further entrench large financial interests and insulate them from small and decentralized competition. The regulations created by the CFPB and its Dodd-Frank sister agencies will impose fixed costs on the effected businesses. These fixed costs increase wealth to the wealthy companies, driving out the little guy whose per-unit costs are prohibitively high. In this way, the newly-created bureau will only do further harm to small and independent businesses and encourage “too big to fail.” UH professor Dr. Craig Pirrong, who regards the CFPB to be “a monstrosity,” stated in October that such policies “favor the big over the small and encourage the big to get bigger and the small to go away.” Despite the fact that it parades itself as a protector of the consumer, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is nothing of the sort. The average citizen will be no more protected than they were before the bureau was

The federal government already has 22 administrations, nine agencies, 13 boards, 12 bureaus, five councils and 23 commissions. What has convinced us that adding one more, and paying for it with borrowed money is necessary and wise?” created, and they will now have to pay for a new parasitic bureaucracy that will never be eliminated and whose budget will probably increase when it fails to do its job. The federal government already has 22 administrations, 9 agencies, 13 boards, 12 bureaus, 5 councils and 23 commissions. What on earth has convinced us that adding one more — and paying for it with borrowed money as the national debt exceeds 100 percent of the gross domestic product — is both necessary and wise? We cannot afford to continue to be fleeced by the media and politicians in Washington in such a manner. If the last 10 years of American history should have taught us anything, it’s that another government bureau will only make our problems worse. Steven Christopher is an economics alumnus and graduate finance student in the C.T. Bauer College of Business and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.

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exting has affected many aspects of modern life. The New York Times summed up the phenomena best when they relayed this modern truth “some relationships live and die on the strength of the 160-character, thumb-typed phone Alejandro texts.” Caballero Texting has even infiltrated situations where its use can be fatal. 20 percent of injury car accidents in 2009 were a result of distracted driving. The No. 1 cause of distracted driving is — you guessed it — texting. Last year, some 3,092 roadway fatalities involved distracted drivers. Teens, college students and professionals have all been guilty of texting while driving. The truth of the matter is that this behavior is very dangerous and puts the lives of others on the road at risk. The website goes on to say that “drivers who use hand-held devices are four-times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves.” Robert Sumwalt of the National Safety and Transportation Board (NSTB) has said: “This (distracted driving) is becoming

the new DUI. It’s becoming epidemic.” What is the solution then? In Texas, there is a law that prohibits texting and driving if you are under the age of 18. In last year’s meeting of the Texas state legislature, a bill — one which would have made it illegal to text and drive — passed both houses. However, Governor Rick Perry vetoed the bill from becoming law. He felt that this was an example of “a government effort to micromanage the behavior of adults.” Different states have different laws regarding this issue. When HIV was discovered to be the cause of AIDS, various organizations came together to pursue an aggressive educative campaign. Early on, they realized that they could not stop people from having sex, so they focused on education. They taught and provided people with tools for having safe sex. Finally, after years of this campaign the results have shown that it worked. People are having safer sex. Instead of merely criminalizing texting and driving, perhaps the government should take a page from the HIV-playbook and begin educating the masses on how to text responsibly. If a national ban on texting were

to pass, enforcing it would be nearly impossible. People could be ticketed for merely looking down at their phone. Accidents would surely rise, as people would begin to hold their phones lower than the dashboard to hide the phone from police. Even when giving their recommendations, the NSTB was quoted in a CNN article as saying: “Cell phone laws alone would not solve the problem but must be accompanied by aggressive educational campaigns.” Technology is a heaven-sent monster whose growth cannot be stopped. Sometimes society and the government lag behind and need to catch up. The simple truth is that modern Americans are ‘wired in’ at all times. It is not just a youth problem now that the private sector is using technology more and more. The more logical and probable response to this problem is to educate drivers about when it is the appropriate time to check your phone when you’re in the car. Alejandro Caballero is a creative writing junior and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com.

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artin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which he delivered before 250,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963 contained Lois the following Zamora sentence: “With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.” Faith, despair, hope: These words contain a vision of collective effort (“hew out of the mountain”) and shared aspiration (“stone of hope”) that condensed the challenge confronting our country and the goals of civil rights movement at that time. Today, we are still striving to reach this ideal — a shared dream of social justice and collective compassion. The March on Washington epitomized King’s policy of nonviolent activism, and inspired the civil rights legislation that followed. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 began the process of change that will eventually — we hope — afford “all of God’s children” social justice and equal opportunities. Because even as we recognize the enormous gains of the movement that King inspired, we also recognize that we have far to go. Without his eloquence on the National Mall in 1963, we would not have begun undoing centuries of injustice, nor would we have delayed that task beyond a tolerance threshold. King reminded

us then, and he reminds us now, of what we should be, of what we can be as individuals and as a nation. Please take a minute to go to YouTube and watch King’s “Dream Speech.” I promise that you’ll be touched by the intensity of his voice, the poetry of his words, by the biblical cadences of his sentences and the repeated phrases that build in pitch and momentum: “I have a dream.” “I have a dream.” “I have a dream.” If you’re like me, you’ll be moved to tears by his words, in part because you’ll also remember his senseless death five years later on April 14, 1968. Let’s engage these emotions when we honor King to renew our commitment to his dream. The sentence that I quoted at the beginning of my comments is now sculpted on the stone in the memorial to King on the Mall, inaugurated by President Obama three months ago. In his remarks, the President noted that Martin Luther King, Jr. has now come back to the Mall, almost 50 years after his famous speech, to stand between Lincoln and Jefferson. So King takes his monumental place in our history, and continues to challenge us to turn despair into hope by peacefully insisting upon justice for all peoples, everywhere. Lois Zamora, Ph.D, is a John and Rebecca Moores Distinguished Professor of English and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar. com.

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UH comes up empty mining for a win in El Paso El Paso was not kind to the Cougars. The Cougars (2-16, 1-5) saw the Miners (17-2, 6-0) up close but failed to conquer Conference USA-leading UTEP in a lopsided 87-43 loss on Sunday. The 44-point loss is UH’s widest margin of defeat since fall to TCU by 45 points on Dec. 1. Forward Kayla Thornton paced UTEP, nearly securing a double-double. She scored 18 points and chipped in on the glass with eight boards. Despite solid efforts from senior guard Roxana Button and freshman forward Amanda Lawson, the Cougars lost control of the game early and entered half-time with ! " Amanda Lawson a 20-point deficit. In fact, Button and Lawson were the only scorers for UH until Danielle Parks split her free-throw attempts with 4:44 left in the first half. Only three Cougars attempted a shot from the field before halftime. Button finished with a gamehigh 20 points, connecting on 10-13 from the free-throw line, while adding five rebounds. Lawson contributed eight points and corralled seven boards. UTEP controlled the game by dominating inside. The Miners tripled the Cougars on points in the paint (36-12), and also outrebounded UH 53-37. Forward Anete Steinberga led the Miners with a game-high 10 rebounds. The Miners defense smothered the Cougars and prevented ball movement. The Cougars were COUGARS continues on page 10

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Saturday’s results Men’s basketball

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Some things are just meant to be. For first-year Houston Cougars head football coach Tony Levine, the stars seemed to align early in his coaching search after being faced with filling several vacancies in his staff following the departure Kevin Sumlin to Texas A&M.

“I was sitting in bed one night at midnight and I looked up the FCS statistics and saw that Stephen F. Austin was sixth in the nation in passing and ninth in total offense,” Levine said. “I went to their website to see who their offensive coordinator was and saw it was Mike Nesbitt, whom I’d never met before. The very next morning at 9:30, I got a phone call from a number I didn’t

recognize and the person left me a message… it was Mike Nesbitt.” After interviewing roughly 10 candidates, Levine chose Nesbitt — a disciple of the air-raid offensive tactic at Blinn College, West Texas A&M and Stephen F. Austin — to be the newest offensive coordinator as well as quarterbacks coach. Nesbitt, who NESBITT continues on page 10

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Ship still afloat UH gets back on track with win against Pirates Ricardo Rivera

THE DAILY COUGAR The Cougars did about everything in their power to hand ECU their first conference win of the year. After cruising to a 24-point advantage with 7:46 left in regulation, UH (10-9, 2-4 C-USA) spent the final ticks of the second half in self-destruct mode, committing turnovers, giving up layups and allowing the Pirates (9-9, 0-5 C-USA) to reel off a 25-2 run that put them within a basket of taking the lead with a minute to play. Luckily for the Cougars, ECU’s mad scramble for their first conference win fell short. As if daring the Pirates to steal the road win, UH played one of its worst offensive halves of the year en route to their 82-76 victory at Hofheinz Pavilion on Saturday night. The win broke UH’s four-game losing streak, and improved the Cougar’s home record to 9-4. Eleven of their 12 wins have come when holding opponents to under 80 points. “I thought we played like we expected to play for the first 33 minutes,” head coach James Dickey said. “We competed, did everything we needed to do. But, boy, did we make it close there at the end. “We just had that look in our eye at about four minutes where we thought everything was going south.” After dominating for 33 minutes, the Cougars seemed either incapable of making a shot, or just plain unlucky as several wide-open looks rolled in and out. UH’s lead ballooned to 24, courtesy of a slew of fan-pleasing offensive plays, including an alleyoop from freshman Joseph Young to a streaking Jonathan Simmons

The Cougars withstood a 25-2 ECU run in the second half to snap a four-game losing streak and earn their second-Conference USAwin. Sophomore Alandise Harris and junior Jonathan Simmons led UH in scoring with 19 points each. | Brianna Leigh Morrison/The Daily Cougar that roused the 2,954 paid attendees to their feet. The Cougars’ own version of Showtime did not last long though, and after nearly an entire two halves of attacking ECU’s mushy zone defense, UH went cold. “I think we got too happy. We got too comfortable,” freshman forward TaShawn Thomas said. “We didn’t execute. We just needed to continue doing the things that got us the lead in the first place, but we were rattled.” With the shot clock turned off for the final possession, ECU misfired on four three-point attempts that would have put them ahead. After scrambling for a loose ball, Young dished ahead to Thomas for a break-away dunk that sealed the game for UH. This elicited a scream from Thomas that was four games in the making. Eye-Gate Darian Thibodeaux had nine points on 3-6 shooting, but made more noise in the game for his dramatic first-half exit. After scrapping for a loose ball with ECU point guard Miguel Paul, Thibodeaux hit the ground loudly, clutching his left eye. “I got two deep scratches under my eye. He didn’t get my pupil, but my eyeball burned. I couldn’t see nothing at all,” Thibodeaux said. “I don’t know if he was trying to HOOPS continues on page 7

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go for my eye or not, but he went for the ball and he got me. After that I couldn’t see anything.” The UH training staff reported Thibodeaux has a corneal abrasion

in his left eye, but is expected to play against UTEP on Saturday. Walk-on shines Redshirt sophomore Jimmie Jones contributed two points, four assists and three steals in 21 minutes. The walk-on has continued to impress in practice, and has brought

energy to UH’s bench in his first handful of opportunities on court. “I was really proud of him,” Dickey said. “He brought us a great spark tonight. He’s smart, he knows how to play and he makes everyone else around him better.” With Thibodeaux in the locker room, Jones entered the game and

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immediately ripped the ball from Paul, and led the break for an easy layup. After losing four straight, Jones’ play shined under the pressure of a weakening lead and a stagnant offense. “J.J. (Thompson), from the start of the game, was all over the court,

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pushing it and getting layups. When I got in, I wanted to keep the tempo the same, so I just pushed and pushed,” Jones said. “It felt great, not everyone gets an opportunity and I’m glad I got mine.” sports@thedailycougar.com

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Numerous events looking to expand the minds of UH students this week Honor the dream and the man at UH’s official MLK celebration

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Bring your lunch or partake in punch and light refreshments at UH’s celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. The event will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday in the Houston Room of the University Center. A Facebook event has been created for the event at www.facebook.com/ events/252798474791440.

Take mind and sit in on a lecture that focuses on cognitive science Interested in how the animal mind intersects with human morality? From 10:30 a.m. to noon on Tuesday in PGH 232, there will be a lecture by renowned researcher, Colin Allen. For more information, visit www.tlc2.uh.edu

See what’s up in Madrid when exhibit opens at Hines An exhibit featuring the works of young Spanish architects opens at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture on Thursday. A panel discussion begins at 6 p.m. followed by a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, visit www.arch.uh.edu.

Double feature this weekend for nationally acclaimed opera center UH’s Moores Opera House is opening its second half of the 2011-2012 season in a grand fashion and will be presenting two operas this week. “Tartuffe” opens Thursday night, with additional performances on Saturday and Sunday. “Amelia” opens Friday, with additional performances on Sunday and Monday, Jan. 30. For more information, visit http://www.music. uh.edu/opera.

CLASS hosts workshop for all interested in humanities on the digital tip UH’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences co-hosts a research workshop on the “digital humanities.” What exactly are the digital humanities? From noon to 3:30 p.m. on Friday in PGH room 216, come by and learn about that and other topics, including funding opportunities and campus resources. For more information, visit www.tlc2.uh.edu. — Compiled by Cougar Arts Staff

The Moutain Goats vocalist John Darnielle used his many years of performing on the road to reach the Fitzgerald’s crowd on Friday night. Darnielle worked the stage and his audience and expressed his genuine affinity for Houston. | Julie Heffler/The Daily Cougar

California group with knack for charm brings intensity and intimacy Julie Heffler

THE DAILY COUGAR John Darnielle, guitarists, keyboardist and lead singer of The Mountain Goats, said it best on Friday night, “Some artists would use stencils, but they’re just posers.” It speaks to not only the oddly-hipster style of the band, but even more so to the quality and care that the members put into all their work — their shows in particular. Whether it was the get-to-know-yourneighbor venue style or the lackadaisical nature of the artists — probably both, honestly — the set Friday night at

Fitzgerald’s was incredible. Opening up with Nurses was a brilliant move on the part of The Mountain Goats. Portland-based Nurses complemented the often deconstructed tone The Goats put on with their tight and oddly-distinctive drumbeats. Their first few songs felt a bit like an unplugged OneRepublic, but it quickly morphed into a catchy Portland, indie style with the unique mix of interweaving synthesizers and keyboards. Singer Aaron Chapman’s finely tuned falsetto only added to their charm. The main attraction completely dominated the night, of course. Walking on stage to an unseen piano introduction in their untailored and unbuttoned suits, The Mountain Goats, consisting of Darnielle, bassist Peter Hughes and drummer Jon Wurster, caused

an uproar. Hailing from Clarmont, Calif., Darnielle has been keeping the band afloat since 1991. His experience behind the microphone translated directly into his ease and comfort on stage, not even thinking about breaking into a story about how he wanted to make thousands of custom LP covers for his fans. He was unabashed in telling the audience to shut up or say how he genuinely really liked Houston despite what “trash” other Texans may say about our city. Darnielle and his songs have a way of making someone extremely cheerful, that is, until that person actually listens to the lyrics of the songs. The album “Sunset Tree,” the most GOATS continues on page 9

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The audience at Warehouse Live on Saturday night was well-rewarded after waiting in a line that hugged the building, caused by fans waiting in anticipation for California rapper Kendrick Lamar Lamar’s latest album, the inspiring “Section.80,” most likely contributed to the large gathering. The album stood as one of hip-hop’s strongest releases in 2011 and saw its way onto numerous year-end lists. There has also been no scarcity

of supporters as many established veteran rappers have shown signs of fandom. Houston greats such as Scarface and Bun B generously took the Warehouse Live stage in philanthropic support of the young and promising Lamar, adding to the long list of those recognizing his success. As the crowd swelled, each member of Black Hippy, the Cali hip-hop collective of which Lamar is a part, made welcomed surprise appearances. Lamar then proceeded to take the stage, intensely rapping his verse from “Buried Alive,” a gloomy interlude featured on Drake’s “Take Care” album. The verse seemed to be carved out specifically for Lamar from a mutual respect of artistry and a fondness of Lamar’s KENDRICK continues on page 9

Kendrick Lamar, member of the Black Hippy hip-hop collective wowed his Houston fans on Saturday. | Jamilla Kay/Wiki Commonsr

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Independent film debut falls flat Dramatic coming-of-age story leaves moviegoer with heavy heart Ryan Popham

THE DAILY COUGAR Dee Rees’ “Pariah� started as a 27-minute short film in 2007, but it has now turned into a feature full-length release. “Pariah� tells the story of Alike (Adepero Oduye), an African-American teenage girl growing up in Brooklyn who struggles to express herself the way she wishes. With a religious mother and apathetic father, she experiments in the ways of homosexuality with her peers. The film depicts the seedy underground world of the lifestyle with strip clubs and the like. Unlike anyone else she knows, Alike is gifted in the ways of writing. Using her heartbreak and pain as inspiration, she has the passion to exploit her skill. Seeing the hard times that have broken her as a way the light can get in, “Pariah� teaches us to keep looking forward through those times that could hold us back.

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acclaimed of their extensive repertoire, chronicles the child abuse Darnielle suffered from his alcoholic stepfather in a disturbingly pleasant way. Their songs range from reflective acoustic ones to peppy keyboard and bass combos. Of course, all have a unique and purposefully amateur charm to them. Each is like a short story set to song; the lyrics are the most important quality of this band’s music.

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From executive producer Spike Lee, this film is an interesting look into a world that is unknown to most with a message that is relevant to everyone. Featuring upcoming actors and actresses, it gives the film a sense of reality that is exemplified in the hand-held cinematography and bold honesty of its subject matter. However, the factors that attribute to the film’s “real life� feel lack in quality. The acting is mediocre at best, but Charles Parnell’s performance as Alike’s father is noteworthy when compared to the rest of the cast. Although the film was awarded the Excellence in Cinematography Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, the shaky camera leaves the viewer with a migraine in certain scenes when focusing on the action of the story. Another faulty component of the film is the extremity of Alike’s mother’s (Kim Wayans) fundamentalism in her religious beliefs. Typical of these films, her character is seen as the villain with a Bible pressed to her chest — banishing her daughter in hearing of her sexual identity.

The intimacy of the show really electrified the already uncommonly excited indie crowd. Favorites like “Ever Death Metal Band Out of Denton,� “No Children,� and “This Year� brought the crowds to an impressively hard to illicit back-and-forth sway. By the encore, Darnielle was having such a good time that he went out into the crowd and embraced the heads of a few lucky fans. Overall, both bands gave a spectacular show that definitely merits a second or even a third purchase. arts@thedailycougar.com

This provides a source of much of the drama in the story leading up to Alike’s final decision to declare who she has become. When under the roof of her parents, Alike escapes to her lifestyle with her like-minded peers to be who she wants to be. The important notion for Alike to possess, as well as for anyone else, is to continually push forward no matter what. “Pariah� is a little hard to watch with the degree of sexual content and language in it. What is special about it, though, is the fact that it will stick with whoever sees it, inviting further concentration on the film as a whole. All in all, “Pariah� is a worthwhile film about self-expression and dealing with the possible consequences it may bring. arts@thedailycougar.com

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movement. Indeed, his movement has taken flight as a steady stream of support has followed since the release of his forceful 2010 mixtape “Overly Dedicated.� Lamar’s expression through verse often takes an introspective stance, noting disappointment in generational shortcomings and speaking on society’s tolls as well as his own personal highs and lows. Re-enacting a dialogue between his father and himself, Lamar mentioned the questioning of his own ability to craft such far-out and as his father put it, “ecological, psychological, materialistic, ballistic� raps while remaining reserved from recreational drug use. “I got a certain type of

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disability,� Lamar said, and the crowd caught on. “Y’all want to let him know what we got?� A responsive roar from the fans emerged and they shouted “A-D-H-D,� and Lamar quickly went into the popular track of the same name. Perhaps the pinnacle of Lamar’s performance was the crowd chanting along to the marvelous tribute to Pimp C and Aaliyah on “Blow My High (Members Only),� a song with thick, smoky organ and slow drums reminiscent of a laid-back southern style crafted in the ’90s. Lamar proved himself Saturday night by doing justice to his verses by performing with a high energy ascribed to a man at work. Lamar is set to accompany rappers Drake and A$AP Rocky on the Club Paradise Tour, which is scheduled to begin on Feb. 14 in Miami. arts@thedailycougar.com

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recalls watching the Cougars dating back to the fast run-and-shoot offenses under quarterbacks David Klingler and Andre Ware, has paid especially close attention to UH in recent years. “When Coach (Dana) Holgorsen was here, we started following because he was starting to do some different things from when he left (Texas) Tech,� Nesbitt said. “I DVR-ed every Houston game this year, then you get the job and you have every game on tape.� Of the nine full-time coaching assistant positions allocated by the NCAA, the Cougars have filled eight spots, five of whom were not on last season’s staff. Still, Levine is pleased to have a trio of familiar faces returning. “I’ve had the privilege of coaching alongside Coach (Zac) Spavital for four years, Coach (Carlton) Hall and (Jamie) Bryant for one year,� Levine said. “All three of them have had opportunities to leave here, but have chosen to stay and have expressed to me how much they want to be here and how excited they are about where the program is headed.� Off the field, the contingent of coaches spent a majority of their New Year on the recruiting trail, a process Levine has compared to running a marathon at a sprint-like speed in his new position before the Feb. 1 signing date. When the Cougars return to Robertson Stadium this fall, new faces will fuse with old, but the objectives will be one in the same. “We will play a 12-game regular season schedule and focus one game at a time,� Levine said. “Our goals really won’t change from what they’ve been, that’s to win our side of the conference and win the Conference USA championship.� sports@thedailycougar.com

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