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Southern food evolution to be discussed in lecture The way Southern food has changed through the decades will be discussed in the next “Food For Thought” speaker series from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday in room 109 of Cemo Hall. Rebecca Sharpless, an associate professor of history from Texas Christian University, will explain the evolution in her lecture, “Southern Fusion: African American Women and an Evolving Regional Cuisine,” which is sponsored by El Paso Corporation Lecture Series and the UH Center for Public History. “Southern cooking has long been an evolving fusion of Native, African, and European foodways. After the Civil War, expanding markets provided even greater choices of foodstuffs to southerners,” said a UH press release. “New types of food changed the ways that African American cooks prepared meals for their employers and their families. Some cooks resisted change and others embraced it, but it affected almost all of them and the families that they fed at home and at work.” The talk is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Welcome Center Parking Garage located on Calhoun Drive near Entrance 1. — Cougar News Services

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Genocide course returns to UH Class covers mass killings of 20th century; professor encourages students to ‘speak out’ against war crimes Joshua Mann

THE DAILY COUGAR The University of Houston will offer a course on genocide in the 20th century this fall for the second time since its professor returned to the University after leaving in the mid ’90s. “A Crime Without a Name: 20th Century Genocide,” which is taught by Irene Guenther, starts by examining Africa under colonialism and moves on through other genocides in Europe, Africa and Asia in the 1900s. “I started by focusing on the Holocaust — It’s sort of become the paradigm for horror in

the 20th century,” Guenther said. “It became really clear to me that instead of just focusing on the Holocaust, we should really focus on the whole century.” The course places emphasis on the experiences of individuals during the genocides. “I try to engage them with personal accounts as well as academic accounts,” Guenther said, “because if it’s just academic accounts, I think it becomes really easy to distance yourself.” The course is partly in lecture format, but much of the time in class is spent on class discussion with a portion of the grade coming

from participation in these discussions. “What I hope is that people become politically smart enough and concerned enough and active enough that perhaps they’ll speak out when crimes of genocide take place,” Guenther said. “I’m really interested in understanding what makes some people stand up and speak out and what makes so many people turn away.” Guenther said she has already seen former students become more involved in human rights. GENOCIDE continues on page 3

Spreading the ‘love’

he UH Students for Ron Paul had an informational booth on the candidate Tuesday at the Philip Guthrie Hoffman Breezeway. The organization has posted posters supporting Paul’s bid for the Republican nomination across campus. | Jack Chaiyakhom/The Daily Cougar

HONORS COLLEGE

Economic crisis subject of Honors lecture series The UH Honors College will host the next entry in their lecture series on the economic crisis from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library’s Honors College Commons. John Allison, retired CEO of Branch Banking & Trust, will give a talk focused on the causes of the financial crisis. He will look especially at government policies and errors by financial institutions along with potential short and long-term solutions, according to the Honors College website. Students can RSVP online at www.uh.edu/honors/features/ events/economic-crisis/#rsvp. — Cougar News Services

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LANGUAGES

UH receives grant for language program Courtney Johns

THE DAILY COUGAR The University of Houston Chinese Studies Program has received a $99,980 grant to launch the STARTALK program over the summer, which is designed to teach Chinese as a second language. The program is available to public and private elementary

and secondary school teachers, community college professors and instructors at various Chinese heritage schools in Texas. “Chinese as a second language refers to people who have a Chinese background, but the heritage is still missing,” said Xiao-Hong Sharon Wen, head instructor of the program. “These people might be born here or in China, but they have the desire to carry on their heritage interests and

values.” The Chinese language is popular around the world, especially in today’s job market, Xiao-Hong said. There is a $200 registration fee due at the beginning of the program that will be returned after completion. Students can also apply the three graduate course credits earned in the course to future teaching certificate programs specializing in Chinese. STARTALK began in 2006

when President George W. Bush implemented the National Security Language Initiative to induce the learning of prominent, less taught languages in classrooms nationwide. The program will take place from July 9 to July 20 with follow-up classes on Oct. 13 and Nov. 3 in the Language and Acquisition center in Agnes Arnold Hall. news@thedailycougar.com

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The following is a partial report of campus crime between Thursday and Monday. All information is selected from the files of the UH Police Department. The information in italics indicates when the event was reported to UHPD and the event’s location. Information or questions regarding the cases below should be directed to UHPD at (713) 743-0600.

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Theft of Service: 12:01 p.m. Thursday, University Hilton Hotel — A University of Houston Hilton employee reported that someone exited the Hilton Hotel parking garage without paying the parking fee. The incident occurred at 5:21 p.m. March 28. The case is active. Theft: 12:25 p.m. Thursday, University Hilton Hotel — A UH Hilton employee reported that a chair was stolen from a second floor lobby of the hotel. The incident occurred between 5 p.m. March 28 and 8 a.m. Thursday. The case is active. Traffic Off ense: 3:22 p.m. Thursday, Lot 20C — A student reported that someone struck his unattended vehicle and failed to leave the information required by state law. The incident occurred between 8 p.m. March 28 and 3:20 p.m. Thursday. The case is active. Theft: 3:51 p.m. Thursday, University Center — A visitor reported that someone stole an attended and unsecured class ring from a display table in the Barnes and Noble bookstore. The incident occurred between 3:30 and 3:50 p.m. Thursday. The case is active. Criminal Mischief: 8:59 p.m. Thursday, 3000 Leek St. — A student reported that someone deflated the front tires of his vehicle while it was parked on Leek Street. The incident occurred between 2:30 and 7 p.m. Thursday. The case is active. Assault: 12:04 a.m. Friday, Bayou Oaks Apartments — Two students reported being assaulted. A student suspect in one of the assaults was identified, issued a Student Life referral and a Harris County citation and released. The incident occurred at 12:04 a.m. Friday. The case is cleared by

citation. Theft: 10:52 a.m. Friday, Cougar Village — A student reported the theft of her unattended and secured bicycle and cable lock. The incident occurred between 12:30 p.m. Thursday and 10:25 a.m. Friday. The case is inactive. Criminal Mischief: 5:01 p.m. Friday, Lot 1A — A student reported his unattended vehicle was “keyed”. The incident occurred between 6 p.m. March 18 and 4 p.m. Friday. The case is active. Theft: 12:37 p.m. Saturday, University Center Underground — A student reported the theft of her coin purse and unauthorized charges on her credit card. The incident occurred between noon and 1 p.m. Saturday. The case is active. Criminal Mischief/Harassment: 12:03 a.m. Sunday, Cullen Oaks Apartments — A student reported that all four tires on her vehicle were slashed. The incident occurred between 11 p.m. Thursday and midnight Sunday. The case is active. Criminal Mischief: 9:04 a.m. Monday, Bayou Oaks Student Lot — A student reported that a known person damaged her unattended vehicle. The incident occurred between midnight March 25 and 9:40 a.m. Monday. The case is active. Theft: 2:13 p.m. Monday, University Center — A student was arrested for the theft of another student’s property. The suspect student was arrested and transported to the Harris County Jail. The incident occurred at 2:16 p.m. Monday. The case is cleared by arrest. For the complete report and to view past reports, go to thedailycougar.com/crime

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How do you feel about unpaid internships?

“It depends on the internship. Some internships allow you to gain invaluable experience that you’re going to be able to take into the workforce, but, at the same time, it really is nice to get paid to do the same thing. In the long run, I think any internship is better than no internship at all.” Richard Alanis mechanical engineering junior

“I would take an unpaid internship if it was a really awesome job that would look really good on my resume, or just something that I really enjoyed, like working for a national park or something as long they provided housing and like basic necessities.” Casey Goodwin mechanical engineering junior

“I don’t think unpaid internships are necessarily worth it. For students like myself, I currently have a paying job that’s in the field I want. I’ve been getting requests for unpaid internships, but to move right now, especially with the economy, it doesn’t seem worth it.”

“They are certainly beneficial. Putting it on your resume and the chance for a paid internship afterward is just too big of an advantage to not do so. If that’s your option, then I would definitely go into that. Especially if you’re able to prove yourself, then that opens the door to other internship opportunities.”

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“I’ve had two or three students go on to work in human rights law,” she said. “There’s a couple that have been very involved in (human rights organizations), where they travel around the world and oversee elections and report to the international Red Cross when there’s a catastrophe occurring.” Guenther said her interest in the subject was sparked when she was very young, and her family moved to San Antonio from Germany. She and her sisters went outside to discover a sign in their yard that said, “Nazis go home.” “I remember so clearly that my dad was visibly upset,” she said. “(He) told the four of us girls to sit down and proceeded to tell us in words we could understand that the Nazis did horrible things that were motivated by hatred. He went on to say that there should never be a place for hatred in our lives or in our hearts, and that we should always stand up for the rights and respect of other human beings, not just for ourselves. That conversation, which occurred when I was so young, stuck with me for a long, long time.” The class will fill a capstone credit for history majors, an advanced credit for history minors, a senior seminar in the phronesis minor, a medicine and society minor advanced elective and counts for honors credit for students in the Honors College. The most important reason to take the course, though, is interest in the subject, said history senior Johnathan Richards, who took the class in fall 2011. “If you’re only taking the class because it fills a requirement, you shouldn’t be taking it,” he said. news@thedailycougar.com

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Tracker app proves privacy does not exist

MS Services O.o.o. published an app several months ago called “Girls around me”. The app was pulled on March 30 because of it’s sole purpose: to track women.

Using info from Facebook, Google maps, GPS data from smart phones and several other social media websites ,“Girls Around Me” officially replaced the CCTV camera as best precursor to George Orwell’s 1984. The official website says “Girls Around Me is a revolutionary new city scanner app than turns your town into a dating paradise! Use it to see where hot girls and guys are hanging out in your area, view their photos and make contact!” The Daily Cougar has to wonder if even Jack Abramoff could fix the PR problems of this grade AAA+ serial killer tech. John Brownlee from Cult of Mac said the app is a wake up call. He’s right. It doesn’t just give a name and photo. It tells you GPS locations, age, favorite restaurants, preferred drinks, high school, college and anything else thoughtlessly posted onto social media websites. There is no opting out if you want to tweet, poke or draw something these days. There could not have been a more publicly available non-military-grade tracker on the market. What are the benefits of “Girls Around Me” other than aiding con artists and club sharks? Tech gurus may disagree and point out that progress is inevitable. This is true and society benifits in the information age — but it suffers as well, and not just from stalker apps. Video game addiction can lead to obesity, employers like to snoop on worker’s Facebook accounts like the Big Boss version of Big Brother and search engines are killing short term memory. Prior to this, the wave of the future could only exist in cyberpunk entertainment like Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell. Well, the future is now. Today we clandestinely converse during class lectures and board meeting via a pair of smart phones and Twitter. This is the grandfather of telepathy via a wifi link and mechanized brains. If that’s hard to believe, remember the stalker app.

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 to (713) 743-5384. Letters are subject to editing. ADVERTISEMENTS Advertisements 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.

Slanted hype inexcusable in shooting case Trayvon Martin tragedy in Florida should not be subjectively reported

t has been more than a month since George Zimmerman allegedly killed Trayvon Martin, but the media still has no idea how to objectively Christopher cover the circumstances. Shelton Issues of objectivity often crop up in national situations that involve race, and Martin’s killing certainly suffices that definition. Zimmerman, for some reason, viewed Martin as “suspicious,” saying “they always get away,” and allegedly used a racial slur. The possible presence of racial bias only heightens the scrutiny and extreme behavior — for both sides. Racial issues can be divisive, plain and simple. As such, there is an enormous grey area involving the line of questioning for the Zimmerman family and friends who will speak publicly on his behalf. Fox News contributor Liz Trotta has accused those at MSNBC of pandering. “Watching the coverage this past week has been like watching sausage made,” Trotta said. “The old line about that you’d never want to eat it if you did see it. We watched the covering of a story unfold and it was ugly to watch for its latent bias and practical conviction of George Zimmerman.” She added that New York Times columnist George Blow is the “worst offender.” Blow was very emotional during an interview of John Oliver — a family friend of George Zimmerman — on “The Last Word” with Lawrence O’Donnell. For Blow, an African-American with a young son, this case must be difficult to talk about. Blow may have faced racial profiling during his lifetime, as many people of color have. However, the line between ethics and

The cable news media is the driver of the national conversation. They hold a responsibility to remain impartial when a man’s life is at stake. However those at Fox also need to look in the proverbial mirror.” morals is tested when emotions rise. The battle of impartiality is tough when you can see yourself or your kin in Trayvon Martin. One of the most highly contentious points of the interview involved Oliver’s assertion that the alleged use of the words “coon ass” is a term of endearment in certain parts of Louisiana. Logic would dictate that Zimmerman was not complementing Martin while gearing to approach him with a loaded gun. CNN’s Piers Morgan was accused via Twitter by prominent journalist, Touré of not challenging Zimmerman’s brother strongly enough during an interview. Touré joined Morgan on his nightly show and continued his criticism. “This is a major moment in American history,” he said. “And you became part of the problem by allowing Robert Zimmerman to come on your show and spread misinformation,” Touré said. Many have also accused Fox News pundits of being indifferent to the Trayvon Martin case. Fox News host, Sean Hannity and Bill Kristol have both ripped the coverage by the so-called “liberal media,” stating that MSNBC is trying the case in the public forum. Conservative

pundit Ann Coulter concurred with the statement in a recent post on her Web site. All three of the major cable news networks have inherent disagreements about the way the Martin case should be handled. Fox News believes that the media should exercise caution. To a certain extent, they are correct. The cable news media is the driver of the national conversation. They hold a responsibility to remain impartial when a man’s life is at stake; however, those at Fox also need to look in the proverbial mirror. To ignore the racial components is a slap in the face to African Americans. To compare this to the Duke Rape Case is misleading. The fact that Zimmerman called the police 46 times during this calendar year — many of those times to report suspicious black males — indicates bias. The fact that Zimmerman’s father is a former judge entices the appearance of judicial bias. A recently released and ambiguous, black and white CCTV tape showed Zimmerman walking into the police station not long after the shooting. He had no visible injuries on his face or body that support his claim of self defense. All responsible journalists should question the Sanford Police Department about this tape. We need to stop worrying about the semantics and stick to the tenets of journalistic integrity. In not doing so, the media destroys the public narrative of the Martin case. Christopher Shelton is a journalism junior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar. com.

LETTERS Parking lot situation unfair My letter is to inform about the unfairness UH Parking and Transportation Services is putting the UH employees through. A portion of lot 1E will be shut down while renovations take place in the UC. Meantime, those that park there are being told by Parking and Transportation Director Robert J. Browand, “Once we have a final count of the number of spaces available we will then assign the

spaces based on pay grade”. In other words, if you do not make good money, not only will you be kicked out of that lot, but also sent to another more expensive lot (garage as they suggest). We will have to walk further away and pay more when we make less. What kind of system is that? It should be based on the lenght of time you have been in that lot. — Mario Galvan, UH staff member

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HOUSTON 4, MCNEESE ST. 1

Sleepy bats wake up Cougars go from being nearly no-hit to winners against Cowboys Gilbert Requena

THE DAILY COUGAR Through the first five innings of Tuesday’s contest at Cougar Field, UH was being no-hit, but after the sixth inning, the offense ignited for four runs and eight hits and the Cougars beat McNeese St. 4-1. Before a sparse crowd of 776 fans, the Cougars came out of the gates slow. But after head coach Todd Whittting gathered the team in the dugout after the fifth inning for a motivational talk, the team responded and came out with a renewed vigor. “I told the team that we have to do everything we can to win this game and what I told them in the fifth inning is that we’re not playing like a team that’s desperate to win the game,” Whitting said. “At this point we are desperate to win a game. We got to do anything we can to win a game.” The Cougars showed a resilience that has been with them throughout the season, but hasn’t been reflected in the standings. They finally got some timely hitting and the pitching and defense showed up on a night that they needed them to. “I thought the team played really hard tonight,” Whitting said. “(We’ve had) a lot of tough

UH only scored five runs over three games against UCF, but scored four times in two innings on Tuesday. | Hendrick Rosemond/The Daily Cougar losses lately. We haven’t had a whole lot of luck. It was good to see us be able to regroup in the middle of the game.” Starting pitcher Aaron Garza was on his way to another solid outing, but in the sixth inning, a line drive struck his right elbow,

which forced a premature exit. “Garza did an outstanding job,” Whitting said. “He was able to push through that barrier that he’s been at, at about 45-55 pitches. He was close to coming out of the game anyway. He pitched behind a little bit more

than I’d like him to. Garza pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing one run on four hits with four strikeouts. There was no word on Garza’s condition immediately available after the game. Mo Wiley entered the game in relief of Garza and was lights-out.

He pitched 3 1/3 innings and shut out the Cowboys while only surrendering three hits to go along with his four strikeouts. “It was nice to see Mo Wiley make an adjustment after not having a great weekend,” Whitting said. “He pitched a really good ballgame.” The Cougars finally figured out McNeese St. starter Jason Gibson in the sixth inning when Taylor White laid down a wellexecuted drag bunt for UH’s first hit of the night. Two batters later, the Cougars got their second hit when Jake Runte singled to shortstop. UH had two runners in scoring position after Runte stole second base and Chase Jensen followed with a two-RBI single down the right field line to give the Cougars a 2-1 lead. Jensen leads the team with 23 RBIs. In the following inning, the offense kept it going and scored two more runs. John Cannon singled in Price Jacobs, who led off the inning with a double to left field and Landon Appling drove in White who singled earlier in the frame to put the game at its final mark of 4-1. “It’s pretty much indescribable how much we needed this win,” Wiley said. “This team plays hard each and every night. (This) time we put every part of the game together and just played a great ballgame and came out with a ‘W.’” sports@thedailycougar.com

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UH looks to avenge early season losses to Bobcats Matt Straw

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Catcher Haley Outon leads the Cougars with 10 home runs this season. | Joshua Siegel/The Daily Cougar

The Texas State Bobcats visit Cougar Softball Stadium to face UH for a doubleheader on today. The two teams faced each other on March 2 and 3 in College Station for the Texas A&M Invitational. The Bobcats swept the Cougars 5-0 and 5-4 in the two-game series. The Cougars (20-15, 9-3 Conference USA) are a much different team now than when they faced the Bobcats last month. Then, the Cougars lost 12-of-15 games and averaged only 2.8 runs per game during that stretch. Currently, the Cougars have won 10-of-12 with a six run per game average, including four run-rule wins. But the Bobcats will be battle tested for the game. They have faced six teams currently ranked in the top 25, highlighted by a a 1-0 shutout over No. 20 Baylor on Feb. 25. The Bobcats (22-11, 8-2 Southland Conference) have a dominant pitching staff. Senior Chandler Hall leads the team in wins

(12) and strikeouts (113), while posting a 1.87 ERA. Junior pitcher Anne Marie Taylor has 10 wins and two no-hitters, one of which being a perfect game against Southeastern Louisiana. She posts a team best 1.70 ERA and is eighth in the nation in shutouts with seven. The Cougars match up well against the Bobcats pitching staff. UH has a team batting average of .310, which is ranked 33rd in the nation. Junior Reina Gaber sets the table for the Cougars’ offense. She leads the team in hits (36) and has a .360 batting average. Catcher Haley Outon provides the power as she has 10 homeruns and 34 RBI, both of which lead the team and are good for third and fourth, respectively, in C-USA. Outon’s .351 batting average is tied for third best on the team. The first game is scheduled for 4 p.m. with game two to follow at approximately 6 p.m. sports@thedailycougar.com

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Distinguished journal preps undergrads Students traveled to Midwest last month to participate in writing conference, speak with professionals and network Camila Cossio

THE DAILY COUGAR Tiffany Thor and current members of the University of Houston’s nationally recognized literary journal Glass Mountain spent the week before midterms not wallowing in Houston’s insane climate change, but in Chicago’s frosty air for the Association of Writer’s and Writing Programs conference. “Basically, it’s a four day conference held annually and is the largest conference in the nation for writers and writing programs — approximately 9,000 attendees and (more than) 500 publishers,” Thor said. “They have panels on literally everything having to do with the writing industry. Everything from trends in publishing, to specific writing genres, to craft techniques, to the how-to of publishing, to grad school programs, to forming communities — you name it.” Thor was one of the first co-editors of Glass Mountain

and is currently still involved in the magazine by being part of the Glass Mountain hotline in order to answer questions the new senior staff may have. Creative writing students Brett Forsberg and Scott Chalupa are the new co-editors, Steven Simeone is the managing editor and Zack Bean is the current graduate advisor. All five students went to the conference to represent Glass Mountain. “I worked the table in the book fair along with Scott Chalupa and the rest of the aforementioned staff members,” Forsberg said. “We handed out bookmarks, copies of the journal, USB flash drive wristbands and calls for submissions that all advertise for UH’s literary magazine and the Boldface conference.” Thor says that besides being a professional event, it also gives the staff time to meet people with the same interest and unwind before coming back home to continue their work on Glass Mountain. “It’s just a ginormous conference that really everyone interested in the industry should check out at least once if they can because there is something there for everyone,” Thor said. The conference is arguably one of the largest and most important conferences for writers in the United States.

The fact that Glass Mountain, an undergraduate journal, has been invited for the past two years shows the progress the journal has made in making an original name for itself. “Since we’ve gone national, it’s been great exposure for both us and the University.” Thor said. Glass Mountain is one of the only undergraduate literary magazines in the nation and offers amazing opportunities for undergraduates like the Boldface conference held from May 21 to May 26. Boldface directly pairs undergraduate students with UH graduate candidates for a week of writing related activities. “Where most prestigious writing programs exist at the graduate level and take candidates that may or may not have creative writing experience beforehand, Glass Mountain hopes to give undergraduates a preview of that specialized writing world,” Forsberg said. “We can do this in many ways. We can publish undergraduates and hope to circulate and encourage their work.” For more information on Glass Mountain or the Boldface conference, visit www.glassmountainmag.com. arts@thedailycougar.com

The UH campus can be seen full of students running around with bright colors, plastic swords and toy guns after school hours. | Robert Z. Easley/The Daily Cougar

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Interactive game infects campus Christopher Shelton

THE DAILY COUGAR A green bandana wrapped around one’s neck takes on a completely different meaning at the University of Houston. Members of the newly minted Cougar Urban Gaming Society are currently participating in the worldwide, interactive game Humans vs. Zombies. HvZ lasts an entire week; it began Monday and ends on Friday. A student who wears a bandana around the head or neck signifies a zombie, while a student who displays a bandana surrounding the arm or leg is a human. HvZ includes several missions and various objectives that begin each day at 6 a.m., when vaccines that protect you from succumbing to the zombie apocalypse are released. If a human participant

does not find one of these vaccines, then he or she becomes a zombie. The missions usually begin in the evening. Success or failure on the previous day’s mission determines the number of vaccines, which are released the following day. The yellow tape that surrounds the campus either on the ground or across a building symbolizes a safe zone. Army veteran and history major Michael Headberg — an aspiring pilot — is well prepared to fend for himself and survive a zombie apocalypse. He wears a weapon’s vest that houses his two plastic Nerf guns and wields a plastic sword to ensure that the zombies remain at bay. Headburg said women who are ardent Team Edward supporters ZOMBIES continues on page 8

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he bronze sculpture outside the library is easily one Artist: Jim Sanborn of the University of Houston’s most recognized pieces Year installed: 2003 of public art. The work earns its name “A Comma, A” both Medium: Bronze in practicality and shape as the spiral piece is located in the Location: Honors College walkway in front of the Honors College, interrupting the sidewalk much like a comma punctuates a sentence. The sculpture has writing cut out of it and is illuminated from its center and at night its multi-lingual phrases shine on its nearby surroundings. What did artist Jim Sanborn actually scribe onto the sculpture? “It’s kind of like a collection, snippets from different stories,” Curator of the University Public Art Collection Michael Guidry said. “(Sanborn) actually pulled things from our library and strung together this disjointed narrative. It’s everything from lines from Madame Bovary to Arabic texts and Native American texts. So that’s what wraps around that piece. And it is actually in the shape of a comma.” Sanborn may sound vaguely familiar to those who have caught news clips that surface every now and then surrounding the mystery of a piece he did for the CIA in 1990. “Kryptos” is a similar-looking sculpture that has been in a courtyard of the agency’s Virginia headquarters. ”He did a piece at the CIA that supposedly has all these inscriptions — all these cryptic messages,” Guidry said. “They’ve been trying to decipher it ever since it was installed and they still haven’t. So I get calls sometimes from people thinking that ours is the same kind of thing, and they’re trying to figure out the secrets that are embedded in it.” — Alicia Wilson/The Daily Cougar

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are more inclined to date a human. “The rotting kind of makes it not like a ‘Twilight’ thing. Zombies are a lot less sexy when they have festering wounds,” he said. Headburg eventually fell victim and became a zombie in the middle of the week. HvZ is popular hobby that is thriving on college campuses across the country. According to Humansvszombies.org, the game has been profiled by several different news organizations including NPR, The New York Times, USA Today and The Washington Post. Harry Nguyen is a veteran HvZ player who enjoys participating. “This would be my third time playing, first time on this

campus,” Nguyen said. “They hold (Human vs. Zombies) all over the world in (many countries). It spread to other schools and slowly moved farther and farther away,” he said. Nguyen enjoys the interactive qualities that HvZ brings to a college campus. “It’s a way to meet people. There’s not a lot of people interested in zombies,” Nguyen said. The final mission on Friday saw a victory for the zombies, as the humans were unable to successfully complete the mission. They were cornered and ultimately forced to join the ranks of the undead. According to Headburg, the humans were outnumbered 3-1. Although zombies may be an unpleasant sight to see, it was considered to be a good thing at UH last week. arts@thedailycougar.com

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