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SGA against campus smoking ban Amanda Hilow Assistant managing editor
Smokers have had their run of campus for a long while, but as of summer, their in-between class lights have been extinguished — and they are not happy about it. “I think it’s a little extreme, since most smokers already keep a respectful distance from non-smokers,” said physics and chemistry freshman Zachary Bone, a smoker. The updated policy is the cause of much controversy across campus, particularly since it was approved during the summer without much representation from the student body. “The fact that something like this is being passed — and during the summer while no one is here — is flabbergasting,” said Student Government Association Sen. Eduardo Reyes. “Students have the right to smoke. I actually think it is an infringement on students’ rights to limit their choices and decisions after they get out of class.” On July 7, SGA officials authored “A Resolution on an Updated Tobacco Policy” as an expression of their absolute opinion and disapproval of the updated policy. According to the resolution, the
SGA seeks to protect non-smokers from the health hazards of unwanted secondhand smoke but supports students’ rights to smoke. The SGA Senate does not advocate a campuswide ban. “In the foreseeable future, I don’t see the student body and the student government ever agreeing to this bill or policy,” Reyes said. However, UH Health Initiatives and the campus Tobacco Task Force say the new policy is not only required in order to receive grant funding from Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas for the University’s cancer research program, but necessary for the health of non-smoking students. “UH’s tobacco-free policy is a positive and health-directed initiative,” said Kathryn Peek, assistant vice president for UH Health Initiatives and co-chair of the Tobacco Task Force. “It is part of UH’s commitment to providing a healthy and sustainable environment for everyone in the UH community.” With the lack of legitimate information sent to students about the new policy, though, it seems students will continue smoking in undesignated or smoking-prohibited areas and remain unaffected by the bill.
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Kathryn Griffin-Townsend’s phone is always buzzing, even late at night. Griffin, the founder of “We’ve Been There, Done That,” is a victims’ rights advocate, specializing in the aid of women in the Houston community who are caught in the cycle of prostitution, drug abuse and human trafficking. “I deal with the healing and trauma. My phone hardly ever stops. I come to wherever they are,” Griffin said. Griffin will come if the victim is willing to receive help. “In the faces of human trafficking, the veins run deeper than people know,” Griffin said. “A lot of prostitutes who are adults have aged out and were put into the sex industry as juveniles. They end up not knowing anything else but to go into the sex industry, and it leads to criminal behavior.”
In recognition of her efforts, Griffin was appointed to the Blue Ribbon Committee, a 10-person task force assigned with finding solutions for and bringing awareness to human trafficking. The formation of the Blue Ribbon Committee was announced in a press release at the beginning of September, the city’s sixth annual human trafficking awareness month. Susham M. Modi, a supervising attorney at the UH immigration clinic, said the problem of trafficking is two-fold. “Getting to the authorities is problem one. I think the second problem is if they’re undocumented, like our cases are, they don’t know that they can go through a process in which they may be able to get valid immigration status if they cooperate with law enforcement,” she said. If victims of trafficking cooperate with authorities, they may qualify for a U Visa or T Visa, which provide temporary legal status.
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Free speech isn’t so free Music performance junior Lucia Aparcio and industrial construction managment senior Julian Zavala stop to take an e-smoke at the Technology Annex on campus. | Samantha Wong/The Daily Cougar “Students are heavily inconvenienced by this bill,” Reyes said. “But I think it will be very difficult to enforce majorly because students haven’t even been informed.” The SGA’s resolution suggests the tobacco policy — instead of prohibiting smoking — should designate specific smoking areas on-campus to accommodate smokers in inclement weather, properly relocate all cigarette receptacles at least 25 feet away from building entrances and erect “Tobacco-free Zone” signs near CPRIT-funded buildings, access ways and parking lots. Under these guidelines, the resolution says, students would be saved from right infringement as well as protect from health risks.
The resolution also calls on new student orientation programs to inform incoming freshman of the on-campus tobacco policy, encourage students to utilize specifically designated smoking areas and notify them of the free, University-provided cessation services for tobacco users. Despite the implementation of the new smoking policy, the University has barely succeeded in informing its students or developing and understanding with on-campus smokers. “I think we need more communication,” said economics sophomore Tao Tao, a smoker. “Smokers and the school have to be on the same page.”
According to a Department of Justice report, Houston and El Paso play a prominent role in human trafficking because of their position on the I-10 Corridor and proximity to Mexico connection to much of the southern portion of the US. “The Department of Justice declared the I-10 corridor as one of the main routes for human traffickers in the United States. It is estimated that 1 out of 5 U.S. trafficking victims will travel through Texas along the I-10 corridor,” said Human Rescue and Restore Coalition in a fact sheet. “It’s hard to drive on I-10 after knowing this information,” said Terence O’Neill, the manager for the Office of International Communities “It’s an eye opener. One of the things you start to realize as you move down I-10 is that you’d never know as you sit there in traffic, idling in you car, that there could be a victim of human trafficking in the truck next
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to you,” O’Neill said. Some are not aware that human trafficking is an encompassing banner that includes more than the sexual slavery of young girls and boys. “There is also labor trafficking, where the victim could be of any age or nationality,” said Maria Trujillo, the Blue Ribbon Committee’s chair and executive director of Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition. “It could be the maid or nanny that lives next door. It could be the person who’s knocking on your door selling magazines or CDs. It could be the guy working at the construction site near your house or business. It could be the person doing your nails or braiding you hair at the braiding studio,” Trujillo said. From sexual slavery to labor slavery, the faces of the traffickers shift from pimps and gang members in shady motels to 24-hour massage parlors, and even to the homes and HUMAN continues on page 3
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The following is a partial report of campus crime between June 12 and Sunday. All information is selected from the files of the UH Department of Public Safety. The information in italics indicates when the event was reported to UHDPS and the event’s location. Information or questions regarding the cases below should be directed to UHDPS at (713) 743-0600.
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Driving While License Invalid – At 1:57 a.m. Tuesday at 3600 Elgin, a UH visitor was arrested for driving while license invalid and released to Harris County Jail. The case is cleared by arrest. Embezzlement – At 12:21 p.m. in an off-campus location, a UH staff member reported that another UH staff member made unauthorized charges on UH travel and purchase cards. The incident occurred between 8:13 p.m Monday and midnight Tuesday. The case is active. Theft – At 12:19 a.m. Wednesday at the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library, a UH student reported the theft of her unsecured cell phone. The incident occurred between 11:16 p.m. Tuesday and 12:15 a.m. Wednesday. The case is active. Possession of Marijuana – At 1:46 a.m. Wednesday at the Cambridge Oaks Parking Lot, a UH visitor was arrested for possession of marijuana and transported to Harris County Jail. The case is cleared by arrest. Burglary of a Motor Vehicle – At 9:48 a.m. Wednesday in Lot 12A, a UH staff member reported that someone burglarized her unattended and secured. The incident occurred between 9:00 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. The case is inactive. Traffic Offense – At 1:14 p.m. Wednesday in Lot 16B, a UH student reported that someone struck her unattended vehicle and failed to leave the information required by law. The incident occurred at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday. The case is active.
Failure to Stop and Render Aid– At 5:29 p.m. Wednesday on Scott Street, a UH visitor reported that someone struck her vehicle and fled the scene without providing the information required by Texas law. The case is active. Theft – At 7:27 p.m. Wednesday at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center, a UH visitor reported the theft of his unattended and unsecured wallet. The incident occurred between 4:30 and 5:45 p.m. The case is active. Public Intoxication – At 9:49 p.m. Wednesday at the Law Center, a UH staff member was found to be highly intoxicated and was transported to Ben Taub Hospital. The case is active. Theft – At 4:58 p.m. on Thursday at Engineering 1, a UH student reported the theft of his unattended and unsecured ring. The incident occurred between 11:00 a.m. Wednesday and midnight Thursday. The case is active. Criminal Mischief – At 6:34 p.m. Thursday in Lot 9C, a UH student reported that someone damaged his unattended and unsecured vehicle. The incident occurred between 12:15 and 6:15 p.m. The case is active. Theft – At 6:20 p.m. Thursday at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center, a UH student reported the theft of his unattended and unsecured laptop. The incident occurred between 6:10 and 6:25 p.m. The case is active. For the complete report and to view past reports, go to thedailycougar.com/crime Have information on these or other incidents of crime on campus? Call (713) 743-0600
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UH has a piece of history waiting to be placed Julie Heffler News editor
The journey for a piece of steel to be featured in the New University Center began with tragedy and the end of an iconic landmark on the New York City skyline. Once the New UC is completed, this piece of steel, a remnant from the World Trade Center debris, will be placed into the structure on the east side. The artifact came to UH as a result of the 2009-2010 student body demanding that the Student Government Association apply for it. “Back in the 2009-2010 school
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businesses of affluent members of the community. No one personified this more than Sugar Land resident Rozina Ali, who brought an Indonesian woman from
year when Kenneth Fomunung was president of the student body, a student came to him and his cabinet and said, ‘Hey, we have an opportunity to acquire a piece of the World Trade Center,’” said SGA President Cedric Bandoh. The application process came through the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which gave out pieces to different groups across the country. It took approximately a year and a half to complete the process. “So we submitted the application at the time. The application was approved for us, but the Port Authority has to go and select the certain pieces
and somewhat furbish them a bit, but while still keeping their original shape and feel,” Bandoh said. “That process took a long time with so many groups requesting pieces and plus them having to deliver it. That took some time and went to when Prince Wilson was president. And last year, when Mike Harding was president, we finally got word that they have identified our piece of steel and that they were going to send it to us.” When the piece arrived at UH, the school still had to decide on its final resting place. “A piece of the World Trade Center will be displayed on the South side of
the East Addition of the New UC at the end of Phase One — approximately January 2014,” said Keith Kowalka, assistant vice president for Student Affairs and Student Life, in an email. The placement of the piece in the new UC was an obvious choice for the SGA. “We felt that the University Center, being that central hub of student life and it being basically the living room of our campus, that that’d be the most appropriate place for this artifact to go,” Bandoh said. “We feel very fortunate in Student Life and the University Center that SGA identified the UC as the location for the WTC piece to be
displayed,” Kowalka said. The artifact is, in fact, a rare find south of the Mason-Dixon line. “We’re the only university in this whole southern portion of the country that is going to have a piece of steel,” Bandoh said. “There will be a plaque. There will be benches. It will be set up really nicely to honor those who fell on that day — to honor all the heroes.” The journey for the steel has almost come to an end — it now waits in storage at the Energy Research Park. Additional reporting by Amanda Hilow.
Malaysia to Houston in 2002. According to court documents, the woman was beaten, kicked in the stomach, punched in the head and hit across the back with clothes hangers. She did not escape until 2007. Chuck Foreman sees trafficking every day, and part of his job description involves returning runaways to
their family. “Many are coerced into leaving home by so-called “Romeo’s” involved in gang activity,” Foreman said. Foreman, a private investigator from CFSI International, states that law enforcement is doing a good job on the ground but that they can’t do it by themselves.
“Houston PD, Harris County and sheriffs departments don’t play around. I can orchestrate three different agencies to do welfare checks at three different properties at the same time,” Foreman said. “They’ll work as a group because we don’t want them to be tipped off. We’ll hit six houses in an hour
span.” All involved in the effort against human trafficking admit that it cannot be solved in a day, but if everyone works together, maybe Griffin’s phone will not be buzzing as much in the near future.
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OPINION
EDITOR Lucas Sepulveda EMAIL opinion@thedailycougar.com ONLINE thedailycougar.com/opinion
Land of the free, home of the sensitive Freedom of speech is useless in a nation intolerant to the views and opinions of others Babak Hamidi
As much as we respect the freedom of speech, this country has become far more restrictive than we’d like to admit.”
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lenn Beck was on his radio show this week bawling his eyes out — as usual — about the unfair treatment that he experienced on American Airlines. Apparently, a flight attendant slammed a can of soda on his tray and boasted that “he was so proud of the very liberal cities in America.” Beck’s over-sensitivity and ease of crying is an acknowledged fact. Yet, his complaint sounds legitimate and reveals an unfortunate trend occurring in our country. America prides itself, maybe beyond anything else, on its freedom of speech. Heck, it’s in this country that an atrociously disgusting organization like the Westboro Baptist Church can win a Supreme Court Appeal for their
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right to protest the funeral of fallen soldiers. However, our freedoms are under attack in an unusual and covert way. As much as we respect the freedom of speech, this country has become far more restrictive than we’d like to admit. There is not one day where some dubious controversy does not arise about what some random, insignificant celebrity or public figure said. It’s the sign of an era where imperfect people demand perfection. It’s the sign of a society that does not respect mistakes. Seemingly, everything needs to be perfectly unbiased, thought out, and profound. People cannot say thoughtless statements or offensive jokes without being called racists or homophobes. This society is abounding with apologies from public figures that should never have apologized in the first place. However, they did so to save themselves from a barrage of media backlash. The counterclaim may be that if public figures can say whatever they want, others should be able to criticize them. Fair Enough. However, we have taken the idea of analysis or criticism to such an extreme that few public figures can say anything without being attacked and chastised. The whole idea of cyber bullying is born out of this. It is when legitimate negative responses and opinions become so vitriolic and frequent that they take on a form of bullying. Not every celebrity’s opinion must be attacked or lambasted.
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Kathleen Kennedy | The Daily Cougar case where backlash over someone’s words can destroy the very platform they use to express their views. In theory, no one attacked Limbaugh’s freedom of speech, but they did so in practice. This creates an environment where only the most timid and family-friendly media figures can prosper. Where people with edge and passion are restricted to the
fringes and where mediocrity and political correctness rule. What is the purpose of freedom of speech if the boundaries are left untested? Considering how far removed we are from a tolerance to opinion, one begs to ask: did we ever have it? Babak Hamidi is an English junior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.
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Sometimes we can just call dumb when we see it and move on. Tolerance of speech is pretty much dead and a day cannot be set on its demise. But the invention -- or rather widespread use of -- blogs is the nail in its coffin. At their best, blogs give power to people to address important social issues. For example, political blogs were chiefly responsible for the downfall of Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott after he praised Strom Thurmond’s segregationist Presidential bid. At their worst, however, a couple bloggers have the ability to turn a small and insignificant issue into a national controversy. The most recent example of this was the controversy surrounding Daniel Tosh, of Comedy Central’s Tosh.0, over a rape joke at a comedy club. In this incident, an anonymous blog post had the chance of ruining a comedian’s life. With millions of dollars behind his show, he reluctantly apologized. The biggest problem is that people took one blog post as the official source of events. And blog after blog piled on him as a misogynist without asking if the original blogger’s views were accurate or not. Toleration in speech becomes ever more important when we look back at Rush Limbaugh’s recent controversy involving Sandra Fluke. Due to that controversy, Limbaugh lost dozens of local advertisers. If that boycott of Limbaugh was successful, it would have destroyed his career. This is a
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UTSA too much for UH Harrison Lee Staff writer
Piland named C-USA offensive player of week
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uarterback David Piland broke a Robertson Stadium record, throwing for 580 yards in the Cougars’ 5649 loss to Louisiana Tech on Saturday, and has since been named Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week. The Southlake native’s 584 total yards is the second-best single game total in C-USA history, his 77 passing attempts broke Case Keenum’s conference record in that category. — Hendrick Rosemond/The Daily Cougar
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Cougars split at Sun Desert Classic PAC-12 matches against Sun Devils, Wildcats yield difficult tests prior to home opener Monica Rojas Staff writer
In their first-ever Sun Devil Desert Classic against PAC-12 teams, the Cougars defeated Arizona State University 1-0, netted by junior midfielder Jasmine Martinez. “We knew t h i s would Bush test us mentally,” head coach Chris Pfau said in a statement. “The Sun Desert Classic is a tough tournament and Arizona State is a very talented and dynamic team.” Pfau attributed the team’s success to the defense. “It has been a long three weeks, but it was great to see our team step up like this,” Pfau said. “Everyone stepped up and we needed that. Anytime you can beat a PAC-12 school on the road is a great thing.” Two days later, the Cougars lost
2-1 to the University of Arizona Wildcats in their second game of the weekend. “We came out and played a good first half,” Pfau said in a statement.“We came out with confidence and some good energy. In the second half, we didn’t deal with pressure well and lost our legs and that hurt us. We fought to the end and had a chance to tie the game. If we can learn to play the same way no matter what the situation is, we will do well.” The tournament resulted in a
We knew this would test us mentally. The Sun Desert Classic is a tough tournament and Arizona State is a very talented and dynamic team.” Chris Pfau, head soccer coach following the Cougars 1-0 victory over Arizona State in the Sun Desert Classic
1-1 record for the three teams. “This weekend was a tough trip, but it will really help us in the long run,” Pfau said. “Both games put us in tough situations and made us deal with them. If we continue to build on these kinds of games, it should be a good ride.” Senior midfielder and defender Kaci Bush, junior goalkeeper Cami Koski and Martinez were all named to the All-Tournament Team. Bush, who played the full 90 minutes of each game, helped hold the score Friday. Collectively, Koski made 18 saves this weekend, 12 of which occurred during Sunday’s game. In addition to netting Friday’s goal against the Sun Devils, Martinez assisted in the single goal made by junior midfielder Kylie Cook against the Wildcats. “This honor is ver y welldeserved,” Pfau said. “They all had a great weekend against two very good teams.” The Cougars now stand 3-4-0 and will welcome the University of Texas at San Antonio to Robertson
Stadium on Sept. 16 for their final nonconference game. sports@thedailycougar.com
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The Cougars’ effort against the University of Texas at San Antonio proved too little and a tad bit too late when they lost 3-1 against the Roadrunners. “We battled,” said volleyball head coach Kaddie Platt. “But we did not come out relaxed and ready to play at the start.” Dropping to 1-6 for the year, the Cougars struggled early with holding off UTSA’s offensive explosions and aggressiveness at the net and overthe-net game. The first two sets went against UH 25-14 and 25-21. The Roadrunners’ penchant for quick scoring and antagonistic defense proved to be a thorn in the sides of the home team. UH made by several errors that prevented momentum to end the set. In the second set, UH led several times because of the play of senior middle blocker Chandace Tryon and senior outside hitter Katie Norris, who turned in solid performances with three and four kills, respectively. Numerous lead changes and a team total of 12 kills showed a higher level of competitiveness before halftime. At the start the second half, the team seemed decidedly more aggressive. They played with an intensity that led to a 25-20 win in the third set. The team had a total of 15 kills and 35 total attempts. “We needed to serve better,” Platt said. “They are a good team and we couldn’t afford to have mistakes.” Going into the crucial fourth set, each team swapped kills and leads early and often. Freshman outside hitter Shelby Vance and Tryon added two straight kills to notch things at 23-23 near the end of the match, followed again by a 25-25 tie before the Roadrunners went ahead with the final two points to win. Despite the results, Platt insisted after the game that she saw some good in the match. “We had a couple of young players on the court tonight. Shelby Vance did a good job attacking, while (freshman left/defensive striker) Olivia O’Dell showed she could play throughout the entire match.” The Cougars stay at home this coming weekend for the Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup, where they will face off against Florida State University, Pepperdine University and Ohio State University. sports@thedailycougar.com
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Local shopping centers celebrate annual fashion event Allen Le Life & arts editor
Fashion’s Night Out, an event curated in 2009 by Anna Wintour, Editor in Chief of Vogue magazine, and international editors of the magazine to stimulate the stagnant industry, infected multiple
shopping centers across Houston Thursday. The evening event originally started in New York City and is an annual site of a chaotic circus of celebrities, media representatives and fashionistas. The fashion celebration is seen as the event that ignites the start
of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, which started Thursday and will last a week. Houston experienced a milder version of the event at several locations throughout the city, including the Galleria, Rice Village and West Avenue. Sydney Dao, Director of Public
Relations at local boutique Dao Chloe Dao, took the initiative to organize a Rice Village shop crawl to highlight Houston’s independent stores. “It was something I wanted to do just to bring all the stores together. The independent shops are not as united. I think we’re
all so busy just running our own businesses,” Dao said. “I wanted something that would draw people, but I also wanted to do something to send the people to all the other shops to discover what the other stores had to offer.” SHOPPING continues on page 8
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The Classical Theatre Company, Texas’ only company entirely devoted to performing classical theater year-round, celebrated its five-year anniversary Thursday at the Houston Arts Alliance. Founded by Executive Artistic Director John Johnston in late 2006, the CTC has strived to meet the needs of a niche that was previously unfilled. “My initial thought was, I looked at the initial landscape in Houston — theatrically — and I felt that, for being the fourth largest city in the United States, Houston desperately needed a company whose sole purpose was to produce classical theater,” Johnston said. Though they began in 2007 with only a single reading, the CTC now performs up to three shows and two readings a year, and all of plays are at least 100 years old. Their shows have ranged from popular works such as Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” to lesser-known titles like Colley Cibber’s “Love’s Last Shift.” The plays are often tweaked and twisted with different settings and details, bringing a modern spin on classical works. “I think everybody gets scared of classical, because they think of lifted language and no laughing, and it couldn’t be further from the truth,” said Carol Phillips, an advisory board member. “I think the real kind of fun thing for me is that no matter how things change, the plays always remain the same because it’s all about love and family and fear
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FNO was held in more than 500 cities nationwide this year, according to its official website. Although the fashion scene down south is not as grand as in New York, Dao said the fourth largest city was aware of the cause and deserving of a shopping event like this. “We decided to participate because we finally felt like Houston was ready for it. I think it was recognized and people heard it enough to know what Fashion’s Night Out really is and what it represents,” Dao said. The Village is home to more than 300 shops, including corporate retail chains, but Dao specifically wanted to highlight the many local shops with a personality. “We also had a lot of people
ask us what we were doing for Fashion’s Night Out, so we felt like that was the right time. What we did — our Fashion’s Night Out — the focus of it was actually to help bring awareness to all the cool little independent shops here in the Village versus chains in the mall,” Dao said. UH alumnus Alan Javillonar, co-owner and head buyer of The Class Room, a menswear boutique that participated in the Village shop crawl, thought the event exposed Houstonians to new shops that they normally would not venture into. “Since we’re a menswear boutique, we usually don’t get women coming into the shop and feedback was great. We had a chance to kind of showcase who we are and what we stand for,” Javillonar said. Amber Twis, Store Director of Langford Market at Rice Village, expressed the same sentiments.
“Fashion’s Night Out is a really great exposure just to get people out and not necessarily spend money, but to discover new stores,” Twis said. FNO only received moderate interest from consumers in Houston, but Dao believes the industryfavorite event will continue to gain popularity throughout the city. “I think it’s just going to grow. It’s getting bigger and bigger every year. I think people are recognizing it. I think they’re going to look forward to the event every year. We’re hoping our little shop crawl is going to grow into something really big — incorporate more stores, maybe have some entertainment outside,” Dao said. “The only thing we have to battle is the heat. I think if we can get everyone together and give people more reason to come, I think it can definitely grow.” arts@thedailycougar.com
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and the big issues. And somehow the big issues that were a hundred years ago are still relevant now, and how cool is it to be able to see them.” Despite Houston’s size, the actors’ salaries are the third highest in the city. Sets are minimalized and the artistic team is forced to think creatively in order to adhere to budget. “The quality of production is something that we tried right off the bat to achieve. I feel like our productions have had a pretty steady through-line from the beginning of a very high quality, at least in performance,” CTC Communications Director Blair Knowles said. “That’s interesting because if you perform well, the audience is entertained and engaged. Beautiful scenery and costumes have a wow factor for about five seconds, and then you’ve seen them already, and it’s just there. But if
Hendrick Rosemond / The Daily Cougar the performances are top-notch, then you’re entertained for the whole two hours.” The CTC was opened just before the current economic crisis and has had an even tighter budget as a result. But the company has persevered and will soon be opening their own performance hall. “Quite honestly, just getting this far through the economic conditions that were existing is probably the accomplishment that I’m most proud of,” Johnston said. CTC’s next show, “Miss Julie,” originally written by August Strinberg and now directed by Julia Traber, will be featured Sept. 26 through Oct. 14. arts@thedailycougar.com