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UH Law helps immigrants Jessica Crawford News writer
On Aug. 15, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services began accepting requests from applicants interested in benefiting from deferred action under the Deferred Action Executive Policy. Pre s i d e n t Ba ra c k O b a m a announced the Deferred Action Executive Policy on June 15. The executive policy allows for people who immigrated to the U.S. as children to defer prosecutorial removal from the country, according to the USCIS.
In order to be considered, the applicant must meet certain criteria — including arrival in the U.S. prior to their 16th birthday and not posing a threat to the country. The University of Houston Law Center’s Immigration Clinic is helping students and members of the community utilize the new executive policy. “The Deferred Action Initiative was put together for our immigration clinic,” said Janet Heppard, associate professor of clinical practice at the UH Law Center. “It allows our LAW continues on page 3
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Is enlisting the right choice? LIFE+ARTS Geoffrey Hoffman is a faculty supervising attorney at UH Law’s Immigration Clinic where illegal immigrants can take advantage of the new deferred action policy. | Nine Nguyen/The Daily Cougar
ELECTION 2012
Unanimous overturn of voter ID law Harrison Lee News writer
The proposed Texas Senate Bill 14, which would have required government-issued photo ID be presented at the election polls, was struck down Aug. 30 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. in a unanimous 3-0 decision. Judges David Tatel and Robert Wilkins, both former President Bill Clinton appointees, and Rosemary Collyer, appointed by former President George W. Bush, agreed that the law qualified as intentional discrimination against Hispanics and African Americans. “Unpersuasive, invalid or both,” read Tatel’s description of the defense and justification of the Texas voter ID law. According to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Texas is prohibited from
passing a voting law that in any way hinders the ability of minorities to vote. The court says this law does just that. “We find that Texas has failed to make this showing — in fact, record evidence demonstrates that if implemented, SB14 will likely have a retrogressive effect,” the court opinion said. Texas was one of several states that passed new and stringent voter ID laws in the wake of the 2008 and 2010 election cycles. Those states that currently require governmentissued photo IDs are Pennsylvania, Indiana, Georgia, Tennessee and Kansas, according to the National Conference of State Legislature’s website. The bill was introduced January 2011, and the controversy was immediate, as the proposed law would disallow previously adequate
forms of ID, like student IDs. After numerous amendments, including one allowing gun permits to be suitable forms of identification, it was sent to Gov. Rick Perry on June 18 and signed into law on June 27. The basis of SB14, as voiced by proponents of the law, was to combat voter fraud. “Chalk up another victory for fraud,” said Perry in a statement. “Today, federal judges subverted the will of the people of Texas and undermined our effort to ensure fair and accurate elections.” As of September 2012, there have been 51 convictions for voter fraud in Texas in the past decade. Of those 51, only four have not been associated with voter impersonation, according to www.politifact. com. Additionally, about 60 percent are not classified specifically as convictions.
After the D.C. Court of Appeals ruling, Attorney General Gregory Abbott vowed publicly to appeal, but the actual assistant attorney general, who argued the case, issued no comments on the oral arguments or the opinion. “Today’s decision is wrong on the law and improperly prevents Texas from implementing the same type of ballot integrity safeguards that are employed by Georgia and Indiana — and were upheld by the Supreme Court,” Abbott said in a statement. It is unknown if the U.S. Supreme Court will even hear the case in particular. Assistant attorney general for the Allegany County State’s Attorney’s Office, John Hughes, declined to comment. news@thedailycougar.com
RESEARCH
Researchers battle Parkison’s disease using mouse model Channler Hill News writer
Parkinson’s disease may prove to be no match for a team of UH researchers at the Center of Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling. CNRCS Director Jan-Åke Gustafsson and professor Margaret Warner, along with their team of researchers, have found a link between betasitosterol — present in many plants and good for preventing cholesterol
absorption from one’s diet — and ALS-Parkinson’s disease. This discovery may aid in the fight against Parkinson’s. Parkinson’s disease is a chronic progressive neurological disease linked to a decrease in dopamine. “If ALS-Parkinson’s patients do have a defect in LXRbeta signaling, they will benefit from pharmaceuticals which target signaling of this receptor.,” Warner said. In 1995, Gustafsson’s lab
discovered two novel nuclear receptors — one was LXRbeta. An efficient way to unmask the function of the newly discovered genes is to use gene technology to eliminate the hormone in mice and see what happens. “The receptor continues to show promise as a potential therapeutic target for this disease, as well as other neurological disorders,” Gustafsson said in a press release for HealthNewsDigest.com. “LXRbeta performs an important function in
the development of the central nervous system, and our work indicates that the presence of LXRbeta promotes the survival of dopaminergic neurons, which are the main source of dopamine in the central nervous system.” During World War II, ALS-Parkinson’s disease was prevalent in the Pacific Islands and Guam where there were a lot of cycad seeds, CNRCS continues on page 3
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DID YOU KNOW? Physics Did you know, a weekly column would be highlighting interesting facts about majors offered on campus. Lawrence Pinsky, professor and chairman of the Department of Physics provided the supporting information for this week’s column: 1. Tim Berners Lee, a graduate of Oxford University, created the concept in 1989 for the Cern physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland to quickly send and access information. 2. James Clerk Maxwell, known for his work with electromagnetic theory, made the development of computers, radios, TV, cell phones and a lot of medical technologies possible through the study of matter and energy. He is considered one of the most influential 19th century physicists to the 20th century. 3. Statistically, 100 percent of physics graduates are employed within 12 months of graduation. 4 Physicists with bachelor’s degrees typically make $40,000 to $65,000. Salaries for physicists with doctorate degrees who work in the private sector can range from $80,000 to $100,000. 5. Currently, nationwide undergraduate enrollment for physics majors is 79 percent male and 21 percent female. Of physics majors in the U.S., 93 percent have taken high school physics and 50 percent have taken AP courses. 6. In 1836, Michael Faraday built a conductive cage that a person could stand inside, perfectly safe, while lightning bolt-like arcs surged around the exterior. This cage, known as the Faraday Cage, blocked external electric fields thus protecting the person inside. 7. If a person were to make a short trip into space and back, traveling near the speed of light, a greater amount of time would have elapsed on Earth than what that person personally experienced. He or she wouldn’t age as fast as everyone they came home to.
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Faculty attracted to diversity, opportunity Nhu Trinh Contributing writer
Every year new faculty members are employed in all University departments. Currently, there are 84 new professors and counting with hiring continuing well into October, according to Olga Selley, program director for the Office of the Executive Associate Vice President for Academic and Faculty Affairs. New faculty members often have high ambitions when they come to UH. If Yan Yao could have it his way, his curriculum would be for his students to build battery-charged vehicles in the classroom. Yao is an assistant professor at the Cullen College of Engineering and hopes to impact battery research by collaborating with people from around the University and the Houston community. Yao said he came to the U.S. nine years ago to focus on solving energy problems like energy conversion and storage by working with battery research and creating an electric vehicle that is more durable and affordable than ones on the market today. “Houston is a big city, it is the energy capital of the world,” Yao said. “Not only is there the traditional oil and gas businesses, they are also in developing, very aggressively, renewable energy resources.” Yao was employed as a senior scientist in Illinois and did his postdoctoral research at Stanford University. He is now looking for eager
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second- and third-year law students to gain experience in this field. ... It became one more area of immigration law that would be good for our students to know.” Immigration Attorney Jill Campbell defines the deferred action initiative as a program consisting of limited one-on-one consultations and informational session with non-legal students through the UH system. Heppard also cleared up some misconceptions about deferred action. “It’s not a law, it’s an executive policy that the president put in place, and it essentially defers deportation for people who qualify.” The National Immigration Law Center makes it clear that meeting all requirements doesn’t necessarily guarantee deferment. “Deferred action will be granted on a case-by-case basis. Even if you meet the requirements outlined below, the Department of Homeland Security
students interested in material science for his upcoming courses and research program. Jeffrey Feng is the assistant professor at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and is also a new professor who came to UH but for different reasons. Feng received his bachelor’s degree in industrial design from the Beijing Institute of Technology, his master’s at Tsinghua University and his Master of Fine Arts at the University of Illinois. He has about 14 years of work experience in the industry and has helped design several technologies for the medical field and Fortune 500 companies. “The ID program here has a very good potential for growth,” Feng said. “Houston is the fourth largest city and has probably 56 of the Fortune 500 companies with their headquarters in Houston. There is a big potential for the ID program to collaborate with those companies.” At the university level, he hopes to develop his unique teaching approach to make ID students more professional with their skill set, design thinking and philosophy. The Jack J. Valenti School of Communication’s new member Arthur Santana, originally from Corpus Christi, received his doctorate at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication and eventually made a switch from the newsroom to the UH classroom. “(University of Houston) is a fine, prestigious school,” Santana said. “To
be able to come here and land here in this media market, this very large media market in Houston … when the opportunity came up I knew I just had to take it.” According to Houston Media Hub, Houston is the 10th largest media market in the nation with 325 different media outlets for its population to choose from. Assistant professor Samuel McQuillin of the College of Education was also attracted to teaching at UH. He holds a doctorate from the University of South Carolina and aspires to create a youth mentoring program in Houston for at risk students. “I feel like with my area of research, which is applied in nature and relies predominantly on students and public school systems, you really can’t be in a better place in terms of diversity because Houston was just rated the most diverse city in the United States and the amount of students in the public school systems around the Houston area; it’s a big population,” McQuillin said. From potential ID prosperity to the diverse demographics of the city’s population, Houston has become the ideal spot for many professors to exercise their areas of expertise and study to expand their research. “Houston’s not a priority vacation destination, but it’s a good place to live. It’s got everything you need,” McQuillin said.
will still have to decide whether to grant you deferred action,” it says. Students from the UH Law Center’s Immigration Clinic are doing presentations on the policy. “Our faculty and students have done one presentation so far at the UH main campus,” Heppard said. Additional presentations will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 13 at UH Downtown and 12:30 to 2 p.m. Sept. 19 at UH Clear Lake. A teleconference with UH Victoria students is tentatively scheduled for 4 p.m. Sept. 19. “They are giving information to the students,” Heppard said. “We have had students calling in because there is potential to get one-on-one time with our students and attorneys to answer questions and look at their forms.” The one-on-one sessions begin Friday, and students participating in the Immigration Clinic are nearly booked. Additional reporting by Amanda Hilow.
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which contain a high level of betasitosterol. “The reason for the susceptibility of certain people in Guam to toxicity from beta-sitosterol remained a mystery until we developed the LXRbeta knockout mice,” Warner said. “These mice develop ALS-Parkinson’s disease spontaneously as they age, and the disease is made worse if betasitosterol is added to their diet.” LXRbeta knockout mice did not need to be fed beta-sitosterol to develop Parkinson’s disease. UH researchers now look to see if people develop the disease because of defective LXRbeta signaling. LXRbeta is a ligand-activated nuclear receptor and one of its ligands is beta-sitosterol. This led UH researchers to conclude that an intact LXRbeta is essential to prevent development of Parkinson’s disease.
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EDITOR Lucas Sepulveda EMAIL opinion@thedailycougar.com ONLINE thedailycougar.com/opinion
VIEWPOINTS
From diploma to deployment Is entering the military the right choice for college grads, and if so for what reasons?
James Wang
Nick Bell
n last week’s issue, the article “Graduates Go To Basic” detailed the growing trend of recent college graduates favoring enlistment in our great nation’s armed forces over chancing it out in the still unsteady job market. Financially, it just makes sense. You get great benefits, an instant pay grade boost and scholarships down the road — what’s the downside? The downside is that you’re taking opportunities and jobs away from people who have wanted to join since day one. It’s one thing to go to college and get a degree with the intention of signing up, but it’s selfish to go to school and look to the military as your fallback option when the civilian job market doesn’t look stable. The U.S. military is the world’s most rightfully respected fighting force, not some babysitter for a yuppie with a college degree too scared to branch out into the real world and fight it out in the trenches at home; the same kids who as wide-eyed Freshman, looked at the military and said, “Gosh, we ought to slash their budget.” There are people who join the Army because they honestly love this country and want to honor a tradition of service to it. The pay, the scholarships and all the other benefits come second for those people. The perks are a well-deserved reward, and it just doesn’t sit well that those rewards can be grabbed by a college graduate who chose to take on the expenses associated with higher education and then decided, at the last minute, to shirk all the financial responsibility by enlisting and letting the military pay it all off. If you’re going to enlist, join to serve, not to be served at the taxpayers’ expense.
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ollege graduates are no different in joining the military out of fear of an uncertain job market than those who enlist straight out of high school or with a GED. There seems to be a consensus in certain conservative factions that higher education is coupled with some sort of snobbery and anti-working man, as if only those pursuing the military out of high school or who earned their GEDs are gung-ho enough about their country to serve. Try and find any person in the upper ranks of the military or those that went through the military and into government positions that don’t have a degree from an institution of higher education. Plenty of college graduates genuinely want to join the military. The idea that you should have to surrender vertical mobility in the career you would like to have to make way for those who “truly” want it is preposterous, as is the idea that anyone who “truly” wants it would’ve been the fastest horse out of the gate — high school. As far as an uneasy market is concerned, where does the U.S. invest the majority of its federal tax dollars? In its military and defense. That’s a safe bet for just about any profession nowadays, regardless of their college degree or lack thereof. Some European countries’ universities are tuition free. If the same were applied to the U.S., it would lose a percentage of military who are using it to pay for college after they serve. Thanks to the GI Bill, it works both ways. To try and curb the military’s college graduates would be a form of anti-intellectualism, which shouldn’t be a running ideology in an institution that’s meant to protect our wellbeing as a nation.
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OFFENSE
Cougars focus on turnovers, tempo against UCLA Andrew Pate Sports editor
One week after putting up 693 offensive yards, 580 of which came through the air, the Houston Cougars head west to face a physical UCLA defense that through two games, allowed Nebraska and Rice a combined three points during the fourth quarter. “They’re a bigger team. They put a lot of guys in the box,” said redshirt sophomore quarterback David Piland. “We’re going to have the opportunity to throw the ball. We’re going to have to wear them down with tempo and the right play at the right time.” Despite the challenge of facing the Bruins in the Rose Bowl, head coach Tony Levine insists the team’s primary focus is internal. “We’ve got to improve things within our team,” Levine said. “When you talk about executing our offense when a play is there to be made, you make the play.” Specifically, the Cougars will seek to improve turnovers from the run game, which from an offensive standpoint, likely could have been a deciding factor in the outcome of last week’s 56-49 loss to Louisiana
Redshirt senior wide receiver Ronnie Williams streaks down the sideline for a 32 yard touchdown against Louisiana Tech. Of the 22 receivers on UH’s roster, only Williams and Isaiah Sweeney played downs in the Cougars’ last trip to Pasadena two seasons ago; neither of which caught a pass. | Nine Nguyen/The Daily Cougar Tech. “We had the ball live on the ground Saturday night six times, and we lost two fumbles,” Levine said. “When you lose the turnover
battle in any football game, there’s a big correlation between who wins the game and who wins the turnover margin.” For a largely inexperienced
offense — many of who were not with the team two years ago for the Cougars’ last trip to Pasadena, Ca. — maintaining poise will be a key factor.
“We’ve got a lot of young guys and having their confidence be high right off the bat is a great asset to the team,” Piland said. “We’re going into it with the same game plan, high tempo, and we’re the only people that can stop us.” Defensively, under new coordinator Lou Spanos, the Bruins run a 3-4 scheme and have sought to use their strength at linebacker to improve their 89th rank in total defense from last year. “They fly around and you look at some of the names (defensively) and they are guys who’ve played the last few years,” Levine said. “It’s no accident that they’re 2-0 and rated in the top 25.” For UH, the game against a nationally ranked (22) UCLA squad also provides an opportunity to prove itself. The Cougars are off to their first 0-2 start since 2004 when the team finished 3-8. “There is definitely a chip on our shoulders,” said sophomore wide receiver Daniel Spencer. “There are people doubting us from everywhere, maybe even in our families. We’ve got to come and show people that we are a good football team.” sports@thedailycougar.com
DEFENSE
Bruins’ Heisman candidate looks to attack struggling unit Franklin’s combination of elusiveness, power provides UH defense daunting task heading into Rose Bowl trip Christopher Shelton Assistant sports editor
UCLA’s running back, Johnathan Franklin, could be licking his chops when preparing to face a defense that has surrendered 248 and 245 rushing yards in consecutive Steward weeks. UH said they have a plan though. Se n i o r l i n e b a c k e r Ph i l l i p Steward said the defense will send a message from the opening kickoff. “Defensively, I feel like we should come out there and set the tone for offense. If we go out there
and get a couple stops to start off and the offense scores, then the momentum is on our side,” Steward said. “If we get that point in, we will have a better chance of winning the game.” Franklin has been a standout performer this season, posting 214 and 217 rushing yards in consecutive weeks against Rice and Nebraska, respectively. In fact, Franklin’s individual rushing average of 215.5 yards per game would rank 31st in the nation among Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools. The senior running back has also thrust his name into the Heisman conversation. ESPN’s Experts ranked Franklin fourth behind De’Anthony Thomas, Geno Smith and Matt Barkley.
It’s all correctable. We started last night in practice and will continue correcting the issue. A lot of it is technique. Some of it is personnel, which we’ll look at in practice. ” Tony Levine, UH head coach speaking about fixing the issues of tackling, which presented the Cougars with problems last week against Louisiana Tech Head coach Tony Levine said the defensive woes could be corrected with repetition and competition.
“It’s all correctable. We started last night in practice and will continue tonight on correcting the issue. A lot of it is technique. Some of it is personnel, which we’ll look at in practice,” Levine said. “We have guys out of control ducking their head. If you close your eyes and don’t see what you’re hitting, you will not make a tackle.” Levine said the staff counted 29 missed tackles that accounted for an additional 196 yards. Lost in Franklin’s 431 yards in the first two games is the play of UCLA’s redshirt freshman quarterback Brett Hundley who had 628 total yards and seven touchdowns in his first two collegiate games. “Offensively for UCLA they are extremely balanced; the stats they have put up in two games are
ridiculous,” Levine said. “They have an extremely talented redshirt freshman in Hundley, who is great at getting the ball out of his hands quickly.” Levine and UCLA offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone were on the same staff at Auburn University, while Levine was a graduate assistant. Assistant coach Ken McClintock and special teams coach Jaime Christian also have ties to Mazzone at Arizona and Minnesota, respectively. If UCLA’s offense looks similar to the Cougars’ on Saturday, you won’t be seeing double. “I learned everything from them. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it,” Mazzone said to the Los Angeles Times. sports@thedailycougar.com
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SPIRIT OF HOUSTON
UH marching band stands strong throughout seasons Desiree Alvarez Staff writer
The arrival of a new Fall semester ushers in another Cougar football season and one of its loudest supporters — the Spirit of Houston, the UH band. According to Director Troy Bennefield and Drumline Coordinator Jamey Kollar, eagerness to contribute to the school’s spirit is something that attributes to the ever-growing enrollment of the 300-member marching band.
BAND Alan Austin: General Director David Bertman: Director of Bands
Troy Bennifield: Director of Spirit of Houston
Jamey Kollar: Drumline Coordinator
John Benzer: Director of Cougar Band Camp Nearly 20 years after UH was founded, the Moores School of Music was established. The music school then installed the Spirit of Houston in 1947.
Cougars fight for dear old U of H, For our Alma Mater cheer. Fight for Houston University For victory is near. When the going gets so rough and tough, We never worry cause we got the stuff. So fight, fight, fight for red and white And we will go to
victory.” — “Cougar Fight Song”
Bennefield ensures that the staff does not take the responsibility of managing a large University band lightly. “We really try and do our best to make the alumni and current students so proud because the reality is when we go out to play and interact, we represent the student body.“ Kollar, a veteran percussionist who recently received his graduate degree, is very enthusiastic when it comes to this season’s drumline and marching band. His time with the band is dedicated
toward making preparations, which includes two-hour rehearsals three days a week followed by game day practices. “Kick off is usually at 7 p.m. and the band will start rehearsing at 11:30 a.m. There is a short break to eat and get changed then it’s time for pre-game show so it’s a 12 to 13-hour day.” The Spirit of Houston’s percentage of music majors to non-music majors sits at about 45 percent including business, computer science and engineering students.
According to Bennefield, 140 freshmen were added to this season’s roster. “Every school is different. (At UH) there is a two year-requirement for music education majors, “ Bennefield said. “We think that is important because chances are they are going to be teaching at a place with a marching band and it’s important that they are learning those types of skills: how to teach, how to be successful. But we rely so much on those people who want to be involved. They are here
because they want to be. “ In regards to the Cougars’ recent losses, the band still remains motivated, serving as the positive energy that demands school spirit in and off the stands. “That is one thing that has been consistent through good years and bad years.,” Bennefield said. “Every student stands until the very end of the game. Whether we’re up by 70 or down by 70, we’re going to be there supporting.” arts@thedailycougar.com
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SPORTS GOLF
Junior Curtis Reed will play a big part in the Cougars’ success this season. | File photo/The Daily Cougar
UH takes third in season-opening tournament Andrew Pate Sports editor
The UH Cougars’ golf program opened up the 2012 portion of their fall schedule by placing third at the Invitational at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Charleston, S.C. “This is one of the hardest courses I have ever set foot on,� said head coach Jonathan Dismuke in a statement. “We didn’t handle the conditions as well as we would have liked.� Heading into day three of the tournament in second, the Cougars battled heavy winds in excess of 30 mph, ultimately allowing UT Arlington to pass up UH on the final day.
“With winds like that, no course plays easy, much less one like Kiawah Island,� Dismuke said in a statement. “We just have to chalk it up and regroup and have a good week of practice.� The Cougars were led by junior Curtis Reed, who after one round finished ahead of all competition with a first round 71. Reed finished the tournament tied for fifteenth overall at 13-above-par. Sophomore teammate Roman Robledo finished one stroke back of Reed at 14-above-par and concluded the invitational tied for eighteenth. sports@thedailycougar.com
GOLF SCHEDULE DATE
OPPONENT/EVENT
Sept 9-12
The Invitational (3rd place)
Sept 24-25
Shoal Creek Invitational
Oct 7-9
Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic
Oct 14-16
Lone Star Intercollegiate
Feb 22-24
Redstone Collegiate Champ.
March 4-5
Louisiana Classics
March 11-12 Tiger Invitational March 15-16 Border Olympics April 6-7
Insperity Augusta St. Invitational
April 13-14 April 21-23
Morris Williams Intercollegiate C-USA Championships
May 16-18
NCAA Regional
May 28-June 2 NCAA Championships
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