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Burglaries increase by more than 500 Christopher Shelton, Aaron Manuel Assistant sports editor, contributing writer
In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act — a federal mandate requiring all institutions participating in the federal student financial aid program to disclose information about on-campus crimes — UH released its crime statistics for 2012 based on 2011 reports to the UH Department of
Public Safety. Burglary, motor vehicle theft and sex offenses increased from 2010 to 2011 while robbery and aggravated assault decreased during the same increment of time. Sex offenses could include violations scaling from unwanted touching to rape, said Vice President of Safety Malcolm Davis. In 2009, there were six sex offenses. The number dropped to two in 2010, but rose back to six in 2011. Burglaries rose from 14 to 74, a 528 percent increase, according to
the UHDPS annual crime report. Police Chief Ceasar Moore said the residence halls burgled during winter break, and the process of recording this event, caused the increase. “The way the Clery works a series of events, you have to count those as individual events. During the holidays last year, one of the dorms was burglarized, and several dorm units were hit,” Moore said. “Even though it was one part of a criminal episode, each room that was violated is considered an individual act. The way that the
Clery counts, 30 of those events are a cause of that one break-in.” Motor vehicle theft rose from 14 to 22, according to the report. Davis said student and officer engagement is key to keeping campus safe. “What we’re trying to do is break down the communications barrier. Basically there are 40,000 students and only 50 police officers,” Davis said. “So obviously, what you all see REPORT continues on page 3
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UH alumni fundraise at zoo
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Several hundred people gathered at the Houston Zoo on Wednesday for the fifth annual Conservation Gala, the proceeds of which funded dozens of conservation projects. The main event of the gala was a silent auction spotlighting works of UH alumni. The UH Graphic Alumni Partnership issued a challenge to all its members to join the cause of Conservation Awareness and took part in a fundraising competition on Oct. 4, called the Mane Event, where two posters were sold immediately. Kirsten Ufer, the zoo’s creative director and alumna of the UH Graphic Communication Program, led the collaboration. “We gave them 12 choices for the causes they wanted to develop for,” Ufer said. “Each contestant would research the animals they chose, develop a poster and then we judges picked the winners.” The competition pitted each poster against others in its category, including The Cheetah Conservation
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a police report can. Most people don’t feel warm and fuzzy talking to someone in uniform.” On college campuses, the little crimes, which many don’t notice, lead to larger crimes, Davis said. “What is more important is the crime that doesn’t get reported. You’re at the library, and you leave your books on the table; you get up and come back, and your books are gone,” Davis said. “You don’t tell us.” “We need to find out where the small things are so it’s easier to stop them before they get out of hand.” news@thedailycougar.com
Botswana, The Jane Goodall Institute – Chimpanzees, Painted Dog Conservation and Texas Sea Turtles. Proceeds will be split between the Conservation Program and UHGAP scholarship program, said Martha Petre, Conservative Gala organizer. “Some of the money raised from the auction will be put toward the animals we have here,” Petre said. “But the majority will go toward the several conservation programs that we have initiated and that we have worked to support over the years. We have over 20 projects in 10 countries.”
Along with the alumni’s posters, there were several other original works of art on display, like a drinking glass painted by an elephant. Fundraising events like the gala keep the Houston Zoo afloat, said UH alumnus Brian Hill, the zoo’s public relations director. Through the past several years, the Gala has successfully brought in more than $750,000 and they hope this year’s Conservation Gala is just as successful, said Hill. news@thedailycougar.com
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Several attendees check out the posters at the Houson Zoo during the silent auction portion of the event. | Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar
More than 125 undergraduates, representing 11 colleges, showcased their latest research efforts on Thursday for the eighth annual Undergraduate Research Day. “It is clear that the University of Houston community has embraced undergraduate research and created a culture that encourages the intellectual pursuit. This is critical in achieving Tier One status,” said John Antel, senior vice chancellor for Academic Affairs. Each of the students had a faculty mentor — 150 faculty mentors were accounted for, not including those that helped with the administration of the event. “This day would not be possible without the participation of our faculty. We, as a campus community, are all very grateful to you who mentor our undergraduates,” Antel said. UH President Renu Khator stopped by the event to witness some of the presentations. “I’ve seen six presentations so far, and all of them have blown me away. There is even a freshman who did her research the summer before she
came to UH. I was so impressed. It is so important to dream for bigger things,” Khator said. The Office of Undergraduate Research provides expanding educational opportunities to students throughout the University. The Provost’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship offers $1,000 to conduct research while working oneon-one with a faculty member. The scholarship is available to juniors and seniors from all colleges and disciplines. The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program is a full-time, 10-week program, open to all continuing students that provides a $3,500 stipend to conduct research under the supervision of a faculty member. Chemistry doctoral candidate Guedmiller Oliveira, who is using his fellowship to research proteins, said that the research system should be more focused on undergraduate involvement. “The undergraduate program needs to be more concerned about research. When I was doing my undergrad, I never knew about it. I asked myself back then, ‘What is research?’” Oliveira said.
Psychology senior Cassie Grochett is studying breastfeeding in the workplace. “Research has helped so much in getting a better view and perspective for what I want to do in the future,” Grochett said. Grochett wants to continue in her research, discovering how breastfeeding an infant or the lack thereof can affect neglect and abuse of children later in life. Ultimately, she wants to conduct research in a clinical psychology lab. Karen Weber, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, said she encourages students to get more involved with UH’s research programs and opportunities. “The most important thing I tell all students is take the time to get to know a professor, learn about the research they do and learn about how they got in to pursuing an advanced degree,” Weber said. “They will have suggestions, they can guide you and that’s how you get your foot in the door. Go to lectures, go to seminars, really immerse yourself in your field and things will happen.” news@thedailycougar.com
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EDITOR Lucas Sepulveda EMAIL opinion@thedailycougar.com ONLINE thedailycougar.com/opinion
Corporate sponsors flood campus The logos and advertisements students encounter on their way to class are unacceptable Patrick Larose Opinion columnist
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here is a growing illness sweeping across campus. It started with the lightest of symptoms: an occasional logo plastered across a flier or sign and a spread of Red Bull cars parked outside the campus buildings, handing out free samples to passing students. Now it seems to be growing to larger proportions. Two weeks ago, there was a large truck set up between the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library and Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall accompanied with a professional disc jockey and several go-go dancers on pedestals, trying desperately to sell students Coke Zero. This circus act of advertising was more gaudy and hilarious than alluring — the dancers stepping awkwardly in their fourby-four squares, kicking their legs in a slow and unenthusiastic manner and trying to pass these movements off as dance. It appeared as though the dancers and DJ didn’t want to be there. This erroneous display of campus advertising was a demonstrative symptom of a worrying disease: the privatization of education. On some level, it’s understandable. These new dining halls, parking lots, residence halls and football stadiums are not entirely paid for by donations and government funding. Although there are many donations coming to the University from affluent families and charitable foundations, evidence shows corporations are still paying to send people to the University for the explicit reason of peddling their goods to students. It’s the perfect marketing place — a concentrated population
File photo/The Daily Cougar of their target audience: 18- to 24-year-olds with some degree of purchasing power, the ideal demographic for consuming energy drinks and sodas. Imagine the advertisers who would show up if they could pay to get time in elementary and middle schools. There could exist a world where Pepsi and Toys R’ Us could hold demonstrations in kindergarten classes. That is not this world,
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wouldn’t need any help, but every day, receiving a higher education is just making you a larger target for big corporations to sell you something. A university’s main purpose should be educating its students and not shamelessly peddling of soft drinks. It’s distracting and quite frankly annoying to walk around campus only to run into a mob of students swarming someone with free sample bags.
It’s almost understandable that UH would openly take whatever corporate sponsorship is thrown at them. It becomes a type of financial pragmatism of delivering the best classrooms and materials it can get. Yet that does not reduce the shamefulness of selling the campus and its students. Patrick Larose is a creative writing senior and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com.
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however, because we still live in a society that holds education to a degree of sanctity — a degree that is apparently lessening with every passing day. At more universities than just UH, our campus grounds are becoming hot beds for marketing and advertising. Our education is becoming less about improving ourselves in hopes of a bright future and more about making the youth of America better consumers. You would imagine we
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GAMEDAY SIDELINE REPORT This week in college football by Christopher Shelton
STAND OUTS Phillip Steward was the best player on defense Saturday. He finished with 13 tackles, the fifth time he has eclipsed double digit tackles this season. After leading the nation in interceptions last season, Steward was prominent in punt coverage. | Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar
Fifth in the nation in passing yards coming into the game, David Piland continued on the same torrid pace, throwng for 362 yards. He continued to spread the ball around, hitting seven different receivers. Piland was in rhythm from start to finish.
Deontay Greenberry leads his team out of the pregame tunnel immediately before the UAB match-up Saturday. | Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar
Cougars claim third quarter UH rides explosive second half on both sides of ball to decisive victory
Shane Ros was Piland’s favorite target early and late. Ros had 68 yards in the first quarter and four catches. He was successful on a variety of routes including slants, crossing routes and deep posts. Ros finished with 114 yards on seven catches.
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Shortly after the third quarter of UH’s match against UAB on Saturday concluded, junior running back Charles Sims and redshirt sophomore quarterback David Piland were on the bench. Sims and Piland were not sidelined because of injury or bad performance. Instead, the Cougars stretched their sixpoint halftime lead by 20 points and put the game away, allowing some of their starters time to rest in the final period. UH was on their way to a 39-17 victory. Head coach Tony Levine said UH came out with a renewed vigor in the second half. “I liked their energy. I like how we came out in the second half and executed the few adjustments that we made,” Levine said. “It was a big statement to come down and score a touchdown, and then hold them on defense. That put the game out of reach and gave us momentum.” By the end of the third quarter, UH
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Scoring summary First quarter UH — Ros, 25 yd pass from Piland (Hogan kick), 09:52 UAB — Davis,16 yd pass from Brown, (Long, kick) 06:32 UH — Hogan, 23 yd field goal 03:35
led 36-10 and had scored on all four of its drives. Freshmen running backs Kenneth Farrow and Ryan Jackson capped nine play drives with rushing touchdowns. Senior kicker Matt Hogan booted two field goals, one from 52 yards — a career long — and the other from 29 yards, on his way to setting a Conference USA and UH record with six field goals. The Cougars outgained UAB 207-89 yards in the third quarter and UH’s two most-decorated offensive players came alive. Piland threw for 125 yards, and Sims gained 51 rushing. The defense did its part too, holding UAB scoreless in the third period. In four drives, the Blazers turned the ball over on downs twice, fumbled and punted. The Cougars had three quarterback hurries and a sack while holding the Blazers to 1-4 on third down conversions. Senior linebacker Phillip Steward said the increased pressure on UAB’s redshirt freshman quarterback Austin Brown aided their success as a unit. UH — Hogan, 23 yd field goal 02:26 UAB — Long, 27 yd field goal 00:19
Third quarter UH — Farrow, 1 yd run (Hogan kick) 12:25 UH — Hogan 29 yd field goal 07:49 UH — Jackson, 10 yd run (Hogan kick) 03:58 UH — Hogan, 52 yd field goal 01:44
“We know that when there’s pressure on the quarterback, he gets uncomfortable and starts throwing the ball everywhere. I think we did a great job tonight doing that.” Senior corner D.J. Hayden recovered a fumble on UAB’s second possession of the third quarter and was the primary defender against UAB junior receiver Jackie Williams on fourth down, when the Blazers turned the ball over. Steward had a sack, a quarterback hurry and assisted on a thwarted fake punt attempt. After taking care of business in the third quarter against UAB, Piland said the team is already looking toward a Thursday matchup with SMU, which has Conference implications. “We’re really focused as a team to come out and play on Thursday,” Piland said. “There’s a lot things that need to be done this week. It’s going to be fast paced. We’ve got to be at a 100 percent by Thursday and get this team going.”
UAB — Brown, 20-43, 302 yd, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing UH — Sims, 26 att, 134 yd, UAB — Franklin, 5 att, 50 yd, 1 TD UAB — Brown, 10 att 43 yd
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UH — Hogan 26 yd field goal 12:50 UAB — Franklin, 4 yd run (Long kick) 04:37
UH — Ros, 7 rec, 114 yd, 1 TD UH — Peace, 5 rec, 61 yd, UH —McDuffey, 4 rec, 53 yd UH —Williams, 4 rec, 53 yd UAB — Nelson, 6 rec, 106 yd, UAB — Adams 6 rec, 55 yd
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UH — Hogan, 27 yd field goal 11:08
UH — Piland, 32-44, 321 yd, 1 TD
Offense: The offense found rhythm early and UH scored a touchdown on its first drive. The Cougars put up 565 total yards after two consecutive weeks with more than 600 total yards. The Cougars scored 39 points. Junior running back Charles Sims crossed the century mark for the third consecutive week with 134 yards rushing on 26 carries. | Grade: B
Defense: UH only surrendered 10 points while the game was in doubt. The last UAB touchdown came in the fourth quarter after Charles Sims and David Piland exited the game. They surrendered 35 yards rushing and got eight sacks. The unit played through injuries as Trevon Stewart and Zeke Riser both went down. | Grade: A
Special teams: Matt Hogan set a Conference USA and UH record by making six field goals . He connected on six of his seven attempts. Richie Leone as a function of the successful offense only booted two punts, averaging 37. 5 yards per kick. | Grade: A-
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Maria Romero Staff writer
On Wednesday evening, students enjoyed a night of literary works in the Honors College Commons by literature and creative writing doctoral candidates Edward Porter, Will Donnelly and Janine Joseph from the UH Creative Writing Program. Porter and his colleagues began the poetry and prose free reading series to showcase the works of talent in students, faculty, staff, alumni and other well-known writers. “For a reading like this, I have stories of gloom and despair that I would rather let people off a little bit if I can,” Porter said. Donnelly, recent online editor for “Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts,” shared a piece from a collection of short stories in progress for his dissertation titled “F=DMV/DT.” The evening’s host described it as a funny and touching story about domestic and interstellar relationships. “The thing that I do enjoy and appreciate the most about these events is that it does demonstrate the public interest in hearing literature, which is really wonderful,” Donnelly said. Joseph, former “Gulf Coast” poetry editor, was the second reader of the evening. She was introduced to the audience with a mention of her poems published in the “Asian American Literary Review” and “Hayden’s Ferry Review.” Joseph chose to read poems from the manuscript of her dissertation that follow an undocumented immigrant speaker through the course of 20 years. Joseph wrote a commissioned libretto, “From My Mother’s Mother,” for the Houston Grand Opera’s “East + West” series, which is scheduled to premiere in November. Former actor and “Gulf Coast” Fiction Editor Porter’s works have been published in the “Colorado Review,” “Barrelhouse Literary Magazine,” “Booth,” “Printer’s Devil Review” and other numerous publications. Porter chose to share a piece from his fourth-coming short story to be published by “Barrelhouse.” “I just want to say, and I am sure I speak for all three of us, for how grateful we are to the University for the support for the dissertation completion grant,” Porter said. “It’s a dream come true for any writer.” arts@thedailycougar.com
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The Daily Cougar
8 \\ Monday, October 15, 2012
LIFE+ARTS THEATER
Students come out for play LGBT Resource Center hosts production for National Coming Out Day, one man show explores sexual identity Aaron Manuel Staff writer
An audience of about 60 gathered to see and hear a nonstop tale of a coming-out journey Thursday in the Houston Room of the University Center for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center’s production of “Out Comes Butch” in honor of National Coming Out Day. “Butch,” written by David Schoen and performed by Frederick Mead, is a story of one person’s journey of self-discovery through varying stages of life as a transgender man. It’s a program involving constant monologue, light comedy, on-thefly costume changes and a touch of risqué humor. Mead puts on a great performance
in what’s essentially a one-hour talka-thon, complete with constant voice changes and seemingly improvised audience interaction. He starts the show emerging from behind the audience, catching everyone off-guard, and the action doesn’t stop there. He shows boundless energy, rarely stumbles and never stops having fun — especially with the audience. There are some uncomfortable moments in the production, particularly when Mead dresses in little more than lingerie during the costume change from the gay man to the transgender woman. Audiences may find the scene regarding the sexual reassignment surgery graphic as well.
The story begins with the only portrayed character, Butch, a construction worker during the 1950s, who uses the audience as a sound board for a litany of complaints in a very casual tone — almost like he’s speaking to a friend over coffee. He complains about his wife not doing housework or taking care of the children, refusing intimacy and boasting about his role as breadwinner in typical chauvinist fashion. As a redneck character, Mead establishes many themes and personality traits, which repeat in various forms for each stage of Butch’s transformation. On the surface, Butch is a jerk — a very unlikable character who only manages to change who he is on the outside, but the core of his
character remains the same. The audience will feel sympathy for Butch as he tries hard to find love and a place in the world but can’t get past personality limitations. The script was written in the ‘70s, and the comedy is full of stereotypical jokes not normally seen in today’s age of political correctness. The writing has flaws. Butch does not have any real conflict with the choices he makes and never seems to take time to reflect. Each of his jovial characters seem almost trivial. According to Mead, Schoen wrote the performance at a time when there was no LGBT community and people who didn’t identify with heterosexuality were labeled as
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“gay” — even women. It seems that Schoen never considered bisexuality as a major transition of sexual orientation: Butch jumps from being a straight man to gay man with one night of passion and abandons his attraction to women, only to pick it up again after his reassignment surgery. There’s no conflict with his new attraction to men and women, and he immediately embraces his newfound bisexuality. If any suggestion could be made to Schoen, perhaps the story line should be updated to include Butch going through more transitions throughout the sexuality continuum, especially bisexuality. arts@thedailycougar.com