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Students compete in science spelling bee Laura Gillespie Staff writer
Students attempted to outspell each other Tuesday, but they were more likely to find themselves searching for the Y in
Alcindoromycine than the correct spelling of Laodicean in a spelling bee that was part of National Chemistry Week. Chemical engineering junior Clint Kirchhoff won the competition, walking away with a certificate
Clint Kirchhoff (bottom left) won the competition, while Nancy Shenoi (top) and Brandon Nguyen (bottom right) took second and third place, respectively. | Courtesy of Lan Nguyen
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and a Coby Kyros tablet. “Over the summer I developed a huge enthusiasm for organic chemistry, so I started reading a lot about it on my own, so that’s how I picked up on a lot of the spelling,” said Kirchhoff. Entirely run by the American Chemical Society, the spelling bee was open to all students, and challenged competitors on the spelling of chemistry terms ranging from simple elements to long compounds. “The American Chemical Society has a mission of supporting the community, here and over the city, and just loving the chemical sciences and supporting education, as well as just loving our university in general,” said ACS President Riley Hatch, a biology and chemistry senior. Biology sophomore Nancy Shenoi came in second and biology junior Brandon Nguyen came in third. They received a camera and iPod Shuffle, respectfully. The three runner-ups received Chili’s
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Former University of Toronto chancellor to talk fairness Julia Davila Staff writer
Representatives from UH Hobby Center for Public Policy and students from the Phronesis Politics and Ethics Honors College Program invited Thomas Hurka, scholar of moral and political philosophy, to speak on fairness in today’s society ranging from economic issues, education and taxes. Henry N.R. Jackman, distinguished professor of Philosophical Studies and former chancellor of the University of Toronto, will be the second speaker in the series of lectures “What’s Fair? On Justice and Desert in America” at 5 p.m. today in the Honors College Commons. He will share his perspective with students and relate it to the upcoming presidential election, said Susan
Collins, co-director of the Phronesis Program in the Department of Political Science and the Honors College. “We established the lecture series ‘What’s Fair? On Justice and Desert in America’ in part because the question of fairness is so much at stake in the current presidential lecture and a question of dispute in our society. We are bringing in scholars and public intellectuals who not only can present different opinions about what’s fair but also can do so from different disciplinary perspectives,” Collins said. “Our first lecturer Paul Woodruff, a well-known scholar of Ancient thought from UT Austin, took us back to an extraordinary play by the Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles’ “Ajax” to discuss questions of reward and merit. Tom Hurka will begin
from more contemporary thinkers to take up similar questions.” Hurka will be speaking about whether one should be rewarded for working hard or for contributing to society, according to the Honors College website. Hurka is also an integral part of the Phronesis Program, said political science and philosophy senior Safa Ansari-Bayegan. “The Phronesis fellows read an article by Hurka titled ‘Desert: Individualistic and Holistic’ and discussed this paper at length, and although it was a complicated argument to follow, it proved to be a fruitful discussion,” Ansari said. The Phronesis Program and minor in the Honors College focuses on ancient political works and relates them to current social and economic issues, said economics Diego Cervantes.
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“Phronesis, in Greek, refers to practical wisdom, the quality that distinguishes good citizens and political leaders,” Cervantes said. “We study ancient and modern texts to understand and develop our own political wisdom and become individuals who can see past the debates you might see on TV to be independent, responsible, and articulate citizens and leaders.” The series will end Nov. 30 with a lecture from Ruth Grant, a political science and philosophy at Duke University. “We are bringing in scholars and public intellectuals who not only can present different opinions about what’s fair but also can do so from different disciplinary perspectives,” Collins said. news@thedailycougar.com
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gift cards. National Chemistr y Week began Monday with the visit of a Green chemist — who hosted an open lecture on the topic of green chemical studies — and continued through the week with the spelling bee and “Wear Your Lab Coat Day,” where students wore their lab coats to classes. The week will culminate Friday, when volunteers hand out periodic table themed-cupcakes to organic chemistry students studying for their second test of the term. Both Kirchhoff and Nguyen helped throughout the week through tutoring and volunteering their time.
“I intend to help tutor for Organic Chemistry 1, which are (Wednesday) and Thursday, and I also helped reserve the kitchen used to bake periodic table cupcakes, which are going to be distributed to the Organic 1 students before their exam on Friday,” said Kirchhoff. Hatch said he hopes the week’s events will be utilized by more than just chemistry students. “It’s not just for scientists; liberal arts majors and all sorts of people are welcome to attend and enjoy the festivities we have,” said Hatch. “We’re just really glad to be a part of the Cougar family and we hope to get out there and to have a lot of fun this week with our entire community.” news@thedailycougar.com
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Firewall to receive weekend fix Julie Heffler News editor
Campus Internet access was spotty Monday after the main UH firewall malfunctioned at approximately 8 a.m. The Internet is now running smoothly, but it is operating on a backup firewall instead of the primary system, said David Johnson, executive director of Technological Services and Support. “The firewall was not functioning properly,” Johnson said. “It wasn’t fully offline so it didn’t switch to the back-up. When we put it onto the backup, it started working again, and we are now currently operating on the backup. The manufacturers rushed a replacement, and we have it on site.” When the new primary firewall comes online some time during
the early morning this weekend, there will be a brief break in Internet access. There will be ample notification before the night the disruption will occur, Johnson said. “The replacement is here and will be installed in the wee hours of morning. After we install it, there will be a brief outage when we transfer over,” Johnson said. Most repairs occur during select periods of time called maintenance windows, which are segments of the day with low traffic or usage. Johnson said that the switchover will probably occur sometime this weekend. “We have maintenance windows that we use during the week,” Johnson said. “We use these windows to do work that might bring something down. In this case, it will be in the middle of the night so there is less impact.”
The cause of the disturbance is unknown, Johnson said, but it probably has to do with a software malfunction rather than out-ofdate hardware. “We don’t have the report back from Cisco Systems Inc. to say what it was. They sent us the new one and we sent back the old one. They will look into it and investigate,” Johnson said. “Firewalls are basically small computers and they run software just like any computer. The software probably developed a glitch that caused intermittent problems.” In the future, Technological Services and Support will issue more accessible and clear reports when communicating Internet and technology issues to students, Johnson said. news@thedailycougar.com
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Holding the major players accountable Because voters ignore third-party candidates, President Obama, Gov. Romney let off easy Matt Story Staff columnist
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ith the presidential campaign coming to an end, there is a noticeable lack of significant third-party candidates. Despite their inability to win major elections, third parties play more important roles in American politics than many people realize. Third-party candidates had an opportunity Tuesday to have their voices heard during a debate streamed online and moderated by Larry King. In attendance was Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party, Jill Stein of the Green Party, Virgil Goode of the Constitution Party and Rocky Anderson of the Justice Party. But few Americans were even aware that the debate was going on. Without a well-known thirdparty candidate, politicians like President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney are not being held as accountable for their stances on pertinent issues because they know people will vote based on party lines. A third choice gives citizens a stronger voice — as opposed to merely choosing the lesser of two evils — and forces the two big politicians to accurately define and stick to their principles to distinguish themselves. A great example of this phenomenon is independent candidate Ross Perot’s 1992 presidential campaign. The success and popularity Perot received forced politicians to acknowledge important issues such as deficit reduction that might have otherwise gone unnoticed. When a third-party gains traction, it sends a powerful
message to establishments and pushes them to think outside the box. The age-old battle between Republicans and Democrats leads many people to conclude these two parties have opposing political opinions. The reality is: They aren’t that different. It’s amazing how similar the speeches and rhetoric of every president for the past 40 years are. After Lyndon Johnson’s presidency, every president has preached about energy independence, often using the same points as predecessors despite their party affiliation. Yet it is 2012 and America is no closer to energy independence than it was in the 1960s. Whatever the reason, it seems as if Republicans and Democrats are unwilling to deviate from the status quo. With that being said, not all the blame can be placed on the president. He represents only one of our three branches of government. For this reason, third parties are important on the congressional level as well. Because of our winner-take-all method of choosing representatives, it is extremely difficult for anyone other than a Republican or Democrat to get into the U.S. House of Representatives or Senate. A more effective way of representing the will of the people would be a proportional system in which other parties would be rewarded based on the percentage of votes they received. Until we have such a system, a large part of the country’s collective voice will fall on deaf ears.
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Piland cleared, expected to play UH quarterback set to start against Miners after leaving last week’s game with concussion-like symptoms Andrew Pate Sports editor
Despite listing redshirt sophomore quarterback David Piland as day-to-day on Thursday, head coach Tony Levine announced Piland has been cleared to play against UTEP on Saturday. “It’s nice to have him practice two days in a row; his health is our primary concer n,” Tony Levine Piland said. “He got cleared an hour before he started practice.” Piland, who said he does not remember the helmet-to-helmet hit that caused the concussion during the loss to SMU, completed two full practices Tuesday and Wednesday. “(He) has done everything he’s supposed to and has looked good in practice all week and he’s ready to go,” said offensive coordinator Travis Bush. Piland said he suffered a couple concussions before and he agreed with the precautions taken by Levine and the medical staff in sitting him during the second half of Thursday’s game. “I could pass all the tests and everything, that wasn’t a problem,”
Piland said. “I was just going off what they were saying. It’s one of those things where you can’t really function mentally and for the position I play you have to be able to do that, especially seeing things, and you can’t make bad decisions.” Redshir t senior Crawford Jones replaced Piland after the hit and completed 17 of 33 passes for three touchdowns and two interceptions. Overall, Piland was impressed with his teammates play. “It really makes me happy for him,” Piland said. “He’s such a great guy. Having him come in and step up and play that well was awesome to see — even if it was on film.” The Cougars will return home this week to face the UTEP Miners at Robertson Stadium — a game Piland expects to present its share of challenges. “They fly around to the ball. They’re going to give us a bunch of different looks; they do a good job disguising their blitzes,” Piland said. “They’re going to present a good challenge for us.” The Cougars’ offense will also seek to eliminate turnovers, the key ingredient in dismantling any comeback hopes against the Mustangs. sports@thedailycougar.com
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Students, faculty and staff will be able to visit an exhibit dedicated to historical medieval music until Feb. 23 of 2013 in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library. “Sacra Et Profana: Music in Medieval Manuscripts� provides an educational explanation about
the way original sheets of music were created. It covers every aspect of the process, from the tools used to create it to the way the music was written and how it was bound into books. “The UH students studying art, art history, medieval history and others worked on all aspects of the exhibit,� said Judith Steinhoff,
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easy-to-read explanations incorporate QR codes so viewers can use their smart phones phones or Ipods to listen to the music being displayed. “For people who don’t have smart phones to listen to the music, they can click and listen to the same pieces on the website,” Steinhoff said. “Sera Et Profana” contains many authentic artifacts provided by the Houston Museum of the Fine Arts and the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. At the front of the exhibit is an antiphon, a chant book of the Divine Office that monks would use for worship. The exhibit then transitions to the chronological changes of sheet music and presents a close resemblance of what we read today. “Sera Et Profana” has proven to be enlightening for students and music lovers alike. “The response to the exhibit has been tremendously positive,” Steinhoff said, “all kinds of people, in addition to those who have seen it already, are talking about it.” arts@thedailycougar
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