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SFAC has second day of hearings 2012 STUDENT FEES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Samuel Colin Contributing writer
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2012 SFAC hearings will be held in the University Center Bluebonnet Room from 8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Public comments are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. every day of the hearings. All information below can be found at www.uh.edu/ sfac/fy14_requests/index.html. 9 a.m. — MVP is asking for a base of $68,130 and an augmentation of $4,622. For Fiscal Year 2012, it ran a surplus of $7,705. It is projecting a balance of $0 for FY13.
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The Student Fees Advisory Committee met for the second consecutive day Tuesday, hearing out proposals given by 11 organizations for funding. The first organization to present was the University Center and the UC Satellite, requesting a base of $1,598,609 and an augmentation of $17,200. The changes to its expenses from last fiscal year, $22,746 more, were a result of the closure of the UC Underground, a representative said. The UC said the augmentation is for the continuation of Weeks of Welcome. The Center for Student Involvement requested a base of $773,941 and an augmentation of $166,693. Additional funding was said to be going toward Cougar Nights, a graduate assistant for Cougar Nights, leadership initiatives, Alternative Spring Break, two transfers from Student Program Board and Center of Fraternity and Sorority Life, civic engagement and a graduate assistant for said engagements. Student Body President Cedric Bandoh spoke on behalf of the Student Government Association. SGA didn’t ask for an increase in base, but instead asked for a one-time allocation of $36,625. The money will be used to finish an app that SGA began working on last year. The app will include Athletics, Campus Dish, and Access UH. Bandoh said SGA has started
listening to feedback from students and is responding by addressing major flaws that appeared in the previous app. Chairman Jeffrey Syptak, Director of Development Eduardo Reyes and Director of Operations Gonzalo Bambio presented for Frontier Fiesta Association, saying it was looking to improve student involvement with focus on productions, operations, cook-offs, marketing and scholarships. With stadium construction to begin soon, Frontier Fiesta will be at a new location, making FFA unsure of the costs. SFAC has given Frontier Fiesta Association until Wednesday to submit an estimate. Council of Ethnic Organization’s Student Director Adrian Hobbs presented a one-time allocation request of $53,000 because of the higher number of students enrolled in the University, Hobbs said. The Activities Funding Board’s student chair Taylor Vigil did not request additional funds for the upcoming school year. Last year, AFB returned about $50,000 to SFAC because the events the money were to go toward conflicted with AFB bylaws. “The heart of a student’s experience on campus rests in the communion of ideas, experiences and relationships they develop while on campus. To facilitate a better experience the Activities Funding Board seeks to help registered student organizations,” said Vigil.
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The UH chapter of Association of Information Technology Professionals won third place out of 60 competing organizations for Overall School in the AITP Region 3 Conference this month, placing in the conference for the fourth consecutive year. The Overall School award is given based upon performance in up to eight academic contests that are developed and judged by outside corporations, according to the AITP Region 3 Conference website. These contests include application development, network design, computer troubleshooting and Microsoft Office.
“The organization provides a forum for students who aspire to become more marketable in today’s competitive job market,” said Bret Detillier, technology professor and AITP faculty sponsor. AITP Professionals at UH is composed of career-minded students who seek to network with alumni, students, potential employers and IT professionals, Detillier said. “The corporate organization that develops each contest also provides a team of judges that evaluate the results,” Detillier said. “Each contest is structured so that at the beginning of the competition, the students are presented with a business scenario. Students must then develop a realistic solution for the business problem.”
Jayson Adanse, computer information systems senior and president of the UH chapter, said he was relieved to have been able to secure the organization’s spot at the conference and carry on the tradition. “(Our) members are able to see where they stand against students from around the region and see the quality of their education at the University of Houston,” Adanse said. “Four years of placing in the conference is quite amazing and not to be taken lightly.” For upcoming years, Adanse said he wishes more underclassmen will go and experience what the competitions entailed to be more prepared, as they are the future of AITP. Detillier said the competition
gives UH a chance to market its computer information systems program and the value of its students. “By our students doing well against so many other schools it shows that UH students are some of the best in the country,” Detillier said. For the last two years, Chevron has contributed $1,000 to help AITP send students to these competitions. Next year Detillier is hopeful more corporate sponsors will participate and make it possible to send students to the National Conference out of state and send more students to the Regional Conference. “During the last five years, I have AITP continues on page 9
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EDITOR Lucas Sepulveda EMAIL opinion@thedailycougar.com ONLINE thedailycougar.com/opinion
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Houston literacy rate too low
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or every couple served at a diner, there’s a good chance at least one of the patrons can’t read the menu — Houston’s literacy rate is just under 61 percent. It’s not a comforting notion — at least it shouldn’t be — and it isn’t helped by the fact that Houston ranks in the bottom half of the nation’s most literate. It fluctuates between the 16th and 62nd spots annually, according to Star Telegram. At the least, Houston is consistent with its inconsistency. If people lived in a small enough town, a fraction of the city’s overall
square yardage, this sort of thing might be acceptable, or even expected. But people don’t, and it’s not. What’s strange is that, for all its speechlessness, Houston is one of the world’s most culturally fluent cities. The Menil Collection, an assortment of art and artifacts, is internationally acclaimed. The University’s Creative Writing Program has set the bar of education since its inception. The city’s theater companies make waves throughout the country, big and small. And of the handful that can find solace in text, the literary tradition expands in spades by the book. It makes that 61 percent even more disturbing. On one hand,
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a corralling of the city, inviting its residents, politicians and students for an afternoon to celebrate. This year’s program ended Saturday. Mayor Annise Parker offered a word or two to a crowd of around 50. After, a handful of programs by some of the city’s younger acting troupes, author Jonathan Safran Foer, took the podium, leaving participants on a high note. But it also put a clear face on the city’s literary agenda. Whole demographics seem to have missed the memo. With another 400 libraries, 10 million adults, and near as many children in the area, the statistics take on a different light. An easy solution would be for
the city’s educators to make it a priority. The plan would include UH, along with the surrounding universities. Education would become everyone’s business. The question also becomes one of responsibility: As indebted as institutions are to UH’s cultural relevancy, its citizens shoulder an even larger portion of the burden. It won’t matter how renowned they look from the outside, if there’s nothing happening within. And if Houston literacy rates are any indicator, it’s a image that can only be shouldered for so long. Kevin Cook is a creative writing senior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar. com.
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it’s an indication that those who have the opportunities to further themselves culturally — through literature, sculpture or the likes — are taking advantage of what they do have, while making efforts to breach their borders. But the price for this expansiveness is that Houston has honed a steadily hardening culture of inclusiveness. Take “Gulf Coast Reads” for example. It’s a regional agenda to spark an initiative for citizens in the upper part of the state. The idea is that, by choosing one book for the state to read annually, communities can foster a sort of conversation between classrooms, neighbors and coworkers. At the end of the year, the program concludes with
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Trigger happy on the border Nick Bell Staff columnist
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n Oct. 25, a state trooper fired an AR-10 rifle from a helicopter killing two Guatemalan nationals and injuring another near La Joya. Nine Guatemalans and one driver, who were initially suspected of drug smuggling, were instead proven to be transporting people into the U.S. underneath a tarp in the bed of a red pick-up truck. The state police worked in conjunction with the Parks and Wildlife Department, which is now presumably in the business of flat-out murder, to chase down the truck along a farmer’s market road. One of the suspects’ testimony said the tarp flew off during the pursuit, making it more than obvious there were no smuggled drugs. The crime these Guatemalan nationals were committing was just a civil offense and surely not grounds for firing at the passengers.
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At best, this was an honest mistake the trooper made, resulting in the loss of two lives. But the reality is, this was a calculated shooting that was sanctioned by local authorities under the pre-text of the tireless War on Drugs. The unrestrained use of deadly force the officer displayed, when there was no imminent threat towards his own safety, is deplorable. It’s easy to make a case against illegal aliens, but these people had families who will miss them dearly because one man decided it was OK to open fire on a truck full of people. The suspects were endangering people’s safety on the roads because of their pursuit, but nothing endangers civilians’ safety more than showering the ground with bullets from a helicopter. There was only one person who could have made the decision to continue running from the police: the person behind the wheel of the car, who wasn’t killed. The officer has been sent on
administrative leave — a euphemism for waiting until things cool down. The use of deadly force on vehicles, especially when unarmed suspects are in plain view, sets a violent precedent for handling conflicts that increasingly creates a feeling of combativeness in U.S. border towns. Using the prevalence of actual drug smuggling activities along the border to mollify the termination of humans with extreme prejudice is ignorant. After all, the rhetoric that leads to believe these Central American immigrants are drug smugglers is the same one that designates Cubans as refugees instead of illegal aliens. Try and find the last time a Cuban immigrant was shot from a helicopter, in yet all along the U.S. border is turning the region into a war zone. Nick Bell is a media production senior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar. com.
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Committee Business Center for Students with DisABILITIES Break Intercollegiate Athletics Public Comment Lunch Dr. Richard Walker; Vice President for Student Affairs Adjournment
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SPORTS
EDITOR Andrew Pate EMAIL sports@thedailycougar.com ONLINE thedailycougar.com/sports
FOOTBALL
Injuries, internal factors result in roster changes Molly Hill
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TEXAS STATE With 24 days remaining in the football season, the UH football program has seen many changes at positions that once seemed certain. At center, change has occurred for both performance and injury reasons. Redshirt Redman junior center Kevin Forsch and redshirt sophomore center Bryce Redman have traded the spot since the second game of the year against Louisiana Tech when Forsch suffered an injury and Redman stepped in. “We re-evaluated the position and felt like as a staff that Bryce Redman was playing a little bit better in the center position,” said head coach Tony Levine. “Against Rice, we had three false starts attributed to Redman, so we took Redman out and put Kevin Forsch back in. The next week we felt like we got the problem fixed with the false starts and went back to Redman.” Junior receiver Shane Ros has also become a household name as a walk-on wide receiver and has shown Levine how valuable of an asset he is to the team. “He’s been starting for us and was the offensive valuable player
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on our offense as well.” With injured players trying to make their comebacks, like senior defensive lineman Lloyd Allen from Mississippi Gulf Coast
Community College, the load is lightening a bit. Tuesday will be the only full-contact practice of the week. “The guys are banged up, and
Nov. 24 the pounding on their bodies is taking its toll a little bit,” Levine said. “We’ll only be practicing in pads once a week for the rest of the season.” sports@thedailycougar.com
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ead coach Tony Levine spoke this week about the Cougars’ inability to throw and complete the fade route. Levine credited the lack of production in this category to youth, although he made clear that this is something the team is working to improve on. Pictured is an incomplete pass on a fade route to freshman wide receiver Larry McDuffey in the 45-35 win against UTEP on Saturday. — Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar
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Hardwood Tipoff unveils squads, offers two chances for students to win $10,000 With the start of the basketball season nearing for both the men’s and women’s teams, fans will have their first opportunity to see the squads during the Houston Hardwood Tipoff inside the Athletics/ Alumni Center tonight at 6 p.m. Admission to the event is free and Houston Hardwood Tipoff shirts will be available while supplies last. The two squads will hold a variety of competitions including a three-point shootout and a slamdunk contest. Two students will have a chance to win $10,000 by making a halfcourt shot. Men’s basketball head coach James Dickey and women’s head coach Todd Buchanan will introduce their teams and talk about what the upcoming season has to offer. The Cougars men’s program
takes the court at 7 p.m. Nov. 6. at Hofheinz Pavilion against Concordia while the women open up their season on the road Nov. 9 against Mississippi State. The men’s program recruited a class ranked in the top 25 by three publications. The Cougars now boast three members of ESPNU’s top 100 class. National recruit Danuel House joins 2012 Conference USA AllFreshman Team members TaShawn Thomas and Joseph Young. On the women’s side, the Cougars will be led by redshirt senior point guard Porsche Landry who suffered a season-ending injury in the third game last season. The team will also return junior Mae Woods and sophomore Terran Alford who were starters last season. — Andrew Pate
The 2012 men’s basketball team returns five lettermen, including three starters, while adding one of the greatest recruiting classes in program history to what is expected to be an exciting season. | Courtesy of UH Athletics
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“Where are the parties at this week? #UH2012 #UniversityofHouston #UH #UHCougars #UH” — @kthomasUH16, Oct. 30
“Seeing Dan Rather (CBS) after a long time. He is emceeing at Texas Business Hall of Fame Gala.” — @UHpres, Oct. 30
“Just applied for University of Houston!” — @Zsanae_Aliana, Oct. 30
“Just ordered my class ring #gocoogs #hUstleHard” — @ManzurVazquez, Oct. 30
In addition to other activites going on at the fourth annual OctoberFest Kick-off, excited students lined up to “Pie the Pirate.” They found it difficult to land the shaving cream pies on the pirate. | Esteban Portillo/The Daily Cougar Molly Hill Contributing writer
The fourth annual OctoberFest Kick-Off brought a crowd of students and staff Wednesday afternoon to the University Center circle drive to celebrate Halloween and to hype up the anticipated changes to the UC. The event rallied excitement for attendees with long lines of people waiting for free soft pretzels, candy apples, Shasta’s Cones, root beer floats and sausages on a stick. It featured festive music, cakewalks and bake sales along with various contests with prizes. “We are hoping that this event
will promote student involvement and we are all very excited for the changes to the UC,” said Christianna Burwell, the graduate assistant of marketing and programming for the UC. “This is also a fun way to celebrate Halloween.” In preparation for the event, students were encouraged to sign up in advance for a create-yourown Halloween costume contest with various items provided by the event staff, including Mohawk wigs, beards, duct tape, face paint and more. Other students came to the event already in the Halloween spirit, dressed as Batman, the Mad
Hatter, Venom, pirates, zombies and witches. The crowd was called upon to judge the mummy-wrapping contest in which a few students volunteered to be wrapped in toilet paper and judged to see who was mummified the best. A shaving cream-covered pirate was all that remained after students lined up to “Pie the Pirate,” a play on the ECU Pirates the Cougars will play against Saturday. Students attempted to get past a pirate waving his swords in defense. With shaving cream scattered FESTIVITY continues on page 11
“Its week 10... 5 more weeks to go... you can do it! Limit your distractions and stay focused!” — @ZetaZetaSigmas, Oct. 29
“Congrats to our sister Jesenya Fernandez for making Homecoming Court 2012!! #GoCoogs #GoPhiMu” — @UHPhiMu, Oct. 29
“Love this weather, except when I’m standing outside Robertson stadium getting hypothermia” — @ConnellMichael, Oct. 28
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Bad puns hurt quality of show Laura Gillespie Staff writer
Comedian Grant Lyon’s lack of knowledge of the University proved costly in an otherwise amusing performance. Lyon visited Tuesday evening to perform in the University Center Houston Room, beginning with jokes targeted to college students. He started off with the size of campus, which immediately grabbed
the audience’s attention and set a good impression for the rest of the show. Although the routine didn’t feature any raunchy material, he delivered an acceptable and entertaining stand up show until he stumbled when he asked attendees for a show of hands of who lived on campus and was surprised at the quiet audience. As a result, his dorm room jokes failed to grab a response.
Lyon could hardly be expected to understand UH as well as its students, but the University is known for being a large commuter campus, which caused Lyon’s strong start to fumble. Lyon’s show continued mostly without a hitch afterward. He bounced off of an audience members Q-and-A segment that fueled COMEDY continues on page 11
“Can’t be walking around Cougar Village by yourself at night. I walked to the laundry and something floated around the lake. O_o naw I’m good” — @FITCHH_Mascot, Oct. 28
“Meet. Defeat. Repeat. #UHCOOGS” — @Sheena_Alwani, Oct. 27
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seen a tremendous amount of growth within the AITP organization,” Detillier said. “It has now become one of
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The return of funds was an issue to the panel. A committee member suggested AFB advertise more so organizations are aware there is money at its disposal. Jessica Grono lead SPB’s presentation to request a one-time allocation of $50,000, citing UH’s increased enrollment. SPB also requested an $80,000 base augmentation to help pay for new trips, tournament positions, National Association for Campus Activities conferences for six members and the large concert and speaker series to include Gym Class Heroes. SFAC questioned Grono about sending six people to NACA, when it could send fewer. Rowin Cordon, chairman of
the most respected professional student chapters on campus.” Many students have found internships and permanent jobs through descriptions posted via AITP student members and former graduates. “By networking with industry
professionals and meeting students from other universities, our students gain further insight into their careers and what it takes to be successful,” Detillier said.
Homecoming Board, did not request an increase for the organization. Each year, the Homecoming Board is allocated about $72,000 to use during homecoming week. “What we are doing is collaborating with organizations and their resources (to save money),” Cordon said. Bruce Twenhafel, manager of the A.D. Bruce Religion Center, requested a one-time allocation of $16,651, for general maintenance this fiscal year and $11,755 for an office coordinator. For the next fiscal year, he requested a base augmentation of $8,051 for general maintenance and $46,852 for an office coordinator. The latter will include salary and benefits. The Children’s Learning Center said it did not receive enough funding. Some of the things the center is trying to improve in are ongoing programs and engagment in campus partnerships.
Most of its facilities are under construction, and the center is unsure if it should use new facilities or refurbish old buildings, CLC said. The center is currently at 87 percent capacity and it would like to be at 95 percent for the next quarter. The last presentation came from CFSL where it requested a total of $76,848 to go towards salary and benefits for a Greek housing coordinator and the graduate assistant, strategic planning support and travel support. The only problem SFAC saw was the travel support. A committee member mentioned that students who wanted to travel on behalf of its organization could get money through other committees. The SFAC hearings will continue at 8:45 a.m. Friday in the UC Bluebonnet Room.’
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everywhere, students discovered how difficult the task proved to be. “I had so much fun,” said accounting sophomore Callie Cox. “I didn’t pie him in the face, but I got close.” The Campus Recreation and Wellness Center also joined in on
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his jokes, which began to pull the audience into creating something relatable and affective. Still, something was off about the routine. Lyon’s jokes were leaving a flat, bittersweet taste through to the end. His jokes have been played out a dozen times before. Puns about household pests, adults living with their parents and disliking small children were all poorly rehashed throughout Lyon’s performance and they have been done better. This isn’t to say that Lyon’s jokes weren’t funny in their own right, but rather that they would have been hilarious with a punch of originality packed behind them. As a result, Lyon’s few original
the Halloween fun by turning a portion of its building into a haunted house from 4 to 7 p.m. The Hardwood Tip-off will conclude OctoberFest from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Athletics/Alumni Center, with opportunities to meet both the men and women’s basketball teams, eat free food and win prizes. arts@thedailycougar.com
jokes were his best and had left the entire audience doubled over with laughter. He proved that he can write jokes well, which was disappointing when the rest of his show fluctuated between good and horrible quips. In the end, Lyon’s performance provided a quiet and relaxed entertainment for UH students as he completed his latest tour at college campuses. Lyon is a refreshing change of comedy and one that future audiences should hopefully get to experience as well. The use of playing-it-safe and unoriginal material didn’t break any new grounds and it didn’t have to. The audience still genuinely enjoyed his show and Lyon seemed to have enjoyed being on stage in front of them. arts@thedailycougar.com
Several treats at the kick-off included cookies, cupcakes, candy apples and sausage on a stick, all made and ready to satiate the appetites of Halloween-spirited students. | Esteban Portillo/The Daily Cougar
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