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Unions harm more than help LIFE+ARTS

Freshman Danuel House is embracing his role with the Cougars in the transition from high school to college basketball. | Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar

To whom much is given House seeks to meet the expectations his five-star potential Aaron Manuel Contributing writer

When the final buzzer sounded Nov. 27 at the William Nicks Center in Prairie View, the Cougars tasted defeat for the first time this

season. Highly touted freshman forward Danuel House put up a stat line reminiscent of his days at Hightower High School, scoring 20 points on 7-10 shooting.

Although it was a bittersweet loss, House said it kept him driven for the next game.

“It was a confidence booster, and then it was just tough to focus on the next game,” House said.

“Anybody can score on this level,

but to try to come out and compete the next night and try not to think about the loss the previous night — it’s hard for some people, but for me, I just have to try and embrace it and just went on about it.”

The next game was another loss, though. The Cougars fell Saturday to Texas A&M, where House’s stat line resembled more the first five games of the season

– 10 points on 2-6 shooting. However, House played a season-high of 35 minutes, whereas he was averaging about 20 minutes per game previously. This was a vote of confidence from head coach James Dickey, who likes what he has seen so far from the freshman.

“I think he’s making very good progress. Obviously, there’s an HOUSE continues on page 6

SGA asks administration to fire Higher One Technology Samuel Colin Contributing writer

The Student Government Association passed the “No Confidence in Higher One” bill in IRA last Senate meeting on Nov. 28.

Higher One banks provide refund cards and services for students who receive financial aid.

Bandoh is the The account Student Governfeatures ment Association several President. fees, which include being charged $.50 every time someone uses the card as debit and inactivity fees.

“This change has been something we have discussed in the past;

about some of their business practices,” said Student Body President Cedric Bandoh.

“This is financial aid money that should be going towards the need and use of the student.”

Shoba Lemoine, the communications director for Higher One, said fees of this nature are present in any bank, and Higher One’s upfront disclosure of fees is what makes it different from leading national competitors.

“At Higher One, we’ve always been very transparent ever since 2000, and we take a really straightforward educational approach to banking because we work with students, so disclose absolutely all of our fees upfront,” Lemoine said.

“We go a step further than others because we provide an explanation of every single potential charge; just to see it on the list does not mean that you’re going to incur it. It’s

just there because it’s a potential charge.”

Part of reason SGA wants UH to remove itself from Higher One is that the Federal Deposit Insurance ordered Bankcorp — a former partner of Higher One — and Higher One, to provide $11 million in restitution to approximately 60,000 students across the nation for “unfair and deceptive practices,” according to the bill.

“The FDIC found that Higher One and The Bancorp Bank were: charging student account holders multiple insufficient fund (NSF) fees from a single merchant transaction; allowing these accounts to stay in overdrawn status over long periods of time, thus allowing NSF fees to continue accruing,” the FDIC said in an August press release.

However, Lemoine said that NSF HIGHER continues on page 3

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Cesar Chavez High School students and winners of the Big Ideas Science Video Contest will be touring the College of Technology from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday.

Students in grades nine through 12 worked in groups to create short films about science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, according to Big Ideas’ website.

“It is designed to encourage the exploration of science, technology, engineering, and math. This is an exciting experience for young students to re-imagine future careers in STEM by meeting professional STUDENTS continues on page 3

CORRECTION The Quantum Reservoir Impact representative mentioned in “Blaffer receives $75,000 to open studio for program” is Emily Church, not Debra Church.

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fees are common among banking institutions and that the number of students receiving refunds is less than 2 percent of Higher One’s clientele. “(NSF) fees are almost charged by every banking institution. That is when there is delinquent bank behavior, so if you are spending in excess of what is in the account, that costs the financial institution money so you’re running in the negative,� Lemoine said. “And to give you an idea, $11 million may sound a lot but we have millions of account holders, and this affected only a small fraction of them – less than two percent were actually affected.�

Students who receive financial aid are given the option of not using a Higher One account by choosing to have their aid refunded to a personal account. “We’re giving student a choice when it comes to how they’re receiving money. They don’t have to choose to bank with Higher One, that’s just one option,� said Lauren

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engineers, researchers, professors, and students beginning their careers,� said Chido Osueke, the student who started the project as a part of his independent study “The winning high school students will also tour CenterPoint Energy’s Energy Insight Center. They will voyage outside their normal classrooms and learn about Houston’s new Intelligent Grid System.�

Mequanint Moges, an instructional associate professor of computer engineering technology at the College of Technology, worked with Osueke as his mentor. The need for minorities in STEM fields is a problem the U.S. is facing at the moment, Moges said. “According to the report by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee the demand for STEM-skilled workers is expected to continue to increase in the future, as both the number and proportion of STEM jobs are projected to grow,� Moges said in an email. “Of particular concern are the persistent STEM participation and achievement gaps across different demographic groups. Statistics from the National Science Foundation show that under represented

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Stress Free Perry, UH campus relations specialist for Higher One. Before students step on campus, they are automatically mailed a higher one card whether students use it or not, Bandoh said. The University has a transaction cost of $7 to $8 for every refund that is being issued. “Students indirectly pay for those cards. Even if you don’t use Higher One, some of your money is used for that plastic card,� Bandoh said.

Students such as political science junior Kristy Brooks also feel frustration toward the banking institution. “The fact that financial aid money that is being taken away from us with all these is not right, because those fees add up to money that I might eventually need,�

Brooks said.

SGA bid for no confidence in Higher One and will forgo practices with Higher One. Several schools across the country do not use Higher One as a refund provider, Bandoh said.

Other schools use a different bank or provide refunds directly to student’s account, which is the case

minorities, excluding Asian Americans, accounted for 16.7 percent of newly awarded science and engineering degree holders. Despite accounting for 28 percent of the US population, minority students lag in the areas of STEM.�

Moges said he thinks the students were positively affected by the contest. “Students must be active participants in the learning process and become fully involved in science.

Primary and secondary schools have the unique ability to spark interests in STEM. They are great incubators for development and light the path to fruitful careers,� he said. “In this regard I think the students have grown to appreciate the impact that science and math have in their daily life.�

The most important thing these students can now do is retain the information they gained through their experience with the contest, Moges said. “Students must be active participants in the learning process and become fully involved in science,�

Moges said.

For more information about the contest, go to www.bigideascontest. com. news@thedailycougar.com

at The University of Texas at San Antonio.

The best scenario for the student at the University would be to eliminate the middleman and have the university automatically deposit the refund into a student’s personal account, Bandoh said.

However, students shouldn’t expect the University to make the change anytime soon, he said. “This was a pretty bold statement to take and I want to thank all the senators who were involved with this because this is something I was passionate about when I came in,� Bandoh said.

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EDITOR Lucas Sepulveda EMAIL opinion@thedailycougar.com ONLINE thedailycougar.com/opinion

Today’s unions have lost their way Sarah Backer Staff columnist

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nions have always had that alluring appeal that comes from protecting the ‘working man.’

The ideal purpose of labor unions is to negotiate fair terms for workers who do not have a voice in management. And in some ways, particularly in their early years, unions have been successful. But like all idealistic ventures, unions have fallen short of their lofty goals.

Instituted in the mid-19th century in response to the industrial revolution, unions provided a necessary protection of workers by demanding employee safety and job security. However, over the years, the pendulum has shifted and the balance of power between unions and management has tipped in the other direction.

Unions negatively impact the free market principle of supply and demand. By forcing wages and pensions often above competitive levels, unions directly raise the cost of labor. This results in fewer jobs available within the company.

Additionally, union laws make it extraordinarily difficult for companies to replace workers who do less work and yet earn higher wages.

The threat of strike pits unionized workers against not only the corporation, but consumers, stockholders, and other workers. One man’s profit is another man’s loss.

And in this case, the union’s gains often hurt everyone else.

When a worker signs on to a job with a certain pay and an understood prospect for bonuses, they should perform their job as promised or be subject to dismissal.

If a corporation must be held accountable to their end of the bargain, so should the workers. The ability to fire a unionized worker is usually governed by the union and the union often has the right to use collective bargaining to either keep the worker’s job or to work out a

Wikimedia Commons deal. So, when a company is unionized, it is often much more difficult to hold workers accountable for their productivity.

Unions are far from the underdogs they are often purported to be.

They are exempt from taxation, they do not pay tort damages when they cost men and women their jobs, and they can burden both members and nonmembers with compulsory dues that are often utilized for political purposes, not collective bargaining. The Wall Street Journal found that politics and lobbying account for approximately 16% of total union expenditures.

A common myth about unions is the idea that they reduce

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they are worth. However, the laws of economics argue otherwise.

If an employer were to depress wages below marginal productivity, other companies would be enticed by the cheap labor and would hire those workers. The result is then an upward pressure on labor prices.

The beauty of the free market is its ability to internally correct itself.

There is also a misconception that unions act in the best interest of all their members. Truthfully, unions do what is best for the majority; the majority typically being the most senior members.

And when layoffs are negotiated, the newest members are fired and the productivity of workers is not

even considered.

Unions are labor cartels. As Lord Acton famously wrote, “Power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

High labor wages and expensive, elaborate pensions brought on by unions have a tradition of driving up labor costs and killing competition, the backbone of American industry.

The economy cannot thrive if labor unions persist in high demands that paralyze the free market.

Sarah Backer is a business sophomore and may be reached at opinion@thedailycouar. com.

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discrimination. In actuality, unions have had a history of racial and gender discriminatory practices.

In the 60’s, union leaders would often refuse to negotiate for African Americans. Now that minorities are allowed in unions, some people claim the problem still exists but has been harder to pinpoint. They claim the discrimination is internal with minorities having reduced access to skilled jobs or union leadership roles.

Proponents of unionized labor would argue that labor unions rectify the power disparity between employees and employers. They would say that corporations exploit labor by paying workers less than

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Cougars have a graffiti double standard Lucas Sepulveda Opinion editor

Some unaesthetic vandals turned Robertson Stadium into a bad art project over the weekend. Big, ugly letters appeared overnight, spanning across the interior of the historic stadium in red paint that dripped down toward the stadium seats.

Although Robertson will soon be demolished, many students have reacted angrily, naturally finding the act disrespectful.

The words read, “Kleos, Dike, Arete,” which translate to, “Glory, Justice, Excellence.” So it seems our unknown illustrators were attempting to honor the stadium, but just did a really lousy job.

If students knew what the words meant, they probably wouldn’t be as angry; they may have even lauded the lamely scribbled letters. But here’s a word of advice for those responsible: Next time you try and send a positive message about the school, send it in English, not Ancient Greek, and try to write it in letters that don’t look like they came out of a Rob Zombie horror movie.

Whether or not their intentions were good, these vandals had no business holding a paint can. They didn’t commemorate Robertson with one big goodbye statement; instead, all they did was manage to annoy the whole student body.

UH students are fastidious and aren’t going to be won over by giant chicken scratch.

However, the Robertson graffiti is not the only notable graffiti to spring up on campus over the past couple of weeks.

While walking to class, you may have noticed the perfectly shaped cupcakes stenciled in white paint on various objects around campus. You also may have noticed students gawking at the cupcakes, talking to their friends about how cool they look.

The painted pastries have been a real hit around UH; all the disdain and scorn aimed toward vandalism that was sparked after the incident at Robertson suddenly disappeared.

It’s because the person who painted the cupcakes obviously did so carefully and took his or her time. Each time the cupcake vandal struck, he or she took the time to apply

an even layer of purple paint, covering entire electrical boxes and pipes, to use as a backdrop before stenciling the white trademark on top of it.

Now, I’m not saying any of this is right; I’m simply saying that the defacement was of better quality. It’s pleasing to the eye and is something interesting for students to look at as they walk by. The whole process was neatly done and resulted in an impressive piece of graffiti.

But it’s hypocritical of students to happily accept appealing graffiti with open arms and at the same time completely detest the graffiti they don’t like, no matter how sloppy and embarrassing it is. It’s natural, but it’s an urge that needs to be contained, at least when pertaining to our campus.

You can’t pick and choose which vandalism you want around. You either take the bad with the good, or nothing at all.

Sorry, students; you can’t have your cupcake and eat it too.

Lucas Sepulveda is a creative writing senior and can be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.

The cupcake graffiti has appeared in multiple locations around campus. UH has already begun removing it. | File photo/The Daily Cougar

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And that’s the way it should be. The day there’s nothing to report on at UH is the day UH stops getting better.

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Freshman forward Danuel House’s commitment to defense has earned him praise from his coaches and teammates regarding his growth and maturity. | Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar

adjustment period for freshmen coming into college. Defensively, the physicality, the work load is more than at the high school level, generally. But no doubt he’s done a very good job for us,” Dickey said.

“I’ve certainly been impressed with him being aggressive — he’s got to the free-throw line more than anyone on our team, and he’s a better free-throw shooter than his numbers would indicate. He certainly understands the commitment level you have to have to be the type of player he wants to be and the type of player we expect him to be.”

House plays aggressively on the court but has learned to show mental discipline. The biggest adjustment to his game upon arriving here was to slow things down, House said. He played in an uptempo style of game at Hightower but has had to develop patience in order to play in Dickey’s system.

It is this mentality that he has also imparted on his teammates, like sophomore forward TaShawn Thomas.

“He helps me keep my head,” Thomas said. “Somewhere this year I caught a temper — a very

short temper — and whenever I get angry, he’ll come to me and to talk to me. ‘Keep your head, keep your head.’ That helped me out a lot.”

House, who is averaging 4.6 rebounds on the season, anticipates a missed bucket and boxes out an opponent. Rebekah Stearns/ The Daily Cougar Thomas and redshirt freshman guard Jherrod Stiggers both reached out to House when he arrived at UH. Being a freshman last year and playing all 31 games, Thomas said he knew where House was coming from and wanted to help him any way he could.

This kind of support has helped House adjust and bond with his teammates.

Despite all he has accomplished so far, though, House still has far to go to meet his goal of winning a conference title and playing in the NCAA Tournament.

Dickey has faith House will be successful.

“We still have very high expectations of him,” Dickey said. “His free-throw shooting and threepoint shooting percentages — those are going to come up. His commitment level to defense he understands and also that there’s a physicality at this level that you play with and adjust to.” sports@thedailycougar.com

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Cougars rebound from slow start Andrew Valderas Contributing writer

After coming off of a 51-60 loss to the Horned Frogs of TCU, the women’s basketball team is determined to get back on a winning streak.

Despite the loss, the team has shown great aspirations, dating back to last month.

Although the Cougars started off 0-4, giving up 78 points per game, they jolted back by winning four of their last five. During this 4-1 run, the defense has only given up a staggering 52 points per game, a huge improvement from the opening four games of the season.

“We haven’t made any adjustments; it’s more on the kids.

They’ve bought in, and quitefrankly, they were just tired of getting beat,” said head coach Todd Buchanan when asked about his defense.

“They’re enthusiasm is on a

new level as well as the sense of urgency. We’re playing together and communicating more defensively; they’re talking, pointing and communicating more as a team.”

Freshman forward Marche’ Amerson, has also seen the teams improvement and hopes it will aid in further wins.

“In the beginning, we didn’t talk as much as we do now,” Amerson said.

“We communicate more on screens, letting players know when there are cutters heading to the basket. I would definitely say that is the biggest difference from our losing streak to our winning streak — communication.”

There are a number of players who have put their paws on this team, and are making it wellknown too.

“When the subs come in from off the bench, there’s no let-up,” said junior forward Marissa Ashton. “We’ll continue to fix the little

mental errors, and when we do this, we’ll be a very dangerous team in these up-coming games.”

The Cougars contribution up and down the roster is something rare. However, in late-game situations, they will rely on a go to player. Buchanan has little worry about this becoming a problem.

“Nine times out of ten, we would like to have it in (redshirt senior guard) Porsche Landry’s hands. Marissa (Ashton) is an option, in which she has shot the ball well,” Buchanan said. “If we need a quick basket and maybe draw a foul, I think Alecia Smith is a good one; also maybe isolating Te’onna Campbell. We have multiple options, but at the end of the day, we’re going to put that on Porsche.”

The Cougars next game will be against the 4-2 Blue Jays of Creighton University on Dec. 8. sports@thedailycougar.com

After undergoing an 0-4 start to begin the year, the Cougars have turned things around by winning four of the last five games. | Courtesy of UH Athletics

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

UH racks up individual honors Harrison Lee Staff writer

Already in the midst of a strong season, three members of the UH swimming and diving team have added additional accolades.

Seniors Reka Kovacs and Julia Lonnegren join sophomore Natasha Burgess as athletes who have had the honor of being named ConferenceUSA’s swimmer and diver of the week. Burgess took home the title of C-USA’s top diver for the week of Oct. 16. Kovacs and Lonnegren received their accolades for the week of Nov. 20. For Lonnegren, this is the eighth award of her UH career and the first of the season. It is the second for Kovacs and her first of the season.

One of the shining moments of the season has been UH’s strong fifth place finish in the Phill Hansel Invitational it hosted from Nov. 15 to the 17. Twenty personal best times and two school records were set during the three-day tournament that left UH ahead of ten other schools.

“This was a great weekend for our team,” said head coach Augie Busch on the results of the Invitational. “There were multiple personal bests achieved. I’m watching our

upperclassmen really start to respond to our style of training and our freshmen are making immediate impacts, which is what I hoped for.”

The tournament doubled as an accidental Senior Day for seniors Kimmy Ballo, Moira Fraser, Reka Kovacs, Julia Lonnegren and Holli Pisarski.

“We feel like we’re in a great place moving forward into the second half of the season. Looking at last year’s results, we were significantly better this weekend than we were at conference last year,” said Busch. “That’s a tremendously positive sign. Even more encouraging is the way our women continue to embrace and understand what ‘team’ is all about.

Our culture is improving all the time and, as a coach, that’s incredibly satisfying to see.”

The season restarts Jan. 2 in Hawaii for a training trip before returning to Texas to compete against instate foes North Texas and Southern Methodist University. The C-USA Championships will be held at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium starting on Feb. 20 to 23.

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In an effort to relieve students from the stress of final exams, the Student Program Board hosted another edition of its “Lunch Concert Series” Wednesday afternoon outside the UC Satellite.

The concert showcased two musicians, Shane Henry and Maggie McClure, as they each performed singles from their latest projects.

Students were able to sit down and relax as songs from McClure’s “Good Morning and Good Night” Extended Play and Henry’s “Beauty in the Struggle” album echoed throughout the surrounding area.

Students also stepped up to the booth to purchase CD’s for $5 and take pictures with the artists.

In addition to their solo projects, McClure and Henry also performed duet songs from their “First Thing On My Christmas List” EP. S P B ’s c o n c e r t c h a i r a n d accounting junior Kevin Lacson said the outdoor concert was well received and that McClure and Henry resonated with students.

“I think it went really well. Usually because people are so busy, students would just walk by, but they actually stayed this time and that says something,” Lacson said.

“I’m really happy for (McClure and Henry). They did really well.”

Before singing to the audience, McClure told them a story about how she heard one of her songs from her latest album playing during a Dr. Phil commercial. | Julie Heffler/The Daily Cougar McClure’s piano pop rock and Henry’s jazzy, blues influenced music were able to catch the ears of students as they were applauded after each number.

“There was a lot of people paying attention to us and they were very responsive, probably the best yet,” Henry said. “We’d absolutely love to come back soon.”

SPB members also went out to the spectators to issue flyers about Wednesday’s Comedy presentation of Gina Yashire and tonight’s film of Seth McFarlane’s comedic fairytale, “Ted.” Lacson said that although there weren’t many performances to accommodate this years “Lunch Concert Series,” SPB is looking to change that in the months to come.

“Next semester, we’re trying to go for more concerts. Hopefully

we’ll have someone perform on our campus twice a month so that we can push more music out there,” Lacson said.

Although McClure and Henry have toured to more than 100 different universities and venues, they were able to easily relate to students who were preparing for their upcoming tests next week, which made their performance memorable.

“I remember having to take finals myself and how stressful the time was so the fact that UH provided this to the students is really thoughtful,” McClure said.

“So, for us to play here for students, it’s very therapeutic for them so I hope that we were able to relieve their stress.” arts@thedailycougar.com

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THEATER REVIEW

Honor College shows talent Kevin Cook Staff Writer

The Honors College Club Theater troupe closed out its three-show run with a rousing performance to a packed house in the auditorium at Faith Lutheran Church on Saturday.

The club, formed in 2006 by Katelyn Halpern, is a haven for non-theater majors who still wish to participate in the performing arts, and has solicited short plays written and performed by students, utilizing the theater’s members as actors, tech crews and anything else the organization needs.

This year, six plays were selected and performed. The first play, “Do Sea Monkeys Dream of Electric Puffer Fish,” written by biology freshman Lindsey Bruel, had the attitude similar to the “Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

It was a hodgepodge of literary and pop culture allusions strung together with constant breaking of the fourth wall and self-referential meta-humor that was clever, but perhaps not as clever as intended.

The acting was gleefully unnecessary and madcap.

The play was an upbeat romp,

but a bit of a mess altogether.

“Illusions,” the second play written by history and philosophy sophomore Olivia Macias, revolved around an aborted suicide and an unlikely friendship that forms as a result.

The humor here strives to be dark and edgy, but isn’t written pithily or profoundly enough to carry that kind of weight with the highlight of the dialogue being a “Fifty Shades of Grey” reference.

The troupe then performed “Kentucky Jones and the Enchanted Eye of Dawn,” written by history sophomore Michiko McMahon and Macias, whose title character was a send-up of the Indiana Jones mythos.

“Kentucky” might have been deliberately obnoxious, but no less so for the intentionality. The highlight of the show was a Nazi Zombies reference — the cast had to be sure to throw in an applause break so the laughs wouldn’t step on the lines of dialogue that followed.

There was a brief intermission followed by “Timmy the T-Rex,” written by English freshman Jacob Wagner, which was a solid play from start to finish. Creative

MUSIC REVIEW

UH rapper excels in first mixtape Bryan Dupont-Gray Assistant life & arts editor

Black Friday marked the date that Houston rapper and UH petroleum engineering freshman John Patrick Egbo released his début mix tape “Juan Night Only” under the emcee name JohnyyP. Hosted by DJ Fudge The Great, JohnnyP. — otherwise self-proclaimed as Juanito Samboomkid Ramirez Jr.—delivered a jam-packed 11-track project filled with motivational songs that aimed to inspire listeners, and musicians who brilliantly highlighted the rapping ability of the Foster High graduate.

Based on beat choice and flow delivery alone, JohnyyP’s first impression shines through this mix tape. The boom bap, sample based instrumentals produced by Aisosa Pro, Young Sav and Money Myles breathe life into tracks like “Join to the Revolution” and “Live and Love.”

JohnyyP doesn’t break any new grounds in terms of his lyricism, but they’re catchy and more believable than many rappers starting out, especially in songs that draw attention to social issues.

“Definition of Beauty,” a song

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writing freshman Josh Hundl played the eponymous dinosaur, and his flair for physical comedy was tremendous. The crisp, energetic scene changes and flawless blocking moved the play along at a rapid clip, and Gustavo Yelamo’s turn as Timmy’s therapist was an absolute delight, sharply articulate and had a surreal kinesthetic.

The fifth production, “Trust Me,” written by creative writing freshman Kaitlyn Redmond, opens with a standoff between two handgun brandishing ex-lovers and numerous expletives.

The narrative conceit — a black widow story in which the female protagonist is compelled to shoot the men she dates — is actually provocative and interesting, but wasn’t executed subtly and whimsically enough to give it the story and characters it deserved.

Finally, the evening’s events wound down with “Seconds Anyone?” written by Hundl, a comedic endeavor that addressed sex, relationships and camaraderie.

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never raised above a Seth Rogenesque level of raunch, and the actors seemed to revel in blue turns that were discouragingly misogynistic and backwards.

Still, the protagonists felt real and relatable. The debate regarding a basketball analogy used to explain the concept of sloppy seconds is reminiscent of Kevin Smith and the best moments from “Clerks.”

The production suffered from the venue, which was hastily arranged at the 11th hour when the original venue backed out of its

commitment. The ambient noise from the air conditioner made some impact on every play, and the lighting was generally poor, but one has to factor in the unfavorable turn with location.

All of the plays had moments of clarity, poignancy or wit, but the pieces after the intermission were stronger.

The acting was somewhat inconsistent as one might expect from non-majors, but there were several inspiring and noteworthy performances, especially from Hundl and Yelamo, who stole the show with their sharp, engaging performance.

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listeners. However, there are some major drawbacks.

The cover tracks struggle to hold any weight and feel out-ofplace. The complete package that JohnyyP geared towards seems unfinished with tracks like “Undeground Kings,” a Drake original and Lil Wayne’s “Welcome to the Zoo Freestyle.”

With random lines and sub par feature verses from rapper Young

Twyman, the latter of the two tracks acts as a filler and not an important piece of the set.

In contrast, “Blessed” is arguably the best cover track on “Juan Night Only” and the best track period.

Coupled with an astounding feature verse from Reginald Helms.

The track combines Schoolboy Q’s instrumental with lyricism pertaining to Christian views.

The cover tracks also make the mix tape feel short. Except for the eight minute “Appreciation” track that consisted of name-dropping and giving thanks, JohnyyP seems

to fall short in the number of original songs in his arsenal.

Had the three cover tracks been replaced with more originals, “Juan Night Only” wouldn’t have felt so small and short-lived.

Despite this, the project is far from lacking. JohnyyP fits the bill of a rapper looking to motivate people around him and it shows in this project. “Juan Night Only” is fresh and welcome composition for those looking for spiritual guidance and change of pace. arts@thedailycougar.com

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Interested in participating in the May 2013 Ring Ceremony?

Email alumni@uh.edu for more information.

Reservations required - Contact Ali Walker at abwalke3@central.uh.edu

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