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Grant funds professor’s social media research Study looks at tools used by journalists Zachary Burton Staff writer
In an industry that is transforming from paper to Web pages, articles to posts and circulation records to page views, one professor is researching how social media is playing a part in the reporting process. “The research looks at the way newspaper reporters are using social media,” said Arthur Santana, assistant professor for the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication. “It’s going to be a national survey of reporters at 250 newspapers across the country, about a dozen reporters from each newspaper.” S a n t a n a re c e i v e d $ 6 , 0 0 0 from UH under the New Faculty Research grant for his project,
“Engaging a New Channel of Information: Reporters’ Use of Social Media.” The project will delve into how journalists are using social media as part of their reporting practices, along with their use of it in search for sources, according to a UH press release. The New Faculty Research Program has been developed to aid faculty who have been at the University for less than three years and who wish to initiate research for the first time but haven’t had the previous professional funding, according to the grant’s guidelines. The grants are rewarded in amounts up to $6,000 and support scholarly efforts and research that are considered an integral part of the University’s instructional program. Santana was a reporter and an
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Pop goes the power Students walked to the University Center Monday without knowing that they would be unable to access the UC for the remainder of the week because of a power outage throughout the building. “The cause of the power outage is under investigation, but it is suspected that feeder lines and branch circuits to the University Center — which is under construction — were cut,” said executive director of media relations Richard Bonnin. - Aisha Bouderdaben/The Daily Cougar
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Tradition has served Cougar athletics for a number of years. For two former greats, this tradition has become a family one. Freshman guard Bianca Winslow has always dreamed of dribbling down the court wearing Cougar Red — the same way her father Rickie Winslow did. “Ever since I was young, I’ve always wanted to play for the Cougars,” Bianca said. Rickie was a four-year starter for the Cougars’ Phi Slamma Jamma team — a nickname for the basketball team’s dunks, explosiveness and fast-breaking style of play in the mid 1980s. With a career average of 12.5 points per game, Rickie was a small forward who played in
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the 1984 National Championship game against Georgetown. Rickie — the 28th overall pick by the Chicago Bulls in the 1987 NBA draft — is the head coach of Saint John’s High School junior varsity basketball team, the same school his son Justice attends. Justice, a 6-foot-6-inch forward, FAMILY continues on page 5
With the increasing demand for professional industrial designers in the job market, UH is aligning its student success goals with workforce needs. The UH System Board of Regents has recently approved a Master of Science program in industrial design from the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, to start in the fall. “That kind of experience, that kind of in-depth research and being able to show that skill, it’s so important for finding a job afterwards,” said former industrial design student Rachel Young. According to the proposal, the industrial design master’s program will include intensive coursework and lab hours for graduate students and is not offered by any other university in the state. “This program will be the first of its kind in the State of Texas,” said the Academic and Student Success Committee in its proposal to the Board.
“This unique interdisciplinary master’s degree integrates curriculum in applied art and applied science to improve the look, feel and functionality of products.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that about 45,000 industrial designers are employed in the nation, and employment opportunities are expected to increase by 9 percent in the next 10 years. The Texas Workforce Commission expects the in-state demand for this job to grow at a rate 12 percent faster than the national average. The Committee wants the program to be directed by a full-time tenured faculty member with a degree in industrial design. It also proposed coursework be offered by existing faculty, and a new faculty hire — to earn a salary of $62,000 — will provide curriculum support. According to the degree proposals pro forma, a document citing financial activity and expenses, the master’s MAJOR continues on page 3
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Burglary of a Building or Habitation – At 1:58 a.m. Feb. 5 in Cambridge Oaks, a UH student reported the theft of his property from his unattended and unsecured apartment. The case is inactive. Burglary of a Motor Vehicle – At 4:58 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Energy Research Park, a staff member reported that his vehicle was burglarized. The case is inactive.
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Theft – At 3:36 p.m. Feb. 6 at the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library, a UH student reported the theft of her unattended and unsecured laptop computer. The case is inactive.
Assault – At 7:53 p.m. Friday at the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library, a student reported that an unidentified male approached her and made unwanted verbal and physical advances. Investigation for the case is ongoing.
Prostitution/Criminal Solicitation – At 6:55 p.m. Wednesday in the Texas Spur 5 bayou area, a couple not associated with the University was arrested. The man was arrested for alleged criminal solicitation and the woman for alleged prostitution. The case is cleared by arrest.
Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor/Public Intoxication – At 1 a.m. Saturday at Bayou Oaks Apartments, a student was arrested for public intoxication and transported by the Houston Fire Department to a hospital for her well-being. The case is cleared by citation.
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Terroristic Threat – At 4:04 p.m. Sunday, an off campus company provided information of a possible threat made to the University. The case is active.
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The Chinese Studies Program at UH was awarded $92,050 in grant money through the National Security Language Initiative. “It’s a great honor to win this grant again for a second time,” said Director of Chinese Studies Xiaohong ‘Sharon’ Wen. “Ultimately our goal is to produce master Chinese teachers.” Project StarTalk Texas Teaching Program will offer scholarships to teachers of the Chinese language. The graduate course — CHNS 6398: Issues in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language — can be applied toward the Alternative Teacher Preparation Program leading to Texas teacher certification in Chinese. “This course is unique because we have transformed our classroom into their classroom,” said Wen, who is also the curriculum and instructional lead
for StarTalk. “The term project is basically asking the teachers to return to the classes where they teach Chinese and implement the teaching philosophies we taught in the semester.” Participants will work on curriculum design, materials and instructional development during the program. They will develop an Wen understanding of the nature and process of learning Chinese as a foreign language, identify critical issues in Chinese foreign language teaching methods and enhance their ability to develop appropriate teaching plans and materials. The program’s major focus will be on what students “can do with
language rather than what they know about language,” according to the website. Many foreign language teaching programs at other universities have actually modeled their curriculum after the success of StarTalk, Wen said. “We really have a good reputation,” she said. StarTalk is relatively small; the program has 20 seats, and recruiting is highly selective, Wen said. Out of 50 applicants last year, less than half were accepted. An early application is key. Candidates must be Chinese teachers holding an undergraduate degree. Visit uh.edu/class/mcl/chinese/startalk for more information. The deadline for application submission is April 1. news@thedailycougar.com
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Architecture sophomore Joseph Yang spends his evenings after class completing projects alongside his peers. | Nichole Taylor/The Daily Cougar
program’s net annual loss will total $69,251 at the end of Fiscal Year 2014, but by the end of FY 2018, it will have a net annual gain of $38,735. University officials expect the master’s program to bring more prestige to UH and, specifically, the architecture school. “The proposed program will further enhance the College of Architecture’s position as an educational leader in innovation, breakthrough integrative design, and commercialization of technology and design,” the program description said.
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editor in San Antonio, Seattle and Washington D.C., before teaching. He said he has noticed the increase use of social media within the field. “A lot of my Facebook friends are still working journalists, and what I’ve seen is that social media has become woven into their work routine. I can see how reporters are using social media more and more,” Santana said. “They are more than just sharing their stories or posting links to their stories, they are seeking tips and ideas and sources to help
with their reporting.” The multiple choice survey Santana will conduct will mostly cover the jourSantana nalists’ use of Facebook, Twitter, Linkedln and Storify in their work, he said. Santana said he intends to work the research in with the course he is teaching this semester: News and Social Media. “I think it’s going to tie in nicely. The course, News and Social Media, will incorporate a lot of the things I learn in my research,”
Santana said. “I suspect that reporters will say that social media has become a new tool for them to stay connected with the public.” Santana got the approval for his research in January, and after passing through a board for approval, plans to take six weeks to complete it. “When reporters have a presence on a social media site, not only are they able to keep in touch with their readers, but readers are able to contact them much easier, too. It becomes a two-way street, which is really the best way of communicating,” he said. news@thedailycougar.com
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e is considered by many to be one of the greatest presidents in American history and arguably the most influential president. This week in history, former President Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Ky., on Feb. 12, Aaron 1809. Manuel At 22, Lincoln struck out on his own as a manual laborer; a few years later, in 1834, he was elected to the Illinois State Legislature as a member of the Whig Party. Lincoln started practicing law in 1837. In 1846, he was elected to a single term in the U.S. House of Representatives, and during the 1850s, he was a lobbyist for the railroad industry. In 1858, Lincoln challenged Democrat incumbent Stephen Douglas for his seat in U.S. Senate. “I have never said anything to the contrary, but I hold that notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas, he is not my equal in many respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowment. But in the right to eat the bread, without leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns, he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man.” Lincoln said. Though Lincoln lost that election, his progressive stance on slavery and the way he carried himself in the debates vaulted him into the national spotlight. Two years later, political organizers in Illinois recruited Lincoln to seek the Republican presidential nomination. After securing the
Former President Abraham Lincoln reads the Emancipation Proclamation to members of his cabinet as portrayed by artist Francis Bicknell Carpenter. Though it was not the end of slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation marked the beginning of the end. I Wikimedia Commons nomination, he defeated Douglas, as well as two other challengers for the presidency. What might surprise some about Lincoln is that while he was appalled by the idea of slavery, he was not seeking total abolition. On March 1, 1859, while delivering a speech in Chicago, he laid down a concept of containment for the end of slavery. “I do not wish to be misunderstood upon this subject of slavery in this country,” Lincoln said. “I suppose it may long exist, and perhaps the best way for it to come to an end peaceably is for it to exist for a length of time. But I say that the spread and strengthening and perpetuation of it is an entirely different proposition. There we should in every way resist it as a wrong, treating it as a wrong, with the fixed idea that it must and will come to an end.” Even that compromise was too much for the South.
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Lincoln’s election set off a political cataclysm. Fearing his election would bring about the end of slavery, the South started a fast withdrawal from the Union, starting with the resignation of South Carolina Sen. James Chesnut on Nov. 10, 1860. The entire state of South Carolina seceded from the Union on Dec. 20, and before Lincoln took the oath of office, six states would join them: Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. Lincoln’s paramount goal during the early years of his presidency and the war was the preservation of the Union. In August 1862, Horace Greely, founder and editor of The New York Tribune, criticized Lincoln for not making slavery the dominant issue of the war and setting aside his moral principles for political goals. Lincoln was quick to respond. “If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could
at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them,” Lincoln said. “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.” One month later, the Union victory at Antietam changed everything, including the focus of the war, to the abolition of slavery. On Jan. 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most important proclamations in U.S. history: the Emancipation Proclamation. “All persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” While the document did not end slavery completely as it was allowed
to continue in border states loyal to the Union, it serves as the symbol of the end. The Proclamation also allowed African-Americans to volunteer for military service to the Union; almost 200,000 AfricanAmericans served in the Union armed forces by the end of the war. In the end, Lincoln laid down his life to save the Union and to bring about a United States that lived up to the promise of the Declaration of Independence “that all men are created equal.” Though the nation did not give Lincoln the peace he desired “with malice toward none; with charity for all,” the legacy he left behind bore fruit, and today, evidence of which holds the same office as he once held. When you look at a penny or a $5 bill, think of the man who saved the Republic and ended slavery. Aaron Manuel is a print journalism senior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar. com.
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Joseph Young, like his dad, leads the Cougars in scoring. He averages 17.2 points per game this season. | File photo/The Daily Cougar
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Rickie Winslow averaged 12.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game during his career at UH. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1987 with the 28th overall pick. | 1986 Houstonian
is a college prospect and has offers from numerous schools, including Kansas, Duke, North Carolina, UCLA, Kansas, Arizona, Florida and UH. Aside from coaching, Rickie said he loves traveling back to Hofheinz Pavilion, where he can see his daughter play, visiting his alma mater and remembering the good old days when he used to suit up Michael Young in the same arena. “I think it’s very special to see her carry on the tradition in the Winslow family,” Rickie said. “The place definitely brings back the memories and the relationships I developed with so many good people.” Averaging over 10 points per game as a Bellaire Cardinal, Bianca decided to stay close to home with her family and follow in her dad’s footsteps. With her dad ranked top 10 in scoring for the Cougars, Bianca looks to take advantage of his offensive tips and moves and implement them into her game. “It’ll probably be his step-back jumper,” Bianca said. “But one thing I’m trying to improve on as much as possible is defense.” Director of Basketball Operations Michael Young also has great memories on the court with Rickie, his former teammate. As a freshman, Young was a
starting forward and helped lead the Cougars to the 1981 NCAA Tournament. A year later, the Cougars advanced to the NCAA Final Four for the first time in 14 years. He also made trips to the 1983 and 1984 national championship games, accompanied by Rickie and other Cougar greats, Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon. Young was the 24th overall pick in the 1984 draft by the Boston Celtics. He also played overseas from 1989-1996. Young, like Rickie, has children who are a part of the athletics program. Young’s daughter, Mayorca, is a freshman sprinter for the women’s track team, and his son Joseph is a redshirt sophomore guard for the men’s basketball team. Michael said Joseph has known basketball is what he wanted to do for a long time. “He’s been dribbling that ball ever since he was 5 years old,” Michael said. “I taught him the basic moves of dribbling and shooting, and when he got into his own, he just took off.” Head women’s basketball coach Todd Buchanan spoke about how special and great it is to coach a Rickie’s daughter. “As great of a player as Rickie was here, a lot of people don’t understand her mom is also an alumna. In doing so, having the connection is a part of one of the reasons why we recruited her,” Buchanan said. “We try to keep it in the family. Anytime you can keep Cougars home, make Cougars’ kids Cougars, I think that is a win in every way.” sports@thedailycougar.com
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The 55th Annual Grammy Awards were held Sunday with performances by Mumford & Sons, Justin Timberlake and The Black Keys, but it didn’t catch the attention of many UH students. Chemistry junior Alex Portillo wasn’t aware that it aired. “I have too many things to do to worry about who won what,” Portillo said. “Besides, next year there’s going to be another winner, so what’s the point?” Media productions senior Karla Rodriguez had more important things to watch.
“The Walking Dead was coming back on, and that was much more important than the Grammys,” Rodriguez said. “There was a marathon before the new episode, and I could just figure out who won afterwards, so it doesn’t matter.” Biology sophomore Angelica Barganza didn’t bother watching television. “I really had a lot of homework to do.” UH students aren’t the only ones not watching. The 2012 Grammys pulled 39 million viewers after Whitney Houston’s death. This year’s Grammys had 28.1 million viewers, an 11 percent drop. Public relations sophomore
Lauren Keith was happy with the performances and glad she tuned in. “I’m really happy that Fun. won record of the year, but I really thought it was going to be Frank Ocean. The overall awards and performances were really great.” Advertising sophomore David Morales watched the show with his girlfriend. “I didn’t really want to watch it, but I’m glad I did,” Morales said. “The performances were really good, and it was fun reading the Grammy tweets people were posting. They make more sense when you’ve actually watched them.”
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The life of a university student is potentially a very demanding and stressful one. Students face all sorts of challenges with juggling school, work and a social life. In doing so, students develop unhealthy eating habits and potentially become overweight because of fast food, but there is a way for students to cope with academic pressures without suffering. Melanee Wood, the assistant director in the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center says yoga is beneficial to students for many reasons. “Number one, it’s a class that people of any fitness level can do. There’s easy ways to modify the class to either challenge yourself a little bit more or to take it a little bit easier if it’s not your day or if you’re not there fitness wise yet. It’s also a great stress reliever.” Recent studies have proven college students who practice yoga develop lower stress levels and anxiety, mental clarity and an increase in flexibility and strength. According to Livestrong.com, certain styles of yoga such as Vinyasa or Flow can help a student develop flexibility, strength and balance. These types of yoga give an individual a more intense workout through constant movement and poses. It’s challenging but good for strength building, maintaining a healthy body weight and increasing energy. In turn this helps students to learn to overcome some of those unhealthy eating and drinking habits that can lead to a negative body image and instead gives the student a boost in self-confidence. For those looking for more of a challenge, Bikram or other forms of
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Studies show that practicing yoga can be helpful to students’ concentration and with facing challenges. | Wikimedia Commons hot yoga is a good suggestion. These classes, which take place in a heated room at about 100 degrees, are good for relieving back pain, stretching the muscles, ligaments and tendons which causes one to sweat out toxic impurities, purifying the body. Hot yoga has also been known to reduce migraine headaches and reduce pain for students suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome developed from long hours of typing away on the laptop. Per one yoga organization, Sangha Yoga Shala, practicing yoga also develops conscientiousness, which promotes concentration crucial to academic success. Studies have shown yoga can help students to improve their memory, grades and success in classes. By utilizing certain breathing and meditation techniques, students can stay focused when dealing with stressful situations like final exams. Hatha yoga is the best for this type of practice. This style focuses on breathing and meditation exercises,
which can help an individual quiet the mind and can act as a natural sleep aid. Yoga is beneficial to a student’s daily life; it can improve a student’s personal growth by relieving anxiety, enhancing mood, motivation and outlook on life and can help them achieve academic success while making their experience in college an enjoyable one. According to the American Yoga Association, practicing yoga daily allows people to access their inner strength that helps deal with the challenges of everyday life. Fortunately for UH students, yoga classes are free. Wood says the Recreation Center offers eight yoga classes, as well as a pilates and yogalates, a fusion of pilates and yoga, class. The Recreation Center requires the student sign a waiver to get their fitness pass before joining a class. arts@thedailycougar.com
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