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Former director dies Chris Shelton Sports editor
Former University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance Director Sidney Berger, 77, died Friday after a brief illness. Berger was a with UH for 40 years before retiring in 2009, during which Berger the department grew into a nationally-recognized theater program. UH School of Theatre and Dance director Steve Wallace said Berger will be hard to replace. “It is next to impossible to encapsulate Sidney Berger’s life in Houston into a few sentences. Creator, director, visionary, chair, teacher, friend, colleague, passionate Shakespeare lover and a giant in educational theater world are all words that come to mind,” Wallace said. He took over as director in 1969 when the School of Theatre and Dance was a small drama department. Since 1975, Berger was a driving force behind the Houston Shakespeare Festival, which led Mayor Annise Parker to proclaim Aug. 6 as “Dr. Sidney Berger Day.” Many stage professionals, including Hollywood actors Dennis Quaid and Jim Parsons, have come through his department. Berger is a past recipient of the Ruth Denney Award from Theater Under the Stars, which honors stage professionals who shape young artists’ lives. In 2007, Berger was honored by U.S. Rep. Gene Green with a Congressional Record Plaque. Berger is survived by his wife, Sandra, and his son, Erik. news@thedailycougar.com
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Pull up a chair Voting begins for department head title, challengers face off Zachary Burton Staff writer
Among those positions up for grabs is the English Department’s chair. Director of Women’s Gender and Sexualities program Elizabeth Gregory is running on a nomination by associate English professor Lynn Voskuil. Gregory completed her bachelor’s at Barnard College, her master’s at University of Kentucky and her doctorate at Yale, according to the Department of English’s website. At UH, she teaches courses on British and American modernism, contemporary poetry, ancient and classical literature,
feminist criticism and motherhood studies. As director of the WGSS, she has developed the Carey C. Shuart Women’s Archive and Research Collection, an anthology of papers from women’s organizations that have helped shape Houston. “My aim as chair would be to facilitate the department’s further growth and student and faculty success, drawing on our many and diverse strengths and building on our good foundation,” Gregory said in a letter to the staff of the department. Opposite Gregory is current chair and professor Wyman Herendeen. Heredeen completed his bachelor’s and master’s at Brown University and his docorate at the University of Toronto. In the department’s retreat “Rethinking English Studies” in April 2009, Herendeen wrote on
the liveliness of the department in the range of innovative pedagogical strategies. He also wrote about the new areas of research and the emergence of rhetoric, composition, and pedagogy concentrations, said English professor Irving Rothman in an email to the department. During that retreat, the department created a planning document that Rothman has kept in his office. Three years later, it documents foresight and confirms trust in the capabilities of the faculty to move forward, Rothman’s email said. Gregory spoke from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 6 in the Roy G. Cullen Building while Herendeen spoke at the same time and location the following week. Voting will begin at 8 a.m. today and will end Feb. 25. news@thedailycougar.com
CAREERS
Parker preaches action to interns Rebecca Hennes Staff writer
For the spring, 26 students have been chosen for internships through a program that has placed more than 1000 interns in political
offices since its inception. Mayor Annise Parker paid a visit to UH on Friday to speak with interns from the Hobby Center for Public Policy’s Civic Houston Internship Program. The interns
work an average of eight hours per week over the 15-week semester in offices with elected officials at the municipal, county, state or federal levels. Some interns are assigned to community service
organizations and campaigns. “L a s t s e m e s t e r, m y m a i n responsibility was ceremonial documents, which are certificates, PARKER continues on page 3
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Students learned how to be a support system to friends and family who could be victims of a sexual assault by letting them know they are always in their corner. | Aisha Bouderdaben/The Daily Cougar
DATE SAFE
Avoiding, handling assault Aisha Bouderdaben, Radha Khetpal Contributing writers
The moments after a sexual assault can be traumatizing and overwhelming. A new program at UH plans to educate students about how to handle a potential traumatic situation. Coogs Get Consent is sponsored by Equal Opportunity Services, the Women’s Resource Center as well as the Fort Bend County Women’s Center. Michael Domitrz, founder of the Date Safe Project, spoke about the meaning of consent, and its basis in relationships. “I realized every survivor is strong and courageous. If someone you know has been sexually assaulted, they turn around and live their life. That takes strength, courage, determination and will,’’
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letters and proclamations for the mayor,” said Shelby Hansen, a returning intern at the Mayor’s Communications Office. “This semester I do clippings, which means scrapbooking every article that mentions the mayor. I will be working on archiving photos for Rice for when she is not mayor.” Bria Riley is another returning intern at Controller Ron Green’s office. She has now worked at both the city and state levels. “As far as state level, when I interned, we would be out in the field all the time and not so much in the office,” Riley said. “It’s fast paced at the city level,
Domitrz said. Domitrz, whose sister is a rape survivor, travels to college campuses to promote safe dating. Thursday he ventured to and encouraged a crowd at the E. Cullen Performance Hall, using his sister’s story as inspiration to help people realize that anyone can be victims of sexual assault. “Survivors are brave, strong individuals,” Domitriz said. Students were surprised when what initially appeared to be a twohour lecture turned into an interactive setting, calling on students and having some come up to perform scenarios. “I thought the talk was really good. He wasn’t talking about consent being overly technical. He was inclusive of LGBT people too”, said Kiernan Cobb, a biology sophomore. “I liked doing the skit. It wasn’t as awkward or embarrassing as I
thought. I learned that it is really easy to intervene when someone is putting another person in a dangerous situation without their consent.” Domitrz stressed the importance of stepping in to help friends and introduced the concept of “Opening Three Doors.” Domitrz asked everyone in the audience to promise to call three people they care about before 11 p.m. and say, “I want you to know I am always here for you and that you can always come to me if someone touches you or harms you sexually without your consent.” “I’ve watched students go back after this program, and they’ve opened the door for three family members or friends,” Domitrz said. “It has really brought people closer together.”
the phones are always ringing. But at the state, it can be more relaxed some days because we are getting out of the office.” Program director Renee Cross advocates her interns to meet their congressmen and form a relationship. “If you have not yet met your congressmen do it as soon as possible,” Cross said. “It’s important to be connected.” As part of the internships, students are required to work as volunteers at certain events for their offices. Mayor Parker urged students to take advantage of this and participate in as many volunteering opportunities as possible. “I volunteered in college, and after graduating, spent most of my free time volunteering around the city,” Parker said.
“The best training for being a council member I learned by volunteering and being involved with the city.” As an advocate for the city, Parker said she is not fond of the question “What are you going to do after your term ends?” because she insists her job is a dream job. “I love being Mayor. I love my job because it’s what I’ve always wanted to do,” Parker said. “Running the city of Houston is like running a state — there is so much more to it than most other smaller cities.” Parker encouraged the student interns to find out what makes them happy and make an occupation of it, just like she did. “Figure out what you’re most passionate about and act on it.”
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For one assistant professor in the chemistry department, there is no such thing as too many awards. The Welch Foundation will honor Olafs Daugulis with the Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the University Hilton. Senior UH Media Relations RepreDaugulis sentative Lisa Merkl said Daugulis is the first UH faculty member to receive a Hackerman award, which is a $100,000 grant presented annually to scientists early in their careers. The Welch Foundation, one of the oldest and largest private funding sources for chemical research, is awarding Daugulis for groundbreaking contributions in transition metal-based catalysis, according to the foundation’s website. “Daugulis embodies the intent of the Hackerman award — a scientist who at an early stage of his career has already developed an outstanding record of creative and productive work that advances our knowledge of important areas of chemistry,” said Wilhelmina Robertson, chair of the Welch Foundation, in a statement. “His research address fundamental questions in synthetic organic methodology that has
Daugulis embodies the intent of the Hackerman award — a scientist who at an early stage of his career has already developed an outstanding record of creative and productive work that advances our knowledge of important areas of chemistry.” Wilhemina Robertson Chair of the Welch Foundation
illuminated key issues and that ultimately may lead to applications that benefit the society.” Daugulis has published multiple chemistry-based articles and has received several other awards. In 2009, he was honored with the Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award, and in 2007, he won a two-year Sloan Research Fellowship. Daugulis said fundamental research is intellectually stimulating. “I love to come to work every day and think about new things,” Daugulis said in a statement. “The Welch Foundation has played an important role in letting me freely explore new directions.”
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Cougars on gun control
A prescription for America
In the Feb. 11 issue, I previewed the topic for the second edition of Voice of the Pride in a letter from the editor. For anyone who missed the topic last week, here it is again: the Opinion Desk is opening the floor for all Cougars to comment on the issue of gun control. Aaron Cougar columnists have Manuel already weighed in on the issue. In the first issue of the semester, Jan. 17, Mónica Rojas weighed in on the issue of arming teachers, falling on the side of putting more police in schools rather than giving guns to untrained teachers. Feb. 6, Babak Hamidi came to the defense of gun rights advocates like National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. You can revisit these articles at thedailycougar.com. The Opinion Desk wants to know where you all fall on the issue. Between today and noon Wednesday, you can email your thoughts on the subject to opinion@ thedailycougar.com. Here are some brief ground rules: All entries must be no more than 500 words in length. These entries must be thoughtful, respectful and have credible sources. Students must include their full name, major and year in school — freshman, sophomore, etc. Faculty and staff must include their full name, department name and job title. Alumni must include their full name, degree obtained and year graduated. All entrants must consent to full disclosure — if you are willing to put it out there, you have to be willing to put your name on it. So Cougars, what do you think? Aaron Manuel is a print journalism senior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com
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eb. 7, Ben Carson ruffled feathers by using his post as keynote speaker at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast to directly criticize President Barack Obama’s policies. “His remarks were inappropriate for the occasion,” said Cal Thomas, foxnews. com contributor, in a Sarah column. Backer “It would have been just as inappropriate had he praised the president’s policies. The president had a right to expect a different message about another Kingdom. I’m wondering if the president felt drawn closer to God, or bludgeoned by the Republican Party and the applauding conservatives in the audience.” Carson broke with the organization’s tradition of avoiding political topics by his denouncing of Obama’s tenets on healthcare, taxation, entitlements and spending. In a society where everyone is worried about political correctness, Carson was bold, courageous and real. His nononsense approach to America’s problems was refreshingly straightforward. Carson’s story is inspiring. He grew up in Detroit with his single mother, Sonya, and older brother, Curtis. Carson became a neurosurgeon and the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 2008, Carson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His recent keynote address at the National Prayer Breakfast put Carson in the national spotlight, earning him praise and criticism from the conservative side. Fox News contributor Juan Williams said he didn’t see anything wrong with what Carson said and sees him more as a personal hero. “He is a winner to me for living by the conservative principles I want young America, especially poor black and Latino kids, to see as the prescription for success,” Williams said. “And when it comes to public policy Dr. Carson again deserves credit for making specific suggestions.” The irony here is that Williams is a Democrat and that two of Carson’s most notable quotes have to do with the negative direction in which society is
Ben Carson, left, and Dr. Anthony Fauci wait eagerly as Carsons receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008. Carson raised eyebrows with his comments at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 7. | Wikimedia Commons headed and the staggering deficit. Carson compares America’s decline to the decline of the Roman civilization. “Nobody could even challenge them militarily, but what happened to them? They destroyed themselves from within. Moral decay, fiscal irresponsibility,” Carson said. “They destroyed themselves. If you don’t think that can happen to America, you get out your books and you start reading.” He also explains the massive debt the U.S. has incurred. “Our deficit is a big problem,” Carson said. “Think about it. Our national debt — $16.5 trillion — you think that’s not a lot of money? I’ll tell you what, count one number per second. … You know how long it would take you to count to 16 trillion? Five hundred and seven thousand years — more than a half a million years to get there. We have to deal with this.” On the topic of healthcare, Carson suggested a health savings account that people pay in to so that people can control their own healthcare. “When a person is born, give him a birth certificate, an electronic medical record, and a health savings account to which money can be contributed — pre-tax — from the time you’re born ‘til the time you die. … We can make contributions for people who are indigent. Instead of sending all this money to some bureaucracy, let’s put it in their HSAs,” Carson said. “Now they have some control over their own health care. And very
quickly they’re going to learn how to be responsible.” It is an intelligent solution to healthcare while avoiding increasing the powers of the already overgrown government. To improve the taxation system, we need to simplify the system by requiring the same percentage of income to be paid in taxes across all income levels. When everyone is required to give, again, it promotes personal responsibility and increases peoples’ interest in how the government money is being spent. It is our generation who will be left with a massive debt to repay. We are all interested parties. Carson agrees. “What about our taxation system? It’s so complex there is no one who can possibly comply with every jot and title of our tax system,” Carson said. “What we need to do is come up with something that is simple. You make $10 billion, you put in a billion. You make $10, you put in $1 – of course, you gotta get rid of the loopholes, but now some people say, ‘That’s not fair because it doesn’t hurt the guy who made $10 billion as much as the guy who made $10.’” “Where does it say you have to hurt the guy? He’s just put in a billion in the pot! We don’t need to hurt him.” Lastly, Carson rightly had some insights into America’s growing problem: an uneducated and ill-informed populace. “We went to these schools and we’d see all these trophies: State Basketball, State Wrestling. The quarterback was the big man on campus,” Carson said. “What about the intellectual superstar? What did they get? A National Honor Society pin? A pat on the head, ‘There, there little nerd?’ Nobody cared about them. And is it any wonder that sometimes the smart kids try to hide?” Carson’s no-excuses-only-solutions philosophy is one we should all adopt, particularly our president. It is refreshing and long overdue to have someone, especially someone who has overcome an impoverished background, speak out about America’s problems and how our current entitlement system, among others, is not working. He not only identifies our problems, but puts forth viable solutions. Sarah Backer is a business sophomore and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.
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AQUATICS
More than meets the dive Senior year brings in awards, expectations Channler K. Hill Assistant news editor
At diving practice while attempting a back-twister on the 3 meter, senior Julia Lonnegren’s favorite move on the diving board, she hears her head coach Jane Figueiredo tell her that bigger risks result in bigger rewards. Lonnegren tries to keep her thoughts to a minimum, swing her arms fast and look at the water while she’s taking off. She has been rewarded for her risks with four consecutive Conference USA Diver of the Week awards earlier this month and was named C-USA diver of the year for 20112012. “She’s diligent, but this year especially, I’ve seen her really make a special effort on her nutrition, on fixing the little things that we’ve really been working on over the years, technique,” Figueiredo said. “That’s the reason for the C-USA awards, and I hope her Conference championship is just as successful.
For NCAA’s, I just want her to let it all hang out.” Back home in Sweden, Lonnegren said she has four younger sisters who give her the drive to become a great diver and accomplish the things that she has at UH. Lonnegren said she wants to set a good example for them to follow and hopes they will be attending her graduation. While Lonnegren said it’s hard for them to know exactly what’s been going on in her career, Figueiredo has always held the poolside view. Lonnegren said the three years she’s spent at UH have been a good preparation for her success in addit i o n t o p ra c t i c e, which has allowed her to develop consistency. “Every season is to always perform and make the top at Conference and
perform well at all boards: the 1 meter, 3 meter and 10 meter,” Lonnegren said. “I want to be able to go in there like I have done during the competitions this season, try to compete like practice and have consistency. I like to feel happy and calm at the same time; that makes me perform at my top.” As her May 2014 graduation approaches, Lonnegren said she is enjoying the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship where she works on multiple personal purpose assignments with Dave Cook, the director of Mentoring Programs, who has been helping her to set up some goals for her career post UH. “I’ll definitely want to stay
here for a year after and work and be able to utilize the contacts I’ve gained here and get some working experience,” Lonnegren said. “After that, I want to in some way stay in athletics and work out.” Figueiredo is helping Lonnegren get ready to potentially compete for Sweden, allowing the duo to work together on an international level and further Lonnegren’s skills as a diver. In her 22 seasons as diving head coach, Figueiredo has noticed Lonnegren from her initial arrival to the University. “I think with Jules, it’s just making every day she comes in with just a great attitude. She smiles, and I just love her effort,” Figueiredo said. “Plus I’ll miss her passion and her commitment, and just what I love about being a UH Cougar she exudes that. That I want to see all of my girls leave here feeling that great spirit and this great feeling about being a Cougar.” Figueirdo said Lonnegren has made each day special since joining UH. “I’m very, very lucky she makes my job so much easier, and she’s
such a great representative of our program and then of course the University of Houston,” Figueiredo said. “There are very few kids that come into your program quite like her.” sports@thedailycougar.com
CHAMPIONSHIPS UH to host Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship When: Feb. 23-26 Where: Natatorium in the Campus Wellness and Recreation Center
BASEBALL
Cougars defeat Huskies in opening-weekend series Harrison Lee Staff writer
Despite dropping the last game of the series, the Cougars won their first series of season, 2-1, against the Northeastern University Huskies. The opening series saw both freshman and transfers step up, including five pitchers who made their Cougar premieres on Sunday. Head coach Todd Whitting said the Cougars got complacent in the final game of the series. “We learned an extremely valuable lesson for a young ball club. You have to come out and play every day,” Whitting said. “I sensed after the first two games that we were patting ourselves on the back a little bit. I’ve been warning the team for two days, after Friday’s game and yesterday: If you didn’t come out ready to play, that team was going to kick our rear.” Sunday, the Huskies roughed up seven Cougar pitchers for nine runs on 14 hits, leaving UH with its first loss of the season and several experiences to learn from. Shortstop
Frankie Ratcliff and catcher Caleb Barker, both juniors, drove in a run each. For Barker it was his third straight game driving in an RBI and the third RBI of the season for Ratcliff. The Cougars’ other run was by virtue of an errant throw on the Huskie’s behalf. The Cougars’ batters, while sometimes handcuffed by Huskie pitching, were again able to put up nine hits for the third time in as many games. While it wasn’t the end result the team was hoping for, the team now has three games under its belt, and the Cougars are already working on getting a feel for their news systems and players. “We have to regroup. It’s just one game, not the end of our season,” Whitting said. “This is a great learning experience for us, and we’ll see how we bounce back against Sam Houston.” The pitching staff, which has seen action from multiple relievers in all three games of the young season, saw solid performances over the weekend. Starters Austin Pruitt and Matt
Hernandez have pitched well, showing command of their pitches. So far the teams have averaged 3.33 runs, with junior transfer Tyler Ford getting his first save of the season on Saturday. Hernandez and Pruitt are tied for the team lead with one win. Defensively, redshirt freshman Ashford Fulmer, has already made several plays that have earned praise from his coaches. “He’s a great competitor, no question about it,” Whitting said. “Along with a lot of the other young players we have, he has a lot of talent.” Offensively, catcher Barker leads the team with four RBIs while freshman Josh Vidales is batting .500. Fellow freshman Justin Montemayor has the team’s only homerun. The Cougars’ depth will be one of their best qualities, Barker said. “Any night anybody can step up and have a big night for us. Our focus is on having quality at-bats, passing the bat to the next guy, and scoring a lot of runs that way,” Barker said.
Shortstop Frankie Ratcliff connects on a single that brings two runners across home plate. | Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar The Cougars will embark on their first roadtrip of the season, a trip to Hunstville to take on the the Sam Houston State Bearkats. Vidales said the team will work through adversity.
“You gotta win every pitch, and if something goes wrong, you just shake it off and come back the next pitch,” Vidales said. sports@thedailycougar.com
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GLOBAL adds speed to dating Organization’s unique bonding experience strengthens friendship, ties between members Aisha Bouderdaben Contributing writer
With 12 to a table and three minutes to talk, students launched into discussions ranging from favorite TV shows to bad habits during GLOBAL’s speed-dating event Thursday in Multipurpose Room 1 at the Calhoun Lofts. “Every year on Valentine’s Day, we invite our members and other students on campus to participate in our speed dating event. It is meant for our members to get to know each other better and also for them to meet other UH students who are not affiliated with GLOBAL,” said Huy Truong, business junior and GLOBAL president. “It is also our organization’s way of celebrating love since it’s even harder for us queer folks to find it.” For those who had trouble getting
GLOBAL meets from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays in the LGBT Resource Center in the Univeristy Center. Because of the power outage, the center’s events are temporarily being housed in the Learning Support Services office on the first floor of Cougar Village. | File photo/The Daily Cougar a conversation started, there were four pages each containing 10 questions taped that were at every other chair. A couple of questions included
were, “What is the weirdest Valentine’s Day gift you’ve ever received” and “What is one thing I should know about you?” “I enjoyed the speed dating
activity because it gave me an opportunity to get to know more about the new GLOBAL members,” said Dulce Alonzo, an interdisciplinary studies alumna.
Alonzo was introduced to GLOBAL five years ago by a close friend. “At some point, I felt GLOBAL was like a second home because when I attended the meetings, I also got to see my close friends and catch up on what was going on in our lives,” Alonzo said. “It’s more like speed friending for me, though.” German sophomore and GLOBAL’s webmaster Miranda James said participants shouldn’t feel awkward or embarrassed. “It’s a fun way for the members to get to know each other,” James said. Most students agree and feel as though this is a more casual, friendtype event, where they end up with more friends instead of a date. “I had a blast at GLOBAL’s speeddating event and went in the hopes of meeting new people and expanding my social circle as well as having a fun time with friends,” said chemical engineering junior Ramon Marquez. arts@thedailycougar.com
ARCHITECTURE
Future of master planning Lecturer determines cities can no longer rely on the designs of other urban areas Monica Tso Staff writer
Cities can no longer rely on master plans that simply copy other cities to deal with complex economic and natural problems, said internationally published author, critic and curator Lucy Bullivant in a lecture at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture. Bullivant examined the evolution of urban cities through their master plans. She studied the benefits of progressive planning strategies including the ability to be custom designed. She also analyzed the Skolkovo Innovation Center in Moscow, the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin and several other plans that utilized the cities’ ecological foundations.
“Master planning is defined as a set of tools that bring about certain change,” Bullivant said. “It must respond to the cultural diversity across continents.” She focused on whether humankind has the luxury to equalize the developed and developing worlds. “New technology can really change the way we understand the city, but the idea of cloning cities isn’t going to solve the economical and natural problems,” Bullivant said. “The evolution of master planning isn’t about rigid blueprints anymore but instead integrating loose-knit frameworks so agencies and frameworks can communicate better.” Architecture junior Kevin Hai Pham said he was intrigued by Bullivant’s dialog between traditional master planning and the idea of adaptive planning. “Instead of having plans meant for a singular urban condition, it becomes vital to think about
relational urbanism and the role it has on urbanism,” Pham said. “We no longer have a singular tree of life, but a web of life where different elements of an increasingly globalized society are connected.” Pham expressed his ideas on the advantages of master planning and its future in the contemporary society. “I do think that master planning can ‘equalize’ the world from a socio-spatial perspective because adaptive planning brings the potential for formerly separated socio-cultural systems to exchange between different agents,” Pham said. “Master planning could create porosity in the walls of a previously separated hierarchical system.” Alumnus Thomas Pham, said he was enlightened by Bullivant’s concern for the practice of urban design in this century. “The lecture has taught me that the designing of the built environment is still relevant,” Thomas Pham said.
Assistant professor Wendy Fok and author Lucy Bullivant discussed Bullivant’s latest book, “Futures,” after the lecture. | Monica Tso/The Daily Cougar “The breadth of material that her analysis covered is something that can only be remedied through the informed collective agency of citizens, urban planners and developers.”
Bullivant said the solution is not master planning, but a clear understanding of the ecological foundations of the world. arts@thedailycougar.com
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SPORTS BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
UH’s woes on road continue Kevin Cook Staff writer
Despite a career-high performance from sophomore forward TaShawn Thomas and 25 points from redshirt sophomore guard Joseph Young, the Cougars fell in a tripleovertime thriller to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Saturday. The Cougars were victims of their own slow start, allowing Tulsa to jump out to an 11-2 lead. There were two separate three-minutes stretches in the first half in which UH did not register a field goal, scoring only from the free-throw line, if at all. The Cougars managed to keep Tulsa within striking distance throughout most of the first half with forceful attacking from the guards, leading to offensive rebounding and free throws. The Cougars developed a sense of urgency in the closing minutes of the first half, ending it on a 12-2 run. Young tied things up at 28 with a 90 free-throw-line spin-move and a jumper that quieted the crowd of 4,939, giving the Cougars some momentum heading into the second half of play. Young’s aggressive driving in the second half opened up lanes to the basket for Thomas, who took full advantage, scoring a career-best 31 points on 13-22 shooting. Thomas played well on Saturday, but not just in scoring. He nabbed 15 rebounds, three assists, three steals and had three blocks. This game is Thomas’s 10th double-double of the season. “I despise the way the game turned out from our end,” said Houston head coach James Dickey, “but I’m proud of our guys and how they competed. They left it all on the court.” The Cougars’ moment of the game came from redshirt freshman guard Jherrod Stiggers at the end of regulation. With the Cougars down by three, and with only two seconds remaining to play, Stiggers picked off an inbounds pass and launched an off-balance, one-footed 3-pointer from a few feet behind the top of the key, hitting nothing but the bottom of the net and knotting things up at 70. The Cougars kept pace for two overtimes, but with their three top guards fouled out by the final fiveminute period, they eventually succumbed 101-92. sports@thedailycougar.com