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Cougars react to false alarm Reported gunman turns out to be staff member with inventory scanner Natalie Harms News editor
Just past noon on Tuesday, students were on high alert after UH sent out a warning of a possible gunman, described as an Asian male wearing a white shirt, seen near Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall and Agnes Arnold Hall. Within the hour, students received an all clear through the emergency alert system, as the UH Police Department said the gun was, in fact, a barcode scanner. “A community member recognized that the description fit that of an employee who was in
the area and carrying a barcode scanner at the time.,” said Lieutenant Bret Collier, the UHPD Chief of Staff. “Once we were advised of this, we met with the employee, had the reporter make a positive ID and confirmed that there was no actual threat,” Collier said. Although the report of a gunman turned out to be false, Collier does not want this to discourage students from making reports. “The student thought that what she saw was a real gun,” Collier said. “In this situation, she did exactly the right thing in calling the police.” Collier said it is important for students to be aware of their GUN continues on page 3
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last until October; yet sequestration is a 10-year plan that will cut spending by $1.2 trillion over the next decade. College students will begin to feel the strain of sequestration in the coming academic year. In the next eight months, 4,720 low-income Although Pell Grants are exempt from cuts in the students in Texas will lose their financial aid, low-income stufirst year of the budget decreases, it is likely and another 1,450 students will either lose dents in Texas to experience reductions in the coming or be unable attain work-study jobs due to will lose their years, which can affect over 9 million stuthe sequester that went into effect Friday, dents nationwide, according to National according the whitehouse.gov. financial aid Association of Student Financial Aid The sequester, an $85 billion fedstuAdministrators. eral spending cut occurring through dents ts will eeither The Texas state st “The effect will be brutal, but Oct. 1, is intended to reduce the gap lose or be e unab unable to budget get mayy lose g lo up hopefully the universities will make between the nation’s deficit and get to million m changes to their budget to soften the gross domestic project by decreaswork-study stu jobs in cuts public ts to pub blow,” Jerez said. ing government agency and state education producation p Sequestration estration is a “I have studied in a program budgets. grams ra year plan that 10-year that has been cut by state funding “These cuts were largely before and though these cuts were across the board, which essenspendi by will cut spending noticeable, most students adapted tially means that nearly every trillion dduring to the change. I would have prefederal program or service, with the decade. e next dec ferred for education to have been a few exceptions, was evenly cut exempted in these cuts, but they with no discretion,” said political occurred and I believe we are very science and economics senior Jorge The sequester seques UH federal ederal reresilient.” Jerez. was search rch contr contracts The impact of the sequestration “The effects will be considerable and grants rants will wil see goes beyond student financial aid. to those heavily invested in these an billion bill As a research university, our federal programs.” federal spending eral spend a % research contracts and grants will see a 5.1 Funding for education will take a concut cu reduction. uc percent reduction, said UH President and siderable amount of the damage across the Chancellor Renu Khator. nation, and Texas will likewise feel the impact Likewise, as students graduate in the coming of sequestration substantially as the fourth mostGraphic by Andres Garcia years, searching for a job may become increasingly affected state overall and the second most-affected Information from whitehouse.gov difficult. According to whitehouse.gov, assistance for job state for education funding cuts, behind California, searching will lose more than $2.2 million in funding and more according to calculations by the Pew Center on the States. than 83,000 fewer people will get the help they need to find employment The Texas state budget may lose up to $334 million in cuts to public education programs and, according to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, the Texas in just the first eight months of sequestration. Education Agency alone may lose grants totaling as much as $167.7 million. The agenda will occur during the first phase of budget reductions and will STUDENTS continues on page 3
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FLASHBACK Bad press in the bathrooms Even in 1998, The Daily Cougar was reporting on crime, the difference was that in the ‘90s, the crime was found in the men’s room. Following a report from Channel 2 News, the UH Police Department began investigating alleged allegations of public sex occurring in campus bathrooms. Hidden cameras were placed in various bathrooms capturing sexual activity between stalls between men, said Channel 2 newsman Tony Kovaleski. Graffiti was scattered on stall walls in addition to small holes believed to be used for spying on someone having sex or to engage in the action itself. The affected bathrooms were painted and repaired with metal plates to permanently cover the damage. Yet, 1998 was not the first year the University had received complaints about the sexual activity. Cindy Suggs from the UH External Communications Office said it had been reported in the past, and there were two arrests in 1996 and 1997. Suggs said the administration failed to take stronger action because it believed sex was not rampant or prevalent on campus. Channel 2 News investigated the men’s bathroom on the first floor of the Fine Arts Building. Women’s bathrooms were not reported in the story nor was there any information on heterosexual activity in the bathrooms.
UH became all too aware of the extracurricular activities in the restrooms on campus. | The Daily Cougar, 1998
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A UH Law Center professor will retire after almost 60 teaching at UH. John Mixon began as a student at the law school in 1952 and, upon graduation, began to teach at the law center. “I have watched the school change in so many ways,” Mixon said. “The changes have been enormous, with more buildings, more and better students, more and better professors and a steady climb to academic excellence.” The Law Center has grown from the basement of the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library to its own sector on the northeast corner of campus. The center’s student body was made up of a small group, mostly men, and has developed into classes of more than 300 — almost equally divided between men and women. Born in Crandall, Texas, and raised on a farm near Cushing in East Texas, Mixon, 79, said he became interested in the law as a teenager when he met a lawyer and admired his fashionable blue and white suit. Upon completion of his
undergraduate degree at Stephen F. Austin University, Mixon enrolled as a student at the Law Center. Mixon was offered the position by the founding dean of the center, A.A. White, to join the small faculty before graduating with his law degree. “Coming directly out of law school, I didn’t know what I was doing,” Mixon said. “I could have used some seasoning.” Mixon taught classes such as contracts, land finance, oil and gas and properties and developed a unique way of teaching using cartoon drawings to illustrate points of law in the classroom. “Professor Mixon always arrived to class early to cover the whiteboard with cartoons and notes,” said Erin Osbourne, a law student who has taken classes with Mixon. “He would then sit quietly until the second hand ticked past 12, and he was off. He had a booming voice that commanded attention and kept us all on the edge of our seats.” The cartoons started more than 40 years ago, as a personal trigger for remembering his talking points during spontaneous speeches and
UH Law Center professor John Mixon kept his students intrigued by drawing cartoons relating to his lectures on the chalkboard. | Courtesy of UH
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It has become clear that the federal cuts will affect current and future students, as well as new graduates, for years to come. “It’s disappointing that the university hasn’t said more on this,” said history sophomore and Council of Ethnic Organizations office assistant Eric Kao. “I just hope that our tuition isn’t increased to cope with these budget cuts.”
surroundings and take note of details in the event they need to make a report. “Try to be a good observer. Details are important when trying to locate a person on a busy campus, and details can make all the difference. Of course this should never come at the cost of your personal safety,” Collier said. While students should take note of their surroundings, some wouldn’t have realized what was happening had it not been for the
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developed into a law school institution, he said. Students asked him to post his notebook doodling online at the end of class, and he realized the sketches might help them remember also. “Mixon taught his students more than just the black letter law — he taught us how to argue and to consider our audience,” Osbourne said. “He asked his students to think and not just memorize rules.” The rules of law provide a starting point toward understanding a problem and solving it, Osbourne said. Mixon began to take a broader view of the law, taking into account science, psychology, sociology and other social factors to make more sense out of the law. “The rules are handy, stable, rational, but whether they do justice is another matter,” Mixon said. In Mixon’s book, “Autobiography of a Law School: Stories, Memories and Interpretations of My Sixty Years at the University of Houston Law Center,” he describes the computer as being the greatest change for students — especially the laptop. “I encourage students to work hard, study a lot, argue about what is right and leave your computers at home,” Mixon said. “Computers in a wireless classroom are a total distraction.” Computer-driven information has caused people to take law, as a process, less seriously, and graduates are likely to come out with a sense of justice and propriety, Mixon said. Mixon said he enjoyed his legal career but is ready to leave academia. “It was the best way I could have spent my professional life. Retirement is fun. I will miss students and colleagues, but I don’t miss grading exams.” news@thedailycougar.com
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n one fell memo, CEO Marissa Mayer just set Yahoo’s business practices back years behind its competitors and ruffled a few feathers in the process. On Feb. 22, Kara Swisher of the blog allthingsd.com obtained a memo sent by disgruntled Yahoo employees. “To become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration Alex will be imporCaballero tant, so we need to be working side-by-side,” Mayer said in the memo. “That is why it is critical that we are all present in our offices. Some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting new people and impromptu team meetings. Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home. We need to be one Yahoo, and that starts with physically being together.” The memo has sparked a debate concerning female employees who are caught balancing work and home life. Women have every right to be upset by the memo because
it’s from a female CEO — it’s a betrayal. When a pregnant Marissa Mayer was made CEO of Yahoo last year, it was a perfect example of how far women have advanced in the workplace because it had never been done before. A pregnant woman being named CEO was proof to women that the ”glass ceiling” may become a thing of the past. With this new action taken by Mayer, it is clear that the ones affected would be working mothers who might have chosen to work for Yahoo because of the company’s telecommuting option. Mayer is equating showing up at a cubicle with dedication. She neglects to address that working from home while taking care of the family proves just how much dedication employees have to their job since they have to deal with so much more. Elizabeth Gregory, the director of UH Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies said she finds little basis in Mayer’s reasoning. “Presumably Mayer bases this policy on some sense that work is done less well by those who work from home, but as far as I know, she has not presented evidence for that,” Gregory said.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to require employees to be at the office is not sitting well with those who signed on with the promise of flexibility. | Wikimedia Commons “There’s a lot of evidence that people working from home are very motivated and effective and that flexibility increases productivity. Taking that option away from women means limiting their chances to advance in the work world, and it’s especially odd for an Internet-based company to limit access to online work.” In an article posted on CNN. com, Julianne Pepitone suggests that at-home mothers aren’t
the only ones that are being targeted. “Reading between the lines, it looks like some long-distance employees will have to either relocate or resign,” Pepitone said. The memo brought a sense of confusion because it came from Mayer, who is a new mom. Perhaps what makes this seem like a betrayal are the reports of Mayer having a nursery built next to her office with her own money. Her child will literally be right next to her at work, so of course she could follow her across-the-board rule. Not all mothers have the luxury of constructing a nursery at work. Yahoo might be a floundering company, but this is not the right path to take. “The answer is not to just go back to the old model of requiring all employees to be in the office nine to five. Down the line, if women see that they are not encouraged to combine work and family, many will just not have kids,” Gregory said. Yahoo responded to the criticisms by releasing a statement to the Huffington Post on Feb. 26. “This isn’t a broad industry view on working from home — this is about what is right for
Yahoo, right now,” Yahoo said in the statement. The company fails to realize the effects of their actions. A cold, sweeping edict like this has set the women’s movement back a few steps because it came from someone who is supposed to understand the trials of being a woman in the workforce. “Since Mayer is one of the few female CEOs, it’s seen as a particular failure of vision on her part not to advance the cause of female workers. Maybe it’s just proof that female CEOs are not all cut from the same vision-cloth, any more than male CEOs are,” Gregory said. Mayer is supposed to be the symbol of how far the women’s movement has come, and going back to the way things were before the advent of the telecommute makes the balance of work and home harder than it needs to be. Employees will start searching for new jobs; the company’s most talented, disgruntled assets will find work elsewhere, putting Yahoo further behind the competition. Alex Caballero is a creative writing senior and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com.
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importance, Buchanan said Landry is a warrior, and he’s glad to have been her coach during their tenure. “You’re trying to get me emotional aren’t you?” Buchanan said. “She’s meant everything. She’s human and will make mistakes here and there, but at the end of the day, if I had to think of two words to describe the kid, it would be ‘heart’ and ‘competitor.’”
The Cougars will hold two celebrations at their home finale against Rice today. At halftime, UH’s three members of the NBA’s 50 all-time greatest players list will make an appearance. Elvin Hayes, Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon will all be recognized during a halftime ceremony, as the three were selected as Top 75 All-Time March Madness Players by a panel of college basketball experts commissioned by the NCAA. Olajuwon and Drexler led the Cougars to three straight NCAA Final Four appearances. Olajuwon, who went by ‘Akeem’ while at UH, was dominant in college. Drexler and he were a big part of the famed Phi Slama Jama team that became an NCAA finalist twice and went to the Final Four three consecutive times. Before the game, the Cougars will honor senior forward Leon Gibson and senior student manager E.J. Akeredolu. The team will also recognize them during pregame ceremonies. This season, Gibson is averaging 5.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per Gibson game. He has 11 starts in 26 games played this season. Gibson has been one of the best post players, and he made strides on offense. He scored a career-high 20 points on eight out of nine shooting in the season-opening win against Florida A&M University. Gibson transferred from Navarro Junior College and joined the Cougars as a junior. He is scheduled to graduate in the spring with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. The team will be looking to avenge a loss to Rice. UH’s in-city rival beat it by double digits, 79-69. Head coach James Dickey said the Cougars need the victory. “We need to get that one; we will have one more and then we go to Tulsa,” Dickey said. “We need to get as many conference victories as we can and, more importantly, we need to get better and gain momentum as we move towards the tournament.” The Cougars will also give away an Elvin Hayes bobblehead to the first 1,000 fans.
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Redshirt senior point guard Porsche Landry is the only player in UH history with at least 1,200 points and 375 assists. | Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar
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It was a humbling moment for Porsche Landry as she exited the court for the final time at Hofheinz Pavilion. “It was hard to walk off the court because it actually hit me that it was my last game at Hofheinz. I couldn’t even get emotional because I was so happy,” Landry said. When the redshirt senior point guard checked out, she received an embrace from her coach and a standing ovation from the crowd. The audience responded to not just her accomplishments, but the 28 points, nine rebounds and eight assists that paced the Cougars to a 69-59 victory against Rice on Sunday. She has two guaranteed games left against Tulsa and a yetto-be-determined opponent in the Conference USA tournament. “I left it all on the court, and I couldn’t have asked for a better senior day, except for flirting with a triple double,” Landry said. Landry secured seventh place in UH-scoring history, passing
former teammate Brittney Scott. She needs nine assists to pass Betty Darthard for the school’s all-time assist leader. Landry is the only player in UH history with at least 1,200 points and 375 assists. She earned a C-USA championship ring when her 2010-11 squad went 26-6 and undefeated in conference play and clinched a berth to the NCAA tournament. Freshman guard Alecia Smith said it’s Landry’s work ethic that has pushed her to get better since her first day. “It basically started in the offseason. She worked hard and really challenged me,” Smith said. “I knew if I wanted to be a better player, I had to mimic what she does. “It got her a ring, it got her to be the great player that she is, and it’s been a great and valuable experience on and off the court.” Landry’s tenure was not without adversity, though. After suffering a season-ending injury and having to watch the Cougars endure a 4-26 2011-12 season, Landry has helped lead a team with 10 new players to a 13-15 record, said head coach Todd Buchanan. During her award ceremony on senior night, Landry said she was blessed to be in this position and
“Heart” and “competitor” describes redshirt senior point guard Porsche Landry, said head coach Todd Buchanan. | Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar couldn’t stop smiling. “I was ecstatic. It wasn’t a sad moment for me, but I was just happy to serve UH the way I have done these last five years,” Landry said. Landry was happy to have cherished the moment with her loved ones. “I’m blessed to have both of my parents, along with my brother, to walk down with me. I was real happy,” she said. When asked about her
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It took some students a few weeks to make their routines perfect, while it took others less than a week. | Maritza Rodriguez/The Daily Cougar
SCHOOL OF THEATRE AND DANCE
Students present works in progress Maritza Rodriguez Staff writer
Nonstop twirls and the rhythm of music showed audience members that the students from the School of Theatre and Dance are not just a bunch of pretty faces. The public was welcomed to sit and watch short works that were choreographed and danced by students. Monday March Madness was held at the Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre. It featured an informal showcase of the students’ abilities. Dance professor Karen Stokes said the program helped the students show their unfinished work so the audience could get a glimpse of their progress. “This is a chance for them to show their works in progress as a warm up opportunity for the upcoming shows this semester,� Stokes said. The program introduced 12 choreographed works and used heavy dramatic lighting so the dancers could set the mood for the audience. Dancers also used different types of music that fit the individuality of their pieces. While some dancers worked alone, others participated with their fellow classmates and helped them with their choreography. “S.I.R.� was a work created by dance senior Erica Henderson who also performed in “Dangle,� written by assistant dance professor Rebecca Valls. Henderson
said dancing to another person’s choreography is different from her own work. “I definitely enjoyed the other two works I was in because it was good to be somebody else’s sculpture,� Henderson said. Like any dancer, each individual loved to show the audience his finesse and skill. Dance junior Katrina Woods loves to choreograph and thought the event was a good time to do it. “When I found out about March Madness, I decided I really wanted to enter the piece I was working on and for the audience to view my progress in the dance program,� Woods said. In some instances, dance routines can take many weeks to perfect, while others take less than a week to put together. Media junior Zondra Victor was one of the dancers who performed during the program. Her work, “Ego Altered,� took less than a week to choreograph, and her goal was to make the audience feel uncomfortable. “I wanted to get that frustration out,� Victor said. “I used the intensity of my character so the audience can feel the anger and frustration of my movement.� As the dancers bowed their heads to the round of applause, there was a sense of admiration among the DANCE continues on page 8
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UNIVERSITY of HOUSTON Center for Mexican American Studies 40TH Anniversary Speaker Series
Thursday, Mar. 7, 1–3PM UH M.D. Anderson Library, Rockwell Pavilion Nicolås Kanellos, Ph.D. Brown Foundation Professor, Director of Arte Público Press & Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, University of Houston
The History of Arte Público Press: The Oldest and Largest Latino Publishing House Arte Público Press is the nation’s largest and most established publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by U.S. Hispanic authors. Its imprint for children and young adults, Piùata Books, is dedicated to its realistic and authentic portrayal of the themes, languages, characters, and customs of Hispanic culture in the United States. Based at the University of Houston, Arte Público Press, Piùata Books and the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage project provide the most widely recognized and extensive showcase for Hispanic literary arts and creativity. For more information, please visit www.artepublicopress.com Rolando Hinojosa, Ph.D. Ellen Clayton Garwood Professor of Creative Writiing, University of Texas
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Some students performed solos while others performed with their classmates. They were excited to show off their technique and the hard work they have put into their pieces. | Maritza Rodriguez/The Daily Cougar
Rolando Hinojosa, the Ellen Clayton Garwood Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Austin, is the recipient of numerous literary awards, including the most prestigious prize in Latin American ďŹ ction, Casa de las AmĂŠricas, for the Spanish American novel in 1976. His novels include Partners in Crime (2011), Dear Rafe/Mi querido Rafa (2005), Ask a Policeman: A Rafe Buenrostro Mystery (1998) and The Useless Servants (1993), all published by Arte PĂşblico Press. Several of his novels have been translated into German. 5IF BVUIPS T CPPL XJMM CF BWBJMBCMF GPS TBMF
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audience. Students like education freshman Darnell Anderson said he was excited to see how the dancers worked and practiced their choreography. “I loved how the students
interacted with each other to help in one another’s choreography,� Anderson said. “You can tell they practiced really hard and pulled it off in the end.� Dance senior Nadia Dosal choreographed her own work, “Soledad.� She said March Madness definitely helped the students and her practice more choreography
for future auditions and to express themselves. “It’s really important that the school gave us opportunities like this, since we are a choreographybased program,� Dosal said. “I’m very happy that they do present March Madness.� arts@thedailycougar.com
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