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UH strives for program growth Christopher Shelton Sports editor
Before the season began, the Cougars wore black shirts with M.O.D. — March or Die — emblazoned in red letters made for players and coaches. The shirts were a symbol of their goal to reach the postseason. The Cougars are a part of March Madness, though not in the capacity they would have liked. After losing in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA tournament, the Cougars did not receive an atlarge bid to the NCAA tournament. UH accepted the opportunity to
participate in the College Basketball Invitational — a 16-team postseason tournament. Associate head coach Alvin Brooks said the experience of playing in the CBI could be the linchpin that sets the Cougars up for a future NCAA tournament appearance. “It’s a great sell to your young kids. It’s a springboard to give us a chance to get back into the NCAA tournament as we move into the Big East,” Brooks said. “The teams that have been in the CBI have done that.” PROGRAM continues on page 5
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UH accelerates medical education Erika Forero Contributing writer
Students and faculty accompanied President Renu Khator to St. Louis during Spring Break where she received the President of the Year award. | Courtesy of UH.edu
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Khator internationally recognized, praised Minh Dam Contributing writer
UH is now home to the Association of College Unions International 2013 president of the year. President Renu Khator accepted the prestigious title at the Community Builders Awards Ceremony in St. Louis. The award was created last year to recognize university presidents who advance the college union idea: to complement the academic experience through an extensive variety of cultural, educational, social and recreational programs. “This award is more precious to me than any other,” Khator said, “because this one is for being the most student-friendly president.” Involvement, promotion and support for the college union and student activities were the criteria considered for each nominee.
“In my 20 years of involvement with ACUI and the College Unions (University Centers) and the Student Activities profession, I have not seen or heard of a president that has impacted a campus like President Khator has in her five years at UH,” said Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Keith Kowalka, who personally coordinated the nomination of Khator for the prestigious title. Adorned in her usual Cougar red, Khator was approached by several people after her acceptance speech to express their surprise that she attends so many student events and meetings. “That’s the most rewarding part of my job, for sure,” she said. “I get my inspiration and motivation from the success of our students, and it’s KHATOR continues on page 3
UH has partnered with two leading Texas medical schools to create a program to shorten the time it takes for students to become doctors. University of Texas Medical Branch and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will join UH in an effort to guide medical students on a fast-track path that reduces their time in school to seven years from the usual eight. “There are several programs that some universities have like this already, so Dr. Khator decided we needed to create one of our own, so we did,” said professor Simon Bott, director of Undergraduate Affairs and Advising for the Department of Chemistry. The program will allow 10 hand-picked students to earn credit hours toward a Bachelor of Science degree at UH as well as a doctorate in medicine from one of the two collaborating medical schools. These students will spend three rigorous years at The Honors College preparing to enter medical school during what would have been their senior year. The first class is set to start in fall 2013. “We pretty much know already who those students will be because we inter viewed some of the
candidates at the start of Spring Break,” Bott said. “Most students are not the ones who would think about staying in Texas for med school. These are students of the caliber to go off to Ivy League schools.” “We are attracting that kind of person to stay in Texas, and the way we do it is by saying, ‘Hey, you come here and bust your butt, and we will make absolutely sure you get to med school faster.’ You can’t say that to too many people,” he said. Bott In addition to taking rigorous science and math courses, the students will enroll in a twosemester capstone honors course called The Human Situation, which will provide an open conversation about the most important issues for human beings, according to a UH press release. Students will also minor in the Medicine and Society Program at The Honors College. This will support an interdisciplinary understanding of health and health care through academic courses, research, student internships, MEDICAL continues on page 3
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Country singer Kenny Rogers was greeted by former UH acting president James Pickering at the 1992 Frontier Fiesta. Rogers attended UH for two semesters before leaving to pursue music. | The Daily Cougar, 1992
With Frontier Fiesta one day away, The Daily Cougar recalled its 1992 archives where country-music legend Kenny Rogers visited the University for Frontier Fiesta during his Back Home Again tour. Rogers visited UH on April 2, 1992 to accept the E. E. Oberholtzer Award for Lifetime Contributions to American Culture Through Music in addition to his performance at Hofheinz Pavilion. He attended UH in the 1950s and said since his departure, the University has evolved into a college to be contended with and something to be proud of. It had been 34 years since Rogers’ last performance at Fiesta in 1958, and he never understood why the University had suspended the event but was glad to see it back and a part of campus traditions. It started in 1939 but was discontinued from 1947 to 1959 because of World War II. It officially came back in 1991 and has continued its festivities. When it returned, high participation was returned with low profits. Students were charged $5 for parking, and the 37 organizations that turned out its first year back made up the majority of the attendance. In its first years, Fiesta drew crowds of 200,000 people and was named The Greatest College Show on Earth by Life Magazine in 1958. — By Channler K. Hill
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a good day when I get to spend time with them.” During the first weeks of class, she visits as many freshmen and introductory classes as possible, introducing herself to more than 9,000 students annually, Kowalka said. Since Khator’s appointment, UH has experienced record-breaking research funding, enrollment and private donations. During her interview process, she told UH System Board of Regents
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scholarly and public conferences, visiting speakers and fieldwork that will include domestic travel and opportunities to study abroad, according to the release. During this time, they will be able to get exposure to medical school from the moment they enter the program. “We will be interacting with these students from day one,” said Dr. Latanya J. Love, assistant dean for Admissions and Student Affairs at UTHealth. “They will have the opportunity to come on to our medical school campus, interact with our medical students and faculty and also to do preceptor shifts with some of our faculty members in the medical center starting from their first year of undergrad. That is what makes this program a little unique.” Love said the program’s initiative is to get hardworking students to become doctors faster and realize the great local schools and opportunities they have, especially since there is a health care shortage in Texas. “Our hope is that we are getting some of the best and brightest students at UH,” Love said. “It
members that she believed it would take five to seven years for UH to become a Carnegie Foundationrecognized Tier One campus. She did it in four. “Achieving Tier One status is just the icing on the cake in terms of the many accomplishments we have achieved during her tenure,” Student Government Association President Cedric Bandoh said in his recommendation letter. Recent launches include the 75-acre Energy Research Park and the new Health and Biomedical Sciences Building, which will include the Health Science Center. Construction
will get them out in seven years, and it will be nice to get physicians working in less time but with the same quality. One of our goals in the medical school is to produce doctors who ultimately will want to practice in our great state of Texas.” A condensed medical education in less than eight years is something generally accepted around the world, and the U.S. is jumping on the bandwagon, said Steven Lieberman, vice dean for Academic Affairs for UTMB. “We are excited about this joint program with the University of Houston as it helps to open a career in medicine to students who might have been deterred by longer, more expensive schooling,” Lieberman said. The program benefits UH by not only attracting extremely bright students to participate, Bott said, but also will ultimately help students who are not enrolled in the program. “An awful lot of our students go on to medical school,” Bott said. “The more relationships we can build with the medical schools close to us, the better it can create opportunities for the rest of our students in the future.” news@thedailycougar.com
on the new University Center has also been underway since last semester. “Both staff and students have been invigorated by the presence of Dr. Khator,” Kowalka said. “Students remark time and time again how excited they are to have a leader who embodies principles of access, transparency and student success.” “She is constantly improving the campus environment, and the effect she has had on campus morale has been almost as profound as the effect she has had on the growth and national stature of her university.” news@thedailycougar.com
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Nothing is anonymous on the Internet T here is the old, cliché saying: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” This directly applies to your computer or the Internet; what you post digitally stays there no matter what you do. Deleting photos of embarrassing or scandalous situations off your computer or taking off your Facebook profile are not permanent solutions. Alex Take the infamous Caballero Steubenville, Ohio case in which two football players, Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’lik Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl. The case would have remained only a local and state story had it not been for the Internet. During the case, the blogosphere got involved, questioning the police giving the boys carte blanche treatment because of their status as football players on their highly regarded football team. Later, the famous hacker group, Anonymous, posted a video of a teen who made joking references to the rape, bringing the case to the national consciousness. This case struck a chord with the nation because of how the youths treated the situation. There were witnesses who did nothing and others who posted pictures and videos on social media that made fun of the matter. Even the football coach in Steubenville is accused of covering up the football players’ crimes. The night and the events following were well documented with social media, phones, photos and videos. What you do on the Internet stays on the Internet; there is no “perma-delete.” A good hacker can find anything. Speaking of that case, two Ohio girls have been arrested for making death threats against the accuser via social media. In cases of this high interest, it’s not wise to post something incriminating on the Internet. The police monitor Twitter and Facebook in a case like this. Technology is an integrated part of our lives, and it is there to help us —for the most part. Anyone born after 1994 will never live through a time without being connected to the Internet from either his home or at school. However, those who remember the pre-Facebook or even preMyspace times can remember that there
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were still cases like the one in Steubenville that didn’t end with a conviction. In a July 27, 2010 article by The Huffington Post’s Jim Gomez, suspected serial killer Mark Dizon was caught because he was a Facebook friend with one of his victim’s daughters. San Fernando, Calif. Police Senior Superintendent Danilo Bautista said Dizon “was fond of computers, and this gave him away.” Cases like those are on the extreme side, and they don’t affect the majority of Americans, but they point to the ineptitude of handling social media in our lives. People take technology so lightly today that things that might be taken as cruel or unethical in life are treated cavalierly. The morals we hold in person are blurred under a veil of anonymous protection. Ryan William Waterman, for example, posted pictures of petting, lifting and harassing a manatee listed on Facebook — doesn’t seem like such a bad thing until you find out that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists two species of manatee as endangered and a third species as threatened. The pictures caught the attention of authorities, and if convicted, Waterman faces a $500 fine and a possible 60 days in jail. Some have been fired for what they have posted on Facebook. There was the case of Kelvin Colvin, an intern at a bank, who emailed his boss to tell him he’d have to miss work because of a family emergency and was later caught on Facebook when a picture of Colvin surfaced showed that the so-called “family emergency” was in fact a Halloween party. He posted a picture of himself in a fairy costume with a beer in one hand and a wand in the other. Their email transaction went viral on Gawker. The case in Steubenville should be looked at for what it is — a horrible and inexcusable crime, and the young men involved deserved their convictions. It should be looked at also as a wake-up call for everyone on social media to be more responsible about what they post. Nothing is ever really deleted, and it could affect your work and personal life. What you post on the Internet stays on the Internet. Alex Caballero is a creative writing senior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.
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MEN’S Youthful exuberance UH believes experience in postseason will positon it for future Andrew Valderas Staff writer
With only two players on the roster with any playoff experience, the rest of the Cougars said they will embrace the opportunity to continue their season against Texas on Wednesday at Hofheinz Pavilion. After UH was knocked out of the Conference USA tournament, the Cougars were invited to play in the College Basketball Invitational. The CBI is a 16-team single-elimination tournament until the Championship Series, when the tournament becomes a best-of-three series. Despite sitting out because of a foot injury, junior forward J.J. Richardson — who played his previous two years at Pittsburgh, where they were ranked as high as No. 1 in the country — provided advice to his teammates and said there is a whole new atmosphere when the playoffs start. “I told them that playing in the postseason versus the regular season is completely different. Everybody comes to play because it’s a win or go home,” Richardson said. “Texas is going to be scratching and clawing for that position and will try to get this
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UH’s basketball history proves the CBI has a chance to springboard the team. The Cougars made the CBI in 2008 and 2009 and made the NCAA tournament in 2010 after running the table in the C-USA tournament. The Cougars have not made the postseason since. Other schools have had NCAA tournament success after participating in the CBI. Virginia Commonwealth University won the CBI in 2010. The following season VCU made the Final Four, where they lost to Butler, another former CBI participant. Including this season, VCU has made the NCAA tournament three
win just like we are.” When senior forward Leon Gibson helped his team reach the National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four as a freshman during the 2009-10 season, he said he learned valuable lessons from his more-experienced teammates. Gibson passed the same lessons to his younger teammates so they can be more prepared and focused when the CBI starts. “When I was a freshman, watching the upperclassmen play made me realize it’s a different ball game,” Gibson said. “When we got to the postseason, we got more focused and humble to be in the moment.” The Cougars have shown their youth and immaturity in the second halves of close contests, as they have lost games in which they had leads with fewer than three minutes to play. The team finished the season strong, though, as the Cougars won their last four before falling in the conference tournament. UH’s top four scorers are freshmen or sophomores. Freshman forward Danuel House said playing in these types of games will only make their team better in the future. “It’s very important because it’ll teach us how to maintain a lead when we get one. It’ll teach us how to control the tempo of the game and have more patience,” House said. “We’re young right now and anxious to get that feeling to win, and there’s only
one player on our team that knows what that feels like (in the NCAA tournament), and that’s J.J. Richardson.” Sophomore forward TaShawn Thomas said even though they were a young team, it’s going to be important to get this type of exposure heading into the future. “We were a young team this year and that was kind of our problem, but we were able to close out some strong wins at the end,” Thomas said. “I think going into this tournament will help us out a lot with our experience and make us more comfortable.” Head coach James Dickey said he is happy for UH and the opportunity for his players to gain valuable playing experience after the regular season. He said his team plays best when they accomplish a trio of aspects that he has sporadically seen throughout the course of the season, and when they don’t, it’s the main reason they lose. “I think we’re best when we do three things: playing with energy on the defense side, rebounding and sharing the basketball. When we do those three things, we look like a really good basketball team,” he said. UH will tip off at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hofheinz Pavilion. “I expect a packed house and hope we can get Hofheinz rock and rolling like we do during our conference games,” Dickey said.
consecutive times. Butler, after finishing as the national runner-up in the NCAA tournament two years in a row, competed in the CBI last season. The Bulldogs are a 6-seed in the NCAA tournament this season and will face Bucknell in the second round. Though to get where the team wants to be, Brooks said, there will be other factors involved, too. “Obviously we have to have a great offseason going into the fall. Work hard and win games, but I think this will be a major shot in the arm because we’re able to play at home against the University of Texas,” Brooks said. “It’s huge for recruiting to have that kind of team in your building and have your guys play against a Big 12 program.” Head coach James Dickey said
participating in the CBI gives the Cougars a chance to get more practice time, which will benefit the team going into next season — especially with a young team. The Cougars’ top four scorers are all freshmen or sophomores. “Certainly we’d like to be in the NCAA tournament, but we’re happy to still be playing. I think for a young basketball team to be in the postseason — experience will go well for us as we continue to grow our program,” Dickey said. The opponent also gives the game gravitas. Former Southwest Conference rival Texas will stroll into Hofheinz Pavilion for the first time since 2000, when the Cougars dropped a 71-60 decision. Brooks said the players haven’t been a part of the UH-UT rivalry,
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The Cougars’ top four scorers — including forward TaShawn Thomas — are all freshmen or sophomores. Thomas said the experience of a postseason tournament will help next season. | Hendrick Rosemond/The Daily Cougar
so they’ll gain from seeing the passion of the fans Wednesday. It could be the largest crowd of the season because many UH fans love to root against Texas. Redshirt sophomore guard Joseph Young said it will give the team a boost heading into next season. “It will be great just to give us some momentum heading into whatever conference we’re in next year,” Young said. Sophomore forward TaShawn Thomas, who grew up in Killeen, not far from Austin, said he knows some of the players, and winning against Texas would bring the team bragging rights in the state. In a down season for Texas college basketball — no teams from the state made the NCAA tournament — the Cougars could lay
claim to being the best basketball team from the Lone Star State. If UH builds from a CBI appearance this season, it could make the march into madness they want next season. sports@thedailycougar.com
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Greeks get ready for Frontier Fiesta Fraternities and sororities are the forces that keep a UH tradition alive and burning red Aisha Bouderdaben Staff writer
Social fraternities and sororities have been preparing during the last two months for Frontier Fiesta, which begins Thursday. Each fraternity is paired with a sorority, and they spend time building and constructing a set called a “front” that is placed in front of a large white tent. Daisy Rose Trevino, a Delta Zeta member and a mechanical engineering senior, has been working with members of Sigma Phi Epsilon on the Sigma Phi Epsilon and Delta Zeta set. Trevino’s tent is in charge of the famous cook-off. “This is one of the biggest events,” Trevino said. “We’ve been working for the past two months.” Everyone on site has been putting in an astounding amount of hours. “I’ve clocked fifty hours since (last) Thursday,” said Michael Haar, a construction management junior and a Sigma Phi Epsilon member. Building the front is not the only work put into this event; many social Greek groups are putting on shows in their tents, which required even more effort and practice. Tau Kappa Epsilon and Chi Omega are putting on a play called “The Tale of the Cursed Cougar,” where a curse having to do with the Robertson Stadium demolition contract is placed on the school, and four students must save the campus. “I would say (we worked) three to
four hours, two times a week for the past few weeks,” said Kyle McElroy, a Tau Kappa Epsilon member and a history freshman, who plays the protagonist, Jack. Even before coming to the building site, McElroy said Tau Kappa Epsilon was building it at someone’s house prior to bringing it to campus to finish it up. Chi Omega will decorate the set once it’s completed. Each front is its own “building,” such as Pi Kappa Phi’s schoolhouse, complete with a playground. The materials are all provided by the students. Fraternities and sororities split the cost of the front equally and raise the money to purchase the wood, paint and other equipment. Raffles and alumni donations are some of the ways money was raised to build the elaborate sets. “We have roughly 20 to 30 (fraternities and sororities) participating,” said Jeff Syptak, Frontier Fiesta chairman and a political science senior. The Greek groups are putting on shows that last about 30 minutes to compete for a trophy and the Joe Koppel Award, named for the second chairman of Frontier Fiesta in 1941. “The more hours you put in, the more likely you are to win,” Trevino said. For a school that doesn’t have an official Greek week, Trevino said Frontier Fiesta is a sort of replacement for that. “This is bigger than homecoming,” Trevino said. “Compared to the float we made, this is ridiculous. We want this to be constantly worked on. From the second the site opens to the second it closes, someone’s working on the front.” arts@thedailycougar.com
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