Monday, April 8, 2013 // Issue 101, Volume 78
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Guy Lewis was a player, then an assistant at UH, before he led the Cougars to 592 victories and five Final Four appearances as a head coach. | 1967 Houstonian
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Full-court press nets Hall Christopher Shelton Sports editor
When UH basketball greats Clyde Drexler, Hakeem Olajuwon and Elvin Hayes strolled down the red carpet at Hofheinz Pavilion to receive a trophy after being named to the NCAA’s All-Time players team, all Drexler wanted to talk about was getting former head coach Guy Lewis into the Naismith
Basketball Hall of Fame. Drexler said Lewis’ impact will not be forgotten. “We know that checkered towel is somewhere, and he’s biting on it,” Drexler said in March. “We just want to say we love you, and this year, hopefully, we’ll get you into the Hall of Fame where you rightfully deserve to be.” Drexler said Lewis’ former
players were putting on a fullcourt press to get him into the Hall of Fame. Now, unlike their playing days, they can take a break on defense. UH finally has a head coach in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. According to the Houston Chronicle, Lewis has been selected as a member of the Hall of Fame. The official announcement will
occur at 10 a.m. Monday at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Atlanta as part of Championship Monday of the NCAA Men’s Final Four. UH officials said they could not comment until after the announcement is made by UH alumnus and longtime Lewis supporter Jim Nantz on NBA TV. LEWIS continues on page 6
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Arrest made in connection with 2011 slaying
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Amanda Hilow Managing editor
A man has been arrested in connection with the slaying of a UH student. Rodrick Mitchell, 36, is being accused of robbing and killing biology senior Hao Huynh, 22, in south Houston on Dec. 18, 2011. Police said Huynh was returning home from a party when he was approached by Mitchell
at the Catalina Village Apartments in the 3500 block of Dixie Drive. At about 2:35 a.m., police responded to complaints about gunshots being fired in the area, and there they found Huynh dead from two bullet wounds, authorities said. According to the Houston Police Department Homicide Division senior
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police officer, R. Bolton, witnesses’ descriptions match Mitchell’s appearance, and DNA tests have revealed he was at the scene. Mitchell was arrested March 26 and faces charges of capital murder. news@thedailycougar.com
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Law: From 9 a.m. to noon at Krost Hall at the UH Law Center, the Center for Consumer Law is reviving the People’s Law School. The event aims to tackle topics the everyday person encounters, like wills, landlord or tenant, debts or business questions. The program is free and focuses on sharing information with the public about their legal rights and the role these rights play in their daily lives. For more information about the People’s Law School, visit law.uh.edu/peopleslaw. Softball: Batter’s up at 6 p.m. at
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Wednesday Gallery talk: From noon to 1:30 p.m. at Blaffer Art Museum, student artists will show off their works and, along with the audience, discuss the pieces in the School of Art Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition. The artists are Christopher Cascio, Fiona Cochran, Carrie Cook, Stacey Farrell, El Franco Lee and Jessica Ninci, with moderation by Amy Powell. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Alecia Harris at (713) 743-9528. Lecture: At 6 p.m. in Stubblefield Auditorium in Cemo Hall, the C.T. Bauer College of Business offers the last installment of the Distinguished Lecture Series of the semester. The discussion on Dodd-Frank’s implications for the Energy Industry and Firms is sponsored by AGL Resources and its Houston-based energy companies. The DLS provides students, alumni, faculty and the community exposure to business leaders in the energy industry. A reception precedes the event at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Kimberly Fernandez at kfernandez@bauer.uh.edu.
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Financial Symposium Building a Financial Foundation: What is Your Blueprint? In conjunction with Houston Money Week
Saturday, April 13, 2013 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Cemo Hall Open to UH students and the Houston community!
Cougars help keep Houston beautiful UH’s Metropolitan Volunteer Program hosted a Rock the Block event this weekend at Agape Development Ministries. Volunteers from various organizations came together and helped clean up the ditches in Third Ward. MVP also provided entertainment and games for children living in the area. Business management sophomore Sam Stilley (middle), management information systems senior Dante Saunders (right) and construction management freshman Matthew Webb, all from Kappa Sigma, were three of the more than 100 volunteers who came out and helped pick up trash to keep Houston beautiful. — Mahnoor Semana/The Daily Cougar
CAMPUS
Going beyond a walk Suicide awareness, prevention event crosses campus Amber Jennings Contributing writer
Walking is defined as moving at a regular and fairly slow pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn but for the people involved in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention walk, this simple activity has a greater meaning. “I walk to honor my brother and so that his death will not have been in vain,” said Chalen Rice, secretary for the AFSP board. Rice went on to inspire the crowd with her own experience with suicide and the reason she is involved with this program. Rice said she had never given much thought to the issue of suicide until her 20-year-old brother, Devon, took his own life. The fourth annual Out of the Darkness AFSP Walk for Suicide Prevention began at 9 a.m. Saturday. It consisted of an opening ceremony, a loop around the UH campus and a closing ceremony, which included
Family members of lost loved ones set up poster boards with pictures and letters at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention walk. Bags of beans, with about 7,000 beans in each, represented how many people died from suicide during 73-day time spans. | Kayla Stewart/The Daily Cougar
the reading of names of people lost to suicide that participants had given during their registration.
Rice said her brother felt like he SUICIDE continues on page 11
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Bill seeks to defund LGBT resources Aaron Manuel Opinion editor
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magine for a moment what it is like to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender growing up in Texas — an area known for its deep spirituality and history of being less than friendly to anyone not straight and white. Imagine growing up in a conservative household where dating anyone who is not the opposite sex and does not have the same skin color is so taboo, it could rip the family apart. Imagine carrying that weight all throughout your childhood and into your high school years, where LGBT groups for young people are rare outside of the cities. From some of the college tours you have taken, you discovered there are actually centers full of people your age just like you, staffed with people who can help you cope with the confliction and pain, who are there to let you know that you’re not alone and to lend you the support you might not otherwise get at home. Now imagine showing up at a public university anywhere in Texas and finding the campus LGBT group has closed shop because it did not have the funds to operate, and suddenly, you are alone again. This was the future we faced if state Rep. Bill Zedler, R-Arlington, had his way. The representative filed an amendment Tuesday to the general appropriations act, SB1, which would have prevented public universities and colleges from funding LGBT resource centers and other “gender and sexuality and related student centers.” It comes as no shock that state politicians want to attack educational institutions and students yet again. In the past few years, the state has slashed its education budget, forcing the layoffs of thousands of public elementary and secondary school teachers statewide. This was not the first time state politicians attacked LGBT students specifically, either.
According to the Dallas Voice in May 2011, then-state Rep. Wayne Christian, R-Center, filed two amendments to SB 1811 — one which would require public universities to equally fund centers for “family and traditional values,” while the other would prohibit state funds being spent on campus LGBT resource centers and prohibit universities from housing them on campus. Christian eventually dropped the amendments because State House Democrats threatened to sabotage the bill they were attached to. The Zedler Amendment is just the latest wave of legislative bigotry so poorly disguised it borders on insulting. “Funding of Gender and Sexuality Centers and Related Student Centers: An institution of higher education may not use money appropriated to the institution under this Act, or any property or facility of the institution funded by appropriations under this Act, to support, promote, or encourage any behavior that would lead to high risk behavior for AIDS, HIV, Hepatitis B, or any sexually transmitted disease,” the Zedler Amendment said. Judging from the language of the bill, the intent seems rather obvious — Zedler is taking up the cause of his Republican colleague in the State House, Christian, by offering this amendment to force universities to stop funding LGBT resource centers. This would push the operational costs on to students to pay for the centers through student fees, and at universities like Texas A&M University, where the Student Senate introduced a bill to allow students to opt out of paying their LGBT Resource Center fees on religious objections, such centers statewide could have folded over the course of a few years That’s on the surface, though, and bills can be applied in other ways and to other people beyond the original intent.
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State Rep. Bill Zedler, R-Arlington, filed an amendment Tuesday to the general appropriations act, which would have prevented public universities from funding LGBT resource centers. With a large gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender population, UH would have been greatly affected if his amendemnet had been approved. | Mahnoor Samana/The Daily Cougar For example, take the UH Women’s Resource Center — a place on campus where female students can go to get information on a variety of topics, to educate the UH community on topics that concern women, identify and research issues that affect UH women, among other things. Seems innocent enough, until you discover that on the WRC’s homepage, there’s a link to a video showing women how to use a condom, an advertisement of weekly discussion called Gender Talk that discusses gender issues that go beyond just women’s issues, but stretch to men and transgender people as well and a link to a website called feminist.com which serves as a link hub to several websites offering health and sexual information, including websites devoted to abortion. By the definition of the Zedler Amendment, any opponent of the Women’s Resource Center could petition the university to pull its funding because the Women’s Resource Center indirectly
promotes abortion and Gender Talk somewhat promotes LGBT values. Ignoring the fact the WRC links a video promoting safe sex on its homepage or that the third-party website in question also provides links to website educating about the dangers of STDs, the flimsy justification could be enough to pull the WRC’s funding and any other women’s resource center that promotes or educates students about sexuality. The language of the amendment itself was so vague that any resource center that attempts to educate students on sexuality could have been perceived as promoting promiscuous or “high risk behavior,” and as such, the amendment was too broadly written. On the other hand, if it had been any more narrowly defined, the amendment would have been construed as discriminatory, just as the justification for this amendment was discriminatory, promoting the stereotype that LGBT lifestyles promote STDs and promiscuous behavior. LGBT resource centers provide
information and services to educate young adults about sexual health, which helps keep HIV numbers down. By taking away that resource, only the opposite is achieved. This bit of legislative insensitivity was quickly laid to rest Friday on the House floor as Zedler’s legislative director announced that the senator had “pulled down” the amendment. Most likely this also stemmed from threats by House Democrats to derail the appropriations bill. Zedler, through his amendment, showed no candor in his blatant discrimination, hiding behind the excuse that the state does not want to promote “high risk behavior” when heterosexuals still account for one in four new HIV infections. If the true aim of this amendment was to mitigate STDs, then taking away resources of education that encourages safe sexual behavior is accomplishing the exact opposite. Aaron Manuel is a print journalism senior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar. com.
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HEALTHY ADVICE
Counting those college calories Trisha Thacker Staff columnist
Summer is coming, and with it comes swimsuit season, shorts, T-shirts and more skin to show off. The advent of this skin-baring season puts a lot of pressure on students to slim down, but losing weight — in fact, simply eating healthy — isn’t easy, particularly when so much temptation exists on campus. College life introduces an element of freedom to individuals who had previously relied solely on the food provided at home or in school. Here, students have dining options everywhere they turn, whether it’s more formal restaurants like Eric’s in the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, dollar burritos at Taco Bell in the University Center Satellite or even gorging on the endless supply of desserts in the dining hall during a particularly stressful week. Eating healthy isn’t always a top priority. In the past few decades, the issue of eating healthily has gone past gaining the “freshman 15” and crossed into dangerous territory. Phillip Sparling, professor of applied physiology at the Georgia Institute of Technology, discussed the rise of this new epidemic in his 2007 article, “Preventing Chronic Disease.” He said college campuses have seen a dramatic increase in the occurrence of obesity and obesity-related disorders including type 2 diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia. The American College Health Association’s National College
Health Assessment found that three in 10 college students are either obese or overweight. While tackling the issue of weight on a large scale is hindered by several complications, individuals can work to create a better lifestyle. Biology junior Merlin Jacob says eating healthy isn’t impossible, and college campuses often encourage healthy eating and living. “There are more opportunities to eat unhealthily on campus, but for me, the presence of the Rec Center makes me feel guilty. At home I’m not thinking about working out, whereas on campus I’m conscious about it,” he said. UH has taken several steps to bring fresher and healthier food to its students, including the introduction of the Healthy for Life program. “The Healthy for Life program is being implemented to help create a culture of wellness. It is designed to enable, educate and encourage our diners to make healthy choices,” said Caroline Sullivan, registered dietitian and UH Dining Services nutritionist. The Healthy for Life program included the unveiling of the new Wellness Wall on Feb. 19 in Cougar Woods Dining Hall. The Wellness Wall includes Just4U nutrition messaging, which displays healthy menu items carefully selected by culinary experts. The wall also includes information on low-fat foods as well as vegetarian and vegan options. Some other tools provided by the program include the UH
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Geology sophomore Andre Nguyen is aware of the healthy options at the Moody Towers Dining Hall. | Mahnoor Samana/The Daily Cougar Dining website and a mobile app that enables students to access the nutritional information for all dining options on campus, as well as the dietitian’s “Healthy Picks” to help students make educated food choices. In addition, UH also offers the Heart Healthy Lunch option, which includes healthy dessert options such as reduced fat oatmeal cookies and hearthealthy bread pudding. So whether you’re trying to look good for that vacation to Cabo this summer or simply want to start leading a healthier lifestyle, explore your options and make educated decisions about what you put into your body. Trisha Thacker is a biology junior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar. com.
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Coach takes long journey to induction Decades of waiting, championship loss won’t keep Lewis from Hall of Fame Kevin Cook Staff writer
College basketball legend and visionary Guy V. Lewis was selected as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 30 years after his last national title appearance. UH’s 1983 loss to NC State in the NCAA tournament championship game, in which the Cougars were favored by eight points in the Las Vegas sportsbooks, has been an albatross around Lewis’ neck for three decades and could be the reason he has not been enshrined in the Hall of Fame until this year. When Lewis retired in 1986, he took a long journey from Houston to Springfield with one of the best resumes in college basketball history. A legacy of winning In 30 years of coaching at UH, Lewis netted 592 wins, triumphing in roughly 68 percent of his contests, and winning 30 or more games in a season three times. He was named National Coach of the Year twice, first in 1968 and then again in 1983. He coached and won the first NCAA regular-season game to be
broadcasted nationally during primetime, the aptly named “Game of the Century,” in which UH defeated John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins — then in the midst of a 47-game winning streak — in front of an Astrodome crowd of 52,000. Lewis sought out big games with big opponents, and he seldom lost. Bigger than basketball Lewis’ influence runs much deeper than the games he won, though. He is often described as an early adopter in the movement toward racial integration. He recruited Don Chaney and Elvin Hayes, who was elected to the Naismith Hall in 1990, the first black basketball players in UH history. He did so well in advance of the other schools located below the Mason-Dixon line. Since his induction into the Hall, Hayes has boycotted the institution, refusing to appear in Springfield or at any Hallsponsored events until such time as Lewis was elected. “It’s one of those things that’s totally wrong,” Hayes said. “People, I think, today only see what’s before their eyes. But people really don’t go back anymore and ask, ‘Well, who made this game into what it is today? Who changed this game? Who put his footprint on this game?’” “Coach had this vision — a
vision for the game of basketball.” A major component of Lewis’ vision for the game involved a shift in the style of offense used in college hoops. UH adopted dunking in 1976 when the NCAA reversed its prohibition against the slam dunk. It was this athletic, exciting style of play that propelled the Cougars to the Final Four in the 1983 NCAA Tournament and their much-publicized matchup with the Louisville Cardinals. Both teams were nationally recognized, and it was generally presumed that the winner would go on to win the National Championship. Phi Slama Jama didn’t disappoint against the Doctors of Dunk, ultimately coming back from a halftime deficit to beat the Cardinal squad 94-81. The Cougars lived up to their nickname, dunking 14 times against the Cardinals, including 10 in the final 12 minutes of play. It was widely and confidently assumed that Houston would defeat NC State in the championship game, and it was this assumption that may have kept Lewis to from making the Hall of Fame. Destiny “That game had to be fate,” said Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler. “Because if he doesn’t win that game, we don’t get to know Jimmy Valvano the way we do.
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Former head coach Guy Lewis had 27 consecutive winning seasons while at the helm of the basketball program. | 1957 Houstonian
Lewis spent 30 years at the helm of the University, winning 592 games and making five Final Four appearances. He is perhaps most known for being the architect of Phi Slama Jama and ‘The Game of the Century.’ Phi Slama Jama, a famous UH fraternity, is known for its highlight reel of dunks and two consecutive National title game appearances in the 1980s. In ‘The Game of the Century,’ the Cougars took down UCLA 71-69 in the first nationally televised college basketball game. Former UCLA head coach John Wooden told the San Antonio Express in 1998 that Lewis was tough to coach against. “The coaches I hated coaching against were the real good ones, and Guy was one of those,”
And because of the loss shouldn’t overshadow what way his life ended, Lewis accomplished. I think that was “His statistics speak for destiny. It had to themselves,” Olajuwon said. be ... If we played “He should be in there. them 20 times, I still One game should not don’t think they’d win measure an entire but that one game. So it career.” had to be destiny.” And yet, for The game was the 30 intervenfilled with anomalies. ing years since The Cougars folthe shocking lowed a 14-dunk loss, one game performance has. But as Greek against Louisville poet Aeschylus by recording only once wrote, “Time one against NC brings all things State — sandwiched to pass.” between a raucous In a circular, slam off an offensive profoundly rebound by the fated way, Wolfpack’s Thurl precisely 30 Bailey and the dunk years after the that ended the game, NC State loss when a wild 35-foot shot that unfairly by Dereck Whittenburg doomed him to missed iron completely the long, barren and fell into the hands of odyssey between Lorenzo Charles, and the his glory in Houston rest is history. and the undying glory “If you don’t vote for that awaits him in this man, you really Springfield, Lewis and don’t know the history the nation finally heard of basketball in this word that his journey country,” Drexler was over. said. Lewis’ admission Legend Hakeem into the Hall of Fame Olajuwon is long overdue. There said the is no question of that. championsports@thedailycougar.com ship-game Guy V. Lewis | 1982 Houstonian
Wooden said. “I think Guy took a bum rap because he never won a national championship.” Drexler said after being a proponent of his credentials for so long, Lewis getting into the Hall of Fame makes him happy. “You grew up under his leadership. He was a great coach, knows everything about the game, but he was a great teacher of the game of life, which is more important,” Drexler said. “For a guy like him, this (getting into the Hall of Fame) would not make or break him. For the guys who love him, we all feel he deserves it, that he belongs among the ranks of the greatest coaches ever.” Lewis’ wife, Dena, said she cried when she heard the news. “We think it’s great,” she told the Chronicle. “Long overdue. I cried when I heard.” “Every time I think about it a
smile comes across my face.” sports@thedailycougar.com
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Mathews emerging as ‘heart and soul’ of defense Andrew Valderas Staff writer
The Cougars’ defense wasn’t exactly a catalyst to success last season, but with the hiring of a new linebackers’ coach and the expectated growth of junior linebacker Derrick Mathews, they feel an improvement is on the horizon. In their five wins from 2012, the Cougars allowed an average of 114 yards per game on the ground. But in their 7 losses, they allowed an average of 249 yards per game. The Cougars are also replenishing talent from that unit. With the departures of Phillip Steward and Everett Daniels, senior linebackers George Bamfo, Austin Wilson and Mathews are the only players returning from last season. Among the three, Mathews was the lone starter and is somebody the Cougars are looking forward to taking that next step. Last season, Mathews was third on the team in total tackles with 126, including six sacks. Head coach Tony Levine said he expects an improvement from the linebackers and thinks Mathews will help guide that. “I t h i n k n a t i o n a l l y, D e rrick Mathews is going to have a break-out season,” Levine said. “Up to this point, I don’t think he’s received the recognition that he deserves, but I think that’s coming.” Linebackers coach Vernon Hargreaves agreed and said Mathews will be a special player and make contributions to the whole defense. He will fulfill the role Steward is leaving behind on and off the field. “He should end up being the heart and soul of our team,” Hargreaves said. “That’s why he’s going to be playing in the middle of our defense.” Hargreaves is entering his first season at UH and with an impressive résumé. He’s coached a plethora of NFL standouts, including Chicago Bears linebacker D.J. Williams and New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma. Levine said he is pleased to have a coach of this magnitude on board. “He’s been a great addition to our staff,” Levine said. “His résumé, along with who he’s coached and where he’s coached, gives him instant credibility. When you see him on the field, he’s just so energetic and encouraging to our players, and that’s a good sign.”
With Phillip Steward No. 42 and Everett Daniels No. 54 leaving due to graduation, Derrick Mathews is expected to become a leader. | File photo/The Daily Cougar Although Hargreaves said they’ll mix up their defensive front with multiple defensive schemes — including the 2-4-5, 3-3-5, and 1-5-5 lineups — they’ll primarily lineup in the 4-3 defense. Mathews said he embraces Hargreaves as his coach because of the experience and knowledge that he possesses. “It’s always good to have a coach with so much histor y behind him and that experience.
He brings a lot to the linebacker position and can teach us a lot,” Mathews said. Hargreaves said a number of his players from whom he expects a productive season might be under the radar. “George Bamfo has done some good things for us and has made some plays on the practice field as of late,” Hargreaves said. “Steven Taylor is a guy that’ll strike and not a lot of people know about. I guess
you can call him the unknown entity of the team.” Hargreaves also said he expects positive play from sophomore linebacker Trevon Randle, who is making the switch from defensive end to linebacker. Randle has been unable to play his last two seasons because of sitting out his redshirt season in 2011 and denied eligibility from the NCAA after transferring in 2012. Hargreaves, who is a defensive
guru and former linebacker at UConn, said having “vision” on the football field is an important attribute if a linebacker wants to excel. “You see the big eyes I have,” Hargreaves said. “You’ve got to have great vision that allows you to see what’s going on during the course of a play. You really have to be a tough son of a gun too.” sports@thedailycougar.com
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Coogs get a taste of the Middle East BoJanay Posey Staff writer
Students took a free express trip to the Middle East Thursday afternoon. No passport or ticket was needed. The Middle East came to them. The University Center Houston Room was transformed into a Middle Eastern café for the Council of Ethnic Organizations’ Arabian Nights. It was the first event of its kind thrown by CEO, said Eric Kao, the CEO member who organized the event. About 320 students dined on dates, hummus and other free food as they listened to live music, visited student organization booths and watched a belly dancing show. Some students also took up the belly dancer’s offer to learn from her. “I think belly dancing was very amazing,” said Trang Phan, an instructional technology doctoral candidate. “If I were to stay at home and watch it on YouTube, the feeling would be different.” Giving students a sample of the Middle East was CEO’s goal.
An ensemble entertained students by playing traditonal middle eastern style music. UH has a large population of students of middle eastern descent said Eric Cao who helped put on the event. | Shaimma Eissa/The Daily Cougar “We have a really big Middle Eastern student body on campus, but I feel like there isn’t enough awareness about the culture or enough events to really raise
awareness about that culture,” Kao said. “I thought this event would be a good idea to bring a need to the student body.” Kao made sure the decorations
reflected the Middle East while some student organizations, like the Saudi Students Organization and the Bangladesh Student Association, had booths during the event.
“We were representing what the Middle East is about,” said Randa Altaezi, Saudi Student Organization’s vice president. “CEO did a really good job.” For some students like Nereyda Rubio, an English literature freshman, attending Arabian Nights was their first look at actual Middle Eastern culture. “When I think of the Middle East, I think of Aladdin because he was the first person we were exposed to,” Rubio said. “They have food, music, a taste of what it would be. They have just enough to make people curious of what it would be.” The presence of the Middle East was felt by the students. Marium Ravassipour, a biomedical engineering sophomore who is from Iran, said the event definitely reflected the Middle East she knows and she is glad students are seeing that. “I’m glad we had it because it’s an eye opener,” Ravassipour said. “Usually when you think of the Middle East, it’s negative, but the Middle East is full of culture.” arts@thedailycougar.com
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Students choose efficient hobbies
Cougars get social
Maritza Rodriguez
Laura Gillespie
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Longboarding is a passion that many students have turned into a useful method of transportation. They are using their longboards and skateboards to ride around the university because it is quicker and more convenient to carry around. “It’s more fun than biking and much faster than walking,” said finance junior Ryan Ackley. “It’s easier to store, and you don’t have to worry about locking it up.” Ackley has been longboarding for about four years and uses his board to get to his destinations throughout campus. Before his freshman year, Ackley has had an interest in extreme sports such as wakeboarding and snowboarding. Since Houston weather does not have the suitable conditions for these sports, Ackley said he found longboarding to be the next
best thing. “I’ve always been a snowboarder and a wakeboarder,” Ackley said. “You can’t really snowboard in Texas so this is kind of my fix, my feel of board sports.” Not only do some students find longboards to be easier to store, but find it safer than any kind of transportation. Pre-medical biology sophomore Gabrielle Bolden said she has been longboarding since third grade and prefers riding a longboard more than a skateboard because she finds the wheels to be more dependable. “There’s cracks on the sidewalks and you can get knocked off your board,” Bolden said. “The wheels on a longboard are wider, and the base of the board allows you to take quick, sharp turns to avoid crashing on someone.” Mechanical engineering junior Will Stewart said he has been longboarding for only a few days — inspired to do so after seeing
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others are forming friendships with other boarders. Students are meeting up not only on campus but also throughout the city. After practice, Ackley said that he and members of his ultimate frisbee team often take their riding to the streets. “We have a bunch of guys that longboard on the team,” Ackley said. “We all go board together after practices.”
Students, staff and alumni came together for free beer, art and food at last week’s second monthly First Thursdays social at the Blaffer Art Museum. Held on the first Thursday of every month, the event is purely social where all students can come to see the museum and socialize. “Basically, the point of this event is just to let students know that they can come and be here, and this is their museum on campus,” said Blaffer Director of External Relations Matt Johns. “It’s strictly a social event, just to get students something to do on Thursday night when we’re open late and engage with the art that’s here and just hang out, have fun.” First Thursdays was started in March by Johns as a way to bring
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Long boarding and skate boarding have become the standard method of transportation for many students because of its ease and portability. | Nichole Taylor/ The Daily Cougar
other students doing it. Stewart’s interest in this sport encouraged him to purchase a stowboard, a versatile board that allows the rider to fold it up for quick storage, to see if it was enjoyable and if it shaved off time from his commute. “I just saw other people boarding and I just wanted to see for myself,” Stewart said. “I was absolutely curious to see if got me to my classes any faster.” Although some ride individually,
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more students to the museum during its new Thursday hours. The event included music provided by Coog Radio and free beer provided by the local craft brewery, Karbach Brewing Co. “I hear about a lot of exhibits and events here, and I’ve always wanted to come but never quite knew where it was,” said alumnus Tim Richardson. “People need culture; they definitely do. People need to see art. I think it’s fun … and I’m loving the atmosphere,” he said. The event occurred during the 35th UH School of Art Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, which began on March 30 and will run until April 13. These pieces dominated the gallery and were a major source of discussion. “(Having my pieces on display) feels good,” said Jasleen Sarai, a Masters in Fine Arts student with several pieces on display in the exhibition. “(But) it doesn’t feel as awesome as I thought because when you make (something), you’re doing it for a certain reason. I guess the stuff that I’m doing is not really for showing. (It’s cool to) have something on display,” she said. Blaffer holds numerous events throughout the year, with upcoming events including “The Eye, Ocular Diseases, and Visual Arts,” a lecture that will be held today by Dr. Richard H. Fish, deputy chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at The Methodist Hospital and physician member of Methodist’s Center for Performing Arts Medicine. The lecture will discuss common eye diseases and how artists who suffer from those diseases incorporate them into their art. arts@thedailycougar.com
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Faculty gets innovative Radha Khetpal Contributing writer
The buzzed-about ozone level, and how members of the UH community are collaboratively raising awareness, surfaced in April’s Innov8 Talk. “For each 20 parts in billion increases of ozone within the previous one to three hours, there was an associated heart risk and possible cardiac arrest of 4.4 percent,” said research assistant professor Dan Price. Price has done research and worked with UH community members to map out the ozone in Houston to ensure people are aware when the climate is safe for people to be out. Price has worked to develop the Ozone Map app that shows the current ozone levels. The app is available on the Apple App and Google Play stores. Although pollution has improved, the ozone has still done a significant amount of damage, which in turn impacts the health of everyone, Price said. Headlining the Innov8 talks with Price were a few other UH professors. Each month a few are selected to prepare eight-minute presentations that showcase new and different programs at the University and how to make the learning experience fun for students. Three faculty members from the College of Technology discussed how they like to make the learning experience fun and hands-on for students. At the end of each semester, the college puts together a red carpet
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didn’t have any other options, and she wants to prevent anyone from feeling this way. She said that she — and anyone in a similar situation — shouldn’t be embarrassed about losing someone to suicide but focus on prevention. “I walk so that I don’t have to be ashamed of how my brother died and that I can celebrate his life and who he was,” Rice said. “I walk in an effort to increase awareness of mental health. I walk because suicide is 100 percent preventable. I walk for those who are still grieving and hurting and not yet ready to walk.” Each year, more than 36,000 people die by suicide, said Bill Berger, the chapter chair, which is enough people to fill the Toyota Center twice. To get awareness out, the AFSP is working on implementing policies. “There is one (policy) recently that came through in the state of Texas,”
event for students to showcase their hard work in a fun environment. “It is a show and tell kind of activity where students really do take that learning and put it into practice,” said College of Technology professor Sharon O’Neil. Getting students to engage in the classroom can sometimes be challenging. UH faculty tries to find ways to make it more interesting for students to provide a better learning environment. It can be especially challenging to get a class to focus if the class size is close to 900 students, said Jamie Belinne, assistant dean of Career Services at the C.T. Bauer College of Business, who teaches a class of almost 1,000 students. “We have huge student bodies that we are supposed to give personalized experiences to and then give them relevant connection to the real world,” Belinne said. “It’s difficult but not impossible.” The course, GENB 2301, is a market-based class that puts students in groups to form approximately 120 teams in which they get an opportunity to learn how to work with new people. The course helps in establishing networks and learning the ways of the business world. “At the end of the class, we see that one-third of the students have joined an organization as a result of being in the class,” Belinne said. “This giant class has made them feel closer to the University.”
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Berger said. “That’s really to mandate and require that all the local schools in high school raise awareness about suicide prevention.” They are still working on getting it to elementary school and middle school as well, but at this point they are just speaking with these age groups, Berger said. Raising awareness on college campuses has been a main focus for the Houston chapter. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for college students for many reasons, including depression, drinking and drug use, Berger said. The AFSP is not just about raising awareness of suicide. It is about making people realize that it is an acceptable conversation to have and that mental issues are normally involved as well. They are raising awareness now so that hopefully one day, fewer names will be read off the memorial list at the end of the ceremony. news@thedailycougar.com
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