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Thursday, September 5, 2013
Issue 7, Volume 79
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CITY
UH clinic honored for helping homeless Lesley Saenz Contributing writer
After 592 wins and five Final Four appearances, all eyes will be on legendary UH coach Guy V. Lewis for his enshrinement into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday. | Nichole Taylor/The Daily Cougar
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Lewis’ famed moment nears Christopher Shelton Sports editor
When basketball head coach James Dickey woos recruits, the history of sustained success that Guy V. Lewis attained during his 30-year tenure at UH still helps. The five Final Fours and almost 600 victories that were earned during
Lewis’ three decades as head coach helps Dickey paint a picture of what the program could be in the minds of potential players. “We have utilized what he has accomplished since we’ve been here. It’s just going to be another great accolade to add on to his Final Fours, the terrific players and teams that he has had over the years,” Dickey said.
Lewis is being recognized on Sunday when he is enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The class includes nine-time NBA All-Star Gary Payton, seven-time NCAA Final Four coach Rick Pitino, four-time NCAA Final Four coach LEWIS continues on page 6
The College of Pharmacy received national recognition from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy this summer for their work at the Houston Outreach Medicine, Education and Social Services Clinic, a student-run operation that aided thousands of homeless people in downtown Houston. Pharmacy faculty member and HOMES preceptor David Wallace, director Kim Anh Pham, senior representative Henrietta Abodakpi and Pharmacy Dean F. Lamar Pritchard received a grant worth $16,000 at the AACP Annual Meeting in Chicago, where they got to present the work they are doing and share the impact it’s having on the community. The level of commitment and continuity is amazing, Wallace said. The award represents recognition of all the dedication and hard work the students have done in collaboration with medical students from the
Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston since 2000, when the clinic was founded by BCM physician David Buck. The application process was often a daunting task, but Abodakpi said it compelled her to take a larger look at the approach to care she has been advocating and practicing and whether it does enough to ensure the well-being of the homeless population. “It is my hope that the clinic will continue to educate my peer student pharmacists on the predominant social, economic and personal challenges that afflict the homeless in our community,” Abodakpi said. Buck also founded the clinic’s sponsor, Healthcare for the Homeless — Houston, a nonprofit organization and federally-qualified health center that provides healthcare services to the local homeless population. HHH CLINIC continues on page 11
ORGANIZATIONS
Students serve time in prison program Andrea Pizzolo Contributing writer
Students in the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship in the C.T. Bauer College of Business have been volunteering for years at the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, an entrepreneurial extension of the Texas Prison System, which has graduated more than 800 inmates. Through the Business Plan Advisor Program, MBA students volunteer to teach inmates how to write business plans and pursue their own
entrepreneurial ventures. “This is a remote volunteer program through which MBA students can receive business plans being developed by incarcerated participants in our program,” said Jeremy Gregg, the chief development officer at PEP. “The students provide feedback on the plans and help with market research.” This outreach program at the Wolff Center is recognized for impacting and transforming the Inmates prove that they can move forward as they learn how to write business plans and pursue their entrepreneurial dreams with the help of UH business students under the Prison Entrepreneurship Program. | Courtesy of Jeremy Gregg PRISON continues on page 11
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Senate attempts to recruit leaders, ties up loose ends in meeting Tim Payne Contributing writer
SGA President Cedric Bandoh and the members of the Senate concentrated on recruiting student leaders Wednesday during the first
meeting of the semester. “(We’re) trying to get students in leadership positions,” Bandoh said. “For the Senate meeting, hopefully we get all of our university appointments through cabinet
... as well as our vacancies to the Senate.” The bill to amend the bylaws to restore mandatory committee review of legislation, authored by Senator Guillermo Lopez, was
revisited as old business from the spring semester. “This bill would amend SGA bylaws to require legislation to go into committee before being considered for a vote into the full
Senate,” said Senator Carol Ann Ross, who represents the Graduate College of Social Work. “It does allow for a bypass of committee SGA continues on page 11