SPORTS
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Summer workouts provide success
Parker still owes Cullen
After posting a 5-7 record a year ago, UH has turned it around and found itself in a bowl game and still in contention for a conference championship. SEE PAGE 5
Mayor Parkers promise to fix Cullen Boulevard has yet to be fulfilled. SEE PAGE 4 NOVEMBER
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Game on, Cougars! Xbox and Wii tournaments noon to 6 p.m. in the Rockwell Pavilion.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Issue 46, Volume 79
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Cougars donate in the spirit of the holidays Diana Nguyen Contributing writer
As Thanksgiving approaches, the Student Government Association is spreading the giving spirit by sponsoring a canned-food drive through the month of November in order to give back to needy families in the Houston area. SGA has placed numerous Houston Food Bank bins at designated enclosed spaces around campus. Student Body President Cedric Bandoh has worked to encourage students to give back this holiday season. “As we approach the holiday season, we are excited to partner with many campus groups for a canned-food drive to help hungry families and children in need,” Bandoh said. “It is important to remember that the best gift we can give is the DONATE continues on page 3
To get in the spirit of Thanksgiving, students, faculty and staff can now donate nonperishable canned goods to needy Houstonians with various Houston Food Bank boxes placed around campus, including the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication. | Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar
ARCHITECTURE
Professor named Educator of the Year Ryan Graham Contributing writer
Debating issues in energy John Felmy, pictured, of the American Petroleum Institute, and Scott Morrison, of the American Public Gas Association, debated whether LNG Export is good for the United States on Tuesday in the latest event of the 2013-2014 Energy Symposium Series. Read the full story in Thursday’s issue of the Cougar. Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar
Patrick Peters, a professor at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, has been honored by the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects as Educator of the Year. The award is offered annually to professors of architecture at UH, Rice and Prairie View A&M, with the winner being chosen by a committee from the AIA Houston chapter. “Professor Peters is a great example of an educator for many reasons. What stands out to me
most is the time and personal touch he extends to each student,” said architecture professor and former Dean Joseph Mashburn. Peters is perhaps best known as the director of UH’s Graduate Design/Build Studio. The GDBS is an organization that allows graduate architecture students a unique opportunity to plan, design and construct buildings in the real world for various nonprofit groups in the Houston area. The studio is an important PROFESSOR continues on page 3