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Every two hours, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash and 15 more are injured, according to a 2011 report from The National Highway Safety Traffic Safety Association. The report aggregated data from more than 69,000 pedestrian injuries and over 4,400 fatalities. At UH, student pedestrians are susceptible to these accidents and may become another statistic. The Pedestrian and Bicycling Information Center tells students to wear bright colors, not step into the street with an obstructed view and avoid cell phone use when walking in congested areas or crossing busy streets. Psychology senior Caroline Thouin takes extra precaution after the sun goes down. “Pedestrians need to remember that, especially when it’s dark, (drivers) may not see you,” Thouin said. “You need to always look to see if WALKING continues on page 3

Striking a chord for a cause Students from the School of Theater and Dance busted out their guitars and ukuleles and sang at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication courtyard to practice for the school’s private fundraiser that will be on Dec. 5. The funds earned from the event will raise money for a renovated theater for the school. Laura Gillespie/The Daily Cougar

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UHPD warns that texting and other distractions can lead to pedestrian injuries and fatalities. Students should remain fully aware of their surroundings. | Fernando Castaldi/The Daily Cougar

With a grant from the National Science Foundation, several professors at the University have initiated the Ethics in Science Seminar series, which began in Fall 2011 as a part of the “Experiencing Ethics” project. Duke University practical ethics professor Walter SinnottArmstrong presented the latest lecture Armstrong in the series, “Does Neuroscience Undermine Responsibility?” on Friday at Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall. Focusing on cases that emphasize a person’s lack of control due to neuroscience, he asked whether we should deem those people responsible for their actions if it is truly out of their control — applying an ethical standard to new light brought by science. “I think it’s a wonderful thing to bring philosophers together with scientists, because scientists can learn from the philosophers and the philosophers can learn from the scientists,” Armstrong said. “Neither field alone is going to be able to solve these extremely complex issues so they need to work together.” The goal of the project, according to principal investigator and Eckhard-Pffeiffer Professor of Computer Science Ioannis Pavlidis, is to sensitize and educate ETHICS continues on page 3

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CRIME REPORT The following is a partial report of campus crime between Nov. 11 and Sunday. All information is selected from the files of the UH Department of Public Safety. Information or questions regarding the cases below should be directed to UH DPS at (713) 742-3333.

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Criminal Mischief: A student reported that her unattended vehicle was vandalized by a possibly known person. The incident occurred between 8:15 and 8:45 a.m. Nov. 11 in the East Parking Garage. The case is active, pending new information. Theft: A student reported someone stole his unattended and secured bicycle. The incident occurred between 11:30 p.m. Nov. 11 and 4:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Cullen Oaks bike rack. The case is active, pending new information. Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor: A student was issued a Harris County citation for consumption of alcohol by a minor. When the student became belligerent and refused to sign the citation, he was arrested and released to Harris County Jail. The incident occurred at 2:40 a.m. Nov. 12 in Taub Hall. The case is cleared by arrest. Graffiti: A student reported graffiti spray painted in the stairwells of Cougar Village. The incident occurred between 12:20 and 9:30 a.m. Nov. 10 and was reported Nov. 12. The case is active, pending new information. Burglary of a Building or Habitation: Two students reported their belongings stolen from their unattended and unsecured dorm room. The incident occurred between 5 and 5:05 p.m. Nov. 12 at Cougar Village. The case is active, pending new information. Public Intoxication/Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor: A student under the legal drinking age was

determined to be highly intoxicated and was transported by Houston Fire Department to the hospital. The incident occurred at 7:38 p.m. Nov. 12 in Lot 11B. The case is cleared by referral. Theft/Credit Card Abuse: A student reported someone stole her unattended and unsecured wallet, and unauthorized charges were made. The incident occurred between 11:40 a.m. Nov. 12 and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Hilton UH. The case is active, pending new information. Burglary of a Building or Habitation/Credit Card Abuse: A student reported he entered his unattended and unsecured dorm room to find someone burglarizing his room. The suspect ran away, and it was later determined that he had stolen items from the student’s wallet and made unauthorized transactions. The incident occurred between 4:10 and 4:15 p.m. Wednesday at Cougar Village. The case is active. Assault/Resisting Arrest/Credit Card Abuse: Two students reported being assaulted. The suspect was stopped, was found to be in possession of stolen property, and resisted arrest. The suspect was released to Harris County Jail. The incident occurred at 5:21 p.m. Thursday. The case is cleared by arrest. Fail to Stop and Render Aid: A student reported she was involved in an accident and the striking vehicle left the scene without providing the information required by law. The incident occurred at 4 p.m. Thursday at 3900 Wheeler. The case is active.

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students, faculty and the public on issues related to the proper conduct of scientific research and its societal implications. “We envisioned a mixed seminar that would appeal to a wide audience within and without the University and bring together people from the sciences, engineering and humanities,” Palvidis said. “For this reason, the seminar

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the cars are stopping before you put your life in danger.” UHPD officer Yolanda Edmund advised students to avoid distractions. “The reason why pedestrian accidents occur is because students are not alert, which makes them a bigger target,” Edmund said. “UHPD advises everyone to be more alert on campus while

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series draws speakers of national caliber from the sciences, history and philosophy.” Palvidis also noted an increase in popularity since the program started. “In the last seminar, there were 140 people; some of them were standing for the entire hour, as there was no place to sit. Importantly, the audience comes from all the UH colleges and increasingly from the Houston public.” Armstrong fully encourages the style of discussion that the Ethics

in Science Series promotes. “It’s great to see that the philosophy department at the University of Houston realizes that (science and philosophy must meet) and is working in that direction,” Armstrong said. The seminars are free and open to the public. “I find it a really beneficial program to help broaden the mind of people interested in science by bringing up ethical issues,” said Trevor Hall, a UH alumnus who attended Armstrong’s lecture.

walking.” In addition to informing students about pedestrian safety, Edmund also gave tips about safety on campus, a few of which include never walking alone at night, walking in well-lit areas at night, knowing the location of campus call boxes, not advertising that you are carrying money or wearing expensive jewelry and not carrying too much in your hands while you walk. Edmund said that on a college campus, the types of things students will do will not change.

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“I can imagine these issues becoming very important questions for future professionals in the field of science.” The next Ethics in Science seminar will be presented by DePaul University Department of Health Sciences Chair and professor Craig M. Klugman on “Using Creative Non-Fiction In Teaching Research Ethics” on Dec. 2. More information can be found at uh.edu/ ethicsinscience. news@thedailycougar.com

campus, so security guards will be more visible to students. Biology senior Nimra Shaikh feels safe with the boost in security. “Campus safety is a necessity so we as students can come to school and feel safe without worrying about getting robbed or being victims to such crimes,” Shaikh said. UHPD also advises students to call them at 713-743-3333 if they see something unusual occurring on campus or need a security escort. news@thedailycougar.com

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t’s all-too early in the morning, and your alarm is going off. Naturally, you press the snooze button once, twice, maybe twelve times, but this morning is different. That unrelenting jingle going off in your ear isn’t ringing to wake you up for Spanish class or that breakfast you regretted committing to a few weeks back. Cara You and I both Smith know why you can’t turn it off. It’s Sunday morning, and we all know what happens on Sunday mornings when the alarm goes off. You get your sorry, sinful romp outta the sack and make your way to the shower. You half-heartedly slip on your finest pressed slacks or sundress and leave, still sleepy, for a place that’ll hopefully churn out a far more invigorated version of you. Jesus — or Stephen Hawking — will be ready for you within the hour. That’s the idea behind the Sunday Assembly: to recreate that signature invigoration given to us by the spirit, minus the spirit. It’s a movement that’s been spreading around the U.S. at breakneck pace, even finding an audience in Houston at The Houston Oasis, a community of secular humanists. Here’s how a typical experience at your local Sunday Assembly might go down: you show up, engage in some sort of clichéd ice-breaking ritual with a few neighbors in the audience. You listen to songs like “Here Comes the Sun” and “Lean on Me” — spiritually ambiguous but unarguably uplifting. You hear a riveting sermon — er, speech — about the contributions of minds like Edison, Hawking and other scientists, inventors and non-Creationists. You’re given time to reflect. You’re given a chance to donate. That probably sounds familiar. Basically, it’s adopted nearly every rudimentary part of the

David Delgado/ The Daily Cougar traditional Protestant Christian worship service, minus God. It’s no secret just how fundamentally rooted in Protestant Christianity the Sunday Assembly is. I’ll level with you; I’ve been going to church my whole life, and I was pretty shocked at just how structurally identical an Assembly gathering is to that of a traditional Methodist service. However, what’s important to know is that nobody’s trying to shirk that assumption or deny the glaring similarities to Christianity as being simply inevitable. Heck, even one of the Assembly’s founders, Sanderson Jones, has been incredibly open about the influences that Christianity’s given him, according to Yahoo! News. “If you think about church, there’s very little that’s bad,” Jones said to Yahoo! News. “It’s singing awesome songs, hearing interesting talks, thinking about improving yourself and helping other people — and doing that in a community with wonderful relationships.”

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Jones added, “What part of that is not to like?” Again, I’ll be honest with you. At first, it was tough to digest the Sunday Assembly. I didn’t quite know if these megachurches were a blatant rip-off of the organized religion that atheism, by its essence, fundamentally rejects. I wasn’t quite sure if the Sunday Assembly was a natural progression for atheism or something that broke their ideological mold. Speaking with the director of the University’s religious studies program, Lynn Mitchell, proved to be an incredibly eye-opening experience. “The fact is, there are almost an infinite number of ways that people worship, and there are thousands of different Christian denominations and sects,” Mitchell said. He went on to explain that Christianity’s system of worship didn’t originate with Christ. About 2,000 years ago, cathartic exercises like communal eating and initiation rituals existed in other

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religions of the region where Jesus lived. Those rituals were adopted by Jesus and developed into what we know today as Holy Communion and baptism. And now, in 2013, Christianity’s service format has become known as uniquely Christian. Mitchell also touched on a concept that I had never been introduced to, but one that made sense immediately: the concept that all humans beings are “homo religioso,” or naturally religious. “Augustine said that every human being has a god-shaped hole in his heart, even when people cease believing in the god they grew up with. They want to be freer and they’re frustrated by fundamentalism, so they call themselves agnostics or atheists.” “Atheism is the most extreme of agnosticism. But even atheism,” Mitchell added, “is a form of religion.” As a helplessly inquisitive college student, the concept of homo religioso really struck a chord. After all, you and I are at the unique age where we’re just now being introduced to some of life’s greater uncertainties. We’re expected to have grappled with these uncertainties, hashed out opinions on them and be able to defend those opinions beyond a shadow of a doubt. We’ve got an incredibly essential void to fill and an incredibly limited amount of time to do so. According to The Huffington Post, 64 percent of students attending a four-year university report a decline in their religious service attendance, and 13 percent of university students have renounced all religious affiliation by the time they get their diplomas. I’ve only been at UH for a semester, but I’ve yet to come across two people with identical viewpoints on religion. Some are convinced that religion and science can’t possibly exist concurrently. Others are third-year biology majors who have never deviated

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from their evangelical roots. I’ve met Baptists-turned-Muslims, people who have found a savior in God and people who have renounced God as being little more than folklore. And it makes sense. We’re plunged into a pool of higher academia and mixers and Whataburger and growth. Getting a degree is the tangible goal of college, sure, but the real battle of early adulthood — figuring out who’s behind this convoluted, gorgeous universe — is most often fought in private. We get overwhelmed, and we need community. We flock to churches or Sunday Assemblies or bible studies or the Houston Oasis. They all give us that identical sense of community, but with vastly different implications that, truthfully, we’ll never quite be capable of comprehending. Student minister Michael McAlister of the A.D. Bruce Religion Center explained how the Sunday Assembly’s success enforces the universal need for community, even if that community doesn’t include a god. “One of the problems with atheism is that it doesn’t provide a great cause to rally around and promote,” McAlister said. “People don’t tend to gather in order to promote something that they do not believe in, (which) can leave atheists with an emptiness that may be filled, in part, through participating in an encouraging community of like-minded people.” Whether you’ve got the gospel or godlessness at this point in your life, here’s to you ultimately finding what we’re all looking for out there: meaning and the place we’ll call home when we’re done here. It’s the grandest decision we’re capable of making and one for which we’ll be held accountable long after our days as overwhelmed undergrads. Senior staff columnist Cara Smith is a communications junior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com

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Knowles makes long-awaited debut Jordan Lewis Staff writer

The crowd gave an ovation as sophomore forward Danrad “Chicken” Knowles entered the game against UTSA at the 13:27 mark in the first half. He rewarded their applause by immediately scoring the first bucket of his collegiate career off an offensive rebound, but Knowles’ season debut on Thursday was a year in the making. He was ruled academically ineligible before last season and sat out while taking classes at UH-Downtown. Knowles redshirted last season and will have four years of eligibility remaining. “I had butterflies at the beginning, but I got it out of the way. I was just waiting to get in (the game),” Knowles said. “I think I did pretty well, though, and the dunk felt good.” Knowles wasn’t able to dunk in the first half, but he had a tip-dunk off sophomore forward Danuel House’s miss at the 6:24 mark in the second half, which helped the Cougars pull away for the win. Knowles had a solid debut,

contributing seven points, five rebounds and two blocks in just 19 minutes of action. Against Lehigh on Sunday, Knowles was a force on defense, blocking four shots in only 17 minutes. His versatility and athleticism will help the Cougars on both sides of the ball, said sophomore forward TaShawn Thomas. “He brings more size, and we know he can shoot, and to be 6’10 and have the ability to step out and take a bigger man out (helps),” Thomas said. “He can step out and knock down the three or whatever we need him to do, so he’s very versatile.” Knowles can stretch the floor, score posting around the basket, rebound, run the floor and shoot the ball from out on the perimeter, said head coach James Dickey. “As most freshmen do, there’s a learning curve getting used to the system, but we’re not going to be afraid to play him. We just want to get him to gain some confidence,” Dickey said. Much was expected from Knowles when he signed with UH.

As a senior, Knowles led the Homeschool Christian Youth Association to a national title and was selected for the Maravich Award, which is given to the nation’s top home-schooled high school basketball player. The four-star recruit could affect the game in a variety of ways as the season progresses, but coaches and teammates were just excited to see Knowles having fun on the court. “We were just happy for him to get on the court and to see that smile,” Dickey said. sports@thedailycougar.com

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Composer inspires, motivates cougars Paulina Rojas Life & Arts editor

For almost a year, the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts has been working with alongside an artist and composer who has been taking students on a journey of selfdiscovery and challenging them to try new forms of art. Working with experienced artists allows students to have a hands-on experience with creating art and performing it by providing them with one-on-one interaction with an expert in their field. Composer, violinist and bandleader Daniel Bernard Roumain is based out of New York City and Boston. He has collaborated with Cassandra Wilson, Lady Gaga and Bill T. Jones. “The idea was to make an impact on more students, and we had always wanted to do something with the UH Cougar Marching Band, and of course, that (has) hundreds of

hundreds of students involved, so it represented a really wonderful opportunity to potentially impact a number of students from different departments,” said Director of the Mitchell Center Karen Farber. The first major event that Roumain performed with the marching band was “En Masse” during his first semester working with UH, Spring 2013. The large-scale performance was at Discovery Green park downtown. Most recently, members of the band performed with Roumain on the stage of the Moores Opera House as part of the Mitchell Center’s Fall Band Benefit earlier this month. This was the first time the band had ever performed at the venue. “Daniel Roumain gave the students, staff and our audience a meaningful gift in his innovative and spontaneous creation of music as it truly relates to how we live our lives,” said Spirit of Houston Director Marc

Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain performed with the Spirit of Houston Band for the Mitchell Center for the Arts fall benefit earlier this month. He’ll be back in the spring to give an artist talk. | Photo Courtesy of Charley Prine Martin. “It definitely brought me back for a moment to how we experience music at a very young age — free from all boundaries and formulas about how much is constructed. I will never forget his beautiful message to the students in the Spirit of Houston.” The next event that Roumain will be a part of is the counterCURRENT festival next spring, in which he will give an artist talk. The event will be held over five days on and off campus and will feature 12 unique compositions. The event aims to bring the local community to campus. “For all of us in the arts on

campus, it’s a critical piece of what we do; we function as a bridge between (UH) and the community beyond campus,” Farber said. “We all bring people to campus, but I think ultimately as a group, we aim to prove that this is an arts destination. It’s a walkable neighborhood of arts venues, which is hard to come by in Houston.” The experience has been lifechanging for not only students and other members of the UH community, but also for Roumain. Working on campus has emphasized his dedication to the arts. It has also opened

his eyes to the vast potential to be found at the University. “Working with the UH Cougar Marching Band allows for the realization of big, musical ideas with a big, committed sound,” Roumain said. “The Mitchell Center is a place where big dreams can become reality, because nothing with them said is too small to consider. This residency has reaffirmed my belief in the arts to motivate, provoke and capture the spirit of Houston and the soul of a city.” arts@thedailycougar.com

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SPORTS VOLLEYBALL

Three players take long road to UH Harrison Lee Staff writer

Sophomore outside hitter Kadi Kullerkann, an Estonia native, ranks third for the Cougars with a 279 kill percentage. | Caitlin Hilton/The Daily Cougar

A cursory glance over the roster for the volleyball team shows the names of cities and towns that are familiar to our collective minds: Houston, Louisville, Los Angeles and more. A longer-thanbrief glimpse, however, will show a trio of locations that wouldn’t

have been at the tip anyone’s tongue. UH has pulled three players from across the globe who have made a positive impact on the season so far — freshman outside hitter Stephanie Daxboeck of Austria, sophomore setter Sophia Paine from Australia and redshirt sophomore Kadi Kullerkann, an outside hitter from Estonia.

Recruiting videos are the normal procedure for bringing in foreign players, the three players along with head coach Kaddie Platt said. All three players recalled the same experience of putting together their audition film before sending it out. “I emailed a lot of coaches with my practice videos, and I asked

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them if they had a full scholarship to offer me,” Kullerkann said. “I got tons of feedback and I started talking to different coaches until I got to my official visits. Then I chose Houston.” Both Paine and Daxboeck followed similar paths. “Where I came from, volleyball is not that big,” Daxboeck said. “Here I really get the chance to play on a higher level. I met a German woman who also played in the United States and studied here, so I contacted her, and she has a little agency, and she created a profile of me so I could put up videos and stats.” Paine, who ended up at UH through previous connections with an alumna, was recruited through a self-described filter. “I had a coach that was an (alumna) of the University of Houston; she’s Australian and came over here in the ’80s. She knew I wanted to come to college in the U.S., so I started the process of sending out mass emails to colleges all over the state,” Paine said. “When I got replies, I had a recruitment video put together, and that was sent to all the schools that I got replies from, and I filtered it down to the schools that were really interested, and I just kept a dialogue going. UH was the one school that committed to me.” The three all voiced amused thoughts about the Houston heat and the differences in size compared to their home countries. Kullerkann noted that the Bayou City has a larger population than her homeland of Estonia, while Daxboeck and Paine pointed out that the sometimes-confusing nature of English slang can be a bit much. Kullerkann, to her credit, has her eyes on more than just volleyball glory. She told recruiters her goals went beyond on-the-court accomplishments. “It’s very much half-and-half, both volleyball and academics. I’m trying to graduate cum laude right now, and I think I’m doing a really good job,” Kulkerkann said. sports@thedailycougar.com

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