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Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. Ty Michael Carter called attention to veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as he addressed an audience of military personnel and civilians Monday afternoon in the UH Alumni Center. “To call it post-traumatic stress is actually an insult to who we are,” Carter said. “Post-traumatic stress is simply a stress that your body and mind goes through after an incident. It’s not a combat thing, it’s not a service member thing — it’s an everybody thing.” He even came up with his own definition, saying that PTSD is “an instinctive, reflexive reaction of your body and mind to recall an incident so you can avoid repeating it.” Carter was given the acknowledgment for his actions while serving in

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Afghanistan. He was deployed as a cavalry scout in the Bravo Troop, Third Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, Fourth Brigade Combat Team, Fourth Infantry Division in the Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. While serving in the Black Knight Troop, he rendered first aid and risked his life to save a pinned-down, injured soldier when his outpost was ambushed by more than 300 Taliban fighters. Eight Americans were killed, according to CNN. Retired colonel Andrew Parsons, who has supported the UH ROTC program for about 30 years, compared Carter’s visit to that of a famous rock star, like Elvis Presley, visiting the University. “A Congressional Medal of Honor winner is an exceptional thing,” Parsons said. “It’s not an everyday thing.” news@thedailycougar.com

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ribbon-cutting, because it isn’t just about opening a space or shifting offices. It’s really about creating a totally different type of culture,” said President and Chancellor Renu Khator. Khator tasked Provost Paula Short with creating a Universitywide graduate school that would better centralize the admissions process and be a place for graduate students to access more resources. For the dean of the UH Graduate School, Dmitri Litvinov, establishing the school’s office was providing a home for all graduate students who accomplish much of UH’s Tier One research. “For the longest time, they didn’t

At the approval of the UH System Board of Regents, the UH-Sugar Land campus will see a major overhaul of its offered upperclassmen programs in coming years. “As a first step in this process, (Chancellor and President Renu Khator) appointed the University of Houston Sugar Land Task Force to examine the issues involved in such a major undertaking, in order to assure that the best interests of students, the community and the UH System were being served,” according to the task force’s final report to the Board of Regents. The UH System will begin implementing a plan in Fall 2014 through which UH will become the exclusive provider of baccalaureate and graduate programs at the Sugar Land campus. UH plans to launch or expand 22 programs in Sugar Land, including C.T. Bauer College of Business’ bachelor’s and master’s programs in business administration, 12 programs in the College of Education and eight programs in the College of Technology, according to the report. In addition, the UH-Victoria School of Nursing’s program in Sugar Land will be transferred to UH as part of the newly organized Health Science Center to be nearer to Houston’s Texas Medical Center, where the program already conducts several programs. The task force recommended to the board that during the time of expansions to UH programs in Sugar Land, transfer of UH-V and UH-Clear Lake programs should be timed in a manner

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Staff Sgt. Ty Michael Carter was bestowed the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in August 2013 for his courageous actions in the face of danger during his deployment in Afghanistan. | Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar

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Graduate programs join under one roof Natalie Harms Managing editor

President and Chancellor Renu Khator and other administrators involved with establishing the UH Graduate School came together Monday to cut its ribbon. | Courtesy of UH Marketing and Communication

Graduate programs are a one-stop shopping experience at UH since the Office of Academic Affairs created the UH Graduate School, which assembles all doctoral- and master-level programs in one college where students can find support outside their individual specifications. After a semester of operation, the UH Graduate School officially opened the doors to its new office in Room 102 of the Ezekiel W. Cullen Building at 10 a.m. Monday during the school’s ribbon-cutting ceremony, celebrating a new facility for a new era of graduate education. “This is actually much more special than it would suggest as a

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CRIME REPORT The following is a partial report of campus crime between Feb. 15 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. Theft: A student reported on Feb. 25 that someone stole his wallet at the University Center. The incident occurred between 10:45 and 11:45 a.m. on Feb. 15. The case is inactive. Theft: A student reported the theft of her secured, unattended bicycle from Cullen Oaks Apartments. The incident occurred between 3:30 and 5 p.m. on Wednesday. The case is active, pending new information. Theft: A student reported Thursday her unattended and unsecured cell phone was stolen from Pink’s Pizza. The incident occurred between 7:20 and 11 p.m. on Wednesday. The case is active, pending new information. Theft: A student reported someone stole his unattended and unsecured bicycle from Cougar Village 2. The incident occurred between 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday and 9:55 a.m. on Thursday. The case is inactive. Driving While Intoxicated: A visitor was arrested for driving while intoxicated after he was observed driving at a high speed and almost striking a security officer on Bayou Oaks Grounds. The visitor was transported to Harris County Jail. The incident occurred at 1:52 a.m. Friday. The case is cleared by arrest. Theft: A student was caught, for the second time, taking more food than paid for at Cougar Woods Dining Hall. The student refused to pay for the additional food and left the location. The student

was issued a criminal citation and Student Life Referral. The incident occurred between 2:30 and 2:33 p.m. on Friday. The case is cleared by citation. Assault/Criminal Mischief: A student reported she was assaulted and her unattended, secured vehicle vandalized at Bayou Oaks Grounds. The incident occurred between 3 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday. The case is inactive, and the complainant did not wish to press charges. Possession of Marijuana: A security officer reported a suspicious individual walking through lot 18A. The individual was found to be in possession of marijuana. The individual was arrested and transported to Harris County Jail. The incident occurred at 4:07 a.m. on Saturday. The case is cleared by arrest. Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: A visitor’s unattended vehicle was burglarized from Cullen Oaks Garage. The incident occurred between 10:15 p.m. on Friday and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. The case is inactive. Minor in Possession of Alcohol: Three underage students were issued Student and Residential Life Referrals for Minor in Possession of Alcohol at Cougar Village 2. Two unaffiliated individuals were issued criminal trespass warnings for their involvement. The incident occurred between 1:25 and 2:12 a.m. Sunday. The case is cleared by referral.

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that provides continuity in course and program availability. The group also suggested that some level of renovation would be necessary

at the Sugar Land campus in order to accommodate the incoming programs and the accompanying faculty. “These recommendations are pretty bold. I agree that these guiding principles are imperative. I know there is some trepidation, naturally, among people currently operating there. It’s my

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have a true home,” Litvinov said. “They have homes in their individual schools, but they didn’t have an overarching home where they could get support.” The biggest goal for the school is to digitize and centralize the application process to make it easier for applicants. For the Fall 2014 application process, all but two schools — the College of Technology and the C.T. Bauer College of Business, which both had preexisting online applications and decided to continue with that process — have moved to a single central application. The online application asks for potential students to submit everything — applications, transcripts, letters of recommendation — online instead of in paper form. This makes the reviewing process for each graduate program as easy as a few clicks. “The graduate school is really trying to streamline the admissions process across all of the colleges. All of them use the online process, but we are trying to build

expectation and (the board’s) expectation that implementation of this plan be done in very thoughtful and careful way,” said Regent Roger Welder, member of the task force to UH. “It’s clear to me that the city of Sugar Land and Fort Bend County really want this. They’ve been waiting a long time

in more features that make it more convenient for the students and the staff to make it a quicker turnaround for everybody involved,” said Irene Abercrombie, assistant director of graduate admissions. “We just want to make it a process that’s more centralized and accessible to both future applicants and staff.” In addition to a campuswide application, Litvinov hopes to bring more professional development opportunities, he said, as students in graduate school are looking for a job after their degree completion. The graduate school is just one of the many things Khator has asked the Office of Academic Affairs to achieve in order to better the University. “The establishment of this graduate school really moves us forward in advancing the goals that the chancellor has set for this University for student success and national competitiveness,” Short said. “Without a productive and cutting-edge graduate school that supports cutting-edge graduate education, we can’t achieve the goals she’s set before us.” news@thedailycougar.com

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for it, so the timing is appropriate.” Sugar Land Mayor James Thompson and Fort Bend County Judge Robert Hebert were part of the decision-making process in the task force, alongside Provost Paula Short, former Board of Regents Chair Welcome Wilson Sr. Short will lead the project’s

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implementation committee and is beginning to develop a transition plan. The committee will include administrators from the UH System, UH-SL and UH-V, as well as students and faculty from UH-SL and UH-V. news@thedailycougar.com

The staff at the UH Graduate School, led by Interim Dean Dmitri Litvinov, settled into their new office in Room 102 of the Ezekiel W. Cullen Building after Monday’s ceremonial ribbon cutting. | Courtesy of UH Marketing and Communication

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The Mitchell Center for the Arts has been making great strides in promoting greater culture and art at UH. In addition to its usual programming and the culturally explorative Intersection initiative, the Alley Theater will begin hosting shows at Wortham Theater. | Conny Ramirez/The Daily Cougar

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n keeping with UH’s muchappreciated diversity, the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts is making an effort to gain a better understanding of Muslim culture. To support its effort, the Association of Performing Arts Presenters awarded it the $200,000 Building Bridges grant in February. This is a wonderful accomplishment for UH that shows the importance of expanding awareness of Muslim culture and expanding awareness in general. On behalf of the Mitchell Center, executive director Karen Farber expressed her appreciation upon receiving the grant. “The Building Bridges grant will help us show how the arts can be transformational for a university campus,” she said. “We can’t wait to get started with

the remarkable artists that will be a part of the Intersections initiative.” The Mitchell Center is a recent addition to UH. Formed in 2003, this donation by the Mitchell family was bestowed to enhance UH’s art programs. It encourages the collaboration between the schools of Art, Music, and Theater and Dance, the Creative Writing Program and the Blaffer Art Museum to create an interdisciplinary attitude toward the arts. Intersections is a project organized by the Mitchell Center with the objective of creating awareness of Muslim culture through interdisciplinary art. It consists of four artists from UH presenting their pieces throughout the next two years that, the Mitchell Center hopes, will shed a light on Muslim societies. These pieces are to portray the diversity

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within the Muslim community at UH. When some people hear the word “Muslim,” their thoughts immediately travel to the Middle East. They would think that the Mitchell Center and APAP are promoting Middle Eastern art. Why isn’t it labeled that way — what is so diverse about Muslim culture, they think.

The Building Bridges grant will help us show how the arts can be transformational for a university campus.” Karen Farber, regarding the significance that the Building Bridges grant will have on diversifying university culture.

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The APAP could not have given a more clear reason for why this is. In regards to the Building Bridges program, they have said that “one of the most important characteristics of the Islamic civilization is that it is not the product of a particular people or race. It is the product of people of different races (and) languages.” This explains why there are Indian-Pakistanis like me who eat spicy food and speak Urdu but also read the Qur’an and pray namaaz. The same applies for most religions. As a Muslim, I was pleased to find so many different people interested in the artistic aspect of Muslim culture and making an effort to inform the public. It was refreshing to hear of people who are seeing past the violent extremists and other false portrayers of Islam and making their way to the intricate patterns

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and swirling calligraphy, among other types of art. This allows people not only to appreciate unique art, but also to see a less negative, and unfortunately less common, view of Islamic culture. The United States has been and continues to be populated by people from all across the world, and their clothes are not the only thing they bring in their suitcase. People bring their customs, traditions, language and other aspects that make up their culture. It makes sense to try to educate ourselves about the many different cultures present. The efforts of the Mitchell Center and many others who strive to do this are commendable. Opinion columnist Zehra Abbas is an English sophomore and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com

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Even though sophomore quarterback John O’Korn (No. 5) tied or set UH freshman records for touchdowns and yards last season, head coach Tony Levine said all quarterbacks will compete for the starting job. Levine said he expects the quarterback crop, which includes freshman Bear Fenimore, sophomore Greg Ward and senior Billy Cosh (No. 9), to push O’Korn this spring and summer. | Justin Tijerna/ The Daily Cougar

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Opening act The Cougars had their first of 15 spring practices on Monday, which leads to their annual spring game on April 11. Head coach Tony Levine said that the 2014 team is not satisfied with eight wins and will push itself to get better with the practices. UH returns more than 90 percent of its total offense, rushing yards and touchdowns, passing yards and tackles for loss from a team that had a three-game improvement, started a freshman quarterback and reached a January bowl game in the 2013 season. | Photos by Justin Tijerina and Betty Henriquez /The Daily Cougar

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CAMPUS EVENTS Today M o v i e s : T h e W o m e n ’s Resource Center is screening the documentary, “After TIller,” to discuss abortions from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the New University Center Theater. Music: The University Women’s Chorus, Concert Women’s Chorus, Mancorps and Manchoir is performing Songs of Love and Passion: Choral Concert from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Moores Opera Center.

Wednesday Discussion: Join the Gender Talk and Life Skills Series as the Women’s Resource Center focuses on budgeting and personal finance from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the UC North Room 201. Arts: Discover the world of ongoing exhibition, Tears and Politics, with curator, Rex Koontz at the Brown Bag Gallery Talk from noon to 1 p.m. at the Blaffer Art Museum.

Thursday Movies: Watch the Italian film, “Kryptonite,” hosted by the Modern and Classical Language Film Series, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Agnes Arnold Hall Auditorium. Events: Listen to Cougars sing their heart out at the UH Voice, hosted by the Student Program Board, at 7 p.m. at the New University Center Theater.

Friday Movies: The Student Program Board is screening “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. at the New University Center Theater. Music: Tune into Andrea Ponte’s senior flute recital from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Choral Recital Hall.

Fundraising for the cause Daniel Alt Staff writer

A 2006 alumna is seeking to hire Cougars interested in her nonprofitfundraising firm to provide worldwide awareness of tetanus and support. Alumna Cristina Bacor is the senior director at Community Counselling Service Co., a global consulting and management firm that provides fundraising, development services and strategic consulting to nonprofit organizations worldwide, according to its website. CCS has partnered with UNICEF and Kiwanis to raise $110 million for The Eliminate Project, a campaign already in progress to provide tetanus immunizations to at-risk mothers and newborn babies in more than 50 countries around the world. Since the campaign, 34 countries have eliminated tetanus. However, 25 countries remain heavily afflicted, including Haiti, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Sudan, according to The Eliminate Project’s website. “A pregnant woman in an afflicted country can receive an inoculation for about the cost of $1.80,” Bacor said. “Think about that kind of lifesaving change. That’s less than the price of a coffee.” Tetanus is a serious medical condition derived from bacteria in the soil and spurred by unsanitary medical procedures. Those infected by the disease suffer intense muscle spasms, lockjaw and eventually death. “I would fully support vaccine

globalization,” said political science junior Miroslava Mendiola. “And if I were an elected representative, I would endorse the project politically.” With offices around the country and around the world, CCS is looking to expand its reach in the Southwest. To do this effectively, it will need its own homegrown team, which is why Bacor wants Cougars in particular to help kick-start future projects. “Homegrown consultants will know the culture unlike anyone else. There is real advantage there,” Bacor said. “And as an UH alum, I think it is important for students to know that Coogs can make a difference — worldwide.” The Eliminate Project intends to vaccinate more than 61 million women and babies globally during the campaign. “I commend the efforts,” said sophomore chemical engineering major Jamie Summey-Rice, “but I don’t know if it is something that would fit with my career. Perhaps public relations majors and business majors would be better suited for the task.” Bacor stresses that hiring is open to all majors. “We’re always looking for good people,” Bacor said. “A beginninglevel hire starts as an associate director, and each are paired with an executive director to teach them the ins and outs of the philanthropy industry. It could also prove advantageous in brushing up one’s professional etiquette.”

Alumna Cristina Bacor, the senior director at CCS Fundraising, is reaching out to students to work with her in fundraising and promoting awareness of tetanus internationally. | Courtesy of Cristina Bacor

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UH hopes solid bench play continues Jordan Lewis Senior staff writer

With wins in the last three games, the Cougars are on their longest conference winning streak at a crucial time as the American Athletic Conference tournament looms. UH will host USF on its senior night Tuesday at Hofheinz Pavilion and hopes to continue its winning streak, which could lead to an emotional evening. Before the game, the Cougars will honor their five seniors: J.J. Richardson, Brandon Morris, Tione Womack, Lawrence Paye and Jimmie Jones. This game is set to be a battle between two top forwards in the American who are coming off good performances. UH is led by junior forward TaShawn Thomas, who leads the Cougars with 16.0 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game, while USF features senior forward Victor Rudd, who averages 15.7 points, 6.9 boards and 1.9 assists per game. USF has a solid scoring duo with Rudd and junior guard Corey Allen Jr., who scores 9.2 points per game, but its scoring options stop there. The Bulls score 65.4 ppg as a team and are on a six-game losing streak. Thomas, however, continues to set milestones, becoming only the fourth UH player to have 1300 points, 800 rebounds and 200 blocks in his collegiate career, but the Cougars have received contributions from different places during the winning streak. Sophomore point guard L.J. Rose has stepped up during the streak, he leads the American in assists per game, with 5.4. Sophomore guards Danuel House and Jherrod Stiggers have come off the bench to provide stronger scoring options, which is a strategy that has worked thus far for head coach James Dickey. The two combined for 23 points against Temple and have elevated the Cougars’ bench productivity. “The last few games, we’ve had great bench p e r f o r m e r s. The guys have come in and re a l l y c o n tributed. We had 44 points off the bench Dickey (against Memphis). House knows how to make big shots, and he’s not afraid to take big shots,” Dickey said after the Cougars defeated No. 21 Memphis. Freshman forward Danrad Knowles also is coming off a flawless shooting performance against Temple, going 7-7 from the field and scoring 19 points. The Cougars are now 15-14 and 7-9 during conference play. They have

been playing consistent defense and rebounding the ball well during their run, and they will have to keep it up if they want to finish the season at the .500 mark in their conference play. The American Athletic Conference is one of the toughest conferences in college basketball with four teams ranking in the top 25. Thomas said reaching the .500 mark in conference play has been a goal of the team. “We’ve been talking about that since we went on our drought. The coaches just said that we’ve got to win out and keep hope alive,” Thomas said. sports@thedailycougar.com

UH’s bench brigade, which scored 44 points in an upset win against No. 21 Memphis, could be a big factor when USF makes its way to Hofheinz on Tuesday. The game is also senior night for UH’s five seniors. | Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar

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