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Two local high schools are working with the University in order to launch a rocket into suborbit Erica Forero Staff writer
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Students at Houston’s Booker T. Washington High School and the High School for Engineering Professions have grabbed attention with a rocket project sponsored in part by UH, and they hope to take things a step further with a trip to White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. “UH is engaged in a mutually beneficial partnership with Booker T. Washington,” said Graduate College of Social Work research professor Larry Hill, the corporate sponsor of the project. “Our STEM partnership will receive both local and national recognition this summer, when the students become the first high school in history to launch a rocket into suborbit. This will be Tier One community engagement at its finest.” The program invites teams of engineering students to design and fly rockets in a variety of different competitions and tasks. The Booker T. Washington students will compete in three stages to prove their
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Students from Booker T. Washington High School and the High School for Engineering professions are working together in order to design and fly rockets, such as the one shown. | Courtesy of Glenda Reyes
In spite of declines in national enrollment, UH is one of the Texas universities expecting to see its number of student applications reach a new record for Fall 2014. National enrollment in Fall 2013 dropped 1.5 percent from the previous fall semester, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, but Jeff Fuller, director of student recruitment at UH, said the University is ahead of other national four-year universities. “We have received more freshman undergraduate applications for the fall, and that’s a daily moving target,” said Fuller. “We expect to have an increase in applications, and we expect to admit roughly about the same number of students that we admitted last year with a little bit of an FRESHMEN continues on page 2
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Inauguration brings renewed promise to students Nora Olabi Assistant news editor
After winning the runoff election March 6, President Charles Haston and Vice President Erica Tat officially assumed their responsibilities during the Student Government Association annual banquet and inauguration on Friday. | Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar
During the Student Government Association annual banquet and inauguration, administrators and student leaders gathered to celebrate the 50th administration’s accomplishments and look forward to a new year of leadership under its newly inaugurated president and vice president, Charles Haston and Erica Tat. “Getting elected is the easy part; governing is definitely the hard part. And I hope that over the next year that this team that we put together will continue to stay together,” Haston said. “We must put the students first and change this University and leave our mark here.” SGA members new and old gathered Friday night in the University Center Ballroom to mark a turning point in the organization’s history, the end of half a century of student governments at the University and the ushering in of a new generation built on that lasting foundation. Before the leaf could be turned, outgoing Vice President Rani Ramchandani urged those remaining in SGA to remember their purpose as student leaders. “At the end of the day, students are our forefront. Students are our goal. They are the main focus, and Cedric SGA continues on page 3
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increase to adjust for that growth in applications as well.” The slight growth would continue a pattern of annually rising applicant numbers for the past few years at UH. This trend belies the 1.5 percent national enrollment decline that was reported in 2012-2013 by the National Student Clearinghouse. NSC cited decreasing numbers of high school graduates and adults re-entering the workforce as the key reasons for the decrease in higher education enrollment, which would explain why only select states are seeing increases in application numbers. “A lot of universities are recruiting heavily in Texas, because we have a growth in students graduating from high school, and we’re a diverse state,” Fuller said. “It’s becoming increasingly more competitive for us to be amongst those institutions that students are looking at.” To fight the competition, UH continues to improve its recruitment and marketing efforts and actively engage prospective students every year. Whether through marketing directly to the students or getting into contact with those who have expressed an interest either in UH or just college in general, the attempt is made to ensure that UH is in students’ mindsets when they’re applying to colleges, according to Fuller. In addition, the University works diligently to get its name out to the public and have the many achievements of its students and faculty recognized. Doing so attracts not only talented students but also researchers
and their research grants, worldrenowned faculty, industry partnerships and private support as well, all of which promotes the growth of the University, Director of Media Relations Shawn Lindsey said. “Our UH communications professionals are dedicated to advancing the reputation of UH by letting the public know what’s happening here,” Lindsey said. “In increasing numbers, high school students are becoming aware of our academic reputation as well as our value. Seeing the success of our students and graduates can be inspiring to potential students who recognize UH as a place where they too can get a great education and job upon graduation.” However, as UH attracts more and more applicants, the competition for acceptance intensifies. Increases in applications lead to a stricter review process as the University attempts to admit candidates with the highest likelihood of success while also trying to meet its colleges’ enrollment goals. “As we get more students applying, the competitiveness of the admissions process kicks in, because we’ll have more students competing for the same number of spots,” Fuller said. “Every year becomes increasingly more competitive, because we have a lot more students who are qualified for us to review and to admit.” With Tuesday as the University’s freshman admissions deadline, the incoming applications will come to a close, and UH will soon know whether — and by how much — it was able to exceed the previous year’s number of applicants and reach its goal of a freshman applicant pool of record size. news@thedailycougar.com
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skills. “It’s a completely different experience for me,” said finance sophomore Mohammed Alghamdi, who is volunteering his time with the high school team. “I’ve never seen students this excited to work on a project. They stay late all the time; they’re always working hard. They’re clearly eager to achieve something that’s never been done before.” The first portion of the project is set to take place in May and comprises two different challenges. The first, One Mile One Pound, challenges the students to build a rocket that can carry a one-pound payload to one mile of altitude. The Transonic level will then test a second rocket, which will attempt to fly faster than the speed of sound. The third portion, which will take place at White Sands, is the High Altitude test, which challenges students to reach an altitude of 100,000 feet, at the edge of Earth’s atmosphere. To accomplish this task would shatter the previous record set by a high school team, which currently sits at 36,100 feet. “This goes far and beyond a science fair project,” said public relations sophomore Glenda Reyes, who is part of the UH team assisting the students and a past participant in the project as a graduate of the High School for Engineering Professions. “Going to White Sands is not an easy task. The students have to undergo several steps before they are allowed access to the base.” Before the competition, the team must submit its work for approval. The flight plan and rocket designs are then thoroughly reviewed by NASA engineers. Only after receiving approval from these experts can the participant teams move forward to the two challenges. A group of UH students from general business professor Jamie Belinne’s corporate projects class is supporting the launch project with a marketing campaign. Students like Reyes and Alghamdi spread word of the project, help secure necessities for the project and directly mentor the students in their work. “UH has provided the program with different students through the help of Dr. Hill,” Reyes said. “As part of my mentorship, I guide the students through the process to help make sure they don’t make the same mistakes my team made.” A firm date has not yet been set for the High Altitude competition, but it is tentatively scheduled for August. news@thedailycougar.com
Several administrators including those from Chancellor and President Renu Khator’s cabinet and University deans attended the inauguration. |Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar
SGA AWARDS
A YEAR OF SERVICE IS RECOGNIZED
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EMERGING LEADERS RISING STARS Will Fischer
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and I lead with the motto ‘service above self,’ because truly that’s what this role entails; that’s the embodiment of the role,” Ramchandani said. “I look forward to Charles, Erica, I look forward to your leadership this coming year. It’ll be a very interesting year.” Vice Chancellor and Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services Richard Walker said he was fortunate to have worked with former SGA president Cedric Bandoh during his two-year tenure and that he looks forward to seeing Haston fill Bandoh’s “big shoes.” “I think Charles’ philosophy is that he wants us to get better as an
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institution,” Walker said. “So a lot of this focus is on ‘How do we continue to do the kinds of things that are going to continue to raise the Tier One status of the University?’ ” Building on the relationships forged by the 50th administration with administrators and other student organizations across campus, Tat said she hopes to increase collaborative efforts and carry on a spirit of service and community outreach. “Students are who we are representing — we are serving these students,” Tat said. “And when we support each other, when we are able to help each other, that’s how we rise.” Following in the footsteps of Bandoh was “humbling,” Haston said. To carry on the memory of the youngest SGA president and his vice president, Haston and the Senate unanimously supported the creation of two legacy awards: the Rani Ramchandani Distinguished Service Award and the Cedric K. Bandoh Distinguished Leadership Award. These two awards will be given each year to those that exemplify these values, and they will be hung in the Senate chambers to remember those who have followed in their footsteps and have stayed true to “service above self.” Taking off his blazer in preparation of what was next, Haston led the 51st administration of SGA Cougars with a resounding roar: “Coogs’ House.” news@thedailycougar.com
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e live in a huge state interwoven with concrete interstates and congested with big city traffic in some of the nations largest metropolitan areas. The stop-and-go motion of nearstagnant traffic is enough to make any ordinarily sane driver want to pull hair out. There must be a better way to travel and Kelly avoid city traffic. Schafler Thankfully, in the next few years, travel may become less of a hassle with the introduction of the high-speed rail, a 220-mph train that aims to connect the United States by means of a series of rails. According to the U.S. High-Speed Rail website, this rail is a part of a big plan for the future of America. “Our vision is for a 21st-century, 17,000-mile national high-speed rail system built in four phases for completion by 2030,” according to the website. “This new national system will revitalize our economy, reactivate our manufacturing sector, create millions of jobs, end our oil dependency, reduce congestion and cut our carbon footprint by epic proportions.” A map featured on the U.S. High-Speed Rail website depicts the gradual changes that will turn the U.S. into an interconnected system of transportation. The map projects that by 2015, the construction of a small series of high-speed rails should be taking form across the nation, some of which are in Texas — forming a path from Houston to Dallas/Fort Worth to Austin to San Antonio. This extensive plan will require many years of construction and billions of dollars to make this dream of a unified nation a reality; however, once finished, travelers’ worries will basically be eliminated. The high-speed rail would run in all weather conditions, resolve the congestion and the struggle of rush hour, reduce pollution emitted by vehicles and bypass the bother of airport customs.
California has already signed a bill to allow the high-speed rail to enter the state. Texas should be next. The Houston Chronicle reported that Mayor Annise Parker, joined by Mayors Mike Rawlings of Dallas and Betsy Price of Fort Worth, are in support of the high-speed rail. “We believe that high-speed rail connection is important to our metro areas,” Parker said during a news conference in Houston. The U.S. is not the first place to use this system of transportation. The high-speed rail is currently used by more than 20 countries, with many more planning to adopt it. The high-speed rail originated in Japan and quickly migrated to other places, including most of Europe, so the U.S. is significantly lagging behind on the use of this mode of transportation. However, as the old saying goes, “Better late than never.” According to an article by cleantechnica.com, we can learn from the Japanese when it comes to adopting this mode of transportation. Japan has been using this network of “bullet” trains since 1964, and it is considered one of the oldest and safest high-speed rail lines in the world.
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Japan’s high-speed rail is known as the Shinkansen, and its speed ranges between 149 and 200 mph. The Shinkansen is also said to be innovative and lush, featuring reed flooring and foot baths. However, the building of such a bullet-train system in the U.S. would be much more complicated and take more time to complete due to the sheer size of our country. According to ushsr.com, when the size of China and its high-speed rails are projected on a map of the U.S., it takes up only a portion of the
This new national system will revitalize our economy, reactivate our manufacturing sector, create millions of jobs, end our oil dependency, reduce congestion and cut our carbon footprint by epic proportions.” U.S. High-Speed Rail website, on how the bullet train will change the U.S. transportation system
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Eastern U.S. Houston is already familiar with the light rail that winds around much of our downtown, but having a high-speed rail would be rather different for our city. Unlike the light rail in Houston, the Shinkansen high-speed rail has had zero fatalities. Light rails have been known to be the cause of quite a few injuries and deaths all over the nation, in Houston as well. According to a 2004 report by statemaster.com, Texas was ranked the state with the second-highest light-rail accident fatality rate, falling behind California. Since this report, Texas is continually trying to make traveling by trains safer. In July 2013, CNN published an article called “Why high-speed rail is safe, smart” that reported increased safety of the U.S. rail system due to investments made by public and private entities. Also, all intercity tracks are going to be “equipped with train control systems that would prevent crashes,” reported by CNN and mandated by the Federal Railroad Administration last year. Driving from Houston to the panhandle of Texas can take up to
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David Delgado/ The Daily Cougar nine hours, and a faster, traffic-free way of transport would be a breath of fresh air. According to khou.com, traveling from Houston to the centers of Dallas and Fort Worth would only take 90 minutes by bullet train. Having a bullet train connecting Houston to other major cities in Texas would be great, economically and practically. We would no longer have to pay an arm and a leg to afford gas. We would no longer have to struggle to stay lucid during extensive car rides. We would just have to buy a ticket to travel a long way in a short amount of time. Houston — as well as Dallas/ Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio — offers the rest of the nation great access to medical centers, colleges, museums, theatres, oil and many other resources. It’s a definite step in the right direction to make accessibility to these resources painless and quick. Personally, I cannot wait for the day when travel is no longer a hassle. Senior staff columnist Kelly Schafler is a print journalism junior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com
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UH completes sweep behind Outon’s two home runs The Daily Cougar news services UH softball swept this weekend’s conference series opener against Louisville with an 8-5 win on Sunday. UH (19-10) had a walk-off 6-5 win before posting a 4-0 shutout during a double header on Saturday. Outon helps from mound, with bat Outon hit two home runs and pitched during the 8-5 win to help the Cougars on Sunday. Outon’s home runs were the first and last runs scored in the game as UH started conference play 6-0 for the third time in history. “We always preach about how champions win on Sundays, and this was a step in the right direction for us.,” said head coach Kyla Holas in a statement UH has picked up its offense by scoring more than six runs per game during the last four, which has helped the team improve to 22-5. | Jenna Frenzel/The Daily Cougar
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The Cougars’ pitching staff lived up to their national ranking this weekend. Sophomore pitcher Jared West held Memphis (16-11, 2-4) to only two runs after 5.1 innings. The combination of relievers, senior Chase Wellbrock and junior Jared Robinson, were brought in to close out the game and allowed only two hits to help UH (22-5, 2-1) defeat Memphis 6-2 on Sunday. The win in the rubber match gave UH a win in its first American Athletic Conference series. The Cougars’ defense remained errorless and was bolstered by an offense that scored six runs on eight hits. “When we get our offense going and get the wheels in motion, we can be pretty tough at times,” said head coach Todd Whitting. “We have to continue to set the table and do anything we can to get runners on base home.” The Cougars were led to a win by sophomore right fielder Kyle Survance, who went 2-3 at the plate with two singles and two walks. He also
contributed on the base path, setting a career high during Sunday’s seriesclinching win. “I felt like I was getting some pretty good jumps today to keep getting into scoring position,” Survance said, after achieving a career high with four stolen bases. “I was just trying to get on base as much as I could. I was fortunate enough to get a few stolen bases in the process. My goal was to get into scoring position and have the guys bring me home. That combination helped us out today.” UH got on the board early, scoring two runs on three hits in the first inning with senior first baseman Casey Grayson’s infield single and senior catcher Caleb Barker’s sacrifice fly. In the sixth inning, the Tigers tied the game up with a two-run homer that led to West’s exit from the mound. Robinson and Wellbrock held Memphis scoreless the rest of the way. “I try to prepare myself from the beginning of the day and prepare myself to go in at any time,” said senior pitcher Chase Wellbrock. Wellbrock picked up the win after he entered the game in the seventh inning, right before the Cougars
Rains shows up in clutch Freshman Jordan Rains delivered the first game-winning RBI of her career. She took a hit by a pitch to freshman teammate Hayley Chamberlain in the seventh inning to give UH the 6-5 victory. A single by Kayla Holland and a catcher’s interference to Outon set the stage for Rains, who hit her second career RBI in as many games. Shrum shuts Louisville down Sophomore Julana Shrum threw a three-hit shutout against Louisville during the second game of Saturday’s double-header, and Houston won its fifth-straight conference game to open up the season. All four of the Cougars’ runs came in the third inning. They posted their third conference shutout of the season. sports@thedailycougar.com
Sophomore pitcher Jared West had another solid outing to help UH defeat Memphis 6-2 on Sunday, lasting 5.1 innings. | Jenna Frenzel/The Daily Cougar regained the lead. Freshman third baseman Jordan Stading scored an unearned run in the seventh before the Cougars tacked on three insurance runs in the eighth. However, with Wellbrock on the mound, one run was all UH needed.
He struck out three batters in his 2.2 innings and allowed only one hit. “I just came in to do my job and the defense had my back by doing theirs,” Wellbrock said. sports@thedailycougar.com
Senior pitcher Deidre Outon hit two home runs and earned the win during UH’s 8-5 win against Memphis Sunday.| Jenna Frenzel/The Daily Cougar
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Fitness expert Jillian Michaels to speak on maintaining a healthy lifestyle Sonia Zuniga Contributing writer
Leading wellness and health guru Jillian Michaels will come to UH and motivate Cougars by sharing her keys to true happiness and inner success in her upcoming event “Maximize Your Life” at 7 p.m. Thursday at Cullen Performance Hall. This is a beneficial opportunity for students to get that push to get back into shape after midterms. Although many students probably hoped to stay on track for their annual resolutions, some find it strenuous to maintain a healthy lifestyle when faced with so much temptation on a daily basis, as mathematics junior Tessa Bohnert knows all too well. “This week, I stayed up studying all night for three nights in a row,” Bohnert said. “I’ve been eating a lot of pizza and ramen, so hopefully going to see her will help me get back out of those habits.” Bohnert is one of the lucky few who won their tickets to see the show through an Instagram competition, saving herself the ticket price of the event, which starts at $25. Students can get an additional $5 off with the promo code “SHASTA.” “I’m a pretty competitive person, so I was thrilled I’d won something,” Bohnert says. “Fitness isn’t normally my top priority, but I consider myself fairly active. I actually just know about Jillian Michaels through my mother, who sometimes calls me to tell me about exercising to the Jillian Podcasts.” As students who barely have time to spare with assignments, exams, organizations, part-time jobs and relationships, it is easy to understand the use of efficient solutions, such as fast food, to either save time or to soothe psychological appetite rather than physiological hunger. “The healthy lifestyle gets worse as students move in campus,” sophomore and Campus Recreation and Wellness Center employee Anisa Boukhlif said. “Personally, I only drank water before moving in. Now, having this meal plan and going to the cafe and (Cougar) Woods every day, seeing the display of sodas all the time tempts me more, so I can see students in general making bad choices.” “Maximize Your Life” is a motivational speaking tour visiting 35 cities — a two-hour show with the spark to kick-start your goal, as
Students to run for recess The American Marketing Association is partnering with nonprofit organization Enactus in the 5K Run for Recess at 8 p.m. Sunday at Lynn Eusan Park. The run will raise money for the athletic department at Milby High School. Tickets are $15 for UH students, ID required. For more information, visit the 5K Run for Milby High’s Athletics Facebook page. Photo courtesy of Michelle Castro
Wellness coach on the hit NBC show, “The Biggest Loser,” Jillian Michaels will motivate the crowd to stay healthy in her tour, “Maximize Your Life,” on Thursday at the Cullen Performance Hall. | Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Jillian Michaels helps her followers find the self-worth and confidence to dream and achieve. Michaels has sold more than $3.5 million worth of books, including her newest release, “Slim for Life,” an interesting subject, following the end of Season 15 of “The Biggest Loser,” when recent winner Rachel Frederickson was backlashed for being too thin, a subject on which Michaels wouldn’t directly comment. However, throughout the season, many lives were completely reversed by beating out the pounds and health issues, saving lives nationally. “It will be a big eye-opener for our students, learning about her story, from being heavy to where she is now and how she is striving to be a mentor to others and guide them to a better and healthier lifestyle. She is the motivation we need on this campus,” says Reuben Parrish, interim director of the Recreation Center. He said he hopes the drive that people will get out of this show will
inspire students to come to the Recreation Center, motivated to change their lives with the right choices in health. “People have to look at themselves and learn to choose well. It’s a hard process and a constant battle. It won’t be a quick drastic change — it’s a lifestyle.” arts@thedailycougar.com
GET FIT Get inspired by Jillian Michael’s two-hour show, “Maximize Your Life,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday in the Cullen Performance Hall. Tickets range from $25 to $150. VIP Tickets include great seats and a photo opportunity with Jillian after the show. Buy your tickets at uhtickets.com.
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Tuesday Events: Shoot arrows, play games and break world records at the first Cougar Games, hosted by the Student Program Board, from 2 to 7 p.m. at Lynn Eusan Park.
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free and open to the public. Humanities professor Meera Jagannathan, who has read Ghosh’s literary works, anticipates the lecture. “I am a fan of Amitav Ghosh, who effortlessly combines many genres in his writing — autobiography, travelogue, adventure and ethnography, thus defying easy categorization of his writing,” Jagaannathan said. Ghosh’s Ibis trilogy traces history and adventure aboard the colonial Indian ship Ibis, which carried men and goods across the vast Indian Ocean, becoming a significant player in the Opium Wars that convulsed China in the 19th century, Jagaannathan said. “Ghosh’s talk is intriguingly titled,” Jagaannathan said. “I think he will
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The India Studies Program has invited award-winning author Amitav Ghosh to deliver a lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Asia Society Texas Center. For the lecture, entitled Ghosh is an “From Bomaward-winning bay to Canton Indian author. — Traveling the Opium Route to the 19th-Century China,” Ghosh will focus on the journey of opium travels and explore the city of Canton as an Indian trader might have seen it in the 19th century. The event is
expound on this fraught history that makes for such a wonderful canvas for his fiction.” Ghosh has written books including “The Circle of Reason,” “In An Antique Land,” “Dancing in Cambodia,” “The Calcutta Chromosome,” “The Glass Palace,” “The Hungry Tide” and the first two novels in the unfinished Ibis trilogy, “Sea of Poppies” and “River of Smoke.” Ghosh’s publications have achieved praise and won numerous awards, including the Sahitya Akademi and Ananda Puraskar awards in 1989, the Prix Médicis in 1990, the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1997 and the International e-Book Award at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2001. “I think it’s great that UH makes an
effort to expose students to the Indian culture,” said mechanical engineering junior Smiraj Pillai. Pillai, an Indian, expressed her feeling that it’s always good to have pride in her roots and knowledge of her community and the powerful people within it. “Events like the Holi celebration coming up and the India Studies Program inviting award-winning author Amitav Ghosh coming to speak really help with that,” Pillai said. “I’m amazed by all of (Ghosh’s) awards and accomplishments. He’s traveled all over the world and has an extremely impressive background. It’s an honor for UH to have him visit.” arts@thedailycougar.com
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