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Greg Ward’s versatility has him playing receiver full time and he hopes to be one of the starters when the season begins.

Fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi will rock in rocking chairs for 50 hours to promote awareness.

Playing with the ‘big boys’

Rocking out for the breast cancer SEE PAGE 7

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Ethics. “Bubble-boy” David Vetter will be discussed at 11 a.m. in PGH, Room 232.

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Provost approves Former coach dies at 59 $200K fund increase Christopher Shelton Sports editor

Natalie Harms Managing editor

Students planning to study abroad in the next academic school year can expect more financial aid from the University, as Provost Paula Short approved a $200,000 increase to the existing funds. “So now students will have more money — more scholarships and more students — and not only that, but the scholarship amount will be higher than it was in the past,” said Jaime Ortiz, vice provost of global strategies and studies in the Department of Academic Affairs. The funds allotted to studyabroad programs now totals $300,000 per year, according to a

UH press release, and the more funds made available means more opportunities for students to study abroad. Short said she made a commitment to double the amount of students going abroad in five years. “With the availability of meaningful scholarship awards, we expect to see an increase in the number of students graduating with a study-abroad experience,” Short said in the release. Students already planning to study abroad this summer can apply for the excess funds until May 1, something Richard STUDY continues on page 3

Former women’s basketball coach Joe Curl, who had 193 wins, the most in program history, passed away on Monday. | 2004 Houstonian

Joe Curl, the most accomplished women’s basketball coach in UH history, passed away Monday morning after a lengthy battle with heart issues. Curl, 59, died of congestive heart failure near the Houston Medical Center, according to Fox 26. He has needed a transplant since he suffered a heart attack in 2007. Curl retired three years later, after his condition worsened. Though he underwent a procedure last August to insert a heart pump, Curl had been on the transplant list for more than a year. Curl coached the team for 12 seasons, compiled a 193-167 record and became the longest tenured and CURL continues on page 5

HEALTH

Student loses to try to win in weight-loss contest BoJanay Posey Staff writer

Free food was the deal in exchange for promoting his local Genghis Grill restaurant and improving his overall health — so optometry graduate student Kourosh Zakeri took the oppurtunity. “I like challenges, and I thought it would be a good way to have a set date and a set challenge to help me with my weight,” Zakeri said. “Because it’s very hard to lose weight if you’re just trying to generally eat less and generally make better chooses. It’s easier if you have a specific date or a specific challenge.” Zakeri swapped his usual oncea-month visit to Genghis Grill for the Genghis Grill Health Kwest, which required him to eat a bowl every day for 60 days while promoting the restaurant via social media. The contestant with the most points, which are gained by losing pounds and being active on social media, would win $10,000, and the second-place contestant win

Optometry graduate student Kourosh Zakeri lost 52 pounds during Genghis Grill’s Health Kwest, a 60-day weight loss challenge, in exchange for promoting the restaurant through social media. | Courtesy of Kourosh Zakeri $1,600. At the 30-day mark, Zakeri ranked eighth of 100 at nearly 3,000 points, 250 points less than the first-place contestant. “If I don’t win, I still have won for my weight lost and the positive

influence it had on my health, but at the same time it would be nice to win — I still don’t know the result — but it would be nice to win some money to help pay for school and such,” Zakeri said. The Genghis Grill Health Kwest

ended Friday. Zakeri won’t know whether he won for a few weeks, but during the 60-day competition, he lost 52 pounds; dropped from a 46 to a 38 in pants size; uploaded his first YouTube video, which received more than 1,000 views; and has developed a love for frozen veggies. “It’s very easy to go to class and study all day and having to just eat out always,” Zakeri said. “I’m a big fan of frozen veggies. I feel I discovered something everyone else already knew about and been acting like it’s a new discovery.” Along with healthy habits, the Health Kwest proved to have other unexpected benefits for Zakeri. “I thought I wouldn’t be very much involved in knowing what others are doing throughout the contest or even thinking about them or them thinking about me,” Zakeri said. “There were definitely the stresses and challenges that were related to befriending people in the competition

and having those lines blurred of who you’re competing with versus who you just want to be friends with. But at that same token, I made some very good friends in the contest, and I am quite confident I will be friends with them for life.” Barbara Nixon, a fellow Health Kwest participant, is now good friends with Zakeri. They met on the contestants’ Facebook page. “I was surprised how much I ended up caring how others were faring in the competition. I love seeing people’s before-and-after photos that they are posting,” Nixon said. Though she lost about a pound a week, Nixon said she does not think she will win. Instead, Nixon is rooting for Zakeri. “Kourosh reminds me so much of my sons,” Nixon said. “He’s encouraging to others and also cares that people are treated fairly. He’s bright and WEIGHT continues on page 7

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Possession of Marijuana: A student was arrested for possession of marijuana at Cougar Village 1 and released to Harris County Jail. The incident occurred at 2:41 p.m. April 8. The case is cleared by arrest. Theft: A student reported someone stole her cell phone after she allowed him to borrow it at the Law Center. The suspect was located, arrested and transported to Harris County Jail. The incident occurred between 12:48 and 12:55 p.m. Wednesday. The incident is cleared by arrest. Terroristic Threat : An unaffiliated individual reported that he read alarming comments on a public website. The incident occurred at 4:33 p.m. Thursday. The case is cleared by referral. Robbery/Possession of Marijuana: An unaffiliated individual was arrested for robbery at Cullen Oaks Apartments. During the investigation, a student was arrested for possession of marijuana. Both subjects were transported to Harris County Jail. The student also received a Student Life Referral. The incident occurred at 8 p.m. Friday. The case is cleared by arrest. Assault: Two individuals were involved in a physical domestic disturbance at Calhoun Lofts. The Harris County District Attorney declined charges because of mutual combat. An unknown substance believed to be synthetic marijuana was found in plain view and sent to the lab for testing. The two individuals were separated for the night, and the visitor was issued a criminal trespass warning for Calhoun Lofts. The incident occurred at 1:15 a.m. Saturday. The case is cleared by a University referral.

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Houston area students come together in STEM camps Javi Salazar Staff writer

A partnership between the Colleges of Education and Natural Science and Mathematics will host three science, technology, engineering and mathematics camps for middle-school students at UH this summer. TeachHOUSTON will host the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp, the Bonnie J. Dunbar STEM Academy and the Cougar STEM Camp, which are responses to a growing need for middle-school STEM programs. The ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp is held annually for 54 students from grades sixth to eighth. “I will get over 500 applications for the Harris camp, and I can only accept 54,” said Director of Student Teaching and teachHOUSTON faculty member Paige Evans. “This year, we finally decided to address the issue through the two other camps.” Although both the Harris and

Dunbar camps share similar curricula and requirements for teacher recommendations, aptitude and interest in STEM, the Dunbar camp will be able to fill 200 slots at a tuition rate of $350 to $450 a week depending on the extra activities chosen. “Both are rigorous camps,” Evans said. “The Dunbar camp is non-residential and not funded by a grant, however. We are working on getting some scholarships (in the future).” The Cougar STEM Camp simply requires an applicant’s interest in STEM and tuition of $699. Available in two four-week sessions, the Cougar STEM Camp’s website states that each week will have a theme centered on a different application of math and science, such as ‘movie magic.’ “The Cougar STEM Camp is going to be more focused on a long-term and interactive experience to get kids more interested in math and science,” COE and teachHOUSTON

faculty member Tom Le said. “We’ll be doing more fun, summer-camp-like things (and) activities, like teaching kids how to code and activities from our themes, such as roller coaster physics.” According to its website, teachHOUSTON’s goals entail not only ensuring K-12 students are inspired to pursue STEM, but training STEM undergrads for education in the sciences and higher mathematics. Therefore, the kids aren’t the only ones learning from the camps. “There is a huge need for science and math teachers at the secondary level. … To address this need, NSM and COE got together, and basically what the students do is they get their major in NSM — math or science — and then they get their capstone, or minor, from teachHOUSTON,” Evans said. “Many of our camp counselors are also teaching assistants, and the camps provide both experience and an opportunity to see if (University) students really like teaching and

Students identify which substances are best to oil drill bits at a previous STEM camp at UH. | Courtesy of Lisa Merkl working with kids.”

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Professor to discuss ethics of isolating baby The Daily Cougar News Services University of Arkansas history professor James H. Jones will speak at the Ethics in Science Lecture Series from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in room 232 of Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall about the decision to put David Vetter in a bubble. According to a UH press release, Vetter was born in 1971 with severe combined immunodeficiency, a rare hereditary disease that destroys the immune system. Moments after his birth, he was placed in an isolator that maintained a germ-free environment. The medical scientists who cared for him were unable to find a cure or devise a strategy to free him from isolation. Consequently, Vetter spent all but a few days of his 12 years of life inside this bubble, unable to touch or be touched. His brief period of freedom came in 1984 when he was dying and too ill to enjoy it. Jones will approach this subject as an important case study in human experimentation, analyzing the complicated decision to place Vetter in the isolator and the ethical issues related to this decision. news@thedailycougar.com

The University’s study abroad program will expand next academic year with the $200,000 increase to financial aid funding. | Courtesy of UH.edu

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Armstrong, associate professor of classical studies and study-abroad

coordinator for The Honors College, is telling the students he’s taking on a European tour to apply for. Armstrong, who has advocated for students to have the studyabroad experience, said that while

it’s easy to put off studying abroad because of financial issues, traveling while you’re young is important to the college experience. “No one at the age of 17, 18 or 19 has tons of money,” Armstrong said.

“That’s why we have to make this happen, but it’s a big effort … and it’s a good sign that the University made this commitment.” news@thedailycougar.com

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Campus activities help students deal with income inequality

he typical rich American’s spending on education has doubled since 1984, and rent has doubled as a share of a poorer American’s spending, according to research by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In a country with increasing income inequality, the idea Gemrick of the “typical Curtom American” leaves out many individuals. Compared to the spending of $22,000 per year by the poorest quintile, the richest spend more than $100,000 each year. By breaking overall spending into groups, the bottom 20 percent of Americans typically spend mostly on food consumed at home, utilities and health care. In contrast, the top 20 percent of richer Americans spend mostly on education, apparel and entertainment. College students on the other hand have to spend on both education and rent. We don’t exactly have plenty of disposable income, and many work to pay for school. The way Americans spend money across all income brackets show two broad observations. All families with different incomes spend about half their income on homes and transportation. This suggests a tight relationship exists between marginal income growth and marginal spending growth on real estate and transportation. Compared to other nations, American culture places a high value on housing prices, and its suburban sprawl entices car ownership, which is supported by its infrastructure built for a car culture. In the U.K., the typical family spends 20 percent of its income on culture, sports and entertainment, while America spends the least on culture and alcohol. Japan spends more than twice the typical American on food consumed at home, which America also spends the least on. The way younger generations

David Delgado/ The Daily Cougar live today, there would be more money remaining for smartphones, dinners with friends and cultural entertainment. These people are moving to urban areas where they save on real estate and transit and are preserving enough of their disposable income to live a connected social life outside of work. According to Forbes, college students spend money on textbooks, tuition, automobiles, housing, school supplies, food and socializing. Five of those items are inevitably expensive. No college student in their right mind would willingly pay full price on textbooks unless the only place to buy them is at the University bookstore. Though, with numerous online alternative bookbuying options, it shouldn’t be too difficult. Another thing college students waste money on is social activities. Not enough students take

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advantage of the free on-campus activities and athletic events available. While it’s hard to ballpark how much would be saved, these are free college experiences that can’t be bought elsewhere. The Student Program Board often has free movie screenings in the University Center Theater. The Council of Ethnic Organizations often hosts an event that celebrates diversity. Every athletic or sporting event on campus is free with a UH student ID. According to a poll on The Daily Cougar, students typically spend their money on food, which doesn’t come as a surprise since food is what a majority of people value. Entertainment and going out was the second-highest category of student spending. “I spend most of my money on food because I have to eat and entertainment. I go out to eat often,” said public relations senior

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Jeanette Rivera. “I think most students spend their money on food and gasoline, especially if you’re a commuter student.” Personally, I probably spend the least on school supplies, including textbooks. Out of all the textbooks I’ve used in college, the only books I plan to keep are ones I want to refer to that have to do with my career and the e-books I can’t sell back. “I spend an unbelievable amount on food alone,” said education junior Alexia Banos. “I probably spend more than the average student. I work a lot and live off campus. My spending habits are terrible — I do a lot of impulse buying.” Cooking at home and taking advantage of University dining options were good ways to cut down spending on food, Rivera said. Rather than spending as

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much time off campus, attend events on campus and take advantage of those options. I don’t entirely blame anyone who doesn’t take advantage of free things on campus. If I attended at least half the free events that fall into my lap, I’d probably save enough money to pay for another class. College students love anything that’s free. There’s no shame. With the campus offering free events, students get to experience the college social life with and without struggling. I believe students don’t take advantage of all the free opportunities because of American consumerism. Just like the rest of America, college students are suffering from the failure to appreciate what’s handed to them. Opinion columnist Gemrick Curtom is a public relations junior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com

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UH welcomes familiar foe to Cougar Field

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Record: (26-9, 4-5) Last series: UH swept in three games

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UH will go up against Sam Houston (25-11) after coming off a series sweep loss to conference foe and then No. 10 Louisville at home. The Cougars enter the week with a record of 26-9 and are ranked as high as No. 12 nationally. UH begins the week with a nation’s-best 1.81 staff ERA with 26 wins and eight saves. Sam Houston is hitting .291 as a team, led by four Bearkats above the .300 mark. Anthony Azar leads the way with a .362 clip and has driven in a team-best 31 RBI, while Colt Atwood is hitting .351 with a teamhigh 53 hits and 28 runs scored. In 313.0 innings, the Cougars’ pitching has fanned 229 hitters and walked just 60 — holding opponents to a .210 batting average. S o p h o m o re Ja k e L e m o i n e leads the team with 51 strikeouts in 60.2 innings, while junior Aaron Garza holds the lead in innings Lemoine pitched with 65.1. Senior Chase Wellbrock holds the team lead in saves with seven and is 2-0 with a 0.78 ERA in 12 appearances, while junior Jared Robinson is 2-1 with a 2.38 ERA in 14 appearances. Offensively, the Cougars are hitting .266 with 150 RBI and 10 home runs. They have drawn 161 walks to 203 strikeouts and have swiped 54 of 67 bases this season. Senior Casey Grayson paces the team with 22 RBI and is hitting .299, while senior Frankie Ratcliff has scored team-high 26 runs.

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Sophomore receiver Greg Ward is one of the most dynamic players on the team that is expected to carve opposing teams’ defenses by rushing, throwing and returning punts. | File photo/The Daily Cougar

FOOTBALL

Athleticism prepares Ward for move to WR Andrew Valderas Assistant sports editor

As a freshman, Greg Ward would line up for quarterback drills, make a couple of throws and then quickly jog to line up as a receiver. Playing a different position wasn’t anything new to him. In his football career, he’s played quarterback, safety and cornerback before arriving at UH, because of his speed and athleticism — traits that make the offense more versatile when Ward is on the field. “He’s just so natural and is one of the best athletes in the program,” said head coach Tony Levine. “He does things that you can’t teach or coach. He’s got some God-given ability.” Ward occasionally played receiver — a position in which he had little experience — last season, but he has played full-time this spring. He had just one catch for 35 yards in Friday’s annual Red and White spring game

at Carl Lewis Field, though he played only a couple of series. “I’ve grown up in every position, so it just comes natural to me,” Ward said. “Anything I can do to help the team, I’m happy by d o i n g t hat. Wherever they need me at, I can’t just be good — I’ve got to be Ward great.” Levine said he expects Ward to be one of the four starting receivers when the season begins but will still look for creative ways to get the ball in his hand, whether it’s throwing it, handing it, snapping it or allowing the other team to punt it to him. Last season, Ward threw for 310 yards and a touchdown, rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown, caught 10

balls for 95 yards and a touchdown and became the first Cougar since 2007 to throw, catch and receive a score in the same season since 2007. “I’m just going to do the best at everything I do. It’s more mental than physical,” Ward said. “Knowing that I’m going to be playing different positions, I’ve got to get my mind right and come with a great mindset that I’m going to be great at it.” Junior receiver Deontay Greenberry said Ward is getting more comfortable at the position, and Greenberry expects him to be ready before the Cougars’ first game. “He’s not a freshman anymore. I can’t say he’s a big boy now, because he played with the big boys last year,” Greenberry said. “He got another year under his belt. He’s just got to mature and keep getting better until the season gets here.” sports@thedailycougar.com

most successful coach in the program’s history. In 2003-04, Curl led the Cougars to the most wins in school history with 28 wins, championships in the Conference USA game and tournament and an appearance and win in the NCAA tournament for the first time. The Cougars earned a 62-47 victory against Green Bay in the first round of the Big Dance. Curl recorded seven winning seasons and led the Cougars to five postseason appearances. After the record-breaking season in 2004, Curl was named C-USA Coach of the Year and received National Coach of the Year honors from The Associated Press, United States Basketball Writers Association, ESPN.com and The Basketball Times. “Today we mourn the loss of Joe Curl, a dear member of the University. His family and friends are in our prayers and thoughts,” said Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Mack Rhoades in a statement. “Joe was a special member of our athletics family, serving not only as head coach, but as a mentor to many young women throughout the years. His presence and larger than life personality will be missed by all who had the pleasure to know him.” Funeral services for Curl will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Rosewood Funeral Home at 3939 Pasadena Blvd. in Pasadena. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday and will be preceded by a cookout honoring Curl beginning at noon. Dress for the event is casual. sports@thedailycougar.com

Former coach Joe Curl led UH to 28 wins in 2004 en route to Conference USA Coach of the Year and National Coach of the Year from ESPN and the Associated Press. | 2004 Houstonian

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This age-old joke can be traced back to a collection of 15 riddles compiled between 1917 and 1939. It is a pun on the homophones “red” and “read.” The mention of the colors “black and white” along with the phrase “all over” leads to the assumption that “red” is also intended to be a color when, in actuality, it is referring to the past tense of the word “read,” pronounced /red/. Hence, black and white refers to the actual ink and paper of a newspaper and “red all over” refers to the physical act of reading the paper. Source: “The Newspaper Riddle Joke” by Matthew Barrick from the Journal of American Folklore

ACROSS 1 Do the party dishes? 6 Two-toned sea mammal 10 Partner of circumstance 14 Shopping mecca of old 15 Grassy pastures 16 Field of expertise 17 Fantastic notions 19 “12 Years a Slave” actor 20 Baby bodysuit 21 Org. with a crack staff? 22 Peacockfeather features 23 Out of the ordinary 25 Thing that often has branches 27 Big trash bin 32 Fond du ___, Wisc. 33 “Fifteen Miles on the ___ Canal” 34 Sign of what’s coming 36 Basis of the marine food chain 40 Certain light

source 41 It’s in the eye of the beholder 43 Small amount 44 First letter of the Hebrew alphabet 46 Repetitive learning method 47 Reasons for doing something 48 A wing, for Dumbo 50 It crosses the nave 52 “Get a move on!” 56 Lennon’s beloved 57 Nuclearenergy source 58 Postwedding title 60 Absent without leave 65 Fuzzcovered fruit 66 Certain recyclables 68 Some spirit 69 Iris holder 70 Sesame seed and honey confection 71 Making its way there 72 Tailormade 73 Less assertive

DOWN 1 Mob kingpin 2 Opposed, Dogpatch style 3 Get bombed 4 “___ Tu” (Spanishlanguage hit song) 5 Cockpit items 6 Grand ___ Opry 7 Dig into a book 8 Caravan beast 9 Attack with abandon 10 Office fasteners 11 One of the Indian languages 12 It’s fed at curbside 13 “I Fall To Pieces” singer Cline 18 Colorful variety of lawn grass 24 Voice a formal objection 26 Bleated sound 27 Designer Oscar ___ Renta 28 River to the Caspian Sea 29 Act speechlessly

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GREEK LIFE

Rocking for hours to raise breast cancer awareness Maritza Rodriguez Staff writer

One fraternity has taken to rocking out to help raise breast cancer awareness. Alpha Epsilon Pi is holding the Rock-a-Thon from all week. The event, which raises money through fraternity brothers rocking in a rocking chair for 50 hours a week, has been recognized by nationals, said AEPi President Mitch Cohen. The fraternity will raise money for Sharsheret, a national nonprofit organization supporting young Jewish women with breast cancer and their families. Cohen said the fraternity’s dedication will not only help raise

Alpha Epsilon Pi is rocking in rocking chairs for 50 hours in its annual Rock-AThon to raise money for families battling breast cancer. | Courtesy of Mitch Cohen awareness, but also help in finding a cure. “We believe rocking in a chair for 50 hours in a week shows our support for

finding a cure for breast cancer,” Cohen said. “Some people call us crazy, but we call it dedication.” This is the second annual

Rock-a-Thon hosted by the fraternity. Last year, it raised more than $5,000 for breast cancer awareness. Cohen said it would be a collective effort from the brothers and alumni to support the few strong men able to rock for 50 hours. “Every year, we dedicate a week of our time to rocking in a chair to support all of those who have been affected by breast cancer,” Cohen said. The brothers and alumni will be rocking their chairs on campus for the first four days and will close the event at Saint Dane’s Sports Bar in Midtown. Saint Dane’s will also sponsor a crawfish boil for the fraternity. Cohen hopes the University will unite to help raise awareness and donations

to find a cure. “Breast cancer has affected many of our brothers in our chapter, and we felt we should do our part to donate our time, effort and money to support this great cause,” Cohen said. arts@thedailycougar.com

ROCK OUT To watch the Alpha Epsilon Pi brothers “rock out,” visit Lynn Eusan Park from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. They will also be at Butler Plaza from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday.

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