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Psychology dept. opens new clinic aimed at adolescents HEATHER ORTIZ

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A new clinic on campus provides low-cost services to families of adolescents as well as experience for graduate students concentrating in clinical psychology.

The University of Houston Adolescent Diagnosis Assessment Prevention Treatment Center is located in the Psychology Research and Services Center off Cullen Boulevard. UH-ADAPT opened in October and is run by Carla Sharp, a professor at the University, and her lab team of graduate students that focuses on developmental psychopathology.

“For the last 10 to 15 years, my labs have been studying adolescent psychopathology, but we never really considered doing the translational piece,” Sharp said.

By making their research translational, Sharp’s team will be able to take the knowledge they gained from their research and translate their findings into treatment.

“In order to become more

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translational in our research, we needed to start a clinic that studied the kind of issues we have studied in the past,” Sharp said.

“From a research and scientific perspective, the aim of ADAPT is to give us a place where we

can start translating some of our more basic clinical science into treatment science.”

ADAPT's clients are adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 and their parents.

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relationships between teens and their parents and how relationships influence other areas of their lives," ADAPT postdoctoral fellow Amanda Palo said. “There are a lot of changes that are happening during adolescence that don’t necessarily happen to the same degree during other periods of development. So during adolescence, you have all these brain changes going on, and you also have other things, like identity development, that are happening."

Sharp said what makes UH-ADAPT different from other clinics is the cost of services will depend on a sliding scale, meaning it will adjust depending on the income of the family.

“There’s lots of wonderful places and lots of private practices that are great, but none of them provide specialized services, and most of them are not low cost,” Sharp said.

The clinic offers either an extensive evaluation, individual therapy or group therapy depending on the client. Graduate students will have the opportunity to assess and treat the clients under the supervision of either Sharp or Palo.

“For me, it is an area of interest I am focused on in my research,” clinical psychology graduate student and assistant lab director Allison Kalpakci said. “Getting a clinic up and running, seeing what goes into that has been really educational because it’s a huge amount of work. I think we have the opportunity to make a big impact in this particular area of need.” news@thedailycougar.com

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A day in Shasta's life at the Houston Zoo REBECCA HENNES

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When Shasta VI was only five weeks old, a hunter illegally shot and killed his mother in Washington.

As a baby cub with no one to guide him in the wild, Shasta's chances of survival were slim to none. Agents from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife rescued him and brought him to his new home in the Houston Zoo in Dec. 2011.

“If it weren’t for zoos like the Houston Zoo who take care of these animals, (Shasta) wouldn’t be here today. He wouldn’t be on this earth,” Houston Zoo public relations director Jackie Wallace said.

Shortly after Shasta’s rescue, UH and the Houston Zoo formed a partnership and officially named the 5-week-old cub the official UH mascot, Shasta VI. Four years later, happy and healthy, Shasta is living life at the Houston Zoo. His primary

caretaker, Stephanie Mantilla, said he loves to people watch, play with his enrichment toys and chew on thawed out bones.

“He still has almost a goofy young boy type personality,” Mantilla said. “Whenever he sees little children running around, he gets very excited, and he will come down and watch them.

He’s very playful.”

Shasta’s day typically starts out bright and early at 6 a.m. breakfast and a training session.

His breakfast, which consists of ground-up meat that includes vitamins and nutrients, is made specifically for carnivores and is used as a motivator during his training session.

“The training exercises are all for Shasta to voluntarily participate in his own veterinary care,” Mantilla said. “Some things he has learned how to do are to show the bottom of his teeth, turn around so that we can get a look at his entire body. He’s working on learning how to open his mouth all the way, so we can

get a good look at his teeth.”

After the morning training session, Shasta is let back outside for the majority of the day.

His only roommate, an older female cougar named Haley, joins him later in the afternoon.

After lunch, the two cougars are brought inside so that trainers can clean the exhibit safely and leave enrichment toys for them to find later on.

“The purpose behind (enrichment toys) is so that they will show natural behaviors,” Mantilla said. “It might be interesting scents that they might try to rub on, roll on or even big toy-like things that they can stalk and attack.”

Trainers are always separated by a meshing that allows them to interact with the animals but keeps them at safe distance.

“It’s called protective contact, and that means there’s always a protective barrier between us and him,” Mantilla said. “We wouldn’t ever go in with him because even though he was sort

of raised around humans, he’s still completely wild.”

Mantilla said lately Shasta has been working on things in front of the exhibit, such as playing on the rock-work table and “showing off his really cool jumping abilities.”

Mantilla said training Shasta is her favorite part of taking care of him.

“If he’s been working on a new behavior, when he finally understands it, you can see kind of a confidence in his behavior,” Mantilla said. “He responds to your tone of voice and everything and he just seems to almost get excited as well, so that’s definitely the most rewarding part.”

After his afternoon training session, Shasta is let out on exhibit for the rest of the day where he lounges on sunny rocks and people watches.

Students, alumni and Houstonians can contribute to Shasta’s care by donating to the Houston Zoo’s adopt program. “(Shasta as the UH mascot)

gives the community a living, breathing representative on a year-round basis,” UH Alumni Association president Mike Pede said. “It's just a very prideful thing.”

Mantilla said Shasta makes for a perfect ambassador animal because he is so playful and friendly.

“People love coming to watch him and learn about him,” Mantilla said. “I think his specific personality is kind of magnetic in a way. He likes being up at the front of the exhibit where people are, whereas a lot of other cats would stay away.”

Wallace said the zoo’s connection with a local school like UH is a great asset, and she hopes students take advantage of the free admission with student ID they are offered. “(It’s nice) having a cougar here that we can connect with the students and show them a really amazing animal in their own backyard,” she said. news@thedailycougar.com

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UHPD increases escort services with additional golf carts GREG FAILS

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The University of Houston Police Department is working to improve student safety this semester by purchasing new, larger golf carts for security escorts on campus.

The four new carts, which can carry up to six people, were purchased in September, the beginning of the Police Department’s fiscal year, UHPD Lieutenant Bret Collier said.

“We try to prioritize purchases in a way that will directly benefit the University community,” Collier said.

The escort and crime prevention programs offer an increase in direct access and visibility of the security staff, Collier said.

“The demand for security escorts and other services has increased significantly over the last several years, so the department has been looking at a number of ways to provide these services more effectively to the people who need them,”

Collier said.

Police officers conducted 464 student escorts on campus in January, head of security for UHPD David De La Cruz said.

De La Cruz, who was promoted to head of security in 2015, has first-hand experience conducting escorts across campus and thinks the job is busy, but he said he enjoys being able to connect with students.

“As we’re walking or riding with a student, we want to build a rapport with them so that they feel comfortable coming to us when they need something,” De La Cruz said. “Building that kind of trust is key to working together with the campus community.”

Most escorts are conducted by security officers on bikes who are dispatched to walk with students, such as human development and family studies senior Kristina Cardenas, who has used the service several times.

“I have never had to wait for more than five minutes for an officer to show up,” Cardenas said. “There was even an instance where I was walking across campus to my dorm at night, and a security officer passing by on a golf cart stopped and offered me a ride to where I was going. I’ve never had a bad experience with them.”

Though some students have been receptive to the security escort program, some still report issues with response times. History junior Ryan Valdez said that both times he and his girlfriend called to request an escort, they waited for over an hour.

Put off by these experiences, Valdez said he hasn’t requested the service since last year. However, he thinks the new carts are a step in the right direction and “students on this campus deserve to feel safe.”

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Armitage said she appreciates the service.

“I've called them a few times at night and in the early morning and such,” Armitage said.

“Of course there was a good bit of waiting, but I'd rather wait than feel unsafe."

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After long wait, College of the Arts to open in September SONIA ZUNIGA

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UH System’s Board of Regents signed off on several initiatives Feb. 18, including the establishment of the College of the Arts, which will be completed by Sept. 1 of this year.

The new college hopes to develop a reputation on par with arts institutions such as New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts or the California Institute of the Arts near Los Angeles.

Andrew Davis, the planning director of the new college and director of the Moores School of Music, said uniting the arts under a cohesive unit also aims to increase the University’s creative presence in the community. “(There will be) a greater efficiency and level of support for students, faculty and the administrative staff, not that there wasn’t before, but we think that the arts have specific needs in terms of student support, career support and internships,” Davis said. “We don’t have the mechanism for providing that right now, that’s one of the reasons we created this college.”

Schools and programs that will leave their home in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and move to the new college include the Moores School of Music, School of Art, School of Theater & Dance, Blaffer Art Museum, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Center for Arts Leadership and the Graduate Program for Arts Management.

Degree programs in the college’s schools and programs will be unaffected by the transition.

Programs like the Alley Theatre, the Houston Symphony, the Houston Ballet and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston are currently in preliminary discussions to work with the University when the new college is created, Davis said.

“There are many organizations in the city that are just waiting to work with the arts department at UH,” Davis said.

“This (college) gives students a pathway into the professional organizations in the city. It takes administration to do that, and we think we can do that

Schools that will make up the new College of the Arts include the Moores School of Music, School of Art and more. | File photo/The Cougar

with the College of (the) Arts.”

Although task forces and the committees have been working through the idea for more than two years, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts Executive Director Karen Farber said this has been in the works for nearly five years.

college.

Theater freshman McCoy Rasco said this new college will surely improve the quality of art programs and give them a chance to show off that quality.

“I hope it raises awareness for the arts that we have here because we have a great arts program here, with the School of Music and School of Performing Arts," Karen Farber, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center Rasco said. for the Arts Executive Director "We have such great professors with real experience, and I hope this She said for students who gives us the chance to show we want to study arts, this new exist. Many don’t know that you college will provide more focus can major in arts here.” to their needs than when they Davis said the college will were under the College of Libcreate an identity of its own, eral Arts and Social Sciences. guided by artists and for artists, “We were working well with while also allowing expanded the CLASS, but there’s a history opportunities for collaborations of CLASS having been the across the disciplines. merger of (a) couple of different “We haven’t looked closely colleges. Then it became quite a at this kind of initiative before. large college,” Farber said. “This The arts have specific needs in became a natural next step to terms of internships and stustrengthen the arts.” dent (or) career support. I think CLASS is home to 16 schools it’s the right place and time to and departments — the largcarry (the College of Arts) forest and most diverse of the 12 ward,” Davis said. colleges at the University — “In five years, I’d want to look encompassing the creative and at Houston and say, I don’t need performing arts, humanities to leave the city to go to a place and social sciences, meaning like (a top-rated art school), it’s 10,000 undergraduate majors right here.” and minors and 1,200 graduate news@thedailycougar.com students are housed within the

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Professor awarded prize for new book on civil rights movement ALEX MEYER

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Honors College professor Debbie Harwell was recently awarded the Julia Cherry Spruill Prize for her book, "Wednesdays in Mississippi: Proper Ladies Working for Radical Change, Freedom Summer 1964," a historical exploration of an early civil rights movement that has largely gone unnoticed.

What began as a simple research paper in graduate school led to the Southern Association for Women Historians’ recognition of Harwell’s work, which she says could not have been accomplished without the ongoing support of UH faculty.

The Cougar sat down with Harwell and discussed her book, her recent award and how her time at UH has shaped her career.

The Cougar: How many years have you been teaching as a professor at UH? Debbie Harwell: I started teaching here in 2012, so four years. When

I was working on my master's at the University of Memphis, I taught there as well. I taught Introduction to Women’s Studies.

Here, I teach the Houston History class and also the second half of the U.S. History Survey, both in the Honors College.

TC: What made you want to write about this particular part of history?

DH: I went to the University of Memphis to see about getting my master's in communications, and the first class that I took was a history class. We were required to find a book, read it and come back and tell the class about it.

There were only three people in the class, so the pressure was on.

I found this book the old fashioned way. I’d been out of school for 30 years, so I didn’t really think about how to search for books electronically, so I went to the history section of the library and started walking around. I found this book face up on the shelf.

Harwell with interns Sidonie Sturrock, Jose Ordonez, Lindsay Scovil Dove, Debbie Harwell, Aaron Goffney, and Nimra Harroon. | Courtesy of Debbie Harwell

It was the autobiography of Dorothy Height, who had for many years been the president of the National Council of Negro Women.

And I vaguely remember having seen her on Oprah talking about the book, and I thought, “Oh, this sounds really interesting.” And so,

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inside was maybe a 10-page story about Wednesdays in Mississippi.

I was intrigued by it because my years in debate involved reading and writing speeches that involved social policy.

connection to the story?

TC: So you felt a personal

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DH: I had a recollection of what it was like during the civil rights years. I was only 12 in 1964,

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Continued from previous page during Freedom Summer, but I had very vivid recollections even before that of my parents talking about integration, which they didn’t agree with. And in my own life, getting to be associated with black students and faculty in later years of high school, and certainly in college, and seeing that some of the things I’d been taught growing up didn’t quite mesh with the reality of what I’d seen.

TC: How long did it take you to complete your research and write the book?

DH: I started out writing a paper for a class, and then that became my master’s thesis which became an article in the Journal of Southern History. I applied for the Ph.D. program here, I submitted my article, which was accepted, and then I just kept going until it became a dissertation. It has been a long time coming.

TC: What was it like to be awarded the Spruill Prize?

conference before, and I’d seen other people get that award, so it was really very special. But I had no idea that I had even been nominated or submitted, so when I did receive the email notifying me, I just couldn’t believe it.

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TC: How has your time at UH influenced your career?

DH: I have to say, at the University of Houston, faculty and mentors and advisers made it all possible because we have such a strong component here of researchbased academic endeavors. I had people all along the way who helped me find out what I needed to do to make this into a journal article. And the Journal of Southern History is one of the most prestigious in our field, so as a Ph.D. student, to get an article in the journal is definitely something.

And yes, I wrote a good article, but more importantly, I give credit to the people who taught me how to do that, how to be a better writer, a better editor.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Modern-day slavery worse than ever REAGAN EARNST

OPINION COLUMNIST

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hen you think about slavery, typically you think about the institution that was abolished in the U.S. when Congress passed the 13th Amendment in 1865. Now 151 years later, the institution is more prominent than ever, but awareness is at an all-time low.

Something happened in the U.S. last week that has been largely REAGAN swept aside.

EARNST We get so OPINION COLUMNIST caught up in the chaos that our presidential candidates bring to the stage that we are missing great things being done by our current president and I don’t think this is fair.

Last Wednesday, President

Virtually everything is made in a different country with cheap labor. | Justin Tijerina/The Cougar

Obama signed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, which essentially bans the importation of any products produced by the use of slave labor.

Technically, this was already done with the Tariff Act of 1930, however, according to ABC

News, this act was last enforced in 2000 and was only enforced 39 times in the 86 years it was in effect.

How can this be?

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ficient supply to meet domestic demand, the goods were allowed to cross our borders despite how officials knew they were being produced, according to ABC News.

With Obama signing the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, the enforcement of the original act is expected to greatly increase.

The first step to ending modern day slavery is to raise awareness and it appears the most powerful man in the world is now aware.

Modern day slavery is a much larger issue than most people realize.

International Labour Organisation estimates that over 21 million individuals around the world are in some form of slavery; the practice takes many forms.

“From women forced into prostitution, children and adults forced to work in agriculture, domestic work, or factories and sweatshops producing goods for global supply chains, entire families forced to work for nothing to pay off generational debts; or girls forced to marry older men,” said Anti-Slavery International, an organization aimed at putting an end to modern slavery.

In a country where we so often take our freedoms for granted, it is understandable that this issue is at the back of most of our minds. Awareness is not where it should be but we are taking steps in the right direction.

By eliminating the demand for the slave-made products, we take a huge stride toward eliminating the awful institution permanently.

Obama has taken his fair share of harsh criticism during his presidency. But if we are going to criticize the president when he does something that we feel is wrong, then he absolutely deserves praise when he does something that is unarguably right.

My hope is that we don’t get so caught in the rhetoric that spews from the people running for presidency that we miss the great things our current president is doing for our country and the world.

Opinion columnist Reagan Earnst is a print journalism junior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com

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EDUCATION

Tuition-free college promotes academic commitment SAMUEL PICHOWSKY

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magine attending a prominent public university — an institution of higher learning that offers some of the best courses, professors and advisers a student could hope for.

Unfortunately, this university requires tuition. To pay this tuition, students have to work a part-time job in between classes.

These students pay for college out of pocket, so they're forced to take less classes to focus on their job and pay SAMUEL PICHOWSKY even a portion OPINION of their tuition.

COLUMNIST If they didn't have to pay tuition, they would be able to finish their academics and start their careers sooner.

Now visualize UH, and think about all the people who go to our school who have been forced to focus more on how to pay for

Students on average leave college with around $30,000 of student debt. | Pablo Milanese/The Cougar

tuition than their actual academic careers.

This is why we need tuition-free public universities. It levels the educational field for everyone who desires it. “(Making college tuition-free) would affect me in a positive way,” said electrical engineering junior Ermias Kebede. “I’m paying out of my pocket. This would actually help me finish my school earlier than what I’m expecting right now because after work I have to take

lesser classes.”

Relieving students of the pressures of debt will give them the opportunity to focus more on their studies and let those not-so-welloff have the opportunity to seek higher education.

Like all reforms, the underlying issues of tuition-free public universities are ideology and implementation. Do we just focus on Texas and hope for the best for other states? Or do we call for a nationwide focus, like presiden-

tial candidate Bernie Sanders is doing?

The even bigger question is: how do we pay for it?

It's a real possibility that everyone would have to pay more taxes in order to achieve this, but this could be solved in Texas by applying a progressive state income tax rate instead of a sales tax. Have those with higher incomes pay more in taxes, while those with low or middle incomes pay low to moderate taxes. It is not a new idea. This idea of implementation, however, has caused some to question whether it would really help students at all.

“It wouldn’t be free for the students,” said economics junior Stephen Nunez. “It will just mean that they will pay higher taxes and lose more of their future income for the rest of their working lives, as well as those that never went or don’t want to go to college. So free will be more expensive for everyone.”

This is a serious concern for anyone who wants to relieve students of student debt. This question goes back to the issue of

ideology.

I would rather have a government in the spirit of charity than a government that executes prisoners, denies women accessible health coverage, or refuses to implement a taxation system that does not benefit the wealthy.

I believe the responsibility of the state should be focused on making college more affordable for its citizens.

It would be tragic for any potential student to focus more on how to pay for college than how to accomplish their academic duty.

What is the academic duty? It is what Woodrow Wilson described.

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”

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America and stress: the U.S. sets itself up for anxiety ANTHONY TORRES

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Y

ou wake up at 6 in the morning, shower, maybe eat breakfast, then wait in traffic to get to your job that you hate.

You're annoyed because you have so much work to do and you don't feel that your salary reflects how much you actually do. You get out of work, but remember you have to get groceries. But you haven't been paid yet and you're way too tired, so you decide to just pick up fast food instead and start wishing that things were ANTHONY just a little bit TORRES OPINION easier.

EDITOR Then tomorrow and for the foreseeable future you are doing this routine five to six days a week until you've saved enough News America.

March 2 Brand money10596-Cougar to finally retire.

The United States has a stress

problem. Everyone is angry at everyone, and everything ranging from finances, work or family issues is hindering people's ability to simply be content with their living situation.

USA Today in 2014 released the results of an analysis that showed to live comfortably in the U.S. would require an income of at least $130,357.

The expenses account for the general understanding of what the American dream is: a spouse, two kids, decent house, time for vacations and the occasional dinner at a decent restaurant.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average household income was $53,657 in 2014.

Meaning that the average American is virtually incapable of actually living a life comparable to the American dream.

The American Psychological Association reports that finances continue to be the number one cause of stress in the United States. Wage stagnation is not Ad Half Page-final.pdf 1 2/29/16 only hurting people's ability to live comfortably, it's affecting

people's mentality and general happiness.

A lot of people believe that working hard is just part of life.

That everyone just needs to shut up, stop complaining and get back to work. 70 percent of Americans hate their job, according to Gallup, so it's hard to tell a vast majority of Americans that they need to just "stick it out."

Working hard should be a part of life, but not at the cost of your own sanity.

But the problem is things don't seem to be getting better.

The United States is virtually the only major country without paid sick leave or adequate paid maternity leave. Meaning you're basically screwed if you get sick or pregnant.

It doesn't help anyone if someone is sick at work. It only stresses out the employee because they're scared they might get laid off or not be able to pay rent from missing a couple days of work because of the flu.

7:15The PM United States is a stressful country to live in. But we con-

Stress and anxiety have become norms in society as more people work harder and barely have time for themselves. | Justin Cross/The Cougar

tinue to live under this idea that things are going to get better, when really nothing is going to change unless we do something about it.

People can talk about the economy improving and jobs being on the rise all they want,

but if Americans are frustrated and unhappy, the economic benefits don't really matter.

Opinion editor Anthony Torres is a political science junior and may be reached opinion@thedailycougar. com

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While still in his first season at UH, freshman hurdler Marcus McWilliams is already dazzling many with his skill. | Courtesy of UH Athletics

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True freshman hurdler finds his stride with Cougars Despite bearing heavy expectations, Marcus McWilliams is showing that he can handle the pressure PETER SCAMARDO STAFF WRITER

Freshman hurdler Marcus McWilliams, a highly touted recruit out of Pflugerville, will be a force for the Cougars through the next three years.

In the semi-final rounds of the 60m hurdles at the Howie Ryan track meet, McWilliams shocked everyone by tying the school record for fastest time with a run of 7.72.

McWilliams finished second with a time of 7.76, matching the record set by his teammate and mentor, Issac Williams.

With the regular season and conference tournaments wrapped up, McWilliams and the Cougars now turn their attention to the NCAA Indoor

Championship meet in Birmingham, Ala., March 11-12.

The Cougar: What did it feel like to be able to tie the school record in hurdles?

Marcus McWilliams: It felt great.

It felt like a blessing, the fact that it just happened like that. All the hard work and everything that we've put in this year so far has actually helped, so I was very excited.

TC: How did it feel doing that as a freshman?

MM: It was crazy. It was a crazy feeling pretty much. I knew eventually I was going to be able to run that time, but I didn't know it was going to happen that soon.

So it was very exciting.

TC: You jumped to No. 6 in the NCAA performance list this season. With the Indoor NCAA meet coming up, explain what you're going to do?

MM: Right now I'm just trying to stay in it and then once I get

there, put out everything that I've learned, everything that we did in practice into the meet and then try to run my best and hopefully come out number one. That's the plan.

TC: What's it been like training with Issac Williams considering how valuable he's been to the team over the years?

MM: Training with Issac helps me a lot because I come from a small town and pretty much was always the big dog of the team. So it was hard for me to actually get better, I was just staying at the same pace.

But now, working with Issac and Amere Lattin, every day's a competition. We're constantly getting each other better every day.

TC: What's it been like getting to keep training with your high school rival in Amere Lattin?

MM: Me and Amere have been racing since our sophomore year in high school. We just always

Leaps and bounds toward history Despite being just a freshman, McWilliams has been impressive to say the least during the indoor season.

7.74

12th

AAC-TITLE CLINCHING TIME McWilliams clinched a conference title in the 60m hurdle with a time of 7.74 seconds

NCAA RANK IN 60M HURDLES McWilliams ran a 7.72 in the 60m hurdles to set a UH record in his freshman season

competed and (it's always been a competition, so we take that into track practice and help each other get better.

myself now.

TC: What's it feel like to top those guys at the meets?

MM: It feels good to be honest, it feels great. To know that it actually works and it actually gets me better, and I feel confident in myself. I feel way confident in

TC: With the indoor season wrapping up, what are your goals for the outdoor season?

MM: Going into the outdoor season, my plan is to get a personal best in the 110m hurdles, and hopefully go to nationals in outdoor too. sports@thedailycougar.com

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Three cheers for the senior class, its mark on UH history While the outgoing members of the team won't be remembered for championships, they've had a huge impact on the program in their time.

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While the history of the men’s basketball program runs deep, recent years have seen the program mired in mediocrity, as has been well-documented.

But the senior class that will be honored at senior night on Wednesday may be one of the most important classes to be honored in a long time.

That isn’t to say that the classes who have come and gone before haven’t been important, but this group of players should be recognized for sticking around during the hard times to help bring the program back from the brink of disaster.

Two seasons ago, then-head coach James Dickey was fired after a 17-16 season with the Cougars, and Kelvin Sampson was brought in to lead the rebuilding effort.

That effort was hampered by a few notable transfers from the program and a number of graduations, leaving Sampson with an empty cupboard in his first season.

While he scrambled to fill the roster enough to be able to compete, seniors L.J. Rose and LeRon Barnes decided to stay at UH and aid the Cougars in their rebuilding process.

Sampson also added a number of recruits to fill out his roster, including seniors Eric Weary, Jr. and Devonta Pollard.

Pollard, a highly ranked recruiting player coming out of high school, left the University of Ala-

Seniors LeRon Barnes, above, and L.J. Rose stayed at UH, even after many left the team. | Justin Tijerina/The Cougar

bama after legal trouble involving his mother. At UH, Pollard found a second chance and a place where he could thrive, quickly becoming one of the teams leaders in points, rebounds and minutes over the past two seasons.

Weary, while not as highly recruited as Pollard was, came to Houston and has contributed good minutes off the bench for UH. He often gives the team a boost of energy it needs in his minutes on the floor, always finding a way to be around the ball.

Barnes, while not the highest scoring member of the team or the flashiest player, continued

to be a consistent player for UH during his entire career and proved to be an iron-man, rarely missing games with injury and providing consistent effort game in and game out.

Rose, though suffering through his fair share of injuries during his career with UH, had been a guide for the team, especially to the younger guards this season, despite his inability to be on the court with them.

Though he redshirted this season to maintain one more year of eligibility, Rose has been a strong presence that helped the team in many intangible ways

after transferring in from Baylor University.

While this senior class won’t be remembered for a Cinderella run into the NCAA Tournament or having highly-ranked draft prospects, it formed part of a strong core in the first two years of the Sampson Era. After a 13-19 season in the first year under Sampson, Houston has notched a 21-8 record overall this season and a 10-6 mark in the American Athletic Conference with wins over the likes of Southern Methodist University, conference-leading Temple University and a road win over the

University of Connecticut.

With 21 wins this season, the most since the 2008-09 season, it has shown that Sampson has this team on the right track, due in large part to the senior class.

There might not be any new banners in the rafter because of it and its numbers likely won’t be retired inside of Hofheinz, but the contribution they’ve made to this program is invaluable in so many ways, and for that, the players will be remembered as the seniors who set the initial foundation for the new men's basketball program.

L.J. Rose

Eric Weary, Jr.

Devonta Pollard

LeRon Barnes

Senior guard

Senior guard

Senior forward

Redshirt senior forward

After transfering in to UH from Baylor University, Rose has been a constant contributor to the Cougars, despite a string of injuries. Redshirting his senior season to maintain eligability, Rose will be able to return next season to help guide a young Cougars squad.

Weary transfered to UH before head coach Kelvin Sampson's first season at head coach from Howard Junior College.

Despite limited playing time, Weary consistently contributed with a lot of energy off the bench in the form of rebounds, steals, blocks, points and hustle plays.

Yet another transfer who debuted in Sampson's first year at UH, Pollard has been a staple for the Cougars since arriving on campus. A highly touted prospect out of highschool, Pollard has flourished at UH and been a dominant force in the post.

Barnes has spent his entire career at UH, staying on despite the coaching change from James Dickey to Kelvin Sampson. While Barnes may not light up the scoreboard, he's a glue-guy for the Cougars who seems to have his hand in every stat column in every game.

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Seniors out with a bang On Wednesday night, the Cougars' seniors will play their final regularseason home game at Hofheinz Pavilion.

When head coach Kelvin Sampson took over the Cougars' basketball program, an overhaul and rebuild was expected, but this group of seniors helped turn a 13-19 record in his first season into a 21-8 record in the 2015-16, with the Cougars posturing for a run at the AAC tournament title.

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College Classic showed weak-points in Cougars game REAGAN EARNST STAFF WRITER

The Cougars entered the 2016 Shriner’s Hospital for Children College Classic tournament last weekend looking to improve their 4-0 record, but the team struggled in each of its three matchups.

The Cougars went 0-3, losing games to nationally ranked Texas Tech University Red Raiders, the University of Arkansas Razorbacks and the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs.

On Friday night, Houston dropped a hard-fought battle to the No. 23 ranked Texas Tech.

Star pitcher junior Andrew Lantrip gave an outstanding effort, but in the end suffered his first loss of the season.

The Cougars tied a tournament record when they stole six bases in the game.

Despite the hustle on display, the team was not able to score runs late and fell by a score of 3-2.

Saturday and Sunday after-

The Cougars showed some strengths during the College Classic, breaking a school record with six steals in one game. | Justin Cross/The Cougar

noons were different stories for the Cougars as they were outscored by a combined 22-4.

Saturday afternoon, the team faced off against the No. 18 Arkansas Razorbacks.

Things looked promising for Houston when it took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning.

The star-studded Razorback lineup then rattled off nine

unanswered runs thanks in part to Michael Bernal, who hit two homeruns in the rout.

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They faced tough pitchers and would have liked to capitalize more frequently on the times they were able to get hits on them.

“When you’ve got situations early in the game where the table is set, somebody has got to come to the table and eat,” head coach Todd Whitting said. “I thought we played tight for whatever reason.”

Even with their struggles, the Cougars still have multiple players who are excelling this season.

Freshman Joe Davis is putting up outstanding numbers so far.

After adding a 4-4 performance on Saturday to his resume, Davis elevated his batting average to a solid .538.

The freshman is making his hits

count as he also leads the team with 13 RBI. Sophomore outfielder Zac Taylor is wreaking havoc on the base paths. Taylor is perfect at 7-7 in stolen bases this year, and opposing pitchers are taking notice anytime he’s standing on first base.

The tournament came as a disappointment for the Cougars who won the first four games of the season. Fueled by a high-powered offense in the first week of the season, the team struggled mightily, hitting just .222 with 33 strikeouts in their three losses.

“It was a tough weekend, but we will be fine,” Whitting said.

“This tourney can expose you a little bit, and we got exposed.”

The Cougars look to get their season back on track this weekend when they open a three-game set against the Baylor University Bears at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park. sports@thedailycougar.com

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With season ending, Cougars still have chance to impress DEZMOND EWELL SENIOR STAFF WRITER

After a win against the University of Connecticut Huskies on Sunday, the Cougars are keeping themselves in the hunt for the NCAA Tournament.

Though a stretch, there is a possibility that the Cougars can will their way into the bottom rankings of the tournament.

UH just has to beat the University of Cincinnati, first.

This game is important for the Cougars as the Bearcats are a game ahead in the American Athletic Conference standings.

A win against the Bearcats would place UH third in the conference, a good position going into the AAC tournament.

Cincinnati will definitely put up a fight against UH, however, as it is also fighting to slide into tournament contention.

Last time the two met, the Cougars traveled to Cincinnati and lost 70-59. With their next matchup playing inside Hofheinz Pavilion, the Cougars should have some extra fire to battle with.

Whether the Cougars beat the Bearcats, they must win the AAC tournament. Any chance they have of battling it out during March Madness starts in the AAC tourney.

The Cougars need to be at their best to not give up a game in this tournament, especially to a lower-ranked AAC opponent.

This is the time of year when low ranked teams, who have nothing to lose, knockoff better opponents.

It happens every year in every conference.

The biggest thing the Cougars need to do is win the games they are supposed to win. It is too common at this point in the year for teams to overlook lower-ranked teams and get upset in tournaments.

The Cougars truly have an opportunity to make a move in the AAC in the coming weeks. Although it is a small window, the opportunity is there and they have the potential to make a splash.

Now we’ll see if the players want this as bad as the fans do.

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