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Students and Houstonians lined up outside Hofheinz to get into Ron Paul’s political rally Friday. The crowd filled half of the arena while chanting, “President Paul” and “End the Fed.” | Emily Chambers/The Daily Cougar

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‘Revolution’ comes to UH Accusations that have been thrown at me over the years, and probably at you as well, have been that if you don’t support the wars, somehow or another you don’t support the troops.The question if anybody asks about that, is ask them is if that’s the truth, then why do the troops support Ron Paul more than any other candidate?”

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n front of a crowd of thousands, presidential hopeful Ron Paul said if elected, he would make it legal for Americans to once again drink raw milk.

The GOP candiate came to Hofheinz Pavilion Friday to tell his supporters he was in the race for the long haul. “Every once and a while, we’ll notice the media will come out and say, ‘when are you going to quit?’ And, I say, ‘we are only getting going,’” he said. “They say, ‘everyone else is dropping out,’ and I say, ‘yeah, they ran out of money, and they ran out of supporters, and nobody comes to their rallies.’” Paul took to the podium dressed in a red polo and jeans that juxtaposed with the men in suits that introduced him and greeted the crowd with a thank you and “go

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coogs.” His main talking points including decreasing the control of the federal government, ending the Federal Reserve Bank, his plan to fix the deficit in three years, ending the war on drugs and pulling out of wars. “The message is of course the key issue and we can be very pleased that it is well received and of course we know that it’s well

received by young people, but there are a lot of other people now, and all age groups and all kinds diversity that are enthusiastic about the liberty message,” he said. Each point Paul made was met with chants from the crowd. One of the few comments met with “boos” was before Paul came to the podium when the CEO of UH’s Students for Ron Paul, who introduced the

candidate, confessed he voted for Barack Obama in 2008. The crowd went wild when Paul talked about ending the wars the U.S. is involved in and ,brining the troops home. An extra burst of applause came when a marine in the front row stood up to support his candidate. “Accusations that have been thrown at me over the years, and probably at you as well, have been that if you don’t support the wars, somehow or another you don’t support the troops,” Paul said. “The question, if anybody asks about that, is ask them if that’s the truth, then why do the troops support Ron Paul more than any other candidate?” John Beall, a mechanical engineering technology sophomore, said he was impressed by the rally. “I wanted to see Ron Paul talk. I wanted to hear him defend his policies, and hopefully be inspired by his speech,” he said. “He sounds like the only voice of reason amongst the presidential candidates.” news@thedailycougar.com

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Credit card companies still advertise to college students Courtney Johns

THE DAILY COUGAR A survey conducted by a UH professor indicates credit card companies are still advertising to students under the age of 21, despite a 2009 bill passed under President Obama forbidding it. The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act is a bill that was passed in hopes of changing the unfair practices within the consumer credit plans. What interested UH Law Center Assistant Professor Jim Hawkins was a revision to the 1970 Fair Credit Reporting Act, which said credit card marketing companies

could not get information on anyone under 21 from organizations providing credit reports to offer credit cards. The bill also encourages limits on the promoting done by the companies on college campuses. Based on Hawkins’ survey of over 500 students, 68 percent of students said they had received credit card offers in the mail within the past year, and 40 percent said they witnessed credit card marketing companies promoting gifts to students since the bill was put in effect in 2010. “I was surprised that so many students reported they were getting so many offers in the mail,”

said Hawkins. The purpose of the bill was to make it harder for credit card companies to obtain people’s addresses, Hawkins said. He soon found out that wasn’t completely the case. During his study, Hawkins also examined 300 credit card agreements between college students and credit card issuers. He discovered that about 64% of all the agreements evaluated had not changed since the bill was passed. “In only two cases in all of the 300 agreements that I reviewed did I observe any mention of regulation as influencing the decision to end the agreement,”

said Hawkins in a press release. Despite his findings, Hawkins said the act is slowly having a bigger impact on credit card marketing companies. If a student is interested in retrieving a credit card, Hawkins says they should know what they’re getting into. “Credit cards can be really useful and really dangerous,” said Hawkins. “It’s really easy to spend money on a credit card, so it’s important to be disciplined and not affect yourself and even your family members.” news@thedailycougar.com

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IN BRIEF Crawfish boil event brings petroleum professionals Petroleum industry professionals kicked off the Offshore Technology Conference with mounds of crawfish, live music and dancing at the 24th annual OTC Crawfish Boil Sunday in Lynn Eusan Park. The vast majority of the funds raised by the event will go towards engineering scholarships for UH students, said UH alumnus and Adjunct Professor Benton Baugh, who was the vice-chair and treasurer for the event. “Raising scholarship funds is a very important way to get kids through school,” Baugh said. In addition to raising money for scholarships, the event brought about 6000 professionals on the UH campus, Baugh said. “It’s a very good public relations event,” he said. — Cougar News Services

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Garage opens today, fall permits available online The Stadium Parking Garage opens today to students, faculty, staff and visitors. The third and fourth levels of the garage are for students, the second is for faculty and staff, and the first floor will be open to visitors for an hourly rate. Any UH students, faculty or staff with a current parking permit may park in the garage until the end of the summer semester. The garage is located on the corner of Cullen and Holman, and will feature 2273 parking spaces and, eventually, retail space on the first floor. The retail is still under construction, but will open by fall 2012, the release said. Students, faculty and staff can register for a Stadium Garage

permit online at www.uh.edu/ parking. — Cougar News Services

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Free anxiety screening available Wednesday UH Counseling and Psychological Services will host National Anxiety Screening Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Rotunda. CAPS will provide free anxiety screening to students. During the event, students will be able to make their own stress balls, eat free snacks and take part in free relaxation and meditation sessions at noon and 1 p.m. Students can also enter to win a massage gift certificate or a bowling party at the event. — Cougar News Services

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Breakfast food, games to be served up in Library Students can take a break from studying for finals to snack on pancakes, turkey sausage and energy drinks from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday in the M.D. Anderson Library. The event, called Finals Mania, will also feature board games and free massages. Visitors will include the UH Marching band, Shasta and Sasha, UH President Renu Khator and several UH Deans. Finals Mania is free and open to all students with a valid student ID. — Cougar News Services

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ll good things come to an end. Fortunately for our readers, The Daily Cougar is not always good. This means that, while this is our last print issue for this semester, we will return in June with our weekly summer issues. All joking aside, the entire Daily Cougar staff spends countless hours every week making sure we fulfill our mission to bring quality journalism to the University of Houston. However, all of the hours we put in would be for naught if we didn’t have a great university to report on. We may be the ones who write the stories, but we depend on stellar UH students, faculty and staff for the topics of those stories. UH offers us a colorful mélange of characters every day, characters that inspire us and provide us with ample material to include within the pages of our paper. We are fortunate that we attend such diverse and innovative university. The editorial board of the Cougar would like to thank UH for being such an excellent training ground for student journalists. We have the unique privilege of writing about a university that is on the rise. From Tier One researchers to nationally ranked athletes, there is never a shortage of quality topics for us to cover. We are excited about the future of UH, just as we are excited about the future of the Cougar. It is no secret that our campus is under construction. Well, we are always under construction at the Cougar as well. Co-news Editor Joshua Mann has been elected as the new editor in chief of the Cougar. He will take the reins of the paper starting this summer. He will continue to build our staff, just as the university will continue building its reputation as a stellar Texas university. We always have room for Tier One students here at The Daily Cougar, students who will help us continue our assent along with that of the university. We have to say good-bye for now, but we’ll be back as soon as classes begin this summer. Even if we wanted to, we couldn’t stay away.

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Revolution is alive

Ron Paul rally proves integrity and enthusiasm are still important

nybody who thinks Republican nominee Ron Paul has lost his core support obviously wasn’t driving down Cullen St. around 6:30 p.m. Friday. “I’m sure glad the Lucas revolution is alive and Sepulveda well in Houston,” Ron Paul said to thousands of supporters as cheers echoed off the walls of Hofheinz Pavilion. Hours before Paul’s speech, a line of supporters sporting their favorite Ron Paul T-shirts and buttons snaked around the block, eagerly waiting to hear the man of the hour make his case for liberty. People of all sorts and ages were in attendance, and the mood was lively to say the least. As you may have expected, throughout his speech Paul carried the same tune he’s been singing since the start, and it seems like nothing is ever going to change that. His consistency is truly impressive, and as far as I’m concerned, Paul demands and deserves respect, no matter what ideology you have. It’s a shame that he doesn’t get the proper amount of attention, because while some of his ideas may be out there, a lot of what he says makes sense. Thanks to a neglectful media, one of Paul’s biggest setbacks has been his inability to connect with undecided crowds that are already skeptical of him. The delivery of his speeches unfortunately doesn’t seem to match the power of his ideas, and for that reason, crowds that aren’t immediately moved by a rehearsed speech sprinkled with key persuasive words refuse to

give Paul a shot. However, Friday, Paul was in his element and moved the crowd with point after point pertaining to a number of his famous issues ranging from “Ending the Fed” to The War on

Emily Chambers/The Daily Cougar Drugs without changing his stances. He also had a few things to say about The Patriot Act. “The names of a bill are exactly the opposite of what the bill does,” Paul advised to the crowd, “if (The Patriot Act) had been called the ‘Repeal the Fourth Amendment’ Act, maybe it wouldn’t have gotten so many votes.” Although his chances of becoming president were never promising, he continues to stay in the race, which some people find foolish. Paul has said he continues to run because there is continued support, and that was

Paul was in his element and moved the crowd with point after point pertaining to a number of his famous issues ranging from “Ending the Fed” to The War on Drugs without changing his stances. He also had a few things to say about The Patriot Act.” undoubtedly proven on-campus last week. After hearing Paul speak, it seems that he is just as concerned with spreading his message than he is with winning office, and from that perspective, his campaign has been successful. He continues to bring attention to issues the other candidates avoid and has garnered a strong, committed following on the Internet and among young people. If lack of recognition has frustrates Paul, he does not show it. There is something about Paul that emits authenticity and genuineness, and it is evident there is nothing fabricated in what he says. Whether you agree with his policies or not, Paul is a man who stays uncommonly consistent and trustworthy, and at this point in our nation’s politics, those traits are rare and merit more respect than he’s been given. Lucas Sepulveda is a creative writing and media production junior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.

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Texas legislature should consider women’s health In our view, the efforts of the Republican Party to prevent Texas women from accessing quality reproductive care from Planned Parenthood-affiliated clinics in Texas is the latest roadblock for women who have been given the least opportunities to better their position. Rick Perry has embraced a flawed philosophy that more restrictive laws will change a woman’s mind about whether or not to have an abortion. Let’s consider a more realistic scenario for low-income women: Imagine that a baby girl is born into a family with few resources. This girl attends a public elementary school in a low-income neighborhood, where property taxes are low and the schools are failing. Teachers at her school have no time to give her the attention and support she needs to thrive, because they are already stretched thin by overcrowded classrooms and under-supervised pupils. When she goes home in the afternoons, she is left to her own devices, as her parents are working multiple jobs to make ends meet. A boy in her class asks her to hang out, and thanks to a

variety of factors – including culture, lack of parental involvement and abstinence-only sex education – this young woman ends up pregnant. Flash-forward to age 23: Our girl is single and raising two young children on her own. The Texas Legislature has again cut the budget for the Texas Women’s Program she relies on for free breast cancer screenings, birth control and pap smears, and the local women’s clinic she frequented was forced to close. Now, the Planned Parenthood clinic she switched to is being threatened. In order to receive care and the birth control she relies on for endometriosis and pregnancy prevention, she is facing the prospect of losing valuable paying hours at work in order to travel 10 miles by bus after waiting three weeks, maybe more, for an appointment. This vignette is not far from the true story of many Texas women’s lives. Access to the most basic gynecological care is being made more and more inconvenient by those who claim to be fighting for the lives of unborn children. We believe these people, though they mostly have good intentions, are ignorant of the reality of what happens to women like the one described in the story above. More abortions, not less,

will result from making it harder to get contraceptives and reproductive care. Changes in culture and morality cannot come about from worsening the conditions of the lives of those in need, no matter how hard portions of the privileged population wish it to be so. Culture is not that simple because people are not that simple. We want to help women get the health care they need from the provider they trust and choose. We want to put a stop to the political games. Republicans supposedly want the elderly to get quality health care from providers they feel comfortable with, so why not women? We stand for policies that treat Texas women respectfully. We ask the Texas Legislature to stand with Texas women, too. — Constance Seré, Meredith Parsley and Margot Williams College of Social Work Graduates LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Daily Cougar welcomes letters to the editor from any member of the UH community. Letters should be no more than 250 words and signed, including the author’s full name, phone number or e-mail address and affiliation with the University, including classification and major. Anonymous letters will not be published. Deliver letters to Room 7, University Center Satellite; e-mail them to letters@thedailycougar.com; send them via campus mail to STP 4015; or fax them to (713) 743-5384.

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THE DAILY COUGAR The University of Houston was the only school to finish in the top 25 and not have a player drafted — six other Conference USA schools had players selected. The NFL Draft came and went quietly for the Cougars’ outgoing seniors. In the immediate hours following the draft, that changed. Seven UH players were signed to NFL teams as free agents. Quarterback Case Keenum and defensive lineman David Hunter signed with the Houston Texans. Receiver Patrick Edwards signed with the Detroit Lions. Linebackers Sammy Brown and Marcus McGraw signed with NFC West teams, the St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals. Running backs Michael Hayes and Bryce Beall signed with the San Diego Chargers and the Dallas Cowboys, respectively. Getting calls from teams was a relief after waiting out the draft. “It was a weight off my shoulders,” Hayes said. “It feels great just to get the call. It was a lot of worries gone. You really don’t know what’s going to happen and what team is going to call.” Being drafted carries a certain prestige with it, but most of the players shrugged it off. “I think it’s good for us just to pick the best situation possible for us to make the team,” Hayes said. “We’ll go in with a chip on our shoulder to show that we’re those guys that should have been drafted, we just have to show that.” Carrier on the mend Receiver Tyron Carrier did not sign with a team yesterday, but he is ahead of schedule recovering from surgery for a torn ACL. After tying the NCAA record for kickoff returns, Carrier should get some attention as a return specialist.

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Linebacker Sammy Brown signed with the St. Louis Rams on Saturday. As a senior at UH, he led the nation with 30 tackles-for-a-loss, and was fifth in sacks with 13.5. Brown also earned All-Conference USA First Team honors as a senior. | Brianna Leigh Morrison/The Daily Cougar

Sammy Brown is like a lot of students at UH. He transferred from another school, got his act together and is now one step closer to realizing his professional dreams. After leading the nation in tacklesfor-a-loss as a senior, Brown signed with the St. Louis Rams on Saturday. “I never doubted myself,” Brown said. “I knew I wanted to go pro since Pee Wee football.” Brown’s road to the NFL has not always been the smoothest, but he has overcome all of the obstacles and now has a chance to win a spot on the Rams’

roster. In high school, Brown lost his mother and lived with his aunt, who he credits as one of his major inspirations. Brown didn’t take the SAT or ACT in high school and opted to go to junior college at Mississippi Gulf Coast. He excelled there on the football field and drew offers from several schools. UH was his first recruiting visit and his first time to fly on a plane. “For my first football visit here, that was my first plane trip,” Brown said in November. “I was like, ‘I’m not going on any more football visits.’ “I’m still scared.” Brown admits that he didn’t come to UH in shape and that he broke a lot of plays in his first season, but in the

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When you can push yourself past that wall, he finally got past that. And then, now busts his tail so much now that he gets on other people for not running to the ball. He wouldn’t have said anything last year. “It looked like sometimes last year, he was so undisciplined that if the play broke out that way, he might as well have just grabbed a Coke and sat down because he wasn’t going to chase the ball unless he thought he could get the guy.” Brown’s work ethic carried over beyond the football field as well. “Once he realized that, he really started pushing himself past that wall,” Stewart said. “He was even doing better in class — he was actually going to class.

It’s funny how a lot of times that doesn’t happen — better in the classroom and on the football field — usually that doesn’t correlate. But I think he’s at that point where he feels good about his plan and himself where he’s comfortable in the classroom and going to class.” Brown finished his senior season earning All-Conference USA First Team honors and playing a major role in UH’s 13-1 season. Brown wasn’t drafted this weekend, but for him it’s just another obstacle to overcome. “It feels good, but I still have to prove myself,” Brown said. “I still feel like an underdog no matter what I do.” sports@thedailycougar.com

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FINE ARTS

May art festival to hold performances over two days throughout city The Mitchell Center, in collaboration with Aurora Picture Show and DiverseWorks Art Space, presents the Insight/Out Festival on May 19 and 20 at various locations across the city. The festival opens at 2 p.m. May 19 at the Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park, near the Galleria. International award winning artist Stephan Koplowitz presents “TaskForce – Natural Acts in Artificial Water,” a water-themed, site-specific performance that features professional dancers, including some UH students, composer Aaron Hermes and the music of Space City Gamelan. A second performance will take place at 4 p.m. on May 20. The “Scoot-In,” a greener take on the old school drive-in theaters, takes over downtown’s Sesquicentennial Park, at 8 p.m. May 19. The festival closes at Project Row Houses, 2505 – 2521 Holman St., with two performances of “Seven in the Third.” Composer Travis Weller created this site-specific chamber music performance to spread across the seven historic row houses. Performances are at noon and 3 p.m. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.mitchellcenterforarts. org/insightout/. — Cougar Arts Staff

LITERATURE

Creative writing students attend author’s lecture

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THE DAILY COUGAR New York Times bestselling author Steve Almond gave a brief talk on the merits of self-publishing Friday in the Honors College commons. The audience was primarily composed of enthusiastic graduate and undergraduate creative writing students and faculty members. Wary of the incessant marketing and limitations of publishing through a large press, Almond explained how he chose to start self-publishing his work beginning with “This Won’t Take but a Minute, Honey,” a collection of short stories and mini essays on the nature of writing. “I was tired of having to deal with the corporate parenting of my publisher and with the availability of technology that’s made the means of book production easier than ever before, it felt like the right decision to do it on my own,” Almond said. He described the amazement he felt as he watched his first self-published book pop out of the Harvard Book Store’s Espresso Book Machine. “I was used to the whole 18 month process of putting a book out, with this machine it took 5 minutes. The ink on the book was still wet; it was amazing.” Since that day, Almond has self-published two other books, “Bad Poetry” and “Letters from People Who Hate Me.” His distribution model with his self-published books, he said, “is pretty much the same as a drug dealer’s.” Rather than sell his books through various outlets like Amazon or Barnes and Noble, he prefers to directly distribute his self-published work at readings and at a price even financially struggling college students can afford. He encouraged listeners to view self-published books as ever-evolving “artifacts” of creativity that can be altered over time rather than as static objects. After his talk he fielded questions and read a few entertaining pieces from Bad Poetry” and “Letters from People Who Hate Me.” Though it only lasted an hour, the event was a convincing argument for all artists and writers to focus on creating and sharing their work, and to not worry so much about securing whatever “legitimacy” a large publishing house may offer. arts@thedailycougar.com

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Rockers thrill fans outdoors Christopher Lopez

THE DAILY COUGAR The Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys performed in Houston on Tuesday at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. As the sun was still out, the Arctic Monkeys opened the concert by playing “Brainstorm” — the track that put them on the charts and defined them as a band. The song was riveting and so was the adrenaline and rock sound that a band of this caliber is known to deliver to its audience. Fans of the band were touched by the intensity and power that the Arctic Monkeys delivered with the tracks “Don’t Sit Down Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair” and “If You Were There Beware.” There were many parts of their performance that were similar to their set seen at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this year. As their one-hour set came to a close, they played their newly released single “R U Mine?” — which was promoted on this year’s Record Store Day. The lights dimmed in

Guitarist and vocalist Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys gave a pleasing performance with his bandmate Patrick Carney last Tuesday. The dou’s seventh studio album “El Camino” debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart late last year with the lead single “Lonely Boy.” | Courtesy of Edith Partida preparation for the main event of the night — The Black Keys — and the audience snapped into attention as soon as they heard the guitar riff and keyboards introduce the song “Howlin’

for You.” The set predominately consisted of music from the band’s mainstream career. The Black Keys performed songs from their Grammy award-winning album

“Brothers” as well as tracks from their new album, “El Camino,” which was not a surprise since this is the duos first stadium sized tour. CONCERT continues on page 9

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Coogs recognized in art competition Bryan Dupont-Gray

THE DAILY COUGAR In conjunction with Dionysia 2012, the third annual Ekphrastic Art Competition and Agora Festival at the Honor’s College inside the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library was held on Wednesday. Held by UH’s Honor’s College Center for Creative Work, the Ekphrastic Art Competition and

Agora Festival showcased artwork, dance, music and poetry. The lounge-like venue started in 2010 and has garnered more competing students each year. However, these students were not just performing and showcasing their talents for the spirit of competition. They were asked to compose works that coincide with great pieces of literature.

“Ekphrastic means art that responds to art and, in this case, we wanted to honor the Human Situation Great Books course that we teach here at UH,” human situation professor and co-host Gabriella Maya said. “We’ve asked students to interpret, respond to or against certain pieces of literature or an aspect of that literature.” The competition was divided into three different categories

based on what students brought to the table: dance performances, poetry readings and musical performances. Each competitor also had to keep in mind the “Travels to the Underworld” theme that tied into the festival. This theme consisted of images taken from epics such as “The Odyssey” and Dante’s FESTIVAL continues on page 9

FINE ARTS

Graduate work on display for public Alex Pechacek

THE DAILY COUGAR The 34th Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition reception organized by the Blaffer Art Museum took place Saturday at DiverseWorks Art Space. The event displayed the works of eleven graduating Master’s of Fine Arts students, spanning all five departments of the program. Chuck Ivy, the first graduate of the Interdisciplinary Practice and Emerging Forms program, utilized

reactive installation and code to create an audio and visual projection. Ivy’s technological display, “Identified, Detained & Inspected,” included a cartoon of Inspector Clouseau graphically affected by live Houston Police dispatch radios. Graphic communications student Danilo Bojic’s “Passage,” made of birch plywood, digital print and vinyl, led the viewer through a curling passageway of panels featuring words like “compassion,” “joy” and, going deeper, “challenge”

and “independence.” His work also consisted of jutting color-treated images of well-known local buildings as well along the wall. Sculptor Natali Leduc’s created a large wooden structure accompanied by other components such as a bike and caution tape titled “Giant Multitron,” made of “wood, more wood, metal, mistakes and time.” Dressed in a lab coat, Leduc presented her contraption by explaining that the structure was indeed a mechanism intended to

launch termites into outer space. Abi Semter’s work included usage of materials such as a book page, cardboard, cotton thread and a paper bag. Semter’s work tapped into the elegance and simplicity of raw material, with small punctures and twining. Sculptor M’kina Tapscott’s displays involved a more colorful presentation that featured draping adoring ornaments and gold chains. Tapscott’s work with EXHIBITION continues on page 9

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Family and friends of UH art students gathered on campus last Friday before starting their weekend plans to view their paintings that have accumulated over this semester. | Catherine Lara/The Daily Cougar Karen Mazzu

THE DAILY COUGAR Perched high in the top of the Fine Arts building, the UH Painting Department’s Open Studios and Graduation Party on Friday was a sight to behold. Nearly 40 artists displayed a semester’s worth of hard work in the show. Recent graduate and musical guest Jamie Woody’s soulful melodies set a perfect mood for the evening All ages and backgrounds were represented, as friends and families came out to support their favorite artists.

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“Inferno” and compounded with deep, vividly gothic scenery that creates successfully executed pieces of ekphrastic work. Each competitor kept true to the theme. Senior Tijana Zdravic whose poem, “Hades Visit,” told a story of how her encounter with Hades from the underworld would be like the dance and violin number from freshmen Thu-Mai Nguyen and Lydia Velasquez portrayed the character of Odysseus’ wife Penelope. The venue itself, while small in attendance and somewhat limited in space, plays well to the laid back at-home vibe. Spectators at the event had the choice to sit on the floor, chairs or even on comfortable couches that

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mixed media in “M Theory” was composed of a mysterious mixture of hair and colorful jelly-like substances in a container with a gold top. Graphic artist Ted Closson put together a miniature comic book convention featuring twelve Texas artists. “The key of it is to think of comics as cultural objects,” said Closson on the convention he organized for the art space. Photographer Rosine Kouamen featured pictures of first generation immigrants from Africa in their American living spaces. Photographs of family memorabilia and personal objects

It was interesting to see such a wide variety of styles and techniques expressed in the paintings. Andria Nguyen’s incredibly smooth, religious and Gothic-inspired grotesques incorporated beads, crosses and other sculptural elements. Stacy Smith’s bright, colorful figures and scenes resembled highdefinition photographs, while Hillaree Hamblin made novel use of dyed cloth, sequins and twigs. Artists Voltaire Paredes and David Anderson continued to cover their large canvases in paint throughout the show, much to the delight of passers-by.

conveniently had art placed around them. However, the ambient and tranquil feel that kept for a good hour seemed to turn into a room that is used for meetings and the feeling was lost in the midst of this. Despite that, the audience was well receptive to what was displayed. In the end, junior Chad Maydwell took first place for his artwork, “Sirens”. Seniors Archie Parks and Emilie Catlett took first place for the musical number “Love Knell” and finally Nguyen and Velasquez took home first place for “Penelope’s Lament”. While each winner may have walked away with $50, co-host Kimberly Meyer noted that the real winners were the old Great Books that were brought back to life to connect with today’s generation. arts@thedailycougar.com

— connecting Kouamen to her birthplace of Cameroon — such as necklaces, sandals and food hung grid-like on the wall. Sebastian Forray took an unorthodox approach by commissioning five different artists to create works for him. Each artist’s contribution was titled “Seven Years Luck” with five respective parts. Along with these works, Forray had a display case of his own called “The Vitrine of Ancillary Failures,” filled with books, buttons, a brochure, a television monitor and vinyl records The Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition will be on display through May 12 at the DiverseWorks Art Space. arts@thedailycougar.com

Paredes even welcomed those who were interested to pick up a brush and join in. “If there’s anything to save of the art world, we’ll save it,” he said. Each studio space offered a completely different environment and provided insight into each artist’s vision. Bec Cook’s impeccably clean forest creatures and tasty-looking desserts hung not 10 feet away from abstract and process-oriented artists who mixed, poured and smeared other materials with their paint, which resulted in very delicately layered organic shapes. While some artists listed the titles and sale prices for each piece, others chose to let their work speak for itself. Stacy Smith’s studio advertised a free charcoal drawing for the winner of a raffle. Junior Maryam Sohail described her use of dark, sprawling environments interspersed with “Alice in Wonderland” characters as being inspired by surrealism and graphic art, but admitted she had not yet decided on a niche. “I’d like to continue doing this,” Smith said. “It was a great night for the arts, patrons, and university students alike; such a talented group of artists is hard to come by. We can expect big things from the 2012 graduating class in the months and years to come.”

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Assistant coach Ulric Maligi will leave the University of Houston to become a part of Larry Brown’s coaching staff at SMU. Maligi was one of the coaches the head coach James Dickey brought in two years ago. Maligi, 27, has known Dickey since he was 18 years old. Maligi told the Houston Chronicle that in addition to it being a great opportunity, it allowed him to be closer to his ailing father.

Assistant coach Ulric Maligi (right) will join Larry Brown’s coaching staff at SMU this fall after two seasons at UH. Maligi came to UH as a member of head coach James Dickey’s coaching staff and was an asset on the floor and in recruiting for UH. | Brianna Leigh Morrison/The Daily Cougar

Severance resigns UH tennis head coach John Severance stepped down Friday after an eight-year

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