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Edgar VelizTHE DAILY COUGAR
UH expanded its outreach to prospec-tive students in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with a recruitment center that opened in February 2010. In addition, plans of developing a future recruitment center in Austin are in the works.
Dallas was selected in 2009 after extensive research, including a review of
historical application, admission rates and enrollment data said Jeff Fuller, director of student recruitment.
“The growing interest in the University of Houston from the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolis and now the Central Texas has proven that more students want to get connected with UH,” said Fuller. “As of now, we will continue to monitor these two areas for expanded growth opportunity.”
Fuller also said that the center is located in a home office staffed by one admission professional.
In a report released by UH, Dal-las County is ranked sixth for in-state residency at the University, with an
enrollment increase of 63 students from 2006-2010.
Denton and Collin are the remaining Dallas area counties that made the list. In Austin, Travis County is ranked seventh and Williamson County is ranked 15th.
Harris County, Fort Bend and Brazoria counties rank at the top of the list with a combined increase of 2,633 students in the same time frame.
“The response has been wonderful ever since there has been a University of Houston admissions representative in the Dallas/Fort Worth area,” said Jennifer Offutt, the UH representative at the Dallas
Julian JimenezTHE DAILY COUGAR
With hopes of spreading a message of peace and tolerance, UH hosted the Victory over Violence exhibit opening ceremony Mon-day at the UC Arbor.
The event featured speaker Mike Pardee, executive director of Rice University’s Boniuk Center, as well as a series of drum perfor-mances and information booths, all focused on spreading a message of peace in the world.
The Victory of Violence exhibit is a youth-led initiative created through the joint efforts of Soka Gakkai International, a Nichiren
Buddhist movement that has nearly 12 mil-lion members worldwide, including the UH Soka Peace Group, a student-run organiza-tion centered around the Nichiren Buddhist philosophy.
Heather Strange, a sophomore at Houston Community College, said she volunteered with the event because she wanted to help spread the core ideas of peace and understanding that are central to the beliefs of SGI.
“I’m really hoping this event will open the minds of students,” Strange said. “We’re trying to introduce new ways of communicating and opening dialogue with others. It’s about taking the time to understand others — be the best person you can be in life.”
The two groups created the event in order to inspire people around the world to work
Taylor McGilvrayTHE DAILY COUGAR
Brita’s FilterForGood campaign is looking for social network-savvy students who have sustainable ideas for creating a greener campus to become FilterForGood ambassadors for UH and other campuses across the US.
The campaign focuses on reduc-ing the amount of water bottle waste and promoting the use of greener practices on campuses.
The alternative rock band Guster has joined forces with Brita for the cause. They are currently touring with representatives from Brita to encourage students to apply for the ambassador positions.
Ambassadors are expected to create a sustainable, year-long plan to reduce waste caused by water bottles and help promote greener lifestyles on campus. They will also be required to submit bimonthly progress reports to show the success of their campaigns.
“If selected, the gig comes with tons of cool perks like meeting the band and checking out the show, (and) an awesome ambassador
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newslineSTUDENTSSenior Send-o% provides games, food and entertainment
The UH Alumni Association will be hosting the ! rst annual Senior Send-o" from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Lynn Eusan Park.
Featuring food, live music and giveaways such as t-shirts, the event is in honor of the hard work and dedication of the class of 2011. The festival will also have o# cial Cougar Spirit graduation cords available to students. Created to help future generations of Cougars, the cords are will be given to anyone who donates $15 or more to any UH scholarship, program or college of their choosing.
For more information about this free event, contact Lizeth Castro at 713-743-8951 or email [email protected].
— Julian Jimenez/The Daily Cougar
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONSUH teams advance to & nals in Microsoft competition
The University achieved recognition as three UH programming teams took were victorious at the US Microsoft Imagine Cup.
Team Big Impact Bear won ! rst place in the mobile game design category, with Team AAMP following close behind with a second place ! nish. Team Righteous Noodle won third place in the game design for Windows/Xbox category.
The Imagine Cup is one of the most prestigious student technol-ogy competitions in the world, with winners at the local and regional level moving on to compete with other countries in the Worldwide Finals. The UH teams who won in this round will be moving on to the Imagine Cup 2011 US Finals.
— Julian Jimenez/The Daily Cougar
CORRECTIONSIn Tuesday’s ‘COOG Radio makes debut’ story, we said stu-!!
dents would have access to the radio station through iPods and Droids. The story should say access is available through apps on iOS and Android platforms.
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Drums and speakers were presented at the opening ceremony of the Victory over Violence exhibit in the UC Arbor Monday. The exhibit is open 9 a.m. — 4 p.m. the rest of the week. | Nine Nguyen/The Daily Cougar
Brita looking for socially aware students to promote green campaign
Soka Peace Group raises awareness about violence
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STAFF EDITORIAL
T uesday marked the 150th anniver-sary of the hostilities of the Civil War, which is fi tting because Dem-
ocrats are acting in the same manner that victorious Northern Republicans in Congress did after the war.
After the North won the war, many an intellectual persuaded Congress to act in haste to set up the North’s dominance over the South and change its antebellum ways.
Frederick Douglass, in his “Reconstruction” essay written for The Atlantic in 1865, wrote: “Whether the tremendous war so heroically fought … shall pass into history a miserable failure ... or whether, on the other hand, we shall … have a solid nation, entirely delivered from all contradictions and social antago-nisms, based upon loyalty, liberty, and equality, must be determined one way or the other by the present session of Congress.”
Douglass was wary of Northern politicians who were too eager to acquiesce to the demands of Southern politicians — and rightfully so. The failure of Northern politicians to demand changes in the Southern system resulted in another 100 years of systematic discrimination and segregation.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, also writing for The Atlan-tic, said in his essay “American Civilization” that had the Free States done their duty beforehand, the war would have been averted.
Instead, “the Free States yielded, and every com-promise was surrender, and invited new demands.”
Democrats took over the House in 2006 and the Senate and the White House in 2008. They should have taken victories and majorities in both chambers as reason enough to counter the agenda of the Republicans during the Bush years, but instead, Democrats have been caving in to Republican demands of all kinds; caving in to the same minority that they “yielded” to 150 years ago.
The $38 billion in cuts they just “compromised” on is just the latest example. Democrats should learn the lessons from yielding too much, and should learn it in this session of Congress. It’s time they fought for the least of us—which pretty soon will include people our age fi ghting to get an education and a quality job in the future.
Civil War anniversary shows a historical repeat
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W ith about 66 percent of UH students commuting to campus everyday, the rising gas prices
have become a huge issue. This is not only an issue in Texas — we have decently aver-age gas prices compared to other states.
The price of gas in Texas on Tuesday was $3.72, yet the increase in price seems never-ending. According to the CPI, we have seen a 19.2 percent rate of infl ation over the last 12
months, with the price increasing another whopping 6.8 percent in the last month, according to an article published in The Washington Times by James Robbins.
So what is the president doing? Noth-ing. When President Barack Obama took offi ce, the average price per gallon of gas was about $1.79.Today the national aver-age is around $3.78. Oil is being traded at approximately $110 a barrel and prices
have been increasing steadily thanks to the instability in the Middle East.
We have plenty of oil in the US. Accord-ing to geologists, the Anwar oil fi eld in Alaska has over 10.4 billion barrels of crude. When gas prices were rising under President George W. Bush, he ordered oil companies to tap our domestic oil — and gas prices dropped dramatically.
This is the exact opposite of Obama’s plan. After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a moratorium was issued and prevented any companies from drilling in the Gulf. This halted nearly all domestic oil produc-tion and gas prices rose even further.
Obama claims that there is nothing he can do to alleviate consumer strain at the pump in the short term.
“Gas prices are going to still fl uctuate until we can start making these broader changes,” Obama said. “And that’s going to take a couple of years to have serious effect.”
Middle-class America is already
tightening its collective belt amidst lay-offs and pay cuts to stay afl oat in this economy. When they are forced to pay nearly $50 per vehicle on average to fi ll up every week, the strain gets closer to the breaking point.
Students are feeling the pressure as well. Able Salazar, a biology sophomore, said, “My budget for expenses practically revolves around me being able to fi ll my tank at the end of the week.”
“I’m most likely going to start taking the Metro to and from school again in the fall,” Marvin Cabrera, an engineering sophomore, said.“It makes it very hard to drive around.”
The federal government seems to be taking direct action against decreasing the oil prices. This is forcing citizens to pay the price, once again, for Washington’s irresponsibility.
Warren Lauderdale is a journalism freshman and may be reached at [email protected].
T wo Muslim women were arrested and hauled off by police Monday in Paris for breaking the laws that ban
face coverings such as the burqa and the niqab. It’s no secret that France has targeted religious minorities for centuries.
Beginning in the 11th century, Roman Catholic Franks launched a cam-paign to reclaim the Holy Land while murdering hundreds of thousands of Muslims in the process.
Centuries later, France continues to attack Islam by creating laws that are in place supposedly to secure the separation of church and state — laws that, in reality, only strip Muslim women of their religious identities.
The French government argues that this attire is demeaning to women. These laws follow the 2004 law banning head-scarves and crosses in public schools and
government buildings. These laws are not only unjust; they are inconsistent. It seems as if France is on the attack once again.
What one wears should be up to one’s discretion, and no government should have the right to dictate what its citizens wear. French offi cials claim that these garments degrade women, but who are they to say so? Although women in some countries may be forced to wear the burqa or niqab, these French citizens are choosing to do so. This attire empowers them as religious women.
The truth is, France is demeaning religion and womanhood by prohibiting the right to decide what to wear. France claims that it is protecting women’s rights, but instead it is using this excuse to justify the fact that they want to protect France from Muslim infl uence. Doesn’t that sound familiar?
There is nothing wrong with the belief in separation of church and state, if done fairly. The 2004 law called for the banning
of all religious symbols in public schools — fair enough. But the French are taking it too far, because now they are specifi cally and publicly targeting the attire worn by Muslims.
Farheen Zaheer, 20, a junior at UH, doesn’t support this law.
“The laws in France have progressed from an issue of separation of church and state to an issue of individual rights in the general public,” Zaheer said. “Priests and nuns are not asked to remove religious garb in public, but Muslims are? These incoher-ent laws are making the 6 million Muslims in France a discriminated minority.”
These modern laws essentially call for Muslims to cease their public religious practices. The French government must stop its discriminatory law-making before history repeats itself .
Lindsay Gary is a history sophomore and may be reached at [email protected].
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against the causes of violence in all parts of life, and empower individuals to seek more peaceful resolutions to confl ict.
Marketing junior and president of SPG Cherie Dai said changing the world is a slow process because many people have been desensitized to vio-lence by the media.
Even so, she’s optimistic about the future and believes there’s a way forward in the ideas of peace, culture and education.
“The Soka Peace Group here at UH strives to connect people. Events like
this go far to help achieve that goal of world peace,” Dai said.
Rose Lee, architecture senior and an offi cer with SPG, said her experi-ence with the group and spreading its message has been a positive infl uence on her life.
“For me, it’s more about what I can do for my community. It’s been such an amazing experience,” Lee said.
The Victory over Violence exhibit will be on display at the UC Arbor until April 13. For more information about the Soka Peace Group here at UH, email [email protected] or look them up on Facebook at “Soka Peace Group of UH.”
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recruiting center. “This year applica-tions to UH from the DFW area are up from last year, and I foresee that the fi nal enrollment from this area will increase as well.
“It is a very exciting time to be recruiting students to UH, and more and more Dallas and Fort Worth high school students are showing interest in all of the opportunities that UH can offer to them throughout their college experience.”
Offutt returns to Houston for
special events and meetings to keep in contact with some of the Dallas area students. Since the recruitment center opened, Offutt has focused on developing relationships with the high school counselors in the area and helping prospective students obtain as much information as possible.
“It takes a little bit of time to develop a relationship with all of the schools in Dallas and Fort Worth,” said Offutt. “But the admissions offi ce is working extremely hard to make sure that the students’ needs are met.”
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kit fi lled with goodies to help you green your campus,” said Ashley Johnson, a representative from the campaign.
In addition to meeting Guster, students who are selected will also receive a letter of recommendation they can use for future internships and jobs, as well as a $500 grant to help keep their plan going.
Ambassadors are also encour-aged to use social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to promote their plan, and write updates for the Brita FilterForGood’s blog, “What’s on Tap?”
To apply for the position, stu-dents are required to submit the websites of their social network-ing sites along with the number of
friends/followers they have. Students also must write 150
words about why they think they should be selected to be an ambassador.
Students who are interested in becoming a Brita FilterForGood Ambassador for the 2011-2012 school year can download the appli-cation at http://www.fi lterforgood.com/blog/?p=3619 and email the completed application to [email protected] by May 16.
For more information on the Brita FilterForGood campaign, go to FilterForGood.com.
Students can read their blog at fi lterforgood.com/blog/, visit face-book.com/BritaFilterForGood or follow the campaign at twitter.com/fi lterforgood.
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sports EDITORS John Brannen, Joshua SiegelE-MAIL [email protected] www.thedailycougar.com/sports
overtimeACADEMICSUH athletes awarded for grades
The Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll recognized 140 UH student athletes for the 2010-11 school year Tuesday. Students qualify for the honor by achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
The jump to 140 student athletes is a 20 percent increase from last year’s total of 117.
Football had the most honorees with 23 selections, a number that has grown for three consecutive years from 11 during the 2008-09 year. Baseball followed with 20 student-athletes; women’s track and ! eld ran a close third with 18 making the honor roll.
Softball added 13 of its 19 student-athletes to the list and volleyball had a dozen of its own. Five of eight UH tennis players were honored as well.
Commissioner’s Academic medals for cumulative GPAs of 3.75 and higher will be awarded today.
— Cougar Sports Services
MEN’S BASKETBALLDickey to host youth camp
Registration is open for head coach James Dickey’s second annual summer basketball camp. Campers will participate in individual and team drills and competitions with Dickey, his coaching sta" and UH players giving their insight.
Two day camps will be held, with one overnight. The day camps are open to players in ! rst through 12th grades, and will be held from 9.m. through 5 p.m. June 13-16 and 20-23. The overnight camp will be open to ! fth through 12th graders and will run from 9 a.m. June 27 to1 p.m. June 30.
More information can be found at UHBasketballCamps.net. Further questions can be directed at Michael Young at 713-743-9431 or [email protected].
— Cougar Sports Services
TRACK AND FIELDPair of Cougars receive conference recognition
UH continues to be the toast of Conference USA with two athletes earning the weekly male and female C-USA Athlete of the Week awards.
Decathlete Wesley Bray won the men’s award after placing sixth at Texas Relays. His score of 7,551 points was the ! fth-most in UH history. Grecia Bolton was named co-female Athlete of the Week for her contributions to the 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relays. She placed ninth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.30 seconds.
— Cougar Sports Services
NBAPast UH player lands with Rockets a! liate
The Houston Rockets signed former Cougar Marcus Cousin Monday and assigned him to their Developmental League a# li-ate in Rio Grande Valley.
Cousin played for the Rockets summer league team and was with the Spurs during the preseason. He was assigned to their D-league a# liate, the Austin Toros.
The 6’11 center earned a spot in the NBDL all-star game, averaging 14.7 points, 8.6 rebounds and1.2 blocks per game, while shooting 53 percent from the ! eld.
Cousin had previously been with the Utah Jazz on a 10-day contract. He averaged 1 point and 0.8 rebounds in four appear-ances for the Jazz.
After transferring from Seton Hall, Cousin posted 10.9 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game in his only season at UH.
— Cougar Sports Services
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Cougars endure growing pains
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The Cougars finished up their last tournament before the Con-ference USA Championships with an 11th place finish at the Jim West Intercollegiate on Tuesday in Victoria.
In the last four tournaments, the Cougars have placed ninth or worse as they stumble into the C-USA Championships that are just under two weeks away.
“We didn’t have our best round today,” head coach Jonathan Dismuke said. “We struggled a little bit. We’re looking forward to a little downtime and a little bit of recovery.
“We’ll get a good week of prac-tice in next week and be ready for the conference championships.”
Freshman Curtis Reed led the Cougars with a score of 224 (+8 over par) and snuck into a tie for 25th place.
Three other freshman placed in the top 75 — Jesse Droemer with a 228 (+12), Wesley McClain scored a 234 (+18) and Bryn Flanagan posting a 238 (+22).
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs were the only team to finish under par and captured the title with a team score of 864.
UH finished up the spring season fielding a young team consisting of five freshmen and two sophomores, with an average tournament finish of 10th place in seven tournaments after the calendar flipped to 2011.
“We’ve asked a lot out of those guys,” Dismuke said. “Our fresh-men played pretty much every event this year.
“I’m very pleased with those guys, they’ve come in and worked hard and done whatever we’ve asked them to do ,and it works better for them in the long run.”
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Gilbert RequenaTHE DAILY COUGAR
Did you feel that breeze coming in from up north yesterday? It wasn’t a cool front — it was the Cougars swinging and missing en route to a 9-0 loss against Sam Houston State on Tuesday in Huntsville.
Even though they only had six hits scattered throughout the contest, UH had several chances to score early in the game with runners reaching base via walks and batters hit by pitches. However, the Cou-gars’ offense could not get timely hits at the necessary junctures.
Instead, UH will remember only its missed opportunities.
“Offensively we had opportunities to score,” head coach Todd Whitting said. “We just didn’t execute, we did not play well tonight.”
Whitting said that the root of the Cou-gars’ problems is that the players are in a bit of a mental funk. However, he expects them to recover and be ready to play this weekend.
“Any time you’re playing bad it’s usually a mental thing,” Whitting said. “We just need to have a good game, a well-pitched game where we play good defense and have a good offensive game.”
The pitching staff didn’t help the team’s chances of winning either. The
Cougars unable to recover from four-run second inning
Jake Runte and the Cougars could not come close to sniffing out a victory Tuesday at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville. After defeating Sam Houston 9-3 less than a month ago, the Bearkats struck back with a 9-0 win. | Aaron Cisneros/The Daily Cougar
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Cougars drop part two of double-header
Anna GallegosTHE DAILY COUGAR
UH could not match the momentum that won them the fi rst game of a double-header against No. 15 Baylor in the second game. The Cougars lost 6-4 Tuesday at Cougar Field, snapping their
11-game winning streak.
The Cougars (29-13, 11-4 Conference USA) started strong with an 8-0 run-rule win over the Bears (32-8). However, they could not stave off the Bears in the rubber match.
“The fi rst game I felt like it was a whole team effort,” sophomore third baseman Holly Anderson said. “Everyone contrib-uted; even the people on the bench were
loud, and it got us the momentum that was ours to take.
“In the second game, I feel like that even though we dug ourselves a hole, we all worked together to come back. It just kind of slipped away from us.”
UH took the fi rst lead of the game when fi rst baseman Stesha Brazil scored an unearned run in the bottom of the second inning. The Bears responded with a three-run third inning, and senior pitcher Donna Bourgeois was replaced
No. 15 Baylor bounces back in extra innings to take second game after run-rule loss
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SHSU 9, Houston 0SCORE BY INNING R H EHouston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 9 1SHSU 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 1 X – 9 4 1
TOP HITTERSSHSU (23-12)PLAYER AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Andreas 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 Mooney 5 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 1
HOUSTON (17-18)PLAYER AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Cannon 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 Ansley 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
PITCHERSWINNING IP H R ER BB SO AB BF HBP Dickson 4.1 2 0 0 4 4 13 20 2
LOSING IP H R ER BB SO AB BF HBP Morehouse 1.1 5 4 4 2 1 9 11 0
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E - Still(5); Davis(1). LOB - UH 13; SHSU 7. 2B - Cannon(5); Morehouse(1); Andreas, C.(14); Hudson, M.(8). HR - Mooney, R.(1); Andreas, C.(7). HBP - Appling; Cokinos; Olson, G.. SH - Appling(6); Hale, J.(4). SB - Olsen, G.; Miller, K.(4).
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COMMENTARY
Betting scandal sets bad exampleWeek after week, another con-
troversy is uncovered at a different university. The landscape of college sports as we know it is corrupted
with shady fi gures and opportunists trying to get a pay-day, no matter how illegitimate it is.
On Monday, 10 people were federally indicted for attempting to fi x Univeristy of San Diego basket-ball games. Two of those included former basketball players Brandon Johnson and Brandon Dowdy, along with former assistant coach Thaddeus Brown.
The defendants are accused of a mix of criminal activities, including impacting the result of Toreros games, betting on them in Las Vegas casinos and distributing narcotics.
This is the latest incident in a string of negative press for the NCAA, but this story is unique. Players receiving lavish gifts or money, or a family member receiv-ing improper benefi ts, is one of the more common violations the NCAA is accustomed to.
The most disturbing and unusual part of the USD situation is that with the charges, a coach and two athletes are alleged to have sacrifi ced their competitive resolve.
Football powerhouse and defending national champion Auburn made headlines recently for players earning or receiving funds in one illegal manner or another. It is similar to the Cam
Newton investigation in 2010, though totally separate.
Four former players said in an interview with “HBO Real Sports” that they were paid before and dur-ing the time they attended Auburn.
The players admitted to having boosters deliver them thousands of dollars through the course of their college careers or as a way to lure them to Auburn. For the briber who just wants to send a quick token of their support, the players spoke of the infamous “$500 handshake.”
If this did happen at Auburn, it is inexcusable. But at least it was positive praise and done in the name of winning. Wealthy alumni and shady boosters may not be as generous to make such a risky transaction if players do not deliver wins or attractive statistics.
Being offered a cash reward to intentionally lose a game is morally worse for an athlete than accepting money to attend a certain school.
Any coach or athlete will say they tried their hardest in defeat after a loss. Even fewer would tell you that they abandoned their integrity and went out of their way to lose.
Only one of the 10 perpetrators has not been arrested. Yesterday in court, Brown, Dowdy and six others pled not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit sports bribery, conducting an illegal gambling operation and marijuana distribution.
Johnson was not one of the 10 in court. This Houston native, who
attended Willowridge High School, was arrested on April 9.
If convicted, Brown, Dowdy and Johnson should be ashamed for betraying the sport that brought them scholarships. Essentially forfeiting specifi c games for illicit reasons should destroy any cred-ibility the coach and players had in the basketball community — that is, if a federal indictment isn’t enough.
USD fans and alumni have every excuse to be appalled.
People who argue in favor of college sports over professional ones usually say things like how collegiate athletes compete with passion all of the time instead of just the closing minutes of a game.
An athlete or coach intention-ally compromising the competition and sabotaging their own team is beyond disgraceful. Fans and critics should forgive an athlete for making a mental mistake. However, if a player purposely misses a shot or turns the ball over to make their pockets bigger, that should be treated as a cardinal sin.
Permanent banishment from the NCAA should be applied to an offender who tries to negatively impact games they’re involved in.
Hopefully this is not going to be a continuing trend in college sports. Otherwise, coaches and players might start being accused of taking part in an illegal scheme whenever they make mistakes.
tournaments in late September-October, the Cougars had an average tournament fi nish of fourth place.
“We’ve had some good individual performances; the thing that I like about these guys is they are pretty reserved, and even if we are not off to a good start we’ve done a good job of hanging around,” Dismuke said.
The Cougars will have 11 days before the conference champion-ships start on April 24-26 in Texarkana.
with freshman Diedre Outon. Outon inherited runners on fi rst and third base, but escaped unscathed with a groundout to fi rst.
Demoralized by the sudden 3-1 defi cit, UH remained scoreless until the sixth inning when designated player Reina Gaber hit a home run to center fi eld to get the Cougars within one. A triple from Katy Beth Sherman and a single from Ashleigh Jones put the Cougars back on top 4-3.
Baylor forced extra innings in the bottom of the seventh on a passed ball. The Bears earned the winning two-run home run in the eighth, shutting down the UH offense in the eighth.
In game one, two offensive outbursts were responsible for the Cougars commanding an eight-run win. Four-run outputs in the second and fi fth innings was all the Cougars needed for the mercy-rule win. That was paired with Amanda Crabtree’s fi ve scoreless innings and 10 strikeouts.
Though the Cougars are disap-pointed with the split, they are confi dent heading into their confer-ence series with Tulsa.
“We’re so confi dent right now that it doesn’t matter how bad we are,” Anderson said. “As long as we pull together as a team.”
UH continues conference play Saturday with a three-game series against Tulsa (32-9, 13-2). The series opens with a double-header at 1 p.m. Saturday in Cougar Softball Stadium.
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team used six pitchers and allowed nine runs on 11 hits.
Starting pitcher Codey More-house (2-5) had a below-average performance, going 1 1/3 innings and giving up four runs on five hits.
“Codey just didn’t have his stuff tonight,” Whitting said.
“I was looking forward to watching him pitch tonight, and was hoping that he’d go out and repeat what he did against Texas A&M. It just didn’t happen for him.”
Sam Houston State (23-12, 8-7 Southland Conference) jumped on the Cougars early, scoring four runs in the second inning.
They added three more in the fifth, including a one-run home run by designated hitter Chris Andreas, to push the lead to 7-0.
The Bearkats scored another insurance run in the sixth inning and capped off their scoring for the night in the eighth frame with a home run by second baseman Ryan Mooney.
Sam Houston State used four pitchers to stifle the UH bats, as they collectively struck out 10 Cougars.
UH will try to bounce back from the loss and stay in its four-way tie for first place in the conference standings as they resume C-USA action this weekend against the last-place Marshall Thundering Herd (11, 15, 1-5).
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TELEVISION‘30 Rock’ star adds another detail to her resume: mother of two
In an appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Tues-day, Tina Fey announced that there’s another thing in the works for her. This time, however, it has nothing to do with her success as a writer, producer or actor on the hit series “30 Rock,” or her book tour for “Bossypants,” but rather with her family.
In her book, she talks about the dilemma of having an-other child, to which Oprah responded, “Well, the dilemma’s over.”
Fey told Oprah,“My husband and I really decided that we felt, rather than risk having the show end in several years and feeling like part of our family is missing, that we were going to prioritize our family.”
BOX OFFICEWarlock has new target: Natalie Portman in ‘Your Highness’
Christian Day, a member of Salem’s Coven of the Raven Moon in Salem, Mass., got the attention of the media when he spoke out against Charlie Sheen’s use of the “w-word” last month.
The warlock and witchcraft shop owner is now fuming over how negatively warlocks are portrayed in films, TMZ reported Tuesday.
As such, he’s calling for a boycott of Natalie Portman’s new film, “Your Highness,” because it features anti-warlock themes.
Apparently he believes they’ve cast a warlock “who hopes to deflower helpless vigins and rule the world,” Day told TMZ. “Hollywood continues to cast witches and warlocks as negative roles when we’re the good guys.”
Day’s motivation to boycott the film is to motivate Holly-wood filmmakers to portray witches and warlocks in a more positive light, according to TMZ.
MUSICNicki Minaj joins the Femme Fatale for summer tour
Britney Spears announced that Nicki Minaj would be along for the ride as the opening act in her Femme Fatale tour this summer, MTV News reported Tuesday.
Minaj is touring right now with Lil Wayne on his “I am Still Music” tour and her singles, “Moment 4 Life” and “Did It On’em” are currently on the Billboard 100. Both parties are elated, and rightfully so.
“I am beyond thrilled to tour with Britney,” Minaj told MTV News. “It’s an honor. She’s an icon.”
After the announcement was made, both took to their twitter accounts to share their excitement, using the hashtag “#FemmeFataleBARBZ,” which became a trending topic not long after.
The tour is set to kick off on June 16 in Sacramento, Cali., and end Aug. 13 in Toronto, Canada.
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HEALTH CHECK
COUGAR SUTRA
Veganism is a healthier choice
Playing the game: mastering pickup lines
Reesha BrownTHE DAILY COUGAR
A plant-based diet provides individu-als with vitamins, antioxidants and fiber, all on a silver platter fit for any health enthusiast.
So for your next meal, hold the meat, cheese and eggs — anything animal-based — and amp up your order to a vegan style pro-animal, eco-friendly menu item.
Did I say eco-friendly? Yes. Vegans not only try to avoid all animal
products, including leather, wool, silk and meats, but they also (even if some do not realize it) reduce their eco-footprint, according to the Vegan Society website.
“Vegan diets can produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions than meat-based diets. A University of Chicago study found that the ‘typical’ US diet generates the equivalent of nearly 1.5 tons more carbon dioxide per person, per year than a vegan diet… Plant-based diets only require around one third of the land and water needed to produce a typical Western diet.”
Farms used for dairy and meat pro-duction are incredible sources of waste production.
The Environmental Protection Agency considers manure (waste) to be one of the top 10 pollutants, and US
farms alone create 2 billion tons of it annually.
Of course, there are several health implications to consider too. Studies show those who practice a balanced vegan diet meet all healthy eating rec-ommendations, including consuming more fruit, vegetables, whole grains and less cholesterol and saturated fat.
Eating these foods daily can help decrease the chances of suffering from disorders such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes, stroke and several cancers.
In fact, it’s been proven that vegans and vegetarians live longer than the general population.
Subsequent to global health initia-tives encouraging individuals to eat less meat and more greens, restaurants are
Mary BaakTHE DAILY COUGAR
If there’s anything that’s likely to go awry when talking to someone, it’s the use of the pickup line —where most people go wrong in their smooth-talking pursuits is in the fi rst two to fi ve minutes of interac-tion. If you haven’t mastered the art of the fl irt — and there are very few that have — here are a few pointers on how to keep that person from rejecting you as soon as you open conversation with them.
Actions speak louder than wordsFirst and foremost, it’s important to
know what they’re communicating to you without saying anything. This is one of the biggest mistakes people make when they’re trying to pick someone up and it is going to save you a lot of time if
you learn to take a hint. Whether they’re interested or not, body language should tell you exactly what you need to know. If
they’re not impressed, you might be able to see them looking for a way out of the
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changing their menus to satisfy a growing market of vegetarians, vegans and mild meat-eaters.
For instance, Chuy’s, located on Westheimer, attracts food lov-ers from all culinary backgrounds, from your Tex-Mex crew to vegan vixens.
Just ask Michael Olson, UH finance junior and the restaurant’s front of house manager, and he will tell you this restaurant caters to all.
“We have a lot of vegetarian options,” Olson said. “A lot of our clientele consists of people from middle eastern countries, so we cater to those who have those religious beliefs which prevent them from eating meat and other
animal products. There are people who believe it is just wrong to exploit animals.”
But Olson is not one of them. He said that after working at the establishment for about a year now, he has considered being vegan, but wouldn’t dare cross that line for family purposes.
“My grandparents own a cattle ranch, so it would be hard for me to go vegan,” he said.
For those who decide not to follow in Olson’s footsteps and dive into the culinary vegan pool of non-animal-based products, consider this and take a dip.
‘Moo-ve’ over meatMany people who become
vegan have a genuine concern for the treatment and killings of animals.
All animals farmed for food
meet the same fate, and vegans try to do their part in choosing not to participate in this ending. In fact, by avoiding foods with meat in them, vegans demon-strate their compassion for all living creatures.
Baby steps: try popular vegan dishes on for size
There are many international vegan dishes that have been known to taste so good they set off firecrackers in your mouth.
There are vegan pizzas, cas-seroles, even salsas (which can be found at Chuy’s) that people can eat.
One of the more popular dishes everyone should try is hummus, which is a dip or spread made from chickpeas.
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conversation — literally. He or she might ask for the time, check their cell phone and avoid eye contact as much as possible. They will likely also be short in response to your attempts to strike up conversation.
However, if luck is on your side, they’ll be physically engaged in the conversation, meaning their shoulders will be open instead of closing their torso off. They might also talk with their hands and bat their eyelashes, which happens to be the oldest trick in the book.
Subtlety is the keyAvoid looking like a jerk when
you’re trying to win their affection. Even if it’s just for a night, there’s no need to be pretentious or arro-gant — this is the second-biggest mistake people make. No matter how big your ego might be, talking yourself up will almost always be a turnoff to others, not to mention that it leaves you with a lot to live up to if you’re successful (though you probably won’t be).
That being said, don’t talk to someone like you’re God’s gift to mankind. Your efforts will be exponentially more effective if you talk to them as though he or she is a human being. If you can’t fi gure out if your method is going to work, ask yourself if you’d give someone a chance if they were saying the same things to you. If the answer is no, you might need to change up your
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game plan. Another part of this is original-
ity — spouting off something that’s been used before and entirely cliché is only going to work about 17 percent of the time. However, if this is the only way you know how to communicate with the people you’re interested in, at least try to make it sound like you didn’t fi nd it in a Google search for pickup lines.
Doing ‘the creep’ only works if you’re on The Lonely Island
Last but not least, don’t be a creep. If you get the sense that he or she is not interested, don’t force yourself on them.
Don’t try to take them out or
make further plans if they’re not responsive to your techniques in the fi rst 10 or 15 minutes, though you should get a sense of their level of interest in the fi rst two to fi ve minutes.
The biggest mistake you can make is repeatedly asking him or her to go out with you if they deny you and no positive body language has been seen.
It is always best to be modest and hope that your charm will be enough to swing taking them out on a date. But if they say no, there’s nothing you can do but be respect-ful and hope they see the light.
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Swinging a date with someone you’re interested in isn’t always the easiest task. Sometimes you might feel like it’s
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Houston history magazine passes to UHMoniqua SextonTHE DAILY COUGAR
The UH Center for Public His-tory now owns Houston History Magazine. It was first owned by the Houston Metropolitan Research Center and was published for 20 years before UH’s first issue came out in 2003.
The Houston Metropolitan Research Center was having mon-etary issues and they had other pri-orities when it came to funding.
“We didn’t want the magazine to go out of business,” said Joseph Pratt, editor of the magazine and professor of history and business. “So, we changed the format and digitized it.”
The magazine is published three times a year and features Houston’s history.
“Most of the articles focus on the history of the Houston metropolitan area,” Pratt said. “But we have had contributions about the history of Galveston and Beaumont and other surrounding communities.”
It has a mixture of articles, inter-views and photographs. Academic historians wrote some recent issues and numerous articles were on the
desegregation of Houston, said Pratt. Some of the writers have no formal training, but have a big interest in history.
Writers for the magazine consist of grad students from UH and other universities.
“The magazine staff is made up of students in the UH graduate pro-gram in public history,” said Pratt.
One history graduate student is very thrilled to be working for the magazine.
“Working for the magazine is a fabulous experience,” said Deb-bie Harwell. “The opportunity to meet truly interesting people from politicians to entertainers to ordi-nary citizens who contributed to the area’s history offers an amazing insight to the community.”
There will be an undergradu-ate course this fall for students that will embody some part of the magazine.
“This fall we will teach an undergraduate course on the his-tory of the Houston region using the magazine as part of the read-ing material,” Pratt said. “Students will take part in the preparation of the articles and interviews for publication as part of the course
requirements.”The magazine will benefit those
who are interested in history or the Houston region, said Pratt. He also said that the staff tries to include at least one article per issue about the history of the University of Houston.
Pratt hopes the magazine will come to share a part of their pas-sion for the study of the past with the readers.
“I have taught history for almost 40 years,” said Pratt. “And I am certain that history can enrich our lives, help us understand the world in which we live and entertain us at the same time.
“I have spent most of my pro-fessional life trying to help young people appreciate the value of his-torical context in understanding their families, their university, their region, the organizations which they work, and even their options in life.”
Students who take the class will not have to subscribe to the maga-zine, but for those who would like to subscribe or search the website visit www.historymagazine.org.
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rival 57 Rectangles 61 Resorts to 62 Brie’s tray-mate 64 Not phony 65 Does road work 66 Backpacker 67 Bill of fare 68 Chop — 69 Long lock 70 Move inch by
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formerly 3 Related 4 Beatles tune 5 Cotton pods 6 Sheri! Taylor’s
kid 7 Thicken 8 Epochs
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trees 21 Bravo, in Spain 23 Chicken’s seat 26 Basilica parts 27 Orono locale 28 Hull’s bottom 29 “Me, too!” 30 Host with
a book club 31 Shakes hands
with 33 Flawless 34 Coup plotters 35 Nervous 37 Half qts. 38 — Dawn Chong 41 Wasps’ homes 42 “The Velvet Fog”
(2 wds.) 47 Not casual
49 E-mail provider 51 Black billiard ball 52 Ski lifts (hyph.) 53 Pistachios 54 Hairy twin 55 Marseilles
mother 56 Yves’s evening 57 Horace’s poetry 58 Scholarship
criterion 59 Out" t 60 Slide sideways 63 Luau instrument
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