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UH and Texas Tech are the only two “emerging research universities” eligible to receive money from the National Research University Fund this year, according to a report by the Texas Higher Eduction Coordi-nating Board.

Pending an audit by state auditor, UH is eligible to receive the funds, said Com-missioner of Higher Education Raymund A. Paredes in a memo to the state auditor’s offi ce, published online by the Texas Tribune.

The two mandatory criteria for eligibility are to be an emerging research university and have restricted research expenditures, both of which UH has met.

UH has also met the criteria in endowment funds, number of doctorate degrees awarded, institutional recognition of research capabili-ties and scholarly attainment and high-quality faculty — meeting the minimum four of six passes necessary to be eligible to receive the funds, according to the report.

UH spent $57 million on restricted research in fi scal year 2010 and $53 million in

2011, according to the report, exceeding the required $45 million.

The value of the institution’s endowment funds also has to be at least $400 million in each of the two fi scal years preceding the year for which the appropriation is made. In 2010 and 2011, UH spent $491 million and $591 mil-lion respectively.

Also, UH met the criteria of high-quality faculty by having seven faculty members who had been awarded national or international distinction in 2010 and eight in 2011.

If UH is approved for the funding, it will receive one-seventh of the total money allocated for distribution by the NRUF, plus an equal share — up to one-fourth — of the remaining money after the other eligible schools receive their seventh, according to Texas House Bill 1000.

A boost in admissions is also expected because of the new status, as UH already saw a 12 percent increase in fall 2011 from the year before, said Shawn Lindsey, Director of Media Relations for UH.

“It’s impossible to attribute that rise to any single factor,” he said. “But as the University of Houston’s profi le and reputation as a Tier One, nationally competitive research university continues to rise it’s only natural to expect that so will the interest of prospective students.”

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Cougars awarded by alumni, engineering professionals

On Feb. 21, UH’s Engineering Alumni Association presented 55 students and four engineer-ing student organizations with awards worth $44,000 in their eighth annual Engineers Week reception and program, said Cyn-thia Oliver Coleman, Engineers Week 2012 Chair.

This year brought the Engi-neers Week award’s eight-year total to $210,000, said Coleman.

Sponsors of the awards included ExxonMobil, British Petroleum, Hewlett Packard, Traffic Engineers, Inc. and the UH EAA.

For more information on this event and EAA, visit its website at www.egr.uh.edu/eaa.

— Cougar News Services

PHILANTHROPY

University to thank alumni, benefactors for donations

UH will host Philanthropy Awareness Day from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today in the University Center.

The event is to thank UH alumni and benefactors for donating money to the University, according to a UH press release.

For more information, contact Liz Castro at (713) 743-8951 or [email protected].


CEO

UH’s Carnaval of Cultures to feature performances, food

The Council for Ethnic Orga-nizations will host the two-part event “Carnaval of Cultures” Thursday.

The first half of the event will include food and performances from “all over the world” as well as carnival attractions. This will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Butler Plaza, Lynn Eusan Park and outside Cullen Performance Hall, according to the Council’s website.

The second half will run from 6 to 9 p.m. inside Cullen Performance Hall and will feature performances by professional groups as well as cultural student organizations.

The Council also invites students to participate in the performance.

Students seeking more information can email [email protected].


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UH has hired a new chief of police, who started Feb. 20.

“I am looking forward to working for this wonderful University with a very supportive staff,” said Chief Ceasar Moore, a UH-Down-town graduate.

“I hope to make the Cougar community a safer place to work, live, study and visit.”

Moore is a native Houstonian and started as a Houston police officer patrolling the streets surrounding UH in 1984.

He was later married at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church across the street from the University.

“My dad is a UH grad, my oldest daughter is a UH grad and I am a UH-D grad,” Moore said. “As you can see, I am tied to this area.”

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Student Government Association elections to continue through ThursdaySGA president, vice president and senator positions are being voted on this week by the student body.Where to vote:

www.election.uh.edu!!

When to vote: 7 a.m. to 11: 59 p.m. today through Thursday!!

Presidential (vice presidential) candidates on the ballot:

Cedric Bandoh (Turner Harris)!!

Femi Jekayinfa (Josue Alvarado)!!

Carl McGee (Tarek Haider)!!

Michael McHugh (Mohammed Aijaz)!!

Joy Ramirez (Amayrani Gomez)!!

Markley Rogers (Camden Mahbubani)!!

Je! Syptak (Jack Wehman)!!

David Williams (Ramon Montano)!!

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Theft: 10:35 a.m. Feb. 20, UH Hilton Hotel — A student reported that someone stole her unat-tended and unsecured wallet from the Hilton hotel. The incident occurred between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Feb. 17. The case is active.

Traffi c Offense: 2:20 p.m. Feb. 20, East Parking Garage — A stu-dent reported that someone struck and damaged his unattended and secured vehicle while it was parked in East Parking Garage. The striking driver failed to leave the information required by law. There are no suspects. The incident occurred between 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. Feb. 17. The case is active.

Unauthorized Use: 4:37 p.m. Feb. 20, Bates Residence Hall — A faculty member reported that someone stole a UH-owned golf cart from Bates Hall. The golf cart was located at Law Hall with no damage. There are no suspects. The incident occurred between 4:35 and 4:44 p.m Feb. 20.

Possession of Marijuana: 7:20 a.m. Feb. 21, Cougar Vil-lage — UHDPS was notifi ed by Cougar Village staff that a student

was growing a marijuana plant in his closet and possessed drug paraphernalia in his room. Upon further investigation, the student was found with the marijuana plant and drug paraphernalia. The student received a Harris County citation and UH referrals. The inci-dent occurred at 7:20 a.m. Feb.20. The case is cleared by citation.

Theft: 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, Lot 20A — A student reported that someone burglarized his secured vehicle while it was parked in Lot 20A. There are no suspects. The incident occurred between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. Feb. 21. The case is active.

Tra! c O" ense: 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Lot 12A — A student reported that someone struck his unattended vehicle and failed to leave the information required by law. The incident occurred between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Feb. 21. The case is inactive.

Theft: 11:55 a.m. Wednesday, Butler Plaza — A staff member reported ten wire stakes stolen from displays in Butler Plaza. The incident occurred from 9:30 a.m.

and 3 p.m. Wednesday. The case is inactive.

Theft: 7:39 a.m. Thursday, UH System at Sugar Land — A UHDPS security offi cer reported that someone struck a UH Sugar Land light pole and failed to report the incident as required by law. The incident occurred between 9:22 and 9:23 p.m. Wednesday. The incident is inactive.

Theft: 11:06 a.m. Thursday, Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall — A student reported that someone stole an unattended and unse-cured UH-owned camera from the PGH breezeway. The incident occurred between 12:30 and 2 p.m. Tuesday. The case is active.

Theft: 3:28 p.m. Thursday, Cullen Oaks Apartments — A student reported that someone stole his secured bicycle. The incident occurred between 8:45 p.m. Wednesday and 4:30 a.m. Thursday. The case is active.

For the complete report and to view past reports, go to thedailycougar.com/crime

CRIME LOG Have information on these or other incidents of crime on campus? Call 713-743-0600

The following is a partial report of campus crime between Feb. 20 and Thursday. All information is selected from the ! les of the UH Police Department. The information in italics indicates when the event was reported to UHPD and the event’s location. Informa-tion or questions regarding the cases below should be directed to UHPD at (713) 743-0600.

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Professor Menzie Chinn of the University of Wisconsin lectured about consumption and produc-tion in today’s economy at the UH Honors College Commons Friday.

Sponsored by the Phronesis Politics and Ethics Program at the Honors College and Hobby

Center for Public Policy, the lecture focused his book “Lost Decades: The Making of Amer-ica’s Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery.”

“Big financial institutions were self-interested,” Chinn said. “There is an incentive if you want an institution to exist — you tend to take risks bigger than you otherwise would.”

Americans consume more than they produce and our con-sumption has been high since 1980s, he said.

“We are going to reduce consumption, increase savings

and in international context what that means is that we are going to export more,” Chinn said. “Essentially, everyone should work more and spend less.”

In order to speed the recovery

of the economy, Chinn said stu-dents need to learn skills that are easily transferrable. “We want to be flexible to all sorts of jobs.”

“Our economy is recovering, but very slowly.” Chinn said.

Chinn blamed political institutions that are interested in keeping their money.

“It’s difficult,” said Wen Long, an economics graduate student. “Are the rich going to carry the burden or the poor?

“The economy affects everyone.”

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The new chief of police brought 27 years of Houston Police Department experience to the University police.

“I have a vast array of police experience — over 27 years,” he said.

“I have several years of secu-rity experience as well. I bring passion, caring and respect to the position. I am excited and humbled by the opportunity. I will give the UH community my best.”

Moore said he couldn’t have been happier to start the new position.

“I thought the job at UH was perfect for me, that is why I applied,” he said.

“This is the only policing job that I have ever applied for other than my Houston PD job. I have always had an affinity for aca-demia and policing. As the police chief at UH, I am close to two things that I love.”

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For years, posthumous proxy bap-tism, or baptism for the deceased, has been a regular practice in the

Church of Latter Day Saints. Originally, the practice was intended to soothe converts to the Mormon faith. They feared that their ancestors, who had died before the church was founded, would not be saved. Church founder Joseph Smith told his

followers they could posthumously baptize those ancestors, for the opportunity to move to higher positions in the afterlife.

Any member of the Church of Latter Day Saints can perform a

posthumous baptism, so as to spare past ancestors — including Holocaust victims.

Anne Frank has been posthumously baptized as a Mormon nine times. The Mormon establishment claims to have only discovered this practice in 1991, when they formally ordered members of the church to stop baptizing Holocaust vic-tims. After another complaint in 1995, the Church removed hundreds of people from the lists of those posthumously baptized, and asked again that members refrain from the practice. They did not. Another complaint was issued in 2010 and ignored.

Last week, the issue came to a head. Mormons have posthumously baptized the parents of Holocaust survivor and activist Simon Wiesenthal at temples in Utah and Arizona. They have also added still-living Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel to their list of those to be baptized — when he dies. Wiesel himself has been a vocal critic of the practice for many years and has asked Mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney to speak out against it. Romney has been silent on Wiesel’s current request, but when asked in a 2007 interview with Newsweek if he had ever participated in posthumous baptism, Romney said that he had, but not recently.

Although Romney is a prominent Mormon fi gure, it is doubtful anyone would listen even if he did honor Wiesel’s request. The Church of Latter Day Saints has asked its members multiple times to stop baptizing anyone who is not an ancestor. If Mormons will not listen to the LDS establishment, why would they listen to Mitt Romney?

Many claim that the Church of Lat-ter Day Saints has not done enough to educate Mormons about posthumous baptism, though it is surprising that someone would have to explain that it is disrespectful to claim deceased members

of another religion as your own. Mormons may believe that they are helping to ensure a better position in the afterlife for those individuals, but the nature or existence of an afterlife is not known by anyone. We are entitled to our own beliefs in life, and those beliefs should be honored in our death as well.

To attempt to retroactively change the religion of Anne Frank is particularly nauseating. Members of other faiths have been targeted as well, though the Catholic Church believes that the posthumous baptisms have no authority and they prob-ably have a point as far as the afterlife goes. In this life, it is still an insult to the legacy of those who lived according to their chosen faiths.

Religious freedom has been interpreted lately as the freedom to force one’s beliefs onto others, but the true spirit of the religious freedom is to practice your faith as you wish, while allowing others to do the same. Religious freedom is a two-way street. Members of the Mormon faith are entitled to their own beliefs about salvation and the afterlife, but they should respect others’ choice of faith in life and death.

Emily Brooks is an economics senior and may be reached at [email protected]

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STAFF EDITORIAL

According to a 2011 study by Sallie Mae, 22 percent of college students from families who make

more than $100,000 a year attended community colleges last year, a 6 per-centage point increase from 2010.

But what would attract middle class stu-dents to community colleges?

When the economy tanked, the middle class did not emerge unscathed. With less money to spend on their educations, community colleges promise students transferable credits at a fraction of the cost. But that isn’t the only thing that is attracting middle class students to community colleges.

Casey Carbill, the president of Raritan Val-ley Community College, told Inside Higher Ed that her suburban New Jersey community col-lege has taken steps to create more of a “first year experience” for its students.

This is the other piece of the puzzle. Cheaper classes are not enough to attract large numbers of students to community colleges. Many students want amenities like fitness centers and university-style dining halls.

Traditionally, community colleges have been viewed as extensions of high schools. By focusing on improving student life on their campuses, administrators like Carbil have shown that they know what community college students really want — not to be reminded that they are at a community college.

As the economy gets worse, more students will be turning to community colleges for respite from the rapidly increasing tuitions of 4-year universities.

At the University of Houston, it seems the norm for students to transfer in from com-munity colleges. The study from Sallie Mae indicates that this could soon become the norm for university students across the nation.

If community colleges continue to focus on improving the content of their courses and the experience of students on their campuses, they will have little to worry about as they ride out the recession.

Students turn to community colleges

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Religious freedom after death

POSTHUMOUS BAPTISM by Kathleen Kennedy

EmilyBrooks

LETTERSSupport the student walkout

This Thursday, March 1st, K-12 students and college students nationwide are responding to a national call to action and walking out at noon. College students are meeting at student centers, and K-12 students are meeting at fl agpoles. So why are we walking out?

Some are walking out against budget cuts to public schools. Against teacher/staff layoffs. Against being shackled with thousands of dollars to walk into the high-est unemployment rate for college grads

since 1970. Against costly campus-edition textbooks. Against rising tuition and rising college executive salaries and bonuses. Against neglect of public school books, technology and infrastructure. Against varying quality of education by zip code. Against a $1 trillion+ student loan bubble fi t to burst or cuts to fi nancial aid.

Some are walking out in support of underpaid, overworked, laid-off teachers and staff. In support of more Pell grants, more merit-based and need-based schol-arships. In support of healthier school lunch food. In support of keeping physical

education and art as top priorities in K-12 schools. In support of abolishing student debt entirely. In support of free, quality public education regardless of zip code or income level. In support of more good jobs for college grads

At noon wherever you are, walk out. Meet at your student center. Talk about the issues affecting you. Discuss solutions. Present demands to school boards, city councils, state legislators and members of Congress. Let’s take our education back.

— Carl Gibsonhistory senior

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The Cougars will try to avenge their 4-3 loss to Rice in last year’s Conference USA Championship game. The Owls have dominat-ed the series all-time, winning 94 of the 164 meetings between the two schools. Junior college transfer Austin Pruitt will make his ! rst start at UH as the Cougars try to defeat the Owls for the ! rst time since May 1, 2009. | Catherine Lara/The Daily Cougar

The Cougars’ weekend split against Southeastern Louisiana and Tulane leaves them at 5-3 for the season. Senior Giorgia Pozzan has played a large role in their success. Pozzan has racked up seven singles wins and four wins in doubles contests. | Catherine Lara/The Daily Cougar

Too comfortable Cougars blow 31-point leadTRACK & FIELD

Eduardo VenegasTHE DAILY COUGAR

The UH men’s team blew a 31-point lead to fall one point short of their sixth consecutive C-USA indoor title, placing second to Tulsa.

“The atmosphere was just too relaxing, we thought for sure that we were going to win,” junior sprinter

Errol Nolan said.The Golden Hurricane’s rally was

solidifi ed in the 3,000-meter run, they took six of the top eight spots for 34 points.

The Cougars were down by three points heading into the fi nal event of the meet, the 4x400m relay. UH took second, claiming eight points, while Tulsa took third adding six points, leaving the Cougars one

point short of the title.“We just had one too many

people not running through the line at their races, just needed that little effort,” Nolan said. “We just needed that extra effort in another event.”

Nolan set a new meet record in the 400m dash, as he won gold with a time of 46.74. He also took fi rst in the 200m dash with a time of 21.01. Nolan was awarded Male Athlete of

the Meet.“I am excited to have the meet

record and to be named Male Ath-lete of the Meet, it is just an honor altogether,” Nolan said.

Freshman John Horton took gold in the men’s triple jump. Teammate Isaiah Sweeney won the gold medal in the men’s long jump. Sweeney’s 23 points also earned him High Point Scorer of the Meet.

The women’s team placed third with 74 points falling behind UCF and winner East Carolina.

Megan Frausto captured gold for the Cougars in the women’s pentathlon, winning three of the fi ve events. Karley King also took gold in the women’s pole vault with a mark of 4.06m.

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Taking back the crownGilbert RequenaTHE DAILY COUGAR

The Cougars will try to do something tonight they haven’t done in nearly three years — beat Rice.

The latest installment of the Silver Gloves series gets underway at 6:30 p.m. at Cougar Field where the Cougars (4-3) welcome the No. 5 Owls (8-0) for a mid-week matchup.

Rice has dominated the series as of late, winning the last 15 contests dating back to 2009, 17 including Conference USA tournament.

The last UH victory came May 1, 2009, when the Cougars beat the

Owls 7-4 at Cougar Field.Rice holds the all-time series

lead 94-69.Despite the UH/Rice rivalry’s

recent one-sidedness, the Cougars are confi dent that they can shoot down the Owls.

“It’s an opportunity for us to play against a great opponent,” head coach Todd Whitting said.

“You got a team coming in here that’s undefeated and is ranked in the top fi ve. Year in and year out, it’s one of the best teams in the country. It’s a great test for us.”

Taking the hill for his fi rst start as a Cougar is Austin Pruitt. Pruitt has four-and-one-third innings of relief work this season and has done enough for the coaching staff to pencil him in as tonight’s starter, replacing last Tuesday’s starter Matt Hernandez in the

TENNIS

Cougars take a split in LouisianaAlbert TorresTHE DAILY COUGAR

UH’s five-match winning streak was snapped this weekend as it split a pair of matches.

The Cougars (5-3) played two away matches winning the first against Southeastern Louisiana, 7-0, and losing a heated contest against powerhouse Tulane, 5-2.

Head coach John Severance made clear his expectations for the team after the close battle with Tulane (9-1).

“From here on out we expect to win every match,” Severance said. “We have a chance to start another winning streak starting next week.”

The Cougar’s top doubles tandem of Giorgia Pozzan and Bryony Hunter started out with an 8-2 win to open play against

Southeastern Lousiana (4-2), while the Liselot Koenen/Laura Ring combination clinched the doubles point for the Houston with an 8-3 win.

UH swept the singles event with Celia Fraser earning her fifth straight singles win 6-2, 6-1, while Maja Kazimieruk improved to 6-1 in singles play with a 6-2, 6-1 win.

“Today’s play was tough with windy conditions,” Severance said.

“We now have to focus on our first Conference USA match against Tulane tomorrow and we expect an extremely physical, mental and vocal match.”

Which is exactly what the Cougars got.

“I’m proud of the way we played, it was the closest and

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exclamations 5 ___-Jo (1988

Olympics star)

8 Thing for the plus column

13 Lifebuoy rival 14 Hodgepodge 15 Lavender

relative 16 1814-15

exile for Napoleon

17 Some Thanksgiving fare

19 Not in favor of 21 Trident-

shaped Greek letter

22 Pitched enclosure

23 Lines that touch but don’t intersect

26 Discolor by burning

28 Angry feeling 29 “Chosen

one” played by Keanu

30 Old Glory’s land

31 Nectar inspector

32 Diamond measure

34 Electromag-netic wave amplifiers

37 Fruity dessert 41 More sharp,

as pain 42 “Love ___

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perhaps 47 “7 Faces of

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sign 51 Abate 53 Building

castles in the air

55 Brewer’s kiln 56 Parker’s

responsibility? 58 Cause of a

run 59 Sexy

photographs, informally

62 Calif. wine valley

65 Fauvist painter Matisse

66 Discharge, as radiation

67 Suffix meaning “land” in some country names

68 “Come in” command

69 ___ Luis Obispo

70 CongerlikeDOWN 1 Homage in

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rotation.“It’s not that Matt did not throw

good, it’s that Austin was really good,” Whitting said. “(Pruitt) is a very confi -dent kid. He can give you long outings and can throw a lot of pitches. He’s very competitive. I’m anxious to see what he does on this stage.”

UH enters the game having dropped its fi rst series of the season

to Texas State over the weekend. The team is getting solid starting pitching, but the offense has been lacking.

“I think the formula so far has been pretty good, except there’s one key ingredient missing — timely hitting,” Whitting said.

“We’ve played good defense, we’ve had solid pitching, we’ve been in every single game, but we haven’t been able to get the timely hit.”

A win over a highly-ranked club early in the season could give the team the spark and confi dence it needs to

play any team in the nation. Not to mention, fi nally beating Rice would be nice.

“It would be huge for us to win this game,” Whitting said. “I’d be crazy to tell you that it doesn’t mean a little bit more, because it is Rice, and we do sit here and share the same city. Every win this season is paramount for our program and to be able to get one against a quality program like that would be huge.”

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most emotional match we’ve played as a team,” Severance said of the 5-2 loss to Tulane.

“We came together and played our hearts out but didn’t come out with the result we wanted.”

The Cougars had lost the doubles event, but roared back in the singles event to almost pull out the upset.

Pozzan and Bryony Hunter led the rally by winning their singles matches. Pozzan scored 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 which improved her record to 7-1 in singles play, while Hunter won her match 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.

But the rally fell just short as the Cougars eventually lost.

“We couldn’t fi nish off points in doubles play, but we were in four matches in singles against a team that’s going to be nationally ranked,” Sever-ance said.

The Cougars are off this weekend, but play their next match at the John E. Hoff Tennis Courts Mar. 7 against Prairie View A&M.

In the meantime, Severance said that the Cougars would continue to practice going into the match and he wants a rematch against the Cougars’ Confer-ence USA rival.

“I hope to play Tulane again this season.”

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TODAYTinkle me, Amadeus

Moores School of Music profes-sor Timothy Hester will take audi-ences back in time with the help of a few special antiques during “The Amadeus Project: Bringing the Past into Focus,” at 7:30 p.m. in the Moores Opera House.

Audiences will hear several of Mozart’s piano concerti just as they were rendered in the 18th century through his use of a rep-lica of a 1795 fortepiano.

The Amadeus Project Orchestra will join Hester for the performance.

Tickets for “The Amadeus Proj-ect” are $15, or $10 for students and seniors. They can be pur-chased at the Moores Box Offi ce and by calling (713) 743-3313.

For more information, visit www.uh.edu/class/music.

THURSDAYSeries opens with a scream

The Global Cinema Series begins its Spring 2012 run with the screening of a French film at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, in room 104 of the Science and Engineering Complex.

The film “A Screaming Man” is about an aged former swimming champion and takes place during the civil war that ravaged the African nation of Chad.

Julie Tolliver, UH instructional assistant professor of French, will introduce the film.

The series is sponsored by the World Cultures and Literature Program in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages.

For more information, visit www.uh.edu/class/mcl.

FRIDAYWaxing poetic on ! rst Friday

Inprint presents the latest First Friday Poetry Reading event with Andre de Korvin.

The event takes place at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Inprint House, 1520 W. Main, one block south of the Menil Collection in the Museum District.

For more information, contact Robert Clark via email at houston-fi [email protected]

SATURDAYPoets wax at library

Ryler Dustin, a MFA candidate in UH’s Creative Writing Program, will be a featured reader for the Houston Public Library’s Public Poetry Series.

Dustin will read from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Park Place Regional Library, 8145 Park Place.

Dustin was a fi nalist in the Individual World Poetry Slam and now teaches in the Writers in the Schools program.

Other poets featured during the event are Hayan Charara, Mar-cell Murphy and Susan Wood.

For more information, visit www.publicpoetry.net.

—Cougar Arts Staff

THE PREVIEWLITERARY ARTS

Series provides ‘poison’ for penners

Harlem rapper ‘spits’ odes to Htown scene

Camila CossioTHE DAILY COUGAR

The back patio of Montrose bar Poison Girl was packed for the “Frebrurarryr” installment of the Poison Pen Reading Series.

The readings are held on the last Thursday of each month and are hosted by Scott Repass — a man who, on this Thursday evening, was determined to yell “syphilis” into the micro-phone all night long.

The featured writers for the evening were Steve Wolfe, a member of BooTown and special guest Karyna McGlynn.

The atmosphere was as eclectic as one can expect a Thursday night in Montrose to be: Stringed lights hung low near walls covered with vines, professor-types with untucked Oxford shirts and grizzly beards congregated together, an actual Kool-Aid man statue stood stoically in the background and a creepy giant-sized Cabbage Patch doll watched the audience with her weather-beaten eyes.

Steven Simeone, a creative writing under-graduate who moved to Houston from New York, found his niche through readings like Poison Pen.

“It was [intimidating] the fi rst couple of times I was here, but the writers they bring in are usually so glad to talk to you that the intimidation factor goes away after some time,” Simeone said. “They’re almost exclusively pretty awesome people.”

Simeone heard about Poison Pen by word of mouth, fi rst through creative writing professor Aaron Reynold’s listserv and then from friends who had recommended it.

“There is a great community of undergradu-ate writers and writers outside of the school program,” Simeone said. “It’s cool to be able to hang out with them.”

Simeone has been interning with Poison Pen for six months now and also works for Glass Mountain, UH’s undergraduate liter-ary magazine. He feels drawn to Poison Pen because of the individuality of the reading series.

“This is going to sound like I’m saying something bad about it, but it’s a bit more crass and a bit more unpolished, but that’s not a bad thing.

“It makes it more intimate, which is the primary thing that I’m looking for during a reading,” Simeone said. “The sterility of some of them can be off-putting, it makes it all seem very academic when I don’t think writing is necessarily about the institution.”

Wolfe opened the reading with eight short pieces. He remarked that he has recently been practicing writing micro fi ction as well as “tweet” stories — a genre of fi ction distin-guished by its brevity.

Wolfe promised the audience he would read his work in less than ten minutes and succeeded.

His piece, “Lunch with the Parents,” was lighthearted and sarcastic as Wolfe read in a calming voice, “Eat the enemy / Defeat him / Mom swallows a tongue sandwich.”

Alex PechacekTHE DAILY COUGAR

Amidst a standing, sold-out crowd, the rap crew known as the A$AP Mob, which has notoriously taken over music blogs, emerged under the venue’s lights in black attire and kneeled together in fellowship at the head of the crowd.

Once the ceremonials were complete, the star of the night, A$AP Rocky, launched into his single “Pretty Flacko.”

The Sunday night crowd at Warehouse Live swayed and leaned like a lazy mosh pit as

Rocky spit his lyrics over the track’s booming production.

The Harlem-based rapper’s set consisted of a string of songs from his acclaimed 2011 mixed tape, “LiveLoveA$AP,” which features a bevy of talented producers whose beats are tamed by the confi dent rapper.

Many of the songs he brought are defi ni-tively post-regional, incorporating much of Texas’ sound while utilizing historical aspects of other cities steeped in hip-hop culture.

“I feel like it’s only right that we do the next song,” Rocky said to the crowd before jumping into his hit, “Purple Swag,” a woozy tribute to the Houston rap scene, “I’m Texas Trill, but in

NY we spit it slow.”Rocky worked the crowd and announced,

“Houston is everything I am.” He then ques-tioned his fans, “How many purple people out there, yo?” He was met with a roaring response.

The recent surge of efforts like “Purple Swag” that pay tribute to the Houston scene brought about by artists such as Kendrick Lamar and Drake, has touched the city — giv-ing Houston more reasons to revitalize its great hip-hop scene.

In a way, Rocky has contributed to a buzz

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RECREPORTDEPARTMENT OF CAMPUS RECREATION SPOTLIGHT

Fencing Club Lunges for the LeadOn February 18th the UH

fencing club traveled to Texas A&M University to compete in a league tournament, SWIFA III. The club is governed by SWIFA, the South Western Intercollegiate Fencing Association, and includes stiff competition such as Texas State, Baylor, Texas A&M, UTSA, University of Texas Austin, North Texas, Rice University, and Texas Tech .

Last year at this competition, the cougars fought to achieve 5th place honors through the Foil squad and 8th place honors through the Epee squad. Satisfied with their performance, vigorous practice session were endured to increase their efforts in a achieving a SWIFA championship.

Going into last week’s competition the cougars hoped their hard work paid off and looked to improve upon last year’s results. The Epee squad experience success as they attained 1st place honors out of 14 squads. The Foil

squad also showed signs of brightness as they walked away with 4th place honors amongst 16 other squads. Interested in joining the fencing club? Contact Club President Michael Harris at [email protected]. For more

information. Also like the Sport Club’s facebook page for team updates, events, and results.

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that has brought a critical eye to the city’s hip-hop scene — a scene that hasn’t been popular-ized since its commercial rise in 2005.

The appeal of the rapper attracted a collaborative effort from Drake, who welcomed Rocky and fellow tour mate Lamar — who performed his own hit, “A.D.H.D.” — onto the ticket for his current Club Paradise Tour.

Rocky wasn’t scheduled to perform in Houston, but traveled here before the collaborative tour reached Austin.

After the A$AP performance, Houston’s Slim Thug took the stage to perform his verse from “Still Tippin’.” Apparently, the song was infl uential to Rocky because he raps “Tippin’ 4s since back in ’06” in “Purple Swag.”

Close to the end of the show, Rocky accompanied fans in jam-ming to popular Southern rap hits.

Soon after, fans rushed the platform and began crawling over the stage barrier. Although secu-rity attempted to ward them off, they succeeded in crashing the stage. But Rocky wasn’t bothered by them.

He stood his ground in the middle of the crowd, as he per-formed, but was unseen once the music cut off.

The packed stage and the rest of the fans continued to shout, “ASAP, ASAP, ASAP,” before fi nally dispersing.

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Besides his humor on- and off-stage, Wolfe also read poignant lines that felt even more dramatic through their simplicity, “I’m sorry / I know I always say that / But I

am sorry.”A member from Bootown — a

non-profi t organization founded by UH alumni that is dedicated to theater and storytelling — took the stage with a piece about a bad dentist experience, which ended with, “Because when you are in miserable pain, there is nothing

more comforting than Pauly Shore.”

The wit was evident every-where, after each reading the host returned yelling “syphilis” a joke that was slightly unclear but somehow became funnier as the evening progressed.

UH alum Fujio Watanabe said he

enjoys the readings because of the range of material he gets to hear.

“I come to listen … there are some funny stories, some serious,” Watanabe said.

“I like to hear new things from different writers.”

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