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Celeb charity event to take place on UH campus

Girl Power Weekend is happening at 7 p.m. this Saturday, Aug. 28 in the University Center Houston Room. The event is a celebration with singer Kelly Rowland to support her new charity, I Heart Girlfriends.

Other celebrity attendees include Brandy Norwood, La La Vazquez, and LeToya Luckett. Tickets are $20 at the door.

The IHMG website states that this organization began in 2009 after Rowland spent the day visiting a high school in Houston, Texas. After taking some very interesting questions, Kelly decided she wanted to share the love she has with her girlfriends to the world. The website also states that IHMG is more than a foundation; it’s an empowerment movement for young women.

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U.S. slips to No. 12 in college graduation rates

KIAH-TV reported that the college graduation rate in the U.S. slipped to number 12 within the category of industrialized nations.

The U.S. falls behind countries such as Canada, which has a 55.8 percent college grad rate, and South Korea with 55.5 percent. It’s even lower than the national average in Texas, at 31 percent of the population having a higher education degree.

According to the report, local colleges are aware of the situation and are attempting to fix the numbers for the better.

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By Jourdan VianTHE DAILY COUGAR

The C.T. Bauer College of Business launched its new official student-based website on Monday, Aug. 23.

It was developed in order to encourage students to get involved and take pride in their school, as well as to provide practical and timely services to it’s students.

“(MyBauerPride.com) was originally sparked by the University's 'You Are The Pride' campaign and a desire to Cougar pride within the college of business,” the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Business Programs Frank Kelley said.

He helped develop the idea for the website and turned it into reality.

The business school wanted a dynamic new web-site to encourage student participation and help keep students involved in their school.

Staff and students worked together, referring to other school's websites to come up with a concept students greatly benefit from.

Senior communications manager for the business school Jessica Navarro and the executive director of communications and marketing Chester Jacinto, work together with their communications team to develop content and update it in a timely manner.

UH alumnus Joel Rivera helped design the site, shoot video and assisted with the promotional campaign.

Some of the content includes videos and pictures

Prof gains national recognition

By Jesus AcevedoTHE DAILY COUGAR

The 2010 Ernst & Young Inclusive Excel-lence Award has been given to accounting professor George Gamble for his work in improving minority diversity around the country at the college level.

Ernst & Young is one of the top four pub-lic accounting firms in the country and has

been giving out the Young Inclusive Award for the past two years.

“People have to nominate you and based upon the nomination, you get selected,” Gamble said. “There were 100 nominees, and they selected five winners… The first year I was a finalist and this year I was one of the five winners.”

Gamble’s work in diversity includes men-toring faculty members, current and former students and encouraging them to strive to be their best.

“I tell students don’t use who you are for an excuse that you can’t do it, overcome that,” Gamble said.

He also said it is important for minority students to see minority faculty in front of them to give them an example of what can be achieved.

Ten years ago Gamble was one of the founding members of KMPG’s minority program called the PhD Project, which helps minority graduates attain a doctorate by pro-viding them with scholarships.

Gamble has been teaching at the Univer-sity since 1978 and holds a doctorate’s degree from Penn State University. Soon after gradu-ating, he was recruited to UH by his Penn

UH faculty member selected as one of five to receive elite accounting award

Business students encouraged to interact, participate with new website

Laying out

Photo junior Hannah Litvin and media pro-duction junior Brett Williams relax in a self-

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Alumni take part in new voting campaignBy Gordon FurneauxTHE DAILY COUGAR

A UH alumna is utilizing campus sup-port to attract new voters for the upcoming election.

Liana Lopez, the lead campus organizer for ReEnergize the Vote Campaign, is help-ing to secure their goal of 32,000 new voters

from students across the U.S.Lopez is confident that UH will pro-

duce the largest numbers of new student voters.

“The campaign kicks off (with) UH, Houston Community College System, Rice University and Texas Southern Uni-versity over these next few weeks,” Lopez said. “Two of the three Houston campaign organizers are UH alumni and they brag

that Cougars will come in with the highest numbers of all the colleges.”

As an organizer, Lopez realizes and is aiming to make the most of the flooding numbers of new eligible voters.

“In 2008, young people turned out to vote in record numbers. More than 22 million 18-to-29 year olds cast ballots

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ON caMPUsGnocchi Night The Baptist Student Ministry will celebrate an Argentinian tradition by hosting a gnocchi night. Check it out if you have never tried gnocchi before at the BSM building located on the corner of Calhoun and University at 7 p.m.

Good News Gospel Choir Bible Study & Choir Rehearsal The Good News Gospel Choir is looking for talented singers, musicians, praise dancers, steppers and mimes! Visit room 131 of the Moores School of Music at 7:15 p.m.

International Student Welcome Night The International Christian Fellowship is welcoming new and returning international students. Check it out at the A.D. Bruce Religion Center, 2nd floor, at 7:15 p.m.

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PaKIsTaNTaliban threatens foreign aid

Threats produced by the Taliban have made their way to the U.S. government, the State Department said Thursday. The threats are directed toward foreign aid workers assisting in the flood relief efforts in Pakistan. Government officials say they have intelligence and are investigating any leads. The Pakistani government is co-operating and acknowledges the level of concern. Some 17 million people in Pakistan have been affected by the monsoon floods over the past month, and the region is expecting more rain. The U.S. has pledged $200 million to aid in the relief efforts and more than 2 million pounds of supplies have already been delivered. Additionally, thirty countries have pledged more than $700 million. The United Na-tions described the Taliban threats as inhumane at targeting those who are striving to assist victims.

NeW YOrKMuslim taxi driver stabbing creates uproar

Fourty-three year old cab driver Ahmed Sharif was stabbed Tuesday in his taxi after being asked by his passenger if he was a Muslim. The sus-pect was 21-year old Michael Enright, a college student who also volun-teered in the past in Afghanistan. Enright is now behind bars on charges of attempted murder and assault as hate crimes. Sharif appeared with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Thursday, following the attack as the mayor tried to ease the tensions of New York City

residents. Almost immediately after the incident, suspicions were made of a connection to the stir created by the ground zero Islamic mosque debate. However, investigators have not made an official statement on any motives or if the attack was a product of the hostile responses toward the planned mosque.

ONLINeGoogle's Gmail call feature well received

Google introduced a calling feature in Gmail Wednesday. In a tweet by the search engine giant, more than one million calls were made within the first 24 hours the feature went live. The new service allows Gmail users to place free phone calls to the U.S. and Canada, and international calls for a small fee. Reports state that similar features introduced by Google in the past, Google Wave and Google Buzz, have not seen the same kind of acclaim.

hOUsTONLocal hand surgeon charged for assault

Michael G. Brown of the Brown Hand Center has been charged with aggravated assault on his wife. Court records state that Brown grabbed his wife's arm and was "twisting it as if he meant to break it." Brown has a history of previous assaults on his ex-wife. The Brown Hand Center is known for its television advertise-ments on local channels. Looks like the family man could really use a hand right now.

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Need A Ride To Church?

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State professor Arthur J. Francia.“From the very beginning he has

had an active role in the National Association of Black Accountants,” Professor of Accounting and Taxation Arthur Francia said.

“He has represented us in case competitions and has a national reputation for his work in diversity within the college of business, and has been doing this since 1978,”

Francia said.Gamble has numerous faculty and

teaching awards, but said there is no other award like this one.

“An award dealing with diversity is the most precious award I can receive, because that’s what I’m all about,” Gamble said.

“You haven’t made it when others have not made it, so when you are lift-ing and climbing and pulling them up with you, to me that is the most satisfying aspect of my job.”

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of UH students displaying Cougar pride and talking about life on cam-pus. The Business school lends out Flip video recorders to students to encourage participation.

Features on the website allow students to send direct links to their Facebook page on the homepage, so students can keep track of infor-mation and events.

Other features include polls, calendars of upcoming events sponsored by the college, news stories, a current weather feed and a market watch.

“We wanted it to be a place that was constantly changing,” Kelley said.

Considering the website is fairly new, not many students are aware

of it. The college of business is focused on advertising it by passing out bookmarks and T-shirts.

The business school plans on having weekly themes for the first three weeks of class. The first week is “Be Proud,” and features videos and pictures of students in Cougar regalia.

The second week of school, “Get Involved”, coincides with Rush week, which features an expo of over 20 Bauer student organizations.

The third week will be named “Be a Leader” and features the Busi-ness Student Association Volunteer Expo that showcases 35 non-profit organizations.

“Hopefully it will become a site of choice for many of our students,” Kelley said.

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on Election Day 2008, proving to be a significant political force in our country,” Lopez said. “At 44 million strong, our generation rep-resents one-fifth of the electorate both nationally and in Texas. We are poised to become the largest and most influential bloc in the country.”

They have set their sight on working with UH, but first they will need to gain permission from school officials. They have a meeting with the dean of students this week on campus.

“ReEnergize The Vote offers direct experience in the democratic process

through internships, community ser-vice and volunteer opportunities to perform campaign duties that look good on resumes,” Lopez said.

These initiatives will help the numbers, which they are counting on in order to produce more regis-tered student voters than their coun-terparts at the University of Texas.

“When we mentioned to our coalition partners both here and at UT that we were specifically target-ing their campuses, some friendly rivalry and talks of a competition grew from the conversation,” Lopez said. “As far as internally, let’s just say there may be some mild banter and wagers between the Houston and Austin natives.”

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Most of you have probably read Casey Goodwin’s commentary to the right of this by now, and many of you are most

likely downright pissed, and we, the members of The Daily Cougar editorial board, want you to know that we understand. We thought this would be a good time to make a few points, especially since it’s early in the semester, and we have a lot of freshmen and transfer students reading our paper.

Firstly, views expressed in this section either represent the students or staff who write them or the members of the Daily Cougar editorial board, as is the case in the staff editorials.

Although we respectfully disagree with Good-win, we defend her right to express her thoughts via our publication, and we encourage you to do so as well if you feel so inclined.

We take a lot of pride in our football team as well as our school, and we as a group feel the University is making great strides toward flag-ship status, but all opinions have the right to be voiced, and we respect that fact. We try to remind readers regularly of Frederick Douglass’ wise words:

“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation… want rain without thunder and lightning.”

One UH paradigm that’s always bothered us has been the paradigm that the Cougar is either in the pocket of the University or a daily reminder of UH’s shortcomings; neither is accurate.

What we do is here is report, analyze and assist the flow of information to students. Some students disagree with some of our staff’s opin-ions, which they have every right to, but we do not publish opinions that aren’t well prepared, constructed and conveyed.

You may disagree, but before you get upset, remember that we try to represent all students fairly and equally, and we encourage feedback.

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Cougar football is a much big-ger deal than it should be to UH students. While it is nice to have

something about our school to make us proud, Case Keenum should not be the only thing about UH worth discussing.

The University is still behind most of its com-petition academically, our fine arts programs are largely uninspiring, and the administration rarely seems to do anything productive.

But it’s all getting better. Every little excuse brings us a step closer to actually having a real Tier One school, not just a University that brags about its largely futile efforts.

Our football team has done extremely well in the past year, and is cut out to have an even better season this year. So Cougar fans might have a lot to cheer about. Maybe it is because I am neither

a guy nor a Texan, but it seems like a single sports team should be one of the last things UH students mention when they say what the best thing about their university is. In fact, to me, the entire thing is downright ridiculous.

Yes, we have a few amazing players, but I am more proud of UH’s beautiful campus, the wonderful new cafeteria at Moody Towers, and the diversity of the university’s students. Those things actually have an impact on my day-to-day college life. The only time Cougar football affects me is when the cheering from the stadium is so loud I can hear it from my room.

It is important for students to remember that, just because UH foot-ball is doing well does not mean that people can call themselves Cougar fans without supporting our other teams as well. The University also has women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, and cross-country teams currently in season, and

they enjoy a tiny fraction of the support base that the football team will see Sept. 4.

It is better to ignore Cougar sports completely then to be a fair-weather fan and only pretend to care about the one team that makes national headlines. Many of our other teams are also doing well, and are just as worthy of our sup-port. The other Cougar athletes work hard for the University, and deserve just as much cheering and chest painting as the students who play for Cougar football.

However, it is important to remember that just because we have above-average athletics does not mean UH is an above-average school.

While our football team certainly does not hurt UH in the eyes of prospec-tive students, it doesn’t go nearly as far as having strong academics and high

As the 2010 gubernatorial campaign edges even closer, the political climate can now be

described as more than heated, thanks to one simple source. Is it informative

political discourse in order to help undecided voters? No. Is it award-winning investigative journalism that man-

aged to uncover unethical information about a candidate? No. It's an ad calling Governor Rick Perry a "coward" for not participating in a debate with Bill White (or talking to newspaper editorial boards). It’s almost worth jumping out of your seat: news about a newspaper ad.

The ad ran in 24 separate newspapers on Aug. 24, and only the Houston Chronicle refused to run it. This is ironic considering how often the Chronicle is berated by many for being a left-leaning newspaper.

Since most people in the immediate Houston area were unlikely to see it, the one page bit had a snapshot of Perry on a black background, captioned with coward in large white letters, followed by a small paragraph explaining the justifi-cation at using such strong and obscene language, including the line "Tell Rick Perry to stop cowering and face Texans like a man." I suppose they intended to bring Perry’s masculinity into question with that, causing me to imagine similar verbal trades coming from middle school boys.

If you want to get into the nitty gritty, Perry won't debate White because White hasn't published his tax records past 2004. White was Deputy U.S. Secretary in the 1990's, and apparently that's worth refusing to debate so much that your opponents (more accurately, an independent group who favors your opponents) will begin the name game.

This is mudslinging at its textbook definition. The makers of the ad could have avoided the ensuing backlash by making a positive ad about Bill White, or simply donating to his campaign instead of using the money to run lame ads in newspapers.

Instead they put another drop of water in the already overflowing bucket of petty political strife. Can the Repub-licans and Democrats get any closer to the Hatfields and McCoys? If you’re not familiar with the analogy, it’s a story of two feuding families who over decades and decades forget the very reason they oppose one another and eventually fight for no other reason than the sake of doing so.

And of course what is the media doing as a result? The conservative sources are pointing out this radical

UH football is great but not for me

Politics has been reduced to nothing

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Monday » 7pm at BSM- Freshman Picture Scavenger Hunt with pizza and slide show of the hunt to follow

Tuesday » 11am-2pm at UC North Patio- Free Burger Cook-out (Free grilled burgers, some live music, and free things from some local churches)

Tuesday » 7pm at Lynn Eusan Park- Hinge- a time of worship in the park at UH

Wednesday » 11am-1pm in free speech area in front of library- Free Picnic Lunch for all- we will toss the frisbee, have free meals, sit on blankets and enjoy the day

Wednesday » 8pm at UH bowling alley- free bowling after Cat’s Back

Thursday » 7pm- Howdy Party- New to Texas? We will give you an overview- learn a line dance, eat some Texas food, and some lingo

Friday » 7pm at BSM- Gnocchi night- come join in the Argentine tradition of monthly gnocchi with us!

Saturday » 10am at BSM- Paintballin’- meet at the BSM for some paintballin’ fun!

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graduation rates—areas where the University still needs a lot of work.

I have never been to a UH football game. I have no real desire to change that, either. The entire concept of mostly-grown men running across a field throw-ing a ball while crazed spectators scream and shout for no apparent reason is more irritating than appealing.

It’s not that I’m one of those people who like to stay locked in my room all day, above the chaos of campus events. I happily go to school plays and participate in student organizations, but the entire purpose of sports is beyond my comprehension.

Yes, I take pride in our football team. I like calling home and hearing my father brag about how well they are doing. I also like taunting my friends at Rice

when the Cougars beat the Owls in whatever sports event just occurred. Nevertheless, the money and energy the UH administration puts into its football program would be much better spent if it was shared more equally with other campus organizations.

College is about the whole package—having strong academ-ics, a gorgeous campus, involved student organizations, delicious food, a good newspaper, diverse and intelligent students, reason-able graduation rates and winning sports teams.

UH has a lot of those and huge potential to get more, but that will never happen if students spend so much of their time obsessing over football that they never even consider UH’s other impressive features.

Casey Goodwin is a mechanical engineering sophomore and may be reached at [email protected]

GOODWINcontinued from page 4

injustice made by the liberal media (because of course only liberals use name calling), and the liberal sources are explicitly point-ing out many things that Perry has refused to disclose in response to attacks on White (because it’s okay to call someone a name if you can flip the argument).

Sadly, this is what politics has been reduced to — ad hominem attacks. It shouldn't be so hard to wonder why so many people are apathetic to vote, let alone register to do so. Candidates spend too much time reducing themselves to using ad hominem attacks, or the popular alternative of demonizing the other on hot button issues such as gay rights or immigration.

David Haydon is a political science junior and may be reached at [email protected]

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overtime

sOfTBaLLFall workouts begin; team auditions walk-ons, set to host camps

Head coach Kyla Holas and her squad are ready to get back to work in the heat. Their first practice was Thursday as they prepare for the SK College Classic Oct. 2-3.

"We expect you to be great teammates," Athletics Director Mack Rhoades said to the team. "You win together, you lose together."

The team invited other softball players to try out for the team last Friday. Players had to pass a physical in the past year, and Holas and her coaching staff will gauge the talent.

Players aged eight to 18 are invited to attend a fall camp at UH. The first camp will be Sept. 5 where pitch-ing and catching will be the focus. On Sept. 12 Holas and her staff will advise hitters. September 19 and 26 will be for slap hitting and defense. To apply online it costs $85, for walk-ups the price is $100. — Cougar Sports Services

hIgh schOOL fOOTBaLLSeason kicks off for preps

A week before the UH football team takes the field against Texas State, games at the high school level begin. The first games were Thursday and will continue until Saturday.

Today's big game will be the Katy Tigers taking on the North Shore Mustangs. The game will be played at the Galena Park ISD stadium. — Cougar Sports Services

sKY dIveUH student to participate in national contest

Jumping out of a plane does not seem to be some-thing for competitors, but think again. UH student Simon Palacios, a junior engineering major, will be one of about 500 athletes who will be at the United States Parachute Association's National Champion-ship. Palacios will compete in the vertical formation event which is sometimes called — belly flying — with four other teammates. In the vertical formation event Palacios and his team will make different patterns in the air while free falling. Other events include vertical formation events ranging from eight to 16 teammates.

The championships are in Chicago from Sept. 10-24 at the Skydive Chicago facility. — Cougar Sports Services

LITTLe LeagUe WOrLd serIesTexas marches on to U.S. title game

The Pearland little league team defeated Wash-ington 7-5 on Thursday night to move on to the final game of the U.S. series. Representing the state of Texas, the team was able to squeak by with a four-run rally in the sixth frame. Texas will go on to play Hawaii after they defeated Georgia 7-4 yesterday.

— Cougar Sports Services

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SOCCER

VOLLEyBALL

Team set for Louisana trip

Coogs head to Austin for tough opener

Joshua SiegelTHE DAILY COUGAR

Despite some first game jitters against Sam Houston State, the Cougars came away with a victory in their opener and are now looking to stay undefeated, heading into their weekend road trip to face the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns and McNeese State Cowgirls.

“I think we we’re a little nervous for the Sam game because we wanted to go out and get the same result that we had against HBU, and there were a lot more people

there and we wanted to impress people,” freshman Kylie Cook said. “So I think we didn’t play our best game, but we got the victory. After this week of practice, we’re much more composed and ready to play these Louisiana teams.”

The Cougars' strategy for their two upcoming opponents focuses more on them finding their game than trying to counter any sort of style that their opposi-tion might throw at them.

“We haven’t really talked about what their strengths and weaknesses are,” fresh-man Nicole Duarte said. “What we focused on most is what we need to work on, which is communication, possession, keeping the game at our feet and not so fast.”

Cook and Duarte are just two of a very talented class of freshman that should make an impact for the Cougars this season. Cook

picked up her first assist of the season on the winning goal of the Cougars opening victory. Walk-on goalkeeper Chelsea Meyers shut out the Bearkats. Freshman Danielle Munoz also seems to be a fixture for the Cougars at center back, as she played all 90 minutes against the Bearkats.

“I’m excited. I think we have a great freshman class that came in,” senior Melanie Adelman said. “We’re very skillful. Every single person on our team is talented in some kind of way; there’s not one bad person. I have high hopes and we are a new team from last year.”

The Cougars should find the unde-feated Ragin’ Cajuns to be a fair match on Friday night. The Cajuns finished last sea-son 2-16-0, but have picked up victories in

Keith Cordero Jr.THE DAILY COUGAR

The wait is finally over for the Houston Cougars volleyball team, as their 2010 campaign gets underway today in Austin.

New Head Coach Molly Alvey and the Cougars open up the season at the Texas Invitational with a noon match against TCU, followed by a 4 p.m. match against McNeese State. Houston will finish up the tournament with a tough matchup tomor-row night against third-ranked Texas.

“It’s always important for us to mesh well, and I think that’s been our main expectations and goal for this pre-season training camp — for us to focus on play-ing well as a unit,” Alvey said.

The Cougars are led by junior middle-blocker and All-Conference USA Preseason Team selection Lucy Charuk.

The team captain missed all of the

2009 season due to a shoulder injury, which required shoulder surgery; she is excited to return to the court.

“I have no jitters whatsoever, I’m really

excited; I’ve been waiting for this for way too long," Charuk said.

Cougars are hoping to come away with a win on first road trip of season

Head coach Molley Alvey hopes her team comes together this weekend as they compete against TCU and the Texas Longhorns. | File Photo/The Daily Cougar

Head coach Molly Alvey hopes her team can come together in the team's first games of the season this weekend. They will have their hands full playing the University of Texas and Texas Christian University. | Aaron Cisneros/The Daily Cougar

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Houston understands the toughness to the start of the season, facing opponents like TCU (27-7 last season) and 2009 national runner-up No. 3 Texas (29-2 last season).

TCU is 5-3 in season openers under Head Coach Prentice Lewis and is 2-2 in season openers on the road. The Horned Frogs return 10 letterwinners and four starters to the 2010 squad.

“It’s not so much about worrying about the tough competition; we’re just going to go out there and play,” Charuk said.

Texas will be Houston’s final opponent in the tournament as the Longhorns return nine letterwin-ners and four starters to a volleyball program that’s been ranked in the Top 5 for 32 straight weeks.

“There’s some worry (about playing No. 3 Texas), we don’t want to go home and get killed; that’s probably the only worry,” Charuk said. “We know that it’s going to be a tough match so we’re just prepar-ing for that mentally, and we’re just going to play as hard as we can.”

McNeese State (17-13 last season) won’t be a pushover, but the Cougars know that it's a match they must win facing the Texas two-step in the Horned Frogs and Longhorns respectively. McNeese State, like Houston, are in their first year under a new head coach in Terry Gamble.

“Same way we will address Texas and the same way we will address TCU it doesn’t matter who’s on the other side of the net we got to come out and compete at a top level,” Alvey said on playing McNeese State.

Houston will need produc-tion outside from Charuk, and junior and senior outside hitters Ingrida Zauere and Marluci Toazzi respectively will shoulder that load. Zauere and Toazzi combined for 291 kills in 2009.

The Cougars return nine let-terwinners and four starters this season from a 9-23 team in 2009 and add six newcomers to this year’s team.

“We go out and we play hard, you pick up wins where you can get them, I don’t want to set a goal; our goal is to play as a unit,” Alvey said.

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their first two matches for the first time in school history. The Cougars lead the all-time series between the teams 5-1. Sunday, the Cougars will travel to Cowgirl Field to face the winless Cowgirls, who lost 0-7 to Baylor in their last match.

Even with so many new faces on the Cougars' roster, they have gelled quickly off the field, and are expecting that cohesion to start to manifesting itself more in their play.

“It’s been really refreshing com-ing in here and feeling that,” Cook said. “I was scared that I was going to be disrespected just because I was a freshman. It’s not like that at all; the team chemistry is really close and everyone is really good friends. I think that will show on the field as the season goes on.”

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BOX OffIceMovies that are coming out today

This week we have some definite Oscar contenders coming out. First is “The Takers,” starring arguably the best actors of the decade — Tip “T.I” Harris, Paul Walker, Hayden Christensen, and Rihanna-punching Chris Brown. Nothing gets better than a heist movie starring a bunch of people who couldn’t act their way out of a paper bag (other than T.I., and you know the cast is bad when a rapper is one of the best actors on the playbill.)

Next up is “The Last Exorcism,” another PG-13 rated jump-filled horror movie. Seriously, any scary movie worth its chops — especially an exorcism movie — has to be a hard R to be any good. The only reason that movies like this exist? Trying to cash in on the pre-teen market when they run out of other suitable date movies. Try going to see “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” instead, or even renting the original “The Exorcist.” There is a small glimmer of hope for this movie, but it’s definitely a hail-mary pass; producer Eli Roth (the bril-liant mind behind “Hostel” and “Hostel 2”) said this time he wanted to make a “purely psychological thriller.”

gaMINgThis week in gaming

“Mafia 2” was released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC today, and based on the early reviews it falls right in the middle of the pack. The story focuses on a young immigrant who becomes a mobster in the early ’40s and ’50s. Yes, it is pretty much a rip-off of “The Godfather,” but hey, you still get to baseball bat people in the knees and blow a whole bunch of things up.

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BOOKS

Fashion stands as art form

Passing the summer in the pages of a book

Shaziya BandukiaTHE DAILY COUGAR

Fashion. It's a necessity in everyone's lives, and even though it may not be apparent to many but everyone has a style that is their own and that creates great changes in fashion.

This weekly column captures these changes and the various aspects of the fashion world — it does not always revolve around current trends or afford-able styles, it revolves around fashion as

an art. Fashion is an art that pertains to not only what we wear, but how we are seen by the rest of the world. A faux-fur jacket may mean nothing but a cozy win-ter accessory to some, but to others, you may come off as a savior of the animals.

Just as one may forget the artsy side of fashion, some may forget that the design-ers behind fashion are artists, too. In the past, we have covered the work of great designers, such as Alexander McQueen, while also focusing on local artists who have used trendy articles (such as jewelry) to create pieces of art. Whether it be handbags, shoes or clothing designs, we have seen a huge turn in trends and it is designers, like Alexander McQueen or Coco Chanel, that have shown the ability to create such art. We are now in a time

when fashion enthusiasts look back at armadillo shoes created by Alexander McQueen as others look back at “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh.

Another common presumption about fashion is that it is something only a woman can enjoy, that men have no stake in it. Last Valentine’s Day, we gave style tips to men for various date settings. We have also covered the work of Omar Angel Perez when he created wooden shoes that were displayed at a local museum. Although it has been commonly known for women to be more extravagant when it comes to fashion, it is important to know that men can be just as much extravagant without coming

By Sarah NeillTHE DAILY COUGAR

I didn’t read as many books as usual this summer. This is partly because two of the books on my list, “The Bible”, and “The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel”, are mammoth, but mostly because I’ve figured out how to play this game on my cell phone; it’s much easier to numb the brain than expand it. I’m also surprised by how heavy the subjects of most of these books are. No light summer reads for me.

Despite having been selected for Oprah’s Book Club and consequently becoming a New York Times bestseller,

my first selection, “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,” is a good book. I began read-ing it on a hellish flight to Maui (you feel no pity, but a kid screamed the whole five hours), and my self-control is so poor that I could not put it down upon arriv-ing on the island. Having never done drugs, I found the experience of sitting in a tropical paradise reading a tragedy set in the Wisconsin winter to be quite trippy, but the book was just that good.

Though based on Hamlet, with a dash of Macbeth and a few spoonfuls of The Jungle Book, among others, Wrobleski’s story is no cutesy mash-up with dogs thrown in for kicks. It is a shimmering, searing, staggering

accomplishment, obviously the work of many years.

At the surface, the plot hews closely to that of Hamlet. A boy’s father dies mysteriously after his wayward uncle comes back into his family’s life. The uncle takes up with boy’s mother and chases boy off. Boy discovers his uncle murdered his father and seeks revenge. Everybody dies in one form or another, whether emotionally or physically.

But, the details make all the differ-ence in the world.

The story is set on the Sawtelle family farm in Wisconsin in the '50s. The family breeds and raises a special breed of dog,

It's not always just about Rihanna's hair or what crazy new thing Lady Gaga wears

When school is out, forget the textbooks; you can read what you want to read

Now that school is back in session, we have to pick up our textbooks and settle in to the daily grind, but over the summer we can escape into the fantasies of novels and comic books. | Kendra Berglund/The Daily Cougar

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What Sarah Read

"The Story of Edgar Sawtelle", by David gg

Wrobleski."When You are Engulfed In Flames", by David gg

Sedaris"Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on gg

Christian Spirituality", by Donald Miller "The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel", by Nikos gg

Kazantzakis, translated from the Greek by Kimon Friar"Much Ado About Nothing", by William gg

Shakespeare "The Confessions of St. Augustine", translated gg

by Rex Warner"The Catcher in the Rye", by J. D. Salinger gg

"The Bible" gg

"Slaughterhouse-Five", by Kurt Vonnegut gg

"Selected Poems", by Czeslaw Miloszgg

"Without End: New and Selected Poems", by gg

Adam Zagajewski"Eternal Enemies", by Adam Zagajewskigg

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GUEST HOUSE/REAR APT One large room, bath, kitchen, large closet, To-tal space 20x25. All bills paid, $495.mo+deposit. Less then 1mi from campus. 4726 Eppes st. Call 713-705-3827

PROF/STAFF/STUDENT - Few Minutes To UH - 1 Studio=$290; 1brm=$360; Remodeled House 2-1 1/2=$750. Qui-et, W/D, Ac, Ceiling Fans, Fenced, No Pet. Furnish Optional. 713-834-4209.

TWO SINGLE APTS. 1 Mile from cam-pus. Quiet. $400 for one. $325 for other. Plus utilities. 713-921-1742

!BARTENDING! up to $300 a day, no exp necessary, training provided. 18+ ok. 800-965-6520 ext.145

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off as feminine. If both men and women can enjoy a painting at an art museum, it’s a sure thing that a pair of designer shoes can be enjoyed by the likes of both.

Week by week, we hope to take

these aspects, while discovering new ones, to keep our readers up-to-date on the world of fashion. Although current trends, afford-able shopping and style tips are a must, I also hope to bring out the various styles of this art and the artists behind such work.

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which are meant to exercise their own judgment.

The main character, Edgar, is a 12-year-old mute obsessed with language and is in love with his parents and dogs. One never thinks Edgar is crazy or cruel, which is hard not to think of Hamlet. Wrobleski’s Ophelia is a dog, with a delicate, believably rendered inner life; some of the most beautiful passages are told from her point of view.

The plot is set in motion when Edgar’s father’s brother comes to live with them after being released from prison. Claude, Edgar’s

uncle, and Gar, Edgar’s father, don’t get along, but his father dies of an aneurysm after Claude moves out. Edgar has to use his intuition and guidance from his father’s ghost to find out the truth.

The ghost is so wonderfully conjured – as a hesitation in the falling rain – that I am jealous I will never see such a phenome-non. Edgar’s mother’s reasons for taking up with her dead husband’s brother are understandable and justifiable. The descriptions of the scenery make me want to move to Wisconsin, and the scenes with the witch are jittery and funny at the same time. All in all, I highly recommend this book.

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TWO BEDROOM. UPSTAIRS CONDO. W/D 850 sq ft $750/mo. Efficiently w/jaccuzzi over looking pool. 500 sq ft. $500/mo. Near 610/W Bellfort. 713-729-9316

TWO STORY apt 2bdrm/1bath. Large liv-ing rm, dining rm & kitchen. A deal for 2. 2 miles frm campus, a nice nbrhd. Seri-ous stdnts only! 281-620-5827

1 BR TOWN HOME $480 per month. $195 move in. 843 sq ft. Call Brad at (713) 392-3248.

Real estate

Come home to resort style amenities and atmosphere. Architect's home in prime inner loop, deed restricted University Oaks. Close to U of H and upcoming metro rail, Med Ctr & Museum District. Latest extensive remodel in 2007. Among the included features: substantial home office with built-ins, outdoor living room with summer kitchen and fireplace, salt water pool and hot tub with fountain, master bath with thermo massage tub and steam shower including body jets, built in home theater with 50" Pioneer screen and Bose speakers, cedar lined master closet, extensive built-ins and custom lighting throughout.

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Room for RENT $500 monthly. All utilities paid, private bath. Located off 288 & Beltway in nice neighborhood. Will be sharing a house. Call Now! Room will go fast (713) 433-2214

ROOMMates

Student m/f. for furnished large room in my 3/2 central ac/heat home Share utilities spacious dining/den/living room/kitchen/fenced yard/covered parking/corner busline Musts-quiet, neat dependable honest NonSmoker, No drugs No pets no parties $375/mon plus deposit. min. 6 mos lease Near UH/TSU/MedCenter. [email protected]

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Help Wanted

Help Wanted Help WantedBulletin BOaRd Rentals

2 BDRMS ONE BATH. Fenced yard. Util-ities included. Call 713-641-5171

APARTMENTS FOR RENT 1 bdrm, 1 bath. Close to UH. $400 monthly rent. $200 deposit. Tenant pays electricity. Call Max: 713-898-3198



GUEST HOUSE/REAR APT One large room, bath, kitchen, large closet, To-tal space 20x25. All bills paid, $495.mo+deposit. Less then 1mi from campus. 4726 Eppes st. Call 713-705-3827

PROF/STAFF/STUDENT - Few Minutes To UH - 1 Studio=$290; 1brm=$360; Remodeled House 2-1 1/2=$750. Qui-et, W/D, Ac, Ceiling Fans, Fenced, No Pet. Furnish Optional. 713-834-4209.

TWO SINGLE APTS. 1 Mile from cam-pus. Quiet. $400 for one. $325 for other. Plus utilities. 713-921-1742

!BARTENDING! up to $300 a day, no exp necessary, training provided. 18+ ok. 800-965-6520 ext.145

8 Delicious Omelets to Choose FromCome out & try our Specialty Breakfast

Student & Staff DiscountOxtails & much more served as well!

Serving breakfaSt all day long!

713-741-75774331 OST ( Old Spanish Trail)

Houston, Texas 77021 (Between Dixie Hardware @ Alamo Inn)

MONDAY-FRIDAY: 6:30 AM - 6:30 PMSATURDAY: 6:30 AM - 3:30 PMSUNDAY: 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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