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newslineUH Faculty Senate observes success rates, program
The Faculty Senate discussed the University’s progress towards & agship status, increasing graduation rates, along with status updates on programs designed to allow faculty members become better teachers at their Sept. 29 meeting in the M. D. Anderson Rockwell Pavilion.
Provost John Antel emphasized to the Senate how important it is to focus on budget cuts.
“This has to be well planned and transparent if we are to survive as an institution,” he said in an e-mail.
President Renu Khator had asked the Senate to focus on student success, and they responded by creating the Center for Teaching Excellence, a faculty-oriented program that provides sta' members with numerous ways to better themselves.
“The CTE, formed with help from the Provost’s Of-( ce, provides help, advice and support to both new and established faculty,” Faculty Senate President Mark Clarke said. — Jack Wehman/The Daily Cougar
Group hosts % rst ever student fasting event
The UH Muslim Students Association will hold its ( rst Fast-a-Thon pledge table from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sept. 30 at the UC-Satellite.
MSA is asking students to commit to fasting for one day from sunrise to sunset. A local business will donate money to the Houston Food Bank for every person that pledges to fast today. — Anam Ghias/The Daily Cougar
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The open accessibility of UH and many college cam-puses leaves these institutions susceptible to situations like the recent shooting incident at the University of Texas at Austin. The UH Department of Public Safety is prepared and has a plan if such a thing were to ever happen here.
Assistant Chief of Police Brad Wigtil stressed that the most important part of handling those sorts of situations is to respond immediately.
“We set up an incident command system as part of the overall National Incident Management System structure, so that we organize, develop our plan and then execute that plan on how we’re going to handle that,” Wigtil said. “If you don’t organize, it’s just a mess. It can become chaotic.”
One of the major pitfalls in the pre-Columbine High School shooting approach to these situations was that fi rst responders would only set up a perimeter and then wait
Jessel ParraTHE DAILY COUGAR
The UH Center for Public History and the newly formed Center for Energy Management and Policy co-sponsored an Oil Spill Symposium to touch on energy production, the oil spill response, environmental impacts and government regulations — all key elements that have been considered benefi cial in understanding the recent disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Sept. 23 event took place in the Plaza Room of the UH Hilton Hotel.
Student Teacher Stacey Lawrence Colton Meier spoke on behalf of transgendered students at the second SGA meeting. | Jourdan Vian/The Daily Cougar
Ashley AndersonTHE DAILY COUGAR
The Student Government Association approved three new resolutions at its Sept. 29 meeting in the University Center Cougar Den.
One of the unanimously approved resolu-tions was for giving transgender students the ability to use their preferred names on ID badges and class rosters.
It is intended to prevent the victimization of faculty, staff or students who must use their legal names.
“This is a really, really big deal for transgender
students, faculty and staff, and it’s another way the SGA is showing commitment to the safety of all UH Coogs,” Student teacher Stacey Lawrence Colton Meier said.
Meier, who is a transgendered fourth year doctoral candidate, explained how the passing of the resolution would affect their lives in many ways.
“Being transgendered is hard enough, so the resolution makes the life of transgendered peo-ple at UH just a little bit easier,” Meier said.
The second resolution approved was for the support of the Instant CLASSic, a fair that will
SGA votes and unanimously approves speci( c transgender rights
Police advise students after UT shooting
Panel examines oil spill aftermath
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Senate passes resolutions
Service seeks food evaluation UH Dining Services is
asking students to take an online survey, shown above at the UC-Satellite, in an e! ort to better understand campus lifestyle and preferences. Once students complete the DiningStyles survey they have the option to enter into a drawing to win various prizes. For more informa-tion on this or to take this survey, visit www.college-survey.com/uh. | Hiba Adi/The Daily Cougar
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ON CAMPUSRed Block Bash The Bla' er Student Association and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts presents the Red Block Bash today. There will be food, art activities, prizes, live music and more! Be at the Fine Arts building courtyard at 4 p.m. Check out the Life & Arts section for more info.
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Campus NewslineRed Block Bash o! ers preview of arts season
The Bla% er Student Association and the UH Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center are hosting the Red Block Bash from 4 – 7 p.m. tonight at the Fine Arts Building courtyard and the UH Arts Quadrangle.
The Red Block Bash o% ers students a unique opportunity to preview the fall season for arts organizations and programs on campus. The event will feature live performances and dem-onstrations from the Moores School of Music, the School of Theatre & Dance, the School of Art and the Creative Writing program ...
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UH ART
Red Block Bash to highlight talented, underappreciated ! ne artsDiane SanchezTHE DAILY COUGAR
The UH Blaffer Student Asso-ciation and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center of the Arts will host the Red Block Bash, where students are welcome to enjoy live performances, complimentary food and drinks and participate in art activities.
The event will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30, in the UH Arts Quad and the Fine Arts Building courtyard.
The student-run social gather-ing is free to everyone and open
to the public. The organizers hope to gather
the interest of students, alumni and faculty members around campus, not just those involved in the arts.
Assistant Director of External Affairs at the Blaffer Art Museum Jeffrey Bowen said that he too often hears that most students do not even know that there is an art gallery on campus.
“The purpose is to just garner interest for the arts and Blaffer,” Bowen said. “This year, the Blaffer Student Association is presenting the Bash with the Mitchell Center,
and their goal is to tie all the dif-ferent art entities on campus into one package.”
Guests will get the chance to listen or watch various perfor-mances that will take place.
The student band Cirrus Minor, the UH Dance Ensemble, the Moores School Jazz Trio and guitar duo Dylan Brooks and Chris Powel are all on the line up to perform.
The event will also have a screenings of student-made videos, along with a film about Blaffer’s award winning Young Artist Apprenticeship Program in
the Dudley Recital Hall. The program offers an
opportunity for 12 local teens to participate in free after-school art making and to build their skills to pursue higher education.
The UH literary journal, Glass Mountain, will present poetry readings in the Blaffer Art Museum.
“Last year they did prose read-ings — some were comical, some were serious. It is cool to hear creative writing within the context of art,” Bowen said.
Students will have the oppor-tunity to sketch live models and
participate in a collaborative mural.
For the mural, students will get to draw on paper that will be placed along the Fine Arts Building. There will also be raffle drawings, a scavenger hunts and prizes.
“This event is tailored for everyone, we are hoping that students of all backgrounds will come — not just the art majors or the music majors — to see what the arts quarter has to offer,” Bowen said.
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Despite growing public support for the decriminalization of marijuana, one Texan, Congress-
man Lamar Smith, and Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff of California are pushing the Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act of 2010.
The bill’s language is allegedly so malleable that its critics are concerned it could be used to prosecute Americans for drug use that is legal abroad, but ille-gal domestically. The bill’s authors stand by the legislation and refute this allega-tion. Smith and Schiff, while seeking to protect Americans, may be overstepping the bounds of acceptable foreign policy.
Since the bill can be evaluated based upon two charges (individual possession, and the larger focus of traf-ficking), many things must be taken into consideration.
“If you go to Amsterdam on vacation and smoke a doob, you’re fine,” a senior House Judiciary committee staffer told The Daily Caller. “So long as it’s legal in the country where you’ll be,” the staffer said.
“[This bill] seeks to authorize U.S. criminal prosecution of anyone in the U.S. suspected of conspiring with one or more persons and aiding or abetting one or more persons to commit, at any place outside the United States, an act that would constitute a violation of the U.S. Controlled Substances Act if committed within the United States,” the Drug Policy Alliance states on its Facebook page. “These penalties apply even if the controlled substance is legal under some circumstances in the other country.”
Whether or not this bill allows
the above (it doesn’t seem as though it does), it should be alarming that Congress, which at the time was likely to pass the bill, would act so far from the consensus of the states debating for a closer evaluation of American drug policy. Most notably, California’s drug policy comes to a vote this November.
In 2005, Gallup conducted a poll that showed support in the Western United States to be in favor of legalization by 47 percent. A 2010 report by “The Atlantic” showed that polling consistently showed this support to be firmly in place.
The undecided voters are slowly taking sides in the debate over Proposi-tion 19, the bill to legalize marijuana in California.
The most recent poll cited by “The Atlantic” was a September public policy phone survey showing the Proposition passing 47 percent to 38 percent, with the majority favoring legalization of personal possession and growth for personal use.
“Even though this bill references drug trafficking in the title, it also crimi-nalizes conspiring to possess and use marijuana or other drugs in other coun-tries if more than one person is involved — even if drug use is decriminalized in that country,” the DPA’s Facebook note asserts.
The aforementioned staffer dis-missed these concerns, devaluing the legislation’s alleged Orwellian aims by pointing out that it’d be impossible to enforce person-by-person: “So what? I say to someone, ‘I’m going to [possess] a dime bag of marijuana when I get to Amsterdam?’” the staffer said. “I can’t technically say that’s not within the four
corners of the Controlled Substances Act. But how is a law enforcement offi-cer supposed to know that?”
The staffer goes on to explain that the bill was drafted in response to a 2007 incident wherein a Colombian drug lord and Saudi prince had conspired to traffic drugs. Although the Miami-based middlemen were successfully pros-ecuted by the Department of Justice, the crime didn’t precisely fit the Controlled Substances Act, so the implication was that legislation could be drafted to close this loophole.
Ultimately, it seems the DPA is tak-ing the legislation out of the intended context. Some of the bill’s components are troubling in the context of American foreign policy. While it’s impossible to enforce in terms of Americans buying and using drugs abroad, the notion that the U.S. should be able to prevent trafficking abroad is well intentioned — however, it’s not realistic and largely outside of the federal government’s auspices until it becomes clear that the U.S. is the final destination.
Joseph Marhee is a history junior and may be reached at [email protected].
The imminent midterm elections will face the issue of the legalization or decriminalization of marijuana across the U.S. In California, Oregon, Arizona and South Dakota, legislation aimed at decriminalization or legalization will be on the ballots. | Andrew Taylor/The Daily Cougar
Marijuana is potentAs the midterm elections approach, legislation pertaining to
IN FOCUS: MARIJUANA LEGISLATION
The notion that the US should be able to prevent tra! cking
abroad is well intentioned — however, it’s not realistic and largely outside of the federal government’s auspices until it becomes clear that the U.S. is the " nal destination.
Congress passed a $42 billion bill last week in hopes of stimulating the economy by means of lending small businesses a
hand. This week, the House of Representatives approved a $7.2 billion bill aimed at helping injured and affected emergency workers during the Sept. 11 attacks.
Let’s just cut straight through cattle waste and get down to brass tacks. What the Obama admin-istration is doing is understandable, despite being obviously controversial. And while the President has performed a fine job of convincing Americans that the spend-to-earn tactics are going to pave way for the future of the American economy, several have begun to question these methods. We’re not just talking about the die-hard Republicans, either.
These recently approved bills are a bold move, especially considering the national debt and the history of pricey bills approved since President Barack Obama was inaugurated into office. At this point, it doesn’t take a politically savvy indi-vidual to take notice and glance twice at what all is happening.
Now, hold on a second before you get ahead of us. We’re not speaking out against the recent bill which seeks to provide medical benefits and assistance to those who have risked their own lives to save other’s on that tragic day in 2001. Yes, $7.2 billion is steep, but hard work and compassion is compensated for, and that’s understood.
No, let’s focus on the other more expensive purchases by the government that have been added to the list. Where exactly does the Obama administration figure it can obtain the funds to launch these measures?
Whether the bills have potential to do Americans good is questionable, but we’re not here to argue that at the moment. All we are urg-ing is that, just like individuals of this country, lawmakers should think twice before whipping out the national wallet. It doesn’t matter what the brainy experts are saying, a recession does not simply end after a day.
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PLAYER PROFILE
Junior is leader of the pack for Cougar cross-country team
Ryan TangTHE DAILY COUGAR
Coming into his third season, junior Nate Pineda has learned that it’s not just speed that wins, but also patience and teamwork.
Both Pineda and head coach Ryan Turner knew that the mental aspect of running was the next step in Pineda’s improvement.
“Nate’s become a lot smarter,” Turner said. “He understands that you can’t run like a wild man. He’s got to tame his inner animal and be able to recognize moments in races when he has to go after it, or when he needs to relax a little bit and be patient. In a 25 minute race, you can’t run as fast as you can the entire way or you’re not going to be able to finish.”
Pineda also feels that he’s made progress in controlling himself when he’s competing.
“I had a big habit of going all out. I’m a lot more experienced this year, so I’m able to be patient and be more of a team player,” he said.
Pineda feels that he owes much of his improvement to the guid-ance of Turner.
“That man is a genius,” Pineda said. “He already knows the type of runner I am, so he knows what to do to get me on the right track and how to help me run fast.”
Pineda is a fast runner indeed. He was honored as All-Conference USA Third Team in 2009, and his goals for this season are even higher.
“Last year, I got Third Team All-Conference and it’s even better if I shoot for First Team All-Conference this year,” he said. “And at the rate my training is going, the sky’s the limit.”
But that’s not his only goal. Pineda was quick to switch to the team, where he had even bigger goals in mind.
“Team-wise, we’re aiming for the top three,” he said. “This team that we have here, we have the talent to get to the top three. That’s my goal and the team’s goal as well.”
It is this confidence and hunger that earns him the trust and respect of Turner and his teammates.
“(We plan to) continue for him to be our front man in our cross country program and continue to get him in position to be in the All-Conference Team,” Turner said.
Junior runner Nate Pineda ! nished in third place at the Johnny Morriss UH Invitational Sept. 3. | Courtesy of UH Athletics
Fighting Irish Grid Iron Classic
Six UH golfers competed at the tournament in South Bend, Ind. at Warren Golf Course.
Place Player 1 2 3 Total Score
T14 Jesse Droemer 76 70 70 216 +6
T17 Curtis Reed 73 74 70 217 +7
T27 Wesley McClain 70 77 74 221 +11
T41 Bryn Flanagan 73 75 76 224 +14
T44 Clark Mitzner 76 74 75 225 +15
T52 Matt Eschenburg 80 73 73 226 +16
Pineda has begun season quickly as team’s top performer
PINEDA continues on page 6
GOLF
Team starts season strong at Notre Dame tournament
Victor AraizaTHE DAILY COUGAR
The Cougars started the 2010-11 season, setting high expectations after finishing in a tie for fourth place out of 14 teams in the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic Tuesday.
The team opened the sea-son Monday with a youthful starting lineup that included four freshmen making their collegiate debut. They were joined by returning senior Matt Eschenburg.
Freshmen Jesse Droemer and Curtis Reed finished in the top 20 on the individual leaderboard.
“I think our finish was pretty
good,” head coach Jonathan Dis-muke said. “When you have four freshman in their first collegiate tournament, it’s hard to know
where you’re going to end up. They had a tough start, but they held their ground and fought back.”
Jesse Droe-mer led the way for the Cougars individually,
posting a 54-hole total of 216 (+6) and earning a 14th-place tie out of 81 entrants. Fellow freshman Curtis Reed was not far behind as he posted a score of 217 (+7) to tie for 17th place. Other scores included the two other freshmen, Wesley McClain, with a score of 221 (+11) to tie for 27th, and Bryn Flanagan, who tied for 41st at 224
(+14). Senior Matt Eschenburg, who
tied for fifth place in the 2009 version of the tournament, could not recreate last year’s magic and finished in a tie for 52nd with a score of 226 (+16). Senior Clark Mitzner, who played the tourna-ment as an individual, tied for 44th at 225 (+15).
In 2009, Dismuke’s first year as head coach, the Cougars ended the tournament tied at sixth place. In comparison to last year tourna-ment, Dismuke believes this year’s team is more team-oriented.
“Across the board, we had a better performance,” he said. “We’re playing at a higher level and have more depth this year with more really young players.”
Cabo is nextThe UH golf team will compete
next in the Cabo Collegiate Oct.
2-4 at the Querencia Golf Club in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
The Cougars are expected to compete with the same lineup they used at Notre Dame.
“Our expectations are based on our control,” Dismuke said. “We can’t control how other teams
Freshman Jesse Droemer leads team with14th-place % nish
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perform, but we do have control over our performance. If we do a good job, we’ll be fine.”
The last fall action for the team is the Lone Star Invitational Oct. 17-18 in San Antonio.
Tradition in programIt is easy to forget about the
UH golf program, especially when much of the attention is based on football and other sports.
Dismuke was not shy to point out the Cougars golf team is the University’s most successful program.
“We have 16 national champi-onships and a history that is rich,” Dismuke added. “I believe it is one of the best NCAA programs of all time. It’s pretty cool to look back and see all the guys that have played here.”
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As a veteran, Pineda knows that his performance is not the only thing that he has to worry about; he must also be a leader for the younger members.
“To these freshmen, we’re like guides,” Pineda said. “Sometimes we had to learn the hard way, or make the right decision without knowing. Now that we have younger guys, it’s a good experience knowing that they’re there to listen to you. Obvi-ously, they understand that we have
more knowledge in what we do.”It’s this dynamic and respect that
makes the team feel as if it’s one big family.
“We’ve had some injuries, and some things happened and it just brings us all together as a family and we can count on each other,” Pineda said.
Pineda extended his streak of team-leading fi nishes, placing fi fth at the LSU Tigers Cross Country Festival on Sept. 24. The next cross country meet will be Oct. 9 at the Disney Cross Country Classic.
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UH history doctoral candidate and event organizer Jason The-riot said the overall outcome was positive.
“It was a success, we answered a lot of the questions,” he said.
The all-day event was split up into three different sessions. It started out with a morning history discussion, followed by an Oil Spill Research/Response and ended with a regula-tory and legal impact discussion.
Each session had different speak-ers in charge of specific topics to discuss depending on their area of expertise. The event was made for anyone who wished to attend.
“It was promoted in the UH
system, through magazines and the Houston Chronicle,” Theriot said. “We had people coming and going.”
UH alumni were amongst the many who attended the event.
“My specialty was energy and environment,” Alumna Melissa Luna said. “When I heard about this, it caught my attention.”
The speakers that attended were experts on the subject and said they hoped to help people understand the matter better.
“This gives you some clue. It is not a simple project,” former director of the Louisiana oil spill coordinator’s offi ce Don Davis said.
The link to watch the oil spill symposium will be posted on the web so people will be able to watch the entire event or watch specific
guest speakers.For more information go to www.
history.uh.edu/oilspillsymposium.
OIL SPILLcontinued from page 1
The panel of experts discussed oil history, management, policy and law at the Busi-ness Symposium on Sept. 23. | Jessel Parra/The Daily Cougar
for the SWAT team to arrive. The UHDPS employs a strategy in which all of its patrol officers are trained to handle the situation immediately. This allows the first responders to get to the point of the incident and develop ever-expanding circles, called inner- and outer-perimeters, to help keep people away from danger.
“We want to lock down the com-munity if we have an active shooter just as UT did, and the way that you do that is to notify your commu-nity,” Wigtil said.
UH has a siren system to alert the students on campus, but the peer system is considered most effective. The peer system consists of emails, text messages and text to voicemail messages. To receive these updates, students must reg-ister their cell phone numbers with their PeopleSoft account.
“I really encourage people to register for that program,” Wigtil said. “If you have a 1 p.m. class and it’s 11 a.m., we will send a text (reading), ‘Hey don’t come to the campus.’ We will set up mobility issues, roadblocks, to keep people away from the dangerous area.”
The UHDPS encourages students to be more proactive in reporting suspicious activity or persons so that they might feel safer.
“If you don’t make the call,” Wigtil said, “we don’t know about it.”
SAFETYcontinued from page 1
benefi t the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
“We support CLASSic and you should come out,” CLASS Senator Number 3 Alicia Velez said.
This will be the fi rst event that gives attention to the college’s departments and organizations. It will be held on Oct. 7.
“I think it’s a good idea,” Velez said. “It has such diversity that it needs a fair so students can see what the CLASS is all about.”
SGA passed the last resolution to sympathize with Cougar football quarterbacks Case Keenum and Cotton Turner. They expressed their gratitude on behalf of the UH stu-dent body for their sportsmanship and wished them a safe and quick recovery.
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