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The State’s wallet stayed shut for UH, Tuesday, during the first of the 2-day Senate Finance Committee hearings.

State doubts Ike funds By Patricia Estrada The Daily Cougar UH President and Chancellor of the UH System Renu Khator and Carl Carlucci, vice chancellor of administration and finance for the UH System, traveled to Austin on Tuesday to appear before the State Senate Financial Committee to request $17.5 million for damages suffered from Hurricane Ike. “No amount of careful planning could avoid the terrible wind damage, particularly to roofs and windows,” Khator said in front of the c o m m i t t e e . g g KHATOR “Although all of our buildings have had emergency repairs to prevent further water damage, some of the roof repair work has not been completed, particularly the badly damaged Architecture building and the Recreation and Wellness Center.” The State LegislativeBudget g g CARLUCCI Board received the proposal on Jan. 27, but its terms were modified Jan. 29. The proposal covers damages suffered by the four UH System schools, amounting to over $27.5 million. The cost of the damages can be divided into two categories, Khator said, $17 million in physical and operational damages and $8

million for loss of employee time. The total net losses are partially offset by the $13 million requested for UH, which suffered the most damage, $2 million for UHClear Lake, $1.7 million for UHDowntown roof damages, and $198,000 for lost employee time for UH-Victoria, which incurred no physical damage. UH System received around $5 million in insurance from AIG and anticipates $3.6 million in additional claims, Khator said. The University System has not yet received any money from FEMA, Khator said, but anticipates around $9.7 million — 20 percent less than originally expected. On top of these payments is the $17.5 million left in damages Khator and Carlucci are asking the state to provide for. University officials have determined the amount needed for repairs based on the insurance claim each facility has. Only major facilities have been included in the proposal, Carlucci said. Carlucci said the insurance policy on each building reflects the value of the facility based on age, value and replacement cost of the building. The Committee, however, was not convinced of the need for $8 million for loss of employment time. District 20 Senator and Committee Vice Chair Juan Hinojosa said he did not understand why the UH Systems was asking for this amount. “If they couldn’t do their job, how does that cost the state money?” he said. see DAMAGES, page 3

Follow the money

$27.5 million Estimated cost of the damages UH System schools suffered during Hurricane Ike.

$17 million Amount Khator and Carlucci requested the Senate grant UH System for physical and operational damages

$8 million Amount Khator and Carlucci requested the Senate grant UH System for loss of employee time.

$13 million Portion of $17 million proposed for UH if passed

$5 million Amount UH System already received in insurance from AIG

$3.6 million Amount UH System anticipates in additional insurance claims

$0 Money UH System received from FEMA

$9.7 million Amount UH Systems anticipates from FEMA Source: State Senate Financial Committee hearing

The election filing process for students intending to run for positions in the 46th Student Government Association Administration begins today and lasts through Feb. 25. “ We a re g g DIKE looking for students across the board who are seeking the opportunity to get involved,” said SGA Chief Election Commissioner M i c a h Kenfield. Students i n t e r e s t e d g g CHIN in running for president, vice president or senator are required to be

enrolled in UH classes and in good academic standing with the University. The filing deadline has been extended this semester in an attempt to encourage more student involvement. “There are so many students that want to be involved,” SGA President Sam Dike said. “We want to give them adequate time to seriously think about participating.” Dike will graduate this semester and will not be seeking re-election. He said it’s the SGA president’s responsibility to be the official representative of the student body. The president is also responsible for working up to 20 weekly office hours to meet student needs. “My first priority is to serve students’ interests and needs,” Dike said. “It is the president’s responsibility to make sure they understand the pulse of the see SGA , page 3

Contest calls for student creativity By James Rincon The Daily Cougar Chad Hurley made $1.65 billion when he sold YouTube to Google, and now UH students can reap viral video rewards by entering an original short film in the CoogTube contest sponsored by the Student Programming Board and the University Center. “We have 5 categories and I think right now we have 18 submissions. We really hope we’re going to have a wave of late submissions.” Scott Godley, graduate assistant for events and traditional programs at the UC, said. “There are a couple of categories that are very thin right now. If people are looking to win, we’re offering pretty good gift baskets, and the winner of each category gets a gift basket.” Students can submit a piece in the Comic Relief, Houston’s Got Talent, Short and Sweet, You Know You’re a Cougar If… or the And the Oscar Goes To… categories. The UC Events Committee will whittle the entries down to a group of finalistswhose videos will be posted on the UC website from Feb. 12 to 16 so the campus can cast its votes and crown the CoogTube champions. “The idea behind this is to help build student morale and encourage students to come out and show their creativity and personality,” Godley

said. “In a way it will help students become more aware of what the University Center has to offer. So many students on campus just see the University Center as a place to just go buy your books and go eat; the website brings to light other things we have here. Hopefully it will help people take advantage of their resources since they already pay for it in their fees.” Along with the CoogTube finalists’ videos, visitors to the website can check the UH events calendar, learn of events held in the game room, find the times and location of karaoke Thursdays, mark their schedules for Shasta’s see CONTEST, page 3

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main initiatives,” Dike said. “We are so thrilled to be getting results for what we have been asking for.” continued from page 1 SGA will also hold a health fair students.” on Feb.12 with the help of the SGA Vice President Jonas Chin Campus Recreation and Wellness is also graduating in the spring and Center, the University Health not seeking re-election. The office Center and other organizations. of vice president is responsible for “This administration still has overseeing UH committees and several important initiatives,” reviewing appointments to those said Dike. “This has been a really committees. exciting semester.” “It is important to make sure Some ongoing SGA initiatives the student i n c l u d e voice is heard,” working with Chin said. “The “Thirty-six thousand students t h e Te x a s vice president are counting on SGA’s ability S t u d e n t has to have a Association, to speak for them, not passion for the developing a all will vote, but you still University.” tuition plan E l e c t e d for students, represent all students,” senators will be college council — Sam Dike, SGA President projects responsible for to representing the strengthen college of their s t u d e n t major. voices, a nationwide recycling “Senators voice their opinion competition and a concentration on school-wide issues,” said Chin. on sustainability. “Their job is to represent their “With a particular focus on college and its constituents.” sustainability and parking and Of the nearly 30 SGA officers, transportation, we need to look fewer than 10 will be running for at parking as a two-way street,” re-election. Dike said. “We need more parking “There is a wide open field but we also need fewer cars on for students who are interested,” campus.” Kenfield said. Applications for office are Kenfield is responsible for available at the campus activities recruiting the students, and once front desk in the UC Underground, the filing process is closed he will the SGA office and the Dean of be responsible for coordinating Students’ office. Students can also the election on March 11 and 12. find applications online at www. “I oversee two prongs of the uhsga.com. election,” said Kenfield. “Right “Thirty-six thousand students now it is important to get more are counting on SGA’s ability candidates involved.” to speak for them; not all will Students can see the SGA in vote, but you still represent action today at a 6:30 p.m. Town all students,” Dike said. “It is Hall meeting in the Moody Towers important to get students to love commons. Along with Residential the University and to be a part of Life and Housing, SGA will unveil it.” new developments in campus dining facilities and the use of news@thedailycougar.com Cougar cash. “Campus dining was one of our

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Carlucci said the amount reflects employees lost revenues when some could not go to work or were asked to do other jobs. He said the amount was also based on additional costs incurred by the universities rather than employees’ regular contract pay. “What we tried to do is to make sure that we were compassionate regarding those people who had to take leave and we gave them a

certain amount of time we paid for,” Carlucci said, “and then they were required to take their own leave.” The Committee gave no conclusive number on what, if any funds, the UH System would receive. The Financial Committee will continue to hear testimony at 8:30 a.m. today at the State Capitol in Austin. The hearings can be viewed live on the Senate’s website, http://www.senate.state. tx.us/ bin/live.php. news@thedailycougar.com

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dollar cone days and more. Also on the site are the rules and sign-up for CoogTube competitors and general information about the prize baskets, which include all-access passes to Houston’s Wo r l d Fe s t In t e r n a t i o n a l Independent Film Festival valued at $100, tickets to the Improv Comedy Club, and The Angelika Film Center and much more. Godley has some insider advice for students thinking of submitting their videos. “A lot of people are submitting for Comic Relief and the Houston’s Got Talent category, which is kind of like performing arts-type stuff,” Godley said, “We have hardly any submissions for Short and Sweet, You Know You’re a Cougar If… and, And the Oscar Goes To. So if you really want to win I would go for those because the competition isn’t deep.” Godley also said students should find a tripod to stabilize their cameras when they shoot videos. “You don’t want anybody getting motion sickness watching it,” he said. The deadline for submissions is Monday, so students shouldn’t wait on that call back from Al Pacino to get their entries in. Videos containing nudity, profanity, sexual nature and racial slurs or stereotypes will be discarded. All information concerning the competition can be found at the UC website, http://www.uh.edu/ ucaf.

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Funds well spent on property UH may not be home to the largest campus, but does a pretty decent job utilizing the space it has. In efforts to add to its land space, UH System has purchased five acres of industrial property located at 9402 Gulf Freeway. Although the land was purchased for an undisclosed amount, Alana the asking price was MousaviDin in the tune of $2.8 million, or roughly $29 per square foot, according to an article at the CoStar Group Website at www.costar.com written by Tanya McMillan on Jan. 29, 2009. No decision has been made in regard to the intended use for the land, which also has over 19,000 square feet of office space; however, UH has many needs and additional space is sorely needed. Because the land and building are nearby but not within walking distance, it is presumable that at least for now, the land is most likely not intended for student use. “At this time, we have just begun

analyzing what use might work best, resulting empty space on campus. particularly knowing that the funds we Because UH utilizes the little space it have for renovating this building are has relatively well, it is highly doubtful extremely limited in these tight financial that this was a frivolous purchase. There times,” said Dave Irvin, Associate Vice are many possibilities and the list is Chancellor/Vicemost likely endless. Because the land and President of Plant “UH has the largest Operations. space deficit of any building are nearby This is good to campus in the state of but not within walking know. It offers a little Texas (as calculated by the reassurance to hear distance, it is presumable Texas Higher Education there is a consideration Board),” that at least for now, the Coordinating process with respect Irvin said. “As such, we to the best use for the have a long list of needs land is most likely not property. Students are uses.” intended for student use. andApotential frequently quick to common theme is judge when it comes becoming apparent: the to large amounts of money spent for need for space and the need for funds. things unknown, and even quicker to It is obvious we have some of each, but complain if they feel their questions are not enough, and without one, the other left unanswered. can’t function. Our hope is that this Taking this into consideration, Irvin land will one day be used for something revealed the building on the property has other than an empty lot, and perhaps very limited parking, which is already UH will make use of it with something being used for the building and the offices that our campus truly needs. within. He also said the University must consider whether it needs to move a Alana MousaviDin is a communication function off-campus to the new location senior and may be reached at opinion@ and then decide how to best use the thedailycougar.com.

Racism never correct response We all know what happened, but only some of us know about the stupidity of the aftermath. At the basketball game between Houston and Arizona, Cougar Joshua guard Aubrey Brown Coleman was penalized and suspended for one game for stepping on Arizona forward Chase Budinger’s face. Two weeks after the incident, reports have been published that the University has received racist e-mails and phone calls directed at Coleman and the men’s basketball team. It was also reported that FBI and police officers have attended UH basketball practices, just to be on the safe side. What year is it again, 2009? If I did not know any better, you could have

convinced me that it was 1959. When watching the Cougar men’s basketball team play, we see our friends and fellow students competing for goals they have dreamed of achieving since childhood. Other people — a very select few — see an all-black roster playing for a school in the middle of what they would call “the ghetto.” Racism, especially in this day and age, should be considered intolerable, inexcusable and unacceptable — however, it is still evident. Even after Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement, racism and prejudice still remain a part of everyday society. Go up to anyone, and ask them if they are racist. Even if they are wearing the robes of a Ku Klux Klan member,

they will tell you no. But behind closed doors, away from the public eye, they make phone calls and send e-mails filled with hatred for anyone different from them. They do this in secrecy because unlike t in 1959, they will be hunted and prosecuted. They are the outcasts. They are the minority. Even sadder, our government still has to be on guard against raciallymotivated attacks. The appearance of officers at practices is a blatant reminder of the ignorant hatred some people still have. In a way, their being present is an encouragement of racism. They are empowering racists by letting them know we still live in fear of what they may do.

An arraignment has been re-filed against a student photographer at Pennsylvania State University for refusing police orders to leave the scene while on assignment. Michael Felletter, a junior photography major, was charged with failure to disperse and disorderly conduct, second- and third-degree misdemeanors respectively. What may seem like simply an issue for Pennsylvania State’s The Daily Collegian is in reality an issue for news outlets everywhere. The First Amendment protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press. The freedom to express one’s opinion, whether right or wrong, loved or hated, is an essential right and a defining characteristic of any free society. Felletter was doing his job — reporting on a riot occurring close to campus. The police, preoccupied with the riot and obviously not wanting Felletter to be hurt, had every right to ask him to leave the area. However, police have no right to accuse Felletter of “exciting” the crowd, simply for being present and doing his job. UH alumnus and former Daily Cougar photographer Adrees Latif won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for photography by documenting a Japanese journalist being attacked during the Myanmar riots in September 2007. Had Latif not photographed this event, the world may not have known what happened to this photographer, or how violent the protests truly became. The riot in Pennsylvania may not have been particularly violent, but it was the news and what Felletter was assigned to cover. Charging him for being on assignment is threatening the freedom of the press and could be considered an attempt at censorship. Censoring the media prevents the free flow of ideas through society. By limiting what a photographer is allowed to take images of establishes a barrier of censorship. Neither the police nor the government has the right to dictate what can and cannot be published in a free society. The charges against Felletter are against his and his campus’ First Amendment rights and should be dropped.

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Cougars work in Capitol Daily Cougar News Staff The Mi c k e y Leland Congressional Internship Program (MLCIP) has given over 200 Houston college and graduate students the chance to work elbow to elbow with members of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. over the course of nearly 30 years. Traditionally awarded to economically disadvantaged m i n o r i t y students, the MLCIP grants these students a real-world opportunity few people will ever experience. g g Srivastava This year four of the seven students chosen for the prestigious program were students of UH. Political science junior Shiv Srivastava said getting on the ground floor of where political change is made has a personal meaning for someone coming from his background. “Our generation is not guaranteed to have a better life than their parents did,” Srivastava said in an interview with the Houston Chronicle’s Corilyn Shropshire. “I saw the economic opportunity that my parents came to the U.S. to seek and also saw the social inequities that hindered people from achieving their dreams.” Srivastava worked as a Center

for Pu b l i c Policy intern with Outreach Strategists, a political consultancy and public affairs g g Leba firm. Srivastava also interned at the Center for Public Policy and volunteered for non-governmental organizations before working under U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) for the MLCIP. Biology and political science senior Andrew Leba is a member of The Honors College at UH and the National Dean’s List. Leba brings his interest in public policy to the office of U.S. Rep Michael Honda (D-Calif.). Before his selection for the MLCIP, Andrew worked as a college math tutor and an election clerk and Vietnamese translator for the city of g g Blevins Houston. Political science and psychology senior Natali Blevins was no stranger to work under public officials when she was selected for the MLCIP. She interned for Council Member Melissa Noriega and the Center for Public Policy and was as involved in grassroots politics to enforce her passion for environmental and child advocacy issues. She is working in the office of

“I saw the economic opportunity that my parents came to the U.S. to seek and also saw the social inequities that hindered people from achieving their dreams.” — Shiv Srivastava Political Science Junior

U.S. Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas). When Blevins returns from her MLCIP internship she will graduate and hopes to pursue a law degree. Political science and psychology senior Melissa White completed two Center for Public Policy internships before going to Washington, D.C., one she spent in Mayor Bill White’s Office on Neighborhoods & Housing and the other under former Council Member Ada Edwards. Now working in the office of U.S. Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), g g White White told the Chronicle she understands why some Americans are so hopeful for President Obama’s new administration. “A lot of people feel like it’s bottomed out,” she said to Houston Chronicle’s Corilyn Shropshire. “There’s nowhere else to go but up from here, so it has to change.”

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Coleman did something stupid. Whether it was an accident or not is up to individual interpretation. He did something stupid, apologized and served his punishment. He should not be tormented for his mistake because of the color of his skin. Racism, and everything accompanied with it, should have been eliminated decades ago, centuries ago; actually, it should have never existed. Unfortunately, it did, it does and it will.

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FEATURES UH students assist NASA

VIEW FROM SPACE CITY: How UH is working to further space exploration.

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by Shruti Purohit THE DAILY COUGAR Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture at UH’s Gerald D. Hines School of Architecture has two of three contracts with NASA requiring students to build living conditions for a 30-day lunar mission, where up to four people are able to live and work in a safe and limited environment. SICSA is the only program in the world that has worked on space architecture and architecture dealing with various extreme living conditions for the past 30 years. “We create designs that can be used in space for different types of missions, and how every aspect of that design has to be taken into consideration, from how to send that material into space and being able to live in it afterwards,” SICSA director Larry Bell said. SICSA has been asked to collaborate by various programs from around the world and to help companies build structures designed to withstand extreme conditions. “SICSA is not only a unique program at the University of Houston, but it is a unique program in the world,” Bell said. “We have worked on space architecture, as well as underwater architecture, polar architecture and et cetera.”

SICSA focuses on every aspect of a living environment. Students, teachers and companies involved in these projects have to worry about launching, landing and construction costs of the environment. “We are working with two companies, Boeing and ILC Dover, which are competing against each other to present different concepts to NASA,” Bell said. “NASA and both companies are aware of our situation, and we try our best not to overlap ideas, and help both companies come up with different concepts.” SICSA works on developing all internal and exterior parts of the building facilities that can be used in multiple ways. SICSA also designs environments that accommodate the dangers and limitations of those living and working in space. “We have to create a module that can also provide a shield from a solar storm, protection from meteor damage and radiation,” Bell said. “Also, it is hard to work and move around in a space suit, so we take those restrictions into consideration and figure out the quickest way for the astronauts to get into safety.” SICSA also tries to find other elements to use in forming see NASA, page 7

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This exhibit showcases SICSA’s plans to use lunar soil as a protective shield against space radiation. The tall, thin white device on the right is an excavator with an auger blade that spacefarers will use to dig holes deep into lunar soil. Maheeda Zaheer The Daily Cougar

Afterwards, the astronauts will use equipment to build underground work and sleep station (at right). Lunar soil is pushed over the completed station to shield it from radiation.

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Partnership creates research opportunities by Marc Anderson THE DAILY COUGAR Scientists from the Institute for Space Systems Operations and UH Space Physics Group involve UH in nearly all aspects of space exploration and discovery — from developing powerful rocket propulsion systems to researching how pathogens react in space. At the cutting edge of plasma physics, UH physics professor Edgar Bering is

developing a novel engine type that can be used in long-duration space flight. Current rocket engines rely on chemical reactions to push the spacecraft, but Bering’s concept instead uses focused plasma to propel the vehicle. “NASA has basically been using the same technology now as when they launched the Apollo rockets,” Bering said, referring to NASA’s manned missions from the ‘60s and early ‘70s. How fast an engine can propel a

spacecraft depends on its exhaust velocity, with chemical rockets maintaining an exhaust velocity of between two and three kilometers per second. “You would prefer to have a system that is 20 to 70 kilometers per second, and there isn’t anything that you can do to get that with chemical rockets,” Bering said. Plasma engines, however, use powerful magnets to focus a beam of superheated, ionized gas as it is expelled and are capable of attaining those desired exhaust

Pesky Cosmic Rays

High in the sky

Terrestrial humans don’t have to worry about radiation from solar flares, thanks to the protection of the Earth’s atmosphere and magnetosphere. However, multimilliondollar satellites orbiting the Earth in the magnetosphere are highly vulnerable to the radiation in outer space. Smart communication grids developed by David Criswell and researchers around the nation allow satellites and other communication systems to know when a link in the system has gone offline and reroute to a working link.

While astronomers still have questions about the effects of solar flares on the magnetosphere and human equipment orbiting the earth, The Space Physics Group intends to send balloons with fine-tuned sensors into the magnetosphere to study this area of space.

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velocities. Bering says he hopes to see this technology put to use soon. Based on research done at UH, a working model has already been developed by the private enterprise Ad Astra Rocket Company. Known as the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket, it may serve on future manned missions to Mars. In addition to rockets, the Space Physics see ROCKETS, page 7

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protection. “We have tried to come up with ways to use water as a part of our design, and also see if lunar soil can be some help,” Bell said. After a design is finished, it is taken to the company for approval and to determine any further steps that need to be taken. “We worked on a project that was presented to NASA and has been approved. Now it is on its way to Washington to be presented,” Bell said. SICSA has worked with and is continuously being invited by many programs and universities from around the world to develop ideas in mutual areas of work. “We work very actively with other universities from around the world to develop research dealing with extreme environments and conditions,” Bell said. SICSA is usually working with many programs at once, but there are times when there may not be a project work on assigned from a

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company such as NASA. “When we don’t have a specific project to work on, we create ideas to get ahead of the curve,” Bell said. “We try to see where NASA is going or might be going in the future.” SICSA has also been selfsupporting for the last 30 years, receiving gifts and grants from other programs in the U.S. as well as around the world. “The University pays very little for our program,” Bell said. “Once we received a $3 million gift from Japan, no strings attached, because of our name. Sasakawa was the name of a Japanese philanthropist.” SICSA also receives money from the professors themselves in order to get facilities for the projects. “There are times we pay out of pocket for the facilities that we use,” research assistant professor Olga Bannova said. “Many of the computers, even the chairs we sit on, we use our own money to raise funds for the center.” In the past, the center has worked on various projects for the Houston Museum of Natural Science and the Mars Rover project. “We have mostly worked with

“The goal of the ISSO is to allow any faculty member interested in joint projects with Johnson Space continued from page 6 Center to pursue their research,” Group has been working with NASA Criswell said. to understand the flow of matter The program’s returns have been and energy in the earth’s upper substantial, bringing in close to $27 atmosphere. million dollars of external funds This is a concern because mobile since its beginning. telephone signals, Global Positioning In 2007, the most recent year Systems, and observation satellites studied, 65 professional papers were that reside in generated by Based on research done at UH, participating this region of space can be a working model has already scientists and affected by 40 additional been developed...known as these energy research fluctuations. the Variable Specific Impulse proposals were “This is submitted. Magnetoplasma Rocket, it an area of The work considerable may serve on future manned ranges from economic biology to missions to Mars importance,” engineering, —Edgar Bering, physics professor with a diversity said Bering. The goal that Criswell is to be able to detect and predict called “a little bit surprising.” surges in solar and cosmic radiation For example, biology professor with hopes of preventing damage to George Fox is investigating how satellites and spacecraft. zero gravity and radiation affect Electric and magnetic field microbial life. Understanding detectors devised by UH scientists how pathogens react to have been used in numerous high conditions in space is crucial altitude balloon experiments, with at to any long-duration human least 12 more flights planned. mission. “Just as meteorologists study Additionally, college of hurricanes in order to prepare for technology professor Driss them, we study space weather in Benhaddou is working on order to prepare for its effects,” advanced wireless networks with Bering said. potential use in lunar vehicles and Other UH scientists have been communication systems. able to work with NASA thanks to the ISSO’s recent annual report school’s Institute for Space Systems can be found on the organization Operations. website,www.isso.uh.edu. Formed in 1992, and headed by “Providing funding for the basic faculty ISSO director David Criswell, sciences we can help lead to real the institute provides funding for world applications,” Criswell said. research with applications in the space industry. features@thedailycougar.com

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The large round module is an inflatable hydroponics laboratory intended to launch and inflate independently. The lab and the two living facilities next to it will be launched inside rockets, which will fall away after leaving Earth.

A crew of 12 can eat, sleep and work in this SICSA habitation module for up to three years. Scientists work in the upper level, while the lower level is used as a sleeping space.

government projects, but it is hard to say that we designed this or we designed that,” Bell said. “Lots of people are involved with each project at one time.” Graduate students with undergraduate degrees in programs such as aerospace, physics and architecture, and who have also had professional work experience become a part of this program. “I was a glorified driver’s education instructor for space, but I wanted to come here to learn the design aspect other than just the operations in NASA,” said Luke Schmik, instructor for the space shuttle program at NASA. Fifth-year architecture undergraduate students have the opportunity to work on these projects as well. “I took the opportunity to be a part of this because I wanted to be able to learn all aspects of design, and not just how to build houses,” architecture senior Cristal Popoca said. features@thedailycougar.com

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COMING THURSDAY: Signing day is here. Which recruits did the football team snag? ONLINE POLL: How will the basketball teams fare against Rice on Saturday?

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UH looks to end slide By Chris Elliott THE DAILY COUGAR January left the Cougars in a state of disarray, yielding injuries, a suspension, controversy and most importantly, five losses. UH ended last month on a three-game losing streak, leaving it with an overall record of 12-7, a 3-3 record in Conference USA, a Rating Percentage Index ranking of 110 on www.NCAA.com and a highly disappointed group of players. If the Cougars plan to have a strong February and then head into March with any chance of making the NCAA Tournament, they can’t afford to drop a single game this month. Wrong or not, the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee still views C-USA as a mediocre mid-major with one or two tournament caliber teams. UH needs an eight-game conference winning steak in the worst way. They will get a chance to kick it off tonight against Central Florida at UCF Arena.

“We want to get back to winning. I sense a hunger within the team to win,” Houston head coach Tom Penders said. “When you have all your weapons like we do now, you feel like you can beat anybody, and I think our kids have a fair amount of confidence. The only way to keep that confidence up is to start winning.” That, however, is easier said than done. The Golden Knights (15-6, 5-2 C-USA) have won five consecutive C-USA games after beginning league play with two losses. Although those wins were not exactly over top-notch competition, (Rice, Southern Miss, Marshall, Southern Methodist and Tulane) UCF must be considered one of the hottest teams in the conference. Then there is UCF senior guard Jermaine Taylor. He’s averaging 23.9 points for the Golden Knights, which ranks seventh in the nation in scoring. There’s no doubt the dynamic see BASKETBALL, page 9

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Junior guard Kelvin Lewis, seen here against East Carolina, leads the Cougars in scoring this season with 19.6 points per contest.

Women’s Basketball

Silent Assasin

Cougars to face local rival

Baseball looking for luck, skill

By Matt Miller THE DAILY COUGAR The UH women’s basketball team ends its longest road trip of the season in Houston when it takes on inter-city rival Rice at 7 p.m. tonight at Tudor Fieldhouse. Rice has struggled to a 5-16 record overall and a 0-8 mark in conference, but UH head coach Joe Curl realizes rivalry games always bring out the best in teams. “I told the girls to throw the records out,” Curl said. “They have two girls who were injured who are coming back. They’ll be different than they have been all year.” Rice freshman guard Megan Elliott missed six games after the winter break due to injury, but recently returned. Four of Rice’s victories have come at home, while UH has faced its share of difficulties away from Hofheinz Pavilion. A quick start is one key to winning away from home. “We have to play great team defense to start with,” Curl said. “We also have to hit shots and get ahead. The first four minutes are crucial and we have to play some of our best basketball.” Defense has been a constant for the Cougars this season, holding their opponents to 37.6 percent shooting, and forced 19.2 turnovers per game.

Rice turns over the ball 20.2 times per game, so UH’s full-court press will be in full effect tonight. “We want to pressure them fullcourt, half-court and under the basket,” Curl said. “We’re definitely going to try to pressure. We want to take advantage of points off turnovers.” The Cougars’ offense should have success against Rice. The Owls are giving up 70.6 points per game, while allowing their opponents to shoot 42 percent from the field. “We need to move the ball, because of the people who are coming off of injury (for Rice),” Curl said. “It’s going to be a different game, because they’ll have their point guard back.” Rebounding is an area in which both teams have struggled this season. Rice allows 43.8 boards per game, while the Cougars are giving up 42.2 rebounds per contest. “We’re going to send all five players to the defensive glass,” Curl said. “A lot of our guards have had five or six rebound games. On the offensive end we just have to go where we know the shots going to land.” Sophomore center Cobilyn Hill’s recent surge has given Curl an extra player he can count on. Even with Hill in the lineup, the Cougars will continue to run with small players to push the game’s tempo and take Rice

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Sophomore forward Brittany Mason has provided UH with excellent defense and rebounding this season. out of its game plan. “We have the guards who can handle a press,” Curl said. “I think our guards can get by that first line of defense, and give us a chance to play four-on-three or four-on-two. That’s when we’re at our best.” UH will have four straight home games after tonight’s contest, so the Cougars (13-7, 5-3 Conference USA) will look to continue to improve offensive sets and ball movement with the extra practice time. “Sometimes we’ve been a little stagnate on offense,” Curl said. “We’ve got to get better on the offensive end by not having so many turnovers. I think we’re ready to take another step and get better as a team.” This game is ultimately for fans of both Houston-based programs. “It’s been a fun rivalry,” Curl said.” You can throw the records out. We’re cross town rivals and that in itself makes it fun.” sports@thedailycougar.com

Given the circumstances surrounding the UH baseball team’s wild finish last season, it may have been easy to somewhat overlook the standout job done by head coach Rayner Noble. Noble, now entering his Ronnie Turner 15th season as the Cougars’ coach, has seen much better campaigns than last year’s 4224 finish and trip to the College Station Regional, where they were eliminated in the championship round by Texas A&M. After all, he has three NCAA super regional appearances, eight NCAA regional berths, three Conference USA regular-season titles and three C-USA tournament championships to his credit. Still, Noble may have delivered his best coaching performance last season. Moreover, it came at a time when both he and the program were under some fire. Noble might have to dig into his bag of magic tricks again this season, considering most of the team’s best players from a year ago have moved on to professional baseball and other avenues of life. But after last season, surely anything’s possible, right?

Tough circumstances Before last season, the Cougars made only one NCAA Tournament appearance in the last four seasons. Recruiting was kind of stagnant, and fans were growing restless. To make matters worse, the Cougars were without the services of senior right-hander Ricky Hargrove, who missed most of the season with a shoulder injury. Pitchers Barry Laird and Dereck Cloeren were also lost for the season. Additionally the team had to deal with not having first baseman David Murphy, who was diagnosed with cancer in the fall. This meant Noble had to rely on a lot of freshman and sophomore arms — a move that didn’t always produce desired results. Had it not been for a strong offense, the Cougars would have been in even more trouble. The Cougars went on to win five of six games in the C-USA tournament to take both the league crown and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament But what about those batters who were largely responsible for keeping the team afloat? Well, they are no longer around. More arms, fewer bats Infielders Bryan Pounds (.354 see ASSASSIN, page 9

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TENNIS

Women trump SFA, La. Tech Cougar Sports Services

The UH tennis team improved to 4-1 this season after defeating Stephen F. Austin 5-2 and Louisiana Tech 7-0, Saturday at the Schlief Tennis Complex in Nacogdoches. Sophomore Joanna Kacprzyk led the way forUH against Louisiana Tech, grabbing a 6-1, 6-0 victory over sophomore Rocio Juarez.Senior Lynley Wasson made quick work of freshman Maartje de Wit 6-0, 6-1. Senior Vicky Simpson blasted sophomore Mallory Smith, breezing to a 6-1, 6-0 win.Junior Neila Starratt managed to defeat freshman Laura Rodriguez in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. The closest singles match of the competition came between UH sophomore Lucy Forward and Louisiana Tech senior Ada Makowska. Forward toughed out a 7-5, 6-2 victory. The Cougars swept both doubles matches, as Forward and Simpson downed de Wit and Juarez 8-6. Meanwhile, senior Jordan McCombs and sophomore Laura Ring beat Makowska and Smith 8-2. UH had a tougher time with SFA,

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batting average, 10 homers, 67 RBIs) and Ryan Lormand (.330, 59 RBIs, 29 stolen bases) and outfielder Jake Stewart (.332, 14 homers, 53 RBIs) all ran out of eligibility. Jimmy Cesario (.326, nine homers, 41 RBIs) had one year of eligibility remaining, but had a great summer at the Cape Cod League and decided to sign a professional contract with the Colorado Rockies. Noble will be hard pressed to replace those bats, but the pitching situation isn’t as bad as it was last year. Junior left-hander Wes Musick returns as the ace of the rotation after passing up a shot at professional baseball. Sophomore right-hander Chase Dempsey could be a force as

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but came back to sweep the last five points of the match. Forward fell to SFA junior Roxana Enica in a long and hard-fought match 6-4, 7-6, 10-8. Wasson was unable to grab a set against freshman Alina Shazkho, losing 6-4, 6-3. Kacprzyk turned the tide for UH by defeating senior Gabriela Gadeva. After wining the first set 6-3, Kacprzyk fell behind 2-3 in the second set, but Gadeva was forced to retire due to injury. Ring topped sophomore Sanjana Kapur 6-4, 6-3. Simpson and Young both followed with easy two-set victories. In doubles competition, Forward and Simpson toughed out an 8-6 victory over Enica and freshman Alina Shazkho. McCombs and Ring defeated senior Mary Harrison and Kapur 8-5, while Wasson and Kacprzyk beat Gadeva and junior Tatiana Smolnikova 8-4. The Cougars will compete in their first home meet of the season against Montana State on Thursday at 11 a.m. at John E. Hoff Courts.

scorer will come to play. Containing Taylor and disrupting the Golden Knights’ offense will be the point of emphasis at tonight’s 6 p.m. tipoff. “We’ve got to really focus and get keyed in on defense,” UH junior guard Aubrey Coleman said. “That’s what happened in the Memphis game. We weren’t all on the same page and talking like we normally would. As a unit when we play together on defense and offense, we always do well.” Coleman will enter the game fresh off a career-high 35-point performance against one of the toughest defenses in the nation, Associated Press No. 14 Memphis. UH will need solid contributions from junior guard and leading scorer Kelvin Lewis (19.6 points per game), senior center Marcus Cousin and the rest of its supporting cast if it plans to get back on the winning side of things. “We’ve just got to come together and know that the season’s not over,” Coleman said. “We’ve just got to keep working, and like coach (Melvin) ‘Money’ Haralson said, ‘Don’t give up.’” The game will be broadcast on CBS College Sports and KBME 790 AM.

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either a starter or closer. Juniors John Touchton and Donnie Joseph could provide a boost to the bullpen. Perhaps sophomores Jared Ray and Ty Stuckey will be much better after their up -and-down freshman season. And there’s no telling which of this year’s freshmen will step up as Musick did two years ago and as Dempsay did last season. With the departures of Pounds, Lormand, Stewart and Cesario, freshman shortstop Blake Kelso, junior outfielder Zak Presley and junior catcher Chris Wallace are the top returning batters. The Cougars are hoping that some others will quickly emerge. Hope? The Cougars hoped for the best last season and received it. Perhaps, their hope will be rewarded again this season. sports@thedailycougar.com

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