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Future of UH: public or private

Suspect apprehended in connection to Sunday assault

Cuts in funding are leading the University into an operation similar to private institutions

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UH’s Department of Public Safety has arrested a suspect in a sexual assault case that was reported on Monday. A security alert was issued for the arrest but not for the reporting of the incident, which occurred between 11 p.m. Sunday and 7:20 a.m. Monday. According to the “Suspect Arrested” security alert issued after 9 p.m. on Wednesday, a visitor reported being sexually assaulted by a non-student resident at Cougar Place Residence Hall. The victim informed officials an acquaintance had drugged her and forced her to have sex. The suspect was identified following an investigation by UHDPS. He was arrested on separate charges of possession of a controlled substance and released to the custody of the Harris County Sheriff ’s Office. Charges of sexual assault are being pursued, the alert said.

Professors to tackle the obesity epidemic in center’s spring forum

Anna Gallegos, David Gonzalez and Taylor McGilvray

THE DAILY COUGAR With a cut in state funds, UH will operate more like a private institution instead of a public university. “The reality is that if we are funded at 80 percent or more from non-state funds, we will look and operate more like a private university, while maintaining our commitment to educational opportunity,” said Provost John Antel. Private universities depend less on government money and more on student tuition and donations to cover operating costs (e.g. staff salaries, supplies and building upkeep). With an estimated $27 billion deficit in the Texas state budget, the state will be paying

“Attendees will learn about a diverse range of obesity topics from several formal talks, as well as a moderated question-andanswer session featuring audience participation,” TORC director Rebecca Lee said in a news release. For more information or to register, contact Sarah Sweaney at 713-743-4019 or sarah@tlc2.uh.edu.

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Presenting on various aspects of obesity for the symposium are professors Norma Olvera, Dan O’Conner, Brian McFarlin, Jian Liu and Alok Bhargava.

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Budget cuts Every Thursday, The Daily Cougar will take an in-depth look at how proposed cuts to the state’s higher education allocation will affect the University and its future. Feb. 17: Tier One initiative Feb 24: Staff terminations March 3: Athletics programs March 24: The role of community colleges Today: Public vs. private debate April 7: Financial aid Track this series and find expanded resources at thedailycougar.com/budgetcuts2011

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UH’S Texas Obesity Research Center is holding its 2011 Spring Symposium on Friday. The event is from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in Philip Guthrie Hall, Room 232.

for less of UH’s operating costs as of the new state biennium. According to a presentation given by Antel at a December Faculty Senate meeting, state support for UH’s operating costs have dropped by 12 percent in the past ten years while student support has risen by the same amount to compensate for the loss. “State support to the University of Houston has fallen by 44 percent since 1981,” said Antel in an email interview. “Twenty years ago the state accounted for 48 percent of our operating budget; in the 2011 fiscal year, it accounted for 26 percent of our operating budget. This is why you’ve seen students having to shoulder a higher percentage of the cost of their own education.” Since the Texas Legislature is still in session

THE DAILY COUGAR The interim dean of the C.T. Bauer College of Business said she plans to take the college to the next level. Latha Ramchand, appointed to the position in early March, said her goal is to continue on what she calls “the pursuit of excellence,” and to take the success that the college got under former dean Arthur Warga’s leadership to the next level. “Some of the programs like the entrepreneurship program is a great program; the undergraduate program is ranked; the sales program has done a tremendous job; we have an accounting program that is doing very well,” Ramchand said. “So, if you think about these priorities, what I want to do is to take these to the next level to the extent I can.” As interim dean, Ramchand will start to work on a blog to connect with people in the community, whether it’s students, faculty or alumni, to get feedback on any new ideas for the college. The blog will be available on the Bauer website in the coming weeks. “The best part to working in an academic institution is that there’s a lot DEAN continues on page 3

Giving thanks to UH donors

hasta, UH’s mascot, spent Tuesday afternoon getting students pumped about praising UH’s many philanthropists at the University Center. Students and other community members were able to sign a banner. | Tap Nguyen/The Daily Cougar

Vets take part in oral history project Louis Casiano

THE DAILY COUGAR A discussion on “don’t ask, don’t tell” and the role of women in combat was held Tuesday afternoon in observance of Women’s History Month. The discussion was co-sponsored by UH’s Veterans Service Organization, the Women’s Resource Center and the LGBT Resource Center. The event was also videotaped as part of the Veterans Oral History Project. VSO Program Director Allen Grundy wanted

to have an event where students could talk about controversial issues. “These are topics that are readily in the news right now,” Grundy said. “These are social issues I believe need to have some kind of ear to the public.” Everyone had an opinion about whether female service members should be allowed into combat arms. The role of women in combat has become an ongoing issue for the military since the “War on Terror” began. More than 200,000 women have served in VETERANS continues on page 10

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The success of concealed handguns on other campuses is particularly convincing. There’s also a wealth of information from state crime statistics (for the past 20 years) suggesting that not only are concealed handgun owners more likely to avoid loss of property and physical harm during a crime, they are also less likely to be victimized in the first place!”

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Shouldn’t the fact that it only comes around every four years make it special? The journey to get to a world cup is unmatched by any sport. While it’s true that you can lose one game and still win the cup it offers a majestic atmosphere that’s produced icons like Pele, Ronaldo and Zidane. In 4 years no one is going to remember what Fredette did in this tournament because there will be a new flavor of the week.

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and state representatives and senators have yet to approve proposed budget cuts, no definite action has been taken regarding a rise in tuition. The budget cuts could affect tuition, outgoing Student Government Association President Prince Wilson said. “However, I have been discussing tuition and fees for a couple of weeks with the administration. I can assure students they are not going to go up drastically; its not going to go up compared to what we use to do,” Wilson said. “We have worked with administration to cap it at 5 percent, and it’s not going to go more than that.” In the December meeting, Antel said the UH community had to start the conversation on changes to how the University would operate and function. UH has been exploring other options for financing and how to continue providing access to the public. “The reality is that we must continue to find and cultivate other means of funding, as private institutions have done all along, to maintain our commitment to educational opportunity,” Antel said. “This includes growing our

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of ideas floating around,” Ramchand said. “We may not agree with every idea, and we may not be able to implement every idea, but maybe there are five ideas that I cannot think of that someone outside decided to share with us and that we can implement.” Ramchand currently teaches two sections of corporate finance for the graduate MBA students. Provost John Antel appointed Ramchand to the position in early March, after former dean Warga left on a medical leave. In an email to the community, Antel wrote Warga “will first take a leave and then return to the finance faculty as a chaired full professor.” Ramchand explained that Warga decided to step down after a surgery

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philanthropy, research and financial aid dollars and continuing to do it to a greater degree.” This is not new, nor is it unique to UH or Texas, Antel said. According to a report by The Delta Project, a nonprofit organization that aims to improve college affordability, tuition at state institutions covered 50 percent of costs in 2008 compared to only 38 percent in 1998. “Institutions of higher education and students nationwide have been dealing with similar circumstances for many years,” Antel said. Regardless of the operation and the levels of funding, UH will “remain a public university in every way,” Antel said. “The only thing that changes between budgets is our funding formula,” he said. “UH is no different than any public university or state agency in that regard.” Wilson echoes Antel in stating that UH will remain public. “We will always be public, but our funding will come from private sources — we will be supported by students; we will be supported more by endowments; we will be supported by grants and donations and things like that,” Wilson said. “If you look, we already have a lot of private donations that keep us going.” news@thedailycougar.com

he had in order to recover. Fortunately, his condition is good and, Ramchand said, the former dean has visited Bauer a few times and he should be back by the fall semester. “He’d like to come back today or tomorrow, but we’ve told him, ‘Just take it easy and relax,’” Ramchand said. According to Antel, Ramchand will continue to serve as interim dean and the University will revisit the possibility of a search for a dean a year from now. Ramchand served as associate dean for Bauer’s Programs and Administration, as well as the Graduate and Professional programs. The experience and the knowledge of how the college works helped Ramchand on becoming interim dean. She has been working with Warga since 2006. news@thedailycougar.com

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Talk focuses on proper etiquette Anna Gallegos

THE DAILY COUGAR It may not be the Victorian era anymore but knowing what to do at a fine dining event will change how Cecelia Zario thinks of you. “Etiquette is about presenting yourself in a way that shows you can be taken seriously,” said Zario, a first-year graduate student at the Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management. Zario presented Tuesday evening at the Fresh Food Co. inside the Moody Towers in a business etiquette workshop. The workshop covered how to act and eat at social events in which students would have to impress a possible employer or business client. The advice given ranged from how to make a good first impression to why you shouldn’t put your hands under the table at a formal dinner — advice that Zario knows very well. Zario has spent over 13 years in the food industry and graduated with a culinary degree from ALMA, the International Italian Culinary School. “About hospitality in general, I’ve been doing it my whole life,” said Zario on why she hosted the workshop. “My grandmother owned a restaurant so I’ve been wanting to do it since I was five.” The workshop mainly focused on hosting or attending business related meals but Zario also spoke about finite table manners.

Hotel and restaurant management graduate student Cecelia Zario shares her etiquette knowledge with seminar attendees. | Anna Gallegos/The Daily Cougar “Everything on the table is there for a reason,” said Zario while pointing to a diagram that included three different forks, two cups and a wide variety of other utensils around a dinner plate. “There is nothing that’s useless.” For Clara Bellman, a management information systems junior, this was the most interesting part of the workshop. “The layout of the plates stuck with me the most because I have been to plenty of banquets,” Bellman said. “I thought it was pretty unique. “I got somewhat of an exposure in the general business class in Bauer, but it was only very briefly covered — 15 minutes at most. I wanted an extension on it.”

Bellman also found the differences in American and European ways of eating interesting. Zario explained that Americans and Europeans have different ways of holding utensils with Americans shifting forks and knifes throughout their hands during a meal. “If you take away nothing else from this, err on the side of polite,” Zario said to some confused attendees. “When in doubt, copy your host.” The business etiquette workshop was one in a series of other workshops that will be hosted at the Fresh Food Company. The next will be April 12 at 6 p.m. about effective communication. news@thedailycougar.com

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All citizens should be treated equally by the law

awyers from the Department of Homeland Security are concluding that the government must enforce a law that bans US visa applications for same-sex couples. According to an article by The Associated Press, spokesperson for the US Citizenship and Services agency Chris Bentley said that lawyers working for the Department of Homeland Security found a law which prohibits the government from officially recognizing same-sex marriages must be inforced. The decision will be enforced despite the Obama administration’s decision to stop defending the constitutional merit of the law. In light of the recent decision by US Attorney General Eric Holder to no longer defend the constitutionality of The Defense of Marriage Act, visas should not be denied on the basis of same-sex marriage. It is wrong to deny the status of a person’s citizenship based upon their sexual orientation. If Obama and the Attorney General are in agreement to no longer uphold the constitutionality of DOMA, then why should a visa be denied? Immigration officials must realize that the deportation of someone for reasons based upon same-sex marriage isn’t constitutional, and that until the Supreme Court rules on the matter — or until the fate of DOMA is decided in Congress — those who could be deported shouldn’t be. Last week the United States Citizen and Immigration Services division of Homeland Security issued a hold on the deportation of anyone who was in a bi-national same sex marriage. The decision was one that was short-lived. Last night the USCIS ended the hold and now plans to deal with the cases like it had before the hold was in place. This decision could tear apart the lives of perfectly good people for no just reason. The USCIS’s decision should be a call to action for Obama, who should come to the defense of gay and lesbian Americans who are in danger of being unfairly deported. The freedom of Americans is at stake, and it is the duty of every citizen to make sure that we are all treated equally under the law.

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Inmate education pays off in the end

he Texas Legislature is considering closing the state’s largest school district, and rather than facing an uproar of disapproval they’re finding significant support for the proposal. Considering the premium that is placed on education, such a consensus appears puzzling. That is, until the Legislature disclosed that the largest school district in Texas educates Marc only convicts in state Anderson prisons. With over 77,000 students, the Windham School District provides high school education, college credit and vocational training to criminals who would otherwise encounter few means for reform. The district’s stated purpose is to reduce recidivism and provide inmates with skills necessary for gainful employment after

release. Apparently, the Texas Senate views these goals as insubstantial and sees the program as just another example of excessive governmental spending. In a sanctimonious effort to counter the state’s budget shortfall of $27 billion, the Windham School District has become a politically acceptable target for cutbacks and elimination. However, by removing the principle avenue that inmates can use to escape a cycle of criminality and incarceration, the state would likely end up spending much more than any resulting savings. Financially speaking, simple math reveals how shortsighted eliminating the Windham School District would be. It costs the state about $25,000 a year to house one prisoner. Every year Texas prisons release about 30,000 inmates who participated in the education program while incarcerated. If just 10 percent of those individuals were

prevented from re-entering the prison system due to the training they received, the state would save nearly $75 million. The state spends $65 million a year to fund the district, and, by this conservative estimate, cutting the program would actually cost the state $10 million dollars a year. This does not include the extra costs incurred due to crimes committed by the increased number of repeat offenders. From a more utilitarian stand point, the penal system is obliged to help reform inmates who have a finite prison sentence. Ex-convicts already have a difficult time reintegrating into society due to simply having a criminal record. Without a means of obtaining an education or skill set, many prisoners would soon fall back a life of crime and subsequent imprisonment. In this regard, ANDERSON continues on page 5

Speakers continue despite low budgets

euel Marc Gerecht, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, spoke to UH students about democracy in the Middle East on Tuesday, in a talk entitled “God, Man and the Ballot Box in the Middle East.” This was rare because Gerecht spoke to UH students before his main appearance for the non-profit World Affairs David Council of Houston, Haydon who sponsored his talk. Gerecht, a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and New York Times, summarized the situation in the Middle East as an “intellectual pincer movement.” Referencing Iran and other areas, he reluctantly used the Western concept of left and right to describe what he called a serious democratic ethic with individualistic growth, versus a strong Islamic sense of justice and rebellion, respectively.

“These two have come together and produced a sort of volcanic state,” he said. Gerecht also offered predictions for the future of democracy in areas like Egypt. “I would suspect that if Egypt goes democratic, you will have a serious debate in the Egyptian parliament on recognizing the peace treaty in Israel,” he said. “The effect of that would be profound. But there‘s no guarantee that it will be the outcome.” Chair of the political science department Greg Weiher and political science professor Ryan Kennedy, who helped organize the event, were present at the talk. “This is the second speaker that the World Affairs Council has sponsored to the University of Houston recently,” Kennedy said. “We made contact with them about more speakers, and they have been nice enough to present us with possibilities. I knew that budgets would be tight, and it

would be difficult for departments to get people to come and talk.” Essentially, the grace of non-profit groups and professors landed UH a quality speaker, during state spending cuts that should make such things difficult if not close to impossible. In addition, the lesser-known UH minors, such as the National Securities Studies which Weiher directs, gain attention when relevant speakers appear. “That’s another minor where we’re trying to encourage students from all majors ... if they have an interest in doing the kind of stuff that our speaker does,” Kennedy said. Simply put, we need to increase speakers like Gerecht on campus. Forget about University prestige and Tier One status; this was an opportunity directly for students, who heard professional in formation firsthand and had the rare chance to ask questions immediately HAYDON continues on page 5

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the prisoner education system should be considered a proactive method of crime prevention. Many would argue that the prisoners are essentially being rewarded for their criminality by providing them with what is assumed to be free education and training. However, inmates are required to repay the state after their release, and a single college course is billed to them at $500. A problem arises due to the fact that many ex-convicts have failed to pay and currently owe the state $9.5 million. The remedy to this is not to cut the program, but to enforce the collection of these dues. Payment plans modeled after student loans could be offered, but they should avoid being excessively burdensome in order to promote compliance. Prisoner education makes an unsympathetic target for budget cuts, but eliminating the Windham School District is counterproductive to both the state finances and overall safety. The money that is currently being spent educating and training inmates helps prevent repeat offenses and reduces costly incarceration rates. The state legislature should keep this in mind when deciding the fate of such a worthwhile program.

afterward. With modern access to printed media, television and online news at an unprecedented level, who doesn’t have unanswered questions? News information is akin to well-filtered coffee these days; it’s brewed over and over through multiple pots and with varying levels of potency. Then consider 12-15 hour class schedules and part time jobs. It’s amazing that students keep up to date with frivolous entertainment news, let alone what’s going on in the Middle East. Obviously Gerecht is not the sole voice of the Middle East, but he is one of several voices who students and people in general obtain information from, as Weiher pointed out. “These are people who make opinion,” Weiher said. “And sometimes I think they learn from the students as well.” David Haydon is a political science junior and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com.

Marc Anderson is a cell biology graduate student and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.

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Regular season: 27-9, 13-5 Horizon Coach: Brad Stevens Who they beat: Old Dominion, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, Florida

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VCU Rams !

Regular season: 28-11, 12-6 CAA Coach: Shaka Smart Who they beat: USC, Georgetown, Purdue, Florida St., Kansas

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Kentucky Wildcats !

Regular season: 29-8, 10-6 SEC Coach: John Calipari Who they beat: Princeton, West Virginia, Ohio State, North Carolina

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Connecticut Huskies !

Regular season: 30-9, 9-9 Big East Coach: Jim Calhoun Who they beat: Bucknell, Cincinnati, San Diego State, Arizona

How they could win it

Having won 13 straight games, Butler is the hottest of the four teams competing in Houston. Their streak won’t end Saturday against VCU. Experience will give the Bulldogs a huge advantage. Butler has made the NCAA tournament each of the past five seasons, including three Sweet 16 appearances. Butler’s postseason success speaks for itself. VCU thrives on an up-tempo offense and creating chaos with its full-court press. One young, dynamic Hoosier head coach, Brad Stevens, will negate that come Saturday. Having won 116 games in his first four seasons, Stevens has made a name for himself as the youngest coach to reach back-to-back Final Fours. The offense is most dangerous when coming out of timeouts, armed with a play drawn up by the 34-year-old mastermind. Given nearly a week to prepare for VCU, Stevens will have his squad ready to break the Rams’ press and spirits. Unfortunately, like Butler last season, VCU will have to wait its turn before entering “hoopdom” history as NCAA champions.

Contrary to popular belief, the Rams had this run in them all along. Just ask senior point guard Joey Rodriguez. The night before the game against Kansas in the Southwest Region final— a game that, for the doubters, was supposed to prove once and for all that the slipper didn’t fit— Rodriguez, or @JoeyyRod12 on Twitter, tweeted:

UK has looked like the most talented, well-rounded team the last two weeks. They shoot the ball well (40 percent from three), they don’t turn it over (1.61 turnover percentage, tenth-best in the nation) and they have finally committed to defense. UK rolled through the SEC Tournament, got through the first two rounds and then took down the No. 1 team in the nation in the Sweet 16. Brandon Knight has emerged as the go-to player late in the game. Josh Harrellson has completed a transformation from a minimal role player to an integral piece of the offense. The run to the Final Four was a surprise to everyone. But the players rode that “shock the world” mentality through the Tournament, and John Calipari isn’t about to let his team be content. He’s been to the Final Four, but he also recognizes that at Kentucky, “more than that” is expected. Now the players are thinking of the championship as their goal. Their talent can bring one to Lexington.

The Huskies have won nine games in 19 days, and all have been elimination contests. Not only has junior captain Kemba Walker been unstoppable since the Big East championship — where UConn won five games in five days to take the title as a No. 9 seed — but other players have emerged as well. Freshman Jeremy Lamb has played well on both ends, scoring 19 points in the Huskies’ Elite Eight win over Arizona.

How they could lose it Don’t let the No. 11 seed of VCU fool you, this team means business, and it may be too much to handle for Butler. One reason for this lies in the road traveled by VCU. The Rams were forced to participate in a play-in game, getting by USC. No. 4-seeded Georgetown fell next, then No. 3-seeded Purdue. They clipped No. 10 seed Florida St. and basically dominated No. 1 seed Kansas. VCU has dominated just about every team in its path; Butler hasn’t. The Rams are playing with a chip on their shoulder. They are last year’s version of Butler. Now, Butler is in the way of one hell of a freight train. In the end, it’ll be tough to shock a team that’s been doing all of the shocking, the Bulldogs might find that out the hard way. — Lance Rinker and Colin Likas/The Butler Collegian

“My soldiers ready for war! We may be shocking the world but we ain’t shocking ourselves!” Overconfidence? It’s tough to say so following the carnage they left behind with Kansas. The Rams shoot an unbelievable amount of 3-pointers, and they’ve taken that to a higher level in this year’s NCAA tournament. On top of that, they’ve combined white-hot shooting with high-intensity defense, a combination which has been on display for all to see. The scariest part for VCU’s opponents is that they don’t seem scared by the moment or pressured by the exposure. In the beginning of the season, VCU’s coaches coined a motto for the players to carry: our time, right now. It certainly seems that way.

How they could lose it The Rams may be looking unbeatable thus far in the NCAA tournament, but they do have their flaws. They get into trouble when they rebound poorly and don’t play the game at their tempo. Both factors have caused VCU to lose games during the regular season, but neither of them have been negative influences at all in the NCAA tournament. That’s mainly because the Rams have been playing with an unbelievably high amount of confidence — the single most important factor in their game. Should their Achilles heel appear, though, the Rams certainly may stand a chance to lose. —Adam Stern/The Commonwealth Times

How they could lose it A mental letdown. Coaches and players are sending the right messages about finishing the job, but it seems entirely plausible that UK feels like it’s almost earned the national title after beating Ohio State and North Carolina. Those back-to-back games felt more like Final Four games, but there are two left. The one thing to work against that feeling is the fact that UConn already beat UK earlier in the year, and a potential championship game would feature the vast majority of America rooting against the Wildcats. The primary susceptibility is UK hasn’t dominated any team yet, from Princeton to Ohio State. They’ve found a way to win close games after failing to do so at nearly every juncture in the regular season; but as the tournament has demonstrated, close games always have the potential to go the other way. — Aaron Smith/The Daily Kernel

This team has a togetherness that may be unmatched. With solid performances from senior center Charles Okwandu and sophomore center Alex Oriakhi, UConn can push past Kentucky in the semifinal and get to the national championship game. It’s hard not to think Walker won’t have the hot hand when it matters most; look for the National Player of the Year candidate and his teammates to celebrate in Houston on Monday night.

How they could lose it Walker shot 7-for-17 and 1-for-7 from behind the arc in the Huskies’ 65-63 win over Arizona in the West Regional Final. If Walker goes cold and Lamb isn’t there to pick up the slack, Oriakhi will have to step up, but he may be the most inconsistent player on the Huskies. He has not scored in double figures in the NCAA tournament. Although he had 12, 11 and nine rebounds in the tournament’s first three games, Oriakhi’s rebounding numbers have steadily declined. If Josh Harrelson can get Oriakhi and Charles Okwandu into early foul trouble as they were against Arizona, UConn’s trip to the Final Four may end like 2009: with an early exit. And the Huskies would leave H-Town with a frown. —Matt McDonough/The Daily Campus

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Tennis coach confident in Cougars’ chances as season continues Joshua Siegel

THE DAILY COUGAR Head tennis coach John Severance is in his seventh year at UH. He has quickly amassed a record of 107 wins and 53 losses in that time, and has the second-highest winning percentage in program history. In the past six years, the Cougars have placed in the top five in Conference USA on four occasions. Through 18 matches this season, Severance has helped the Cougars to a 12-6 record, and they are winners of their previous five matches. UH has five more competitions to help prepare them for the C-USA championships from April 21-24 in Orlando, Fla. The Daily Cougar caught up with Severance to reflect on his past successes, and check on the Cougars’ progress.

Q: Coach, you’re team is currently

enjoying a five-match win streak, what has been the biggest factor in that success?

: That’s easy. We’re healthy. For the first time all season, we’re healthy. For the first time this season we’re at full strength and that’s why we’re winning. That’s why we’re putting up the numbers we’re putting up.

: The team is in a pretty long layoff between your last match and your next one against Southern Miss. on Sunday. What have you been doing to stay sharp during the break?

A: For us the key, big picture, is

staying healthy. When we’re at full strength, we’re a darn good team. Different people are taking it easy and other people are cranking it up that need it. We’re going to be firing on all cylinders. That means that the people who are healthy are grooving. The people that were struggling are finding their groove. The people that were a little hurt are getting healthy. The people that were healthy are even more healthy.

: Are you worried about losing any momentum after not competing for two weeks? No, we’re as focused as can be. We know what is at stake in the month of April. We know what it means. We’re going to extend this streak to six no matter what.

A: I guess I know most of the

music they’re listening to, so that helps. On a serious note, the game is changing and I’m a part of that and the way that it’s changing. I think at any age you can relate, but you have to do some work. I find that as I get older I have to do more work to relate — times are changing. I wasn’t born with a cell phone in my hand. It’s a little different now. The key is adaptation.

Q: What is the story behind you taking an interest in tennis?

A: I was into a lot of different

sports. I started very early playing sports. It was intriguing. We were fortunate to have four courts about 150 yards from my house and they had a wall that you could hit off of if you didn’t have a person to play with. I’ve always had a knack for technique and mechanics, so I taught myself how to play.

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Head coach John Severance played tennis in college at Mesa Community College from 1995-97, then transferred to the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Arizona in 1999. Severance was the quickest tennis coach to 50 wins in UH history, and has obtained a winning record in all six of his prior seasons. | Courtesy of UH Athletics

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Jewish studies bridge the gap Guest lecturers share their experience with CryptoJudaism and Mexican American culture Terence Yung

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A call-and-response lecture featuring poet M. Miriam Herrera and visual artist Gail Gutierrez took place at the Rockwell Pavilion in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library on Tuesday night. The lecture explored the religious and cultural challenges of heritage. The World Cultures & Literatures Program of the Department of Modern

and Classical Languages invited the duo Tuesday evening to speak at UH. “We are really thrilled that Gail Gutierrez and M. Miriam Herrera are here today,” said Marie-Theresa Hernandez, director of the World Culture & Literature Program. “We think this is the beginning of a great discussion regarding Jewish studies and the Sephardic diaspora in particular.” Hernandez said that the duo highlighted the ambiguous nature of their experiences and identities while growing up — the sense of on the one hand, knowing that their Jewish history was there, and yet on the other hand performing an identity that was entirely Mexican-American and very metropolitan.

Part of that involves finding the delicate middle ground between religion and culture. While the two grew up in the US (Gutierrez in Los Angeles and Herrera in Chicago), their families were CryptoJewish — a term that relates to any number of secret practitioners of Judaism, who in public claim another faith. Herrera’s familial heritage stems from a subset of that category, called conversos — who fled to the New World and converted to Catholicism to avoid persecution during the bloody Spanish Inquisition. Similarly, Gutierrez found her Jewish roots in her grandfather’s BRIDGE continues on page 9

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Students get more than just a history lesson Miguel Cortina

THE DAILY COUGAR Some of the buildings that you cannot miss in Mexico City are churches. Countless churches give mass everyday in Mexico’s capital city. During this trip, we were able to visit one of the most important churches in Latin America, the Basilica of Guadalupe. It’s here where the actual image of the Virgin of Guadalupe stands. For those who don’t know the story of the Mexican virgin, it starts in December 1531 with Juan Diego, an Indian living in Tepeyac, Mexico, just a few miles north from what used to be Mexico City during those times. Juan Diego was once walking up a hill in Tepeyac when the Virgin appeared to him. The Virgin told him to build a church where they were standing, but when Juan Diego went to tell the bishop, he asked for some proof. The next day, Juan Diego went back to the same spot where he had seen the Virgin. This time she told him to take a lot of roses, which did not grow in December, and put them in his poncho. Juan Diego filled his poncho with roses and went back to the parish where the Bishop was. When he showed his poncho to the Bishop, the image of the Virgin appeared in his tunic. Since then, the Basilica was built in Tepeyac. However, because several million people visited it each year, a new Basilica was built in 1974. The modern Basilica is host to the thousands of visitors who pay tribute to the Virgin on December 12, the day of Guadalupe. Just next to the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Tlatelolco is the church where Juan Diego went to tell the bishop that the Virgin wanted a church in Tepeyac. Tlatelolco is also the site where the army shot thousands of students because they were protesting against the government on Oct. 2, 1968. This historic place was witness of the massacre just 10 days before the Olympic games started. As we were touring the

A monument was erected in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in memory of the students who were killed in The Night of Tlatelolco massacre in 1968. Hundreds were killed after being met with soldiers and military tanks in a protest of government actions. | Miguel Cortina/The Daily Cougar Plaza, a man in his 60s was sitting down by the monument dedicated to the students who died that day. As I was looking at the monument and reading the names of the students, he told us in a sad tone, “I was here on October 2. I was shot and taken to prison for 42 years. I got out of prison 15 days ago.” We were all shocked. His name is Carlos Beltrán, and according to the monument, he is dead. He was incarcerated as a political prisoner after the massacre occurred. He was shot in the leg and got leukemia while in prison. He had been looking for his family for the past 15 days without luck. He didn’t have a job or money. After a group of us stayed to listen to his testimony, he said that the student movement was not worth it, as he sees the

Mexican government as the same kind of corrupt government 42 years later. Just a few minutes after we were talking, he began to cry in front of us as he remembered how he was protesting and suddenly the military began to shoot at the crowd. He remembered looking at thousands of bodies laying down in the Plaza. He said that when he got shot he tried to run, but a few feet after he fell and was taken to prison. Because our tour guide was rushing us to go to the next place, we were unable to listen to his whole testimony, but we could feel his emotion by the words he spoke and the tears that came from his eyes. That moment was what impacted me most throughout the entire trip. arts@thedailycougar.com

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autobiography. She realized from her grandfather’s writings — which detailed his keeping in line with Jewish traditions, dress, rituals and diet — that his Jewish faith was important to him. This genealogical digging led both Herrera and Gutierrez to become increasingly drawn toward reclaiming their Jewish faith. That led to the effort of rediscovery and conversion — an undertaking that is still a point of contention in Mexican culture. As artists, their next logical step was to share this story with an audience. Herrera, a poet, and Gutierrez, an artist, communicate their rich lives through their artistry. The poetry and artwork helps them and others to explore cultural, familial and religious identities that have been significant to them. One religiously and culturally significant image that pervades both artists is the desert, which is heavily associated with the Jewish people. Herrera noted that Israel is of course a desert unto itself, but the desert also represented the struggles of the Jewish people, who wandered it for so many years. Gail Gutierrez has written about her own artwork. “My ancestors knew they were the ‘Other’ and spoke of that to their family,” Guitierrez writes. “Now, after re-entering the

Mikvah, how do I reconstruct myself?” she said. “I search for my own language of images to tell my story.” M. Miriam Herrera engaged students by reading poems from her book “Kaddish for Columbus.” The title poem dealt specifically with the convergence and acceptance of her Spanish, Jewish, Mexican and Native American heritage, even though at times they are at odds with one another. Herrera pointed to an early Spanish and Native American conflict to illustrate this point. “In the poem ‘Kaddish for Columbus,’ I forgive Christopher Columbus for colonialism and all of the tragedies he brought upon the Native Americans,” Herrera said. “Because I recognize that without him, I wouldn’t exist.” Other poems grappled with her journey back to Judaism and the conflicting process. A few of them were even set in Israel, where she lived. “They convey the sense of belonging there,” Herrera said. “When I am in Israel, I am at home.” In the end, the lecture showed the remarkable diversity of Mexican culture and how Crypto-Judaism drives themes and topics in art. “This research is very important, because many people just assume Hispanics are all Catholics, and that’s not true,” Herrera said. “There are Mexican-American Jewish people as well, and they live all over the Southwest and into Mexico. My hope is that this talk will spur the research to expand into South Texas.” arts@thedailycougar.com

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Iraq and Afghanistan, with 134 killed and over 700 wounded in action. The panel was comprised of mostly female students and faculty who discussed their feelings on the topic and how women have performed similar to men on the battlefield. “When women were on the front lines, they performed pretty admirably,” said Beverly McPhail, director of the WRC. “So there are some real life experiences when women were in combat, whether they were allowed to be or not, because the front line has sort of shifted.” The topic moved onto the controversial DADT policy and how it has affected the military and the personnel discharged under the law. DADT, signed into law as a compromise in 1993 by former President Bill Clinton, prohibited superiors from inquiring about a service member’s sexual orientation without credible evidence. Service members under the law were also not allowed to openly state their sexual orientation or engage in homosexual behavior. In December 2010, the policy was repealed by an act of Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama. More than 14,000 service members were discharged under the law.

Advocates say the law upheld unit morale and military readiness, while opponents argued it was discriminatory and harmed the military by discharging thousands of military personnel with essential jobs, such as military intelligence personnel and linguists. “More people are coming out, and (homosexuality) is becoming more socially acceptable, but it’s still going to take some time,” said Priscilla Benitez, human development and family studies senior. The law may have been repealed, but it has yet to go into effect. Once the president, secretary of defense and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff inform Congress in writing that the military is ready to implement the repeal, sixty days must elapse from that time before the repeal can go into effect. Economics junior and Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran Jason Gates was part of a question and answer session for the project. He talked about his experiences with DADT and with women in combat and gave a veterans point of view on the subject. “I don’t feel (sexual orientation) should determine whether a person should serve or not,” Gates said. “I feel they deserve the right to fight for their country or freedom just like everybody else.” news@thedailycougar.com

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to attend 13 year old disabled girl evening or weekends, Bellaire. Swim, bike, grooming, meals. Must jog 1 mile. Child is sweet and toilet trained. $10/hr 713-628-6677 Will train. MONTESSORI SCHOOL in Museum district. Looking for Subs/Assts. Flex hrs. Excellent for child dev, Education or Psy majors! Call 713-520-0738

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Female needed to assist partially disabled wife during the mornings and some weekends. Days off to be arranged. Must be able to assist with showering, dressing, driving to store, moving from wheelchair to seat etc. Galleria area apartment. Call Brian 713 298 8783

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