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New UC to cause fee increase Joshua Mann
THE DAILY COUGAR The University will be increasing the University Center fee from $85 to $135 per semester in the fall of 2012 in order to pay for planned renovations to the University Center under the University Center Transformation Project. The renovations are expected to cost about $80 million, $77.5 million of which will come from student fees over the next 25 years, said Cameron McHugh, the Student Government Association’s administration and finance committee chair.
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Commstock summit holds three days of workshops The UH International Association of Business Communicators will host Commstock, a three-day event. Topics covered consist of a Social Media Summit Tuesday, Career Discovery Day on Wednesday and a Media Homecoming on Thursday. For questions and additional information about the location and times of the events, visit UHIABC’s website at www.uhiabc.wordpress. com or email uhiabc@gmail.com. — Deisy Enriquez
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‘Communograph’ lead artists speak at public art discussion Artists Rick Lowe and Ashley Hunt will have a public forum on art Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Dudley Recital Hall of the Fine Arts Building as a part of the exhibit, “Communograph: Mapping Through Creative Action.” Admission is free and welcomes all faculty and students including extended invitations to the public. — Karishma Sakrouja and Saniya Maya
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UH Health Center to give free breast cancer exams In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Health Center will offer free manual breast exams from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Wednesday and 1 to 2 p.m. on Oct. 20. All students, faculty and staff with a photo ID are welcome. For more information, call the Health Center at 713-743-5151. — Zahra Ahmed
Improvements include extra space for retail and student organizations, a complete refit of the heating and ventilation systems, and a 24 hour student lounge, McHugh said. “If we have a good UC, it brings attention to the school. Students feel more comfortable; they’re more likely to hang out there with their friends and participate in campus activities,” McHugh said. There will also be a few changes to the University Center dining. “They’re going to get rid of Chili’s, because nobody goes there; it’s a waste of money anyway,” said McHugh. “So they’re going to put something in there that actually generates revenue.”
Rather than demolishing the current University Center and building a new one, the renovations will be done in phases, so the University Center is never completely closed to students. “It’s going to take slightly longer to do it this way, but we’ll have a UC (throughout the construction),” McHugh said. The majority of students are in favor of a gradual increase in fees in exchange for better UC facilities, according to a survey taken in November 2008. “A lot of people have said that they would
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$80 Million
Total projected price of the project.
96.9
Percentage of the project being paid for through student fees.
$50
Increase in student fees for fall of 2012.
2012
Projected start date.
2015
Projected completion date.
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Occupy Wall Street protests spread to Houston Students, Houstonians gather to rally peacefully against ‘1 percent’ Brian Jensen
THE DAILY COUGAR The 99-percenter movement reached Houston this Thursday in the form of Occupy Houston — a grassroots movement which is “dedicated to ending the corporate corruption of democracy,” according to occupyhouston.org. The protest began with a meet and greet in Market Square Park and continued with a march to JPMorgan Chase Tower before reaching its
final destination at City Hall. All protestors were then given a chance to address the crowd, which repeated the message in order to amplify the volume without a permit. Estimates of Thursday’s attendance ranged from 200 to 400 protestors, with many carrying signs displaying slogans ranging from “Reinstate Glass Steagall” and “Burn Your Credit Cards” to “I will believe corporations are people when Texas executes one” and “Bail Out Students, Not Banksters.” UH was represented by members of many student groups including the International Socialist Organization, People Against Corporate Tax Evasion, Fair Labor Action Committee and
Students for a Democratic Society. Other activist groups present included Houston Freethinkers, Houston Peace News and Infowars.com. The protest was also heavily attended by the local media, including Fox, NBC, CultureMap, Houston Chronicle, WB and a helicopter from ABC 13. When asked what the message of the occupation movement was, a spokesperson said it was “catalyzed around our frustration with corporate excess” as well as bailouts and lack of accountability among corporate CEOs, who she said “have swindled billions of Americans’ dollars and ruined their lives.” She also encouraged all UH students who
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he ladies of the Chi Omega sorority, their alumni and UH faculty attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library Saturday. The sorority donated $25,000 to the library to establish the Chi Omega Cougar Corner, which is located in the Learning Commons. The corner includes two high-powered computers for student use. This is the first donation a Greek organization has made to the University. | Jack Wehman/The Daily Cougar
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Midterm cramming hindrance to success Ryan Rockett
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It’s a familiar setting for many students this time of year — the sudden realization that an exam is forthcoming, and the subject material reads like a foreign language. Anxiety sets in and students pull all-nighters in an attempt to cram as much information pertaining to the exam as possible in order to do well on the test. “It works pretty well for me,” junior Sajanee Chopra said. “I have a pretty good GPA because of my cramming skills.” While a cram session may result in the desired effect of passing an exam, experts and professors argue that the practice is ineffective and robs students of long term information retention. UH psychology professor Merrill Hiscock referred to the popular study method as an “intellectual crash diet.” “(It’s) comparable to crash dieting,” Hiscock said. “If you want to lose weight for the big family reunion next spring and haven’t started a diet plan, and the reunion is two weeks away, and you are still 20 pounds overweight, you can try a crash diet. “It will not work as well, but you will lose a few pounds, and you might consider that to be better than nothing. So you go to the reunion in a half-starved and grumpy state, but you are only 15 pounds overweight.” A 2009 study found that approximately 45 percent of students admit to last minute cramming. While its effects may vary depending on subject material, a 2007 study on memory retention in “Current Directions in Psychological Science” shows that people subjected to spaced out study sessions fared far better than those
who studied in one session in tests that occurred four weeks later. Chopra agreed with the researchers’ findings, admitting that she hardly remembers anything after an intense cram session. Some professors have taken measures to actively prevent cramming and increase information retention in students. UH Cognitive Psychology professor Arturo Hernandez implements weekly quizzes into his course, which encourages students to learn the material throughout the semester. “The brain is like any other organ,” Hernandez said. “It obeys the same principles. People think it’s some sort of closet where you can just stuff things. “I think we should call it practice instead of studying. People would think about it differently. Would an athlete practice only right before a big event? Of course not.” If a cram session becomes inevitable, Hiscock recommends students practice efficient cramming techniques. Testtakingtips.com recommends taking a small break every hour and getting at least three hours of sleep before the exam. Psychology professor Leigh Leasure, who believes most if not all of her students cram before exams, echoed the anti-all-nighter sentiment. “It’s human nature; we leave everything until the last minute,” Leasure said. “If you find yourself in a situation where you’re going to cram, don’t stay up all night. Make sure you sleep. “Studies show that brain cramming will do no good unless you give yourself downtime to consolidate information.” news@thedailycougar.com
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Tapes N’ Tapes with Howler, Leslie Sisson Monday, 8 p.m. Fitzgerald’s, 2706 White Oak Houston, TX 77007. For more information call 713-862-3838 or visit www.fitzlive.com. $15.
Plain White T’s Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. House of Blues, 1204 Caroline, Houston, TX 77002. For more information call 888-402-5837 or visit www.hob.com/ houston. $23 to $25.
Insane Clown Posse Tuesday, 8 p.m. Warehouse Live, 8813 St. Emanuel Houston, TX 77003. For more information call 713-225-5483 or visit www.warehouselive.com. $29.50 to $33.
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. House of Blues, 1204 Caroline, Houston, TX 77002. For more information call 888-402-5837 or visit www.hob.com/ houston. $27.50 to $45.
Airborne Toxic Event, The Drowning Man Wednesday, 8 p.m. Warehouse Live, 8813 St. Emanuel Houston, TX 77003. For more information call 713-225-5483 or visit www.warehouselive.com. $17 to $20.
Pop Punk’s Not Dead Tour feat. New Found Glory Wednesday, 6 p.m. Fitzgerald’s, 2706 White Oak, Houston, TX 77007. For more information call 713-862-3838 or visit www.fitzlive.com. $17 to $21.
Corn Meal, The Giving Tree Band Thursday, 8 p.m. Fitzgerald’s, 2706 White Oak, Houston, TX 77007. For more information call 713-862-3838 or visit www.fitzlive.com. $5 to $10.
The Black Angels, Dead Meadow, Spindrift Thursday, 8 p.m. Fitzgerald’s, 2706 White Oak, Houston, TX 77007. For more information call 713-862-3838 or visit www.fitzlive.com. $15 to $17.
O.A.R. Friday, 9 p.m. House of Blues, 1204 Caroline Houston, TX 77002. For more information call 888-402-5837 or visit www.hob.com/houston. $29.50 to $40.
Big D and the Kids Table Sunday, 7 p.m. Warehouse Live, 8813 St. Emanuel Houston, TX 77003. For more information call 713-225-5483 or visit www.warehouselive.com. $12.
The Soup Cowboy, which is located in the tunnels downtown, offers 50 varieties of soups and seven different kinds of hand-carved sandwiches from 11 a.m. — 4 p.m. between Monday and Friday. | Vassil/Wikimedia Commons
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Soup Cowboy lassos ‘em in Underground restaurant charms with soups, sandwiches and deserts Jorge Porras
THE DAILY COUGAR A newcomer to the Houston food scene, Soup Cowboy offers high quality rustic soups and sandwiches to the downtown lunch crowd out of a location in the Pennzoil building’s food court. Though the concept may sound simple, it is often the simplest answer that is usually the correct one. Armed with juicy, hand-carved brined turkey breast sandwiches and hearty beef and bean stew, Soup Cowboy is not your everyday soup and sandwich shop. Chef Jake Ellis, an Art Institute of Houston grad, heads the kitchen with his years of experience in the industry and has written an impressive menu with more than 50 soups that are rotated throughout the seasons. When you first walk into the store, you will find an ice cream parlor-like arrangement of freshly prepared soups with flavors like the cowboy beef and bean and cream of poblano. If you find yourself having a hard time choosing which soup you would like the staff is more than welcome to provide you with a sample. For those with a bit of a sweet tooth, there is an assortment of homemade cookies, ranging from triple chocolate ganache to salted gooey caramel. Needless to say but these are not your everyday cookies. My first impression of the cowboy beef and bean was that it is a light, yet
very hearty soup — something a person could fill up on during a lunch break but would not be slow you down while trying to go back to work. Let me just say this about the poblano soup: I had planned to share this with my wife and I ended up nearly getting my hands bit when I tried getting a second spoonful — it’s just that good. It is buttery and spicy cream soup that packs a crazy amount of taste. You can rest assured your money will be well spent, as you will be licking the bottom of the bowl when you run out of bread to soak up the last drops of this soup. Then there was the jalapeño sausage sandwich with cilantro aioli, which was by far one of my favorites out of the whole experience. One thing I cannot stand is only being able to taste the heat when I eat something with jalapeños in it; the one trait I failed to inherit from my Mexican side of the family is being able to enjoy most spicy foods. However, the sausage has a nice balance, allowing that heat from the peppers to stay in the background so you are able to taste and appreciate all the other aspects of the sausage and the sandwich. I had only got a half sandwich, but by the time I had finished it I knew I should have asked for a whole. The aioli was awesome; it was so rich it almost seemed like cilantro butter. My only complaint is that they don’t put enough of it on the sandwich. Finally we come to the cookies, made from scratch at soup cowboy. If a chocolate cake and a brownie had a baby they would call it the triple chocolate ganache, a messiah to chocolate
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worshipers everywhere. With the consistency of a cake and the gooeyness of a brownie, this chocolatey hybrid stands alone, and I am not even that big on chocolate to begin with. The saltedcaramel cookie?My mouth salivates just typing it, while the name alone is enough to draw you in. By combining the gooey texture of caramel and encasing it in cookie dough then finishing it off with sea salt to enhance the flavor of the caramel through contrast — if only I had the foresight to purchase more than just one and some milk to go with it. So far, it is my favorite item that they have on the menu. While the phrase chain restaurant is synonymous with pictures of monotony and unoriginality, it is establishments like Soup Cowboy that are slowly but surely changing that image. arts@thedailycougar.com
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Football beef no excuse for vandalism
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aybe it isn’t such a bad thing after all that UH will not be included in the Big 12 Conference. On Saturday, Texas A&M visited Texas Tech in Lubbock for a football game. The Aggies woke up on game day to find the interior of their buses completely smeared in what was believed to be dog manure. The outside of the buses were painted with obscenities and Texas Tech logos. These are the type of headlines that are sure to make any respecting fan cringe. The individuals at fault may have assumed this was a blow to the Aggies, but it is more of an embarrassment to themselves and Texas Tech. Just because two teams may have some bad blood between them, there is no excuse to commit such a foul act. No matter how fierce a rivalry is on the field, this is a case of people taking competition too seriously. Every school and sports team has supporters who are not worth claiming as their own. Whether the guilty parties were students or fans, they need to be dealt with and shown no forgiveness. Criminal charges and expelling any potential students from school is a justifiable in this instance. The worst part is that these people subjected themselves to hauling around dog feces to show the Aggies that they were not welcome in Lubbock. A person willing to carry out a prank like this might be more suited for a mental institution than a public university. There are other, less vile ways to express your hostilities to an opposing team. And, there is a thin line between being a fan and being fanatical — these people crossed it. Being rowdy to the other team is a part of sports, but being a good sport should come first. The Daily Cougar fully supports UH in conference realignment efforts. Whether it is the Big 12 or another conference, the Cougars belong in an automatic-qualifying conference. But after this debacle in Lubbock, scheduling a non-conference game at Texas Tech is not the best idea.
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Religious freedom
Supreme Court should side with religious school that fired sick teacher
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hile religious freedoms are typically viewed as a subset of civil liberties, there are certain allowances made for the former that occasionally foster a divisive relationship between the two. It often falls upon the Supreme Court to resolve these legal disagreements, and a case they are facing this judicial session once again positions the sacred against the secular. The issue in Marc Hosanna-Tabor Church Anderson v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is the extent religious organizations must adhere to laws that prohibit discrimination in employment. Ultimately, the Court’s decision has the potential to refine the definitions of the terms “minister” and “church function.” On its surface, the case of HosannaTabor Church v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is a simple employee discrimination lawsuit. Cheryl Perich was an elementary teacher at a Michigan school run by the Lutheran affiliated Hosanna-Tabor Church. In 2004, she was diagnosed with the debilitating sleep disorder narcolepsy and required several months of treatment before she was able to attempt to work again. In that time, the school understandably filled her position with a substitute, and due to questions surrounding her ability to meet the demands of the classroom setting, strongly suggested to Perich that she not return. Predictably, Perich threatened to sue the school for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The school unequivocally retaliated against Perich’s threat by firing her. The school argued that because Perich
was employed by a private school affiliated with a religious organization, her job was in fact ministerial, and inherently religious in nature. As such, the mere suggestion that Perich violated some aspect of the Lutheran Church’s bylaws was sufficient grounds to dismiss her, and the action was not subject to the anti-discriminatory laws that govern secular employees. At this point the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission stepped in and filed a formal suit against the school. The proceedings eventually found their way to the Supreme Court. The primary question the court faces in this case is, does merely working for a religious affiliated organization automatically qualify the employee as a ministerial worker even if the job itself is not overtly religious? Arguably, aspects of a religion’s belief system carry over to any of its affiliates, and all employees work in agreement with and advocate for these ideas. Given the source, religious principles can be both arbitrary and intolerant of others, so employees can be fired at the will of the organization. The school’s actions against Perich were morally objectionable, but they were entitled to do so under existing federal law. The Constitution’s guarantee to protect religious practices from government intrusion tacitly grants religious organizations the right to freely discriminate against others who share differing beliefs. Such provisions are necessary because all religions are inherently exclusionary. For each particular faith the world is divided into believers and non-believers, and were the government to forcibly prohibit such segregation, it would violate the free exercise clause of the First Amendment. In addition, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 explicitly omits religious organizations from having to abide by Equal Employment Opportunity mandates.
Civil matters should be handled internally by religious groups, and if they feel the need to exclude some groups for whatever reason, or for no reason at all, it is within their rights to do so.” Obviously, religious organizations are not immune to all forms of governmental oversight. Past legal cases have established that the government can rightfully intervene in religious affairs when it has a compelling interest, specifically when an organization violates a criminal law. No religious group has sanction to threaten the use of physical force or engage in organized criminal activity such as drug trafficking. On the other hand, civil matters should be handled internally by religious groups, and if they feel the need to exclude some groups for whatever reason, or for no reason at all, it is within their rights to do so. This calls to mind an adage: What is right is not always legal, and what is legal is not always right. The Supreme Court should rule in favor of the Lutheran school out of respect to federal laws. However, it should also emphasize that the importance of its decision lies not with what it allows but with what it reveals. That is, some religious organizations have no reservations in testing the boundaries of the First Amendment and would rather dally around with legal definitions and loopholes than conduct themselves in accordance with a higher moral code. Marc Anderson is a 3rd-year cell biology Ph.D. student and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com.
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SEPT. 3 vs. UCLA W 38-34
SEPT. 10 vs. North Texas W 48-23
SEPT. 17 at La. Tech W 35-34
SEPT. 24 vs. Georgia State W 56-0
SEPT. 29 at UTEP* El Paso, TX W 49-42
OCT. 8 vs. East Carolina * W 56-3
OCT. 22 vs. Marshall 3:30 p.m.
OCT. 27 vs. Rice * 7 p.m.
NOV. 5 at. UAB * Birmingham, Ala. 7 p.m.
NOV. 10 at. Tulane * New Orleans, La. 7 p.m.
NOV. 19 vs. SMU TBD
GAMEDAY
NOV. 25 at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 11 a.m.
SIDELINE REPORT
This week in college football, by Joshua Siegel
STAND OUTS Senior receiver Patrick Edwards led the Cougars with 133 yards and two touchdowns on 12 receptions. Edwards also gained 54 yards on his only punt return of the game. He has caught a pass in all 40 of his games at UH and is only 371 yards away from tying the UH record for all-time career yards. | Brianna Leigh Morrison/The Daily Cougar Sophomore linebacker George Bamfo chased down ECU’s quarterbacks for a career-high three sacks and seven tackles. Bamfo had only recorded 17 career tackles coming into the game.
Sophomore George Bamfo recorded three of the Cougars’ nine sacks in UH’s 56-3 win over East Carolina. The Cougars also held ECU to 21 rushing yards on 30 attempts, the fewest allowed since giving up 10 yards to Army on Nov. 15, 2003. | Brianna Leigh Morrison/The Daily Cougar
Cougars fill in the blanks UH pastes together secondary for second conference victory After finding the end zone on the Cougars’ opening drive, running back Bryce Beall finished the next play for UH as well, taking out Pirates’ return man Michael Bowman on Joshua the ensuing kickoff. Siegel Seeing one of the Cougars’ top players willingly contributing in a role normally reserved for backups and younger players shouldn’t come as a surprise — the Cougars have had to fill in the blanks the last few weeks. “I think that shows how badly they want to win,” head coach Kevin Sumlin said. “When you have a team that has that kind of mindset, I think it speaks volumes to what kind of team we are right now.” Even without three quarters of its starting secondary, UH (6-0, 2-0 Conference USA) played its most complete all-around game of the season in its 56-3 dismantling of ECU. The No. 22/25 Cougars’ pass rush has never looked better this season. The Pirates’ athleticism and size at receiver was supposed to pose problems for the Cougars, but ECU quarterbacks Dominique Davis and Rio Johnson never had a chance to get the ball to them — UH recorded nine sacks and hurried them into throwing a combined four interceptions. The Cougars came in waves and received contributions from unexpected players like sophomore linebacker George Bamfo, who recorded three sacks in relief of Sammy Brown, who had 2.5 sacks himself. “Sammy’s a good player,” Sumlin said. “But we’ve had some times in the past where we just left him out there and he was tired from rushing the passer. We made a decision earlier this week to get George Bamfo involved more and I think you can see it keeps Sammy a little fresher.
“George has got some real speed off the corner. Even though size-wise, he’s a little smaller, he can fly.” Without starting corner D.J. Hayden and safeties Chevy Bennett and Colton Valencia, the secondary was again stretched thin. But the unit received strong performances from understudies Nick Saenz, Kent Brooks and Thomas Bates. “Those guys know they didn’t have any backups,” Sumlin said. “We were a little worried when Thomas got nicked up and Jeffery Lewis was going out there — that was the last guy we had as a corner without taking a redshirt off of somebody.” The lack of defensive backs even allowed one of the Cougars’ linebackers to masquerade as their nickleback at times. “I told the defensive coordinator, coach Stew, that I like covering,” junior linebacker Phillip Steward said. “He put me out there on an island today and I showed him I can do a little covering.” Steward picked off two passes and also recorded four tackles, one for a loss. Rest is the recipe for success Next week’s bye couldn’t come at a more convenient time for the Cougars. “I think this gives you some momentum into the bye week to say, ‘Let’s get these guys back. Let’s continue to work,’ because we have a lot out there in front of us,” Sumlin said. “I think our team understands it. I think the unselfishness of everyone speaks to that. As a coach that’s maybe one of the best things that you could see, they’re willing to do anything that they can to help our team win.” In addition to Hayden, Bennett and Valencia, the bye will benefit wide receiver Tyron Carrier, who has fought through an FOOTBALL continues on page 6
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Scoring summary First quarter UH — Beall, 1 yd run (Hogan kick), 9:43 UH — Edwards, 3 yd pass from Keenum (Hogan kick), 7:22 ECU — Barbour, 54 yd field goal, 5:48 Second quarter UH — Sims, 5 yd run (Hogan kick), 14:53 UH — Sims, 4 yd run (Hogan kick), 7:39 UH — Edwards, 8yd pass from Keenum (Hogan kick), 3:54 Third quarter UH — Hayes, 19 yd run (Hogan kick), 12:57 Fourth quarter UH — Carrier, 27 yd pass from Keenum (Johnson pass from Keenum), 14:34 UH — Turner, 8 yd run (Hogan kick), 1:19
Game leaders Passing UH — Keenum, 30-37, 304 yd, 3 TD, 0 INT ECU — Davis, 13-23, 169 yd, 3 INT Rushing UH — Sims, 9 att, 84 yd, 2 TD UH — Hayes, 12 att, 60 yd, 1 TD ECU — Hunt, 12 att, 65 yd Receiving UH — Edwards, 12 rec, 133 yd, 2 TD UH —Carrier, 7 rec, 53 yd, 1 TD ECU — Lewis, 5 rec, 73 yd ECU — Hardy, 4 rec, 49 yd Defense UH — Bamfo, 7 tot, 3 TFL, 3 sks UH —Steward, 4 tot, 1 TFL, 2 INT UH — Brown, 6 tot, 2.5 TFL, 2.5 sks UH — Bates, 7 tot, 1 INT, 3 BrUp
REPORT CARD Offense: All three of the Cougars’ featured running backs scored touchdowns and contributed. Case Keenum and Patrick Edwards were spectacular and efficient as always. The offensive line only surrendered two sacks and were quick to the line to keep drives moving quickly. No complaints here. | Grade: A
Defense: Nine sacks. Four interceptions. Three points allowed. No complaints here. Despite being undermanned, the Cougars played their most consistent and complete game of the season. They received big contributions from their starters as well as their reserves that were pressed into action. | Grade: A
Special teams: Patrick Edwards 54-yard punt return was a nice surprise. It was really encouraging to see him do well in that role after seeming to suffer a case of the yips for a few weeks. Matt Hogan’s missed field goal isn’t really a concern because it was a 55-yard attempt. | Grade: B+
GAME OF THE WEEK OU 55 UT 17 Red River blowout: It’s Monday and OU still ... won, and it wasn’t even close. Junior quarterback Landry Jones picked apart the UT secondary for 367 yards and three touchdowns. Senior receiver Robert Broyles led OU with nine receptions for 122 yards and two scores. The Sooners forced the Longhorns into turning the ball over five times and only gave up 36 rushing yards on 45 attempts.
SAY WHAT? It was fun. Before we went out there, I was like, ‘Our D-line is making all of the plays,’ and next thing you know, he threw the ball and it was right to me.“ — Phillip Steward, junior linebacker, on his first of two interceptions against ECU.
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Freshman Caitlin Ogletree recorded 39 assists assists and eight digs in the Cougars’ second victory of the weekend against East Carolina. | Brianna Leigh Morrison/The Daily Cougar
Following their first defeats of Conference USA play last weekend, the Cougars got back to their winning ways Friday as they knocked off East Carolina in four sets (23-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-22), and again Sunday in a clean threeset sweep (25-15, 25-21, 25-12). UH (12-5, 5-2 C-USA) entered the match 1-2 in road contests in the C-USA season, but was never truly tested by the Pirates in both matches. “This was a very solid weekend for us,” head coach Molly Alvey said. “Being on the road, and coming off two losses, these were really big confidence wins. “Playing a team twice in one weekend is something you’ll rarely find in volleyball. It’s a little more risky to do so for this sport, but we had a game plan and we stayed in rhythm through both matches.” The Cougars tipped off Friday’s contest dropping the first set 25-23, and appeared to still be shaking off last Sunday’s five-set defeat against SMU. Out of the break, however, the
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Cougars caught fire and raced to a 13-6 lead to start the second set. After briefly fending off a late run from the Pirates who fought to erase the lead to two points, UH powered through to tie the match at one set apiece. Putting the first set behind them, UH went on to steamroll through the match, finishing with 67 kills and 63 digs to ECU’s 37. Senior Lucy Charuk led the match with 21 kills on .633 hitting. “We put her in good positions and she did the rest,” Alvey said. ! " Freshman Kadi Riding the Kullerkahn recorded 10 kills in her confidence of Friday’s victory, first career start. the Cougars swept the Pirates Sunday in the back end of the two-match visit. After posting a career-high 13 kills in Friday’s match, freshman outside hitter Kadi Kullerkann got the starting nod Sunday and did not disappoint, posting 10 kills. The Cougars take the court against UTEP at 7 p.m. Friday at the Athletics/Alumni Center. sports@thedailycougar.com
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ankle injury this season among other bumps and bruises. “He’s limping around,” Sumlin said. “Everybody can see he’s not 100 percent. He’s been battling through that ankle injury. He has a deal that happened early in the year with his arm losing feeling. He’s been battling through that. We got him the ball early, just trying to get him some confidence, get him going and I was happy to see him get loose a couple of times and take some hits and hang onto the ball. “Like I said, bye week couldn’t come for guys like him quick enough. It’s a week where we can get that thing healed up. For what we want to accomplish, we have to get our guys healthy.” Edwards asserts himself As if the Cougars didn’t already have enough scoring weapons, receiver Patrick Edwards reemerged as a threat on special teams with a 54-yard punt return. Last season, Edwards returned 15 punts for 231 yards and a score, but has struggled with holding onto the ball on returns and has only gained 12 yards on five returns this year. “It felt good,” he said. “It was just me keeping my eye on the ball and seeing it all the way into my hands. “Prior to me catching, it was just me taking my eyes off of the ball.” sports@thedailycougar.com
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prefer a new UC; (the old one) is outdated, they believe. A lot of people have seen other campuses in Texas and what their university centers are like. So our people are in favor of getting a new student center, because it’s a center for student involvement on campus,” McHugh said. The bill to increase fees has been presented in previous years, but was passed last summer in order to “possibly lock in on a better deal”
police as of Friday according to one of the 10 Houston police officers monitoring Friday’s occupation. One officer went so far as to raise his arms in solidarity, which was loudly cheered by the protestors, as they marched to the JPMorgan Chase Tower. Despite the recent bouts of rain, Occupy Houston is still active and holding general assemblies in which anyone is free to be heard. Though numbers are down from the initial protest on Thursday, there are no plans to end the protest until demands are met. news@thedailycougar.com
with relatively low interest rates, said McHugh. This is the second time that the University Center fee will be increased in two years. The fee was given a $50 boost from $35 to $85 in 2010, but there aren’t any plans yet to increase the fee again, said McHugh. “I think the $50 increase should cover (all of the improvements),” McHugh said. Construction is expected to begin in 2012 and be completed in 2015. news@thedailycougar.com
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THEDAILYCOUGAR While the rivalry between Rice and UH heats up in a head-to-head matchup for the third annual chili cook-off at the next football game, the first seeds of competition began on Thursday at the University Center food court area with a student cooking challenge. According to UH Marketing Coordinator Billy Garner, the cooking challenge was created to find two UH students who had enough cooking expertise to join the executive chefs at the chili cook-off competition for the game. The challenge consisted of two stages. In the first stage, meat butchering, contestants were given five minutes as they cut uniform, onehalf inch cubes from two pounds of sirloin. In the second stage of the competition, vegetable fabrication, participants had five minutes to peel and dice three onions into uniform one-fourth inch pieces. Both events were timed and judged on cleanliness of work area, uniformity of the size and the shape of the vegetables. Six competitors participated in the challenge, split into two teams of three. Winners included Adam Ling, Jeffrey Clark and Victoria Kinabo. The prizes consisted of two
Students Vernon Jeffries, Victoria Kinabo and Cesar Merino prepare for the competition as Chef Brent Gorman explains the rules. | Johnny Peña/The Daily Cougar different trophies, the Judge’s Choice and the People’s Choice. The judging panel consisted of five judges, with two from UH, two from Rice, and one neutral. The taste testing was done blindfolded. In the first cookoff, UH won both Judge’s Choice and People’s Choice, bringing home the People’s Choice award in the second competition. “It’s a rivalry between the two schools,” said Amber Arguijo, the marketing coordinator for dining services. UH is also the only school to have student participants involved in working with the executive chef at the cook-off, while Rice uses only
professional chefs. “With winning People’s Choice the past two years, it seems like our students are better than Rice’s professional chefs,” said Marketing Coordinator Maria Honey. Students can catch the chili cookoff at the home game Oct. 27 at 12:30 p.m. when the competition begins, and judging will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the tailgating area before the game. news@thedailycougar.com
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