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February 15, 2012 Issue 75, Volume 77
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Campus to receive meals on wheels UH to bring food trucks to campus to offset franchises lost in University Center renovation Audris Ponce
THE DAILY COUGAR Dining options will change for students once renovations at the University Center begin to take place this spring semester. Food trucks on campus will help offset the closing restaurants as construction begins, Executive Director of Auxiliary Services Esmeralda Valdez said. All food service operations at the UC will cease near the end of May. Administration is planning to have food trucks at the beginning of the summer sessions, Valdez said. “The University of Houston dining services team in collaboration with the University came up with the idea as a means of continuing to provide for the needs of the community on this side of campus,” Valdez said. Zhetique Gunn, a civil engineering freshman, said she thinks the
I don’t really eat on campus because I don’t think they have healthy choices, but I’d be open to it if they have vegetarian options.” Amin Ali, after hearing UH is bringing food trucks to campus food establishments closing will bring complications. “The lines are going to be terrible,” Gunn said. “I think everyone’s going to go to the Satellite.” As of now, two vendors are expected and administration is researching available options for other food trucks to come to UH. “I wasn’t even aware they were doing this,” said Amin Ali, a supply chain and finance senior. “I don’t really eat on campus because I don’t think they have healthy choices, but I’d be open to it if they have vegetarian options.” Students said the food trucks might pose problems current dining options lack.
Starting with the summer semester, UH will have food trucks come to campus to replace dining options that will close during the UC renovation. | Brianna Leigh Morrison/The Daily Cougar “Sanitation issues are important to me,” said Elaine Lam, a human resources development senior. “Is it going to be clean?”
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Free cholesterol screenings at the Health Center Friday The UH Health Center will offer free cholesterol screenings for students, faculty and staff from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. People interested should bring a photo ID when they come, said Jennifer Nguyen, a registered nurse at the health center, in a campus-wide email. The results of the tests will be available starting on Tuesday, the email said. For more information, call (713) 743-5151. — Cougar News Services
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Charter school ‘jump ropes for heart’
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tudents at the UH charter school celebrated their fundraising efforts by jumping rope Tuesday. Jump Rope for Heart is a fund-raising event for the American Heart Association. Schools can register to participate at www.heart.org. The money raised goes to research for medicine to treat heart problems in children, according to the American Heart Association’s website. | Chris Luong/The Daily Cougar
Head football coach to speak at Bauer Breakfast UH’s head football coach, Tony Levine, will speak at the Bauer Breakfast from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the Houston City Club. Althetic Director Mack Rhoades will also be speaking at the event, which is sponsored by the Alumni Association, according to a UH press release.
For more information or to register, go to tinyurl. com/6upf4sg. — Cougar News Services
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Panel to discuss ‘public education funding crisis’ The UH College of Education and its Education Alumni Association will host a panel “to discuss the state of public education funding,” a UH press release said. The discussion, titled “The Public Education Funding Crisis,” will take place during the Action Alliance Workshop and Luncheon, which is from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the UH Hilton’s Shamrock room and the Waldorf Astoria Ballroom. The panel will include Orvin Kimbrough, senior vice president of development at United Way of Greater St. Louis; Steve Murdock, professor of sociology at Rice University and Frances Deviney, director of Texas Kids Count, along with other speakers. Call Alison Walker at (713) 7430828 for ticket information. — Cougar News Services