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UNIVERSITY

Gas company gives University $1 million ConocoPhillips’ donation to go towards Energy Research Park Courtney Johns

THE DAILY COUGAR The University of Houston will receive a donation of $1.1 million from ConocoPhillips Co. this year to pay for the growth of the Energy Research Park and various engineering, business and science programs. “This donation will only further the progress we’ve made by helping additional students, providing various new programs including an offshore energy program, and strengthening the corporate bond,” said Marshall Scott, assistant vice president for instructional support and outreach. This is the second year UH has received a $1 million donation from the company, and a third donation of the same magnitude is expected next year. The ERP at UH was built and funded to

research alternative energy solutions to the problems arising from the use of fossil fuels. The ConocoPhillips Petroleum Engineering Building, which is located at the ERP, will receive the $1 million in support of the graduate and undergraduate students who study there. “This donation is expected to be tremendously helpful to the petroleum program and to the expansion of the undergraduate program,” Scott said. The petroleum engineering undergraduate program was started in fall 2009 to accompany the existing master’s degree program. The other $125,000 will add other engineering, science and business programs. “Our goal in working with a number of different oil companies, including ConocoPhilips, to enhance the program. There has been a lot of progress in the past three

The ConocoPhillips Petroleum Engineering Building was finished summer 2011 and was paid for mostly by money donated by the company. | File Photo/The Daily Cougar or four years towards that goal, both in research and teaching,” Scott said. ConocoPhilips Petroleum Engineering Building opened last year and quickly became the new home for the petroleum program.

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UH group supports Snowdrop Foundation Students may have seen tall banners supporting the Snowdrop Foundation in coordination with those of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization. These banners are outside the satellite, University Center or in Melcher Hall where UH’s chapter of CEO hosted a multi-location fundraiser Tuesday. The Snowdrop Foundation, which was founded by radio host Kevin Kline, assists patients and families at Texas Children’s Cancer Center through funding for continued research to eliminate childhood cancer. Additionally, they provide scholarships for college bound pediatric cancer patients and survivors. Over the past three years, Kline

The ConocoPhilips building consists of three classrooms, three teaching labs, a computer lab and lounges for both students and teachers to enjoy.

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anki Patel gives Charu Hansr a henna tattoo Tuesday in the Philip Guthrie Hoffman Breezeway during a samosa sale by Pratham@UH. The non-profit organization promotes education of underprivileged children in India. | Emily Chambers/The Daily Cougar

In response to the defunding of the Women’s Health Program in Texas, some students are using comedy and charity as a way to connect to the student body. Creative writing sophomore Miranda Denmon and photography junior Maggie McCartney were concerned when they heard about Gov. Rick Perry’s new budget plan. “I remember first hearing about the defunding of the Women’s Health Program — I was completely dumbstruck and scared,” Denmon said. “The Women’s Health Program is the only kind of health care I have, and I knew I was not the only one. Thousands of women and their families depend on Planned Parenthood’s services for education, family planning and prenatal care.” Trying to keep the highly politically charged situation fairly uncharged while still getting their message across, Denmon and McCartney placed spoonerism joke onto a t-shirt, hoping to give the

The Women’s Health Program is the only kind of health care I have, and I knew I was not the only one. Thousands of women and their families depend on Planned Parenthood’s services for education, family planning and prenatal care” Miranda Denmon, on Gov. Rick Perry’s budget plan raised funds from sales to Planned Parenthood. “The t-shirt idea started off as a joke. I posted ‘Puck Ferry’ on my Facebook, and my friend Maggie McCartney had responded saying that t-shirts should be made,” Denmon said. “The next day we talked, and found out that we both were serious, wanting to do something to make a difference. We decided we’d make a few, then sell them SHIRTS continues on page 3

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CRIME LOG The following is a partial report of campus crime between Dec. 6 and Wednesday. All information is selected from the files of the UH Police Department. The information in italics indicates when the event was reported to UHPD and the event’s location. Information or questions regarding the cases below should be directed to UHPD at (713) 7430600. Traffic Offense: 8:09 p.m. April 4, Lot 4A — A student reported someone struck her unattended vehicle and failed to leave the information required by law. The incident occurred between 11:30 p.m. April 2 and 8 p.m. April 4. The case is inactive. Theft: 8:47 p.m. April 4, Lot 1A — A student reported his parking permit was stolen from his unattended and unsecured vehicle. The incident occurred between 9 p.m. April 1 and 6:30 p.m. April 4. The case is active. Assault: 11:21 p.m. April 4, Calhoun Lofts — A student reported that he was assaulted by an unknown suspect. The incident occurred between 11:18 and 11:20 p.m. April 4. The case is inactive. Theft: 3:26 a.m. Thursday, Moores School of Music — A student reported someone stole her unattended and unsecured musical instrument. The incident occurred between 5 and 7:30 p.m. April 4. The case is inactive. Consumption of alcohol by a Minor/Evading Arrest: 4:40 a.m. Saturday, Power Plant Construction Site — Two students were seen entering a restricted area. When told to stop by the officer, the students ran. They were later stopped and it was determined they had been drinking and were under the legal age to consume alcohol. Both students were issued Harris County Citations and Student Life Referrals and released. The incident occurred between 4:40 and 5 a.m. Saturday. The case is cleared by citation. Disorderly Conduct: 1:23 p.m. Saturday, Cambridge Oaks Apartments — Two students were issued Harris County citations for Disorderly Conduct. The incident occurred at 7 p.m. Saturday. The case is cleared by

citation. Theft: 4:40 p.m. Saturday, Bayou Oaks Apartments — A student reported the theft of his unattended and unsecured iPad from his dorm room. The incident occurred between 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 1 a.m. Friday. The case is inactive. Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: 7:40 a.m. Monday, Cullen Oaks Student Lot — A student reported his secured and unattended vehicle was burglarized. The incident occurred between 11:15 a.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday. The case is inactive. Theft: 1:03 p.m. Monday, General Services Building — A staff member reported that someone stole six unattended and secured bags of aluminum cans. The incident occurred between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Monday. The case is active. Traffic Offense: 1:58 p.m. Monday, Lot 16B — A student reported that someone struck her unattended vehicle and failed to leave the information required by law. The incident occurred between 11:30 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. Wednesday. The case is active. Theft: 7:53 p.m. Monday, Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall — A student reported the theft of his unattended and secured bicycle. The incident occurred between 2 p.m. April 1 and 2 p.m. Friday. The case is inactive. Credit or Debit Card Abuse: 2:33 p.m. Monday, College of Pharmacy — A staff member reported fraudulent charges on a UH purchase card. The incident occurred sometime between Dec. 6 and Jan. 5. The case is active. For the complete report and to view past reports, go to thedailycougar.com/crime

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UH to host Texas Tribune environment, energy event The University of Houston will host “The Texas Tribune Festival on the Road: A Symposium on Energy and the Environment” from 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Friday in Wortham Center of the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts. “This day-long program of lectures, panel discussions and conversations will explore federal energy policy as it impacts the state of Texas, state policy as it impacts communities like Houston, the promise of clean and renewable energy in all its forms and the impact of one of the largest shale plays anywhere on the economic and environmental health of South Texas,” says a Texas Tribune press release. UH President Renu Khator will open the event at 8 a.m. after the complimentary breakfast. Other speakers include the chairman on the Texas Railroad Commission, members of the House Energy Resource Committee and representatives from various energy companies. For a full list of events and to RSVP, go to tinyurl.com/tribunefestUH or email rsvp@texastribune. org. — Cougar News Services

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i Kappa Phi fraternity hosted the Empathy Dinner and Awards Tuesday in the University Center Houston Room. Students were each challenged to eat dinner while temporarily experiencing a disability. | Hendrick Rosemond/The Daily Cougar

has done runs to raise awareness for his cause. “This past year I tried to run 62 miles a day for seven consecutive days and the symbolism behind 62 is that there are 62 beds at the Texas Children’s cancer center,” Kline said. “So at any given time there are 62 kids fighting for their life. I was only able to finish 301 of the 434 miles before I got injured.” The students involved with CEO say to truly understand being a business professional, entrepreneur and small business owner that you must also grasp the concept of giving back to your community. “There are a lot of other student organizations that do bake and food sales,” said political science senior Esther Buede, CEO vice president. “We are able to raise money not only for our organization, but for charity by having a relationship with Snowdrop Foundation. It’s innovative and different than a bake sale.” CEO doesn’t raise money only for Snowdrop Foundation, they continue to give to charities in the community; they have also hosted a fundraiser for Champions Kids Camp. “We sponsored kids who have had a tough life or tragic experience and gave them the opportunity to go to camp and have a good

We are able to raise money not only for our organization, but for charity by having a relationship with Snowdrop Foundation. It’s innovative and different than a bake sale.” Esther Buede, on CEO’s pertnership with the Snowdrop Foundation summer and bring smiles back to their life,” said entrepreneurship sophomore Timur Daudpota, CEO president. “We got to send a few kids to camp and these kids needed it very badly.” The Snowdrop Foundation gets its name from the snowdrop flower. “The snowdrop comes in twenty different varieties but still only has one color, white. Childhood cancer comes in many varieties, but it still has only has one effect, to destroy,” said the Snowdrop Foundation’s website. In addition to their charitable efforts, CEO also gives students interested in entrepreneurship an opportunity to network with similar individuals from students to professionals. Among the many events, they host round table discussions with local professionals that allow students to receive real-life feedback. news@thedailycougar.com

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HEB president to speak on retailing, entrepreneurship The Retailing and Consumer Sciences department will host its annual event, “Movers and Shakers,” on Wednesday in the Cameron Building. From 1 to 2 p.m. in room 101, H.E.B. President Scott McClelland, the keynote speaker for the event, will give a talk titled “The Future of Retailing: Being an Entrepreneur in the Food Industry.” After McClelland’s event, students will choose to attend one of three breakout events in either room 103, 105 or 109 until 3 p.m. The first round of breakout sessions include “RE:THINK: Re-Branding & International Retailing & Manufacturing,” “Challenges of Managing a Small Store & Online Retailing” or “Green Initiatives in Retailing & Re-Branding.” From 3 to 4 p.m., students can choose between three other breakout sessions: “Re-inventing JC Penney,” “The Challenges of Store Management: The Macy’s Story” or “A Vice-President Speaks Out: The Stage Store Retail Revolution.” Other speakers include other retail-related entrepreneurs and people in leadership positions at retail stores. — Cougar News Services

CORRECTIONS In Monday’s issue of The Daily Cougar, in the article titled “Cougars make connections at fair,” the credit for coordination of the volunteers involved with the event is incorrectly credited to Lauren Moore. Patty Tamez was responsible for the volunteer coordination.

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and donate the profit to Planned Parenthood.” Denmon and McCartney said they did not anticipate such a large response — within two days, 50 confirmed orders, donations and volunteers — to their social media

advertisements for shirts and were soon placed in contact with student Sarah Wood, president of Voices of Planned Parenthood. “The overwhelming response we’ve received is inspiring and comforting, but I fear for the future,” Denmon said. “Legislation is being proposed all over the country that undermines women’s freedom, privacy

and access to health services … It’s heartbreaking, to see the statistics of how many women depend on Planned Parenthood’s services, who won’t be able to (receive it) after April 30.” The two students said they plan on having a booth on campus where they will sell shirts that read “Puck Ferry” on them. “Sarah (Wood) was extremely

enthusiastic about the entire idea and has now helped us book a booth to do exactly that,” Denmon said. “The event will be on April 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., outside the M.D. Anderson Library…We will be selling t-shirts for ten dollars each.” news@thedailycougar.com

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Santorum pulls out of Republican primary

ick Santorum pulled out of the Republican presidential primary on Tuesday — and not a moment too soon. If he had stayed in any longer, he would have had to further deal with the consequences of continuing his charade of a campaign. However, this many weeks in, Santorum was getting quite close to the RNC delivery room. One has to wonder if it was immoral of him to play with his supporters for so long before aborting the mission. “We made a decision to get into this race at our kitchen table, against all the odds,” said Santorum during an address in Gettysburg, Pa., “We made a decision over the weekend that while this presidential race is over for me, and we will suspend our campaign effective today, we are not done fighting,” Well, Rick, we’re not done fighting either. We will continue to fight for your right to continue saying and doing ridiculous things — thereby providing the media with plenty of fodder. We refuse to give up our daily helpings of Rick Santorum slam-fests served to us so willingly by Jezebel.com, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post and so many others. We will fight to keep you in the spotlight, fight to allow you to continue calling President Obama a “snob,” and anyone who you don’t understand a pervert. We loved your Gettysburg address, even if there were four-score-and-seven things that made it worse than the original. But that’s why we like you, Rick. We love you for your faults. We love you for your ability to stay in a primary for this long without once saying something logical. Don’t disappear entirely or we’re going to be stuck with quarter horse riding, Swiss bank account holding, stiff-haired Mitt Romney. He’s fun, but not as much as you are Rick.

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It’s a Beauty Contest Male-to-female contestant has the competition work cut out for her

he winners of the Miss Universe pageant always have varying degrees of beauty, charm, grace and poise. Jenna Talackova is a contestant who was originally denied a chance to compete in the Miss Universe pageant because she Alejandro wasn’t a naturally-born Cabellero woman. She was born a male but began living life as a female at an age of four and began taking hormones at 14. At 19, she underwent sexual reassignment surgery and is now an anatomical female. She also lives legally as a woman in Canada. The Miss Universe is a private enterprise and therefore has the right to make up and adhere to its own set of rules. One argument for her denial might have been that she has certain advantages over natural-born females. In other words, she has an advantage because she actively chose the features she wanted as a female. In that case, the “natural-born” female rule should apply to women who have had plastic surgery. But, lo and behold, the rule has never been applied to surgically enhanced females. Don’t they have an advantage over women who haven’t had anything done? They chose certain enhancements also and have altered how they look. Talackova garnered the sympathy of many and was going to sue the Miss

Universe pageant organizers had the organization not sent out a statement reversing its earlier denial. She will now be allowed to compete and the question is “does she have a chance?” Public opinion has shown a trend towards a greater acceptance of transgendered people in society, but does this mean that she has a reasonable chance at winning? I don’t think so. Despite the open-mindedness that the organizers of the competition have shown, this nondiscriminatory behavior won’t make up for the fact that the judges and the audience at home know about her past. The playing field is unfair and biased against Talackova. She’s gotten the attention of the media, so we know more about her private life than any other contestant. Some might not like the fact that she was once a male. The odds are stacked up against her. She’s going to go into the competition with a very private fact about her revealed. No other contestant is going into this contest with the stigma that Talackova has. Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe organization, ultimately let Talackova compete, but I think it was done to quell public outcry rather than to really include transgendered women in the competition. The reaction to transgender individuals isn’t restricted to this competition. Not too long ago, the Girl Scouts of America met some controversy when it allowed a young boy who identified

The reaction to transgender individuals isn’t restricted to this competiton. Not too long ago, the Girl Scouts of America met some controversy when it allowed a young boy who identified himself as female into the organization ... One ex-girl scout even started a campaign to protest the decision.” himself as female into the organization. A group of den mothers from Louisiana were outraged and dissolved their groups. One ex-girl scout even started a campaign to protest the decision. It should be noted, though, that not all cultures share the same feelings. In Thailand, Talackova would be known as what the people call the “third gender.” In fact, transgendered individuals are thought of as a kind of woman and a kind of man. Transgender men and women are becoming more visible in American society, and they have to be treated with the same dignity and respect as other minority groups. Let’s take a page out of the Thai handbook and regard them as they do. Alejandro Caballero is a creative writing junior and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com.

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UH ATHLETICS

Logo gets a tune-up for new era The Cougars have had a banner sports year. The football team won the most games in the nation, ESPN College Gameday visited the campus and plans for a new stadium and a move to the Big East were announced. “We needed something bold and new for our new era,” Athletics Director Mack Rhoades said. Rhoades said that the new beveled look was intended to give the Cougars a more modern look while still maintaining the brand recognition of the class interlocking UH logo. Also new is the elimination of blue from the Cougars logo. “The University of Houston has always been red and white,” Rhoades said. Rhoades said that the logos will be eased in and that new uniforms will come in the future, but did not have a specific date for their unveiling yet.

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Lineup begins to take shape Andrew Pate

THE DAILY COUGAR Nearing Friday’s spring game and the conclusion of their 15 practices, head coach Tony Levine revealed to the media on Tuesday who his starting quarterback is and talked about other positions still up for grabs. “David (Piland) really from the first couple practices showed us that he’s the starting quarterback for this football program,” Levine said. “By the way he’s played and handled our offense, he’s clearly our starter.” Piland last saw extensive playing time as a true freshman in 2010, throwing for 2,641 yards and 24 touchdowns while being named a Freshman All-American after quarterbacks Case Keenum and Cotton Turner went down with injuries. “The David of 2010 to the David Piland of now is a big difference,” senior receiver Ronnie Williams said. “He’s grown, gotten a chance

to redshirt and he’s ready to take the reins and be this new leader for us — so we’re excited for him.” Williams has been competing in practice at one of the most hotly contested position battles for the Cougars. The University of Houston will welcome four new starters at receiver, a big question mark for Levine and his staff entering the spring. “Daniel Spencer and Dewayne Peace have had an excellent spring up to this point,” Levine said. “Williams has done a nice job at the other inside receiver position — what we call ‘X’ — which is what Patrick Edwards played last season.” Defensively, the Cougars have been fine-tuning their transition from the 3-4 to the 4-3, a change that Levine is pleased with through 12 practices. “All you have to do is see the speed they are playing at,” Levine said. “They are flying around the football field meaning they have confidence in what they’re doing

Head coach Tony Levine shed some light on what the Cougars depth chart might look like coming out of spring practices on Tuesday. His major announcement was sophomore David Piland will be UH’s starting quarterback. | Hendrick Rosemond/The Daily Cougar and can just react and don’t necessarily have to think as much.” On special teams, veterans, kicker Matt Hogan and punter Richie Leone, return to lead a unit that with all due respect to the offensive line, could be one of the Cougar’s biggest strengths. Although, the Cougars’ search for primary starters in the return game will continue into the fall.

“There’s probably eight guys that have worked at punt returner,” Levine said. “The emphasis is more on catching punts and I think we’ve done that this spring as well as we have in the four of five springs that I’ve been here.” The new-look Cougars last action of the spring will be 7 p.m. Friday night at Robertson Stadium

where Houston will host its annual spring game and attempt to fit some more pieces into the puzzle. “You look back before spring started in the middle of March and we issued a depth chart with a lot of blank lines on it,” Levine said. “I’m excited to say a lot of those are coming together.” sports@thedailycougar.com

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Cougars 4, Cardinals 3

Cougars 8, Islanders 0 (5)

UH earned its second straight non-conference win, taking out Lamar 4-3 on Tuesday at Cougar Field.

The Cougars swept their double header against Texas A&M Corpus Christi for their sixth straight win.

Chase Wellbrock pitched seven shutout innings for the Cougars to earn the win. Mo Wiley picked up the save for UH. At the top of the lineup, Landon Appling and Jacob Lueneburg combined to go 4-7 with three runs.

Diedre Outon pitched a shutout in the first game, and Bailey Watts threw five scoreless innings in the Cougars 8-0 run-rule victory. Check out Matt Straw’s recap of the Cougars’ wins at thedailycougar.com.

Chris Shelton has more on the win at thedailycougar.com.

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ACROSS 1 “Pike’s Peak or ___!” 5 Ewe’s offspring 9 Good smell from the kitchen 14 Ancient South American 15 Taken with a spoon 16 Banister post 17 MGM mascot 18 Palindromic Preminger 19 Gossipy buttinsky 20 What a CPA does for a catered event? 23 Available from a keg 24 Bow lubricant 25 Had the blue plate special, e.g. 28 Wrestling type 30 One at the top of the board 32 “Washboard” body parts 35 Boxing ring borders 38 Delineate 39 Interrogate a Boston orchestra? 43 “Battle Cry” author Leon 44 Clear of vermin 45 One imbibing rotgut 46 Dutch beer brand 49 Aussie hatchlings 51 “Casablanca” piano player 52 Curtain fabric 55 Bands’

auditions 59 Put a mineral on permanent display? 61 Neat ___ (slob’s opposite) 64 Adult nits 65 Arthritis symptom 66 “Beauty and the Beast” beauty 67 Liveliness 68 “Am I glad that’s over!” 69 Loafed around 70 Veteran seafarers 71 “... countrymen, lend me your ___” DOWN 1 “The Hobbit” character 2 Civil War victor 3 “Amscray!” 4 Certain Japanese poems 5 Criminal’s haul 6 Centipede, e.g. 7 San ___ (Bay Area county) 8 Political groups 9 “Do I have a volunteer?” 10 Carry a stench 11 Rent-to-___ 12 Was introduced to 13 ___ mode (topped with ice cream) 21 Sudden burst of growth

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FINE ARTS

Art organization sponsors successful event Promotional flyers and word of mouth attract students to abstracts Channler Hill

THE DAILY COUGAR The Blaffer Student Association hosted the “UH Red Block Bash” in the fine arts courtyard Thursday. The bash included various stations such as face painting, sidewalk art, sun printing and a photo booth. Red streamers were draped

from the second floor of the Fine Arts Building, adding décor to the scenery. A drawing competition was also held where two winners were selected. One participant won two Blaffer Museum catalogs and the other won one catalog and a T-shirt. “We did a lot of publicity — posters, SVN coverage. In the Cougar, we had a big banner and we made announcements on Facebook to get students to come out,” President of BSA Marcada Claybon said. “It’s a good way for students

to meet, spread more word about Blaffer, eat and have fun.” Students in attendance enjoyed free drinks, Papa Johns pizza, prizes and musical entertainment. Cougar Cards were also given out at the event. “I’m here to support the Blaffer Student Association, hear some great music and get some grub,” art sophomore Jessica Hardman said. She says she heard about the event in class and from flyers around campus. Hardman was most excited about the various artists

who performed at the event including Jamie Woody, Men of Moores and the UH Dance Ensemble. “I would rate the event a four out of five — (there was) great music so I really enjoyed it,” Hardman said. A raffle took place at the end of the event where students who had completed every activity would fill out a form and enter their tickets, to be drawn at the end for prizes. Senior Shelby Rodriguez was in charge of the prizes, ensuring students a good time. “We are giving away a $50

gift certificate to the Den, museum catalogs from the Blaffer Art Museum, a free Blaffer Membership, T-shirts, coffee mugs, tote bags,” Rodriguez said. Overall, the BSA was pleased with the attendance and success of the event. Students were able to enjoy a pleasant break away from the constant routine of classes and get some fresh air. “The turnout (was) pretty good as far as I know,” Rodriguez said. arts@thedailycougar.com

MUSIC

Sophomore record aims for intimacy Rockers unite on album after three-year hiatus for 10-track LP Deisy Enriquez

THE DAILY COUGAR Just six months after the release of its full-length debut album, All Get Out has embarked on its first national gig supporting La Dispute on their Wildlife Tour. All Get Out started playing together in 2006 and began forming relationships with several bands. The band eventually jumped on short tours with these other bands over the years by heading out to different parts of the country. “We got an email from their management that said (La Dispute) was a fan of ours and was interested in having us along on their North American tour,” guitarist and vocalist Mel Washington said in a phone interview. “I had never given them a huge listen. I was familiar with their music, but we were kind of walking in blindly not knowing what to expect, but they’re all great guys and we’ve been blessed.” “Nathan (Hussey) and Mike (Rogers) used to play in a band together,” Washington said. “Nate and I knew Gordon (Keiter) through other friends. We gave it a stab as a band and just started playing.” The foursome from Charleston, S.C. gained what they assumed was a small fan base in a few different places over the last couple of years, but social media has helped them reach a wider audience that they are finally getting to meet on this tour. “You get to these towns and you wonder, ‘Does anybody know who we are?’” Washington said. “Looking at Twitter to see people who are really excited to

The four members of All Get Out have relied heavily on different social media platforms to stay connected with their fans and promote their music. The band currently has more than 5,000 “likes” on Facebook and more than 2,000 followers on Twitter. | Courtesy of Favorite Gentlemen see us is really exciting for us. We drove through fog and a blizzard last night and knowing people are waiting makes it worth it.”

“Being on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr has made our band more accessible,” Washington said. “We’ve been playing a lot of

stuff we haven’t played before, so it’s been cool to see fans we didn’t know we really had singing along to our songs. Some of

the fans are folks that have heard of us through Daytrotter, others through Spotify.” One of the bands they met during their earlier years was Manchester Orchestra who started its own record label — Favorite Gentlemen — in 2005. The label is home to artists like Bad Books, Kevin Devine and Winston Audio. “We knew the guys of Manchester Orchestra for some years and when we put out our first EP that we recorded ourselves, they were interested in having us as part of their community so they put their name on that first record,” Washington said. “About a year later, (they) signed us to the label.” All Get Out released “The Season” almost three years after its self-titled EP. Even though there were a few pauses along the way, the band that started this whole music project on a whim is still “super proud of this record,” Washington said. “‘The Season’ is about our lives,” Washington said. “‘Me and My Lovers’ is a song that I relate to the most because some of the words to the bridge really resonate with me more than the rest. There are parts that hit home.” All Get Out is playing as much from “The Season” as they can during their allotted set on the Wildlife Tour. Washington says that tinges of their influences like David Bazan and Jimmy Eat World can be heard in some of their music, but it is difficult describing their own musical style without being biased. “If there’s one thing we tried to capture in our recordings and live is a very raw sound full of emotion that’s personal, but at the same time in your face,” Washington said. The Wildlife Tour, which also includes Balance & Composure and Sainthood Reps, will stop at 7 p.m. Friday at Warehouse Live. arts@thedailycougar.com

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ne of most Artist: Frank Stella requested Year installed: 1997 works to view Medium: Silk screen collage in the UH public Location: Moores School of Music art collection is the colossal silk screen collage “Euphonia,” completed by notable artist Frank Stella during the summer of 1997. “(Stella) has an international reputation; he’s in every single art history book you’ll ever come across,” UH Curator of Public Art Michael Guidry said. Though one might never guess from seeing his piece in the Moores School of Music Opera House, the New York artist first made a name for himself in the ’60s as a minimalist painter. “I mean really minimalist,” Guidry said. “Like black and copper-color, or black and white.” As Stella’s career progressed, he began incorporating the color, geometry and playfulness that is slightly more familiar to the aesthetic of “Euphonia” into his work. “It’s enormous,” Guidry said. “It’s not just the ceiling of the Opera House, but also three enormous paintings on the Mezzanine level. Those are something like ten by eight feet each; they’re just enormous.” The piece also includes the underside of the catwalk used by lighting technicians that hangs above the audience affectionately called “The Doughnut.” “So when you’re sitting in the opera house looking up, instead of looking at a steal structure, you’re looking at another Frank Stella,” Guidry said. “He really went all out, above and beyond what was initially asked of him. He really did a great job of integrating art into that space.” — Alicia Wilson/The

Daily Cougar In 1966, the UH Board of Regents voted to dedicate one percent of the cost of all future building projects to art, making UH the first state institution to establish a percent for arts program. Today, there are more than 250 works in the UH Public Art Collection. Works located on-campus will be highlighted in this series. View previously featured artwork at thedailycougar.com/tags/art/