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April 17, 2012 Issue 105, Volume 77
Double vision dorms UH spends more than $100 million on residence halls, dining options SPECIAL REPORT
Max Gardner
Construction
THE DAILY COUGAR With a combined estimated project cost of $107.8 million, the University of Houston will invest more in its campus life by building two new residential halls and a new dining hall toward the west side of campus. Both Cougar Village II and Cougar Place II will expand student housing options by adding about 2,000 beds to the system when they open in the fall 2013 semester, said Executive Director of Residential Life and Housing Don Yackley. According to Yackley, both will be modernly stylized to fulfill the demand for this type of facility, indicated by the success of Cougar Village. “These projects have been developed with student engagement and success as lead themes,” Yackley said. “Both facilities offer great community spaces, such as lounges, study rooms, fitness rooms and computer labs.” Cougar Village II, located parallel to Cougar Village, is estimated to cost $50 million and will boast roughly 1,144 beds. It will be closely modeled after Cougar Village with double rooms sharing a bathroom area. The main distinction is the transition to a compartmentalized bathroom area. “This means there is a room for the shower
Every Tuesday, The Daily Cougar will discuss the University’s current and future construction plans and how they will affect the student body. April 3: Construction overview April 10: Parking and construction Today: Residence and dining halls April 24: Building Renovations Track this series at thedailycougar.com/tags/construction and a room for the toilet so that three or four people can use the bathroom at the same time while maintaining privacy,” Yackley said. At an estimated cost of $48.5 million, Cougar Place II will resemble an apartment-style living area where Cougar Place was originally located and will be targeted toward sophomores and upperclassmen. It will be four stories tall and consist of two buildings connected by walkways with around 800 beds, according to project manager Katherine Miller. “In most cases, there will be four single rooms that share a bathroom, kitchenette and living space,” Yackley said. “The bathrooms will be compartmentalized
Students pass this construction site on their way to the University Center. | Jack Chaiyakhom/The Daily Cougar
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Graduate class to host chai sampling at Cougar Grounds Students have an opportunity to sample and name a potential addition to the Cougar Grounds menu from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday and Tuesday inside the entrance of the cafe. As part of a semester project, students in the graduate level Food & Beverage Management Systems class created a new chai recipe that will be sampled and compared to the drink currently offered by Cougar Grounds, said Hillary Davidson, one of the students from the class. “There are two chai recipes, the current chai on the menu and the chai we have produced in class by two of our student who had the winning recipe. There will be a short survey comparing the two recipes and at the end of the survey there is a spot to either choose one of three names we have come up with or a blank to write in a name,” she said. “Just under the voting of the product
name there will be a spot for the student to put his or her name and email address which we will enter into an excel spreadsheet and let excel randomly choose a winner.” The student whose name is drawn will receive 10 free chais from Cougar Grounds. “The recipe is not guaranteed to be on the menu at this time,” Davidson said. “We are conducting this as to see how it would do in Cougar Grounds.” The event is open to UH students, faculty and staff. — Cougar News Services
LECTURE
Advisor to give informational session on exchange program Fulbright Program Advisor Veronique Tran will be giving an overview of the Fulbright Program from 4 to 5:30 p.m. today in room 212S of The Honors College in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library. — Jennifer Pearson
Faculty propose revisions to bylaws during meeting Audris Ponce
THE DAILY COUGAR The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences faculty discussed changing promotion and tenure bylaws to increase scholarly productivity of teachers. The topic was discussed in the faculty meeting Friday that was held in Agnes Arnold Auditorium 2. “We really want to help, in particular, associate professors who are trying to get a project done in order to quality for promotion,” said CLASS Dean John Roberts. “We have a lot of tenure associate professors. In terms of morale, reputation and aspirations we need to move the needle on that situation.” CLASS Faculty and Governance Committee Chair Karen Stokes presented other proposed bylaw revisions that will be voted on by the faculty members until April 25. “There’s been housekeeping done on the bylaws,” Stokes said. “The bylaws in this college
have not gone through revision through a number of years. This year we underwent making the revisions with the suggestions the dean made.” The bylaw changes suggested by Roberts propose creating a research and scholarship committee and terms of tenure and promotion in the college. “It’s a committee that is actually not that uncommon in other universities that serve in an advocacy position for the faculty of that college in terms of mentoring junior faculty and serving as a liaison between the departments and dean in terms of research and scholarship,” Stokes said. Amendments will be adopted if a two-thirds vote is reached by voting faculty members. Core curriculum changes Texas is putting in a new core curriculum in 2014 for all higher education institutions. CLASS continues on page 2