SPORTS
WOMEN’S GOLF
LECTURE
Golfer Raegan Bremer is helping establish a new normal for UH’s newest sports program.
Guest panel to discuss sexuality in married couples.
Creating a new model SEE PAGE 5
Changing the perception of marriage SEE PAGE 7 APRIL
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Earth Day. Celebrate the planet with food and games at Lynn Eusan Park at 11:30 a.m.
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rights bill leaves some Getting Transgender students, organizations divided put on the map UH joins challenge in international automotive marathon Nancy Truong Contributing writer
UH students will compete against others from universities across the Americas — including Canada, Brazil and Mexico — to create energy-efficient cars from inception to completion as part of the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas from April 25 to 27 at Discovery Green. The four teams from UH, which come from the Cullen College of Engineering and College of Technology, developed their projects, raised their own funding and designed their own concepts. “The teams are expected to raise the money, design the car, analyze the car and build it; these students are pioneers at many levels,” said Raresh Pascali, a mechanical engineering professor and faculty advisor to The Dream Team. The Dream Team consists of seniors Ryan Haire, Alexus Romero and Alex Geoca. Their mission is to design, build and test one of the first gas-to-liquid fuel cars in America. The competition is divided into two divisions: a prototype class is focused on car and travel efficiency, and a second class is the urban concept that focuses on practical car designs. The second team is Team Primer, which consists of 12 mechanical engineering undergraduates. Theirs is a battery-powered vehicle made of CHALLENGE continues on page 3
Many view the passing of the Josephine Tittsworth act as a convergence of a myriad of differing ideologies, ethnicities and creeds. Though there was dissent about the language of the bill, UH administrators will put it on their agenda for review. | Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar Cara Smith Staff writer
For most, listening for their names to be called from the roster is a simple, if not mundane, reality of being a college student. Few would associate it as anything more than that, and even fewer would ever think of roll call as something that could potentially put their life in danger.
Viewing the world from the lens of a transgender man or woman paints a much different picture than most ever see, though. To a trans man, having no choice but to correct his professor and ask to be called Jason instead of Julie outs him as a transgender man to all who are present. Such a scenario not only places Jason in immense psychological
turmoil but also makes him vulnerable to students who harbor negative sentiments toward the LGBT community. On Wednesday, the Student Government Association acted for those students. The Josephine Tittsworth Act, which allows students, faculty and staff “to apply their preferred first
name, title and personally discerned gender in all standard forms of documentation or record keeping,” passed in an 11-4 vote in the SGA Senate Chambers. Throughout its brief lifespan, the bill has managed to become one of the University’s most controversial pieces of legislation. DIVIDE continues on page 3
Late success allows UH to slide by Eighth inning rallies became normal for UH this weekend. The Cougars used two rallies and contributions from the bullpen to corrall the Bulls by winning a three-game series against USF. Read more on page 5. — Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar