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From Disney to digital media A UH-Sugar Land instructional assistant professor is helping students in real life, but he used to help them in video games. | PG. 2

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'Cricket's the name': Professor finds new voice in teaching KELLY SCHAFLER

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When Phil Snyder took over the role of Disney’s Jiminy Cricket after his predecessor, Eddie Carroll, passed away in 2010, he had rather large, metaphorical — and rather small, literal — shoes to fill.

But, the road to being the famously conscious cricket was not an easy one.

Now, the instructional assistant digital media professor at University of Houston-Sugar Land said he’s thankful for his few years as Jiminy, but was ready to give teaching his full attention.

Digital media junior Daniel La Padula said if students ever see Snyder’s name on the roster for a class, they should sign up immediately.

“He’s always is willing to stop the class," La Padula said. "That way, if one person is behind, he’ll stop, walk up and show that person how to do it."

Before graduating from California State University, Los Angeles in 2012, he searched for a teaching job. At the time, he taught a video class at a middle school, an experience he describes as a good but difficult.

He also worked as an adjunct professor at Cal. State, LA. Long before his nearly fouryear run as Jiminy, Snyder had guest roles in various animated series and commercials as a voice actor.

“Ever since I was a kid, I always did voices,” Snyder said. “I had a special gift for doing cartoon and—” his pitch changes to one of helium being sucked from a balloon, “—kinda crazy voices, like that. Things where I could really change my voice around.

And no one would ever recognize me.”

Snyder allowed his voice to change drastically with each sentence, his eyes bright and

smile wide.

Finally, he landed on the incorrigible and almost incomprehensible character of Donald Duck. He said that when he discovered the laughter his impressions brought to others, he knew he should do something with that.

As a young adult, Snyder made the jump to Los Angeles from Portland, Ore., unsure of what type of show business he was aiming for, but knowing he wanted to reach audiences on a larger scale.

In 1974, Snyder started working at the comedy club, The Comedy Store, but was making only a meager living out of it.

He became a regular performer at The Comedy Store and started auditioning for voiceovers.

Using his closet as his sound booth, a room that he said was, “perfect, totally acoustically dead,” he would set up his laptop, use his microphone, record into Adobe Audition and send his voice — minus any “flubs" — to his agent.

Snyder’s vocal range, combined with his video and production skills, have taken him much farther than any mere cricket could have gone.

He’s traveled to China, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Taiwan for his comedy tour, as well as his video work with World Vision, an organization working to sponsor and adopt children in impoverished countries.

Snyder has also dedicated a hefty slice of his time to his work as a part-time minister. While in Los Angeles, he worked with a Christian comedy ministry.

Through this organization, he toured prisons, bringing his impressions to the inmates.

“Some of the best audiences I’ve ever had have been in prisons,” Snyder said. “They really appreciate that you’ve taken the time to come and be with them,

Snyder's students said they always reccomend his class to others. | Brittaney Penney \ The Cougar.

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because they know that you’re not getting paid for it.”

In 2010, after some guest work on such shows as Pinky and the Brain, Snyder was chosen as Disney’s new voice of reason for the animated video series Kingdom Hearts Re:coded. But after his move to Houston in 2013, he decided it was time to hang up Jiminy’s old top hat and work on other projects.

One project in particular that Snyder has undertaken is bringing a transmedia course to UH-Sugar land.

Snyder said "transmedia" is big buzzword in communications, as changing technology has called for information to be consumed differently.

“Say I’ve got a story, Little Red Riding Hood," Snyder said. "So I might tell part of the story, say from the standpoint of Little Red in a book. I might tell the Wolf ’s story from another platform, say from animation. Or the Grandmother or the Woodsman, it might be another prospective in a comic book.”

Snyder said it’s about telling a story through multiple platforms in order to get the whole story.

Since its launch in Spring 2014, transmedia courses have doubled in enrollment.

“The reason transmedia has been so successful is because (Coordinator of UH Sugar Land’s Digital Media Program Jerry Waite) saw the writing on the walls as far as print media and how it was being changed,” Snyder said. “Print is not really dead, but it’s transformed, it’s morphed.”

Waite, who was involved in the hiring process of Snyder, used to

be a cubicle-neighbor to Snyder and has had the opportunity to collaborate on a few projects.

“I have a younger brother, but (Phil's) kind of like the older brother I’ve never had," Waite said. "We almost finish each other’s sentences. He’s a really good guy to have around (and) I think someone was looking out for us when we hired him.”

Snyder credits his wife, who is a transmedia producer, for pitching the idea to Waite. While transmedia is not a new idea, it is an idea that was new to UH. Snyder’s own YouTube channel, which features "NumBears," an educational show featuring bears all voiced and edited by Snyder, has over 7 million views.

“I’ve been really happy seeing it get 2-3 thousand views a day still,” Snyder said. “And they’re from teachers, I get feedback from third grade teachers and students saying, ‘Wow, I passed my test today in math in multiplication because of NumBears'.

It’s very gratifying.”

Now Snyder keeps busy with a full load of video production classes, but he hasn’t completely left his life of voice-acting behind.

Electrical engineering junior Shriya Bhatnagar is one of Snyder’s students who describes the way he keeps his students always on their toes.

“He has a lot of different voices, so sometimes he’ll just scream out certain sentences to students who are dosing off,” Bhatnagar said. “He knows how to interact with students and keep them participating.” news@thedailycougar.com

ABOUT THE COVER Instructional assistant professor Phil Snyder went from voicing Jiminy Cricket to teaching digital media.

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Graduate College of Social Work launches SMART Cougars Plus ROSE SINGH

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The Graduate College of Social Work is launching a new Substance use Mental, And HIV/ AIDS Risk assesment and Testing Cougars Plus program that will provide free HIV/AIDS testing to students the community, as well as expanded services, building on the original SMART Cougars Plus program.

“In addition to free HIV and HCV testing, the SMART Cougars and SMART Cougars Plus programs provide information, education, linkage to care, referrals and resources to campus and community services and agencies,” said Maria Wilson, project coordinator for SMART Cougars.

“The program also provides free condoms and safe sex kits (including) lubrication and instructional pamphlets.”

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Campus Recreation and Wellness Center, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

SMART Cougar Plus is specifically aimed at UH students and community members between the ages of 18 and 24, who are Asian American, Asian, Southeast Asian, North African and Middle Eastern.

The program will also target current military members and

veterans, regardless of their racial or ethnic background, said Associate Professor and Associate Director at the Center for Drug and Social Policy Research Luis Torres.

“These minority young adult populations are identified by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the request for proposals as important targets for efforts to w

prevent and reduce substance abuse and transmission of HIV/ AIDS/HCV, due to their continued risk,” Torres said.

SAMSHA awarded the Graduate College of Social Work $900,000 over three years to fund SMART Cougars Plus.

“The funding is used to provide a comprehensive intervention to the target population that includes an individualized, evidence-based prevention counseling session focused on identifying and reducing risk factors for mental health, substance use, and HIV/AIDS/HCV,” Torres said. “Rapid HIV and HCV testing are part of this intervention. The funding covers salaries, testing supplies, marketing materials, and participant incentives.”

However, Torres identified one particular obstacle to the program’s potential success, one that many similar initiatives have struggled to address – stigma.

“One of the most important things we can do to prevent HIV/

AIDS/HCV is to know our status, and many people, especially in the target population, don’t get tested due to stigma,” Torres said. “The same is true of mental health and substance use. Most people who are impacted do not seek help, and one of the key reasons, besides access, is stigma.”

Evelio Escamilla, research administrator for GCSW and assistant to the SMART Cougars Plus program, holds out hope that society – and UH in particular – can help relieve the reluctance to take advantage of these crucial services.

“Millennials are known for looking beyond and having a very good social consciousness about what’s in their society,” Escamilla said. “Hopefully millennials will really embrace (this opportunity) and get tested frequently and routinely and look after their health and advocate for themselves.” news@thedailycougar.com

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Curating a future: Junior receives prestigious art fellowship Biology student turned art history major looks to 'absorb experience' to take home

“My role is to mentor her and point her in the direction of research,” Maghill said. “I make sure she has other resources at the museum (and) help her navigate those next steps along with her curatorial mentors.”

After her time at UH, Kolkailah plans to her skills internationally to her home country to help revamp the art scene.

“I want to go back to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo,” Kolkailah said. “What I’m learning JOSHLYN THOMAS here, I want to take over there. I NEWS WRITER don’t want to lose sight of what I Art history junior Mai Kolkailah want to do, which is to learn and is in a cohort of only 10 students absorb experience here and take in the nation awarded the presit home.” tigious Mellon Undergraduate She also plans to study French Art history junior Mai Kolkailah is one of 10 students in the nation to be awarded the Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship. | Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Curatorial Fellowship for 2015 in the hopes of attending the to 2017.

American University in Paris for Funded by the Andrew W. ship aims to provide specialized for students across the U.S. from for art, she did not start in this her masters and apply the skills Mellon Foundation, the fellowtraining in the curatorial field diverse backgrounds. pathway. she has acquired in Houston.

When Kolkailah found out she “I used to be a biology major “I’d like to think that I am not received the fellowship, she was and I even got into the honors just doing this for me, but for my standing in line at Starbucks biology program at (the Unischool and the faculty who have without any expectations of an versity of Texas at Austin) but I helped me,” Kolkailah said. “I am award. came to study at UH," Kolkailah doing my best for UH.” “I didn’t expect it because said. "Everyone seemed to be Kolkailah said that the supI didn’t want to get my hopes caught off guard except for my port of MFAH coordinators and up," Kolkailah said. "But when parents, who have always supUH professors have created a you have no expectations to ported me. They told me there network of opportunities for her get it and then you get it, it’s so are enough doctors in my family to take advantage of by giving great. It was the first time I felt and we needed an artist.” her access the city’s Museum on track and accomplished in a Maghill admires Kolkailah's District and Houston art scene really, really long time.” intense passion for art and she in general.

Kolkailah’s fellowship, “We have such administered by the great people in Museum of Fine Arts MFAH alone and Houston, honors two several more in the outstanding students in other institutions the region who will work in the city. They at MFAH on curatorial are all so supportresearch projects tailored ive of each other,” to their interests.

Kolkailah said.

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Wheelchair tennis team set to compete for the first time SONIA ZUNIGA

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A new intermural sports team is gradually growing into UH’s Adaptive Athletics Department and many students aren’t aware of it yet.

The tennis wheelchair team wants to change that win by win.

The director of Adaptive Athletics at UH, Michael Cottingham, has pushed toward building the new team and expanding it into a prominent sport on campus.

“At this point (the team) has been practicing with the community program in Houston,” Cottingham said. “Now, we have enough athletes and financial support from the University, and (we've) added a new coach. So, we are developing our own independent program.”

The team’s three members — supply chain logistics junior Carlos Salinas, mechanical engineering junior Muhammad Khan and graduate electrical engineer Eric Ingram — want their program to reach the development other adaptive athletic teams have.

“Tennis has taught me about structure anddiscipline,” Salinas said. “Keeping the ball where you want it to be. I have applied (a lot

of that) to my life. If you want to do something, you have to work for it.”

Salinas is paraplegic which means he is paralyzed from the waist down. He recently joined wheelchair tennis after meeting Khan at orientation last fall and said this is the first year he's ever played for any sports team after his accident.

“Before my accident, nine years ago, I was very physically active," Salinas said. "I loved sports. It wasn't until I met Muhammad in that orientation that I just started to be active again. He opened up a door I never thought would be open to me.”

Khan, who is quadriplegic and has limited mobility in all four extremities, competed before joining the team, including winning gold at the U.S. Open Wheelchair Championship and earning first place at the Capitol Cities Classic in Tennessee. He moved to Houston from Baton Rouge, La. last year after meeting Cottingham.

“He came up and explained how he wanted to make this program, I was so induced that I changed homes and came here,” Khan said. “I love all the opportunities I came to see at UH.”

Anna Salinas, Carlos Salinas (left) and Muhammad Khan (right) are advocates for the wheelchair tennis team that was started earlier this year. | Sonia Zuniga/The Cougar

The wheelchair singles player lead 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 in the Men and Women Wheelchair Competition.

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Khan and Salinas just competed in the Collegiate Wheelchair Tennis Championships at the newly resurfaced Student Recreation Center

against the University of Alabama Oct.16 tthough the 18.

This was the first time UH’s wheelchair tennis team competesd in the collegiate nationals, compared to the other teams, who have been involved in nationals for the last 25 or 30 years. It was also Salinas’ first time ever competing in a tournament.

Khan placed third under the silver bracket singles; Salinas placed second in the bronze bracket singles, and both placed third in doubles.

As they prepare for their next tournament, the wheelchair tennis team is gearing up to put forth a bigger and better funded team.

Khan said everyone with a “10 percent certified disability” can join the team and expand from there. It’s just up to them to make the move.

“When you are on court, you have to leave your excuses behind," Khan said. "The person across from you could be dealing with much more severe condition than you. So, all you have left to do is push and push, When you see a goal you chase it down, no matter the obstacle.” news@thedailycougar.com

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Campus carry does not make this school safer SAM PICHOWSKY OPINION COLUMNIST

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ampus carry is a fruitless exercise for a false sense of heightened security.

This was proven this year when a terrible mass shooting occurred at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. Nine SAM people were PICHOWSKY OPINION fatally shot COLUMNIST on campus by another student, and nine others were wounded.

Oregon has allowed weapons on campuses since a court case ruled that public colleges and universities can only determine where on campus a gun can be prohibited or where to have a “gun-free zone.”

During the terrible mass shooting, John Parker Jr., an Umpqua student, had a (legally) concealed weapon, and chose not to be involved.

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He told MSNBC that he did not want to be considered a gunman participating in the shooting himself by authorities. He chose the smart option to let the authorities do their jobs instead of putting himself in danger.

Not only does this disprove the idea of “a good guy with a gun” but also the idea that campus carry protects students.

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“I feel that only professors should be able to carry, not students,” psychology senior Katie King said. “There’s been so many shootings lately that it doesn’t matter whether it’s legal or illegal (to have guns on campus).”

This attitude about campus carry is correct in its assessment.

Campus carry does not make me or any other student I talk to feel

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Back in the day, gramma was a double clutcher KEN LEVIN

pedals on the floor and a long stick to your right that you had to maneuver with coordination to get automobile movement.

Well my gramma was a great Double Clutcher and could really maneuver in and around traffic.

Only trouble was, in operating the clutch and accelerator, she would have to expose her stocking and high shoe-clad ankles to my brother or me sitting in the front seat next to her, and that was embarrassing to her.

Despite her skills, my mom never learned to drive. So, we rode the trolley cars with her to go anywhere. She always sat in the long seat that ran vertical to the trolley with my brother and me in the first seat facing front, next to her.

On the same trolley in the back of the car was where colored people had to sit.

Now, before you get upset with me, remember that in the 1930s, there were no “Black” or “African-American People” yet. If you were a person of color, you were either colored, negro, the N Word or some other derogatory name.

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hen I was young, driving was important. In my family, it was variable.

For instance, when my daddy’s family left the farm in eastern Virginia in 1918 and took a boat north to Baltimore, my paternal granddaddy drove a horse and wagon.

He became a “Junk Man,” and had a storefront KEN to resell things LEVIN that people OPINION threw away.

COLUMNIST In doing this, he became an expert on the Spanish American War, and I wound up with some of his key collectibles of that era.

My maternal grandfather never learned to drive. But his wife, my gramma, drove a four-door, stickshift Chevy, and she could really wheel that old car.

Most of you readers never knew the days when there were three

Ken's family always sat in the back of the trolley, where black were forced to sit. | Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Believe it or not, there was a warm side to the scourge of the Jim Crow laws. My brother and I sometimes traveled with Mr. Eddie, who worked for my grandfather. As Mr. Eddie was a person of color, we rode in the back of the No. 5 trolley when going home and there were all of these women — black women — who were maids going to work in Pimlico and Upper Park Heights. I was rocked to sleep on many a cold evening riding that trolley, cuddled to the warm breast of a loving black

woman I did not know.

I learned to drive, mostly from my dad who can, and did, drive anything. As a boy, I remember the thrill of climbing into the cab of one of my dad’s boss' big trucks, loaded with sides of beef as he took them from one location to another and the ease with which he handled that huge vehicle.

Talk about learning to double clutch. Those trucks were my driving school.

The first time I found myself

behind the wheel of a World War II tractor, pulling a 15-foot Air Force radar trailer in the service, I thought of dad and went wheeling off. Yeah, I stripped a few gears, but I never had any real difficulty.

Today, I am 84 years old and, although I am still a licensed driver, I am chauffeured everywhere I want to go by my wife or son. No, I don’t drive, but the only way you can get my license is to pry it from my poor dead hand. It is too important to much of my life. Do I miss the driving? Enough that I have become a horrific back-seat driver.

Will I change? Probably not. I could probably still double-clutch as well as my gramma ever did through any driving situation if needed. Could you?

Besides, driving today’s vehicles would be a cinch if everyone would put away their cell phones and try a touch of courtesy.

Opinion columnist Ken Levin is a political science senior and may be reached at opinion@ thedailycougar.com

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The Khator Report President and Chancellor Renu Khator gave her President's Fall Address last week and mentioned things ranging from new projects to future plans. She gave a great speech, but we, as a board, thought we might grade a few of the key points she mentioned.

NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS: B+ Khator said UH has climbed the ranks in terms of national competitiveness, citing UH’s designation as Tier One in 2011 and the Princeton Review’s recognition as one of the “Best Colleges in 2012.” However, there were no rankings for 2013 or 2014, leaving the prospect of UH as a nationally competitive school debatable. Khator did mention the increase in nationally-ranked programs that UH has experienced.

Khator mentioned that nine of the graduate programs rank in the top 50, and 27 rank in the top 100, almost double from six years ago.

This is a major increase and should definitely not go unnoticed.

RECORD ENROLLMENT: C+ This fall, UH enrolled a record of 42,738 students, with undergraduate enrollment reaching a solid 5 percent increase. The freshmen class currently has 4,189 students with an average SAT score of 1150. Not to mention, 32 percent of those incoming freshmen come from the top 10 percent of their high school class. Khator’s commitment to increasing student success is evident by the rising standards for student admission.

Even though UH has considerably increased enrollment and standards for incoming students, the graduation rate is still lacking. The fact is that in order to up rankings, we need more students to graduate on time as a collective.

UH has implemented the UH in 4 program last year in an effort to aid the graduation rate, but the numbers are still low and not enough students are graduating

UH was mentioned in 27 countries and 600 cities across America this year. Matthew McConaughey’s commencement speech created $23 million worth of publicity and was voted one of the top 5 commencement speeches of the year by the Hollywood Reporter.

With the recent news that UH will host the last Republican presidential debate on Feb. 26, the national spotlight will shine on UH once again. As Khator said in her address, this debate will elevate UH and draw much needed attention to the University as we become part of political history.

FUTURE PROJECTS: BKhator noted several major projects on the horizon for UH, including a new law center and a new multidisciplinary engineering building. Major plans for a new Biomedical and Health Sciences Building Number 2 will officially break ground next month and is a larger project than TDECU Stadium.

The nine-story Biomedical and Health Sciences Building will be the new home of the school of pharmacy and outpatient clinics.

“In terms of the scope of this project, the project is bigger than the stadium, costing $20 million more,” Khator said.

Considering all of the drama and student uproar that accompanied the construction of the stadium, a more expensive project is destined to cause student concerns. News of this new facility and the increased cost made audience members gasp during Khator’s address. It’s clear that funding this project will be a major concern for the UH community. Even though the cost and scope of the building is so large, the potential it has to advance UH is great.

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Freshman preparing for greatness in new country PETER SCAMARDO

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Freshman sprinter Mario Burke traveled 2,000 miles from his hometown in Bridgetown, Barbados to compete for UH and, hopefully, the 2016 Olympic Games.

"For me, it is a big transition because everything we're doing here in Houston I'm not really accustomed to back home," Burke said. "(The coaches) know what to do to get me to the top, so hopefully they can guide me in that direction."

While competing in Barbados, Burke was highly successful in track competitions, becoming a three-time national champion and gained numerous primary school records along the way.

His greatest achievement was at the Caribbean Fair Trade Association games, a competition of the best athletes under 20 years old in the Caribbean.

At the 2015 games, Burke was the champion in the 100 meter and 200 meter.

Freshman sprinter Mario Burke already has expectations high among the coaching staff in just his first year. | Kyrie Bouressa/The Cougar

"Those games are a mini Olympics," Burke said. "The CARIFTA games are really a stepping stone toward the Olympics, so it was a great opportunity for me."

The coaches see his time at the games as a great help to his further career.

"It's definitely going to help him here and also on the international

circuit," associate head coach Will Blackburn said. "With that experience, he will hopefully be able to come into the national meet and be able to contribute pretty well based on being in that same intensive competitive environment."

The coaches feel that Burke will become a top competitor for the Cougars, but they also note areas

for improvement.

Specifically, he needs time to adjust to assistant coach Carl Lewis' system, as well as erase the injury factor that has hampered him in the past.

"I work backwards, I guess you could say," Lewis said. "We start off with a personal best and a time we want to achieve, and then we go out there and achieve that time. It's really about the time in the process because our process is long term."

Blackburn also pointed out what Burke needs to learn in his freshman year as a sprinter.

“The first year he has to learn technically how to run better," Blackburn said. "He's got to have a better start. If we can fix those two things we should be able to have him at the national meet in June."

The track and field team prides itself on its Olympic history and numerous athletes come to UH to try and enhance their skills.

But Burke is an anomaly, where, even as a freshman, he has an opportunity to get onto the Barba-

dos team to represent his country at the Olympics in 2016.

"He has a chance if he does well to qualify for the Olympic games for Barbados," Blackburn said.

"That's the ultimate goal for us and him this year."

Lewis said that the Burke will not only grow athletically but academically as well in his time in Houston.

"We expect Mario to be here four years, get a degree and then continue to train here post-collegiate to become a long-term Olympian," Lewis said.

Now that he has bought into what the coaches philosophy and training diligently, the track and field staff is confident that Burke will have a long and successful international career.

“The big jump is really the second year, but I expect Mario to do very well,” Lewis said. “The goal is for him to represent his country in Rio." sports@thedailycougar.com

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a play for another teammate, then I’m willing to do so, because I’m a team guy.

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One thing to know about Houston junior linebacker Steven Taylor is that he can come off as a very quiet individual. What he does on the field, however, speaks volumes.

Taylor is quietly making his presence known, with eight sacks on the season so far and 13 tackles for loss.

Not too far shy of reaching UH's season sack record of 14, but that isn’t quite what Taylor is aiming for.

The Cougar: Talk about being relentless in Thursday's game against SMU.

ST: He told me I need to be more aggressive, be ready to make a lot of plays and get a lot of sacks. I just opened up my heart to him. I’m committed to listening to him and executing anything he tells me to do, no questions asked.

Junior line backer Steven Taylor, left, has been impactful for the defense, recording eight sacks this season. | Justin Tijerina/The Cougar

individual awards, so I feel like my defensive line deserves that because they open up lanes and gaps for me every game. They’re fighting down in the trenches. I give props to them. It's hard work.

Steven Taylor: I just stuck to the game plan. Every time I had the chance to make a play, I tried to come through and do so for my team.

TC: What do you think about your AAC Player of the Week honor?

ST: Honestly, I’m not too big on

TC: What has coach said that he needs and wants from you this year?

TC: Are there no individual goals set?

ST: Honestly, I just want us to win.

I want us to win a championship,

and I want to be able to showcase my ring. I want get a ring and show it off. That will be my individual moment.

TC: How would you describe your style of play?

ST: I’m an instinctive guy; I like to read and react. If I see the ball, I’m going to go after it. However, if I have to sacrifice myself to open up

TC: Last year, defensive coordinator David Gibbs said that he had been grooming you for a leadership role, but he wasn’t sure if you wanted it. Why was that?

ST: I’m just a soft-spoken guy. There are a lot of definitions of leadership, and I’m the type of guy who wants to lead by example and by actions.

I’m not a vocal person, but I worked on that during the offseason and this year I have been able to improve that and be more vocal on the field and more of a leader.

TC: What other differences

are you noticing in how you’re performing?

ST: It’s a completely different defense. I have a lot more opportunities to showcase my ability, but that can really be attributed to the change in staff.

TC: How has your style of play changed with a new coaching staff?

ST: Coach (Todd) Orlando allows me to rush more. He allows me to blitz and try to make plays in the backfield, whereas last year, I was more so in coverage and playing that role.

I have a more aggressive role now.

TC: How is the dynamic amongst linebackers in the locker room?

ST: We have a great relationship.

We all vibe and have great chemistry, and that translates and radiates on the field. Everything is good.

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The Cougars are 6-0 on the season and look to continue their strong play from both sides of the ball.

With new coordinators on offense and defense, Houston is far from being the team they were last season.

Obvious strides have been made on offense, which reflect on the scoreboard, but the defensive improvements are sometimes overlooked because the high flying offense gets the credit.

Defensive coordinator Todd Orlando has brought a new scheme and a new mindset to the Cougars defense that has improved their game drastically.

Deceptive coverages and aggressive blitzing have pow-

The Cougar defense this season has generated 20 sacks this season, which is ninth best in the NCAA, and 41 total tackles for loss. | Justin Tijerina/The Cougar

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Cougars in winning situations.

Though Orlando’s aggressive style has stifled the run game extremely well, it has allowed teams to accumulate yardage in the air.

This is different from former coach David Gibbs’ conservative defense, which allowed 143.3 rushing yards per game and 200.1 passing yards per game.

Orlando’s defense only allowed 98.5 yards per game on the ground, but it gave way to an average of 277.2 passing yards.

And players seem to buy into Orlando’s scheme.

“Last year, we didn’t want to give up the deep ball," junior linebacker Steven Taylor said.

"We were more laid back (then). This year we’re aggressive, we’re going to come with a blitz and try to attack and beat the quarterback up.”

Consistency is an area that the defense wants to try to keep steady.

So far the pressure from the front seven has been a big force in keeping the consistency up.

They have been highlighted throughout the run, as the Cougars are ranked 11th in rushing defense.

“We work really hard at (run defense),” junior defensive tackle B.J. Singleton said. "We take a certain period in practice to work on stopping the run. It’s about your get-off, how low you play with leverage, how much you put into it and these are the results that we get.”

Houston’s consistency-based

mindset has shown throughout the season in overlooked statistics.

So far, opponents are only converting 38 percent of their third down opportunities. At the same time, the defense has also forced 10 fumbles.

The pass defense seems to be the biggest weakness of the Cougar defense.

They do a good job of keeping the passes underneath the secondary, but even those yards add up.

Combined with the few big pass plays over the top of the

The quarterback pressure has also led to six interceptions, one resulting in a return for a touchdown.

Singleton and Hightower both agree that the biggest thing they want to improve over the next few games is red zone defense.

The red zone is a large struggle for the Cougars, as they have allowed 17 scores in 19 red zone attempts, of which15 were then touchdowns.

Even the strong run defense has struggled in stopping the run when behind their own 20 yard line.

The 89 percent conversion rate is extremely high and the defense is working to fix the issues.

“We have to hold (teams) to field Steven Taylor, junior linebacker goal attempts (in the redzone), then we have to block field goals,” Highsecondary, their numbers look tower said. worse than they actually are.

Though some stats show their “We’ve played some pretty struggles with the red zone and good passing teams,” senior cor- the passing game, the score nerback Lee Hightower said. board shows that the defense is “A lot of times it's one or two getting the job done. mistakes here and there and With an average margin then it turns into a shutdown of victory of 24.4 points, the game for the defense. I don’t defense is handling their think that our pass defense is responsibility and are definitely inconsistent or anything, it’s a major reason as to why Housjust one or two big pass plays is ton are 6-0.

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Halfway through the season, challenges lay ahead for the Cougars This week The Cougar sports staff looks at what teams lay ahead and what struggles Houston may face in the second half of the season

SHARDANNA JONES Staff writer What do you think is the biggest weakness of this team?

The Cougars reach the mid-way point of the season at 6-0, but the back half of the schedule promises to challenge them, with games against teams like No. 22 Temple and No. 18 Memphis. | Justin Tijerina/The Cougar

I've had concerns about the secondary, but I'm seeing improvement. My concerns aren't so much within the team, but with penalties and playing on the road. Although they are undefeated, playing on the road is a different atmosphere as you must create your own energy. I just hope the Cougars can maintain their energy throughout the season and keep the penalties to a minimum so that they won't cost themselves not only yardage, but also points on the board like they did against Tulsa.

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How do you think the Cougars play next week against University of Central Florida?

The Cougars have some difficult games coming up. Which team do you think offers the most resistance to the Cougars in the last half of the year?

While UCF has been one of the standards for the American Athletic Conference in the past few years, this season is a much different story. The Knights are still winless, and the Cougars hope to pile onto that. I expect the score to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 35-14, and expect more fireworks from Ward. This will be a good week to make sure everything is right before heading into the final five-game gauntlet the Cougars will face.

Though it may not be much of a surprise, University of Memphis has to be the biggest obstacle between the Cougars and the AAC Championship.

Additionally, when Memphis comes to town in November, they will have extra motivation after having lost three straight games to the Cougars and that makes them very dangerous.

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16 | Wednesday, October 21, 2015

THE ELIZABETH D. ROCKWELL ETHICS AND LEADERSHIP LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS

with

Jason Silva

Host, National Geographic Channel’s Brain Games

Thursday, October 22, 2015, 6:00 p.m.

Cullen Performance Hall on the UH Main Campus Tickets are free of charge and open to the public, but seating is limited.

Visit www.uh.edu/giving/rockwell for ticket information.