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Officials release name and photo of sexual assault suspect A man unaffiliated with the University has been named as the suspect in a recent on-campus sexual assault case.

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A warrant for Clark’s arrest has been issued. Officials ask members of the UH and the surrounding community to immediately call police should they come into contact with Clark. If you have any information about this incident please call UHDPS at (713) 743-3333. For more information on this incident, please visit www. piersystem.com/go/doctype/1093/21522.

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SGA presidential debate winner announced, Harding The audience chose Michael Harding as the winner of last week’s presidential debate. Harding debated against his opponents, Jared Gogets and Michael McHugh. The debate is avaiiable at www.uh.edu/sga. Voting begins today. Presidential candidate profiles will run in tomorrow’s issue.

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EVENTS Free Instructor-Led, Hands-On Computer Training Computer classes are being offered to students, alumni, faculty and staff. A class introducing Advanced Excel 2010 will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in room 110-6 of the Social Work Building. Percussion Ensembles The Moores School of Music is presenting Percussion Ensembles at 7:30 p.m. General admission is $10, $15 for students and seniors.

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The Student Government Association election commission is encouraging students to vote in elections for the next administration that begin today and end Friday. This election year may prove important considering the issues facing the University such as the looming budget cuts to state funding. “It’s really important for students to voice their opinions on campus,” said Mila Clarke,

SGA’s director of public relations. “SGA represents every single student on campus.” “Just by voting, you’re picking the person that will represent you among administration in meetings, across the state when we work with other SGAs and law makers who pass laws that benefit education,” Clarke said. Candidates running for the position of SGA president are Jared Gogets, Michael Harding and Michael McHugh. At-large positions and representatives for each college and department are also on the ballot. The undergraduate and graduate atlarge members deal with university-wide issues such as parking and tuition. College

representatives handle issues with in their respective colleges. Students are able to cast one vote in an online ballot using their student identification number. The online ballot allows students the ability to vote from anywhere. If a run off occurs, students may vote again that next week when runoffs are held. To encourage more students to vote, SGA Elections Commissioner Katie Kornahrens said they are trying a more hands-on approach. “We have several plans as far as marketing,” Kornahrens said. “We’re doing a very ELECTIONS continues on page 3

LECTURE

S. Africa, novel at center of discourse Moniqua Sexton

THE DAILY COUGAR A visiting scholar of humanities delivered a lecture on an essay that discussed the changing politics and identities of South Africa. Nirvana Tanoukhi presented her essay of criticism, “A Matter of Setting: Fate and Geography in Coetzee,” about the novel “Disgrace,” by J. M. Coetzee Thursday evening in room 110 of the Roy G. Cullen building. Tanoukhi, a Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University, visited UH on Thursday as part of the Martha Gano Houstoun Distinguished Visiting Scholar series. Tanoukhi chose this novel because of its impact on her students, as well as its beauty. “This is the kind of novel that is as beautiful as it is disturbing,” Tanoukhi said. “Also, it has a generative effect on my students. It generates them to think and ask questions. That’s a good sign as it gives a teaching of belonging.” “Disgrace” is about the changing politics of South Africa and how they are starting over as the characters are starting their lives over in the novel. The novel is widely read in South Africa, Tanoukhi said. Her take on the novel is about the development of the characters and LECTURE continues on page 3

Kinesiology sophomore Manuel Martinez painted three shirts at last week’s Flag Day in the University Center while wearing a traditional Mexican hat, a sombrero. | Tap Nguyen/The Daily Cougar

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THE DAILY COUGAR Students displayed their diverse cultures by painting flags on shirts Thursday. The Council of Ethnic Organizations hosted Flag Day at the University Center’s North Tables and provided free shirts, paints and designs. “All students love free items. So, the Flag Day event is a chance for students to show their cultures, or learn about other cultures,” said Anna Vuong, director of CEO. The event started at 11:30 a.m., but students had been waiting for long before. “My friend told me about the event today. I have never joined any event like this. I’m so curious,” said Nakyung Chun, a Korean psychology freshman.

Students from countries from around the world including Hispanic, African, Asian and American students joined the event. Attendees learned about the event via e-mail and from the CEO website. However, some students stopped by unintentionally. “It is awesome. Very fun,” said Jesse Soto, a transfer student from Texas Southern University. “Everybody represents their countries, so amazing.” Manuel Martinez, a Mexican Kinesiology sophomore wearing a traditional Mexican sombrero, was excited about painting the shirts. He painted three shirts. “It was a great opportunity for students to realize that everyone comes from a different place and carries a part of that culture around with them,” Martinez said. “The t-shirts will be worn around school to display the students’ art.” This was the first time CEO hosted the Flag Day event and students kept coming FLAG DAY continues on page 3

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how the setting is under the rubric of description. It uses detailed descriptions to set each scene. Tanoukhi said that she reads this novel as an allegory of realism because such realism implies how setting can be an ongoing project. She also said that Coetzee uses the novel to turn a geographic place into a horizon of possibility. For her essay, Tanoukhi focused on the novel’s dualism found in two key elements. “(The essay aims) to produce a satisfactory explanation of why the novel is beautiful and

“It is really a good idea because it shows more diversities of UH,” said Aryam Andom, a psychology freshman. CEO is a student fee-funded organization aimed at showcasing the University’s diversity.

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provocative,” Tanoukhi said. “I wanted to show how it’s both and not just one.” She also said she wanted to show how the picture looks different in different places when it comes to global English. As for her personal connection to the story, Tanoukhi said that it confronts similar ethical issues of her everyday life. Tanoukhi holds a doctorate in modern thought and literature from Stanford University. The lecture was presented by UH, the Martha Gano Houstoun Endowment, UH’s African American Studies Program, the departments of English and History and the Center of Public History and Voices Breaking Boundaries. news@thedailycougar.com

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large Facebook campaign, it’s the easiest way to contact students.” E-mails, Kohnahrens said, are overlooked. “We’re going to be posting pretty heavily on Facebook with our events, as well as the SGA website. We will have as much information about the candidates and where to vote.” SGA will also have information on campus in the form of fliers, post cards, yard signs and banners to try and get the word for the election out. “The election commissioners, as well as the candidates, will be out there talking to the students and actually engaging them so they will know about the election and hopefully get them to vote,” Kornahrens said. Many students do not vote because of lack of knowledge, Clarke said. This year, more PR involvement will help get the word around campus. Last year, 3,576 students voted, which is comparable to other universities in Texas, Kornahrens said. “We’re aiming for more than that this year,” Kornahrens said. “Every year we want to increase the amount of student turn out. It’s important that students vote this year.”

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The issues facing students this election year are the budget cuts and the recent bills in the Texas Legislature that would allow students to carry concealed weapons on campus. “The upcoming election is really crucial for students,” current President Prince Wilson said. “It’s important that they elect the right people. When I leave office, I’m leaving a lot of responsibility, especially about the budget cuts. “The new administration will have a lot of influence. They’ll have to step forward just like we are doing now. They will have to step forward for the students,” Wilson said. “The transition is not going to be like previous years. It’s going to be really crucial and it’s up to the students to elect the right people that will stand up for them and do what the (SGA) president is supposed to do.” Students were able to learn more about the presidential candidates in a debate that took place on Wednesday. Candidates can receive endorsements from organization, faculty and staff members in order to get their name out to the students. They cannot get endorsements from higherlevel administrators or fee-dependent student organizations. There are rules that candidates must follow, and to ensure that

they do so, there is a form online for candidates who break those rules. A candidate can be reported if they are seen violating the election code by filling out a complaint form and turning it in to the elections commission, Clarke said. Violations include posting and campaigning in the wrong area and having non-approved campaign materials. Candidates cannot campaign inside the library, computer labs, dorms or near polling areas. Candidates are punished depending on their violation of the election code. Punishments for violations include bans on campaigning time and disqualifications based on the severity of the violation. A runoff will occur after general elections end if the presidential, vice presidential or at-large candidates do not receive more than a half of the votes required to win. The top two candidates will have a secondary run off from March 7 to March 10. Barring a runoff, a ceremony at noon on March 4 will be held to announce election winners. More information on the election can be found on SGA’s website sga. uh.edu. news@thedailycougar.com

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What winning an Oscar may actually mean

here seems to be something slightly amiss with the highlylauded annual award ceremony known as the Academy Awards. It’s widely considered the most significant and influential of all awards for cinematic achievement, but is it the most objective?

Well, a ceremony recognizing excellence in film can’t be entirely objective. After all, film is more or less an art form, and art is judged subjectively. However, it seems there is a pattern in which films are selected every year by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters. This pattern isn’t exactly something these honorary professionals should be proud of. Several Hollywood blockbusters make their debut every year, and the same things are said about every one of them: That movie is going to be an Academy Award nominee. How do moviegoers know this? What makes us think the Academy Awards are going to nominate a movie right after we watch it? Who is really picking these nominations? All of a sudden, we realize the same type of movies are selected annually, and audiences’ guesses for winners are consistently confirmed. Now, don’t get us wrong; we’re not claiming something absurd such as conspiracy behind the whole thing, and frankly, it probably doesn’t matter that much if there is. But the pure essence of an award ceremony needs to be questioned when its winners are accurately predicted by the masses. This isn’t a sport in which we have numbers to crunch to determine a clear winner. Hundreds — sometimes thousands — of feature-length films are made annually in English alone. Less than two dozen are nominated for the Academy Awards across all categories. Only a handful make it onto the prestigious categories such as Best Director or Best Picture, and each one is accurately predicted by everyone every year. An award for recognizing excellence in cinema? More like recognizing excellence in achieving unrivaled publicity.

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NFL lockout will hurt economically

he current National Football League labor agreement is set to expire, and an NFL lockout could have a monumental impact on our economy. Two years ago, the owners of NFL teams opted out of the current collective bargaining agreement, and if a new deal isn’t decided upon, the owners can choose to lock out the players with no pay or benefits. Travis Essentially, the owners Gumphrey want to pay the players less. Player salaries account for roughly 60 percent of total revenue in the former agreement, and players generally agreed that they got the better end of the deal. But with debts from stadium construction and other costs in a recession, the owners would now like to adjust to a “healthier” deal. The owners essentially want to keep more of their total revenue for investment and operating expenses, which is about $1

billion from the total revenue. The owners are also reportedly asking for players to take about an 18 percent pay cut, mainly coming from loss of bonuses, while coaches would stand to lose up to 50 percent of their pay. “If there is a lockout starting March 4, coaches will take a pay cut of varying degrees,” said Larry Kennan, the NFL coaches association executive director. “Players will be affected because they’ll loses bonuses, but they don’t lose salary in March, April or May. The coaches will lose pay.” The pay cuts taken by coaches and players are extremely substantial, but they are millionaires and the owners are billionaires. The true downside to a NFL lockout is the effect on small businesses that benefit from football. Michael Sinensky, an owner of five bars in the New York Tri-State area, views the effect from a NFL lockout on his businesses as staggering. “Without football, Sundays average

only about $2,000 in revenue. With football during the regular season, we average a whopping 600 percent more or approximately $12,000 on any given Sunday. Add $2,000 for playoffs without a home team playing, or at least another $5,000 with a home team, totaling approximately $14,000$17,000 for playoffs, which take place for three weeks. Multiply the difference by 8.875 percent and you’ll figure out how much in sales tax is wiped away,” Sinensky said in his article in the Huffington Post. Next add the vendors who lose business from the loss of sales and the tax dollars lost, and you begin to see that it’s not just about the players and coaches. Football has become America’s sport and America needs football right now. The economy needs it, and small business owners need it. Travis Gumphrey is a journalism sophomore and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar. com.

Qaddafi’s reign needs to end really soon

n Libya, Muammar al-Qaddafi is placing blame on everyone but himself. His accusations span from Queen Elizabeth to al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden, and his arguments become borderline ridiculous with the idea that Libyan rebels and protestors are on hallucinogenic drugs. The Libyan people demand the right, above all, to be treated as human beings. There is Marcus certainly pressure from Smith global leaders for Qaddafi to take a bow and step down for good, and to see a somewhat cohesive stance on this is welcome and refreshing. President Barack Obama commented on the situation in Libya, stating “The suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and it is unacceptable. So are threats and orders to shoot peaceful protesters. These actions violate international norms and

every standard of common decency. This violence must stop.” President of France Nicolas Sarkozy says it is possible that the European Union would sever economic ties. The United Nations voted 15-0 in favor of a resolution that would place an arms embargo, asset freeze and travel bans on Qaddafi’s family and associates. “This resolution will be a signal (to) put an end to the fascist regime that is still in existence,” said Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, Libyan ambassador to the UN. But if anything could be said about Qaddafi, it is that he is as mad as he is stubborn. His second oldest son, Seif al-Islam, recently vowed that “his family would fight until the last bullet.” Regardless if this was just a wild boast, it is sadly in the realm of possibility. Speculations from human rights groups and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon estimate that Qaddafi’s allied military and

security forces have killed anywhere from 300 to 1,000 people during the uprising. With hope, the killing may end sooner and somewhat smoother than expected. Intelligence says the rebel forces are gaining majority control and military and political defections are becoming more common. Qaddafi has been considered a joke and a target for mockery for many years as he grabbed for esteem and support where it wasn’t deserved. But now, no one is laughing because the punch line has worn itself thin. Some may call the situation in Libya a civil war, while others may say that it’s a revolution. But practically everyone worldwide would call a future without Qaddafi one to look forward to. Marcus Smith is a creative writing freshman and may be reached @ opinion@thedailycougar. com.

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Blazers rout UH UAB emerged from the weekend in first place in a tight race in Conference USA after defeating the Cougars 68-55 Saturday at Hofheinz Pavilion behind the play of Aaron Johnson and Jamaar Sanders. The Cougars (12-15, 4-10 C-USA) had trouble staying in front of Johnson and have lost nine of their last 10 games. “He’s an outstanding point guard,” head coach James Dickey said. “When he got to the paint, instead of holding our ground and making him shoot it, we made it easy for him to dish where guys had angles. I thought he was terrific at reading that.” Sanders and freshman guard Preston Purifoy combined for five 3-pointers during a 21-2 stretch for UAB early in the first half that had UH trailing 25-8. Sanders poured in a game-high 18 points, while Purifoy and Ovie Soko each scored 17. The absence of second-leading scorer Adam Brown was noticeable for the Cougars as Zamal Nixon and Maurice McNeil had to carry the load, attempting 24-of-50 UH field goals. Brown was suspended indefinitely Friday for a violation of team rules. “There have been a number of times where we haven’t had everybody,” Nixon said. “I think what we’ve been doing well is picking up the slack for other guys. Alandise (Harris) had to try to fill in for Adam on the wing tonight and his numbers didn’t show he had a great game, but he’ll pick up the slack in the next two games for Adam.” McNeil was one of the few standout contributors on offense in the game for UH with 14 points. He also added six rebounds and two blocks. The Cougars are back in action against Tulane (12-15, 2-12 ) at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Fogelman Arena in New Orleans, La. — Lance Jaramillo

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Cougars win tournament The No. 23 Cougars posted another successful weekend, topping Baylor 1-0 Sunday to win the QTI Powers Invitational in Waco. Senior pitcher Amanda Crabtree threw her second no-hitter of the season Saturday in the Cougars 8-0 win over Louisiana-Monroe. UH squeaked by the Warhawks 1-0 in their second meeting of the weekend. — Cougar Sports Services

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Truelove shines at C-USA championships; UH places fourth

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Truelove won the platform diving competition with a score of 309.10 — an NCAA ‘A’ qualifying score. Julia Lonnegren scored a 284.30, earning third place. Overall the Cougars came in fourth. Rice won the championship. — Cougar Sports Services

the 200-meter dash in 21.47 seconds. “I saw him pull up. It was a bad thing, but afterwards I knew it was going to be a lot easier,” Furlough said. “He was mostly my competition.” Furlough also won the 400-meter dash with a 47.48-second split. Doug Kelley placed second in the 800 with a 1 minute, 52 second finish. Lang medalled again with a 7.97-second performance in the 60-meter hurdles, good for second place. John Fortune placed third in the shot put throwing for more than 55 feet. UCF won the women’s championship with 123.5 points. UH was well behind in seventh place and 51 points. Kiara Pulliam placed second in the shot put with a throw of more than 48 feet. Christie Jones finished second in the 200meter dash in 23.89 seconds. Karley King and Sage Hintnaus earned second and third place respectively in the pole vault. “We need to mature a little bit and not get so down ourselves,” Burrell said. “This team is certainly capable of scoring 80 points. We saw there was a challenge and didn’t do a good job of responding to it. The women’s team is 30 points better at this meet.”

The No. 25 Cougars’ undefeated record in Conference USA appeared to be in peril as Rice took a 19-point lead into halftime Sunday. UH (24-4, 15-5 C-USA) roared back in the second half behind the play of Courtney Taylor and Brittney Scott to take overtake the Owls 74-70 at Tudor Fieldhouse. “We decided we want the 16-0 C-USA record,” Taylor said. “We just figured we had to go out with a bang. We shouldn’t lay over and we basically took it one play at a time and got the win.” The Owls (17-12, 9-6) controlled the tempo of the first half and limited the Cougars to 27 points. Morgan Mayse gave the UH defenders fits, pouring in 21 points on 9-of-16 shooting. “We weren’t playing our normal style,” head coach Todd Buchanan said. “We were letting them dictate the basketball game for the entire 20 minutes. It was somewhat mind-boggling of how ugly we were playing.” The Cougars held Mayse to 1-of-7 shooting in the second half and Taylor took over going 7-of-8 from the floor for 17 second half points. The Cougars scored 47 points in the second half on 52 percent shooting to run away with the game. “We realized once we were in attack mode that they couldn’t guard us,” Taylor said. “Going to the basket every time, they would either foul or we would score,” Taylor said. The Cougars attempt for a perfect conference record continues against Tulane at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hofheinz Pavilion.

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Cougars lead the pack at C-USA finals Men’s team dominates in fifth consecutive indoor championship John Brannen

THE DAILY COUGAR Whether it was in the sprints or jumps, the Cougars were never in jeopardy of being dethroned as the indoor kings of Conference USA. UH scored 172 points to capture the 2011 Indoor C-USA Championship Saturday at Yeoman Fieldhouse. Tulsa was the Cougars’ closest competition, finishing with 107 points. “They came out and handled things,” head coach Leroy Burrell said. “They qualified well, put themselves into position to score and did a good job of maxing out of what we’re capable of doing.” The Cougars swept both the long jump and triple jump with Chris Carter winning both events. Teammates Lamar Delaney, Jonathan Williams and Thomas Lang earned second, third and fourth behind Carter in both events. Wesley Bray won the heptathlon with a personal-best of 5,671 points. Errol Nolan was the runner-up in the 60-meter dash, finishing in 6.75 seconds. Nolan suffered an injury upon finishing the race, and was held out of the 200-meter dash. In Nolan’s absence, Kelvin Furlough won

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While she hopes there will be more to celebrate this season, diver Lacey Truelove can check off the goal of becoming a conference champion after this weekend.

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With the Cougars beginning training in September, celebrating their 2011 Conference USA Indoor Championship win was a moment more than five months in the making. UH has won eight of the last nine indoor championships. | Jack Wehman/The Daily Cougar

THE DAILY COUGAR UH dropped two of three games and lost the weekend series to Ole Miss after an 8-2 defeat Sunday at Cougar Field. The Cougars (5-2) scored once in the bottom of the first inning, but could only tack on two more runs in the fifth. “We learned a lesson in game one and game three — you have to come out of the gates fighting,” head coach Todd Whitting said.

“I thought Saturday we came out and punched them in the mouth in the first inning and it took us all the way through.” The Rebels (7-1) ran away with the game with a three-run fourth inning to make it 6-1. The Cougars bounced back from a 4-2 loss Friday by winning 8-2 on Saturday. UH jumped out to a 1-0 lead after the first inning, but Ole Miss scored a run in the third to tie the game The Rebels scored again in the fourth to give them the lead. They had the lead

until sixth, when the Ole Miss pitching fell apart. The Cougars cashed in by scoring four runs and taking a 5-2 lead. UH added three more runs in the seventh to stretch the lead to the eventual final score of 8-2. “I thought we played well this weekend against Ole Miss, but I wanted to win the series,” Whitting said. “Playing well against an SEC team is not a moral victory for us. I expect to win every series.” The Cougars next game is at 6 p.m. tomorrow at UTSA. sports@thedailycougar.com

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THE DAILY COUGAR “Houston, we don’t have a problem, we have a chance,” said Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee as she addressed the crowded Cullen Performance Hall Saturday night. The crowd, composed of UH community members, residents of the third ward and the greater Houston area were gathered together to watch noted thespian Charles S. Dutton perform “From Jail to Yale: Serving Time on the Stage.” The performance was a benefit for The U.S. Dream Academy, an organization that works with students from 3rd through 8th grade who are struggling academically, live in high-risk communities and have a parent in prison or family history of imprisonment. Foster Elementary is a Dream Academy school in Third Ward. Dutton is a veteran stage, television and film actor, director, producer, three-time Emmy award winner, Golden Globe nominee and Tony Award nominee. He is has appeared in movies such as “Aliens 3,” “Rudy,” “Gothika” and “A Time to Kill.” Dutton was given a three-year sentence at the age of 17 after being arrested on charges of manslaughter. He managed to get out of the manslaughter charge, but was convicted of possession

of a deadly weapon. He served those three years in their entirety, but was given indictment papers for the assault of a prison guard the day he was scheduled to be released, for which he served an additional seven-and-a-half year sentence. Dutton read and fell in love with an anthology of black playwrights during his last prison term and decided to start an acting troupe in his prison. He described his first performance as one of the most pivotal moments of his life. “Somewhere in that speech, I paused, like a light had hit me and said ‘you just discovered what you were born to do on this planet,’” Dutton said. Dutton managed to get his GED and an associate of arts degree while in prison and his Bachelor of Arts degree after getting out of prison. He was eventually accepted into the graduate theatre program at Yale University. After a lengthy applause from the audience, Dutton opened the floor to questions. “How does one maintain one’s integrity as a struggling artist?” asked Alicia Stevens, a junior theatre major from Texas Southern. “You have to be an artist first.” Dutton said. “If you are a real artist in Hollywood, they know not to mess with you. It is intoxicating DUTTON continues on page 8

Billie Schneider (front right) organized one of the most successful cook-off teams in Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo’s history. The team was founded in 1991 with the help of UH graduates Lynn Houston, Rick and Janet Cherrington, Rusty Uhyrek and Glenn Lilie. | Photo courtesy of Katie Lauren Smith

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SPECIAL TO THE DAILY COUGAR For UH alum Billie Schneider, her rodeo-life revolves around the Cougar Cookers Barbecue Cook-off team and scholarships for UH students. “We want to show our appreciation to the HLS&R for their scholarships awarded UH students,” Schneider said. “Thanks to all our donors and the many volunteers that help support our endowment for UH student scholarships.” Billie Schneider retired from UH’s alumni affairs office in 1990,

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siege. Hungry Cougars descended promptly at 3 p.m., but with the oversight of chairman Lynn Houston, all was ready. Houston heads up Southwest Securities when he’s not slicing brisket. Houston graduated from UH with a degree in accounting in 1968. “The most gratifying part of serving on the University of Houston team is that we have a consistent group of volunteers we count on each year,” Houston said. “Each COOK-OFF continues on page 8

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person does their job and it now works like a well-oiled machine. We plan to have Shasta join us next year. Each year, we have more and more students involved.” On opening night, the Cougar Cookers honored UH President Dr. Renu Khator and her husband Suresh, Katina Jackson, Mike Pede, Molly Alvey, James Dickey, Kevin Sumlin, Todd Whitting and Judie and Glenn Lilie. Dr. Khator had such a good time that she asked her assistant, Theresa Singletary, to put an annual hold on her calendar for the event. As the last strains of Waylon and Willie were being played in the 120 by 40 foot Cougar Cookers tent, 2600 plates of barbecue had been served, thanks to volunteers like Rick Cherrington, Janet Cherrington and Rusty Uhyrek. Class of ‘06 Brian Royo, Co-Chief of the Cougar Cookers, plans the menu with Peter Schubert, Executive Chef of St. Luke’s Sugarland Hospital from UH Class of ‘88. This year, they prepared 90 briskets, 25 cases of ribs, 300 pounds of sausage, 260 pounds of chicken breasts, 150 cases of corn, 200 pounds of boiled potatoes and 300 pounds of potato salad. Schubert is chairman of the Board of the Tau Kappa Epsilon alumni network. The cooking team has a number of members, which includes Chris Menendez, Ian Estrada, and Rob Bartlett Owen, a Petroleum Land Management graduate with the UH Class of 1977. Other members include James Dean, a natural science and mathematics major from the Class of ‘77, and Chris Vaughn, Ian Estrada and Ryan Hottman, who all belong to the class of 2006. Royo, along with his Czech and German partners, will open a new venture in Katy called No Label Brewing Co. (We don’t need no stinkin’ labels). Many of the cooking squad grillers belong to the TKE fraternity and contribute to the TKE Cookers scholarship fund. Completed scholarship application should be mailed to: TKE Cookers Scholarship Committee, University of Houston Alumni Association, P.O. Box 230345, Houston, TX 77223-0345. arts@thedailycougar.com

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in Hollywood because they throw a lot of money at you. You have to draw your own line of demarcation in the sand and say this is what I will do and what I will not do.” “For those of us in our communities, how can we change the mentality of young men that going to jail is a badge of honor?” asked another member of the audience. “We have to find out what our boys want to do. Every little boy wants to do something, we just haven’t figured out how to crack that dream,” Dutton said. “By the third grade, they are already written off, they’re building the penitentiary by 17.” “We have to find out what they really want.” Dutton said. arts@thedailycougar.com