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Six-turnover day haults UH offense, forces Cougars into 0-3 hole for first time since 2001

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CEO learns to cook sushi Improved tackling was not enough for Cougars to pick up a win against the UCLA Bruins Saturday in Pasadena. | Photo courtesy of Tim Bradbury/The Daily Bruin Andrew Pate Sports editor

One week after a record-setting day offensively at Robertson Stadium, UH appeared lifeless and inefficient on the road against UCLA’s physical defense falling 37-6. “They’ve got a tremendous pass rush, and they showed it in their first two games,” said head coach Tony Levine in a statement. “I thought the

guys competed for 60 minutes, but we didn’t do enough to win the football game.” The Cougars only touchdown came in the form of an 86-yard run from sophomore quarterback David Piland with less than five minutes remaining, preventing UH from its first shutout since losing 48-0 to Texas on Sept. 23, 2000. Piland was plagued by five interceptions, and it took UCLA only 16

seconds into the game to take its first lead, courtesy of a lateral that was scooped up and run in for a 23-yard Bruins’ touchdown. The Cougars were also without redshirt junior running back Charles Sims, who was injured on the second play of last week’s game against Louisiana Tech and is reportedly “day-to-day” according to reports. His replacement, Ryan Jackson went out with a leg injury after two carries

against the Bruins. “I think not having Charles Sims tonight affected our rhythm offensively, and Ryan Jackson went down with a leg injury early and was out for the game,” Levine said. “Things kind of compounded tonight when it came to our guys staying healthy, and we need to get those guys back as quickly as we can in the next week.” FOOTBALL continues on page 6

SPORTS

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More mobile meal options Ellen Goodacre Assstant news editor

UH Dining Services is planning to add six new food trucks to the fleet of moving restaurants that is currently stationed outside the University Center. Instead of placing the new trucks by the current ones — Bare Bowls Kitchen, The Waffle Bus and Bernie’s Burger Bus — Dining Services will put them on a new cement pad, which will be built where the old Y Building was

previously. Dining Services aims to have the construction of the pad done by Oct. 1. “When we first looked at using trucks to replace the locations in the UC, we always knew that we would have to add more than three to be able to serve the more than 11,000 customers that would have normally visited the food court each week,” said Amber Arguijo, marketing manager for ARAMARK. “For the slower summer months, MEAL continues on page 3

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COUNTDOWN Students gather around the current food trucks by the UC. The new trucks will be where the Y Building was before its demolition. | File Photo/The Daily Cougar

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Free lunch: From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the A.D. Bruce Religion Center Atrium

Wednesday Global Prints Poster Sale: From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the UC Satellite. Stadium Garage Grand Opening: From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Stadium Parking Garage.

Corporate & Tax Law Society Speaker Event: From noon to 1 p.m. in the Law Center 240 BLB.

Gender Talk: From 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the UC’s room 279A.

NACLE & USMB presents speakers Zamora and Hansen: From noon to 1 p.m. in the Frankel Room.

Workshop: Resources to Support your Research in Science, Engineering & Computing: From to 2:30 p.m. online.

Tuesday

Football Social: From 6 to 10 p.m. in the Athletics/Alumni Center.

Revolution of Heroes: From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the UC’s Houston Room. Free Lunch: From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Hillel Lounge of the A.D. Bruce Religion Center. Hispanic Law Students Association Speaker Event: From noon to 1 p.m. in the Law Center’s 209 BLB. Cougar Conversations: At 1 p.m. in the UC, room 279A.

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Graduate Legal Studies: FLLM Blue Book Training: From noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Student Organizations Multi-purpose room 53

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UH Smoking Cessation: Just Kick It!: From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in SEC room 104. Lecture: Punctuated Equilibrium: From 6 to 7 p.m. in the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, room 150. Volleyball vs Rice: From 7 to 10

Take Back the Night March: From 6 to 8 p.m. in Lynn Eusan Park. Back To School 9-Ball Tournament: From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the UC Games Room. SGA Senate Meeting: From 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library.

Thursday Global Prints Poster Sale: From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the UC Satellite Trip to Dynamo Game: From 5:30 to 11 p.m. in the Dynamo Stadium.

Friday Global Prints Poster Sale: From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the UC Satellite.

Marine Corps Leadership Seminar Reception: From 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library, Rockwell Pavilion. Men’s Conference: Iron Sharpening Iron: From 6 to 7 p.m. in Houston’s First Baptist Church. Blaffer Grand Reopening Gala: From 7 p.m. to midnight in the Blaffer Art Museum. Volleyball vs UAB: From 7 to 9:30 p.m. in Birmingham Alabama. Soccer vs. SMU: From 7 to 8 p.m. in Robertson Stadium.

Saturday Adopt-a-Beach: From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Galveston. Marine Corps Leadership Seminar - Seminar: From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the UC Houston Room. Know Your Rights: Religious Freedom in School: From 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Barbara Bush Branch Library. Blaffer Grand Reopening Reception: From 7 to 11 p.m. at the Blaffer Art Museum

Sunday Soccer vs. Tulsa: At 1 p.m. at Robertson Stadium Life in Seven Colors: From 7 to 9 p.m. on CoogRadio.com

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The earnings ratio between women and men is still not one-to-one in the majority of states. Texas’ earnings ratio lands between 77.5 and 79.9 cents earned by women for every dollar a man earns. | Images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

SOCIAL ISSUES

Gender gap still affects female pay Ashley Anderson Staff writer

Graduating women may be faced with issues regarding pay differences as they begin their new jobs. This problem has been addressed through legislation, but can still be seen throughout the U.S. and in Houston. The wage gap is an issue that will affect women who will graduate and get paid less than men who hold a comparable position. “I don’t think it’s fair when men get paid more than women,” said civil engineering freshman Poorvi Patel. “It doesn’t seem fair that men get paid more just because of their gender.” Elizabeth Gregory, director of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, said part of the reason the gender gap is getting attention now is that there are more women in Congress who can address the issue. “This has been an ongoing problem that is now being addressed now that there are more women in the legislature,” Gregory said. “There are a range of reasons why women are paid less, and they pile up.” Some of the reasons Gregory listed were job segregation by sex, lack of comparable promotions within the same jobs, discrimination for those that may need to take

family time and employers may think that women deserve less pay than men. Whether a woman is single, single with a child or a part of a family, pay discrimination may affect not only the individual woman, but also her home, whatever the circumstances may be. “Pay inequality can translate into unequal power dynamics within the home,” said Amanda Baumle, associate professor of Sociology. “The person who earns more money might have an advantage in controlling major life decisions, like where to move or major purchases, or when and whether to have children.” Business freshman Jennifer Trussell views the issue with optimism. “As a woman, I think we are constantly progressing,” Trussell said. “I’m very optimistic about what my pay will be after college.” According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, women earned 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man in 2010. “There has been no narrowing of the gap in wages over the past decade — women still earn 77 cents for every dollar that men earn,” Baumle said. “It is likely that our graduates will continue to feel its effects.” news@thedailycougar.com

we decided to start with the group of three to enable us to gauge customer demand and get a handle on all the operational issues that were new to us.” UH Dining Services, ARAMARK and Auxiliary Services are working to contract La Jefa’s Kitchen, The Rice Box, Kurbside Eatz, Happy Endings, Stick It and Coreano’s food trucks. Two of the six food trucks will be open each day on a threeweek alternating schedule. “The UC is the center of our campus and providing enough options to replace the locations that were closed due to the renovations has always been at the core of our plans,” said Deborah Davis, assistant director of Auxiliary Services. “Also, these trucks allow

us to increase the variety of cuisines, which expand the options that we can offer to our campus community, allowing us to have a well-balanced portfolio of trucks. These trucks will not only allow students a variety of cuisine styles, but also different price ranges. “We will have a variety of price points available at the trucks and have made a special point to look for trucks with lower price points to fit the student budget,” Arguijo said. “Although we do not want to intrude on how these trucks design and execute their operations, we do suggest ways in which they can make their services more accessible, for example offering combo meals or specials.” In addition to these new food trucks coming in October, a new Indian concept restaurant opened in the UC Satellite on Sept. 10. Tandoori Nite is located between

Burger Studio and Kim Son and serves kosher and halal meats as well as gluten and soy-free menu items. Construction on the new concrete pad is still underway. Dining services is working to ensure the trucks have safe entry and exit points for any equipment the trucks may have and for students. They also want to ensure that trucks have adequate electrical and data power, but are still excited about bringing something new to the university. “The culture of this emerging business is exciting, and we are hoping to capitalize on the popularity of these trucks through social media,” Davis said. “The idea of being able to find what trucks will be here on any given day is part of the lore that has made food trucks such a phenomenon.” news@thedailycougar.com

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OPINION Hackers exposed in web of lies EDITOR Lucas Sepulveda

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Hacktivist group Anonymous is just as untrustworthy as the organizations it targets Patrick Larose Staff columnist

Two weeks ago the internet hacker group “Antisec,” aka Anonymous, made the serious claim that they had in their possession 12 million Apple Unique Device Identifiers. They then posted 1 million of the numbers with the boast that they had pulled them from an FBI laptop, implicating that the FBI had used them to track the iPhone users since at least March when the hackers took the numbers. The FBI was quick to rebuff, saying there was no evidence their computers were hacked. Apple soon chimed in that they had never given the FBI the information either. Despite the discrepancies in their claim, Anonymous stuck to their word until Monday when the app developer, Blue Toad came forward. They made the statement that the numbers posted by Anonymous matched their user-base and corresponded with a breach in their security two weeks before. Anonymous’ claim has now been revealed as a lie. The first attempts at goodwill and charity have turned into an act equal to Internet terrorism — the spread of lies and misinformation for the sole purpose of spreading paranoia and fear. Anonymous has always been primarily known for hacking

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websites and databases with the single intent of spreading mischief and mayhem, never justifying their breaches as anything beyond petty revenge or “for the lulz.” But in a day and age where commercial websites track and store unknowing users’ information and credit card security breaks are just a few clicks away, groups outside the law we need are those like Wikileaks, who are computer literate enough to serve and inform the people. It was unfortunate but

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unsurprising last week that Anonymous was outright lying about having the best interests of the public in mind and that they would pretend to have such is nothing short of sickening and backwards. The last thing our world needs is yet another party spreading misinformation across the internet with the illusion of facts backing them. This is how fear and conspiracies begin and when people could easily have tracked and monitored those using the

numbers Anonymous released, their lie could have just as soon have been a reality. However, even if their information was legitimate, Anonymous could never be the group needed purely by their own definition. Anonymous is literally anyone on the Internet claiming to be one of them. It is impossible for Anonymous to ever hold a single agenda, political or otherwise, because of their leaderless, anarchistic structure. They can never be trusted

because for every single member of Anonymous with genuine intentions, there are half a dozen other members who would seek to undo it. As a group, they are not to be trusted, graduating from occasional nuisance to online terrorist with no doctrine, beliefs and worst of all, no one with any interest in bringing them to justice. Patrick Larose is a creative writing sophomore and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.

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SEPT. 1

L, 30-13 Texas State

SEPT. 8

L, 56-49 Lousiana Tech

SEPT. 15 L, 37-6 @ UCLA

SEPT. 29 @ Rice

OCT. 6 vs. North Texas

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OCT. 18

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@ SMU

OCT. 27 vs. UTEP

NOV. 3

@ East Carolina

NOV. 10 vs. Tulsa

NOV. 17

@ Marshall

NOV. 24 vs. Tulane

GAMEDAY SIDELINE REPORT

REPORT CARD

This week in college football by Christopher Shelton

Offense:

STAND OUTS

The Cougars regressed on Saturday. UH’s offense looked much more like their week one performance than last week’s recordbreaking output. Piland never found rhythm and the Cougars never attained balance with Charles Sims out.. | Grade: F

Dewayne Peace eclipsed 100 yards receiving for the second time in as many games, with 103 yards. Peace was David Piland’s top target all night, compiling 10 receptions.

Defense: UH’s defense did not play well against the Bruins’ balanced attack. Heisman candidate, Johnathan Franklin ran for 117 yards on 25 rushes and redshirt freshman Brett Hundley passed for 320 yards. UCLA scored 37 points. The defense did make stops in the first half, theoretically giving the Cougars a chance to get back into the game | Grade: D

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Richie Leone shifted field position for the Cougars all game. Leone booted nine punts for 487 yards. The junior punter averaged 48.6 yards per punt.

Coaching: For the third consecutive game the Cougars lost the turnover battle and the team has amassed 25 penalties in three games. UH looks sluggish after half time when adjustments should be made. | Grade: D

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UH mistakes spell doom Baylor College of Turnovers, penalties hurt offense, defense Christopher Shelton Assistant sports editor

UH head coach Tony Levine found a silver lining in the Cougars’ 37-6 loss to UCLA on Saturday. “I thought we had good effort tonight. I thought there were some things that we did poorly last week that we improved on, specifically tackling defensively against a great UCLA offense,” Levine said at the post-game press conference. The defense was active and attacking, forcing five turnovers. However, the offense turned the ball over six times. Redshirt sophomore David Piland threw five interceptions Saturday, which comes one week after setting an NCAA record for most pass attempts without an interception against Louisiana

Tech. “When you create that many turnovers defensively, it gives you a chance to win the football game. Unfortunately we turned it over more offensively,” Levine said. Turnovers, dropped passes and penalties have been a problem for the Cougars all season. The team has continuously committed unforced errors. UH is averaging more than eight penalties and 72 penalty yards per game. Some have come at critical points that extended an opponent’s drive or derailed an offensive possession. The mental mistakes have been a problem in all three games. Against LA Tech, the Cougars’ receivers dropped two touchdowns MISTAKES continues on page 6

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SPORTS

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that took points off the board, and there were key drops on third downs. Levine said the dropped passes and penalties were not mental errors after last week’s loss. “Penalties and dropped passes aren’t mental mistakes. When a ball is coming to a receiver, he knows in his mind to catch it. It’s a number of things. Some of those guys are inexperienced. We need to work more specific catches in practice,” Levine said. “I’m not making excuses; we’ve

Going into the bye week now, it really becomes a ninegame season for us and we’ve got to get some guys off the injury report and back healthy as soon as we can.” Tony Levine, UH head coach following the 37-6 loss to UCLA got to make plays.” The Cougars have started games poorly, and second-half adjustments have not been effective. UH has been outscored 42-16 in the first quarters of games and 34-10 in the third quarter. UH was down 21-20 coming out of the break against LA Tech. The Bulldogs then scored 14 unanswered points before eventually outpacing UH 21-7 in the third quarter. Halftime is an opportunity to regroup and improve strategy. The Cougars have not taken advantage. UH has also had problems scoring touchdowns in the red zone. UH is 6-9 (67 percent) in red zone scoring, conversely, their opponents are 17-18 (94 percent). Despite the issues, Levine said the team has to move forward with the last nine games of the season. “Going into the bye week now, it really becomes a nine game season for us and we’ve got to get some guys off the injury report and back healthy as soon as we can.” UH alumni and ESPN 97.5 radio host Fred Faour was not as optimistic. “This is the worst UH team since the Dana Dimel era,” Faour said. The good thing for the Cougars is that the team has a chance to prove doubters wrong and salvage a Conference USA title if they start winning. The first step is to stop beating themselves up. sports@thedailycougar.com

After falling 34-31 to the Rice Owls in 2010, the Cougars took back the Bayou Bucket by way of a 73-34 throttling last season. | File photo/The Daily Cougar

RIVALRY

UH, Rice student tickets on sale Andrew Pate Sports editor

Student tickets go on sale this morning at the Athletics Ticket Office beginning at 8 a.m. for the UH/Rice game which will be played at Reliant Stadium. A limited amount of tickets

will be available for students at $10 while guest tickets will be available for $20 while supplies last. Students will also be limited to one ticket per person and those wanting to sit together must purchase tickets at the same time.

The cross-town rivalry between the Cougars and Rice Owls will renew the 39th edition of the Bayou Bucket on Sept. 29 at Reliant Stadium. UH currently holds the series advantage with a 27-11 record including a 73-34 victory last season at Robertson Stadium.

The last time the two played at Reliant Stadium was during 2004 when the Cougars edged out the Owls 10-7 on Sept. 5, 2004. For more information, contact the ticket office at (713) GO-COOGS. sports@thedailycougar.com

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Defensively, UH forced three turnovers and held Heisman hopeful Johnathan Franklin to just 110 yards rushing but the Bruins still managed 567 total yards, 320 of which came through the air. “When you create that many turnovers defensively, it gives you a chance to win the football game,” Levine said. “Unfortunately, we turned it over more offensively. Going into the bye week now, it really becomes a nine-game season for us, and we’ve got to get some guys off the injury report and back healthy as soon as we can.” The Cougars head into their bye week 0-3 for the first time since 2004 before facing Rice at Reliant Stadium on Sept. 29. “I thought they played very

Offensive line coach Lee Hayes talks with the line during the game. Despite six offensive turnovers, quarterback David Piland was sacked just once behind the self-proclaimed “Brick Squad” unit. | Courtesy of Tim Bradbury/The Daily Bruin

well compared to the first two games,” Levine said. “We weren’t perfect, but I thought the tackling improved tremendously, and we

created turnovers. “We have to play well offensively, defensively and in the kicking game. All three in the same

night and then we’ll have a good football team.” sports@thedailycougar.com

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EDITOR Allen Le EMAIL arts@thedailycougar.com ONLINE thedailycougar.com/arts

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Students roll into sushi event Jessica Portillo Staff writer

“Collage” blended different mediums together to bring a whole new type of musical show, which further distanced itself from the traditional. A short, silent film of a mosquito trying to get a meal was shown as a pianist sat underneath, playing the film’s frantic soundtrack. The concert chorale took of their formal attire, unfazed, to reveal T-shirts, jeans and sandals underneath as they sang an a cappella rendition of the Beatles’ “Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da”, and the AURA boom-box group created a song by filing down the aisles to the stage, each holding boom-boxes that played a different radio station. “It was [creator John Cage] finding music everywhere,” said AURA member and Doctor of

The Council of Ethnic Organizations hosted a “Food from Japan Lesson” on Thursday afternoon at the Bluebonnet room in the University Center that attracted over 100 students who learned how to make sushi rolls and enjoy them for free. Jimmy Mai, a member of CEO, demonstrated the correct way to prepare a sushi roll. He started out with a plate of sticky, white rice and then chose his protein, which was either crab or shrimp. Mai picked the ingredients that he wanted in his sushi afterwards: avocado, cream cheese and cucumber sticks. He spread the rice as evenly as possible over the seaweed paper and lined up his fillings on the edge closest to his body. Then he tightly rolled his sushi using bamboo sticks. He sliced it up, dribbled some soy sauce on it and was ready to let everyone else give it a shot. This event was different from others — there are usually tables where people would sit at to begin their culinary adventure, but this time it was more of an assembly line, with one long table and all the ingredients lined up. The CEO members were very helpful and engaged in the entire event. Each of them helped to

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The Moores School of Music was occupied by faculty, students, and senior citizens who came to enjoy “Collage 2012” Thursday night. The annual fall concert exposed the University and the surrounding community to what the college has to offer for the upcoming season. | Joshua Mann/The Daily Cougar

Moores showcases season’s ensembles Laura Gillepsie Staff writer

The opera house inside the Moores School of Music was alive with the sound of music Thursday evening as the college hosted “Collage 2012,” its annual season opening concert. “Collage” is held at the beginning of each year as an effective sushi sampler, previewing shows that will be held throughout the season. The show demonstrates the sheer range of the programs at the Moores School of Music, as well as the range of its patrons. Elderly music veterans sat beside high school students and freshmen, and all were abuzz with excitement as they spilled from the doors at the end of the show. “I thought it was phenomenal, I can’t stop

smiling,” Anna Montgomery, a vocal performance freshman, said about the show. “I just had so much fun watching, and the way it made me want to be on stage, but at the same time I was happy to not be on stage so that I could enjoy it.” The show was a mixture of both classical and contemporary, as symphony renditions of the works of Michael Jackson were sandwiched between classical piano and a full steel drum band, its members bouncing and dancing along to a Caribbean-esque beat. “The steel drums (were my favorite part),” said Victoria Flores, a music and vocal performance freshman. “I love steel drums, they’re so much fun. (The performers were) all dressed up, and they were dancing and were really, really into it. It made the audience get more into it.”

MUSEUM DISTRICT

Families explore exhibits, galleries on festive day Maria Romero Staff writer

The 16th annual Museum District Day was a fun-filled event in which 18 museums waived their general admission fee and offered Houstonians a variety of exhibits, festivities and presentations on Saturday. The Museum District opened its doors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to the public and encouraged

Houstonians to explore the fourth largest museum district in the nation. “The most exciting is the diversity of visitors that we have,” said Curator of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Dean Daderko. “There’s certainly all ages and types of people coming through so it’s really exciting to have people through the door who might not have come otherwise.” Despite of the brief period of

rain on Saturday, hundreds of children, parents and regulars filled the streets walking in and out of the museums as museum curators and volunteers welcomed them. The streets were also packed with museum employees passing out maps of the area and informing people of the exciting activities that were taking place. Assistance was easily found almost anywhere participants turned and cops guided

pedestrians safely through the busy and crowded streets. “I feel it’s important for Houstonians and myself to be aware of the diverse museums we have here,” said Dmitry Galushko, a UH student studying chemical engineering. “We have such a beautiful museum district and such interesting exhibits from all over the world that it would be a shame to miss them when they travel here.”

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston proudly promoted a major exhibition of works by South African artist Jane Alexander. Alexander’s sculptures of hybrid mutants, installations and photomontages offered participants a glimpse into her South African experiences. In addition to the multiple exhibitions, the museums also had MUSEUM continues on page 9

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Only one of the people who work in the lab is a vetinarian.

He claimed he knows a star athalete who will sign with the school.

He felt bad due to the unhygenic accomodations.

He looks like he can pitch real good.

Travelling acrost the U.S., it’s vastness effected her.

Like I said, he should be like I and do like I do.

He wanted to know if the criteria is valid

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Joe told his wife Alice he likes his mistress better than her.

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The hero was presented with an historic award by the Congressman.

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This is different than and hopefully more preferrable over that.

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Its easy to see the difference between she and I.

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We must try and keep up with the Jones.

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What kind of a woman could like those kind of men.

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The principle reason for Lopez’ dismissal was because he

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Neither her or him know how to play the ukalele.

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events have grown, but they just did not know how popular this particular one was going to be. Still optimistic, they continued to allow students to make sushi without rice, which many of them did. CEO stayed as long as people wanted to make sushi or until they ran out of more food. With the popularity of this event, CEO will probably need a bigger room next year, as the universal allure of sushi was evident.

Musical Arts student Mark Buller about the radio performance. “The cool thing about this is that he was sort of rebelling against the idea of performance sounding the same. If you take a Brum’s sonata, it’s always going to have the same notes, but with “Radio Music,” no two performances will ever be alike at all.” The evening was rounded off with a wind ensemble, which was soon joined by the Spirit of Houston marching band. The two groups came together to produce a tremendous sound that threatened to shake the room, which was joined by the audience, who stood and clapped along. “We have an amazing music program here, we’re just so lucky,” said Ashly Neumann, a vocal performance masters student, who sang in the show. “We get to do four fully staged shows with orchestra, which is just almost unheard of these days. To be able to get major roles and major stage time, you just grow so much when you’re on stage. We have amazing teachers here, amazing coaches. We’re just really fortunate to do what we do on a daily basis, and to have the kind of support from the community that we get here, too.”

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The Council of Ethnic Organizations, which sponsors various culture-awareness events throughout the school year, hosted an event that taught students how to decorate and roll sushi Thursday afternoon. | Alejandro Olivares/The Daily Cougar

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make sure there was no line cutting and that the line kept moving smoothly. Rows of people were called to control the room’s occupancy. There were still a lot of people to manage, and even with all of their efforts, a few people did cut in front of others and there were a couple of hiccups in the line. Despite the wait, students stood around anxiously waiting for their

turn to make their personal sushi roll. Each participant was given a free pair of nice chopsticks after they were done so they could enjoy their creation with style. Even as students left the room, there were still others coming in and the room was constantly full. After an hour, even after many students had a chance to participate, there was still many more waiting to make their rolls. Sadly though, the rice ran out. CEO had planned for a lot of students since every year their

The 16th annual Museum District Day attracted a plethora of families who enjoyed the day’s free admissions on Saturday. | Gihae Kang/The Daily Cougar

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fun activities for all ages. The Houston Museum of Natural Science offered participants a chance to meet KHOU-TV channel 11 news anchors and reporters. The Jung Center and the Health Museum offered a variety of arts and crafts activities for children and adults. The organizers of Museum District Day also announced that they have decided to change up next year’s festivities.

Instead of an annual day celebrating all of the museums, the day will be split up into four museum district days, one for each zone of the district. Starting January 26, 2013, Houstonians will be able to focus on one area and group of museums rather than spending an entire day exploring all 18 museums. Whether it is one day or four, Museum District Day is always a great opportunity for Houstonians to become more aware of what their city has to offer. arts@thedailycougar.com

“Collage 2012,” which was a free event, featured more than 350 performers in solo and ensemble sets. | Joshua Mann/The Daily Cougar

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