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Beginning this fall, the Honors College will offer a new minor that will focus on the historical, cultural and philosophical factors of art.
The program, Creative Work, will be opened to students of all majors.
“The Creative Work minor combines fine arts interests with cultural studies such as history or philosophy,” said John Harvey, the Director of UH’s Center for Creative
Work, in a press release. “It’s a minor that’s interested in the study of how art is made.”
Harvey will teach Poetics and Performance, which will serve as the foundation course for the program.
According to the same press release, other courses include Artists & Their Regions, which explores art and literature within Texas and surrounding areas and, starting Spring 2011, a course titled The City Dionysia, a Greek theater and
philosophy class will be offered.“This minor will provide students
with a coherent f r a m e w o r k that connects art forms to other studies,” Harvey said in a press release. “It’s completely interdisciplinary. Students can apply courses to this minor from a range of subjects including women’s
studies, business, music, English, the sciences and more. At the end of four years, students will have an understanding of how all of these topics are integrated with regard to creative works.”
Approved courses for the minor include those from the Interdisciplinary Art curriculum, such as Selected Topics in Interdisciplinary Arts and Collaboration Among the Arts.
For a complete list of courses visit http://tinyurl.com/2f498nr
Board elects all-female officers
By Ashley EvansThe Daily Cougar
For the first time in the University System’s history the Board of Regents has elected all female regents to fill the positions of chair, vice chair, and secretary of the board.
UH Law Center alumna Carroll Robertson Ray will serve as the board’s chair. Fellow Law Center
alumna Nelda Luce Blair will serve as vice chair. Journalist and philanthropist Michele (Mica) McCutchen Mosbacher will serve as secretary.
Ray, a board member since 2008, will be one of only four women elected to the position.
She will be taking over for three-term chair Welcome W. Wilson, Sr., for whom Ray holds an enormous amount of respect.
“He was a great leader and we are very appreciative for all he has done,” Ray said.
Ray currently chairs the board’s
academic and student success committee and says her main goal as chair will be to assist Provost John Antel and his staff in continuing to implement programs which help students reach their
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By John BrannenThe Daily Cougar
The dawn of a new era is underway for UH sports after the Athletic Department announced last week plans to build a new football stadium and to renovate Hofheinz Pavilion.
“People are excited about it, we’re excited about it. It’s a vision for our department,” Athletic Director Mack Rhoades said.
In February, Rhoades called upon international architecture firm AECOM to conduct a $250,000 feasibility study for the University. The department presented the results to the UH System Board of Regents and UH President Renu Khator last week and received the green light to pursue the project.
Rhoades said the announcement is greeted with jubilation but there is much to be done. It is estimated the plans will cost anywhere from $120 to $160 million.
“We’re going to have to raise quite a bit of money. We’re going to work hard over the next 12 months to do that and hopefully make this vision a reality,” Rhoades said.
The move sends a statement to the UH community that the Athletic Department seeks to restore the University’s athletic prestige.
“We want to be competitive
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Metro’s Southeast Corridor extension entered its first phase as crews began digging up utility lines along Wheeler this week. The lines will be moved in preparation for actual construction. Almost 200 faculty, staff, students, and community members packed a conference in May in an effort to voice last-minute
concerns with both Metro and City of Houston officials over Metro’s light rail expansion.
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SPORTS COMING NEXT WEEK: Get a glimpse into how the Athletic Department plans on filling Robertson Stadium this upcoming football season.
EdItorS John Brannen, Christopher Losee E-MAIL [email protected] oNLINE www.thedailycougar.com/sports
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UH mulls Big 12 options
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Although the Cougars fell short of their goal at the NCAA championship they still had a productive season, including the men’s team claiming their second consecutive Conference-USA championship
Cougars finish season in stride
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Female fans attending Thursday’s third annual Cougar Football for Women experienced game-day preparations that included lessons from the athletics trainer.
Coach Sumlin teaches football 101
By Christopher LoseeThe Daily Cougar
Conference landscapes have altered, but UH is not headed anywhere just yet.
Realignment has been the topic of discussion for Cougar fans since Big 12 schools University of Nebraska and University of Colorado made plans to migrate to other conferences.
Athletic Director Mack Rhoades said on Friday that he was comfortable staying in Conference USA, but that he would actively pursue opportunities to upgrade.
“We are in a conference right now and we certainly have great loyalty to that conference and the other 11 institutions,” Rhoades said.
“But we are also going to look in our best interest, and if there is an opportunity out there, we are going to be aggressive with it.”
Other schools have decided to pull the cord with existing
partnerships to enter into better conferences, including Boise State, who is leaving the Western Athletic Conference for the Mountain West Conference.
When Colorado and Nebraska jumped ship from the Big 12 it was expected to create a ripple effect, but the chaos appears to be over. After speculation, University of Texas declined the Pac-10’s offer.
Big 12 officials announced yesterday they will stand pat with their current number of teams. For those who are counting, that is 10 teams in the Big 12, 11 teams in the Pac-10 with Colorado, and now, including Nebraska, 12 teams in the Big Ten, which has had 11 teams since 1990.
The new deal grants Texas, Texas A&M, and University of Oklahoma at least $20 million yearly. This leaves the other seven members with an arrangement that guarantees them $14 to $17 million each, nearly doubling their existing contracts.
With plans revealed last week
that UH will build a new football stadium and renovate Hofheinz Pavilion, Rhoades said that it puts UH athletics in the right direction.
“I do not think you box yourself into a corner,” Rhoades said. “I think that all of those opportunities – Pac-10, Big Ten and SEC are all great. But that includes Conference-USA doing something and proving its stance just like every other conference is trying to do. We are again focused on what we can control and it’s making us better.”
UH head football coach Kevin Sumlin believes that the new stadium will put UH in a position that could have an impact on conference selection if the opportunity arises.
“In the next month who knows what will happen,” Sumlin said.
“Two weeks ago if somebody said that Colorado was going to the Pac-10 they would have called you crazy. That is the way it is and anything can happen.”
By Christopher LoseeThe Daily Cougar
Over 100 female participants eager to grasp knowledge from the coaching staff and players attended the third annual Cougar Football for Women last Thursday at the UH Alumni Center.
Geared towards a female audience, Cougar Football 101 covered all aspects of the sport from hash marks to sports medicine. Attendants participated in interactive drills including tours of the locker room, weight room etiquette, offensive and defensive sets and had the opportunity to win prizes. Head coach Kevin Sumlin was pleased to see the turnout.
“It can only help you,” Sumlin said. “We are here to include all fans. Our target market cuts across all lines and we want to include anybody who wants to be a fan.”
Growing fan support and an anticipated upcoming season corralled female Cougar football fans to double last years’ attendance at the clinic presented by State Farm. With an exclusive tour of the locker room, participants were lucky to catch some of the players as they geared up for the on-field demonstrations.
“It shows that people care and that they want to come out and have a good time,” Sumlin said. “It’s an interactive situation in the classroom. We do tours and we
actually run around and practice a little bit. It’s good to know that there are people that want to take part in Cougar football and get out there and have some fun.”
Included in the $45 registration fee was a ticket to see Sumlin and the Cougars face off Sept. 25 in the homecoming showdown against C-USA rival Tulane. Sumlin said the event was supposed to be held every other year, but with the turnout from years’ past, it now has an important purpose.
“It’s about building fans and creating more fan support,” he said, “ which would hopefully transfer to the stands.”
By John BrannenThe Daily Cougar
After sending 10 athletes to the national championship, the Cougars track and field season has come to a close. Although some athletes fell short of their goals the Cougars did not come away empty-handed.
The women’s 4x100-meter relay team fulfilled head coach Leroy Burrell’s prediction that they could be competitive at the NCAA meet. In the preliminaries the team broke the school record with a 43.68 second split. In the finals they finished in 44.24, good for fifth place.
Burrell said he was satisfied with the result but will look for an improved performance next season.
“Had we run our best we probably would have placed second. We feel like we have a unit that can compete with anybody and the results have proven that,” Burrell said.
“If you look at it the athletes are probably top 20 in their individual events but when they perform together they’re a top five squad. That says a lot about the team
aspect.”In the women’s 200-meter dash
Christie Jones ran a time of 23.8, Kalyn Floyd followed behind in 23.96 seconds, good for 15th and 18th place respectively.
The men’s 4x100-meter relay team posted a 40.67 second time putting them in 18th overall. The relay consisted of Isaiah Sweeney, Tyron Carrier, Joseph Irabor and Errol Nolan.
Errol Nolan ran a 47.48 in the 400-meter and did not get past the preliminary stage. Although Nolan fell short of his goal of reaching the finals he is one of two Cougars whose season will continue.
“I think Errol had a great year. All in all it’s been a really successful campaign for him. He’s not done yet,” Burrell said.
Nolan is ranked second in the world in the 400 for runners under 19, and has a chance to qualify for the U.S. team for the World Junior Championships. Christie Jones will join him next week at the World Junior Trials.
Chris Carter was dealing with a nagging heel injury but was inches away from scoring points. He finished 19th with a jump of 49 feet, 5 inches.
Wesley Bray earned 12th in the decathlon compiling 7285 points. Burrell said Bray could do better
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On June 8, 2010, during an interview with Matt Lauer on Today, President Obama very sternly stated that he had the right mind to kick ass in regards to the
culprits of the oil leak. Through words
and facial expressions, Barack Obama can be clearly observed as a very furious, disappointed and disturbed president.
This situation has spiraled out of control and has turned into something that neither the president nor BP has a solution for.
It would be immensely satisfying to see the president issue an ass-kicking to the culprits and contributors of this natural disaster, and judging by his actions so far painful consequences look imminent in their future.
One thing that was soon talked about right after Obama cursed on national television was whether he was acting mad enough. This idea is as ludicrous as ever; Obama is not in the White House to act, he is there to lead our country.
There are many politicians who act as good people, furthering an act of someone who’s trying to be a difference-maker — but not this president. This president is a good person more than he is a difference maker.
Barack Obama differs from many other politicians because he prepares before he speaks and he does his homework. Obama has yet to meet with Tony Hayward, the CEO of BP, because he’s focused on finding solutions to the problem, something BP clearly doesn’t have yet.
Obama displays his difference-making qualities through his tenacity in seeking a solution. President Obama has yet to let up or go easy on BP. The president sent Eric Holder, the Attorney General, former Florida senator Bob Graham and former EPA administrator William Reilly to head the federal investigation of the oil leak.
Thomas Sowell criticizes the Obama administration’s move to send federal investigators to the Gulf of Mexico to investigate and possibly bring charges.
“A lawsuit is not going to stop the oil, and creating a distraction can only make people at BP start directing their
attention toward covering themselves, instead of covering the oil well,” Sowell said in an article published on realclearpolitics.com.
What a lawsuit actually does is it first off finds out the complete story through investigations, then proceeds to bring justice. The leak has to be fixed before the lawsuit ends; in the meantime the lawsuit will incentivize BP to find solutions as prudently as possible.
The longer the spill continues, the more damaging the fines for BP. Furthermore, the idea that not investigating illegal activity and wrongdoing would allow BP to completely focus on solutions to the leak is ridiculous.
Any company guilty of wrongdoing is going to primarily cover their tracks despite anything else.
The president’s profanity is a product of his frustration, and justice will hopefully become a product of his frustration and hard work.
Andrew Taylor is an economics senior and may be reached at [email protected]
Summers at UH have many certainties; among them are random rain showers, preparing for hurricanes, and ongoing problems with parking. Benjamin
Franklin once famously said, “In this world nothing is certain but death and
taxes.” With respect to Mr. Franklin, I would
love to add a few certainties we face as Coogs, namely the relentless summer heat, endless construction, and the rising cost of getting a degree from the University.
These, my friends, are all certain. We constantly hear about the struggle to obtain Tier One status, but forget about the certainty that will come with being Tier One: the further rising cost of tuition.
I am all for the University becoming Tier One and gaining the respect that
comes along with being a Tier One school; however, we have to stop complaining about the rising costs of tuition in one sentence when we follow it with a desire to become Tier One in a following sentence.
I agree that tuition is expensive here, but we are getting a deal when it comes to the value of our education.
I cannot speak for the other colleges, but I know that I have had the same opportunities as students in a respective degree plan at the University of Texas or Texas A&M. There is no way around the reality that tuition will increase, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Students, go out and get what you pay for. All the extra fees added onto tuition are a nuisance, but it is time to head to our amazing gym and rent out the racket ball court or lounge at the amazing pool in the back and get your summer tan on.
I encourage every student to pull up a detailed copy of your tuition bill every semester to take advantage of the many prepaid items included in your bill, such as printing at the library or in your respective college technology center with your Cougar Card.
I am amazed at the amount of students who are unaware of all the resources that are automatically charged to their tuition bill. Complaining isn’t going to solve anything.
The value of education is much greater than the monetary cost associated with obtaining a degree. So to any UH students still out there grumbling, get on the campus loop and just ride. That’ll show them you aren’t going to take this fee situation lying down.
Kristen Martinez is an accounting junior and may be reached at [email protected]
Kristin Martinez
There’s plenty of swearing to do
Summer means heat and fees
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On April 29, The Daily Cougar reported that the Princeton Review named UH in the “Guide to 286 Green Colleges.” In the guide, UH was also recognized as one of the three most environmentally sound universities in Texas, along with Texas Christian University and Texas A&M.
So we can all collectively pat ourselves on the back; the recycling cans spread across the University are being used for their correct purpose. In today’s society, in which people are encouraged to go green, UH appears to be on the right path.
But those who spend hours walking the campus have likely encountered a smaller inconvenient problem when it comes to throwing away junk. One cannot help but notice cigarette butts and chewing gum scattered on the ground throughout the campus, sometimes just a few inches away from a trash can. In every classroom there is likely to be at least one desk with chewed gum under it, or perhaps you have experienced the unmistakable feeling of stepping on someone’s chewed gum.
The recycling bins are a good look for the university, but cigarette butts and gum a few steps away from the trash can is not. Is the walk to a trash can unfathomable? The UH community has made a conscious effort to recycle plastic bottles, yet we cannot muster the effort to throw away a cigarette or chewed gum? Granted, a stray bottle or Wendy’s bag can be found floating around campus, but UH does not have a glaring littering problem; maybe it is just a laziness problem.
Throwing butts on the ground shows apathy toward the upkeep of our campus, and the saying “like gum on a shoe” never has positive connotations. In the busy life of a student, scraping gum from a shoe is not a desirable activity. Sometimes gum on a shoe drags onto a carpet, or in a car’s interior, which never makes for an easy cleanup. All of this happens because another individual did not care enough to spit his or her gum where it belongs.
We at the Daily Cougar hope that the recycling bins on campus continue to be properly utilized. We also wish that the small things like butts and gum could be taken care of as well.
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Campus not quite green,but getting there
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OPINION COMING NEXT WEEK: Will Texans remember Bloody Sunday?
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By Jack WehmanThe Daily Cougar
After seemingly conquering the sandbox action genre with 2008’s stellar Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar Games is back in style with Red Dead Redemption. It’s, well, another open-world game (it is what Rockstar does best, after all) but this one is set in 1911 during the last days of the Old West.
you play Clint Eastwood- er, John Marston, a former outlaw who is forced to hunt down his former outlaw posse and bring them to justice. Along the way you make new friends and re-encounter old enemies, save the occasional whore, rescue horses from and thwart cattle rustlers.
The story is nothing short of great, with plenty of interesting characters and depth — but what else can be expected from a Rockstar game? There are plenty of times when characters start waxing poetic about how the Old West is changing and how much they all hate the government — and then you start blasting away outlaws together, all the while continuing to rant and
rave. The voice acting is excellent, aside from a few southern accents that are straight out of the cliché handbook. John Marston’s voice is particularly good, whether it’s his dry wit or his angry yells — he’s always believable, and in the end it’s John who keeps your attention through this long and bloody western.
Unfortunately, Marston doesn’t control as well as he speaks. I almost gave up on the game numerous times because of shoddy controls and glitches. Multiple times after killing a bounty the body would slide off of a cliff or into a lake, failing the mission when it was perfectly completed. What little platforming the game makes you perform is even more difficult; getting Marston on top of a building is like trying to make a drunken hobo perform acrobatics. It’s not pretty and there’s a lot of falling and cursing. It’s hard to forgive a game that has control issues, because it’s the direct link between the player and their character, but every other aspect of Red Dead Redemption is nearly perfect everywhere else so I can let it slide. However, if Rockstar recycles this control scheme yet again (there
is very little difference between how GTA IV controls and Redemption) it will be unforgivable.
Oh, but how Redemption redeems itself. The graphics, and the art of the Old West itself, are very nearly picture-perfect. The cutscenes aren’t really where the game shines — in fact, they’re the weakest part of the visuals overall — but the world itself looks epic. Every time the sun rises and sets it actually looks almost as beautiful as it does in real life, and the trails
are complete with wild animals and blowing tumbleweeds. Heat shimmers over towns and valleys as you pass by, and every animation, whether it’s mounting a horse or sliding into cover, is completely fluid and lifelike. There is really no other sandbox game that comes close to Redemption’s level of graphical expertise.
Overall, Red Dead Redemption is definitely worth the purchase. I didn’t even go into the multiplayer, but it’s a blast as well, complete
with a leveling system á la Modern Warfare. Pick up your boots and grab your gun, because this Old West is brutal.
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LIFE+ARTS COMING NEXT WEEK: Jonah Hex; the next Dark Knight or another Spiderman?
rockstar kicks it western-style with new action game
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Players control James Marston an antihero who is forced to hunt down his former gang so that he can save his family.
rockstar gamesred Dead redemptionRated M for MatureVerdict: A– because of shoddy controls. Otherwise excellent.
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How not to get sucked into others’ relationship dramaBy travis HensleyThe Daily Cougar
There is a lot of advice for people in relationships. However, if you’re not in one and not looking to be involved with the messy human drama that is dating, sadly there is none. To remedy this, I decided to add some information that will end the pestering nonsense that is other peoples’ relationships.
The first scenario is the one where you’re trapped in the room with two monsters. Now, these monsters will present themselves as either overly affectionate or angrily screaming towards one another.
The first thing you need to do is check for an exit. The question that you need to be asking is: how far away is it, and how can I make it not look like they’re the reason I’m leaving?
Next, you need to develop an exit strategy. Pull out your phone and pretend that you’re sending a text message, but really set an alarm on your phone. Make sure that you use the same ring tone as your normal ringer, and then you need to turn the alarm off as soon as you open the phone. The last thing that you want is “Bulletproof” by La Roux to be playing in the background as you try to flee the scene.
Once you have the phone pressed against your face, you
need to answer the phone like you’re talking to your boss and not your friend. Don’t give any information in your imaginary conversation, just walk out. Once you’ve made it outside, run (don’t walk) to your car.
If you happen to be at home, just sit outside with the phone pressed against your face, thinking about all of the different ways you could find people that have no hope of dating, and how you could make them your friend.
The next scenario is when you’re left alone with the boyfriend/girlfriend who was not your friend before the relationship started. There is no escaping this; you’re just going to have to dig your trench and sit in it.
The goal here is to get him/her talking about himself/herself as soon as possible…without using stupid questions that start with, “What’s your favorite...?”
The quickest way is to pay him or her a compliment that has nothing to do with his/her physical appearance (because that’s just creepy). And then ask a question from the information that they supply.
If this doesn’t work don’t pay them another compliment. Say your friend’s name and then, “told
me,” then “you were really into [insert into blank].” Now, if your friend has told you nothing about him/her, take something that your friend is really into and say that.
If none of this works and you find yourself in the sinking pit that awkward silence always produces, embrace it; construct
a story in your mind that involves that person. I like to place that person into murder mysteries. This style of story works great. If
you go with comedy, you might laugh, and this is a bad way to end the silence.
In the end, there is no hope of avoiding being pulled into other people’s relationships. your friends will ask you advice and want to include their significant other into other things.
But the best advice is to remember that this is not your relationship. The highs and lows of the relationship should have nothing to do with you being there. And try to remember that you are there to support your friend and to make the other person feel that they are welcomed in the life of their significant other.
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but competing at the meet should be a positive experience.
“Wes didn’t have a very good day. I feel like he should have finished in the top 10 and made All-American.”
As the Cougars offseason begins Burrell said the priority is to take some time off to rejuvenate the athletes and then bulk up.
“First things first, we need to give them a little rest and time to heal and recover from the year. Then we’ll work on strength, try to put on a little weight in the weight room before fall training,” Burrell said.
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Two Louisiana Board of Regents / Southern Regional Education Board Minority Doctoral Fellowships will be awarded fall 2010 to outstanding doctoral applicants to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Fellows are selected in a competitive process from the eligible doctoral disciplines of Applied Language and Speech Sciences, Cognitive Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, and Mathematics. Fellows receive an annual $25,000 stipend and waiver of tuition and most fees, plus registration and travel for three years to the Compact for Faculty Diversity/SREB Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, plus $750 per year for travel to disciplinary conferences. A successful applicant is expected (1) to have a bachelor’s GPA of 3.0 or a graduate GPA of 3.7, (2) to have GRE scores of 500 (verbal) and 600 (quantitative) or greater, and (3) to come from the race/ethic categories of Hispanic, Black, or Native American. Eligible students are encouraged to apply. Application review will begin June 30, 2010 and will continue until the fellowships are filled. Please visit us at http://gradschool.louisiana.edu to apply and to learn more about the graduate programs, assistantships, and fellowships offered at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Current Fellows weigh in on their experiences as Doctoral Fellows.
Minority Doctoral FellowshipsAvailable at UL Lafayette
Tyler Olivier Field of Study: Biological Science
Undergraduate University: Louisiana State University “The Minority Fellows Program is focused on your success. Everyone involved is working to help you complete your degree program and provide the support every graduate student needs. The Institute is inspirational and allows you to meet people who are working toward similar goals.”
Warnesha Calais Field of Study: Cellular & Developmental Biology
Undergraduate University: Louisiana State University “The [Institute] not only allows students to network but also allows us to learn more about different aspects of graduate life, from having confidence in yourself and your work to writing proposals and applying for jobs. . . . I like the diversity of UL Lafayette’s graduate school.”
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“I’ve learned that the only person who can convince you that you can’t do something is yourself. If you believe in yourself, then others will also.”
Suraida Nanez-James Field of Study: Estuarine Ecology
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nationally,” Rhoades said. “Football going into the season is ranked in the top 25 but we need all of our programs to be there. That’s our goal and this commitment to facilities is going to help that.”
“We’re committed to making ourselves better. For us, it’s not about waiting for opportunity, it’s about making opportunity,” he added.
The plans for the stadiums could attract more athletes, students and fans.
“It helps in terms of recruiting,” Rhoades said, “showing (prospective student-athletes) the first-class quality facilities they’ll be able to compete in.”
New facilities could also serve to bring in more fans to athletic events.
“A new football stadium and a renovated Hofheinz will be state of the art so I think it helps in terms of fans getting involved.”
Rhoades said that students would play a significant role in the latest chapter of UH athletics.
“I think the student body is such a huge part of any type of college environment, particularly football and basketball. For them to be there, I think they set the tone. I want our
students to know they are critical to our success as an athletics program,” Rhoades said.
Head men’s basketball coach James Dickey said he was glad the tradition of Hofheinz Pavilion would be maintained.
“I think Hofheinz is a great venue. It has a lot of tradition and history,” Dickey said. “I think that’s one of the things that’s great about the thought process of this project is that you preserve the history.”
Head football coach Kevin Sumlin said he was excited that his team would have a new home and that this is an important step for the University’s progress.
“It’s really exciting. It says a lot about our administration. It puts us in the best position to be successful,” Sumlin said.
“Where we are right now is certainly not where we’re going. Kind of like our team, we’ve accomplished a few things but we haven’t accomplished what we want to accomplish.”
Rhoades said it is possible that neither the basketball teams nor the football team will miss a season at home during construction but the logistics of the project may require options to be explored.
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graduation goals.Making sure admissions and
financial aid are as customer-friendly and efficient as possible is another top priority.
“It was not long ago that I was a law student, and there were some less than efficient offices,” Ray said. “I think as a university we can do better and the students deserve better.”
Blair has been a board member since 2008 and currently chairs the board’s facilities, construction and
master planning committee.She hopes the University will
receive the required funding needed to proceed with some of the new residence and construction plans.
As the board’s future vice chair and the current liaison for government relations, Blair says she is dedicated to helping the University obtain the necessary funding to help reach Tier One status.
“The University of Houston represents its city more than many other universities,” Blair said. “My hope is that the community and businesses around Houston begin to recognize what a gem it really is.”
Mosbacher, a board member
since 2008 as well, also aims to be fully engaged in the University’s goal of becoming a Tier One university.
She serves as a member of the academic and student success committee and believes that giving the students the resources to succeed, both academically and financially, is vital to the University’s success.
“The culture of the University has shifted and we are now a more goal-oriented university,” Mosbacher said.
Ray, Blair and Mosbacher will take office on Sept. 1.
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Concepts of the proposed UH football stadium that will be built following the demolition of Robertson Stadium were unveiled last week, including this concept, which has the new facility set against the Houston skyline.
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