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computer lab College of Engineering Coming soon In tonight’s meeting, the Student Govern- ment Association will mostly follow the agenda for last week’s meeting, which was postponed due to weather concerns. The only change, Speaker for the Senate Reyes Ramirez said, will be the inclusion of a Center University Center Center Cougar Village Athletics/Alumni Center 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays in the athletics from $190 to $240. The fee would affect both under- Joshua Mann Issue 67, Volume 77TRANSCRIPT
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In tonight’s meeting, the Student Govern-ment Association will mostly follow the agenda for last week’s meeting, which was postponed due to weather concerns.
The only change, Speaker for the Senate Reyes Ramirez said, will be the inclusion of a
talk by Faculty Director Simon Bott.The senators will discuss — and possibly
vote on — a grade replacement bill which will, under specifi c circumstances, allow students who have failed a class to have their grade replaced upon retaking the class, rather than have both grades factored into their GPA.
The senators will also be taking a look at a resolution that would offi cially set the stance of the SGA in support of providing stipends for students who must teach at elementary or secondary schools as part of their education.
Students who work as student teachers usually fi nd it diffi cult to fi nd employment
elsewhere, according to the resolution’s text.If the resolution is passed, SGA would
work with other organizations to provide the students with stipends, the text said.
Michael McHugh will also introduce the new version of the GENDA bill, which would add gender identity to the non-discrimina-tion section of the student handbook.
A resolution asking the Board of Regents to make the change was passed last semester. However, the Board returned it to the SGA, saying the senate was better suited to make minor changes in the student handbook.
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Counseling and Psychological Services are providing students with informal walk-in consulta-tions with therapists in various locations across campus.
The program “Let’s Talk” is open to all UH students, faculty and staff and is recommended for students who aren’t sure about counseling, students who have a specifi c problem, students who want guidance to help a friend with an issue and faculty or staff members who are concerned about a particular student or individual, said Kay Brumbaugh, outreach coordinator and psychologist.
“We understand that meeting with a therapist can be anxiety-provoking. What’s great about ‘Let’s Talk’ is that it’s a drop-in service where students can have informal consultations without committing to therapy,” Brum-baugh said.
“What we have discovered is that some students feel more comfortable after ‘Let’s Talk’ and decide to make a follow up appointment at CAPS for contin-ued services.”
After the 15 minute session, a therapist will make recommenda-tions as to what the best option for help would be, which may be
a referral to CAPS, another UH department or an outside agency, Brumbaugh said.
“I believe this program will absolutely help students with their problems,” Brumbaugh said.
“It’s a great opportunity to casually speak with a therapist, hear what recommendations
TALK continues on page 3
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Will also look at student teacher stipends, GENDA bill, senatorial appointments
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SGA to discuss grade replacement
Cougars cast their votes
Students lined up to vote for or against the athletics fee referendum Tuesday in the
University Center Satellite. Voting will continue from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. today. The results of will be announced at noon Thursday in the World Affairs Lounge of the University Center Under-ground. | Emily Chambers/The Daily Cougar
CAPS
CAPS therapists talk to students, faculty, staff Fifteen minute counseling sessions held on campus
Source: Counseling and Psychological Services
Sessions are off ered for two hours a week at several locationsAthletics/Alumni Center
1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays in the athletics
academics offi ce
Cougar Village3 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays in the area
coordinator offi ce
Moody Towers8 to 10 a.m. Mondays in the south
offi ce
3 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays in the south
offi ce
Quadrangle3 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays 2nd fl oor
conference room
Calhoun Lofts4 to 5 p.m. Mondays in the multi-
purpose room
Cambridge Oaks4 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays in the multi-
purpose room
Bayou Oaks3 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays behind the
computer lab
College of EngineeringComing soon
“LET’S TALK”
On the ballot:Proposed increase of student fees
from $190 to $240.
The fee would aff ect both under-
graduate and graduate students
What it will do:$45 of the $50 will fund the con-
struction, renovation and operation
of athletics facilities
The proposed fee, if passed, would
pay for approximately one-third of
the cost of the construction of the
new football stadium
When to vote:8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Where to vote:Athletics/Alumni Center
Campus Recreation and Wellness
Center
Cougar Village
Engineering Complex
M.D. Anderson Library
Melcher Hall
Moody Towers
Moores School of Music
Philip Guthrie Hoff man Hall
Science and Engineering Research
Center
University Center
UC Satellite
Who can vote:Undergraduate and graduate
students only
What you need:PeopleSoft ID number
Date of birth
Results:The results of the referendum will
be announced at noon Thursday
in the World Aff airs Lounge in the
University Center Underground
VOTING 101
Source: Division of Student Aff airs
What: SGA senate meeting
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: University Center Cougar Den
On the Agenda:Grade replacement bill
Student-teacher stipend resolution
University Testing Services fair pricing resolution
Presidential appointments of various senators
SGA MEETING
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February 2nd Dr. Pamela Reed Scholarly presentation of dissertation
research and the research process
AH 628 11:30am-1pm
February 3rd Africana Film Fest: “The River Niger”
AH 628 12:00 noon
February 7th Umar bin Hassan Poetry Workshop
AH 628 11:30am-1pm
February 10th Africana Film Fest: “A Raisin In the Sun”
AH 628 12 noon
February 11th Urban Souls “Old Wounds: New Blood”
Cullen Performance Hall 8pm-10pm
February 16th Dr. Ronald Jackson Black Masculinity
AH 628 11:30am-1pm
February 17th Africana Film Fest: “Black History: Lost Stolen, or Strayed”
AH 628 12:00 noon
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February 24th Africana Film Fest: “Marcus Garvey: Look for Me In the Whirl-
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AH 628 11:30am-1pm
February 28th Dr. Melanie Bratcher “Sound Motion Blues Spirit and African
Memory”
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NEWSLINESVN
Foreign language series is in need of student help
The Student Video Network International Productions is planning on creating an original, foreign language mini-series this semester.
International Productions is looking for students who are interested in writing, editing, act-ing, performing camera work or working as a producer or on the publicity team.
Many of the members of SVN are media production majors, but there are no experience, educa-tion or equipment requirements for students who would like to assist with the project, Ciara Rouege, a public relations sopho-more, said.
“We provide the equipment, from lights and cameras to script-writing software,” Rouege said.
The SVN will meet at 4 p.m. Friday in the University Center Underground Large Conference Room, and students who want to fi nd out more can attend the meeting.
—Cougar News Services
BAUER
Oil and Gas in Nigeria talk postponed indefinitely
A talk titled “Oil and Gas in Nigeria: Milestones and Signposts” was to take place at 5:30 p.m. today in Room 160 of Melcher Hall, but was postponed.
The speaker, Mutiu Sunmonu, vice president of production for Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. in Port-Harcourt, was “unable to travel, and (the event) will be postponed and rescheduled for a later date,” according to the UH calender entry.
The talk was to be on the evo-lution of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria.
—Cougar News Services
SGA
SGA elected positions need student candidates
SGA elected positions are open to any students who want to represent their college and the student body.
The positions of president, vice president and senator are available.
Each college is given a certain number of representatives on the student senate, based on the size of the college.
The elections will take place in March and an informational meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday in the University Cen-ter Tejas Room.
—Cougar News Services
TECHNOLOGY
Lecture to discuss global effects of nuclear use
A lecture discussing what it means for a nation, a technology or a workplace to be nuclear will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Rockwell Pavilion.
Gabrielle Hecht, a professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, will speak about the nature and consequences of using nuclear objects in the lec-ture, “Uranium From Africa and the Power of Nuclear Things.”
The event is co-sponsored by the UH Energy, Management and Policy Program, the El Paso Cor-poration Lecture Series, the UH Latin American Studies Program, the UH African American Studies Program and the UH department of history.
—Cougar News Services
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Approximately 15 students escaped the rain yesterday to enjoy hot cups of soup with the Council of Ethnic Organizations in the University Center Spindletop room.
Students learned from members of the Council how to make Pistou, a French vegetable soup, and Egg Drop Soup with chicken.
“In each of our lessons, we try to have a vegetarian option and a meat-eater’s option,” said Jimmy Mai, a pre-pharmacy freshman.
Complications with the maxi-mum heat of the electric stoves that the cooks were using — which were chosen because they allowed the group to avoid dealing with fi re permits — led to some problems with the soup.
“I didn’t expect this not to boil at all,” French sophomore Erica Tat said about her Egg Drop Soup. “It’s
a disaster.”The Council chose soup for this
event because January is National Soup Month, Mai said, but in this year alone, they have hosted four other cooking lessons.
“We’ll defi nitely be doing more,” Mai said.
The fact that the cooks did not
have immediate access to a sink also made things diffi cult, Tat said.
“We can’t readily wash out utensils or pots to use again,” Tat said. “We have to fi nd really, really simple recipes with as few ingredi-ents as possible.”
they may have, and see how coun-seling might help.”
The “Let’s Talk” therapists are staff from CAPS and consist of licensed psychologists, post-
doctoral fellows and advanced graduate trainees in counseling and clinical psychology, said Brumbaugh.
For more information on this and other CAPS programs, go to www.caps.uh.edu/.
TALKcontinued from page 1
Psychology junior Loan Tran, left, and pre-pharmacy freshman Jimmy Mai prepare Pistou and egg drop soup. | Amanda Scott/The Daily Cougar
Students gather in UC for CEO cooking lesson
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STAFF EDITORIAL
I t seems like all UH offi cials ever talk about anymore is how the Uni-versity is striving to meet up to Tier
One standards to attract the best and brightest students and athletes.
We’re trying to build a new football stadium and renovate Hofheinz Pavilion while also trying to build new residence and dining halls — not to mention our attempt at raising admissions requirements. But has anyone stopped to think what students at UH students actually want?
It’s not news to anyone that parking on this campus is terrible. It can take students more than an hour to fi nd parking between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Sure, students receive e-mails at the begin-ning of the semester, warning them about the situation, but it’s not realistic for students to plan to come to school an hour in advance to make their hour and a half classes.
Furthermore, during game days — even for non-UH teams — parking is even more restricted. Should we really be putting more importance on sporting events than we are put-ting on education?
So what is the University doing to fi x this problem? The construction of the new parking garage next to Robertson Stadium is a start, but when did UH start construction on it?
UH is also planning to build more residence halls, completely ignoring that the ones we have are unable to reach full occupancy. And don’t think an increased number of students in dorms would alleviate the parking situation.
With most dining options closed and a lack of things to do on campus during nights and weekends, students need their cars on campus just to entertain themselves.
Because UH is in the Third Ward with no viable dining options off-campus within walk-ing distance, it forces students to either drive somewhere else or hope they don’t have a his-tory of heart disease in their family. Maybe the University should be less focused on attracting new students and focus more on satisfying its current students’ needs.
UH should put current students first
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EDITOR David HaydonE-MAIL [email protected] thedailycougar.com/opinionOPINION
Age does not entitle him to be rude or ignorant. When he mentioned borrowing little and working part-time, he did not realize these are common steps, that completing college in eight semesters is no easy feat.
Other candidates have yet to show a cold shoulder to young voters. Rick San-torum was quoted saying that President Barack Obama wanted more students in college to “indoctrinate” the young into a “left-wing ideology,” but this isn’t techni-cally insulting students or voters per se.
A 21-year-old in New Hampshire asked Mitt Romney in Dec. 2011 why college students should vote for him. Romney answered bluntly.
“What I can promise you is this: When you get out of college, if I’m president you’ll have a job,” Romney said. “If Presi-dent Obama is re-elected, you will not be able to get a job.”
Admittedly, Romney was talking to
only the one student. The message is still a bit hard to swallow. Will students not be able to get a job if the incumbent is re-elected?
Last but not least, Ron Paul has no trouble getting young voter support nor is he likely to insult them. Although Paul is not the only Republican candidate with a limited-government stance that appeals to young entrepreneurs, Paul won 31 per-cent of the youth vote (ages 18-29) in the South Carolina exit poll — showing off his popularity with student bodies. Gingrich got second place of that age group, but if he continues to make these insulting remarks about college students, that number might not mean much for long.
Not that it will make a difference if stu-dents stay indoors on election day. Some candidates are counting on it.
David Haydon is a political science senior and may be reached at [email protected].
Insulting advice
LETTERSStudent service fee increase will add up negatively
You do not need a university degree to learn, but it sure helps you earn money.
At 6:58 a.m. on Thursday, there were tons of cars on the road. Inside of each vehicle was someone gliding along to his or her profi table job that makes waking up early and sitting in traffi c day-after-day, week-after-week, seem like a no-brainer. There is something else in each of those vehicles, and if you back up, you can see it — a college degree.
The University of Houston is one of the few public universities locally available to the city’s more than 2.1 million people. If we want people who want to work to be
able to work, we need to make university degrees fi nancially-accessible. Believe it or not, the cost of a degree is not universal and is not set by some higher powers. Sometimes, the control actually lies in our own hands.
Members of the Student Fees Advisory Committee propose to increase the per-semester student service fee by $50.
Given that entering students have at least eight semesters in front of them and the federal student loan rate in 2012-13 will be 6.8 percent, and that many loans run for 10 years, the fee increase would mean that someone without money is $550 further away from getting a university degree.
You can vote today and tomorrow
almost anywhere on campus. —Lara Appleby
Biology graduate student
Attacking students is not a wise campaign tactic for Gingrich
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Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich needs no introduction, being one of the most scandalized
Republican runners. However, he appar-ently needs a lesson about college.
“Students take fewer classes per semes-ter. They take more years to get through.
Why? Because they have free money,” Gingrich said to Republicans in Florida last week.
The quote ended up in the Washington Post and spread to newspa-pers like the Houston
Chronicle. There is no telling how many college students — former and present — read his words on the Internet.
If there were any young college stu-dents planning to vote for him prior to the remarks, there should be none afterward. Gingrich must know how wrong his words were. Not wrong in an insensitive or rude sense — wrong as in false.
First, there is “free” money, but there is no such thing as free money. Gingrich should be aware of this thanks to all the campaign contributions he’s received. Free money is as real as unicorns and honest politicians. What most students use to pay tuition is not “free” money: student loans and credit cards. Both of these things students must pay pack with interest.
Secondly, students take fewer classes per semester, true enough. Many students enroll longer and delay graduation. But this is because students have almost no money. With little money, many students take fewer classes and work to pay off their tuition.
The only answer to why Gingrich would alienate himself from young college-bound voters with such insults is that he thinks he does not need the young vote. By insulting the young, he compliments the old.
“I would tell students, ‘Get through as quick as you can. Borrow as little as you can. Have a part-time job.’ But that’s very different from the culture that has grown up in the last 20 years,” Gingrich said.
The only culture differences between now and 20 years ago is the cost of tuition. This may be news to Gingrich who has not attended college in years. He might expect an 18-year-old not to vote, but the average UH undergraduate is 22 years old. The average UH graduate student is 29. We’re not an anomaly, which puts his “culture of 20 years ago” comment out the window.
DavidHaydon
Students take fewer classes per semester. They take more years to
get through. Why? Because they have free money... I would tell
students, ‘Get through as quick as you can. Borrow as little as you
can. Have a part-time job.’ But that’s very diff erent from the culture that has
grown up in the past 20 years.” — Presidential candidate Newt Gringrich, speaking at Republican gathering in Stuart, Fla. on Jan. 28.
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As if recognizing their season slipping away, the Cougars seem to have found a few answers since extending their losing streak to four
games against SMU — and found those answers in a hurry.
It all started with some clutch play against ECU to save a once double-digit lead from evaporating into another disappointing home loss. And, sensing their momentum getting new life, the Cougars turned one nail-biting victory into another. When UTEP rode into town on Saturday expecting to play the same team they put a 70-50 drubbing on in early January, they instead encountered a different Houston squad: one that doesn’t fold when the shots are not falling.
UH (11-9, 3-4 Conference USA) has by no means sealed their fate as a serious threat to the C-USA race, but when they stunned UTEP at Hofheinz Pavillion, it was clear they had turned a corner. After a pair of losses that saw head coach James Dickey describe his team’s effort as “embarrassing” and “dis-appointing”, UH has made strides by maintaining a consistent effort throughout an entire 40 minutes of play.
With the Cougars heading to Alabama this week for their fi rst look of the year at UAB, the stakes will be high for the team to make good on the potential they showed in their two-game homestand, and push their winning streak to three games.
“The last thing we talked about…was determination to win, and being disciplined enough the way we know we are capable,” Dickey said.
“We’ve got to take care of the things we can control: positive attitude, great effort and being
determined. That’s all we can take care of.”
Much like UH, UAB (7-13, 2-5) has also struggled with consis-tency throughout the season, and claims a pair of four-game losing streaks that saw the club give up big leads, mismanage the offense and, most importantly, fail to maintain a positive attitude when facing adversity.
Though UAB sits at the bottom of the C-USA ladder in both fi eld goal percentage and offensive production as a whole, the Cougars will do well to not
ignore senior Cameron Moore. The forward has averaged 15.6 points and 10 rebounds through 20 games, and leads C-USA in blocked shots (2.6).
As a whole, the UAB offense is a strictly Moore-centric system. In order to assure their third win a row, the Cougars, again, will have to show up not only on the offensive end, but play inspired basketball when guarding against Moore’s big-numbers threat as well.
“Defense was a huge key for us in that win (UTEP),” Dickey said.
“But I’d like to see us do that for 40 minutes — defense, rebound-ing and getting the free throw line.”
EDITOR Joshua SiegelE-MAIL [email protected] thedailycougar.com/sports
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Per game averages g gs min fg% ft% reb ast blk stl ptsJ. Simmons 20 19 29.1 54.2 72.7 4.7 1.8 .4 .8 14.9
A. Harris 20 19 28.8 52.9 66.7 6.2 1.2 1.5 .8 13.9
T. Thomas 20 20 28.2 57.6 54.4 7.9 1.2 2.4 .8 10.7
J. Young 20 9 28.3 39.0 85.3 3.8 2.9 .3 .7 10.2
K. Van Slyke 19 1 14.1 44.2 86.5 2.9 .2 .3 .1 7.5
D. Thibodeaux 20 19 29.8 40.0 85.0 3.2 2.6 .4 .7 6.8
J.J. Thompson 20 12 25.4 38.3 83.3 1.9 2.5 .1 .8 6.8
L. Gibson 17 1 11.5 47.5 72.2 3.1 .5 .3 .2 4.1
L. Barnes 5 0 13.2 40.0 50.0 2.8 1.4 .2 .6 2.2
M. McLean 5 0 13.0 33.3 71.4 3.0 .2 .4 0.0 2.2
J. Jones 8 0 6.3 33.3 00.0 0.1 1.0 0.0 .6 0.3
D. Brooks 3 0 2.7 .000 n/a 0.0 .3 0.0 0.0 0.0
R. Stevenson 3 0 2.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
STATS
STANDINGSC-USA Men’s Basketball CONF. OVERALL
Team W L GB W L Pct Str
Memphis 6 1 — 15 6 .714 W3
Southern Miss 6 1 — 19 3 .864 W4
Tulsa 6 2 0.5 13 9 .591 W6
UCF 5 3 1.5 16 6 .727 W1
Marshall 4 3 2.0 13 8 .619 L4
Houston 3 4 3.0 11 9 .550 W2UTEP 3 4 3.0 10 11 .476 L2
Rice 3 4 3.0 12 10 .545 W1
Tulane 2 5 4.0 14 7 .667 L1
SMU 2 5 4.0 10 11 .476 L3
UAB 2 5 4.0 7 13 .350 L1
East Carolina 1 6 5.0 10 10 .500 W1
Standings accurate as of Tuesday
C-USA SCHEDULEThursday’s gamesSMU at East Carolina ...............................................6Tulane at Marshall ....................................................6UTEP at Rice ................................................................7Memphis at Southern Miss ...................................7Houston at UAB ........................................... 8
Saturday’s gamesXavier at Memphis ...........................................noonUCF at SMU .................................................................2 Rice at East Carolina ................................................4Houston at Tulane ....................................... 7Marshall at Tulsa........................................................7UAB at UTEP ................................................................8
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Sophomore Alandis Harris was one of two Cougars to achieve a double-double in the Cougars’ 81-76 overtime win against UTEP on Saturday. Harris tied freshman TaShawn Thomas for a team-high 12 rebounds to go with 15 points. It was Harris’ fi rst double-double of the season. Harris is second on UH in both points (13.9) and rebounds (6.2) per game this season. | Brianna Leigh Morrison/The Daily Cougar
Freshman Roman Robledo made an impact for UH in the fall. He fi nished tied for fourth at the Lonestar Invitational and shot the third-best average round for the Cougars in the fall (73.25). | Courtesy of UH Athletics
Going for threeUH looks to win its third straight on the road
Getting back in the swing of thingsCougars open spring season with Redstone Challenge
Andrew PateTHE DAILY COUGAR
The Cougars open the spring season on Saturday, playing host to HBU and Rice at the Redstone Golf Challenge.
For third-year head coach Jonathan Dismuke, the objectives are internal.
“My main goal is monitoring our expectation level on focusing on things we have control over,” Dismuke said. “We have control over our emotions, preparations, attitude and things like that.”
The youthful Cougars – with only one senior on their roster – saw shades of brilliance in 2011, fi nishing tied for fi rst at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic, all the while battling windy and rainy conditions throughout the tournament.
After fi nishing the fall with three-straight top-10 fi nishes, the Cougars used the break to make evaluations and rest up for the spring.
“It’s a good time of the year because we come back and we’re fresh; we want to work hard to have a good spring,” Dismuke said.
For a program that has amassed 16 national championships and produced names like Fred Couples, Steve Elkington and Jim Nantz – just to name a few – Dismuke and his young squad work diligently to fi ll those big shoes.
“It means a lot to our guys to come to Houston and to play at Houston and be a part of that pro-gram,” Dismuke said. “They’re very respectful of what this program has accomplished and they want to do those former players proud by representing them well.”
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Workshop takes students to task on goalsRomana FatimaTHE DAILY COUGAR
“Food for Thought,” a series of workshops by UH’s Counseling and Psychological Services, starts today and is focused on helping students work on their 2012 goals.
The fi rst workshop, “Step-by-Step Plan to Setting and Achieving Goals,” will provide students with information about how to identify goals, develop an implementation plan and strengthen their commitment to that plan.
“It’s the perfect topic for the beginning of a semester,” said Kay Brumbaugh, outreach coordinator and psychologist for CAPS.
The workshop takes place from noon to 1 p.m. in the Student Service Center 1 Building conference room 210D.
“Students not only get a chance to see an informative presentation, but also interact and hear concerns or ideas from other participants,” Brumbaugh said.
Many students fi nd it diffi cult to stick to their goals for new semesters, even after attending this type of workshop. In that case, CAPS offers private consulta-tions for students who need extra help and support.
“It’s also a great opportunity for par-ticipants to meet a CAPS clinician and gain information about available CAPS services,” Brumbaugh said.
A variety of topics are available throughout the school year, Brumbaugh said, including “Understanding Depres-sion,” “Communication Among Couples, Managing Anger” and “Dissertation and Thesis Survival”.
It seems as though many students disregard CAPS at UH because they
assume that all services require appoint-ments and fees.
“CAPS therapists hold walk-in hours at sites around campus and there is no appointment or fee necessary,” Brum-baugh said.
This is perfect for students not sure if they need services and just want to see what a CAPS therapist might recommend.
Following today’s premiere work-shop, subsequent workshops will run every Wednesday this semester until April 25.
“Food for Thought” workshops are always free and registration is not required.
For more information on this and other workshops, visit caps.uh.edu/outreach-food.aspx
Christopher LopezTHE DAILY COUGAR
There is always hype surrounding an artist when they are coming out with a debut album. “Born to Die”, the first album released by Lana Del Rey (Elizabeth Grant), saw a massive wave of praise (or essential lack thereof ) by critics.
In order to truly have an opinion of this album, fans need to forget all about her performance on “Saturday Night Live.” A difference must be made between what an artist can do in a live show than from what he or she can do in a studio recording.
Released in October 2011, “Video Games” is a calm and subtle masterpiece of collaboration between Del Rey’s vocals and the melodic, soothing orchestral
instruments. It takes some artists more than their debut album to find a sound as sharp and defined as this track. Though it is not a revolutionary new sound, it is still something that can be admired.
In the album’s title track, there are trip-hop themed beats as well as some alternative interludes that are incorpo-rated within seconds of the start of the song. Del Rey’s vocals match the rhythm and create an enchantingly confident vibe that some artists lack.
Though most of these tracks are some-thing new, there is still a sense of déjà vu when listening to each composition. For example, a few seconds into “Blue Jeans” there is a screaming similar to that of Awolnation’s single, “Sail”.
In “Off to the Races”, there is a bit of Garbage’s style incorporated in the beats and lyrical compilation of the song. The track is also one of the few in which she does not use her “traditional” voice and instead uses a more feminine and higher pitched voice, making the song flow
better. “Diet Mountain Dew” is a catchy pop
track which really should have been a single. It has a ’50s feel to it and gives the audience a true glimpse into the image that Del Rey tries to give off.
The remaining songs lack any deeper emotion or message. The only exception
to this is “National Anthem,” which demonizes and re-writes the American dream by saying, “Money is the anthem of success. So put on mascara and your party dress.”
“Born to Die” spans many genres and does not solely focus on a specific demographic, allowing the album to have a broader appeal.
The album contains an Adele track to hook the listeners, as well as the ’90s Brit-pop tracks and the stereotypical American pop songs.
Overall, the album has respectable tunes but is not worth buying. Del Rey is still jumping around genres in this album, looking for the one that emphasizes her talents.
She is a talented signer and there is much to look forward to from her, but “Born to Die” is simply an album that serves as a stem to see in which musical direction she will chose to follow.
Anticipated album crosses many genres, leaves listeners unsure of true sound
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