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The Daily Cougar: What are three things the voters should know about you?

Markley Rogers: Well, the fi rst is some-thing I have in common with everyone on campus — I love the University of Houston.

The second is that I have a record of service to the University. When Gov. Perry was proposing budget cuts to higher education, I used my capacity as associate director of external affairs with SGA to organize a rather sizable group of students to go up to the capi-tol during spring break and we met with every representative and every senator in the Texas congress and spoke to them about the budget cuts and proposed methods that could lessen the blow to the University of Houston.

And third would be that I have the capacity to do good things for the University, and I’m wanting to get elected so that I can have the

means by which to use it. Right now I don’t have that much authority in the University, but I know if I were to be elected I could ben-efi t the campus.

TDC: What qualifi es to you be president?MR: I have built relationships with people

in the administration and I’ve built plenty of relationships with people outside administra-tion. Working in my capacity of associate

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The Daily Cougar: What are three things voters should know about you?

Femi Jekayinfa: One thing is that I am a regular student. I feel like at the end of the day, the value of my degree and the external perception of my degree matters above most other things.

I want to make it to where anyone on the outside looking in will value me because I went to UH.

TDC: So, that extends to other UH stu-dents’ degrees too?

FJ: Yes. I mean everyone’s degree.Also, growing up I always believed that if

you want something done right, you should do it yourself. I feel like there’s a lot of things about the University — simple, little things — that need to be changed — a lot of things that inconvenience people. Those things bother

me, and there is something I can do about it. Also, I lived in Moody Towers last semes-

ter, and anyone that lives there knows that there’s a lot of stupid things that they do to us that they shouldn’t. And there’s a lot of stuff wrong with just the way everything’s set up, and I had to experience that, so I understand fi rsthand — I’m not just going to be chang-ing things because I was told by a student

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UH police investigating bicycle theftAriana BenavidezTHE DAILY COUGAR

Students’ bicycles may not be as safe as the owners would like to think when locked to a bicycle rack on campus. There have been frequent reports of bicycle theft around campus, and, as of this semester, no suspects have been caught, according the police crime bulletins.

Students like playwriting and dramaturgy junior Matthew Padora have not let these incidents infl uence their decisions to ride a bicycle.

Padora lives about a mile off campus, works in Rice Village and has been riding a bicycle to school since fall 2010.

The safety of the bicycle is most

dependent upon the type of lock used, Padora said.

“I use a Kryptonite U-lock, and it hasn’t failed me yet,” Padora said. “To fellow cyclists, I would never recommend using a cable lock and I would never recommend keeping it locked in the same place for an extended period.”

Marketing sophomore Charles Duncan started riding his bicycle this semester and said he rides every day except when it rains. His tactic is using two dual chains in hopes it will make his bicycle “a harder target for potential thieves,” he said. He also leaves his bicycle in areas that are more populated.

Bicycle thieves won’t keep Duncan from riding his bicycle, he said.

“What is disappointing, however, is the

lacking presence of the UH police. I have yet to see one of them actually ‘walking the beat.’ This would probably be the best deterrent against bicycle thefts,” Duncan said.

Richard Bonnin, the university’s execu-tive director of media relations, said campus safety is being taken seriously.

“There is no higher priority for the Univer-sity than the safety of its students and of the UH community,” Bonnin said.

Progress is being made on the investiga-tions, Bonnin said.

“UHDPS is actively and aggressively investigating the incidents of bicycle theft on campus,” Bonnin said. “While the details of the investigations are confi dential, police believe they have identifi ed a possible sus-pect or suspects in some of the recent cases.”

UHDPS and the Dean of Students Offi ce have established a focus group chaired by Assistant Vice President for Public Safety and Security Malcolm Davis.

“The Bicycle Safety and Use Focus Group will generate a set of policies and procedures to be used by the campus community related to bicycle safety and security on campus,” Bonnin said. “This group will assess the current concerns and issues related to the storage of bicycles on the campus property as well as review the current laws and ordi-nances related to bicycle storage.

“They will also create the appropriate policy and/or procedure to create a safe and secure atmosphere for bicycles and their

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Femi Jekayinfa

Cedric BandohTurner Harris

Joy RamirezAmayrani Gomez

Michael McHughMohammed Aijaz

Femi JekayinfaJosue Alvarado

Markley RogersCamden Mahbabani

Jeffery SyptakJack Wehman

David WilliamsRamon Montano

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or because I need to do that to get votes. It’s because I live here, and I have to deal with all the stuff they do and I understand it and it both-ers me — that’s why it needs to be changed.

TDC: What do you think is one of the most important things SGA has done since the summer?

FJ: I’d say the student service fee referendum.

I agree with it ... and I did vote yes for it, but I do not agree with the way that it was implemented.

I believe that a lot of people were pressured into voting just because I remember during the two days to vote, I think I was asked if I voted about 20-plus times.

You can’t just sit right next to the polling stations and pressure people to come vote.

TDC: So, as president how would you respond to the way that they conducted the referendum to make sure it doesn’t happen again?

FJ: Even though most people agreed with having the stadium, it’s a democracy. We need still need to have people be able to freely choose what they want to do. ,

I’d just say the next time there defi nitely needs to be more over-sight on who’s saying what to who and where, and the way they push the referendum needs to be revised because I feel like they did it wrong this time.

TDC: What is something you think SGA can improve on?

FJ: I’d say just being involved because the SGA does handle a lot of the things that need to be

handled, but nobody knows what it is. I mean, that’s kind of bad if we’re the ones that are supposed to be deciding everything that happens and helping students get what they want to get out of the University.

TDC: How do you think — as president — you would make SGA more visible or more known on campus?

FJ: I talk people’s ears off. Even right now, I’ll go up and talk to anybody and I’ll go around and ask people, literally with a notebook, “What do you think is wrong? Do you have any suggestions? Does anything need to be changed?”

I’ll have a suggestion box. I want to set up something where anybody with complaints can write something on paper anonymously or if they want to leave their name on it, and they can drop it in a box and then the SGA staff and every-one involved could look over it and see if there’s things that need to be changed.

TDC: How would you deal with real problems that students face, like parking or safety — it doesn’t have to be those two — but what-ever you think is a problem, and how would you deal with it?

FJ: Right now, I feel like the big-gest problem is parking.

If you have a one-third chance of getting a parking spot, then there is no reason that you should be fi ned for parking in the wrong spot or making your own spot — you had to make your own spot because they don’t have enough.

So, if the University doesn’t do what it needs to do to give us enough parking spots, then they shouldn’t fi ne us for not parking in the right spots.

And then also, there needs to be something done about the teacher’s academic policies that says they’re not going to let students in after a certain time.

It’s almost like we’re having to suffer for the problems the Univer-sity put on us.

TDC: What makes you stand out from other candidates?

FJ: I think I’m different from the other candidates because I’m a regular student. I’m not in SGA already. I don’t have any type of political, ulterior motive for run-ning for president.

All I want to do is change the stuff that bothers me because it bothers me. That’s really it.

TDC: Why do you want to be SGA president?

FJ: I want to be president because I am very interested in the value of my degree and the external perception of the University as a whole.

I feel like when I become presi-dent, I want to do things that will ultimately increase the value of our degrees and improve the external perception of our institution.

For more information on this and other candidates, go to thedailycougar.com/tags/sga2012.

JEKAYINFAcontinued from page 1 Name: Femi Jekayinfa

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RECREPORTDEPARTMENT OF CAMPUS RECREATION SPOTLIGHT

WALL CRAWLERS OPEN WITH SUCCESS

The Rec Report is a paid advertising section for the Department of Campus Recreation.

Sports Club ResultsThe UH Climbing Club is a

new and emerging co-ed Sport Club on campus this year. Two members of the wall crawlers traveled to Texas Tech last weekend to compete in their first competition of the semester. Competing in the advanced division, Richelle Hepler placed 1st and Ross Andrea 4th amongst

more than 200 competitors. Feel free to show your support at the team plans to attend two more competitions, 2/18/2012 at SMU and 3/3/2012 at UT. Interested in the sport of climbing? Contact club officer Richelle Hepler , richellehepler@aol.com, or visit the Sport Club’s office in the CRWC, room 1007. 2/11/2012 Women’s Basketball

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riders.” After six months of review,

the focus group will make policy suggestions for the campus community.

UHDPS also strongly encour-ages all students, faculty and staff to register their bicycles either in person or online at www.uh.edu/police/bike-registration/form.html.

Policy says that a bicycle is not permitted in a student’s dorm room.

This rule is under review and modifi cation to the policies must be suggested by the Residence Hall Association, a student housing group. Their recommendations would then be evaluated by Resi-dential Life and Housing offi cials.

“Residential Life and Housing offi cials are working with the Resi-dence Hall Association to consider

a revision that would allow bicycles in the buildings, pending approval from all roommates. To protect the integrity and appearance of the buildings, alterations, such as drilling into ceilings or walls to accommodate the bikes, would not be permitted,” Bonnin said.

“Issues of concern include tire marks on fl oors and dam-age to rooms caused by hooks, etc. Riding the bikes inside the buildings would be strictly pro-hibited because of obvious safety concerns.”

Within the fi rst 14 days of this semester, there were eight reports of bicycle thefts. The locations of the thefts included Moody Towers, Farish Hall, Taub Residence Hall, Calhoun Lofts, Hofheinz Pavilion, the Athletics Alumni Center, Cullen Oaks Apartment and the Fine Arts Building. So far, no reports have been fi led in February.

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Residential Life and Housing will charge a fee of $20 to remove bicycles from undes-ignated areas, according to its website. | Jack Chaiyakhomw /The Daily Cougar

director of external affairs, my job was to be the liaison between the Student Government Association and the outside world. So I spoke with people in the capitol; I spoke with local businesses. So, I have experience being a liaison.

Also, Connor Clifton, Matt Womack and myself founded Coog Radio, and through doing that, I built relationships with people like Dr. Carlucci and Elwyn Lee. I met with Renu Khator. So, I already have a set relationship with these people. If I were elected, I would already have a launch pad for myself. So I would be able to go in with guns blazing, if you will.

TDC: If you were elected, what would change? How would hav-ing you as president be different from having Michael Harding as president?

MR: My main thing — my slogan for the campaign — is “Breaking barriers for better access.” My goal in SGA is to meet with the student body, to hear what the student body wants and to accomplish that through whatever means I can. I’m not saying that electing me will make the campus’ dreams come true, but through whatever means are available to me, I will accom-plish what the student body wants.

So I guess a difference between my administration and Michael Harding’s would be greater com-munication with the student body ... I don’t think there’s ready com-munication available to the student body if they see an issue. Where do they go? Who do they talk to? I want

to be that guy. That’s what I want to bring to the table.

TDC: And how would you achieve that communication?

MR: Well, there’s referendums, there’s offi ce hours. The president of SGA has an email address where if you have issues, you can email him, but I don’t think the bulk of the student population is aware of that. I want to make that apparent.

Also it’s slightly diffi cult to get an appointment with the SGA president … I will be available. I will be accessible and through me, the administration will be accessible. And — a side effect of that — when all covers are removed, through accessibility comes greater account-ability. I will be directly accountable to the student body. So if I’m not doing something right, through these appointments and these emails, they can let me know.

TDC: You mentioned parking, and rising tuition has been men-tioned by other candidates. What can you realistically do about these problems as president?

MR: If I go with a proposal, I’ll be heard ... If the student body says ‘we will accept the rise, whatever it may be, in parking permits; we will accept the rise, whatever it may be, in parking tickets,’ if the student body will say that, we can build two more parking garages, we can build four, we can build 10. It all comes down to money.

As far as tuition goes, that’s a different story. Now that we have received the title of a Tier One university in Texas — and since the referendum has already passed to build a new stadium and to renovate Hofheinz Pavilion — that tuition increase is there. It’s much

more diffi cult to lower tuition.TDC: If elected, what would be

the fi rst steps that you take towards becoming more available and towards letting the students know you’re there?

MR: Walking the campus isn’t going to end after campaigning ends. I’m going to be out there handing out cards with my offi ce number and my email address on them.

With my capacity as president, should I be elected I’ll create an accessibility committee — you can create all the committees you want in the executive branch — just kind of as feelers out in the community, asking ‘what concerns you, and what would be an acceptable rem-edy to this?’

I just want to remove whatever barrier there may be between me and the student body so that anyone can come talk to me … I just want greater openness between the administration and the student body. I can and will fi ll that capacity as liaison.

For more information on this and other candidates, go to thedailycougar.com/tags/sga2012.

Name: Markley RogersMajor: political scienceClassi! cation: juniorSGA postions held:associate director of external a! airsRunning mate: Camden Mahbubani

PRESIDENTROGERScontinued from page 1

On Feb. 23, 2009, President Barack Obama made a very clear promise to America. “Today,” he said, “I’m

pledging to cut the defi cit we inherited in half by the end of my fi rst term in offi ce.” As Americans, we believed it. We wanted to believe it. We needed to believe it because the Great Reces-sion was kicking our heads in hard, and belief was all we had left. We wanted to think Obama, junior sena-

tor from Illinois, could make a difference in America.

Cut to the end of his fi rst term in offi ce: It seems it was a hollow promise the president has broken repeatedly. When Obama took offi ce, he inherited a $1.2 trillion defi cit from the Bush administration. By the end of that fi scal year — thanks to his various pet projects and bright ideas — the defi cit shot up to $1.8 trillion.

This year, the president has announced a budget which features our defi cit at $1.5 trillion. While that’s less than he spent by the end of 2009, $300 billion more than what he inherited from the Bush administration is not cutting your starting amount in half.

But I’m willing to give him a pass on this. When you’re spiraling in a nose dive, it’s normal to go a bit deeper down before level-ing out, right?

That would be the idea, to level out our economy and bring us back up. That was what Obama meant to do, cut our annual trillion dollar spending defi cit by half, as opposed to the entire debt. But if the presi-dent’s idea of cutting down our spending is to keep on spending, someone needs to explain what the words “cut down spending” mean.

For starters, it doesn’t mean dumping what money we do have into federal entitlement programs while demanding federal workers pay another 1.2 percent out of pocket to fi nance their own retirement benefi ts — which they might not even see if it goes to Social Security.

It doesn’t mean spending more to bring in new, multi-billion dollar government pro-grams when our old government programs and tax codes are bleeding money by the second.

That’s like having one bucket with a giant hole in the side and deciding the best way to keep water from falling out the other end is to buy a second, golden bucket and twirl them both around your head while hopping on one knee. It makes no sense.

That isn’t entirely fair, though. Obama has made some spending cuts, such as the ones promised in the debt-ceiling agree-ment which will drop our spending by a percent. Half of the money cut will be com-ing from our defense budget.

As a quick recap: Twirl one old, broken

bucket and one new, expensive bucket. To pay off the interest for the second bucket, we sold tickets for punches to our face.

However, the president’s budget proposal does have its silver linings. Of course it does. It’s an election year after all. All we have to do is re-elect him to see the outcome of that silver lining. What Obama promises is 17.8 percent GDP increase by 2013. What we have to ignore to get to that point is that he’s nearly doubled our debt in half the time it took President George W. Bush.

We also have to ignore the fact that his plan isn’t meaningful spending cuts, but to raise taxes on people who pay more tax dol-lars than 97 percent of the country. Instead of paying off our debt, we’ve been raising our debt ceiling just so his administration can continue to spend more. But it’ll get better, he promised. We just have to re-elect him.

That isn’t how re-elections work, Obama. Americans hired you for a job we thought you could do and do well.

Are your political opponents stubbornly blocking your every move based on an ideological shift to appease the crazies of their party, while alienating the more moderate but still right-leaning base that is the rest of America? Yes. Are recessions hard to get out of? Yes. But is spending more the

solution to not spending so much? No. And you do not get to ask for a second chance and promise us the same rehearsed garbage we’ve been hearing time and time again from you. America is sick of promises. That was okay for Round One, but America needs results, and it needs results now.

However, given the circus that’s quickly become the race for the Republican nomination, President Obama is probably going to get the second chance he’s asking for, whether we like it or not. So once again, Americans will just have to wait for Obama’s Change, hoping he’s fi nally worked out the kinks in his plan.

James Wang is a history freshman and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

P residential candidate Rick San-torum would like to see America on its knees — in prayer. The

fi nancial crisis has already left America in more of a prostrate position, so lifting the nation onto its knees is not entirely a bad idea.

However, there are a number of methods that could bring America to this position that do not involve Santorum’s narrow version of Christianity — secularism comes to mind.

Religion has no place in civil affairs, and it defi nitely has no place in presidential campaigns. Candidates on both sides of the aisle exploit religious Americans every election cycle because it is easy for them to do so. Religious Americans should be furious that this happens every cycle, but there is seldom any outrage. When you ascribe to theology that, when expressed radically, is so diametrically opposed to democracy, confl icts of interest are bound to occur.

Santorum has spent his campaign courting the Christian vote by capitalizing on this confl ict of interest, blurring the line between church and state as he moves along the campaign trail.

On Sunday, Santorum told a Georgia audience that Obama’s agenda is not based on the Bible, but instead on “some phony theology.”

Santorum later clarifi ed to CBS’s “Face the Nation” that he wasn’t talking about Obama’s Christianity when he mentioned his theology. He said he was talking about Obama’s worldview and “the way he approaches problems in this country.”

Santorum’s labeling of Obama’s worldview as his theology is beyond troubling. His inability to speak without relying on religious jargon should signal to skeptical Americans that something is amiss. Either he is trying to be quaint when he says things like Obama’s worldview “elevates the Earth above man,” as he said on “Face the Nation,” or he actually believes man was placed on earth to dominate it.

Santorum isn’t campaigning to be a member of the clergy — he’s running for president of the United States. He needs to remember that.

Religion has no place in presidential campaigns

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When Obama took o! ce, he inherited a $1.2 trillion de" cit

from the Bush administration. By the end of that " scal year — thanks to his various pet projects and bright ideas — the de" cit shot up to $1.8 trillion.”

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LETTERSResponse to “Defense is desperate”

The analysis put forth in this column was incredibly lacking and added no sub-stantive discourse to either the Stanford case, or the faulty, situational framework of ethics businessmen operate by today.

This piece amounted to little beyond, essentially, taunting Stanford, but one has to wonder how this continues to happen with people like this columnist so outraged. With a history of fi nancial misdealing (unpaid tax liens, money laundering, and a bouquet of similar incidents), it is quite obvious how diffi cult

defending what little credibility Stanford has in a court room will be. The point is that, instead of blaming a legislative and judicial system that seems to only create an environment hospitable for corporate crime only to punish corporate criminals in a less-than-satisfying way for the public, this columnist chose to simply focus on Stanford’s defense; something that is, by no means, atypical of this sort of proceeding.

Is Stanford guilty? There is a lot of evidence to suggest he is, but is there any value in the sort of unbalanced, almost childish (not to mention somewhat

factually skewed) critique of Stanford’s defense? Probably not.

— Joseph Marhee,history major

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Junior Maja Kazimieruk sealed the 5-1 victory for the Cougars, taking out Sam Houston State’s Kayla Stevenson 6-1, 6-3. | Catherine Lara/The Daily Cougar

Sophomore Curtis Reed has helped put the Cougars in the position for their first top-three finish of the spring. | Courtesy of UH Athletics

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Monday’s second-round results from HoustonIndiviual resultsT5. R. Robledo 69 74 X 143 -1T7. J. Droemer 73 71 X 144 ET32. J. Ross 75 73 X 148 +4 T46. C. Reed 74 76 X 150 +6

T46. K. Pilgrim 77 73 X 150 +6

Team results 1. Northwestern 289 287 X 576 E 2. Fla. Gulf Coast 288 290 X 579 +33. Houston 291 291 X 582 +6

4. Wichita State 299 284 X 583 +7 4. Louisiana Tech 291 292 X 583 +7 6. UTSA 294 291 X 585 +9 7. La.-Monroe 299 286 X 585 +9 8. Winthrop 300 291 X 591 +15 9. Texas State 293 299 X 592 +1610. Kansas State 301 291 X 592 +1611. Air Force 301 295 X 596 +2012. NM State 293 304 X 597 +2112. Missouri State 294 304 X 598 +2214. Rice 305 294 X 599 +2315. HBU 296 305 X 601 +25

TENNIS

Four in a rowSince opening with two losses, Cougars have defeated opposition in dominating fashion

Albert TorresTHE DAILY COUGAR

The Cougars’ winning ways continued Saturday.

UH extended its winning streak to four matches with an easy 5-1 decision over Sam Houston State in an indoors match at the Gal-leria Tennis and Athletic Club.

“I thought they would be the better team indoors,” head coach John Severance said. “I’m proud of the way we’ve responded lately and we’re playing good tennis right now.”

The Cougars have bounced back from an 0-2 start this season to win their last four matches by a 23-4 margin.

“We’re fi nally starting to come together as a team and do the stuff that we are capable of doing,” Severance said. “We’ve really cut down on the errors.”

The key ingredient to UH’s recent dominance has been its ability to dominate opponents

1-6, “top to bottom” as Severance put it.

“I don’t really think one player has taken off, but more our play has elevated from top to bottom,” he said.

Against the Bearkats, senior Giorgia Pozzan won the opener 6-2, 6-1 to record her fi fth straight victory and improved to 5-1 over-all in singles matches.

Sophomore Celia Fraser, the heroine of last week’s matches, won her match 6-1, 6-4 to record her fourth straight win and improved to 4-2 overall this spring.

Houston’s Bryony Hunter, Maja Kazimeriuk and Charlotte Phillips also won their matches continuing to make the case for a national ranking, which is coach Severance’s goal for the program this spring.

On Friday, UH looks to extend their winning streak against Southeastern Louisiana State, one of the top programs in the Southland Conference.

“We haven’t played them in two years and they are a strong program, but we expect to come out with the result we want after the match.” Coach Severance said of the upcoming contest.

The Cougars will be in action noon Friday in Hammond, La., before taking on Conference USA opponent Tulane on Saturday.

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1. Giorgia Pozzan (UH) def. Imke Jagau (SHSU), 6-2, 6-1

2. Bryony Hunter (UH) def. Sheridan Currie (SHSU), 6-3, 6-3

3. Celia Fraser (UH) def. Natalie Petaia (SHSU), 6-1, 6-4

4. Tatyana Postnikova (SHSU) def. Liselot Koenen (UH), 7-5, 6-4

5. Charlotte Phillips (UH) def. Nadia Dubyans-kaya (SHSU), 6-2, 6-1

6. Maja Kazimieruk (UH) def. Kayla Stevenson (SHSU), 6-1, 6-3

RESULTS

Cougars moving upCougar Sports Services

After one day and two rounds of play, the Cougars are in third place at the Rice Invitational.

The Cougars head into today’s fi nal round one-stroke up on fourth place schools Wichita State and Louisiana Tech, and six back of leader Northwestern.

Sophomore Jesse Droemer and freshman Roman Robledo are leading the way for the Cougars. Both are currently in the top seven on the individual leaderboard.

Droemer is tied for seventh. He shot a 73 in the opening round with two bogeys, and posted a 71 in the second round with two birdies.

Robledo opened with a 69 in the fi rst round. He was at -4 heading into the fi nal hole of the fi rst round on the strength of four birdies, but bogeyed the fi nal hole to fi nish the round -3.

His play was less consistent in the second round. He birdied three

holes, but also shot fi ve bogeys to fi nish the round with a 74 (+2).

Also competing for the Cougars are freshman Kyle Pilgrim, sopho-more Curtis Reed and junior James Ross.

Ross is in 32nd place after shooting a 75 in the fi rst round and following that with a 73.

Reed shot a 74 in the opening round, but fell to 46th place after shooting a 76 in the second round.

Pilgrim is tied with Reed for 46th place after shooting a 77 in the fi rst round, but bouncing back a 73 in the second round.

Play resumes at 8 a.m. at West-wood Country Club.

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Cougars lose 11th straight, fall into C-USA cellarChris SheltonTHE DAILY COUGAR

Eleven consecutive losses in Conference USA play have the Cougars looking up at all 11 teams in the standings.

C-USA’s top team, University of Texas-El Paso (24-2,13-0 C-USA), is

not a good remedy for ailing UH.UTEP played like a top team

and thumped UH 71-51 Sunday evening at Hofheinz Pavilion.

Roxana Button came out strong in the fi rst half scoring 10 points, but was matched by UTEP senior, Gloria Brown’s 12.

The Cougars took the lead at 11:41 on a 3-pointer by freshman

Danielle Parks, putting UH ahead 14-12.

UTEP pulled away late in the fi rst half after an extended run put them up for good to end the half.

Brown’s scoring paced UTEP to a 35-25 lead at half-time. The Min-ers put together a strong showing down low, dominating the Cougars in offensive rebounds 12-2. This

led to a double digit advantage in points in the paint (14-4) and UTEP taking 10 more shots in the period.

The 2-3 zone helps UH match-up better on defense, but inhibits their ability to compete inside the painted area, especially on the glass.

The second half was a continu-ation of the fi rst. UH lost the battle

on the offensive glass, fi eld goals attempted and made, and second-chance points.

The Cougars have been forcing opponents into tough shooting nights but the vast rebounding differential makes it tough for UH to win consistently.

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Once upon a time, nuclear energy was just a domineering question mark. Its variables,

limits and potentials were only a matter of speculation, without any variables to draw from, and the more curious nations resembled fi rst time bike riders. Their

neighbors, the tropical agriculturalists, tentative Easterners and cross-eyed Westerners would watch to see how they fared from their respective living rooms, while somewhat interested, but not enough to dip their toes in.

They saw single speeds, hybrids and city bikes, noting how they fared in traffi c and the durability of the paint. There would be mental notes when they fell, with crossed fi ngers at the intersections. Inevitably, in the face of an accident, the mantra rose that it wouldn’t ever happen to them.

The kids have grown and we’ve seen that. For all of our concerns with the nuclear activity on adjacent shores, we’ve turned blind eyes to our own. Nuclear plants in this country resem-ble the aforementioned bikes, sans kickstands, breaks, or an adjustable steering wheel. From the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona to our very own South Texas Nuclear Generating Station, the plants, as well as their surrounding areas, have almost

certainly been accompanied with their own respective time bombs. The magic question isn’t if they’ll fi nd themselves in jeopardy, but when.

If a reason is needed to re-evaluate our nuclear stance, you’d only need to turn to the 1984 incident in Athens, Ala., which resulted in a six-year out-age in the area, and was immediately followed by another incident in the same area the following year.

Or Plymouth, Mass. in 1986, yield-ing an emergency shutdown of the plant and a shadow that still looms over the area. Or Chernobyl, Ukraine; Idaho Falls; Leningrad Oblast or Oak Harbor, Ohio.

Most recently, the three-fold disaster in Japan demonstrated the unforgiving nature of nuclear slip-ups, killing three workers, and rendering parts of the country unlivable for at least the next couple of years.

Even still, there are opponents to a shut down, with their reasons in tow. “Nuclear energy is more effi cient;” “It’s less wasteful in the long run;” “Once the ball’s rolling, the increase in pro-ductivity is exponential” and, maybe the most recurrent of all, “Nuclear energy is the future.”

But whose future, exactly? More than negligent, it is stupid to say that these factors, along with countless oth-ers, justify the potential disarray our entanglement with nuclear endeavors entails.

After the incident on Three Mile Island in 1979, during which radioac-tive gases and iodine were released into Dauphin County, Pa., the public’s nuclear endorsement dropped to 43 percent. Last year’s “accident” in Fuku-shima knocked the bar even lower, so that “64 percent of Americans opposed the construction of new nuclear reactors.”

It’s a start, but if these are the mag-nitudes required to raise awareness, it’d be a tragedy to fi nd out what would result in a unanimous approval.

With more than 100 nuclear plants still operating in the nation, it’s a ter-rible method for punctuating progress.

Bryan Washington is a sociology freshman and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.

If a reason is needed to re-evaluate our nuclear stance, you’d

only need to turn to the 1984 incident in Athens, Ala., which resulted in a six year outage in the area ... Or Plymouth, Mass. in ... Chernobyl, Ukraine; Idaho Falls; Leningrad Oblast or Oak Harbor, Ohio.”

Atomic energy not the answer

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The alternatives to America’s energy needs are better than glowing green

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Now that I was 20 pounds thinner, I was excited and frustrated at the same time.

I was happy that I had completed such a feat, but was not sure how long it would take to lose another 20

pounds.Since it was now

summer, I switched from the sole routine cardio machine to swimming laps and riding more often with my cycling

group.Even though I had summer courses,

I would arrive to class dressed in ath-letic gear to make myself want to work out later in the day.

I also made small changes like tak-ing the stairs instead of the elevator and purposely parking further away to

get more walking in.When it came to eating choices,

while studying vigorously, I knew I had to be careful.

Instead of buying the single patty burger at Wendy’s, it is much healthier to order to the Ultimate Chicken Grill.

Small actions like substituting ice cream for frozen yogurt and sugary drinks for fresh water actually helped more than one would think.

All the changes I made in my physi-cal activity and eating habits soon paid off.

By the end of the summer I was 30 pounds lighter, and 10 pounds away from my target weight. I could taste victory.

Fall 2011 seemed like it would be a challenge with 15 hours of classes plus working for student publications, but I was so close that I did not want to let

anything get in my way. In addition to going to my neigh-

borhood 24 Hour Fitness, I would exercise at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Thursday afternoons during my class break just to make sure I was physically active at least five days out of the week.

The new year came sooner than expected, but with it came my target weight.

A couple days before this semester began, I put on my favorite jeans while I was getting ready to go out.

I was surprised at how big they felt and shocked when they fell off my hips. I went to weigh myself. The scale read 116 — a huge change from the 156 I saw just a year earlier.

I had finally made it.

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CAMPUS LIFE

STUDENT LIFE

Cougars dance for a good cause

Discipline, persistence vital to weight loss

Alexandra DoyleTHE DAILY COUGAR

For nine hours on Saturday, a host of caring Cougars and members of the community gathered for a variety of activities at a fundraising event.

However, there was one condition — they would not be allowed to sit for the duration of the event.

The fifth annual Dance On marathon, which raised money for the Texas Children’s Hospital through the Children’s Miracle Network, took over the University Center’s Houston Room from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The event, produced by UH student organization Dance On, was what coordinator Natalie Patton called “a symbolic event.”

“We stand for those who can’t,” said Patton.

She and her colleagues organized quite a scene which included craft tables, a video game corner, short con-certs by local bands — namely Kill the Rhythm and Last Two Weeks — a table for representatives from local radio station Hot 95.7 and meals provided by companies such as Mucky Duck, Panda Express and Whole Foods.

However, it was not all fun and

games.The Karrer family came to the

marathon to tell the story of 9-year-old Rylan.

He was diagnosed in October with restrictive cardiomyopathy, an incur-able condition wherein the chamber walls of the heart are too rigid for the muscle to pump blood throughout the body properly.

The only solution is a heart transplant.

He has to wear a high-tech mask out in public to keep germs out of his body and has had to start home-schooling.

Rylan’s parents have nothing but positive things to say about him, claim-ing that he has been excelling in his studies and that he loves video games.

“We’re just waiting on a heart,” said his parents.

The Children’s Miracle Network helps out families like the Karrers and many others with donations to local children’s hospitals such as Texas Children’s, that use the money as they see fit, often to do additional research on diseases like Rylan’s or to help cover some of the medical expenses of the children being cared for.

Many UH groups, including a few Greek organizations, came to the event

on Saturday to compete for the Miracle Trophy, which is awarded to the group with the highest combination of adver-tisements, fundraising success and participation.

Junior Nicole Yaques of Phi Mu was especially proud to participate in this event.

“We’re here because Children’s Miracle Network is our philanthropy,” said Yaques. “It’s a great way to involve the whole chapter in a worthy cause — these children need our help and that’s why we’re here.”

As of Friday night, Phi Mu had raised just shy of $1,000 for the fund-raiser and they were still counting.

Tau Kappa Epsilon was also present at the Dance On marathon. Senior media production major and TKE member Adrian Perez said that the event would “definitely become a last-ing memory.” The defining moment of the Dance On marathon came when Rylan stood up on the stage with a mask over his nose and mouth and thanked the students who had come out to support a charity that truly aides families in Houston and beyond.

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Students from various organizations gave up part of their Saturday and volunteered to boogie on down this past weekend to raise funds for the Texas Children’s Hospital. The event also brings awareness to life-threatening conditions and diseases. | Albert Chao/Courtesy of Center for Student Involvement

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SOCIAL WORK

Panel to discuss Houston’s role in country’s growth

The Graduate College of Social Work will host several guests Friday in a panel discussion titled, “Hous-ton, Leading America’s Future.”

The panel will focus on debat-ing possibilities for Houston’s role in the country’s sociological growth and will include Rice Uni-versity sociology Professor Stephen Klineberg; the founding president

of Cristo Rey Houston, Father T.J. Martinez; former Houston City Council member and mayor pro-tem Gordon Quan; and GCSW Professor Emeritus Jean Latting.

The group will aim to explore how Houston can set an example of unity and synergy in a distinctly diverse demographic landscape, according to a UH press release.

The discussion will begin at 4 p.m. in the Graduate College of Social Work building. To RSVP, email mswjobs@mail.uh.edu.

— Alicia Wilson

IN BRIEFTHEATER AND DANCE

Students to perform in ‘The Crucible’ starting Friday

Arthur Miller’s 1953 Tony Award-winning play “The Crucible” opens Friday in the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center.

Artistic Director of the Peter-borough Players, Gus Kaikkonen, is directing the production, which is set in 17th century Salem, Mass., during the Salem witch trials and commonly interpreted as an alle-gory for Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-communism movement in the 1950s.

Guest artist Kaikkonen visited UH last year as well, when he directed John McClure’s Western

version of John O’Keef’s English comedy “Wild Oats,” in March.

Tickets are $20 to the general public, $15 for UH faculty, staff or alumni, and $10 for seniors and students. They can be purchased online at www.theatredance.uh.edu or by calling 713-743-2929.

— Alicia Wilson

HONORS COLLEGE

America’s debt crisis, road to recovery to be discussed

A lecture that will analyze and elaborate on the process by which America fell into a recession crisis and what needs to be done to get out of it will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Honors College

Commons.“Lost Decades: The Making of

America’s Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery” will be led by Menzie Chinn, professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin. He is the co-author of Lost Decades: The Making of America’s Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery and a contributor to Econbrowser, a blog focused on macroeconomic issues.

Guests must RSVP online at www.thehonorscollege.com.

— Max Gardner

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