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Mary DahdouhContributing writer
Steve Jobs had begun to see a connection between Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and himself, said biographer Walter Isaacson on Friday at the Farfel Distinguished Lecture.
“I got a phone call from (Jobs) — and I had written about Benjamin Franklin, was just about to come out with the biography of Albert Einstein — and Steve talked to me and asked, ‘Why not do me next?’”
Isaacson said.“Of course my first reactions
was ‘OK, Ben Franklin, Albert Einstein (and) Steve Jobs?,’ and I told him ‘Your humility hasn’t fully deepened since we first met’ but after a while I realized, especially when he was sick and battling cancer, that he was a person who had transformed seven industries in America.”
Isaacson, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute as well as former CEO of CNN and editor of
Time Magazine, was honored as the 2013 Farfel Distinguished Lecture speaker.
The Farfel Distinguished Lec-tureship is UH’s most prestigious award that honors the leadership of Aaron Farfel, who served on the UH System Board of Regents for 16 years.
“The process of selecting the speaker for the Farfel lecture is one that engages a number of people in the University. We really want it to be something that enlightens indi-viduals and creates conversation about a topic that maybe people aren’t discussing as much as we would like,” said Karen Clarke, associate vice president of market-ing and communication and asso-ciate vice chancellor of marketing and communication for the UH System.
“(Isaacson) is a great story teller. There are a lot of academics who have evocative ideas, but it’s dif-fi cult for them to engage a larger group in those concepts and ideas. One thing that we liked best about Isaacson was that he is clearly able to tell a story and give analogies and things like that, which really draw you in so you learn a lesson and get the point in a way that’s
Manuella Libardi Contributing writer
The C.T. Bauer College of Business celebrated a $1 million gift received to bolster recruiting scholarships through the Bauer Excellence Initiative, a cam-paign aimed at attracting high-quality applicants to the college’s programs.
Friday’s event in Melcher Hall started with the unveiling of the donors’ names, Dawn and Richard Rawson, who now have Auditorium 160 named after them.
Richard Rawson, a UH alumnus, graduated in 1972 from the College of Business Administration, now known as Bauer. Rawson is the president of Insperity, a business advisor company, and helped fund the College of Education and the College of Business.
“(Rawsons’) commitment and involvement will touch the lives of students now and students to come because it’s an endowment,” said Dean of Bauer Latha Ramchand. “Nobody can touch this money.”
Paula Short, interim senior vice president for Academic Affairs and provost, said statistical informa-tion from fall 2011 shows a high number of business students at the University of Arkansas are from Texas, and a high number of busi-ness students at the University of Texas San Antonio are from Harris County.
“What they’ve done is they’ve created robust scholarship pro-grams,” Short said. “Our goal is to give back to the community. One of the ways is through fi nan-cial support through scholarship opportunities.”
Dawn Rawson said they got where they are today through faith, hard work and perseverance and that now they are concerned with
helping others prosper.“Education is the best root that
Katherine Morris Contributing writer
Student Government Associa-tion President Cedric Bandoh will be back on the ballot with SGA Senator Rani Ramchandani as his vice president in the SGA elections. They are part of the Redvolution party with the campaign slogan, “Service above self!”
In opposition will be SGA Sena-tor Eduardo Reyes for president and SGA Senator Maggie McCart-ney for president with the cam-paign slogan, “Back to the students and back to the basics.”
McCartney and Reyes have set up a Facebook page to promote their party. They are promising that they will be “a party that will listen to student concerns and act on them with feasible solutions to serious issues.”
The polls will be open Tuesday and Wendesday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Locations include the Uni-versity Center, University Center Satellite, M.D. Anderson Memo-rial Library, Campus Recreation and Wellness Center, the Moores School of Music and the Science and Engineering Research Center.
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Dawn and Richard Rawson have set a goal to make the C.T. Bauer College of Business the best business school in the country. | Courtesy of Jessica Navarro
“Smart people are a dime a dozen. What really matters is being able to think imagi-natively, to think creatively,” Walter Isaacson said. | Mary Dahdouh/The Daily Cougar
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Student Government Association Election: Starting at 5 p.m. in the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion, there will be a Student Government Asso-ciation presidential debate. For more information go to www.uh.e du/sga or contact the SGA Election Commission at sgaelect@centra l.uh.edu.
Economic Crisis: From 5 to 7 p.m. in the KIVA Room of Farish Hall, there’s a lecture series called “Economic Crisis: Causes, Conse-quences, and Remedies.” Admission to this event is free with an RSVP.
Ensemble: From 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Moores Opera House, there will be a percussion ensemble featuring directors Blake Wilkins and Alec War-ren with works by de May, Sekhon, Maroney and Elder (world premiere). Tickets range from $7 to $12.
Recital: From 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Dudley Recital Hall, there will be a recital featuring Lynda McKnight on soprano, Caitrine-Ann Piccini on fl ute, Chester Rowell on clarinet, Dennis Whittaker on double bass and Brian Suits on piano. There will be Chamber works by Mozart, Spohr, Bottesini, Hagan and Roe. Tickets range from $7 to $12.
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Recital: From to 9 p.m. at the Moores Opera House, a recital, featur-ing works by 20th- and 21st-century composers including Adamo, Clarke, Moore, Scheer, Hundley, Laitman and Bolcom with Melanie Sonnenberg on mezzo-soprano, Joseph Evans on tenor and Brett Mitchell on piano. Tickets range from $7 to $12.
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memorable,” Clarke said.Throughout the lecture, Isaac-
son continually told heartfelt sto-ries about Jobs, as well as Franklin and Einstein, which truly brought together the minds of all three men to focus on intellectual creativity. Some were perplexed by the con-nection Isaacson made between the three men, but many agreed.
“You absolutely can’t go any-where in America without seeing an Apple product somewhere,” said chemistry junior Camden Kirkland. “The man literally revolutionized how computing and technology are used in both America and the world.”
Jobs’ endless passion for pursu-ing perfection and his motivation for pushing past boundaries were as widespread as his products,
Isaacson said. This passion of his was expressed in one of Jobs’ favor-ite sayings, “Don’t be afraid. You can do it.”
Jobs, alongside Franklin and Einstein, has revolutionized the world in some way through his ingenuity.
“I realized that there was a com-mon thread between Steve and my original two: Franklin and Einstein. That common thread was imagina-tion and creativity,” Isaacson said. “Smart people are a dime a dozen; what really matters is being able to think imaginatively, to think creatively.”
With that common thread established, Isaacson concluded by explaining Jobs’ beliefs on simple beauty.
When Jobs looked at the first iPod, he questioned the necessity of an on and off switch, Isaacson said.
“And it dawned on me that they
don’t need it: If you stopped using your iPod for long enough, it pow-ered down and when you started using it again, it powered itself up. It was the beauty in simplicity that he saw,” Isaacson said.
Isaacson provided insight to the philosophical side of Jobs, one that was suitably demonstrated through a technological medium.
“I said to him, ‘Do you still believe in the spirit of life? Do you believe that something lives on?’ and he said, ‘Yeah, I like to believe that, but then sometimes I’m just a little bit afraid that it’s just like an on and off switch — when you die, you just click off and you’re gone,’” Isaacson said.
“I was somewhat taken aback, then he gave me that little half smile he had, then he said ‘Maybe that’s why I didn’t like putting on/off switches on Apple devices.’”
HONORS COLLEGE
Talks trigger thought
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Mary DahdouhContributing writer
Technology, Entertainment and Design talks have been led by some of the brightest minds of this genera-tion such as Steve Jobs and Stephen Hawking, and The Honors College has brought these intellectual and inspiring conversations home.
A group of more than 20 high school students, undergraduates, graduate students and professors gave TED talks Saturday in a lec-ture series called TEDxYouth@UH in which they spoke about topics varying from cultural understand-ing to intellectual understanding in learning styles.
“I’m a fan of TED talks. So when we had the opportunity to do our own, I thought this was a great opportunity to marry it with one of our motivations in The Honors College, which is to engage with the community around us,” said Christine LeVeaux-Haley, a politi-cal science professor and assistant dean for academic programs at The Honors College.
“I thought it would be nice to get area students to pick their brain and see what they think about the educa-tion they are receiving. We received all sorts of different proposals from high school students in the area with great ideas about how to change education,” LeVeaux-Haley said.
The lecture began with a short presentation from English litera-ture seniorChris Powell on how the word “foreign” must be redefi ned to “unfamiliar” in order to learn more about the world and to achieve “big-worldedness,” a concept in which we pursue encounters with the unfamiliar.
“I enjoyed his presentation about being global in the sense of reminding yourself that foreign is not a word we should be using; it should be more along the lines of unfamiliar and actually looking in on yourself and fi nding those things that you’re not familiar with in the pursuit of knowing more,” said hotel and restaurant management junior Sarah Rennalls.
“I liked the idea of being global
in your learning and never ceasing to fi nd a solution to something that you don’t know,” Rennalls said.
Although a few university stu-dents, such as Powell, presented their own TED talks, the majority of the lectures were given by high school students.
“I was amazed by the potential of young people. Most TED talks I see are from seasoned professionals or professors that hold doctorates, but a lot of the presentations today were amazing, and they were done by high school kids,” said sociology junior Michael Lenmark. “They really have the capacity and the proactivity and the motivation to do a TED talk, and that was simply amazing to me.”
Many of the short lectures from high school students portrayed that young minds are craving a revolu-tion in the way materials are taught in schools, and each offered its own solutions to the issues that are crip-pling classrooms today.
A presentation given by Bel-laire High School student Jennifer Li titled “That Awkward Moment
When Instead of Saving Princess Peach, You Save the World,” which was about the importance of pro-gressing education with each gen-eration, hit a resounding note with the audience.
“Her lecture was the beginning of an innovation. She gave what’s wrong and how we should fi x it in a fun way. Also, it resonated a lot when she said things like ‘social obligation’ and ‘human education’ because that’s a thing that we don’t have,”
said psychology junior Alice Yang.“If you think about the world
and what it is right now, those are things that we so severely need and no institution teaches it. Why not teach the things we need the most? The details and the math and the formulas and the critical thinking are processes of how we do things, but they don’t explain why we do things,” Yang said.
“Why can’t we have games in classrooms that help us learn to make new energy systems (and) new political systems?” said Jennifer Li, who spoke at Tedx. | Mary Dahdouh/The Daily Cougar
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produces the best fruits in the community,” she said.
Richard Rawson said his life is divided into two parts: before his degree and after his degree.
“My commitment to the school
goes back to when I was here,” Rawson said. “It gave me the plat-form of knowledge I never had before, and it taught me how to think. What this school gives is the encouragement and other subtle skill sets so that you can be the best you can be.”
Rawson said any institution is only as good as its students, which
is why he believes and invests in BEI as a means of attracting quality students to the school.
“No business, no matter what it is, is successful without quality people,” Rawson said. “My goal is to make this business school num-ber one in the country.”
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Michael RetherfordContributing Writer
Across the nation, public schools are putting up drug-free zone signs. Laws put in place to prevent alcohol,
tobacco and drugs from being taken by or sold to children are harsh, and society has made the point clear: Children should not do drugs.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded in 2007 that 2.7 million children from 4 to 17 years old use a medica-tion to treat attention-defi cit hyperactivity disorder.
Methylphenidate is the active ingredient in Ritalin, while amphetamine is the active ingredient in Adderall, and both are addictive.
Such addictive substances are easily obtained prescriptions contributing to a $7 billion-a-year ADHD drug market says the American Psychiatric Association. It just doesn’t seem right to require children as young as 4 years old to take several doses of these drugs a day.
The drug free signs are there for a reason: We, as parents and guardians of the young, sense there is something about the growth and development of a child’s mind and brain that must be protected.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Admin-istration labels Ritalin and Adderall as schedule-two drugs with a “high potential for abuse,” which puts them in the same category as cocaine and methadone. The level of con-tradiction between telling a child to “just say no” to drugs and then saying “yes” to drugs with a prescription is irresponsible.
One of the reasons that 5.2 million of children have ADHD and attention defi cit disorder, as reported by the CDC and the APA, is the criteria the APA created to diagnose people with such disorders.
The criteria for diagnosing children more represent a collection of personality traits that are a nuisance to teachers in classrooms than symptoms of a psychological disorder. These diagnoses lead to millions of kids being prescribed stimulants to effectively control a classroom and have children do better on tests when they should really be eating better and be given a more confi dent, attentive and knowledgeable approach to being schooled and raised.
Admittedly, not every child gets a misdi-agnosis. In some cases, parents and teachers
do everything they can and still struggle with getting children to behave. Many parents say their child acts better and is more obedient in class when on the medication, but suppress-ing a child’s energetic and unfocused mind — as many bright kids have — with a chemi-cal compound is hardly an effective approach to instilling positive discipline coupled and enhancing learning capabilities.
Sensitively speaking, this is how addicts are produced. The Foundation for a Drug Free World said that in 2007, 3.8 percent of 12th graders admitted to using Ritalin without a prescription at least once in a 12-month period. This is part of a growing number of a new type of addict that has surpassed the number of recreational drug abusers: the prescription drug abuser.
If you give someone several doses of nico-tine a day, they will naturally grow dependent upon nicotine — same with alcohol, caffeine, codeine or cocaine. When small children are given these psychoactive stimulants several times a day for possibly months or years at a time, their minds are developing and adjust-ing to a bath of toxicity.
In 2001, the Brookhaven National
Laboratory released a report detailing Ritalin’s connection with dopamine, a neurotransmit-ter that helps control the brain’s reward and pleasure centers. The study indicated Ritalin increases the level of dopamine in the body. Over the long term, this excess dopamine causes psychoses like schizophrenia and hal-lucinations, as well as physical changes.
Our communities and leaders refer to children as our future, but an alarming per-centage of our future is being drugged to help it focus, behave and test better at a very young age. An alternative has to be used within the school system to implement these outcomes in children labeled as ADHD.
Smaller classes, more competitive teacher qualifi cations, more home schooling, more interesting and applicable classes earlier in school and more attentive and disciplined parenting are better than giving children their daily fi x. Positive encouragement, high expectations, physical activities and healthier diets are all immediate potential responses to this problem.
Michael Retherford is a mechanical engineering junior and may be reached at [email protected].
Millions of children each year get prescribed Ritalin, a drug the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administra-tion rates in the same category as cocaine. | Wikimedia Commons
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DRUG ABUSE
Get rid of the ritalin
OPINIONEDITOR Aaron Manuel EMAIL [email protected] ONLINE thedailycougar.com/opinion
Guidelines for diagnos-ing ADHD led millions to Ritalin and Adderall
In 2000, the American Psychiatic Association set forth the following for diagnosing ADHD:
In a child 6 to 12 years old who presents with inatten-tion, hyperactivity, impulsivity, academic underachievement or behavior problems, primary care clinicians should initiate an evaluation for ADHD.The diagnosis of ADHD requires that a child meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition criteria.The assessment of ADHD requires evidence directly obtained from parents or caregivers regarding the core symptoms of ADHD in various settings, the age of onset, duration of symptoms and degree of functional impair-ment.The assessment of ADHD requires evidence directly obtained from the classroom teacher (or other school professional) regarding the core symptoms of ADHD, duration of symptoms, degree of functional impairment and associated conditions.Evaluation of the child with ADHD should include assess-ment for associated (coexist-ing) conditions.Other diagnostic tests are not routinely indicated to establish the diagnosis of ADHD but may be used for the assessment of other coexisting conditions (e.g., learning disabilities and mental retardation).
Information provided by the Offi cial Journal for the American Academy of Pediatrics.
OVERDIAGNOSIS
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GOLF
Boys and Girls Club
Anthresia McWashingtonContributing writer
UH adds women’s golf to its list of intercollegiate sports for the 2013-2014 season. It’s the fi rst addition to the University’s Department of Inter-collegiate Athletics in more than 10 years.
Recruits Kelli Rollo and Emily Gilbreth, both high school seniors, will be the fi rst women’s golf com-petitors. Rollo and Gilbreth were the right ones to build the foundation for the program, head coach Jonathan Dismuke said.
“(It was) tough to get anyone signed up for something that isn’t that tangible,” Dismuke said. “We’re proud of the girls that we’ve selected.”
Rollo and Gilbreth each have a list of achievements to accompany them once they start at UH.
Rollo, a senior at Barbers Hill High School, has led her team to numer-ous victories, including three tourna-ment wins on the Junior Tour during the summer and a title at Redstone Golf Club, home of the Cougar Golf program. As the season approaches, Rollo looks forward to the doors col-lege sports will open for her and the experiences she will gain from golf
and academics.“I’m excited to play at the col-
legiate level,” Rollo said. “I’ll get to meet a lot of new people who are serious about the sport. I’ve been practicing every day. I meet with my golf instructor twice a week and go to weekly invitationals.”
Gilbreth, a senior at Bellaire High School, has her share of accomplish-ments to bring to UH. She won the Class 5A Region III Championship and the IJGT Dupage Classic.
Rollo feels good about the two being the front-runners of the program.
“(Gilbreth) is great,” Rollo said. “She’s really nice, and has been play-ing for a really long time.”
The addition of the women’s golf to the University’s roster of intercol-legiate sports allows UH an oppor-tunity for more competition in other sports.
The thought of having women join the golf program has been in place for a while now, Athletic Direc-tor Mack Rhoades said.
“When we built the big Willliams Academy, we had women’s golf in mind,” Rhoades said. “We really thought we needed to add a women’s sport, and golf was the best choice.”
The Dave Williams Golf Acad-emy is located at Redstone Golf Club, making UH the only school in Texas that has a golf course that holds an annual PGA Tour event. As
the program expands, more coaches and athletes will be brought in. An associate coach will start June 1, and a minimum of fi ve girls will be com-peting in the 2014-2015 season.
The kick-off year for the new program will allow everyone to see what these new recruits have to bring to the table. The level of competition these ladies will face will assist them in maturing their talents and get them ready individually and collectively for
team competitions in the future. Dismuke’s anticipation for what’s
to come includes his new recruits having the chance to get their feet wet.
“I’m looking forward to getting our players some experience,” Dis-muke said. “(The upcoming season will) give them (a) year to experience college golf.”
Rollo, Gilbreth part of inaugural class of recruits for women’s golf
Sophomore Roman Robledo, who competed with the Cougars this weekend during the Bayou City Collegiate Championship at Redstone Golf Club, will have female counterparts on the golf team in 2013-2014. Robledo shot +4 and fi nished tied for 40th place. | Esteban Portillo/The Daily Cougar
The women’s team will compete at Redstone Golf Club at The Dave Williams Golf Academy like the men’s squad. | Esteban Portillo/The Daily Cougar
Andrew ValderasStaff writer
Head coach Todd Buchanan pumped his fi st as freshman forward Marche’ Amerson knocked down her second consecutive 3-pointer late in the second half.
Down 57-58 with four minutes remaining, Amerson was able to score seven of the last eight points, and UH knocked off Conference USA by leading SMU 65-58 at Hofheinz Pavilion on Sunday.
Despite going scoreless until the four-minute mark, Buchanan said the two-time Freshman Award of the Week recipient came up big for her team. Amerson got off to a slow start after foul trouble limited her to 11 minutes in the fi rst half.
“That’s what great players do,” Buchanan said. “She was struggling for the most part today, but she really had the tenacity and the heart to come back and make the biggest shots that she made on the biggest stage.”
UH handed SMU its second conference loss of the season. Fresh-man guard Alecia Smith recorded a game-high 18 points, including four 3-pointers. Junior center Yasmeen Thompson was able to record her fi fth double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds.
Redshirt senior guard Porsche Landry was able to place herself in the record books by tallying 1,506 points for her career and moving into the eighth spot in school history.
The Cougars were able to keep Mustangs junior guard Keena Mays under control in the fi rst half but was able to knock down three 3-pointers in the second half.
“We let her get hot, and once she got going, she knocked some shots down,” Amerson said. “We came together and said we need to lock her down and tighten up our defense as a whole.”
SMU has been on top of the con-ference since the season started, but the Cougars feel comfortable if they have to see them again.
“We match up well with them. They’re not dominantly big or anything like that. We have a lot of athletes; they have a lot of athletes,” Buchanan said. “I think Mays and Landry really offset each other a lot of times, and I think (junior forward) Te’onna (Campbell) did a really, really good job defending her.”
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Amerson’s clutch play lifts Cougars
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offering 30 Work in
tandem 31 Low-
voiced lady
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and fro 40 ___ serif 45 Indian
dish made with len-tils (Var.)
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“Malcolm X”
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58 After deadline
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61 Cold War letters
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LIFE & ARTSEDITOR Paulina Rojas EMAIL [email protected] ONLINE thedailycougar.com/life-arts
MOORES
A little bit of jazz and pizzazzMonica TsoStaff writer
It is always a surreal moment when a student gets to meet and work with someone who is a legend in his fi eld. As members of the UH jazz ensemble got onto the stage of the Moores Opera House on Friday, many of them had that experience.
As part of the 15th annual Moores Jazz Festival, internation-ally renowned trumpet player Lew Soloff worked and performed with aspiring jazz musicians during a free clinic arranged by Noe Marmolejo, the director of jazz ensembles.
Also a jazz trumpet performer, Marmolejo was eager to welcome the famous trumpeter to the celebration.
“Lew was one of the reasons why I even moved in the jazz direction,” Marmolejo said. “He is one of the greatest musicians ever, and I hope that the students feel inspired as well. If we put our egos aside, then the truth about becoming a well-rounded, inspirational artist can come out.”
Marmolejo also emphasized the importance of the festival.
“Working with these musicians offers different perspectives for students, and our students deserve these kinds of gifts,” Marmolejo said. “We must put our egos aside, so the truth about music can come out.”
Soloff has worked with legendary bands like Blood, Sweat and Tears and Latin jazz musician Machito. During his second visit to the jazz festival, Soloff provided advice to the aspiring musicians.
“You have to feel passionate toward the music, and you have to know what turns you on,” Soloff said. “It’s 95 percent hard work and fi ve percent talent. The more you practice, the more fun you’ll have
in the performance to make a living out of what you love.”
Soloff focused on what excites him instead of technicalities. As he played, he conversed with the other players through his music. He described ways to captivate the audience by using good tone and playing in good time.
“You have to take what you can’t do and perfect it,” Soloff said. “If you work hardest on the strongest points, you’ll be exceptional. You have to play what you do or don’t like because that’s how you know what you’re good at.”
Jazz music sophomore Trent Miller played in the UH jazz band and said he felt privileged to per-form with Soloff. He discussed his passion for music, having come from connections with people lis-tening or playing with him.
“Being able to reach people through music is the greatest feel-ing, and Soloff inspired us to really feel the music,” Miller said. “He made it feel like we were playing with him and not just for him, which is a great feeling from someone of his status.”
Music composition junior Alex Winkler said he was humbled and excited to play piano alongside Soloff. Enthused by his sense of humor obvious in his music, Win-kler recognized Soloff’s desire to reach the hearts of his audience.
“The richness of jazz harmonies, the freedom of improvisation and excitement of ensemble interaction is what drives me to progress as a jazz musician,” Winkler said. “Just when you think you’re getting good at your instrument, a master of the craft comes along and makes you realize how much more potential we all have left to explore as players.”
The clinic was held Friday at the Moores Opera House as part of the 15th annual Jazz Festival. Students got to learn and better their craft under the supervision of trumpet player Lew Soloff. | Mahnoor Samana/The Daily Cougar
Paulina RojasLife & arts editor
An audience of bobbing heads and a stage of men dressed in black playing shiny instruments fi lled the Moores Opera House during its 15th annual Jazz festival Saturday.
This year’s guest, trumpeter Lew Soloff, was introduced by his friend Noe Marmolejo, the director of jazz ensembles at UH.
“I was a kid growing up in south Texas. When I listened to Lew
Soloff’s music for the first time, I was so inspired and realized that there were a lot of things that I did not know about,” Marmolejo said.
The concert was not only a great opportunity for audiences, but also for the student members of the jazz ensemble who got to perform with a “legend.”
The night started off with “Portait of Louis Armstrong,” a piece com-posed by American composer Duke Ellington. The tune was upbeat and
provided the quintessential jazz feeling of a lively big band.
Soloff then talked about his grandson and how it was the fi rst time the toddler witnessed his grandfather play.
The next piece played was “Beau-tiful Love.”
“This is a piece that the jazz ensemble and I have practiced, but I have never performed,” Soloff said. “I would not be doing this if these guys weren’t so good.”
Marmolejo demonstrated his passion to not only direct but play the trumpet as well. Throughout the concert, he could be spotted bob-bing his head and tapping his feet gently against the fl oor. He fl uidly moved from his post directing in front of the stage to the back of stage where he played the trumpet.
The spotlight shone not only on Soloff but also on students like saxophonist Darrel Materum and graduate assistant and bass player
Gerald Massoud.“Spinning Wheel” was the tune
chosen for the encore. It ended the night on the right note and had the audience clapping and singing along.
“These guys are really great, and I want all of you to support them,” Soloff said. “They are one of the best student ensembles that I have played with.”
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SPORTS
TENNIS
Coach puts stamp on recruiting Stacey KarrContributing writer
For head coach Patrick Sullivan, the University recruits itself.
After picking up the sixth-ranked recruiting class in the nation, the chance to play on a nationally-ranked tennis team is hard to pass up, Sullivan said.
“We have had a really great start to the season, getting our first national ranking since 2006, and things are really looking up for us,” he said. “It’s exciting to have a great foundation of high-character individuals that really do want to be great.”
Sullivan said he is looking at work ethic, attitude and talent. Sullivan focuses on the positive environment he can offer the players more than what the players have to offer UH.
“Recruiting is about building relationships. I work hard to really get to know recruits and am very honest about what we have to offer and what we’re looking for,” Sullivan said.
“I try hard to meet and to get to know their families and try to relieve their fears about sending their 18-year-old daughters far away from home. I try to give our current play-ers the best experience they can on and off the tennis court,” he said.
He also works to maintain these relationships, and coaches who aren’t looking to build lifelong relationships are doing a disservice to their players, and he believes maintaining these relationships is good for students because student-athletes will share their experiences with others on and off the court, he said.
“I try to remember the reason why we’re here: to give these kids a good platform in life and to make them the ones that go out into the world and do great things,” he said.
This is Sullivan’s fourth time to take over a tennis program. He has found a good group of girls with a great attitude and work ethic, he said.
Sullivan, who has a law degree, said coaching and recruiting is bet-ter than the alternative.
“I try to remember days like today: It’s an awesome day, and I’m wearing shorts and a t-shirt and this is my job. I could be stuck in a courtroom, in a suit, dealing with bad people; but I’m here with great people,” Sullivan said.