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Amy CarlStaff Writer
In her fourth fall address, UH Pres-ident Renu Khator praised UH faculty, staff and students for their role in the University’s national accolades.
“Henry Ford once said, ‘Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.’ We began together with a dream, a dream of being relevant to our students and community; we came together to defi ne this dream as being Tier One. We worked together to achieve this goal, and today we stand together to celebrate our suc-cess,” Khator said.
Khator discussed UH’s main accomplishments since 2009: Tier One designation by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, ranking in the Top 50 public university list by Top American Research University, qualifying for funding from the National Research University Fund and, most recently, being ranked by U.S. News & World Report.
Khator also called attention to the number of awards given to UH faculty, which has doubled in the past year.
“You are the inspiration and model for our students and faculty,” Khator said as she acknowledged awarded faculty in attendance.
Khator then focused on student success — an area Khator has made a “no excuse” priority. Currently, UH’s six-year graduate rates are below
national average, but Khator reaf-fi rmed the University’s commitment to its students.
“To close this gap, we initiated a nine-point plan three years ago that promised to build residential life, launch cutting edge academic programs, provide seamless student pathways and, most importantly, build a culture that values not only student enrollment, but their success.”
Khator discussed this year’s freshman class as one of the indica-tors of UH’s bright academic future. One-third of this year’s incoming freshmen graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school classes, and 34 students were National Merit
Scholars. However, Khator empha-sized the University’s commitment to remaining accessible.
“More than half of any year’s entering class comes not as fresh-men, but as transfers from other universities and colleges. A number of recruiting and advising initiatives in partnership with community colleges help us provide seamless pathways to the University of Houston,” Khator said.
She also discussed UH’s diversity and affordability — two qualities that set it apart from other public universi-ties in Texas. UH is the only university in Texas qualifi ed as a Hispanic-Serv-ing Institution and is also an Asian-American Serving Institution. UH is
ranked seventh in the nation among universities whose students graduate with the least amount of debt and did not raise tuition this year.
Khator concluded her remarks by drawing attention to our role as a groundbreaking university and com-munity, exemplifying the possibilities about the future of our nation.
“Houston, with its demograph-ics, is what the rest of America will be in 25 years, and the University of Houston, with its diversity, is what the rest of higher education will look like in 25 years,” Khator said. “We are the model for tomorrow’s America, a model which we cannot allow to fail.”
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Did you know, a weekly column, will highlight interesting facts about majors offered on campus with the hopes to peak interest among the student body. Ashley Bridges, program coordinator for the College of Optometry, provided the supporting information for this week’s column.
1. Degrees offered at the UH College of Optometry include a doctor of optometry, combined doctor of optometry and a doctorate in philoso-phy, master of science and a doctor of philosophy.
2. UHCO faculty member Dr. Irvin Borish is considered the father of modern optometry, while Dr. Brien Holden founded the Brien Holden Vision Institute.
3. It takes 177 total credit hours to recieve a doctor of optometry. A typical week for UHCO students consists of 26 or more hours spent in classrooms or labs. Once in clinic, there are 8 hours a day spent provid-ing patient care. Students will spend approximately 54 hours to obtain a master’s degree and 96 hours for a doctorate.
4. According to the American Optometric Association, the average starting income in optometry is around $60,000. Most graduates either go into the pharmaceutical industry or academia.
5. A doctor of optometry, including equipment costs, will average around $90,000 during a four-year span. Master’s degrees are about $16,350 for two years and doctorates vary.
6. More than 4,000 students have graduated from the UHCO since 1952. In order to be licensed to practice, students must pass all three parts of the National Examination Board of Optometry Exams — management and clinical skills, applied basic sciences and patient assessment — while holding a GPA of no less than 2.0.
7. UHCO is looking for students that can academically excel with high scores on the OAT — an optometry admissions test administered to prospective students — and who are comfortable treating patients and have had previous experience in the optometric fi eld.
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Bauer ranks top three
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Channler HillLife & arts editor
On Monday the Entrepreneurship Program at the Bauer School of Busi-ness was ranked third in the nation out of 25 undergraduate programs.
“Being ranked highly among our peers is certainly a source of pride,” said Dean of the C.T Bauer College of Business Latha Ramchand. “This recognition is exciting for us, but per-haps more exciting is the response we (receive) from our students. For us, what really matters is the quality of learning and who really matters are students.”
The program has been in the top three since 2007, and has held the top spot in 2008, 2010, and 2011. It has drawn students from across the nation to the business school.
“I came to UH (for) the entrepre-neurship program,” said business freshman Nate McMullin.
Students involved in the program have the chance to visit with Warren Buffett, the primary shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, and work with many others experienced in launch-ing their own business.
“Houston is a city that supports the spirit of entrepreneurship, and the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship offers our students an education with unmatched opportunities,” Ram-chand said. “Houston is a city built be entrepreneurs.”
The Entrepreneurship program is constantly changing as it is infl u-enced by the students who attend, Ramchand said.
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Five European delegates visited the Center for Advanced Materials at UH in an effort to discuss energy technologies, energy policy and energy utilization.
Invited by the State Department, the delegates visited CAM under its International Visitor Leadership Program, Climate Change and Clean Energy on Sept. 20.
“This is the fourth delegation sent to the Center for Advanced Materials by the State Department in the past three years: from Japan – Renewable Energies and Energy Security; Central and South America — University Technology Transfer; Iraq — New Technologies for the Future,” said Alex Ignatiev, director of CAM in an e-mail.
Some of the objectives of the visit were to expose participants to the players in U.S. energy policy
formulation at all levels and to a range of views in the public, academic and private sectors, according to a CAM news release. Additionally, CAM wanted to dem-onstrate the effective actions taken against climate change by the pri-vate sector and U.S. federal, state and local government authorities.
UH professors Alex Ignatiev and Alex Freundlich were sent CAM personnel to attend the delega-tion alongside ministers and vice ministers from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany and Poland.
The delegates said they were provided with excellent points of view on future energy development and understand that renewable and alternative energies are important, according to emails provided by Ignatiev. They also want to develop international collaborations on clean energy generation.
In addit ion, members of
previous delegations held at UH have returned to CAM for discussions on international collaborations.
“The continual sending of delegations to CAM by the State
Department is a strong indication of the high level of regard that CAM has garnered within the State Department program,” Ignatiev said. “The consistent praise of the CAM presentations by not only the
State Department, but more impor-tantly by the delegates themselves, clearly indicates the quality and success of the visits.”
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Delegates and their countries:
Spiridon G. Aleksandrov — head of Monitoring and Reporting Department and Ministry of Envi-ronment and Water from Sofi a, Bulgaria
Pavel Gebauer — director of Energy Section and Ministry of Industry and Trade from Prague, Czech Republic
Elizabeth Caroline Florian Hagemann — special advisor of Ministry of Climate and Energy from Copenhagen, Denmark
Mario Tobias — secretary-general of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies from Potsdam, Germany
Wojciech Jacek Saryusz-Wolski — head of cabinet of Ministry of Environment from Warsaw, Poland.
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According to UIT, 18 buildings have been updated in 2012 — with more than 100 devices installed in September alone.
“Right now we have about 1,600 wireless access points,” Barrantes said. “In the next two years, we plan to install at least 4,000.”
For more information, visit www.uh.edu/wifi .
Entrepreneurship offers a BBA in entrepreneurship. Bauer students who major in entrepreneurship bring a personal business idea to the program and through their course-work, adjust and refi ne that idea,” Ramchand said.
The fi nal step for students within the WCE program is to present a
business plan to a group of entre-preneurs during the last semester. Students also compete in Wolffest, a competition where students must manage competing food stands, giving them a chance to apply all of the skills they have learned in the classroom.
“The college holds events like CougarPitch — an elevator pitch competition open to all UH stu-dents and a 3-day Startup — where
student teams start a technology company over the course of three days,” Ramchand said. “We firmly believe that giving students access to these entrepreneurial activities helps us graduate alumni who are not only prepared to fi nd a job, but also to create jobs through their own businesses, helping to stimulate the economy.”
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Nick BellOpinion coumnist
P fc. Bradley Manning made headlines in 2010 when he was arrested
for the leak of around 250,000 private documents concerning operations in Iraq and Afghani-stan to the website WikiLeaks, known for its mission of trans-parency in government.
Manning was arrested on May 26, 2010 and has been under U.S. military detainment ever since.
Recently, Manning’s defense attorney, David Coombs, filed a motion stating that Manning’s charges should be dismissed because his right to a speedy trial has been completely violated.
“As of the date of this motion,
Pfc. Manning has been in pretrial confinement for 845 days,” Coombs said.
“With trial scheduled to commence on Feb. 4, 2013, Pfc. Manning will have spent a grand total of 983 days in pre-trial confinement before even a single piece of evidence is offered against him.”
Whether he is labeled a whis-tleblower or a cyber-terrorist, the handling of such a nonviolent criminal case by the military’s judicial system is absolutely horrendous.
The underlying motive for journalists and the press is to
inform an otherwise uninformed democratic society so people within can choose their political candidates accordingly.
Never in the history of the U.S. has any administration utilized the Espionage Act so frequently as President Barack Obama’s administration, and the exponential expansion of infor-mation into the hands of people through technology undoubtedly plays a role in the increase of these cases.
It’s ironic that Manning’s imposition of restraint could be more than 630 days before the trial for exposing the espionage acts of our government and then get charged as a spy.
We are entering a new age where government officials cannot protect their classified information from the people, and we are starting to see an increased vigilance among the Internet community as a form of civil disobedience.
Users’ understanding of the Internet is increasing at a remarkable degree. The advances have been rapid, and it’s getting harder for anybody, includ-ing our government, to hide anything.
Manning’s case proves that Internet-related activities are going to fall under ever-increas-ing scrutiny until it is no longer a forum for the people.
Granted, Manning most likely had animosity toward the military and his peers because of the treatment toward his alleged “gender confusion,” as the mili-tary calls it.
Wherever his motives to leak the information came from, Manning kept the military’s over-reaching arm in check.
The crimes blatantly
committed on the videos are far worse than anything Manning has done, but none of these per-sonnel were convicted or tried for any of these crimes.
This case will undoubtedly set a precedent to decide how much the government can get away with in regards to
military operations and prisoner detainment.
While the media tried to gen-erate ad revenue off other high profile stories like the Trayvon Martin case, the Manning case fell to the wayside.
It’s easy to get the public riled up over issues like race,
but getting the public riled up against the military-industrial complex is against the corporate conglomerates’ and governmen-tal institution’s interests.
Nick Bell is a media production senior and may be reached at [email protected].
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Veteran still suffers cruel confi nement By the time Bradley Manning goes to trial, he will have been jailed for close to 1,000 days
The crimes blatantly committed
on the videos are far worse than anything Manning has done.”
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VOLLEYBALL
Harrison LeeStaff writer
To see her before a match, you’d probably be a little surprised by the calm sense of self she carries, and freshman Olivia O’Dell says it’s always set her a little apart; it probably runs in the family.
“I’ve played (volleyball) since I was in third grade,” O’Dell said. “My sister played when she was younger too, so I guess I fol-lowed after her. It’s just been part of my life ever since. We had a
recreational league in my home-town, the Garland Volleyball Asso-ciation. My friends from school were playing so I decided to join and see what it was all about. It ended up taking me in.”
The seemingly always smiling O’Dell arrived at UH from the suburb of Rowlett. Her decision to attend UH can be traced to exactly who recruited her and where they ended up going.
“I was actually recruited by the coaches who had been at Houston
Baptist, who are here now,” O’Dell explained. “They helped me get myself here because of the coach-ing change over at Houston Bap-tist. That’s how I got here and I’m happy about it.”
O’Dell said she was initially nervousness after arriving at UH to play for their well-respected Division I program.
“It was a little bit intimidating, I’m not going to lie,” O’Dell said. “With some of the upperclassmen on the team, I was kind of intimi-dated at fi rst because they’ve been here for so long. There are set rules and what they want us to accom-plish and what they expected from us. It was all about getting into that mindset. It was a little bit daunt-ing, you know, a work in progress. It still is.”
The community bred from day-after-day practicing together is easily detectable on the court, as well as off.
“Honestly, it can get a little frus-trating at times, but I think it’s a really cool experience,” said O’Dell. “You really get to bond with people and it’s just been a good experi-ence. Off the court can be a little different; some of us like to go out and have fun and some are more reserved, I guess. Or that might just be me, actually.”
O’Dell’s on-court experiences have been memorable in several ways. She can easily recall her feel-ings from her fi rst game.
“It was kind of nerve-racking because you had fans here that had never seen you play,” O’Dell said. “It was like you felt you need to prove yourself a little bit. I was a little bit nervous, but once I got into it, it was just another volley-ball game. I just love the game so much when I’m competing at any level.”
Athletics aside, O’Dell has had to deal with a change in scenery as well as grades — from living at home to living on campus, while being a part of UH’s Honors Col-lege. Though she said that isn’t the biggest change she’s gone through since she’s moved down from
suburban Dallas to cosmopolitan Houston.
“The weather is the biggest thing,” O’Dell said.
“It’s super humid down here. In Dallas it’s not really like that,” she said. “It’s been interesting trying to make the adjustments down here. I’m a very family-oriented person, I like being around my family. I have a little brother — he’s three — so it’s kind of hard being away from him. Even though I get to visit, I don’t get to see him grow up, in a way. It’s been a little diffi cult, but I’ve been getting used to it.”
During high school, Olivia O’Dell recorded 2,304 digs and helped her team to three Regional Quarterfi nal appearances. | Bethel Glumac/The Daily Cougar
Freshman excels, tames nerves
SOCCER
Monica RojasStaff writer
After a 2-0 loss to nationally ranked Central Florida and a
rained out game against Southern Mis-sissippi that resulted in its cancellation, the UH soc-cer team has some work to do before
their weekend games.“I’m not too worried,” head
soccer coach Chris Pfau said. “It’s
one game out of four or fi ve we’ve played.”
“I think it’s easy to get (the team) back with a good training session like (Tuesday’s). It got them back in rhythm.”
At 7 p.m. on Friday, the Cougars will face East Carolina and Marshall at noon on Sunday.
“We got too keyed up on the game (Friday) and too anxious to play a nationally ranked team and forgot everything we learned,” Pfau said.
“It’s tough. We have two nation-ally ranked teams and then (five) ranked in the region.”
East Carolina is one of those
fi ve. Ranked as No. 10 in the Central Region, the Pirates stand at 7-5 and 3-1 in conference.
“Friday and Sunday are going to be tough,” Pfau said. “We have to get points at home so we don’t get stretched at the end of the season.”
Slip-ups in team unity cost the Cougars their lady arch, Pfau said.
“We haven’t reached our max potential,” junior midfielder Fabi Cirino said.
“There’s still a lot to work in, but our tactics have improved a lot from last year. Our defense is doing much better. (Now) we just have to work on bring consistent (as a team).”
Marshall is coming out of a 7-1
loss to Memphis and stand at 6-6 and 2-2 in Conference.
“It’s a tough conference,” Pfau said.
To Pfau, getting through the toughness is all about the basics.
“It’s everything. When to stop, when to pinch in, taking care of the ball and knowing the team shape,” Pfau said. “I think we strayed away from that. Our strength the weeks before was we played together as a team and that’s (the plan this week).”
Next week the Cougars will hit the road and head to Alabama to face UAB on Friday and then Memphis on Sunday. Games will be available online through the CBSSports.com
GameTracker. The match against Southern Mississippi was resched-uled for Oct. 28 as a season ender.
UH hosts weekend matches at RobertsonWe haven’t reached our max potential.
There’s still a lot of work to get in but our tactics have improved a lot from last year. ”
Fabi Cirino, junior midfi elder said when comparing the 2011 UH Cougars
soccer team to the 2012 squad
O’Dell’s journey from home to Division I program provides new scenery, challenges Dallas-area native
Fabi Cirino
Fans show their support for freshman Olivia O’Dell during the Sept. 7 match against the UTSA Roadrunners. | Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar
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UH rapper aims to move massesSPOTLIGHT
Bryan Dupont-GrayLife & arts editor
While starting out, musicians may seek exposure to gain the tangible assets of fame. Petroleum engineering freshman and aspiring rapper John Patrick Egbo — stage name JohnyyP — seeks to hugely influence others during his road to releasing his debut mixtape in November.
Egbo grew up around music, and he said he had only thought of it as a hobby until recently.
“My mom is a Nigerian gospel artist and ever since I was young, she’s been singing. My uncle as well,” Egbo said.
“We were always rapping or singing. It wasn’t until last year that I realized I should really take my talent somewhere and be seri-ous with it.”
That “somewhere” turned out to be the NAACP talent show on campus Saturday night and
Fitzgerald’s 2012 Upcoming Artist Showcase.
The subject of his music ranges from songs like “Definition of Beauty” — which talks about hav-ing self-worth — to the ScHoolboy Q-inspired track, “Blessed,” which combines JohnyyP.’s lyrical talent with his expression of religious views.
After the 17-year-old freshman, who graduated from Foster High School in Richmond, Texas, saw that he didn’t have to imitate the styles of other rappers, he had to implement life into his music to make an influence on people, Egbo said.
“I feel that while artists are using their music for the negative, I can use music to affect people positively,” Egbo said.
“I know in my heart that I’m a good person, and I want to see others do good things, too. I want to encourage people to not be so hateful and at the same time, try
to be selfless with the talent that God gave me.”
Egbo said he has been thor-oughly involved in UH organi-zations since he received his acceptance letter – especially the Nigerian Student Association and the UH Society of Petroleum Engineers.
His ambitious pursuit toward his degree may be grounded, but JohnyyP. refuses to sweep his dreams under the rug.
“I always had a high interest in petroleum engineering,” Egbo said.
“I know nothing is definite, but five years from now, I hope to get my degree and I also hope to be a full time artist by then.”
For now, the focus is on his 11-track “Juan Night Only” mix-tape, set to release on Black Friday next month.
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“Definition of Beauty” and “Blessed” are just few of the songs released for the upcoming mixtape “Juan Night Only.” | Rebekah Sterns/The Daily Cougar
Local resturants around campus prove worthy of appetitesFrom traditional Vietnamese cuisines to one of the best local wings in town, UH students used be hard pressed to fi nd restaurants that can both satiate their
appetite and be within bicycle distance at the same time. Not anymore. Two of these locally friendly dine-out restaurants are perfect for lunchtime in between study sessions. Stay tuned for part 2 of this ongoing series. - Compiled by Jacob Kessinger and Kevin Cook
THELMA’S BAR B-Q
Located on Scott Street and near Southmore Street, Thelma’s Bar B Que has plenty of barbecue-centered meals like chopped beef, pork and catfish sandwiches and ribs — all of which are highly recommended.
The interior is dimly lit and sparsely decorated with plaques
and trophies commemorating local children’s baseball teams, giving it the feel of a place tied to its community.
The service is surprisingly fast and with plates like the piping hot, hearty and delicious chopped beef potato covered in sweet barbecue sauce.
Priced at just over $8, the meal could easily feed a table of two people.
Thelma’s sweet tea is a big seller. It’s certainly sweet — closer to Kool-Aid than tea — but an excellent adjunct to the meal.
Thelma’s is definitely worth a look for the barbecue-inclined.
The Original Timmy Chan Restau-rant may not be very original, but it does serve up some delicious chicken wings on a budget.
Past the security guard and bare CCTV cameras that decorate the inte-rior, three large fl at screen TVs display a 68-item menu consisting of dishes
that can be found at any KFC.The six wings with rice combo is
a local favorite and costs about $6.50. Six of these monstrous wings could easily feed two adults.
The price and portions are fantas-tic, but what really stands out is the fl avor of the wings — which makes
this some of the best fried chicken in the city. There is an undefi nable addicting fl avor that makes it diffi cult to stop eating.
Hungry, cash-strapped students could do a lot worse than Timmy Chan’s meaty, delicious chicken wings.
TIMMY CHAN’S
Thelma’s Bar B-Q is a fantastic choice for those seeking BBQ richness. | Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar
Timmy Chan’s chicken wing packs flavor to satisfy all appetites. | Rebekah Stearns /The Daily Cougar
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Channler HillStaff writer
Sponsored by Student Program Board, on Oct. 12 the first 1,605 students to stand outside the doors of the Cullen Performance Hall will hear songs from Andy Grammer’s new album, including
some of his top radio hits, “Keep your head up,” “Fine by me” and “Miss me,” for free.
“Our mission is to bring fun to campus and what we do each semester is we bring a variety of movies, concerts, comedians,” SPB president, Jessica Grono said.
“When we went to our NACA
conference in the spring, we saw Andy Grammer and we thought he would be a really great event for students to enjoy.”
After attending the conference, SPB brought back two options, and discussed it with its executive board and student members, until ultimately deciding that Grammer
was the best choice.The Cullen Performance Hall
doors open at 7 p.m. with the con-cert beginning at 8 p.m.
For more information, please visit www.uh.edu/spb/.
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inspiring, feel good songs with a message that aims to motivate listeners to do good.
For JohnyyP., his style of music is what rap music is supposed to be.
“I always wonder how far a song is going to go and exactly how impactful the song is going to be,” Egbo said
“I’m not easily influenced by the top celebrities or artists because I don’t have the same goals as they do.
“I’m always humble about my music because it really doesn’t matter how it sounds in my head. If it doesn’t impact or touch any-body, then it’s just going to be useless.”
JOHNYYP continued from page 7Award winning pop artist UH bound
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John Patrick Egbo, also known as JohnyyP, is currently involved with the Society of Petroleum Engineers. | Rebekah Sterns/The Daily Cougar
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