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Students react to Obama's re-election, CAPS battles understaffing, and Sims expects to sit vs. TulsaTRANSCRIPT
Julie HefflerNews editor
President Barack Obama has won the 2012 U.S. presidential election against former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney. After more than a
year of campaigning, Obama has eked out a close victory against the former governor.
“A lot of young people are vot-ing; it is important. It is the duty of the University to encourage civic participation,” said Jeronimo
Cortina, assistant professor of political science.
“We cannot complain if we do not do our part. We have duties and responsibility and our part is to go out and vote so we can have leaders that are acceptable.”
Reactions among UH students are mixed. Some like Levi Meyer, mechanical engineering junior, are worried about the future of the country.
“Four more years of increased spending and the debt’s going to do nothing but increase,” Meyer said.
“Our economy is just going down the drain.”
Others such as Jerrad Howard, mechanical engineer graduate, are cautiously optimistic, waiting to see what happens once the elec-tion fervor has ended.
“I hope he can do something better than he did in the last four years. Let’s see what happens,” Howard said.
Supporters of the president are obviously pleased by his victory. Matthew Johnson, music fresh-man, is looking forward to Obama’s continued progress for the major American political issues.
“I feel a lot better than if it had been Romney, because I think (Obama) needs to continue what he’s been doing since he was elected in 2008,” Johnson said.
“I feel that that’s the best way the country can go. We don’t need another leader to counteract the progress (Obama)’s made so far.”
Johnson’s feelings are reflected by those held by Keifer Chase, undeclared freshman.
“I’m excited about it because he has experience. He’s against
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CAPS understaffi ng worsens as student body growsKathleen MurrillContributing writer
With a growing need for more space and staff, Counseling and Psychological Services may be in trouble as the on-campus student ratio increases.
During its Student Fees Advisory Committee presentation, Norma Ngo, director of CAPS, called its student to psychologist ratio 4,529 to 1 pathetic and illustrated that the use of CAPS services has increased and will probably continue to do so. Currently, group rooms are fi lled to capacity, hallways often serve as additional waiting areas and the administrative assistant is working
out of the server room, Ngo said.If the ratio is not lowered, it will
be increasingly difficult for CAPS to continue to provide necessary services, Ngo said.
“When the ratio increases beyond the upper limits of what International Association of Coun-seling Services recommends, the resulting may occur: a waiting list will result or increase, there will be more diffi culty providing services to students experiencing increas-ingly more severe psychological issues, there may be more liability risks to the counseling center and University, the counseling center may be less available to help sup-port the campus community in
other ways and overall support for the academic success of students is diminished,” Ngo said.
Although IACS’s ratio is an aspi-ration, it was set through a com-bination of empirical analysis and suggestions from counseling center directors to ensure the clinical needs of students as well as other service needs of the campus are met, Ngo said. Because of CAPS’ high ratio, it has to constantly be creative with the use of its space and time.
“We are always conscious about how to balance all of these respon-sibilities in order to not sacrifice quality,” Ngo said. “We need to constantly evaluate how we provide services to our students, and this
requires a great deal of training for our staff. The fast pace and higher expectations is indicative of Tier One institutions, so we must fi nd a way to work with this.”
As the residential population rises and UH moves closer to achiev-ing Tier One status in all aspects, CAPS and the University will need to work harder at reaching the IACS recommended ratio of 1,500 to 1, which is typically met at Tier One institutions like the University of Texas and Texas A&M University, Ngo said.
Ngo predicts once the construc-tion of Cougar Village II and Cougar
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UH STUDENTS VOTING ON ELECTION DAY
The Daily Cougar con-ducted an unscientific poll of 445 students Tuesday to determine how many stu-dents planned on voting.
More than a third of the respondents said they did not plan on voting at all during the 2012 election, while about 58 percent of respondents said they voted Tuesday or earlier.
The poll does not include voters who were unable to vote because of lack of citizenship.
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Obama wins his second term
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Place is complete, raising the num-ber of on-campus residents, CAPS current utilization rate of 3 to 4 per-cent will increase to about 9 to 10. With the anticipation of a growing number of students and a growing demand for CAPS services, Richard Walker, vice president of Student Affairs, has formed a feasibility committee to explore the possible expansion of CAPS and the health center.
Ngo and her team are excited about the possible expansion and agree it will be necessary to meet the needs of a Tier One institution.
“Overall, as this campus moves from a mostly commuter identity to a greater residential identity and achieves Tier One status in all respects, the expectations will be higher, and thus, we must shift into high gear and examine how we can also increase our staff resources to meet the corresponding demand,” Ngo said.
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the anti-gay rights. I also feel like he has a plan for the economy,” Chase said.
While some are apathetic and others satisfied, communications junior Cody Blair is elated about the outcome. “I had tears of joy,” Blair said. “It would mean that we will continue moving forward equal rights, healthcare reform and an improved economy.”
Cortina said that the president and his party need to accelerate the political process.
“I think Obama and the demo-crats need to speed up things,” Cortina said. “We cannot waste any more time.”
The public outcry at the slow economic growth should put the fire under Obama and his party, Cortina said.
“The economy is improving a little, but not fast enough for some people. They have to step it up and
do whatever needs to be done,” Cortina said. “They need to stop playing politics and do what they need to be doing.”
Elizabeth Simas, assistant pro-fessor of political science, assures students that their vote does count regardless of the winner.
“Don’t think (your vote) is wasted. Maybe you’re not going to cast the vote that will decide the election, but you can send signals to parties simply by voting,” Simas said.
Students like Nathan Bridges, industrial engineering senior, seem caustiously optimistic about the election.
“I hope that he seeks the Lord’s guidance, and whatever he does he does the best for the American people,” Bridges said.
Less optimistic is Armando Martinez, industrial engineering senior.
“I hope he creates jobs,” Mar-tinez said.
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Rec Center requests funds for increased space, equipmentJoel WhiteContributing writer
The Campus Recreation and Well-ness Center made a case for a funds increase at the Student Fees Advisory Committee hearing Wednesday, citing issues such as lack of proper equip-ment maintenance, lack of staff and overcrowding.
The Recreation Center requested a base budget of $7,891,490 and a base augmentation — a permanent increase of that base budget — of $13,366. During its hearing, the Rec-reation Center referenced the need for machine replacement as its reason for requesting the funds.
Kim Clark, director of the Rec-reation Center, hopes to be able to replace the old machines as quickly as possible if given the funds.
“We have removed over 30 pieces of cardio and weight equipment and are working to replace them immedi-ately. Additionally, we are establishing a routine maintenance plan follow-ing manufacturer guidelines to be implemented in between quarterly preventative maintenance cycles,” Clark said.
After conducting a thorough fi t-ness equipment audit last summer, the Recreation Center confi rmed that 80 percent of its fi tness equipment was beyond the manufacturer’s life cycle and in need of replacement, Clark said. Its goal is to turn over all of its fi tness equipment within three years.
“We are also working closely with Facilities Management to elevate cleaning standards for the facility as we move forward,” Clark said.
The funding would go toward completing facility, service and pro-gram upgrades, including offering good customer service, providing interactive programming with Stu-dent Housing and Residential Life and increasing the regional and national reputation of the department, Clark said.
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Overcrowding has been a serious problem at the Campus Recreation and Wellness as the student body has grown, its director said. | Esteban Portillo/The Daily Cougar
short-staffed, according to its SFAC presentation. Redistribution within the organization has helped the cur-rent understaffing on a short-term basis.
“Obviously, when this happens for long periods of time, resources become stretched, and eventually, it can have an impact on programs and services,” Clark said.
Because of growing student enroll-ment and an increase in students
living on campus, Clark anticipated increased use of the Recreation Cen-ter, resulting in overcrowding. Political science junior Amanda Williams has noticed the increase in traffi c.
“I love the Rec, but sometimes it’s way too crowded and is in serious need of a makeover,” Williams said.
Many of the facility’s activity areas, like the fi tness zone and multipurpose rooms reach their functional capacity during peak hours.
“As the institution continues to grow and becomes more residential, it will be critical that the Rec Center grows with it in order to meet the student needs,” Clark said.
Overcrowding is also an issue outside, Clark said.
“For an institution this size, we do not have enough outdoor fi eld space to meet the student need. We will be completing some fi eld renovations at the Cullen Field next summer to
improve the overall quality of the fi eld, capture an additional fi eld and add lights that will give us more fl ex-ibility and allow us to program during the evening,” Clark said.
The SFAC deliberations to deter-mine funding for the Recreation Cen-ter begin today. Announcements on the decision will not be made until spring semester.
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Kevin CookStaff columnist
For America in the 21st century — with all the con-nectivity and open exchange
that it implies — elections are a spectacle. The model by which the people vote for the highest offi ce in the country is not much different from the model by which reality television shows operate.
There is the same attendant drama, hyperbolic judgments and positions and attitude of general hysteria surrounding the election as there is involving American Idol. The result is different and certainly more important, but underlying both is the same quintessentially American preference for the spectacular.
This election did not disap-point — every conceivable media outlet was inundated with coverage or speculation. Intrade, an online bookie for non-sports bets, recently garnered a fair amount of attention in the media because what it said about the election, and how it said it, was pretty novel.
As of yesterday, Intrade indicated that the odds of President Barack Obama winning the election were roughly 70 percent. By facilitating the easy trading of non-sports futures, Intrade inevitably gathers very concrete data about the bets of users so confi dent in their selec-tion they are willing to stake actual money on it.
Intrade predicted Obama the likely winner, and of course, he was ultimately the victor. Blame former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney’s bizarre and lengthy stretch of gaffes and his campaign’s embarrassing reactions to them.
Most notably, Mitt Romney’s fl ippant and asinine rhetoric speeches to his $50,000-a-plate supporters in Boca Raton, Fla., went viral. This is an age in which any legitimate, heavyweight contender
for president must expect that every moment in front of any group can fi nd its way immediately online. That just has to be the mentality. There can’t be such a thing as a private speech to loyal insiders who will keep it all in-house anymore. We’re past that as a society and it’s just the cost of doing business politically.
But Romney wasn’t only arrogant and thoughtless — that isn’t really even so strange or hard to stomach. We elected former President Rich-ard Nixon, and he was the absolute pinnacle of rampant American presidential narcissism. For Rom-ney, it goes deeper.
When offered some cookies by a woman during his Pittsburgh cam-paign, fi lmed by MSNBC, Romney turned her down with a look of mild disgust. He gave the woman who offered him the cookies a sharp look and told her they didn’t look
homemade, they looked store-bought, and then waved his hand dismissively as he made comments about not eating something from a “7-Eleven gas bakery or whatever.”
The cookies were from local Pittsburgh Bethel Bakery, a fi xture in the community and widely beloved. That can’t happen — it’s so laugh-able and contrived that it would be hard to believe in fi ction, yet it is a plain and unadorned truth of this past election.
I get the same uncomfortable feeling watching Romney wave off baked goods that I do when I am unfortunate enough to watch a reality show. The gleeful and unabashedly partisan coverage of all Romney’s blunders was so strik-ingly similar to the catty articles on TMZ that I draw no real distinction between the two.
I don’t think the way we treat the election — and each other as
the election ramps up — is new or unique to our epoch. There is really nothing new under the sun. Human nature is a constant.
What is new is the ability we have to reach out to one another through a virtual infi nitude of media and connect. Connecting is great because it bands people together for common good, but the yin to that yang is that it enables people to more adeptly and totally cloister themselves. With the vast amounts of data any average person can access now comes also the ability and necessity to fi lter that information.
Consequently, as some of us draw together in one sense, all of us are inevitably drawing apart as well. Battle lines are drawn and heated debates have sprung up every-where. It would be great to have true discourse arise that frequently, but these fruitless, self-righteous
snits that actually occur are hardly ever legitimate, back-and-forth discussions.
There must inevitably be win-ners and losers. That is the real drama and it’s why audiences tune in to prime-time television, whether it be a literal song and dance, or a more fi guratively the dog and pony show of the modern political process and all the media coverage. The celebration by the Obama campaign in its victory should be quiet, grateful and short. We, as a country, need to move beyond the gaps we’ve so effectively erected between ourselves and engage with each other meaningfully and coop-eratively, or suffer the displeasing consequences reality television-level discourse offers.
Kevin Cook is a creative writing senior and may be reached at [email protected].
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Andrew Pate Sports editor
On As the football season pro-gresses, the Cougars have been defi ned in a variety of ways.
Head coach Tony Levine addressed the importance of building a winning program at an Aug. 28 press confer-ence — the week leading up to the season opener against Texas State University.
“What fans quickly forget is the year before last we were 5-7,” Levine said. “We’re trying to become a con-sistent winner year-in and year-out. We’re not concerned with outside expectations. We’re going to defi ne the 2012 football team. We have high
expectations within our program.”The team has fielded questions
about what has gone so wrong (0-3), what it will take to win the conference (3-3) and the current point (4-5) of injuries and bowl eligibility.
“Everyone understands we’ve got to win games, but I think it’s really just as critical as it was game one for us,” redshirt sophomore offensive line-man Rowdy Harper said. “We try to put all those games behind us that we lost or won. It’s about this week.”
Factoring in Levine’s 4-5 record, 12 fi rst-year UH football head coaches have a combined record of 64-64-3 with the most wins coming in John Jenkins’ 1990 campaign that went 10-1. Jenkins would last only three
seasons after back-to-back 4-7 results.
Despite vocal criticism from some passionate followers regarding this season’s record, it took former head coaches Kevin Sumlin and Art Briles time to build their programs. Briles led UH to a 7-6 record (4-4 in Con-ference USA) in 2003, while Sumlin posted an 8-5 record (6-2 in C-USA) in 2008.
“It’s something that does not hap-pen over night, and it’s something we’re working extremely hard on every day,” Levine said. “While you’re focusing on the present, you’re also spending a great deal of time on the future.”
The most alarming concern may
be that in the Cougars’ fi ve losses, the team has been down and out from the beginning. At least when UH compiled a 5-7 record in 2010, three of the losses were by one touchdown or less.
UH has three opportunities left to pick up a sixth win and become bowl-eligible. It would take a clean sweep of the remaining schedule for the Cougars to fi nish with a winning record. For a staff that preaches a “one game at a time” mentality, this Satur-day against a talented Tulsa team will have to be the starting point in build-ing a winning program – or maybe next week.
Andrew PateSports editor
After suffering an ankle injury late in the second quarter against East Carolina, redshirt junior run-ning back Charles Sims is expected to miss Saturday’s game against Tulsa.
Sims is the Cougars’ leading rusher and ranks third in that Conference USA category with 849 yards and 11 touchdowns despite not playing against UCLA and missing time against UTEP and East Carolina. UH is expected to rely on a trio of running backs, including freshman Kenneth Far-row, to help fill the void.
“Kenneth is a guy who is get-ting better every week,” said head coach Tony Levine. “The one play that describes him best was our final offensive play against East Carolina. He got the ball four yards from the line of scrimmage. There were six East Carolina defenders around him. Next thing you know, he makes two of them miss, then runs over the starting free safety for a touchdown.”
Farrow is second in rushing, behind Sims, and has compiled 253 yards on 48 carries and two touchdowns while competing in all nine games this season. UH should also see time from freshman run-ning back Ryan Jackson, who has played in eight games, accounting for 112 yards and a touchdown.
“I think Farrow is an amazing athlete,” said redshirt sophomore
offensive lineman Rowdy Harper. “Jackson’s been going great this year. I don’t think it will be much different. I think we’ll still try to run the ball and whoever the
running back is will be able to gain yards.”
Against East Carolina, the Cou-gars rushed for only 28 yards as a team and will face the difficulty
of moving the ball against a Tulsa defense that ranks 25th nationally and first in C-USA in stopping the run.
“They do a tremendous job on
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Cougars overpower Concordia in exhibition
The UH men’s basketball team took its last step before opening the season defeating Concordia 108 - 55 in an exhibition game at Hofheinz Pavilion.
The Cougars will tip off their season noon Friday when they host Florida A&M at Hofheinz Pavilion.
To read the full story on the victory and how the team feels heading into the 2012-2013 season, check thedailycougar.com/sports.
Sims doubtful for Tulsa, freshmen duo step into role FOOTBALL
Freshman running back Ryan Jackson is one of a trio of backs expected to see more action following Saturday’s injury to leading rusher junior Charles Sims. Sims is doubtful against Tulsa this week. | Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar
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the defensive line,” Levine said. “Our offensive line has to be disci-plined to execute their blocks and control the line of scrimmage. It’ll be a great challenge for our offen-sive line.”
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The Daily Cougar Wednesday, November 7, 2012 // 7
Professor writes the book on BlitzsteinQ&A
Patrick LaroseStaff writer
In an effort to showcase the essence of classical opera music composers, Moores School of Music professor Howard Pollack will be hosting a recital and book signing to promote his latest book titled “Marc Blitzstein: His Life, His World, His World” at 8 p.m. Thursday Nov. 8 at the Jewish Com-munity Ceneter located at 5601 S. Breaswood Blvd.
The Daily Cougar caught up with Pollack to discuss the book and how he interpreted three aspects of Blitzstein life that give audiences an inside look in the man behind the music.
The Daily Cougar: “What drew you write a biography for Marc Blitzstein?”
Howard Pollack: “Blitzstein was
a fabulously gifted and innovative lyricist-composer who made a pro-found mark in his own time, but who has been largely forgotten since his death in 1964. Although there had been a big biography of Blitzstein published in 1989, that author had a background in cul-tural studies rather than music so I thought I could bring some new perspectives to the subject.”
TDC: How did you approach researching for this book?
HP: Blitzstein’s estate purchased a copy of Blitzstein’s microfi lms for me, which I donated to UH. I also fi nd it helpful to bring the music to life by teaching a class that would enable me to present scenes from Blitzstein’s opera, ‘The Cradle Will Rock’ with students.
TDC: What caused Blitzstein to
experiment in so many different genres like fi lm scores, musicals and even operas?
HP: H integrated speech in and wrote music in such a fashion that they seemed like musicals. Blitzstein was very appreciative of the accomplishments of such Broadway composers like George Gershwin and Burton Lane, but I would say that his work was loftier than theirs.
TDC: How did politics infl uence Blitzstein’s music across such a wide variety of genres?
HP: Blitzstein was terribly con-cerned about the rights of women, immigrants, minorities, working people and the poor.
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obligations of the more privileged to society. He found theater, docu-mentary fi lm and radio congenial venues in which to express such concerns.
TDC: How was writing this
biography different from your other biographies on such com-posers as Gershwin and Aaron Copland?
HP: This is my sixth book and all my other books are also biographical.
They have points of similarity, but there are real differences like way they integrate life and work, which is a daunting problem for the critical biographer. In Gersh-win, for instance, I just created two big parts: life and work. Here, I was able to integrate the material more thoroughly.
TDC: For those unfamiliar with Blitzenstein’s work, where do you suggest they begin listening to his work?
The two undisputed master-works are “The Cradle Will Rock” and “Regina.”
There are a number of good recordings of the former and the 1958 City Opera recording of “Regina,” which has just been released on CD, is a classic. There’s also the original cast recording of Blitzstein’s “Threepenny” Opera that wound up having a big infl u-ence on Bob Dylan.
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