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Katherine MorrisContributing writer
Students will be able to make their voices heard to their SGA representa-tives with the development of a few interactive resources.
Through Improve UH, formerly known as MindMixer, students will be able to connect with their con-stituents directly and voice their concerns.
According to SGA President Cedric Bandoh, SGA Vice President Turner Harris is focusing on general discus-sion items to get things started. When Improve UH is up and running, stu-dents can submit ideas and feedback for SGA to consider
The new web service is expected to launch within the next two weeks and will be available at improve.uh.edu.
In addition to connecting to
Evelyn HurtadoStaff writer
The fi rst Subway store opened its doors in 1965. Fifty years and more than 35,000 stores later, the restaurant received some contro-versy when customers started post-ing pictures of their footlongs on the Internet.
Last month, Subway was sued by multiple people that claimed its advertising was misleading and its sandwiches were not a foot long.
Business senior Amin Abdel-wahab thinks the lawsuits against Subway are ridiculous.
“I’m a business major, and I have learned that not all products are the same length or weight but they must fall within a certain range,” Abdelwahab said. “I have never thought of measuring the footlong myself, and I don’t know anyone who has.”
UH Retail Food Service Direc-tor Misty Pierce decided to visit the Calhoun Lofts location and put the footlongs to the test by measuring them.
“Depending on the way in which you measure the bread, you will get different results,” Pierce said.
“When measuring both the wheat and Italian Jalapeno Cheddar footlongs from the top, they are 12 inches, but when measured from the bottom, they are both around 11-and-a-half inches.”
Unlike the Lofts Subway, the location across from the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center is not affi liated with UH or UH Dining Services. It is licensed and follows corporate policies and procedures along with the same amount of top-pings as other Subway locations.
Not all students are happy with
the location of the new Subway at the Lofts. Some wish it would have been relocated to a different part in campus.
“I am satisfi ed with the service and the food there, however it is kind of far and was hoping they would have opened a Subway closer to the library because that’s where I usually hang out,” Abdelwahab said.
In a June 4 press release, Subway said its restaurants have become
Mary DahdouhContributing writer
The Honors College and the Houston Scholar Program invited a group of almost 20 high school juniors to study “The Iliad” this semester at UH in a lecture and discussion program.
Students from the KIPP and YES Prep schools will visit the Univer-sity one Saturday every month for lectures lead by Honors College staff and discussions led by student mentors to help prepare them for the transition into college studies.
“As I was thinking about getting this program started, it was obvi-ous that this would be a good thing to do for high school students,” said Kimberly Meyer, a professor at the Honors College who has helped envision and create the curriculum.
“Students enter into the Uni-versity, but have never been asked
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CRIME REPORTThe following is a partial report of campus crime between Jan. 29 and Sunday. All information is selected from the fi les of the UH Department of Public Safety. Information or questions regarding the cases below should be directed to UHDPS at (713)-743-3333.
Theft: At 3:02 p.m. Jan. 29 at Science and Research Building 2, a staff member reported the theft of her unattended and unsecured purse and its contents. The case is inactive.
Possession of Marijuana: At 1:32 a.m. Wednesday in Lot 4A, a student and a visitor were detained on a suspicious vehicle stop. The visitor was found to have marijuana in his possession and was arrested for possession of marijuana and taken into Harris County Jail. The student was issued a Student Life Referral and released without charges. The case is cleared by arrest.
Theft/Credit or Debit Card Abuse: At 5:26 p.m. Wednesday at Cullen Oaks Apartments, a student reported that someone stole his credit card and made unauthorized charges. The case is active.
Assault: At 8:23 p.m. Wednesday in Agnes Arnold Hall, a UH stu-dent reported she was physically assaulted. The case is active.
Student Life Policy Violation: At 4:23 a.m. Thursday in Cullen Oaks Garage, a UH Police Depart-ment offi cer found a BB gun pistol inside a student’s vehicle. The student received a Student Life Referral after willingly turning over the gun. The case is cleared by referral.
Terroristic Threat: At 11:13
a.m. Thursday at Agnes Arnold Hall, a student reported that she was verbally threatened by another student. A Student Life Referral was issued for the threatening behavior. The case is active.
Criminal Mischief: At 4:23 p.m. Thursday at Bayou Oaks Apart-ments, a student reported that someone broke an exterior window of his fraternity house. The case is inactive.
Off Campus Offense: At 4:19 p.m. Thursday off campus, a stu-dent reported that his property was stolen when someone he wanted to make a purchase from drove away with his belongings. The case is active and has been reported to Houston Police Department.
Theft: At 3:53 p.m. Friday at M.D. Memorial Anderson Library, a student reported the theft of her unattended and unsecured laptop computer. The case is active.
Driving While Intoxicated: At 02:14 a.m. Saturday at 4700 TX Spur 5, a visitor was arrested for driving while intoxicated and released to Harris County Jail. The case is cleared by arrest.
Theft: At 12:39 a.m. Sunday at Cullen Oaks Apartments, a student reported several of her personal belongings were removed from the common area of her apartment. Several other items are also miss-ing. The case is active.
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Three members of the UH fac-ulty have been awarded the name of charter fellow by the National Academy of Inventors.
Dan Luss and Benton Baugh are both a part of the Cullen College of Engineering. Luss is a profes-sor of chemical and biomedical and Baugh an adjunct professor of mechanical. Paul Chu is a physics professor and the director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH.
The fellow status is highly sought after, with 101 scientists named, eight of who are Nobel Laureates, according to the NAI website. All three UH charter fel-lows have received multiple awards and have had their work published in high-impact journals, said UH press release.
Luss’ work has been centered on making diesel engines more environmentally friendly, in turn making travel more effi cient.
“What we have been doing in recent years is reduction of pollu-tion from diesel engines. Everybody thinks now we’re going to start using diesel engines for automo-biles. The reasons are that they’re more effi cient, you need a smaller amount of fuel than you need for a gasoline-driven car, and also, the engine lasts at least twice as long as a gasoline-driven car,” said Luss.
A porous ceramic filter, or monolith, is used to trap nitrogen oxides and soot that is usually emit-ted. Like most fi lters, these need to be cleaned regularly, Luss said.
This regeneration is done auto-matically, by burning the buildup. Occasionally, if the driver slows down and stops during this process, it may continue for too long.
“The engine essentially works, but there’s no driving and he doesn’t need the power,” Luss said.
“That happens to give a very high tem-perature. That essentially can melt it, give it cracks, holes and so on. It’s highly undesir-able to get this phenomenon. Essentially, this is done by running again, inside a monolith, but the walls are no longer porous.
“The only thing that happens is that the walls, each one of the walls, you put a very thin layer. It’s maybe 50 microns, a very thin layer. It contains a catalyst. What happens
when the gas blows through is it is essentially converted and decom-poses the nitrogen oxide and you have just have nitrogen coming out.”
Chu is also working on ground-breaking research. Superconductiv-ity is a phenomenon that certain materials exhibit when cooled to a particular temperature that will allow them to lose all electrical resistance.
Scientists in this fi eld are trying to make this process more effi-cient by raising the temperature, Chu said. Chu’s team at TCSUH currently holds the world record for highest temperature at which superconductivity is displayed.
“It would be even better if we could develop a material that does not even need to cool. That’s the room temperature conductor that my colleague and I are chas-ing. We hope
one day we can get it,” Chu said.“Based on all the indications,
there’s no reason why it can’t be there. I strongly believe that this center plays a prominent role in the world.”
In 1987, Chu said he and his team invented the most promising high temperature superconduc-tor: Yttrium barium copper oxide. Chu said he thinks YBCO will be the most likely candidate when it comes to using superconductivity in technological application.
Both Chu and Luss said they enjoy working at UH with the interdepartmental collaboration that exists between all the schools and research teams.
“The University has really devel-oped a lot. You now have many more colleagues, and the facilities are signifi cantly better. It’s much easier now to do research and have your own analytical tools. When I fi rst came here, you had to fi nd a colleague in some other university,” Luss said.
“You could either work together with him or you fl y there and do the experiment. Now we can do a lot more things right here on the campus. The environment is much more conducive here for doing research. It has improved greatly over the years.”
For more information about the NAI, visit academyofi nventors.org.
students through Improve UH, SGA will be hosting TweetChats every other week starting 7 p.m. Tuesday.
“It will be like a forum between SGA and students,” said Jeanette Rivera, director of Public Relations.
“If students have any questions, they can submit them, and we will be there to answer.”
Students are also encouraged to submit questions to Facebook that they would like to see answered dur-ing the TweetChat.
The chat is accessed through tweetchat.com#askUHSGA, which can be accessed through a Twitter account.
Three students who were selected by Bandoh for the new Election Trial Board went up for election at Wednes-day’s meeting.
“I’ve selected people who are outside of the SGA community, and that’s on purpose since they will be serving in the judicial capacity. We need impartial members of this new board,” Bandoh said.
After much debate, Bryan Haver and Yasz Shaikh were elected to the board.
Other appointments at the meet-ing included Senator Tanzeem Chow-dhury for the Activity Funding Board, Senator Kirby White for Transporta-tion and Parking Advisory Committee and Senator Sean Tarver as Speaker.
SGA hopes to have students involved is with its Rebuild Cullen Boulevard campaign. The campaign was a hot topic at the meeting. Direc-tor of External Affairs Mark Solano, Chief of Staff Lauren Rosenbaum and Rivera backed it in separate reports.
SGA will be setting up signs in the near future to spread the word about the campaign.
“We are working on getting signs prepared that will be placed along Cullen Boulevard so when you hit a bump, you can see where to go to complain,” Solano said.
A Facebook page has been set up that will act as a petition to get Cullen rebuilt.
“We want roughly 1,500 likes; that’s our way to show the City of Houston that something really needs to be done about Cullen Boulevard,” Rosenbaum said.
“We’re tired of bouncing up and down when driving down the street.”
to think or write in a certain way yet, so this is just one idea of how to ease this transition or get people thinking earlier about certain kinds of questions and doing this sort of critical thinking and engaging with critical reading.”
The text chosen for this semes-ter, “The Iliad,” is studied widely at the university level and is a bridge into the world of western collegiate studies, Meyer said.
“I think they chose ‘The Iliad’ because it’s a monumental text that you can spend an entire semester working on,” said sociology and philosophy junior Kevin Meinhardt, who is serving as a student mentor in the program.
“It also marks the beginning of the western canon of literature, so it’s a good place to start.”
The participating students have been chosen through an applica-tion process that narrowed 118 applicants to 18 participants, said Jovanny Orellana, the director of the Houston Scholar Program that aims to help children from disad-vantaged communities succeed academically.
“One of the major things that I see from students in college that come from underserved communi-ties is that they really struggle in their writing and critical thinking skills. It’s not that they’re not smart — these are brilliant kids — but it’s difficult and this program really helps with that,” Orellana said.
“It strengthens their writing so that what they learn here creatively, they’re able to apply in a lot of dif-ferent areas — not just in their class and in their school, but when they’re applying for different col-leges, universities and programs.”
Likewise, the high school stu-dents enjoy being able to work with students mentors in the program.
“Honestly, what I want to take away from this is more English skills because I feel like I’m not the best at it,” said Rafael Soto, a junior at the YES Prep Southwest campus.
“It gives me a boost to do bet-ter on something that I need help on and I get to work with college students, as well, that I can con-nect with on a more personal level so they really help me out with things.”
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“I am happy with the new
Subway location, their great cus-tomer service and their subs can help you lose weight,” said manage-ment senior Dave Savage.
“The reason I like the workers at Subway is that if you take the time to tell them ‘Hi,’ they will remem-ber you and your favorite order. I appreciate what they do for me,” Savage said.
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SCIENCE
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Light up the nightCougar Village II emits an evening glow to by passing stu-dents. The construction should be completed in Fall 2013. Aisha Bouderdaben/The Daily Cougar
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Sarah BackerStaff columnist
Imagine working hard all semester for that coveted A only to fall short with an 89 and a 3.0 grade-point average that a
regular B would get. Lucky for us, we have a plus/minus grading system in which that B+ will be rewarded as such.
The plus/minus grading system is pre-dominant across the state, and UH has been operating under this system for more than three decades. However, students have raised concerns about the system over the years.
One concern of students is the inability to make an A+, no matter how high the fi nal grade.
Students also dislike the fact that minuses are given a lesser GPA in the plus/minus system than under a standard system.
Nevertheless, students are rewarded more accurately in the plus/minus system rather than just being grouped in an all-encompassing category.
In an Oct. 26, 2000 report by Chad Mohler of Truman State University in Kirksville, Miss., he examined the advantages and disadvantages of an incremental grading system.
“Advantages of the plus/minus grading system (include a) more accurate refl ection of differing levels of student achievement in class and more informative feedback to students on the quality of their work,” Mohler said.
“Students in the middle of a letter grade range will fi nd themselves with greater
motivation to do end-of-the-semester work.”With a normal grading system, it is much
more diffi cult to achieve an end-of-the semester boost in grade, so students are more apt to give up.
Mohler also said that this system gives “A-level students” a competitive edge in graduate school admissions. His logic follows that a 4.0 from a school where an A- is a 3.667 GPA is more valuable than a 4.0 from a school where an A- does not exist. After all, under the standard system, a 4.0 could be awarded to a student who had made all 90s and 91s.
The disadvantages cited by Mohler are a slight decrease in overall GPAs and the greater possibility of clerical error in record-ing grades. Mohler cites the Wake Forest and NC State studies in which the GPAs decreased on average between .04 and .08 from what they would have been under a normal grading system. This is a very small difference in the grand scheme of things.
In a Nov. 13, 2007 article for Illinois State University’s Vidette Online, assistant vice president of Enrollment Management and Academic Services Jonathan Rosenthal sees things differently, in that the plus/minus system provides no signifi cant benefi t.
“Studies indicate that overall GPA across four years of college doesn’t change much at all, indicating that pluses balance out minuses over time,” Rosenthal said. “Plus/minus grading doesn’t really allow a fi ner ranking of student at time of graduation.”
Other universities in the state provide
some interesting alternatives to the straight plus/minus grading system. Texas Tech University operates a plus/minus grading system.
Pluses and minuses are not taken into account when it comes to awarding grade points — an A+ awards the same as an A or A-.
The usage of plusses and minuses is merely superfi cial. Baylor University uses only B+ and C+, awarding students who try hard, but can’t quite reach the next grade, while having no minuses doesn’t punish
anyone. Still, neither alternative is a fair or accurate representation of one’s work.
Whereas some students may bemoan minuses, this grading system offers an extra challenge to hard working students who may wish to put in the extra effort required to earn pluses, thereby boosting their grade.
With all things considered, the plus/minus grading system racks up more pluses than minuses.
Sarah Backer is a business sophomore and may be reached at [email protected].
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Harrison LeeStaff writer
As far as a tune-up game went, the UH baseball team would have had a hard time picking a better one than they had Saturday.
More than 500 fans and 60 baseball alumni — ranging from members of the 1967 squad that reached the College World Series to members of last year’s team that have been drafted — attended the annual Fan Appreciation Day and Alumni game.
Past greats such as Doug Drabek and Woody Williams and current major leaguers Jesse Crain and Brad Lincoln played in the game.
“It was great to have all the former players back at the Uni-versity of Houston for our alumni game” said head coach Todd Whitting. “It was a great turnout once again. Two years ago this became the alumni game and
fan appreciation day as well and to have this crowd out was really great.”
The team noted that this game was a great way to see how improved things are after a sea-son of extensive weight training and defensive adjustments.
“It’s a great day for us to come out here and have fun and get better,” said senior pitcher Ryan Bonnot.
Houston pitchers held the alumni scoreless through the seven-inning game, with senior Matt Hernandez, juniors Daniel Poncedeleon, Chase Wellbrock, Dylan Rucker and Tyler Ford participating along with sopho-more Aaron Garza and freshman Jake Lemoine. It was the second straight shutout that a current Houston squad has put on an alumni team.
From the batter’s box, it was a good day for the Cougars as several players racked up multi-hit games. Junior catcher Caleb Barker put up three hits, leading the team.
“Thing’s couldn’t have turned out better the way that we played today,” Barker said.
When the game fi nally wrapped and the players departed the fi eld to sign autographs, the
score was 9-0, a result that left head coach Todd Whitting happy and hopeful.
“I know it’s a sign of things to
come this season. It was really good to get all the old guys back
SPORTSEDITOR Christopher Shelton EMAIL [email protected] ONLINE thedailycougar.com/sports
BASEBALL
Past and present collide
For the second straight year, a consortium of baseball alumni was shutout by the current Cougars. The current team won 9-0. | Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar
Cougars grab a victory against letter winners in Fan Appreciation Day and Alumni game
PAST continues on page 8
Even future Cougars raise their paw print in unison with current and former players when the school song is played. | Courtesy of UH Athletics
Cougar sports servicesThe Daily Cougar
Recruiting newsUH’s next class of football play-
ers will take shape Wednesday, college football’s national signing day.
After some troubles behind center, quarterback has been a premium position for the Cougars during this signing period. The Cougars have verbal commitments from two quarterbacks, William Cosh and John O’Korn.
Cosh, a junior college transfer from Butler Community College in Kansas, threw for 2,856 yards in 12 contests. O’Korn passed for 2,552 yards, 22 passing and 15 rushing touchdowns.
O’Korn and Cosh headline a projected class of 25, where four players have signed letters of intent, and 21 have committed but have not yet signed.
Riser moves onDefensive lineman Zeke Riser
was granted his release from the football program and plans to
transfer after graduating in December.
He’s enrolled in graduate school at UH, but after transferring, Riser will be
able to play immediately.“I appreciate the well wishes
and support from all the Coog fans out there,” Riser said Saturday night on Twitter.
“Thank you for respecting my decision.”
Teammates againAfter four years of eligibility,
linebacker Phillip Steward and Jacolby Ashworth put on the same jersey once again in the Texas vs. The Nation game Saturday.
NOTES
Program sees plenty of change, development
Riser
NOTES continues on page 8
Preceding signing day, the football squad has updated in the offseason
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do it 15 Brownish
gray 16 TV Tarzan
Ron 17 Legendary
Greek ruse
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purity unit 23 It moves
tape through a machine
26 First among progeny
27 Keynote speaker, e.g.
28 Pull from the ground
30 Organic necklaces
31 Carpet cleaner’s target
32 A quick study
35 Rural hotel
36 Diminish-ing
38 Have a stroke?
39 Curiosity victim, in a saying
40 Lugged, as a large shopping bag
41 Like some circum-stances
42 Runaway bride, say
44 Make something
46 Acces-sories
48 1776 battle site
49 Greek penny
50 “Little Red Book” follower
52 Area 51 craft
53 Classic horse tale
58 Word with “marked” or “masked”
59 Shop tool 60 Amid the
waves 61 Chester
White’s home
62 Swords used in the Olym-pics
63 Conduct the class
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faux pas 3 Baby’s fi rst
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7 Country abutting Vietnam
8 Repress in memory
9 Goddess of abundance and fertility
10 Seven-day 11 1973 Triple
Crown winner
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13 First name in Tomb-stone lore
18 Within shouting distance
22 Hullabaloo 23 Acute
infant condition
24 Trade-show site
25 Equine in a Blood, Sweat and Tears song
26 “___ go bragh!”
28 “That’s ___
nonsense!” 29 Rendered,
as a compliment
31 Fill beyond full
33 ___ -Novo (African capital)
34 Adolescent, almost
36 Expiable 37 Conks on
the head 41 Having
toothlike projections
43 Universal workplace
44 First bed 45 Do an
ushering chore
46 Reunion attendees
47 Make lean, in a way
48 Pulls from a pipe
50 Aussie’s friend
51 Lumbago, e.g.
54 PC perch, perhaps
55 “God Bless the ___” (Lee Greenwood hit)
56 Gumshoe, briefl y
57 “Boo” fol-lower, in a triumphant shout
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MOORES SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Piano festival strikes a chordYasmine SaqerContributing writer
The International Piano Festival brought together piano students and enthusiasts to revel in the talents and teaching of three great artists.
Founded in 1984 by American classical pianist and Cullen distinguished profes-sor Abbey Simon, the International Piano Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary with pianists Inon Barnatan and Larissa Dedova.
Simon opened the festival Friday night with a breathtaking recital at the Moores Opera House, reflecting his stamina and passion for music. Simon performed pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Maurice Ravel and Sergei Prokofiev.
The accomplished and regarded pianist and professor, who turned 91 years old last month, has been a faculty member of the Moores School of Music since 1977 and is one of the most recorded classical artists
of all time.An audience of students, faculty mem-
bers and the music community all gath-ered to listen and praise the wonderful Simon.
Piano performance sophomore Jack McLaughlin called Simon’s performance “spectacular.”
“Something about Abbey Simon — just the sounds he’s able to create with the piano — has always been amazing,” McLaughlin said.
“It’s evident of the years and years he’s been playing.”
Dedova was impressed and had nothing but good things to say when asked about her visit to the Moores School of Music.
“So far I like it very much, it’s a great school,” Dedova said.
On Saturday evening, Barnatan per-formed “Darkness Visible,” his second and highly praised solo recording.
The Israeli-born pianist has rap-idly gained international recognition for his engaging and communicative
performances, pairing insightful inter-pretation with impeccable technique. Like Simon, Barnatan began playing piano at age three after his parents discovered he had perfect pitch.
Barnatan’s recital consisted of pieces by Claude Debussy, Benjamin Britten and Ronald Stephenson, Thomas Adès, Mau-rice Ravel and Robert Schumann.
“Darkness Visible” reflects an aware-ness of what lies beneath, an examination of different characteristics that are repre-sented in the music.
Barnatan captured the audience with his fantastic piano styling in a musically and visually mesmerizing performance, followed by master classes for students.
Dedova closed the festival Sunday with an enchanting recital, performing pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frédéric Chopin and Debussy.
Dedova has appeared in solo and cham-ber recitals in concert halls throughout the world for more than 30 years and has appeared as an artist for numerous music festivals.
Dedova said she was thrilled to be invited to this year’s festival because a great deal can be taken away from such musical gatherings.
“The environment and the purpose of any festival is actually to meet with people and just share what you know, what you love, with as many people as possible,” Dedova said.
Q & A
Q: Is this your fi rst time visit-ing UH? What do you think of the Moores School of Music so far?
A: Yes, this is my fi rst time. So far, I like it very much; it’s a great school. I was practicing yesterday in one of the stu-dios, and there were two wonderful pia-nos. I was very impressed. The piano in the halls where I had the master class has quality, and that’s very important.
Q: You’ve been a part of many piano festivals. How does it feel to be a part of this year’s Inter-national Piano Festival?
A: I’m thrilled. There are such wonder-ful artists playing. The concert yester-day — I enjoyed it so much. I never heard Mr. Simon play live, and it was a fantastic opportunity. It was amazing.
Q: You will be performing Mozart, Chopin and Debussy at your recital tomorrow night. What inspired this music selec-tion?
A: Well, I love all this music. This is my favorite music. Debussy was inspired because for the last three or four years, I was doing a very big project. I record-ed works by Claude Debussy. So it was all about Debussy, Debussy, Debussy. I love his music. And Chopin is Chopin; so what can you say?
Q: As an accomplished pianist and professor, what advice do you have for the students study-ing music here at UH?
A: First of all, love music. If you love music, then the rest comes naturally. You practice a lot because you love it. You learn, and you listen to many things — not only your instrument, for example, not only from the piano, but orchestras and other things. If you can’t live without it, and you think, “This is my life,” then do it. If not, then I don’t know if it’s worth it because the profession is extremely hard.
Behind the music
LARISSA DEDOVAIs an award-winning pianist and professor at the Uni-versity of Maryland. She sat with the The Daily Cougar for a conversation on being a part of the international piano festival.
If you were not able to make it to the festival you can still experi-ence the music by checking out the artists’ websites.
Abbey Simon: www.abbeysimon.com/Inon Bartanan: www.inonbarnatan.com/web/home.aspxL arissa Dedova: itunes.apple.com/us/artist/larissa-dedova/id436364524
TAKE NOTES
Inon Barnatan is an award winning pianist . He performed along with Larissa Dedova and Abbey Simon during the 30th annual international piano festival at UH’s Moores School of Music. | Courtesy of Moores School of Music
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and bring them back home,” Whit-ting said. “We saw a pretty good test with Jesse Crain, Garrett Mock and some of those Major Leaguers and upper level minor leaguers. It was a good day. I thought the team played well.”
The regular season will open Feb. 15 when the Cougars host Northeastern University for a three-game series through Feb. 17 at Cougar Field.
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UH’s new stadium has differences fromRobertson
More shade: After a sun and
shade study, UH decided on
an East-West orientation for
greater shade and a view of
the skyline.
Expansion: Despite the stadi-
um opening with 40,000 seats,
it has the ability to become a
60,000-seat stadium.
More food: A total of 160
concession points of sale
throughout the stadium.
New View: A new state-of-
the-art HD LED wide screen
video board will be located on
the west end of the stadium.
FEATURES
Former greats made an appearance at UH A 60 baseball alumni attended the annual Fan Appreciation
Day and Alumni game.
2012 MLB Draftees Mo Wiley
and John Cannon participated
in the game.
Doug Drabek and Woody
Williams headlined the former
greats who attended.
The Cougars will open the season Feb. 15 against Northeastern at Cou-gar Field in a three-game series.
FAMOUS FACES
Statistics are not readily avail-able because organizers did not take offi cial stats for the game.
Steward was also an addition to the Senior Bowl, where he regis-tered one tackle.
New beginningsUH football will put a shovel in
the ground for its groundbreaking ceremony Friday.
The stadium, which is set to open in August of 2014, will host an open-to-the-public ground-breaking at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the southeast corner of the construc-tion site near Cullen Boulevard and Cougar Place.
Parking for the event will be available in the stadium parking garage on Holman Street.
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Junior Caleb Barker, #27, had three hits in the Fan Appreciation Day and Alumni game. | Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar
