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New football stadium promises view of Houston skyline, Technology professor dies, and alumnus shows gift for poetry
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Christopher Shelton
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One of UH’s goals in building the new 40,000-seat stadium was to better connect the team with the city. The orientation of the stadium was an unlikely solution.
Robertson Stadium had a north-to-south orientation that did not highlight the Houston skyline, while the new stadium is oriented from east to west. According to uh.edu, the new facility will give television audiences a clear view of the skyline while improving shading.
“This is an exciting time for the University of Houston and the city of Houston,” said Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Mack Rhoades. “We believe the stadium will serve as a focal point of col-lege football for the nation’s fourth largest city.”
UH will play its fi rst game in the
new stadium on Aug. 30, 2014 with an as yet unnamed opponent. The stadium will be constructed where Robertson stood. It will be possible to expand the stadium to a capac-ity of 60,000, though expansion
will depend on demand, Rhoades said.
New synthetic turf on the fi eld will allow UH to host high school games, intramural events and band practices.
UH has not yet decided on a name for the $105 million stadium.
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THE DAILY COUGARTuesday, January 15, 2013 // Issue 59, Volume 78
Julie HefflerStaff writer
The faculty senate has been at work during the winter break to elect new members for leadership posi-tions, such as president-elect, sec-retary, the members-at-large for the Executive Committee, the members of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics and the members of the Faculty Governance Committee.
“The faculty senate basically is a forum that provides an official space for communication between the faculty and the administration of the University. It’s a way to ensure that the faculty are informed and involved in the important decisions that happen on campus,” said María Elena Soliño, associate professor of Spanish literature and fi lm and new president-elect.
The senate is made up of faculty members elected from every college and the library to represent their con-stituency to the administration.
“For example if a professor changes the prerequisite for a course, before it goes to the course catalog, we look at it to see if it’s OK.”
Soliño will serve as president-elect until Jan. 23, 2014 when she will become the president of the faculty senate, a position now being held by Steven Wallace, director of the School of Theatre and Dance.
At the start of her presidential term, Wallace will become the most recent past president and a continued member of the leadership commit-tee. Soliño’s win comes pleasantly to the soon-to-be-president Wallace, he said.
“As the incoming president, you are an active part of this election. You have discussions with individuals that you think are in-line with your thinking and someone you feel like you could work with. Maria was one of those,” Wallace said.
“She represents a lot of really, really strong women on campus and in the Senate. Frankly, I’d like to see more women involved, a much more diverse population in the Senate. She sort of leads that in many ways, so I’m excited about her being president-elect.”
This year will be particularly demanding because of expected
budget cuts from the Texas legislature, said Miranda Bennett, head of liaison services for collection and research support for the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library and secretary for the faculty senate.
“I think we’ll deal with uncertainty around the budget and what kind of money may come to the University from the State of Texas. That’s always an issue of great interest and (it’s) always very challenging, of course,” Bennett said. “Just staying on top of all the things as the University of Houston evolves this quickly.”
Only 20 percent of UH’s funding comes from Texas, Wallace said. Its focus needs to be in part on the 20 percent but with major attention on where the other 80 percent will come — fees, donations, the private sector and tuition.
“A lot of focus, I think this year, will be, at least in the early months up until May, on what’s going on in the legislature,” Wallace said.
“There will be really, really high severe cuts that affect education in
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Out with the old, in with the new
The Cougars played their fi rst game in Robertson Stadium on Sept. 21, 1946 against Southwestern Louisiana. They are set to play their fi rst game in the new, unnamed stadium on Aug. 30, 2014. | Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar
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Michael Lucas Gibson, a former graduate professor for the College of Technology and chair for Information and Logistics Technology Depart-ment, died Jan. 5.
The College of Technology hired Gibson in 2002, teaching graduate-level courses in project manage-ment, database m a n a g e m e n t and information systems. He was a strong advocate for accreditation for UH programs, said Fred Lewal-len, associate dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Technology.
“He had wanted us to take a lead-ership role as far as the nation was
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concerned. ... There is a project man-agement institute, which has a group that works with project managers and certify people to work in the project management area,” Lewallen said.
“It’s a very important certifi cation, and nationwide if you’re looking for a job, that probably means quite a bit. He is responsible for bringing that. He is the person that pushed that to get here.”
Lewallen worked with Gibson when the latter came to UH, but started working with him more fre-quently when Gibson became chair for ILTD.
“During the time he was chair, all the programs in the ILT Department moved forward in terms of qual-ity. Dr. Gibson was very passionate about project management. He was very passionate about information
technology and information systems,” Lewallen said.
“He and I traveled one time for accreditation and he was very pas-sionate about getting the appropri-ate accreditation for each program in the ILT department. He felt that it was very important that we had some outside measurement of the quality of our programs and that is what accreditation does.”
Gibson was highly regarded by his colleagues and infl uential in his department, Lewallen said.
He will be greatly missed, said Wil-liam Fitzgibbon, dean of the College of Technology.
“As a senior professor, Michael was a valuable colleague and mentor to our faculty, and he will be missed by all,” Fitzgibbon said in a news release.
He is survived by his wife, Krystal, and his son, Jason.
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CRIME REPORTThe following is a partial report of campus crime between Jan. 7 and Saturday. 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.
Criminal Mischief/Theft – At 11:32 a.m. Jan. 7 at Bayou Oaks, a staff member reported the theft of a table and intentional damage to a wall. The case is active.
Burglary – At 12:18 a.m. on Wednesday at Cambridge Oaks, two students reported someone burglar-ized their shared apartment. The case is ctive.
Possession of Drug Parapher-nalia – At 1:02 a.m. on Thursday at Cullen Oaks, a UH student was issued a Harris County citation for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
and released. The case is cleared by citation.
Theft – At 1:54 p.m. on Friday at the University Center, a staff mem-ber reported that someone stole his unattended and unsecured laptop. The incident occurred between 1:30 and 1:40 p.m. The case is active.
Public Intoxication – At 3:37 a.m. Saturday in Lot 18B, a visitor was issued a Harris County citation for Public Intoxication and released to a responsible adult. The incident occurred at 3:37 a.m. The case is cleared by citation.
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Texas across the board. That’s going to take a lot of focus. That’s going to determine what we’ll do for the next part of the year,” Wallace said.
“How much funding is available from the state? How much funding does the University have to raise?”
Wallace said UH’s ties with the Houston are critical to the University and its future prosperity.
“You start thinking of a univer-sity more as like a business. It is a business in the end. Our product is education, and we want that to be a superb product,” Wallace said. “It’s that difference in money you need to raise that is the difference between an average university. I call it the ‘margin of excellence.’”
“The ‘margin of excellence’ is the difference between the funding you receive — through tuition and through the state through regular sources — and the funding you receive or you go after from people who want to support the University because they see the value of it, par-ticularly in this city.”
While the connections between city and college may be in the focus for Wallace, another issue will turn the University’s focus toward the national or international: fi nding a new pro-vost for UH.
“The provost is and represents the academic vision and leadership of a university. In particularly, in pushing toward Tier One, that is a crucial, crucial position. I have no doubt that Dr. Khator will be doing a national — maybe even an international — search looking for the next academic offi cer,” Wallace said.
While the next term presents chal-lenges, an achievement the faculty senate participated in last term helps motivate Soliño and further her pas-sion for female representation, she said. Working with the University Commission on Women and previous UH provost John Antel, the faculty senate was able to pass legislation to allow female faculty members to take a semester to work at home.
“As president-elect, I become a member of the University Com-mission on Women and that is a very important organization for me because what it does is oversee policy that makes recommendations and decisions on all aspects concerning women on campus,” Soliño said.
“I think President Khator has brought a whole new sense of energy to this University, and I think she and her team are very receptive to includ-ing the faculty in important decisions, which is the most important part of the senate: making sure the faculty have a voice.”
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Subdivision schools, only 11 have naming rights deals for their sta-diums. UH seeks to become the 12th.
“We are in conversation with several groups,” Rhoades said. “A naming rights deal usually takes somewhere between 12 to 18 months.”
Rutgers signed a 10-year, $6.5 million deal to rename Rutgers Sta-dium to High Point Solutions Sta-dium. Texas Tech University’s Jones SBC Stadium was named after the University received a corporate gift exceeding $25 million from SBC Communications. AT&T was added
to the name in 2006 after the tele-communications giant purchased SBC Communications.
UH is still deciding where the
team will play its home schedule next season and has not ruled out playing in multiple venues. The decision will be made by late
January, Rhoades said. The diffi -culty lies in coordinating profes-sional and college schedules, since professional schedules are released later.
UH wanted a stadium that would stand out and connect with the campus, said Larry Speck, prin-cipal architect at PageSoutherland-Page, one of the firms chosen to design the stadium.
“One thing from the very begin-ning that (Rhoades) and his team made clear was that they wanted something spectacular, not just a generic business-as-usual sta-dium,” Speck said. “We wanted it to fi t on the campus and be a part of the University of Houston.”
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President and Chancellor Renu Khator and Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Mack Rhoades physically reveal the new design at a UH press confer-ence to unveil stadium renderings. | Christopher Shelton/The Daily Cougar
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UH and the pride had an interesting year in 2012. It started with so much
promise: the impending move to the Big East Conference, the
promise of a new football stadium and renovations to Hofheinz Pavilion, the promise of a new University Center and new facilities representing the
dawning modernization of our beautiful campus.
Now the Big East is all but dead, construction continues to take away parking space and educational costs are rising with increased fees hitting our tuition statements. And there is a dark cloud on the horizon — the grow-ing campus crime rate.
The UH Department of Public Safety released its 2011 Annual Security & Fire Safety Report in October, oddly late in the year. It was a mixed bag of mostly trou-bling statistics as The Daily Cougar reported Oct. 15. Of particular concern was the rise in vehicle thefts and burglaries. One of the lone bright spots in the report was a decrease in robberies. But this is not new information. What is new are some crime statistics from the last four months.
The statistics are compiled using the information in the daily crime bulletins found on the UHDPS website. The bul-letins focus on theft, burglary and robbery information from Aug. 20 to Dec. 20, with incidents occurring either on or near the campus and involving students or campus visitors. There were 178 reported thefts, the key word being reported.
Of those thefts, the single most stolen items were bicycles. Almost a quarter of the reported thefts involved bicycles; in 33 of those 42 incidents the bicycles were
secured. Cell phones and laptops were also popular targets. The area most frequently targeted was the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. Moody Towers and the M. D. Anderson Memorial Library were also hot spots.
Of the 45 reported burglaries, 26 occurred in a building or habi-tation. Cougar Village was hit up seven times last semester, followed closely by the Calhoun Lofts at six. Of the 18 vehicle burglaries, Cullen Oaks and its parking lot, garage and south lot were hit a combined four times, though more than half of the incidents occurred in regular parking lots.
Then there are the robberies. Combining aggravated robbery, robbery and attempted robbery into one category, there were eight incidents, compared to one on campus and one on public proporty but nearby in 2011.
Almost all of these incidents occurred on the fringes of the cam-pus — street side with easy escape routes for the robbers such as Lot 9C, Lot 16D, Entrance 10, 4800 Calhoun and 3800 Holman. Many of these cases involve the theft (or attempted theft) of a cell phone. In the light of these worrisome fi gures, it draws attention to com-ments UHDPS vice president for Public Safety and Security Malcolm Davis made during a Q-and-A with a reporting class last semester, covered in the same Oct. 15 article, that the campus police are ill-equipped to handle the expanding university on their own.
“Basically there are 40,000 stu-dents and only 50 police offi cers,” Davis said. “So obviously, what you all see here on campus is much more than what a police report can.”
That is not a reassuring thought. For every 800 students, there is about one offi cer on cam-pus. The numbers are bolstered by a campus security force, but by and large they are not as well-trained,
experienced or equipped to handle crime as a uniformed offi cer.
As the campus continues to expand, the University must make a better effort to expand its police force and our offi cers need to become more visible, especially on the edges of the campus, the residence halls and the parking lots. This also falls on the Univer-sity to expand the UHDPS budget to make new hires possible. That would likely come with yet more fees, but this is where some of the blame falls on students.
Of the reported thefts, around 78 percent of the incidents involved unattended, unsecured items. Usually this means the person walked off and left these items around and in the open for anyone to take.
When moving around campus this year, take your stuff with you. Be mindful of your surround-ings — especially near the streets. Stay off your phones unless it’s an urgent matter and even then,
keep it quick — robbers will be less likely to target you if they do not know what you have. If you need to use your phone, use it by a door, in a crowded area or far from the street — robberies usually involve isolated students walking on a sidewalk.
And everyone should look out for one another. The University has partnered with the company MySafeCampus.com, which allows users to anonymously report incidents. Call campus security, track down a staff member, use the site — do not remain silent, come forward.
It is becoming more apparent that relying on campus police as it stands is not enough to secure our campus. Eventually, the University will fi gure out a way to more effec-tively combat crime, but until that day comes, the pride must be more proactive in protecting its own. The best security in any given moment is a watchful eye, an attentive ear and a willingness to act.
Remember that the person passing you on the sidewalk is not just another victim waiting to happen or a bad person waiting to jump you — that person may be your best chance in a bad situation.
Aaron Manuel is a journalism senior and may be reached at [email protected].
About 180 thefts were reported from Aug. 20 to Dec. 20, and there is no way to know how many unreported incidents occurred. Bicycles in front of the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center were popular targets. | Mahnoor Samana/The Daily Cougar
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Watching the cat’s back
BREAKDOWNThefts, burglaries and robberies from Aug. 20 to Dec. 20:
178 reported thefts including 46 bike thefts45 burglaries, 26 occurring in a building or habitationEight robberies, quadruple the number in 2011 in just four months
*Information taken from the UH Department
of Public Safety 2011 Annual Security & Fire
Safety Report and statistics compiled from UH
DPS daily crime bulletins.
OPINIONEDITOR Aaron Manuel EMAIL [email protected] ONLINE thedailycougar.com/opinion
AaronManuel
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Andrew PateStaff writer
When fans crowd into Cougar Field one month from today for UH’s home opener against North-eastern, a fi rst look at the faces on the infi eld could cause spectators to double-check their program roster and for third-year head coach Todd Whitting, that’s a good thing.
“We return one player from the infield and catcher position and that is (senior) Casey Grayson, who missed three quarters of the season due to a hamstring injury,” Whitting said.“I’m excited about that. We’ve upgraded and we also have a more athletic team. We are bigger, stron-ger more physical. ”
A season ago, the 18-35-1 pro-gram’s biggest crimes arguably came on the mound. UH pitching ranked 228th (out of 291) nationally in team ERA (5.40), tied for 181st in walks allowed (187) and finished 147th in strikeouts per nine innings (6.6). To counter these struggles, the Cougars made a big splash by hiring renowned coach Frank Anderson to fi ll pitching duties.
“To me, he is the equivalent of signing a fi rst round recruit. To this point, he has made a major impact. He brings instant credibility because of his track record, so he has the attentive ear immediately,” Whit-ting said.
The Cougars are reeling from
three consecutive losing seasons in conference play and have not participated in an NCAA Regional since 2008. Infi elder Grayson, one of the team’s five seniors, said he remains focused on the future while not forgetting the past.
“We’ve got a brand new team pretty much — not many return-ees,” Grayson said. “We look at it as it’s the past, but for us returnees, you don’t want to have the season you did last year. It’s fuel to have a better season this year.”
Of the countless new faces gracing this year’s roster, Grayson encourages fans to keep an eye on junior infielder Frankie Ratc-liff, a transfer via Pensacola State College and University of Miami. Ratcliff and the Cougars face the task of continuing to help rebuild a program with expectations set for Omaha, a place the team has not advanced to since 1967.
“I knew that when I took over the job, we needed mass overhaul. Not only in players, but in the way we operate,” Whitting said.
“From a recruiting standpoint to the fans and from a donor involve-ment standpoint, everything involved with the baseball program needed to be fi xed. I wanted to be in the College World Series during the fi rst season I came here. I see a lot of positives currently in our program, and I’m really anxious to see us play.”
Whitting and his staff are also working to fi nalize the starting rota-tion with seven or eight pitchers in the mix for the weekend slots. This also includes 2012 Friday senior starting pitchers Austin Pruitt, Matt Hernandez and junior Cypress Col-lege transfer Daniel Poncedeleon.
The Cougars are not shying away from the importance of their corps of relievers, either.
“We are also focused on our pitching the back end in the bull-pen,” Whitting said.“We have had lack of depth, and it has made us truly struggle. The end of the game has been a big problem for us, but that is something we need to build
on for this year.”UH opens the season Feb. 15 at
Cougar Field with a three-game slate against Northeastern. Other home highlights include visits from Texas on March 19, Harvard on March 20, Seton Hall from April 12 to 14 and Rice from April 19 to 21.
“Any great team that I have been a part of, we could always pitch and play defense; they will be the two biggest areas of improvement to be successful.”
Senior infi elder and outfi elder Jacob Lueneburg led UH in steals (13) last sea-son. He was caught stealing fi ve times in 2012. | File photo/The Daily Cougar
SPORTSEDITOR Christopher Shelton EMAIL [email protected] ONLINE thedailycougar.com/sports
BASEBALL
Changes highlight UH’s offseason
Manzur VazquezStaff writer
When UH faces Stephen F. Aus-tin at Galleria Tennis and Athletic Club for its first match, the players on the other side of the court will
be famil iar t o P a t r i c k Sullivan.
Su l l i v a n , the UH ten-n i s c o a c h , will face the team he led last season. He coached two seasons a t St e p h e n F. A u s t i n , leading the
Lumberjacks to the two greatest seasons in school history in terms of wins and winning percentage, compiling an overall record of 43-10.
Sullivan said knowing the talents and weaknesses of the opponent will give the Cougars an advantage against the Lum-berjacks, who rank 59th in the nation.
“( They’re) a very good team that is close to my heart, but on the other hand, I know them pretty well having coached them, we’ll have a good game plan against them,” Sullivan said of his former team.
“It’s a big match for us: our first opportunity to play against a ranked team. It would be a huge win for us; Houston hasn’t won against a ranked team in a long time.”
Senior tennis player Maja Kaz-imieruk said the group is ready to take on its first opponent of the season.
“We’re going to test ourselves; I feel that we are really ready for that match. We are working really hard now; I think we are all ready to play and win,” Kazimieruk said.
“We’ll just try to play tough; play our game. We understand there’s a bit of pressure on us, but we’ll just play our best — that’s our game plan.”
TENNIS
Coach faces former team in openerSullivan, squad seek seasons’ fi rst victory vs. Stephen F. Austin
Kazimieruk won six of her last 10 matches last season, en route to a 14-5 record.
The Cougars had a tough time swinging the bat in 2012, fi nishing last in the Conference USA in runs scored and slugging percentage. | File photo/The Daily Cougar
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7\\ Tuesday, January 15, 2013 The Daily Cougar
Rebeca TrejoStaff writer
UH alumnus and published author 24-year-old Ricardo Bates is tremendously grateful for the positive feedback he has received on his fi rst published work, “Farewell and Goodnights: Selected Poems.”
Although he played on the football team throughout his time at UH and graduated from the College of Technology with a merchandising degree, Bates said he has always been passion-ate about writing.
“I thank God every day that I am able to express myself through words,” Bates said.
“Poetry is therapeutic.”In the introduction to his collection of 50
poems, Bates explains how he grew up with an alcoholic father in Alabama whom he would rarely see.
“Instead of acting out in a radical manner, I resorted to writing,” Bates said. “It was a dark time during my teenage years.”
Bates writes of a time when his father picked him up to spend time with him, but ended up driving to a house where a fight broke out, causing Bates’ father to punch through glass, injuring himself.
Also in his introduction, Bates honors and thanks his high school football coach who passed away six years ago.
Bates said the coach acted as a father fi gure to him.
“He was a very infl uential person in my life growing up,” Bates said. “What better way to honor him than by dedicating the whole book to his name.”
While Bates has been writing since he was 14, it wasn’t until April that he took his compilation of poems to OPS Publishing, a small indepen-dent fi rm that publishes mostly business books that are focused on operations improvement and education.
On May 2, only a week later, the E-book was released.
Bates said releasing his collection as an E-book is the most cost-effective choice for himself and the most convenient for read-ers, especially considering that this is his fi rst publication.
Even though his roots are in poetry, Bates said he would like to write a best-selling novel one day. In the meantime, he is fi nishing up his second poetry collection, “Not a Fan of 21st Century Love.”
His current book can be purchased on Amazon.
“It almost reads like a story,” Bates said. “Each poem captures many moments that
occurred in my life. That’s why I think many people can relate and connect to it — because it’s real.”
To purchase Bates book go to www.amazon.com/Farewell-and-Goodnights-ebook/dp/B0080HOD7G
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