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The Student Government Association passed a bill Wednesday asking the Board of Regents to change the text in the UH non-discrimination statement to include people of all “gender identity and expression.”

More than 30 students appeared at the meeting to show their support for the bill, and several spoke in front of the student senate.

“This resolution, before anything else, is

about protecting students,” said James Lee, a political science student. “We have an obliga-tion to protect our fellow students, and trans-gender students are here for the same reason we all are: to learn and become successful, productive individuals in society.”

Brett Kennedy, a biomedical engineering freshman, pointed out that while UH is con-sidered one of the most diverse campuses, it is behind the curve when it comes to protect-ing transgender students.

“If you look at the University of Texas in Austin and Texas A&M, they both have gender expression non-discrimination acts in their student discrimination policy,” Ken-nedy said. “We are failing in supporting our LGBT community.”

Senators expressed their gratitude to the

many students who stayed for more than an hour after the student speeches to see the results of the vote.

“As you can see from the number of stu-dents still sitting here, this is an issue that is important to our students,” College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Senator Lee Arnold said.

“It’s important that we protect the stu-dents who need it ... This piece of legislation will do that. The students in the back of this room are the priority, let’s make them be that priority and make sure their voices are heard.”

A similar resolution was passed by the senate in 2008, but changes to the non-discrimination policy never happened.

“Yes, we have passed this before and

unfortunately things back then were a lot dif-ferent from how they are now,” said Michael McHugh, the bill’s author and a former SGA senator. “But we are now taking this to the Board of Regents, something we have never done before. We need SGA behind us on this issue.”

For some SGA members, progress will be measured by tangible results.

“Even though it was a verbal promise, we were promised that all students would be protected from bullying, harassment and discrimination,” said SGA Graduate Senator-at-large Melanie Pang. “But on that same token, it’s time we said, ‘Show it to me in writing.’”

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Students to strut their stu! for chance to win Spirit Cup

As part of the homecoming festivities, students will compete in dance numbers, video production, skits, music acts and step shows at 7 p.m. today in the University Center Houston Room.

All Strut Your Stuff shows must pertain to the homecoming theme, 1927 Red #HC11, and show school spirit.

Participants can partner with other organizations, represent their own organization or have a solo performance in the show. Groups can post a short commercial on Facebook or YouTube for extra points towards their overall score.

The winner of Strut Your Stuff will get 100 points towards their fi nal score for the Spirit Cup, the grand prize for the homecoming celebra-tions, which will be awarded at the end of the week.

— Jessica Kirkland

TECHNOLOGY

College to host 70th birthday open house

The College of Technology cel-ebrates its 70th birthday and invites all of the UH community to its open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday.

The event will have displays by technology student organizations and capstone projects, tours of the buildings and labs, viewing of the new Pacesetters Wall of Honor and refreshments.

To RSVP, call 713-743-8166 or for more information contact emgreen2@uh.edu.

— Karishma Sakrouja

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SGA alters UH non-discrimination textRewording of statement protects freedom of “gender identity and expression”

Cougars learn traditionsStudents gathered Tuesday at Lynn Eusan

Park to celebrate “Go Coogs Day,” an event hosted by the Student Alumni Connection and Homecoming Board aimed at teaching the UH community about its traditions. Visitors were treated to live music and spirit-building activi-ties. | Yulia Kutsenkova/The Daily Cougar

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Students compete in ad campaign for US healthEdgar VelizTHE DAILY COUGAR

UH was selected as one of four schools to compete in an advertising campaign project for the United States Public Health Service.

The University was chosen for the competition from a pool of 50 schools and will run against the Uni-versity of California Los Angeles, New York University and the University of Pittsburgh.

“I’m excited,” Account Director Kimberly Guel said. “There wasn’t that much advertisement for USPHS, and it is giving us an opportunity to do much more. We also have much more to work with. We were paving a new way for recruitment and adver-tisement for USHPS.”

Instructional Professor Larry Kel-ley is leading the students and said he looks forward to challenging them.

“The beauty of this particular curriculum is that every application process is real,” Kelley said. “They have a real client and real money to spend. They do real work, and it will be out in the market place.”

The campaign is currently in the briefi ng stage. The team presented its plan to its client Tuesday and will have to wait for approval to imple-ment it.

“We’re focused and treating this as a real job,” Media and Public Relations Director Joseph Jass said. “Everyone at Cougar Concepts takes

this seriously. We don’t think of this as a class — but as a job. We are get-ting paid to do this and execute this. So we want to do the best job pos-sible. We are jumping in. We aren’t just tapping our toes in the water. We’re soaked.”

Participating students said they are working to surpass the set of challenges and expectations Kelley has set for them.

“He (Kelley’s) has asked for our commitment, and he made it clear that we are not just representing ourselves; we are representing the communications school and the University of Houston,” Guel said. “Our name is on it so it needs to be the best product we can produce. ”

The students involved will benefi t from the experience and will also have a good addition to their resumes.

“In the end we will produce a plans book and we will be able to use this when we are looking for other jobs or internships,” Account Direc-tor Wenkin Siu said. “We will be able to say we did this and I did this.”

The competition will be graded based on results and creativity, and will conclude with a video chroni-cling every step of the competition.

“I’m going to go back and look at where I can improve,” Jass said. “Whether it be timeline or execution and use this as another step to start-ing a prosperous career.”

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This weekly article aims to show that historical events are comparable with events transpiring today. However, there will be interesting events and fun facts as well. In addition, I will be delving into the historical goings on at the University of Houston. I hope you enjoy it — If you have any suggestions or events that you would like to share, don’t hesitate to contact me at news@thedailycougar.com.

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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

On Oct. 21, 1977, a 27-year-old black male was arrested in connec-tion with the aggravated assault and kidnapping of a female UH student. The arrest came after a month-long investigation into an incident that occurred on Sept. 22. He was placed in jail with a $40,000 bond.

On Oct. 18, 1989, UH Interim President George Magner announced that mascot Shasta V, which died in May earlier that year, would not be replaced, ending a 42-year-old tradi-tion of housing a live mascot on cam-pus. He made his decision after an extensive review of safety concerns.

Important Events.

On Oct. 17, 1989, the San Fran-cisco Bay Area of California was struck by an earthquake that regis-tered a 7.1 on the Richter Scale. The disaster claimed 67 lives, infl icted 3,000 injuries and caused nearly $7 billion in damages.

On Oct. 18, 1944, Czechoslovakia was fi rst invaded by Soviet forces during World War II.

On Oct. 19, 2001, two US army rangers were killed in a helicopter crash in Pakistan, the fi rst US casual-ties in the Afghanistan campaign.

On Oct. 20, 1803, the US gov-ernment approved the Louisiana Purchase.

On Oct. 21, 1879, Thomas Edison invented the electric incandescent lamp.

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Oct. 20, 1950 Tom Petty Oct. 18, 1939 Lee Harvey Oswald Oct. 20, 1972 Snoop DoggOct. 18, 1989 Jack WehmanOct. 19, 1989 Brianna Leigh Morrison

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Oct. 19, 1745 Jonathan SwiftOct. 20, 1871 Charles BabbageOct. 22, 2009 Soupy SalesOct. 20, 1906 William “Buck” EwingOct. 20, 1964 Herbert Hoover

Fun FactsOn Oct. 16, 1829, the Tremont

Hotel in Boston became the fi rst building in the US to feature indoor plumbing.

On Oct. 18, 1873, the fi rst rules for intercollegiate football were drafted by offi cials from Columbia, Yale, Rut-gers and Princeton Universities.

On Oct. 20, 1960, the fi rst fully mechanized post offi ce opened its offi ces in Providence, R.I.

On Oct. 21, 1925, the photoelec-tric cell was fi rst demonstrated at the Electric Show, which was held in New York, N. Y.

On Oct. 22, 1939, the fi rst tele-vised professional football game was broadcast from New York with Brooklyn defeating Philadelphia 23-14.

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Professor Karen Stokes will be putting her latest work, “The Secondary Colors” in mo-tion this week. Students in the School of Theatre and Dance are also preparing for their annual choreographers showcase, “Canvas in Motion.” | Daily Cougar File Photo

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Dancer, educator, choreog-rapher and producer Toni Valle describes herself along with her fellow faculty members as the “invisible diamonds.”

Valle, a UH alumna and cur-rent adjunct faculty member for the UH School of Theatre & Dance, believes that her co-work-ers, some of the most well-known choreographers and dancers in the Houston area, often go unnoticed.

In the world of arts, dance is often considered to be at the bottom of the hierarchy, but the University dance faculty, headed by professor Karen Stokes, is fighting this misconception.

“Dance tends to have unique challenges,” Stokes said. “We can’t be played on the radio. We cannot be hung in a museum for months on end. We cannot be read in a script.

“As a dance practitioner, I want to share dance as a live perfor-mance art because dance is best served by live performance.”

Both Stokes and Valle share similar concerns. Valle hopes that by increasing the awareness about UH dance educators, more people will be encouraged to explore what the department has to offer.

Furthermore, she hopes that her work at the University will inspire people in the Houston area and beyond to respect dance as an art form.

The best way for this to be achieved is for people to attend more live performances.

Karen Stokes will premiere her latest work, “The Secondary Col-ors,” from Thursday to Saturday at Zilkha Hall in the Hobby Center Downtown.

Her show is an original music and dance collaboration featuring works by composer Bill Ryan and world-renowned live musicians, including percussionist David Cossin from Sting.

The show will also feature original choreography and tal-ented dancers like Valle, including Leslie Scates, Houston’s leading dance improvisation expert; Sophia Torres, co-founder of Houston’s Psophonia Dance Com-pany; and Rebecca Valls, assistant professor for the department.

These ladies are experienced professionals in the industry, and are teachers and mentors who are training students to be the next generation of dance profession-als — dancers, choreographers, producers and professors.

The hard work of both the faculty and students will also be on display in this year’s Emerging Choreographers Showcase “Can-vas in Motion” on Dec. 2 and 3.

The annual show is completely student-produced, performed and choreographed.

Dance isn’t easy and it can’t be easily preserved through writing or in museums or fully under-stood when videotaped. Dance is a performing art.

Don’t miss out on the chance to experience the one-time feeling you’ll have as a dancer, choreographer, producer or even as an audience member at “The Secondary Colors.”

The recital will be hosted at Zilkha Hall in the Hobby Center at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

More information is available by calling (713) 315-2525 or by visiting www.thehobbycenter.org. Student tickets are available for $10.

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R epublican Presidential candidate Herman Cain was a little too com-fortable at an appearance Saturday

in Cookeville, Tenn.

When addressing the topic of illegal immigration, the Godfather’s Pizza CEO offered an inhumane stance that raised eyebrows across the nation.

“We’re going to have a real fence,” Cain said. “Twenty feet high with barbed wire. Electrifi ed. With a sign on the other side that says, ‘It can kill you!’ Then I get criticized for being insensitive. What’s insensitive? What is insensitive is when they come to the United States across our border and kill our citizens and kill our border-patrol people.”

Obviously before he even completed the thought, Cain knew he would face scrutiny for such an ill-advised comment. He was quick to backtrack from his inappropriate solution on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.

“That’s a joke,” Cain said. “That’s not a serious plan. That was a joke. I’ve also said America needs to get a sense of humor.”

If Cain believes electrocuting people is a funny subject, we do not want to know what else he consid-ers to be laughable.

In all likelihood his campaign will brush off the gaffe, and reiterate that his comments were simply an untimely quip. Regardless, it does not make it any less disturbing.

There is no denying that the US has a border con-trol problem, as undocumented citizens have been pouring in for decades. But the situation should be addressed in a nonviolent manner. To assume every person who crosses the border kills US citizens and border-patrol offi cials is a sweeping generalization. As an African-American male, it comes as a surprise that Cain would make such a dangerous assumption.

When some people hear a legitimate presidential candidate spew controversial statements like this, a retraction often becomes irrelevant. His opponents now have a trump card, and some of his supporters could interpret it the wrong way.

Cain is in a close race, and his campaign has been the recipient of some positive momentum. It is unfortunate that bold statements which belittle human lives could be partly responsible.

Cain should be more cautionary with rhetoric

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U nder the guise of ensuring prudent government spending and personal accountability, state

Legislatures across the country are pro-posing that mandatory drug testing be a condition for receiving welfare assistance.

Everything from food stamps to unemploy-ment benefi ts would be awarded only after screening for illicit drug use, and supporters are championing this mea-sure as a sensible means

of preventing the waste of tax-payers’ dollars on “junkies” and “addicts.”

Whatever the intent, such drug testing policies violate the constitutional rights of those who are already facing fi nancial hardship and simply will not stand up against legal challenge.

In previous cases, the US Supreme Court has ruled that drug testing consti-tutes a form of search, and when carried out by a government agency, falls under the regulation of the fourth amendment. As a result, the prerequisite of probable cause must exist prior to conducting a drug test. Such conditions must be met on a case by case basis, and the blanket approach of screening all welfare appli-cants is overly presumptive.

In essence, states are taking the position that all welfare applicants are suspected drug users and are subject to being searched. There is no reasonable basis for such suspicion, hence the conviction that this form of obligatory drug testing is illegal.

Of course not all mandatory drug testing programs are constitutionally prohibited. Select government employ-ees can be subjected to testing when

there is a “compelling interest.” Jobs related to public safety or that have the potential to expose the public to danger meet this definition, and they justifiably warrant pre-emptive drug testing.

Additionally, private enterprises, which by definition fall outside the realm of government, are free to conduct random drug screening as a condition for employment.

Legality issues aside, drug testing mandates are oppressive, imprecise and largely ineffective. Welfare recipients rarely garner much public sympathy, but stigmatizing poverty by associating it with drug abuse is patently malicious.

While there is a definite correlation between drug use and poverty, there is no indication of causation. That is to say, similar conditions lead to both, but drug abuse is not a source of poverty and vice versa. And at a time when an increasing number of people are reliant on state and federal welfare, the link between the two is weakened further.

In addition, studies from the Depart-ment of Health and Human Resources have found that the unemployed and employed use illicit drugs at comparable rates, and in terms of absolute numbers, 70 percent of illegal drug users between the age of 18-49 are employed full-time.

Supporters of mandatory testing claim such policies will serve as de facto rehabilitation programs. This argu-ment that screening welfare applicants will help curtail drug use is, at best, disingenuous. To begin with, the most commonly used testing procedures specifically focus on a short list of illegal substances and fail to identify the most commonly abused drug — alcohol.

More to the point, simply denying

welfare benefits to drug users is unlikely to break the powerful grip of addiction. On the contrary, pushing people into further destitution will tend to increase drug use as their situation becomes more dire and hopeless.

The sentiment that drug users are undeserving of government aid is understandable, and mandatory drug testing may very well have a practical and positive impact on government welfare programs.

But the fact remains that this form of financial assistance must be allocated in a manner consistent with the Constitution. That some small percentage of welfare benefits will go towards the purchase of illicit drugs is a regrettable but necessary consequence of constraining government intrusive-ness and maintaining personal freedom for all.

Marc Anderson is a 3rd-year cell biology Ph.D. student and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com.

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Against their welfareMandatory drug testing of welfare recipients is unconstitutional

Legality issues aside, drug testing mandates are oppressive, imprecise

and largely ine! ective. Welfare recipients rarely garner much public sympathy, but stigmatizing poverty by associating it with drug abuse is patently malicious. While there is a de" nite correlation between drug use and poverty, there is no indication of causation.”

“There are millions of people seeking aid from the state for the " rst time because they have lost their jobs and they still have children to feed and bills to pay. These people now are hav-ing to su! er the indignity of having to undergo a drug test.”

Arthenia L. Joyner, a Florida state senator, quoted in The New

York Times.

“People typically don’t apply for cash assistance until they’re down to their last resources. They may, even if drug free, choose to keep the power on for a month, or to put gas in their car, rather than paying for the test.”

Elizabeth Lower-Basch, a political analyst with the Center for

Law and Social Policy, quoted in The Hu# ngton Post

“The wasteful program created by this law subjects Floridians who are impacted by the economic downturn, as well as their families, to a humiliating search of their urine and body $ uids without cause or even suspicion of drug abuse.”

Howard Simon, executive director of ACLU Florida, quoted in

Reuters.

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Weather spoils day for Cougars, ! nish 8thWinds of up to 40 mph changed the Cougars gameplan for Tuesday’s final round at the Lone Star Invitational and also their place on the leaderboard.

Through two rounds, freshman Roman Robledo sat atop the individual lead-erboard and the Cougars were perched in sixth.

“We had a crazy, cold front come in that made the course play the exact opposite of the first two rounds,” head coach Jonathan Dismuke said in a release.

The weather caused Robledo and the Cougars to tumble.

Robledo finished tied for sixth individu-all and UH took eighth in the 15-school field.

Through three tournaments, Robledo has bested his previous finish each time.

The Cougars will compete next Oct. 31 at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate in Dallas.

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Cougars travel back in timeThrowbacks debut for homecomingJoshua SiegelTHE DAILY COUGAR

For Saturday’s homecoming game against Marshall, the Cou-gars will reach back to a different era for their duds.

The Cougars’ uniforms will honor the great UH sqauds under head coach Bill Yeoman of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s.

But these uniforms are unique. They are not from one year, but combine different design aspects from Yeoman’s tenure.

Yeoman led the Cougars to a 160-108-8 record, 11 bowl appear-ances and 10 Top 25 finishes in his 25 years in charge.

sports@thedailycougar.comFor this year’s homecoming matchup against Marshall, UH created special jerseys that blend elements of their ‘60s and ‘70s uniforms. | Joshua Siegel/The Daily Cougar

The Cougars have struggled on the road this season (1-5-0), with their only win com-ing on Sept. 14 against HBU. | Aaron Cisneros/The Daily Cougar

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The Cougars have an opportu-nity to improve their postseason outlook this weekend with away matches against Marshall and East Carolina.

UH (5-10-1, 2-5-1 Conference USA) is currently tied with UAB (6-8-1, 2-4-1) for the final spot in the C-USA Tournament in points, but the Cougars are a half-game back in the loss column.

Head coach Susan Bush said that she expects it to be a tough weekend with teams vying for postseason berths.

“We know it’s going to be an absolute battle,” Bush said. “As long as we bring the effort, we can compete with anybody.”

The Cougars’ competition — the Pirates (7-6-1, 2-5-0) and the Thundering Herd (3-9-3, 1-5-2) — won’t be as big of a hurdle as playing away from Robertson Stadium.

The Cougars have recorded only one road victory this season, a 1-0 defeat of HBU on Sept 14.

Freshman midfielder Sharis Lachappelle had strong showings in UH’s previous two matches against Southern Miss. and UCF. She said that the team’s work ethic will play a big part in their success over the final stretch of the season.

“We’re going to play with a lot of heart and work,” Lachappelle said.

“I expect good things.”East Carolina will prove to be

a much more difficult opponent for the Cougars than their record might suggest. The Pirates (7-6-1, 2-5-0 C-USA) are coming off a 1-0 overtime victory against SMU, who are ranked second in the C-USA standings. Sitting right behind UH at 10th in the confer-ence, the Pirates will be looking to jump past the Cougars in the standings with a victory at home.

This weekend’s road trip will be the Cougars’ final trek of the regular season before capping it with a game against cross-town rival Rice on October 28th at Robertson Stadium.

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It’s awesome. I know a lot of guys who played through my father with these same types of jerseys and same helmets. It’s an honor. We feel like we have to go out there and honor them. It’s a blessing.

Obviously, we’re really excited to put on the old jerseys. We’ve heard that it was a great team and they had expectations of winning. Obviously, every week we go out and we carry the same expectations with us.

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Delores Crawford had her rou-tine: Wake up, go to work, spend time with family, dinner, then bedtime. Every once in a while, she added a visit to the doctor to her routine.

This continued for decades until one day her physician of 20 years discovered that Crawford had a lump in her breast. It was then that Crawford realized her routines from that moment on were going to change.

“My first thought was I can’t leave my baby,” she said. “How can I have breast cancer when I get a mammogram every year?”

She was confused and shocked by the news, especially since no one in her family had breast cancer.

In fact, the news was so shock-ing that she went to River Oaks to get a full X-ray of the damage.

Doctors referred her to specialists at St. Joseph Medical Hospital, who told Crawford they found a lymph node nearly the size of a golf ball in her breast.

At this time, she and her fam-ily knew it was official. Breast cancer had snuck its way into the family, but they were not going to let it stay.

“I went to the specialists at M.D. Anderson,” she said. “The first time I was there, our appointment was at 10:30 a.m. and there were a lot of people. I checked on my appointment at around 11:15, we still were wait-ing. I finally went in at 11:45 and I asked them why it took so long, they said, ‘It’s because we spend time on our patients.’”

And that they did. She said her experience at M. D. Anderson from July to December 2002 went smoothly thanks to all the people and the support system at the hospital.

It was exactly what she needed since she had to get a lumpectomy, followed by hours of chemotherapy and radiation.

Her battle with breast cancer took Crawford on an emotional and physical roller coaster throughout the entire treatment and recovery process.

“I lost all of my hair. I was really pale. I came to work when I could,” she said. “My doctor didn’t want me to come in too often while I was going through chemotherapy. The radiation was the worst. It felt like it grilled my skin. I didn’t want to go to get it done. But I had to go every day.

“After that second or third week, I couldn’t go anywhere because I couldn’t let anything touch (me). After that, that was it. I had to go back every month to make sure it was truly gone.” Crawford said.

It finally did leave, without coming back to visit — she calls it a blessing in disguise.

“I am blessed. At my church, there are a lot of breast cancer groups,” Crawford said. “M.D. Anderson has a good support group and they have wigs they can give you because people donate them. I even donated mine.

“I wore a wig when I went out because my friends called me Casper, the friendly ghost.”

It’s fair to say she still gets goose bumps when she thinks back on her experiences.

But it would have been much worse if she didn’t have her “rock” helping her every step of the way.

“My daughter was really sad,” she said, her eyes slightly welling up with tears. “She tried not to let me see it but she was there for me. She was my rock.”

Now, the advertising manager for Student Publications tries to be a rock for others by encourag-ing students to understand that no one is immune to breast cancer.

“Read and understand all the information because you have to be strong and aware to fight this.”

That’s just what Crawford did. She looked cancer in the face, fought back and is now an eight-year survivor.

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