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Seven students entered the race to be elected Student Government Association president, including supply chain man-agement sophomore Cedric Bandoh who is the current SGA chief of staff.
What follows is a partial transcription of an interview The Daily Cougar’s news editors Joshua Mann and Taylor McGilvray conducted with Bandoh.
The Daily Cougar: What are three things you think voters should know about you?
Cedric Bandoh: First, just my love for the University. (Being in SGA) is a job that you have to be committed to and dedi-cated to this university to do.
Next is that I believe with the current leadership under Dr. Khator we’re going to the right places. ... It’s great to have
a president that’s very dedicated to the school, but students need to be involved; to make sure that the decisions that are made and the new things that come to the University are things that we want and can benefit from at the end of the day.
Third, I’m dedicated to making sure we live up to our Tier 1 model. It’s great to say that we’re Tier 1 — and we are, in multiple areas — but we still have some areas that have to be brought up to speed in that respect.
TDC: What do you think has been the most important thing the SGA has done since the summer?
CB: We’ve done a lot of important things as far as pieces of legislation and different ideas and programs and things that we’ve worked on, but I think the biggest thing has been increasing the vis-ibility of SGA.
That was one big thing when we came to office. President Harding and Vice
President Primjee are very big on increas-ing the communication to the student body, to let them know that we’re here. I believe we’ve done that this year.
TDC: What do you plan on doing dif-ferently from the last administration, if you’re elected?
CB: The first thing is what we just touched on: visibility. One thing that I would do is just increase the amount of social media that we use. Students are getting more and more of their news and information from Facebook and Twitter and all the social media outlets. I think SGA could be doing more of that.
TDC: How would you make sure you’re accurately representing the students?
CB: I think on a lot of the things we do, we could take a lot more opinion polls.
We’re working with administration leaders and people who may be higher up, and we think we’ve come to the right solu-tion. But sometimes we see that’s not the
case. Something happens, and the news gets out there, and the student body’s not happy. We thought they wanted this, but they really didn’t.
In SGA, we’re working on a lot of big, major things, and once they go through, they go through. It’s pretty hard some-times to go back around and redo them or readdress them. We need to do it, and we need to get it right the first time around.
It all goes back to out mission of empowering students and giving them an opportunity to be a part of the decision making process. I mean, that’s what we’re here for.
TDC: How do you plan on dealing with real problems like parking or safety — stuff like that — as SGA president?
CB: I think the first thing, as far as addressing the parking issue, is just that to let students know there is already a park-ing plan in place.
When I talk about the parking plan we also have the parking garage that is com-ing up right now, and that will add about 2000 more spaces on campus, so that will help. After that, there is going to be a parking garage that will be built in front of Moody Towers and next to the Welcome Center garage in that parking lot that’s currently there, which will add about another 2000 more spaces.
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SPECIAL REPORT: SGA ELECTION 2012
Candidate interview: Cedric Bandoh
HONORS COLLEGE
Faculty members read creative works
Jennifer Pearson and Max GardnerTHE DAILY COUGAR
More than 90 people attended the first Honors College poetry and prose reading for the Spring 2012 semester, which was held in the Commons Wednesday.
The event featured creative writing faculty members Antonya Nelson and Robert Boswell, who are married and share the Cullen chair in creative writing at UH.
Nelson’s work has been featured in several literary
magazines including Harper’s Magazine and The New Yorker. She read her soon-to-be pub-lished short story “Funny Once.”
She gave three pieces of advice to students interested in writing: read, take criticism and take advantage of classes.
Boswell, Guggenheim Fellow-ship winner and author of eleven books, read a chapter from his upcoming novel “Tumbledown”. He described it as “a serious novel with a lot of humor in it.”
“If you’re looking at the ruins of a place, that’s tumbledown,” Boswell said. “The point of view goes back and forth between counselors and their clients, and they have an intertwined storyline. It’s a big book — about 600 pages.”
Travus McBane, a computer science junior who stumbled upon the event, was impressed by the readings.
“The points of view of the main characters were relatable.
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Both stories dealt with serious issues,
but the comedy made them more bearable. It was like a break, so you didn’t have to be drowned by it all.”
Travus McBane, on the excerpts read during the event
Antonya Nelson reads from her soon-to-be published short novel, “Funny Once” to students in the Honors College Commons. | Emily Chambers/The Daily Cougar
Poetry and prose take center stage at Honors College faculty reading
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February 2nd Dr. Pamela Reed Scholarly presentation of dissertation
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HISTORY
Food’s impact on the state to be discussed at lecture
UH history Assistant Professor Natalia Milanesio will lecture on “The State and the Power of Food” at noon Friday in the Michael J. Cemo Hall room 101.
Milianesio will discuss the role food provison, taxation and regulation has in policymaking as “a means of institutional and legal development, and a reason to control production, commerce and the population,” according to a UH press release.
“Our aim is to encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue and interdisciplinary collaboration though the examination of the food that sustains the cultural, economic and physical lives of our diverse communities,” said Monica Perales, a UH history associate professor and co-direc-tor of the series in the release.
“Milanesio’s talk encourages us to think about the uses of food, not only in 1950s Argen-tinea, but in our own communi-ties today.”
The lecture is part of the Food for Thought Speaker Series, which is sponsored by the El Paso Corporation Lecture Series and the UH Center for Public History.
For more information, contact Perales at 713-743-3103 or [email protected]/.
— Cougar News Services
HEALTH CENTER
Free cholesterol screenings at the Health Center Friday
The UH Health Center will offer free cholesterol screenings for students, faculty and staff from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.
People interested should bring a photo id when they come, said
Jennifer Nguyen, a registered nurse at the health center, in a campus-wide email.
The results of the tests will be available starting on Tuesday, the email said.
For more information, call 713-743-5151.
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HONORS COLLEGE
Talent show to be hosted today in Honors College
The UH Honors College will host their talent show today at 7 p.m. in the Honors College Com-mons, on the second floor of the library.
The show, called Coffee House, will feature short per-formances by Honors College students, and will run until 9:00 p.m.
The Honors College hosts Coffee House several times each semester.
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ALUMNI
Head football coach to speak at Bauer Breakfast
UH’s head football coach, Tony Levine, will speak at the Bauer Breakfast from 7 to 8:30 a.m. today at the Houston City Club.
Althetic Director Mack Rhoades will also be speaking at the event, which is sponsored by the Alumni Association, according to a UH press release.
For more information or to register, go to http://tinyurl.com/6upf4sg.
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It won’t totally fix our prob-lem, but it will tremendously help because right now we have a ratio of about three to one for every parking spot, so I mean, that’s the issue. Every single parking spot on this campus is assigned to three people. Those two garages will help, but it doesn’t solve the issue.
Even with the garages — and they will help — my concern is the affordability. Not all of us students — like I said, I’m totally dependent on scholarships and financial aid — not all of us can afford those parking garage passes, so we need to start look-ing at our campus map and see how we can incorporate more surface lots.
So, those are the things we can look at in the short term. (Long term,) I think the student body needs to have a more proactive discussion with Metro. We see the Metro construction going on, but when that thing is completed, it can only take you so far — it’ll only take you to downtown and not many areas. My vision for that is one day for students that live out in Katy and Sugar Land, Missouri City, Humble and all the different suburbs in Houston.
I was also working with the parking and transportation department to do more market-ing to try to encourage students to carpool more and more mar-keting to get students to use the NextBus system that has to deal with the shuttles.
TDC: What was your stance on the fee increase referendum and why?
CB: I support the referendum fee ... because I see the opportu-nity that it has given us.
Like I said, if it wasn’t for me having the scholarships that I have and receiving federal fi nancial aid and state fi nancial aid, I wouldn’t be here, so I understand the con-cern from the student body.
We need some facilities that we’ll be able to be proud of once we’re in (the Big East), and I believe a brand new football sta-dium and a renovated Hofheinz arena will not only give us facili-ties to be proud of, but again, just increase our global brand.
We should be a school of choice for people — not to say that we aren’t — but there’s a lot of people out there who don’t automatically recognize this institution when you just say the University of Houston. And athletics is free marketing to be frank. The University does invest in a lot of marketing efforts to get our name out there, but when your football team and athletics
programs are successful, people on the national scene start to recognize you, and there’s free marketing.
TDC: What makes you stand out from the other candidates?
CB: I believe that being the chief of staff gave me a leg up, a very great inside look of what it takes to be the student body president.
(With) my job duties alone, I oversee all the departments, I sit on committees, I chair commit-tees, I’ve had a lot of experience dealing with making those huge decisions just in this position.
Coming into this position blind and not really knowing what it takes to really be success-ful in getting things done I think would really set you behind as far as being able to accomplish anything in SGA.
TDC: Why do you want to be the SGA president?
CB: It has been a goal of mine — I will say — since I got here on this campus. I’ve always been very big on being involved on your campus.
I want to put myself into a position to where I can actually do something about (campus issues) and I work with other people to fix the problems and find solutions.
To read the enitre interview, go to thedailycougar.com/tags/sga2012
They were people you could know in real life,” he said. “Both stories dealt with serious issues,
but the comedy made them more bearable. It was like a break, so you didn’t have to be drowned by it all.”
This event series is a collabor-ative effort between the creative writing program and the library
to help showcase faculty, gradu-ate and undergraduate writing. The next reading will be com-posed entirely of undergraduates and takes place April 18.
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The Washington Post published a story regarding a Food and Drug Administration study — traces of
contaminants were found in the most symbolic cosmetic on the market.
The article, written by Dina ElBoghdady, read “400 shades of lipstick found to con-tain lead, FDA says.” It almost doesn’t need a story. One sentence
explains it all. Lead is not meant to be in lipstick
(disconnecting any false associations with the days of lead-based paint) but the FDA-approved color additives are mineral-based and have trace levels of lead.
The article noted that the lead content in the lipstick was higher than the regulated lead content for candy, but lipstick is not meant to be ingested. Before consumers toss makeup in the garbage and department store manag-ers hastily recall their cosmetics, think about that fact.
Reading comprehension aside, this situation provides a good example of why people need to be more conscious of what they put on or inside their bodies.
How did contamination like this occur when there are alleged laws, limits, screenings, tests and several government agencies aside from the FDA whose purpose is to monitor and prevent such a situation?
The commonly seen caution that states: “WARNING: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm,” (lesser known as California Proposition
65) is probably the best indicator for dangerous products, but this is only for items known to contain toxic chemicals and compounds — mercury thermometers, soldering irons and compact fluorescent light bulbs. If the product does not normally contain something hazardous, the warning won’t be present.
Take an example that affects a larger range of consumers. In January, the Houston Chronicle reported that 25,000 toys had been confiscated at the Port of Houston over a two-year period. Inspectors for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission found the toys to be choking hazards and to have high levels of lead based paint, as well as phthalates — plastic binding esters known for causing several health concerns.
These contaminants are not abnormal flukes or recent additions to consumer products.
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics conducted tests five years ago and found trace amounts of lead in lipstick in a majority of the tested shades. The FDA latched onto that 2007 test; the recent study revealed 400 shades containing lead.
Since lipstick is topical and not intended for digestion, don’t worry about nationwide lead poisoning. However, any amount of lead, mercury or other heavy metal neurotoxins is too much — it all adds up. What amount of lead do you permit in your personal care products? How much benzene are you willing to drink with your soda? How much mercury do you like in your fish?
Only personal responsibility will protect an individual from toxins and hazards. Producers are worried about
profits and shareholder stakes. They sell what they can get away with. The FDA is a necessity; consumers cannot test every product on the shelves for contaminants — but the FDA can’t check everything either.
Even if they could, the law is still murky on the safety of many additives like aspartame and high-fructose corn syrup. These have questionable health effects and large propaganda behind them, but are legal “in moderation.”
Remember while shopping that no agency will provide you with com-plete umbrella protection, and they shouldn’t have to bear that burden .
Employees at the FDA are only human, after all.
David Haydon is a political science senior and may be reached at [email protected].
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STAFF EDITORIAL
A tweet about a chimichanga and Latino voters by Jim Messina, President Barack Obama’s cam-
paign manager, has Republican leaders in Washington crying foul.
There’s just one problem with their cries of liberal racism — the offensive portion of Messina’s tweet was a direct quote from a speech Sen. John McCain gave on the fl oor of the U.S. Senate. That direct quote ended up in an article by Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank before ending up on Messina’s twitter.
“Line of the day from WAPO’s Dana Milbank: ‘The chimichanga? It may be the only thing Repub-licans have left to offer Latinos’,” Messina tweeted.
Milbank’s column, “Does the GOP care about Latino voters,” describes the GOP’s failed attempts at courting Latino voters due to their harsh anti-immigration rhetoric and the wave of Arizona-style immigration laws their party has made a habit of passing.
Milbank also mentions how Senate Repub-licans unnecessarily stalled the confi rmation of Cuban-born Adalberto Jose Jordan to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Jordan was eventually confi rmed, making him the fi rst Cuban-born judge to serve on the court, but that was not without unnecessary fi libustering and vote delaying by Senate Republicans.
McCain used the delay in voting as an oppor-tunity to brag to other senators about Arizona, his home state.
“The Lettuce in your salad this month almost certainly came from Arizona,” McCain said. “It’s also believed that the chimichanga has its origin in Arizona.”
When Milbank wrote, “The chimichanga? It may be the only thing Republicans have left to offer Latinos,” he was commenting on the fact that Senate Republicans cared so little about Jordan’s historic nomination they were willing to postpone it for over three days.
Instead of discussing Jordan’s confi rmation, McCain decided to talk about his state’s creation of the chimichanga — that was all he and fellow Republicans had to offer to Latino voters.
No apology needed for chimichanga tweet
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The No. 17 Cougars look to continue their hot start after sweeping the Hilton Head Plaza Classic last weekend.
Their 5-0 start was highlighted by a victory against No. 11 Okla-homa State.
The Cougars outscored their opponents 37-9 during the three-day tournament in which Diedre Outon was the key contributor.
She posted a 2-0 record and made her fi rst career save with a 0.81 ERA in four appearances, earning Conference USA Pitcher of the Week.
“I am very happy for Diedre,” head coach Kyla Holas said. “She really worked hard this fall to be at exactly that spot.
“I hope she continues to have great success this season and the awards keep coming.”
Outon started the game against Oklahoma State, throwing a complete game, three hit-shutout to beat the Cowgirls 3-0.
Despite the unblemished record, Holas is still working hard to improve the team and to add to the current fi ve-game winning streak.
“Our goal is to have everyone on the lineup hitting over .300. Until that happens, we always have more to do as coaches,” Holas said.
Infi elder Jennifer Klinkert leads the Cougars in hits, home runs, RBI and walks after the fi rst fi ve games of the season. Klinkert’s three-run home run in the third inning against Sam Houston State proved to be the
difference in the game as the Cougars snuck past the Bearkats 6-4.
The Cougars are back in action this weekend as they host the Houston Hilton Plaza Invitational. The Cougars take on Louisiana-Monroe at 1 p.m. and McNeese State at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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Like his storybook namesake, Casey Grayson carries a big bat.
But the Cougars are hoping this “Casey” doesn’t strike out.
A local product from Cy-Woods High School, Grayson received only one offer to play at the next level. It didn’t come from UH; it came from Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas.
“I just wanted to continue playing and they gave me the opportunity to play,” Grayson said.
Playing first base at Navarro, Grayson found success. The 6-foot, 225-pounder was an integral part of the team’s 2011
junior college championship run.
“It was an unbelievable experience,” Grayson said. “I can’t even put it into words. Going from playing
in front of 30 people at most to playing in front of 16-to-7,000 people was a completely differ-ent experience.”
After the team’s championship season, the Cougars’ coaching staff looked to Navarro to help replenish their roster.
Along with Grayson, the coaches also plucked pitcher Austin Pruitt and infielder Wes Theiss from the Bulldogs.
Grayson said he chose to come to UH after his visit because it was close to home and it was exactly what he was looking for.
“You can’t beat coming and playing where all of your friends and family can come watch,” Grayson said. “My parents went to almost every game. Their shortest drive, I think, was three hours to Navarro. Everything else was four or five hours. So getting them to be able to come to a game that’s only 30 minutes away is great.”
Head coach Todd Whitting said he is excited to have Gray-son on the team. He said Grayson will help them with both offense and defense.
“He, to me, was one of the premier junior college players in the country last year,” Whitting
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Freshman Roman Robledo rebounded after shooting a 77 in the ! rst round to hit par in the ! nal two. | Courtesy of UH Athletics
The Cougars’ dominant opening weekend helped them move up three spots in the rankings to No. 17. UH outscored its opponents 37-9 over ! ve games and looks to remain undefeated this weekend against UL-Monroe and McNeese St. | Courtesy of UH Athletics
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Tuesday’s ! nal-round results at Oak Hills InvitationalIndiviual resultsT22. R. Robledo 77 71 71 219 +6T30. C. Reed 71 71 79 221 +8T48. W. McClain 74 77 73 224 +11 53. W. Dusenbury 72 78 75 225 +12
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Team results 1. Texas Tech 290 287 282 859 +7 2. Oklahoma 288 284 290 862 +10 3. Baylor 292 284 289 865 +13 4. North Texas 297 293 283 873 +21 4. UL-Lafayette 286 294 293 873 +21 6. Wichita State 289 297 288 874 +22 7. Louisiana Tech 294 294 292 880 +28 8. Texas State 296 293 293 882 +30 9. Houston 292 297 295 884 +3210. SE Louisiana 295 298 295 888 +3611. Tulsa 302 300 288 890 +3812. Iowa State 302 289 301 892 +4012. UTSA 303 295 294 892 +4014. Kansas State 306 290 301 897 +4515. Rice 312 305 301 918 +66
Weather, competition get the best of UHAndrew PateTHE DAILY COUGAR
The Houston Cougars golf team struggled to play in 2012 at the two-day UTSA Oaks Invitational, fi nish-ing ninth in the 15-team fi eld in the team’s fi rst action since Nov. 1.
“It obviously wasn’t what we were hoping for,” head coach Jonathan Dismuke said. “We identifi ed a lot of things that we have to get better; we’ll address those issues and be ready to go next week.”
Freshman Roman Robledo and sophomore Curtis Reed led the fi eld for the Cougars fi nishing tied for 22nd and tied for 30th.
Keeping the streak alive
Alvey chooses CincinnatiCougar Sports Services
The University of Cincinnati announced on Wednesday that Molly Alvey will be its next head volleyball coach.
Alvey could not be reached for comment, but had let the team know during a team meet-ing Tuesday she had accepted
another coaching opportunity.During her two seasons as
head coach, Alvey led the Cou-gars to a 38-24 record and their first top-three finish in Confer-ence USA finish since 2005.
“We will all miss her a lot as well as our assistants,” freshman setter Caitlin Ogletree said in an email. “They have all taught us so much on the court, and
especially off the court. We all admire them as not only coaches, but people. They have earned nothing but respect from each one of us and we are so thankful we have had the chance to play for them.”
Ogletree said that Alvey was a big reason why she chose UH, but her feelings haven’t changed as a result of her leaving.
“This is my home now,” Ogle-tree said.
“I am still 100-percent confi-dent in our program. We have not only great potential, but great talent and work ethic. I trust our Athletics Department will bring in nothing but what’s best for our team an our university.”
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Each shot a pair of 71s, although having their own dif-fi culties. Robledo struggled in the fi rst round and Reed slipped in the third.
“It was hard for us to put a good round together,” Reed said. “We’re giving too many shots to the fi eld when we get inside 30 yards and it’s hard to win when you do that.
“It’s kind of like in football, if you lose the turnover battle, you usually don’t win.”
Houston posted a 54-hole
score of 884 at Oak Hills Country Club while facing a diverse fi eld including some of the best teams from the Big XII and Southland Conference.
“There were a lot of teams here; probably as many as 10 or 11 that will probably make regionals,” Dismuke said. “When you don’t execute and don’t play well in a fi eld of that quality, you’re going to fi nish towards the back half, which we did.”
The Cougars were also handed the burden of dealing with Mother Nature, whose elements added another level of diffi culty.
“It was probably the coldest
golf that we’ve played this year,” Dismuke said. “The fi rst round was pretty tough condition-wise, while the second two rounds the condi-tions were pretty good.”
The Coogs will be back in action at the Rice Intercollegiate Monday and Tuesday at Westwood Country Club in Houston, seeking to improve upon their opening start.
“We were making way too many bogeys for situations where we need to be putting for birdies,” Dismuke said. “We’ll address those issues and be ready to go next week.”
said. “He gives us a left-handed bat
and he’s tremendous around the bag. He also has some power and he will help protect Chase Jensen in the middle a little bit.”
Grayson said he hopes to
deliver by being a force in the lineup and driving in some runs, but he believes his glove will be the key.
“I’d like to think that I’m a good hitter, but I really take pride at my defensive work over at first,” Grayson said.
“I’ll help over at first base and stop some people from making some errors.”
Like most players a few days away from Opening Day, Grayson is looking forward to only one thing.
“I’m just looking forward to playing,” Grayson said. “I’m ready to get the season under-way and hopefully get some victories.”
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CAMPUS EVENT
European band takes tour down to Texas
Students invited to stretch body, mind with music
Jose AguilarTHE DAILY COUGAR
With the winding down of a month-long North Ameri-can tour that gave them a single day off, Welsh band Los Campesinos! is ready to let Texans have it during their fi nal four gigs in the state, including a stop tonight at Fitzgerald’s.
“The shows themselves have been wonderful. The intensity, the audiences and the performances have been great. We’ve had a wonderful time,” said the band’s lead vocalist and songwriter Gareth Campesino! — all the band members have taken that surname.
It’s been the most intense tour the band has
undertaken, Campesino! said, and the band is excited about these last tour dates.
“We’re going to be able to put every last drop of energy into these,” said Campesino!. “We’re over the hump and feeling exhausted and we can just enjoy these last four (shows).”
Before heading south, the band made a pit stop at the studios of the Late Show with David Letterman — their fi rst U.S. talk show appearance. By the end of their per-formance, however, Letterman called Campesino! a “little condescending” — a term some might take as a badge of honor — for explaining to Letterman that he meant soccer when he said football.
“I think you can probably tell from the looks on our faces how happy we were to be there, and then when Dave engaged me, I had no intention of being condescending — I was just trying to assimilate,” said Campesino! with a laugh.
Snide remarks and comebacks aside, the experience was one the band looks forward to having again.
“The buzz of being on live TV is incredible and also the
potential to meet famous people as well,” said Campesino!. “We’re all big fans of celebrity and gossip.”
The band formed in 2006 while attending university in Wales and were infl uenced by The Smiths, Belle and Sebas-tian, Guided by Voices and Broken Social Scene.
In six years, Los Campesinos! have released three full-length albums, two EPs, one extended EP, about a dozen singles — two of which were non-album releases — and a zine called Heat Rash, which gives fans a whole slew of goodies. They have defi nitely been productive.
“It amazes me the number of bands who release a record and then don’t do (anything) for two and a half years,” said Campesino!. “I think being in a band, you don’t have many responsibilities — all you have to do is make music and tour.”
Their productivity also stems from their eagerness to perform new material during tours.
“Once we’ve done one tour with a new album, we want to have something else new to (tour with). We get a little
April Gutierrez THE DAILY COUGAR
The third annual Texas Yoga Conference and Music Festival will be held at the UH Recreation and Wellness Center this weekend.
This year’s theme, “Yoga Rocks Texas,” will encom-pass more than 60 presentations and 20 different styles of yoga from some of the world’s best instructors.
There will also be live musical performances by internationally and nationally known recording artists David Newman, Dessert Dwellers and Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band.
Celebrated local artist Tyagaraja Welch is also set to perform.
The Texas Yoga Conference was founded in 2009 by a trio of UH alumni consisting of Jennifer Buergermeister, and Roger and Albina Rippy.
“We were just yogis wanting to start an event and now it has doubled in size,” said Buergermeister.
“Our goal of the conference is to raise awareness and education about yoga. It strives to educate others about the many benefits of yoga and lead fitness and health seekers toward a better quality of life.”
Buergermeister expressed enthusiasm when she was asked about returning to the sea of red T-shirts at UH.
“It’s going to be the coolest event in town,” said Buergermeister.
“We are excited to come back to our alma mater. Not only is it right on campus, but there will be so many amazing presentations that you wouldn’t want to miss. This is a big deal for us.”
A performance by the Bhaki House Band followed by the new and innovative sounds of Desert Dwellers is scheduled to take place beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
“Desert Dwellers blend deep bass, earth percussion and culture-crossing instrumentation into sonic incense for mind and body,” said Buergermeister.
There is a correlation between music and yoga and the combination can really elevate the soul.
“Music is everything to me. It builds a feeling and a
mood,” said Buergermeister.“It’s important to incorporate music with yoga. It has
a warm-up and a climax.”The event has invited thousands of participants this
year and Buergermeister’s vision for it has always been big.
“I envision this year’s conference as being an event that simply rocks with fun,” said Buergermeister.
“Yoga has something to offer everyone, at all stages of life. Yoga simply makes life more enjoyable — mentally, emotionally and physically. We have a lineup of incred-ible teachers from all over the nation to bring Houston the most comprehensive and fun yoga conference yet.”
Those who wish to participate in this Texas-sized event should register online to purchase tickets.
Students will receive a discount on day passes to the yoga classes,workshops and the festival’s music concerts.
For more information, call (713) 839-9642 or visit www.texasyogaconference.com.
Musicians travel across nation to promote album and make their American television debut
The seven members of Los Campesinos! released Hello Sadness, their lastest album, in November. The band was featured as musical guests on the Late Show with David Letterman in late-January, further exposing them to American audiences. | Courtesy of Los Campesinos!
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The Concert Women’s Chorus composed of students from UH’s Moores School of Music will take to the stage of McGonigel’s Mucky Duck and belt out festive British songs to raise funds for the college.
The eclectic program will be full of bon-bons ranging from cho-ral classics like Gwyneth Walker’s “How Can I Keep from Singing,” to selections from recognized composers Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance,” and even a pop-a cappella rendition of the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun.”
“The idea was inspired by some of the work I’ve done at the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston,” said director of the chorus, Justin Smith.
The Sullivan Society usually previews their annual shows in the summer by performing at McGonigel’s, a local pub offering live music and traditional food and drinks.
Smith said that the venue is an intimate, postage stamp-sized place, with characteristic pub refreshments, great beer, a stage and a rickety piano.
Besides benefi ting the school, the project is also doing some-thing new for the singers and audience — performing outside of the usual stuffy conventions of a normal classical concert.
“I thought to myself that it would be a wonderful place to do a community outreach,” said Smith. “It just takes the ivory tower out of the music — makes it more accessible for everyone involved.”
And the students are into it, too.
“This being my fi rst year, it’s really great to be involved in a choral program that gives such great opportunities for students to perform,” said ensemble member Michelle Anderson.
The event begins at 8 p.m. at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck,.
For more information, call (713) 528-5999 or visit www.mcgonigels.com.
Choir show to perform classics, pop
restless.”In the near future,
Campesino! said a new issue of Heat Rash is in the works and he hopes to be back in the stu-dio before the end of the year.
“We are constantly writ-ing and trying to create new things,” said Campesino!.
“We’re pessimists, that’s why we want to be able to do as much as we can in whatever period of time we have.”
Los Campesinos! will hit the upstairs stage at 8 p.m. at Fitzgerald’s. Washington-based Parenthetical Girls will open.
For more information, visit www.stubwire.com.
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