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Sixty-four percent with mental-health issues drop outChristopher SheltonAssistant sports editor
Mental health may be a larger factor in college student success than previously thought.
A majority of former students with mental illnesses dropped out for a mental-health related reason, according to a survey by the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
There were 765 respondents in the survey, all from individuals diag-nosed with a mental health condition who are currently or were enrolled in college within the past fi ve years. Of the respondents who participated in the survey, 64 percent are no longer enrolled in college.
For some, the stigma associated with mental illnesses keeps them from seeking the help on campus that may allow them to suitably deal with their issues and stay in college, said Christopher Scott, associate clinical director of the UH Counsel-ing and Psychological Services.
“There is evidence that some stu-dents are reluctant to seek help for mental health concerns. This often varies depending on the students cultural background or gender,” Scott said. “Anecdotal evidence suggests that students are increasingly willing to seek assistance with mental health needs.”
The survey shows women are more comfortable coming forward and asking for help, a notion Scott
said is standard.“At CAPS, about 60 percent of our
clients are female. This is pretty simi-lar to other counseling centers across the nation,” Scott said. “There are cultural norms that differ regarding how men and women seek help.”
Many students are afraid to come forward because of academic and financial repercussions, said
Dana Markey, a program manager at NAMI.
In the survey, students said receiving certain accommodations like lower course loads and help communicating their needs to professors may have helped them remain in school. They also said con-necting with mental health providers earlier and having peer-run support
groups available would have positive effects.
“Sometimes they may need to take a leave of absence, reduce their course load or switch to part time student status — but for some students these actions had negative
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1 in 3 students reported prolonged periods of depression
1 in 4 students reported having suicidal thoughts or feelings
1 in 7 students reported engaging in abnormally reckless behavior
Only 7% of parents reported their college students as experiencing mental health issues
50% of students rated their mental health below average or poor
30%reported problems with school work due to a mental health issue
50%recieved no education
on mental health issues prior to college
MENTAL ILLNESS
IN COLLEGE STUDENTS
All data gathered from the National Alliance on Mental Illness, www.nami.org
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Games Room, Forensics Group relocate from UCZachary BurtonStaff writer
Departments within the Univer-sity Center are continuing to close and relocate for the fi rst phase of the renovations that will shape the New UC. Among these departments is the UC Games Room, which officially closed its doors on Nov. Thursday.
“Currently the two departments in transition are just the UC’s game room and the Forensics Group,” said Keith Kowalka, assistant vice president for Student Affairs. “They were originally scheduled to be taken offl ine in phase two of the project.”
The UC’s rework is split into phases delineated by fl oor, Kowalka said.
“We’re in the middle of Phase
One, which will go on for 18 months,” Kowalka said.
“It’ll be done December 2013, and we’ll open the parts that are under construction in January 2014.”
The ground floor is closed for students because of Phase One, but will open again when construction begins on the second fl oor.
“When we’re done with Phase One, students will get the whole fl oor back,” Kowalka said.
“Because of the construction, business and students have moved to the UC Satellite, creating a bus-tling, often-busy atmosphere.”
In the previous year, the Satel-lite saw about 7,000 people come through its entrance every day, Kowalka said. The construction at the UC has caused that number to
rise to 8,200.“The Satellite as a whole is up
20 percent people in the building for last year, just from the UC being closed,” Kowalka said.
Games from the game room have been relocated to the Satellite, said Bill Schwehr, assistant director for
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Students play in the UC Games Room before its closing. It will not be open until Phase One of UC construction ends. | Rebekah Stearns/The Daily Cougar
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Assault – At 4:46 p.m. Nov. 9 at the UH-Sugar Land parking lot, a UH Department of Public Safety Sugar Land offi cer reported that a Wharton County Junior College student was assaulted by a known and fellow student while on the UH-Sugar Land campus. The case was handled by the Sugar Land Police Department The case is active.
Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor – At 1:46 a.m. Nov. 20 at Cambridge Oaks Apartments, four students and a visitor were issued Harris County citations for consumption of alco-hol by minors. The students also received Student Life Referrals. The case is cleared by citation.
Criminal Mischief/Possession of Drug Paraphernalia/Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor – At 3:11 a.m. Wednesday at the Cullen Oaks Apartments, three students and two visitors admitted damaging an unat-tended and secured bicycle. Three individuals received Harris County citations for consumption of alcohol by minor and one was cited for pos-session of drug paraphernalia. Three of the students received referrals. The case is cleared by citation.
Theft – At 1:55 p.m. Wednesday
in Cougar Village’s laundry room, a student reported the theft of her unattended and unsecured per-sonal items. The incident occurred between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Nov. 19. The case is active.
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia – At 11:39 p.m. Friday at Cullen Oaks Apartments, a visitor was issued a citation for possession of drug paraphernalia. The case is cleared by citation.
Burglary of a Building or Habitation– At 12:42 p.m. Saturday at Cougar Village, a student reported that someone burglarized her unsecured and unattended bedroom. The inci-dent occurred between 1:30 p.m. Nov. 20 and 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The case is active.
Burglary of a Habitation – At 9:37 p.m. Saturday at the Cambridge Oaks Apartments, a student reported that someone burglarized his unattended and secured apart-ment. The case is active.
Public Intoxication – At 1:43 a.m. Sunday at 3900 Dennis St., a UH visitor was arrested for public intoxication and transported to Harris County Jail. The case is cleared by arrest.
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popular amusement games from the UC to the Satellite,” Schwehr said. “If you go over there, you’re going to see Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero.”
The change has had various effects on students, such as Pat-rick Tsc, mechanical engineering
sophomore and Dance Dance Revo-lution advocate.
“It feels different,” Tsc said. “Now I have to come to the Satellite, and it’s kind of awkward.”
The loud games may be out of place within a dining location, but mechanical engineering junior Josh De Leon said he enjoys it.
“It’s really entertaining,” De Leon said. “If they had competitive games around here it’d be a lot more fun.”
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consequences on their academic careers,” Markey said.
Schools and students need to be more proactive about noticing signs of a mental health problem, like a sudden drop in grades, increased absences and social isolation, Markey said. Schools can connect students to its services by promoting what it provides and by publicizing
the importance of mental health to the entire campus.
CAPS does outreach and tries to make clinical services as accessible as it possibly can, Scott said. It con-ducts screenings, including its Let’s Talk walk-in consultation services. CAPS now offers same-day initial consultation appointments to stu-dents with urgent concerns.
Still, some students slip through the cracks or choose not to seek help, Scott said.
“We try to provide emotional
support and a space where the students can engage in effective problem-solving regarding their academic options for a student who presents an academic crisis,” Scott said.
“We often intervene by discuss-ing options such as how to negotiate deadlines and ask for help from pro-fessors and in some cases, options regarding withdrawing from classes or the University.”
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College of Optometry opens surgery wingCAMPUS
Brenda ResendizStaff writer
With all of the University’s enhancements to become Tier One, the College of Optometry is making strides to keep up.
UHCO will uncover The Molly and Doug Barnes Vision Institute in Spring 2013. It will be located on the fi rst fl oor of the Health & Bio-medical Sciences Building and will feature the Doctors of Texas State Optical Alumni Education Cen-ter, Brien Holden Vision Institute Classrooms and Learning Center, TLC Laser Refractive Center and the Vision Source Ambulatory Surgical Center.
“The ASC will be specially equipped for out-patient ophthal-mic surgeries, like cataract surgery, retinal surgery, and glaucoma sur-gery,” said Earl Smith, dean of the College of Optometry.
“The laser refractive center will specialize in procedures to cor-rect nearsightedness. In addition, the Barnes Vision Institute facility will also house The Ocular Surface Research Institute — a new research center dedicated to fi nding new and better methods for management patients with of dry eye.”
Despite the future opening, the
institute is already in use, Smith said.
“Some of our faculty and staff have already relocated to the new building and students are using the new study rooms, student lounge and learning commons,” Smith said.
“The building will offi cially open in February when a formal dedica-tion ceremony will be held and students will begin using the new classrooms when we return for the spring semester.”
The ASC will provide never-before-seen benefi ts for UHCO students, said Melissa Mares, director for Offi ce of Optometry Relations. The expansion will allow more students to benefi t from UHCO resources.
“Students are expected to com-plete an externship either in-house or out-house. Not every one was able to experience a surgical opportunity because those spots are limited,” Mares said.
“Now everyone will have an equal opportunity.”
Currently, the College of Optom-etry operates out of the J. Davis Armistead Building, which will remain the primary eye service insti-tute despite the new one opening, Mares said.
Fundraising for the new building began with selling name engravings.
“We used posters to advertise. The names of the buyers will appear throughout the buildings,” Mares said. “Rooms and other areas in the building will be named after the buyers.”
A donor recognition wall will also be established to publicly thank donors, Smith said. However, dona-tions will not be the only method of funding.
“The Molly and Doug Barnes Vision Institute is being funded thanks to the generosity of our donors, alumni and friends including Molly and Doug Barnes, The Doctors of Texas State Optical, Vision Source, the Brien Holden Vision Institute, Essilor and many others who made signifi cant fi nancial contributions,” Smith said.
“The University also secured bonds, which will be paid back over time. All additional monies will be raised through Vision Institute rev-enues, student fees, tuition, patient fees and the annual campaign.”
The Vision Institute is a project that has been in the making for eight years now, Mares said.
“I’m over the moon about it. I’ve been a part of it from the beginning,” Mares said.
Students sit in the classroom portion of the new building. | Bethel Glumac/The Daily Cougar
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Patrick LaroseStaff columnist
For the past week, America has been mourning the loss of one of its history’s great-
est fi gures: the Twinkie.As of Nov. 16, Hostess, the
producers of fi ne American snacks such as the Twinkie, Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread and Fruit Pies, has fi led bankruptcy for the second time. The president of Hostess, Gregory F. Rayburn, has made the claim that it was the multiple strikes and union staged walk outs
from within the company that has pushed them to their breaking point.
For months now, two unions from within the company, the Teamsters, which represent the delivery workers and the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (the BCTGM), have been fi ghting with the company about reduced wages.
Some media like Fox News have taken this strike as the cause for the liquidation of the Hostess Company.
For a minute, let’s humor the idea that the union workers are responsible for the company’s col-lapse. Let’s ignore that during the strike, according to the Kansas City Star, 24 out of the company’s 33 factories were still operational or that the Teamsters Union actually
did concede to the company’s cut wages and accepted their new deal. Let’s also ignore the number of supervisors and union workers who crossed the picket lines to keep the company moving.
What is left is a company that has repeatedly failed to meet the modern standards of baking production, selling the same products with little to no innova-tion for nearly a century. It’s a company that has been strug-gling out of its first bankruptcy in 2004. A company that in spite of all the concessions and pay cuts it forced upon its laborers in the face of the bankruptcy had still, according to a state-ment released by the BCTGM, managed to give its CEO a 300 percent raise increase.
When history looks back on the footnote that is Hostess
Brands Inc., it will not be a story of how the evil powers of unions brought down one of the few American companies still produc-ing in America. Instead it will prove a demonstration of what happens when a company refuses to adapt and operate on the terms of modern time. This historic fall of the Twinkie was not because of an evil, greedy union but rather the result of poor management.
For those who love the fatty, mildly sentient snack food known as the Twinkie, do not buy into the fear of the boxes of Hostess prod-ucts selling for hundreds of dollars on eBay. The Twinkie itself is still far from fl atlining. Vachon Inc., the company that owns the Canadian production rights for the Twinkie, is still going strong, and sooner or later what remains of Hostess will sell the name and recipe for
those cream-fi lled horrors to the highest bidder. Like the phoenix, Twinkie the Kid will rise from his own ashes.
But for the rest of us, Little Debbie always had better snack foods anyway.
Patrick Larose is a creative writing sophomore and may be reached at [email protected].
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When history looks back on the footnote that
is Hostess Brands Inc., it will not be a story of how the evil powers of unions brought (it) down.”
Hostess sealed its own fateHostess’ bankruptcy is the result of an unwillingness to adapt, not the strikes of unions
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Though junior forward Yasmeen Thompson doesn’t have as many tattoos or participate in fake wed-dings to herself, on the court she has played like NBA hall-of-famer Dennis Rodman, and it earned her some Conference USA accolades.
“She was in that zone. She was in that Dennis Rodman kind of zone — a former great NBA player, rebounder and all-NBA defensive player,” said women’s basketball head coach Todd Buchanan. “I think that’s a lot of how she plays.”
Thompson is C-USA’s leading rebounder and one of the league’s top shot blockers, averaging 11.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game. She was named C-USA player of the week after helping guide UH to a 2-1 record and a David Jones Classic title after a loss to McNeese State on Tuesday.
Thompson was happy for the honor but is not satisfied yet.
“It’s a big honor. I’ve been work-ing hard with Coach B. I guess hard work pays off, but I think I can do better,” Thompson said.
“Coach B. told me if I run the floor, I can rebound and get easy transition buckets.”
Thompson has a diverse set of skills that allows her to contribute
as more than a defensive anchor and rebounder, Buchanan said.
“Now she has that offensive side of it that continues to grow and grow,” Buchanan said.
“I think she’s definitely been in a zone and I hope she never gets out of it.”
Against Northwestern State and McNeese, Thompson was the Cou-gars’ leading scorer with 18 and 21 respectively. She’s also C-USA’s most-efficient shooter with a .732 field-goal percentage.
She averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game this week, shooting 84 percent from the field with 21 out of 25 shots, leading UH to two double-digit victories in the Classic against Southeast Missouri and Northwestern State.
In the two tournament games, Thompson was 12-of-13 from the field, including an 8-8 performance against Northwestern State.
Perhaps Thompson’s best game came in a loss against McNeese State on Tuesday.
She scored a career-high in points with 21 points on 9-12 shooting.
She was big for the Cougars in the first half, when she scored five of the their six field goals during a four-minute burst.
“She’s meant everything to us. Certainly from the rebounding aspect of the game, she’s really grown into her own and really been that staple force for us controlling the glass,” Buchanan said.
“She’s really grown. She’s our warrior.”
[email protected] forward Yasmeen Thompson keeps the shooter uncomfortable by challenging the shot. | Courtesy of UH Athletics
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Robertson family uplifts UH athletics
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Samples makes the records go ‘round
MUSIC COMMENTARY
Underground Kingz, a hip-hop duo from Port Arthur that comprised Bun B and the late Pimp C, was nominated for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 2008 Grammy Awards for their song “Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)” featuring OutKast. The song sampled Willie Hutch’s “I Choose You.” | Wikimedia Commons
Bryan Dupont-GrayAssistant life & arts editor
Today’s hip-hop scene has seen a boost in artists sampling the work of other musicians and repurposing it to further the piece, turning memorable classics into club bangers.
In the early 1980s artists like Afrika Bambaata were not only responsible for starting the hip-hop movement, but they were also pioneers in producing sampled instrumentals for their songs.
Bambaata’s “Planet Rock” uti-lized Kraftwerk’s “Trans-Europe Express” and brought about a tune that shook the foundation of pop culture.
Sampling has been heavily utilized in today’s pop and rock songs, but the method is more evident in hip-hop.
Several artists and producers like Kanye West and Little Brother member 9th Wonder implement R&B soul music in their beats while others like the late J Dilla and Kendrick Lamar are more experimental, sampling other genres of music.
The southern rap scene in Houston is no different.
Fat Tony, Mike Jones, Paul Wall and Scarface have been able to grace some of their heavily sam-pled beats with gritty southside flows.
However, they’ve also sampled the vocals of other artists in the hooks of their songs — a notable technique in songwriting and production.
Underground Kingz, a southern favorite composed of Bun B and the late Pimp C, sampled almost 150 tracks for their albums accord-ing to whosampled.com.
Their most notable hit “Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)” produced by Three 6 Mafia’s DJ Paul and Juicy J takes sounds from Willie Hutch’s soulful ballad “I Choose You.”
Trae the Truth, another popular Houston rapper, sampled from Michael Jackson’s “The Lady in My Life” and had his song “Swang” produced by Mr. Rogers.
Like the late Etta James, who was furious about Beyonce’s ren-dition of “I’d Rather Go Blind” and
“At Last” in the movie “Cadillac Records,” many could argue that sampling is a sly form of pirating.
However, coupled with royalty contracts the artists have to adhere to use the classic jams, sampling is a form of flattery. In essence, it’s like having two different musicians spiritually collaborating.
Sampling also broadens the listeners’ musical tastes. They’ll notice an interesting sample being used in a beat and try to dig around the libraries of a nearby vinyl collection.
Whosampled.com also offers a great way for hip-hop heads to seek out the samples of their favor-ite songs to find the sources.
Sampling is now the standard of music today. Rock bands and bubblegum pop artists have taken note from hip-hop and are using the technique to garner new fans.
Without producers going out of their way to find nod-worthy clas-sics to sample, hip-hop wouldn’t have helped music advance in the way that it has..
Artists should embrace sampled sounds found in hip-hop genre
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8 \\ Tuesday, November 27, 2012 The Daily Cougar
Kevin CookStaff writer
“Anna Karenina,” Joe Wright’s adaptation of the classic and beloved Leo Tolstoy novel, is an intense spec-tacle that excels in visual splendor and mood, but feels overstuffed at times.
Kiera Knightley plays Anna, the adulterous protagonist and one of the most well-known charac-ters in literature. Knightley has an incredible knack for emoting and expressing facially, particularly with the eyes, that is magnetic and gives Anna real vivacity.
Jude Law, who plays Anna’s older, state-official husband Karenin, is underwhelming. He excels com-fortably in the role, but it seems that neither the script nor the fi lm’s direc-tion give him opportunities to truly shine. His serious dignity does well to balance the intensely, emotional performance from Knightley.
The supporting cast and costume design are the heart and soul of the
fi lm and the recreation of late 19th-century Russia is stunning — at times even breathtaking.
Of particular note is Matthew Macfadyen’s turn as Oblonsky, Anna’s civil servant, skirt-chasing brother. He steals every scene with his vibrant, cavalier bearing energy.
The film’s true success is in its attempt to bring to life the splendor and idiosyncrasies of the Russian social elite with their resplendent balls and decadent dinners.
There are multiple scenes involv-ing dance, in which the choreogra-phy is eerie and flawless. Wright employs some techniques that are questionable narratives such as when Anna and Count Vronksy dance together and then the rest of the ball and its crowd literally disap-pear as they dance alone.
Rather than reproducing in vivid reality the world of Russia in the 1800s, Wright also elected to shoot most of the scenes and shots around
a physical stage that would emit sur-real effects.
The film at times feels like an epic ballet and a play at others. It’s tremendously beautiful, but it also feels like an artistic hodgepodge.
The intricate sets, gorgeous cos-tumes and stunning images in the end tend to overshadow the story and the actors playing in it.
The fi lm adapted existing source material that had been thoroughly redone for years and as a result, felt a need to break out of the mold in order to tell the story in a drastically new way.
Doing something stylistically radical is by no means objection-able, but along with that sort of effort comes some risks.
The fi lm manages to be a stun-ning visual spectacle and balletic tour-de-force, but “Anna Karenina” falls prey to its own ambition by the end.
Elaborate costume designs, sets outshine fi lm’s acting
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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The Fourth Annual Winter WonderlandDespite the unsynchronized seasonal weather lately, the Student
Program Board will chill down the campus by showering Moody Lawns and Lynn B. Eusan Park with 120,000 pound of snow.
The fourth annual event is also expected to garner a large amount of students as they will get a chance to win free airbrushed beanies, funnel cake, hot chocolate and T-shirts.
The event will also be the home of the gingerbread house competi-tion. Students who bring their specially made gingerbread pieces will get a chance to win three mystery prizes.
The Christmas festivity will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
For more information, visit www.uh.edu/spb/index.html.
Cinema and Comedy Combo: Broken Lizard and The Dark Knight RisesComedy and movie buffs are in for a treat as the Student Program
Board will be inviting Broken Lizard, a comedy group responsible for the comedy films “Beerfest” and “Super Trooper.”
Directly after the comedy show, students will be treated to a free screening of “The Dark Knight Rises”
The “Cinema and Comedy Combo” will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Houston Room in the University Center. Soda and pizza will be provided.
For more information, visit www.uh.edu/spb/index.html.
“Snow Queen”In an effort to enhance their series of plays for young audiences,
the School of Theatre and Dance will be presenting “Snow Queen,” a magical tale written by Hans Christian Anderson and directed by Jon L. Egging.
The play focuses on two young children, Cei and Gerda. Cei falls under the spell of the Snow Queen and is taken as a hostage, which prompts Gerda to set out on a rescue journey.
The interesting characters and other seasonal monarchs that Gerda meets along the way help ready her for the epic battle against the children-snatching queen.
The show is expected to wow the audience with a play that comes to life with live music throughout
“Snow Queen” will be performed at 10 a.m. Friday and Dec. 7. There will also be performances at 2 p.m. Friday through Sunday, and Dec. 7 and 8.
Evening shows will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. All shows will be performed in the Wortham Theatre.
For more information, visit www.uh.edu/class/theatre-and-dance/.
“Transcriptions in Reverse”Before performing at the Midwest Clinic at the Chicago Music Confer-
ence, the Moores Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble will pres-ent “Transcriptions-in-Reverse,” a conceptual concert that specifically focuses on heightening the sounds of the Wind Ensemble, orchestra and both groups combined.
Audiences will get a taste of what will be shown at the conference.“Transcriptions in Reverse” will be held 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Moores
Opera House. Tickets are $12 for seniors, faculty, staff and alumni and $17 for students .
For more information, visit www.uh.edu/class/music/
End-of-semester activities keep campus lively
Tagging takes over campus Students may have noticed purple sightings across
campus when they returned to classes Monday. Ac-cording to the UHDPS crime report posted online Nov. 20, a staff member reported she observed graffi ti on multiple UH fi re hose connections, valves, pipes and electrical boxes. — Bethel Glumac/The Daily Cougar