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The Student Program Board Stress Free Finals Week events continue with the start of University Center Game Room Student Appreciation Days at the UC and UC satellite game rooms.

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, May 2, and Tuesday, May 3, the rooms will feature free bowling, billiards, table tennis and select video games, all in honor of the hard work and dedication of the student body during ! nals week.

For more information about Stress Free Finals week, visit the website at www.uh.edu/uc/stressfree! nals.html.

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Health Center to begin taking care of student smiles

The University will now be o" ering on-campus dentistry services for students and faculty starting on Monday, May 2 at the UH Health Center.

Cornerstone Dental Care is available for two days out of the week, with services including routine cleanings, ! llings, restor-ative repairs and a limited number of major dental procedures. The cost of all services includes a $20 co-pay. Cornerstone, the private dentistry, accepts most insurance plans. The overall goal of the dental center is to become a fully functioning facility, serving students, faculty and sta" ! ve days a week.

To make an appointment for available services, call the UH Health Clinic at (713) 743-5151. For more information about the Health Center in general, visit the website at www.uh.edu/admin/hc/.

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The March for Babies will take place May 19 at Robertson Stadium in order to raise funds for research and special programs.

March of Babies is a part of the March of Dimes, and the Houston march is one of the largest in the nation.

Registration for the event will begin at 8 a.m. and the actual walk will begin at 9 a.m. Participants can either register online or in person on Sunday morning.

This will be the 40th anniversary for the Houston March of Babies, with four of those years taking place at the University campus.

“We are very happy to be partnering with the University of Houston,” Jessica Lundgren, Houston director of programs, said.

As well as being a partner with UH, key sponsors for the March for Babies include KBR, Wells Fargo and Macy’s.

Everyone will be able to take part in the march, which will have two routes. One route will be from the stadium, to the bayou and back to the stadium. The other will be a family-friendly 1-mile route.

Student participation is also encouraged.Other ways people can participate is to volunteer

or form a team and pledge an amount on the march-forbabies.org website.

By doing this, they do not have to do the 5-mile march, but still give a donation.

Those that raise $200 or more will receive a March for Babies T-shirt and can possibly win a Macy’s gift card.

Spectators are also welcomed to the family-friendly event. They will be able to enjoy food, music and games.

March, in its 40th anniversary, aims to bene& t Houston families and children

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The Student Government Association decided to postpone a resolution on a bill regarding a $50 increase to student’s tuition in order to aid the second phase of renovations to the University Center.

Senators decided that there was not enough input from current students at UH and to vote on the resolution at this point would be an “uninformed” decision.

Although a similar resolution was passed at the last meeting that would help aid the fi rst phase of the renovations, the majority of the current senators fear that passing an increase

in student fees without a strong gauge of what the students they represent want would be an injustice to them.

“There is an (even) split exactly from the students that I polled,” Senator At Large Anna Fisher said. “About a third of the kids want us to pass this in order for future (students) to see a great UC even if they don’t see it, a third of the students are like, ‘We do not need a renovation,’ and a third of the students feel like the renovation is a great project but don’t want to pay for something they don’t see.”

However, not everyone on the senate agrees with postponing the decision.

There was a strong move to pass the reso-lution by many of the senators and commit-tees in the room, including President Michael

Harding, who feels that a renovation is needed for “the heart” of the University and declining the bill will just make the process harder in the long run.

“The time to pass is now,” said Jeff Syptak, CLASS senator for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. “The aid will help and maintain the Tier One status that we have now. There is no need to wait to pass the resolution. We are voting on our future and the University’s future.”

Senators agreed to postpone the resolu-tion until after they have discussed the issue with students and planned a special meeting for Monday to make a fi nal decision.

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Emergency officials have reported that more than 270 people died and hundreds of thousands have been left without power after violent storms destroyed entire neighbor-hoods across the South.

Alabama was hit with the worst of the storms. Tornadoes ripped through Tuscaloosa, Ala., where the death toll was at 36 as of Thursday morning, said Mayor Walter Maddox. So far, 162 people have perished in the state.

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B y now, Kate Middleton will have already become Prince William’s princess bride. The royal wedding

has been the center of attention of the international media for the last few months, but unnecessarily so.

Of course, it wouldn’t be terrible to be Prin-cess Catherine, who possesses the same diamond and sapphire ring that Princess Diana was given by Prince Charles in 1980.

Sure, her wedding dress is arguably the most anticipated and celebrated article of fashion in decades; and sure, their wedding is expected to break records in terms of viewership, with over two million people anticipated to tune in.

But this wedding certainly isn’t the most important event happening globally.

In fact, there are far more pressing issues that deserve our attention right now, like a café bombing in Morocco that killed 15 people on Thursday morning, among other things.

What people fail to realize is that it’s only a wedding. At that, it’s a wedding of two people they don’t know and will likely never have a chance to meet.

Weddings between people we don’t know occur in Houston daily, and no one really cares one way or the other.

Of course, their wedding is obviously given a lot more weight because they’re royalty, but here’s the most perplexing aspect of it all — Prince William and Princess Catherine are not even American royalty — there is no royal family that belongs to America, so it makes little to no sense that everyone be so infatuated with their nuptials.

It’s safe to say that not even the English are as excited about this wedding as Americans seem to be. They aren’t even going to get a national holiday out of this event.

If you’re one of the many millions of people that woke up earlier than you needed to in order to watch the royal wedding before the sun rises, you might need to take a step back and think of other, more valuable ways you could use your time.

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S chool lunches are at their worst today in terms of quality and nutri-tion. Pre-made foods fi lled with

fat, salt and sugar lead children into an unhealthy trap.

The reason behind this is the budget crunch facing most public schools. However, I cannot blame them — because what choice do

they have? These processed foods lack nutrients

which not only lead to obesity, but also to diabetes and chronic diseases. It causes young children to suffer, and consequently costs taxpayers millions of dollars.

It would be more effi cient to increase the funding by a couple of more dollars for each child.

Many of us do not have children yet, so this issue may not be relevant to college students. However, our children may be obese one day if we do not try and solve this problem.

As parents, we might be the ones staying at home taking care of our sick children while having to miss work. We will be the ones paying the most tax money to clinics and surgeries for obesity.

If we do not show the government our concern, we will be the ones paying for it in the future.

According to the National Institute of

Health, statistics show that 17 percent of children and adolescents between the ages of two and 19 are obese.

The consequences of childhood obesity can range from physical compli-cations such as diabetes and high blood pressure, to social problems like low self-esteem and depression ––an issue that cannot be resolved overnight.

I believe that we all can make a difference. When a child suffers from depression it should not only be the parent’s concern, it should be everyone’s responsibility to do what they can to help the child.

It is not only the child’s health that is in danger, it is also their education. This will inevitably fall back onto society one day.

Our society depends on engineers, scientists, management leaders and doctors. Sadly, a child’s eating habits from pre-school can decrease the chance of them attending college.

As a parent you do not want an unhealthy child, especially if it’s a condi-tion you could have eliminated by being proactive. Also, raising a child who is depressed or suffers from low self-esteem can affect you as parent.

Providing healthy nutrition is an essential task parents need to perform. Children whose parents serve healthier meals at home tend to make the right decisions, like picking an apple instead

of cinnamon roll for desert, or vegetables instead of macaroni and cheese in school.

Also, parents can turn home cooked meals into a fun activity by having their children help them in the preparation.

Timothy D. Lytton, a professor of law at Albany University, said, “the primary rea-son for the abundance of unhealthy foods in schools is inadequate public funding of school meals and schools in general.”

Unfortunately, the sale of unhealthy foods, popular among students, is an essential source of revenue for many schools.

According to federal regulations, an estimated 60 percent of schools have instituted school-level policies on the sale of competitive food.

I see it as a dark circle. Schools do not want to close down cafeterias due to the lack of money, so the capital collected from the children is helping the schools through the consumption of junk foods.

The only way schools can continue to feed children with low funds is to serve food that will lower their mental and physical health.

The only way struggling schools can continue to feed their students is by giving them processed foods that will damage their physical health, and cause them to not reach their full potential.

Samra Tesfamariam is a senior UH student.

The hurtful words are more important to censor

I’m not going to quarrel with Neimon James’s opinion. It’s not worth my time. People can believe whatever

stupid thing they want. If you believe that the ability to dribble a ball up and down a wooden court and throw it into a basket is of such social import as to exempt you from moral responsibility and to demand silence from all critics, go for it. It’s a free country.

What I do take issue with is the editorial decision of The Daily Cougar to censor the word “f**king” and not the word “f*g.” “F**king” is vulgar, but it harms no one. “F*g” is a word that deeply tears into the hearts of everyone who has had to suffer the humiliation of being mocked because of who they are. It’s a powerfully destructive word, a word of which the mere sight can knot the stomach of someone who, like myself, identifi es as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.

Words are powerful, whatever the opinion of Mr. James. I believe we are better off when our journalists don’t try to spare us from what might offend, a mentality more in line with the prin-ciples of a free press. But if The Daily Cougar is going to engage in the practice of censorship, it should focus on the words that are truly harmful. The word “f*g” is hurtful to my community and qualifi es.

Kris Banks, UH Law Center Alum

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C!USA BASEBALLIntriguing matchups ensue

Conference USA leader Southern Miss (30-10, 9-3 Conference USA) will head to Greenville, NC for a three game set against East Carolina (27-14, 8-7).

The Golden Eagles lost their last game against Alabama 7-3, but are riding a four game C-USA winning streak after roughing up last place Marshall (15-23, 2-10) for a sweep.

The Pirates will have their hands full with the Golden Eagles, who boast the conference’s top pitching sta! , led by sophomore Geo! rey Thomas and senior Todd McInnis. The duo has combined to go 14-3 and strikeout a combined 107 batters in 20 starts. Southern Miss also has an ace in the pen with Collin Cargill, who has allowed only four earned runs in 31 innings (1.16 ERA).

ECU, despite one of the weaker o! enses in C-USA, also boasts an impressive pitching sta! , leading the conference with a 2.32 ERA and the lowest batting average against (.225). The Pirates are led by several dominant pitchers with " ve carrying an ERA of 2.05 or lower.

Rice (28-16, 9-6), who have as many wins as the Eagles will have the weekend o! , but will square o! against rival UH (20-22, 7-5) next weekend.

However, third place Memphis (24-17, 7-5) will be in action against the lowly Thundering Herd. The Tigers have lost three of their last four, but Marshall is second to last in hitting, pitching and have committed the second most errors in C-USA. The Thundering Herd have yet to win a series this season.

The Tigers are tied for the conference lead in hits (442) with UCF (26-15, 6-9) and Southern Miss, thanks mainly to the work of junior Chad Zurcher. Zurcher leads the race for the C-USA batting title, with a .462 average, more than 70 points higher than the next closest batter.

UAB (24-17, 8-7) and Tulane (24-17, 4-8) will faceo! in New Orleans. The Blazers have hung in the middle of the C-USA pack this season, but recently took two of three from Rice.

— Cougar Sports Services

TRACK AND FIELDUH wraps up day one

The Cougars wrapped up day one of Penn Relays on Thursday, as more athletes will have the chance to qualify for Saturday’s " nals today.

Wesley Ruttoh, the lone men’s competitor Thursday, contin-ued his success in the 3,000-meter steeplechase placing second with a time of 8 minutes, 53 seconds.

The women’s 4x100-meter relay team lived to " ght another day, placing fourth with a split of 44.1 seconds. The lineup consisted Tai’Shea Reese, Whitney Harris, Kalyn Floyd, and Grecia Bolton. The 4x400-meter relay placed 13th, and featured Brit-tany Wallace, Ciera Johnson, Floyd and Clarissa Payton.

Megan Frausto placed seventh in the high jump, clearing the bar at 5-6. In the long jump Tai’Shea Reese placed seventh with a leap of more than 19 feet.

Kiara Pulliam notched sixth place in the shot put with a heave of more than 46 feet..

Friday’s action will continue at 9 a.m. and will extend through Saturday.

— Cougar Sports Services

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UH will try to lick its wounds as they head to Orlando to take on the Knights of Central Florida for a three-game weekend series.

After suffering a mid-week loss to Lamar, UH leaps back into league play looking to climb higher into the confer-ence standings.

The Cougars (20-22, 5-7 C-USA) are currently tied for third place in Confer-ence USA, but they control their own destiny as they still have games remain-ing against all the teams ahead of them in the standings.

“We are in great position,” head coach Todd Whitting said. “But, we have to execute. We have to do things that make it possible for us to win games, extend leads and close games.”

“It’ll be exciting down the stretch run.”

The Cougars will meet a UCF (26-15,6-9) club in seventh place in the conference, but has won four out of five of its last games.

The matchup between UH and UCF will feature last week’s respective C-USA pitcher and hitter of the week.

UH pitcher Jordan Lewis received the award after pitching seven innings, while allowing one earned run on five hits in the Cougars 4-2 victory over ECU on Friday. Lewis struck out a career-high 10 batters.

UCF designated hitter D.J. Hicks received his honor for going 10-21 at the plate to the tune of a .476 average. He also hit three homeruns, had 13 RBI, scored seven runs and had two doubles. Hicks had a 1.000 slugging percentage and a .542 on base percentage for the week.

UH has played well against the Knights in recent history, wining last year’s series 2-1. The Cougars also lead the all-time series with an overall record of 19-7.

Friday night’s pitcher will be Jared Ray. In his first start of the season last Friday, Ray was on a strict pitch count, but was effective, going four innings.

The Cougars are entering the latter part of the season and are looking to turn their play around in order to make a serious run at post-season play. It all starts for them this weekend versus UCF.

“Our goal is to finish in position to be an at-large team in the NCAA tour-nament,” Whitting said. “For us to do that, we need to finish in the top four. If we finish in the top four and win a game or two in the C-USA tournament then I think that we have a great chance.”

“It’s all right there in front of us. If we win every series from here on out, we’ll be in great shape.”

The series will start at 5:30 p.m. at Jay Bergman Field in Orlando and continue on Saturday at 3 p.m. CT. The series finale gets underway at 10 a.m. CT Sunday.

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The Cougars hope to knock the armor o! the UCF Knights this weekend as UH will look to improve upon its 8-11 record in away games. | Newton Liu/The Daily Cougar

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UH expects even matchup with ECUJesus AcevedoTHE DAILY COUGAR

The season will take an air of desperation as the Cougars last six games are against Conference USA opponents.

The Cougars are tied for second in conference stand-ings with the Pirates (34-16, C-USA 14-7) right behind

them.“You have to win these last

six ball games so there is no ifs, ands or buts,” head coach Kyla Holas said.

The game will mark the first time UH plays at ECU’s newstadium, which will host the C-USA championships in May.

“This is a brand new field for us so it’s nice to be able to

play there in regular season so we get a chance to know what that’s going to play like in the end,” Holas said. “Hopefully that can give us an advantage if we adapt to the new surroundings.”

The UH bats will have to answer to ECU senior pitcher Toni Paisley and her 1.05 ERA. Paisley leads C-USA with 26 wins and 311

strikeouts.The Cougars first shot

against the Pirates is Satur-day’s doubleheader starting at noon.

They finish up the series Sunday morning, before returning home to get ready for a three-game series against UCF.

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Students at Cougar Village came together for a night of karaoke, free food, video games and fun as the Residence Hall Association hosted the end-of-the-year Pajama Jam Thursday night in the Cougar Vil-lage Main Lobby.

The event featured a variety of activities, as students drifted between singing karaoke and playing rounds of Just Dance 2, a dancing game on the Wii. A huge spread of food was available for students, including sandwiches, party platters, and fruit fondue, and students were given a number of free giveaways, including t-shirts.

Rymonda Davis, a Media Studies Junior and president of the RHA, said they came up with the event

after trying to fi gure out a way to help out students with the stresses of fi nals week. The organization thought of the celebration as a way to help students cope.

“We wanted to celebrate the end of the semester before fi nals,” Davis said. “The RHA was pretty active this year, and we’re hoping that this will set the tone for next semester and help reach out to underclassmen.”

RHA member Bryan Haver, a business freshman, said that the event was geared toward making the student experience as great as they can make it.

“We’re using student fees, so we want to make sure that the student’s time here is as awesome as pos-sible,” Haver said.

Political Science Freshman Karynecia Conner belted out a number of songs at the karaoke

set-up, as she performed a wide range of music sang ranging from N-Sync to Beyonce. She said that she got pulled into the festivities as she walked past the event, and that she was having a blast singing karaoke for the fi rst time.

“I love it. I’m having a great time — there’s a healthy atmosphere here where you don’t have to worry about making a fool of yourself,” Conner said. “The RHA always has great programs running here. I actually hope to join them one day.”

Chris Martinez, a Mechanical Engineering Junior, agreed, as he stated that the night was a great experience.

“It’s a pretty cool event. I got a free T-shirt, and now, I’m about to watch one of my friends sing too,” laughed Martinez.

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Only Girl in the WorldRihanna

I Love YouDandy War-hols

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All the WayFrank Sinatra

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“It will be like a big tailgate,” Lundgren said. “There will still be lots to do even if they do not walk.”

UH cheerleaders and the Spirit of Houston marching band will also be at the march.

In addition to the fun, the reason for the march is to raise funds for research and programs to promote the safe birth of healthy babies.

The event is expected to raise $3 million or more for this cause.They currently have $4 million in research grants at the Texas Medi-cal Center in Houston.

March of Dimes community programs encourage women to take care of themselves before dur-ing and after pregnancy, according to Lundgren.

The programs help educate women on how to have a healthy pregnancy and the best outcome for their babies, and what to know before becoming pregnant.

Other services include working with health care workers to prevent and manage preterm labor and lob-bying on the state level to promote legislation for the improvement of health for mothers and babies.

The chairman for March of Babies is Khambrel Marshall, who is also a member of the KPRC Local 2 Severe Weather Team. He predicts great weather for the event and also encourages others to participate this Sunday.

“Should be a good day for a walk,” Marshall said. “Winds out of the south 10 to 14 mph. Walk time temp at 9 a.m. should be between 75-78 degrees with overcast skies. There is a 30 percent chance for rain and thunderstorms with the greater chances of that in the afternoon.”

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BABIEScontinued from page 1Students make ‘Big Impact’

Team Big Impact Bear, a team of UH students, won ! rst place in the game design mobile category of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup that took

place in Redmond, Wash. The team designed the game “Forest Gun” for the competition, in which players take on deforestation and try to prevent the clear-cutting of forests and reverse logging e" ects. According to the Micro-soft website, the team was inspired by the Ents from “Lord of the Rings.” Team members include, from left, mentor Jose Baez, Daniel Salazar, Brett Langsjoen, and Francisco Jimenez. | Courtesty www.imaginecup.com

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