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The Student Program Board continues the festivities of Stress Free Finals Week today with three events open for all students.

SPB will start the day o! by cooling o! students with a water balloon " ght from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the University Center Satellite Patio Hill.

Nearby, students interested in participating in a classic novelty will be able to make their own picture T-shirts from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the UC Arbor.

Capping o! the day’s events, the Green Hornet DIVE-IN movie and " sh fry will o! er students a chance to enjoy food and a movie with friends at 8 p.m. at the Campus Recreation Outdoor Pool.

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Annual School of Dance concert kicks o% this weekend

The UH School of Theatre and Dance will present its yearly dance concert performance “Between the Lines” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre.

Directed by Becky Valls, the show will feature contemporary works performed by UH faculty and guests in conjunction with the UH Dance Ensemble, a pre-professional dance company.

Tickets are $20 for general seating, $15 for faculty, sta! and alumni and $10 for students and seniors. To purchase tickets or " nd out more information about the event, call the box o# ce at 713-743-2929.

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Some UH employees have expressed concern over the withdrawal of state-contributed funds for their retirement benefits plans.

The assumption of these employees is that once they terminate their jobs at UH, they can withdraw both self-contributed and state-contributed part funds from their retirement benefits, but some are finding out that may not always be the case.

Of the main types of plans offered by the University, the two most popular are the Teacher Retirement Sys-tem of Texas and the Optional Retirement Plan.

Both plans require employees to contribute a small portion of gross salary each month, and the state would add contributions to the plan in proportion to the employee’s gross salary. The portion percentage of each plan is similar, ranging from 6.4 to 6.5 percent.

“Normally I contribute to TRS some money monthly, and UH contributes about the same on my behalf,” Lukasz Sterkowicz, a staff employee at the College of Optometry, said in an email.

“However, if I withdraw the funds before five years of contribution — which is my case, as I’m leaving the country — I only get back my contributions.”

Sterkowicz, who is from Poland, said he heard that the UH-contributed money goes back to the University.

A member of the TRS customer service staff con-firmed Sterkowicz’s suspicion.

“TRS members could only acquire self-contributed

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UH’s recognition by the Carnegie Foundation in January as a Tier One school does not mean its work is over — the University has many more goals it must achieve.

The two major goals are obtaining recognition by the Center for Measuring University Performance in its annual Top

American Research Universities report and an invitation into the Association of American Universities.

“UH currently ranks in the top 50 on three of the TARU measures,” Executive Director of Media Relations Richard Bon-nin said. “The president’s goal is to rank in the top 50 on five measures and rank in the top 25 on at least one measure.”

According to the UH website, Texas Tech and UT Dallas have measures in the top 50. While Texas Tech has two measures and UT Dallas has one, neither school met the $40 million threshold for inclusion in TARU.

UH is the only “emerging research university” to be named a Top American Research University, the website reports.

While the University is well on its way to reaching President Renu Khator’s goal in regards to TARU, the goal to gain mem-bership in the AAU might not be reached for several years.

“The Association of American Univer-sities is an association of 63 leading public and private research universities in the United States and Canada,” Bonnin said. “Membership in AAU is by invitation and based on the high quality of programs of academic and scholarship and undergrad-uate, graduate and professional education in a number of fields, as well as general rec-ognition that a university is outstanding by

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reason of the excellence of its research and education programs.”

Of the 63 universities, three have been granted membership in the last decade.

Georgia Tech University was the last school invited to join in 2010. Texas A&M was granted membership in 2001.

Bonnin said though there are many

Tier One schools that are not mem-bers of AAU, recognition by the group would be the “icing on the cake” for UH.

“The president believes we still have unfi nished business to solidify our place among nationally competi-tive research universities, including broadening our overall excellence and strengthening our performance and reputation for student success,” he said.

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Search continues for Student A! airs leaderTaylor McGilvrayTHE DAILY COUGAR

A committee to find a new Vice Chancellor/Vice President for Stu-dent Affairs has been formed with the intent of filling the position within the next six months.

The position opened up Feb. 17 when Elwyn C. Lee was named to the new cabinet position of vice president for Community Relations and Institutional Research.

According to the job listing, the Student Affairs position overlooks student development departments including the Dean of Students office, Campus Recreation and the University Center; student services, including Student Publications; Counseling and Psychological Services; Health Center; and Resi-dential Life and Housing.

“The search committee will identify and interview candidates and provide feedback to the presi-dent, who will appoint the new VP/VC,” Richard Bonnin, executive director of media relations, said in an email.

The committee is headed by Dona Cornell, vice chancellor and vice president of Legal Affairs for UH and the UH System.

The committee is made up of

nine other members from the UH community.

“The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate strong leadership, organizational and business skills, as well as abil-ity to communicate and advocate effectively with students, faculty, and community leaders in a mul-ticultural and academic environ-ment,” the job listing states.

Candidates being considered must have a doctorate with at least 10 years experience working with progressively higher responsibility in student life, according to the job listing.

Dr. Michael Lawrence is serving as interim vice president and vice chancellor for Student Affairs until the position is filled.

“Lawrence has more than three decades of experience as an administrator in the student affairs arena,” President Renu Khator said in a message to the UH community.

“He last served as vice presi-dent for student development at Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y., where he retired after five years of supervision and coordination of the student development area.”

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W hen the space Shuttle Endeavor blasts off from Earth for its last mission Friday, it will

be transporting one of the most impor-tant things to ever reach space.

The AMS-02, or the Alpha Magnetic Spectrome-ter in full, is a particle detector that will be installed on the International Space Station.

Once installed, the AMS-02 will begin capturing and recording the cosmic rays, such as protons, electrons and atomic nuclei. Before this starts to remind you of the physics class that you hated, the AMS-02 will take these cosmic readings and do some incredible things.

Scientists are particularly excited about the AMS-02 because it will have the ability to detect and identify single parts of dark matter or antimat-ter. The most exciting part about AMS-02 and its abilities is that scientists have been curious about dark matter and antimatter for a long time.

One of the most interesting things about dark matter and antimatter specifi cally is the fact it is invisible. If everything around us is made up of matter, then what is made up of antimatter?

According to an article published on com-puterworld.com, scientists from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said, “its most exciting objective is to probe the unknown, because whenever new levels of sensitivities are reached in exploring an uncharted realm, exciting and unimagined discoveries may be expected.”

The mysterious dark matter is considered to make up about 25 percent of the total mass of the universe. By unlocking the mysteries of dark matter, these scientists believe that what could be found may end up providing us with answers about how the universe that we live in was created.

CERN spokesman Guido Tonelli told comput-erworld.com that “we’ll address soon some of the major puzzles of modern physics, like the origin of mass, the grand unifi cation of forces and the pres-ence of abundant dark matter in the universe.”

Gaining answers like this would serve as a great reminder of why Endeavor’s mission Friday should defi nitely not be NASA’s last.

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F ederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke held a press conference Wednesday after the first Market

Committee meeting opened to the press saying, “The central bank has no real timetable for ending its low interest-rate

policies.” However, Bernanke

expressed that the Fed’s second round of quan-titative easing strategy, QE2, would end in June. In layman’s terms, the Federal Reserve would

cease buying the junk bonds and bad mort-gages that cause interest rates to rise.

That the Federal Reserve held a press conference was unprecedented since its previous habit was to send out paper memos.

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, highlighted this in an interview with the MarketWatch Radio Network shortly after the press conference.

“When I listened to what had to be

said, I wasn’t too enthralled. I’ve heard it all before,” Paul said. “I found the press confer-ence to be enlightening in the fact that we heard one, and he held one, and that’s a sign that the Fed knows that they have to be a little more responding to the demand for transparency.”

Bernanke’s relationship with the media is likewise guarded, and his jargon fi lled statements did nothing to hide this fact.

During the press conference, he said the Federal Reserve will “regularly review the size and composition of its securities hold-ings in light of incoming information and is prepared to adjust those holdings as needed to best foster maximum employment and price stability.”

That mouthful caused most in the media to suspect he meant a third round of quan-titative easing. To put it bluntly, QE3 could pop up any time after QE2 ends in June.

This doesn’t mean that the Fed will repeat itself, because for it to buy bonds and debt, it has to print money, as it did during

QE1 and QE2, and this is only a dangerously temporary solution.

QE3 would at best be a sale of more than $1 trillion in accumulated toxic junk, using the money to buy more government securities.

It does little to help the gross amount of printed dollars already circulating. These are the same printed dollars that the Fed injected into the market — the same printed dollars that have led to the currency depreciating in value when compared to the Euro.

But Bernanke is cautiously optimistic — we think. He conceded to the infl ation of fuel prices and commodities, which cause consumers to buy less, but pointed out that the unemployment rate should shrink and gross domestic product should rise, helping the economic recovery.

The idea of easing money into the economy, increasing the amount of money

T hese days the word “fag” carries more weight than ever before. It’s no longer a tease to encourage buddies

to act more manly. Instead, it’s an insult of the highest order,

a slur in the same league as “n-word,” and NBA living legend Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, found this out the hard way.

Bryant, arguably the star of the Lakers fran-chise and one of the most successful professional

basketball players in recent years, was fi ned $100,000 by the National Basketball Association for calling a referee a “f**king fag” after the offi cial called a foul on Bryant during an intense contest against the San Antonio Spurs.

The comment, made obviously out of anger and in the frustration of the moment, has been denounced by the

NBA commissioner and several gay rights groups.

Aside from the $100,000 fi ne imposed on Bryant at the behest of the NBA com-missioner — a charge Bryant plans to appeal — gay rights activist groups are calling for the Los Angeles star to do more in reconciliation.

Tom Watson, co-founder of Love Honor Cherish, an LA-based gay and lesbian advocate for marriages in California, has called out Bryant, proclaiming, “if he believes that what he did is wrong, he needs to take action ... he’s got time to use his celebrity status to help fi x the world that he made a little bit more broken through his comments.”

Really? There can be no denying that this matter has been over-hyped, politicized and manipulated by gay advocates and activists to bring negative attention to the male-dominated world that is sports, which has traditionally been unreceptive to gays

and homosexuals.Boston University law professor Robert

Volk, an expert in the area of the law and sexual minorities, referred to sports as the “last bastion of homophobia in this coun-try,” as if to put cross-hairs on professional sports for gay and lesbian groups to target directly.

Traditionally, it has been considered career suicide for gay sports players, espe-cially basketball players, to come out of the closet.

Many gay professional ball players only go public after retirement, or at whatever point their career ends, which is evident of the high risks of doing so.

But in a progressive world, perhaps the time has come for the sports world and the men who support it to become more open and receptive to gays and homosexual fans and players. Or at least that’s the argument

Bernanke is optimistic — sort of

Fining Bryant was punishment enough

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being made by NBA Commissioner David Stern and many gay activist groups. But Bryant and few others beg to differ.

Holding fi rm to his guns, the Laker’s top scorer has made amends with the referee and swiftly made a public apology for being insensitive, but he has fi led an appeal on the premise that the comment wasn’t made in the context in which the nation has taken it.

There’s no question that there are many words in the English dictionary that have multiple meanings and can be manipulated to whatever end; it is a common misinterpretation among people to understand in what way are people using certain words or phrases, or in what context.

In the case of a frustrated Bryant and his frustrated remarks, this is one such misinterpretation.

The “f-word” wasn’t used by Bryant to degrade gays, and if the meaning of the word has changed to that of a derogatory slur, then thanks for the heads up. It probably won’t happen again.

But to sabotage someone who millions enjoy to watch and admire for his talents and skill with a basketball is ethically wrong and unacceptable.

Furthermore, to misconstrue an event, or a person’s words to the end of manipulating a public reaction in this way is extremely lacking in tact.

Bryant is a professional ballplayer and a celebrity in a sense, and is expected to act responsibly; however, he is human and, as such, has his own opinions and beliefs that may not be popular with the public.

When Bryant gets angry and frustrated, it shouldn’t surprise people that he would say things on the bench that we say in many ways, on a daily basis.

The man simply gets angry and frustrated like everyone else and says things he probably doesn’t mean.

It must be stated that what Bry-ant meant by calling the referee a “fag” was that the ref was making a poor call under the persuasion of hot emotions, not logic or reason and meant no ill-will to the LGBT community.

Bryant is an accomplished profes-sional basketball star, not a guinea pig to be manipulated.

The members of the LGBT community should lay off an issue this petty and focus on those issues that stand to limit their growing demographic.

Nevertheless, celebrities have to be more careful of their public gaffs, but the reaction should be in line with the action, and the $100,000 fi ne was enough.

Anything else is excessive, overly-hyped, politicized hysteria being raised and manipulated by agents of the LGBT community to advance its agenda.

Neimon James is a political science junior and may be reached at [email protected].

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fl owing around and allowing market manipulators to run free may sound like a solid economic policy to Ber-nanke, but the optimism is lost in the real world.

David Haydon is a political science junior and may be reached at [email protected].

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FOOTBALLHomecoming to feature blast from the past

The Cougars are going old school for Homecoming.UH will don their duds from the ’60s and ’70s for its Oct.

22 game against Marshall.The Cougars enjoyed one of their more successful eras

while wearing this incarnation of their uniforms. UH finished in the top 25 six times in the 11 seasons that it took the field in this edition of Cougar uniforms.

The red uniforms feature an arched “Houston” above white numbers with a navy blue outline. The Cougars will also be outfitted with white pants and red helmets with two white stripes down the middle and the “skinny” UH logo on both sides.

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SOFTBALLUH set for pitching duel with East Carolina

Conference USA softball fans will be treated to a weekend of pitching when UH takes on East Carolina for a three-game weekend set.

The Cougars and Pirates rank first and second in ERA in the conference, and are each are led by the conference’s two most dominant pitchers, Amanda Crabtree (17-7, 0.96 ERA) and Toni Paisley (26-8, 1.05 ERA), respectively. Crabtree and Paisley are first and second in strikeouts and innings in C-USA.

The Cougars’ conference-leading offense will be tested against Paisley, who should start at least one and possibly two of the three games. The Cougars lead C-USA with a .283 average and 238 runs scored in 48 games.

The series represents an opportunity for UH (35-14, 13-5 C-USA) to bridge the 1 1/2 game lead that Tulsa (37-12, 16-5) holds over it in the conference standings.

The Cougars are coming off of a split against Texas State, while the Pirates (34-16, 14-7) most recently swept last-place UTEP (16-32, 1-17) in a road series.

UH will open with an afternoon doubleheader at noon Saturday, with the second game following at 2 p.m.


TRACK AND FIELDJudge rules Lewis ineligible for public o! ce

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno ruled that former UH athlete Carl Lewis did not meet mandatory residential requirements and will be disquali! ed to run for the New Jersey legislature. Lewis said that he will appeal the decision and will carry on with his campaign.

“I will continue on, because I will be in the race,” Lewis told the Associated Press.

“It’s a shame because the focus should be on the 8th District and the di" culties we face. Instead, we’re doing politics as usual.”


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Burrell a big name at Penn Relays

Missed opportunities allow Lamar win

John BrannenTHE DAILY COUGAR

A conference or national champion-ships will not be on the line, but many UH athletes are competing in the big-gest meet of their young careers starting today.

The Cougars — and more than 20,000 other athletes — will converge upon Franklin Field today to compete in the 117th annual Penn Relays in Philadelphia.

For head coach Leroy Burrell, it is not only a return to his hometown, but a reminder of his previous accomplish-ments at the historic meet.

“Getting to go back to my hometown is always pretty special, getting the opportunity to take a team to Franklin Field is equally special,” he said. “We’ve worked to get our athletes to understand that competing at this meet is a step-ping stone or a prelude to bigger and better things. If you can be successful at Franklin Field, you can pretty much get it done anywhere.

“There are always some logistical and warm-up challenges, and it’s a very high-pressure situation. But there’s a whole lot of reward to compete well. We always tell our kids you have to go through the gauntlet on qualifying day to get to run in front of 50,000 people on Saturday.”

Reliving past successes When talking about Burrell’s success

as an athlete, Penn Relays cannot go without mention. He has participated at the meet as a high school, collegiate and professional athlete. Now Burrell returns to Penn Relays as a coach in an advising role.

As a junior at UH in 1990, Burrell set the meet record in the 100-meter dash with a split of 10.10 seconds, which still stands today. In 2010, he was inducted to the Penn Relays Wall of Fame.

“You never forget the first time you

get to go there,” Burrell said. “I went and competed as an eighth grader. It was a blur more than a memory; everything moved so fast. It was almost a little bit too big to take then.”

The same year he broke the 100-meter record, Burrell had another proud competitive moment at Penn Relays when he delivered on a bold prophecy.

“We had a really good 4x100-meter relay team,” Burrell said. “We went into the meet as the fourth or fifth seed. I distinctly remember it was a rainy and cold day. TCU had a team with three Jamaicans and a guy from Texas.

“I told my guys if they put me within

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UH headed east to Beaumont, look-ing to avenge a loss to Lamar earlier this month.

Instead it ended up losing to Lamar for the second time this season, 7-4.

The Cougars (20-22) started the game off by scoring a run in the first inning, but the offense could not match the Cardinals’ production.

The Cougars had runners on second and third base with no outs and only managed to get a single run. The trend of leaving runners on base would con-tinue throughout the game.

“We left 13 runners on base,” head coach Todd Whitting said. “We had some opportunities throughout the game to win the game, but we just couldn’t get that hit.

“We just have to keep working and fight the fight.”

Lamar (23-19) answered in the

bottom half of the first inning by scoring three runs to take a 3-1 lead.

Starting pitcher Codey Morehouse walked the first batter he faced and then gave up a double before surrendering a three-run home run to designated hitter Jeff Abt.

The Cougars battled back to tie the game in the fourth with a two-run inning.

Ryan Still grounded out to the pitcher and drove in Austin Gracey. Caleb Ram-sey then drove in Landon Appling with a single to left field.

The Cardinals put up another three runs in the sixth inning as UH pitching became erratic.

Taylor Hammack, who entered the game in relief of Morehouse in the fifth inning, hit a batter and had a wild pitch

Head coach in the spotlight at historic Philly meet; Cougars look to impress on big stage

Catcher John Cannon and the Cougars could not stage a rally and have lost three of their last four contests. | Courtesy of UH Athletics

Head track and ! eld coach Leroy Burrell has enjoyed a successful tenure in his 13 years at the helm of the UH program. The Cougars will hope to record some solid performances in their last meet before the Conference USA Outdoor Championships from May 12-15. | Courtesy of UH Athletics

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striking distance of their anchor, Raymond Stewart, an Olympic medalist, that I would catch him and that we would win. That’s exactly what happened, and the plaque is still hanging in my offi ce.”

Burrell has experienced glory as an athlete at the highest level — he is a former world record holder and once owned the title of the fastest man in the world.

“For a kid from Philly to go

there and compete is special,” he said. “But to go in high school, col-lege and then to come back as an Olympian is pretty neat.

“I’ve won seven Penn Relays watches, and I’ve given them out to many members of my family — but I still have one. I keep it in my jewelry box at home to symbolize my growth and where I came from.”

The Cougars will begin the Penn Relays at 9 a.m. today in hopes of qualifying for the fi nals Saturday.

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in the inning before being pulled for Dustin Fuerst.

UH added a run in the seventh to cut the lead to 6-4, but Lamar answered back with a run in the eighth to score the eventual final run.

The Cougars tried to mount a rally in the bottom of the ninth, getting the bases loaded with two outs, but they could not come through with a clutch hit.

Morehouse pitched 4 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on six hits while walking five batters and striking out four.

Dakota Dill and Luke Moran also saw action in the game, combining to pitch the final two innings, allowing one run on two hits.

“The pitching was pretty consistent with what we’ve done

all year,” Whitting said. “We struck out six, but we walked seven and hit one batter.

“We have to minimize our time on defense and maximize our time on offense; when we don’t do that we are very beatable.”

Four UH batters had a multi-hit night, including designated hitter Matt Creel, who went 3-for-4.

With the win, Lamar head coach Jim Gilligan earned his 1,200th victory. Gilligan has been a head baseball coach for 35 years, with 34 of those years at his alma mater Lamar.

The Cougars will continue C-USA action this weekend as they travel to Orlando to take on the Central Florida Knights for a three-game series.

The Knights won their last conference series over Memphis, winning two of three games.

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If you’ve ever been in a dating situation and you’re unsure whether your sweetheart is interested in you or not, you know what incertitude feels like. However, it could be that they are just horrible at communicat-ing their interest — or maybe they’re just not that into you.

Now, if your friends tell you to steer clear of that person because they think he or she is just toying with you, you might want to listen to what they have to say.

If your beau is only interested when you don’t show them affection, they might be playing you. Say, for example, that they beg for your attention and fl irt with you and then blow the whistle on the whole

relationship, that’s a defi nite sign that you’re being toyed with.

Furthermore, if you’re only hearing from them while they’re intoxicated and you never actually hear from them when they’re sober, they’re probably looking for something that doesn’t fall under the ‘relationship’ category.

If you fi nd that you’re always the fi rst one to send a text message, make a phone call or coordinate plans, they might not be as interested in you as you think.

Another variation of this is if they only come around when they need something. If you possess a specifi c talent that’s of some good use to them and they only call you when they need a favor, they’re prob-ably not looking to date you, but use your services instead. It’s important to be able to recognize when your signifi cant other is doing this to you and save yourself time and energy by not bending over backwards to accomodate them.

The biggest sign that your signifi cant other isn’t interested in you in the way that

you’d like is if there’s no dating involved. If they have yet to ask you out on a one-on-one, actual dinner-and-a-movie date, they might not be so into you after all.

Granted, fi nances can become a big factor in a dating situation, but if they avoid spending time alone with you and have never asked you to hang out if it’s just going to be the two of you, that’s almost like a neon sign telling you that you should abort that mission as soon as you can.

Now, as the old adage goes, hindsight is 20-20. If you’re under the grasp of a player, you’re probably not going to realize it until long after things between you two have ended; however, if your friends keep notic-ing red fl ags that you’re completely unaware of, it would be smart to at least give their opinion a little bit of weight.

Most importantly, if you have a little voice in the back of your head telling you to think twice about your sweetie, you might want to do so as quickly as you can.

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Four words that you would never expect to see in the same sentence are, “Fine-dining Mexican food,” yet it is exactly what you will fi nd at Hugo’s on the corner of Westheimer and Mandell.

An immigrant from Puebla, Mexico, chef Hugo Ortega brings his family history and heritage of rustic Mexican cuisine and introduces some French techniques to provide some of the best Mexican food you can fi nd in Texas.

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Ortega takes pride in everything that

comes out of the kitchen, from the molès, the cheeses, tortillas, beans, and pastries — they’re all made in house by him and his skilled staff, including his brother, who is the executive pastry chef.

For a group of four to six people, the appetizer platter is perfect to start out with. It’s a long narrow tray teaming with tamales, sopesitos, which are fried bowls of masa fi lled with different sauced meats, sweet plantain empanadas and crispy fried chicken tacos; with so many great dishes on one plate, to sum it up as a whole would be a disservice.

I worked my way across the plate, start-ing with the tamales, masa-wrapped meat rolled in a plantain leaf pocket, so tender and moist, but it doesn’t disintegrate in your mouth like it was overcooked.

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barbacha sauce, and goat with ancho chili sauce all nestled in handmade fried bowls of masa dough are an excellent balance of fl avor and texture.

The plantain empanadas are an intriguing concept. A paste made of sweet plantains is wrapped around refried beans and then fried, creating a great contrast of sweet and savory, along with a slight crisp from the fried plantain paired with the smooth refried beans inside.

Some might recognize the fried tacos as fl autas; whatever you want to call them, it doesn’t change the fact that they are tasty.

Drizzled with a salsa verde and topped with thin strips of radish, it is a simple addi-tion to the platter, but it doesn’t take away the fact they are some great tacos.

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Signs that your special someone is playing games with your head, heart

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Jose Aguilar: Live by words of wisdom

A friend of mine likes to use the phrase, “Don’t make someone your priority when you are only their

option.” She lives by it. And that is something that I would say is something to remember when you think you’re being played. I think the biggest example of my

friend’s mantra would be the level at which you do things for him or her. If, at any point, he calls you up and asks for a favor and you drop everything to go help — you are making him your priority. If days later you happen to call him for a favor and he gives you an excuse, you are his option. You may chalk it up to him being busy or having to work, but in the end, and especially if he continues to do so, you have to know that you are only an option — and it is time to find a new priority.

What could be some signs that your signi! cant other is playing you for the fool?

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Newton Liu: Beware of those who play hard to getPlaying games and not being into someone does not necessarily go hand-in-hand in my opinion.

A person may play games with a friend or significant other but still be into them as a method of teasing.

Likewise, a person may also be disinterested in someone but not play games as games don’t fancy everyone’s style.

Telltale signs that a person is playing games is if they warm up to you one moment and then shy away coldly the next.

Similarly, they may also reel you up and keep you on the hook. As a fishing analogy, they won’t reel you all the way in, but they’re not going to drop you back into the water either.

Andrew Taylor: Follow your head, not heart

Have you fought about taking the wrong route to your favorite restaurant with your signi! cant other? Have you

you fought about why taking a left turn was wrong because your signi! cant other thought you should take a right instead? Well, if you have you should probably be wondering:

what’s going on?! Often, when the person you’re dating begins to become upset over the most insigni! cant things you’re probably being played in some form. People that are in relationships “play” you by using mind games to either get under your skin or to purposely pick a ! ght with you in order to start something.

If this happens, you should do a few things and do them quickly; ! gure out if the relationship is serious and worth playing through a game. If it is, you should try and talk it out with the person. If not, just call it a day.

John Brannen: Answer is in writing

There is something that us humans like about making things official — for example, people

probably would not pick up The Daily Cougar if it were not recognized as the University’s official student newspaper. It is a comforting effect when people

know that they have a recognized status or title.It is not difficult to tell when someone is attempt-

ing to establish a distance. In this day and age with smart phones and social media, there is a variety of new ways to ignore people. A big key is the one-word reply in a text message.

If you send an elaborate text that takes up most of your characters, and all you get in reply is a simple “OK” or “cool,” that person may be disinter-ested in interacting with you.

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involving cooking a protein in its own fat to help develop natural fl avors, taking something great and cooking it in awesome to make something that is fall-off-the-bone incredible.

The duck is then covered in a poblano mole, a rich thick sauce which is a food staple in Mexican cuisine; depending on which Mexi-can family you talk to, the recipe can vary in number of ingredients and instructions much like how Texans are with their barbecue.

To fi nish off the meal, and put a fi nal nail in the coffi n and bury any hopes of keeping a healthy diet, we ordered the chocolate fi lled churros with Mexican hot chocolate.

Fresh churros fried to perfection, rolled in sugar and stuffed with chocolate makes for a nice treat.

I am not too big on the complex desserts with different kinds of fruit gastrique and blown sugar sculp-tures; just keep it simple and tasty, and I am a happy man.

A place to keep in mind for spe-cial occations or a night out, Hugo’s delivers. and you leave satisfi ed.

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