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Arizona’s Tucson Unified School District has removed books that were published by a UH publishing company series from classrooms in order to comply with state law ARS 15-112.

Two of the seven books being removed from classrooms were published as a part of Arte Público Press’ Hispanic Civil Rights series.

“Chicano! The History of the Mexican Civil Rights Move-ment” by Arturo Rosales and “Message to Aztlán: Selected Writings” by Rodolfo Gonzales were banned, said a UH news release.

Both books deal with the Mexi-can American civil rights move-ment, and their removal follows the dismantling of Mexican studies in

schools in the beginning of the year.According to the news release, APP

has moved into a larger location at UH’s Energy Research Park. They now have more storage space for books, additional offices for their staff, and room for state-of-the-art book scanners and equipment

necessary for working with EBSCO to digitize recovered work

written by Latinos from the colonial period to

present day. APP is the nation’s

largest and most estab-lished publisher of contem-

porary and recovered litera-ture by US Hispanic authors.

Books in the series highlight women’s activism, immigration

reform, educational equity, citi-zen participation in a democratic

society, civic culture and racial/cultural relations.

“Twenty-five years ago, our books were stored in university

classroom closets, and now they sit

in a massive warehouse. But in Arizona, they’re going back into the closet,” said Marina Tristán, APP’s assistant director, in the release.

Faculty members in the history depart-ment of UH who deal with Mexican-American history also commented on this

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How do you feel about the book ban?

“The banning of these books goes beyond the idea of fair. To simply say that it is not fair that only books about the history of the plight of the Hispanic culture have been banned would be to not fully understand the consequence of not having them in the classroom. This is robbing not only Hispanics or women of historical insight, but men and women of all races. I am shocked that even as a third generation Hispanic woman, I am still living in a time where books about the struggle of my foremothers are not allowed to be read.”

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“As a student of a Hispanic heritage, having cultural references available to students is extremely important. Throughout my studies at the Univer-sity of Houston... it’s di! cult to imagine that books are being removed from classrooms... US Hispanic Culture and Civilization in particular, provided me with some great insight into the history of not only the Mexican-American culture, but information about other Spanish speaking countries as well. Hopefully this decision will not discour-age students who are interested in utilizing these books.”

Christy Tamez

“I think it’s terrible, very closed-mind-edness, though not surprising. I feel like it’s also frustrating, like Hispanics are being partly ignored. It’s a suppres-sion of Hispanic History. School is the primary place to learn these things.”

Edward Garza

“Taking away books that credit a race of their excellence does not make His-panic’s e" orts disappear. Just because they ban a couple books does not mean the Hispanic population stops growing. Arizona needs to realize we’re not going anywhere. You can take away valuable pieces of literature from your schools, but that won’t stop the production of thousands more.”

Leslie Tooker

“It makes me upset to think about these books being removed from class-rooms. I feel like it’s an underhanded way to oppress these students. But reading about the Arte Publico’s move to a bigger and better setting makes me feel proud that they will continue to make these important pieces of literature available.”

Lorriann Rodriguez

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HONORS COLLEGE

Former policy advisor to speak on progressivism

The UH Honors College will host a talk called “Does American Progressivism Have a Future?” at 5:30 p.m. February 9.

The speech, given by author and former policy advisor to President Clinton, William Galston, is a part of the Conservatism and Progressivism in America lecture series.

“Galston specializes in high profi le projects pertaining to the core questions of American public philosophy, political pluralism, domestic policy issues in liberal societies, and political institutions,” the Honors College website said.

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COMMUTE

Lower speed limit signs posted on Calhoun Road

The University has reduced the speed limit on Calhoun Road from 35 mph to 30 mph.

The new signs were posted on Monday, according to a statement by the Division of Administration and Finance and the Department of Public Safety.

The 5 mph decrease was made in order to increase safety for pedestrians crossing the street near Entrance 1, according to the statement.

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RESIDENTIAL LIFE

Dining, housing town halls will discuss rate increase

There will be two UH dining and housing town halls next week.

The fi rst will be from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday in Moody Towers’ Fresh Food Company dining hall, and the second will be in the Ober-holtzer Multipurpose Room.

Topics discussed will include the “dining and housing strategic vision and the proposed rate increases,”

according to a UH release.— Cougar News Services

CONCERT

Moores music school to host International Piano Festival

Moores School of Music will host its 28th annual International Piano Festival Friday to Sunday.

The festival will begin with a Di Wu Guest Recital featuring works by Debussy, Granados, Schoenberg and Prokofi ev at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

The Abbey Simon Master Class will perform at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Dudley Recital Hall.

Then there will be an Artist Con-versations Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Moores School of Music room 108.

The Di Wu Guest Master Class will occur at 2 p.m. in the Dudley Recital Hall.

The Danny Driver Recital featur-ing works by Mozart, Schumann, Debussy and York Bowen is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Danny Driver Guest Master Class is at 11:30 a.m. Sunday in the Dudley Recital Hall.

An Abbey Simon Recital featur-ing Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmani-noff and Ravel is at 3 p.m. Sunday.


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Bureau of Safety director to speak today at Cemo Hall

A regional director for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement will give a talk titled “After Deepwater: Safety in U.S. Waters” at 6 p.m. today in the Cemo Hall Auditorium.

According to the UH calendar event, Lars Herbst holds a bachelor of science degree in petroleum engineering from Louisiana State University and is a registered engi-neer in Lousiana.


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recent controversy.“The decision by the school

district to ban Chicano stud-ies courses and ban the books taught is based on the flawed notion that Mexican-American history is not American history,” says Raul Ramos, also an associ-ate professor.

“These policies will have the

opposite effect legislators intend, resulting in division and discord rather than unity and mutual understanding.”

By removing records of any single period of history, the school district is keeping its students from fully understand-ing other historical events, said Monica Perales, an associate professor.

“I am truly saddened by the events taking place in Tucson,” Perales said.

“The thing about history is that there is no single narrative of the past; there are multiple intersecting and sometimes con-flicting perspectives. The tragedy here is that not only are Latino students being denied the right to have their history and culture valued, but that all students are going to miss out on understand-ing the richness and complexity of the American experience.”

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SGA introduces ‘Samaritan’ bill

Nicole CarterTHE DAILY COUGAR

Student Government Associa-tion’s senators decided to forgo discussion of the GENDA and grade replacement bill and intro-duced the 911 Good Samaritan bill in Wednesday’s meeting.

The bill outlines the need for students to come forth and “do the right, responsible thing” when it comes to reporting incidents, particularly drug and alcohol-related situations, political science senior Michael McHugh said.

“Fear of police involvement is the number one reason why many drug and alcohol related incidences are not reported. Students think they may get in trouble, and they stay quiet,” McHugh said.

According to the Students for Sensible Drug Policy’s web-site, this bill would encourage

people who witness or suffer an overdose to call 911 by assuring them they will not be arrested, charged or prosecuted for drug or paraphernalia possession or under-age alcohol possession.

Many prestigious universities have already adopted the bill, including Cornell, Duke and Har-vard, McHugh said.

“With this policy, students will be (up to) two and a half times more likely to call for help imme-diately when witnessing alcohol incidents,” McHugh said. “Saving lives should never be considered criminal.”

The grade replacement bill discussions, a bill designed to allow students to retake a failed class and have the grade replaced, have come to a halt—for now.

“We’re not voting on the grade replacement policy tonight,” said Speaker of the Senate Reyes Ramirez. “We’re dealing with con-cerns from the Faculty Senate.”

According to Academic Affairs Chairman Maggie McCartney, she approached Faculty Direc-tor Simon Bott about the bill. Bott then told her the grade

replacement policy comes before the Faculty Senate every few years and every few years it is rejected.

The Faculty Senate’s concerns with the bill consist of imple-menting the program correctly and taking into consideration the students and the retention rate. The goal is for UH to continue to be recognized as Tier One and help students at the same time, according to Mike Nguyen, a for-mer College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences senator.

“We’ll leave it in committee until we can get everything fi nal-ized,” McCartney said.

The proposal of the amended GENDA bill by McHugh is being put on hold.

“We fi gured we should take care of the students fi rst, starting by holding off on this legislation. We (should) have more details on this by next week.”

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Christopher Shelton

If you watched MSNBC on Monday night, a firestorm was brewing over the controversial comments made

by chairman of the Republican National Convention Reince Priebus.

On “Face the Nation” Sunday, Priebus made a condescending statement comparing Obama to Francesco Schettino — the embattled Captain of the Costa Con-cordia. Schettino abandoned his ship on which 17 people would eventually die.

“We’re going to talk about our own little Captain Schettino, which is President Obama,” Priebus said. “Who is abandoning the ship here in the United States and is more interested in campaigning than doing his job as president.”

Priebus attempted to clarify on Fox News’ “America Live” with Megyn Kelly on Monday afternoon.

“The analogy was made — and it was an analogy of leadership — that in a time of crisis, this president is leav-ing the White House and campaigning nonstop all the time,” he said.

He continued, accusing those across the aisle of pandering for effect.

“I think it’s pretty clear, but you know, if people out there — especially on the Democratic side — want to try to make hay of it, they’re going to be able to do that.”

“Last Word” host Lawrence O’Donnell lambasted Priebus for his comments. So did Chris Mat-thews on his show. Both used these quotes to prove that Obama has

been egregiously disrespected by the Republican Party.

While it is certainly true that Republicans have attempted to under-cut Obama’s authority, this event was not indicative of that.

Was it an apt comparison? No, not at all.

There seems to be both disrespect and a deliberate attempt to discredit that echoes from both the republican establishment and the outliers of the party. This is apparent in the vehement criticism that he has faced since before his first day in the Oval Office.

It began with claims that Obama was a Socialist or Muslim extremist. The cover of The New Yorker in July 2008 makes a prime example.

It continued with birthers’ claims that he was born in Africa. There are still people who refuse to believe that Obama was born in the US, even though he released his birth certificate a year ago.

Congressman Joe Wilson had the audacity to shout “You lie!” in the House of Representatives in Septem-ber 2009 when Obama denied that health care legislation would provide free coverage for illegal immigrants.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stated that his number one goal was making sure Obama is a one-term President — not more important issues like the economy and unemployment or the spiraling national deficit.

I recount these events, not to hold a pity party for Obama, but to delve into the mindset of a party that is looking to delegitimize the president in any

way possible.With such overt examples that

display a clear pattern of disrespect, it is easy to over-sensationalize any isolated event by blindly throwing darts at similar events and claiming to hit the bull’s-eye.

And sure, I believe that Priebus crossed the line in comparing the president to an accused murderer. But let us not overreact to a bad comparison.

As members of the media, we hold a responsibility to not over-sensation-alize news or create narratives based on our own biases.

Fox News was formed out of the perceived lack of conservative influ-ence in the media. Though the liberal bias in the media is vastly overstated, it does exist. Situations like this prove it.

Let’s save our scathing disapprovals for those who deserve it.

Christopher Shelton is a journalism junior and may be reached at [email protected].

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to discredit that echoes from the republican establishment and the outliers of the party. This is apparent in the vehement criticism that he has faced since before his ! rst day in the Oval O" ce.”

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STAFF EDITORIAL

D eontay Greenberry choosing UH over Notre Dame helps further prove that the Cougars

incredible 2011 season was not a fl uke, but just the beginning of UH becoming a nationally recognized program.

Greenberry originally committed to play for the Irish on May 27, 2011 and hoped to join his cousin, Tee Sheperd, on the fi eld.

However, the opportunity to play right away in a major market for an up-and-coming pro-gram was too much for Greenberry to resist.

Greenberry’s high school coach at Wash-ington Union (Calif.), Jeff Freitas, said that the choice was easy for the receiver after spending a weekend on campus at UH. He fell in love with the coaching staff, the city and felt comfortable with the offense.

Freitas said that Greenberry made the move because it felt right for him, and that for the fi rst time during the entire recruiting process, he was making decision for himself and not for others.

Neither the coaching staff at UH or at Notre Dame anticipated the switch. The Fresno Bee reported that no one was aware of the switch until Greenberry walked into his signing cer-emony wearing red instead of navy and gold.

Greenberry comes to UH ranked as the No. 7 receiver nationally and No. 46 player, regardless of position, according to Rivals.com.

As a senior, he caught 109 passes for a state-record 2,165 yards and 33 touchdowns to helped lead 14-0 Washington Union to the California Division III State Championship.

His size, speed and leaping ability will make him an asset in the Cougars’ offense from the start.

The Cougars capturing Greenberry is not an anomaly. It’s just the beginning of a new era of football at Robertson Stadium.

At UH’s press conference for National Signing Day, head coach Tony Levine said that chasing top talent will be the norm from now on. Even if the Cougars are said to be counted out of the race for a player, it’s worth trying because other-wise you would never know.

Signing day surprise bolsters UH football

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SIGNING DAY

25 for ‘12Cougars welcome one of most highly-touted recruiting classes in program historyAndrew PateTHE DAILY COUGAR

Riding a wave of momentum and exposure as a national brand, head coach Tony Levine unveiled his inaugural recruiting class Wednes-day, which only added to the abundance of excitement surrounding the program.

“I would argue that there has not been a better time where there has been more publicity for the University of Houston football program than right now,” Levine said.

UH successfully addressed several areas of need, including wide receiver, where all four of last season’s starters were seniors. The Cougars signed fi ve — and potentially six — at that position with the biggest splash coming from

Deontay Greenberry, ranked as the No. 7 wide receiver nationally by Scout.com.

“He’s had a great relationship with special teams and inside receivers coach Jamie Chris-tian from his time at Arizona State,” Levine said. “Deontay lives just west of here… in California, and is really excited to be a Cougar.”

The Cougars also signed a quarterback in Rex Dausin, who is already receiving compari-sons to his record-setting predecessor Case Keenum.

“He [Case] was really a competitive player; he was good at every sport he did and I see that a lot in Rex when we were evaluating him,” offensive coordinator Mike Nesbitt said. “He did some things on his own to help his team become better.

“You see a guy who was really hungry for the

opportunity to get here.”The Cougars, ranked by some publications

as the No. 1 recruiting class in Conference USA, also added a trio of offensive linemen, three running backs, four defensive linemen, four linebackers and three to four defensive backs to round out the class. Of the 24 signees, 11 earned All-State recognition, four of which were named as High School All-Americans.

“We’ve got extremely high goals and aspi-rations for our program and to achieve those goals, we’re going to recruit the best,” Levine said. “If you recruit the top 50 in the state of Texas and you get two or three to tell you yes, we’re going to get to where we want to be as a program.”

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Luck o’ the Irish shines on CougarsJoshua SiegelTHE DAILY COUGAR

All it took was one weekend to convince Deontay Greenberry that Houston was the place for him.

Greenberry surprised the college football world by choosing UH over Notre Dame on Wednesday.

The Washington Union High School-receiver originally com-mitted to Notre Dame to join his cousin, Tee Shepard, in South Bend,

Ind., but Greenberry’s visit to UH last weekend caused him to change his mind.

“For the fi rst time during his recruiting process, he was going to make a decision that was best for him and not what other people wanted him to do,” Washington Union head coach Jeff Freitas said.

Freitas said that Greenberry fell in love with the coaching staff at UH and the city. One of the most important parts of Greenberry’s descision was the relationship he

had built with recently-hired UH special teams coordinator Jamie Christian.

“Jamie Christian has a real good rapport with Deontay, and I know when he was with Arizona State that he was interested,” Freitas said. “When he moved to UH a month ago, there was some interest in UH because of him.”

With all four of the Cougars’ starting receivers graduating, Greenberry also saw and opportu-nity to make an immediate impact

on the fi eld.“He saw the opportunity to play

early and he considers himself one of the best and he’s not scared of a challenge and he wanted the opportunity to get the ball and go,” Christian said.

Greenberry, who was ranked as the No. 7 receiver nationally and No. 46 player overall by Scout.com, caught 109 passes as a senior for a state-record 2,165 yards and 33 touchdowns, helping Washington Union capture the California

Division III State Championship.“What intrigued me with him

when we fi rst started talking to him and when coach Christian brought him up was just his mindset that he wants to be a big-time player,” offensive coordinator Mike Nesbitt said.

“Once he got on campus and he could really see the offense and what it truly was about, then that was the thing that sold it.”

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"""OT • 6-5, 295Fort Bend Baptist (TX)“Solid all-around line-man whose strength is in run blocking.”

""OT • 6-8, 290Needville (TX)“Has great feet and length. Will most likely redshirt as a freshman.”

""OLB • 6-1, 200Juan Seguin (TX)“Played safety in high school. Is a good open-! eld tackler.”

""""DT • 6-2, 275Lago Vista (TX)“An explosive and disruptive tackle that gets o" the line well.”

""QB • 6-3, 175Warren (TX)“Ran a spread-style o" ense at Warren that is similar to UH’s.”

"""S • 5-10, 180Dekaney (TX)“Helped lead Dekaney to the 5A Div. 2 State Championship.”

""""WR • 6-3, 187Washington Union (CA)“ Size, speed, and leap-ing ability make him a great deep-ball threat.”

"""RB • 5’11, 180Angleton (TX)“Explosive runner, who is also skilled as a receiver out of the back! eld.”

"""LB • 6-2, 193Allen (TX)“Played safety in high school. Will excel in coverage.”

""DE • 6-6, 215Hamshire Fannett (TX)“First Team All-District in both football and basketball. .”

"""WR • 6-0, 175Blinn C.C. (TX)“Gives UH another deep threat in the passing game.”

"""OLB • 6-1, 197Eisenhower (TX)“Rated one of the top 100 players in Texas.”

"""DE • 6-3, 245Destrehan (LA)“Disruptive on defense with good ability as a pass rusher.”

""LB • 6-1, 205Cedar Hill (TX)“Helped lead Cedar Hill to back-to-back district titles.”

"""RB • 5-10, 165Edna (TX)“2011 Texas Class 2A State Champion in the 100 meters.”

"""WR • 5-11, 165North Shore (TX)“Explosive receiver, who could ! gure into the return game.”

"""ATH • 6-2, 180Wheatley (TX)“Caught four touch-downs and picked o" two passes as a senior.”

""""OT • 6-4, 270Edna (TX)“Great balance and agil-ity will make him great in pass protection.”

"""DT • 6-1, 260Lufkin (TX)“Solid tackler who gets o" of the ball well.”

"""ATH • 5-10, 160Eisenhower (OK)“Played QB in high school, can play a number of positions.”

""ATH • 5-9, 170West St. Mary (LA)“As a senior, rushed for 1,440 yards and 14 touch-downs on 112 carries.”

"""CB • 5-9, 195Patterson (LA)“Explosive playmaker returned six punts and three picks for scores.”

""RB • 6-1, 210Diboli (TX)“Bruising runner gained 1,950 yards and scored 22 touchdowns as a senior.”

"""WR • 5-10, 170Allen (TX)“The most polished of the incoming receivers, could play right away.”

New kids on the block

The Cougars add-ed 25 new players to their program, who should make

an impact right away. | Photos courtesy of UH

Athletics .

TrevonRandle"""LB • 6-1, 210LSU“Transferred from LSU, will sit out this season as a reshirt freshman.”

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Ryan PophamTHE DAILY COUGAR

The new fi lm by Joe Carnahan (“Smokin’ Aces,” “Narc”) is one of the most intense cinema experiences to date.

“The Grey” is the story of tough, scum-of-the-earth oil drillers in Alaska and their struggle to survive against harsh weather conditions and a pack of wolves after a plane crashes deep in the Alaskan wilderness.

Based on the short story “Ghost Walker” by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, “The Grey” is a fi lm about hope and the will to live — and the strain that they infl ict.

Liam Neeson leads the cast as the man in charge of protecting the drillers from wolves before and after the crash, and he portrays the toughest character that he has had to do since “Taken.”

Also starring in the picture are Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Frank Grillo, James Badge Dale, Nonso

Anonzie and Joe Anderson.“The Grey” is like a new version of

“The Edge” with wolves that are relent-less in their stalking and killing.

The strongest point of the fi lm is the fact that you get to know each character and care for them as they are killed off throughout the movie.

It is a survival fi lm where the audi-ence feels it every time someone is brutally taken by the wolves.

Filmed in a gritty and realistic way, the characters are followed closely. This makes the audience feel like they are right there with the actors.

The strong acting and settings in each of the fi lms’ scenes establishes the extreme despair of the situation.

“The Grey” is the epitome of a sur-vival fi lm and how far they have come from fi lms like “Jaws,” “Deep Blue Sea” and “Lake Placid.”

It is also going to be diffi cult to be topped in its genre, by fi lms of the future as well as the past.

“The Grey” is a tough viewing experi-ence but it is unlike anything else you will ever experience.

Neeson is dynamic as he leads these pessimistic outcasts through the tough

wilderness to more despair, but with enough hope to keep them alive as long as possible.

Even with being suicidal himself after a personal tragedy, Neeson’s char-acter Ottway fi nds the meaning in life through the toughest lesson of all.

If you are a fan of survival movies like the ones mentioned above, “The Grey” is a must-see. It is a worthwhile emotional experience that not too many movies can provoke out of their audiences.

It is thoroughly enjoyable for the entire hour-and-57-minute duration.

Also, be sure to stay for the short scene after the ending credits for an extra discussion regarding the movie’s conclusion.

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A new month brings a change in the luminary formation and future aheadAquarius (Jan.20-Feb.18):

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Moores School of Music is gearing up for its 2012 International Piano Festival this weekend.

Now in its 29th year, the festival begins with a recital by its founder Abbey Simon at 7:20 p.m. Friday at Moores Opera House.

Fellow piano masters Markus Groh

from Germany and Albert Reyes of Uruguay will also present classes and recitals through Sunday.

“The International Piano Festival has been very successful for many years,” said Alan Austin, director of special projects for Moores. “It has got-ten better every year, we will be doing them for a long time.”

Austin described Simon as the patri-arch of the festival.

He said Simon is someone whose approach to music is something that students will take with them for the rest of their careers.

“With Simon’s history as a pianist, he will develop his students to play at

these festivals with poise and confi-dence,” Austin said.

“The students come to (Moores School of Music) to learn that tradi-tional sound that Simon instills in his students.”

The recitals and a special luncheon will provide festival attendees a chance to both speak with and get to know the artists.

The festival will consist of new mas-terworks by Groh and Reyes, Simon’s fellow masters.

Both will perform their award win-ning works during the festival as well.

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