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The final play of the Cougars’ game against Marshall is indicative

of the bumps and scrapes that has shaped their year. The Cou-gars have taken steps forward and backward this season — at

times they have shown growth, but regression has been apparent at others.

With seven seconds remaining at their own 19 yard line, redshirt senior quarterback Crawford Jones threw a

9-yard pass to junior wide receiver Dewayne Peace.

Two laterals went backward to the UH 15, before redshirt freshman running back Kenneth Farrow scam-pered 10 yards and fumbled.

When Marshall sophomore linebacker Cortez Carter recovered the ball and sealed a 44-41 victory, the Cougars’ postseason hopes were fi nished. At 4-7 UH can’t win the necessary six games to become bowl-eligible.

Head coach Tony Levine said he was disappointed that his seniors will not reach a bowl game.

“I told the seniors ‘I’m sorry.’ This isn’t the way anybody envisioned the season going. We hope to get back home and send them out with a win next Saturday,” Levine said after the game.

UH has not won a game outside of the city, and until Saturday’s con-test, those games hadn’t been close.

The Thundering Herd was its last opportunity to secure a victory out-side of Houston. Next week UH faces Tulane at home in the fi nal game at Robertson Stadium.

The Cougars lost by 31 in Pasa-dena at UCLA, 30 in Dallas against

SMU and 20 in a contest with ECU.Against Marshall the Cougars

exhibited progress in their 3-point loss, but still made some of the same mistakes.

For the third consecutive game UH got off to a slow start. Against Tulsa, ECU and Marshall UH was down at least 17 points in the fi rst half. This week the Cougars made the game close and they were facing more adversity.

On offense, the Cougars were injured at key positions.

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Greater Houston Partnership awards Khator

Khator mingles with attendees at the International Business Executive of the Year award luncheon on Thursday. | Rebekah Stearns /The Daily Cougar

Juliet ChildersStaff writer

UH President Renu Khator was honored by the Greater Houston Partnership and the Kiwanis Club of Houston as International Busi-ness Executive of the year.

Presented annually for 25 years, the International Executive award recognized Khator for her global leadership that continues to make Houston the center of international business. Concentrating on inno-vations, business strategies and

vision, the International Executive of the year is one of GHP’s most prestigious international business awards and events, said University associate director of media rela-tions Shawn Lindsey.

“The award was completely unexpected,” Khator said. “When you look at the list of previous hon-orees, including former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister, Texas Medical Center President Richard Wainerdi and the late four-term

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Guest Master Class: From 5:30 to 6:30 pm in Dudley Recital Hall, Moores School of Music will host a Guest Master Class featuring Bowling Green University fl autist, Conor Nelson.

Aura Contemporary Ensemble: At 7 p.m. in Moores Opera House, the AURA Contemporary Ensemble, directed by associate music professor Rob Smith, will host the “Transmigration” concert featuring works by Etedzady, Friar, Maroney, Reeves, Sørensen and Wingate.

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Educators, staff, students, and local professionals gathered to discuss the future of teaching at the UH Center for Teaching Excellence “Fostering Deeper Learning” on Friday.

“The center’s ultimate goal is to garner student success,” said David Mazella, director of the UH Center for Teaching Excellence.

The conference began as a grass-roots movement encouraged by professors in various depart-ments and levels at the University who wanted a forum to discuss dif-ferent teaching methods, Mazella said.

“Khator’s Tier One push was a huge catalyst,” Mazella said.

University and citywide atten-dance increased by about 50 attendees from last year’s number of 250.

“The goal is to start thinking differently about education here as a University mission — not just for compliance, but to begin to see intellectual excitement about teaching,” Mazella said. “How does our pedagogy impact students?”

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs for the University

of the District of Columbia Ken Bain was a keynote speaker at the conference.

In his book, “What the Best Col-lege Teachers Do,” Bain addresses Mazella’s question directly.

Bain talked about how teach-ers can reach students in new ways and present information in inno-vative forms that better engage both the students and the edu-cator, thus enhancing the entire learning experience for everyone involved.

“We want to create a ‘safe space’ for teachers to share information, problems and solutions in multi-disciplinary environments to get different viewpoints,” Mazella said.

However, Mazella said that these conferences are not puni-tive, but about a conceptual shift in teaching and the approach teachers take to communicating with their students.

This conference is about bring-ing together seasoned professors and new teachers, allowing one to benefit from the others energy or knowledge of the field and issues that are encountered Mazella said. In the end, the students benefit from this reciprocal relationship.

“Standard classes don’t do enough. What are we going to do?” Mazella said. “This event is part of the process.”

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Keynote speaker Ken Bain talks to student during the “Fostering Deeper Learn-ing” conference. | Esteban Portillo /The Daily Cougar

U.S. Senator from Texas Lloyd M. Bentsen, I never imagined I would be in such esteemed company for an honor like this.”

During Khator’s career at UH, the University has experienced record-breaking amounts of research funding, enrollment and private support, Lindsey said.

Under Khator’s administra-tion, UH graduates more than 8,000 students each year, most remain in Houston, contributing to increasing a skilled workforce. Additionally, UH has served as a magnet for scholars around the globe — enrolling more than 3,350 students from a 153 countries.

“Being in Houston provides sig-nificant locational endowments,” Khator said. “We are fortunate to have relative economic prosperity,

job growth and highly skilled graduates that are needed for our energy and healthcare business to grow and thrive.”

Her vision for the UH Energy Research Park, a 75-acre campus south of the University, will help fuel the industry’s future work-force needs and offer a challeng-ing environment for research that fosters innovative public-private partnerships, she said.

“The role of a public Tier One university is to help fuel that growth and serve as a hub of inno-vation — that will help our region attract the best and brightest from around the world to study, work and call Houston home,” Khator said.

Health care is also an important regional industry with Houston being home to the largest medical center in the world, she said.

“The UH system provides a large portion of the education and research programs needed

to sustain and grow this region’s healthcare enterprise,” Khator said. “More than 50 percent of all research expenditures at UH are health related.”

Khator’s honor was presented Thursday at a luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Houston, located on 1200 Louisiana St.

“It was a wonderful honor and great recognition of University Houston as an international uni-versity in an international city,” Khator said.

“I am especially appreciative of the continuing support of the Greater Houston Partnership — whose strong endorsement of our dive to Tier One meant so much to our achieving that prestigious designation. I told the audience that I humbly accept this honor on behalf of all Cougars who bleed red.”

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Iman SahnouneStaff columnist

On Oct. 9, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by a gunman while

on a bus on her way home from school. After undergoing brain surgery and multiple treatments, she survived and continued advo-cating for education and women’s rights.

Malala is a 15-year-old girl from Pakistan who, at the age of 11, began writing an anonymous blog for the BBC. Schools in her region were being destroyed, and she wasn’t permitted to attend because of her gender, so she wrote about her experiences, say-ing “even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right.”

While Malala is the most well-known, she is only one of thousands of students around the world being left without an education.

In some cases, education is eschewed because of the cost, or to work in support of one’s family.

In war-ridden and oppressive regimes, going to school becomes a life and death situation.

A hundred years ago in parts of the US, this backwards mental-ity was prevalent, and higher education was reserved solely for men; women were allowed

to become teachers or nurses at best.

Alternatively, women could attend elementary school for the basics and then stop to work for their family.

Fortunately, things have progressed in this country with provisions like the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and required education.

The fact that it’s nearly 2013 and there are regions across the globe still stuck in that phase is

hard to conceptualize. Education is not a privilege, but a right and should be provided to all. It’s the one thing that equalizes everyone, regardless of socio-economic status or background. It gives everyone a chance.

Granted, there are varying qualities of education, but at the least, children should be provided with the fundamentals and have the chance to seek out further opportunities. There is an anony-mous quote that reads “What if

the cure for cancer is trapped inside the mind of someone who can’t afford an education?” To take it one step further, it could be trapped inside the mind of a child that wants to go to school and has the means, but can’t.

There’s a petition circulating around social media titled, “Take a Stand for the Girl Who Stood Up: Nominate Malala for the Nobel Peace Prize.” It has more than 185,000 signatures from people all across the world and

is gaining increased recognition. For everything she’s gone through and stands for, the award would be well-deserved for Malala.

As people prepare for fi nals, they should remember to never take the given right to an educa-tion for granted and spare a thought to those in the world still struggling for it.

Iman Sahnoune is a graduate student studying neuroscience and may be reached at [email protected]

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SEPT. 1L, 30-13 Texas State

OCT. 18L 72-42SMU

SEPT. 8L 56-49

Louisiana Tech

NOV. 10L 41-7 Tulsa

SEPT. 29W 35-14 @ Rice

OCT. 27W 45-35

UTEP

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NOV. 24vs.

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GAMEDAY

Scoring summaryFirst quarterMar — Wilson 19 yd pass from Cato, (Haig kick) 09:56Mar — Haig, 23 yd fi eld goal 06:27Second quarterMar — Shuler, 5 yd pass from Cato, (Haig kick) 09:11UH — Ros, 3 yd pass from Jones, (Hogan kick) 06:08Mar — Allen, 46 yd pass from Cato, (Haig kick) 04:49

1 2 3 4 FinalUH 0 10 14 17 41Marshall 10 21 7 6 44

Game leaders

SIDELINE REPORT

STAND OUTS

WEEKEND UPDATE

Crawford Jones had a career day in his first collegiate start. He threw for 316 yards and five touchdowns. Jones, a se-nior helped the Cougars come back from an early deficit. He twice led drives that tied the game in the fourth quarter. | Andrea Steele /The Parthenon

Shane Ros caught two touchdowns in a losing effort. Ros was one of Crawford Jones’ top targets and finished with 52 yards.

UH — Hogan, 32 yd fi eld goal 01:55Mar — Grooms, 69 yd run, (Haig kick) 01:05Third quarterUH — Maxwell, 4 yd pass from Jones, (Hogan kick) 06:47Mar — Cato, 5 yd run, (Haig kick) 02:29UH — Ros, 19 yd pass from Jones, (Hogan kick) 02:12Fourth quarterUH — Maxwell, 58 yd pass from Jones, (Hogan kick) 14:38UH — Greenberry, 7 yd pass from Jones, (Hogan kick) 10:47Mar — Haig, 27 yd fi eld goal 05:44UH — Hogan, 28 yd fi eld goal 01:18Mar — Haig, 45 yd fi eld goal 0:07

PassingUH — Jones, 31-44, 316 yd, 5 TDMar — Cato, 32-50, 377 yd, 3 TD, 2INT

RushingUH — Farrow, 14 att, 78 ydMar— Grooms, 21 att, 159 yd, 1TDMar — Taliaferro, 18 att, 66 yd

ReceivingUH — Ros, 5 rec, 52 yd, 2 TDUH — Greenberry, 6 rec, 60 yd 1 TDMar — Shuler, 9 rec,105 yd, 1 TD Mar — Wilson, 7 rec, 72 yd 1 TD

Despite a hurt ankle, junior running back Charles Sims rushed three times against Marshall. | Andrea Steele /The Parthenon

This week in college football by Christopher Shelton

SPREADING WEALTH

RUSH DEFENSE

THE HANDS TEAM

In senior quarterback Crawford Jones’ fi ve touch-downs, junior receivers Xavier Maxwell and Shane Ros both scored twice. Freshman receiver Deontay Greenberry also scored his third touchdown of the year. Jones connected with nine different receivers.

Marshall did whatever it wanted on offense, gaining 665 total yards. The Thundering Herd punished the Cougars with their rush attack, racking up 309 yards gained. Kevin Grooms was their workhorse, rushing for 159 yards.

The UH defense has picked off its opponent in seven consecutive games. That streak was continued when junior defensive back Zachary McMillian brought a Marshall drive to a halt with an interception in the second quarter. Freshman defensive back Adrian McDonald also got his second career interception.

Receivers score multiple touchdowns

Grooms cracks 150 yards

Defense garners more interceptions

Redshirt sophomore quar-terback David Piland missed the game with a leg injury. Jones started the game at quarterback. Redshirt junior running back Charles Sims played but was recovering from an ankle injury he suffered at East Carolina that held him out against Tulsa.

Jones helped the Cougars get back into the game in the second half. After throwing one

touchdown in the fi rst half, he had two touchdowns in the third quarter and two in the fourth — fi nishing with a total fi ve. He said UH couldn’t fi nd rhythm early.

“We managed to get some-thing going midway through second quarter. We managed to keep the momentum going through the second half,” Jones said. “Unfortunately, we didn’t put a full game together and a lot of that falls on my shoulders in the fi rst half.”

More importantly, Jones led UH on two game-tying drives in the fourth quarter, putting

the team in a position to win. He led an 89-yard drive that tied the game at 38 when Jones connected with freshman wide receiver Deontay Greenberry for a 7-yard score.

On the following drive, after Marshall responded with a fi eld goal, the Cougars drove from their own 49 and tied the game again at 41.

On defense they were still without senior cornerback D.J. Hayden — a leader who is out for the rest of the season with an injury — and the Cougars struggled to defend the pass and rush attack.

Marshall redshirt freshman Kevin Grooms rushed for 159 yards. Sophomore quarterback Rakeem Cato threw for 377 yards and three touchdowns and his leading receiver of the evening — sophomore Tommy Shuler — caught nine passes for 105 yards and a score.

Levine’s first season has been a bumpy one, and his test for his second season is going to be smoothing out the rough and creating some con-sistency by becoming a better road team.

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Umbrella ogranization contacts multiple clubs, coordinates international food fair

Alexandra DoyleStaff writer

Dozens of tents lined the walk-way in Butler Plaza Friday, and each one boasted colorful signs and tables full of food and wares from other countries and cultures including Indian samosas and Chi-nese dumplings.

On a campus known for its diversity, it can hardly be a surprise that events such as the Interna-tional Marketplace — hosted by the Council of Ethnic Organiza-tions — are not only fi lled with a variety of student groups, but are also well attended and enjoyed.

Biology senior Naseem Nikooei attended the event to represent the Persian Society.

“The Persian Society aims to promote our culture through Ira-nian community as well as spread-ing out to inform and involve other cultures,” she said.

The Persian Society was led to participate in the event through a reference from a previous offi cer.

“We’ve participated in this event before,” said Nikooei, “So of

course we signed up to participate again.”

Bu s i n e s s f re s h m a n Tu ye t Nguyen found the market particu-larly enjoyable.

“I love the booths, especially the Korean ones,” he said. “I’m getting a chance to see some things that I missed out on at the Korean festi-val this year.”

Students also commented on the variety and affordability of the marketplace — there was no entrance or participation fee, and diverse foods were affordable. There were many smaller items priced at less than a dollar, which allowed students to try items from several different stations.

CEO is an umbrella organization that heads clubs such as the Leba-nese Student Organization and the Hindu Students Association.

Its goal is to “create extravagant events so that the University of Houston’s students can get a true cultural experience,” according to its website.

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Some of CEO’s other programs include cooking lessons with inter-national recipes, talent showcases and guest lecturers who discuss diversity and the struggles that accompany it.

Jimmy Mai, CEO’s cultural programming chair, was the main organizer for the International Marketplace.

“My job is to come up with pro-grams year round such as the Mar-ketplace, which is mostly geared toward food from other cultures,” Mai said.

“We’ve been working on orga-nizing this since the summer, from contacting our member organizations to actually getting them signed up and ready to go. The only problem we encountered this year was just the time crunch as the date of the Marketplace approached, but we pulled it off without a hitch.”

A few organizations that are not culture specifi c were also present, including the Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees and Study Abroad. CEO also gave away free T-shirts at the event.

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