Cougar Place Nov 2014

COUGAR PLACE NEWSLETTER Issue 10-1-14

Cougar Place

Newsletter

11/6/2014

Announcements from the RLC

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Greetings from the CP Staff! Thank you for taking the time to read our November newsletter, full of information regarding happenings here at CP. If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know!

Also, if you have taken the MAP-Works survey, please take the time to review your results. Your RA will be following up with you to see how we can assist in your success as a student!

- Mr T

Join us outside Cougar Place this Saturday

for our Homecoming pregame PAWTY.

There will be food, fun, and free prizes.

Get the play from your RA.

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Upcoming Campus Events

November 6th – CEO International Marketplace @Butler

Plaza,12-4pm

Canned Food Extravaganza @UC Ballroom. 7-9pm

UH Women’s resource center – Reality bytes. @UC North 201. 1:30-2:30pm

PES Sales Career Fair @Hilton Hotel 3-6pm

5th

Annual Homecoming Dance @Hilton Shamrock Ballroom. Doors open at 8:30pm

November 7th – Homecoming Fiesta and Fireworks

@Lynn Eusan Park, 5:30-7pm

Spectrum: Faculty Recistal featuring Noe Marmolejo @Moores Opera House, 7:30pm.

November 8th – SHRL Pregame Pawty @Cougar

Place. 11:30-1:30pm

Football game vs TULANE @2:30pm. HOMECOMING GAME

November 9th – Walk MS Houston @Campus Rec 8am

November 11th – Cougar For Kids Orientation

@Technology Annex, 2-3pm

November 12th – Coffee with a Cop @UC Lobby, 9-10am

November 14th – X-men Days of Future Past presented

by SPB @UC Theater. 4,7, and 10pm.

November 15th

– CP Cares Service Project with generation One.

November 17th – X:Box Madden 15 Tournament @Rec,

6-11pm.

November 22nd

– Football game vs Tulsa @TDECU Stadium, 6-9pm

UPCOMING: Cougar Place Art Show

Email us at [email protected]

to find out how to get involved.

Come Join the fun at this month’s Meat

Monday on November 10th at 6 PM! Enjoy

grilled meat and the company of fellow

students and a few special guest!

Keep up with all the plot twists, betrayals,

and love triangles every Thursday at 8pm in

the media room! Join us on November 20th

for our Part 1 Finale!

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RA Spotlight: Omar Ali

Q: Name:

A: “Omar Ali.”

Q: Hometown and High School:

A: “Hometown is Spring, Tx and I went to Spring High School. But I’m originally Canadian born

and Pakistani raised...which really just means I love all kinds of different and delicious foods!”

Q: Major:

A: “I’m a junior studying biochemistry.”

Q:Floor/Room:

A: “ I’m in room 1034, first floor. Drop by and say hello!”

Q: What do you most like about being an RA?

A: “I love getting to interact with all the people of CP. It really makes my day when I can talk to

someone and help them through a tough day/week/moment. I also love listening to people’s stories

and backgrounds, and how they ended up at UH!”

Q: What do you hope to do after college?

A:“After College I want to take some time off to travel the world, learn a new language, get a

deeper understanding of my religion, and really fulfill a lot of personal dreams before heading off

to medical school. Ultimately, I’m interested in a career in medical policy and global health.”

Q: Why is Cougar Place the best place to live on campus?

A: “Cougar Place isn’t just a Res Hall, Cougar Place is home. I think that’s what makes CP hands

down the best place to live on campus. It starts with the staff and extends to all the residents,

everyone is at home when they’re at CP and they’re surrounded by family. We have the newest

pad. we’re right next to the Woods, and the stadium is in our backyard; It really is Cougar Palace.”

Q: What is something your residents may not know about you?

A: “I love tennis, watching it, talking about it, and playing it! I can also wiggle my ears, which is

pretty cool!

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Name: Bryce Dodds

Year: Sophomore

From: Katy, TX

Major: Print Journalism

Bryce Dodds, an active member of UH’s own sports broadcasting program In The Game, talks with us about his

recent album Up North, released under the moniker Forester..

What is your favorite part about recording your EP?

My favorite part would probably have to be recording with one of my friends, Jon Januhowski. He plays in a band form here in Houston, Crimson Arrow. He's a great guy and worked with me to get the EP done and it was just a fantastic time.

What song on your EP holds the most value to you?

Probably Gruene, Tx. That was a song I wrote that has a pretty direct correlation to me. Gruene is a place where my family as a whole goes every year to spend some time. It's an awesome time of relaxing and really getting away from all the stress of work and school here in Houston, and to get out into a whole different world.

What are your plans for Forester looking into the future?

I’m hoping over this next summer to record a full-length album with a full band. I've gotten to know the guys from an Indie-Rock band based in Austin, called Quiet Company, and they are some great guys and write some awesome music, and I might have the chance to record at their studio. That's a possibility I am really excited about. Besides that, just playing a bunch of shows here in Houston with some of my friend’s bands and writing a ton more music!

Resident Spotlight: Bryce Dodds

Want to be a featured resident in next months’ newsletter, or know someone who ought to be recognized for something special?

Send an e-mail to [email protected]

Explain why you or someone else deserves to be featured in next months’ newsletter.

Also, be on the lookout for our two new trash rooms! There are new trash rooms on every floor by stairwell B (located next to Cullen) and in the hallway of building C

(Building closet to the stadium)