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A little more to the right: Senior fine arts/photo/multimedia major Courtney Forbes looks on as senior communication major David Daniel Gonzalez mounts her work on the walls in the Wortham Theatre. It was in preparation for Fotofest 2002, an undergraduate student photo exhibition and reception to be held March 8.

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"I made a mistake," UH System Chancellor/UH President Arthur K. Smith said in reference to telling former UH assistant general counsel Susan Septimus that a transfer to another department was contingent on her giving up the right to pursue her discrimination and retaliation claims against her then-boss, General Counsel Dennis Duffy.

Have any of you ever seen those "Truth" commercials that promote anti-smoking by bashing the tobacco companies? I love the one where the "Truth Agents" stack fake body bags outside a tobacco company's headquarters. The viewer sees the evil tobacco executive looking down at the thousands of body bags his product fills. It plays on the emotions of just about everybody who sees the body bags and knows someone who smokes.

Jazz fans should take note of this weekend's first annual Trinity Jazz festival, to be held in midtown at the corner of Holman and Main (1015 Holman St.). Trinity Episcopal Church will host performances from Friday through Sunday. 

With star senior guard Dominic Smith questionable to play because of a sprained right knee, the Cougars prepare to battle conference foe Charlotte on Saturday at Hofheinz Pavilion.