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Crime
A burglar took a firearm, AirPods, and a charger before 10:33 a.m. from a Ford F150 in the 4000 block of Centenary Drive.
May 12
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Blown away? A thief took an Echo leaf blower from the bed of a Chevrolet Colorado in the 4200 block of Edmondson Avenue between 5:15 and 5:33 p.m.
May 13
A prowler pinched a pallet of plywood roof decking from a yard in the 4600 block of S. Versailles Avenue overnight before 6:50 a.m.
May 14
An intruder swiped a BMC Teammachine bicycle from a garage in the 4400 block of Mockingbird Parkway at 7:33 p.m.
May 18
Reported at 3:57 p.m.: A swindler scammed a woman from the 4500 block of Westway Avenue out of $1,573 via Venmo transactions and another $1,000 from an online wire transfer.
May 19
How easy was it for a burglar to get into a Toyota 4Runner parked in the 3500 block of Dartmouth Avenue, take a garage door opener, then a pistol from a Mercedes in the garage before 11 a.m.? The 4Runner was left unlocked.
May 21
An irresponsible driver hit a Cadillac Escalade in the 3800 block of Mockingbird Lane and initially stopped before fleeing the scene at 3:43 p.m.
May 22
A vandal damaged Hyer Elementary property in the 3900 block of Caruth Boulevard at 10:20 a.m.
May 23
Not safe even for a few minutes: A pair of thieves grabbed a $100 cooler bag, a T-shirt, and a Lulu Lemon tennis skirt from the back of a Porsche Cayenne in the 4500 block of Southern Avenue while the owner went to get more things to pack around 6:30 a.m.
May 25
A crook got into the back of a home in the 4200 block of Livingston Avenue around 2:40 p.m. and made off with two Electra Townie bicycles.
May 26
A burglar took a garage door opener from a vehicle in the 3300 block of St. Johns Drive, then swiped three Kobalt lithium batteries, two Kobalt lithium battery chargers, and a Kobalt leaf blower, a Kobalt weed eater, and a Ryobi battery and charger. The incident was reported at 9:18 a.m.
May 27
A burglar got into a GMC pickup and a Chevrolet Silverado in the 3600 block of Greenbrier Drive and snagged two firearms before 11 a.m.
May 28
A harasser tried to forcibly kiss a woman in the 2800 block of Westminster Avenue at 3 p.m.
May 30
A ne’er do well drove off in a Volvo XC90 parked in the 3600 block of Shenandoah Avenue overnight before 7 a.m.
June 2
A pair of intruders broke a window of Kelly Mitchell Fine Jewelry in the 4200 block of Oak Lawn Avenue and damaged a Faubion cabinet at 2:58 a.m.
June 4
A thief stole various tools, including saws, drills, batteries, and a flashlight from a van parked in the 4400 block of Fairfax Avenue around 12:55 p.m.
June 5
A ne’er do well got into a Volvo SUV parked in the 5500 block of Mount Vernon Avenue and snagged a golf driver and golf shoes, as well as a dog bed and pair of children’s shoes from another car there. The incident was reported at 11:39 a.m.
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A sneaky thief grabbed a purse from inside a Porsche Cayenne while the owner pumped gas at a convenience store in the 8400 block
of Preston Road
around 11:56 a.m. June 2.
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Students in SMU’s Meadows School of The Arts turned five tweets shared by students using the #BlackAtSMU hashtag into a documentary.
Students first used the hashtag to share their experiences of racism on campus in 2015, and stories proliferated again last summer after the murder of George Floyd and protests for racial justice.
After about nine months of work by the production crew and cast, including co-directors rising senior Crislyn Fayson and rising junior Aysia Lane, producer Jillian Taylor, and others, the movie premiered on Dallas Hall Lawn this spring.
“When it came out, the students had an amazing reaction. It was beautiful,” Fayson said.
#BlackAtSMU co-directors Crislyn Fayson and Aysia Lane spoke about
the documentary during a recent virtual screening. (PHOTOS: SCREENGRAB)
The idea to make the stories into a documentary grew out of one of SMU film and media arts assistant professor Amber Bemak’s classes as students researched topics around racism on campus.
The film began with the sto- we wouldn’t have made the film,” ry of SMU alumna Anga Sand- Lane said. ers, who graduated in 1970. She The filmmakers hope professpoke about burning small Con- sors and students will use the federate flags to protest a tra- documentary to educate about dition known as “Old South racism. Week,” when the Kappa Alpha “This film is meant to go befraternity would hang Confeder- yond the screen and really be ate flags. about conversation and discus-
The film sion,” Bemak then told the stories of a If we didn’t said after a recent virtual student who care about SMU, screening. recalled hearing chants of we wouldn’t have Taylor said the film’s alracial slurs on made the film. ready influcampus after the election of Aysia Lane encing cam pus culture. former Presi- “A lot of dent Donald Trump and another this film is focused on influenccalled a racial slur at a fraterni- ing student culture, but it’s inty party. Still, another was asked herently bleeding into administo read Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I tration,” Taylor said. “Whispers a Woman?” in a “plantation dia- of this are getting into adminislect.” tration’s ears, and some of them
“I personally feel like conver- are seeing the film and seeing sations about things that are hard examples of these things hapto talk about or uncomfortable, pening on campus, so I think it’s or not fan favorites are typical- doing really positive things – inly what sparks the most change,” fluencing not only student culLane said. “I think SMU needs ture but administration culture some conversations and to sit too.” down and have talks about race on campus and race relations.” LEARN MORE
She added that the documentary was “made from a place of Follow @blackatsmufilm wanting to get better together.” on Instagram
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