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A look at gameday through crew members’ eyes — from setup to clean up FALLON BOCK Contributing Writer fbock@smu.edu On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, sounds of sledgehammers pierce the air on the Boulevard. Eli Aguilar and his crew are hard at work setting up the white tents for the Homecoming game. These are the guys who set up the tents and tables for the tailgate party on the Boulevard before home games. And when it’s all over, they’re the ones who pick up the pieces. “It’s hard work, but we get the job done,” Aguilar said. The Mustangs were taking on James
Madison University for the Homecoming football game the week the crew was at work. Because it’s homecoming, more people will attend this Boulevard and football game than others. Pre-party prep Students notice the white tents that magically appear and disappear for each Boulevard, but what goes into the process? M&M Special Events Company is in charge of all SMU events that require white tents, dining tables, chairs and utensils. The crew usually starts working on Boulevard events Monday and often doesn’t finish breaking down the structures until the following Sunday or Monday. Sometimes tents will be
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left up if there is another home game the next week. Setting up and taking down the Boulevard is a huge undertaking. And it’s expensive. When sophomore Melissa Mitrovich-Wong was asked to estimate what it costs to put the party on, she estimated around $15,000. When Nate Williams, the project manager for M&M Company, heard that figure he laughed and said the actual cost is $100,000. The Boulevard is a uniquely SMU event. The Mustang band plays at every tailgating party. For the homecoming game, the band marched down Bishop Boulevard in a parade filled with elaborate floats. The tents, which are rented by fraternities, alumnae and student groups, offer food and alcohol, and games like corn hole. According to the SMU website, tent reservations are made with M&M directly. However, there are strict guidelines to follow when renting. SMU also provides a preferred catering list on its website. Party time Sitting in a white Ford pickup by McFarlin Auditorium on Homecoming day, Williams and Aguilar carefully keep an eye on the white tents they set up a couple days before. When problems arise with tent setups on the Boulevard, they are the guys who come to the rescue. Keeping an eye on the tents is an important part of their job. In case anything does go wrong, Williams and Aguilar are a couple yards away to fix problems. Problems do arise, and these guys have seen them all. Boulevard-goers having too much to drink. Stolen tents. People running into metal poles. SMU’s pristine grassy turf overrun by heavy trucks. Aguilar’s crew who sets up and takes down the tents is a fun, hard-working group who describes tent building as more of an art form than a job. Williams and Aguilar receive new temp workers each day. They say sometimes it can be challenging teaching new guys the job, but it’s very rewarding in the end. “We spend more time with each other than at home,” Aguilar said.
Setting up the Boulevard is a huge task on its own, but cleaning up is an entirely different mess. After party Following the Boulevard tailgate party, SMU grounds workers pick up the trash left behind by students, alumni and fans. Fans’ main priority on the Boulevard is having a great time and seemingly not about the trash left for SMU grounds workers after the party. The sounds of crushing beer cans and yelling fans is common. Jared Evans, a former groundskeeper for SMU, said the main quad is totally cleared of trash by kickoff. Some people stay to party while the game is ongoing, so a crew of eight to 12 workers may not clean up the rest of the mess until later that day or evening. “The Sunday afterwards a team of four comes by and gives the campus a once over and removes any remaining cans,” Evans said. The cleaning of empty beer cans and trash inside of fraternity tents is done by a select group of members from each fraternity. This helps the SMU grounds crew immensely. Thomas Ferguson, a Boulevard Chair for Phi Delta Theta said cleaning up takes less time than setting up as long as everyone works together. “To remove our belongings and pick up the trash, as a team effort, usually doesn’t take more than 30 minutes,” Ferguson said. With the last sips of beer escaping from the fans’ cans, everyone realizes the Boulevard is coming to a close. SMU facility workers begin the long clean-up process, sticking their handheld grabbers into pieces of trash left on the grass. Later, Aguilar and his crew will take down every white tent if there is not a Boulevard the following weekend. They start the disassembling a couple of days after the party, depending on what day the Boulevard lands on. The crew hammers the sides of the stakes with sledgehammers to loosen them. When the stakes have been removed, the white tents float down to the green grass once again.
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SMU to introduce four of first African Americans to integrate Southern colleges OLIVIA NGUYEN Managing Editor qonguyen@smu.edu
Women’s Interest Network takes back the night GABRIELLE BEAR Contributing Writer gbear@smu.edu
SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Program will introduce four African-American trailblazers to integrate Southern colleges at a free public event Nov. 12, according to an SMU press release. “Opening Doors: An Evening with the First Integrators of Southern Universities and Colleges” will be at 7:15 p.m. in Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Hall and is free to all SMU community members. The event also will unveil a new database of higher education integration pioneers developed through research by Embrey Human Rights students. Brad Klein, Embrey Human Rights Assistant Director, said the program is hosting the event to honor each integrator and to “show how history has embraced, or not embraced, what they did, and how their actions hopefully changed those universities for the better.” Ulysses Bennett, Charles Bosley, Linda Pondexter Chesterfield and Bertha Bradford Robinson will speak about their respective
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SMU’s Women’s Interest Network (WIN), in conjunction with the Women & LGBT Center, sponsors programs that stimulate conversation about women’s interests, such as equity. Every fall, WIN hosts the Take Back the Night (TBTN) march to raise awareness of sexual violence on college campuses and to provide an empowering space for survivors. “One in four women are sexually assaulted during their time at college,” said Karen Click, Director of the Women & LGBT Center. Clark said that WIN hosts TBTN to fight against this statistic. According to Click, women learn to fear the night because darkness and isolation may lead to a higher risk of crimes like kidnapping and rape. “You never know what’s going to happen,” sophomore Maddy Rueda said. “But to have a supportive community that’s not pushing rape culture under the rug is very important.” On Nov. 9, participants met in The Varsity of the Hughes-Trigg Student Center at 7:15 p.m. to Take Back the Night co-chairs Jessica Jancose and Peter Ngo began the event by introducing various resources for sexual assault. Guests included Val Erwin, the program advisor at the Women & LGBT Center; Samantha Thomas, executive director of the Institutional Access and Equity; Joanne Vogel, SMU’s interim vice president of Student Affairs; and a representative from the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center (DARCC).
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“If we don’t talk about these issues they become silent,” Vogel said. After practicing chants and distributing posters, participants marched down Airline Road passing fraternity row and heading toward the southeast quad. “Claim our bodies, claim our rights,” student leaders called. “Take a stand, take back the night!” the crowd replied. The parade paused in front of the Mustang Band Hall for a candlelight service honoring survivors of sexual assault or domestic violence. The group then returned up Bishop Boulevard back toward Hughes-Trigg where survivors shared their stories inside. “Empowering spaces for victims does so much to help during the healing process,” WIN president Adé Guobadia said. “Take Back the Night is necessary so that victims understand that they are not alone.” In accordance with the event, WIN created a social media campaign with the hashtag #ImTakingBackTheNight for students to explain why sexual violence awareness is important to them on SMU’s campus. “If we don’t talk about these issues they become silent,” Vogel said.
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Moody magic will dazzle this season Men’s Basketball remains focused despite postseason ban PATRICK ENGEL Sports Columnist pengel@smu.edu The thought wouldn’t leave my head as I walked down the stairs of SMU’s Crum Basketball Center Oct. 30: I’m not excited to ask the players or Larry Brown about the NCAA sanctions. It’s the first day I could cover practice and talk to the players and coaches since the NCAA ruled in late September that SMU could not play in the postseason. The team had been practicing for nearly a month and Brown had just made his first public comments, at the American Athletic Conference media day, since the ruling. I figured the ban was the last thing on any player or coach’s mind. I surely wasn’t the only media member who was thinking about the ban rather than the season, since no media member had seen practice and most hadn’t talked to the players at all since the ruling. I also wouldn’t be doing my job well if I didn’t ask about it. I asked Markus Kennedy how practice had been and if the ban has had any effect. “It’s like nothing’s ever happened,” he said, smiling a bit. “It feels kind of like we’re getting ready for the tournament.
That’s kind of everybody’s mindset. It’s not even about not going anymore.” Whew. Kennedy responded with an honest answer and didn’t seem bothered by my question. If he was, he didn’t show it. Afterward, Herman Hudson, the director of athletic public relations and primary SID for men’s basketball, quipped that I was smart to get those questions out of the way because the team was completely focused on the season. I agreed. That storyline is over. SMU isn’t thinking about the ban anymore, so neither should you. What’s not over is that SMU is picked to win the American Athletic Conference by the league’s coaches and returns the core of a team that won it outright last season. Nic Moore is still around to knock down clutch shots. Sterling Brown is still around to lock down the perimeter on defense. Semi Ojeleye is still ready to break out once he’s eligible at the end of the semester. Shake Milton, Jarrey Foster a nd Sed Barefield are still eager to play early and make everyone excited about the future. None of that has changed despite the ban. Opponents will take the Mustangs just as seriously. The team doesn’t think this season is a waste, so neither should you. Larry Brown may be suspended for nine games, but his
absence is a chance to see what head coach-in-waiting Tim Jankovich can do as acting head coach. His job is already easier because he doesn’t have to worry about an unmotivated team in the wake of the ban. “It’s the love we have for each other. It’s bigger than going to the tournament,” Kennedy said. “We’re brothers, and everybody still wants to play. We’re still going to lace our sneakers up together, and it doesn’t make sense to not go out and play for each other.” It also doesn’t make sense to lose interest in the team that’s practicing as hard as it was last year, when the postseason was a possibility, just because of the ban. The season is not only salvageable, it’s full of opportunity for SMU to add another conference title year to the banner in the Moody Coliseum rafters. Students camped out and lined up again for tickets Monday morning, but the challenge is on the alumni and other fans to fill Moody like the last two seasons. “We want to send a message to keep coming out there and supporting us, so we’re going to keep coming out and giving it our all,” Sterling Brown said. I didn’t even ask Head Coach Brown directly about the ban. I had sufficient answers from Kennedy and wanted to turn my attention toward the first few weeks of practice and the upcoming opener, even though I was already a few weeks behind the team in doing so. The team will play its first home game Nov. 14.
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CW staff gives preseason look at AAC men’s basketball PATRICK ENGEL Sports Columnist pengel@smu.edu SMU’s NCAA penalties were far from the only big offseason news in the American Athletic Conference. Memphis and star forward Austin Nichols had an ugly falling out that led to Nichols’ July transfer to University of Virginia. Three other Memphis players transferred after the season. University of Cincinnati’s Mick Cronin was cleared to resume normal coaching activities after suffering a brain aneurysm right before the Bearcats’ Dec. 20, 2014 game against Virginia Commonwealth University. University of Central Florida’s star freshman center, 7-foot-6 Tacko Fall, is still awaiting NCAA clearance. ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reported earlier this week that he could sue the NCAA. Finally, Connecticut added two impact transfers that could push the
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team to the top of the conference. Here’s a brief look at each team, in projected order of finish. 1. Connecticut: Transfers Sterling Gibbs (Seton Hall) and Shonn Miller (Cornell) and five-star freshman Jalen Adams join talented pieces Rodney Purvis, Daniel
Hamilton and Amida Brimah to revive an offense that regressed last season. If they start scoring, the Huskies can go deep into March. 2. SMU: The postseason ban won’t deter the Mustangs, who return the reigning conference player of the year, the best big man and the most proven coach in the league. SMU has as good a chance as anyone to win the regular-season conference title. 3. Cincinnati: The Bearcats may be the toughest out in the conference. They wear down teams with their aggressive defense and if the offense can be a little more efficient, watch out. Octavius Ellis and Gary Clark are tough, gritty big men perfect for Coach Cronin’s style. 4. Tulsa: A senior-laden team returns all eight of its main rotation players, but the offense needs to improve to truly challenge for the conference title. James Woodard and Shaquille Harrison are a great one-two backcourt pair. 5. Temple: The Owls lost their
top two scorers from a team that struggled to score, but Josh Brown, Daniel Dingle and Obi Enechionyia have a great chance to break out as starters and elevate the offense. 6. Houston: Kelvin Sampson is a proven winner, and he added a lot of talent. Most of Houston’s starters from last season will be reserves this season. Purdue transfer Ronnie Johnson, Oregon transfer Damyean Dotson and JUCO transfer Rob Gray add some scoring that wasn’t present a season ago. 7. Memphis: An eight-man freshman class will have to grow up quickly for the Tigers to contend in the AAC. McDonald’s AllAmerican Dedric Lawson is the best of the bunch, and Alabama graduate transfer Ricky Tarrant will stabilize the backcourt. But, losing Nichols is awfully hard to overcome. 8. Central Florida: Tacko Fall joins talented three-star recruits Chad Brown and Chance McSpadden in a great freshman class. The Knights found two young
scorers in B.J. Taylor and Adonys Henriquez last season, but fixing a league-worst defense will be harder if Fall can’t play. 9. East Carolina: The backcourt of JUCO transfer Charles Foster, B.J. Tyson (unanimous all-AAC rookie team selection) and Caleb White should provide ample points, but the Pirates desperately need an interior presence on both ends of the floor. 10. Tulane: Louis Dabney will be one of the AAC’s top scorers, but the Green Wave isn’t likely to leave the bottom four until a second scoring option emerges and a talented freshman class matures. 11. South Florida: Maryland transfer and former top-50 recruit Roddy Peters should become the Bulls’ best player. He and center Chris Perry are a solid inside-out duo, but USF is still looking at another rebuilding season. Projected NCAA tournament teams: Connecticut, Cincinnati, Tulsa Just missed: Temple
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Women’s basketball looks to grow, improve in 2015 BRIAN O’DONNELL Sports Editor bodonnell@smu.edu The SMU women’s basketball team comes into the 2015-2016 season hoping to return to its winning ways. With six sophomores and five juniors, the Mustangs have more experience and a real opportunity to be competitive coming off of a tough year. The 2014-2015 season saw SMU accumulate a 7-23 overall record, including a 3-15 record in American Athletic Conference play. The team ranked top-five nationally in percentage of minutes played by freshmen, which will help this season, but affected the quality of play last year. The Mustangs will play 11 games before AAC play begins, starting with the Nov. 15 season opener against Northwestern State University. In the Thanksgiving Classic, SMU will play California State University, Fullerton Nov. 27, followed by either University of Kansas or Northern Illinois
University Nov. 28. After final exams, the team will play three straight games against University of Arizona, Gardner-Webb University and Mississippi State University in the Puerto Rico Classic. Conference play will begin Jan. 2 against University of Tulsa. Players to Watch: Alicia Froling (Sophomore; Queensland, Australia): Froling is a 6’3” forward who started 28 games for the Mustangs last season and played in all 30, averaging 28.5 minutes. She led the team and was 16th in the AAC with 11.5 points per game, scoring at least 10 points 20 times. She also posted five double-doubles and set an SMU freshman record with 54 blocks. She was named to the AAC AllFreshman Team. After her successful freshman season, Froling participated in training camp for the Australian Under-19 JAYCO Gems and scored 20 points for Australia against the United States in an
exhibition game for the 2015 FIBA U19 Women’s World Championship. This added experience should help her lead SMU this season. Kiara Perry (Junior; Duncanville, Texas): Perry played 20 games at guard last season before being sidelined with a back injury. She led the team with 30.4 minutes per game and was a significant contributor with 7.9 points per game. As a freshman, she was named to the AAC All-Freshman team. The Mustangs will have her back this season and she should be an important starter. Keely Froling (Sophomore; Queensland, Australia): Froling started 16 games last season, averaging five points and 5.3 rebounds per game. With the loss of starting forward Destynee HivesMcCray, Froling will likely see more playing time and a majority of starts alongside her twin sister this season. She is expected to score more points and be a consistent contributor on both sides of the floor.
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BRIAN O’DONNELL Sports Editor bodonnell@smu.edu SMU will be looking to stop its losing streak when it faces the Navy Midshipmen Nov. 14 at 2:30 p.m. in Annapolis, Md. SMU enters the game with a 1-8 record and sits in last place in the American Athletic Conference. The Mustangs are coming off of a 60-40 loss to No. 21 Temple. The Midshipmen are coming off of a dominant 4520 win against then No. 13 Memphis. Having improved their record to 7-1, solidified first place in the AAC West, and moved into the No. 22 spot in the AP Top 25, the Midshipmen have proven that they are a contender in their first year in the conference. The Nov. 14 meeting will be the 17th between the two teams. Although Navy holds a 9-7 advantage and has won the last five consecutive meetings, including the latest 2417 game in 2011, one of the Mustangs’ greatest moments came against the Midshipmen. In 1963, SMU upset Roger Staubach and No. 4 Navy 32-28 on a touchdown drive with less than three minutes left in the game. Navy runs a unique option offense led by quarterback Keenan Reynolds. Reynolds has only thrown for 516 yards and three touchdowns this season, but has rushed for 791 yards and 13 touchdowns. He enters this game tied with former Wisconsin running back Montee Ball
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for the most career rushing touchdowns in FBS history, needing only one against SMU to reach 78 and hold the solo record. The Mustangs have struggled against rushing quarterbacks this season and will need to give Reynolds special attention. The defense will have to stop the run and make tackles in space if they hope to contain Navy. On the offensive side of the ball, QB Matt Davis and WR Courtland Sutton will look to keep connecting as they have all season. If SMU can find a way to run the ball more effectively, it may take some pressure off of them and free Sutton from double coverage. The winner of the game will receive the Gansz Trophy in honor of Frank Gansz. He was one of the best special teams coaches in NFL history and spent time coaching at both Navy and SMU during his illustrious career. Gansz died in 2009 prior to his second season on the Hilltop.
into the following season. at Cincinnati (3/06/16) This is SMU’s last game of the season against a formidable Cincinnati team. After finishing last season with a loss to Kentucky during March Madness, Cincinnati will look to carry their momentum from last season into this one and break into the Sweet 16. Depending on the AAC standings, a win against the Bearcats, complemented by a win against the Huskies just days before, could decide the regular season conference title and would likely play in the Mustangs’ favor with recruits. vs. Gonzaga (2/13/16) Gonzaga ended last season in the Elite Eight against Duke, the team that ultimately won the national championship. The Mustangs should have all the motivation they need following last year’s loss to the Zags. If SMU can beat Gonzaga, they would show the country and recruits the SMU program is capable of competing with the best in the country despite the NCAA sanctions.
SMU men’s basketball will be a team to warch this year. Here are the five games fans don’t want to miss this men’s basketball season: vs. Michigan (12/08/15) SMU’s game against Michigan is the team’s first big game and arguably the biggest nonconference game of the season. Moody is always loud, but against a team with this much history and prestige, it will certainly be rocking. How SMU plays against a likely ranked Michigan team will allow the Mustangs to set the tone early for the season. Connecticut (2/18/16 & 3/03/16) This matchup has quickly developed into a rivalry in the last couple years of AAC play. In the first game, UConn will certainly be looking to avenge last season’s AAC Tournament loss and prove that they are the conference favorites. If SMU can win the second matchup, they can finish the season on a high note and carry the momentum
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Vinyl Theatre hits Dallas CLARA LANE Arts & Life Assoc. Editor claral@smu.edu It all began with five fateful words spoken between two high school boys competing at a cross-country meet: “I’m gonna kick your ass.” The former opponents Chris Seener and Keegan Calmes quelled their competitive differences and discovered their shared passion for music. The two began creating sounds and making music together over Skype, as they attended different colleges. Along with Nick Cesarz and Josh Pothier, the group began recording several songs and eventually released several indie-rock singles onto Soundcloud under the group
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name Vinyl Theatre. “Everything is on the go,” Calmes said. “I live out of a suitcase. But it is absolutely worth it, especially when people tell you that your music has positively influenced them in some way.” These young and upcoming bands have reached a level of success untapped by many people their age.
What’s their key to success? “If you’re gonna say you wanna do music, stick to that, stick to that passion. If you have determination, don’t lose that determination,” Keegan said. “Music comes first, above anything else. Everything else will kind of fall into place behind it.” Vinyl Theater performed in Dallas at the House of Blues Nov. 12.
AWOLNATION lights up South Side Ballroom MACKENZIE HUTCHINSON Contributing Writer mhutchinson@smu.edu AWOLNATION: a onehit-wonder pop band or a heavy rock band that’s here to stay? After a few steps inside the concert venue, The South Side Ballroom, it was easy to tell that audiences were not about to see a mainstream pop concert. To some, AWOLNATION may be considered a part of the electronic genre, but its electronics are just accessories to the mastery of its instruments. The band had two opening acts, which attempted to raise the energy of the standstill crowd, but did not do AWOLNATION any justice.
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The two bands, Irontom and Meg Myers, did not seem well-known to the Dallas crowd, considering many people were still lingering around the bar or outside having a cigarette during their performances. A technical glitch during Myers’ set did not help either. Chatter and anticipation drowned out the 15 to 20 minutes of light classic rock playing overhead between the opening sets. It was not until about 10:30 p.m. when the auditorium went black and AWOLNATION emerged from the thick, red lighted fog submerging the stage. Audience members dropped their drinks, threw up the rock n’ roll hand sign, screamed with excitement and rushed to the stage. The
band’s presence alone was enough to get everyone’s blood pumping. AWOLNATION opened with its song “Hollow-Moon (Bad Wolf)” and the crowd did not stop jumping and singscreaming from that point onward. But, lead singer Aaron Bruno felt the crowd was not rowdy enough. “Am I the only one who’ll be crowd surfing tonight?” Bruno said. Within seconds, audience members were getting on their neighbors’ shoulders, respecting the wishes of the band. AWOLNATION commanded the stage and the crowd, from the first second to the last, making it an unforgettable night.
Set in the early 1900s, “Suffragette” follows Maude Watts, played by Carey Mulligan, as she is swept up into the suffragette movement. Mulligan talked with the SMU Campus Weekly earlier in the week about the film. Mulligan’s character Maude transforms from a quiet, hardworking wife, mother and laundress to a strong, confident, homeless suffragette who sacrifices everything for her cause. Though Maude was not based on a specific historical character, her story was a
common one for many lowerclass suffragettes. “They have the most to lose, and they made the biggest sacrifices,” Mulligan said. “I think people reached a breaking point in their lives and it was at this time that a lot of these women realized that they needed to fight for this cause and they didn’t have a choice anymore in their lives.” “Suffragette” deals with women’s equality in all aspects of life and reflects the issues the world is facing regarding gender equality today. Unequal pay is a hot topic in Hollywood; sexual harassment is an issue on
college campuses; more than 62 million girls are denied education across the globe. Each of these issues is touched upon in “Suffragette,” as they are still being discussed more than 100 years later throughout the world. “We’re looking at a historical drama, something that seems like it was very long ago. But a lot of these things we still have to work on,” Mulligan said. “Honestly, I don’t think [Suffragette] would have been made by a man. I think it was always going to take this group of really tenacious women to get it made.” Suffragette is now playing in theaters nationwide.
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Ethics Center Director on SMU’s ethics Ever notice how 100 hours of doing good doesn’t make people perceive you as ethical, but one lapse of judgment can brand you as unethical for life? That happens to organizations just as easily as people. Grappling with a group identity is a difficult thing. The recent stories such as the NCAA sanctions and fraternity theme party improprieties are evidence of this. It only took the actions of a few to once again tarnish the reputation of SMU.
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So, the question is: are we a healthy organization that makes occasional mistakes or are we corrupt and in need of repair? One of the drivers of our reputation seems to be sports. There is no doubt that we earned the 1987 NCAA death
penalty for the football program. Our culture was corrupt. Our response? “Everyone is doing it.” But so what? Bad decisions made by a handful of individuals who still think the central focus of SMU should be winning in sports at the cost of our ethical principles has hurt us again with the recent NCAA sanctions. You know what the distinction is? Students who had no part in the misconduct are now asked to pay the price. If we believe that learning is
possible, we must accept that we have the capacity to do better. I’m going to say something pretty unpopular in certain circles: I like Larry Brown. I like that he will serve the sanctions without making the claim it’s unfair because, after all, “everyone else is doing it.” If we as a community truly believe that ethics matters, we will indeed be “world changers.” This article has been shortened for print. For the full article, please visit www.smudailycampus.com
Editor asks: Is GOP on its last legs? While it may be too early to pronounce the Republicans and the principles they stand behind dead, it certainly does seem as if things could be heading that way. For one, the party’s own members are revolting against it. The persistent popularity of candidates like Ben Carson and Donald Trump show just how fed up people are with the GOP establishment. Part of this disgust is likely over the party’s ineffectiveness. The most recent failure in the eyes of conservatives was the recent budget framework passed for the next two years. While avoiding a government shutdown, this budget fails to reduce the high spending that concerns conservatives. Speaking of shutdowns, that seems to be all that the GOP has managed to accomplish in the past five years. 2010 saw a surge of the Republican Party, gaining seats in the House and Senate. This gave hope to many conservatives, but all the Republicans have done since is elicit some scares and government shutdowns. They do not seem to have made many meaningful steps towards achieving conservative goals. While the two-party system
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has been around for so long that it would seem unthinkable for one of them to pass away, the Republicans could conceivably be on their last legs. If they lose this election and there are another four to eight years of Democratic control
under Clinton or Sanders, the nation will have drifted so far from the principles that the Republican party adheres to that they may never win another national election. Or if a Republican candidate wins and continues the party’s inability to accomplish any of its goals, what good would come out of electing another member of the GOP in the future? With that being said, this election is a precarious point for the Republicans. But I am
not about to start dancing in the ashes of the GOP along with Sanders’ supporters nationwide. I do think our government needs a party to be the voice of reason and restraint in spending, coupled with a drive to keep our nation safe overseas through a strong foreign policy– a role the Republicans have long served. We shall see if they can turn things around and continue to uphold this role after this major election cycle or if the party will disappear for good.
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EMILY WARD Fashion Editor eward@smu.edu On any given day, Kate Padgitt can be found frolicking through Dallas in search of brightly colored walls and perfectly treelined sidewalks to use as backdrops for her upcoming blog posts. The recent University of Texas at Austin public relations grad originally started her blog, “A Lonestar State of Southern,” as a class assignment. Since then, however, the brunette beauty has turned her favorite hobby into a full-time career with more than 80,000 Instagram followers. When Padgitt was required to start a blog her sophomore year of college, she had no prior knowledge of fashion blogging. Thus, she began by writing about what she already knew and loved — the differences between the styles of the Deep South and Texas. Although Padgitt is a born and raised proud Texan, she has forever been infatuated with southern flair and can be found wearing Jack Rogers sandals just as much as her beloved Luchesse cowboy boots. “The more I put into the blog, the more I realized I absolutely loved it,” Padgitt said. “Before I knew it, it was my full-time hobby.” “A Lonestar State of Southern” allowed Padgitt to publicly experiment with finding the perfect fashion collaboration of southern style and Texan tradition. Soon she had created a colorful personal brand others wished to follow. Her blog became constantly flooded with questions with the likes of bow ties versus sun hats and monograms versus seersucker. “I love putting together timeless looks that have a young flair, and always throw a southern twist in whenever I can,” she said. “I draw my inspiration from the feminine, classic style of the South.” SMU senior Allyson Zabaleta has been reading “A Lonestar State of Southern” every day for a year since a friend showed her Padgitt’s blog. The accounting major enjoys the combo of classic, preppy and trendy styles, and finds the looks to be attainable and realistic for everyday life. “I like that Kate is my age because her style more accurately reflects things I could wear,” Zabaleta said. “Plus, I love when she talks about restaurants or stores that I can go to as well because she’s based in Dallas.”
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The life of a fashion blogger is not all glitz and glamour, however. Padgitt admits that, in the beginning, the hardest part about maintaining a blog was juggling being a fulltime student. She would forego sleep to find enough time during the day for schoolwork and A Lonestar State of Southern, but she doesn’t regret it. “Being passionate about blogging and truly loving it made the long nights worth it,” Padgitt said. Now out of school, she still strives to find the perfect balance between blogging and life’s other pleasures — for her, horseback riding and acting. But Padgitt says it’s easy to want to pour all of her time and energy into the blog because she loves it so much. “While that is wonderful and oftentimes necessary, I’ve learned it’s just as important to take breaks, to breathe and to not get swept up in a race against the clock that doesn’t even exist,” she said. As a result, Padgitt fills her life with faith, friends, family and travel to keep her inspired and excited about each new day. Clearly it is working. Padgitt has amassed a social media presence that includes almost 1,000 likes on Facebook, a Liketoknow. it account on Instagram and a YouTube channel complete with tutorials and
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other how-to videos. She credits time and consistency for building such a following and says that success didn’t just come overnight. “In fact, I can’t remember a point in my two and a half years of blogging where I thought ‘Whoa, I just grew a lot!’” Padgitt said. “It happens little by little when you dedicate consistent time and energy, and it’s when you look back that you really see how far you’ve come.” Hannah Avery, an SMU senior and social media intern for the blog “Design Darling,” also enjoys “A Lonestar State of Southern’s” blog and Instagram. “I follow Kate because I love her preppy style and she also comes across as a genuinely nice person, so I actually enjoy reading what
she posts,” Avery said. “On Instagram, I definitely take advantage of her Liketoknow. it posts that email me exactly what she’s wearing.” For anyone hoping to follow in her footsteps and not just her clothes, Padgitt encourages potential fashion bloggers to start a blog of their own. Begin by posting about loved items, like she did, and take it from there — one stylish step at a time. “Blogging is a continual process of learning, growing and evolving in terms of style and taste, so don’t put pressure on yourself to have everything figured out right when you start,” she said. Through “A Lonestar State of Southern,” Kate Padgitt seems to have cemented her stay in the constantly changing worlds of both blogging and fashion. And followers say they can’t wait to see what she comes up with (and wears) next.
Vera Bradley trunk shows come to SMU EMILY WARD Fashion Editor eward@smu.edu No longer reserved for brides in search of their dream wedding dresses or moms in need of new Tupperware, Vera Bradley is bringing trunk shows to SMU’s campus just in time for the holidays. SMU’s Vera Bradley campus ambassadors will be hosting trunk shows and tabling on campus beginning Nov. 13 through finals week, and each event will center on items from the Winter 2015 collection. The popular retailer known for its quilted cotton luggage, handbags and backpacks now features colorful new designs in rosewood, zebra, alpine floral, alpine check, black and
white studs, plum studs and buffalo check, perfectly suited for the cooler winter months. Sure to be a great holiday gift for mom, friends, and sisters (both biological and sorority), be sure to visit at least one, if not all, of the Vera Bradley events listed below. Friday, Nov. 13: Tabling at noon in the lobby of Shuttles. Monday, Nov. 16: Thanksgiving and travel-themed trunk show at the Alpha Chi Omega House. Friday, Nov. 20: Tabling at noon in Mary Hay. Monday, Nov. 30 through Friday, Dec. 4: Be on the lookout for the Vera Bradley campus ambassadors in randomly selected residential commons for “Surprise and Delight” gift deliveries.