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The Christmas tree stands in the center of SMU’s Celebration of Lights ceremony.
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A journey from a Michigan tree farm to the Boulevard JESSIKA ROUDE Contributing Writer jroude@smu.edu From a small seed to a giant display, SMU’s famous Christmas tree takes a long journey each year before the lights go on at the Celebration of Lights ceremony in December. “There are a lot of things that go into planning the Celebration of Lights, but the tree is always the centerpiece of the celebration,” said SMU’s Student Foundation Campus Events Chair Kaci Rood. The tree is mounted each year on the Dallas Hall lawn, and becomes the centerpiece of a large pre-winter break celebration. But, before the tree makes its way to the center of the Boulevard, it crosses many state borders and undergoes inspection. Each year around the same time, Ann Allen, SMU’s senior grounds manager, gets a call from Tony Sandone, the owner of a local Christmas tree lot that handles several large tree orders. From there, Sandone takes a drive to Michigan to pick out the perfect tree for the Mustangs. “Our biggest issue is making sure that the
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The 2015 Christmas tree is selected after looking over multiple trees of different sizes and shapes.
tree doesn’t have any holes in it, so Tony sends us over pictures of the tree for approval,” Allen said. But it’s not just any tree. “The tree is a 30-foot Colorado Blue Spruce from Michigan. It was planted in 1984,” said Sandone in an email to Allen. That’s right — SMU’s Christmas tree is not only more than five times the height of
the average student, but it’s also considerably older than the average undergrad. The magic behind the tree doesn’t stop there. The people that pick, ship and assemble the tree have been doing so for several years. “Brian Martin, who is our lead irrigator, kind of leads the project. But, then we have a carpenter that has to wedge the wood to stabilize the tree, and then there’s another guy
that has to be raised up to cut the rope that the tree’s bundled in,” Allen said. After the tree is “de-bundled,” the crew has to wait another 48 hours for it to get its natural shape. Once the branches drop, Outdoor Reflections, a lighting company, comes in to wrap the tree in lights for the festivities. That’s when the lights go on at the Celebration of Lights ceremony. From the Christmas caroling to the hot cocoa and live performances, the ceremony brings holiday cheer to even the biggest Grinch on campus. “This was my third Celebration of Lights and I was just as amazed as the first time I saw it as a freshman. Student Foundation did a wonderful job making the Centennial Celebration that much more special for everyone who attended,” junior Kim Kooker said. The tree stays up until early January each year until the same crew comes in to take it down. But a little known secret still remains: the hole where the tree is placed each year isn’t patched up, but rather covered with a metal lid. “So, in a way, I guess the tree never leaves SMU,” Allen said.
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Jewish Studies is now officially a minor KATARINA ZITO Contributing Writer kzito@smu.edu Students may now declare a minor in Jewish Studies as of the fall 2015 semester. Senior finance major Trish Weisberg came into SMU as a religious minor and declared a Jewish Studies minor after she decided to learn more about her own faith. “I’ve really enjoyed it. It’s enhanced all parts of who I am,” she said. She said the program is a way for her to get away from all the numbers she deals with in her finance major and get a more faith- based perspective on life. It has helped her understand the Jewish religion in a more historical and theological sense. “Understanding yourself and other people’s faith is so essential in today’s world,” she said. This new minor requires 15
hours of courses and provides students with structure and guidelines on how to make them educated in their field. SMU now offers a total of 24 classes in Jewish Studies, including five courses new to the curriculum this semester or beginning in spring ’16. The courses are not just for the Jewish students. In fact, most of the students who take these classes are not Jewish. “It provides a way to study side-by-side the different Jewish cultures,” Director of Jewsish Studies Shira Lander said. Senior Robyn Langley is studying fashion media and minors in art and Jewish Studies. She decided to pursue Jewish Studies because she had grown up in Hebrew school, and when she went through college, she always kept religion in her mind. “It gives a broader perspective,” she said. “If you’re Jewish or not, you can
really [gear] towards what your interested in and learn about something you don’t know.” SMU estimates that it has a 2 percent Jewish population and Hillel, the Jewish organization on campus, estimates closer to 5 percent. Landry said this is likely because not all students disclose their religious preference to the admissions office. This program is unique because it offers classes in Dedman and Meadows. Students now have the opportunity to learn about culture, politics, art, music, poetry, English and history in a versatile way. According to Professor of Religious Studies Serge Froloy, offering major and minors in ethnic studies is a growing trend for at some the country’s largest universities. The Jewish Studies program was started to prevent SMU from falling behind its fellow peers.
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A student takes the floor at an open forum on campus gun policies Dec.2.
SMU Debate, Student Senate host forum on campus carry LAUREN AGUIRRE Assignments Editor lcaguirre@smu.edu SMU Debate, in conjunction with Student Senate, hosted a public forum on campus carry Dec. 2. During the last Texas legislative session, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 11, commonly known as the “campus carry” law. The law allows anyone with a concealed handgun license to carry their weapon on public university campuses. Private universities can choose to opt-out of the law, which fully goes into effect Aug. 1, 2016. Recently, both TCU and Rice universities have opted-out of the campus carry law. SMU is still in the process of gathering opinions from students, faculty and staff. This week, Student Senate dispersed its own survey on the issue in a campuswide email. Last month, SMU President R. Gerald Turner asked for opinions on campus carry from the campus community. The forum began with opening statements from two SMU debate team members: Hallie Hovey-Murray arguing in favor of campus carry, and Noshin Kuraishi arguing against it. Both sides stressed safety on campus. “We are all at risk to be victims of a campus shooting or to be victims of a violent crime,” Hovey-Murray said. Kuraishi argued that in the event of an active shooter on campus, it may be difficult for the police to determine who the initial
perpetrator is. “You provide the perpetrator an easy way out,” she said. “How will the police determine who shot first? Guns are not the way to make things safer.” Then, audience members were asked to offer their opinions. “The only place I think I might need a gun is to walk home,” senior Ashly Brown said. “It won’t help on campus. I wouldn’t have time to pull it out should something happen. It’s 100 percent unnecessary.” Students against campus carry also argued that opting-in to the law might dissuade outof-state students from applying to SMU. “Everywhere else in Texas I can carry a gun,” senior Clifford Loomis countered. “You got too many places that allow me to have a gun. Why should that be any different on a college campus?” Those in support of the law raised an issue against the idea that self-defense classes can offer an alternative to campus carry. Several students stated that a gun would dispose of a potential shooter much faster and more safely than a physical attack would. Students can still submit their opinions on campus carry through the end of the semester. Student Senate’s survey will be available online until midnight Dec. 14 at bit.ly/1NVBSui. SMU’s comment form is also still available to students, faculty and staff. The deadline for opting out of campus carry is Aug. 1, 2016.
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The Budd Center helps students reach academic goals FALLON BROCK Contributing Writer fbrock@smu.edu Miya King remembers a time years ago when two tiny, wide-eyed faces at Sidney Lanier School stared up at her as she read them a story. For King, the operations and communications coordinator for the Budd Center at Southern Methodist University, the little faces remind her why she does her job. “Meeting the children in our community stirs your soul,” King said. The Budd Center at SMU helps West Dallas students living in poverty reach their academic goals by pairing nonprofits and West Dallas schools to provide vital resources like books, tutoring and workshops in science and technology. The Center also seeks ways to help teachers and principals create less stressful environments for students. The Budd Center, which opened in 2007, is the leading partner in The School Zone, an initiative comprised of 29 nonprofits and 16 West Dallas schools. The School Zone identifies the needs of students during their early years. Since 2007, The School Zone’s initial focus was the Pinkston High School feeder pattern in West Dallas. The graduation rate at the school has almost doubled since 2010. King, who has watched the program grow through the years, shares the vision that West Dallas will become a thriving community where families, schools and businesses have the resources they need to fulfill their potential.
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The Budd Center office whiteboard where students collaborate on ideas.
“In five years I see The School Zone model replicated successfully in several other feeder programs,” King said. In a large conference room with two whiteboard walls, Regina Nippert, executive director of the Budd Center, talked about her vision for the center as an opportunity for not only projects like community gardens or helping school children, but also as a place for high-end research. “To understand a community and what will be effective in that area, you have to be open to being changed by that community as well,” Nippert said. SMU students are also involved, giving tours to the West Dallas students who visit SMU and sharing their stories of how they
got to college and what campus life is like. More than 250 SMU students signed up to help in the first 18 months, said Erin Crosby, director of operations and communications for the Budd Center. “The only difference between our West Dallas students and students from more affluent communities is the zip code and therefore access to a high-quality education,” Crosby said. In early November, the Budd Center partnered with Morrison-McGinnis Residential Commons for “A Day in the Life of a College Student.” SMU students could sign up to help give tours and answer questions about campus life. The Budd Center staff wants to get West Dallas
students excited about going to college, while getting SMU students involved in the greater Dallas community. SMU first-year Emma Roquemore was a volunteer. She told a group of junior high students about leaving home for the first time and what college life is like. “It felt great to give back to the community through the Budd Center, and I look forward to working with them in the future,” she said. Residential Community Director Katie Little said Morrison-McGinnis and the Budd Center hosted 120 middle school students on the tour, which included stops in dorms, Hughes-Trigg Student Center and classrooms. Anthony Sparks, a Ph.D. candidate in the Simmons School of Education, talks with principals to get data on how to prevent lowincome students from dropping out of school and how stress affects their academic life. Not having the resources to even do homework outside of the classroom affects students’ ability to achieve academically. Doctoral students like Sparks interpret data they collect to help the Budd Center form programs to help students have access to opportunities that will bring them out of poverty. “One principal said students are realizing that some students have more than them, and that stuck with me,” Sparks said. Crosby wants the Budd Center to be a model for community, school and university collaborations that help change the trajectory of students’ lives. “I hope our work ensures that students can stay on track academically from year to year,” Crosby said.
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Fourteen hours behind the scenes on game day at Ford Stadium PATRICK ENGEL Sports Columnist pengel@smu.edu Nathan Vaji takes a minute to relax in his office after completing one of his three or four game day Ford Stadium concourse walkthroughs. He sips on a Styrofoam cup of coffee, already his fifth of the day, and it’s only 1:30 p.m. “I used to hate coffee,” SMU’s director of operations said. “Until I started working in college athletics. I even hated the smell of it.” Since today’s game against Temple is a 7 p.m. start, Vaji hadn’t gotten to Ford until around 8:30 a.m. He’s thrilled, because he had a late night the previous night working a men’s soccer game at Wescott Field. For day games, he gets to Ford around 4 a.m. He doesn’t even try to count the amount of coffee he drinks on those days. Vaji and the other approximately 300 operations staffers don’t concern themselves with the news about the recent NCAA controversy around SMU’s men’s basketball and men’s golf teams or the football team’s 2-10 record. They just want to put on a good game. From equipment
preparation to a visiting team that didn’t listen to directions, the SMU Campus Weekly went behind the scenes for the Nov. 6 game against Temple. Vaji stays dressed casually in jeans and an SMU football sweatshirt until about three hours before kickoff, when he changes into khakis, an SMU golf shirt and puts in his earpiece. Around 10:30 a.m. he and his intern, Tyler Kremzar, list the miscellaneous tasks they need to do before the game. “We try to do as much the day before as we can, because game day always brings something new,” Vaji said. First up: order a pregame meal for the referees. Vaji grabs his phone and calls a local deli to place an order for the referees’ lunch: 24 catered sandwiches — eight ham, eight turkey and eight roast beef — to be delivered around 4 p.m., just before the referees will arrive. He says it’s one of about 50 phone calls he takes or makes on game day. While Vaji continues to cross off the items on his to-do list, the football equipment staff is about to start setting up the locker room and getting the uniforms ready. SMU will wear all
red, topped off with red chrome helmets with an American flag Mustang logo. Equipment manager Albert Veytia says that SMU has three different helmets, three different jerseys and three different pairs of pants, which add up to about 30 possible combinations. Veytia, his three full-time assistants and six student managers do all the work. Some of them spent Thursday pulling jerseys over the shoulder pads and putting the players’ game cleats and pants in their lockers. Others pulled the silver Peruna decal off the chrome helmets and replace it with the American flag one, which Veytia said took a couple hours. On game day, the student managers will pull the rest of the jerseys over the pads and polish the helmets. “With these chrome helmets, you have to really polish them because you can see fingerprints and smudges all over them,” Veytia, who has worked for three NFL teams, said. Unlike some NFL teams, the jerseys are all cut the same way, so it takes less than a minute to fit them on the pads. The managers don’t have to worry about fitting a certain player’s jersey tighter or looser to the pads.
“It’s nice to not have to deal with that,” said sophomore student manager John Fraser. Each of the student managers takes a different part of the locker room to fit the jerseys. They banter back and forth about roommate assignments on the upcoming road trip to Navy while jokingly tossing around Veytia’s catch phrases, “Now we’re working” and “don’t think, just work.” After the pads, they start polishing the helmets. They spray acetone on the helmet, rub it in with a towel, then spray some floor wax on a towel and rub that on the helmet. “What kind of alcohol is this?” joked manager Will Nollmann. “ What happens if it gets in a wound? I don’t know if I should be doing this, I have a cut.” The managers finish their uniform prep around 4 p.m. and enjoy some sandwiches and some leftover Halloween candy. Then, they start bringing practice balls, tees and other miscellaneous warm-up items out to the field. Temple’s equipment team arrived the previous
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Mustangs earn postseason regional honors BRIAN O’DONNELL Sports Editor bodonnell@smu.edu Three members of the SMU volleyball team earned First-Team All-Southeast Region honors for the 2015 season, joining Florida, Kentucky and Missouri as the schools represented with award winners. For senior Avery Acker, the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Setter of the Year, this is the third all-region award of her career. She was fourth in the country in assists, setting a new school record with 1,482, and was first in assists per set with 12.45. She plans to attend medical school after graduation this year. Junior Morgan Heise was named to the all-region team for the first time in her career, but won the conference Libero of the Year award for the second straight season. She was second in the nation in digs with 721, a new school record, and third in digs per set. After earning honorable mention last season, junior Janelle Giordano also earned her first all-region team award. She ranked second in the NCAA in blocks, setting an SMU and AAC record with 188. She was also fifth nationally in blocks per set with
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Senior Avery Acker and junior Morgan Heise.
1.58 and was named to the all-conference first team. Head Coach Lisa Seifert was named Southeast Region Coach of the Year as she led the Mustangs to a program-record 27 wins. This included a 16-match win streak and a berth in the NCAA tournament, though the team fell to Purdue in the first round. This is the first time in program history that the team had multiple players named to the all-region team in the same season.
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day and already has set up the visitors’ locker room. Around 4:20 p.m., Vaji is barely into his final concourse walk when he gets a phone call. Temple decided to leave its hotel 15 minutes earlier than planned. “Temple’s going to be here in like five minutes,” Vaji said with a slight hint of frustration, as he’s unable to finish inspecting the concourse. He stops on a dime and heads back to Loyd All-Sports Center, where the Owls’ buses will arrive. He asked them to pull up along the side of Ford next to Wescott Field and enter the stadium through a side door, because SMU is arriving into Loyd from the Mustang Walk down the Boulevard and is hosting a recruiting event in Heritage Hall. Two state troopers that led Temple’s police escort drive up the curb by Loyd and pull up along the proper side of Ford, but the buses don’t follow. Temple opted to unload its players in front of Loyd and walk around. Vaji crunches his empty Styrofoam coffee cup — his sixth of the day — in frustration. He greets Temple Director of Football Operations Scott Wallace and Head Coach Matt Rhule explains the mishap. Because Temple’s buses stopped in front of Loyd, SMU’s players, who started the Mustang Walk down Bishop Boulevard 15 minutes earlier than scheduled, had to stand and wait after the walk while Temple unloaded. After waiting, SMU enters Loyd and heads down to its locker room as “Jumpman” by Drake blares through speakers. Vaji explains the situation to SMU Head Coach Chad Morris and Director of Football Operations Randy Ross, then heads back to his office for a quick break. Kremzar, Director of Event Operations Jason Nelson and interns Thomas Kromis and Steve Jameson join him and listen to Vaji explain the mistake. He admits that if he’d known Temple was going to do that, he would have made them wait inside the buses until SMU entered. Break time is over and the gates are opening to fans soon. After the unloading fiasco, Vaji doesn’t even have time to finish his final concourse walk. “Alright boys, we gotta go,” he said. One hour and 45 minutes before kickoff, Vaji meets with two of the referees, two ESPN officials, Ross, Wallace and a few others to discuss some of the game essentials. Vaji starts with weather, which is expected to be a non-
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Student equipment manager John Fraser pulls quarterback Ben Hicks’ jersey over his shoulder pads.
issue. If bad weather hits, the teams will go to their locker rooms. Cheerleaders and anyone else on the field will go to the football weight room. Fans will go to the concourse. Vaji tells the refs to tell Casey Cox, the turf manager, if there are any on-field issues. He has direct contact with Vaji. The final item is TV timeouts. When ESPN wants to go to timeout, someone will come out to the hash marks at the 25-yard line with his arms in an “X” position. That lets the announcers and referees know a full TV timeout is coming. The producer for the game, Bryan Jaroch, explains one wrinkle in televising a Temple game: he may have to take two full commercial breaks after a touchdown, one after the score and one after the ensuing kickoff. “Temple is a slow, methodical team,” Jaroch said. “They snap it at the end of the clock. If they go on a long drive, I hate to double up, but we may have to.” The game kicks off at 7:01 p.m., right on time. Temple wins a shootout, 60-40. The 40 points are the most the Owls had allowed on the season. The previous high was 26. SMU trailed by only a touchdown entering the fourth quarter, but a 75-yard
touchdown pass from P.J. Walker to Ventell Bryant with 12:04 left gave Temple a temporary 14-point cushion. Bryant did a short celebration in which he pretended he was riding a pony. Rhule didn’t like it and made him do push-ups on the sideline right after the touchdown. The video soon went viral. It’s 11:45 p.m. Vaji is back in his office and has taken care of all of his post-game chores: take down the shuttle and bag policy signs, cover up the concourse TVs and rearrange Heritage Hall for a team lunch the next day. Temple packed up quickly and left about 45 minutes after the game ended, without any issues. Vaji has to stick around until ESPN finishes packing up and leaves. He will get to sleep in, since he doesn’t have to get back on campus until the afternoon for a men’s soccer game. On Sunday, he will start the exhausting process all over again. “I can’t control what happens on the field or how many touchdowns [SMU] scores, but I can control their experience, their customer service and their overall atmosphere,” Vaji said. “If a fan leaves here, whether SMU gets blown out 45-0 or SMU wins a close game, I want them to leave and look forward to coming back for the next game.”
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JoJo returns to Dallas in full force RACHEL KENNEDY Contributing Writer rekennedy@smu.edu Mark Dec. 6 down in your diary as the night a pop icon was in a 5-mile vicinity of you. That’s right. JoJo is making a comeback to the music business, and Dallas got a sneak peak. As part of her “I Am JoJo” club tour, the artist performed at Club Dada in Deep Ellum. The club, with its grungy interior, had a vibe similar to SMU favorite, Homebar. The exposed brick walls and street art accents were a perfect setting for the artsy performer. Aaron Camper, a singersongwriter from Maryland who’s toured with Justin Timberlake and Stevie Wonder, opened for JoJo. He was energetic and a joy to watch. To keep the audience guessing, Camper not only played some of his original songs, but he also covered songs by Drake, Taylor Swift and Wiz Khalifa. Camper’s song mix was just as eclectic as the audience. Ages varied from a 6-year-old girl to a 30-year-old man who came for his birthday. No matter their age or gender, every person in attendance was a die-hard JoJo fan. JoJo, whose last album was released in 2006, has recently come back on the radar as she prepares to release her muchanticipated third album in 2016. No release date has been given for the album and neither has an official name. However, JoJo is
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making sure to give fans a little taste of what’s to come. She’s released three singles from her upcoming album, all of which she performed at her Dallas concert. She ended with the three new songs (“Save My Soul,” “When Love Hurts” and “Say Love”), with every audience member singing along. The re-emerging popstar made sure to play her old stuff too. She opened with “Baby It’s You” and included other popular jams like “Leave (Get Out)” and “Too Little, Too Late.” The singer showed off her vocals as one of the few artists who is just as good live as they are on the radio. Her hiatus was spent making mix tapes, but she must have also done some vocal exercises because she never missed a note. JoJo made sure to interact with the audience and even sang “Happy Birthday” to a select few who called out to her on stage. The whole time she was cracking jokes about how little she knew about love when she first started
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recording love songs at age 12 and the guys who inspired some of her pieces. The singer also talked to the audience about her personal struggles, saying she once told a friend “I am weak. I am broken. I am depressed.” She said she’s realized how wrong those words were and how she doesn’t want to support negative thinking. This was how she introduced another song from her upcoming album, one that has yet to be released anywhere, to the dedicated fans at Club Dada. The song, called “I Am,” is an inspirational pop ballad with lyrics like “I am worthy of love….am I strong enough…I am beautiful.” JoJo talked about the song in particular and said, “It’s amazing how much power we have in our speech and I hope it touches someone like it touches me.” Both performers’ energy was full-on contagious and the opposite of what a Sunday night should be, definitely making some preteen dreams come true.
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The best study spots for finals season CHRISTINA COX Editor-in-Chief clcox@smu.edu Finals season is here again. The late-night study sessions and hours spent behind books can become taxing, both mentally and physically, in the confining walls of Fondren (especially with all that construction noise). Sometimes, the best study solution is to get off campus. Mudsmith: Mudsmith boasts a wide selection of breakfast items and coffee choices, as well as a plethora of outlets for studying and working. The free Wi-Fi and late hours (open 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday– Friday) makes the coffee shop fill up fast on weekdays and weekends. Mudsmith offers specialty coffees like the Van Gogh Spritzer, an iced coffee consisting of four shots of espresso mixed with sparkling water and syrup, but the reader favorite is the classic macchiato. Wild Detectives: The house-turnedbookstore in the Bishop Arts District offers a quiet place to study, read and work until midnight almost every day of the week. The Wild Detectives offers everything from original coffee drinks to snacks and craft beers. The atmosphere breeds the desire to study as books surround the walls of the store. The only downfall to the space is that the establishment recently decided to shut down its free Wi-Fi from 5 p.m. Friday to Sunday night; however, if you need a location to study with no distractions, this is the place to go. Serj Books: Owners Anne Holcomb and John Walsh are notorious for remembering Serj customers’
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names and telling them cheesy jokes when they order. Holcomb and Walsh created a shop that offers simple food and drinks at a low price. Serj is the perfect place to study with its long wooden tables covered with paper and cups of crayons for brainstorming. At Serj, you can doodle while you work. White Rock Coffee: To get away from the SMU crowd, visit White Rock Coffee, a favorite amongst locals. The coffee shop has a welcoming atmosphere and is a place to escape the hustle and bustle of other, similar coffee shops. The quaint-looking shop contains two floors with generous options for seating on both counters and tables. The location is open until midnight Friday and Saturday and 11 p.m. Monday to Thursday. Bonus? There are free refills on coffee (try the Lady of the Lake Blend). Taschen Library at the Joule Hotel: Need a comfortable spot to read that 300-page book you’ve been avoiding all semester? Head on over to the Taschen Library at the Joule Hotel. The luxurious library shop located within the hotel’s lobby houses a long table and comfortable couches for
serious reading. The library is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., which is plenty of time to make a dent in that book of yours. Watermark Coffee: This is the perfect place to study with large groups due to the open space and overabundance of seating options. The coffee shop located within Watermark Community Church offers beverages and comfortable couches. The view from the building is serene as it overlooks an outdoor patio space, and the inside is warm due to the large fireplace. The shop is only open on weekdays and stays open later Tuesday nights. Union: In our informal survey of students and crowdsourcing, Union was the clear favorite. The shop is located close to campus and is open until 11 p.m. every day of the week. If you need to study with a larger group, you can rent a conference room for $15/ hour that has a large table and white boards. There are lots of seating options, too, from cubicle-like tables and lounge tables to couches and comfy chairs. The fair-trade coffee spot also donates 10 percent of its proceeds to charity.
Muse electrifies Dallas’ American Airlines Cener ELLIOT BOUILLON Contributing Writer ebouillion@smu.edu Muse took the stage late Dec. 3 at the American Airlines Center for the second show of its Drones Tour. Due to technical difficulties with the band’s massive stage and light projection system,Muse did not take the stage until 10:45 p.m. Doors were scheduled to open at 6:30 p.m. and were pushed back until the crew could figure out how to fix the problems. Even the opener, Phantogram, was unable to perform due to the delay. Thousands of fans sat for hours, tuckered out from
waiting, silently hoping that the show was still able to continue. After four hours, Muse took the stage to fans rejoicing that the band was finally playing. Matt Bellamy, the Muse front man, apologized to fans about the delay and instantly won over the crowd with his energy and showmanship. Once the lights turned down and Muse began its first song, it was easy to see why there was a delay. This was by far the most impressive light show in a concert setting. The stage, a doublearched rotating platform that stretched across the length of the arena, was covered in massive projection screens that lit up the crowd.
Muse began its two-hour set with “Psycho,” from its new album, Drones. The band had an excellent mix of their entire works from its beginnings in 1999 to its popular hits from Resistance (2009) and Black Holes and Revelations (2006). In addition, the band played a Muse-twist cover of the Bublé classic, “Feeling Good.” Drones, the seventh studio album for the band, did not take the crowd as much as their earlier work, but Bellamy made up for it through his stage presence that engaged the crowd each song. Ending with its classic “Knights of Cydonia,” the crowd left exhausted, but happy. Muse was definitely worth the wait.
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Nonprofit ‘Worldreader’ Backstage with the stars updates online library of Jingle Ball Dallas 2015 CLARA LANE Arts & Life Assoc. Editor claral@smu.edu Global nonprofit Worldreader, whose goal is to improve literacy in developing nations through access to digital books, announced the addition of three new books to its online collection, all of which were written by renowned author Paulo Coelho. “We are honored to share three of Paulo Coelho’s bestselling titles with our readers in Africa,” Co-founder and CEO David Risher wrote. “His writing is light hearted, but asks us to grapple with life’s big question: Who am I?” The organization, whose library contains nearly 250
authors worldwide, has granted more than 5.9 million individuals access to read, grow and ultimately improve their lives and their world. Coelho’s newest additions, which will be used as e-books for young readers in schools and libraries across subSaharan Africa, are three of his best sellers. They include “Christmas Stories; The Supreme Gift” — the unique adaptation of Henry Drummond’s sermon on love in all faiths; and “Stories for Parents, Children, and Grandchildren,” a collection of magical tales from across the globe retold by Caelho and featuring illustrations by his wife Christina Oiticica. “The power of digital technology to enable access to
books and ultimately improve people’s lives is undeniable,” Coelho wrote. “We’re thrilled that millions of readers in Africa can now enjoy timeless tales for free and at the click of a button.” Born in Rio de Janerio in 1947, Coelho is considered to be one of the most influential writers of our time, and his books have been sold in nearly 170 countries and translated into 80 different languages Coelho holds the Guinness World Record for the most translated author with “The Alchemist.” Coelho’s stories are the perfect addition to the Worldleaders’ library, as his promotion of peace and hope are transcendental in any community.
CARLEEANN ALLEN Arts & LIfe Assoc. Editor carleeanna@smu.edu KISS FM’s Jingle Ball 2015 kicked off its first show Dec. 7 t at the American Airlines Center. The star-studded lineup included 5 Seconds of Summer, DNCE, Zedd, Charlie Puth, Ellie Goulding, Tove Lo, Shawn Mendes, One Direction, Calvin Harris and Demi Lovato. The SMU Campus Weekly was invited along with fellow major news outlets to ask some of the stars a few questions on the red carpet. 5 Seconds of Summer, the newest boy band to take the world by storm, joked around on the red carpet before they opened the concert. When it was mentioned that they were from Australia, they gave a very funny response. “Apparently.” “That’s what they tell us.” “It’s all a big marketing thing,” said members of the band. They gave the inside scoop when we asked where students studying abroad should go while they are in the land down under. Marquee Lounge in Melbourne, The Island in Sydney and Frankie’s Pizza By The Slice were all at the top of their list, along with another bar that they all struggled to remember the name of. “What’s that bar in Melbourne called? Ante Bella? Auntie Bella’s? Something Lady Antebellum? Lady Antebellum opened a bar in Australia,” joked the members of the band. Tove Lo was the next performer to hit the red carpet before going onstage. The Swedish beauty will soon be headed back to her homeland to spend the holidays with her family. She is looking forward
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to spending time with them this holiday season. “It will start off quiet and then we will all just get blind drunk,” said Lo with a laugh. Shawn Mendes surprised the crowd when he performed “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” Mendes is headed home this Christmas to watch Netflix and play Xbox, but on the red carpet he said was still excited about his performance at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. “I’m pretty sure that there were 10,000 people, I’m not overexaggerating,” Mendes said. “America goes hard, that was really cool, it was really amazing.” The boys of One Direction gave the performance of the night. They mingled with fans and concert planners for the hours before the show started and gave the best performance of the night. Demi Lovato closed the show to an exhilarated crowd, but her performance backstage was nothing like her act on stage. The Colleyville native refused to be interviewed after she realized that large media outlets were not on the red carpet and scowled at the photographers. Lovato seemed inconvenienced and almost snubbed a tween girl who asked
to take a photo with her before her team stormed out of the media room. It didn’t help that Ellie Goulding came in moments after her. Goulding graciously interacted and joked around with the photographers. Goulding will be touring North America, Europe, South America and Australia. Before the music festivals and tours, she’s going to get away and just relax somewhere remote. “I’m going to go away for a few days, by myself, and kind of reflect,” Goulding said. During the holidays, she will be spending as much time with her family as she can until she hits the road again. “I love performing, so it’s going to be so much fun,” Goulding said. Charlie Puth made his first-ever arena performance and sang crowd favorites including “Marvin Gaye.” He was one of the most excited performers to walk the red carpet, but he said he is looking forward to the much deserved holiday break. “I’ve been to 27 countries in a month and a half. I’m on a plane every day of my life. I just want to go home and put on Nat King Cole and just sit by the fire,” Puth said.
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Dallas tailor Harry Papas talks trade MADELEINE KALB Contributing Writer mkalb@smu.edu People will always find some way to pay a visit to their neighborhood tailor. There will never be a digital device or application that will make a tailor’s work in the least bit jeopardized. “There will always be a timelessness of fashion that makes a tailor’s job a necessity,” said Harry Papas of Harry Papas Alterations. According to Papas, there is no slow season in the tailor trade. In just a day, Papas touches between 200 and 250 garments. He has a staff of eight highly skilled seamstresses who are specialized in their particular garment — pants, men’s suits, gowns, wedding dresses and jackets. But every single garment that comes through the front door is touched by Papas and then touched again before it is sent back to the client with a guarantee of Papas’ quality service. Thirty years ago at the age of 22, Harry Papas opened his first tailor shop in North Dallas. Fifteen years later, Papas moved just a block down the street to his current location at Arnold Square on Preston Road. For 30 years, Papas has been a fixture in the Dallas-Fort Worth community. Papas prides himself on maintaining the utmost in customer care and service. “We are very much a community business. The people who come to us have come to us for a long time and will continue to come to us,” Papas said. “We have a special relationship with all our clients.” The most rewarding phenomenon Papas is now experiencing is the children of his clients growing up and then continuing to come to Papas, the generational clients. Papas immigrated to Asheville, N.C., from Greece when he was just a teenager in the late ’70s. At the time, Papas did not envision becoming a master tailor. He began an apprenticeship with his much older brother in Asheville who he describes as “the best in the business.” With only a few dollars in his pocket at age 22, Papas left Asheville for Dallas. Papas walked into a shop that was being run by another tailor and offered him all the money he had in his pockets for the business. “I started out with no money, new town, waiting for business to come in and to build business was nerve-wrecking,” Papas said. “But slowly, it started to pick up and my name was being built.” Over the course of 30 years, much has shifted in the fashion world in both design and production. According to SMU professor and fashion designer Chelsea Bell, there is a new trend in menswear in which Dallas retailers like J. Hilburn and Q
Clothier create “custom- made menswear.” The idea of a custom-made, custom-pattern garment would cause concern for competition. “I don’t buy it when they say custommade,” Bell said. Bell explained that her husband ordered a jacket from J. Hilburn. The Hilburn associate took her husband’s measurements and claimed to be making a custom pattern, but when the jacket came in, the waist had to be taken in. The Hilburn associate then sent the jacket and client (Bell’s husband) to Papas. “Harry Papas is doing traditional work. Q and J. Hilburn just don’t compare, as great of a job as they do,” Bell said. J. Hilburn is one of many Dallas companies that have commercial accounts with Papas. All Lululemon stores in Dallas send their leggings to Papas as well. Brittany Rice, assistant manager at the Knox-Henderson location, has worked with Papas for nearly three years. “I can always count on Papas. If there is a problem he will remedy it immediately,” Rice said. Rice also noted that Papas is on top of his work 24/7 and is phenomenal in both his work and personality. “I have a hand in every part of my business. There is nothing that comes in here that won’t have my stamp of approval,” Papas said. In addition to company accounts and the rise of made-to-fit retail stores, Papas’ business has shifted in terms of the available help. Papas said that although his services will continue to be in demand, down the road, in 15-20 years, he fears that trained seamstresses will be hard to come by. “What happens when Papas wants to retire, who will take his place?” Professor Bell said. Bell suggested many people in the United States are learning industrial sewing techniques, but with the intention of becoming a fashion designer. “Tailoring is taking a garment apart and sewing it to a new proportion. That’s harder then making a garment from scratch,” Bell said. There are no trade schools or any programs in the states that offer tailor training. Papas said the only way to become a tailor is to be taken on as an apprentice, as he did 30 years ago. Papas will continue to serve his loyal Dallas following. “My favorite part of my job is interacting with my clients and my day-to-day dealings with my clients,” Papas said. “Greeting all my clients by name is important to me. It’s a rewarding life.”
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Meet the two SMU trendsetters behind the blog ‘Ramen & Rosé’ CAMERON LUTTRELL Contributing Writer cluttrell@smu.edu At the Starbucks in Snider Plaza on a sunny, Friday afternoon Chandler Helms arrived first and Jessica Jan came shortly after her. Immediately when the SMU students saw each other, the two fashionistas launched into a conversation about new shoes and formal dresses. “You got the shoes!” Jan said to Helms. Helms, who sported a pair of brightly colored flats with fun designs on them, showed off her new shoes and asked Jan about which formal dress she was going to wear that night. After a few minutes of small talk, the two got down to business. We’re here to discuss their new blog Ramen & Rosé, a lifestyle blog for millennials on a budget. The blog features style, food and travel sections. It is obvious that Jan and Helms are both friendly and fun to talk to, but what’s so admirable about the pair is their knowledge of fashion and their ability to work professionally. Many SMU students are familiar with Jan and Helms. Jan, who is well known for working at “SMU Style,” is easily spotted by her spunky, unique outfits that are inspired by the different cultures of places like Asia and Europe. “I don’t go for the basic T-shirt,” Jan said. Helms is the president of the SMU Retail Club and is known for creating plastic purses that students can bring into Ford Stadium. She always stands out in bright, bold patterns and fun colors. “Sometimes I really want to wear sweatpants, but I know I have four classes and a meeting and I want to represent myself and the groups I’m involved in,” Helms said. Along with fashion groups at SMU, Jan and Helms are busy preparing for graduation in the spring. Jan will be graduating with a marketing major and a double minor in communications and Chinese; Helms with a double major in fashion media and French and a minor in business. Together, these girls make for the most dynamic duo when it comes to fashion, entrepreneurship and creativity. This summer while interning in New York City, the two launched Ramen & Rosé, which has successfully captured the attention of SMU students and beyond. “There’s been a lot of surprising viewers,” Jan said. “During the boulevards, especially Homecoming and Family Weekend, older graduate guys have come up to me asking about the blog — they want to know when we’re going to start writing about guy stuff.” College students especially may not have the funds to buy couture clothing or dine at upscale restaurants, so Ramen & Rosé showcases outfits and food options that are trendy, but also affordable. Popular posts have been their “Steal of the Week,” which showcases a different product every week being sold for a low price. Ramen & Rosé is all about budget-friendly fashion, hence the name of the blog. “Ramen is cheap, while Rosé is more fancy,” Jan said. “It’s like you’re having a nice dinner, even though you’re not,” Helms chimed in. Since they first met when they were first-years, the pair dreamed of starting some sort of project together. They didn’t know what it would be, and they experimented with different things like having a YouTube channel together to making their
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Chandler Helms and Jessica Jan launched their blog this summer.
A photo of the two bloggers on their site.
own bracelets. After three years of brainstorming, the duo has successfully gained fashion presence at SMU their senior year. This is an especially hard process at such a fashion-forward school, where most girls dress to impress and have a sense of fashion trends. Jan and Helms both spent this past summer in Manhattan, which is where the idea of Ramen & Rosé came to life. The two girls learned to navigate the most expensive city in the United States on a budget, which was both challenging and exciting. “We had to find the cheapest places to eat, take the subway, and make changes to certain lifestyle things,” Helms said. “We felt like we had some tips to share with people.” Once the summer ended, Jan and Helms didn’t want to quit the blog. In fact, they plan to continue the blog even after they graduate. When the girls returned to SMU for the start of their senior year, they started to tailor the posts to involve Dallas, such as writing about the “7 Best Date Night Spots in Dallas” and the “Belk Fall Preview.” It makes sense that two SMU trendsetters partnered up, especially when they’re as compatible as Jan and Helms. “Chandler and Jess are two of the most friendly, hard working, and outgoing girls I know,” Hayley Millet said. “Both Chandler and Jess are risk takers when it comes to their personal style, which is why I love to follow their blog and see what new trends they are implementing into their wardrobes.” The girls have similar personalities; they’re very personable and outgoing, but they have different strong suits that make them a great business pair. Jan is the one who comes up with fascinating, funky ideas and Helms is the business-minded one who puts these ideas into motion. The two work together so well because they can be as creative and original as the want to be and know that the other will support them. “It can be hard at this school to find people the same level as you,” Jan said. “It’s nice to find someone that understands your living style, your spending style, and knows that it doesn’t have to be about luxury all the time.” Jan and Helms have definitely made an impact on SMU
students, especially those who appreciate fashion and keeping up with trends. Throughout their years at SMU, the pair became “go to” style icons for SMU students. “Honestly, Jessica is a brand,” Taylor Lewis, a senior who works with Jan at “SMU Style” said. “Her unique but impeccable style, her refreshing and loving aura, the mark she's already made within the industry... she is success perfectly packaged and wrapped with a bow.” Just as they’re known for their fashion sense, they’re also known for being kind, which is incredibly important in a business with a lot of social interaction, like fashion. “Chandler is one of the most generous, loving, and warm people I have ever met,” said sophomore Emory Parsons, who is the event planner for the SMU Retail Club. For two people with as much going on as Jan and Helms, the blog is a perfect outlet for them to express themselves and their unique style. “It allows me to do what I want and not be judged for what I want to put out there,” Jan said. “It’s a very cool way to express ourselves in pictures or words.” Monetizing their blog is an option for the future, but money isn’t what Jan and Helms profit from running Ramen & Rosé. Instead, they’re much more focused on the learning experience they get from starting something of their own. “I definitely look at things differently now,” Helms said. “When I’m shopping, I’m not just shopping. I’m thinking if other people like this and if this is something we should include on the blog.” After their internship opportunities this summer, both girls are ready to take their skills to the fashion industry after graduation. This past summer, Jan was a fashion stylist Intern at Moda Operandi, Inc. and Helms was a showroom intern at Rebecca Taylor. “I’ve been hesitant about the fashion industry, but after interning this summer I feel like I can mix business, marketing, styling, and fashion together,” Jan said. “I think I’ve found what I love to do is in the fashion industry and I shouldn’t be scared to do that.”
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When I first applied to SMU, so many people told me being accepted would not be a possibility. They said things like, “It’s not like you’re valedictorian. You’re smart, but SMU is very selective,” and “There’s no way SMU will take you, coming from a public school.” They were wrong. In less than two weeks, I will be graduating with honors from Southern Methodist University. My time here has been defined by challenges and successes, frustrations and triumphs — but mostly by journalism. When I arrived at SMU, I only knew one thing: I wanted to study journalism in every way possible. So, I declared my journalism major and found a job with The Daily Campus. I worked my way up the editorial ladder from copy editor to online editor to editorin-chief. I end my student media career this semester as
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assignments desk editor. When I first joined the staff as a lowly first-year, I never expected to become anything higher than news writer. I can’t imagine my college career without Student Media. Over these three and a half years, I have grown so much as a journalist and as a person. I have gained too many skills to count. I can’t believe it’s almost over. I worked in Student Media during a turbulent time. When I was online editor and editorin-chief, the staff worked to increase and build our online presence as much as we could with three print issues a week. At the start of this semester, The Daily Campus print edition
officially became the SMU Campus Weekly. The combined staffs of the Campus Weekly and SMU-TV have worked together to bring a multimedia news experience to the web. With all of these changes, our content is much better off. I will miss everyone I have worked with throughout my undergrad years. Christina, you have done a fabulous job as editor-in-chief this semester and you’ll do even better in the spring. Olivia and Daniela, you have both truly supported our operation in any way you could. I’m looking forward to seeing who else joins the staff under your leadership. I’m excited to see what you’ll produce in the future. But, mostly, I’ll miss the hilarious, out-of-context comments that make it on the quote wall. Some people will say that college is the best time of your life. While I will always remember my time at SMU fondly, I think my best years are
yet to come. Honestly, I would not have made it to where I am without a lot of help and support. And a goodbye column isn’t complete without a list of thank you’s. So here’s mine: Thanks to Student Media, for giving me the experience to support my professional journalism career. Thanks to my journalism professors, who pushed me to constantly be a better writer and a better journalist Thanks to Mrs. Reg, my high school journalism teacher without whom I wouldn’t have discovered my passion for reporting. Thanks to my classmates and friends, who have always brightened my stressful college life. Thanks to my parents, who have continuously supported me in every way possible. And thank you SMU, for giving me the opportunity to realize my dreams.
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Editor writes SMU’s Christmas List to Santa STAFF COLUMN
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Dear Santa, While we may be on the NCAA’s naughty list, hopefully we have ended up on your nice list. Here is all that we want for Christmas: 1. Even more fountains: seriously, you never can have too many fountains . We hope that you can fit enough fountains in your sleigh to line the new centennial promenade
2. No more construction: Maybe you can send your elves down to finish all of the construction that has been overtaking campus. Those little green guys have lots of experience and I am sure they can make good progress on all of the different projects we have lying around. 3. Fireworks shows every year: If I say it enough it will come true, right? The noise complaints will be worth repeating the explosive glory and splendor that was SMU’s centennial fireworks celebration. 4. The NCAA to leave us alone: no more athletic
sanctions please Santa. And if you can throw in an
undefeated season, it would be appreciated.
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Crossword Across 1 Mennonite sect 6 Nasty bit of trickery 10 Chopped side 14 Trunk full of organs? 15 "Casablanca" heroine 16 Speck 17 Airline seating for Mensa members? 19 Milne's Hundred __ Wood 20 Fire dept. employee 21 Many ages 22 Out of the country 24 Subordinate's yes 26 Jewish folklore creature 28 He's a horse, of course 30 Watched for the evening, say 34 Bar in a shower 37 Mark of approval 39 Justice Kagan appointer 40 WWII threat 42 Andy Capp's spouse 43 Preen 44 Mulligan, for one 45 Counting-out word 47 Natural balm 48 Embarrassing mistake 50 Antihero? 52 Big spread 54 Like Yogi or Smokey 58 One of the haves 61 Prefix with port 63 Constrictive creature 64 Empty auditorium effect 65 Mickey Rooney and Danny DeVito? 68 Management level 69 Electrified atoms 70 Like some reprimands 71 Shangri-la
72 Goddess of victory 73 Resting places Down 1 On the main 2 Toddler's gleeful shout 3 More than just annoyed 4 Abbr. on old Eurasian maps 5 Windbag's output 6 Grain holder 7 Metallic sound 8 Donkey 9 Tandoori __: South Asian spice mix 10 Overly ingratiating little devils? 11 Daft 12 Gillette razor 13 Location-dependent plant designation 18 First known asteroid 23 Coltrane genre 25 "Hee-Haw" humor, but just a touch? 27 Billiard table shape 29 Postpones 31 Advance using wind 32 Big bang cause, sometimes 33 Sticky stuff 34 Street border 35 Explorer Tasman 36 Japanese relative of the zither 38 Sierra Nevada product
41 Very ambitious sort 46 "__ be sorry!" 49 Cancels the reservation, maybe 51 Blue blood, for short 53 Express gratitude to 55 Structural beams 56 Old language that gives us "berserk" 57 Moves with care 58 Big bash 59 Battery fluid 60 PassĹ˝ pronoun 62 Otherwise 66 Miss Piggy tagline 67 Bigelow's Sweet Dreams, e.g.
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