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The style of the SMU Lyle School’s women engineers EMILY WARD Fashion Editor eward@smu.edu On any given day, senior Meagan Harkey can be found deep within the recesses of SMU’s Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering cracking codes and solving problems. The last thing on her mind is what she’s wearing.

“As far as fashion, the classic engineering look is sweatpants and a sweatshirt,” Harkey said.

With casual classroom settings, where an outfit’s comfort and movability are students’ main priorities, the women of the Lyle School are more concerned with what they don’t wear than with what they do.

“Because of our more laid-back classroom environments, we are not expected to dress to a certain standard,” Harkey said. “However, as a female, I also don’t want to dress too feminine to any of my engineering courses.”

The Mississippi native avoids wearing heavy makeup and any large pieces of jewelry while in the Lyle School. But her biggest no-no? Wearing her sorority jersey or anything else affiliated with its letters.

At a school known for its on-point style, where women can be seen up and down the Boulevard in the latest designer trends, female students at the Lyle School consciously downplay their dress in order to please professors and compete with their male counterparts.

Despite having one of the highest enrollment rates in the country for female undergraduates studying engineering, the women of the Lyle School still feel uncomfortable dressing feminene and associating with Greek life.

Engineering Management, Information and Systems (EMIS) student Shelby Kehr agrees with Harkey on all fronts.

“I definitely don’t worry about my dress when I only have engineering classes, so I wear pretty casual clothes,” Kehr said.

“But when I have classes on other parts of campus, I tend to try and dress better.”

It’s a habit that leads her labeled to be

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Women in the Lyle School tend to avoid heavy makeup and large jewelry in favor of jeans and T-shirts.

by her fellow engineering students based on the clothes she wears each day, Kehr said.

She feels she receives the most respect from her peers when in jeans and a T-shirt, and on the day she wore a dress she was told she was just going to get married and not have to work.

Kehr is also adamant about not wearing her sorority letters to her engineering classes depending on who teaches the course. She said some professors are very forward about how much they dislike Greek life.

“I have gotten serious disrespect and run into conflicts that involve the student activities offices,” Kehr said. “However, the effort I put into my classes helped professors to understand I was serious regardless of my sorority affiliation.”

Senior and operations research student Max Agadoni agrees that male students are just as likely to avoid wearing Greek jerseys in certain engineering classes. He said that some non-Greek engineering students tend to make unfounded snap judgments about those involved in fraternities and sororities.

“Some teachers who were not affiliated in college make the same assumptions about Greek students,” Agadoni said.

“I have even seen some engineering professors give special attention to non-Greek students because they don’t affiliate.”

Rachel Ann Sheppard is an engineering graduate student and president of SMU’s chapter of Society of Women Engineering

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SMU’s chapter of Society of Women Engineering (SWE) includes 45 members who meet monthly.

(SWE), a global organization that advocates for females in engineering fields. SWE currently has 33,000 professional and collegiate participants, and the 45 members at SMU meet monthly to network with college recruiters and fundraise.

As an undergrad, Sheppard interned with Toyota and soon learned the strict but unique dress code for engineering interns.

“I showed up the first day of my internship at the manufacturing site wearing a skirt and white button-down blouse,” she said. “I was quickly informed that my dress didn’t meet safety standards for the manufacturing

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Earlier this year, members of SWE put on a fashion show for a local elementary school to show the different roles for women engineers.

floor and was given a hardhat and steel toe boots instead.”

As part of SWE’s outreach program to younger female students, Sheppard and other members put on a fashion show for a local elementary school to show the different roles for women engineers.

SWE secretary Ophelie Herve attended the fashion show in hopes of spreading her love for engineering to the elementaryaged girls.

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SMU continues to celebrate Dream Week with its annual Unity Walk KATIE BUTLER Assignments Desk Editor kdbutler@smu.edu On Jan. 20, students, faculty, staff and guests gathered in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. and his work before marching in SMU’s annual Unity Walk. The walk is just one event in SMU’s weeklong “Dream Week” celebrating the life and work of MLK. President of Multicultural Student Affairs Preston Lynch first addressed the crowd, noting SMU’s large participation in Saturday’s citywide MLK Day walk and the record-breaking number of student participants in Monday’s MLK Day of Service.

Following Lynch, student leaders Lauren Burgess and Aabid Shivji asserted the need for awareness and for a continued fight against racism.

“Racism is a virus,” Burgess said. “We need to

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Students, faculty, administrators and staff participated in the annual Unity Walk.

confront the past and learn from it.”

Shivji spoke if the need for resilience against racism in one’s day-to-day life.

“We must not be complacent,” Shivji said.

“Progress must continue to happen.”

Student Body President Carlton Adams spoke of SMU’s involvement in the greater Dallas

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“I will admit that, although SMU is known for its high average of women in engineering, when I look around in my mechanical engineering classes I see predominately the faces of men,” Herve said.

Earlier this month, the Lyle School celebrated 10 years of success in addressing the national challenge of attracting more women into engineering. Since 2005, women have averaged more than 30 percent of incoming undergraduates in the Lyle School, while the national average is 20 percent.

During the 2014 to 2015 academic school year, women made up exactly 37.4 percent of the Lyle School students receiving undergraduate degrees. Dean of the Lyle School Marc Christensen believes it’s the attitude of SMU’s engineering school that recruits and retains these high numbers of women engineers.

“It’s our culture, not a program,” Christensen said. “If you walk into our Deason Innovation Gym to watch our students at work on an engineering design challenge, you’ll see a mix of men and women working

how proud he is of the university, its progress and its students who are making change. He also noted his respect of the leadership of people like Martin Luther King, Jr. stating that everyone should “recommit ourselves to the work of Dr. Martin Luther King.”

Turner discussed the importance of making social change and being great community leaders.

He asserted that the best way to effect the future is through education.

“Knowledge is power,” Turner said.

“Education is the key.”

Following the speeches, those in attendance walked around the Boulevard, singing several gospel songs including “This Little Light.” The group ended its walk at the flagpole.

President Turner left those who participated in the Unity Walk with one message.

“Improving the life experiences of all humanity should be the overarching goal of all of us,” he said. “Make this place better not only for yourselves, but for all.”

together seamlessly.”

Agadoni believes that the unique mix of students, both male and female, results in an equally unique style that isn’t definable.

“Most of my classes have a combination of students who dress nicely for each class and students who dress like they just rolled out of bed,” Agadoni said.

“With the exception of fraternity apparel, I have never really felt pressured to wear or not wear something to class.”

Although the women in his classes might disagree, Herve doesn’t let the fact of being outnumbered by males in the Lyle School intimidate her. Instead, the sophomore uses it as motivation to put in a little extra effort to prove her capabilities to her fellow classmates.

“My style is important to me because it gives me the opportunity to present myself with confidence,” Hevre said.

So don’t be surprised to find her wearing her sorority jersey even while in the Lyle School.

“By excelling in my classes while also being associated with my sorority, I believe that I am helping to transform the sorority girl image into a young woman who is both passionate and determined,” Herve said. “I am a Delta Gamma. I am an engineer. I am Ophelie.”

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Swimming makes splash in Austin Grand Prix BRECK SPENCER Sports Editor bspencer@smu.edu Nineteen total members of the SMU swimming and diving programs traveled to Austin Jan. 15-17 to compete in the Austin Grand Prix, one of seven destinations making up the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series.

The Austin Grand Prix’s FINA endorsement allows the event to act as a platform for both men and women swimmers to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympic games.

Going into the event, 10 Mustang swimmers had achieved at least one B standard qualifying time for the Olympics.

Rachel Nicol and Nina Rangelova have each posted an A standard qualifying times in the 100-meter breaststroke and 200-meter freestyle, respectively.

The A and B qualifying times serve as minimum times athletes must attain in order to potentially represent their countries in the

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An SMU male swimmer celebrates a successful event in the water at the Austin Grand Prix in Austin, Texas Jan. 15-17.

2016 Olympic games.

Nicol, a former mustang and potential member of the Canadian Olympic team,

Keith Frazier wasn’t worth the trouble for SMU PATRICK ENGEL Sports Columnist pengel@smu.edu It’s April 2013, and SMU is coming off a 15-17 season in its first year under Larry Brown. Nic Moore and Markus Kennedy are in their transfer year and unknown to most, unable to play a minute for SMU due to NCAA transfer rules.

Moody Coliseum had yet to be renovated, its wooden student section seats still splintering the few students who came to games.

A program in SMU’s spot often wants something to catch the locals’ eye and some kind of splash on the recruiting trail. Enter Keith Frazier, a top-35 player in the 2013 recruiting class, a two-time state champion, a McDonald’s All-American and one of the

highest-rated players to come out of Dallas since 2010. The Kimball High School alumnus presented a chance for SMU to check both those boxes.

There was one problem: Frazier was a well-known academic risk. Toward the end of his recruitment, only SMU and a Texas Tech program coming off three straight seasons with at least 19 losses were seriously pursuing him. In other words, programs with the most to gain and least to lose by taking the risk. SMU chose to take it.

SMU felt the benefits quickly. The Dallas area noticed when a top talent committed to a program that had been largely dormant since its last NCAA tournament appearance in 1993.

The SMU community noticed and bought the hype. Chants of “Keeeith” rang at the American

Airlines Center Nov. 8, 2013, Frazier’s first career game. The chant followed him throughout his career every time he hoisted a threepointer at Moody.

The Dallas basketball scene noticed. SMU had some new credibility among local AAU teams and high schools. Four months after Frazier signed with SMU, Prime Prep Academy (Texas) point guard Emmanuel Mudiay, a top-five player in the class of 2014 and another McDonald’s All-American, committed to SMU over blue blood Kentucky. The risk was paying off.

Then came the problems with Frazier. Inconsistent play. Forcing shots. He was ruled academically ineligible

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secured eighth place in the Championship Final of the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:09.21, and won the C Final of

the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:29:16. Nicol has.

In addition to Nicole, Anna Cheesbrough and Tara-Lynn Nicholas both had formidable performances in Austin. Cheesbrough finished seventh in the Consolation Final of the 200-meter butterfly and Nicholas finished eighth in the C Final of the 100-meter breaststroke.

The men’s swimmers also posted strong times in the event, highlighted by SMU alumni Tyler Rauth. Rauth finished in fifth place in the C Final of the 200-meter fly with a time of 2:03.54.

Earlier this season, SMU divers Devin Burnett and Bryce Klein have secured spots for the U.S. Olympic trials.

During his time at SMU, Burnett was a 12 time conference champion.

The men’s team’s next meet will be at Texas A&M in College Station Jan. 29.

The women don’t compete again until Feb. 5 when they take on North Texas in Mansfield, Texas.

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The NCAA sanctions given to SMU in September 2015 found that a former administrative assistant took a course for Frazier in the summer of 2013.

As Scout.com’s Billy Embody reported Friday, Frazier has officially left SMU and will look to transfer, the latest and likely final development in his SMU career.

On Jan. 5, CBS Sports and others reported that he was leaving the team, but head coach Larry Brown said he was still a “part of the SMU family” last week. Despite Brown’s comments, Frazier was all but done playing for SMU, but was not done at the university and was still listed on the roster.

He has not played since the team’s Dec. 29 win over Tulsa, and missed multiple practices and meetings since his Dec. 22 return from a knee injury. Freshman Shake Milton took Frazier’s starting spot while he was out, furthering his unhappiness.

After Frazier’s career, it’s difficult to see SMU’s risk as one that paid off. Frazier leaves SMU after two-and-a-half years of uneven play and as a big reason for SMU’s NCAA troubles. It’s fair to question if the recruiting credibility, attention and hype was worth all the trouble and inconsistency he brought.

There are a few reasons that would make some say it was worth it. Frazier’s commitment helped dispel the notion that SMU won’t get the best athletes into school or won’t recruit players with shady handlers. Mudiay has less reason to commit to SMU without Frazier’s presence.

After Mudiay’s commitment, SMU started offering and recruiting more big-name players from the Dallas area and beyond. Even though Mudiay never played a minute for SMU, he furthered

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Keith Frazier standing off against a Michigan player.

the change in recruiting perception that Frazier had helped start.

But those benefits didn’t match the trouble that signing Frazier brought. The NCAA’s investigation revealed that Frazier didn’t need the course to be eligible.

If SMU did proper research in advance, it could have avoided the NCAA sanctions.

Regardless of the necessity of the course, SMU still committed academic fraud.

Someone felt like fraud was necessary, showing how big a burden Frazier was and the actions SMU was willing to take to keep him on the court. The ban brought a skeptical perception of SMU among college basketball fans and media. It refreshed SMU’s reputation as cheaters.

Furthermore, the recruiting credibility Frazier’s signing brought hasn’t been worth as much as originally thought.

SMU has signed good players without focusing exclusively on the Dallas area and has been active in the transfer market.

Recruiting locally isn’t as big a necessity in basketball.

SMU has not signed a Dallasarea high school player since Mudiay. With Frazier gone, Jordan Tolbert and an injured Ben Emelogu are the only DFW natives on the roster.

They are also two of the five transfers on the roster.

SMU has won 69 games since the start of the 2013-14 season,

with Frazier as the only DFW high school player to sign and play in that span.

Frazier seemed to follow most of his promising games with a step back. Given the inconsistency, it’s hard to say he really made SMU better on the court. SMU started winning when Frazier was a freshman, but he was a substitute on a team led by Moore, Kennedy, Shawn Williams and Nick Russell. He played 14.8 minutes per game and had 12 games without a made three-pointer.

When he was ineligible as a sophomore, SMU went 14-3 without him and won the American Conference regular season and conference titles. That’s not to say that he was hindering the team, but that the team didn’t really miss him.

This year, he has scored 23 points twice, shut down prolific Michigan guard Caris LeVert and posted a 19-point, 10-rebound game against Kent State. But he also produced a scoreless game at TCU (after one of the 23-point games) and combined for three field goals against Colorado and Tulsa (the two games following the double-double).

That doesn’t sound like a player worth the damage he brought. A team that can win regularly on an inconsistent player’s off nights sounds like a team that didn’t need a big recruiting splash to garner attention and start winning.

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Students bring orchestra music back to underprivledged South Dallas schools SUE HAN Contributing Writer @suefullyhan On a late Monday afternoon, the hallways of Dunbar Elementary School are completely empty except for one classroom: the music hall filled with 13 fourth-graders who are learning the basics of music theory from SMU senior Sarah Israel.

They are a part of South Dallas Strings, an after-school orchestra program run by SMU students that meets three times a week. “‘This is their orchestra’ is what we really try and hit home. This is for you.

We are not doing this for us as an SMU community. This is your South Dallas Strings Orchestra,” Israel said.

Israel never intended to teach the students, but now she is at the school three times a week to provide stability and a face that students see every day.

She founded South Dallas Strings off of Bridge the Gap Chamber Players, a group at SMU that brings chamber music into the community.

When she took over as executive director, Israel wanted to bring in the educational component that it was missing.

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Generation (CNG) to bring orchestra programs back into schools where it had disappeared.

South Dallas Strings was also made possible by borrowing unused instruments from middle schools and receiving help from SMU music students.

Deon Foreman, a kindergarten teacher at Dunbar who is a part of Boys and Girls Club CNG, was eager to volunteer to supervise the program.

“Being there and knowing what

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they are getting, our hopes are that they grab hold to it and know this is something that they can have for life,” Foreman said. “That this can take them far beyond what they can dream of.”

Studies show that students who do not have something to engage in fifth and sixth grade are the ones who are more likely to drop out of school.

Israel hopes that South Dallas Strings will help fill in this gap and that the students will be able to continue playing in orchestra through middle school.

Additionally, students have been gaining social behavior skills, building self-confidence and learning to think critically on their own.

Together, they have been increasing accountability and teamwork.

“These kids are the future, just as the Highland Park kids are the future, and it’s really sad to me that no one is taking notice of them as they need to,” Israel said.

Israel is graduating in December and the program will need to hire a music educator for January. South Dallas Strings is raising money to continue the program.

“If we leave now, then I’m afraid that we will do more harm than good,” Israel said.

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Nominated movies that are worth watching RILEY COVEN Arts & Life Editor rcoven@smu.edu The end of the year and the beginning of the next signify many things.

The start of the new year shines with optimism as the seasons change and students return back to campus for the new semester energized to work; meanwhile, the hard working people of the film and television industry finally get rewarded for their artistic triumphs.

Awards season is one of the most fascinating of the year.

The Golden Globes and Oscars both make their cases for films and leave everyone laughing, crying and clapping for the winners and losers throughout.

This season, the nominated

films are some of the most enthralling in years.

Here are a few of the nominated movies worth checking out.

1) “Mad Max: Fury Road” George Miller’s take on the Mel Gibson classic updates the role with Tom Hardy taking the reigns. Nominated for best picture: drama and best director, the film is one of the most critically acclaimed and commercial successes of the year.

The film follows Max Rockatansky as he attempts to survive in the post-apocalyptic wasteland that remains in this dystopian future.

After he’s captured by the War Boys, he escapes and finds himself reluctantly helping a female traitor from the group.

They work together to

Leonardo DiCaprio stars in “The Revenant.”

escape the War Boys’ clutches and find the promised land.

A film full of extravagant sets and beautiful visuals, this movie is one of the best this year.

2) “The Revenant” Nominated for six different Golden Globes, including best picture and

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best actor, Alejandro Inarritu’s follow up to his award-winning “Birdman” might be even better than its predecessor.

The film takes place in the 1820s as a fur trader is left for dead by his crew and a traitor that killed his son.

As he fights for survival, one thing keeps him going: the vengeance he seeks for his son.

Filmed with Inarritu’s unique style, the film uses only natural light throughout and features visceral scenery coupled

with an uncompromising performance from its lead, Leonardo DiCaprio.

3) “The Martian” Scott’s space epic was nominated for three separate awards, best picture, actor, and director.

Matt Damon headed an all-star cast that worked together to beautifully portray the story of a man stranded on Mars with little hope of survival.

A story about perseverance, belief and inner strength, “The Martian” is a terrific film for moviegoers everywhere.

A funny movie with genuine emotion, Ridley Scott continues his excellent track record in 2016.

4) “The Big Short” An adaption of the Michael Lewis’ book of the same title, Adam McKay’s film explores the housing market crash of the mid2000s and a few men behind the scenes.

A group of bankers and Wall Street aficionados recognize the housing bubble and try to take advantage of

the greedy banks to make some money from their poor foresight.

Nominated for four Golden Globes, best picture, screenplay, actor, and supporting actor, the movie was a force of emotion throughout and left audience members floored.

With an especially outstanding performance from Steve Carell, the film is grounded by its actors but becomes something more by its message.

5) “Steve Jobs” Danny Boyle’s film was taken out of theater’s extremely quickly but still achieved remarkable critical acclaim.

Nominated for four Golden Globes, including best actor, supporting actress, screenplay, and score, the film took advantage of a remarkable story and some remarkable performances.

Filmed over three separate scenes, the film follows Apple founder Steve Jobs as he navigates his own life among his friends and his products.

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Create + Cultivate to visit Dallas EMILY WARD Fashion Editor eward@smu.edu Create + Cultivate’s tagline is “Not your average conference,” and this statement could not be more true.

Started in 2012 by blogger-turned-CEO Jaclyn Johnson, Create + Cultivate is a creative conference and online platform for female entrepreneurs in the digital space. The imaginative workshop and speaking series has taken place in Portland, Brooklyn, Palm Springs and Los Angeles, and, this January, will be visiting Dallas for the first time.

Johnson created No Subject, a digital and events agency, in 2010 and has since established it as one of the go-to agencies in Los Angeles, servicing clients such as Nasty Gal. Two years later, it struck her that fashion and lifestyle brands were lacking environments where women in this field could come together to creatively entertain and inspire one another, both online and off.

Thus, Create + Cultivate, a 365-day conversation about entrepreneurship, was created.

Its team strives to gather the next generation of curious thinkers, entrepreneurs and girl bosses to spark conversations around the topics they are passionate about — from influencer marketing and brand building to raising money.

The conference is held three times a year and past speakers include best-in-thebusiness names such as Whitney Port.

The first conference of 2016 will be held in Dallas Jan. 30, and is expected to include 60 speakers and more than 400 attendees.

The keynote speakers are Katherine Power and Hillary Kerr, the co-founders of Clique Media Group, as well as Emily Schuman of Cupcakes & Cashmere. Prominent panelists Julia Engel of Gal Meets Glam and Tina Craig of Bag Snob are also set to speak.

SMU professor Jake Batsell teaches courses in digital journalism and media entrepreneurship. He is quick to comment on the the barrierless relationship between famous bloggers and their fans.

“Certainly within the fashion world, and many other industries as well, what the Web has done is eliminate some of the hierarchies that traditionally governed these

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The first Create + Cultivate conference of 2016 will be held in Dallas Jan. 30.

professions,” Batsell said. “No one is saying anymore that you have to pay your dues to gain admission to the club.”

Taylor Miller, founder and owner of Hazen Jewelry, is excited for the chance to attend Create + Cultivate in her home state next month. She knows the conference is highly recognized for bringing like-minded, creative and ambitious women together in one place.

“I am just thrilled that this event is in Dallas, and I look forward to meeting and networking with my neighbors,” Miller said.

“I think something really unique happens when communities work together towards a common goal.”

Miller says she is most looking forward to hearing from Elizabeth Cutler and Julie Rise of SoulCycle.

“They have clearly created an incredible brand, business and business model and I am curious to see what insight they have to add,” Miller said Hazen Jewelry social media intern and student blogger Molly O’Connor is counting down the days until the Create + Cultivate conference as well. She views the conference as an invaluable learning experience taught by successful women who were once at the same starting point where she is now.

“As a recent creator of a blog, I would love to hear all the tricks and words of wisdom that all of these phenomenal women have to offer,” O’Connor said. “I hope to not only sharpen existing skills, but also learn to think about my craft from different and much more advanced perspectives.”

Tickets for the event may seem pricey at $285, but they include workshops, mentor sessions, cocktails, food, pop-up shops, photo booths and gift bags. Create + Cultivate will be held in the popular event space, Lofty Spaces, on Montgomery Street starting at 8 a.m.

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Editor comments on millenials, election On Jan. 14, 2016 the Campus Weekly ran an article by Rebekah Tate on how millennials will be the key in the upcoming presidential election. While our generation may be the key in deciding the election, is that a good thing for the health of this country?

Our elders might say that our generation is overly whiny — constantly complaining and pointing out the worst in society, seeing things in far too negative of a light while doing nothing to fix it.

And I would say that there is some truth to that criticism.

While our generation does have to deal with immense levels of debt in a faltering economy, we often gripe without a solution. We make demands, post on Facebook and desire things like free

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college without considering all of the consequences or advancing concrete solutions toward our lofty goals.

However, right now Washington seems to have the exact same problem that we are criticized of. They whine and point fingers while nothing gets done in the face of worsening situations across our nation. Something effective needs to be done, and the generations above us are not doing anything.

So maybe it is time that our generation stood up for actual, effective change.

Because while I personally may not agree with the left-leaning tendencies of millenials, I do know that something needs to change and things need to actually get done. It is high time we fill this gap by figuring out who we are, what we want and take the necessary steps to get things done. This will require not only clear leadership and direction, but more compromise and cooperation than is being utilized in politics.

As the oldest of the millennial generation approach the age to possibly take office and lead for change, this idea is not long from being a reality. That considered, it is high time we start coming up with some actual plans ourselves and getting behind something

more substantial than Facebook posts and hashtag movements.

Until our generation actually stands up and starts doing, rather than cynically complaining and agitating on how bad things are, then nothing will change for the better.

In short, our generation is not yet the key as we have not really come to a consensus about where we want to go and how to get there. But once we decide and start acting on it, we will be the key to advancement.

We should seek to be more than just a swing vote or a consumer base that Washington can pander to. We should look to be a sweeping change that will start figuring things out and getting things done for the health of our nation.

Satire: the reason for the campus construction Last semester a secret university committee met to discuss a dire issue. Studies had shown that SMU’s average body weight had been on the rise. Considering SMU’s reputation for beautiful people and fit students, something had to be done.

Many solutions were discussed in the interest of keeping SMU students beautiful. Solutions included extending Dedman’s hours and offering financial incentives for being beautiful.

While there were many good options, the committee decided upon a final, drastic step. They would tear up the entire center of the campus with construction, forcing students to add miles onto their daily commute to circumnavigate all of the campus work.

This plan would be

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perfectly hidden under the disguise of the centennial celebraion and campus beautificaiton, both central focuses on campus.

Several locations were discussed for the construction, but they finally decided to shut down one of the major streets in the heart of campus.

This location would ensure that students traveling from the new dorms to Hughes-Trigg would add an approximate 15 minutes onto their walking time.

Additionally, any engineering student with a class outside of the Lyle school quad would suffer as well.

OE2C, amongst fits of rage at the sheer inefficiency of the construction, estimates that the average student will walk an extra 30-90 miles this semester on account of the construction. The committee expects the average student bodyweight to drop by 5 pounds or so by the time

the planned construction is complete.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and there is no other logical reason why one would close down major campus thoroughfares during the year for anything else besides the health of the students, but worth it right?

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Riding jackets combine cowgirls and couture Cold, dry air slaps audience members in their faces as they enter the heavy doors into the John Justin Arena at Will Rogers for the the American Paint Horse Association World Championship Show 2015.

“Once the cold air hits the horse, you feel them wake-up and want to hightail it out of the ring,” said Leroy Poignant, a youth world champion western-rider.

The dirt ring in the center of the stadium features plastic foliage and bars aligned in a pattern tailored to the showmanship class that had just finished. Incredibly poised and stiff looking women stand idle with their horses against the railing of the ring, awaiting National Championship placement for this class.

The women stand facing the judges with their backs to the stands; Swarovski crystals and rhinestones dazzle and blind observers.

Some jackets are bedazzled that there is no obvious pattern or design, not even a trace of fabric is visible. Explosions of sparkles dazzle across the torsos of these women.

“I’m showing in the Western pleasure class and my full piece outfit — buttonup, under-shirt, cuffs, vest and chaps cost $7,000,” said 22-year-old North Texas University student Brett Avery Sanders.

According to Sanders, she has another show outfit set in green that cost a whopping $12,000 and was constructed from a stiff drape fabric. The set includes three different style jackets and matching attire. Sanders said she has only worn that particular green set once or twice. My jaw dropped.

Sanders says that these jackets and show outfits are all custom-made for show purposes and that everyone goes all out for this annual world show.

“You have to have the look to win,” Sanders said. “Our look is the final touch.

Everything has to be tailored to the body so the judges can see our form.”

In the merchandise hall of the world show, underneath heavily bedazzled displays, sat Janet Cook — the principal designer of Show Off Designs from Forth Worth.

Cook said her jackets are less expensive than some of the other jackets that are in the pen but are still custom-made designs.

Cook’s jackets don’t exceed $1,500 and she says that each month she spends between

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The matador-inspired Western riding jacket pictured above is worth around $6,000.

$5,000 and $10,000 on rhinestone wholesale orders alone.

“The girls want something that will compliment the color of their horse,” Cook said. “People think if you feel good then you look good, but I promise you the judge is looking at the horses.”

Cook said that in addition to designing show outfits, she has also been judging for 20 years. In her judging perspective, she said she personally cannot tell the difference between a $500 outfit and a $5,000 outfit in the pen.

Cook also included that she looks for an entire well-rounded picture of a well-trained horse that is coordinated with the rider’s fitted outfit.

The beautiful jackets display similar patterns, colors and styles while lacking an edginess and uniqueness one would expect in a multi-thousand dollar custom purchase.

That is until one meets a lady known as “Hair” from Aubrey, Texas — Diane Luckey.

“You don’t want to go to the dance wearing the same dress,” Luckey said.

Luckey said she has been showing horses for 15 years and designing for eight years.

She began designing after her mother bought her a custom show outfit, including a vest and chaps, that cost an alarming $8,500.

Luckey said the outfit is amazing and she still wears it to this day; however, she decided that she would become a designer.

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She’s one of the few who can do it all,” Sanders said.

Luckey said that the matador style jacket she wore to the APHA World Show this year would probably be sold for about $6,000. But unless one bought this custom-made jacket off of her back, it will be the one and only style ever made. Luckey said that she only makes one original and that is that.

For just this jacket, Luckey said that cutting of the leather pieces took her two weeks to complete. It is a very meticulous and time-consuming process because the designs are so elaborate.

The shoulder pads on the matador jacket are stiff and broad, giving her an elegantly poised and well-postured stance.

“The shoulders are made out of upholstery fabric,” Luckey said. “Carpeting, upholstery, anything is fair game. We are crazy!”

Luckey prefers to use Lycra fabric when constructing the shell of the jacket because it provides the wearer with the flattering, stiff shape they need to have in the ring.

“You put all these stones on and it can drag a jacket down. It won’t fit right,” Luckey said.

“This Lycra stretch fabric is real thick, it keeps you all sucked in there but you can still move.”

smudailycampus.com/style smucw_editorial@smu.edu In addition to Lycra, Luckey also likes to apply ultra suede to line the undersides of her jackets. She said in the showmanship this application is helpful because it makes you as stiff as cardboard and wrinkle-free.

Not just anyone can wear a Luckey original; she only designs on a referral basis and for clients that share the same edgy vision that she has. She has learned over the years that not every client can shake off his or her conservative aesthetics.

“You can see my personality in my jackets,” Luckey said. “There have been instances where my edginess is too much for someone and it’s OK. We go separate ways, but I do try to accommodate to their needs.”

This past year, Luckey designed 10 custom show-outfits and says she will only work on two to three at a time. She also requests a three-month minimum on projects. The system that she has created for herself allows her to have an equal balance in her life between showing her horse, designing jackets, planning her December wedding and working as a realestate agent in North Texas.

“I got so busy a year-and-a-half ago I could barely show my own horse and I was having to buy my own clothes,” Luckey said.

In order to continue to feel passionate about her design work and have time to enjoy her horse, she decided to keep her design workload

small — which only adds to the novelty of owning a Luckey piece.

Inside Luckey’s home, a starched piece of leather lies atop a billiard table. Patent leather cutouts of a horse’s head and an assortment of Swarovski crystals lie next to the piece of leather, waiting to be carefully placed.

Luckey explained that she used to be afraid of cutting leather until she developed a no-fail trick. Before she cuts the leather, she said she starches it like a pair of jeans, irons it, dries it out and then applies heat to bond an adhesive agent that eases her design process.

After the appliqués and crystals are glued and adhered to the fabric, the pieces are sent to her seamstress Evelyn in Denton, Texas to be sewn on and finished.

Luckey’s design team consists of her seamstress Evelyn, her pattern maker Beth out of Dallas and even sometimes her fiancé Steve, who works as an art director and graphic designer. Luckey said you will know when Steve has had a hand on a garment because it will have a rhinestone skull.

The women wearing jackets by Luckey and other designers entered the pen of the arena incredibly stoic, beautiful and composed. They created a perfect image and formed with their trained horse by their side. But according to some of these women, up close and center, the image is not so picture perfect.

“I won’t put my jacket on until seconds before I go into the pen,” Kristina Hermanson said after placing fourth in horsemanship at the APHA World Show. “After horsemanship I was sweating so much, I was dripping and trying to pat my face down so the judges couldn’t see.”

Hermanson wore a beautifully decorated blue jacket, but all that was visible from the judge’s stand was her brightly colored pink smile and the flashy rhinestones on her jacket.

She appeared perfectly composed and not at all over-heated and uncomfortable.

Desarae Gilley, a 23-year-old from Northern California, shared the same experience as Hermanson.

“You sweat your butt off in these jackets and you can’t get them dry-cleaned or else the rhinestones will fall off,” Gilley said.

Gilley said that in order to clean the jackets many women spray them with Febreze.

“It’s so gross,” Gilley said.

Once the jackets are zipped up and the women enter the arena, they have entered their own tropical climate within their jackets.

The jackets that are being custom designed and hand sewn for these women are nothing less than couture garments.

There is no other place in the world where couture garments are worn in the dirt next to a 1,000-lb. animal.