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2016 summer Orientation Leaders welcome incoming students, parents to SMU KATIE BUTLER Managing Editor kdbutler@smu.edu 15 leaders, 14 sessions, numerous days and nights, one summer.

Lined up in red shirts stamped with the SMU logo, 15 SMU students serving as Orientation Leaders for the summer of 2016 greet the expectant faces of new incoming students in the Hughes-Trigg Ballroom.

Having been preparing for new students since January, the group takes a collective deep breath before beginning their introductions.

This group is on a mission; a mission to show new and transfer students that SMU is home.

“Our biggest job is providing [new students] with the knowledge to have a great time at SMU,” said Orientation Leader Sara Whitely, an incoming sophomore at SMU. “Our goal is to talk to students and connect with them while being there to answer questions and hopefully positively influence their first SMU experience.”

This summer, SMU once again holds its annual orientation program entitled AARO for both incoming first-years and transfer students preparing to become Mustangs.

While each AARO session involves a chance to meet one-on-one with academic advisors and registration tips, this program also offers programming led by 15 SMU students who serve as orientation leaders for the entire program.

These student-leaders, who have been preparing for months for the arrival of new students, all chose to commit their time to welcoming incoming Mustangs to the SMU family. Beginning June 24 with the first group of new students, the leaders began to put everything they have been preparing for into action.

Why? To give back to the school that gives so much to them.

“I wanted to be an Orientation Leader because I had such a great experience at AARO as an incoming first-year,” incoming senior Lauren Lunder said. “I have the

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The 15 selected summer 2016 Orientation Leaders will greet and introduce incoming first-years and transfer students to the SMU campus.

biggest place in my heart for SMU and being an Orientation Leader was just one of the few ways that I found myself being able to give back to the University and really make an impact on other students.”

Incoming sophomore Davis Wells also believes being an Orientation Leader is one small way to repay SMU. “I want to have a positive impact on the incoming students and serve as a role model for the entire class,” Wells said.

“My orientation was great — I wanted to replicate mine,” said Wells when asked about why he chose to become an Orientation Leader. “I enjoyed meeting people through AARO and Mustang Corral when I was a freshman.”

For some leaders, it was the students that served as an example for them during their AARO sessions when they were first-years that changed the way they looked at SMU and felt being a part of the campus community.

“Even three years later, I still remember my orientation experience very well,” Lunden said. “My Orientation Leader was also a senior, so it’s fun to see things come full circle. I remember being so excited for AARO and coming to SMU and I hope to make others just as excited and comfortable in their transition.”

Incoming sophomore Jacqueline MannMcCullick had a negative AARO experience.

She decided as an Orientation Leader to leave a positive impact ,so students would not stress or feel discouraged coming in.

“I didn’t want to come to SMU and going through orientation, I had a negative attitude, thinking I would transfer after one semester,” said Mann-McCullick. “After going through orientation and seeing how much the Orientation leaders loved SMU, I was motivated to get involved and I turned out to really like it here… I want to make new students feel that way too.”

While all leaders agree that being a part of

AARO is an extremely rewarding experience, there are some challenges that come with being a part of this exciting time for incoming students.

“The parents ask the toughest questions,” said Wells. “They are the most persistent.”

“I think the most challenging part is that there are so many different people coming from so many different walks of life,” says Mann-McCullick. “We are going to try the best we can to connect to every single person.”

Yet despite the challenges, the group of Orientation Leaders all agree the job is worth it, and there are many things about being a leader that no one seems to know.

“We all live on the same floor and live on campus with the students during the summer,” said Whitely. “We have been preparing for this since January. We had a class every Tuesday last semester for two hours and since the first of June, we have been working every day from 9-5…there is a lot that goes into it.”

However, the most apparent and important part of AARO, said Orientation Leader James “Peach” Kuchler, is that students feel that SMU is the right place for them.

“I hope people realize we love this school,” said Kuchler. “We hope we can make everyone acquainted because we were all in their shoes at one time.”

In addition to making students feel like they made the right decision committing to SMU, Lunden also wants students to feel at home.

I hope incoming students and parents feel like they are already part of the Mustang family after Orientation. I hope to make students, parents, and families confident in their decision to come to SMU and excited for their time here.

“It’s nice being a part of something bigger,” said Mann-McCullick. “And, it’s nice to know that 15 of us can impact 1,500 new students.”

For prospective students wanting to know more about AARO, visit smu.edu/ StudentAffairs/NewStudent/AAROFY.

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Students ‘bugged out’ by campus dining KYLIE MADRY Contributing Writer kmadry@smu.edu SMU sent out a campus-wide email on Friday, April 1 saying Umphrey Lee dining hall would be closed that weekend “for maintenance.” The email did not specify that the maintenance would be pest control, which, according to Student Senate, was scheduled after numerous student reports of cockroach sightings, some of them captured on video and posted on social media.

Journalism major Gianni Windahl says she saw a roach crawling up the wall in front of her after exiting a bathroom stall in the dining hall last semester.

“It really grossed me out,” she said. “Not just because it was a roach, but because it was in a food establishment. It makes me wonder where else they might be in the building.”

Windahl says her experience is not out of the ordinary. She mentioned anonymous social media app Yik Yak as an outlet for students to express their frustration.

“You hear people talking about it all the time,” she said.

Two videos from March made their way around campus after students caught bugs on camera in Umphrey Lee. One depicted a roach on an uncooked pizza, and another, filmed on March 15, showed a roach near the cooked pizzas.

Alexis Maloney, a member of Student Senate, said the organization reported the sightings to Facilities after concerns were brought up by a first-year student responsible for filming one of the videos. The junior says that it was these concerns that led to the dining hall’s closure for a weekend.

“There was previously an issue caused by a water leak which was swiftly resolved when follow-up treatment was administered to the facility over a weekend,” said David Ter Kuile, senior director of dining services, in an email.

While Ter Kuile did not say the closure had any relation to pest sightings, water leaks have been known to attract insects.

Article 6.07 of the University Park Code of Ordinances requires that all food services establishments within the confines of the city be permitted by the city secretary. While SMU falls within this jurisdiction, inspections of food service establishments are contracted out to the Dallas County Environmental Health Division. By law, eating establishments must

undergo two inspections a year, though there may be more if there is cause for concern.

According to Dallas County Health Department records, the Umphrey Lee Dining Commons sprayed for bugs at least three times in the past 13 months, prior to inspections. No other records for SMU dining mention pest control work, except for Einstein Bros. Bagels, once, in October. A Sept. 24 inspection of Arnold Dining Commonsfound cross-contamination of foods as well as “evidence of insect contamination.” Both, according to the report, required immediate corrective action.

Facilities calls the pest control regular and procedural. “We have Terminex come every single day,” said Kia Zaman, the office administrator for facilities. “This has been business as usual, and if there are concerns, they have not been brought up with us. Dining does have a big impact on where bugs will be.”

Ter Kuile supported Zaman’s statement, and called the treatments “preventative.”

Christine Green, the city secretary for University Park, said she was unaware of any health and safety issues regarding SMU campus dining. She mentioned Lovers Egg Roll on Mockingbird Lane as a restaurant that has had repeated violations, and even a closure in December. “If a restaurant does not pass inspection, it will be closed, like Lovers Egg Roll. SMU has passed all inspections, as far as I know.”

The Dallas County health inspector, Rudy Phillips, could not be reached for comment.

SMU has contracted out its food services to Aramark since 1995, and according to notes from Student Senate meetings, is not up for renewal until 2020. Aramark, which is known for providing food services to schools and other facilities such as sporting arenas, prisons and others has come under fire in other states in recent years. In 2014, the Michigan Department of Corrections fined the company for repeatedly running out of food, as well as other breaches of contract.

In response, Ter Kuile, who is an Aramark employee, said: “Our goal at SMU Dining is to always provide students, faculty and staff members with services of the highest quality.”

Student Senate has been working to address students’ dining concerns.

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The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum hosted “The People, The Presidency and The Press” event presented by The Dallas Morning News celebrating Pulitzer Prizes on June 2-3.

The Bush Center hosts ‘The People, the Presidency and the Press,’ celebrating 100 years of Pulitzer Prizes OLIVIA NGUYEN & LISA SALINAS SMU Campus Weekly Staff Members The George W. Bush Presidential Center hosted ‘The People, The Presidency and The Press,’ a two-day symposium that celebrated 100 years of Pulitzer Prizes June 2-3.

The event discussed the tension between past presidents and people who elect them into office, which in turn, produced award-winning journalism, scholarship and art.

Pulitzer Prize winners and 24 guest panelists, moderators and artists were invited to discuss their work and values it represents.

It was presented by The Dallas Morning News in collaboration with the Pulitzer Prize Board, LBJ Foundation and George W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation.

On June 2, “The People, the Presidency and the Press” explored past presidents’ leadership and character that impacted how Americans view democracy and government.

The evening began with an introduction by former President George W. Bush leading into a performance by the Dallas Theatre Center of three Pulitzer Prize-winning excerpts which included: “Abe Lincoln in Illinois,” 1939; “Of Thee I Sing,” 1932 and “Hamilton,” 2016.

A panel of presidential biographers followed the

performance. The panel of authors included Jon Meacham, Annette Gordon-Reed and Ron Chernow and was moderated

by Mark Updegrove.

They discussed how they choose subjects to write about, the difference between writing about presidents who are alive versus ones who have passed and the psychology behind writing biographies.

Retired Dallas Federal Court judge, William Sanderson Jr., was one of the audience members on June 2.

“I am impressed; it was outstanding– really enjoyable and insightful,” Sanderson Jr. said, “It is always interesting to hear the creative mind being explored by the writers themselves.”

Fellow attendee Tim Smith agreed the performance and panel did not disappoint.

“It was interesting,” Smith said, “The discussion, particularly with [Ron Chernow], was very good.”

Smith recognized that President Washington was more relatable than many portray him.

“He talked a lot about how his personality, when he did research on him, was more life-like, more vivid, than the stoic image that most people have when they look at Washington.

More humanizing,” Smith said.

However, the highlight of the night for Smith was the introduction by former President Bush.

“There was the surprise in the beginning by the introduction from former President George W. Bush,” Smith said.

Matt Ransdell, one of the performers of the night from the Dallas Theatre Center, also thought Bush’s appearance was unexpected.

“I think George W. Bush has the most notable laugh of all-time, and him being in the front row was one of the most nerve-wracking things,” Ransdell said.

Overall, the audience was responsive according to Randsell.

“The people were incredible; to rap and to have them vibe with it was really cool,” Randsell said.

Unlike June 2 which touched on one main topic, the second day of the symposium was filled with multiple panels covering a variety of topics throughout the day.

Subjects included media coverage in the digital age, the economic issue of poverty, journalism ethics and the future of American politics.

The hundreds of attendees, decorated panelists, guest speakers and Pulitzer Prize winners sparked incisive discussion on the future of American journalism, scholarship and art while simultaneously celebrating the centennial anniversary of Pulitzer Prizes.

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SMU is better off without Ted Kapita PATRICK ENGEL Assoc. Sports Editor pengel@smu.edu SMU is better off without a four-star recruit.

It sounds egregious and stupid.

You’re trying to think of how it’s possible that SMU will benefit from the departure of center Ted Kapita, a top-50 recruit and a former Arkansas signee, from its recruiting class. How can a talented player at a position of need who would be a year older than most freshmen be anything other than helpful for SMU? You’re right. On the court, Kapita would help SMU. But that’s only part of what he brings.

Kapita is also a big academic risk.

He already failed to qualify once, which prevented him from playing at Arkansas last year. And despite committing to SMU in February, he didn’t sign a letter of intent or a scholarship agreement in the spring signing period, because he had yet to qualify again.

Recently, he and SMU publicly parted ways. It was an expected move.

This isn’t an attack on Kapita for his academic struggles or an attempt to reprimand him for them. His academic struggles are fact. They’re part of what he brings as a recruit.

No team should be more wary of academic risk recruits than SMU. SMU needs to stay away from such players, no matter what they bring on the court.

As you remember, SMU got itself in trouble with the NCAA for illegally providing academic assistance to an academic risk player before he even played a college game.

That trouble forced a 25-5 team to sit out the postseason.

The same player who received the assistance later missed a semester’s worth of games due to academic issues. You know who that is. Markus Kennedy, a fan favorite, also missed games because he was academically ineligible and did not graduate as scheduled in May. Former SMU center Yanick Moreira didn’t graduate in 2015.

In addition to getting SMU sanctioned, these academic-related troubles have hurt SMU’s Academic Progress Rate (APR), the NCAA’s metric for holding specific teams

accountable for keeping athletes eligible and ensuring they are making progress toward graduating.

The NCAA releases APR data every April. A team’s four-year APR score must be above 930, or it will receive an automatic postseason ban.

SMU men’s basketball’s four-year APR score is 939. The private school average this year was 970. Included in SMU’s fouryear average is a 904 single-year score from 2013-14.

The 2015-16 score won’t be released until April 2017, so it isn’t included in the 939.

That means Kennedy’s inability to graduate and Keith Frazier’s midseason transfer aren’t included in the 939. Both will hurt SMU’s APR. See where we’re going here?

SMU’s current position makes it unable to afford taking any academic risks, regardless of what they bring on the court. Kapita fits that description. There’s nothing wrong with academic risk players getting a chance to play in college, but SMU can’t be a destination for them right now.

Kapita took a recent visit to North Carolina State, according to multiple reports.

If the Wolfpack find a way to get him on the team, good for them. If he doesn’t have any academic issues while he’s there, good for them. NC State has a four-year APR of 966 and didn’t just receive academic-related sanctions. It can afford the risk.

When Larry Brown first took over SMU, he could afford risks. SMU wasn’t in NCAA trouble then and was a moribund program that needed a talent infusion. SMU could afford Kennedy, who even after his academic troubles at SMU, still helped way more than he hurt.

SMU doesn’t have to sign Rhodes Scholars every year, but it should keep its current situation in mind and avoid risky players altogether. SMU is better off with no risk than with any risk. Even if Kapita qualifies, he still has to work to stay eligible each semester.

If SMU had taken the risk on Kapita and he qualified, you can’t help but think of the worst-case scenario for even a second: he has trouble staying eligible and helps tank APR, resulting in another postseason ban. Even that little thought is more egregious than saying SMU is better off without a four-star recruit.

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Real SJ from ‘The Blind Side’ to play football, basketball at SMU

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PATRICK ENGEL Assoc. Sports Editor pengel@smu.edu Moody Coliseum has been a popular destination for local celebrities and athletes.

This season, SMU will have a celebrity on its team. Sort of.

Sean “SJ” Tuohy Jr., played by Jae Head in the movie “The Blind Side,” will play his final season of college basketball at SMU. His mother, Leigh Anne, announced the move on her Instagram page.

“I’m sad you can’t see my level of enthusiasm because I’m just giddy that our little SJ is going to take his fifth year of eligibility and play not only basketball but FOOTBALL as well at SMU,” Leigh Anne Tuohy posted on Instagram.

SJ Tuohy played his first three seasons of basketball at Loyola (Md.) University. He graduated in May and will enroll at SMU as a graduate student to play both football and basketball. Tuohy, a 6-feet, 180-pound point guard, played in 19 career games in three seasons at Loyola, scoring 10 total points.

Tuohy is part of the family who took in current NFL player Michael Oher when

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Sean ‘SJ’ Tuohy will play football and basketball at SMU for the 2016-2017 season.

he was in high school. Oher’s rise from homeless Memphis child to first-round draft pick prompted the book and movie.

Tuohy’s father, Sean, holds the Southeastern Conference career and singleseason record for assists. He played point guard for Ole Miss from 1979-1892.

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The Touhy family (from left to right): Sean ‘SJ’, Michael Oher, Sean, Collins and Leigh Anne.

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After a defensive-heavy 2016 signing class, SMU’s 2017 recruiting class started with commitments from four offensive players.

SMU landed its first defensive player in the class when Toby Nduwke, a defensive end from Richmond (Texas) George Ranch High School, announced his commitment.

Both Scout.com and 247Sports.com rate him as a three-star prospect. He will play weak-side defensive end and chose SMU over offers from Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Colorado State, LouisianaMonroe and North Texas.

The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Ndukwe won a state title with George Ranch in 2015.

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Nudkwe is the fifth member of SMU’s 2017 recruiting class. He joins quarterback Will McBride, wide receiver Tyquez Hampton, tight end Cade Brewer and offensive tackle Alan Ali in the class.

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Bruno Fernando no longer part of SMU’s 2016 class PATRICK ENGEL Assoc. Sports Editor pengel@smu.edu SMU basketball is losing an important part of its 2016 recruiting class.

Four-star center Bruno Fernando committed to SMU on April 1, but did not sign a letter of intent when the late signing period began on April 13. Recently, Fernando played with his old AAU team, E1T1 United, in an AAU tournament in Hampton, Va. Seniors who are committed or signed cannot play in such events.

A recent report from MADEHoops’ Pat Lawless confirmed that Fernando is not signing with SMU and

will return to Montverde Prep (Fla.) for a postgraduate year, making him part of the 2017 recruiting cycle. He could still sign with SMU in 2017, but he is no longer committed for 2016 as of now.

Fernando was one of two four-star big men in SMU’s recruiting class, according to the 2016 247Sports composite rankings. The other, DME Academy (Fla.) center Ted Kapita, has also yet to sign his letter of intent. Since he has already done a post-graduate year, he would have to go the junior college route or turn pro if he does not sign.

Typically, situations like Fernando’s happen because a player cannot

qualify academically, meaning he could not meet the NCAA’s test score or GPA requirements, or he was denied admission to the school. They happen every year. Kapita had to do the post-grad year at DME because he could not qualify at Arkansas, where he originally signed in 2015.

Former California signee Tyson Jolly, whom SMU had offered out of high school, also had to do a post-grad year instead of play for the Golden Bears in 2015-16. He is now signed to play for Baylor starting in the fall. Former Syracuse signee Moustapha Diagne did not qualify to play in 2015-16 and had to go to junior college.

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Ice cream parlor creates special needs jobs, looks to expand into national brand KARLY HANSON Contributing Writer khanson@smu.edu Big things are happening for Howdy Homemade, a tiny ice cream parlor primarily staffed by special needs adults on the Miracle Mile of Lovers Lane.

Tom Landis, owner and founder of Howdy, is trying to take the parlor’s signature flavor – the world’s only Dr Pepper Chocolate Chip – to the Texas State Fair. From there, he plans on selling it in stores across the U.S. in partnership with Dr Pepper.

“I think we share a vision of how we can use the ice cream as a vehicle to really create more jobs and I’m really excited about that,” Landis said.

The proceeds from selling the ice cream will go to creating more jobs for special needs adults.

Landis is also working out logistics to have a plant in Waxahachie, Texas, make the ice cream.

He says its location along I-35 will make it easy to ship the ice cream across the nation.

“I know this all sounds crazy,” Landis said, “but pretty much everything I have done with Howdy has been crazy and has come true.”

Howdy Homemade opened its doors Dec. 26 and now employs 14 adults with either Down syndrome or autism. Landis has been working with the Highland Park Transitions Program for five years, as well as several other schools in the area including Notre Dame School, originally at his two Texadelphia restaurants.

But Landis sees Howdy’s potential as much more than what he was doing with Texadelphia.

After 20 years of earning an income off of sandwiches, he put his franchise on the market and is making Howdy Homemade his sole focus.

Landis said he has calls every day from people

interested in franchising Howdy after being open for only four months.

Landis knows his employees are capable of more than folding silverware at a restaurant or bagging groceries, and he’s not afraid to push them to get them there.

“We want to give a hand up and not a hand out,” Landis said. “We want to provide people with a sense of dignity, that they can work, they can have a job and then hopefully my employees will in turn give back to others.”

Benjamin Rubarts, an autistic 17-year-old, is graduating from Oak Hill Academy in May. He is going to learn to drive over the summer and someday wants to move to Redmund, Wash., to work at the Nintendo headquarters. Rubarts has been an employee at Howdy since it opened.

“It’s been great for his verbal expression,” Cary-Elisa Rubarts, Benjamin’s mom, said. “It’s really stretched him and he’s grown a bunch. He’s

learning a business, which is more than I could have hoped for.”

Working at Howdy has also been a game changer for the now vice president, Coleman Jones.

“It’s unbelievable,” Lendy Jones, Coleman’s mom, said of Howdy Homemade. “As the mother of a child with special needs, it’s a dream come true.”

Coleman is in the HP Transitions program.

He started working for Landis at one of his Texadelphia locations last fall. Landis wants to make him manager within the year and have Howdy entirely run by his special needs staff.

“I didn’t think this was in the realm of possibility,” Lendy said. “Tom Landis is over the top. He is so forward thinking and thoughtful and kind and able to change. He expects the most, and he anticipates that these kids are going to meet his expectations.”

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Dallas adopts food truck frenzy MORGAN SMITH Assoc. A&L Editor morganchandler96@gmail.com The entire park is immediately greeted by smells of sautéed onions and caramelized bacon. There is a loud muttering and mumbling of chefs running around the kitchen, grabbing Gruyere cheese and Dijon mustard, chopping onions and tossing them onto the grill.

The food here aligns with gourmet standards and is some of the best in Dallas.

However, this food does not come from behind the counter of a 5-star restaurant; it comes from behind the counter of a food truck.

Kale and juicing might be food trends, but food trucks are here to stay. Dallas alone is home to more than 100 food trucks. They are found at locations like Klyde Warren Park, Lower Greenville, Deep Ellum and even SMU’s campus.

Students at SMU enjoy food trucks for their unique flavors and menu items.

“When you go to a restaurant, you know what you’re getting into. It’s the same menu over and over again,” senior Phillip CarterTracy said. “Food trucks you’re going to an assembly of different cuisines set before you to choose, smell and sort of embrace the food culture and the freaky fusions they try to whip out.”

The businesses have grown and stayed a constant trend for foodies in and around the city. Food truck drivers know that this not a trend that’s going to go anywhere soon.

“Food trucks have stayed because a lot of people are supporting local businesses and

young individuals that can’t afford brick and mortars right now, but are very dedicated to their craft,” Parrot Icce SP owner Steven Soussi said.

Soussi said the convenience and mobility of food trucks also contributes to their popularity.

“Brick and mortars are permanent,” Soussi said. “If you have a bad location, start your truck up move to a different location.”

YimYam owner Kham Phommahaxay said he came into the food truck industry in order to be his own boss and make the food he loves.

“Chefs decide they don’t want to work for someone else and want to cook their own food. That’s how I ended up here,” Phommahaxay said.

Compared to “brick and mortar” food establishments, food trucks have the advantage of a mobile reach.

“They can drive to their market instead of their market coming to them,” Carter-Tracy said.

According to a report from mobile-cuisine. com, there are more than 4,130 food trucks driving through the food industry nationwide.

“We offer something different, as opposed to the restaurants,” Phommahaxay said.

Some may think the restaurant industry might suffer severe competition with the rise of food trucks. According to mobile-cuisine. com, the restaurant industry is still growing across the U.S. as the economy makes its way out of the 2008 recession.

“Dallas is very protective of their brick and mortar, but collectively they bring out the best and give the customers more options,” Soussi said.

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Five cool treats to beat the heat this summer KARLIE MORRIS Contributing Writer kmorris@smu.com The temperatures are rising and summer is quickly approaching.

With the warmer weather arriving, the temptations to eat high calorie items like ice cream are at a high.

The good news is you don’t need to grab Ben & Jerry’s to satisfy your cravings.

If you want to indulge but not pack on the pounds, here is a list of five yummy alternatives to enjoy and keep you cool all summer.

Chocolate Dipped Frozen Bananas This is a classic treat, and easy enough for you to make in your

dorm room.

All you have to do is freeze a banana onto a Popsicle stick, melt some chocolate and then dip the bananas. Let them freeze again and there you go; easy and less than 180 calories.

Frozen Fruit Pops This is perfect for those poolside days that are ahead.

A great place to pick these up in town is Steel City Pops. They have a large variety of flavors and it’s the perfect end to a run on the Katy Trail.

Frozen Grapes This is a great on the go, simple and healthy snack option. If you’ve never tried these before you are in for a treat — they taste like candy!

All you have to do is rinse your

grapes and freeze them for a minimum of two hours before eating. You can also use them as ice cubes in your favorite summer drinks.

Greek Yogurt and Fresh Fruit If you want something rich and creamy then this is perfect.

The flavor combinations are endless. Just grab your favorite yogurt flavor and top with whichever fruit you have on hand. It’s easy and you can enjoy it for less than 200 calories.

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According to Meadows School of the Arts, SMU’s Fashion Media program “prepares students to enter the growing field of fashion media, an increasingly significant segment of the trillion-dollar international fashion industry. Fashion media careers include opportunities in journalism, blogging, social media, public relations and more.

Students debunk myths behind SMU’s fashion media major GABRIELLA MARTINEZ Contributing Writer gmartinez@smu.edu First-year Callie Rosenwasser is suddenly frozen in the moment.

Once again, she is in a situation that has become all too familiar.

She cannot help but wonder, “What will it be this time?” and “How will they react?”

The scenarios play in her mind as she tries to come back to reality and face the question head on.

The simple question of, “What’s your major?” never seems to be simple for Rosenwasser.

A passionate choice that only affects her and her future yields an assortment of opinions, the majority of those being negative.

But one thing always holds true for the reaction, the tight smile and look that follow. It is a look full of judgment and a false

assumption that she must only be enrolled at SMU for one thing.

Every time Rosenwasser is asked about her major, she responds. Then she waits, to gather and catalogue yet another ill-informed response to her major, fashion media.

A major that she has been passionate about since she was 11 years old.

A late night viewing of “Project Runway” ignited her interest in the world of fashion. Fashion coupled with her love of writing fit perfectly into SMU’s fashion media major.

These interactions and the perceptions exasperate Rosenwasser.

She said her choice to attend SMU was about her and her passions.

“I am not here to work on ‘we,’ I am here to work on me,” Rosenwasser said.

SMU is still laden with the notion that female students come to SMU as a façade when their real intentions

are to get married. Meadows students, primarily those within the fashion media major, seem to endure the brunt of this criticism.

According to fashion media students, those within other schools do not always see the degree for what it is: a path that encompasses journalism, broadcast, public relations and business.

The automatic assumption is that because it is fashion-related, a girl chose the major because it was easy.

Rita Kirk, professor and director of the Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility, said she has seen the negative connotation applied to students during her 26 years at SMU. Kirk believes individuals should embrace those who choose to pursue a different profession, like fashion media, to eliminate the negative connotation surrounding it.

“The idea that people who decide to stay home to rear their children, contribute to the community, run the PTAs, serve in nonprofit organizations and houses of worship, and volunteer for all manner of community causes are somehow less than those who enter the paid workforce is an absurd argument,” Kirk said.

Kirk said this issue branches beyond students and is an issue with the values individuals place on others.

“Individuals — both men and women — are often called to lead lives that others don’t value,” Kirk said. “That’s when we have to dig deep into our own value systems to reaffirm our decisions and to lead honorable lives regardless of others’ opinions.”

Students within the fashion media major are working to break away from the “ring by spring” and “MRS degree” stigma of

female SMU students during the 1950s. They instead said they are looking for a different ring: a class ring.

“I just never saw myself getting married right after graduation. My focus was graduating, working and then getting married,” junior fashion media major Gabriela De La Cabada said.

Prospective students interested in attending SMU for the fashion media major must follow the same admissions process to be accepted.

This application process includes GPA requirements, admissions essays, recommendation letters and more.

Despite the same application process, Rosenwasser said students within the fashion media major feel as though their degree does not hold the same weight as others.

“It’s like being less respected because it is all fashion,” Rosenwasser said.

“You aren’t an engineer, and you aren’t in business.”

Rosenwasser said that Meadows majors consistently work to stay dedicated and focus on their areas of study.

“I think a lot of students who aren’t in Meadows don’t see the work that goes into being a Meadows student; that is the biggest failing and in that they assume that many students in Meadows are there for the MRS degree,” Rosenwasser said.

“But you have to have a serious drive and passion to go after a lot of the majors.”

Rosenwasser said she will not let the misconceptions get in the way of her passion.

“I fire back. I am not going to let you just say this stuff; I am going to disprove you, show you you’ve been disproved.”

Rosenwasser said.

“I am not going to let you keep these misconceptions and harm those working for something they love.”

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Why should you read this paper?

So why should you read the SMU Campus Weekly? Or really why should you pay attention to any newspaper for that matter? Many have already pronounced newspapers as dead. Am I writing in a dying industry to an empty audience?

Possibly – but that will not stop me from attempting to get you to occasionally pick up the SMU Campus Weekly.

If physically reading words on paper is the issue – or if the once-weekly print schedule is too slow for the digital age – we do have smudailycampus.com.

But web news organizations, ours included, now have to compete with Facebook and Twitter as legitimate sources of news for people in this day and age.

While the carefully cultivated feeds of social media do feature musing from friends as well as news organizations,

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these streams of opinions and news can slant to reflect one’s own biases and leanings.

A “mainstream news” organization will hopefully exhibit unbiased stories, and will hopefully feature unique and inspiring opinions.

Why not focus on a major news organization then, one might ask. I will not argue with the assumption that Time Magazine and Wall Street Journal have better reporting and more skilled writers; we as a staff are all students and we do make mistakes.

However, the SMU Campus Weekly exhibits its own unique

attributes.

For one, the SMU Campus Weekly is completely “selffunded.” Not in the sense of Donald Trump’s campaign, but in that our organization does not take any funding dollars from the school. While this necessitates a smaller staff than other school-funded newspapers (think USC and UCLA), it also gives us a unique freedom in printing and choosing our coverage.

We strive to use this freedom of coverage to bring news and stories that are relevant to you as an SMU student. For myself as Opinion Editor, I strive to first and foremost feature discussions every week that are relevant to campus life, while also delivering relevant political content. I know that each of the editors of the respective sections have the unique audience of SMU

students in mind.

That is why you should at least give the SMU Campus Weekly a chance – we are here for the sole purpose of providing content that we hope you will find interesting.

We offer a unique place for campuswide discussion and have a unique focus for what is important here on campus.

So to the newest Mustangs reading this, I hope you consider picking up the SMU Campus Weekly every week.

And to the parents reading this – I know there are more than a few reading this in between AARO events – have your kids give us a shot and check online for news articles and let’s be honest, you are more likely to get news from here than you will from your children!

And most importantly, the SMU Campus Weekly welcomes the class of 2020!

Editor gives tips for Freshman year Here is my take on advice for starting Freshman year.

You are not a child anymore College is really the first step many take as an adult. You will be out of the house, making your own choices, and getting a taste of adulthood.

That being said, being and adult comes with some responsibilities – the least of which being the responsibility to actually act like an adult.

Yes, you can drink in college now, but lets not overdo it.

Your suite mates and neighbors will appreciate it. The list of “typical freshman” errors goes on: to avoid them just do your best to act with common sense and maturity Be prepared to be away from parents and friends Being in college comes without the safety net that living at home does. You will

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have to figure out how to do your own laundry, get your car maintained and take care of yourself. Learn what you can while you are back at home, and be ready to be much more on your own in college.

The same goes for friends.

Chances are your whole tightknit high school posse will not be with you. And I will tell you now, having such a close group of friends in college is harder because people are busy and spread out across campus – it really can take some effort to get friends together here. So, be ready for the adjustment in

making friends, or just join a frat and not have to worry about it (I jest)!

Decide what kind of student you want to be now There is a saying that you hear every once in a while: “Cs get degrees.” While that is technically true, I would not advise going through college looking for a C average. What I would advise is deciding on what kind of student you would like to be in college, and being prepared to spend time accordingly when you get here.

Maybe you want to dedicate all of your time outside of the classroom to social life, clubs and other activities. And that is great! To be honest, in college you can take lots of B’s and the occasional C and still be more than fine.

At the same time, GPA does matter for jobs, scholarships,

and honors. That being said, take some time to think about what your academic expectations of college are up front (it is what you are here for) and be ready to get in the habit of dedicating study time accordingly, be that a little or a lot.

Enjoy your sleep now Whether you are studying or partying, or studying because you partied too much, there always seems to be reasons to be up late into the night in college.

While there are the select few who can get 8+ hours of sleep every night, your typical college experience does not come with sufficient sleep.

So enjoy your summer while you can and stock up on sleep now – you probably will be wishing you did once syllabus week subsides and mid-terms and finals roll around!

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How the sneaker resale market works CAROLINE KUSHNER Fashion Columnist ckushner@smu.edu When Kanye West released his third season of YZY in February of 2016, his athleisure line with sportswear powerhouse Adidas, sophomore Nick Trajeski was prepared. All he had to do was wait for a confirmation email.

“So I was planning on using a ‘bot’ to get the shoes,” the finance major says.

The ‘bot’ is a computer program offered by a hacker that provides a backdoor link to the Adidas website, where it automatically purchases the shoes using the product code Adidas releases. All Trajeski, or any purchaser, has to do is wait for a shipping confirmation from Adidas.

But Adidas was one step ahead of the hackers, and released the incorrect product number.

Trajeski’s plan was thwarted.

“It fell through because the product number was wrong,” Trajeski said.

Trajeski then did what any good sneaker lover would, and went to the secondary market, where people can buy and sell sneakers at higher prices, to purchase his beloved Pirate Black 350 boosts. Luckily for him, he found a man in the

Dallas area who had a family connection to the producers of the shoe. He managed to snag a pair for a “reasonable” $500, almost double the price of the shoes when they first release on the primary market.

Trajeski’s closet is filled with high-end sneakers, many of them purchased off of the secondary market.

The excitement surrounding the release of limited edition sneakers such as YZY give consumers the opportunity to buy the sneakers, even wear the item, and then turn around and sell it for a higher price on the secondary market.

Exclusivity is the key to keeping the secondary sneaker market alive.

Shoe stores take the exclusivity factor one step further, by asking customers to enter their names into a raffle. Their name may then be drawn for a chance to buy a pair of the newest, hyped sneaker.

“The success of the shoe really depends on who the face is,” says House of Hoops employee Leticia Conteras.

Most sports brands have their own celebrity face, providing added excitement to a release of a sneaker.

“By the time I’ve gotten to a line for a raffle, sometimes its wrapped around the

building,” says Ricky Castaneda, a junior Economics major.

Castaneda may leave a raffle without entering his name, his chances for a primary market purchase at zero, but he’s still hungry for that particular shoe, and he’s not the only one.

“If people want them bad enough, they’ll pay whatever,” says Rubin Miranda, an employee at the resale sneaker boutique Pound for Pound.

Today, Nike sneakers take up over 96 percent of the secondary market palace, according to StockX.com, a secondary sneaker market website.

Unlike other resale websites, like Kixify and Flight Club, StockX allows users to create a portfolio of their sneaker collection, creating a sneaker stock market.

To get to the secondary market, most have been failed by the primary market.

The primary sneaker market produced $17.2 billion in sales in 2015 alone, according to global information company The NPD group. $3.5 billion of this was spent on more casual and retro sneaker styles.

The rising popularity of the attainable, casual sneaker only increases the demand for the unattainable casual sneaker, a new form of

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A sample of sneaker fanatic Nick Trajeski’s shoe collection.

a status symbol.

As athleisure and healthy living continues to become a growing trend, researchers see no end to the sneaker craze. Transparency Market Researchpredicts the global footwear market to reach over $200 billion by 2020.

Nick Trajeski agrees.

“The next YZY release is coming soon, I think this time it’s going to be the 750s,” he said, with the excitement of a child on Christmas morning.

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