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‘Road Trip Home to SMU’

SMU celebrates 93rd annual Homecoming Weekend with new theme, updated judging rules Chi Omega; Rory Brogan & Tate Kirby – Kappa Sigma & Gamma Phi Beta; Daniel Buehler & Maddie Rice – Phi Gamma Delta & Pi Beta Phi; Frank H. McGregor IV & Courteney Damore – Pi Kappa Alpha & Kappa Alpha Theta; Hayden Fields & Anna Hugg – Sigma Alpha Epsilon & Kappa Kappa Gamma; Gregory Lang & Trish Weisberg – Sigma Chi & Delta Delta Delta; Joe Hutchinson & Alicia Smiley – Theta Tau & Lyle Ambassadors; Josua Prawiromaruto & Aveline Chan – Asian Council Online voting for your candidates opened Monday, Oct. 31 at 8 a.m. Haven’t voted yet? Visit www.sites.smu.edu/elections/ to cast your vote before voting closes on Friday, Nov. 4 at 5 p.m.

KATIE BUTLER Managing Editor kdbutler@smu.edu Homecoming week is a withstanding long tradition at SMU and students are not strangers to the annual festivities including float building, the Boulevard, homecoming king and queen and the homecoming football game.

And with this year’s theme, “Road Trip Home to SMU,” the floats, painted Perunas, parade and decorations are sure to be something worth talking about.

Hosted by Student Foundation, this year’s celebration will be the 93rd year SMU has commemorated this campus wide festivity.

Homecoming week kicked off on Sunday, Oct. 30 with Field Day and the beginning of float building. Candidate voting polls, Rock the Vote, and social media challenges began Oct. 31.

Many of these events are not only ways to get students involved, but give organizations who have nominated Homecoming kings and queens the chance to earn points toward their candidate.

But don’t think you know it all; this year, Student Foundation has changed how the Homecoming king and queen will be chosen and who will win the award for best float.

No longer will the Homecoming king and queen candidates be judged solely on their own performances, but the organizations they represent will have to participate and win points on their candidate’s behalf in order for them to have a shot at winning the title.

“Obviously Homecoming is a big deal, especially the king and queen selection process,” said Student Foundation’s Homecoming chair Jack Higgins.

“The overall point system has been changed – I decided to make it more weighted on the events themselves and how the organizations who participate in them place.”

In addition to the candidate’s organization, honoring those vying for king and queen are going to be judged on additional criteria in this year’s race than.

“It’s going to be more based on how candidates perform in the interviews, their GPA and their extracurriculars,” Higgins said. “Voting is less important.”

Other than the differences in how the Homecoming king and queen are going to be chosen this year, Student Foundation once again shows love for the float building process and how student organizations honor the theme “Road Trip Home to SMU.” Organizations were asked to pick a state and use their chosen state as inspiration to build.

In addition to organizations that have nominated their

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President Gerald Turner flashes a “Pony Up” sign at the 2015 Homecoming Parade.

own Homecoming candidates, other student organizations will be hosting their own celebrations, ranging from festivities in designated Boulevard tents to walking in the Homecoming parade.

For example, Meadows will be hosting its own celebration with free T-shirts and food as they walk in the Homecoming parade, followed by a BBQ picnic.

The Homecoming parade will begin at noon, which will feature all of the floats and Homecoming candidates, followed by the SMU vs. Memphis football game at 3 p.m.

Fans are encouraged to stay the entire game and cheer on the Mustangs, and don’t miss the awards ceremony at halftime as Student Foundation announces this year’s Homecoming king and queen.

In addition to Higgins, Student Foundation has a team of student leaders who will help run a week of activities for the student body, faculty and staff to enjoy.

The Homecoming committee includes activity coordinators Christina Gilchrest and Priya Patel, campus involvement coordinator Caroline Davis, marketing coordinator Mary Carol Murphy, as well as parade coordinator Taylor Vinson and VP of programming Caroline Gurley.

Meet the Homecoming Candidates Jack Howard & Jessica Giraudon – Beta Theta Pi & Alpha Chi Omega; Jeremiah Jensen & Katherine Nelson – Beta Upsilon Chi & Delta Gamma; Alec Bucshon & Madison McKay – Kappa Alpha Order &

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The number of international students on SMU’s campus continues to grow yearly,

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International Education Week takes place from Nov. 14 – 18.

With this in mind, SMU community members are encouraged to educate themselves on the challenges of these unique scholars face on campus. Students from other countries have become a growing trend in the U.S. According to the Institute of International Education, the number of international students rose by 10 percent in November 2015. At SMU, there has been a 59 percent increase increase from 2012 to 2016.An international student is defined as a person who has moved to a different country with the sole purpose of studying.

In the U.S. specifically, international students must undergo a process similar to obtaining a travel visa. This includes such things as: proving to have the necessary funds, attending interviews at their local embassy and complying with specific rules and regulations during their stay.

Benefits of International Students on Campus According to Shashank Aggarwal, International Senator at SMU Student Senate, international students provide diversity.

“SMU has international students from around 100 countries who have brought their own culture and values,” Aggarwal said. “This helps SMU to be a diverse and multi-cultural university where we celebrate

a huge number of traditions from across the world.”

Also, according to the International Students and Scholar Services Office (ISSS), SMU has implemented some programs and events as a result of the presence of international students.

For example, graduate extensive orientations (similar to AARO) were initiated with the international students in mind. But now, it has extended to serve all graduate students.

Star Athletes International students also are contributing with trophies and awards for SMU. Charlotte-Tara Murphy, from the U.K., won the 2016 Gerald Richey Invitational as part of the SMU Track and Field team.

From the same team, New Zealander Anneke Grogan finished in the top-10 in both the 3000m and 5000m at the American Athletic Conference (AAC) Championship.

Slovenian Ziga Cerkovnik, a member of the men´s swimming and diving team, was a two-time champion at this year’s AAC Championship.

Get Involved There are many ways in which international students can get involved on campus with traditional students and vice versa, including clubs and organizations that host events bringing students together such as the International Student Fellowship.

These can be found on the SMU student organization page, the ISSS Facebook page, or by visiting the ISSS office located on the second floor of the Laura Lee Blanton building.

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From left to right: Ross Perot Jr., Anurag Jain and Joseph Beard prepare for the Oct. 27 forum to begin in Crum Auditorium.

Entrepreneurship Club welcomes Ross Perot Jr., Anurag Jain, Josh Beard to speak at SMU LISA SALINAS Online Editor lsalinas@smu.edu The SMU Entrepreneurship Club hosted an Oct. 27 forum in Crum Auditorium that included successful entrepreneurs, Ross Perot Jr., Anurag Jain and Joseph Beard of Perot Jain, L.P. Perot Jain is an early stage venture capital firm founded by Perot Jr. and Jain in 2014.

“Our firm combines the best of both worlds,” Beard said.

The firm has operating expertise and extensive knowledge in advising, according to Beard. This, he said, allows them to provide much value to their portfolio companies.

Perot Jain is currently partnered with 18 companies and is represented in three countries: the United States, Switzerland and India.

Perot Jain looks to invest in any company

they think is innovative, but specifically focuses on healthcare, information technology and analytics.

In addition to the entrepreneurs talking about their company, they also discussed how they became to be successful in their ventures.

Perot Jr. was, in a sense, born into business.

“I spent my Saturdays with my dad at the data centers,” Perot Jr. said.

“You know, as a kid there wasn’t much for me to do at a data center, so I would play with punch cards.”

Today, Perot Jr. serves as a chairman for multiple companies such as The Perot Group and Hillwood in addition to being a real estate developer.

The discussion of beginning a venture capital company began when Jain and Perot Jr. crossed paths while working together at Dell.

“I said, ‘Anurag why don’t we do some

kind of venture program,’” Perot Jr. said.

The goal behind the venture capital company is to find young talent and ideas, according to Perot Jr. “If they are a great entrepreneur, a great leader . . . it doesn’t really matter what they’re doing, we’ll bet on that person,” Perot Jr. said.

The moguls offered advice and insight to SMU students, even relating to students.

“My first idea came to me sitting exactly in a seat like this,” Jain said. “I was sitting in the auditorium of the University of Michigan receiving my MBA.” Jain wprked over 30 years in the automobile components industry in addition to working for the Endurance Group.

But despite one’s original end goal, he or she may end up in a different place, according to Beard.

“Where you start today may not be where you end up in 10 years,” Beard said.

A reception followed the forum, where students had the opportunity to network with Perot Jr., Jain and Beard.

SMU senior Bucky Layton called the entrepreneurs the “three wise men.”

“They all three have incredible background experience,” Layton said.

Layton pointed out that it’s important to be affiliated with one of Perot Jain’s targeted industries if you wish to partner with them.

“I do think that if you are looking specifically at their venture capital firm and looking to get anything from them, you need to be in one of the specific industries that they are interested in,” Layton said.

“And if not, then you need to come with an encyclopedia of information on what you’re going to be doing.”

Layton has no doubt in the continued success of the company.

“It’s a small firm that they’re running with great potential,” Layton said.

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SMU Dance Marathon dances for a cure MEREDITH MCBEE Contributing Writer mmcbee@smu.edu Claire Halquist is the lucky one. She never had to hear the words, “You have cancer.”

But two of her childhood best friends did.

Now, Halquist fights to raise money to help kids, like her childhood best friends, through the first SMU Dance Marathon (SMUDM).

Dance Marathon raises money for the Children’s Miracle Network through dance parties on college campuses around the nation.

President Kimi Rose decided to charter a Dance Marathon organization after realizing there was not one on the SMU campus.

“I kind of just assumed that every school had Dance Marathon,” Rose said. “I was shocked to find out SMU didn’t have DM.” It was a lengthy process to bring the organization to SMU. “It took much longer than expected,” Rose, a junior, said. “I started planning to bring Dance Marathon to SMU at the end of my freshman year, so it’s been a long

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time coming.”

Rose had to recruit a faculty advisor and an executive board. After finding a faculty advisor, she was able to interview and charter the organization on campus.

Rose found support in Brooks Logan, the internal director of SMU DM. He was inspired by a friend who helped raise $3,000,000 for Riley Children’s Hospital through Dance Marathon.

“He was one of the people that really encouraged me try and raise that kind of money for the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas here at SMU,” Logan said.

The fundraising goal for the first event is $75,000, but Halquist, the entertainment chair, has other goals for the event.

“My primary goal for this event is to spread awareness about the good that Children’s Hospital does and how we can help,” Halquist said.

It has been difficult to spread awareness though.

“It’s hard to get a large group of students focused on the same things at the same time,” Logan said.

The Dance Marathon team has reached out to the Residential Commons and Greek organizations on campus to start teams.

“The more people get involved, the more we will be able to give to the kids and their families at the hospital,” participant Anna Grace Godoy said.

Godoy, a participant on the Chi Omega team, is one who has been inspired by the group’s goals. She has helped raise over $500 by talking to others about Dance

Marathon’s mission.

“It’s been so great to see how people respond and give to the organization,” Godoy said.

Dance Marathon’s fundraising efforts will cumulate with a 12-hour dance party in Dedman Center.

Halquist has been at the forefront of recruiting entertainment and planning activities for the whole event.

“We have planned some pretty amazing surprises for the event,” Halquist said. “I have no doubt that everyone who comes will be grateful they did.”

Rose said she believes this year will be the start of a tradition.

“I’ve seen DM transform lives at other universities and I think it can do the same here,” Rose said.

Halquist has become more passionate through inspiring others to donate and helping to charter the organization.

“SMU will save lives and I am so grateful to be a part of that magic,” Halquist said.

The first SMU Dance Marathon be Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports.

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Best pumpkin foods in Muggle makeup brushes Dallas this fall season get a magical upgrade COURTNEY KILBORN & MORGAN SMITH It’s finally that time of year – pumpkin season. That time when many stores and restaurants begin to roll out their fall items and menus in an attempt to incorporate everyone’s favorite fall flavor.

This year, despite the far from fall temperatures, Dallas restaurants are no exception when it comes to embracing the fall season. So, if you’re obsessed with this mighty orange gourd, be sure to check out these delicious items around town.

1) Drip Coffee Company – Pumpkin Spice Latte While Starbucks PSLs have been stealing our hearts for years, this local Dallas spot has created its own version of this classic fall beverage.

Drip Coffee Company, located on Lovers Lane, will be brewing up the sweet smell of pumpkin lattes all fall, so go ahead and grab your textbooks and earphones and settle in at this cozy spot.

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Pumpkin pancakes at Cafe Brazil.

2) Café Brazil – Cinnamon Pumpkin Pancakes No fall brunch is complete without pumpkin pancakes and Café Brazil couldn’t agree more. These cinnamon pumpkin pancakes are just one item off the 24-hour restaurant chain’s holiday menu.

3) Penne Pomodoro – Pumpkin Ravioli In the heart of Snider Plaza, just steps from campus, is an SMU student’s go-to for Italian. If you’re tired of Penne’s classic penne à la vodka however, why not try their fall specialty, pumpkin ravioli. This annual special is one of the restaurants

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most popular items and is sure to draw crowds to this local spot.

4) Sprinkles – Pumpkin Cupcake Sprinkles Cupcakes’ announcement of their flavor of the month is always exciting, and it’s no surprise that their October flavor is a pumpkin cupcake topped with sweet cinnamon cream cheese frosting. Pro tip: follow Sprinkles on Instagram (@ sprinklescupcakes) to check out how to score free cupcakes, because trust me it’s easier than you thought.

5) Einstein Bros Bagels – Pumpkin Walnut Crunch Bagel If you’re looking to fulfill your pumpkin craving right on campus, head over to Einsteins located in the Cox Business School for a perfect pre-class meal. They are even offering a new pumpkin spread for you pumpkin die-hards.

6) Emporium Pies – Drop Dead Gourd-geous Pie Down in the Bishop Arts District, Emporium Pies provides pie-lovers with a plethora of possibilities, all seasonally themed and selected. The Drop Dead Gourd-geous features a gingerbread crust and spicy pumpkin custard filling, which couldn’t be more fall-like if it tried.

Lumos your highlighter, leviosa your brows and engorgio your lashes with brushes modeled after Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort’s wands.

The sets have been sold out for weeks, but a second round of preorders on Oct. 28 was announced on the company’s Instagram.

Preorder the brushes at Storybook Cosmetics.

The enchanting brushes are sold in sets of five with a custom velvet bag for $55 dollars.

The sets are expected to ship out worldwide

by Dec. 10 for the first preorder and Dec. 20 for the second round.

The brushes are both synthetic and crueltyfree, so aside from the steep price tag you can use these guilt-free.

This is the first product from the Nebraska-based company run by identical triplets.

The self-declared life-long fangirls have been working on starting the company for years and if the success of their first foray into cosmetics is any indicator, we’ll be seeing a lot more from Storybook Cosmetics.

The next chapter?

Eyeshadow palettes to go with brushes.

The Witchcraft and Wizardy palette is finished with colors

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inspired by the famous houses of Hogwarts.

If you haven’t been waiting for a Hogwarts acceptance letter since your 11th birthday, makeup inspired by other stories like “The Wizard of Oz” and “Game of Thrones” are also in the works. The team is working through obtaining

licensing rights to continue producing fandom products, so the expansion might take some time.

Of course, with the popularity of these wandinspired brushes, Storybook Cosmetics is beginning to brainstorm broom brushes for your face makeup.

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Rock band Earthside talks new album, future RILEY COVEN Arts and Life Editor rcoven@smu.edu Up-and-coming rock band Earthside is making waves with its debut album. The selfreleased “A Dream in Static” is Earthside’s first album and has already garnered numerous awards for the band.

The band is currently touring across the country in support of the new album.

The band’s guitarist Jamie Van Dyck was nice enough to talk with the The Campus Weekly about the group and its latest ventures.

SMUCW: So how’s the tour been going so far?

JVD: It’s been going well.

It’s our first full tour of the U.S. and our first tour hitting Canada. We’re getting to hit pretty much every major market.

SMUCW: Is there anywhere you’re going on this tour that you’re excited about?

JVD: Yeah, a lot of those cities we already hit.

We’re a band from Connecticut, so just hitting New York City is kind of the closest thing to a hometown show and we’ve never gotten to play New York City before, so getting to kind of play a hometown-ish show and

having it be the most major media market in the whole world, arguably, that was a real thrill.

For me personally I took French in school so it was really cool getting to play in Montreal and Quebec City and getting to speak a little French on stage. Just yesterday playing Seattle - it’s my favorite U.S. city to visit on vacation.

SMUCW: Kind of changing the subject a little, How did you end up with the name “Earthside?”

JVD: Well, we actually sort of had the music written and were looking to try to rebrand since we’d played together in the past, three out of the four of us, and we wanted to kind of reload as a professional band.

We were feeling really, really proud as it felt like a new beginning and so we just started brainstorming names over the course of the year.

There is a Word document we shared on Dropbox called “name jar.”

We all have a joke list of really bad band names on there.

I think Ben, our drummer, came up with “Earthside” at one of his inspiration brainstorming sessions. It felt like a name we could define and make mean whatever we

wanted it to. We felt good about it; it’s a name that suits us.

SMUCW: How did all four of you get together as a band?

JVD: Well, our keyboardist Frank and I grew up next to each other so I’ve actually known him since he was six and I was seven.

Soon after becoming friends we started playing together and writing music together and early on in high school, Frank met our drummer Ben and the three of us have been a nucleus together for a good 11 or 12 years now. As Earthside we’ve only been playing for about four to five years.

SMUCW: Sounds like a good four to five years.

JVD: Yeah, “good” is kind of too simple a word.

There have been some phenomenal highlight moments but there have been some hardships too.

We went out of our way to make the process of making a record more difficult than most bands.

SMUCW: You released your first album; do you think having that under your belt now sets you up better for the future?

JVD: Well yeah, I think these days in the industry with bands there’s a kind of exponential growth model in terms of popularity, like your debut album can’t propel you.

The industry is not designed for a debut album to be able to launch you anywhere ne ar as far as it could in the past.

I think our debut album did about as well as it could do for us: it has us on the map, it has a group of fans that are very dedicated.

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The Fray took the stage in Dallas during their 10-year anniversary tour.

The Fray gives emotional performance in Dallas ELLIOTT BOUILLION Contributing Writer ebouillion@smu.edu American Authors and The Fray took the stage on Oct. 29 at the House of Blues Dallas for the latter’s 10-year anniversary tour of its album “How to Save a Life.”

This tour marks a landmark achievement for The Fray as they begin their second decade of entertaining together as a band.

American Authors, a Brooklyn-based band, opened the concert and set the standards high for the rest of the show.

Lead singer Zac Barnett energized the crowd with the band’s current hits such as “Believer” and “Best Day of My Life.”

The band members confessed that they were opening for one of their favorite artists ever.

The Denver-based band electrified the

stage immediately after with their 2009 hit “You Found Me.” Over the next two hours, The Fray showcased its large collection of music, from the beginning of its roots in “How to Save a Life” (2005) all the way to songs from their most recent release “Helios” (2014).

Halfway through the set, Joe King, the lead singer and front man, dismissed half of the band in order to perform a “living-room style” acoustic set.

This set demonstrated the beginnings of The Fray in a Denver garage and included acoustic versions on various hits, including Kanye West’s “Heartless.”

After chants for an encore, the band closed with “Over My Head (Cable Car),” its first single for which it received international success.

The Fray plans to release a new album in 2017.

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Inside look: SMU pom squad prepares for game day INDIA POUGHER Fashion Columnist ipougher@smu.edu SMU’s three-time National Dance Alliance champions work yearround: football season in the fall, basketball season in the winter and NDA College Nationals in the spring.

The pom squad trains or practices every school day for about 10 hours per week.

They learn a new routine before almost every game, team member Shannon Flaherty said. Unless of course there’s a home game that week, in which case they can take up to almost a full day getting ready, practicing their routine, walking the Boulevard and spending time on the field.

Their beauty routines are multi-step and sometimes multi-day, with every pom member getting a mandatory spray tan and some members even indulging in Drybar blowouts as pregame rituals. Although she does her own hair, Flaherty wishes Drybar was a team sponsor similar to Spa810 or Tan Dallas, which offers the team free, unlimited spray tanning, bed tanning and air brushing.

The SMU Campus Weekly spent 74 minutes with two pom squad members before the SMU vs. TCU home game to learn everything that goes into prepping to cheer on the Mustangs.

1:31 p.m. I arrive at the Tri Delta house to meet Flaherty, an SMU junior, to learn more about the team’s process for getting ready for game day.

1:49 p.m. Flaherty and her roommate, fellow pom squad member Emma Hill, start prepping for the

game with a “teen dance party” playlist playing in the background.

They’ve actually been getting ready since the day before – Flaherty gets her nails done before every game (for a consistent team look, they must either be nude, French or bare), and of course they spray tanned.

Many schools have come under fire for implementing spirit squad tryout regulations regarding how potential team members should look.

Last spring, the University of Washington faced scrutiny for its 29 beauty and body requirements for cheerleading tryouts. SMU, however, does not have such strict guidelines.

The audition requirements listed on the SMU spirit squad website simply state, “We are looking for a collegiate image. Wear make-up and style your hair appropriately.”

“In general, I think it’s important to look healthy and look your best - put your best foot forward,” Flaherty said. “We don’t have any kind of limitations or anything. One thing that they do say though is you should look how you are when you try out, so like you can’t change your hair color.”

Flaherty starts her beauty routine with makeup, which she says is “a lot heavier and more dramatic” than her daily look. She uses powder foundation for football games because it’s more matte along with bright blush so that it shows up from far away.

For eyeshadow, the team sticks to browns and neutral colors, of which Flaherty says longer formulas are a must.

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SMU junior Shannon Flaherty on game day.

2:00 p.m. Flaherty starts putting on her fake eyelashes (a must for every pom squad member). She uses Ardell brand lashes (she gets three wears out of each pair) and Duo brand eyelash glue. It’s clear that she’s an expert as she blows the glue dry to make it tacky before applying it to her lid.

“I’ve been doing fake eyelashes probably since elementary school,” Flaherty said.

There’s a lot at stake here - her roommate’s lashes actually started melting off during the last game.

The high at the TCU game was 93 degrees, but the turf makes the temperature hotter in the stadium than it actually is outside, Flaherty said. In total the team wears 19 pairs of fake eyelashes on the field, and that’s not including the cheerleading squad.

2:05 p.m. Flaherty’s lashes are on and drying, but she adds just a little mascara to blend them together.

2:10 p.m. Urban Decay setting spray is a must, and Flaherty usually waits to do her lips until

right before the Boulevard.

The team uses Stila’s Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in the “Fiery” color.

“Shannon is like the beauty person on our team,” Hill said.

2:15 p.m. Flaherty moves on to hair. The game-day look is big curls, which she achieves with a Conair wand and Chi Iron Guard heat protectant.

2:24 p.m. “This is the fun part,” Flaherty said as she back-combs her hair into a giant bouffant. Teasing hair is a must for any game-day spirit look, and Flaherty achieves hers with Sebastian brand hairspray.

“We love hairspray,” Flaherty said.

2:32 p.m.

Flaherty’s hair is done and she puts in her team earrings: giant rhinestone studs.

2:45 p.m. Flaherty and Hill usually get dressed right before the Boulevard.

The team has five uniforms overall - two for football and three for basketball, but for TCU they don their bright blue uniforms with red cowboy boots.

“I think every school kind of has their own look,” Flaherty said. “Ours is very interesting, like Texasthemed with cowboy boots and everything.”

“I would say our look is like really classic, all-American,” Flaherty said.

Before heading out on the field, the team always shouts their mantra: #TeamPOE, which stands for “pom over everything” and invites the opposing team’s spirit squads to pray with them.

Next up for the pom team will be the Homecoming game against Memphis on Nov. 5.

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Trend alert: the bandana is back!

How to style this fall season’s hottest new accessory

NATI BRU Contributing Writer nbru@smu.edu Two weeks.

I was two weeks in and still hadn’t gotten into the swing of this New York City thing.

I was in town for my dream internship last summer, but I wondered: “Do I look the part of a savvy New Yorker?”

Inspiration came one morning when I saw a stylish, tall blonde woman on the subway.

She was taking her bandana off from around her neck and tying it to her bag.

I always wondered how to work these bandanas

and how to wear them most fashionably.

It hit me: this was a trend that could make me the New Yorker I longed to be.

I marched over to Zara off Broadway and Spring St. and bought myself my very first bandana.

Once I got to my loft in the middle of TriBeCa, I still had one problem: how do I make this colorful piece of fabric work?

I wasn’t the only person interested in the trend.

Bandanas were everywhere last summer and they could be seen on some runways during the recent New York Fashion Week.

There are several places to purchase a bandana whether

you are willing to break the bank or pinch some pennies.

“I think it’s cool that bandanas are back in style.” art history major Tala Duwaji said.

It was always one of my favorite accessories as a kid.”

“I love that I can pull out my old stuff and reuse them in different ways. It just adds a cool pop of print.”

Why wear a bandana?

If you’re wearing all denim or all white, throwing on a bandana or knotting it around your neck or bag effortlessly adds life to a dull outfit.

After admiring from afar and watching the trend grow, I learned five ways to tie this accessory:

Bandanas double as the perfect choker.

TIE AS A SAILOR KNOT First, fold scarf into triangle piece.

Then continue to fold until thin, flat, long tie. Later, place scarf around neck and make sure both sides match in length. Finally, knot three/ fourths of the end.

TIE AS A CHOKER First, fold scarf into triangle piece. Then continue to fold until thin, flat long tie. Later, place scarf around

neck with ends toward the back of neck. Wrap the ends around to the front and tie knot. Rotate tied choker so knot is facing back of your neck.

TIE AS AN ARM SCARF First, fold scarf into triangle piece.

Then continue to fold until thin, flat long tie. Place scarf under wrist with ends facing up. Continue to wrap around wrist until ends meet to knot.

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TIE AS A BACKPACK SCARF First, fold scarf into triangle piece.

Then continue to fold until thin, flat long tie. Put scarf in the middle of strap. Wrap evenly on each side. Make sure to knot ends to be even on both ends of strap.

TIE AS A TOTE SCARF First, fold scarf into triangle piece. Knot ends around bag strap on both ends.

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Resilient SMU erases late 10-point deficit to beat Tulane PHIL MAYER Contributing Writer pmayer@smu.edu As Tulane running back Sherman Badie took a pitch nine yards into the end zone, the Green Wave took a 31-21 lead with 10:37 to go.

With SMU’s offensive line getting dominated and the defense giving up big plays, it seemed like an insurmountable deficit.

But Braeden West’s goahead 1-yard touchdown with 1:16 to go and a subsequent defensive stop led SMU to a 3531 comeback win in New Orleans.

SMU started the game strong as Ben Hicks marched the Mustangs down the field on their opening drive, eventually finding James Proche in the end zone. The two connected again for a 35-yard score and SMU’s defense allowed 80 first-half yards to help build a 21-10 halftime lead.

Tulane took control of the game in the third quarter when quarterback Glen Cuiellette got comfortable in

the pocket and picked apart SMU’s secondary. SMU was unable to cover wide receiver Terren Encalade, who caught two long touchdowns, giving Tulane a 24-21 lead going into the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Tulane sacked Hicks on third down and made quick work of a long field, gaining 92 yards on six plays to extend the lead to 31-21. They had scored 21 unanswered points.

SMU was not done.

When faced with 3rd and 17, Hicks scrambled away from pressure and threw a bomb to Proche for 50 yards.

West punched in a one-yard touchdown to make the game 31-28.

Tulane started its next drive with an answer – Josh Rounds took a handoff 44 yards down to the SMU 30.

But the Mustang defense did not break. Tulane’s head coach Willie Fritz elected to go for a 4th and 2 rather than kicking a field goal, and the Mustangs made him pay by stuffing running back Dontrell Hilliard.

Hicks followed up with another spectacular drive.

After being backed up to 3rd and 25 by a tripping penalty, he rolled to his left again and found Xavier Castille down the field for a 27-yard gain.

Hicks brought the Mustangs down to the 1-yard line, where West scored the go-ahead touchdown.

Hicks bounced back from two early interceptions, finishing with 302 yards and two touchdowns.

His offensive line struggled to protect him for most of the game and he took a couple of big hits, but he stepped up when SMU needed him most.

On a day where Courtland Sutton was quiet, Proche was Hicks’ primary target, catching six balls for 164 yards and two touchdowns. West also had a big game, gaining 119 yards on 22 carries with two scores.

SMU’s now has to finish 2-2 to become bowl-eligible.

The four remaining games are against Memphis, East Carolina, USF and Navy.

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College political groups endorse candidates Democrats endorse Hillary

Republicans endorse Trump

When a patient needs brain surgery, the patient will likely choose a doctor who has years of experience. A patient will not choose a surgeon who has no surgical experience, and forsake the medically experienced and competent as medical insiders.

Likewise an astronaut or cosmonaut who is scheduled to fly into space will feel more comfortable when the rocket has been worked on by experienced engineers, and will not dismiss them for being engineering insiders.

Hillary Clinton has a rich career with over three decades of experience as a public servant in various capacities.

We are certain you have heard of this argument before: lawyer, first lady of Arkansas, first lady of the United States, senator from New York, and the Secretary of State.

Clinton’s career has given her a wealth of experience in understanding the workings of Washington.

One of her strengths, we’d argue, is that she is a statesman before a politician or ideologue. A statesman’s job is to use public policy and the instruments of government to better the lives of as many citizens as possible, while also respecting the rights and liberties of all citizens. This means using different policy prescriptions for evolving problems. A politician’s job is to demonstrate fealty to an ideology and win on charisma.

An ideologue is the more extreme variant who is wedded to an ideology regardless of evidence or circumstances.

In some ways, politics is more complex than brain surgery or rocket science. In politics, the world is constantly evolving without standard rules or physics. Almost never is it possible to know for

The SMU chapter of College Republicans believes that we, as a country, cannot endure another four years of failed Democratic policies.

America, under this current administration, has chosen to shy away from its role as a global leader that stands for what is right, and as a result, our country and our world are more dangerous and less prosperous than we were eight years ago.

This country needs change.

We need a leader at the helm who is not corrupt.

We need someone who is not of the system. Someone who can stand for the common man and knows what it takes to run and grow a successful business.

The chapter of College Republicans at Southern Methodist University formally endorses Donald J. Trump, the 2016 Republican nominee, for president of the United States.

He is the only individual running for president with the strength, tenacity, ambition, intelligence and drive to make this country great once again.

He has demonstrated strong beliefs in conservative ideals of having a strong defense, a free market economy, equitable opportunity for all in the workplace and the classroom, and for the protection of an individual’s God-given rights as laid out by, but not limited to, those listed in the Constitution.

Trump is a man of determination, rugged individualism, dedication and faith in God, as well as the conservative ideals.

Donald Trump is the only candidate running for president who has built a company which now employs thousands of Americans, providing them with the opportunity to make a living

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certain that a specific policy prescription will necessarily yield the desired outcome.

In her experience, Clinton has come to embrace an attitude that champions utility over ideological commitment.

That is something that sets her apart from not only her challenger Bernie Sanders in the last Democratic primaries, but also from Donald Trump.

Sanders was an ideologue wedded to an ideology regardless of evidence or changing circumstances.

Trump spouts out ideas to impress crowds and elicit cheers.

Clinton’s attitude is that we must pursue solutions regardless of their ideological background, so long as they work and they improve people’s lives. To many people, this looks like dishonest flip-flopping.

When her policy prescriptions are compared against the time period, be it in the 1970s when Keynesianism still reigned supreme, the 1980s-2000s when neoclassical economics made a comeback, or now in the post-financial crisis world where the wisdom of neoclassical economic thought has been shaken, we see Clinton as a candidate whose undergirding values and principles remain unchanged in a government that must be used to improve people’s lives, but we see policy positions that adapt to the changing economy and changing world.

That is the type of dynamic leader America needs, and that is why #ImWithHer.

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and live the American dream.

Donald Trump will appoint Supreme Court justices who will interpret the Constitution, not those who choose to legislate from the bench.

Donald Trump stands for the entirety of the Constitution and is a strong advocate of the right to bear arms, the right to free speech and the right to freely exercise your religion.

Donald Trump stands for law and order. He stands by all first responders, whether it be our military, our veterans or our policemen and women.

Donald Trump stands for secure borders and the belief that American citizenship is a treasure and should be given to those who want it, deserve it and have gone through the legal process to receive it.

Donald Trump looks at America and sees two Americas: one America in the sad shape we are in today, and another America as we could be. Donald Trump has a vision to help everyone to achieve their full potential, on their own merit and in their own right.

We stand with Trump because he is a man who refuses to let America be defined by the failure of the past eight years and is urging America to stand for itself, to stand for America’s founding values and principles and become the America we are capable of being. College Republicans at SMU will support his candidacy with our votes, our time and our efforts towards his vision to “Make America Great Again.”

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Men’s basketball ranked No. 49 in preseason KenPom ratings REECE GRAHAM Contributing Writer rgraham@smu.edu With just eight days to go until college basketball begins, it is time for preseason basketball rankings.

Rankings can be useful, but anyone who knows about college basketball knows that anything can happen and upsets should be expected.

While the little numbers next to the team names may make fans feel special, they are not by any means absolute.

SMU finished at No. 24 in the final Associated Press Top 25 Poll of last season.

While the Mustangs are not ranked in the AP’s preseason poll, KenPom.com released its preseason ratings on Oct. 23 with the Mustangs starting the season as a top 50 team at No. 49.

The KenPom ratings were created in 2003 by now wellknown basketball analytics expert Ken Pomeroy. Unlike the AP Poll, the USA Coaches Poll and other similar rankings, KenPom rates teams based on actual math instead of opinion. The ratings largely ignore many of the subjective factors that voters get stuck on.

A lot of math goes into the KenPom ratings, but here are the basics, as explained

by Pomeroy on his blog: The AdjEM, or adjusted efficiency margin, is the

stat at the core of the KenPom ratings. AdjEM represents the difference between a team’s offensive and defensive efficiency, or “the number of points the team would be expected to outscore the average D-I team” per 100 possessions.

Teams are then rated according to the value that equals the difference in their efficiencies on a game-bygame basis.

For example, SMU finished the 2015-2016 season at No. 16 in the KenPom ratings with a AdjEM of +21.97, meaning the Mustangs were projected to be almost 22 points better than the average D-I team.

Villanova, last season’s national champion, finished No. 1 with a AdjEM of +32.01.

According to Pomeroy, the quality that separates the KenPom ratings from subjective rankings is that Pomeroy’s metrics are predictive. SMU was banned from the NCAA Tournament last season, but finished with a 25-5 record and a better KenPom rating than every team in the American Athletic Conference and eight teams that reached the Sweet Sixteen.

SMU began last season at No. 23 in the KenPom ratings. Why so low this season?

Like other rankings,

KenPom is not perfect.

Preseason ratings are largely dependent on how teams have performed in recent seasons.

Returning personnel is heavily considered. SMU lost three of its most productive players from last season in Nic Moore, Jordan Tolbert and Markus Kennedy.

Cincinnati and Connecticut, who are ranked No. 28 and No. 41 in the preseason ratings respectively, retained many of their heavy lifters.

Pomeroy said he also penalizes teams that change coaches, hence SMU’s drop this season.

The KenPom ratings are also blind to incoming recruits, transfers and players who are returning from injury.

The ratings cannot predict for SMU’s stellar recruiting class featuring top international prospects Harry Froling and Tom Wilson. The ratings cannot predict for Semi Ojeleye from Duke or Dashawn McDowell from Oklahoma.

Many preseason rankings cannot see past the loss of three top players and a new head coach. Neither can the KenPom ratings.

Either way, if the Mustangs play anything like they have for the past three seasons, fans will be sure to see a tiny number next to SMU’s name very soon.

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