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Independent bookstores write a new chapter JOANNE HERSHON Contributing Writer jhershon@smu.edu It has no personality or character. There are escalators leading customers to and from massive book sections. Large shelves stuffed with mass market books are everywhere. This is what Isaac Young sees when he goes into a large company bookstore such as Barnes & Noble. For him, a bookstore’s atmosphere is important and large companies and online shops are uninviting. He prefers independent bookstores.

“For me, it’s also the atmosphere,” Young said. “It’s always different. It’s nicer. It’s not a warehouse, it’s not, what’s the word I’m looking for… medical.”

In recent years, independent bookstores have been making a comeback. Despite Amazon acting as a one-stop shop and Barnes & Noble offering thousands of books at each location, they are fighting back. After a large decline in the number of the bookstores, it’s easy to wonder how a resurgence has been possible. The statistics show the increased number of independent bookstores, but not the how.

According to the American Booksellers Association (ABA) in a Harvard Business School article, between 1995 and 2000, the number of United States independent bookstores fell 43 percent. Then the trend changed. Between 2009 and 2015, the ABA reported a 35 percent growth in the number of independent booksellers from 1,651 to 2,227.

Around this time, e-book sales began to shift. According to the Association of American Publishers, from January to November 2016 versus the same period in 2015, trade e-book sales were down 16.4 percent. People are turning back to printed books.

The number of bookstores and e-book sales are not the only statistics on the move. According

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The Wild Detectives is a cafe and bookstore in Oak Cliff.

to a Forbes article about book sales, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that bookstore sales are up 6.1 percent since January 2016. These are surprising statistics considering the impact of Amazon’s popularity. Chris Vognar has a unique perspective on this issue as a Culture Critic for The Dallas Morning News.

“Amazon is expedient and pretty cheap and fast,” Vognar said. “It is not offering you that kind of personal experience.”

Independent bookstores offer this experience in many different ways. The books are curated to fit the local interests which creates a sense of community and an atmosphere filled with likeminded people.

“At an independent bookstore, you are curating just as much as someone setting up a museum exhibit is,” Vognar said.

An independent bookstore’s atmosphere is a major factor that draws in customers. For many, a big company bookstore can’t provide the same experience.

Young chooses The Wild Detectives, an independent bookstore in Dallas, for this very reason.

He sits at a table in the middle of the little shop with his laptop out, while enjoying a coffee that he purchased from the bar. Music and conversation blend in the background as he gives his take.

“I think people like to talk about books,” Young said. “I can’t talk about a book with Amazon, I can read reviews of books.”

Discussing books with other like-minded people and being able to socialize in such a relaxed setting is another major reason why people feel there is a resurgence. Wild Detectives employee Victor Rimach Vera shares this view.

“I think people are also looking for places to socialize and once you have a place like this where pretty much there’s a lot of regulars, you do create a sense of community,” Vera said.

Community and supporting local is a big emphasis in independent bookstores. It can be difficult for smaller, local authors to make money and be recognized, so these bookstores give them a platform to showcase their talent. Independent bookstore frequenter Matt Webb thinks this may be a factor for their growing popularity in recent years.

“Personally, I would probably attribute it to just a resurgence of, like, the idea of independence in general,” Webb said. “Like, enjoying the idea that some random person like, the talent and the abilities of people who aren’t necessarily co-signed by large companies is like, people like that.

People want that to come back.”

For many customers, it’s all about showing support to local authors by choosing independent bookstores over a Barnes & Noble or Amazon.

“I prefer supporting local given the opportunity and I think that the selection is usually much more interesting and much more eclectic and much more focused on local authors and I like being able to support them,” Young said.

Large bookstore companies and online shops will always play a big role in the consumption of books. However, it’s the little things that matter to people who shop at independent bookstores.

They aren’t concerned about a cheaper price, wider selection or one-click purchase. Independent bookstore customers care about a sense of community and atmosphere. People such as Young shop at these stores not to find the most talked about book on the market, but new ones that they have never heard of before, books that the independent bookstores have curated to fit the local atmosphere.

“I think that they tend to know their community better and tend to reflect better what the community’s interests are,” Young said.

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“We are at a crossroads because we are chasing the dollar as opposed to saving the consumer and it causes bad behavior.”

Natalia Montemayor, a junior, said she thought it was refreshing to see a company as big as P&G really care about their customer and what they think, and that it’s not just about them making a profit.

This event was directed at students as a way to help them understand what they need to be thinking about as they start their careers, said Trey Bowles, CEO and founder of The Dallas Entrepreneur Center.

This is the first #TideTalk at SMU, and Vince Kelly from Mustang Laundry said he enjoyed seeing so many students present at the event. He believes that there is a lot of knowledge that experts can share with students, therefore he hopes this is the first of many #TideTalks to come.

“There are a lot of really amazing business owners in this city, and we just want to hear their perspective on things that are happening in their industry,” Kelly said. “This is something we want to keep doing because we think the conversation is really important.”

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#TideTalk discusses digital advertising FATIMA REYNA Contributing Writer fdreyna@smu.edu A media buyer and Vice President of North America Fabric Care for Procter & Gamble, Sundar Raman, spoke at the #TideTalk in Blanton Leadership Hall on April 18, where he said that companies need to be where their customers are — which is on digital media.

“The effect of advertising is not in picking our brands or thinking of them positively but in translating both of those things into an actual purchase,” Raman said.

A local advertising expert, Tommy Swanson also gave the audience some insight into the world of digital media.

“Digital truly opens opportunities that never existed before,” said Swanson, CEO of Stripes Agency. “The format we are able to produce ads in aren’t constrained to the formats they had in the past.”

Both students and professionals attended, and there were only a few seats open in the room. One advertising student, Alissa Llort, said she was most interested in listening to the executive media buyer since his company is one of the largest companies that create their own advertising.

“Sundar is so knowledgeable and knows so much, so I was just so amazed to hear all of this insight like we hear in our classes, but he actually puts it into work in his everyday life,” Llort said.

Both Raman and Swanson said that digital advertising is important in getting a message from the company to a consumer. They also spoke about the “dark side of digital” and said that there is a lot of work to be done in digital in regards to regulations.

“I found it really interesting that they were talking about regulations within the digital world and I feel like it is really important to regulate a few things, but at the same time they have a point when saying that when things are more regulated they are less relevant and we as consumers want relevant ads,” said Rita De Obarrio, an advertising and psychology major.

Sundar said that the consumer should be the top priority for any company, and he believes that this philosophy has provided success for many companies.

On the other hand, he said that putting profit as a priority might cause some companies to act unethically.

“I think if we start with the consumer you can’t go wrong, and today the compromise has been the consumer’s

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South Quad parking lot closed for construction CHLOE SMITH Contributing Writer chloes@smu.edu On April 18, the South Quad parking lot behind Mac’s Place was partially closed due to the construction of the new Indoor Performance Center.

Students notified by email were told to have their vehicles removed from the area between Binkley Parking Center and McElvaney Commons by 10 p.m. on April 17. The installation of fencing was scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. the following morning. The parking lot has been cut in half, which has worsened the parking problem at SMU.

Many students were surprised by the quick change and such little notice.

McElvaney Commons resident Ella Coppola was one of the many students affected by this.

“I woke up Wednesday morning and my car was gone. I had no idea whom to contact and who to reach out to so I could find my Volvo,” Coppola said. “It is completely ridiculous how SMU can just tow your car with two days notice by email.”

The Indoor Performance Center is scheduled to open in the spring of 2019. The 67,000-square-foot building will be located on Bishop Boulevard. The new facility will contain an indoor practice field, training facilities and entertainment areas.

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SMU student recounts 22 minutes of terror on Southwest Flight 1380 MADISON CUTTER Contributing Writer mcutter@smu.edu Thousands of feet above the ground, passengers on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 held hands and prayed.

Tom McCormack, a 22-year-old senior SMU student, was quietly sleeping on the Southwest Airlines flight from New York to Dallas after going to New York City for job interviews. Flight attendants told passengers to stay seated due to frequent and chaotic turbulence. McCormack didn’t think much of it, but moments later, he heard a loud bang and then, the unthinkable happened.

“I texted my dad after the window popped and I said, ‘We are crashing right now, please tell the family I love them all,’ and that was when it really hit me, we are going down and I could be dead,” McCormack said.

McCormack, born and raised in New York and the oldest of three siblings, was involved in the Southwest Airlines plane crash on April 17, 2018. According to flight data, the plane was about 20 minutes into the flight, above southeastern Pennsylvania, when the complications began. With no warning, the plane’s left engine exploded and within seconds, a piece of the engine flew and hit the window in Row 14.

“I turned around and the side of the plane was ripped open and so people started freaking out, and I thought we were going to be fine until the flight attendant started crying and screaming,” McCormack said.

A woman was partially being sucked out of the plane through the hole, where the window used to be. Passengers tried to pull her back in but the strong wind and air pressure made it extremely difficult. McCormack could not hear anything because of the loud engine noise and whirling air outside.

“There was a nurse on the plane and she ran back to see if the woman was OK but she was unconscious,” McCormack said.

“For the next five to ten minutes, we were all locked in with [air] masks preparing to crash, listening to the crewmembers scream ‘brace, brace, head down, stay down.’”

Passengers on the flight made every effort to save this woman’s life, trying to get her back into the plane and blocking the hole with anything they had. Unfortunately, it was too late.

Passengers and crewmembers had no idea where they were going to land. For the remainder of the flight, people wondered if this was the end.

“I could feel we were getting lower so I wanted to know where we were about to hit and I looked out of the window of the plane and I saw the airport and started crying, I was so happy,” McCormack said.

Minutes later, Southwest Flight 1380 landed on the runway of the Philadelphia International airport. Passengers were overjoyed to reach the ground safely.

“I looked at the women and her husband who were sitting next to me, I held her hand and told them we were going to be OK.”

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Time’s 100 list is ‘buzzing’ about an SMU graduate KILEY HESSION Contributing Writer kehession@smu.edu Whitney Wolfe Herd, an SMU alumna, was named to the Time 100: The Most Influential People of 2018 list because of the success surrounding her billion-dollar dating app, Bumble.

After graduating from SMU in 2011, Herd co-founded Tinder and worked as their vice president of marketing, before leaving the company three years later due to a sexual harassment scandal.

From her time spent at Tinder, Herd realized that there needed to be a change in the cultures of both online dating and the workplace in general.

So Herd created Bumble, a dating app programed to only permit women to contact their matches. By allowing women

to make the first move on this app, Herd has encouraged women to be more confident in themselves.

“I was tired of a system where women waited around for men to send them a message or ask them out,” Herd told USA Today. “What began as my own small way of tackling inequity has turned into my life’s mission: empowering women to make the first move in all areas of their lives.”

Since the app was launched almost four years ago, the company, run by all female directors, is valued at over $1 billion and has more than 22 million registered users, one of whom is an SMU student who found her perfect match through the app. Umi Basheer, a sophomore at SMU, met her boyfriend on Bumble five months ago and could not be happier.

“I like Bumble a lot because

I made the first move,” Basheer said. “Honestly, it makes a huge difference when using an online dating app.”

In addition to helping women find their courage, Herd has also created an office environment that accommodates working mothers. From allowing children to play in the offices while their mothers work, to creating a more equal compensation system for employees. Herd wants to give all her employees the opportunity to reach their full potential.

“It’s on us as business leaders to ensure that modern workplace dynamics change with the times,” Herd told USA Today. “Women are running businesses. We don’t have to mimic what the men have always done. We can create our own culture, and structure and guidelines.”

Another Coachella is in the books MAY BOLTE Contributing Writer mbolte@smu.edu The music festival of music festivals has come and gone yet again.

Coachella, an enormous, annual two-weekend music festival raged in Indio, California.

Beginning the first weekend on April 13, over 150 artists traveled to Indio, including headliners Eminem, Beyoncé and The Weeknd. Fans made the annual pilgrimage as well, ready and geared up to see their favorite artists on the big stage.

For both weekends,

NBC Los Angeles said that over 100,000 guests roamed the Empire Polo Grounds per day, while eating food from over 100 vendors and taking countless pictures in front of the art sculptures that are scattered through the grounds.

Some performances that got considerable attention were Beyoncé and EDM artist Whethan.

Beyoncé pulled out all the stops. Her trip to the main Coachella stage was highly anticipated, considering her set cancellation last year due to pregnancy. Beyoncé made history by being the first black woman to headline

at Coachella.

She brought out dozens of musicians and dancers and even had a Destiny’s Child reunion on stage. Other artists brought out during her set include Jay-Z and sister Solange.

EDM artist Whethan, on the other hand, caused a stir among guests. During his set at the Sahara stage, internet sensation Walmart Yodel Kid Mason Ramsey made an appearance.

He sang “Lovesick Blues” by Hank Williams, the song he sang in Walmart in the viral video.

Five coffee shops near SMU to try this month COLLEEN ELLIOTT Contributing Writer cmelliott@smu.edu With spring in the air there’s nothing better to do than find new places for great coffee. Here are five places near SMU to try this May. Mudsmith Coffee This roastery offers a wide array of coffee, teas, juices, breakfast foods and sandwiches. If that wasn’t enticing enough, their late hours (open until 11 p.m.

Monday through Saturday) mean it’s a great place to study late or grab a coffee on the way to class. There are two locations near SMU: 2114 Greenville Ave.

and 3111 Welborn St. Halcyon Coffee Bar Here is a lively place for weekend brunch, with an extensive menu of breakfast and brunch, and a wide variety of coffee, teas and milkshakes. It’s a perfect spot to take family and friends alike. You can’t go wrong at Halycon.

It’s located at 2900 Greenville Ave. Sip Stir Cafe With a name as fun as it’s food, you can’t miss the spot. It features over sixteen types of coffee that can be served hot or iced as well as frozen drinks and a daily selection of pastries.

It’s ideal for a quick, casual bite to eat. Located at 3800

McKinney Ave. #180.

BIRD Bakery Known for its cakes and cupcakes, BIRD Bakery also carries an array of breakfast and lunch to offer.

These go great when paired with a cup of coffee or tea, so it’s a good choice for something sweet or savory.

Located at 7 Highland Park Village.

Drugstore Cowboy Located in Deep Ellum, Drugstore Cowboy is a relaxing spot to stop and grab coffee while exploring all Deep Ellum has to offer.

Featuring a changing menu of coffee and food items there is something new to try each time. Located at 2721 Main St.

Summer staycation: five fun things to do in Dallas JOANNE HERSHON Contributing Writer jhershon@smu.edu Vacations can be expensive! Staying in Dallas for the summer can be just as fun if you know where to look and what to do. Here are five fun things to do locally without breaking the bank.

Go to a concert The American Airlines Center hosts many shows throughout the year along with their more often occurring sporting events.

It’s not the only place for concerts though, you can buy tickets at House of Blues, The Bomb Factory, South Side Ballroom and

many more.

Dallas is a popular destination for touring musicians so check to see if your favorite band will be around any time soon.

Visit an escape room Go with a group and work together on an adventure featuring puzzles and clues. You need to be quick though, you only have 60 minutes to solve it. It’s also a great way to beat the tough Dallas summer heat.

Go on the Dallas Scavenger Hunt Sign up and complete challenges while exploring Dallas and learning about the city.

Discover new places to eat Dallas has the best places to eat that you might have not even heard of. Check out High Fives, Halal Guys, Urban Donut and so much more. Vegan? No problem. Spiral Diner has you covered with amazing vegan comfort food. There are plenty of options for plenty of people in the city.

Visit a museum Dallas has plenty of them to check out including the Dallas Museum of Art, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Sixth Floor Museum, the Nasher Sculpture Center and many more.

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This SMU dropout creates Dallas’ most Instagram-worthy restaurants UMA ASSOMULL Contributing Writer uassomull@smu.edu Francois Reihani, one of Dallas’ most Instagramworthy restaurant innovators, is currently working on new hospitality concepts.

The 21-year-old Reihani was born in Los Angeles, but due to the loss of his father’s business, he and his family moved to Mexico when he was an infant.

His family moved back to Los Angeles when he was 12; he later attended the University of South Carolina and SMU. Ever since Reihani was young, he thought like an entrepreneur. He washed cars and mowed lawns for money.

When he was in middle school, he bought candy from the store and sold it to his classmates at a profit. In high school, he started his own party promotion company.

Reihani’s first real job was car sales, which he describes as the hardest job ever.

During Reihani’s time at Volkswagen, he learned about building his sales skills and work ethic. At first, he felt uncomfortable taking days off — during his first year, he only took one day off.

“When you take a day off, you’re losing your own money,” Reihani said.

With this mentality, Reihani is a natural entrepreneur.

In the middle of Reihani’s senior year at USC, his parents moved to Dallas for the nice people and its business opportunities as one of the fastest-growing cities.

Reihani’s mother forced him to transfer to SMU; this turned out to be a stroke of luck for Reihani.

In 2016, Reihani started Pok the Raw Bar in West Village to bring healthy eating options to Dallas.

“I honestly couldn’t eat anything healthy here that tasted good,” Reihani said.

During his time at Pok the Raw Bar, Reihani said he learned a lot.

“With opening a restaurant, you learn a thousand different things. The biggest thing you learn is how to open a restaurant,” Reihani said.

“From hiring, from brand creation, construction, training, menu creation, signing a lease — just the entire process of opening and operating a restaurant.”

Reihani has an eye for design. Pok the Raw Bar has become one of the trendiest places in Dallas. SMU students rave about it and make endless Instagram stories showcasing the white tables and the food’s vibrant colors.

In 2017, Reihani was ready

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A pair of dishes that can be found at Pok the Raw Bar

to move on to new projects.

“I had a good buy-out option and had a good opportunity to buy Bar Stellar because it was about to go bankrupt,” Reihani said.

It was no surprise that Stellar was going bankrupt.

The customer service was a disaster, and it wasn’t selling the right product.

According to an article by Beth Rankin, the food editor for the Dallas Observer, Stellar was anything but stellar.

Rankin said Stellar was not what she expected after reading a press release. The press release said Stellar was going to have “mid-century modern décor with indoor and outdoor tables, American cuisine, a cocktail bar and a dog-friendly patio.”

Stellar did not live up to its promise.

“Stellar’s space, heavily redesigned, is perky and cheerful but, save for the lighting, in no way midcentury modern; the buildout is far too reliant on current design trends to fit the MCM aesthetic,” Rankin wrote.

Stellar, a mix between a perky and cheerful bar and a sports bar with large flat screen televisions, was in the middle of an identity crisis.

“Whatever Stellar is right now, it isn’t working,” Rankin wrote.

Stellar used to be house the local watering hole Vickery Park. After just four months of Stellar buying Vickery Park, the bar was floundering.

That’s where Reihani stepped in.

Bar Stellar was a flip, so instead of creating something new, he had to take a business out of a hole, which seemed more fun because it was a challenge.

Reihani turned Bar Stellar

around by making it more appealing to the millennial generation. He changed the aesthetic, making it Snapchatand Instagram-worthy.

Thanks to social media, the customers handle the marketing for Bar Stellar.

“It was a great feeling just knowing I successfully flipped a restaurant bar,” Reihani said.

Reihani revamped the menu, creating shareable drinks such as the Mega ‘Mosa, which comes in a large champagne glass, and the Skull Crusher, which comes in a glass skull.

The other non-shareable drinks are also fun and bright with names like Pinky Promise, which has pop rocks, or the Cloud Nine, which has cotton candy. He changed the menu to include mostly finger foods such as truffle fries and chicken in a cone.

With Reihani’s takeover, Bar Stellar has become super stellar. Eater Dallas wrote about Bar Stellar’s grand opening and seemed impressed with the bar’s new design elements.

“Neon signage, millennial pink, tropical wallpaper and complicated cocktails,” Chapin wrote. “Check, check, check and check: Bar Stellar’s got them all.”

Rankin had to go back to see the rebranding of Stellar.

Rankin and Chapin have the same thoughts about how social media seems to be a key aspect in the rebranding process.

Rankin believes the future of restaurants will have to be branded with Instagram and social media in mind.

This is right up Reihani’s alley.

Reihani and his team also revamped the whole restaurant bar by adding fun

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Francois Reihani is only 21 but is already making waves as an entrepreneur.

wallpapers as well as redoing the menu design with the help of his graphic design artist, Kristy Ho. He also added a neon sign that reads, “It’s not love, I’m just drunk” — a perfect photo opportunity. Reihani said these light-up signs just might become his signature move.

Ho is a very valuable part of Reihani’s team, helping with all things graphic design. Ho helped create the photo booth frame at Bar Stellar, where people can take boomerangs (those looped videos you see all over Instagram).

She also helped create the logo and continues to help Reihani with logos for all other projects.

Reihani said Ho is the only graphic designer he can work with because she understands his vision.

“We work in tandem trying to come up with cool concepts,” Ho said. “Whereas Francois leads in conception and operations, I visualize the visions and develop the branding. Working with

him is great because we just bounce ideas off of each other and collaborate.”

Reihani’s philosophy is that entrepreneurship is all about the timing.

“You are always thinking about the next move,” Reihani said.

With this in mind, Reihani is involved in a handful of other projects including a nonprofit, a restaurant, a medspa, a nail salon and a jewelry line, as well as consulting on four different bars and clubs throughout Dallas.

Even though Reihani didn’t earn a college degree, he became successful and has made his parents proud.

Reihani believes that you learn from experience.

“Entrepreneurship can’t be taught, and time is the most important thing to me right now,” Reihani said. “So, the experience and reputation I’m getting right now is much more valuable than me being able to say I got my college degree.”

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Dallas sportscaster on impact of SMU experience CHARLIE MITELHAUS Contributing Writer cmitelhaus@smu.edu A key player in the local sportscasting world, KDFWTV FOX 4 Dallas’ Edward Egros is for the fans. He wants to help people by spreading information via sportscasting as opposed to another medium; for him, it’s all about visual storytelling in 2018.

“I do enjoy both writing and radio; however, the visual medium is the best in my opinion, with regards to showing someone something especially like analytics,” Egros said.

Originally hailing from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Egros wanted to see somewhere else without going too far away from home. That’s how he ended up at Southern Methodist University. He had always wanted to pursue some sort of career in journalism, but was not quite sure about the analytics aspect early on.

When asked about his favorite class while at SMU, Egros struggled to pick just one. He was torn between a freshman poetry class taught by Willard Spiegelman and intro to econometrics taught by Tom Fomby. The latter piqued his interest in the overlap of sports

and analytics.

“There was a class period where we learned how to take baseball data and use it for regression analysis, and that really sparked my interest for the analytical side of things.”

Egros said.

The strength of SMU’s journalism department was what brought him to the Hilltop for his undergraduate studies.

Professors like Fomby, as well as his first basic audio and video production professor Michele Houston led him to graduate in 2006 with dual degrees in journalism and economics.

Today, Egros is the weekend sports anchor/reporter at KDFW-TV FOX 4, as well as an avid sports analytics enthusiast.

His website is designed to share researched ideas in the same way a journalist would deliver a compelling story, while tying in a multitude of opportunities to use quantitative tools to find current trends and attempt to predict the outcomes of sporting events.

Egros believes that his SMU experience afforded him the resources to succeed in the professional world.

“SMU has some of the best resources out there and I wish that more students would take advantage,” Egros said.

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Courtland Sutton was drafted by the Denver Broncos.

Justin Lawler dons a Rams shirt after being drafted.

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Trey Quinn was announced as ‘Mr. Irrelevant’ as the last Draft pick.

Three Mustangs selected in 2018 NFL Draft OLIVIA PITTEN Sports Editor opitten@smu.edu For the first time since 2012, three SMU players were selected to begin their professional careers during the 2018 NFL Draft in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, last week.

All-American wide receiver Courtland Sutton was selected eighth pick in the second round by the Denver Broncos.

Sutton received many pre-season accolades preceding his senior season. CBS Sports and College Football News recognized Sutton with first-team preseason All-America honors and the senior was named to both the Biletnikoff and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Watch Lists.

Throughout his journey at SMU, Sutton defined himself on the field. Sophomore year Sutton’s 252 receiving yards set an SMU single-game record, and freshman year Sutton’s 862 yards set the record for freshman receiving yards in a season.

Sutton will join former SMU wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders in Denver. Sanders was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 2010 Draft.

Later in the seventh round, two more Mustangs joined Sutton in the NFL. The Los Angeles Rams selected defensive end Justin Lawler with their 26th pick.

Lawler’s time on the Hilltop has been filled with notable plays, including six blocked kicks. His senior season he recorded three blocked kicks to tie him for the

national lead. Lawler also added 226 tackles and 20.5 sacks during his time at SMU. Lawler’s name was honored on the Chuck Bednarik, Bronko Nagurski and Wuerffel Trophy preseason lists, and to the Ted Hendricks Award Final Watch List. Lawler was also honored with the S.P.I.R.I.T. award for service, passion, integrity, respect, innovation and teamwork from the SMU Athletic Director at the 2018 Pony Awards Sunday night to conclude his collegiate career.

Lawler will be the first Mustang to play for the Rams in their Los Angeles location. The St. Louis Rams selected former SMU quarterback Garrett Gilbert in the sixth round of the 2014 Draft.

The Washington Redskins concluded the 2018 Draft with their final pick of wide receiver Trey Quinn.

As last pick, Quinn is deemed the latest “Mr. Irrelevant,” a tradition dating back to the 1976 Draft, yet Quinn’s performance on the field has been less than irrelevant.

The junior from Lake Charles, Louisiana, started his collegiate career at LSU before transferring to SMU. His 114 receptions during his junior season leads the nation, the team and holds a single-season record at SMU. Quinn also added 13 touchdowns and 1,236 receiving yards throughout his junior season.

Quinn will be the first Mustang in D.C. since 2012 when Josh LeRibeus and Richard Crawford were drafted by the Redskins.

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SMU women’s basketball’s Klara Bradshaw JACOB PROTHRO Sports Writer jprothro@smu.edu When she was in kindergarten, former SMU forward Klara Bradshaw was taller than one of her teachers.

By the time she was in sixth grade, she was already six-foot. Now the graduation senior stands at 6-foot-6, taller than nearly every player she battled in the post last season.

“I’ve always been huge,” Bradshaw said with a chuckle. “At first I was very annoyed with it.”

Wherever she goes, she draws the stares of curious onlookers who have seldom seen a woman who is that tall. They’ll come up to her and ask her questions. How tall are you? What do you do? Most guess basketball or volleyball, but she’s heard some weird ones.

“One time I did get NFL player,” she said.

When it comes to sports, Bradshaw was relatively late to the game. When she was growing up in California, her parents would not allow her to play anything but golf and tennis out of fear that she’d hurt herself. She was growing so fast, sometimes up to eight inches a year, that her parents wanted to make sure she’d reach her full height before she started playing sports.

When she moved to Texas in middle school, a basketball coach took notice of her, and urged her to come out for the team. Her parents hesitated before giving in and letting Bradshaw play basketball in seventh grade.

As it turns out, Bradshaw could play the sport, and she

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could play it well. Once she started playing the sport, she didn’t look back. Because of her height, she was able to gain the attention of college scouts, and after four successful seasons at Rains High School in Emory, she went to go play for TCU. She played well in her first season at TCU, but before her sophomore year, things changed. The team brought in a new coach who utilized a different type of offense – one that didn’t involve the post too much. So after the season, she looked to play elsewhere. The school she eventually chose was SMU. “I wanted to go somewhere that was going to challenge me [academically] and the degree was going to have some weight behind it,” Bradshaw said.

At SMU, Bradshaw has been successful, so much so that she is looking to play basketball professionally.

It’s hard to break into the WNBA, and to be fair, the money in that league isn’t the best, so she’s looking to play overseas.

Because Bradshaw was born in the Czech Republic, she holds two passports.

This makes her a valuable commodity for European teams, as she won’t count against the team’s import cap. She could end up making even more money that way.

“I’ve heard of veterans making $80,000 in a month,” she said.

There’s one other way in which Bradshaw uses her height to an advantage. Now, she wants to be a role model for younger players, and help them fall in love with the game just as she did.

Because she’s the biggest player on the court, those girls are usually drawn to her. And after she gets the initial “How tall are you?” questions out of the way, she tells them what she’s learned over the span of her career.

“I believe in persevering and building yourself and sticking true to what you came to do,” Bradshaw said.

“What did you dream of doing as a little girl? What did you want to do with your life? There’s going to be a lot of trials in tribulations on the four or five years of college so it’s just all about persevering and sticking to it.”

OLIVIA PITTEN Sports Editor opitten@smu.edu Akoy Agau has been a lot of places.

Born in South Sudan, he moved to Egypt when he was eight and spent a couple years there before moving to America. He spent time in Maryland when he was ten, but Nebraska is where he calls home.

Agau attended Omaha Central High School where he starting receiving recruiting interest as early as his freshman year.

“I got my first three offers my freshman year of high school from Marquette, Nebraska, and Creighton,” said Agau.

The 6’8” forward initially attended the University of Louisville before transferring to Georgetown University,

where he graduated last year. Now a fifth year graduate student at SMU, Agau will graduate in May with a master’s degree in management.

Agau decided to extend his collegiate basketball career an extra year after consulting with an old friend.

“I had a friend who transferred here from Duke: Semi Ojeleye,” said Agau.

“I’ve known him since our sophomore year of high school so I called him and asked him about SMU. He only had great things to say about the school, the program and the coach.”

At SMU, Agau averaged 16.1 minutes a game, concluding the season with a spectacular performance in the AAC Championship. Agau recorded 21 points against University of Connecticut to help the Mustangs advance to the quarterfinals.

After graduation in May, Agau has multiple options, including a potential sixth-year of collegiate basketball or the possibility of a professional basketball career.

“Right now I’ve put my name in the NBA Draft,” said Agau. “I’m going to work out for teams and get some feedback from coaches and scouts.”

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The SMU Daily Campus has been an independent, uncensored voice for students for more than 100 years. All of that will now end, and the paper has its own board to thank for it.

After years of mismanagement and disinterest, the board of the independent non-profit Student Media Company decided in January to dissolve and wrap the newspaper into SMU’s journalism department — a move that will allow SMU to exercise editorial control. No announcement was made until April, leaving us scrambling for a solution.

When our alumni group, Friends of Student Media, offered money and a proposal to save the company, the board refused to hear it — many members didn’t even show up.

Prior to the meeting, we met with board spokesperson David Sedman, who gave us a fundraising goal and offered SMC’s financial documentation so we could propose a business plan.

We pushed for donations — which, after only a week, amounted to well over $40,000 with pledges for even more — because we were led to believe that with sufficient

funds, we could save SMC. But the meeting made clear the board never had any intention of allowing such a thing. The members who attended (Sedman was not among them) refused to reconsider, saying it was “too late.”

The SMC’s bylaws require board members to “demonstrate a commitment to freedom of the press and to the preservation and advancement of the independence and autonomy of the company and its media.” The few who show up for meetings are doing the opposite.

The journalism department — through silence and inaction — has been complicit in SMC’s end. The newspaper that once was an asset to the whole university will soon become a university-funded vehicle for publishing journalism classwork. That is not what FSM rallied to support.

The board asked if we’d commit to providing the mentorship to the journalismschool run paper that we committed to providing the SMC. We will not. A schooloperated press runs contrary to our deeply held beliefs and is antithetical to The Daily Campus’ century-long heritage.

Our effort was about preventing censorship — a battle we cannot fight if the school controls the purse strings. Both the board and the journalism school disregarded our motivations.

The Daily Campus has grappled with censorship since its founding, and became independent a decade later so students could write freely.

Articles dating back to 1936 decry SMU’s willingness to stifle student voices. More recently, The Daily Campus has faced threats of eviction from its campus office — for which it pays rent — and moves to block opinion articles. And, damningly, SMU removed its pledge not to censor student publications from its handbook in 2013.

We expressed these concerns repeatedly to the board and the journalism school. Neither were persuaded.

Both said they did not believe the administration would attempt to censor students, ignoring all evidence to the contrary. They have offered no explanation for how they intend to shield the school-run publication from censorship by the administration.

We are deeply concerned about the quality of

accountability journalism moving forward at SMU. The paper will be run by a journalism department that has lost its focus on tried and true reporting. The offerings of the journalism school — and the rise of the fashion media program — have directly led to a growing disinterest in the work of hard news in student media. It is not clear that, under the direction of the journalism school, there would be any regeneration of interest in holding SMU accountable.

We hope we are wrong.

Killing the SMC was an avoidable choice. The money we raised came from dozens of alumni across the country.

It was a remarkable show of support, and it is disappointing to imagine what such a willing alumni base could have done with more time and willing partners. We’re not going to allow the money we’ve raised to go to waste. The donations we’ve collected, and the donations we intend to collect well into the future, will be used to fund the work of students with similar ideals. We are excited to be part of the future of student media — even if we cannot be part of that future at SMU.

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Emily Muscarella Guthrie, ’98 Stephen Blum, ’98 James Pecht, ’99 Feras Gadamsi, ’02 Nancy Black, ’02 Courtney Alieksaites Keys, ’02 Jonathan Dewbre, ’03 Richard Martin, ’03 Kris Norvet, ’03 R. Kirk McPike, ’05 Jessica Alexandre, ’05 Clark Castle, ’05 Veronica Terefenko, ’05 Jessica Savage, ’06

Austin Kilgore, ’06 Mark Norris, ’08 John Schreiber, ’08 Sommer Saadi, ’08 Cole Hill, ’09 Laura Ratliff, ’10 Nate Regan, ’10 Taylor Adams, ’11 Jessica Huseman, ’11 Joshua Parr, ’11 Stuart Palley, ’11 Meredith Shamburger, ’11 Pat (Traver) White, ‘11 Ashley Withers, ’11

Sarah Kramer, ’12 Chandler Schlegel, ’13 Kent Koons, ’13 Brandon Bub, ’14 Chase Wade, ’14 Sidney Hollingsworth, ’15 Christopher Saul, ’15 Demetrio Teniente IV, ’15 Patrick Engel, ’17 Paula Streiff, former advertising advisor Mark Witherspoon, former student adviser

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