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Thomas DiPiero will become the new dean of SMU’s Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences on Aug. 12. RYAN MILLER / The Daily Campus
The newly dedicated residential complex — consisting of five new residence halls, a dining commons and parking garage — will house 1,250 SMU students. The Residential Commons program will transform all 11 residential housing communities — old and new — beginning in August.
Residential Commons program promotes community for students CLAIRE KELLEY Chief Copy Editor cakelley@smu.edu Large living rooms, luxurious locker-room style baths, a brand new dining hall with outdoor seating and more. This is what the new building complex of the Residential Commons will offer students who reside there starting this fall. The new complex, a $146 million project, was dedicated May 9 and will provide housing for 1,250 SMU students. The term “Residential Commons” refers to all 11 residence halls, not just the five new ones located on the southeast
side of campus. The Residential Commons system was designed by Residence Life and Student Housing officials, faculty, administrators and students to promote a sense of community, and the new complex is a reflection of that effort. “The hallways are designed for more community space,” said Student Body Vice President Monica Finnegan, who will be a resident assistant (RA) in Crum Commons this coming year. “You have more tables and lounges and you cannot walk down your hallway without seeing people.” Finnegan and 17 other students
were involved in the designing process, along with Director of Residence Life Jennifer Post. This group studied the University of Oxford’s residence model last summer and incorporated many of those characteristics, such as having a unique crest for each hall, into SMU’s Residential Commons system. Post said she hopes the new system will help students feel more comfortable in their dorms. “Right now, even though all of our first-year students live on campus, sometimes it feels dead on the weekends,” Post said. “It’s designed to be home.” Sophomore Sam Doctor, a soon-
to-be resident of Armstrong Hall, is excited about the new building for reasons other than its novelty. “It’s right next to the gym, the new dining hall is awesome, and the new quad looks amazing,” Doctor said. “Me and my roommate chose the new dorms over living in somewhere quiet for the same reason I chose to live in Boaz last year: we want to be where the people are.” Some students are skeptical about the location of the new complex and the size of its rooms. Sophomore Sarah Huff is looking forward to her brand new
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New dean encourages intellectual diversity MEREDITH CAREY Assignments Desk Editor mbcarey@smu.edu For new dean Thomas DiPiero, leading Dedman College is a welcome challenge. “There’s such tremendous goodwill and interest in improving research and education,” DiPiero said. “The students I met were bright and engaged. What more could you ask for?” Moving to SMU from University of Rochester, DiPiero will be bringing a strong background in interdisciplinary education, a skill in a school like Dedman which offers more than 39 baccalaureate degree
programs and more than 50 minors. “I’ll bring knowledge of transdisciplinary work,” he said. “At University of Rochester, I led a program that was half engineering and half humanities. I hope to develop those kinds of programs that bridge bigger spans than one might normally seek and push that education to the next level.” DiPiero, who specializes in 17th and 18th century fiction, is no stranger to SMU. He spent a week at SMU-inTaos in 2011 teaching English graduate students. “I didn’t know what to expect,” DiPiero said. “The environment,
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UC changes in the works CHRISTINA COX Managing Editor clcox@smu.edu Students can expect to see changes in the University Curriculum (UC) when they return to the Hilltop in the fall. According to Dedman College Senior Associate Dean and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Peter Moore, a number of recommendations from the UC Monitoring Committee (MC) have already been implemented. “At the request of the MC, the University Curriculum Council (UCC) reversed its vote on about a dozen courses it had removed from the IIC (Institutions, Individuals, and Cultures) Pillar,” Moore said. Because of this change, students will receive pillar credit for these courses in the fall. In addition to the MC, the Provost created a Student Learning Outcome (SLO) Review Committee in midMay to evaluate the goals of the UC and present their recommendations to the UCC this summer. Moore said he believes this will encourage faculty to propose courses to count toward requirements. Recently, modifications were made to the assessment of SLOs in Proficiencies and Experiences in the classroom. Moore said he hopes this will transfer to experiential learning. “Associate Provost Harold Stanley and I have begun conversations with Student Affairs’ staff to find ways for students to complete Proficiencies and Experiences outside the
classroom,” Moore said. Currently, the university offers 1,343 total classes that fulfill at least one aspect of the UC. In Fall 2014, 267 of these courses will be available for students, with almost half fulfilling multiple pillars and/or proficiencies. However, there is still an issue for students in Cox School of Business and Lyle School of Engineering, where few classes provide credit outside of major or minor requirements. “The biggest concerns in my opinion would have to be some classes having more pillars and such than others,” sophomore Meredith Matt said. “A lot of the pre-health firstyears are worried about graduating in four years.” Matt worries that, despite the new changes, she still will not finish the UC in four years and will have to take summer and January term classes. Issues have also arisen with students who wish to double or triple major. “SMU markets to prospective students on the possibilities for students to accomplish such goals and this idea is often why students choose SMU over other competitive schools,” sophomore Alex Silhanek said. “However, I have heard many double major students express concern of how this can possibly be done with this new curriculum.” Both Matt and Silhanek are members of the UC Concerns Committee within Student Senate. Both agree that the UC still needs some fine-tuning, but believe progress
is being made in their areas of concern. “The UC has somewhat improved,” Matt said. “Now there is retroactive credit so if a class gains a pillar after you have already taken it you’ll still get the credit.” “The retroactive credit concept is a huge accomplishment,” Silhanek said. And more work is still being done. Possible changes in the fall include credit for the Philosophy, Religious Inquiry and Ethics Pillars in computer science and electrical engineering classes that involve logic. “Additional structural changes are being discussed as well, but it is too early to report on them,” Moore said. Silhanek and Matt said they believe a structural change will reduce the stress of completing the UC. “Narrow down some of the proficiency and/or pillar requirements, add more classes that meet UC requirements and the whole concept of the UC will be perfect,” Silhanek said. According to a preliminary report on the UC, students are on track in completion of Pillar 1 requirements and Foundations. Remaining areas of concern are Pillar 2, Ways of Knowing and Proficiency requirements. “This is where our efforts will be focused,” Moore said. Any additional changes to the curriculum will be announced to students and faculty as they are approved.
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Athletic, university officials hope alcohol sales will boost attendance at home football games.
Alcohol sales to kickoff in Ford Stadium this fall CLAIRE KELLEY Chief Copy Editor cakelley@smu.edu This fall, for the first time since its opening in 2000, alcohol will be sold at Gerald J. Ford Stadium during football games. The decision was made in an effort to increase attendance at games and fill as many of the stadium’s 32,000 seats as possible. Many believe that alcohol sales will encourage students and alumni to leave the boulevard sooner and cheer on their Mustangs in person, rather than watching the game from their
tents on the lawn or not at all. Alcohol sales were introduced at basketball games in Moody Coliseum in January, and so far, the results have been positive. “We were deliberate in setting the plan for Moody, and it was safe and successful,” said SMU Athletics’ Brad Sutton. “This process will also be carefully designed and vetted before we roll it out.” There are benefits and disadvantages to consider, but to junior Elliot Bouillion, the pros far outweigh the cons. “After seeing the positive reaction that we had at Moody, I feel like this will bring more fans to the game and promote a healthier gaming style by having more support from the
student body and alumni,” he said. Junior Noelle Hunter, another supporter of the decision, recognizes the problems that may arise in the fall. “It could also cause problems with people being drunk in public,” she said. “People may go too far.” Sarah Bennett, a 2011 SMU graduate, believes that raucousness is nothing new in a college football stadium. “Some people may be concerned about rowdiness at games,” said Bennett, “but the people who already go to games are the passionate ones, so I’m not too concerned about it.” Ford Stadium will be selling alcohol Sept. 20 during the season’s first home game against Texas A&M.
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Exploring Dallas through bacon PAIGE KERLEY Contributing Writer pkerley@smu.edu Dozens of people chatted and chewed on the Neapolitan style pizza at Dallas’ Dough Pizzeria. One large group in the corner of the restaurant focused on a single ingredient: bacon. The group, consisting of 30 bacon-loving individuals, was on a food tour hosted by local company Dallas Bites!. They were on their first stop of the day to find the best baconinspired dishes in town. First-time tourist Sarah Rose attended the bacon tour with her husband Phillip. After scanning the friendly yet diverse crowd she said, “Bacon just brings people together I guess.” Dallas Bites! hosts savory food tours while its sister company Dallas by Chocolate centers around sweet tours. The companies, both owned by Jeanine Stevens, were started as the “reinvention of a career.” Stevens was a copywriter looking for a way to supplement her income. After talking with a friend, she knew she should do something she liked. “Well, I like to eat,” she said. Dallas By Chocolate began tours in the summer of 2011. For prices starting at $39, chocolate lovers could pile into the company’s van for day-long tasting trips around the city. However, Dallas’ sweltering summers did not help the
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Bacon-topped cupcake from Kreme de la Cupcake.
start-up’s cause. “It wasn’t the greatest thing,” said Stevens. Months of heat caused tour participation to slow to a trickle. Only 17 people signed up for tours that December. Stevens was ready to throw in the towel, but when her Valentine’s Day tour sold out for two consecutive weeks, she was back in business. Sell-out tours inspired Stevens to diversify the menu. She added wine and cheese at first and then expanded to more savory foods with Dallas Bites!. Tourists who opt for one of these tours will explore local cuisine including barbecue, bacon, ethnic food and pizza. Dallas Bites! also features a combination barbecue and brewery tour. “We started the brewery tours for the husbands,” said Stevens. Steven Doyle, one of six tour guides, has plenty of testimony on the success of the barbecue and brewery tours. Doyle said plenty of grown men weep on these tours because of the succulent barbecue
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and great beer. “They don’t think it could get any better than that,” he said. Doyle, a food blogger for CraveDFW, leads about 90 percent of all company tours. While no one on the baconthemed tour shed any tears, everyone seemed to enjoy all the restaurants had to offer. Every stop on the tours is a business local to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Stevens said the tours are partially about “celebrating the local mom and pop places of Dallas.” The menu on the bacon tour, which was broken into four different stops, ranged from chocolate-covered bacon, to cupcakes topped with crumbled bacon, to a bacon-infused bloody mary. Mouths drooled when local baker Keiyana Roberts walked into Dough Pizzeria with large white boxes of bacon-topped cupcakes. Roberts, owner of Kreme de la Cupcake in Dallas, created the cupcake when she was a contestant on Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars.” During one of the rounds, bacon was the secret ingredient contestants had to incorporate into their cupcakes. “I was thinking, ‘Everyone loves bacon, everyone loves corn, and gouda is a good smoky cheese,’” said Roberts.
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The Arnold Dining Commons opened May 27. It is the only on-campus food service available this summer.
Arnold Dining Commons opens to rave reviews MEREDITH CAREY Assignments Desk Editor mbcarey@smu.edu Campus dining just took a step toward elegance. With an overhaul of Mac’s Place, renovations in Umphrey Lee, and the addition of a brand-new dining hall in Arnold Commons, SMU Dining Services is making major changes to its campus offerings. The newest addition, Anita and Truman Arnold Dining Commons, accommodates 500 students and offers indoor and outdoor seating. All residents of each Commons will meet for monthly dinners in Arnold, Dining Services spokesperson Jennifer Chang said. Booths, high-top tables, and projection televisions have all been installed to contribute to a more communal feel. The new dining hall’s environment will “enable students to gather at the Dining Commons to watch sporting events, concerts and political events,” a SMU news release reported. “It is just so pretty. It has two floors and there are these huge windows that make the whole area seem brighter. Everything just looks so much nicer, sleeker and cleaner,” said junior Molly
O’Connor, who’s spending her summer on campus, preparing as a Mustang Corral Director. The dining hall, located in far southeast campus, will offer “calzones prepared in a state-of-theart brick oven, stir-fry prepared at the Mongolian-style grill [and] fresh wheatgrass shots at the juice bar,” Chang said. Arnold is the sole dining option open during the summer months, while Mac’s Place and Umphrey Lee are undergoing renovations. While the food, service and atmosphere are impressing oncampus students, the two other standalone dining options are undergoing impressive changes. Improved seating, more electronic plugs, terrazzo flooring and a renovated faculty and staff dining room will all feature in the north campus dining hall’s renovations. The food will also be updated to match Arnold’s new standard. Umphrey Lee’s construction should be complete by the start of the school year. By far the largest change is coming to Mac’s Place. The dining hall is scheduled to be open for business on the first day of classes and students should be prepared for the facelift that is coming to the casual dining option. Though the cafe was reorganized
just over a year ago, the new changes should make Mac’s Place more friendly and convenient for on-the-go students. “The new and improved Mac’s Place will include an upgraded grill, outdoor patio seating and a convenience store market. The renovation will also feature the addition of a touch screen ordering system, which can also be utilized through a mobile phone,” Chang said. Students hope the new mobile system eliminates the long Mac’s Place burger lines of the past school years. There will be no changes to the Hughes-Trigg dining options, which include eS MUcho, Subway, Chick-fil-a, Pizza Hut and Sushic. For senior Clay Moore, also on campus for Mustang Corral Director training, the new options are worth the trek to the newly built residential complex. “I think it would be great to split [time] between Arnold and Umphrey Lee,” Moore said. “It is summer, so I was expecting all the food to be subpar and [I] would have to wait until the fall to get that good grub in Arnie. However, everything is tasting great. I love Arnie’s,” he said. Looks like Umph has some fierce, and delicious, competition.
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Macartney’s sharpshooting film premieres at Oak Cliff festival MEREDITH CAREY Assignments Desk Editor mbcarey@smu.edu Professor Carolyn Macartney is a sharpshooter. Of film, that is. But her new documentary, “Wanda the Wonderful,” features a woman whose real gun brought her renown, and with it, trouble. Premiering at the Oak Cliff Film Festival in Dallas on June 22, Wanda the Wonderful tells the story of a 1920s stuntwoman and actress in the Wild West. Under the stage name “Wanda Savage,” she traveled the country, performing and picking up husbands and children along the way. “She had four husbands, but only shot one of them,” reads the film’s tagline. And that injured final husband just happens to be Professor Macartney’s grandfather. “People didn’t talk very much about her once she shot Grandpa. He married someone else and it wasn’t very cool to talk about Wanda,” Macartney said. She began to talk to family members and relatives as early as 1991, when she was in film school searching for more information about Wanda’s complicated past. Cousins, children,
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— physical and intellectual — was really conducive to high-level intensive work.” DiPiero succeeds William Tsutsui, who resigned last spring to become president at Hendrix College. “I am excited about Dedman College’s future under the leadership of Dr. DiPiero,” SMU President R. Gerald Turner said in a press release. “The College,
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Carolyn Macartney teaches various film production classes in Meadows.
grandchildren and even greatgrandchildren all sat for interviews for Macartney’s film, sharing the fantastic but true stories they had heard about Wanda while growing up. “Everyone has their stories, they change depending on how close that person is to Wanda. The closer people are, the less they’ll tell you, the further people get, the more they share, but it’s fuzzier,” she said. Working on the film steadily for the past seven years, Macartney mixed these interviews with scripted re-enactments, showing Wanda’s relationship with her children, her sharpshooting vaudeville act and her tumultuous
marriage with Carl, Macartney’s grandfather. “What I really wanted to avoid is just a bunch of talking heads. I hate those movies,” she said. “I wrote [the re-enactment] based on all the research and the documents she left behind to follow her trajectory.” The letters, documents, photographs (many of which Wanda took herself) and certificates that the famed sharpshooter left behind were clues along Wanda’s confusing past. The documents and interviews formed the foundation for Macartney’s documentary, but there’s still one question that is
which is the heart of an SMU education, will benefit from his interdisciplinary approach to the humanities and sciences, as well as from his passion for research and teaching. He’s a great fit for Dedman College and for SMU.” DiPiero is not only a “great fit” for SMU, but hopes he fits with the city of Dallas as well. He plans to solidify the relationship not only between the university and the city, but also SMU and its Dallasbased alumni. A self-proclaimed, “decent”
cook, he’s looking forward to exploring the Dallas restaurant and arts scene. He’ll join the incoming Class of 2018 in exploring Dallas, and Dedman College for the first time. “My best advice for incoming students is to explore. Don’t assume you know what’s out there,” he said. “Check things out, see what all the different major and minors there are. Don’t dash your expectations that you came in to begin with, but expand them.”
left unanswered. “I would ask her if she had fun. She had a lot of trouble, but I want to know it was all worth it,” Macartney said of the chance to speak with her grandmother who passed away in 1947. Not everyone in Macartney’s family was ready to tell all about the complex woman. “Some people I would talk to and when they would be interviewing on camera, they would only say happy stuff,” she said. “I tried to tell the truth and not pass judgment but… it’s not much of a story if there isn’t a little drama.” Filmed in Dallas, Wyoming and relatives’ homes, the documentary featured help from more than 30 SMU alumni and some of Macartney’s former students. The professor, who teaches production and experimental film classes, hopes her current students can be inspired, not only by Wanda’s story, but inspired to tell their own story. “I think that having a teacher who still makes movies adds a unique perspective to the way they teach,” senior film major Daniel Pappas said. “They’re more inclined to teach us practical things instead of just theories.”
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dorm, but wishes her room were more spacious. “I understand that the school wants students to spend less time in their dorm rooms,” she said, “but since we’re required to live on campus for a second year, it would’ve been nice to have a new, larger space to live in.” While the new complex and updates to existing residence halls are aesthetically pleasing, the
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Jeffrey Colangelo graduated from SMU in 2013.
Alumnus succeeds in theatre scene MADELEINE BOUDREAUX
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SMU alumnus Jeffrey Colangelo (BFA ’13) stands as a testament to the quality of both Meadows arts degrees and the Dallas art scene. “The SMU Meadows program provided me with a number of awesome resources that I definitely attribute to me being the artist I am today,” said Colangelo. He cites the help of his teachers, connections with artists who challenged him to hone his artistic lens and the funding and support Meadows
Residential Commons system offers more than meets the eye. RAs are required to plan events that focus on different goals, such as community and tradition. The new system also features a Faculty-in-Residence (FiR) for each residence hall. These are professors who live among students. Their roles are not to chaperone the residence halls, but to offer support and guidance. Finnegan, who was an RA last year in Virginia-Snider, treasures the experience she shared
fosters for collaboration across the artistic disciplines as a few of those resources. Colangelo also participated in “countless” SMU Student Theatre (SMUST) productions. “I believe the SMU student theatre program is probably the most incredible and vibrant part of the Theatre program at SMU,” he said. SMUST provides students with funds, space and production services to enable them to put up their own work, be it a published script or an original piece. For Colangelo, it provided a place for him to develop
COLANGELO page 7 with her FiR, clinical assistant professor Ann Batenburg. “One day, I had a really bad day. It was just life, and she took me into her room and we had brownies and cookies and talked about it,” Finnegan said. “That can make a difference for someone. It made a difference for me.” Visit the FiRs’ blog, the Residential Commons website and Pinterest page for more information and photos of the new complex.
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Upperclassmen share tips, tricks on making most of Corral KATELYN HALL Contributing Writer khall@smu.edu
a transfer student, you’ll meet other new students, and it guarantees you’ll know a friendly face when you walk around campus the first day,” said Marcella Lupski, a 2014 AARO Leader.
Mustang Corral. For upperclassmen it conjures memories of Texas summer heat and bonding games. It brings on waves of nostalgia and fond memories of repeating one’s name, hometown and anticipated major over and over again. For incoming first-years, it incites equal parts excitement, curiosity and — most likely — anxiety. But put your mind at ease, Class of 2018. Here are the best tips for making the most out of Mustang Corral.
2. Be yourself It sounds cliche, but it’s easy to forget to act natural when you’re trying to make new friends in a new place. Be genuine and you’ll make friends you’ll still have your senior year. “My best advice for Corral is to be yourself. Corral is such a fun time to meet new people that you are going to spend the next four years with,” said Carissa Laughlin, a three-time Corral Leader.
1. GO! Corral may be optional, but it’s the easiest way to make friends right before you start classes in August. You’ll see tons of people you know walking from your commons to Dallas Hall at 9 a.m. that first day. “Whether you’re a freshman or
3. Branch out Mustang Corral is a great way to meet people who may not necessarily share your major, hobbies or future plans. You’ll leave having a huge network of friends across campus if you get to know the people in your cabins, at your lunch table and in your groups. Who knows, they could become
your best friends. “Be open to all different types of people, try and participate in the activities and make the most of it,” Laughlin said. “SMU is an amazing place. As a rising senior, I can say that I am still friends with the people I met at Mustang Corral.” Sophomore Caroline Gurley agrees. “I made some great friends at Corral because I had the courage to introduce myself to them,” she said. Be sure to remember your new friends’ names. “Some of the people I least expected to see again became great connections and great friends,” former Corral Leader Emily Towler said. “It means a lot to people when you can give them a personal greeting.” 4. Get to know your leaders Worried about your first day of classes? Not sure what to major in or what organizations to join? That’s what your leaders are there for. They not only lead you through games and activities — they act as mentors all through
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At the candlelight ceremony of Mustang Corral, students share their thoughts and feelings about college.
your first year. Take advantage of that. “They want to be there; they’re not paid, they just love SMU and want you to love it too,” Lupski said. “Ask them questions, no matter how trivial – they were in your shoes once, and they know what it’s like being the new kid.”
5. Bring the necessities You won’t be focused on making new friends and learning about SMU if you’re dehydrated and covered in bug bites. Avoid these troubles by bringing things like bug spray, sunscreen and a water bottle. Also bring things that make you feel comfortable like your own pillow. Making sure you feel comfortable will allow you to focus on the fun aspects of Corral.
Corral Leader Shelby Kehr also suggests bringing your phone and charger. “Not so you can sit and text your friends from home, but so you can get numbers from people you meet,” she said. “It helps you remember names .”
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College students may not be able to provide pets with proper care SYDNEY NELSON Contributing Writer sjnelson@smu.edu Owning a dog is like having a child, according to SMU alumna Jade Zinser. Raising them properly requires difficult, but rewarding, work. The quandary for Southern Methodist University students is whether the college lifestyle is an appropriate place for a pup. “I loved having a dog during college, but I was not home enough to give him the attention that he deserved so I gave him back to my parents,” said Zinser, who had a
“Morkie,” a mix of a Yorkshire terrier and a pure bred Maltese. She had Barley during her junior year but found caring for him was just too stressful on both her and her roommates. After speaking with a veterinarian and several past and present SMU students, it is clear that owning a best friend in college takes a lot of thought and effort. “Owning a dog in college depends on the person,” says SMU senior Traci Penn. “There is not an absolute answer regarding whether college students should or should not own dogs.”
The factors that need to be taken into account include time, finances and responsibility of the individual, Penn added. Dr. Ruth Ainsworth, a veterinarian in Houston, said there is more to taking care of a dog than just feeding and walking. “They need environmental enrichments,” she said. “You have to take them out everyday. Walk them, and enrich their world.” SMU students who do own dogs make sure that they have enough time and space to take care of their animals. While they acknowledge the difficulties, they
insist that the process of caring for a dog is unparalleled in its rewards. Recent graduate Sean Gatz explains how taking care of his mutt Rusty has changed his lifestyle for the better. He said he stays home more often in order to take care of his pal, which also allowed him to get more of his own schoolwork done. “This added responsibility also helped me grow,” Gatz said. “It prevented me from going out all the time, which at first was a hassle and I would try to find a sitter.” Billy Embody, another recent graduate, agrees that taking care
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She says being a student dogowner made life tough for her and her canine companion. “The dog that I got was too big for an apartment. It was a Catahoula, a farm dog that needed more stimulation that I couldn’t provide,” she says. “Especially for college students who don’t always know what their next step is, it is really important to weigh out what you want now versus what is going to be best.”
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Vegetarians may have difficulty maintaining balanced diet ALEXANDRIA BAUER Contributing Writer abauer@smu.edu It was a regular Monday morning for SMU senior Sarah Heller when she checked her Twitter news feed. As she scrolled through the feed, she noticed a tweet from a major news source that immediately caught her attention. “Vegetarians Less Healthy, Lower Quality Of Life Than Meat-Eaters” was the only thing she could think about for the rest of the day. “After clicking on the tweet’s link, I read through the article and have been questioning my health ever since,” said the finance major. Heller, 22, has been a vegetarian for almost her entire life. Growing up on tofu and vegetables, Heller never had the desire to eat meat. But after a new study was released earlier in the month, many vegetarians like
Heller have been re-evaluating their eating habits and questioning the results of their non-meat diets. In many past studies, scientists have thought that vegetarians lead healthy and satisfying lives. But a recent study from the Medical University of Graz in Austria concluded that vegetarians are less healthy and have a lower quality of life compared to meat eaters. News organizations around the country covered the release of the study and many vegetarians are disagreeing with the results. “I was outraged when this study went viral,” said Heller. “I have been a healthy vegetarian for many years and hate when people question my choice.” Scientists who conducted the study examined a total of 1,320 people and divided them evenly into four different groups. All groups were comparable in gender,
age and socioeconomic status. The only aspect that changed among the four groups was diet. The groups consisted of vegetarians, meat-eaters who ate a lot of fruits and vegetables, people who only ate small amounts of meat and people who ate large amounts of meat. In total, the scientists looked at 18 different illnesses including asthma, diabetes, migraines and osteoporosis. Compared to the big meat-eaters, vegetarians were hit harder by 14 of the 18 illnesses. The results from the study seem to contradict parts of the common cliché that meat-free diets are better for one’s health. Savannah Louie, a sophomore at SMU, became a vegetarian for six months during her senior year of high school in order to experiment with her diet. She was always curious about the vegetarian
lifestyle and started her experiment filled with optimism. “Becoming a vegetarian was fun and allowed me to try new foods,” said Louie. “I would encourage those curious about the lifestyle to ignore this new study and try going meatless.” When the study was released, most news sources focused on the negative implications of being a vegetarian. Although the study showed that the vegetarian diet carries elevated risks of cancer, allergies and mental health disorders, many doctors are staying true to their belief that eating a balanced diet is the best way to stay healthy. Dr. Penelope Kent is an orthopedic doctor in Southern California who works for Kaiser Permanente. Throughout her life, Kent has been an on-again, off-again vegetarian. Although she reviewed
the negative implications of not eating meat, Kent has decided to ignore the new study and continue to live her life the way she sees fit. “Whether you title yourself as a vegetarian, or as a person who loves eating meat, the healthiest person out of the two is going to be the one who eats a more balanced diet,” said Kent. Kent explained that the hardest issue for vegetarians to face is getting enough protein to help formulate a balanced diet. “If vegetarians learn to control their food intake and eat enough protein, they will succeed at a nutritional diet,” said Kent. Taking a closer look at the new study has helped confirm that vegetarians are more physically active, drink less alcohol, and smoke less tobacco than those who consume meat in their diets. The study also reported vegetarians have
a higher socioeconomic status and a lower body mass index which helps control their weight. Lisa Joyner, SMU assistant director of health education, said she thinks many news sources are focusing on the negative effects of being a vegetarian because of the poor health of our nation. Joyner noted that the United States is one of the unhealthiest nations in the world. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, one-third of U.S. adults are obese compared with 10 to 30 percent of European adults. “Overall, the health of all people, regardless if you’re a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian, should be a concern for most Americans,” Joyner said. “Watching what we take into our bodies and our holistic health is important to make sure we are living a healthy lifestyle.”
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Students find ways to lose weight COURTNEY COX Contributing Writer cecox@smu.edu It’s 8 a.m. in SMU’s Umphrey Lee Dining Hall and sophomore Rebekah Tate is sitting down to breakfast with two packages of saltine crackers, a few shreds of cheese and an apple. Later in the day, the journalism major eats two hot dogs and a scoop of vanilla ice cream for dinner. Her quirky diet is all in the name of weight loss. “The best part of it was that I got to eat those foods,” she said. Tate is on a weight loss plan called The Military Diet. This and other unorthodox diets and cleanses are being used across SMU and the country for quick weight loss and to rid the body of toxins. Another plan is The Bead Diet, which requires people to wear acupressure beads behind their ears, fast and do
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intense juice cleanses. But dieticians say these diets and cleanses may not be very effective. Cooper Clinic dietician Meridan Zerner says The Military Diet is certainly not what the Navy SEALs are eating. She thinks the diet does more harm than good. “You can’t sustain it and clearly ice cream and hot dogs aren’t health foods. But if it’s fewer calories than before, they’re going to lose weight and their blood work is going to improve,” Zerner said. Tate’s mission was to lose weight and cleanse her body, and she saw The Military Diet as the most appealing option. She was very hungry during the diet, but lost seven pounds in those three days, so she believes the results were worth it. “I definitely felt better. You have to eat weird, bad foods and I was super hungry,” she said.
Zerner believes eating ice cream and hot dogs could allow people to choose healthier options later on. “There’s no magic to hot dogs or ice cream,” she said. “We don’t like the idea of depravation so if it helps them to not feel deprived, that allows them to choose healthier options the next day.” SMU junior Cristina Perez used the acupressure of tiny beads behind her ears for a month to make her feel full, while eating minimal amounts of low-carb foods. “I’m not sure how I feel about the electric zaps they gave me. It’s not that they were painful, but it was more than just a tickle,” the psychology and French major said.
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new experimental work and be able to fail completely, “without serious repercussions.” This freedom allowed him to develop his own particular brand of fight choreography, for which he has been sought after in the Dallas area. He has served as fight director at the Dallas Theater Center (Oedipus el Ray, Sherlock Holmes, Les Miserables), Second Thought Theatre (Booth), Cara Mía Theatre company (Romeo and Julieta, Magic Rainforest),and Theatre Three (So Help Me God!), to name a few. In addition to his work at established companies, Colangelo is also building up his own theatre company, Prism Co., which he co-founded at SMU with current student Katy Tye (BFA ‘15). The company’s recent production Galatea was well-received at the Green Warehouse in Trinity Groves this spring. “The story unfolds in delightful, surprising and fantastical ways,” read one review of the revival. “Here’s why you need to make plans to see it ASAP.” Galatea was developed while Colangelo was a senior at SMU,
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6. Participate We’ve all been there — playing an icebreaker with strangers you just met can be difficult. But it could also be fun. “Yes, some of the games are ridiculous, we all know that,” Lupski said. “But having a good attitude about it and going all out makes it more fun for everyone.” You and everyone else in your group will be grateful you spoke up. It gets everyone else in the spirit to participate too. “Be outgoing,” Kehr said. “You may as well, and few things are more awkward than a group of people sitting and staring at each other.”
and it was originally performed in the Greer Garson Theater. In the future, look forward to Prism Co. projects that explore shadows and sand. Next year, the company plans to revive its very first show and its namesake, Prism, which also started as a SMUST production. Colangelo said he would love to see more Meadows graduates staying in Dallas and contributing to the city’s art scene. “I want to see more people find ways to make a living doing what they’ve gone to school for, and I think the best way to do that is to remain connected and help each other,” he said. He attributes much of his success to the connections he made while in school in Dallas. Colangelo said Dallas needs “a willingness to learn and to grow and develop the native talent here rather than outsourcing.” He believes that his education at SMU and the connections he made in school have allowed him to be consistently employed since graduating last spring. “When I graduated last year, I promised myself that I would only stay in Dallas as long as I had enough work to justify my staying. I am happy to say that I am most definitely planning on staying in Dallas.”
7. Have a good attitude It’s easy to go into your firstyear thinking you know everything you need to know about going to college, making new friends and living in a new place. But be open to learning new things at Mustang Corral. Clay Moore, a Mustang Corral Director and a former AARO Leader, urges incoming students to make the most out of the few days you’re at Corral. “I remember when I went through Mustang Corral, I didn’t have that much fun. I realized when I went back as a leader that it was because I wasn’t one of the people that had energy,” he said.
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Establishing credit in college AMELIA HOLLOW Contributing Writer ahollow@smu.edu Full-time SMU student Courtney Wittich lives near campus, has a car in her name and pays her own bills. Although it is her parents’ money she uses to pay for things now, she understands the need to establish credit in her own name. But the first time Wittich applied for a credit card, she was rejected. “I guess I didn’t put enough money down for my income,” she said. “So I just sent in a new application with a bigger number.” Wittich is not the only one to have ever exaggerated her income to receive approval for a credit card. For a college student, establishing credit can be a Catch-22: a good credit score is required to become eligible for a credit card, but a strong record of paying off debts is essential to building that good credit score.
8. Have fun! Remember Mustang Corral is supposed to be fun. The hard part starts with classes. Take a moment to enjoy everything you get to do at the camp because it’s the first of the many memories you’ll make at SMU. “Your time at SMU is going to fly by,” Lupski said. What’s the best way to have fun at Mustang Corral? “Put yourself out there, make new friends and learn from the sessions, because Mustang Corral, when done the right way, can be one of the best experiences of your first year at college,” Moore said. So pony up and head to the Hilltop armed with these helpful hints to master Mustang Corral.
In the money-loaning world, no credit is actually worse than bad credit. “You want to establish your credit as early as possible, because if it is unknown it is almost assumed to be bad,” said Alexandria Vaughn, a Financial Solutions Advisor for Merril Edge. While the benefits of owning a credit card can be numerous, the chances of falling behind in payments can be treacherous, since credit can allow individuals to spend beyond their means. For young adults who still feel invincible, it is crucial to start good spending habits now. A 2012 survey by CreditCards. com revealed that 27 percent of college students had a credit card in their own name. Of this group, 85 percent did not know their credit score at all. Credit card companies are working to help educate students and others new to the responsibility of managing money. Bank of America recommends that parents of college students help them open an account
before they head to college. This way the learning curve of paying a monthly bill occurs in a responsible household and provides a safety net. “The worst time to learn is when you max out $6,000 worth of pizza for your roommates,” Vaughn said. SMU students Ashley Corrigan and Catherine Huff both commented that their parents got them credit cards in their own names, but neither was certain how they came to be approved. “My mom set it up and handed it to me,” said Corrigan. For students handling this process alone, credit card companies are taking responsibility for educating young people on avoiding debt by managing finances. Bank of America has paired with Khan Academy to establish a website called “Better Money Habits.” The site provides information, teaching financial skills from balancing a budget to understanding how credit scores are calculated. Good credit can lead to
lower rates on everything from a monthly electricity bill to the down payment on a home. Interest rates are often lower for those with a good credit report. According to Wells Fargo, a credit score is essentially a grade for an individual’s credit history. The three-digit number can range from 300-850, but a higher number represents a good credit score. There are three main creditreporting agencies: Equifax, Experian and Transunion. Each company offers credit scores for free once per year. It is encouraged to check each, and compare the three numbers to make sure they are within the same range. Besides checking for any mistakes, this is a good way to protect against identity theft. Thirty-five percent of a credit score is based on payment history. Thirty percent is debt-based, and the remaining factors are new and old credit history. Carrying a high credit balance will decrease the score.
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Defining internet governance in the U.S. NATALIE YEZBICK Contributing Writer nyezbick@smu.edu With technological competition and political pressure at a palpable high, the coming years will be crucial to defining the relationship between innovation, free speech and internet governance. As President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association Gary Shapiro told an audience at the Brookings Institution: the Internet “is the U.S. gift to the world.” How to regulate that “gift,” however, seems more like a curse.
Innovation has long been a political buzzword, most recently trumpeted by Senators Marco Rubio and Chris Coons and President Obama. Some believe America doesn’t have enough of it, while others feel as though American innovation continues to lead the world. Unlike in other countries such as China, diversity in America’s plays its part in technological innovations, according to Shapiro, who also cited the presence of “passionate debates that divide us, sadly.” Besides the country’s racial differences, Shapiro sees another
danger to America’s history of innovation: the regulation of internet service providers, such as Comcast. He called regulation “cat nip” for European countries to convince American companies to move their operations overseas and said the U.S. is the “only country in the world that treats our companies less than we should.” Although Europe has led the world in technology like credit card chips, Shapiro doubts the amount of innovation going on across the pond. “They are not my model,” he said.
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Meadows School of the Arts has planned a diverse Fall 2014 season with shows both new and old. As always, keep an eye out for the dance department’s studentchoreographed and performed Brown Bag series from Oct. 6-10. The dance season also will include two ballets by Adam Hougland, a jazz Fosse-inspired work by guest choreographer Chet Walker, and “Handle,” a modern piece by Christopher Dolder. Professor Dolder described “Handle” as a “three-dimensional Rorschach test” that explores “how we perceive identity, dimension and matter by manipulating the physical properties that we as an audience often assume are present in a performance.” He will use technology, such as projections and Kinect motion sensing, to allow dancers to partner with a virtual image. Costumes will mask the identity of the performers and feature handles that can be used to manipulate audience perceptions
of momentum and inertia. In one section of the piece, dancers will be suspended from harnesses and dance horizontally, providing the illusion that gravity has shifted 90 degrees. “I intend to demonstrate in this experimental work that collaboration across disciplines is fertile creative territory allowing for the happy marriage of art and science,” he said. To open the Fall 2014 theatre season, Blake Hackler will direct “Black Snow,” Keith Reddin’s dramatization of a novel written by Mikhail Bulgakov. The play is a satire about the trials and tribulations Bulgakov endured when the Moscow Art Theatre commissioned a play from him. Professor Hackler described the play as a “straight-ahead farce.” “Although students at SMU do get a class on style in their last year, it is always a challenge and pleasure to introduce this kind of performance work to a new cast,” he said. He also said audiences should know that the play is built around real events. “Although this adaptation
highlights the comedic elements of the world, the actual story grew out of a time of deep political upheaval in Russia — a history that, sadly, seems to be repeating itself,” he said. “Black Snow” runs from Oct. 1-5 in the Greer Garson theatre. Next in line for the theatre season, Rhonda Blair will direct “Top Girls” by Caryl Churchill for the third time in her career. According to Professor Blair, Churchill wrote the play in 1982 “as a retort to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s elevation of free market capitalism at the expense of social supports.” She says the play is even more pertinent now than it was in the early 1980s. “Wealth inequality has only grown and there has been far too little change in terms of women’s agency and access in the last thirty years,” she said. The show features an all-female cast. “Our views about gender, about who is deserving and who isn’t, about what our responsibilities are to each other and about money as a bottom-line determinant of value
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and worth directly affect our ability to love and care for each other,” Professor Blair explained when asked why she wanted to direct the play for a third time. She noted, “‘Top Girls’ is, quite simply, a brilliant play that embodies the inseparability of the ‘personal’ from the political, economic and historical.” “Top Girls” runs Oct. 22-26 in the Margo Jones theatre. The art department will host an impressive list of visiting artist lectures, including A.L. Steiner on Sept. 17, Doug Ashford on Oct. 23, Jamal Cyrus on Nov. 3 and Marie Lorenz on Nov. 24. The lectures take
place at 6:30 p.m. The Pollock Gallery will feature “Where are you from? Places of a present past” from Aug. 29 to Oct. 4. This exhibition explores the identity position of the Palestinian-Israeli through the work of Kamal Aljafari, Aissa Deebi and Dor Guez. The Pollock Gallery will show “1972,” a film by Sarah Morris that juxtaposes images of Munich with interview footage of George Sieber, the psychologist who worked with the security team of the fateful 1972 Summer Olympics, when 11 Israeli athletes were kidnapped and murdered by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September. “1972”
shows from Oct. 20 to Nov. 8. The final exhibition in the Pollock Gallery, “Border Crossings,” will show from Nov. 14 to Dec. 12. “Featuring works in video and photography from Washington, DCbased artist Julia Brown and Dallasbased artist Lauren Woods, Border Crossings will explore themes of representation, archives, history and memory,” said representatives of the art department. The wind ensemble will feature a classical program in September with the Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet. In November, they will host Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom.
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‘22 Jump Street’ a hilarious sequel, filled with chemistry DAVID HAMNER Contributing Writer dhamner@smu.edu ‘22 Jump Street’ is quite simply one of the best comedy sequels of this generation. With Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum reprising their roles as undercover cops Schmidt and Jenko, ‘22’ does right what so many recent followups to beloved comedies have done wrong. In the same way that its surprisingly successful predecessor overcame what initially appeared to be a predictably generic plot
with stock characters, ‘22’ presents us with scenarios we feel like we’ve seen a hundred times before, only to turn our expectations upside down with hilarious results. This is not to say that ‘22’ is a perfect film, or even better than the original, but these subversions of the genre make for a surprisingly compelling narrative, while the setting transition from high school to college changes the formula just enough for the film to feel fresh, despite the fact that it’s really the exact same movie. And it’s no secret that ‘22 Jump Street’ is the same movie as its
predecessor. The filmmakers go to great lengths to impress this fact upon the audience as they layer the film with even more of the same self-referential metahumor that drove the original. Early on, the boys’ police chief explains that the success of the Jump Street reboot has led the department to invest a lot of money to make sure it keeps going. The bigger budget means they’ll be moving their headquarters across the street to ‘22 Jump Street’ (we see a construction banner in the adjacent lot advertising 23 Jump Street: Coming Soon).
Inside we find Ice Cube, better than ever in his reprised role as the angry black Captain Dickson. Dickson informs Schmidt and Jenko that they will be going undercover as college students to find the source of a new drug: “It’s the same case, do the same thing.” Newcomers to the cast include the beautiful Amber Stevens, “Workaholic’s” Jillian Bell and YouTube star Jimmy Tatro in a role that shouldn’t be hard to guess. These characters add new life to Schmidt and Jenko’s exploration of the perfunctory college tropes; everything from pledging a
fraternity, to playing a sport, going on Spring Break in Mexico and living in dorms. The boys must also overcome the general difficulties of looking much older than the students around them, and the tensions of working together, best depicted in a scene where a counselor provides relationship advice without understanding the nature of their “partnership.” Every star gets a chance to shine, but it’s Hill and Tatum’s chemistry that holds the film together, elevating its content to a level of comedic greatness that
manages to remain both goodnatured and tasteful, at least as far as Jonah Hill movies go. The film also has an end credit scene to end all end credit scenes. I won’t spoil it, but rest assured that between the credit sequence and ‘22’s’ box office dominance, we could be seeing Jump Street movies for a long time to come. The only problem is, ‘22’s’ satirical self-awareness towards sequels may not have left any new ground for future projects to cover.
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How to build a successful schedule ADESUWA GUOBADIA Contributing Writer aguobadia@smu.edu When it comes to crafting the perfect schedule for fall semester, a lot of first-years don’t know where to begin. Do you play it safe with an intro class or take that 3000 level anthropology course and get three pillars plus a proficiency out of the way? Should you express your autonomy over your schedule by starting your school day at 1 p.m. or take an 8 a.m. so you can finish by noon? And what about how many classes to take? Course difficulty, time and credit hours are just a few of the things you need to consider, so here are some tips for incoming first-years on how to pick a schedule that works for you.
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The 2014 football season will kickoff with alcohol sales at Ford Stadium on Sept. 20.
With Ford alcohol sales looming, awareness should remain a focus PRESTON HUTCHERSON Contributing Writer phutcherson@smu.edu Last fall I traveled to College Station to attend the SMU vs. Texas A&M football game. The night before the game I ventured incognito to the famous “Midnight Yell,” one of the most unique and, frankly, amazing pre-game rituals in college sports. There was a certain portion of the ceremony devoted to “SMU jokes,” as if there could really be such a thing. One of my personal favorites was “How many SMU students does it take to change a tire? Two — one to hold the drinks while the other calls daddy.” Fair enough, Aggies. On Sept. 20 of this year, SMU, A&M and various drinks will meet again as Ford Stadium hosts its first game of the 2014 season and the first in its history to feature onsite beer and wine sales. In making the long-rumored change official, SMU finds itself in the news and on the leading edge of what will perhaps in a decade be the new normal at collegiate sporting events. The idea of allowing alcohol sales at games was given a test run early this spring in Moody Coliseum. The result: a rumored six figure revenue for the Athletic Department. In the years of debate that preceded this change there was passionate objection raised by some that now, deserves mention, even with the understanding that no matter what tentative language is used by the administration, alcohol sales are almost certainly
here and here to stay even before they officially begin. Nothing short of catastrophically bad publicity will result in a reversal. The mild embarrassment of TV cameras ogling the occasional comically drunken fan is unlikely to persuade the school to forgo the hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional funds that alcohol sales will bring. Speaking of drunken fans, one concern opponents of in-game booze raised was grounded in the notion that SMU students and alcohol rarely mix well, especially in public, and there might be significant safety and moral hazards associated with allowing access to beer and wine at the stadium. But in examining the experiences of other universities who have allowed similar sales, these doomsday scenarios have not materialized. In fact, West Virginia University reported a decrease in unruly behavior the first season it allowed alcohol sales at football games. The relative ease with which such sales proceeded at SMU’s home basketball games last season also counters the prediction of mass chaos served by the drink. This peaceful trend is likely to continue into this fall, due largely to the strict regulations that will govern beer and wine sales in Ford Stadium. (If anything, the alcohol there will be the most expensive and hardest to obtain on campus) But a problem-free rollout of beer and wine at sporting events should not dissuade those who want to have a meaningful discussion about alcohol at SMU, because the case that SMU has a serious problem with alcohol abuse
remains valid and important. With or without beer sold at football games, one thing that is an unfortunate certainty of the fall semester at SMU is that at least one student will be rolled out of his or her residence hall or apartment or Greek house on a stretcher and rushed to a nearby hospital to be treated for alcohol poisoning. It’s a sickeningly regular time bomb that disrupts life on campus multiple times each year. How long before emergency personnel become intimately acquainted with the fastest way to carry an unconscious student out of newlyopened Armstrong Commons? Or most disturbingly, how long before an SMU official will again have to make an existence-altering 3 a.m. phone call to the parents of one of our fellow students? Every time tragedy strikes our community, it’s too soon. The highly structured and highly profitable sale of beer at Ford Stadium is unlikely to add anything significant to the existing problems of our campus but will very likely add a significant boost to our football game attendance and bottom line. But in recognizing the good things that allowing alcohol at our athletic events brings about, let us not neglect the task of addressing dangerous drinking habits on our campus. For if our tragic history is any guide, the next time “SMU” and “alcohol” are mentioned in the same headline, it will likely not be about our football stadium.
1. Make good use of your resources. Advisors go through class selection for hundreds of students with varied interests every semester; and yours has likely been at SMU a lot longer than you have. They know a thing or two about what makes a
good schedule. When you go into your advising session don’t just sit there and nod your head. Bring a list of questions you would like your advisor to answer and don’t be afraid to voice any concerns you have about your prospective schedule. 2. Schedule a mix of classes. You don’t want to end up with a boring schedule because you took too many writing intensive courses or all science classes. Pay attention while you’re searching in the online course catalog so you end up with classes of varied sizes, difficulty levels and subject matter. 3. Don’t postpone math. I get it, math isn’t the most fun and you don’t think you’re ever going to need the quadratic formula long term, so why take a math class now? After taking one every school year for 13 years, going a semester without a math class may leave you a bit behind when you take a course down the road. Also at this point any major you’ve picked is tentative. You have no idea if the major you end up with will require more than one math class, so it’s best to
lay a foundation for college level math courses your first semester freshman year. 4. Take an 8 a.m. if you can handle an 8 a.m. If you consider yourself a morning person then that’s not something that’s likely to change just because you’re in college now. If you aren’t a morning person then skip that 8 a.m., it’s not for you. 5. Take at least 15 credit hours. Just in case you end up dropping a class you don’t want to end up falling below 12 credits which is the number of required credit hours for full-time students per semester. 6. Take a chance. You get to pick your own classes now, so why not try something new? You might end up discovering you have a passion for medieval history or abnormal psychology but you’ll never find out if you only stick with subject matter you are familiar with. Guobadia is a junior majoring in psychology.
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“I might have said during one of those debates that I want to raise the minimum wage, so sue me if I do. But I didn’t think they were going to take it literally.” -President Obama on Speaker John Boehner’s lawsuit against him “The American people, their elected representatives, and the Supreme Court have all expressed concerns about the President’s failure to follow the Constitution. Dismissing them with words like, ‘smidgen’ or ‘stunt’ reinforces their frustration.” -Michael Steel, John Boehner spokesman “Ms. Adams did it so quietly and quickly that it speaks to her character. And somebody in coach just got a helluva seat mate!” -Jemele Hill, on Amy Adams giving up her first-class seat to a soldier on a plane
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Cleanse with caution: an all-juice diet can be dangerous OLIVIA NGUYEN Opinion Editor qonguyen@smu.edu The end of finals marks the start of bliss: summer. But what it also marks is the self-realization of how much weight you may or may not have gained from the stresses of finals. I flew back home, relieved and ready to relax, when I walked by the bathroom mirror. I paused to look in closer and saw not only an exhausted looking freshman, but one who had also gained an unwanted amount of fat on her not-bikini-ready body. While I usually am strict with my diet and exercise, when a whirlwind of finals hits there is no escaping its wrath. I sought a quick fix. A possible diet fad, perse that would help ease my way back into my healthier habits. I typed “summer diets” into Google, and the words “juice cleanse” were bolded in seven of the 12 websites I visited.
As I read on, the beneficial effects from juice cleanses piqued my interest. According to the Huffington Post, author and M.D. Woodson Merrell attributed juice cleanses to providing a “dozen significant health enhancements” such as allowing for the “detoxification of saturated fats, refined carbs and antibiotics and for the restoration of balance in the microbiome (gut flora and fauna).” After a month of nonstop studying, emotional eating and 24hour energies, who wouldn’t want to purify their organs? And as every other diet promises, juice cleansing swore to make me feel like I would have “much more energy and clarity” through its organic nutrient goodness. The more I saw juicing on social media sites like Instagram and Tumblr, the more I was persuaded to drive to Nektar and buy their 3-day cleanse to get my “new-andimproved” body. Celebrities, fitness
gurus and even my own peers were posting a plethora of photos of their fitness journeys - all of which attributed drinking this ambrosia. That is, until, one fateful Tumblr search unveiled the dirty truth to this organic cleanse. I typed “juice cleanse” in hopes of finding the right brand of cleanse to start. While endless photos of juices with bold labels filled my screen, underneath one eye-catching photo, a daily log of juice cleanses were outlined. While there were positive posts regarding how full of energy or healthy people felt after taking the juice cleanse, the overwhelming negativity that went on during the actual 3-7 day cleanses left me uneasy. Posts from fitness-related blogs like Foodie Fit and a Healthy Wonderland commented on their juices, saying how the Master Cleanse and BluePrint Cleanses tasted merely “meh” despite the flavorful fruits and vegetables that
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were extracted at a costly price. However, Shy, the blogger of Foodie Fit, finished her 7-day juice cleanse with optimal results. Her goal of “ridding of her belatedness and toxins” was reached and she felt “happier and rejuvenated.” After reading opposing articles and threads from other bloggers, I started feeling ambivalent. Are juicing benefits really worth the emotional and physical frustration? Time Magazine author Kelsey Miller wrote that there’s no need for juice cleanses due to the liver and kidneys being the body’s detoxification system. Miller also pointed out juicing by itself is dangerous. “There are some obvious drawbacks of juicing; juices are inadequate in protein, fat, essential fatty acids, and fiber. These nutrients are crucial for satiety and vital components for a balanced meal.” I contemplated the consequences of juicing one last time before I made my journey over to Nektar.
Chugging a not-so-delectable lemon and cayenne pepper drink in between the other decent pressed juices didn’t seem so bad. A slightly aggravated Olivia for three days? Doable. I prayed for the best and made my purchase. Over the span of three days, I went through a roller coaster of emotions (hunger, anger, elatedness) as I slowly purified my innards. I felt refreshed and lost my post-finals weight. The cleanse was doable, but not as my only means of caloric intake. Juicing motivated me to start up my workout regimen and eat healthy again, but it also allowed me to see how important eating and sleeping right are to functioning properly. I learned living a sustainable and balanced lifestyle can’t be supplemented with a crash diet like juicing. There were many moments throughout that cleanse that I craved protein or carbs and only had a juice bottle at hand. Although the juices
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were technically providing me with the essential nutrients and vitamins I needed, it didn’t feel like enough. And that’s because solely juicing isn’t enough. Jennifer Nelson, director of clinic dietetics and nutrition at the Mayo Clinic said, “You want your diet to be balanced and healthy and to include protein, dairy, whole grains, fruits, vegetables and fats,” Nelson says. “Some foods don’t juice properly – like fish or whole wheat bread.” While juicing can help your consumption of key nutrients, it is not recommended as a diet. A balance of unjuiced fruits, vegetables, carbs, protein and fat is needed to sustain a healthy life. But that doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to enjoy a juiced or green drink. Let yourself indulge – just in moderation. Nguyen is a sophomore majoring in buisness.
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Player union possibility stirs up discussion at SMU JOEY HAYDEN Contributing Writer jhayden@smu.edu
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SMU wide receiver Darius Joseph is expected to be among the Mustang standouts this season.
Mustangs hope to be savvy sophomores in conference play DEMETRIO TENIENTE Contributing Writer dteniente@smu.edu When a university moves into a new conference, filled to the brim with stiff competition, it is not unusual to see a program take a season or two to acclimate itself to the heightened level of play. The 2013 season was certainly disappointing for the SMU Mustangs, as it failed to meet the team’s lofty expectations. There was a feeling-out process underlying the season, especially during conference play, as SMU faced several teams for the first time in program history. However, the inaugural year, and all the other first-time things, are behind them entering 2014, and there is no doubt that SMU head coach June Jones and his Mustangs are determined to make some noise in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). It is not going to be an easy task. The 2014 version of SMU will need to play with the same heart as the previous incarnation but with more ferocity and with a stronger foundation of mental strength. Just because the Mustangs have
one year of experience in the AAC doesn’t make the teams they will face any less tough. Furthermore, the road leading to conference play is no cake walk. With teams like Baylor, University of North Texas, A&M and TCU to start the season, SMU will need to be firing on all cylinders from the very beginning if they hope to be above .500 on Oct. 4 when they kick off AAC action against East Carolina University. The Mustangs will welcome back 13 starters from the 2013 season, but will need to replace 11 players who have left behind starting jobs. Perhaps two of the most obvious holes were left by QB Garrett Gilbert who was drafted by the St. Louis Rams with the 214th pick in the sixth round, and WR Jeremy Johnson who recently signed as an undrafted free agent with the New England Patriots. Johnson caught 112 passes for 1,112 yards and six touchdowns for SMU in 2013 as Gilbert’s obvious number one target. However, the Mustangs have a possible replacement in sophomore wide receiver Darius Joseph. In his
first season as a Mustang, Joseph tallied 103 receptions, 808 yards and five touchdowns. With Johnson gone, it seems reasonable that Joseph would be able to, at the very least, replicate, if not improve, last season’s production. In regards to QB, the situation isn’t as cut and dry. There doesn’t appear to be a clear cut heir to Gilbert’s spot at the helm. However, one would imagine that sophomore transfer Matt Davis will win the job. That’s not a knock on QB Neal Burcham, SMU’s heir apparent at the moment, Davis simply appears to possess a wider range of skills. Last season, Burcham appeared in four games and started the final two of the season in place of injured Gilbert. Burcham’s 556 yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions for 2013 are less than impressive. If he were to win the starting job in 2014, it would be because he earned it and because Jones believes that he has what it takes to improve on his performances late last season. All things considered, it is a new season and a new team with a fresh start in 2014.
In his office at the north end of Gerald J. Ford Stadium, SMU Athletic Director Rick Hart shifted in his seat as he tried to find the words to describe the imminent changes to the basic structure of college athletics. “This is the latest development in our industry that will hopefully lead to change,” Hart said. “It’s one of the growing number of signals reinforcing factors that say we needed to look at the collegiate model and do something differently.” Hart is talking about what has been going on at Northwestern University, and the potential of player unions coming to college football in the near future. A political theory class and a visit to a steel mill prompted former Northwestern University quarterback Kain Colter to embark on a mission, not for himself, but for every college football player across the country. Colter believes the plight of the steel worker is similar to that of the Division I college athlete. Athletes work long hours yearround and make millions of dollars for the people above them, without seeing some of those benefits trickle down to them. In a Chicago courtroom this past March, Region 13 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a ruling that granted the football players from Northwestern University the right to unionize. While the effects of this ruling will not be felt throughout the NCAA for some time, this ruling is set to become the first building block in something that could change the landscape of collegiate athletics forever.
The NLRB only operates in the private sector, so this Northwestern legal battle could also potentially include SMU and the other 15 Football Bowl Subdivision private schools. Public schools, such as the University of Texas, are all stategoverned and will have to go through a different process. “Unionization would affect everybody, but chronologically, we would have to consider things first,” Hart said. “If the Northwestern vote gets passed, that just gives the program the option as to whether or not they want to pursue unionization.” The football players at Northwestern took part in a private team vote on April 25 that would decide whether or not the players would approve the union. However, the votes could remain sealed for months due to legal appeals. It won’t be clear if unions will be a viable option for players until the legal process has run its course. The lack of union approval has not stopped the speculation of what a college player union could mean. Will student-athletes become employees of the university? What extra benefits will they receive? Could they be paid? How much would it cost the university? Questions without answers have been the theme of college player unions to this point, and it has SMU players on both sides of the fence. Former SMU linebacker and NFL Draft hopeful Randall Joyner is all for unionization. “I feel that giving the player a voice is very important and I think a union does provide that. The NCAA makes billions of dollars off of our back and we don’t see any of that,” he said. “We put in over 40 hours of work for football and we also have to be a full-time student which leaves no time for an extra job for money.” Joyner said he also understands that unions will not provide every
solution, and may even create a few new problems. “Now we will be seen as employees. They can cut players at any time and could increase our workload. There are positives and negatives to it, but I strongly believe that student-athletes should have a voice,” he said. Collegiate athletes often get scholarships and they receive top-ofthe-line educations without unions. Chris Parks, another former SMU player and NFL hopeful, is not as excited about the idea. “Great things are already happening for college athletics without [unions], so why do it?” he said. “I don’t believe it would benefit or hurt college athletics, but I feel like we are fine without it.” The potential for unions is not only casting a shadow over what the future holds for college athletes, but for college athletic programs themselves. SMU Director of Football Operations Randy Ross is already looking at the big picture. “I don’t think we are going to stop it. It’s going so far that if it doesn’t happen now, it’s going to happen eventually,” Ross said. “The big five conferences could afford to do that, but the average school can’t afford to do what everyone thinks athletics departments should be able to.” There is merit behind Ross’s words. He was a coach at the University of Alabama for 17 years. In his time there, he never heard the word “budget”. When he came to SMU seven years ago, he was introduced to those budgets, and the blinders came off as he finally saw how many athletic departments across the country are forced to operate. “The perception is all schools have millions of dollars, and that’s just not the case,” said Ross.
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