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Nebraska takes the crown A 17-year-old from Nebraska, Teresa Scanlan, won the Miss America pageant. She eventually hopes to go to law school and become a politician.

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Members of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and freshman pledges gather to celebrate outside of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority house Sunday morning as part of the Panhellenic Council’s Bid Day.

Death toll rises in Brazil The death toll from the massive flooding in Brazil has risen to over 600, officials say. Rescuers have not been able to reach some areas of the country.

AMBER now on Facebook Facebook users can now receive AMBER (America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) Alerts on their Facebook home page. Once users receive a bulletin, it can be easily shared with all of their Facebook friends. The AMBER Alert program is hoping that by utilizing social networks they will be able to find more missing and abducted children.

Giffords breathing on her own One week after the shooting in Tucson, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords is off the ventilator and is breathing on her own, though still in critical condition. Giffords was the target of a mass shooting that left six dead and another 13 wounded.

Stampede in India A stampede near a religious site in India killed 100 people and injured 14 more. The people were returning from a Hindu ritual at a temple when a vehicle overturned causing the stampede. .

Hamilton released from hospital The Rangers’ Josh Hamilton was released Sunday from the Medical Center of Arlington after suffering a case of pneumonia. Hamilton will resume conditioning and baseball activities within a few days.

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The Daily Campus politics editor, Jessica Huseman, interviews former President George W. Bush Dec. 21, 2010, in his North Dallas office.

Bush recounts global AIDS initiative, PEPFAR

By JESSICA HUSEMAN Politics Editor jhuseman@smu.edu

When Air Force One touched down in Tanzania on Feb. 16, 2008, thousands of eager Tanzanians waited to greet then President George W. Bush. The first lady of Tanzania wore traditional Tanzanian clothing adorned with Bush’s picture, as many of the women in the crowd did. The clothing read “Udumu Urafikiki Kati Ya Marekani Tanzania,” meaning “Long Live Tanzanian and American friendship.”

This was Bush’s second stop on his five-country tour of Africa that was largely focused on U.S. aid programs, most notably the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Press coverage at the time showed the road lined from the airport to the hotel where Bush and the first lady were staying with cheering Tanzanians and billboards of thanks for the help that Bush had extended to combat the pandemic of AIDS that had taken hold of the country and much of the continent of Africa.

Even with such celebration in Africa, the fact that Bush tripled U.S. aid to Africa to help prevent and treat

AIDS, which according to a 2009 Stanford study, reduced the death toll from HIV-AIDS by more than 10 percent in targeted countries, saving over one million lives.

The former president talked about his African AIDS initiative in a recent interview in his Dallas office. PEPFAR will continue under the Obama Administration, and Bush will continue to address the AIDS epidemic through the Institute that will be part of the George W. Bush Center.

Bush attributes the original idea for PEPFAR to his then National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice.

“When I was trying to convince her to be a part of my team she said ‘I hope you’ll focus on Africa,’” Bush told The Daily Campus. “Once you make the decision to focus on Africa, you can’t help but notice that HIV-AIDS is wiping out an entire generation.”

Bush said his decision to move forward in the fight against AIDS was his belief that “all human life is precious” and that “we were seeing human life disappearing basically because of a pandemic.”

He first announced his plans for

PEPFAR in his 2003 State of the Union Address, in which he asked Congress to “commit $15 billion over the next five years, including nearly $10 billion in new money, to turn the tide against AIDS in the most afflicted nations of Africa and the Caribbean.”

From this initial announcement began a plan that would make the United States Africa’s leading contributor to the fight against HIV/AIDS. During the next several years, PEPFAR would partner with African governments to distribute antiretroviral medication, educate Africans in AIDS prevention and assist in combating the stigma that surrounded the virus.

In order to do this, the PEPFAR strategy was three fold: “Prevention, distribution of antiretroviral medications to save lives, and to deal with those that had been affected by HIV/AIDS, especially orphans,” Bush said.

But from the start, PEPFAR drew criticism because the program promoted abstinence.

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Bid day brings clouds, new Greek members

By MEREDITH SHAMBURGER Online Editor mshamburge@smu.edu

The slight drizzle in the air didn’t dampen the celebration around Sorority Row Sunday afternoon.

Members of both fraternities and sororities gathered to celebrate Bid Day and their new pledge classes.

“As a Greek person… I’m really excited,” Student Body President Jake Torres said. Torres is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

“I see a lot of quality kids coming.

It’s a great day to be Greek at SMU. I think we’re going to have an amazing semester, and I’m very proud of the new additions to the IFC and

Panhellenic councils.”

New sorority members received their bids in the Hughes-Trigg ballroom around 12 p.m. Upon learning of their new houses, the new members then participated in the traditional Bid Day Run, known to some as the “Pig Run” (although use of this nickname is considered derogatory by SMU and Greek officials).

Some new members ran, while others walked, from Hughes-Trigg down Airline Road to their new houses.

“Oh gosh, I was so out of breath,” freshman and new Kappa Kappa Gamma pledge Courtney Michalek

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CENTENNIAL

SMU kicks off celebration

By SARAH KRAMER News Editor skramer@smu.edu

Southern Methodist University rings in the new year by launching its Second Century Celebration, commemorating its founding in 1911 and its opening in 1915.

“The Second Century Celebration will provide opportunities for the entire SMU family to celebrate the achievements of students, faculty and university leaders, as well as to define and help build SMU’s future,” Brad Cheves, vice president for development and external affairs, said.

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Since the doors of Dallas Hall first opened in 1915, SMU has prospered not only in size and rankings, but also as a valuable resource in both the greater Dallas area and the entire nation.

“Each student and faculty member has contributed something unique and valuable while they were on campus, and our impact continues through the accomplishments of our alumni,” Cheves said. “The rise in quality among all aspects of the University may be the greatest change—from admissions, the endowment, student

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J TERM

CCPA students explore gulf

Mustangs lose to Army

By EJ HOLLAND Sports Editor eholland@smu.edu

By ASHLEY WITHERS Associate News Editor awithers@smu.edu

The SMU Mustangs came out energized as they played host to the 2010 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, but were blacked out by the Army Black Knights 16-14 on Saturday afternoon at Gerald J. Ford Stadium.

The victory was Army's first bowl win in over two decades. SMU sported all new black uniforms in honor of their opponent.

"It was a well fought game," SMU head coach June Jones said. "I was proud of how the guys played, we didn't play well in the first half but the kids battled back."

Army jumped out to a 16-0 halftime lead and fended off a furious Mustang comeback. SMU outgained Army by nearly 200 yards but was plagued by three first half turnovers.

MICHAEL DANSER/The Daily Campus "The turnovers were obviously the difference," Jones said. "We had SMU linebacker Aaron Davis carries the American Flag as he and his teammates run out of the Ford Stadium tunthree and one for seven points and nel during pre-game festivities for the Armed-Forces Bowl against Army Dec. 30. SMU lost the matchup, 16-14. they had none. It's been a frustrating part of this year." penalty was instituted. SMU finished Ellerson, who is in his Second season programs. Jones led SMU to a 45-10 With the loss, the Mustangs 8-5 in 2009. as head coach at Army, played and victory over Nevada in the Hawaii dropped to 7-7 overall which prevents The matchup allowed Jones to coached alongside Jones at Hawaii.

Bowl last year which was SMU's 1st them from having consecutive winning reunite with former teammate and Both coaches have done tremendous bowl victory in 25 years. seasons for the first time since the death coaching counterpart Rich Ellerson. jobs turning around their respective

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As a group of Southern Methodist University communications students looked at the vast amount of water in Grand Isle, La., they learned that 20 years ago, it had been land. Wetland experts told the group that it was not the spill that they were most concerned about, but the vanishing coastline and the way the oil spill contributes to it.

Grand Isle, La. was just one of the stops Professor Nina Flournoy and a group of J-Term students went to while traversing the gulf coast, exploring the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.

“The impact of that for students, particularly communicators, is why don’t we know about this? We were mad,” Flournoy said. “The challenge to communicators is how do we make people listen? How do we make people care?”

In this environmental communications class, students spent J-Term discovering the effects of the spill while learning how to effectively communicate these types of issues to the public.

“All media coverage has muddled

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The program was centered partly around the “ABC approach,” or “Abstain, Be Faithful and Correct and Consistent Use of Condoms.”

This irked many who felt abstinence was ineffective.

But both Bush and Mark Dybul, who Bush appointed to head the administration’s fight against AIDS in 2006, felt that the ABC approach was misunderstood. It was originally developed in Uganda as an AIDS prevention technique and was not an idea of the Bush administration. And as an African strategy, Bush felt it would be most effective and appropriate.

Additionally, says Dybul, the meaning of abstinence was misinterpreted. Dybul, who served as deputy U.S. global AIDS coordinator and assistant U.S. global AIDS coordinator before taking over as coordinator, was recently interviewed over the phone.

“Abstinence really means just delaying when people become sexually active, no one was saying that people should never have sex,” he said. “You give different messages depending on the age and risk, so you don’t talk to the five year olds about condoms, but as you get older the messages change and the comprehensive approach is provided,” he said.

He also notes PEPFAR was very clear on the use of condoms to prevent HIV/AIDS. During the time of PEPFAR, Dybul said, the U.S. provided more condoms than the rest of the world put together – more than two billion of them.

“I understand where the controversy comes from, but it was misguided and incorrect about what we actually did, how we approached the program, and certainly the notion that we created the abstinence program that was actually designed in Africa is a little disingenuous,” Dybul said.

Dybul is not a person who nicely fits in to the stereotype of the Bush administration. As an openly gay independent who has donated to Democratic campaigns, Dybul admits that even he didn’t fully expect Bush

to be as kind and open as he found him to be.

“It wasn’t just that I was welcomed – President and Mrs. Bush seemed to go out of their way to welcome us and to include my partner and me in White House receptions and dinners,” Dybul said. He said that Mr. and Mrs. Bush continue to go “out of their way” to ask how his partner, Jason, is doing.

“The more I am around them, the more I realize … that is how they treat everyone: with great graciousness and kindness.”

These traits, Dybul said, also helped Bush create a “fundamental shift in development from paternalism to results-based approaches.”

Before PEPFAR, Dybul said that development often took the form of a wealthy nation simply telling a poor country what to do.

Dybul said this notion of development was almost “repugnant” to the former president. So, instead of instruction, Bush decided to partner with the “focus countries” of PEPFAR – nations that needed the most help.

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The old model of foreign aid was to say ‘we’re going to write you a check and we’ll feel better about it,” Bush said. “We said, we will support you if you design a program that is effective.

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“The old model of foreign aid was to say ‘we’re going to write you a check and we’ll feel better about it,” Bush said. “We said, we will support you if you design a program that is effective.”

It wasn’t just lack of funding and a misinformed notion of development

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Former President George W. Bush met with political journalist Jessica Huseman to discuss AIDS initiative PEPFAR.

that the program needed to combat, however. The stigmas that existed against HIV/AIDS were some of the biggest hurdles to overcome.

The misconceptions about AIDS led many Africans to refuse to seek testing or treatment, to treat those that were diagnosed as outsiders and to spread fallacies about how HIV could be cured or contracted.

“One way you deal with it is have leaders stand up and get tested for it to show how important it is,” Bush said. The president of Tanzania was tested for HIV on television. Bush said acts like these help to dismiss stereotypes and reduce the impact that they have.

Dybul said the change during the last few years in the form of increased education and treatment has also led to the understanding that it is a medical condition, helping to stem the number of people who refuse to be tested or treated.

Bush took his new fight against AIDS to the 2004 G8 conference, when the buzz around global warming was consuming international news.

And even though the conference seemed to keep coming back to that topic, Bush pushed forward.

“My point was, you are dealing with an issue that may or may not be as severe as you think it is. But what is severe is

people dying of AIDS,” Bush said.

He convinced several countries to make strong commitments to help the fight against the virus, but, Bush said, “They’ve been a little light up to now” and their continued support “depends on whether the president of the United States will remind them of their commitment.”

Bush declined comment on his thoughts about the current administration’s handling of PEPFAR – as did Dybul, who was originally asked to continue in his position by the Obama administration, only to be asked to submit his resignation letter a month later over the controversy of his support of abstinence. Dybul would only say that he had the “greatest respect for the new global AIDS coordinator, who is a longtime friend and colleague and the entire global health and development team the administration has assembled.”

Dybul is now co-director of the global health program at Georgetown University and has also been appointed as a fellow in global health at the George W. Bush Center, where he will focus on finding optimal ways to provide health care to mothers and children in several African

and Asian countries around the time of birth.

Dybul did say he believes that Bush deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in Africa. “There was literally no global response until President Bush came forward and said enough is enough,” he said.

Dybul said that the global shift in the direction of development also warrants the prize. “If you look at this objectively, no one can say that that is not the ring of a Nobel Peace Prize.”

But, said Dybul, there is very little chance that Bush will ever receive the highly coveted award partly because Bush doesn’t seem to care about it.

“This was never about the president.

We had instructions that we weren’t supposed to be out there getting him credit for it,” said Dybul. “When your whole goal is to serve, whether or not you get an award isn’t particularly important.”

For Bush, the overwhelming support he has gained in Africa seems to be award enough.

“I was particularly grateful of the outpouring of support in a place like Africa because it made me feel proud of the contribution of the American people,” Bush said. “I didn’t view it as a tribute to George Bush, I viewed it as a tribute to the people of America.”

Daily Campus adds politics blog Our new politics editor, Jessica Huseman, introduces SMU’s very own political blog, covering national, Texas and Dallas-area politics.

This blog will be updated continually throughout the week with interesting political tid-bits.

“The Rundown,” a list of the top five political stories of the day, will be updated daily.

The blog will also include extra photos, audio and video from the stories featured on this page.

Log on today to listen to an audio recording of Jessica’s interview with George W. Bush.

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The blog also welcomes guest bloggers. For more information or to submit a blog idea, email Jessica at jhuseman@smu.edu.

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diversity, a steady rise in rankings and high-profile research.”

As SMU enters into its next 100 years, Student Body President Jake Torres believes SMU will be the best university in the state of Texas, eventually becoming a top 25 university nationally. U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges of 2011 ranks SMU at 56.

“We aren’t stagnate or complacent. Not every university has been around 100 years,” Torres said. “We are celebrating our first 100 years and focusing on the next 100 [years].”

While SMU embraces

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Due to construction activities for the future George W. Bush Library, SMU Boulevard between Dublin Street and Central Expressway will be closed through June 2011. Visitors are asked to use University Boulevard or Mockingbird Lane when exiting Central Expressway to access the campus.

The Daily Campus achievements like the influx of students following WWII, the addition of schools and most recently the ground breaking of the George W. Bush Presidential Library, the University still has many goals for the future, as part of the Centennial Strategic Plan.

According to the plan, SMU hopes to enhance the academic quality and stature of the University, improve teaching and learning, strengthen scholarly research and creative achievement, support and sustain student development and quality of life and broaden global perspectives.

Over the next several years SMU will celebrate its 100th anniversary

through a variety of university-wide programs, kicking it off with the opening of Café 100 (formerly Java City) on Thursday. President R. Gerald Turner will speak at 10 a.m., and the first 1,000 guests will receive a free Café 100 travel mug.

“Milestones such as centennials are important opportunities for universities to share their stories with potential students, current students, faculty, alumni and the general public,” Cheves said.

“This is a special time to be a student at SMU. No other classes can say they were on campus during the celebration years.”

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the impact news has on people,” Flournoy said. “We need to understand that as communicators, we need to cut through the noise of all the different forms of media.”

The trip was packed with speakers, including nonprofit organizations, seafood distributors, wetlands experts, community members and others.

“The trip gave me the opportunity to not only learn that information, but to learn from each group’s different reaction

[of] how to communicate effectively,” sophomore corporate communications and public affairs (CCPA) major Esther Liu said.

“The part that stuck out the most to me was the fact that it seemed very difficult to find the truth,” junior CCPA major Stevie Rae Farrell said. “There were so many opinions that would contradict each other., but our class worked to try and find a middle ground.”

The group also had the chance to speak with a group of New Orleans socialites, Women of the Storm. The group rallied after Hurricane Katrina

to try and let the world know what was happening in New Orleans from their perspective.

“This experience has opened my eyes to an issue that I really didn’t know much about and has given me the inspiration to be a more involved citizen – to pay more attention to what is going on around me and try to make a difference if I can,” Farrell said.

For a more detailed look at SMU Students, visit the course blog, Gone to the Gulf, at (ninaflournoy.wordpress. com.)

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said. “I’m not a big runner, so the run from the Hughes-Trigg to the Kappa house was a bit difficult for me, but I stuck through it and I ran the entire thing.”

Fraternity members gathered on the sidelines to cheer on the new sorority members. A few chastised the walking members with, “It’s a Bid Day run, not walk!”

Recruitment Week features several social activities designed to

help potential new members find the right house for them and for chapters to find new members.

“Rush Week was absolutely insane,” Michalek said. “It wasn’t as intimidating as people usually think it’s going to be. It was really exciting; it was really fun. In the end, it’s clearly worth everything.”

Michalek decided to pledge Kappa Kappa Gamma because, she says, she loves the girls and felt at home.

“I’m just so happy with my

decision, and I would do it all over again in a second,” she said.

Freshman Jacob Odom agreed that Recruitment was a lot of fun. Odom said he decided to join a fraternity because he thought it would “be a lot of fun” and provided good connections and friends. Odom chose to pledge Beta Theta Pi. Official numbers for new members won’t be released until next week, according to Kristal Statler, Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life.

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Ellerson turned around a Black Knight team that had finished 3-9 for three consecutive seasons prior to his arrival.

With the win over SMU, Army moved to 7-6 overall, their first winning season since 1996.

"He's a good football coach," Jones said of Ellerson. "He has a unique style of play and he's mastered it very well. I think as they get their players in place, they're going to have a good football team for years to come."

Ellerson got the better of his old companion, but it didn't seem like that was going to be the case as the Mustangs stampeded out of the gate.

On the game's opening play Padron dropped back and found wide receiver Aldrick Robinson on a 45 yard strike.

However, two plays later former walk-on and Army senior captain linebacker Josh McNary scooped up a Padron fumble and returned it 55 yards for a touchdown.

SMU had faced a similar triple option team in Navy earlier in they year and had trouble stopping outside pitches.

The Mustangs went on to lose that game 28-21.

On Army's opening possession the Black Knights exploited that weakness as quarterback Trent Steelman ran the triple option scheme to perfection. In the red zone, Steelman pitched the ball to Malcolm Brown who scampered for a 13-yard touchdown around the outside.

The extra point attempt was blocked by SMU defensive end Margus Hunt which kept the score at 13-0. Only a sophomore, Hunt already has four career blocked point after attempts.

Padron was intercepted on both of SMU's next offensive possessions.

Defensive back Josh Jackson and linebacker Stephen Anderson recorded the interceptions for Army.

Late in the second quarter Army kicker Alex Carlton tacked on three more points as he nailed a 44-yard field goal which gave the Black Knights a 16-0 lead heading into intermission.

The second half belonged to the Mustang. SMU made a statement on their opening drive of the third quarter as the Mustangs 92 yards on 13 plays and

chewed up six minutes off the clock.

The drive was capped off by an 8 -yard touchdown pass from Padron to Robinson.

In the fourth quarter Padron hooked up with wide receiver Darius Johnson for a 28-yard touchdown which cut the Mustang deficit to two.

With 4:05 remaining in the game and facing fourth and six on Army's 30 Jones opted to kick a field goal despite having to kick into heavy winds. Jones not Ellerson decided to take a timeout before the kick, a decision that possibly iced SMU kicker Matt Szymanski and left the Mustangs with only one timeout.

Szymanski, who missed a 35 yard attempt earlier in the game, pushed the potential 47 yard game winning wide left. Army held on to the ball and ran out the remaining time off the clock.

Jones does not regret his decision and explained he called the timeout to tell Szymanski "to hit the ball, relax, don't rush it" but the kicker did just the opposite.

"It looked like he rushed it, which is easy to do when you're a young kid and a lot is on the line," he said. "He had enough leg its just unfortunate it didn't go in."

Johnson finished the game with 9 receptions for 152 yards and one touchdown and was named the SMU Most Outstanding Player for the Armed Forced Bowl.

"Darius made some big plays for us. He's a gamer," Jones said of Johnson. "He was that way in high school. He's proven he's that way in college."

Defensively, SMU was led by linebacker Taylor Reed who recorded 12 tackles and helped the Mustangs shut out the Black Knights in the second half.

"I think the defense played well enough pretty much in probably 12 of the 14 games this year to win," Jones said. "If we hadn't turned the ball over, hadn't given them the seven points, it would have been obviously a lot happier locker room."

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Papa Dia’s double-double not enough to take down Cougars

By NICOLE JACOBSEN Senior Staff Writer njacobse@smu.edu

Papa Dia seems to have some of his best games when the University of Houston comes to town. In last season’s win over the Cougars, Dia scored a career-high 31 points in his team’s win.

On Saturday, he finished with 23 points, 11 boards and a career-high seven blocks to top off his seventh double double of the season and 20th of his career.

In a game that came down to the final five seconds, SMU came within two points with a dunk from Dia. Houston pulled ahead by two with four seconds left before SMU’s Mike Walker tried a three-pointer for the win. Unfortunately for the Mustangs, what would have been Walker’s second three of the night bounced off the backboard, ending the game at 70-68 in favor of Houston.

“You really thought he was going to make it,” Dia said. “I told him not to worry about it because the next time he’s going to make it.”

Even head coach Matt Doherty was ready to congratulate his team on another win.

“It was an entertaining college basketball game,” Doherty said.

“When Mike Walker released that ball I was going down to [Houston head coach Mike] Dickey thinking I was going to congratulate him on a great effort because we were winning the game.”

Despite SMU having three players posting double-digit scores, Houston (10-6, 2-1 C-USA) came away with a last-second victory over the weekend.

Even with the Cougars missing their leading scorers in Kendrick Washington and Maurice McNeal, SMU (10-7, 1-2 C-USA) struggled to defend the Cougars’ 60 percent success rate in three-pointers.

“Our defense at the three-point and boxing out, to me, that cost us,” Doherty said. “We didn’t shoot like we normally do from the three-point or foul line.”

Coming off a 64-58 win over

Memphis, the Mustangs displayed the confidence to record back-toback conference wins, but SMU’s 32-31 lead at halftime didn’t hold up through the second half.

SMU matched Houston point-forpoint as the lead changed 18 times in the second half but a series of free throws from the Cougars gave the visitors the edge they needed for their second consecutive conference win.

“Houston really hit a lot of tough shots and they’re more mature than Memphis,” Dia said.

SMU finished the night shooting only 50 percent from the field and going 6-for-21 from beyond the arch, with Dia, Robert Nyakundi and Collin Mangrum playing nearly the entire game. In his first start as a Mustang, Mangrum played all forty minutes, racking up 13 points, including several clutch baskets that kept SMU within reach of overthrowing Houston late in the second half.

On three occasions, Mangrum’s shots put SMU back in the lead against the Cougars, including a defensive rebound that led to a basket with just under six minutes left to put the Mustangs up 61-58.

“He played terrific,” Doherty said. “You can’t fault his effort and what he’s doing for our team . . .

The energy, his effort, his hustle have to be rewarded.”

However, with Doherty admitting the team lacks depth upfront and Nyakundi still recovering from a rolled ankle suffered against Tulane, the team needs to develop more to take some of the pressure off the team’s leading scorers. Despite getting only two points from the bench, Doherty said he was proud of the team in how they executed and prepared for the final seconds of play.

The Mustangs will visit the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Wednesday before hosting the Southern Miss Golden Eagles at Moody Coliseum Jan. 22.

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SMU forward Papa Dia blocks a shot by Houston forward Alandise Harris Saturday afternoon at Moody Coliseum. Dia had a career-high seven blocks in the Mustang’s 70-68 loss to the Cougars.

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EDITORIAL

New year brings new staff, goals, coverage Incoming editor in chief discusses plans for the Daily Campus’ spring term EDITOR IN CHIEF

Welcome to the spring semester of 2011. By now, many new year’s resolutions have been dumped, disappointment from our bowl game loss has passed and we’re on to the excitement for the Super Bowl XLV in Dallas.

As I enter my (supposed) last semester of my college career, I also embark on taking lead of a group of people who collaborate in getting information to our campus three times a week.

Taylor Adams As editor in chief of the Daily Campus, I plan on leading a dedicated staff to continue our work as the main source of campus news. You may notice a new section on page two of today’s issue, organized by Jessica Huseman, a former Daily Campus editor in chief, who is now our politics editor.

The section is kicking off in this issue with an appropriate start, featuring an article with former President George W. Bush. In addition to a weekly page in the paper, Huseman also has a political blog, www. politically-inclined.com.

Other Daily Campus bloggers are continuing on our continually improving website, smudailycampus.com. Hilltop Politics will pursue news in administration, while Fashion Editor Sarah Bray will continue the style blog.

Another new blog, featuring restaurant reviews and new-found recipes is in the making, (by yours truly).

The new and returning staff members are also committed to providing more multimedia content on our website. With a new video almost every day, we’re eager to bring more than just words to Daily Campus readers and smudailycampus.com users. Multimedia packages and feature photo galleries are also enhancing our news delivery.

The news section will continue to bring you news that’s expected from your campus newspaper and stories that may surprise you. Arts & Entertainment is even busier this spring, already viewing new movies and performances and gearing up for award season. Sports is focusing in on the Mustangs in basketball before gearing up for the Super Bowl.

The health and fitness section is offering healthy winter comfort food alternatives in Wednesday’s issue, preparing for even more tips on how to be healthy with a college lifestyle. Our style section will return Friday, providing more trends before switching to the spring season.

Our opinion section will continue to bring you various views on different issues, ranging in this issue from a laundry detergent’s advertising to political rhetoric. Our editorial board is already collaborating in addressing important issues for our readers this semester.

It seems that no student ever knows how the semester will really turn out. That class that was a sure-A was actually a B+. The Mustangs who were going to win a bowl game lost. Or that harsh professor turned out to be your favorite. With any circumstances that may surprisingly arise, I know that this semester for the Daily Campus will be a good one.

Taylor Adams is a senior journalism major. She can be reached for comment at tadams@smu.edu.

Opinions expressed in each unsigned editorial represent a consensus decision of the editorial board. All other columns on this page reflect the views of individual authors and not necessarily those of the editorial staff.

SUBMISSION POLICY What good is freedom of speech if you’re not going to use it? Would you like to see your opinion published in The Daily Campus? Is there something happening on campus or in the world you really want to say something about? Then The Daily Campus is looking for you!

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Harsh political rhetoric doesn’t make friends POLITICS EDITOR

It may have happened over a week ago, but cable news stations are still abuzz with news (or rehashes Jessica Huseman of the old news) of the Arizona shooting. Laughner is in jail, rumors of a second suspect have been put to bed, but this business about negative political rhetoric keeps popping up.

No. Political rhetoric did not make Jared Lee Laughner pull the trigger all of those times and kill six people. He was mentally unstable. I was among the thousands of people that rolled their eyes at the television after watching reporter after reporter ponder whether the harsh rantings of extreme political commentators had anything to do with Laughner’s fixation on Giffords. No, it didn’t.

But, this situation, while unrelated, should give us pause to consider the necessity of this kind of rhetoric.

I’m certainly not saying that Rush Limbaugh’s rants or Glenn Beck’s borderline anti-Semitic commentary will result in another Arizona shooting, but is any of it really necessary?

The title of the bill to repeal healthcare reform is called “Repealing the Job Killing Health Care Law Act,”

and Boehner has gone back and forth in public replacing “killing” with “destroying,” perhaps to pacify calls from angry Democrats saying the name is too harsh.

But I mean, honestly? The law would be exactly the same if it was instead simply titled “Repealing the Health Care Law Act.” It would be functionally the same, except for there would be no unnecessary snipe present.

Additionally, what’s all of this business about “blood libel?” I’m a well-known Palin critic, but she wasn’t the only one to use that phrase. Hey Glenn Reynolds, Adam Graham and yes, Sarah Palin, where are your fact checkers, aids and friends that might be history buffs that could probably tell you beyond any shadow of a doubt that you should stay away from the loaded phrase?

Additionally, wouldn’t the same point be made that there are certain politicians that you disagree with by putting dots on the map instead of crosshairs? And wouldn’t your point that Obama has done us wrong be made just as well by simply saying he was wrong rather than putting up a poster of his mugshot and declaring he is “wanted for treason”? I think so.

The problem with Washington is, and has always been, that parties just can’t seem to play nice together. It should be, I feel, pretty obvious that loaded rhetoric doesn’t help that situation.

Democrats came into office in 2008 and fought hard to force through all of their ideas while rarely consulting the Republicans for their thoughts and hardly ever toning down their bills to sate the tastes of those that might be more moderate, all the while spewing messages about how Republicans wanted everyone to “die quickly.” Well guess what, they are all gone now.

If Republicans don’t want to fall to the same fate, they are going to have to reach across the aisle when they make their policy decisions this go around. And in order to do that, they are going to have to tone down their fiery phrases and stick with what is necessary instead of what would cause the most sting on the playground.

So, yeah, all of those commentators that say that this rhetoric is going to lead to shootings and mass havoc are probably wrong. And no, its probably not necessary to ban the use of crosshairs or gun-talk in political language. But it is necessary for politicians to tone themselves down and take a lesson from their kindergarten classes: you don’t make friends if you are threatening to pull a gun on them.

Jessica Huseman is a junior journalism major. She can be reached for comment at jhuseman@smu.edu.

Why our literacy ain’t getting ‘good’er’ PHOTO EDITOR

I was drinking my morning OJ last week as CNN played on the television in the background.

As my mind Michael Danser drifted into early daydream land, a commercial came on. Like many meaningless attempts to grab my attention with ex-football players swan diving into pools full of dirt bikes or tiny geckos pulling cell phones and wallets out of nowhere, I took no notice of it and casually continued sipping on my drink.

That is, until the unthinkable happened. A word so harsh and discordant came out of the television’s speakers that my heart skipped a beat, and I struggled to retain the orange juice in my mouth.

The word “good’er” had just entered my ears.

“I must have misheard,” I told myself.

Surely a large, respectable brand of laundry detergent would not hire an advertising firm that would intentionally use incorrect grammar as the catchphrase of its product.

I quickly turned to the almighty

Google to confirm to myself I was dreaming and my eardrum had simply failed to process ‘greater’ and instead came up with ‘good’er.’

After navigating to http:// ilovegain.com, my heart had officially sunk. Right in the middle of the page, a huge logo appeared with the title, “The Good’er Morning Project.”

Now, you might be thinking this is an overreaction. Ninety percent of me would agree that this is just Procter and Gamble’s quick grab for attention to bolster what could be declining sales of its laundry detergent arm of the super-conglomerate.

But the remaining 10 percent of me is fueled by my mother and her plethora of knowledge from having a master’s in education and teaching language arts for 35 years. Her years of constant chiding on the subject of correct grammar cannot allow me to accept this intentional use of the hideous word.

There are certain subtleties to any human language that distinguish us as intelligent beings. I find that following rules, no matter how small, archaic or senseless they are to some, defines what language is.

I am sure you were appalled by the headline of this piece, and so was I when typing it out. But I decided to use incorrect grammar because I

assume my audience knows the rules of the English language.

Nationally televised ads cater to a much larger audience: all of America.

A small child that has not gone through proper grammar training yet might see or have already seen this Gain advertisement. He or she does not know that the advertising agency is intentionally using incorrect grammar for dramatic effect. He or she might then absorb this hideous word into daily usage, where it can easily disseminate into the minds of hundreds of young, budding minds.

The United Nations ranks the United States as No. 21 out of all countries in terms of literacy rates, hardly a position a superpower should be resolved to. Though the answer to climbing up this list and providing 100 percent literacy might not be boycotting Gain detergent, I think the little things, like always using 100 percent correct grammar at all times, in all mediums, is a good stepping stone toward 100 percent literacy in our country.

Michael Danser is a senior electrical engineering and physics major. He can be reached for comment at mdanser@ smu.edu.

J term on coast offers broad teachings This winter break I decided to get out of the comfort zone of my couch and bed and learn about environmental communications. I signed Tashika Varma up for a J-Term class that went to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to study the BP Oil Spill and my journey began. A group of 12 girls and one professor set out to document about the communication lessons learned from the worst environmental disasters the U.S. has seen. Instead of just hearing about the oil spill and its effects, I learned about the disappearing coast of Louisiana, also known as America’s Wetlands.

Before this class I had heard about the vanishing coast in passing just as I had heard about Venice and the Maldives sinking, but I had no idea how quickly it was actually disappearing. According to Dr. Bob Thomas, director of Loyola’s Center for Environmental Communication, every 38 minutes Louisiana loses a football field of land. This shocked our entire class.

I was here to study a recent disaster when there was even a huge issue in the background. I think that wha Louisiana needs the most help with is funding to save the wetlands because the Louisiana coast slowly vanishes, it becomes more susceptible to environmental disasters such as hurricanes.

I am not trying to downplay the oil spill or Katrina, but rather bring up an issue that has been overlooked.

Our class went with the intention of documenting lessons learned from the oil spill and we learned a lot of information about the media coverage and many different communication efforts done postdisaster. We went to many meetings every day and came out with more knowledge than before. But after the class was over, I came to realize that the Louisianans are warriors of disasters including hurricanes and oil spills, but they need more allies than before to help them fight this battle of the vanishing coast.

This problem should not be in the shadow of Katrina and the oil spill any longer. We need to spread awareness and try to help restore the Louisiana coast. Many nonprofit groups such as Women of the Storm, the Gulf Restoration Network and the Ocean Conservancy’s Gulf Restoration Program are working on restoring the Louisiana coast. For more information on our experience through the Gulf Coast go to ninaflournoy.wordpress.com.

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Tashika Varma is a sophomore CCPA major. She can be reached for comment at tvarma@smu.edu.

Sports

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011 •

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

REBECCA HANNA/ The Daily Campus

SMU guard Raquel Christian goes for a layup during play against UCF Sunday afternoon at Moody Coliseum.

Mustangs hand Knights first conference loss, 70-63

By JENNIFER BUNTZ Associate Sports Editor jbuntz@smu.edu

Back on their home court in Moody Coliseum on Sunday for the first time since Dec. 7, the Mustangs came out firing and never fell behind the University of Central Florida Knights as SMU cruised to a 70-63 win.

Senior Delisha Wills led the team in points, finishing with 16. Haley Day and Samantha Mahnesmith also reached double digits, Day was successful in 7 of her 8 free throws, which pulled the team out of a close call with 1:30 left on the clock.

Head Coach Rhonda Rompola was proud of her team after the victory, especially after such a hard non-conference schedule.

“Our non-conference schedule finally paid off, it was a hard fought first half with both teams hitting five three-pointers,” Rompola said.

The Mustangs led the Knights by

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Samantha Mahnesmith has reached double figures in four out of the last five games.

“Sam is a gamer that’s one thing that every coach that has coached Sam has said about her. She’s not necessarily going to create her own shot and that’s what Alisha Filmore helps her with by creating lots of opportunities,” Rompola said. “Sam is a huge key player for us right now.

She’s so smart, if I had five Sams out there right now we’d be a pretty smart basketball team.”

The Mustangs will take on conference rival UTEP on Jan. 23.

This conference battle always provides excitement, however, the Miners will be without best player Jerica Hughes.

The Mustangs are excited for their game coming up next week and proud of their victory on Sunday.

“This was a team we had to go into with experience,” Rompola said.

“We beat a good team today, they’re undefeated in C-USA.”

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Dream Week: Unity Walk

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seven at the end of the first half, and the second half consisted of much more physical play and a lot less scoring, with a lot of fouling.

Rompola was proud of Wills’ efforts on the court.

“It was the first game she’s played like the old Delisha since back from Christmas,” she said. “We challenged her in our post plays at the beginning of the game to have an inside presence in the paint, and I look here at her 16 points and that’s what we need from her.”

The Mustangs have been struggling from the free throw line throughout the season, but not Sunday concluding the game at 88.5 percent from the line.

UCF is known for its great two man game, but the Mustangs put a stop to this by “pretty much switching most picks out the wing, they run a continuous two man game and that’s the best we’ve defended it since we’ve been playing them,” according to Rompola.

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For solutions to our Sodoku puzzles, checkout our website at www.smudailycampus.com/puzzles. © 2011 Michael Mepham. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.

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The Daily Campus THEATER

Walters is perfect Pain

By LAUREN SMART A&E Editor lsmart@smu.edu

Are you looking for a hero?

Do you want to see a magic trick?

Would you like someone to tell you a story?

Well, you might enjoy Second Thought Theatre’s production of “Thom Pain (based on nothing)” or you might not but you are free to leave at any time. And the barefoot, bona fide bloke on stage, or in the risers, won’t mind one bit — even though he might curse at you on your way out.

This heartfelt production of Will Eno’s wildly popular oneman show stars local actor and STT’s co-artistic director Steven Walters as the meditative, though seemingly incoherent existentialist Thom Pain.

The play begins in the dark.

Thom is seated in a chair on stage attempting to light a cigarette and refusing to turn up the lights, only to find himself in the spotlight anyway, struggling with the idea that life can’t be controlled. For a little over an hour, the audience is subjected to anything and everything that Thom would like to talk about, from stories about how difficult it is to grow up, to falling in love and a few rants about what a mess it is to be alive.

As Thom, Walters is an engaging anti-hero, striking a meaningful balance between cynicism and

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Steven Walters stars as Thom Pain in Will Eno’s award-winning one-man show at Second Thought Theatre through Jan. 29.

sensitivity. He manages to make this fumbling, cathartic performance both heart-breaking and hilarious.

The humor of this play is somewhat grim, but if you find yourself constantly questioning the cards that life has dealt you, then the laughter will come from a surprisingly honest place.

Thom lets you laugh at him (or is he laughing at you?) and cry if you need to, but you might find him in the seat next to you or yelling in your ear, followed by an embarrassed apology.

Walters is the ideal actor for a one-man show, especially one of this nature, because he is interesting without being winsome and he has made the character his own—although there are moments that feel rather

scripted. This play, for all its simplicity, makes bold commentary on life as we know it, and it is obvious that director Matthew Gray, Walters and everyone else involved understands the power of the piece they’ve created.

We can only hope that this season opener serves as the impetus for Second Thought to have one of the more profound seasons in Dallas theater. Don’t miss out on your chance to allow Thom Pain to berate, bemuse and inspire you.

“Thom Pain (based on nothing)” is playing in the Studio Space of Addison Theatre Centre through Jan. 29. Student rush tickets are $15.

For more information, visit secondthoughttheatre.com or call (214) 616-8439.

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‘Inishmore’: not for wimps

By LAUREN SMART A&E Editor lsmart@smu.edu

I’m going to give you some of the best advice you will receive in the next couple of weeks: don’t eat before you see “The Lieutenant of Inishmore” at Water Tower Theatre.

If you’re prone to queasiness or blood makes you squirm, you might skip the show altogether, but then you won’t experience one of the more exhilarating shows to hit Dallas theater this season.

Martin McDonagh’s black Irish comedy lends itself to a warlike atmosphere that Water Tower has fully inhabited with an intense, seamless combination of special effects, set and sound design. The plot is centered on a revolutionary named Padraic (Matt Moore), who

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has questionably violent methods and a cat named Wee Thomas.

The audience meets Wee Thomas in the first scene when Padraic’s father Donny (Jason Kane) and his teenage neighbor Davey (Tony Dausset) stand over the mangled body of the feline.

In the next scene, Padraic is torturing a drug dealer when he is interrupted by his father’s phone call about Wee Thomas’ health problems.

The rest of the play only gets bloodier and bloodier. And as Davey says, with bodies piling up around him, “worse and worse and worse this story gets.”

Even the one female in this play, Davey’s sister Mairead (Kayla Carlyle), carries a gun she isn’t afraid to use.

Unfortunately, Carlyle doesn’t bring the necessary energy to her part, and her performance of the rebellious

teenager who’s hopelessly in love with Padraic doesn’t do justice to the accidental heroine. The rest of the cast is strong, adding to the enjoyment of a delightfully grotesque story.

If you remember the 2008 movie “In Bruges” and could understand the thick Irish accents enough to enjoy it, you’ll recognize a similar sense of humor, because that was also Martin McDonagh. If you cannot tread through the dialect, there’s no need to fear this production, because only about 50 percent of the cast’s Irish delivery is on point.

This is a small complaint about what is overall an excellent production, capturing the harsh Irish countryside with entertaining dialogue and the coolest special effects in town thanks to Steve Tolin. Just be wary if you’re faint of heart because this is not a play for wimps.

“The Lieutenant of Inishmore” runs through Feb. 6.

For more information visit watertowertheatre.org.

Win a pair of passes to ‘All Good Things’ The A&E desk is giving away four pairs of passes to the advance screening of “All Good Things” at the Angelika Thursday night.

The film stars Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst in a thrilling film based on the most notorious unsolved murder mystery in New York history.

If you’d like to win tickets to see this film before it comes out, the first two people to comment about this on the Daily Campus Facebook page and the first two people to Tweet at our Twitter account will be contacted with how to pick up their passes.

Throughout the semester the A&E desk will be giving away movie and concert tickets to venues across the metroplex, so keep your eyes open.

The Angelika film center is located just across the highway in Mockingbird Station.

Every week, they have Student Tuesdays, where upon presenting your student id you receive unlimited popcorn with your ticket.

Ready, set, comment!

Good luck!