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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2010 SMUDAILYCAMPUS.COM

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Engineering school breaks applicant record

Turner’s salary reaches a million Contributing Writer jjmartin@smu.edu

There’s a new millionaire on the hilltop, as Southern Methodist University’s president R. Gerald Turner has now joined this elite club. President Turner’s total compensation package reached $1,018,618 for fiscal year 2008, just as the economy was tanking for many others. According to Kent Best, executive director of news and communications, his salary for 200708 was $766,500 with $252,118 in additional benefits. Turner has been president of SMU since 1995.

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Recently released data made available by the Chronicle of Higher Education shows Turner is now a member of the millionaire rank along with 22 other private college and university presidents after he received a 16 percent salary increase over the 2006-07 fiscal year. The highest paid private university president is Shirley Ann Jackson of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; her

compensation exceeds $1.5 million. The median salary for presidents of private universities rose 6.5 percent to $359,000 in fiscal year 2007-08 and 15.5 percent for major private research universities to $628,000 during the same period, according to the Chronicle. The survey was conducted among 419 private universities across the nation. Turner would not answer questions for this story. But, Best said the salary was justified despite the recession because Turner has led two successful fund-raising campaigns since becoming president of the university. The first campaign, A Time to Lead (1997-2002), raised more than $542 million, well above its original goal of $300 million. The current campaign, SMU Unbridled: The Second Century, went public in September 2008. After two years of private campaigning, it has raised $403 million toward its goal of $750 million. Students, teachers and university workers have mixed feelings about the president’s salary. “This is typical of corporate America,” said a contractor, who operates a business in the HughesTrigg Center, and asked to remain anonymous because he didn’t want to jeopardize his contract with the university. “The one’s who are running the business’ are the one’s who get the raises, the one’s who aren’t have to do all the cutting back.” “It doesn’t sound very right that

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Lyle School of Engineering Dean Geoffrey Orsak announced Tuesday at a student senate meeting that the engineering school has broken a record for applicants for the incoming 2010 class. Orsak also said an announcement is forthcoming regarding SMU hosting a TED conference again this year, an event that brings together engineers and specialists to discuss technology, entertainment and design, according to the TED Web site. As of Tuesday afternoon, Orsak said the engineering school surpassed 1,000 applicants for the incoming class, eclipsing all previous records. This, he said, is due to the unparalleled faculty and facilities the school offers, made possible from financial support by major donors like Bobby B. Lyle, the school’s namesake. Lyle earned a graduate engineering management degree from SMU in 1967, and the following year became the youngest person to serve as dean of the Cox School of Business at the age of 29. Lyle later founded oil and natural gas company Lyco Energy Corporation in 1981 and was instrumental in the

development of the Dallas Galleria and the InterFirst Bank-Galleria. A SMU press release from Nov. 2008 said Lyle has pledged an estimated $20 million to the school of engineering, with the stipulation that certain benchmarks be met in the process of moving the school in line with the highest state-of-the-art institutions around the country. “Our aspiration and expectation is to be the best engineering school on the planet,” Lyle said Tuesday. In his address to the student senate, Lyle indicated that he made his gift following an observation of a disturbing trend in primary and secondary education across the United States. “We’re in deep trouble,” Lyle said. “People are turning away from math and science in our country.” To address this, Lyle and his team began attracting major figures in engineering to SMU to begin teaching and inspiring young people to address humanity’s problems through engineering solutions.

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CONSUMER

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Tablet rumors to be answered in Apple unveiling By REBECCA MUSGROVE Staff Writer rmusgrove@smu.edu

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SMU guard Derek Williams going for the basket against Tulsa during a game on Jan. 13.

Mustangs look to win at home By NICOLE JACOBSEN Staff Writer njacobse@smu.edu

The SMU men’s basketball team looks to continue a winning streak, following back-to-back wins against Rice and Houston Baptist last week. The Mustangs will host the University of Central Florida (10-9, 2-3) Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in Moody Coliseum for game two of a three game home stand. The Knights come to Moody with the series tied at 2-2, each win going to the home team. SMU won against UCF in overtime in 2008 at Moody, but dropped a 70-45 decision to the

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Knights last season in Orlando. Leading the Mustangs will be Derek Williams and Robert Nyakundi. The pair both posted double figure scores in SMU’s 82-68 win over Houston Baptist, with Williams posting a team-high 16.8 point per game average, ranking him fourth overall in Conference USA standings. Nyakundi, who missed the majority of pre-conference play with an injury, started his first two games of the season last week against Rice and Houston Baptist. Since then, the 6-foot-8-inch forward has averaged 16.5 points per game, shooting 8-of-14 from the

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three-point range. Coming off a 96-59 loss to the University of Texas at El Paso, UCF has been performing poorly on the road, winning just one game off their home court. Their conference road wins were against Rice as well as an impressive 78-71 win over the Cougars in Houston. The Knights have two players averaging double-digits in the points per game column, while the team’s rebounding performance falls to 35 boards averaged per game in comparison to SMU’s 33.6.

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This Wednesday, the greatly anticipated Apple tablet will be unveiled and the true extent of the device will be revealed. Until then, SMU students can only speculate what they might expect or would like for it to include. Kyle Park, sophomore business student, first heard about the tablet’s unveiling in class and was interested by what he heard of the new device. “It sounds like a cool product,” Park said. “It would be more useful for day-to-day uses rather than for entertainment because I can find games in my iPhone and laptop already.”

He believes that the tablet will gain the most success if it is beneficial to students for class work or note taking. Park may look forward to what the Apple tablet has to offer in terms of school-related programs, but others believe that the tablet will get more attention from its entertainment potential. Kaitlyn McDermitt and Julie Kaye, both first year dance students, see the new tablet as excessive and a possible distraction from their studies. “There are so many other products that a new device would just cause procrastination,” Kaye said. Some students think that it also adds to the list of products that the public feels it must have, leading to more unnecessary spending.

“It’s expensive to keep buying these products,” McDermitt said. “But it’s Apple so it will probably be really popular, especially for people really into the games.”

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CAMPUS EVENT

Magician provokes thought with illusions By ROZA ESSAW

Many SMU students filled the audience of a live magic show, the MAZE, last night in the theater of the Hughes-Trigg Student Center. Jim Monroe, who travels all around the country performing magic tricks, brought amazement to the faces of his audience members. With the help of some audience members, Monroe demonstrated rare tricks. In one of these illusions, he asked a participant to call his mother

and communicate the following message to her: “grab some change worth less than a dollar and hold it in your hand and concentrate on it.” The mother did exactly as her son told her to do. While the participant was conveying the message to his mother, Munroe wrote down a number of what he thought the value of the change the mother hand in her hand. As the participant nodded along to his mother saying she had 50 cents in her palm, Monroe displayed that he had written “50 cents” on a piece of paper to the crowd. Audience

members were astounded when Munroe ostensibily read someone out of view’s mind. Rob Domencech, an audience member, was surprised by the show— finding that even his attempt to stump Munroe went unfulfilled. “When he asked me to think of a number, the first number I thought was 31,” Domencech said, “and I wanted to trick him up so I changed it to 23 and he still got it.” Munroe told the gathered crowd that the Maze is a metaphor for an

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Style

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TRENDS

Spring 2010 fashion trends see softer hues, denim By SARAH BRAY Style Editor sabray@smu.edu

Spring 2010 collections hit runways in the fall, but the goods are just now arriving in stores and trickling down the fashion ladder to everyday consumers. Like most trends when you first see them you may be weary and wondering, “would I ever actually wear this?” Then months later you find yourself on a mad hunt looking for those over-the-

knee boots you thought were so trashy months prior. It’s the cycle of fashion and it happens every year like clockwork – fall, spring repeat and fall, spring repeat (throwing in pre-fall and resort collections here and there depending on designer). This spring, things are continuing to turn towards basic, simplistic looks that anyone on any budget can interpret. Biker and rocker chic looks were hugely popular

this fall, which explains why students seemed to opt for black, black and more black. Black chunky sweaters, with black leggings and black boots were fall staples on campus - talk about a carefree ensemble to piece together before you rush to class. Good news is that moving into spring it is going to be just as easy. Designers are kicking black off the runway and have introduced softer hues

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Campus Events MustangTRAK Week January 25-31

How to Survive the MCAT/DAT 5 p.m. in Fondren Science Room 153. A panel of current SMU students will discuss their recent experiences.

of creams, tans, whites and ivories to fill the void of your neutral cravings. Continuing the back to basics philosophy this season, prepare your self for “denim domination.” A trend that probably should stay in the 70s, along with clogs, the other surprising runway look that’s resurfacing. The denim on denim concept screams Texas rodeo wear to me. But all theme party ideas aside, this trend has the

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Students for New Learning 5 p.m. at the Altshuler Learning Enhancement Center.

LGBTea 4:30 p.m. in the Women’s Center in Hughes-Trigg. Come join us for conversation and community. Bring your mug – we’ll have the rest!

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same effortless appeal as wearing an outfit completely compiled of neutral tones. If simplistic style doesn’t satisfy your senses, then take things to opposite extremes. Channel your inner Lady Gaga, sans the wacky hair and make-up, with graphic prints in an array of bold colors. Cutout dresses, shoulders pads and zippers galore give the 80s vibe, while the geometric shapes and neon hues transform the fearless fashions to futuristic.

The season’s biggest trend costs as little as $1 – lipstick. Fashion magazines have been pushing this trend, your grandma still sports, on us for the past several seasons. But, the glamorous quick beauty fix is finally picking - or shall we say “puckering”- up. Whether you play it safe with minimalist neutrals and crisp whites, try something unexpected drenched in denim, or turn heads with funky fashions; bright lips will do the trick in completing any look this spring.

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MGC Showcase 7 p.m. in Hughes-Trigg Theater. Fraternities and sororities comprising the Multicultural Greek Council show what it takes to be an MGC Greek.

“Heart Beats for Haiti” Fundraising Drive Donate money for the BushClinton Relief Fund to help the survivors of the recent Haiti earthquake. Ends Feb. 15.

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Police Reports JANUARY 23 10:54 p.m., Mary Hay Hall/3323 Peyton Parkway: University Park Fire Department responded to an active fire alarm. The fire panel indicated activation from the fourth floor lounge. It was determined the fire alarm was caused by overcooked popcorn in the microwave. The smoke was ventilated and the fire department reset the fire panel and cleared with no further incident. Closed.

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JANUARY 24 1:17 a.m., Pi Kappa Alpha House/3035 Dyer St.: A student was referred to the Student Conduct Office for underage drinking. Closed.

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JANUARY 25 9:31 a.m., Commuter Lot/3000 University Blvd.: A staff member reported The Daily Campus newspaper box had been knocked over and damaged. Open.

JANUARY 25 8:58 a.m., Hughes Trigg Student Center/3140 Dyer St.: A staff member reported theft of a rug with SMU logo on it. Open.

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TURNER: As campaign funds rise, so does president’s salary CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

he makes that much money,” said Claire Coogan, a first-year student who is majoring in biochemistry and has plans to go into education. “But, I don’t know enough about what he does to decide if it’s too much.” According to Best, Turner has implemented budgetary guidelines that are intended to save money and ensure that we are careful stewards of resources without sacrificing the quality of our programs or existing faculty and staff. “SMU wants to be a top-tier university,” George Henson, parttime lecturer at Dedman, said. “But, they only pay their faculty what they have to. Do they really want to be like Wal-Mart?” “I’ve always thought teachers and professors aren’t paid enough for the

very difficult job they do,” Coogan said. “And no one tries to rectify it.” New information about faculty and staff salaries will be announced sometime after the first of the year, according to Best. “It’s important to note that many colleges and universities across the nation have frozen salaries and/or eliminated positions and programs, which SMU has not done,” Best said. As college and university presidents’ salaries continue to rise so does tuition. Increasing tuition is making it more difficult for students and their families to pay for an education. “It’s very hard to pay for school,” Coogan said. “I’m so glad I have scholarships.” More than 70 percent of SMU

undergraduates receive some sort of assistance in the form of merit- or need-based award packages, according to the school’s Web site. These funds include scholarships and funding made available to students through campaign gifts and endowments to the university. “I think the university wastes a lot of money,” said the contractor. “However, I’ve seen improvements since I’ve been here so, maybe Turner’s salary is a good trade for all the money he has brought into the school.” The average price of room and board at four-year private colleges exceeded $39,000 in 2008, according to the latest figures from the College Board. And the Chronicle released figures showing 58 colleges and universities that charged more than

$50,000 in 2009. The average cost of room and board at SMU for the 2009-10 school year is $47,606. That is $4,394 less than the average cost of room and board at Harvard University this year, which is $52,000. “In 2010, several new gifts will be announced, showing ongoing momentum for SMU’s effort,” Best said. Some students feel the quality of education is one of the most important factors in choosing SMU. “Tuition here is very high,” Coogan said. “But, everything at SMU is good quality and I feel the education here is worth the money. I’m glad I’m here.”

MAZE: Faith challenged during magic show CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

illusion. He believes that people have been deceived about religion, more specifically, the Christian faith. Munroe said that today, many people are deceived about the word of Jesus because of a lack of communication. His aim in his visit was set fire to the SMU campus and encourage them to discuss the misunderstandings people have with Christianity. “My main goal in coming to SMU is have people start a conversation,” he said. Monroe admitted that he still held his Christian faith, though he has questions: questions that he wishes to use to inspire others. The people that he did reach were encouraged to speak with him after the show. As many students flooded out the doors, several students stayed behind to speak with Monroe. Some of the curious people were from the PULSE ministry and Campus Crusades, who Magician Jim Monroe performing at THE MAZE show Tuesday evening at Hughes Trigg. helped put the show together.

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Both agreed that while they might not purchase the device themselves, Apple would probably make a good profit just based on its past popularity and success. Although most students praise Apple and eagerly await each new product, engineering senator Joseph Esau admitted he was not impressed by the reports of the new Apple tablet because he believes it will be too expensive for what the product offers. “It is basically just a MacBook with a touch screen,” Esau said, “and since it has a touch screen, that will allow Apple to increase the price.” The fact that it is a touch screen also makes Esau skeptical that it will be a good source for games, because most popular games would be difficult on a touch screen.

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“If you want a popular game, then it is better found on PC or XBOX. Most hardcore gamers won’t be impressed with just new applications,” he said. Esau said that the only way he would find the new tablet useful would be if it supported Windows, but even then, he believes that there are less expensive tablets already available from PC. However, Esau agreed that the new Apple tablet would be very popular anyway, based on the positive responses to their recent products. A MacBook with a touch screen might seem very appealing to students, and Esau said that if it includes a type of e-book, it could be even more popular. And as for the pre-existing cheaper tablets, he said, when it comes to Apple, price doesn’t usually matter.

Of particular note are experts Dolores Etter, former assistant secretary of the Navy, and Maj. Gen. Jeff Talley of the U.S. Army Reserve. Talley, Lyle said, has been credited with using engineering strategies to revive and renew the slums of Baghdad in Sadr City, a particularly violent area of the Iraqi capital. Talley’s vision of “engineering the peace” included cleaning up garbage, rerouting sewage runoff, providing clean water and power to citizens and building schools and hospitals, Lyle said. “He took [Sadr City] back one block at a time, one house at a time.” However, while SMU’s engineering school continues to gain national and international acclaim, Orsak said few SMU

students outside the engineering school appreciate how quickly it is growing and how impressive the faculty is. “When I started about four years ago, we represented a pretty small part of SMU,” Orsak said. “Now, we are the fastest growing, arguably the most ambitious piece of SMU.” With Caruth Hall, a brand new centerpiece building for the engineering quad, nearing completion, Orsak said he wants students to see the facility and understand how fortunate SMU is to have it. “It will be like no building I’ve seen anywhere,” Lyle said. “If you don’t have a class over there you’ll be sorry.” The building will be ready for use after spring break, Orsak said, with a formal dedication ceremony planned for April.

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Sci-fi dreams not so fantastic

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THE WAY I SEE IT

Teacher shows how to help change the world OPINION EDITOR

hristopher Bruhn is a heck of a teacher. A few weeks ago, he won the $30,000 O’Donnell Texas AP Teacher Award. He somehow makes physics interesting to high-school students with a mix of personal energy and exciting antics. He gets results too. Last year, he Nathaniel French helped 24 students—out of a class of 24—pass the AP Physics B test. Anyone who’s ever looked at the abysmal pass rates most teachers produce can tell you he must be doing something right. A recent feature on Bruhn in The Dallas Morning News paints a portrait of the kind of teacher every student dreams of. A former aerospace engineer, he now teaches at the School of Science and Engineering in Dallas. He uses discussion, anecdotes, and YouTube to help his students stomach the equation-heavy subject of physics. High-schoolers aren’t the only ones who could learn from Bruhn. More than almost anything else, this country needs more and better teachers. Public schools are hurting; in many big cities like Dallas, less than half of students will graduate high school. The problem is especially pronounced among minorities. Even those that stay in school don’t get the education they should. America ranked in the bottom 20% in both reading and math in the most recent study by the Program for International Student Assessment, which compares students from 30 industrialized countries. Not exactly the numbers you’d expect from the world’s only superpower. A lot of people have proposed a lot of solutions to America’s education crisis. The value of many, like charter schools and vouchers, is fiercely debated. But in Bruhn’s classroom, the results speak for themselves. We at SMU have been given a first-rate education. Many Americans aren’t so lucky. Mustangs who wonder how they can give something back to the world need look no further than Christopher Bruhn. As great as large-scale programs like the Obama administration’s Race to the Top Fund can be, they won’t solve the problems plaguing this country’s schools. Change won’t come like a tidal wave from Washington, or even from Austin or other state capitals. It will trickle in, classroom by classroom, as teachers like Bruhn save the world one student at a time. Nathaniel French is a junior theater major. He can be reached for comment at nfrench@smu.edu.

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Why Coakley lost

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t was the political equivalent of the USA hockey team upsetting the Soviets in the 1980 Olympics. Of Buster Douglas ko’ing Mike Tyson. Last week in Massachusetts, the bluest of blue states, where the Nathan Mitzner governor, both senators, and all ten members of the state’s congressional delegation are Democrats, a previouslyunknown Republican state senator, Scott Brown, was elected to the US Senate seat held for 47 years by the late Ted Kennedy. Brown defeated his Democratic opponent, Martha Coakley, who had been expected to win comfortably (as Democrats always seem to do in Massachusetts). The ramifications of this shocker are sure to be felt nationwide, especially as it relates to the embattled health care bill now being reconciled in Congress. By depriving the Democrats of the crucial 60th vote necessary to stave off a Republican-led filibuster, the election seems to have put the health care bill on lifesupport. Even before the votes had been counted, pundits were busy explaining how the safest of Democratic Senate seats could fall into Republican hands. The general concurrence was that the election had not been primarily about Massachusetts, but a reflection of a national discontent with the way things are going in Washington, especially as relates to the health care reform bill, which a majority of Americans now oppose. The voters of Massachusetts were sending a message to Washington: When we voted for change in 2008 we did not vote for a massive governmental intrusion into our lives, nor were we opting for the taxman to grab an ever-expanding share of our hardearned money. In other words, don’t blame Martha Coakley for the loss; the fault lies with the Obama administration’s arrogance and condescending attitude in its belief that it alone knows what is best regardless of evidence to the contrary. Besides, a national unemployment rate that stubbornly persists at 10% is not engendering any good will for the administration either. Of course, the Obama spin-doctors were having none of that; they assigned blame for the loss exclusively to Coakley, whom they accused of running a lackluster campaign. Undoubtedly, Massachusetts voters were sending a message to Washington. Just as the electorate voted for change in 2008, so it did again barely 15 months later. However, while the referendum on Obama and his policies might have made what would otherwise have been a typical Massachusetts Democratic landslide into a horserace, unlike many others, I do not believe that the election was decided as a result. There is just

too much of a Democratic dominance in the Bay State to attribute such a thorough repudiation solely to national discontent. After all, Brown did not merely squeak through; he won with a very comfortable 100,0000+ vote margin-nearly six percentage points. The White House, with some validity, ascribes blame for the embarrassment to Coakley, but the reasons go well beyond her failure to mount a formidable campaign. Sure, she might have been a lackluster candidate, but there have been many a Democrat in Massachusetts whose similarly yawninducing campaigns nevertheless got them elected and re-elected. Instead, her defeat can better be attributed to her having lost touch with her state’s voters, often the electoral kiss-of-death of politicians everywhere. The most notorious example of this disconnect was her response to a radio interviewer’s query regarding her reaction to the endorsement of her opponent by Red Sox icon Curt Schilling. Her response, that Schilling is ”another Yankee fan,” manifested an utter contempt for and alienation from the overwhelming majority of those throughout her state who consider themselves a part of the Red Sox Nation. It is very difficult to overstate the emotional attachment that New Englanders have to their beloved Sox, who are a crucial component of the area’s social and cultural fabric. To hurl the ultimate insult, that of being a Yankees fan, at the man who was instrumental in leading the Red Sox to the 2004 World Series title, thereby ending the infamous 86 year old “curse” that originated following the trade of Babe Ruth to the Yankees, whether out of ignorance or just to “diss” a supporter of her opponent, demonstrated at best a naïve repudiation of her state’s ethos. Imagine a candidate for statewide office in Texas disrespecting the memory of those who fought and died at the Alamo. Would Brown have triumphed had Coakley not uttered her Schilling insult? Perhaps. But there can be no doubt that her remark, perhaps more subconsciously in the minds of the voters than overtly, played a role in her defeat. Polling numbers seem to confirm this. Surveys released on the Thursday before the election, the day of the radio interview, showed a very tight race, with Coakley hanging on to a three or four point lead. Polls released the Sunday before the election showed Brown leading anywhere from four to nine points. Were there other factors in play that might have accounted for the swing? Quite possibly. But to dismiss her ill-timed remark as unrelated to the overall result flies in the face of a long held and highly reliable political maxim: Lose touch with the voters, lose the election. Nathan Mitzner is a junior risk management insurance major. He can be reached for comment at nmitzner@smu.edu.

Open door no more STAFF COLUMNIST

ast night, much to my chagrin, a stranger decided to invite himself into my open garage and unlocked car. I became aware of this mystery man’s presence when the sound of our doorbell interrupted the “Gossip Girl” Jordan Jennings episode my roommate and I were watching. The sound of our doorbell was as foreign to me as the car crook. My roommates and I have what some would call an open door policy; others might simply refer to it as carelessness. Our doors are rarely locked, thus allowing our friends to enter at their own risk, and neighbors to stop by at any hour of the day to borrow a cup of sugar. Perhaps we are slightly oblivious to the University Park crime rate, but when one of us forgets our key and stumbles home at odd hours of the night only to find the door locked, there’s trouble. After a quick game of “Nose Goes” and a few great grunts, I shuffled downstairs to open the door. Standing in the dark were our neighbors with looks of alarm on their faces. Apparently, a suspicious man had been seen lurking about their garage only a few minutes prior to their arrival upon our front step. We quickly bolted to my garage, which we also leave wide open and welcoming. Grabbing an umbrella from the nearby coat rack, I wound up, ready to swing. We found no man in sight. However, it was no surprise to discover

that my car had also been left unlocked. Apparently, the garage hopper was aware of our open door policy and decided to help himself to the contents of my vehicle. Thankfully, the only thing his sticky fingers ran off with was my Illinois toll pass, which he is more than welcome to have considering I currently reside in the state of Texas. However, I will say that I am quite offended that he left behind forty or fifty CDs, a cute pair of shades, a pile of my clothes, and some tanning oil. Not only did the invasive man insult my intelligence, but my music and fashion taste as well. If the amateur had looked hard enough, he would have noticed the DVD player on the shelf directly in front of my car. How rude and reckless of him! That being said, this serves as a valuable lesson to us all. Always lock your doors, even when you are at home. It’s a dangerous world out there, and though some of you may practice the “sharing is caring” method, it can easily be abused. Thankfully, our garage bandit was a bit brainless, like myself. However, this is not always the case. Navigation systems, iPods, cell phones, laptops and textbooks are not cheap or fun to replace. Thieves are capable of stealing your time and valuables. Locking your door is a quick and easy way to prevent this. As for my roommates and I, the doorbell might take some getting used to.

Jordan Jennings is a sophomore journalism major. She can be reached for comment at jjennings@smu.edu.

Bryan Manderscheid

n nature, the puffin is a humble bird living in arctic conditions, usually minding its own business. We usually do not hear much from this feathered creature. However, the future will give the name Puffin a reason to be

known by everyone. NASA has just announced designs for a personal flying suit. Conceived by Mark D. Moore, aerospace engineer for NASA, the Puffin is designed to be twelve feet long and weigh only 300 pounds, without a pilot. It looks like a mini-airplane, with four tail fins shaped like an X and two propellers seated on each side of the cockpit. The pilot would be lying down, belly-side down, while the craft was in flight. Additionally, the pilot could peer out of the domed front, allowing for complete vision during flight. The Puffin allows for two unique features that distinguish itself from its predecessor, the jet pack. First of all, the Puffin is a self-contained vehicle, which would prevent the pilot from having to wear any protective headgear with a visor, like the ones you see in early 1950s science fiction pictures. This also allows for higher altitude flight than what jet packs could potentially reach. Secondly, the Puffin is constructed to use electric motors, which would help reduce noise, cost, and weight while allowing for a more reliable, environmentally friendly flight. I know that this sounds almost too good to be true; however, I believe that, one day, we will be able to fly right alongside the birds and airplanes. Could you imagine a world without cars, buses, or trains? Could you imagine what the world would be like if we could fly anywhere we wanted? It seems fantastical, but it can happen. Despite my optimism, I do not see this happening in the near future. NASA only released the designs for Puffin days ago, so there has to be some time for careful construction and numerous tests and experiments. Engineers strive to be absolutely sure that their creations run perfectly, so I would imagine that we will not see a personal flying vehicle for at least ten years. Even then, one could not imagine how much that would cost. It could be anywhere from thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, so to expect in twenty years that we will be immediately in the air would be foolish. It will be years after that until the price drops enough for the average man or woman to have himself or herself a Puffin. Sometime during our lifetime, we will be able to fly in our own personal flying machines. Imagine the feeling of lifting off the ground, moving higher and higher, right where all the clouds gather. I cannot wait for the day that I can be able to fly right by the clouds and the stars above. When we think of Mustangs, Jaguars, and Cobras, we think of the fierce, fast cars that everyone wants to get their hands on. I never would have thought that a humble black bird that resides in the cold regions of the Earth would reach the level that those other animals did. I cannot wait to see the Puffin in action.

Bryan Manderscheid is a freshman engineering major. He can be reached for comment at bmandersch@smu.edu

Correction

n the Tuesday, January 26 issue of The Daily Campus, a picture of Torlan Pittman used in a different story from the same issue was accidentally printed beside a headline for an opinion piece in a bottom teaser. The Daily Campus apologizes for the error.

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ARTS

Meadows Opera Theatre wins national opera award By LISA COLLINS A&E Editor lcollins@smu.edu

Photo courtesy SMU

Students perform in Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land.

SMU’s Meadows Opera Theatre received Second Prize in the National Opera Association’s prestigious annual competition for Best Production. Meadows submitted scenes from their 2009 production of Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land to be viewed at the NOA national convention, on Jan. 9 in Atlanta. The production featured a large ensemble cast comprised of SMU undergraduate, graduate, and artist certificate students and was directed by director of opera Hank Hammett. “This is a an extraordinary honor for our opera program and it highlights the excellence of our gifted young singing actors and orchestra musicians, as well as, the superlative training and performance opportunities we are able to give our students,”

Hammett said in a press release. “This recognition is also a testament to the exceptional interdisciplinary collaboration we have here at Meadows between music, theatre and dance.” Director of orchestral activities, Paul Phillips, conducted the 13-member Meadows Opera Ensemble. Recent SMU graduates Thomas Charles LeGalley and Emily Bean provided scene and costume design and lighting design. Director of choral activities Pamela Elrod served as chorus master. Associate Professor of dance Danny Buraczeski was the choreographer making The Tender Land a collaborative and interdisciplinary product of the Meadows School of the Arts. This is the first year that the Meadows Opera Theatre has entered the competition. Meadows competed in

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This recognition is also a testament to the exceptional interdisciplinary collaboration we have here at Meadows between music, theatre and dance.

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Hank Hammett Director

Category V, which is the highest category for small professional companies, conservatories and universities. The NOA was founded in 1955 and is an international organization that strives to promote the appreciation of opera

and music theatre, as well as to increase and enhance pedagogy and performance opportunities. Winners are selected by a blind peer review conducted by a panel of opera professionals. The entry videos are viewed anonymously and are judged in the following categories: quality of singing, musical accuracy and style, dramatic integrity, directorial concept, quality of acting and production values. Meadows received high acclaim from the judges for their excellent singing, interesting concept and overall professionalism. The competition’s first prize was awarded to Temple University’s production of Puccini’s La bohéme. Meadows Opera Theatre’s next production is Mozart’s Il re pastore – The Shepherd King – and will be presented in the Bob Hope Theatre Feb. 4-7.

MUSIC

Auschwitz survivor teams up with hip-hop band, spreads anti-racism message By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — Esther Bejarano says music helped keep her alive as a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz and in the years that followed. Now, 65 years after the liberation of the Nazi death camp, the 85-year-old has teamed up with a hip-hop band to spread her anti-racism message to German youth. “It’s a clash of everything: age, culture, style,” Bejarano, a petite lady with an amiable chuckle, told The Associated Press ahead of Auschwitz Liberation Day on Wednesday. “But we all love music and share a common goal: we’re fighting against racism and discrimination.” The daughter of a Jewish cantor from Saarbruecken in western Germany, Bejarano grew up in a musical home studying piano until the Nazis came to power and tore her family apart. Bejarano was deported to Auschwitz, where she became a member of the girls’ orchestra, playing the accordion every time trains full of

Jews from across Europe arrived at the death camp. “We played with tears in our eyes,” Bejarano remembered. “The new arrivals came in waving and applauding us, but we knew they would be taken directly to the gas chambers.” Bejarano survived, but her parents and sister Ruth were killed by the Nazis. For the past 20 years Bejarano has played music mostly from the past — Yiddish melodies, tunes from the ghetto and Jewish resistance songs — with her children Edna and Yoram in a Hamburg-based band called Coincidence. About two years ago, Kutlu Yurtseven, a Turkish immigrant rapper from the Cologne-based Microphone Mafia, got in touch with the band to see if they’d team up with them. “Our band wanted to do something against the growing racism and antiSemitism in Germany,” Yurtseven, 36, said in a phone interview Tuesday. “Yoram told me that first of all he

had to ask his mother Esther what she thought about a crossover project with a bunch of young rappers.” Esther Bejarano, it turned out, thought hip-hop music “was really a bit too loud,” but also said she saw it as a good way to reach out to Germany’s youth. “We want to keep the memories of the Holocaust alive, but at the same time look into the future and encourage young people to take a stand against new Nazis,” said Bejarano. “I know what racism can lead to and the members of Microphone Mafia are immigrants and have experienced their share of discrimination as well.” Yurtseven, a Muslim, also sees a message of religious harmony. “All religions ask to love an respect others and that’s what we do as well,” Yurtseven said. The crossover of modern hip-hop and traditional Jewish folklore turned out to be quite a hit. The rappers have mixed Jewish songs with stomping hiphop beats and also created new lyrics for some of the songs that are more

accessible for a younger audience. Last summer, the two bands released a CD called Per La Vita and a documentary about the band that was initially scheduled for the Auschwitz liberation anniversary is now supposed to be ready later this year to be shown at high schools across Germany. The CD was released on a small, independent label and it was not clear how many copies were sold. Currently, the troupe is touring through Germany. Their audiences range from teenage immigrants at metropolitan youth centers to a more established, older crowd that usually favors Bejarano’s classic approach to music. “They all love it,” said Bejarano. “Even some of the older guests sometimes climb on the chairs and dance.” “I once asked Esther how she can still make music after Auschwitz,” Yurtseven remembered. “And she said that if they had also taken away the music from her, she would have died.”

Photo by Associated Press

Esther Bejarano, who survived former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, performs a hip-hop song during an Auschwitz-Committee event to commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz by the Soviet Army on January 27, 1945, in Hamburg, northern Germany.

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Sports

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Women’s basketball preps to defend No. 1 rank By DORI SHOCKLEY Associate Sports Editor dshockley@smu.edu

With an important win in their back pockets after defeating the East Carolina University Pirates, the SMU women’s basketball team will saddle up and head to Houston to play Conference USA rival Rice University on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. Rice is currently 2-3 in conference play and both wins were home games. Just like SMU, they beat East Carolina earlier in the season. However, whereas SMU was able to clinch important conference wins over Memphis and University of Texas-El Paso, Rice fell short against both teams. After their weekend win, the Mustangs have a record of 4-1 and are now in a three-way tie within C-USA. They are still competing with Memphis University and University of Alabama-

Birmingham for the conference title. Out of the three teams, the Mustangs have the best overall record of 14-4. If SMU can continue their success on the road, they have the potential to rise to the top of the conference this weekend. Rice is currently in ninth place in front of University of Central Florida, Tulsa and Southern Miss. In their last five C-USA meetings, the Mustangs have triumphed over the Owls both during home and away matches. For her dominant performance against the Pirates, senior Brittany Gilliam was named Conference USA player of the week for the second time in her career. Following Thursday’s game, SMU will play the University of Houston Cougars. Houston has also played East Carolina recently and lost in overtime. The Cougars have a conference record of 3-2

MEN’S TENNIS

Men’s tennis beats Texas-Pan American Close match leads to the start of a winning season record By DORI SHOCKLEY Associate Sports Editor dshockley@smu.edu

The SMU men’s tennis team returned to the clay yesterday after splitting two matches on Jan. 16, dropping the first to No. 40 California before sweeping Oral Roberts. Despite a heated match, the Mustangs were victorious over Texas-Pan American at Turpin Tennis Stadium, 5-2. The number one doubles team, senior Bryan Griffin and freshman Tobias Flood, lost 8-5 against UTPA players, Beau Bernstein and Brett Bernstein. Both the number two and number three double pairs, juniors Adham el-Effendi, Darren Walsh (2) and juniors Artem Baradach, Pablo Perez-Esnaola (3) brought back two crucial points for the Mustangs during their matches, which both went into tiebreakers. In singles, once again, the number one SMU spot was unable to clench

the win when Baradach lost to UTPA’s Ashwin Vijayaragavan. However, the first and fourth single players were the only losses the Mustangs suffered. Picking up the slack were David Costa, Darren Walsh, Adham el- Effend and Pablo Perez-Espanaola, who all won yesterday. Perez-Espanaola continued his singles winning streak and now has a record of 4-1. As of yesterday afternoon, the team officially has a winning season: their record is 3-2. The Mustangs have a little over a week before a trip to Waco to take on the Baylor University Bears on Febuary 3. The Bears are 2-0 when playing at home and the team just defeated the No. 11 ranked University of Florida on Sunday. Prior to playing the Mustangs, Baylor will compete against Iowa University at home on Jan. 30.

and are ranked No. 6. In the 2008-09 season, SMU beat the Cougars in Dallas and suffered a close loss in Houston. This will be the first time that the teams meet this season. SMU will continue their away matches with two other games: UTEP and Tulane. Both are

conference games and all will be important to the final C-USA standings. The Mustangs will return to Moody Coliseum on Feb. 12, when they will face Rice University for the second time.

THE BREAKDOWN THE BREAKDOWN SMU Mustangs

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Rice Owls

Houston Cougars

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SMU guard Jillian Samuels in play against East Carolina on Jan. 23 at Moody Coliseum.

BBALL: Mustangs hope for third straight win against UCF

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One advantage the Mustangs may hold over the Knights is their knowledge of UCF’s 6-foot-8-inch freshman center Ketih Clanton’s playing style. According to head coach Matt Doherty, SMU tried to recruit Clanton, but were unsuccessful. Clanton has proven to be a vital asset to the Knight’s defense. He blocked four shots and two steals in the team’s win over Houston. Since his 19-point performance against UTEP, Clanton has been averaging 10.6 points per game in conference play. When asked how team records and statistics match up, Doherty explained that despite being ranked seventh (SMU is ranked eighth), Wednesday’s game is going to be a good measure of both teams. “You want your league to do well, but just not against you,” Doherty said. “So when [UCF] beat Houston in Houston, that really opened my eyes.” But perhaps more important than the statistics, one of the Knights’ key players

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01/27/2010 Tip-off: 7 p.m. is Marcus Jordan, Michael Jordan’s son. The 6-foot-3-inch freshman guard has been averaging about 20 minutes with seven points and three rebounds. “They’re pretty darn good,” Doherty said about UCF. “You go into the season and everyone has rankings and opinions . . . Well Marcus Jordan and A.J. Rompza are really tough kids.”

TRACK AND FIELD

Track and field begin promising season By STEPHEN LU Sports Editor sjlu@smu.edu

After a strong showing at their first competition at A&M University last weekend, the SMU track and field team continued their strong play at the Arkansas Invitational this weekend. Sophomore Simone Du Toit took first place at shot put on the first day of competition with a throw of 15.69m. In second place was Stormy Harrison from TCU with a throw of 15.32m. Fellow sophomore Ayla Gill, who took third in the weight throw at A&M, did even better in Arkansas. She took first place ahead of senior teammate Lauren Kuhner. Gill threw for 18.37m while Kuhner’s 18.01m was good for second. On the second day of competition,

SMU’s track athletes carried their own weight to match their field counterparts. Four Mustangs placed in the top-10 of their respective races, with several finishing as high as third. In the 3000-meter run, freshmen Klara Bodinson and Sara Sjokvist took third and fourth respectively. Bodinson finished with a time of 10:01.46 and Sjokvist was right on her heels with a time of 10:01.89. Junior Kristine Eikrem-Engeset placed third in the mile run with a final time of 4:47.92. Freshman Mary Allenbratt also raced in the mile and finished seventh at 4:58.28. The Mustangs will have a week to recover and regroup before competing in the Houston Invitational on Jan. 30.

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SMU doubles pair, Sophie Quist and Casey Kennedy, in match play against Louisana Tech Sunday Morning at Turpin Tennis Stadium.

Women’s tennis off to a perfect start By STEPHEN LU Sports Editor sjlu@smu.edu

The No. 23 SMU women’s tennis team has already made an impressive statement in regard to defending their Conference USA crown, opening the season with a perfect record thus far, 4-0. The Mustangs played four matches this past weekend and won them all handily, defeating Texas-Pan American, Stephen F. Austin University, Louisiana Tech University and Texas State University. Over the four matches, SMU has only given up one out of 22 points. Against UPTA on Friday, the Mustangs barely broke a sweat, sweeping the match, 5-0. The team did not drop a single set and the No. 1 doubles team of Marta Lesniak

and Aleksandra Malyarchikova did not drop a single game against their Bronco counterparts. “Today was a good start for us as we begin a long weekend of matches,” said head coach Lauren Longbotham Meisner in an interview on smumustangs.com. “The conditions were pretty windy, but the team adapted well. We hope to take the same energy that we had today into our next matches.” SMU took on Stephen F. Austin the next day and though the Mustangs won, the Lumberjacks can at least claim that they are the only team to take a point off SMU so far. Between the top-three seeds of Lesniak, Malyarchikova and senior Pavi Francis, the trio only dropped three games total. Even a double header on Sunday could not slow down the Mustangs, as SMU swept both Louisiana Tech and Texas State. The Louisiana Tech event had only one close match, when SMU senior Casey Kennedy was forced into a third set tiebreaker against Rocio Juarez. Kennedy took the first set easily but was narrowly defeated in the second, setting up the tiebreaker. Juarez fought hard but Kennedy prevailed in the end, winning the tiebreaker, 11-9. Against Texas State, four of the matches, one doubles and three singles, were never finished. Though the doubles match was well in hand, all three singles matches were far from over when the Texas State players dropped out. Lesniak earned the first C-USA women’s tennis player of the week honor for the spring season with her flawless performance over the weekend, going a perfect 7-0. With their strong start propelling them forward, the Mustangs are now headed to the NCAA Regional Indoor Championships on Jan. 2930 in Gainesville, Fla. SMU’s first opponent will be Florida International and then either Florida or BYU in the second match-up.