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South Sudan votes to split The Southern Sudan Referen-dum Commission said that 98.83 percent of voters voted for a split from the north. North and South Sudan have been at war for the past 20 years. Southern Sudan will be a new nation in July if the vote is validated.

Detroit mosque faces bomb threat

Ducks sued for anti-Semetic remarks Jason Bailey, a minor league hockey player, sued the Anaheim Ducks. Bailey claimed coaches made anti-Semitic remarks and denied him ice time because he is Jewish. Bailey now plays for the Ottawa Senators.

TSA ends private screenings The Transportation Security Administration has ended the private screening program because agency chief says there are no advantages to the program. Just last month TSA gave airports the ability to “opt out” of government screenings in favor of privately-owned ones, but now have changed their mind.

MTV reveals Jackass 3.5 MTV and Paramount Digital Entertainment announced that “Jackass 3.5” will be released online on April Fool’s Day. Certain regions will be able to view the leftover footage from Jackass 3D on April 1.

Zuckerberg meets movie twin Mark Zuckerberg met his “The Social Network” doppelganger for the first time live on SNL. The cameo was part of SNL’s kick off for Jesse Eisenberg’s hosting stint. Eisenberg recently earned an Oscar nomination for his performance as the Facebook creator.

Mother admits to killing kids A Tampa, Fla. mother admitted to killing her two children Saturday.

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LIFESTYLE

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A 63-year-old man traveled with explosives in his vehicle with the intention of blowing up one of America’s largest mosques. The man was arraigned Wednesday on one count of making a false report or threat of terrorism and one count of possessing explosives with unlawful intent.

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Fayha Ahmad, from left, Astrid Sukur and Nada Elnady join hundreds of North Texans in the John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in downtown Dallas Sunday afternoon to voice support for the rioting occuring in the country of Egypt.

Dallasites show support for people for Egypt By ASHLEY WITHERS Associate News Editor awithers@smu.edu

Chants filled the air as protesters marched down Jackson Street demonstrating their frustration with the current political climate in Egypt. Hundreds of people came to City Hall Sunday afternoon to protest the Egyptian president’s refusal to step down after his 30-year reign. “From the Nile to the sea, Egypt’s people will be free,” chanted protestors

as they made their way from Dallas City Hall to the JFK Memorial. The protest drew a diverse crowd: Families with young children and college students alike came out to show their support for the Egyptian people. “We all came out because we support the people, the will of the people of Egypt,” Dallas resident Dr. Ali Elhag said. “We want the U.S. to support the people not the dictator.” The group in Dallas called for

Obama to take a stronger stance and ask Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to resign. “We are all standing for the same goal,” UT Dallas student Mohamed Deddah said. “We can’t believe that America, the best country in the world, would support such evil.” Courtney Whiteman, a student from Tulane University, is studying abroad in Cairo for the year. Currently,

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Senate to vote on budget, A-plus bills Tuesday By MEREDITH SHAMBURGER Online Editor mshamburge@smu.edu

Student Senate will vote on two resolutions at its Tuesday meeting authored by Alex Ehmke (Dedman II). The first bill seeks to change the budget process for student organizations from a yearly basis to a semester basis. Under the new process, student organizations would be budgeted money for the fall semester and then again in the spring semester. Money not used during the fall semester would be returned to Student Senate

and redistributed during the spring. The bill would not affect summer Senate funding. According to Ehmke, the bill is partly a response to what happened

last year, when Senate ran low on funds towards the end of the year. During last week’s Senate meeting, Ehmke and Finance Chair Janet Leung argued that the new process would free up funds that are tied up in bank accounts because many organizations do not use their funds until the spring semester. This means that a lot of money will get returned to SMU at the end of the year when it could have been given to another organization. Ehmke said the “benefits greatly outweigh the costs” of going through

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Last week the Vegetarians Taking Action (VTA) stood outside HughesTrigg showing a four-minute video, “Glass Walls.” “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian,” Paul McCartney said in the documentary “Glass Walls,” which shows footage secretly taken inside factory farms where animals are bred and slaughtered under cruel conditions. According to Jean Kazez, faculty adviser to the student group Vegetarians Taking Action, (VTA) “10 billion animals are killed for food in the U.S. every year, and we can’t let ourselves be ignorant of how it’s done. The whole system is mind-bogglingly cruel.” This was the driving mentality behind the VTA’s showing of “Glass Walls.” As an incentive, VTA paid students passing by the event $1 to view the four-minute film. At the end of the event, VTA had paid out $45 and had 20 students expressed

interest in the group. While the event was considered a success by the numbers, according to Jonathan Moore, vice president of VTA, the real success was getting students to admit, “I had never thought of that.” Moore said the video screening was useful because “we made people more aware of what they’re putting in their bodies.” According to the founder and president of VTA, Audrey Archer, “VTA is made up of people who find the meat industry unsettling and who want to take a compassionate stand against animal cruelty.” Archer believes in the power of consumer choice. “Every time you check out at a grocery store, you’re casting a vote. You’re aiding a consumer demand,” she said. “That’s powerful, and I don’t think people realize they have that power.” The first of its kind at SMU, VTA began as a Facebook group in November of 2010 and was started by Archer. The online group grew rapidly in membership, and soon became a goto source of information on the ethical,

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TRAVEL

SMU offers alternatives to Mexico for study By PATRICIA BOH Contributing Writer pboh@smu.edu

SMU study abroad programs in Mexico have consistently been a campus favorite. From Mexico’s delicious cuisine, exotic locale and rich culture, it is no surprise that students have flocked to study south of the border. Due to safety concerns, SMU will no longer offer the options for study abroad in Xalapa, Mexico. This summer, however, students have the opportunity to travel and study in 23 different parts of the world, including exotic locations such as Italy, South Africa and Bali. Academic internships in London and Sydney are also offered. For Europe lovers, SMU-in-Lugano proposes a cosmopolitan experience for any Italian language student. Located in the Italian-speaking southern part of Switzerland, Lugano is a “charming and friendly town,” according to Italian Area Chair and Program Director Teresa Brentegani, a native of Milan with family connections in Lugano. SMU-in-South Africa is intended to introduce SMU students to humanities and arts of this past FIFA World Cup site. Dr. Barbara Hill-Moore, division

of music and program director, explains that this will focus on “bringing to life the history and cultures of one of the most dynamic countries in Africa and today’s world.” Students will study at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, taking cultural foundations and music courses with an emphasis on African culture and identity. For music majors and others interested, SMU-in-Bali will expose students to Indonesia, the largest country in Southeast Asia and also a linguistically, ethnically and religiously diverse region. Music students John McAfe, a junior, and Maria Milkowska, a senior, have both studied abroad in Weimar, Germany. “I wanted to learn how to conduct . . . and communicate [in German],” Milkowska said. McAfee wanted to fulfill academic requirements as well as experience another country. Foreign language major Leela Harpur has studied abroad in both Madrid and Xalapa. In Madrid, she traveled extensively throughout Spain, as well as Portugal, the Canary Islands and Italy. The study abroad fair will take place on Tuesday from 11-1:30 p.m. in Hughes-Triggs Commons.

STATISTICS

Report finds freshmen motivated, stressed By SARAH KRAMER News Editor skramer@smu.edu

Each week, freshman Jen Rogers juggles 18 hours of class, 16 hours of studying and three days of work. Compared to high school, her stress levels are much higher. “Although I was busy [in high school], I had my parents there to help out with small things like going to the grocery store or throwing a load of laundry in,” Rogers said. “But now, I’m responsible for what is going to or not going to happen.” While the tough transition from high school to college is expected, a recent report conducted by UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute, found this year’s class of U.S. college freshman to be extremely stressed. In the study, this freshman class

reported record-low levels of emotional health due to stress. According to the study “The American Freshman: National Norms,” this is the lowest level since 1985. However, the study found that freshman students are willing to be overwhelmed if it would help them achieve a better education, leading to a better job in the future. Rogers is just one of many freshman at Southern Methodist University who is trying to enjoy the college experience while still making good grades. Jenny Smith, a freshman, agrees with Rogers. Compared to high school, she is more stressed. “I have to budget my time more,” Smith said. “In high school it was just school from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., but here it is so different. I have to find time for eating, working out,

studying and resting.” Andrew Pinkowitz, a business major with a double minor in communication studies and Spanish, said high school was a lot more stressful than college, in part due to AP classes. “The thing that was so stressful about high school was just how much time everything demanded. I had no control over my schedule,” he said. “When I got to SMU, I relished the autonomy, and it appears to be helping my academics as well.” Freshmen Richard Raizes and Kevin Lazares believe time management is the key to lowering stress levels. Raizes, a double major in finance and economics, is more motivated to study in college. “Most of my friends understand

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SMU freshman Jennifer Rogers studies for her sociology class involving family conflict Sunday evening inside of her residence hall living area.

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Tea Party movement’s future uncertain By JESSICA HUSEMAN Politics Editor jhuseman@smu.edu

The Tea Party has been shaking up the American political landscape since it came into being in 2009. While it helped the Republican Party rocket into the majority in November’s midterm elections, its permanent effect on American politics is yet to be determined. Sanford V. Levinson, professor of government at the University of Texas, spoke to members of both the Tower Center Student Forum and the Tower Center on Friday, regarding the Tea Party and its rise to popularity. Levinson said it was “way too early to tell” how long the Tea Party would last, or what form it would take in the future. “One can imagine their taking over the Republican Party, so they won’t last because they really will become the Republican Party; one can imagine their being disillusioned with what they see and retreating into sullen unhappiness; one can imagine their going the third party route,” Levinson said in a post-lecture interview with The Daily Campus. Cal Jillson, professor of political science at SMU, disagrees. He said that once “conditions improve” and the economy gets back on track, the United States will “return to its traditional Republican v. Democrat

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Jane Bilello of the Asheveille, N.C. Tea Party, demonstrates on the opening day of the North Carolina Legislature in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.

boundaries” and the Tea Party will fizzle out. Ken Emanuelson, an active member and volunteer with the Dallas Tea Party, said that kind of talk is “wishful thinking,” and he believes the Tea Party can only gain in popularity, saying he hears of new Tea Party organizations “sprouting up” constantly.

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“A group that continues to grow will have more of an effect tomorrow than it had yesterday,” said Emanuelson. Recent polls conducted by Gallup suggest that the American people have mixed feelings about the Tea Party’s popularity. While they feel the Tea Party has “energized people to get more involved in the political process,” they also feel it has “created deeper political division in the U.S. than previously existed.” The “deeper political division” may be a result to what many feel is a heightened sense of partisanship and increased political rhetoric fueled in part by the Tea Party. Chris Salinas, professor of communications at SMU, said he feels the hostile political climate really showed during the healthcare reform townhall meetings put on by the Tea Party as they “provided a forum for Tea Partiers to express their anger.” He also said that the wide-reaching media fuels intense rhetoric.

“I think the news media and the Internet enable those speech acts to have more impact because it diffuses them to a wider audience,” Salinas said. “Protesters, who obviously want to get their message to as many as possible, adopt extreme messages in order to gain the attention of the news media and the Internet – it becomes a cycle.” Many say Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann, who have become de-facto leaders of the Tea Party movement, are guilty of this kind of attentionseeking rhetoric. Jillson said both have the ability to “capture and channel a certain angst at large in this country, but neither knows enough history or policy to describe a plausible path forward.” Levinson agrees with this common criticism of the Tea Party, and said the he personally doesn’t understand the hype that loyal Tea Partiers give to Palin. “There are many of us who are amazed that Sarah Palin was ever taken seriously for a single minute,” Levinson said. Levinson also said he believes Palin to be “astonishingly ignorant…of the basics of economics, politics and American history. I mean whatever it is, this is not a person whose views are the product of either significant experience or careful study.” Levinson contrasted “ignorant” Palin with fellow well-known Tea Partier Rand Paul, whom Levinson called a “well-read Libertarian.” Levinson said politicians like Palin and Bachmann, who subscribe to the most extreme views of the Tea Party, alienate more moderate members of the Tea Party and may end up being the reason for a decline in the Tea Party popularity. Emanuelson disagreed, saying that the only people who would be “turned off ” by Palin’s statements are those who “aren’t paying attention, which is unfortunately most Americans.” “The reality is that nobody leads the Tea Party, whether it’s Sarah

Palin or Michelle Bachman or Glenn Beck… I don’t even know if any of those people claim to lead the Tea Party,” Emanuelson said. He said while many view Bachmann’s response to the State of the Union as the official response to the Tea Party, it wasn’t. It was for the Tea Party Express. “It certainly wasn’t on behalf of the Tea Party movement, and if it was, it certainly wasn’t legitimately on behalf of the Tea Party movement,” he said. But regardless of its official status, many view the separate response from the Republican Party as a symbol of turmoil within the Republican Party caused by the Tea Party, Levinson included. Levinson said the most notable way in which Republicans split from the Tea Party is “the extent to which

they are willing to take an immediate hatchet to the debt, and to do quote ‘whatever is necessary’ to go after it.” He said this would become apparent in the upcoming vote to increase the debt ceiling. Levinson believes Republican leaders will join Democrats in extending it, and Tea Party members will hold strong in voting against it. This division will lead to a particularly divided Republican Party going into the 2012 presidential election, Levinson said. He also believes that the united Democratic Party will get to watch the G.O.P. “tear itself apart.” “I think, for Democrats, it will be an enjoyable spectacle to see the Republican Party really at each other’s throats,” Levinson said.

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EGYPT: Egypt conflict

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Whiteman is stuck in London as all flights to Egypt have been cancelled. “I think resistance has definitely been building there for a long time,” Whiteman said. “It was just a matter of when it would come to a boil. I personally wasn’t expecting it to come so soon.” The protests began last Tuesday in Egypt with thousands of protestors in Cairo demanding a raise in the minimum wage, getting rid of the interior minister, creating twoterm presidential term limits and eliminating police control. The protests in Egypt have farreaching consequences for the United States. Egypt has been America’s strongest ally in the region since the

1970s and is currently the second highest recipient of U.S. foreign aid according to The Atlantic. No one in the Obama administration will speak out against Mubarak for fear of losing support in that region, though Hilary Clinton has called for democracy in Egypt without the ousting of the current president. Forbes reported that Egypt’s stock market has fallen significantly since the beginning of the protests and oil prices have already begun to rise due to fears over access to the Suez Canal. Egypt has also been instrumental in achieving peace with Israel and a major political shift could endanger the precarious region.

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environmental and health benefits associated with a vegetarian lifestyle. Moore says that one of the goals of VTA is to give options to people like Masterson who are considering vegetarianism, but who might not know how to get started. He describes the club’s recruitment strategy as straightforward, but sincere. “When we show footage, it’s really aggressive, but it’s the ugly truth,”

Moore said. “As a club, we try to put on a friendly and accessible face so people feel like they can approach us and get involved.” VTA hopes to achieve a fully chartered status as a club by fall 2011 and is always looking to inform students on the benefits of vegetarianism. For more information on how to get involved with VTA, check out http://people.smu.edu/ mbolanos/vta/.

if I put studying as a priority over hanging out with them,” he said. “My grades are lot better than my high school ones.” Smith’s grades have improved at SMU as well. “I slacked off a lot in high school and didn’t really care about getting my work done,” she said. “But [in college] I know it is important to keep my grades up for extracurriculars.” Part of the high stress levels the freshman class is undergoing is due to the economic problem in America. However, many SMU freshmen do not have jobs. Though Rogers works three days a week in order to pay for gas, food and car insurance, Raizes chooses not to work. “The extra income would not be worth a probable decrease in academic performance,” he said. According to the study, nearly 58 percent of students said overall they would be pleased with their college experience. The UCLA study was based on the responses from 201,818 firsttime, full-time students at 279 of the nation’s four-year colleges and universities.

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the budgeting process twice. “When you’re managing $840,000, can it be too much work?” he asked. Ehmke said the Finance Committee members were behind the bill, and that they did not mind adding another budgeting process to their workload. He also said he would probably be

adding an amendment to his bill that would allow funding under special circumstances as necessary. The second bill seeks to add A-plus notations to students’ transcripts. Ehmke is not advocating for A-pluses to change the GPA scale; he only wants to add notations to a students’ transcript. The inspiration for the bill came from talking to a law school advisor

who explained how many law schools give A-pluses preferential status when looking at transcripts. Ehmke said this also occurs on medical school applications. Ehmke said SMU should add A-plus notations to give students an advantage when applying to graduate schools, although the notation is a small change.

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Differing interpretations of Tea Party spark constitutional debate ASSOCIATE EDITOR

On Friday, at a Tower Center Lecture, what I expected to be a bash of the Tea Party by Dr. Sanford Levinson Michael Dearman became an insightful discussion on the Tea Party’s actual value and the crux of national debate: The U.S. Constitution. Dr. Levinson, who is a professor at the University of Texas law school, spent ample time discussing the basis of political debate today. He described the value of the Tea Party as their incredible ability to pose questions about the nature of our system of government. In a very Jeffersonian train of thought, the Tea Party asks, “What is it that the government should be doing to fulfill the wants and needs of the people it governs?” Using a religious analogy, Levinson set the framework for current and past constitutional debates. The “Protestant Constitutionalists,” as he called them, believe in the primacy of the Constitutional text alone. In addition, Protestants (from here

on I mean in the nonreligious sense) believe that they can participate with the text of the Constitution. The Supreme Court, however, is only one unique opinion on the Constitution, not absolute law. In contrast, the “Constitutional Catholics” do not necessarily reject the Constitution’s text but put it in its context. They look at the writings and ideas that surround the Constitutions for clarification. For example, the Supreme Court and the progression of laws in this nation are of the utmost importance to people of this persuasion. The Tea Party falls under the umbrella of Protestant Constitutionalists. The mindset is particularly apparent in the way in which the Tea Party is thought to revere our founding fathers. It is almost religious the way people like Glenn Beck praise the deeds and mindset of people like Jefferson and Washington. One cannot actually take the Constitution out of the context in which it was written, nor can they refuse to acknowledge that it was not the United States’ first constitution. The Articles of Confederation were the first attempt at a constitution, and it failed miserably. It could not

adapt to the changing needs of the nation; there was not enough power vested in the federal government. In writing the Constitution, there was an acknowledgment of the need for a document that was truly “living.” Levinson was adamant to point out that although the Constitution does change, it is still one of the most difficult constitutions in the world to amend. As a shifting document, there are ample opportunities for mistakes. For example, the 17th amendment (direct election of senators) is denounced by Tea Partiers, a point on which Levinson agreed. The Senate ceased to remain beholden to the state legislatures and became directly accountable to the people. Despite how democratic and “American” this amendment sounds, Levinson described how it was completely anti-federalism. When the relationship between the federal government and the state governments breaks down, the system on which the US was built begins to crumble. For once, the Tea Party may have a point that cannot be adequately contested by the Left. Even though it is clear that the US government is dysfunctional, the Tea Party loses its clout and legitimacy

because of the pundits that lead it. Though I do not support the Tea Party, I believe it is about time to start listening to them about their concerns about the government. If one entirely writes off an organization because of its leaders, there are many intelligent voices that will be lost on the wind. The leaders of an organization should be examples of their followers but I am not certain that Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, or Michele Bachmann accurately represent the Tea Party organization. There is no levelheaded dialogue between groups about the very nature of the government. On the contrary, shouting across the aisle is more prevalent than calm debate. We can all argue about healthcare reform, gay-marriage, or the legalization of marijuana all we want, but in the end it is the true, deep, philosophical nature of the Constitution we should be concerned about. If we can answer where the ever-changing Constitution is going, then all the other answers about the extent of power will begin to fall into place. Michael Dearman is first year philosophy and history major. He can be reached for comments or questions at mdearman@smu.edu.

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EDITORIAL BOARD

Quality Enhancement Plan offers opportunity for experiential learning Provost Ludden recently spoke to The Daily Campus editorial board regarding the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The ideas presented mark a new turn in SMU’s regard for the creativity and ingenuity of students. The program would grant students the ability to do independent research of their own choosing with the guidance of a professor and the financial support of the University. The projects also present the opportunity for course credit, which is always an interesting prospect for diversifying class schedules. Though programs like Big iDeas present similar opportunities, they are not widespread and have very little faculty involvement. We, the Editorial Board of the Daily Campus, feel that this process is a step in a unique direction that will allow students to take full advantages of the opportunities for learning at SMU. We appreciate the fact that the QEP will allow students from all majors to have a chance to participate. Whether art majors or mechanical engineering majors, we find it refreshing that this opportunity is taking the entire student body into account rather than a particular school or particular focus. While we feel that this program is largely well thought out and beneficial for the student body, we have a few hesitations. First, while credit and the opportunity to study your interests present a unique and exciting opportunity for students, we feel that, on the whole, the student body will probably not be eager to volunteer for this program when it first begins. Because of this, there needs to be more incentive for students to participate in the program. Second, we feel that, as it stands, the projects will not be well publicized. While they are presented on a collective website, we feel that it would be more beneficial to the school if these projects were publicized in a print journal distributed at events such as alumni meetings, fundraising events and lectures that draw wide audiences. Undergraduate journals are rare, but not unheard of. In fact, SMU already has one. The Tower Center releases a very successful political science undergraduate journal that does particularly well in print. We feel that the QEP would benefit from a similar structure. Additionally, given the nature of the QEP it is necessarily vague. While we truly believe this is a unique and beneficial project that SMU is taking on, it is difficult to determine what real direction this will go or if it will even really take root with the undergraduate community. Hopefully as SMU moves forward, they will hire dynamic faculty members to run the program that can stimulate interest on their own and that have the ability to focus what is currently a very broad idea. But in the end, it will be up to the SMU student body to really take advantage of this exceptional opportunity. Few universities present their undergraduates with the ability to do their own work paid for by the university. Hopefully the undergraduate student body will recognize this and take full advantage of it. 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.

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OPINION

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Simple pleasures in life are reasons to remain joyful STAFF

Nathaniel French

The news makes me sad. Last week, I learned that two police officers in my hometown of St. Petersburg, Fla. had been shot and killed trying to serve

an arrest warrant. They weren’t the only officers hurt in the line of duty that week; in just five days, 13 police officers were shot around the country. Thirteen. The news of the St. Petersberg shooting immediately transported me back to this summer, when two officers in Tampa, Florida were killed during a traffic stop. That shooting was all the more tragic when, hours later, one of the officer’s wives went into labor. I distinctly remember the shock, anger, and hurt in the Tampa Bay area during the days following that tragedy. There have been far too many senseless killings lately. Last Monday, a suicide bomber killed scores of people in a Moscow airport. And just weeks before that, Jared Loughner carried out the terrible attack in Tucson that left a congresswoman in critical condition, a nine-year-old girl as one of six dead and a nation reeling. There’s something wrong with the world. These things shouldn’t be allowed to happen to innocent people. They just shouldn’t. I’ve been very down for the last week or so.

I believe that humans are compassionate, decent and good. I do believe that. But when I see so much hate and violence, I wonder if maybe people aren’t what I believe them to be. But when I have those doubts, I think of all that is beautiful in the world. Last week I went to my friend Robert’s going-away party. Scores of people showed up to sing karaoke and see him off. Everyone there wished him the best. I got to study “King Lear” and “Richard III,” two of my favorite plays. I got to read Gogol and Chekhov, each an intellectual treat. The weather improved and everyone went outdoors. Around Dallas, I saw people welcoming a new spring. Best of all, I spent time with friends. Nothing does more to reaffirm my faith in humanity than seeing a group of people saying they love each other without ever having to say those exact words. I don’t know if there are answers to the big questions of terror and crime. Unfortunately, inexplicable violence may forever plague our world. But I do know that although things sometimes seem awful beyond belief, the good in the world far outpaces the bad. Whenever something terrible happens to shake my faith, all I have to do is look at the million little things that make life so special. It really is a wonderful world. Nathaniel French is a senior theater major. He can be reached for comment at nfrench@smu.edu.

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See Daily Campus story,“Dallasites show support for Egyptian people” for more information about the Dallas-area protest against President Hosni Mubarak’s regime.

Sports

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Houston hands Mustangs close loss, 72-67 By JENNIFER BUNTZ Associate Sports Editor jbuntz@smu.edu

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SMU forward Robert Nyakundi looks for an open teammate during play. Nyakundi led SMU with 29 points in the Mustangs’ 75-68 win over Rice Saturday afternoon.

Mustangs take down Owls, 75-68 By NICOLE JACOBSEN Senior Staff Writer njacobse@smu.edu

Robert Nyakundi had another show-stopping performance in SMU’s 75-68 win over the Rice Owls Saturday afternoon in Houston. In addition to scoring a career-high 29 points, Nyakundi, fresh off hitting the game-winning shot last week against Tulsa, had seven three-pointers on the night in his team’s third consecutive win. Nyakundi also led his team on the boards with six rebounds. “Seven of 11 in three’s… I thought that was foul shots,” head coach Matt Doherty said. “That’s unbelievable. The win over Rice marks the first time since the 2002-2003 season the Mustangs have won consecutive road games. Former Conference USA Player of

the Week, Papa Dia, added 19 points, while Mike Walker contributed 13. Leading Rice was Arsalan Kazemi with 21 points and 16 rebounds. Rice gained their biggest lead at 15-6 after Papa Dia picked up his second personal foul, sending Rice’s Arsalan Kazemi’s for two successful free throws. With Dia on the bench, SMU cut Rice’s lead to four before Dia returned and hit a layup to bring the score to 2729 with 2:02 left in the first. Still trailing by two with Nyakudni and Collin Mangrum nailing back-toback threes, as part of a 10-2 SMU run that ended the half with SMU leading 35-29. The Mustangs went on to hold the lead the entirety of the game, never allowing the Owls to come within more than four points of tying the score.

With the win, SMU (13-8, 4-3 Conference USA) moved up to fifth place in conference standings. The Mustangs also lead the conference in field goal, three-point and free throw percentages. “You hope for it,” Doherty said about his team’s recent success. “The guy’s have gained confidence and all of a sudden they feel like they can beat a lot of opponents, and so hopefully we can stay humble, learn from our wins, try to get better but yet have the confidence that we feel we can beat everybody.” As a whole, the Mustangs shot 56.3 percent from the field and went 11-for-26 in threes, while Rice (10-11, 2-5 C-USA) hit only 44 percent of their field goals. SMU hosts East Carolina University (11-9, 3-3 C-USA) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

The Houston Cougars handed the Mustangs their second consecutive conference loss Sunday afternoon, only falling by 5 points. The match up took place in Houston at the Hofheinz Pavillion. The game was a rematch for the season, SMU only losing by four just three weeks prior to Sundays game. The Cougars are undefeated in C-USA, and 17-4 for the season. The win would have been a big one for the Mustangs. The leading scorer for the Mustangs was sophomore Alisha Filmore with 17 points on the board. Akil Simpsona also did her part with her first double-double for the season with 10 rebounds and 10 points Samantha Mahnesmith also hit double digits for her seventh consecutive game, along with Christine Elliott with 12 points for the afternoon. The Mustangs got off to a slow start, not scoring until Houston had 11 points on the board and four minutes had already passed on the clock. Raquel Christian and Filmore both contributed to decrease the Cougars lead, and each sank threes making the score 11-6 The game was tied one minute before the half, but the Cougars capitalized and scored just before the buzzer, which left the score 30-28 before the teams hit the locker room. SMU came out ready to play in the second half, and were in the lead with 15:21 left to play. Simpson was to thank for this, stealing the ball from Porshe Landry and taking it all the way down to one up the Cougars. The Mustangs battled to maintain this lead, and the teams went back and forth until there were just six minutes left. With just shy of six minutes left.

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SMU forward Akil Simpson goes for a rebound during play Jan. 23rd.

SMU had a 11-0 run that put them ahead by two 52-50. SMU still held the lead 67-61 with 38 seconds left on the clock, but Houston sank two threes to tie the game, and then caused the Mustangs two turnovers to take the win. The Mustangs led the game in shooting percentages with 42.6 percent and the Cougars with just 34.2 percent, but it was the free throws that caused them problems. Houston made 16 of their 22 free throws and SMU

only completed 9 of their 15. After hitting the road, the Mustangs three game winning streak was broken, but their next conference match up should be a good one against Tulane.The Green Wave currently has a record of 16-4 with only two losses in C-USA. The Tulane game will be hosted Thursday afternoon in Moody Coliseum at 7 p.m.

EQUESTRIAN

SMU routs Deleware State, 8-4, picks up first victory of year By EJ HOLLAND Sports Editor eholland@smu.edu

The SMU equestrian team earned a 8-4 victory over Deleware State Friday morning at Buck Branch Farm in Dallas. This was SMU’s first meet of the Spring term and first victory overall

after going 0-6 in the Fall. Junior Jordyn Pettersen led the Mustangs with 2 points, a score of 78 and a re-run score of 84 over fences en route to her fourth MVP honor of the year. Pettersen’s scores solidified SMU’s 4-2 win over fences. Individually, Pettersen moves to 7-0 overall this

season after going 3-3 last year as a sophomore. Freshman Ramsay Hanson lost her first match and only tallied a score of 35 but bounced back nicely in her re-run with a 77-75 victory over Ashley Butler, which earned a point for the Mustangs. Junior Emily Gardner also chipped

in 1 point over fences for SMU with an impressive 82-65 win over Erin Engard. On the flat, freshman Renick Townsend was named MVP after posting a score of 87 which topped Butler’s score of 83 and gave SMU an early 1-0 lead. Sophomore Morgan Toal, soph-

omore Danielle Gersh, and junior Claire Wenholz all picked up wins and helped SMU to a 4-2 victory on the flat. Wenholz handed Engard her second loss of the day, 81-68 and gave SMU momentum as the Mustangs took a 3-2 lead. Gersh tallied the fourth and final

point for the Mustangs as she defeated Frayser Tuttle, 80-69. The Mustangs finished with a final raw score of 919 while the Hornets totaled 889. SMU will host Fresno State in Dallas on Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. and will then travel to Waco to take on Baylor and Sacred Heart the following week.

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Arts & Entertainment

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FILM

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Sundance film festival Digg’s serves up speciality finishes with fine films tacos, fun atmosphere By CHASE WADE Assoc. A&E Editor cdwade@smu.edu

Every year, during late January, Park City, UT and its surrounding areas, host the Sundance Film Festival. The festival, which spans 10 days, features some of America’s finest independent films from some of the most promising up-andcoming filmmakers. Annually, the press-packed event is known for producing Oscar buzz from some of the films shown. This year, the Sundance Film Festival delivered a spiel of documentaries, dramas, and other varieties of film that impressed both the audience and the Sundance Jury. The Sundance’s top prize, the Grand Jury Prize was awarded in both

the Documentary and Dramatic categories. Winning the top prize for documentaries was a film called, “How to Die in Oregon.” Peter D. Richardson directed the film, which centers on the issue of physicianassisted suicide and focuses on the lives of terminally ill patients and their journeys to face death bravely. In the dramatic category for the Grand Jury Prize, the award went to the Drake Doremus directed film called “Like Crazy.” Written by Drake Doremus and Ben York Jones, “Like Crazy” is the story of a college-aged couple, one from America, the other from England, and their struggle to keep their relationship together despite their long distance.

In the World Cinema Jury Prize category, the documentary and dramatic awards went the films “Hell and Back Again,” and “Happy, Happy.” “Hell and Back Again,” focuses on the life of a U.S. Marine after returning from the war in Afghanistan. “Happy, Happy” hits a much lighter note as it features a sexually frustrated housewife who finds herself in a dilemma after a romantic fling with her new next door neighbors. Perhaps one of Sundance’s most prestigious prizes comes from the festival’s audience themselves. This year, the audience awards were distributed to “Buck” in the documentary category and “Circumstance,” in the drama category.

By DREW KONOW Contributing Writer dkonow@smu.edu

You may have noticed a new neighbor in University Park. No, not the girl that came back from studying abroad or the awkward guy who moved to your floor after the break, but a new restaurant called Digg’s Taco Shop that opens today. Located right off Hillcrest, Digg’s is a convenient and tasty bite to eat that is sure to attract the SMU clientele. The taco shop channels both South-Austin flare and Highland Park sophistication, making it at once laidback and gourmet. I see Digg’s as an ideal culinary crossroads for SMU students and the University Park community. It’s the kind of place where the grungiest of college kids and the preppiest of soccer moms could both grab a bite to eat. What’s more, the taqueria offers a diverse variety of food – from burritos, salads and quesadillas to “hamburguesas” and french fries. Indeed, there were a lot of options on the menu, but when I stopped by Digg’s, I decided to stick to their specialty: tacos. But before we get to tacos, let’s talk chips and guacomole. In my book, any meal that begins with guacamole is off to a good start. The guacamole was a very simple mélange of avocado, parsley and onions. Although slightly under-salted for my taste, it was some of the freshest guacomole I’ve had in Dallas. The chips, although crispy, were not spectacular. Ok, on to tacos. First off, they are a complete steal, especially considering the locale. Priced at only $6, the “Taco Combo” scores you two tacos of your choice placed between a cup of black beans and a mound of cilantro rice. Wrapped in soft white-corn tortillas, each taco offers a well-seasoned, tangy handful. I tried the braised (free range) chicken, roast pork carnitas, healthy

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Digg’s Taco is located on Hillcrest Ave. in the former Stromboli’s location. The taqueria serves up tacos, bowls, and paper-wrapped beer cans.

veggie mix and fried mahi tacos. The chicken tacos combined beautifullymarinated shredded chicken, lettuce, red cabbage, a delicately delicious cheese, and their house sauce to create a classic, delicious chicken taco. Give this one a try. The pork carnitas, while also very well marinated, were unquestionably oily and borderline greasy. Unless you’re a pork fanatic, I’d go for another option. The veggie taco, however, was well executed and original. Uniting grilled carrots, red bell peppers as well as the normal taco fare into this “healthy veggie mix” extracted a smoky, sweet final product that tasted subtlety of barbecue. I thoroughly enjoyed this little creation. Perhaps the biggest disappointment, however, was the mahi taco. Admittedly, I have very high standards when it comes to fish tacos. Nevertheless, this fish taco did boast a tasty lime-dill mayo and a lightly fried mahi – both were good. The Achilles heel of this fish taco was the coleslaw placed on top. Its dressing overpowered the whole taco, stole the tang thunder from the

mayo, and left my taste buds sadly unsatisfied. Ready for dessert, I let the fish taco gaffe slide and gladly dug into the “crispy jelly donut holes”. These donut holes and Digg’s margarita popsicle are the only items on the dessert menu. Reminiscent of a mini beignet, these pop-able donut holes are a fun, creative way to end a meal. In terms of service, it was quick and friendly, leaving me with no complaints. My favorite part of this place is the atmosphere. Digg’s succeeds in creating a fun, relaxed atmosphere that leaves you wondering, “Are they playing my iPod?”. This taco joint rocks out with speakers lining the walls, Hendrix albums on the shelf and even an art installment of cassette tapes. Combining clean woods and a simple color palette with industrial fixtures and clean lines, this place walks the line between classic and trendy. Overall, Digg’s provides quality food, sensible prices, and unrivaled convenience.