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Professor spearheads Latin American Queer Film Festival SARAH KRAMER Editor in Chief skramer@smu.edu
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Dambisa Moyo spoke in part of the Anita and Truman Arnold Lecture for SMU’s Tate Lecture Series. She spoke mainly about African aid.
Author discusses international aid CHASE WADE Managing Editor cdwade@smu.edu International economist and world-renowned author Dambisa Moyo spoke to a packed McFarlin Auditorium Monday night about international aid and its harsh effects on the global economy. Moyo’s first visit to Dallas came as part of the Anita and Truman Arnold Lecture in part of the Tate Lecture Series. Moyo began her speech simply defining the word “incentive” and continued her 45-minute-long talk at the podium discussing topics that ranged from China’s economic emergence to Africa’s aid-based developed culture. “No country in the history of mankind has achieved long term growth by relying on aid,” Moyo said.
Moyo, who completed her Ph.D. in economics at Oxford University and holds a Master’s degree from Harvard University, has written a number of book pertaining to the world’s macroeconomics. “Over the past 50 years, a culture of bad policy has eroded in the West,” Moyo said. “Specifically in the U.S.” Moyo continued her speech by presenting an economic plan that focused on giving people incentives for doing good things. These subjects consisted of parents sending their kids to school, eating healthier and making positive life choices. She also spoke about American’s political scene and the changes it has undergone over the past 50 years. “Some people consider longer term cycles as a way to change
policy,” Moyo said. “This takes the pressure off of the politicians to get re-elected and change their focus on longterm policy.” Perhaps Moyo’s most specific criticism of U.S. policy is when she spoke about the United States “Housing For All” initiative. “[The U.S] overstepped their boundaries and essentially acted as a portfolio manager or a stock picker,” Moyo said. Zane Cavender, a sophomore political science major, was in the audience for Moyo’s speech. “Moyo’s take on foreign aid and emphasis on the need for African self-sustainability is a call sign for the West to take a more hands-off approach,” Cavender said. “Given the fragile global economic environment, I completely agree. If policies don’t
work they need to change.” Moyo concluded her speech by simply stating that if the U.S. does not change its policies, then the former economic powerhouse would be doomed. “Moyo gave a great argument for the need to wean aid-reliant nations from the support of Western countries, which is a refreshing and unique outlook on how to handle many of the problems African nations are facing,” sophomore Jeff Whalen said. Moyo concluded her stay at SMU by taking questions and answers from the audience. Topics ranged from her wouldbe career aspirations to the U.N.’s involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo. SMU’s next Tate Lecture will feature best-selling author Micheal Pollan.
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The Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education was just named LEED Certified Gold. This award deals with the school’s low environment impact.
Simmons goes for the (environmental) gold TASHIKA VARMA Assignments Desk Editor tvarma@smu.edu Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development recently attained Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification, a descriptive measure to promote a building as a whole approach to sustainability. Through an extensive fivestep process of registration, application, submittal, review, and certification, Simmons is now the newest LEED building on campus. LEED buildings stress sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere,
materials and resources and indoor environmental quality. The review process is spilt into three steps. First is the initial review where the review board makes comments on the designs. The team then takes the comments and resubmits the design with more clarification. Then the board rewards points. If points are denied, the team can reevaluate strategies to attain more points. “The separate reviews help streamline the process and allow the design team to make adjustments to the building if certain strategies aren’t working or need to be revised,” Simmons’ Senior Project Manager Trisha Mehis said.
A LEED building, during the review process, has a possibility of attaining 110 points. Simmons attained 62 points, resulting in Gold certification, which is the second best certification. The levels are certified, silver, gold and platinum. It is SMU’s policy for a LEED building to be at least a Silver certification. Now that Simmons is registered with the LEED Existing Building and Operations Maintenance, SMU must report energy usage and water consumption for Simmons to keep LEED guidelines. This achievement was a collaborative effort between SMU, the General Contractor RogersO’Brien Construction, HHS
Architects and the design team. Simmons is now the third building on the Dallas campus to attain a LEED Gold Certification. The others two are Embrey Hall and Caruth Hall. The building design will be added to a database so other buildings can replicate the design practices. SMU has continually been making strides toward being more “green” and Simmons’ certification is one step of many to help this effort. “There is an increasing awareness of being sustainable and SMU will be committed to using Simmons as a way to educate current and future students, faculty and staff,” Mehis said.
For the past few years, SMU has been labeled as one of the top homophobic schools in the country. In August, The Princeton Review ranked it as No. 12 most “LGBTunfriendly” campus. Yet, the university is constantly making strides through on-campus LGBT organizations as well as through partnerships in the greater-Dallas area to engage students in discussions or events relating to gender and sexuality. One new initiative this year is the Latin American Queer Movie Festival, which is spearheaded by Spanish Professor Francisco Moran. This semester, Moran is teaching two Latin American Spanish classes that address the representation of gender through literature. However, he decided to extend the conversation beyond his classrooms by incorporating a movie festival that is open to the entire university. “The movies speak to us
regardless of your sexual orientation, your beliefs, your politics or your philosophy,” Moran said. “They also pose the question I have told my students the novels and short stories discussed in class ask us: How to live together?” There will be five Latin American films shown throughout February that discuss the social and political aspects of human sexuality and gender. The next film, “Plan B,” will be shown Wednesday at 6 p.m. in McCord Auditorium. While students in both of Moran’s classes are required to attend all screenings, students in his short novels class have been asked to serve as discussion moderators for one of the films. Moderating the film “Plata Quemada,” or “Burnt Money,” John McAfee believes these screenings offer a more relaxed environment for students to discuss a complex, and sometimes difficult, topic. “This festival provides an opportunity to engage in a
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Now that Nike is here, what happens to the old equipment? KATHRYN RODEN Associate Sports Editor kroden@smu.edu Beginning in the 2012 to 2013 school year, SMU student-athletes will be decked out in brand-new Nike gear. Mustang Athletics and Nike recently entered a fiveyear agreement to make Nike the university’s official apparel, footwear and equipment provider. Now the question is: What to do with all the Adidas equipment? Although a decision has not been reached yet, Jason Reed, assistant equipment director, speculates that SMU athletics will repeat what it has done in the past with old equipment. At the end of the 2008 to 2009 season, shortly after June Jones was hired to lead the Mustangs, SMU athletics held a sale to get rid of Nike equipment when the department switched to Adidas. “That’s probably what we’re going to do this year, based on what we’ve done in the past and because it’s a smart thing to do,” Reed said. However, Head Equipment Manager Albert Veytia and others from the administration will make the final decision. Veytia came to SMU in summer 2011 from Kentucky State, a Nike-sponsored program. The agreement with the apparel giant was a joint effort between Veytia and Jones. Other options include giving the gear to high schools
or youth groups. But that process gets complicated with NCAA regulations regarding compliance and donation amounts. If the sale takes place, it would likely occur at the end of June or early July — just before the Nike equipment is delivered. It would be open to SMU faculty and staff first, and then to the public. None of the apparel would be over three years old. Ninety percent of the items will be brand-new, according to Reed. All items with an Adidas logo will need to go. They could include shoes, Polos and T-shirts ranging from 5 dollars to $20. Banners, signs, chairs and all kinds of sports bags would also be sold. The money earned from the sale would go into the athletic budget for improving facilities. Many of SMU’s sporting facilities are scheduled for renovations in the coming years. Reed sees the switch to Nike sponsorship as a good thing. “Our budget is going to be a lot bigger and we will have more money to spend on better equipment,” he said. “Adidas equipment is great, but Nike is more well-known in football and basketball.” The decision will likely be made at the end of April.