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Students get new dean Jehadu Abshiro News Writer jabshiro@smu.edu
A large cardboard cutout of Peruna is propped behind Joanne Vogel’s mahogany desk. A welcome banner lies across the sofa across from her desk. Her shelves are barely filled except with a couple books. Vogel has just moved into her new office, as associate vice president and dean of Student Life in SMU’s Division of Student Affairs. Vogel used to serve as a director of Wellness and Counseling and Psychological Services at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. Vogel, a Florida native, was not actively searching for other employment. “I read the posting for this job description and had a spiritual connection to it,” she said. Vogel, a Duke University graduate, had never considered coming to SMU as an undergrad. She majored in history and political science at Duke and went on to Stetson University for a Master of Science in mental health counseling and a Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision from the University of Central Florida. SMU’s mission, strategic plan and people spoke to her. “The energy here is exciting, and once I visited, I knew that I had to be here,” Vogel said. She visited for a week in January and attended a professional
development conference with Vice President for Student Affairs Lori White and Assistant Vice President Robert Watling. This week is her first official week. “I am happy, fulfilled and affirmed that this was the right choice for me,” Vogel said. “The level of sincerity, generosity, warmth and support that I have received thus far is unparalleled.” Vogel will oversee several different functional areas include Student Development and Programs, Parent and Family Programs, New Student Orientation and Student Support and Student Conduct and Community Standards. She hopes to ensure that students know the roles and function of various offices to advocate for them. One of Vogel’s goals is to insist that SMU community act as responsible members of the community and care for each other. “You want to be respectful of the culture and ways that things have been accomplished in the new setting while, at the same time, offering new insights and ideas that will continue to advance us,” Vogel said. The easiest part for Vogel is working on tasks similar to the kind she worked on at Rollins College, such as crisis management, substance abuse prevention, and issues related to Title IX such as sexual assault
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Incoming Dean of Student Life Joanne Vogel.
and intimate partner violence. For Vogel, figuring out the logistics is the hardest part. “It takes time to get the lay of the land,” Vogel said. Assistant to the Dean Michael Hogan noticed within the few days that Vogel has been at SMU, she has already learned the names of the people she interacts with. “She is going to bring a fresh perspective and energy,”
Hogan said. “She is very good at making people feel at ease. That’s an advantage.” Vogel hadn’t planned going into the field of higher education, however she respects the role of education in advancing society. “It is a natural fit with all of the things that I value and my true passion for supporting people [students and staff] in reaching their full potential,” she said.
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Hosseini brings a new light to Afghanistan Karly Hanson Contributing Writer khanson@smu.edu Imagine an Afghanistan where kids play in the streets and families browse the markets without the fear of hearing gun shots. Imagine boys flying kites and kids attending school. Imagine roads free of the Taliban — no packs of people riding around in SUVs with AK assault rifles. This is the country that Khaled Hosseini was born in. This is where he spent the first 11 years of his life. “There was a time where [Afghanistan] was very peaceful and quiet,” Hosseini said. “In some ways, it was even idyllic.” Hosseini is the author of three novels, the most famous one being “The Kite Runner,” and though
the three stories are distinct, they all have roots to his homeland. Hosseini traveled to Dallas to speak on SMU’s campus as part of the Tate Lecture series Feb. 7 during both the Turner Construction Student Forum question and answer session, and the evening lecture. “I know about his books, and I plan to read them,” senior SMU student Allie Hawks said. “I couldn’t miss the opportunity to hear him speak.” Even though it was not his intention, his books have sparked interest across the world in the problems Afghanistan is facing. Students know who Khaled Hosseini is, and they are seeking out his novels to educate themselves about the problems the war was provoked, and to
experience the deep and invasive emotions his writing evokes from his readers. “After I read his books I was shocked,” First-year Olivia Ngyuen said. “It was a good recreation of the war.” Hosseini created the Khaled Hosseini Foundation to bring humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan. He said that where people end up in life is random. He has been fortunate in his adult life, and he is inspired to reach out to those who are not as lucky. “It’s aimed to reach people that are like the characters in my book,” Hosseini said. Despite the country’s turbulent history, Hosseini still argues that there are good things that have come for Afghanistan. The life expectancy is increasing, it was
once at 40 years and now it is climbing into the 60s. Maternal mortality rates are declining, health clinics are opening and there are people helping who can. “Even in its heyday, it was one of the most impoverished nations in the world,” he said. “The only thing that gives me hope, is that it’s a very young country. The young people are importing new ideas into Afghanistan and I’m hopeful that that’s an agent of change.” Afghanistan will elect a new government April 5. Hosseini knows it will take longer than the term of one elected president to cure the devastated country. “Time. That is what Afghanistan needs to heal,” Hosseini said. “This is a marathon. It will take a long time, and it will be painful to watch.”
With a single behemoth purchase, Comcast is creating a dominant force in American entertainment and presenting federal regulators with an equally outsized quandary: How should they handle a conglomerate that promises to improve cable TV and Internet service to millions of homes but also consolidates unprecedented control of what viewers watch and download? Comcast, which was already the nation’s No. 1 pay TV and Internet provider, says its $45.2 billion purchase of Time Warner Cable will provide faster, more reliable service to more customers and save money on TV programming costs. If the acquisition is approved, Comcast will serve some 30 million pay TV customers and 32 million Internet subscribers. But industry watchdogs say the deal will give the company too much power and ultimately raise the price of highspeed connections. “How much power over content do we want a single company to have?” said Bert Foer, president of the American Antitrust Institute, a Washington-based consumerinterest group. The all-stock deal approved by the boards of both companies trumps a proposal from Charter Communications to buy Time Warner Cable for about $38 billion. It also represents another giant expansion following Comcast’s $30 billion purchase of NBCUniversal, operator of networks like NBC, Bravo and USA, which was completed last March. Comcast says it will continue to operate under conditions the government imposed when it approved that transaction, including a requirement that it provide standalone Internet service without tying it to a pay TV package, make programming available without discrimination to other providers, and treat all Internet traffic the same, even if it is for video competitors such as Netflix. However, those conditions expire in 2018, and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts was not prepared to voluntarily
extend those into the future in a conference call with journalists. “Those Internet conditions would apply on Day One,” he said. “How long that goes is not something I want to speculate on, but many years at the very minimum.” Roberts argued that the cable industry has been losing TV subscribers for the last decade because of increased competition from satellite TV providers that include DirecTV and Dish and telecom companies like AT&T and Verizon. Despite gaining subscribers in the final quarter of last year, the forecast is to lose more in 2014. While video services are competitive, they are becoming less important for cable operators as higher programming costs cut into profits. On the other hand, Internet services are highly profitable and in many markets, cable companies offer the best speeds available. “In most places outside of a few big metro areas, you’ve only got cable as the only game in town,” said Craig Aaron, president of Free Press, a public-interest group that focuses on the media industry. “I don’t see there on their list of proposed consumer benefits prices going down.” In fact, Comcast Executive Vice President David Cohen told reporters on a conference call that Internet-service prices will probably keep going up. “We’re certainly not promising that customer bills are going to go down or that they’ll increase less rapidly,” Cohen said. In an interview, Cohen argued that cable companies shouldn’t be “punished” for being the dominant player in too many markets, and noted that competitors like AT&T had twice the annual revenue of Comcast before the deal, with plenty of cash flow to improve their own broadband networks. Antitrust lawyers say that prices for Comcast’s services will probably be one focus of a review expected to be handled by the Justice Department. “If there’s no claim of consumer gain at all, they’ll have trouble gaining the Justice Department’s approval,” said Keith Hylton, an antitrust expert and professor at the Boston University School of Law. “They tend to demand efficiency gains in the form of lower prices to consumers.”
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Texas teen in skydiving mishap says she blacked out Associated PRess A 16-year-old Texas girl who plummeted more than 3,000 feet to the ground in a skydiving accident last month in Oklahoma said Thursday that she remembers screaming and then blacking out when she was unable to correct a malfunction with her parachute. Makenzie Wethington, whose injuries included damage to her liver and a kidney, some bleeding in her brain, and a broken pelvis, lumbar spine in her lower back, shoulder blade and several ribs, spent a about a week after the Jan. 25 accident at a Chickasha skydiving school at an Oklahoma City hospital before being transferred to Dallas. “I remember jumping out of the plane and looking up
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Makenzie Wethington, center, smiles during at a news conference.
and seeing that there was a complication with the parachute and so I started kicking my feet like I was taught in the class and I looked up and it still wasn’t fixing so I tried to pull the toggles apart,” Wethington, who is from the small town of Joshua, said
at a news conference at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. “I just was not strong enough to fight off the wind. I just remember screaming and then I blacked out and I don’t remember anything after that, for three days after.”
“I know I was scared and I know that there was something very wrong. I think I was focused on how I could fix it and what I could do,” she said, adding, “I think I went into shock.” Dr. Seema Sikka, who is treating Wethington at Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, said she expects Wethington to make a full recovery, noting the teen is already walking “a good amount” with a walker. Sikka said Wethington may be released from the hospital in about a week. After that she’ll continue to need various outpatient therapies. “I’m good. I feel good. I’m doing better every day,” said Wethington, who was in a wheelchair and had a neck brace, adding, “I’m very thankful that I can move as well as I can.
Her parents agreed to allow her to skydive as a 16th birthday present, and her father jumped ahead of her. Wethington said she had wanted to go skydiving for years and had convinced her parents to let her do it after learning someone could skydive at the age of 16 in Oklahoma with parental consent. The owner of the skydiving school has said the parachute opened, but Wethington began to spiral downward when the chute went up but not out in some kind of malfunction. The owner has said Wethington and other divers were given instruction beforehand on how to deal with such problems. Wethington said she wasn’t scared as she jumped. “I remember getting in the
plane and feeling that rush of excitement,” she said. Her father, Joe Wethington, said that when he ran up to her where she’d fallen in a cow pasture, the teenager couldn’t catch her breath and had a frightened look on her face. “Every time she would catch a breath she would just scream and ask me to rub her back,” he said. Makenzie Wethington said she’s always wanted to be a surgeon, but her experience after being injured has made her want to focus on being a trauma surgeon. When asked if she ever wanted to skydive again, she replied: “As much as I would like to, I think that my parents and the rest of my family would die if I did. They’re against that now.”
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FOOD
FRIDAY n FEBRUARY 14, 2014 Treats
NECCO sweetens Valentine’s Day gENEVIEVE EDGELL Food Editor gedgell@smu.edu Sweet Valentine’s Day: adored by some and loathed by others. But the one thing most people can agree to love are the candy and chocolates. Since its first appearance in 1866, Sweetheart candies have become one of the top selling candies during Valentine’s Day. Sweethearts usually sell out within six weeks of their debut on Jan. 1 each year. The original company who created the small conversation hearts, the New England Confectionery Company (NECCO) , makes the candy from late February through January of the following year. After almost 12 months of production and 8 billion candy pieces, the hearts don’t last long on the shelves and sell more than 100,000 pounds per day. Initially produced on the world’s first patented candy production machine, Sweethearts have come a long way. New sayings like “Tweet Me” replace outdated sayings like “Fax Me” or “Page Me.” A short list of some retired
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yet unique sayings from different decades is: “Love Bug,” “Let’s Get Busy,” “Get My Drift,” “URA Tiger,” and “Dig Me.” Originally the sayings were
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Sweethearts can be customized.
much longer with phrases like, “Married in white, you have chosen right” and “Married in satin, love will not be lasting.” Once the hearts became more popular, NECCO decided to keep the sayings trendy and short. Within the last decade, Sweethearts has started sporting phrases that refer to popular movies or shows. The saying “Bite Me” was introduced around the same time the Twilight saga grew in tremendous popularity. Daniel Chase invented the candy hearts after his brother Oliver Chase, founder of NECCO, made the candy
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lozenges famous. Chase sold small scallopshaped candies with little sayings printed on paper tucked inside the wrapping of the candy, similar to fortune cookies. These scallop-shaped candies were called Cockles and were made on the first ever candy production machine patented by Oliver himself. Daniel devised a way to print the sayings directly on the candy and soon the scallop shapes were replaced with hearts and “Cockles” became Sweethearts. In an interview with Time Magazine, NECCO spokesmen explained the candy making process and how the candies are not baked but air dried in a drying tunnel for 30 minutes after the dough is rolled, printed on and cut into heart shapes. NECCO then uses a machine called the rocket launcher, which “jumbles them together so that any one box doesn’t have hearts of all one color or expression.” NECCO now offers En Espanol, Dazzled Tart, Sugar Free, Chocolate Sweetheart boxes and customized hearts for personal messages.
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Creative ways to use your Sweetheart Candies gENEVIEVE EDGELL Food Editor gedgell@smu.edu Sweetheart candies are the go-to traditional Valentine’s Day candy, ranking right behind chocolate. As yummy and sweet as these little heartshaped treats are, sometimes people are stuck with dozens of Sweetheart boxes they don’t know what to do with. This Valentines Day, try using one of these creative recipes or ideas with this year’s Sweetheart stash. First on the list are Conversation Heart Rice Krispies. These treats make perfect Valentine giveaways and are sure to curb any sweet tooth. Try customizing each Krispy Treat for whomever you plan on sharing them with. For those planning on staying in and watching a movie Friday, try this white chocolate popcorn recipe by Gimme Some Oven. This salty and sweet snack screams Valentine’s Day. Sweetheart sprinkled fudge makes another great Valentine‘s Day gift. Cut the fudge into squares and put each in a Valentine-themed cupcake liner to make it look even more special. Even though the conversation heart cheesecakes don’t actually use Sweethearts in their recipe, they are too charming not to mention. These cakes might seem a little difficult to pull off, but Hungry Happening’s recipe makes it a piece of cake. For those without a sweet tooth or simply just too many Sweethearts to eat, use them to make your own Valentine letter. For full recipes visit www.smudailycampus.com.
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Conversation Heart Rice Krispies — These make perfect Valentine gifts.
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White Chocolate Valentine Popcorn — Perfect for an at-home movie date.
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Sweetheart Fudge — Gift these squares in cupcake liners for extra charm.
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Sweetheart Cheesecake — Food dye makes personalizing these super easy.
SPORTS
FRIDAY n FEBRUARY 14, 2014 Men’s Basketball
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Moody madness takes over the Hilltop Addison Bolin Contributing Writer abolin@smu.edu At most institutions with a Division I athletic department, athletes are admired and respected campus wide. They are the face of the student body when it comes to athletic achievements. Their demanding schedules and impressive athletic abilities are remarkable and students look up to them. However, according to head coach Larry Brown, that didn’t seem
to be the case when he first came to SMU. The men’s basketball team didn’t feel appreciated— or even accepted—by the SMU community. The Mustangs don’t have much to worry about anymore, as the overall attitude of the student body is quickly changing. With a packed house chanting “Moody Madness” as the final seconds ticked down Saturday night, smiles of victory swept across the faces of the Mustangs. Hundreds of fans rushed
the court joining together in celebration. The entire team was embraced with love and adoration from the student body as the mob of screaming students engulfed them in seconds. The feeling of isolation suddenly vanished. Brown made his team’s high performance aspirations clear, but he also has high hopes for SMU students as well. “I want you to look at [the player] and be proud of them and have them as friends,” he said. A sense of pride overcame the
entire Mustang family Saturday night as history was made. The 76-55 conference win over No. 7 Cincinnati marked the first win over a Top-10 team in 27 years. After a performance like Saturday night, students have a new level of respect for Mustang basketball. The enthusiasm extended past the heat of the moment storming of the court. Students lined up Monday morning at 5 o’clock in near freezing temperatures to collect their tickets for the next set of games.
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This didn’t go unnoticed by Brown. He showed his appreciation by bringing the dedicated fans donuts at the crack of dawn. This kind of devotion is something the men’s basketball program hasn’t seen in years and one thing is for sure: the culture on campus is changing. “I want kids at SMU to be proud of our team and have an environment like KU. We could be like North Carolina and Kansas,” Brown said emphatically. If last Saturday night’s Moody Madness
was any indication, SMU is on the right track to create a KU like environment. In a class following Saturday’s monumental win, students erupted in applause when the professor said Cannen Cunningham’s name. Cunningham looked around the room smiling at his proud classmates. That’s not how unappreciated members of a community are treated. The proof is there, things are changing. Let the Moody Madness continue.
Women’s Basketball
Moore: big man on campus Cole ready to make big impact Omar Majzoub Contributing Writer omajzoub@smu.edu
Matthew Costa Contributing Writer mcosta@smu.edu The average height for an American basketball player is roughly six feet and seven inches tall. Odds are there will be at least six of these giants out on the court at any given time during a contest, battling for position and points in an effort to lead their respective team to victory. So how is it that a 5-foot-9inch transfer student, hailing from Winona Lake, Ind., has come to dominate the American Athletic Conference in just his first year playing for the Mustangs? “I’ve been small all my life,” SMU’s Nic Moore said with a grin. “Everybody’s taller than me. I feel like I’m just as big as them out there. I’ve got a big heart.” That big heart of his has been on full display the entire season, as the sophomore has led the charge for the Mustangs this season, establishing himself as the team’s true point guard in head coach Larry Brown’s demanding system. “I’ve always had confidence in my game, you kind of have to,” Moore said. “I just know I’ve got to be solid on both ends of the court. I’ve always heard that if you get it going on the defensive end then your offensive game will get going too. Just getting my teammates going and my shots will start to fall.” More often than not this season, Moore’s shots have fallen. He is leading the number 23 team in the nation in points and assists per game with 13.8 and 4.7 respectively, and doing so with a stellar 49 percent shooting mark, including a mindboggling 45 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.
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Standing at 5’ 9” SMU point guard Moore is taking the AAC by storm in 13-14
Despite these incredible numbers for a man playing just his second season of college basketball against some of the nation’s top talent, Moore understands that SMU’s recent rise to fame could be shortlived if the team doesn’t keep their minds focused on the ultimate goal. “Everybody’s excited, but I told the guys you’ve just got to keep grinding in game by game,” he said. “Being ranked 23rd, if we don’t get the job done that’s just going to be gone right away. I like the situation we’re in right now. It makes some dudes work harder.” Moore’s also one of a short list of SMU players to have experience in a big time tournament contest, as some of his best games in college came during the 2012 National
Invitational Tournament for Illinois State. In just two games, he was able to rack up 49 points, including a career high 25 against Stanford. Production like that is what has made Moore a crowd favorite at the new Moody Coliseum in route to an undefeated home record, and why so many fans of SMU basketball are salivating over what he’ll do the next two seasons. But before then, the SMU Mustangs still have a long journey to go before closing the books on the 13-14 season. Thanks to this mountain of a man’s efforts, the men’s basketball team might just stand at the top of Everest with a cut net in one hand and a trophy in the other.
Sara,
Geenah -
Here’s to the best Valentine’s Day of our lives. I think the Lord for you every day.
Here’s to our fabulous 2 years of marraige on Facebook! I love you wifey!
Yours, Caleb
Love, Monica
Happy Valentine’s Day to Asia, Nikki, Hannah, Ashley, Hayley, Meaghan, Dani, Angela, Molly and Jessica.
Larry Brown & SMU Athletics We love the efforts of your team and the renovations on our new Moody home! Looking forward to our future together!
~C Happy Valentine’s Day, Cinamon! We all love you very much, love your emerging hairdo & look forward to having the C-word behind us soon! Love, Presley, Sambo & Jay
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I’m so lucky you chose me to join your SMU family. Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day!
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I am so proud to have you as my little. Happy Big/ Little anniversary & Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Happy Valentines Day, Nariana!
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home could tell. I didn’t fit in very well there and I didn’t feel like it was right for me. I have great memories there. I will probably never forget having my name called out, at the Division I level, especially as a freshman. It felt good to know all the hard work I put in and the sacrifices that my parents made had paid off.” This season, Cole has had to sit out due to NCAA transfer rules. She says it has been one of the hardest years of her life, but she relies on her grandmother, who passed away in 2007, for inspiration. Cole has tattooed on her hip, “To Thine Own Self Be True.” Although the phrase was originally from Shakespeare, Cole remembers it as her grandmother’s quote and says it’s the way she has tried to live her life. When she is finally eligible next season, Cole is most excited to play with SMU guard Kiara Perry because of the job she has done as a first year starter this year. Cole also called teammate Keena Mays the best player she has ever played with and WNBA superstar Britney Griner the best player she has played against. Cole doesn’t know what she will do after graduating. She could get a master’s in education, she could play basketball overseas and travel the world, or she could become a kid’s basketball coach. Either way, she knows she will be happy with her family and friends beside her. “God has a plan for me, so he will lead me in the right direction,” she said. “I’m comfortable at SMU and I love Dallas. I have so much fun with my teammates here. They let me be who I am and they embrace it. I just can’t wait to play with them next year.”
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Moments after the SMU men’s basketball team defeated Memphis at Moody Coliseum earlier this month, the women’s team got an intense pregame speech from head coach Rhonda Rompola. Rompola was trying to pump up the Lady Mustangs for an important conference game against Temple that afternoon. After the talk, every player on the team, including sophomore guard Kamy Cole, was physically and emotionally fired up to play in front of their home crowd. “I was so ready to compete and play basketball,” Cole said. “Once I realized I couldn’t, I started tearing up and got a little emotional. That’s when my teammates really comforted me. That’s how I know I’m where I’m supposed to be. I have the greatest support system here and at home.” It took a few stops before Cole found that perfect support system on the Hilltop. After committing to play at the University of Oklahoma her freshman year of high school, Cole had a last minute change of heart that sent her to TCU in Forth Worth. She says it’s because she wanted to move closer to her family in her hometown of Brock, TX. “I was a kid. I was 15. I didn’t really know what I wanted when I committed to OU,” she explained. “I just knew I wanted to play Division I basketball. I think that I had made a decision too early and didn’t know what my options were. I grew up a little and realized what was important to me. Life is not just about basketball.” Brock is known as one of the smallest communities in Texas. Cole
jokes about how the opening of the first Subway Restaurant recently was a big deal to the residents there. Cole is also the youngest of four sisters: Kaycie, Kenzie, and Krystal. All three of the older sisters won state championship titles at Brock High School. The oldest won one. The second won two and the third won three. When Kamy was in eighth grade, she was asked about her chances of winning a state title. “I’m the fourth sister, so I guess I should win four,” her response was jokingly at the time. Four years later, Cole had done just that. She was a four-time state champion, where she averaged 25.6 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game and three-time championship game MVP. She says it was “insane and surreal” while also calling it the greatest moment of her basketball career. “In Brock, everybody knows everybody. It’s quiet, but I like it out there,” Cole said. “I also like living in a big city like Dallas. It’s nice to be able to get away and go to Brock, but it’s nice to be able to get away and go to Dallas, too. Everything is just right here.” Although she started 22 of 30 games and was third on the team in scoring as a freshman, Cole transferred to SMU after just one season with the Horned Frogs. The 5-foot-9-inch shooting guard wasn’t enjoying her time at TCU, so she talked to Kenzie, who is a former SMU basketball player, about the possibility of becoming a Mustang. “I get asked why I left Forth Worth a lot,” Cole said. “For the most part, I just wasn’t myself at TCU. I was being influenced to be a different person and everyone at
Big, you are the best person I’ve met. Your li’l.
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Thinking of you makes me smile. I’m so lucky to call you mine. Happy Valentine’s Day. I love you Emily Awtrey
Hi, Just wanted to wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day! Read plenty of Chaucer and don’t eat too many chocolates.
I followed my bliss and it brought me to you.
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OPINION
FRIDAY n FEBRUARY 14, 2014 smu sound off
What is your worst Valentine’s Day memory?
LETTERs TO THE EDITOR Mustang Nation– On behalf of the men’s basketball team and the entire athletics department, I want to thank each and every one of you for coming out to the game Saturday. Your efforts were amazing! You did a great job of cheering the “right way” and I can’t thank you enough. You created a true homecourt advantage and are part of our Moody Magic. I’m happy we had that opportunity to storm the court, but I’m hopeful that we are getting to a point in our program
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I never really had a Valentine until I was in college. But it’s fine because my mom always bought me Valentine’s Day related jewelry. —Rachel Luna, SMU senior
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I met a person and it was that awkward time when you’re talking and then Valentine’s Day comes up so you don’t know what to do. So he picks me up and gives me this huge balloon and these chocolates, and I don’t really like him. So he said he’s going to take me out to a restaurant and I’m like, “um, ok fine” and then we go and the restaurant’s closed. So he took me to Chik-Fil-A for a milkshake.
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I got all of my birthday cards as Valentine’s Day cards and people just crossed it out and put “happy birthday” instead and so it’s kind of lame being stuck together with all of that.
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—Danielle Palomo, SMU senior
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The SMU community is diverse, and the Dallas area offers resources that reflect that diversity. However, for LGBTQ students of faith, it is challenging to find religious communities that reflect and embrace sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. While several non-Christian student ministries lead the way on LGBTQ inclusion, most Christian student ministries at SMU are sponsored by conservative denominations, and the picture in the greater Park Cities area is mixed at best. I encourage students questioning and struggling with their sexual orientations and gender identities to know of resources here on campus, such as the Women’s Center for Gender and Pride Initiatives, and the Counseling and Psychiatric Services center (CAPS) who are here for you. Know that there are LGBTQ and allied people of faith at SMU and faith resources such as the Office of the Chaplain. I also recommend websites such as GayChurch.org or Be-
where we expect to win games like that. We hope to see you back at Moody on Feb. 19 when we host Houston, and I ask that you support our women’s basketball team when they take on No. 1 UConn on Feb. 25. Show your passion for SMU on game day and continue to cheer the right way. Thanks again for all your support. Pony Up and Go Mustangs! Sincerely, Larry Brown
lieveOutLoud.com, which provide directories of and maps to churches on the record of being affirming of LGBTQ people. Neither are exhaustive lists, and many more churches may have statements of affirmation welcoming all people on their websites, but both are great tools. If you are an ally to LGBTQ people, ask about your church or student ministry’s beliefs regarding LGBTQ people, and if it is anything less than embracing, speak up and encourage dialog by bringing in guest speakers or screening films like Fish Out of Water or Matthew Vine’s The Gay Debate. In addition, be on the lookout on Facebook for events hosted by LGBTQ student organizations, such as Spectrum, and information on panels, debates and worship opportunities from Affirming Religious Community at Perkins School of Theology.
Clint J. Bordelon Graduate Student Perkins School of Theology Co-President, Affirming Religious Community
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Kevin Spacey plays Francis Underwood, left, and Robin Wright plays Claire Underwood in “House of Cards.” The second season premieres today.
The destructive force of cynicism
w. tucker keene Managing Editor tkeene@smu.edu This Valentine’s Day, Netflix is giving singles across the country the opportunity to binge-watch the second season of its very popular show, “House of Cards,” instead of wallowing in sorrow as they would otherwise do. As a perpetually single man myself, and a fan of the show, I am thankful to Netflix for this opportunity, and I will happily partake. But as an American with deep faith and trust in the structure and integrity of our government, I feel obligated to say that “House of Cards” is destroying America. More accurately, “House of Cards,” with its conniving characters willing to go to lengths as extreme as murder in pursuit of additional political power, with no concern for the wellbeing of their constituents or for the country, is promoting a sense of cynicism among its loyal viewers toward the American political process. And through the promotion of this cynicism, “House of Cards” is
destroying our young republic. This is not to say the show is bad, because it isn’t. It’s really quite fantastic, and one of the most entertaining dramas not on television today. But that message it sends, that reinforces the worst people think about Washington and politics, is encouraging people to not get involved, to not vote, to write off the whole of American government as corrupt and only it in for themselves. I’m not trying to paint a rosier picture of Washington D.C. than is accurate, but it surely isn’t as bad as “House of Cards” paints it. There are plenty of people who are in politics because they care about the state of the country. They aren’t looking to move up, the money isn’t a concern of theirs. Public servants do exist. “House of Cards” presents itself as the most honest and realistic show about politics ever to air. But this simply isn’t the case. Frank Underwood’s behavior is not a typical example of how politicians act. They’d never get away with it. Politicians who cheat on their wives get caught and resign, they don’t get a high profile promotion. Even the real life politicians who Underwood may evoke, the corrupt good old boys like Presidents Richard Nixon or Lyndon Johnson, aren’t all that similar to Underwood. Nixon may have broken the law to crush an opponent who he would have crushed anyway, but once he became President he wasn’t in
it just for himself. He ended the Vietnam War. He gave us the Clean Air Act and the Environmental Protection Agency. He may have been impossibly corrupt in a similar way to Underwood, but even he used his power wisely and helped improve the nation he loved to serve. Johnson was similar. His ambition was famous, and the lengths he went in pursuit of the presidency were astounding. It isn’t controversial to say that he stole his election to the Senate which got him on his path to power, and he was a panderer and influence peddler through and through. But once he finally got the prize he sought, he didn’t give up and cash in to live a life of corrupt luxury, he passed the Civil Rights Act, began a War on Poverty, and extended voting rights to all. None of these prototypical corrupt and ambitious climbers are as one-dimensional as Underwood is. Sure they sought power through less than moral means, but once they had it they did good with it. Does anyone seriously expect Underwood to do something on the scale of the Voting Rights Act once he attains his ultimate goal? A show about politics doesn’t have to resort to shady back room deals to be successful. “The West Wing,” for all its late-season faults, was very idealistic and optimistic in its portrayal of American politics. Begin Online Exclusive? All the politicians who were in it for themselves were ultimately unsuccessful in their ambitions. And
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the ones who were successful weren’t power hungry, they were trying to make America a better place. This was an exaggeration of reality as well, but “The West Wing” inspired its idealistic Pollyannaish fans to try their hand at improving the status quo. Aaron Sorkin’s grandiose monologues about the power of a strong education helped create new, dedicated public servants. “House of Cards” on the other hand seems hell bent on undoing all this good work done by “The West Wing,” singularly focused on discouraging aspiring public servants, all the while making future Underwoodian power brokers giddy with excitement over quotes about the value of power and money. And if there is one thing “House of Cards” has shown, it’s that more Underwoods makes everyone worse off, and are ultimately a destructive force on American democracy. So this Valentine’s Day, feel free to distract yourself from your loneliness with the tales of Underwood’s corruption. I certainly will be. But don’t pretend that he’s representative of Washington as a whole, and don’t lose hope that his success within the show means that the good guys always lose in real life. Keene is a senior majoring in political science, economics and public policy.
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rahfin faruk Contributing Writer rfaruk@smu.edu “How does he have all those likes already?” We’ve thought it. We’ve said it. The Facebook newsfeed can be a dangerous, lonely place. Scientists have now connected our Facebook activity, including the number of likes we get on a status, to our overall happiness. A perfectly rational response to the Facebook likes dilemma is that we shouldn’t care and we shouldn’t compare—easier said than done. My cure? Look beyond the number of likes to more important numbers. Here is a better way to break down Facebook activity: 1) Engagement Matters—Some people are more selective with their Facebook friends than others. John, more exclusive, has a tightknit network of 150 friends. Joe, who will happily add his friend’s dog, has 2,500 friends. If John receives 75 likes on a status, that’s a like rate of 50 percent. If Joe receives 75 likes on a status, that’s a like rate of 3 percent. 2) Impact Matters—The key to posting a like-friendly status is to appeal as many people as possible. An “I love America” status will do better than a eulogy to the Iraqi Swiss dinar. It’s tougher to
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Making the cut in Hollywood: coincidence or calculated? jordan moore A&E Editor mooreja@smu.edu It’s curious; the rising trend of women in film coming to the forefront on the big screen as well as the steadily increasing number of women chopping their hair. It’s curious because there just might be a correlation. Psychologists and sociologists who read into trends for a living may be better suited to write an explanatory essay on this. They may have more insight than a current college student in this matter. However, we all have one commonality that offers one common ground upon which we are allowed to discuss: the ability to observe. This is simply an observation of two trends that I have personally noticed recently. During one of my routine readings in celebrity news in the last couple of days, I kept seeing story headlines of Taylor Swift making the chop. Multiple headlines have made the joke of ‘Short Hair, Don’t Care’ as their headlines. For some reason, this stuck. It stuck and it made me think about how other reasons, we do care. Lately, it has become evident that young female film stars are making the cut on their heads to make the cut on screen. This
could all be coincidence, of course, but it could also be a calculated move. Remember Emma Watson back in November of 2010 when she shocked fans with a pixie cut at the “Harry Potter Deathly Hallows: Part One” premiere? She made headlines for abandoning the expected Hermione look for something completely new. Watson was, quite obviously, preparing to take on any role in film after her days as Hermione were over. More recently, Shailene Woodley (‘Secret Life of the American Teenager,’ ‘The Spectacular Now,’ ‘Divergent’) has recently shed her former trademark long locks for a cropped do. Woodley will play Hazel, a teenage cancer patient in the film adaptation of John Greene’s novel “The Fault in Our Stars.” Naturally, a shorter cut is necessary for that role. But what is remarkable is Woodley’s commitment enough to actually make the cut. And for that, she made the cut for the role. Actresses before Woodley have chopped their hair for roles and given spectacular performances. Watson is the only one example, but there are countless others. The point is, as of late, there seems to be a rise in two styles of the moment: a
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shorter cut and a longer take on screen of women-dominated films. And while sometimes these two styles don’t always go hand-in-hand entirely, they sometimes overlap in at least one aspect. As of now, their overlap is found in time. Think of the fandom that suddenly boomed at the release of Suzanne Collins’ book-turned-film franchise, ‘The Hunger Games.’ Katniss has become an icon of the potential for power in young women. Although Katniss rocks a braid rather than a pixie cut, she is the embodiment of a young woman taking control of all things that are perhaps, usually considered male traits. Drive, strength, confidence, independence, serving as a provider and an overall power are what make Katniss the dominant one. What is fairly ironic however, is that the real-life Katniss, Jennifer Lawrence, has in fact chopped her hair. In November 2013, she surprised everyone just before the second story of the ‘Hunger Games’ trilogy, ‘Catching Fire,’ premiered. Is this all coincidence? It’s difficult to tell. However, it is worth mentioning due to a curiously close tie between the two trends on the rise at this moment in time.
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Carl Reiner remembers Sid Caesar as a great flame who drew comedy writer “moths” including Mel Brooks and Neil Simon to his side. The genius of 1950s TV comedy is illuminating television even today. Shows from “Saturday Night Live” to sitcoms owe a debt to Caesar’s brilliant interpretation of material by Brooks, Simon, Woody Allen and Reiner himself, among others. He was “inarguably the greatest pantomimist, monologist and single sketch comedian who ever worked in television,” Reiner said of the actor-comedian, who died Wednesday at his Los Angeles area home after a brief illness. He was 91. “Your Show of Shows,” 195054, with co-star Imogene Coca, and “Caesar’s Hour,” 1954-57, were his major achievements. “He was one of the truly great comedians of my time and one of the finest privileges I’ve had in my entire career was that I was able to work for him,” Allen said in a statement. While Caesar’s sketch comedy lives on in shows like “SNL,” his emphasis on humor born out of human nature is part of comedies such as “Modern Family,” said longtime friend Eddy Friedfeld.
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He and Caesar wrote the 2003 biography “Caesar’s Hours: My Life in Comedy, With Love and Laughter.” Among Caesar’s TV staff writers, Friedfeld noted, several went on to create memorable sitcoms, including Reiner’s “Dick Van Dyke Show,” based on his “Your Show of Shows” experiences, and Larry Gelbart’s “M-A-S-H.” While Caesar was best known for his TV shows, which have been revived on DVD in recent years, he also had success on Broadway and occasional film appearances, notably in “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.” Caesar was born in 1922 in Yonkers, N.Y., the third son of an Austrian-born restaurant owner and his Russian-born wife. His first dream was to become a musician, and he played saxophone in bands in his teens. His talent for comedy was discovered when he was serving in the Coast Guard during World War II and got a part in a Coast Guard musical, “Tars and Spars.” He also appeared in the movie version. Wrote famed columnist Hedda Hopper: “I hear the picture’s good, with Sid Caesar a four-way threat. He writes, sings, dances and makes with the comedy.” That led to a few other film roles, nightclub engagements, and
then his breakthrough hit, a 1948 Broadway revue called “Make Mine Manhattan.” His first TV comedy-variety show, “The Admiral Broadway Revue,” aired in 1949. “Your Show of Shows,” which debuted in February 1950, and “Caesar’s Hour” three years later reached as many as 60 million viewers weekly and earned its star $1 million annually at a time when $5, he later noted, bought a steak dinner for two. Increasing ratings competition from Lawrence Welk’s variety show put “Caesar’s Hour” off the air in 1957. When “Caesar’s Hour” ended, its star was only 34. But the unforgiving cycle of weekly television had taken a toll: He had started relying on booze and pills for sleep every night so he could wake up and create more comedy. He beat a severe, decades-long barbiturate and alcohol habit in 1978, when he was so low he considered suicide. “I had to come to terms with myself. ‘Yes or no? Do you want to live or die?’” Deciding that he wanted to live, he recalled, was “the first step on a long journey.” Florence, his wife of more than six decades, died four years ago, Friedfeld said. Caesar is survived by two daughters and a son. Funeral plans were pending.
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