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Unrest spreads in Middle East The demonstrations began in Tunisia in December and as a result, unrest has spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Protests occurred Monday in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran and Yemen. The protests that have occurred in Tunisia and Egypt have forced both countries’ leaders to step down.

Japan’s economy slips below China Japan is now the third largest economy in the world with China moving up and claiming the second place spot. The U.S. still holds on as the largest economy in the world, though Japanese economists predict that China will overtake the U.S. in the next 20 years.

Amazonians win against Chevron A judge in Ecuador awarded Ecuadorian residents of the Amazon $8.64 billion in damages after the Amazonians sued Chevron for years of crude oil pollution. Chevron says the verdict is fraudulent and they will appeal. The residents of the Amazon are also planning to appeal the decision saying that the award is not large enough.

H.W. Bush to receive award Obama awarded 15 people the Medal of Freedom on Tuesday calling them “the best of who we are and who we aspire to be.” George H.W. Bush is one recipient of the award along with Yo Yo Ma, Maya Angelou, Warren Buffet and others. The Medal of Freedom is America’s highest civilian honor.

Rihanna sued over music video Fashion and art photographer David LaChappelle filed a suit Monday against Rihanna and her new music video for the song “S&M.” LaChappelle claims that images in the video are derived from or copies of photographs he has published. He is asking for $4 million in damages.

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Collegiate Recovery Community to Senate discusses online support students with substance abuse course evaluations By SARAH KRAMER

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SMU is in the process of creating a Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC) in order to provide support for students recovering from addiction. A campus-wide e-mail was sent to the student body in the spring of 2009 asking for students to complete the survey if they were either in recovery or struggling with substance abuse. Of the 11,000 students enrolled at SMU in 2009, an estimated 3,476 students, 31.6 percent, met the criteria for substance abuse while an estimated 165 students, four percent, responded that they were seeking help. Because of the strong response from the students, the Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention at SMU started focus groups, asked recovering or struggling students what their needs were. Junior Michael Whitacre, a recovering alcoholic, supports a recovery program on campus. “It would’ve been an incredible blessing to have AA (alcohol anonymous) on campus to show that I am not alone⎯that there are other well-rounded, bright and educated kids suffering from the same thing,” Whitacre said. Though SMU does not currently offer meetings on campus for students facing substance abuse problems, they have the option to go to programs such as Cornerstone at Highland Park United Methodist Church or AA and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings held in the

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Dallas-Fort Worth area. At present, there are 16 recovery schools in the United States that are serving as model programs for SMU such as Texas Tech University, University of Texas at Austin, Vanderbilt and Augsburg College. Because alcohol and drug abuse are prevalent at many college campuses,

many students 18 and older who had been in treatment in high school need continuous support to maintain a strong recovery, according to John Sanger, the director of the Center of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention.

By MEREDITH SHAMBURGER Online Editor mshamburge@smu.edu

A discussion about online course evaluations, how they could be improved and whether data could be released to students, dominated Tuesday’s Student Senate meeting. Director of Academic Technology Services Brad Boeke spoke to Student Senate during Speaker’s Podium. Boeke was looking to form a relationship with Senate, since students are the biggest users of academic technology. He also sought students to participate in an advisory group concerning learning management systems. Boeke took many questions from senators about online course evaluations—and whether any data could be published online for SMU students to use when signing up for classes. Student Body President Jake Torres asked whether SMU could add two questions to each online course evaluation: 1. Would you take this professor again? and 2. Would you recommend the class? Diversity Chair Jasmine Carr

echoed Torres. “What’s most beneficial to students, what we want to see,” she said, “is just simply those two questions. [I’m] not saying that the other questions should be taken away, but is it possible for students to simply see those two questions?” Boeke said each school uses a different set of questions and that the logistics would be the hardest part. He also noted that the actual data gathered from the evaluations is owned and controlled by each of the schools. Boeke said he’d like the university to move to a consistent question set, making

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TRAFFICKING

Arlington cracks down on prostitution, during Super Bowl festivities By ASHLEY WITHERS Associate News Editor awithers@smu.edu

Increased anti-prostitution efforts surrounding and leading up to the Super Bowl resulted in 59 arrests in Arlington. Of these arrests, 13 people were in town specifically for the Super Bowl, however no juveniles were involved in the arrest. Three of the men who were arrested on outstanding warrants are also believed to be pimps. One of those also faces a human trafficking charge. Law enforcement in North Texas took a preventative approach in combating the anticipated increase in

prostitution expected to come along with the large Super Bowl crowd. The Arlington Police Department used both a widespread messaging campaign and covert law enforcement. The messaging component utilized news stories and billboards around the city in addition to several online ads that warned that the Arlington PD was cracking down on prostitution. The undercover operation included the “You Never Know” campaign and ran from Jan. 27 until the day before the game on Feb. 6. During the campaign, officers responded to escort ads online and posted their own “escort” ads online. The point of the campaign was to

accentuate that the prostitutes and the “Johns,” the men who pay for sex, would never know if the person they were arranging to meet was an undercover cop. The Arlington Police Department sent warning e-mails, text messages and voicemails to potential escort ads notifying them that the police would be targeting prostitution-related offenses. The Department collaborated with several other law enforcement agencies in this operation, including a partnership with both Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigation (ICE HSI) and the Texas Attorney General’s Office. SPENCER EGGERS/The Daily Campus

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Tate focuses on changes in China By ASHLEY WITHERS Associate News Editor awithers@smu.edu

Joshua Cooper Ramo, an expert on China and managing director of Kissinger Associates, shared his insights on the changes in China and what it means for the future of the U.S. in Tuesday night’s Tate Lecture. Ramo divides his time between the U.S. and Beijing and considers himself to be not just fluent in the Mandarin language, but culturally fluent as well. In his talk, Ramo emphasized that Earth is now an urban planet. He focused on the emergence of a postmodern life in China as well as the rest of the world. “You’ve got to be constantly changing your life because the world is constantly changing,” Ramo said. However, since stability is one of the most inherent desires of Chinese culture, Ramo expressed concern that China was not ready for this world of continuous change. Ramo described the Chinese philosophy as “what matters most is not the individual, but what matters most is what goes on in the environment around you.”

SMU guard Rodney Clinkscales attempts a layup over ECU guard Brock Young during play Feb. 2 inside Moody Coliseum.

SMU takes on Houston, attempts to rebound from loss By EJ HOLLAND Sports Editor eholland@smu.edu

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Managing director of Kissinger Associates Joshua Cooper Ramo speaks at the Turner Construction Student Forum, part of the Tate Lecture Series, Tuesday afternoon in the Hughes-Trigg ballroom.

The large audience positively received Ramo’s engaging lecture on the birth of China as a new global super power. “I thought it was really informative,” SMU masters student Ann Abraham said. “I just read an article in Foreign Policy about U.S.- China relations, but I definitely learned more from this.” U.S. –Chinese relations were also a

major point of Ramo’s lecture. “A failure to improve U.S. and China relations has every bit of potential to be as damaging as a war,” Ramo said. “We need to begin to adopt a cohesive policy that both protects our national interests and incorporates China into the international scene.”

After missing out on the chance to become the leading team in Conference USA standings, the SMU men’s basketball team looks to get back on a winning track as they visit the Houston Cougars (12-11, 4-6 C-USA) Wednesday night. While head coach Matt Doherty admitted he was upset and disappointed in his team following last weekend’s loss, SMU is guaranteed no worse than a .500 record in the regular season, a first for the team under Doherty. In the second of a two-game road trip, SMU (15-9, 6--4 C-USA) arrived in Houston following a 67-57 loss to the University of Texas at El Paso. While the Miners remains as the No. 1 team in C-USA, the Mustangs continue to find themselves caught in a two-way for fifth place with Tulsa. SMU, establishing their best conference streak in program history, has won seven of its last 10 games. The

team also continue to lead the league in field goal and three-percentage points. SMU also has the best scoring defense in C-USA, allowing only an average of 61.8 points per game. Houston, the second-best team in the league in three’s, also has the No. 2 three-point defense in the league and could pose a problem to SMU’s Robert Nyakundi and Jeremiah Samarrippas, the team’s leading shooters from behind the arc. In the last meeting between the teams on Jan. 15, Houston defeated SMU 70-68 at Moody Coliseum, gaining a 43-23 advantage all-time against the Mustangs. Despite Papa Dia recording a career-high seven blocks in addition to his 23 points and 11 rebounds. It was also the fifth time of the season Dia and teammate Robert Nyakundi scored 20 or more points in the same game. SMU outshot their opponent 56 to 42 percent from the field, but Houston tallied 11 three-pointers to seal the win.

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