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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

News Editor skramer@smu.edu

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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A. Washington State University -Pullman, WA B. Texas Tech University -Lubboc, TX C. Northern State University -Aberdeen, SD D. University of Texas at Austin -Austin, TX E. Tulsa Community College -Tulsa, OK F. Augsburg College -Minneapolis, MN G. The College of St. Scholastica -Duluth, MN H. Kennesaw State University -Kennesaw, GA I. Georgia Southern University - Statesboro, GA

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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

LECTURE

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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Arts & Entertainment

• Wednesday, February 16, 2011

STAGE

Theatre Three produces Stoppard’s highbrow, hilarious ‘Travesties’ By LAUREN SMART A&E Editor lsmart@smu.edu

Theatre Three is taking risks with their latest show “Travesties,” but not for lack of talent, direction or intelligence. It takes a sharp, well-informed, slightly pretentious audience to fully appreciate Tom Stoppard’s post-modern work that centers itself more on an idea than a plot. “Travesties” is a trip through the mind of the English consular official Henry Carr (Jakie Cabe), who was living in Zurich during World War I at the same time that James Joyce (David Dixon), Lenin (Jackie L. Kemp) and the founder of the Dada artistic movement Tristan Tzara (Chad Peterson). The play begins when he is an old man, as he reminisces about those times and though he seems to connect the story through a production of “The Importance of Being Earnest,” the play is really a trip through his mind. The play works well in Theatre Three’s theater-in-the-round, with Carr’s living room taking the main focal point at the southwest corner and the library just a few feet away,

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Christianity Q&A

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which allows the locations to blend on stage as they do in Carr’s mind. The jarring scene transitions are handled with a giant cuckoo clock, Twilight Zone-esque music and swirling multi-colored lights, which also plays on the psyche behind the play. The text itself might find itself lost, with some less than recognizable names dropped and speech so quick that it sometimes trips up the actors, though not as often as Stoppard could. On the contrary, Cabe is the perfect blend of pompous, thoughtful and droll, without which this show would fail, as in many ways the play is completely subject to the energy that he provides. Peterson is thoroughly entertaining, and almost too cute, as the curious artist who is anti-art. The two of them have some of the longer conversations in a play that is an absurd, somewhat distorted representation of the ideas (a travesty, you see) behind the artistic movements of the early 20th century, which means that this is a work of art about artistic concepts. Enter Dixon with a light on his feet, limerick-making Joyce and

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Meadows Wind Ensemble Concert

8 p.m. in Caruth Auditorium. The Meadows Wind Ensemble welcomes distinguished composer Stephen Jones for performances of his works.

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Exclusive “Cedar Rapids” Tickets Fox Searchlight’s newest film, “Cedar Rapids,” features the always funny Ed Helms as a small-town insurance broker who just can’t seem to leave his bubble. On Thursday, “Cedar Rapids,” will host an SMU students only screening of the already critically acclaimed film. The screening will follow

a special event coordinated with The Barely House. The bar will be serving special SMU drinks and Fox will be distributing “Cedar Rapids” gear throughout the event. To receive a free pass to the movie, visit smudailycampus.com. Print out your ticket to SMU’s funniest film premiere to date.

OPERA

‘Romeo & Juliet’ dazzles By LAUREN SMART JEFFERY SCHMIDT/Theatre Three

Tricia Punsford, Jakie Cabe and Chad Peterson star in Tom Stoppard’s 1974 show, “Travesties” now playing at Theatre Three.

you have the conversation going in dizzying directions. It is almost as confusing as it sounds, but by the second act, the opening night audience began to respond more openly. Love is also an issue in this play, addressed of course by having women who worship the ideas of the men. Tricia Ponsford as Gwendolyn Carr, who is in love with Tzara and Cecily Carruthers, the librarian who marries Henry Carr and idolizes Lenin. Both

give stunning performances, most notably during their singsong exchange in the second act. Greg Forshay also gives an excellent performance as Carr’s butler, Bennett. Overall, this play is quite enjoyable if you like Stoppard or you’re craving some highbrow theater. “Travesties” runs through March 12. For more information visit theatre3dallas.org.

Police Reports FEBRUARY 13 12:25 a.m. Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor/Possession of Fictitious License of ID: Smith Hall/6020 Hillcrest Avenue. A student was referred to the Student Conduct Office for underage drinking and for possessing a fake ID. Closed. 12:45 a.m. Theft: Smith Hall/6020 Hillcrest. A student reported theft of her wallet. The Theft occurred sometime between 11:15 - 11:30 p.m. Open.

1:30 a.m. Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor/Possession of Fictitious License or ID: Boaz Hall/3200 Binkley Avenue. A student was referred to the Student Conduct Office for underage drinking and for possessing a fake ID. Closed.

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Valentine’s Day may have come and gone, but love is still in the air at The Dallas Opera. Their current production of Charles Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet” has captured the romance and the elegance of the Shakespearean tragedy. From the gorgeous set pieces to charming stars, this French opera takes the stage at the Winspear with breathtaking success. Gounod’s

opera, which has been hailed as a triumph since it opened in Paris in 1867, opens on the two lovers lying entwined on their grave, as the chorus chants of the hostile relationship between the Montagues and the Capulets, which has forced this fate. TDO’s production, with sets and costumes by the production designer Mr. Claude Girard, fits perfectly into their season “Dangerous Desires.” For the full review visit smudailycampus.com.

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it easier to pick out specific data sets and make them available. Boeke is also in favor of publishing evaluations online for students. “It’s useful to know if you’re shopping around for classes a thumbs up or thumbs down for a course or a professor at least at a broad level without divulging too much information,” he said, although he acknowledged during the meeting that it was a controversial issue. Sen. Alex Ehmke (Dedman II) agreed that there should be some sort of published evaluations for professors. “I think that a lot of students are frustrated because there’s no concrete results that we get to see,” he said. “I feel like an SMU-endorsed RateMyProf system, if it was possible, would be extremely beneficial.” Ehmke argued that such a system would increase student participation in online course evaluations. Sen. Shana Ray (Meadows) asked whether course evaluations could be put off until they know their grades. “I think another issue why students don’t want to do the surveys is that they want to see their grades first,” she said. Boeke responded that Ray’s issue was the biggest fear that faculty has: that a final exam would negatively color a student’s experiences with the class. “Some [professors] want the whole course and some say it needs to stop before the final because they’re so afraid that the final will slam it the other way [negatively],” Boeke said.

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After visiting Texas Tech’s CRC program, Sanger, as well as Jan McCutchin, a counselor for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention program, believe the key piece to helping students on campus would be to initiate twelve-step meetings that students could attend regularly. Twelve-Step programs were originally proposed by AA but have been adapted by other programs such as NA and now schools with recovery programs. The twelve-step process includes the admittance that one cannot control one’s addiction and learning how to live a new life without substance abuse. The short-term goal for SMU’s CRC is to find a room on campus that can be dedicated to students recovering or struggling with substance abuse. “We want to designate this space as a safe place for students to stop by to connect with others throughout the day,” McCutchin said. “Students need to know they can go somewhere and not be alone,” Whitacre said. “If they do have a problem, they can get treated and can do it on campus.” CRC at SMU would establish networking and support among students recovering from addiction. “It would provide a fun alternative to drinking and drugs. It’s a life style change that needs support, activities and weekend plans,” McCutchin said. Sanger said, “We want to show that there is a way to have a normal, fun and healthy college experience without substance abuse.” CRC would be student driven as students hold each other accountable. “Some students will be clean and sober for two years while others have only been sober for a few days,” Sanger said. Schools that already have an existing CRC have found university retention rates to be higher. SMU could retain at minimum $3 million in tuition, according to calculations from the survey completed in 2009. In April, Sanger will be attending the second annual Recovery and Relapse Prevention Conference at Texas Tech University. “We want to make not drinking a real and viable aspect of SMU,” Sanger said. Estimates from the survey were obtained using a formula recommended by the Texas Tech Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery.

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Dean Tsutsui selected for Japanese American Leadership Institute By PATRICIA BOH Contributing Writer pboh@smu.edu

Southern Methodist University’s Dean of the Dedman College of Humanities and Science William “Bill” Tsutsui, Ph.D., has recently been selected to the 2011 Japanese American Leadership Institute (JALD). JALD council members participate in many activities, including a symposium in Osaka, Japan this March. At the symposium, members will discuss educational exchange opportunities in the United States and Japan as well as ways to encourage more Japanese and American students to study abroad. “I grew up in central Texas and spent much of my professional life in Kansas, both places where there are

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William “Bill” Tsutsui, Dean of Dedman College of Humanities and Science was selected to be a JALD council member.

few Japanese Americans,” Tsutsui said. “I am really pleased to meet, travel with and learn from others who

share my ethnic heritage.” JALD is a non-profit educational organization charged with

strengthening U.S. and Japan relations. The council is comprised of Japanese-American professionals from various industries, including academics, lawyers, business and community leaders. According to its website, JALD’s mission is to “promote people-topeople connections” and to “inspire and engage Japanese Americans of all generations.” Council members will enjoy many international networking opportunities to meet fellow Japanese-American professionals. ”I am very much looking forward to meeting with top-level policymakers in Japan to discuss important topics in U.S.-Japanese relations, including economic issues and regional security in Asia,” Tsutsui said. Tsutsui is Dean of Dedman

College of Humanities and Science as well as a faculty member of history. Prior to coming to SMU, Tsutsui was the Associate Dean for International Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas. Tsutsui was also director of Kansas Consortium for Teaching About Asia in KU’s Center for East Asian Studies. Tsutsui is an alum of Harvard University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies in 1985, graduating summa cum laude. He received a Master of Letters in Modern Japanese History from Oxford University’s Corpus Christi College in 1988. Tsutsui also received both his Masters of Arts and a Ph.D. in history at Princeton University in 1990 and 1995.

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Taking a moment to consider labels have effects COMMENTARY

The way we describe people can do one of two things; either liberate them and allow them to grow closer to us, Michael Graves or oppress them into alienation. Granted, we don’t normally view this process so black and white, but we rarely think about the long-term effects our distributed labels have on others. When we label, and furthermore openly identify someone by a racial slur, mock their sexual identity, or social class level we risk placing them into predetermined categories that people use to stereotype them. Sure, some labels can be beneficial to us. When someone calls you a leader, you rarely (if ever) take that offensively. We naturally categorize

people in our minds, it helps us distinguish people. But we have to be careful about what we call whom, and think about the implications of our words. I remember coming out to my best friends in high school. Immediately they started to stop describing “stupid” or “silly” ideas as “gay.” At first, I thought they were taking this to an extreme. Why should it matter to me? They never offended me with their comments. Then I started to think about the long-term repercussions on the community that I identify with. Negatively using the word “gay” makes people connect a bad connotation towards the word, which they then associate with a type of person. People begin to think that being gay is bad, simply because we associate “gay” with “stupid.” The implications of our words reach much farther than the LGBT community. We openly discriminate

against race, sex, economic statuses, any education without even realizing it. I’m sure we have all been faced with some sort of discrimination. We are labeled according to our actions and where we come from. At times, we even become fearful of living some of our stereotypes out. Why? Why are we so afraid of fitting into the groups we’re associated with? We view labels as destructive. They give us a negative image, and no one wants that. However, we can change how we look at words and stop the discrimination of all people. It goes far past not using slurs and hurtful jargon to describe people. Yes, we have to stop identifying people with harmful words, but we also have to take pride in ourselves and where we have come from. We should not have to live out our own lives in fear of being stereotyped and labeled as one thing. We are all so complex, and there is much more to

each of us than rich or poor or middle class, straight or gay or bisexual, black or white or Lebanese. Besides, none of those are bad things. Don’t be afraid to just be. I’m gay, love Lady Gaga, and listened to Cher at a very young age. But I also love nature, camping, sports, and consider myself highly religious, things that many people don’t associate with the LGBT community. I do not allow myself to be constrained to a label. I am just as complex as you, and you are as complex as your neighbor. We have a right, and a responsibility to respect others as we respect ourselves. Words are powerful. Stop to think, and use them well. Michael Graves is a first year religious studies and communications studies double major. He can be reached for comments or questions at mwgraves@smu.edu.

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The president should never be given unchecked control over the Internet Governments have a curious habit of silencing the voices that don’t agree with them. For centuries the gods of tyranny basked in the incense of countless burning ideas as books were fed to the flames. If President Obama is given emergency control of the Internet, in any capacity, it would be the same dance with different music. Presidential control of the Internet is not a new idea, but a current bill before Congress has renewed the debate. The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 would give the president power to shut down portions of cyberspace. The bill would also create both the Office of Cyberspace Policy and the National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications. It would give the president and new government agency broad powers over the Internet in case of an emergency involving cyberspace. The Internet is quickly replacing print as the medium in which information is shared. If the government is allowed to interfere in the flow of ideas, in any way, democracy would then become just a word. An uninformed people are an unhappy people. Some would argue that the reason for the bill is public safety and homeland security. They would contend that there is a vital need to keep the Internet secure and the bill is completely well intentioned. But remember, tyrants set their empires on pillars of good intentions and promises of a better tomorrow. The supporters of the bill say that it will not allow the censorship of websites. They say that the bill would just be a measure to protect the Internet from attack. That is a valid argument but by opening the door to government control, the people risk forfeiting their free speech. What’s to stop the government from taking more and more control until they dominate what is said and what is read on the net? Oppressive regimes always start small and grow until suddenly the voice of the people is crushed. Look at Egypt. In an attempt to quell protests and unrest, Mubarak shut down the Internet. Rather than silencing the murmurs of unrest, the oppression only made the whispers grow louder and louder until the whole world was listening. This is not to cast aspersion upon the current administration or to compare them to tyrants and dictators. This is to warn against legislation that could severely harm free speech. If the bill passes, it will only be a matter of time before America is plunged into George Orwell’s worst nightmare. Joe Richardson is a junior English and Journalism double major. He can be reached for comments and questions at joeyr@smu.edu.

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Death penalty is expression of nation’s skewed moral compass ASSOCIATE EDITOR

On Monday February 14th, Jessica Huseman published an article in The Daily Campus on the growing Michael Dearman shortage of sodium thiopental, the drug used for lethal injections. With the lessening availability of the drug, the number of executions will decrease in the state of Texas where there is the highest number of executions in the nation. What does the shortage spell for the death penalty and what does it say about America when the world starkly opposes the inhumane practice? Italy has refused to ship the drug to Texas on the grounds that the death penalty is morally wrong. When the United States, who has not nationally outlawed the death penalty, sits in the company of countries that do not have a stellar human rights record such as Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, to name a few, there is something drastically wrong with the system. America is too arrogant to listen to the cry for a new moral compass

from the likes of our fellow western countries. I applaud those nations like Italy and Denmark that refuse to export lethal injection chemicals to the U.S.. When the U.S. fails to recognize its moral failings, someone else has to do something to change them or make them known. Some would assert that the death penalty is justice, but without any true, objective measure of what justice is, then it is impossible to know if the death penalty is truly just. Other than the proverbial “eye for an eye” argument, which comes from the Code of Hammurabi (written in 1700 B.C.), it is rare that I hear an argument in support of the death penalty. In fact, the “eye for an eye” argument fails to play out properly. If the death penalty is supposed to create an equal punishment for the crime committed then there should be no imprisonment prior to the execution of an individual. By placing someone on death row, the state has confined a human being to a lengthy imprisonment followed by their execution. Of course I am not asserting that a less lengthy appeals process would be wise prior to the execution of an individual. On the contrary,

even with the length of the appeals process now there are still people that are wrongly accused and executed for a crime they did not commit. The moment we realized that the system of dealing out death was fallible is the moment we should have outlawed the death penalty in this nation. Now people will waste more of their life away in a cell awaiting executions since there is a shortage of sodium thiopental. The ratio of “eye for an eye” will only be further skewed since America’s death suppliers decided that helping us carry out state-sanctioned murder was unconscionable. I will conclude with these words from Albert Camus, the French philosopher, “capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal’s deed, however calculated can be compared.” Realize your own hypocrisy America, you’re no better than the people you put to death. Michael Dearman is a first year majoring in the pursuit of truth and the overthrow of systems. He can be reached for comments or questions at mdearman@smu.edu

When children plopped on Santa’s lap in December at NorthPark Center, their Christmas wishes caused Natalie Posgate more shock for St. Nick than amusement. Kids, as young as three were asking for iPads “when they could barely even say the word,” NorthPark Santa Claus Carl Anderson said in an article from the Dallas Morning News. According to a study in November by Nielsen, 31 percent of children ages six to 12 expressed an interest in buying an iPad within the next six months. Because any kid’s interest in buying something really means the parent makes the purchase, that’s quite a gift to ask for. Since when did parents think it was acceptable to buy a high-priced gadget, A $500 to $800 device for their children? Whether it’s a gift under the tree or an excuse for five minutes of peace and quiet in the car, children should not either own or have significant access to iPads. Many rave over the idea that iPads boost a child’s learning experience through apps like iBooks and ABC Animals. But where’s the logic behind the idea that children need to learn how to read on a touch screen in the first place? Even if a kid successfully read an eBook on the iPad, how many more kids ditched the reading to play a game app on the home screen? For a device that offers to do so many things at once, it’s not the best medium for the average attention deficit child to get an education through. Even though most parents prefer lending their iPads over giving them as gifts to their young children, problems still surface with this approach. A recent CBS 11 article reported that nationwide children are racking up their parents’ monthly iPad bills by playing “free” games that require purchasing certain features to advance in the game. Before one family knew it, the next iPad bill included an extra $60 in game charges. If parents give their children iPads or significant access, they are doomed to two tragic fates. The first is the scary dependency on an electronic babysitter when things get hectic and mommy still needs to cook dinner. The second is just as tragic, if not more: This generation’s children will be known everywhere as the spoiled brats. Natalie Posgate is a junior journalism major. She can be reached for comments or questions at nposgate@smu.edu.

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Learn how to keep your skin hydrated during winter By KATIE TUFTS

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The wintertime can not only be brutal on your workout and diet routines, but it can also dry out your hair and skin. This is not only uncomfortable but it isn’t healthy. When the weather is cold, dry and windy, like every Dallas winter, it is easy for skin to become chapped and hair dehydrated. As well as the being blasted with cold air, the mixture of heaters that are constantly blowing hot air throughout our living space make it impossible for skin to stay hydrated and healthy. The first thing that you can do to combat the cold is to constantly drink water. This is important year round, but especially in the winter when students would not think about staying hydrated because it is cold out. However, this is the most important time to keep your body hydrated. The easiest reminder to drink water throughout the day is to carry a small water bottle in your backpack or purse, which will act as a constant reminder to keep drinking. You can purchase a water bottle with a built-in filter so that you can fill it up anywhere and always have filtered water available to drink. Though drinking water cannot cure dry skin, it can certainly help and will keep your body looking more youthful. Your skin will benefit from staying hydrated, and will help to absorb the creams and lotions that you are putting on throughout the day. Another way to keep your skin and hair healthy and thriving is to take in plenty omega-3 fatty acids, says Women’s Health magazine. Foods like salmon and walnuts, which are full of omega-3s, can help to keep the body hydrated (Women’s Health). Omega 3s can also be taken through supplements to ensure that you get the right amount. When it comes to what products to use on your skin and hair during this harsh weather, let it be said that cream based lotions and conditioners are very helpful when moisturizing

dry skin and hair. The cream base helps to insulate the skin and keep from having to constantly reapply lotions throughout the day. However, because your skin is a living organ, be careful about the products that you “feed” it. According to Dr. Nicholas Perricone, the founder of a new line of beauty products for Sephora, you should not put anything on your face or skin that you wouldn’t eat. Perricone took the idea of eating anti-oxidant rich super foods and applied them to skin care. He titled the beauty line appropriately, Super by Dr. Nicholas Perricone. He has a hand cream that has yogurt probiotics, and a face and eye cleanser with acai. However, if you are not looking to buy any new products, make sure that you have a creamy moisturizer and follow throughout the day by using a creamy balm instead of adding more lotion. Some even have antioxidants that keep the skin healthy and hydrated for longer. For students on a budget, they can also use products that they already have at home into skin soothing solutions. According to Health Magazine, by adding a few cups of milk to a warm bath can soften and exfoliate skin. In addition to milk, students can add a small amount of sand to their face washes, which will exfoliate and get rid of the dead skin cells from being dried out. The best thing to do is to be aware of the winter changes that can cause your body to react, and be attentive when switching seasons. Keeping well stocked with cream, water and omeaga-3s will benefit your body during any season, but especially the harsh conditions of the unusual Dallas winters.

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Prevention for heart disease now By KATIE TUFTS

Health and Fitness Editor ktufts@smu.edu

The number one killer in America is not motor vehicle accidents, stroke or even cancer. It is heart disease. According to the Huffington Post, it is the most likely cause of death for Americans: one in six people die of the cardiovascular killer. The American Heart Association says that 2,200 Americans die of cardiovascular disease each day. According to americanheart.org, “coronary heart disease is caused by atherosclerosis, the narrowing of the coronary arteries due to fatty build ups of plaque. It’s likely to produce angina pectoris (chest pain), heart attack or both.” Though heart disease mostly affects older Americans, prevention starts as early as possible, and students can strengthen their heart now, which will save them for years to come. The initial step that students should take is to find out their family history with heart disease and see how at risk they are. Chances are that if heart disease is in your family you are at a higher risk. There are many types of heart disease, but the steps to prevention are the same. Risk factors for heart disease are high cholesterol, high blood pressure, as well as being overweight and

obese. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood institute, there are preventative steps to keeping your heart healthy. Students should start by following a healthy diet, maintaining their weight, doing physical activity regularly, quitting smoking, and managing stress. Though these steps sound relatively simple, the life of a student can easily become hectic and healthy habits go out the window, so it is important to make good habits early on. The first main factor to keeping a healthy heart is to load up on foods that are high in anti-oxidents. This usually means colorful fruits and vegetables, according to Health Magazine. By incorporating foods like pomegranate, blueberries, tomatoes, spinach and fatty fish into students’ diets, they can help to keep blood vessels clear and healthy. Additionally fruits and vegetables that are high in potassium help to keep blood pressure low. Foods to eliminate: high fat and processed foods with preservatives and no redeeming health value. Fat is known to clog blood vessels and arteries, so cut it out as early as possible.

Next, one of the most important habits to establish is a good cardio workout routine. Many students don’t see the effects of not working out until they are much older and have already developed health problems. Even if students don’t like to or don’t have hours to spend at the gym, a short 30 minute workout will benefit the heart. Walking or running will

work to lower cholesterol and keep the heart pumping strong everyday. The last step that can be a terrible risk to the heart is smoking. This is a nasty habit that college students should quit immediately to save their health. Though heart disease may sound like its decades away, prevention is the best way to live a long and health life.

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VOLLEYBALL BRIEF The SMU volleyball team presented the end of the year awards after celebrating a historic 2010 season that featured a program-best 25-6 record and second place finish in Conference USA. Junior outside hitter Dana Powell was named the team’s MVP after leading SMU with 3.35 kills per set and finishing third with 3.59 digs per game.

At season’s end, the Tulsa, Okla. native was named AVCA AllAmerican Honorable Mention for the second consecutive season and earned First Team AVCA All-Midwest Region team recognition. Powell was also selected as a First Team All Conference USA performer and was a member of the Conference USA All-Academic team.

WOMEN’S TENNIS Senior outside hitter Kathryn Wilkerson earned this year’s Mustang Award which honors the player displaying the most outstanding determination, dedication and desire. Wilkerson finished her career ranked second in SMU history in total digs (1588) and fourth in kills (1445).

— EJ Holland, Sports Editor

No. 28 SMU picks up wins over Louisiana Lafayette and Louisville By EJ HOLLAND Sports Editor eholland@smu.edu

After suffering an ugly loss to Stanford, the nation’s No. 1 ranked team, the No. 28 SMU Women’s Tennis Team bounced back with a pair of victories over Louisiana Lafayette and Louisville on Sunday morning at Turpin Tennis Stadium. The Mustangs earned the wins by scores of 5-1 and 7-0, respectively and improved to 7-2 overall on the season. SMU opened up play against Louisiana Lafayette which featured only singles matches. SMU displayed their early dominance over the Ragin’ Cajuns as the Mustangs jumped out to a 2-0 lead behind the nation’s No. 2 player Marta Lesniak and her doubles partner Aleksandra Malyarchikova. Lesniak and Malyarchikova made quick work of their opponents as both were off the courts just thirty minutes into the match. Malyarchikova shut out Milou Israel, 6-0, 6-0 while Lesniak dominated Audrey Wooland, 6-2, 6-2 at the top singles line.

Louisianna Lafayette appeared to be back in the thick of things as Mia Gordon defeated SMU freshman Kris Roberts, 6-1, 6-1 to cut SMU’s lead to 2-1. However, SMU bounced back with three straight victories. SMU sophomore Edyta Cieplucha breezed by Julie Mazinova 6-0, 6-1 and Ashley Turpin earned the win over Sandra Ahlqvist 6-4, 6-0 to make the score 4-1. Heather Stainbauer defeated Briggitt Marcovich in a tight 7-6, 6-4 battle to clinch the 5-1 victory for the Mustangs. SMU saw similar success against Louisville, as the Mustangs came out strong in a doubles play to claim the early 1-0 behind the dynamic duo of Lesniak and Malyarchikova. SMU’s top pair jumped out to a 7-1 lead against the No. 33 pair of Julia Fellerhoff and Becca Shine and earned their first win against a nationally ranked opponent, 8-4. The duo improved their record to 4-3 on the spring season. Cieplucha and Steinbauer improved to 6-1 this season after defeating Amelia Harris and Stafanie

Villejuan, 8-3. Turpin and Shahzoda Hatamova picked up the win over Sarah Miller and Gabbrielle Duncan, 8-4 as the Mustangs earned the doubles point. Lesniak improved to 6-2 this spring and 24-5 overall as she proved why she is the nation’s No.2 ranked player when she domintaed Fellerhoff at 6-3, 6-1. The junior suffered a quick scare as she began the match down 3-0 but regained her confidence and reeled off 12 wins in 13 games. Cieplucha earned a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Shine and Turpin clinched the match for SMU when she defeated Miller 6-2, 6-0 which gave the Mustangs a 4-0 lead. Steinbauer and Malyarchikova also claimed victories for the Mustangs and added two points to the SMU lead making the score 6-0. Hatamova, secured the sweep for SMU with her 7-6, 6-1 win over Sonia Bokhar. SMU returns to the courts on Sunday at noon when they host LSU at Turpin Tennis Stadium.

BASKETBALL: SMU set to host Houston, avenge two point loss CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

The Cougars’ win over SMU came in the midst of a three-game streak before losing five straight and sending them to the No. 7 spot in the league. Houston was finally able to snap out of its streak over the weekend in a win over Tulane. SMU’s last win over Houston dates back to the 2009-2010 season when the Mustangs knocked off the Cougars in Dallas 94-83. Prior to the win, SMU had won the previous three games, including two games when both teams were members of the Southwest Conference.

The Mustangs have faired better on their home court but, but had won two of their last three meetings on the road before Saturday’s loss to UTEP, while Houston is 10-3 on its home court. Being held to only one field goal against UTEP, Nyakundi continues to have a strong offensive presence for the Mustangs with an average of 15.5 points per game. Dia, leading the team with 53 blocks, also posts a team-high 18 point per game average. Houston, with two players averaging 13 points per game, ranks

second to last in scoring defense, allowing 68 points per game. The Cougars post the third-best field goal percentage but have the worst rebounding defense in the league. SMU, who has improved dramatically on the boards, has the second-best defensive rebounding team in C-USA. With only six games remaining in the regular season, the Mustangs host the University of Tulsa on Saturday as part of a two-game home stand.