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Turner asks for sensitivity in light of staff changes, eliminations christina cox Assignments Editors clcox@smu.edu The structural changes and staff layoffs due to the Operational Excellence for the 2nd Century (OE2C) Organization Design Initiative were completed this week, SMU President R. Gerald Turner announced in an email to faculty and staff. Turner stated that all vice presidents, deans and the athletic director shared their new structures with their
staff and notified all affected. The changes were created by each department and input from their leadership teams to ensure the long-term financial success of the university. “Each leader thoughtfully designed their organization to deliver appropriate service levels while providing financial resources to be reallocated to our academic mission,” Turner said in the email. SMU employees were asked to be sensitive to those affected because some staff members in eliminated positions will continue to work on campus for various times. Other employees are in a period of transition as
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National LAS VEGAS, Nev.— Police made an arrest Thursday in the mysterious road-rage killing of a Las Vegas mother, apprehending a teenage neighbor who had a history with the family before the shootout. Erich Nowsch, 19, was arrested on suspicion of murder after SWAT teams surrounded his home a block away from the residence of the woman killed. DENVER—Colorado already is being sued by two neighboring states for legalizing marijuana. Now, the state faces groundbreaking lawsuits from its own residents, who are asking a federal judge to order the new recreational industry to close.
Texas AUSTIN— The Texas Supreme Court issued an emergency order blocking gay couples from obtaining marriage licenses after a lesbian couple wed Thursday. The ruling doesn’t invalidate the marriage of the two women based on a one-time court order issued because one of the women has cancer. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to void the marriage license through other means.
they adjust to their redefined roles. As the OE2C initiative continues, future efforts to streamline work and services may lead to additional staff changes or terminations, Turner said. “We will emerge from these demanding changes as an organization better prepared and equipped to serve our community and advance our mission,” Turner said in the email. The Daily Campus will continue to update the community on further OE2C developments.
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Electronic apps cater to college students’ needs such as food delivery services, parking and taxi services.
News apps provide services for… well, everything Mattie lippe Contributing Writer mlippe@smu.edu Thanks to a few innovative app designers, life for students at SMU keeps getting easier. Food delivered from any restaurant? There’s an app for that. On-demand transportation service? There’s an app for that too. With a few taps to a touchscreen, students can have a driver pick them up in minutes. They can have any food they want delivered to their dorm. They can find and reserve parking spots, hire a beautician, a massage therapist, or a handyman. They can even have condoms delivered to their doorstep. Uber is a ride-share company praised for its instant service, cleanliness, professional drivers, and student-budget friendly fares. “Going out has been much more stress free,” said first-year William Clark, a frequent Uber customer of these apps. Uber has become a common name in the SMU lexicon. By simply downloading the app, inputting the payment information, and geotagging the pickup location, users can have a driver pick them up in minutes. Uber first launched in San Fransicso in 2010, and arrived in Dallas in 2012. It is currently valued as high as $40 billion, according to an article on vox.com. Junior Elliott Bouillion uses Uber multiple times a week. “Any time I go to Uptown or offcampus with friends, it’s always a reliable and convenient service to use,” Bouillion said. But despite the better prices and almost immediate pick-up time, the app is far from perfect. Some users, such as junior Emily Provost, find the Uber geotag to “be a little off.” “The car is always a few houses or blocks away than where I actually am,” Provost said. senior Jody Barnhardt says not all Uber drivers are reliable. “I once got in a wreck in an Uber, and the driver made us get out and walk the rest of the way to our destination, which was like, five
blocks,” Barnhardt said. When junior Katie Lomeo had an unsatisfactory driver, she e-mailed Uber and received a free ride. The clean, leather-seated cars, complimentary water bottles, and tuxedoed drivers are staples of Uber’s higher-priced Black Car services, but some students don’t mind paying for those luxuries. Uber prices range from X for its standard cars, to as much as Y, for the Black Car service. But what about students who prefer to drive their own vehicles to get to where they’re going? For anyone who has braved the Central Market on Lovers’ Lane on a Sunday afternoon, only to become apocalyptic with rage at how such a large parking lot could be completely full, there’s an app for that, too. It’s called ParkMe, and by simply opening the app or the website, the software will inform users where to find parking in areas with limited availability. The app allows users to reserve a spot, and sends push notifications when park-by-the-hour times are about to expire. If you’re ready to give up driving completely, and just want to stay in for the night, well, there’s an app for that, too. Zac Maurais, co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Favor, is helping make life easier for Dallas and Houston residents by expanding their food delivery options to include any restaurant the consumer desires through his app. “Let’s face it, we’re busy and sometimes don’t want to wait in line at the restaurant or fight for parking down town,” said Maurais in an e-mail interview. He and co-founder Ben Doherty delivered pizza together in high school when they first considered the profitability of a food delivery service offering more than pizza and Chinese cuisine. Maurais wanted more than just food variability—he wanted a job offering both a flexible schedule, and a sufficient income. “I really wish something had existed like Favor. We built the job we would have wanted,”
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Alveda King spoke in the ballroom of the Hughes-Trigg Student Center Tuesday evening to a crowd of around 150 people. King is an inspirational leader and charismatic speaker. Opening the evening was a fifteen-person gospel ensemble called The Voices of Inspiration Gospel Choir. As King pointed out in her opening address, “They had soul!” The evening was hosted by SMU Mustangs for Life, an on campus pro-life organization. Vice President of the Mustangs for Life, Camille McCarthy introduced King. She stated her many accomplishments including being a best selling author. Alveda King poses with members of Mustangs for Life. The speaker was raised in a Baptist family; her father was a preacher at a local church. From a young age King was taught acceptance from her father. She stated while referencing her fathers teachings, “We are all human beings and are designed to love one another.” In 1983, King became a self proclaimed ‘born again’ after having a secret abortion. After
which she began to share her testimony, and rode with the pro-life freedom riders. She went on to show two video clippings about eugenics and the harms of abortion. King carries on her uncle’s mission to raise awareness that the abortion industry is discriminatory in trying to control minority groups. After the videos she opened the stage to a question and answer segment. A young lady close to the stage asked King “What kind of harm does abortion cause women?” To that King responded, abortion could cause mental and physical damage such as certain cancers. Another woman asked, “What do you think will out rule abortion once and for all?” King replied cleverly by saying we need to make abortion something so unthinkable, and offer wonderful health care options. The lecture was a cohesive address about how abortion and the pro-life movement is a civil rights movement. SMU Mustangs for Life chair Collette Marchesseault commented, “King is trying to show this isn’t a fanatical group trying to fight against women, but a group fighting for the right to life of an individual.”
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Former A-LEC learning specialist returns for research workshop josh yonis Contributing Writer jyonis@smu.edu David Lee, the associate director of the InterTerm program and a research archaeologist at SMU, spoke to students about the steps in undertaking a research paper as part of the Altshuler Learning Enhancement Center’s Learning Strategies Workshop series. Five students attended the workshop at the A-LEC on Tuesday, Feb. 17. “Your objective as a researcher
is to become an expert on that subject in the allotted time,” Lee said. Lee was a learning specialist in the A-LEC until Nov. 2014. He developed his 10-step research process back in 2011 and covered it in the workshop. Lee pointed out that a common mistake made by students is not taking quality notes during the pre-writing stage of the research process. “You want to be able to just go back to your notes,” Lee said. The Learning Strategies
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Bradley Cooper has received ample praise for his role in “American Sniper” and is nominated for Best Actor.
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Julianne Moore’s performance in “Still Alice” captivated critics and maybe the Academy.
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“Birdman,” which stars Michael Keaton, is a popular prediction for multiple awards.
blair croce Arts and Entertainment Editor bcroce@smu.edu Oh, the Oscars. Every year we have the good intention of seeing all the Best Picture nominees. And every year we never do that. Nevertheless, the Oscars is a wonderful time to celebrate the art of film, writing and acting. This award show is also a splendid opportunity to appreciate alcohol’s effect on celebrities, the power of the “get off the stage right now” music and my personal favorite, Jennifer Lawrence’s lack of coordination. I feel you, J. Law. In honor of this year’s ceremony, I asked The Daily Campus staff to predict who would win the awards for Best
Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director. We may not be experts. But let’s face it, we are in college and have mastered the art of procrastination. In other words, we watch a lot of movies. Staff that participated include: Editor-In-Chief Lauren Aguirre, Assignments Editor Christina Cox, Photo Editor Annalee Walton, Associate Photo Editor Ryan Miller, Style Editor Gabriella Bradley, Opinion Editor Nickson Chong, Copy Editor Kelsea Rushing, Associate Online Editor Campbell Flemmons, Arts and Entertainment Writer Riley Coven and, of course, myself. Who is right? Find out Sunday. Don’t miss the Oscars at 6 p.m. on ABC.
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“Boyhood” is a critic favorite for awards like Best Picture and Best Director.
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Aguirre – “Selma”
Aguirre – Alejandro G. Iñárritu for “Birdman”
Aguirre – Julianne Moore for “Still Alice”
Aguirre – Bradley Cooper for “American Sniper”
Cox – Iñárritu
Walton – “Birdman”
Cox – Moore
Walton – Iñárritu
Cox – Eddie Redmayne for “The Theory of Everything”
Miller – “American Sniper”
Walton – Moore
Miller – Bennett Miller for “Foxcatcher”
Cox – “Boyhood”
Bradley – “Birdman” Chong – “The Imitation Game” Rushing – “ The Theory of Everything” Flemmons – “Boyhood”
Bradley – Richard Linklater for “Boyhood” Chong – Wes Anderson for “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Rushing – Anderson Flemmons – Iñárritu
Coven – “Birdman”
Coven – Iñárritu
Croce – “Birdman”
Croce – Iñárritu
Miller – Rosamund Pike for “Gone Girl” Bradley – Moore Chong – Pike Rushing – Moore Flemmons – Moore
Walton – Michael Keaton for “Birdman” Miller – Steve Carrell for “Foxcatcher” Bradley – Redmayne Chong – Cooper Rushing – Redmayne Flemmons – Redmayne
Coven – Moore
Coven – Redmayne
Croce – Moore
Croce – Redmayne
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“Fifty Shades of Grey” broke box office records last weekend.
Friday Top Five with Amy Cooley amy cooley Contributing Writer acooley@smu.edu You made it! It’s Friday! The end of the week! How many exclamation points will I use in one intro?! You never know! Here are this week’s top stories. 1) As much as I hate to talk about it, I would be lying if I said “Fifty Shades of Grey” didn’t deserve a spot in the top five. The movie broke the record for a Valentine’s Day opening, beating the film “Valentine’s Day” itself, and nearly surpassed the largest February opening of all time which was, ironically, “The Passion of the Christ.” Some people love the movie, others left it feeling scarred (I have a few friends who could attest to that—right Blair?), but no matter the review, people will continue to see this sexy thriller. Our curiosity is going to make this franchise filthy rich and send its ratings through the roof.
2) Fifty Shades wasn’t the only big thing to happen this Valentine’s Day; everyone’s favorite monster is engaged! No, it’s not the loch ness monster…sorry Nessie. It’s Lady GaGa. Her fiancé, Taylor Kinney, popped the question Feb. 14 with a giant, heart-shaped, diamond ring. “He gave me his heart on Valentine’s Day and I said yes,” the pop star wrote as her caption on Instagram. 3) Following in the sneaky footsteps of Beyoncé, Drake released a surprise album titled “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.” The album has 17 tracks and topped the Billboard 200 upon its release. Fans freaked out over this (it was all over my twitter feed). I have a feeling this “secret album” thing is going to become the new trend among artists since it’s worked out so well for the last two. Before you know it, every album is going to be a secret album. 4) America has been surveyed
and here are the results! Our top ten favorite television shows are surprising to me, but we must love them for a reason. Coming in at number one is “NCIS” followed by “The Big Bang Theory.” Two shows that I have actually no interest in whatsoever, but hey, I’m just one citizen. The next three are obvious: “The Walking Dead,” “Scandal” and “Game of Thrones.” Next, “The Good Wife” and “The Blacklist” are tied for number six. Finally there’s “Modern Family,” “Blue Bloods” and “Criminal Minds” at number ten. 5) You’ve probably seen it on Snapchat, but New York Fashion Week has taken over. Here, all the rich, beautiful people gather to admire clothes that we all love and wish we could have…but would we ever really wear? Some popular designers featured this week are Alexander Wang, BCBG, Calvin Klein and more.
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Workshop series was started over 25 years ago, and provides workshops built around the timeline of the semester. The Spring 2015 series is in the second fundamental phase, focusing on research and taking notes.
Pamela McNulty, a learning specialist at the A-LEC, believes that partnering with individuals like Lee will attract more students. “Students are mostly motivated by a good opportunity,” McNulty said. The next workshop, entitled “Excel at Excel,” partners with the SMU Office of Information Technology. It will take place on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 4:00 p.m. in the A-LEC.
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he said. After placing an order, Favor users can communicate one-on-one with the “Runners,” or personal delivery assistants, via text messages and phone calls. “We’ve engineered the tools to optimize the delivery process. Runners receive directions, details about the orders, and can communicate directly with customers,” Maurais said. What if you order Favor delivery from a restaurant, only to find yourself hunched in the bathroom, incapable of lifting your green face out of the trashcan long enough to drive to the doctor and sit in the waiting room? Gasp! There’s an app for that, as well. By downloading Doctors on Demand, students anywhere can video chat with a physician
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and obtain a diagnosis. If the physician proves to be a hunky Casanova who asks you on a date, Glamsquad can send on-demand hair and makeup stylists to help you primp. Although they have not yet arrived in Dallas, various start-up companies have begun venturing into new arenas of customer needs in other cities. For example, in San Francisco, Washio delivers laundry and dry cleaning to the customer’s door. New Yorkers and San Franciscans have begun relying on Wunwun, an app that can deliver anything for free. Zeel offers on-demand, at-home massage therapists. Handy allows users to book a professional cleaning or expert handyman service. Glamsquad Durex recently launched the SOS Condoms app, which spares users the embarrassment of standing beside a professor at the CVS cash register by delivering condoms to the customer in minutes. Pretty soon, there’ll be an app for just about everything.
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Students share bad formal date experiences including dates that were late, drunk and even missing.
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Students share worst formal date stories SMU LIVE staff College formals are supposed to be unforgettable evenings of elegance, but it turns out they are often unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. SMU Live reporters sought out students with stories to share about their most memorable formals. In many cases they spend more time off the dance floor than on it. Dates were late, dates were drunk, dates were even missing-in-action. But not every story had a bad ending. To hear the good, the bad and the ugly listen to what these students had to share. Rachel Dubis, a recent engineering graduate, was locked in a party bus bathroom during a crazy formal night as an undergraduate. After thumping on the door for a while, she called her date. Her date and his friends had to strike the door to get her out all before formal even started. At the venue, Dubis wiped out on the dance floor, which gave way to a monstrous bruise the next day. “Don’t drink too much early on in the night because formal is like a marathon,” Dubis said. Senior art and creative advertising double major Courtney Curtsinger has crystalline memories of her sophomore formal. While standing at the bar, her friend, who had far too much to drink, dropped on the ground. When she bent down to check on him, she realized that he was unconscious and bleeding from his head. The EMS and ambulance came, and formal ended on that note. Her sorority is no longer allowed to hold formal at that venue, and her friend had to pay fines and a hefty hospital bill. “Be careful who you pick as your date because you’re liable for them,” Curtsinger said. Sam Doctor, a sophomore marketing and film major, had an experience straight out of the Twilight Zone. Her friend set her up with a formal date she did not know. She tried to be friendly, but despite her best efforts, the atmosphere grew increasingly awkward. At dinner, her date did not know how to pay the tip, nor would he engage her in conversation. “He just stared, like this,” said Doctor, making an expression somewhere between confused and frightened. After dinner, the couple and their friends went to fill the car with gas. At the gas station, her date jumped out of the car, grabbed the squeegee and
attempted to clean the entire car with it. “I will never forget that dinner ever,” Doctor said. A Junior SAE took on New Orleans for an annual formal weekend. He went to the venue then no one really knows what happened from there. “I woke up in some random person’s backyard in a pool on an inflatable swan!” he said. Jennie Sullivan, a sophomore pre-med major, was enjoying a formal with her friends at an event center in Downtown Dallas when a friend asked where her date went. Little did she know, her date had been removed from the bar for drinking too much and picking fights. “I didn’t even notice he got kicked out 30 minutes earlier,” Sullivan said. She tried to talk the bouncer into letting her date back in, but had no luck. Then she attempted sneaking him in. Nope, that didn’t work. They both went home. Sophomore Madeleine Auffenberg recalls her worst formal experience to SMU Live reporters. It was Saturday night and Auffenberg had spent the whole day running around Dallas getting her makeup done, bronzing her skin and perfecting her hair with her curling iron, all for the splashy formal at the Thanksgiving Tower. Auffenberg, her date and friends all headed to dinner to scarf down some food and drinks before heading downtown. During the dinner, Auffenberg looked over at her date and noticed his flushed out skin tone and sweaty pores. Before she knew it, her date was running for the door and puking in the bushes. “It was pretty awkward because I didn’t know him that well,” she said. “He drank gin, which he was allergic to.” Auffenberg’s date spent his night throwing up in his room while she went to formal dateless. Advertising major Katie Smith thought she had gotten this whole formal business down to a science – the date, the dress, the dinner. It’s her departure that she still needs to work on. At a formal last semester, Smith realized that her date was nowhere to be found at the end of the night. She gets on the bus to go back to campus when the person behind her throws up all over the back of her head. Running off the bus, Smith gets an Uber and about half a mile from her house, the driver gets into a wreck.
“I just got out of the car and walked home,” Smith said. Tori Titmas is a senior studying film at SMU. Her first year, she and her date took an unexpected pit stop before the formal. On the way to the buses, the two decided to swing by Fondren to see who was spending their Friday night studying. “We ended up playing hideand-go-see in the library, then we were late for our bus,” she said. Luckily, they were able to get a ride on a later bus and made it for the last 45 minutes of the dance. In the spring of 1978, senior Bruce Flory took one of the most beautiful sorority girls to the SMU Beta Theta Pi fraternity formal. The couple was walking through the parking lot to the downtown venue when his date tripped on the train of her dress. “She fell over and knocked her two front teeth out,” Flory said in a phone interview from his home in Detroit, Mich. “I ended up spending the night of my senior formal in the E.R. with my date.” One of Flory’s closest friends and fraternity brothers, and another senior in ’78, Grant Smith, had a less dramatic formal experience. When Smith and his girlfriend arrived at the venue, they decided to play a friendly prank on their peers. “We went to the bathroom and switched outfits,” Smith, from Greenville, S.C., said. “She put on my suit, and I changed into her dress.” Jack Cahill, a first-year and member of the SAE fraternity, went to his formal just last week. He remembers how his roommate found himself the butt of a good joke the next morning. At the downtown Dallas venue, his roommate thought he was taking a few funny photos in a goofy hat. Instead, Cahill said that a company taking pictures at the venue ended up taking a video of his roommate instead. His friend woke up the next morning to an embarrassing altered version of the video by the company, “paired with that song, Turn Down for What, in slow motion,” Cahill said. Theater major Jon Garrard had a very different experience during his sophomore year formal. Garrard attended the KIO formal with a girl he did not know very well. As they got to know each other they made a deal to read each other’s favorite books. Garrard read “The Catcher in the Rye” and his date read “Spring Storm” by Tennessee Williams “That started off a really good friendship,” said Garrard.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott predicted Wednesday that Texas and 25 other states would keep prevailing against President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration but refused to put a deadline on when National Guard troops will leave the border with Mexico. Flanked by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and other top Texas conservatives to celebrate an early court victory against Obama’s deportation-relief program, Abbott shifted to defending his decision this week to indefinitely extend the Texas National Guard mission that began last summer. About 200 guard members had been scheduled to leave the Rio Grande Valley next month, but Abbott now says an unspecified number will remain until Texas hires and trains hundreds of new state troopers to replace the guard. He would not put a timeframe on how soon that could happen,
but Texas Department of Public Safety leaders have said that getting started would take a year. Unlike state troopers or Border Patrol agents, guard members do not have arrest authority and are limited to being lookouts. “It is our goal to ensure that only those who are authorized to cross the border, are the ones who are crossing the border,” Abbott said.
Immigrants and Democrats disappointed with the court decision accused Abbott and Republican leaders of being hostile toward Hispanics. “Law enforcement likes to know who is here,” Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez said. “And if people are hiding in the shadows, it’s hard to distinguish between those who are harmful and those who are not.”
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Pro-Russian rebels pose for a photo in Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine.
The senselessness of the ceasefire and the case of arming Ukraine “Of course, it’s always bad to lose,” Putin told reporters. “Of course it’s always a hardship when you lose to yesterday’s miners or yesterday’s tractor drivers. But life is life. It’ll surely go on.” One can easily imagine the smug smirk Putin wore when he commented on the Ukrainian withdraw of forces out of Debaltseve, a central railway station. Debaltseve represents one of the many conflicts that the two opposing forces contested for control. This fierce battle between Pro-Russian forces and Ukrainian troops raged on and ended Feb. 18, merely 3 days after the proposed ceasefire. As reported by BBC News, agreements of the ceasefire included: – Ceasefire to begin at 00:01 local time on 15 February – Heavy weapons to be withdrawn, beginning on 16 February and completed in two weeks – All prisoners to be released; amnesty for those involved in fighting – Withdrawal of all foreign troops and weapons from Ukrainian territory. Disarmament of all illegal groups – Ukraine to allow resumption of normal life in rebel areas, by lifting restrictions – Constitutional reform to enable decentralization for rebel regions by the end of 2015 – Ukraine to control border with Russia if conditions met by the end of 2015 After a year of intense exchanges of fire, leaders around the world praised the ceasefire as it offered a glimmer of hope to restoring peace in the war-torn region. This peace lasted for about two hours. Because within two hours of the countries implementing the ceasefire, both Russia and Ukraine began throwing accusations that the other violated the agreements. Ukrainian security services chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko announced that artillery salvoes were fired by Cossack Unit manned by Russian citizen. Whereas, Pro-Russian rebels accuse Ukrainians of deploying artillery after the ceasefire began. However, the boldest move
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that Putin made lies in the initial proposal for a ceasefire. Ukrainian forces and U.S. intelligence repeatedly connected Russia to resupplying the separatist groups, which Putin repeatedly denied. Yet, he called for peace talks to settle a conflict that he supposedly held no involvement in. And once the two contesting forces implemented the ceasefire, the Russian military were deployed into Ukrainian. United States State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, in a statement Saturday, “We are confident that these are Russian military, not separatist systems.” The U.S. State Department said images of Eastern Ukraine illustrate credible evidence of Russian military send larger supplies of artillery and rocket launchers. While Washington experiences a growing bipartisan call to arm Ukraine, President Obama remains hesitant. The conflict represents a unique situation with contentious debate and conviction from both sides arguing that their plan leads to a more stable solution. One side hopes that diplomatic means will reduce the bloodshed in Ukraine, as argued by several European countries. The other side contends that the West must lend weaponry to the country as a means for them to defend themselves, as argued by both republicans and democrats. But the path to peace whether by arming Ukraine or pursuing diplomatic solutions are far more complicated than simply choosing one or the other. Putin’s ambitions to recreate Russia’s regional hegemony never lied in secrecy. Many proponents of pursuing diplomatic means argue that Western Aid of weaponry, defensive or otherwise, would give Putin a reason to send an army into Ukraine because it may appear to be an indirect
threat to Russia. Yet, many advocate arming Ukraine because whatever moves the West has made, sanctions on Russia or non-lethal support to Ukraine, Putin has relentlessly committed more troops, advisors and arms since the annexation of Crimea. Spending barely over 1 percent of the country’s GDP, Ukraine’s neglected military holds frighteningly low chances against Russia’s formidable forces. While a standing army of 150,000 will put up a fight against Pro-Russian rebels and Russian troops, the U.S. should assist Ukrainian troops. This sensitive situation that should avoid antagonizing Putin, the U.S. should supply more non-lethal support: body armor, radios, Humvees, radars, foods. Currently, the U.S. continues to pursue and for a diplomatic route toward peace. “I have no doubt that additional assistance of economic kind and other kinds will be going to Ukraine,” Kerry said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “We do so understanding that there is no military solution. The solution is a political, diplomatic one.” While the U.S. assists Ukraine in nonmilitary means, critical towns like Debaltseve steadily fall to separatists. The Budapest Memorandum states that U.S., United Kingdom and Canada would guarantee security assurances to Ukrainian if their sovereignty and territorial integrity were threatened. Putin argued that the memorandum doesn’t apply to the Crimea crisis and the current one. For now, we hope that a political answer to the chaos in Ukraine leads to peace. But hope is not a strategy and hope holds no guarantees and no promises. In 2014, Putin said, in a broadcast on Russian television, “I very much hope that in the near future we will have a final ceasefire agreement.” As the conflict persists in a maddening frenzy and opposing forces exchange storms of steel, the events in eastern Ukraine remain an unpredictable wartorn zone.
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With fall (and summer) registration right around the corner I want to update you on some changes to the University Curriculum (UC) as well as provide you with a few tips on navigating its requirements. This past fall the University Curriculum Council (UCC) worked diligently with faculty from across the university to provide a larger menu of courses satisfying Pillar and Proficiency & Experiences (tags) requirements. These are posted on our website: (www. smu.edu/Academics/OfficeofGeneralEducation/ UniversityCurriculum). Over the Christmas break faculty proposed an array of new Ways of Knowing courses many of which will be offered for the first time this fall. Several of them perform dual service by also satisfying Pillar requirements. As you prepare to register please look over the new options in this category. The UC was built on the premise of significant double-counting. It was expected that courses in the major would satisfy UC requirements. Such doublecounting is far more prevalent going into Fall 2015 than it was this past fall. We are in the process of posting on our website for each major (and eventually minor) at SMU, the UC requirements that can be met within the major. In some cases the number is substantial but it often necessitates that particular choices among options must be made. For example, some majors allow ANTH 2363 to count toward their science requirement. Not only does this course satisfy the Pure and Applied Sciences (PAS) pillar but it also satisfies the Historical Contexts (HC) pillar as well as carrying Human Diversity and Information Literacy tags. Please take advantage of the data for your major to help chart out completion of the UC. Of course not all requirements for the major can (or should) be completed in your major. The second form of double-counting that has been significantly enhanced in comparison with last fall is through courses that satisfy two pillars. We have a complete list of such courses posted on our website and once the fall semester schedule has been released we will
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include information on which ones will be offered. Many of these courses also carry tags. In particular I want to highlight the many History and Art History courses that do double duty. Over the first two years the curriculum was in place, students and faculty expressed concern about the ability to double major in comparison with the situation under the previous curriculum (the GEC). We are posting four-year plans for double majors and for singularly difficult single majors. Some of our most popular current double majors include Finance and Economics and Engineering and Math or Physics. What I want to emphasize is that the UC suggests a new approach to thinking about a double major. A double major where each one fulfills complementary UC requirements has significant advantages. Thus a major that fulfills PAS at both levels and possibly Creativity and Aesthetics at level one could be matched with a major that fulfills pillars in Historical Contexts and Individuals Institutions and Cultures. Many majors in Meadows, Dedman, and Lyle are attractive in this sense. Such less-traditional double majors will provide you with a breadth of background that I hope will put you in a good position for a life-time of employment in multiple careers. Here, the information on UC requirements completed in a major will be invaluable. I hope that as you register for the fall semester you will take advantage of the possibilities opened up by the UC to enhance your experience at SMU. Moore is the Associate Dean for General Education.
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Sarah Goodfriend, left, and Suzanne Bryant celebrate after being the first legally maried gay couple in Texas.
Gay marriages may be coming to a court near you in Texas Last Tuesday, a Texas probate judge ruled that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Since Alabama began issuing same-sex marriage licenses, gay marriage has become a sweeping epidemic contaminating the nation, infecting the minds and souls of society, and breaking down the established foundation that this country was built upon. But has it really? Last Tuesday, a Texas probate judge ruled that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Travis Country Probate Judge Guy Herman declared the ruling in response to a dispute by Sonemaly Phrasavath, who challenged the state’s ban and fought to have her 8-year relationship recognized as a commonlaw marriage. Two siblings who took Phrasavath to court have yet to decide whether they wish to appeal the Herman’s ruling. “It was never about the property rights or about the property,” said Phrasavath. “I can’t imagine anyone being married for six or seven years, then having to walk away after losing their spouse and feel like the marriage never happened.” For the time being, marriage licenses for gay couples have been put on hold. But Herman’s ruling has made Texas one step closer to completely lifting the ban. Leanne Dalal, a student at the University of Texas at Austin, observed that riots have not been marching through the streets and no disgruntled conservatives have stormed the Texas State Capital building. In previous years, support for same-sex marriage polled below 40 percent in Texas. But according to a 2014 Texas Tech survey, 48 percent of Texans agree that gay marriage should be legalized, whereas 47 percent believe it should remain banned and 5 percent remain undecided. Hughes-Trigg Student Center, 3140 Dyer Street, Suite 314, Dallas, TX 75275 The Daily Campus is published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during the academic semester. For local, national, and classified display advertising, call 214-768-4111. For classified word advertising call 214-768-4554. Student Media Company, Inc. Staff Executive Director / Editorial Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay Miller Associate Director / Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dyann Slosar Operations / Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candace Barnhill The Daily Campus Mail Subscription Rates One year (Academic year) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $120 Download order forms at smudailycampus.com/dc-subscriptions/ To charge by VISA, Mastercard, Discover, call 214-768-4545. Send check orders and address changes to Student Media Company, Inc. PO BOX 456 Dallas, TX 75275-0456.
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Rising generations who support same-sex marriage continue to lead the movement of wider acceptance. While Texas counties place a hold on issuing gay couples marriage licenses, the growing trend in polls and people advocating gay marriage may eventually produce a society that supports every man and every woman’s right to wed whomever he or she desires. Currently, gay marriage remains a hotly debated issue in the 13 remaining states that continue to preserve the ban. Alabama State Supreme Court Justice Glenn Murdock may vote to abolish marriage altogether in his state if licenses for gay marriages continue to be given. Fortunately, the United States Supreme Court is expected to pronounce a ruling this year for nationwide same-sex marriage. With a growing majority in the country rallying for the freedom to marry, it’s expected that the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in their favor. In the 37 states that allow same-sex marriage, there has been no impending doom, no rioting. The only negative thing about same-sex marriage is that there is still a ban on in it.
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FRIDAY n FEBRUARY 20, 2015 Men’s Basketball
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Tomorrow Women’s tennis – SMU hosts Central Florida at the SMU Tennis Complex at noon. This is the first conference match for SMU Admission is free. Women’s basketball – SMU heads to Houston to play the Cougars at 2 p.m. Houston is tied with SMU for last place in the conference at 1-13, and has lost 12 games in a row. SMU lost Wednesday at East Carolina despite a careerhigh 13 points from freshman Stephanie Collins
The day after Women’s tennis – The Mustangs play the second of their two matches when they host No. 62 South Florida. The Bulls are 2-4 on the season, and Sunday will be their first AAC match. Admission is free, and the first 100 fans will receive free pizza.
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SMU came back to defeat Temple 67-58 after trailing by as much as ten points in the second half.
Mustangs stampede in second half comeback Samuel Snow Contributing Writer ssnow@smu.edu After rolling over UConn in front of a record crowd, the 21st ranked Mustangs returned to the court, matching up with the Temple Owls. At one point trailing by 10 in the second half, SMU surged back to emerge with the 67-58 victory. Temple opened the game by hitting their first three shots to grab a 7-2 lead before SMU started to show signs of defense. Ben Moore (eight points, two steals and two blocks), a player who has lacked consistency for most of the season, provided a much needed spark SMU’s offense with six of the Mustangs first 10 points. However, Temple continued to hit jumpers in order to maintain a lead despite the Mustangs shooting well early. At the 9:40 mark, the Owls held a seven-point lead at 19-12. SMU’s frontcourt duo of Markus Kennedy and Cannen Cunningham (who combined for 18 points, eight rebounds and four blocks) scored the next six points of the game. The lead for the Owls was at two before they stretched it to nine at the 3:26 mark on a three by Jesse Morgan (3-4 from
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beyond the arc). Nic Moore (18 points, four assists and three steals) responded with a trey of his own, but Morgan returned with a second trifecta. SMU’s offense hit a groove late in the half, but poor defense and turnovers allowed Temple to counter. At the end of the first, the Mustangs trailed 33-25 to the Owls. The second act opened with tough defense from both sides, as three total points were scored in the first three and a half minutes. Despite a characteristically strong defense to start the half, SMU’s sudden inability to drain free throws allowed Temple to extend the lead to ten at the under-16 media timeout. Trailing by double-digits and sensing the need for some offense, the Mustangs rose to the challenge. At 13:24, Kennedy laid the ball in. The play began with Sterling Brown (eight points and three steals) grabbing the offensive rebound off of Yanick Moreira’s missed second free throw with SMU in the bonus. The hustle play sent Moody into chaos, and the Mustangs fed off that energy. Two Temple turnovers and
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a little Nic Moore later, SMU was on a 7-0 run with the score at 39-36. With just above nine minutes left, the Ponies tied it up at 43 with a Nic Moore free throw. They then took after the smallbut-mighty point guard’s threepointer off of a tipped pass. The shot gave him the game’s last seven points. The game then entered a blow-for-blow phase with both teams fighting for every ball; fouls met fouls and clutch threes met clutch threes. Down by three with under-four left in the game, the Mustangs embarked on a 10-0 run highlighted by two Ryan Manuel (eight points, five rebounds, and four assists) corner treys to grab a 59-52 lead. SMU was able to hit its late free throws to hold the lead, and when the buzzer sounded they had pulled off the comeback with a 67-58 final score. The Ponies ended the game 5-11 from three while holding the Owls to 6-21. Combined with 10 steals and nine blocks, those three stats were arguably the deciding factors in the game. The now 22-5 (13-2 in the AAC) Mustangs next play Memphis on the road with an 8 p.m. tip.
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The DC’s player of the week: Ryan Manuel While SMU only played one game this week, Ryan Manuel deserves the weekly honor just as much as any of our athletes. I should point out that I am I am taking into account his defensive play and leadership ability. He only scored eight points in the Mustangs 67-58 win over Temple on Thursday. However his two threepointers in the second half
helped push SMU past the Owls for the win. Possibly Manuel’s greatest contribution to the team is his defensive prowess. It was the halftime adjustment of putting Manuel on Temple’s Will Cummings that helped change the tide for SMU and end the Owls seven game winning streak. For that Ryan Manuel, we salute you. -Demetrio Teniente
Crossword Across 1 "Invisible Cities" author Calvino 6 "I ran away from you once. I can't do it again" speaker 10 Ford Field player 14 Surgery acronym 15 It's a gas 16 "Snow White" character flaw 17 Forgeries that are easy to spot? 20 By way of 21 French pronoun 22 Habituate 23 Dude in the CIA? 28 Essen's valley 29 Spotted 30 Slug relative 33 Roll 34 Word after clip or pop 37 Trivial blunder? 42 Colorado native 43 "About his head he wears the winner's __": "The Two Noble Kinsmen" 44 Guanaco cousin 45 Beantown athlete 47 Peek follower 49 Pancake cook in pinstripes? 54 Some Highlanders 56 U.N. workers' agcy. 57 Roasting time in Toulon? 58 "My fireplace is defective!"? 63 "Footloose" co-star Singer 64 Word after "funny" that clarifies its meaning 65 1995 Stallone title role 66 City NNE of Boston 67 Senate Republican leader before Frist 68 Sources of wisdom
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6 Like some soccer games 7 Pope before Benedict III 8 Plant 9 Taylor of fashion 10 Pressure 11 Finish, as a tat 12 Finished 13 Where to see MMM 18 "Toy Story" character who draws 19 County on the Firth of Forth 24 Composer Satie 25 Gag __ 26 Isaac's eldest 27 Team whose logo involves a "wishbone C" 30 Mustangs' sch. 31 Trivial objection 32 One-spot 33 Pan for Yan 34 Recipe words 35 Mojito ingredient 36 Not yet determined, in skeds 38 It's surrounded by white 39 Game ender 40 Morlock prey 41 Bomb 45 He served between Warren and Herbert 46 Bay State motto starter 47 Like most rafts 48 Rorschach image 49 Ache 50 "__ Men Out": baseball scandal film 51 Pequod co-owner 52 Chopin's "Winter Wind," e.g. 53 Orchestra group 54 Fish feature
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Waffles at Yolk are crunchy and sweet thanks to a nut and berry topping.
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Top Pot doughnuts have seasonal flavors, like this Valentine’s Day cake doughnut.
Fresh restaurants open in Dallas dugg burger Dugg Burger, Dallas’ latest trendy burger bar, popped up Feb. 16 in Casa Linda, East Dallas. Dugg Burger’s concept is so simple, yet so revolutionary. Carve out some of the bun so that it perfectly sandwiches the ingredients, for a mess-free meal. The menu is equally stark yet delicious: choose from burgers, fries, drinks and dessert. It’s like the simplicity of In-N-Out with many more toppings. Caramelized onions, bacon, shoestring onions, mushrooms, roasted jalapenos, and more can elevate your burger to deliciousness. The location is the restaurant’s only piftall--East Dallas is out of the driving range of most SMU students. Should you have a desire for adventure, though, take an afternoon to explore a new neighborhood and grab a burger. With those beautiful brioche buns--you know which I mean – and a giant patty, a Dugg Burger is big enough to split with a friend.
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Yolk, a breakfast-focused restaurant, opened January in the Arts District downtown. The restaurant is open 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the weekend. Should you have a midday craving for red velvet pancakes, chicken and waffles, or eggs Benedict, Yolk will be waiting with open arms. Their extensive menu also includes lunch items such as salads, wraps and sandwiches. Can’t decide? Add a side like a cinnamon roll or a cranberry orange walnut muffin. Yolk’s only downside is the long waits during most of the operating hours. If you want to dine quick, you need to beat the crowds at 6 or 7 a.m. If you don’t mind waiting, put your name on the list and go take a walk. I don’t know about you, but I think I’ll start my Saturday with a bacon waffle.
Top Pot Doughnuts is set to open another location on Lower Greenville. The official opening date hasn’t been confirmed, but it should be sometime in March. Top Pot already has a location on Northwest Highway. This location promises to have a cult following among SMU students. “This [news] is so good yet so bad, because now I will eat there every day,” said student Caroline Mendes. These standard doughnuts aren’t outlandishly flavored, and there’re no dinosaur sprinkles or cotton candy toppings. Rather, Top Pot serves classic, well-made doughnuts, like blueberry, glazed, jelly-filled and more. The trendy oak interior and massive glass display case make Top Pot a better breakfast joint than most, as the atmosphere feels like you could stay all day. In fact, you can. Top Pot is open most days until 8 p.m.
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