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Fresh restaurants open in Dallas
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NEWS Briefs World JERUSALEM— Israel’s prime minister said Thursday he knows details of the deal being forged with Iran over its nuclear program and asked “what is there to hide” after the U.S. said it was withholding some information on the talks.
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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CARCAS, Venuzuela— National police smashed into the office of Mayor Antonio Ledezma and carried the opposition figure away. President Nicolas Maduro announced he would be punished for disturbing the peace.
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Alveda King visits campus, Mustangs for Life schuyler mack Contributing Writer smack@smu.edu
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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