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Fallon hits the ground running
Mac’s Place to be renovated
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Basketball promotes spirit
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Domestic violence and the NFL
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The posters for The Vagina Monologues feature vaginas made of Perunas.
Vagina Monologues return to campus Sarah Bell Contributing Writer sabell@smu.edu The Women’s Interest Network is hosting this year’s presentation of “The Vagina Monologues” Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center auditorium. The proceeds from the event will go towards supporting the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center. This event has a long history at SMU working to empower women and create a sense of community among the female students. “The Vagina Monologues,” written by Eve Ensler, has been performed since 1996 and has since been the cornerstone for the V-Day campaign. This campaign works to educate people on the realities of violence against women and girls, according to the V-Day website. “It’s the only night we really get to talk about sexual assault in a broader scope of all women,” Co-Chair Angela Uno said. “I think that is so important to the SMU community.” But “The Vagina Monologues” doesn’t just tell stories of assault and rape, it also explores a woman’s feelings during her first period, what childbirth is like, losing one’s virginity and a long list of other vagina-related topics that any woman could relate to. Uno describes the monologues as being the first time that women had been asked about vaginas in general, how they felt and their
experiences as women. “It’s a way to just get people to start talking,” Uno said. Performing “The Vagina Monologues” give students the opportunity to find community support if they have been assaulted. The benefits are not exclusive to women, however; it also gives male students the chance to step into the mind of a woman for one night. “I think it’s important for men to go,” said Heidi Brandenburg, the graduate assistant at the SMU Women’s Center and the advisor to the Women’s Interest Network. “They can see things from our perspective, what we go through as women.” The Women’s Interest Network has been fighting for gender equality at SMU, and “The Vagina Monologues” is just another stepping stone on the path to a more equal campus. “It’s so acceptable for people to talk about men and penises and sex in general,” Uno said. “But when a woman tries to talk about it, it’s so taboo.” The Women’s Interest Network hopes to open up the door to remove that feeling of ‘taboo.’ “I’m hoping that this year will see more student involvement because it represents liberation,” last year’s chair Asia Rodgers said.
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ISA hosts Bhangra Blitz Lauren Castle Contributing Writer lcastle@smu.edu Throughout the school year, the Indian Student Association has prepared for their ninth annual Raas Rave and Bhangra Blitz dance competition, which will be hosted in McFarlin Auditorium Saturday. The event will feature 14 college dance teams from around the country. “R2B2 is my favorite weekend of the year,” said Faith Michael, ISA public relations chair. “I just really like that we have a bunch of the SMU community that come out for this event that… don’t really know what’s going on with the Indian student group.” The event committee chose the 14 dance teams through an audition process. ISA members with Raas and Bhangra experience judged the auditions. The judges watched audition videos from over 30 dance teams. The teams include dance groups from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis. There will be three judges for each type of dance. The teams will be judged on
technique, choreography and cultural portrayal. Attendees will see the dancers performing in traditional attire and with props. Usually in Bhangra, men wear a traditional headdress called “pagri.” Raas dancers use small sticks called “dandiyas.” “People that I spoke to last year who had never seen it before said it was really awesome to see the costumes, the make-up, the dancing,” ISA secretary Myra Noshahi said. “I’ve been obsessed with them from the beginning. They’re great,” senior Nina Rafiq said. “They have traditional songs as well as fusion songs with English and it’s just great music that anyone can relate to. Even if you don’t speak the language, you’ll love it.” Doors will open at 6 p.m. The competition is free for students with a SMU ID. Students are suggested to arrive as soon as possible in order to choose a seat that suits their liking. Non-SMU students can purchase tickets before the event online or at the door. Presale tickets will be available until 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Margaret Spellings, president of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, addressed a packed auditorium at the institute Wednesday. “Any of you who are veterans or actively serving in our military, please stand,” she said. Nearly every member of the audience rose from their red velvet seats, and were greeted with a long round of applause as onlookers honored their service. Spellings and the veterans were joined by former President George W. Bush, second lady Jill Biden other leaders from the military and the public, private and nonprofit sectors for Military Service Initiative Summit on the importance of aiding post-9/11 veterans in the often difficult transition after military service. “I intend to salute these men and women for the rest of my life,” said former President Bush in his address at the conference, poignantly titled “Empowering Our Nation’s Warriors.” The conference focused on the unique needs of transitioning veterans and the vital role Americans have in the process. Martha Raddatz, Chief Global Affairs Correspondent for ABC News, also moderated a discussion on opening up jobs for vets in need of work. There are approximately 2.5 million post-9/11 veterans and a million more veterans will be completing their military service in the next five years. Many of these veterans are disabled and simply in need of someone that cares. “America cared about my
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After speaking at the Bush Institute, President George W. Bush, Laura Bush and Second Lady Jill Biden cheered on the Men’s Basketball team, who defeated Houston 68–64.
recovery,” said Wounded Warrior Lt. Col. Justin Constantine, who was shot by an enemy sniper while on duty in Iraq. Bush revealed in his address that the institute was working closely with Syracuse University on a comprehensive study of the sometimes traumatic post-service experience that military vets go through. According to the study, which will be entirely released in April 2014, 84 percent of veterans said that the American public is unaware of the issues they face and 71 percent of civilians say they don’t understand the problems veterans struggle with. Many vets face issues reintegrating to society. There is a “public misunderstanding” when
it comes to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, which Bush referred to as PTS. According to Bush, PTS is an injury rather than a disorder, which can be treated and is not an obstacle to a successful life. Veterans “are dealing with wounds both seen and unseen,” Biden said. Biden and first lady Michelle Obama co-founded “Joining Forces,” which is an organization dedicated to supporting and honoring military families. Biden, who also teaches English full-time at a community college in Virginia, is the author of the children’s book “Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops,” which focuses on military family’s trying experiences. These vets are “Our most sacred
obligation,” she said. According to President Bush, there are only few things he misses about being the president of the United States. Of course, there was Air Force One. “In eight years, they never lost my baggage,” he joked. On a more serious note, however, the former commander in chief made it clear that celebrating the service of military veterans is something he will continue to do even after his presidency. “They are the 1 percent that kept the 99 percent safe,” he said. Two panel discussions and a networking lunch followed the opening remarks. See the full event at www. bushcenter.org.
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Innocence project hosts event at SMU Karly Hanson Contributing Writer kdhanson@smu.edu It felt like one of those roller coasters seen when driving by Six Flags over Texas. A shockwave. Disbelief. Cory Session was 17 when he heard that his brother, Timothy Cole, was convicted of an aggravated sexual assault that he didn’t commit near Texas Tech University in 1985. Even with an alibi, a spotless criminal record and proof of severe asthma when the perpetrator was a heavy smoker, one witness’s identification of Cole as the perpetrator was enough to lock him away for 25 years. “Where are we?” Session said in a recent interview. “What world are we in, what country do we come from? This is the United States.” Thirteen years later, Tim died while incarcerated. It was another nine years before Session and his mother saw Cole’s name cleared by the work of the Innocence Project of Texas (IPTX). “My mother passed away in October last year, and that was her one quest for decades: live long enough to see his name clear, and she got to see a lot more than his name clear,” said Session, who left his job as a legislative aid to join IPTX in 2009, and is now their policy director. Cory Session is coming to speak at SMU along with District Attorney Craig Watkins and three Dallas exonerees, including Johnnie Lindsey, Christopher Scott and Billy Smith as part of a panel in the IPTX Student Organization’s first campuswide event Feb. 26. SMU junior
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The Innocence Project of Texas’s Student Organization President Steven Evans and Chief Staff Attorney Natalie Roetzel listen as SMU student volunteers discuss their cases and witness profiles at their weekly meeting.
Steven Evans, student president of the IPTX student organization, has coordinated the event as an introduction of the 3-year-old student group and its mission to the SMU campus. The panel will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Hillcrest Room of the Underwood Law Library. “Our work is significant because it’s helping people who cannot help themselves. It’s finding the needle in the haystack,” Evans said. “The innocent person in prison we have a chance of freeing.” The Innocence Project of Texas, founded in 2007, is a nonprofit organization that serves to exonerate wrongly convicted inmates in Texas. The office, headquartered Lubbock, receives 100-150 letters a week from inmates and family members seeking the Innocence Project’s help. In addition to the student organization on SMU’s campus, the IPTX works with students from the University of Texas at Dallas, Texas A&M University and the law school
at Texas Tech University. Both undergraduate and law students sort through the innocence claims mailed to IPTX. The students read and digest cases, take copious notes and then write a memo detailing whether or not the case is winnable and worth pursuit and litigation. The 17 students volunteering this semester at SMU are broken into three groups, each assigned a different case. The cases they read are confidential and cannot be discussed outside of the organization. “My favorite part of working on the cases is reading through the nittygritty details,” Evans said. “There are some comical prosecutors.” To make it to this step of the exoneration process, the claim for innocence must pertain to an inmate convicted of a felony within the state of Texas. On top of these credentials, the cases must also be provable. The screening process is rigorous because, as a small nonprofit, financial resources are limited.
“The cases that we pick and that we actually litigate, we’re usually pretty confident in because we’re not going to spend a lot of time and money on cases that we don’t think we can win,” said Natalie Roetzel, chief staff attorney of IPTX. “We have a lot of faith in the clients that we do choose, and we work very closely with them and very diligently on their files.” While pursuing exonerations of innocent Texas inmates is the more immediate goal of the organization, the overarching mission is to evoke reforms in the legislative system to prevent wrongful convictions from occurring in the first place. “If we don’t learn something from all of our cases then we’ve failed,” Roetzel said. “What we want to be able to do is take these cases, make examples of them and basically demonstrate what reforms might be available to prevent those injustices from happening in the future.”
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Mac’s Place to close for renovations Genevieve Edgell Food Editor gedgell@smu.edu
Beginning March 8, immediately after students leave for spring break, Mac’s Place will close and undergo remodeling. Construction on campus seems to be never ending, but SMU’s vision for a residential commons philosophy has driven many exciting projects including the upcoming renovation of Mac’s Place and a pedestrian mall connecting Daniel Street with Mockingbird Lane. The new and improved Mac’s Place will include an outdoor grilling and patio space with ample seating, a larger market with convenience store items, larger to-go menu options and a more convenient entrance. In campus dining services surveys, students reported a desire for more technology and convenience in Mac’s Place. The renovation will now offer a touch screen ordering system, a mobile ordering system in the future and an emphasis on the P.O.D. concept that stands for provisions on demand. Dining Administration’s Marketing Manager Jennifer Chang said students enjoy how the dining experience at Mac’s Place specializes in to-go options
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February 21 CEE Seminar: Teng Zeng, Ph.D., Berry Cash Seminar Room, 10:30-11:15 a.m.
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The renovated Mac’s Place will replace indoor seating with an outdoor patio for dinning and grilling which will face the pedestrian mall, a walkway from Daniel Street to Mockingbird Lane.
for quick meals or snacks in a hurry. Chang said the renovation will “capitalize on the grab ‘n go” concept by implementing the P.O.D. model that has proven successful in the Bonelli at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts. This means the store will offer a larger to-go menu, more emphasis on a made-to-order grill menu, a pizza bar, fresh produce options, a salad bar and convenience store items. All of which students can purchase and either take to go or
SATURDAY February 22
Visioneering, Moody Coliseum, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
eat outside on the patio. There will no longer be seating indoors in order to make room for this expansion of new features. The new renovation proves Mac’s Place will be especially appealing to students in a rush. The anticipated mobile ordering system will be joined to student Flex and Pony Dollar accounts for even more convenience. The walkway from Daniel Street to the back side of Hughes-Trigg Student Center will be extended to Mockingbird Lane through campus. This extended walkway is
SUNDAY February 23
Meadows Museum Art Activity: “Drawing from the Masters,” Meadows Museum, 1:30-3 p.m.
Nominations for All University Awards are now open. Visit http://smu.edu/studentlife/awards for details. Nominations are due Thursday, Feburary 27th at noon.
being referred to as SMU’s pedestrian mall. One of the first new features of this walkway will be the new Mac’s Place entrance. Essentially, Mac’s Place is getting turned around to face what is currently the parking lot behind McElvaney residence hall but what will become a key feature of the pedestrian mall. Associate Vice President of Campus Services Julie Wiksten explained this idea: “With it opening onto the pedestrian mall, it will make it easily accessible for students walking from the new residence halls as students in the same quad and anywhere on campus. We also anticipate it being attractive on game days as attendees make their way to Ford Stadium.” The idea is to better serve students so that the community of SMU feels more closely tied together. With Mac’s Place spilling onto the pedestrian mall, everyone can access the new dining service easily.
As well as Mac’s Place becoming a game day attraction, outdoor seating will make the new dining service and walkway more unique and appealing. Outdoor seating is very limited on campus with only the patio on the ground floor of Hughes-Trigg Student Center and park benches around campus as current options. Mac’s Place is anticipated to be an attractive location for days when the weather allows for outdoor dining enjoyment. Seating on the pedestrian mall also furthers SMU’s vision for a residential commons philosophy since it will be on the path students will use to walk from the Hughes-Trigg Student Center to the new residence halls. While Mac’s Place is closed for the exciting renovations ahead, RFoC at Umphrey Lee will be extending hours until midnight with choices from the grill, salad bar and pizza bar as available late night options. RFoC at Umphrey Lee will also be offering some convenience store items. Campus Services is funding the complete renovation while
McElvaney Hall also undergoes construction. The residence hall will be adding faculty-in-residence apartments and classroom space. Student residents of the dorm will remain in McElvaney during the time period of construction for both re-modeling projects. These additions to the McElvaney residence hall created a need for additional square footage. Chang said they were happy to work in tandem with the McElvaney remodelling project by giving up square footage in Mac’s Place. The new and renovated Mac’s Place is expected to be complete by the fall of 2014 but Campus Services is unable to announce an expected opening date until re-modeling has picked up speed. SMU’s vision continues to be reflected by the many changes on campus in the past year: the new sophomore dorms opening August 2014, the new women’s clothing boutique, Douleur, located in Hughes-Trigg, the renovation of the pedestrian mall and now a new and improved Mac’s Place.
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Augustines does it ‘better’ First annual Meadows Fair: jordan moore A&E Editor mooreja@smu.edu Nestled upstairs in the House of Blues is the Cambridge Room. Dim lights glitter the gilded accents on its walls while concrete and wood frame the ceiling. Couches and mantles skirt the edges of the room and a bar sits opposite the stage. It’s the perfect clash of the modern city street and a home. Although the indie-rock trio Augustines (formerly We Are Augustines) does not call Dallas home, they sure made it their own Wednesday night, despite missing one band member. Bill McCarthy, singer and guitarist, stood on stage and explained that their third man, Eric Sanderson, had to attend to a family death. Rob Allen sat on his “box” on stage, nodding his head in salutary manner at McCarthy’s words. “We had the option to cancel the tour, but we didn’t want to do that,” McCarthy said. With a trademark look of something between contemplative concern and a humble smile, McCarthy plucked a few chords on his guitar as he spoke. McCarthy and Allen seemed similar in style, both wearing jeans, boots, charcoal tees. They were in sync as they started the show. McCarthy and Allen soon set into the rhythm of their duet, quickly picking up speed with fingers on strings and palms on drums. Augustines released their self-titled second album. Dallas was only the second stop of a four-month tour cross-country and overseas to promote the new album. Augustines was sure to play songs from both albums: the previous “Rise Ye Sunken Ships” and the current “Augustines.” Past tragedy lingered on McCarthy’s lips as he sang lyrics from “Sunken Ships.” He didn’t hold back as he screamed and exhaled the weight of those words like those of song “Juarez:” “Lord I see red and it’s storming in my head…Lord I see red and I’m praying on my bed.” Augustines is anything but a sunken ship, even when missing a band member for a show. McCarthy and Allen improvised well both with music and comedy. McCarthy, while admittedly a little nervous being on tour without the rest of the band, was able to express himself
and interact with the audience –– even if it meant a little “liquid encouragement.” McCarthy confessed, “we brought a little whiskey up here,” holding up a handle of Jameson as Allen takes a sip from his own cup. Fittingly enough, McCarthy unknowingly has undertones of a Gerard Butler Scottish accent. With a hint of Scottish tone, a swig of Irish whiskey and English influence, this green-eyed fellow seems a friend to all. In addition to Allen, the Britain-born drummer, there was an English lad in the audience who expressed his love for Augustines. “Come to London!” the young 20-something hollered from the back of the room. “We’re coming, brother,” an appreciative and eager McCarthy replied. McCarthy mentioned his love for England, fondly reminiscing about how he always ends up “eating french fries after midnight.” He immediately corrected himself, saying, “I’m sorry, I mean chips. They’re not called fries over there.” The audience laughed at McCarthy’s relatable confession of midnight snacking. Fellow band member Allen could only smile. Allen was born in London and in the land of many music greats. Augustines has recorded at Abbey Road Studios, what Allen considers to be “one of the best studios in the world.” The Beatles, Pink Floyd and others have all been there. For Augustines, though they may not be as well-known as the names just mentioned, Augustines is making its way around the world and back again. Fans are beginning to follow. Lyrics from “Augustine,” another song from “Sunken Ships” resonated the room and echoed from the mouth of the audience: “Keep your head up kid. I know you can swim, but ya gotta move your legs.” Augustines are continuing to prove just how much they’re swimming; swimming from a hurricane of emotion that flooded the pages of their lyrics and washed out into the sounds of their songs in “Sunken Ships;” swimming forward from the former “We Are Augustines” to the more profound and powerfully simple identity as “Augustines.” Augustines’ followers are steadily on the rise, and there are those that will follow the band
wherever they go. One couple drove from their home city of Minneapolis all the way to Dallas to see Augustines. When I pointed this out to Allen, he said, “it’s flattering, it’s very meaningful…not many jobs offer that.” When asked if there’s any specific message Augustines has to listeners, Allen said, “not so much of a message… more of a promise.” Allen explained that their promise as a band is to “always give 120 percent.” Augustines proved that with their showing up as a duo instead of a trio, and performing acoustically like Texas Southerners do best. There was an authentic acoustic moment when McCarthy pulled a crew member onstage: “Alex, come on up here.” Alex, a late-teens/earlytwenties guy clad in casual jeans and a plaid shirt hopped on stage and humbly walked McCarthy’s way. With a shy smile, the young crew member waited to see what McCarthy had planned for him. As McCarthy picked up and offered Alex a guitar, Alex’s shy smiled briefly parted as his lips absorbed a second of shock. His eyes lit up as he graciously accepted the moment’s opportunity being given. McCarthy hoped off stage to stand on a nearby speaker box, and Allen stood up from the drums to stand off to the side as well. McCarthy counted down until Alex began strumming to “East Los Angeles,” another song from “Sunken Ships.” Alex had his moment on stage and the night hung on the purity of an unplugged moment of a single guitar and a single voice. The last song, “Now You Are Free,” was one from the new album. As McCarthy sang “Ya gotta let go. Let go of all your ghosts,” he closed the show in signifying a new start. McCarthy said, “you guys paid for a rock show, and you guys got…” trailing off in lack of a word to describe a very different show for Augustines. A woman in the audience, the female half of the Minneapolis couple that drove to Dallas for this show, filled in the blank and said, “better.”
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Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert take a selfie on Fallon’s debut on “The Tonight Show.”
Jimmy Fallon makes his mark zain haidar A&E Writer zhaidar@smu.edu Jimmy Fallon smashed his way into on primetime territory this Monday after his debut as the new host of “The Tonight Show.” After 22 years of Jay Leno and his massive facial deformity (I think people call it a chin? Let me double check on that), “The Tonight Show” is back to recruiting young talent – and hopefully for real this time. Ever since the whole “Conan” debacle, “The Tonight Show” has gone from hallowed institutionalism to infamous tension. From Steve Allen to Johnny Carson and through Jay Leno’s first 17 years, there was an unbroken chain of success (if you want to define certain mediocre years as successful). With the ousting of Leno, the chain-yank of “Conan” and finally the awkward tug-back on “Leno,
“NBC executives made one thing clear: if Tina Fey isn’t in control of something that happens on our station, it ain’t gonna be good. Fallon, after grinding his teeth at Late Night and Saturday Night Live, has finally made his way into the mainstream. We’re not talking about a silent, dedicated skillhoning apprenticeship however; no, Fallon’s first mistakes and growing pains were there for all to see —in the first seasons of “Late Night” and Fallon’s unprofessional hiccups at “SNL.” But weirdly enough, that amateur, boyish charm is the most appealing thing about Fallon. Let’s face the facts—Leno has been phoning it in for years. Why wouldn’t he? After two decades at a job less and less people appreciate you for, you might begin to phone it in too (plus Leno has a bunch of sweet cars that are frankly much more interesting than those hackneyed zoo animal segments
they keep rehashing on late night talk shows). Fallon, though, is a late night host for the viral age. On his debut episode, there were more tweetable moments than you could count on one hand or fit in 140 characters. Celebrities came out in droves to pay homage – even ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson found it in his heart to take time from his pigeons and slip Fallon a congratulatory gift. The most exciting part, however, is when Fallon did a history of hip-hop dance moves with Will Smith – calling back on his “Late Night” days and his incredibly popular skits with Justin Timberlake. However ridiculous he looked, as Fallon twerked and dougied on that stage, in front of that live audience, he sent a message loud and clear: this was right.
BoulevART coming this April ALLY VAN DEUREN Contributing Writer avandeuren@smu.edu Meadows students from all disciplines will showcase their talents at the first annual Meadows Fair, The BoulevART, a school-wide event that will take place on April 24. Funded by Student Senate, the project will be co-directed by senior communications major Anthony McAuliffe and sophomore theatre major Becca Rothstein. “We’ve really noticed a huge disconnect with Meadows and the rest of the school, so it would be very nice to showcase what happens in Meadows so people see what happens so they can support fellow mustangs,” McAuliffe said. “We are hoping that this will turn into an annual event where the Meadows senators will take charge of the Meadows Fair committee and completely pull it together.” This come-and-go event will last from late morning to early evening and the quad outside Dallas Hall will be set up with a
large stage, several tents and free food and drink for all. There will be music, dance and theatre performances on stage, along with visual art galleries and student films playing throughout the day. With a committee of 19 Meadows students that meet once a week to discuss the details of the project, McAuliffe’s and Rothstein’s vision is taking off. “I think it’s important because in observing SMU, I’ve seen that there are lots of different communities but not one large strong community, and especially in reference to Meadows in relation with the rest of the school,” Rothstein said. “It’s a way to reach out to the school and to build community and to break down barriers between Meadows and other SMU communities and schools.” Rothstein explained that she has had conversations with friends outside of Meadows who have expressed their interest in coming to Meadows events, but they are intimidated by the fact that the Owen Arts Center building is so difficult to navigate.
McAuliffe, Rothstein and their team are hard at work researching and brainstorming the ways in which they can best advertise the BoulevART: Meadows Fair so that many nonMeadows students will attend and experience it. They decided to hold the event on a Thursday so that it would be as accessible as possible to non-Meadows majors where students can stop by, get some food, experience the art, talk to the artists and then head to class. The team has high hopes for the long lasting legacy of the event and how it could potentially increase future audience sizes of Meadows performances of all kinds. “Meadows students are incredibly creative and intelligent and talented and, unfortunately, our talents are not as available to the rest of the school as they could be,” Rothstein said. “This event will help showcase our talent, will help show the rest of the school what we do as artists and we’ll be able to share our incredible art with them in many different mediums.”
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Rapper G-Eazy to perform at Trees zain haidar A&E Writer zhaidar@smu.edu Known for his hits “Runaround Sue” and his 2011 mixtape “The Endless Summer,” G-Eazy has a very specific aesthetic and niche; namely, doo-wop hip-hop. With slicked back hair, breezy good looks and his signature leather jacket, G-Eazy typically overlays his rhymes on golden oldie samples for a crisp middle American sock-
hop feel. Born Gerard Earl Gillum, the Oakland, California native started off making music with his group the Bay Boyz and eventually made his way to Loyola University in New Orleans where he studied the music industry and began producing singles. After G-Eazy released “The Endless Summer” online three years ago, the rapper has effectively been on tour ever since, hitting the road with artist Shwayze, and for his current
“These Things Happen” tour rappers Rockie Fresh and Tory Lanez. G-Eazy’s latest work —”Must Be Nice”—features the likes of Hoodie Allen and Devon. The These Things Happen tour is running for 40 stops throughout the United States and Canada, eventually ending in April. Gillum’s show in Deep Ellum is his first stop on the tour which concludes in New Orleans—Gillum’s old stomping grounds.
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FRIDAY n FEBRUARY 21, 2014 smu sound off
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I think that just because they’re so good this year and that we have the new Moody, and the whole Larry Brown turning the team around is just making everyone want to come to the games. The fact that people are having to camp out for tickets and everything....I’m in the band so I go to a lot of the games and it’s a huge difference from last year to this year.
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I see people having more pride in our sports program. Just wanting to talk about because of the record. People are like ‘Hey, have you heard about our basketball team?’ or ‘Did you see the basketball game?’ I think people have spirit in the school, but it allows us to actually showcase our spirit and talk about it with other people. Being in the band, it’s so different being in a stadium full of people and it being so loud from us trying to fill the stadium with our music. —Briana Monsalve, SMU sophomore
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I can see it creating a kind of tradition, whereas now that you have a winning team people are going to grow accustomed to going to games and getting into the school spirit type thing. Similar to state schools, even if the school is not necessarily having a winning season people still go just because it’s tradition and that’s what they’re accustomed to do. So I feel like that’s what’s going to happen now that we started a winning team. —Kyra McCarty, SMU senior
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Choosing a Privilege and prejudice Cloud Utility
michael graves Contributing Writer mwgraves@smu.edu Oh, the joys of cloud storage accounts. For those of us who are organizational, “type A” weirdos (myself included), finding the right cloud application is as involved as buying a new car. I’ve tried several file-sharing and storage sites. I have my favorites and ones I hate. To ease the discernment process (because let’s face it, everyone should be on the cloud), I want to provide an overview of each with a short explanation why I either recommend, or trash, each site. The first, and perhaps one of the most widely known, is Dropbox. Dropbox provides you with a base of 2 gigabytes of space when you sign up for free, and I have no knowledge of a restriction on how large your file uploads can be (unless the file is larger than 2 gigabytes and then you just don’t have space for it). If you want to upgrade you can get 100 gigabytes for just under $100. However, Dropbox files are stored in a separate folder on your computer, and if you drag it out of that main folder or application, you have essentially deleted the file from their server. A mobile app is available for the utility. Google Drive could be an alternate solution for those who like the concept of Dropbox and real-time editing, and the base for Google Drive is 15 gigabytes and can be upgraded to 100 gigabytes for only $5 per month. However, I have had a lot of problems formatting documents on Google Drive, and quite frankly I like hard copies of my documents on my computer, a luxury that Google Drive does not provide unless you have the application open and running on your computer. Google Drive also has a mobile app, but I have found it difficult to use in most cases due to the average size of a document and the small screen on my iPhone and iPad.
Box is a step up from both of these programs, and the company was offering 50 gigabytes of free space for a limited amount of time. If you’ve missed this offer, don’t fret. The base (free) plan is 10 gigabytes of storage space and a maximum 250 megabyte upload allowance per file. For $5 per month you can upgrade to a 100 gigabyte plan and upload files up to 2 gigabytes. I use this mostly for project collaboration. Box is great because you can store files onto an actual desktop folder that syncs when you open the app, but I mostly leave everything online. Box’s mobile app is much like Dropbox and you can download files to your mobile device from the application. SugarSync is, by far, my favorite cloud storage app. My boyfriend has used it since its genesis and had me hooked the first time he showed me the application on his phone. It’s a paid service (you can try it for 30 days free) but I decided to get the 100 gigabyte for $100 per year plan and have loved my experience using the application. With SugarSync, you can link folders directly from your computer (yes, even that obscure baby picture folder buried deep in a slew of other folders hidden away from public view), and everything syncs when you open the app. This is a phenomenal utility because if you have the app open and are working on a document in Microsoft Word, each time you press save a copy is saved to the SugarSync server and is then available on their mobile app. I decided not to go into iCloud for a few reasons. First, I have found iCloud only useful for email, calendar and Page, Keynote and Numbers file syncing. Furthermore, iCloud only gives you a 5 gigabyte base and asks $20 for an extra gigabyte per year— more than most of its competitors. Quite frankly, if I had it my way I would have everyone switch over to SugarSync. Smaller plans are available, it’s the easiest to use and share, and the mobile app is great (it even automatically stores the pictures you take on your phone). But you have to decide for yourself which cloud storage site is best for you. So go out there, do some research and happy collaborating.
leah johnson Assignments Desk Editor leahj@smu.edu Earlier last week, media exploded with a video interview of Samuel L. Jackson correcting KLTA entertainment reporter Sam Rubin, who is white, for confusing Jackson for Laurence Fishburne, another prominent black actor. And frankly, Rubin deserved the chewing out he received because this is just another case of white privilege and prejudice. First, let me define the two terms. White privilege refers to the set of societal privileges that white people benefit from beyond those commonly experienced by people of color in the same societal
circles. This includes unconscious or unintentional advantages that white people may not recognize they have. Prejudice is simply a preconceived notion by someone without sufficient knowledge of the subject. For example, because white culture is the dominant or preferred culture, white people are not bombarded with one set of images or forced to learn about others’ cultures and can oftentimes go their whole lives without different cultural contact. That is an unconscious and sometimes unintentional privilege. Without that contact you build a set of preconceived notions and there you have it, prejudice. Three weeks into the spring semester, and on multiple occasions, I have already witnessed or been a victim to this same exact scenario of white privilege and prejudice. A couple weeks ago, I was sitting with other students waiting for my next meeting when images
of Cedric the Entertainer, who is a well-known comedian in the black community, popped up on the TV screen. In a room full of white students, with the exception of me and one other, a white student mistook Cedric the Entertainer for Bernie Mac, who is another well-known comedian in the black community. When I corrected her, she responded by saying that the two comedians look alike and that is why she was confused. To me, that’s like confusing Katy Perry and Britney Spears. They are two different people, with similar career paths. But does that student ever confuse those two people? Not to mention, Bernie Mac is deceased and Cedric the Entertainer is alive and well. When I called the student out on her mistake, she became defensive and that is when the other white students decided to defend the first student and agree that the two men look alike. One student even went as far as to say
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that all black people look alike. Or, there was the time when I had a meeting with a different white student, and I mentioned a friend who wears a turban. She asked me if my friend was the same person as another student who wears a turban. I said no they are not the same person, but she insisted that they look alike. What else could it be other than white privilege and prejudice when some of my own professors still confuse me for other black students and will repeatedly look me in the eyes and call me by another name? What these scenarios show me is that people look at me and only see color. I am not ashamed of my black skin so, yes, please embrace it, but I will not be devalued or lumped into a group. So this is what I have to say to those mistaken students and professors: See us, not our color.
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there was an enormous amount of callers that supported Rice for hitting Palmer. Keep in mind, the callers were both men and women. They said that spitting on someone was the greatest sign of disrespect anyone could do. One female caller said that spitting is considered an assault and if anyone, regardless of sex, assaults you they need to be prepared for a
fight. Palmer spitting on Rice has not been confirmed, but whether she spit on him or not, whether she struck him first or not, there is no situation where his actions are permissible. When I was a young boy, my father instilled in me three chief virtues I should try to live by: 1) Tell the truth; value your words because they carry weight and you will be judged by what you say just as much as what you do. 2) Treat others as you would have them do onto you because karma is unforgiving. 3) Never—I repeat—never, under no circumstances, hit a woman. I was raised to believe that in most instances a man will be physically stronger than a woman. I am not sure what Ms. Palmer's physical stats are, but based on the surveillance video it is clear that the 5'8" 212 lb running back was the physical superior.
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Let’s say she did spit on him. Let’s say she also punched him. Do you think it would be impossible for Rice to wrap her up and hold her down until security arrived. Security arrived relatively quickly after he knocked her out. It is reasonable to assume they would have arrived quickly enough to restrain her. Just based on appearances, I'd say Rice has at least 100 pounds on Palmer. That would put Palmer around 105-125 pounds, that is about the average weight of a 14-year-old boy. An NFL athlete should be able to restrain a 14-year-old. He should be able to restrain his fiance. He should not feel it necessary to upper cut his fiance. Let me be clear, I am not saying men should not hit women because all women are physically inferior; had Rice been fighting with Rhonda Rousey, he
would have been the one being unconsciously dragged out of the elevator. What I am saying is that, at least for me, there should be an embedded value and respect for women that tells men that hitting a woman is wrong. If Palmer was armed and Rice's life was in danger, I wouldn't be writing this column. As of right now, we don't know who struck first, we also don't know if Palmer actually spit on Rice. However, we do know that she was not armed. Rice was not in immediate danger. Was the uppercut excessive? Absolutely it was. Was it wrong? Without a doubt. It is an incredibly gutless, cowardly thing for a man to strike a woman. I don't know; maybe it’s just me, maybe I'm the crazy one, but it just seems wrong.
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