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Provost Paul Ludden to step down this June CHRISTINA COX Assignments Editor clcox@smu.edu SMU Provost Paul Ludden informed the SMU community today that he will be stepping down from his position on June 1, 2015. He announced his choice to step down via an email sent to faculty and staff at 1:57 p.m. According to Ludden, he chose to step down because of his search for other opportunities in Wisconsin near his daughter and family. Ludden was one of four finalists for the provost position at Marquette University in Milwaukee, as The Daily Campus reported this January. However, Marquette University announced Feb. 16 that Daniel J. Myers, vice president and associate provost for faculty affairs at the University of
Notre Dame, would be the university’s next provost. Ludden stated that although the results of the job search are not finalized, he suggested to SMU President R. Gerald Turner that he would leave his position at the end of this semester because of the potential disruption the move would cause. “Because the Board was informed of this decision at last Friday’s meeting, I wanted to share it with the broader SMU community as soon as possible,” Ludden said in his email to faculty and staff. Ludden will continue his work on campus as provost for the remainder of the semester until he begins his leave with his wife Linda. During his eight years at SMU, Ludden served on several university, government and business advisory boards and panels
in addition to serving as provost. He feels like this is a good time to leave because of the university is at the end of its strategic plan and close to the end of its Unbridled Campaign. “It is a good time to have a change in the provost position and bring in a new leader to advance SMU under a new strategic plan,” he said in his email. According to Ludden, President Turner and himself are working together on a smooth transition over the course of the semester. “I have been fortunate to have such a talented and committed team in the Provost Office and I am certain that they will provide stability during a time of change,” Ludden said. The Daily Campus will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
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Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin shares the stories of America’s leaders
National OXNARD, Calif.— A commuter train bound for Los Angeles derailed in a fiery collision with a pickup truck abandoned after its driver took a wrong turn and got stuck on the tracks. Three of the train’s five cars toppled over injuring 28 people. CHICAGO— Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hoped to avoid being forced into a runoff on Tuesday as voters weighed his record on school closings, crime and jobs in deciding whether to award him a second term. He needs more than 50 percent to win re-election outright in the nonpartisan race.
Texas BROWNSVILLE — A judge says a coalition of states suing to stop President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration has until Monday to respond to a request by the U.S. government to lift a temporary hold of Obama’s orders. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen issued a preliminary injunction Feb. 16 to halt the immigration action by Obama, who wants to spare from deportation as many as 5 million people who are in the U.S. illegally.
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Civil Rights Pilgrimage gives students alternate spring break option Candi Bolden Contributing Writer cbolden@smu.edu Spending spring break with 30 to 35 people on bus might not seem ideal, but for senior Michelle Anderson it is. “It’s the best way you can spend your spring break,” Anderson said. Leaving March 6 and returning March 14, Anderson along with other students in PLSC 4334 and SOSC 6356 are trading in their spring break to go on a Civil Rights Pilgrimage across four states. According to Anderson, the Civil Rights Pilgrimage connects students to history by sharing first hand stories of the past with students. For her, that makes history more tangible. Anderson, who is the student trip leader for the pilgrimage, helps students process there experiences on the trip by leading discussions. “Every person has what our coordinator calls their ‘a-ha moment’ and it’s the moment of them just kind of getting why it’s such a big deal and why it’s important and why we go to these places,” Anderson said. “For me that was meeting all of what we call ‘the foot soldiers.’” The “foot soldiers” are various members of the civil rights movement that lead the tour of areas on the pilgrimage. In past years students met “foot soldiers” such as participants of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Harris Family, former freedom riders and more. For Anderson, one of the standouts is Joanne Bland who marched in the Bloody Sunday March when she was 11 years old. “She is the tour guide that we had through Selma and she’s really raw about the experience
that she had. I think that makes it real for a lot of people,” Anderson said. But the Pilgrimage is more than listening to the stories of those involved in the civil rights movement and visiting the sites major events in the movement. The students write journals of their experiences on the pilgrimage “The pilgrimage is not a tour. We meet and interact with the ‘foot soldiers’ of the movement at virtually every stop,” Civil Rights Pilgrimage faculty leader Dennis Simon said. The pilgrimage itself focuses on areas Simon defines as “ground zero” of the Civil Rights Movement. This includes Little Rock, Ark.; Jackson, Miss.; Philadelphia; Oxford, Miss.; Selma, Ala.; Montgomery, Ala.; Tuskegee, Ala.; Birmingham, Ala.; and Memphis, Tenn. “This year we will be in Selma, Alabama for the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday which led to the introduction and passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,” Simon said. In Selma, Ala. the group will march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge for a Bloody Sunday reenactment. According to Simon, immersion like this allows students to experience the movement more personally. “Students learn the politics and then relive, so to speak, American history,” Simon said. The trip itself is run by the Chaplain’s Office. Simon, Anderson and Ray Jordan serve as trip leaders. Simon has run the trip since 2008 after designing a course, Politics and Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement, to go along with the trip. The Civil Rights Pilgrimage is only held during the spring semester.
Quoting Abraham Lincoln, world renown historian and writer Doris Kearns Goodwin says, “A good story for me is better than a drop of whiskey.” With philosophy like this, Goodwin never failed to engage the audience of McFarlin Auditorium with stories of not only past United States presidents but also herself. Brooklyn raised, Goodwin grew up with a passion for baseball, attending the game and racing back home to report the events of the game to her father–and thus a journalist was made. The consultant to Ken Burns’ “Baseball” documentary, Goodwin has carried her love of the game (and the Red Sox) into her professional and family life. As the first woman journalist admitted into the Red Sox locker room, the game holds a special place in her heart. When moderator Bill McKenzie asks why America is so infatuated with baseball, she explains, that today’s fast pace society does not have time to sit and chat and reflect. But baseball is slow moving and personal. “It’s part of being a town...If the Red Sox lose, I can’t read the newspaper the next day,” Kearns said. The Pulitzer-Prize winning author has had now two of her books acquired by Stephen Spielberg, one of which was the Oscar-winning “Lincoln” starring Daniel Day Lewis. Spielberg has recently bought the book rights to her new work, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. Goodwin’s presence in film has informed her of the power and responsibility of putting history to the screen. She explains her disappointment in the recent film “Selma” and the false depiction of President Johnson. She said, “they made it into a black moment, not a black and white moment.” “This was a moment of harmony in history, but it was a transcendent American movie.
They screwed it up.” Her books and stories have such an impact on us because of their reachability. Goodwin knows stories, and she knows stories well. From recollections of twirling on the dance floor with Lyndon B. Johnson to meeting her childhood crush Jackie Robinson, Goodwin illustrated her life through the stories of her past and our leaders. Her knowledge of deliciously detailed anecdotes of America’s figure heads seemed never ending and always new. A woman obsessed with the past, Goodwin admitted,”I think I’m just meant to be in the past.” She has adopted Franklin D. Roosevelt’s philosophy that “People will remember stories better than they remember facts.” What made men like LBJ, FDR and Lincoln so great was their ability to communicate to their people. Goodwin explains that the power of the president’s communication has been diminished. She also critiques the loss of humility in the more recent administrations. The answer to having flaws is not simply admitting them, but compensating for them and having someone opposite to him present. “The unconfident guy wants to be the only one right, while the confident guy is willing to admit flaws. That’s confidence.” As for the future generation of leaders, Goodwin left the students with one challenge–get as many experiences with different groups of people as you can. “Grow in understanding of different groups of people. Recognize diversity,” Kearns said. “Go out and get inside their heads.” Board member and alumnae, Mr. and Mrs. Albon and Debbie Head Jr. braved the storm and traveled all the way from Parker County to hear Goodwin speak. Mrs. Head claims this Tate Lecture as “the best she’s ever heard.” “She’s one of the greats., Kearns said. Her beautiful grasp on not only America, but also the world was incredible to listen to.”
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The best dressed on the Academy Awards carpet Gabriella Bradley Style Editor gjbradley@smu.edu
stick to for the event: black, white and red. These three classic shades stood out on the carpet and made these famous faces look their absolute best. That’s all, folks! The award season Some stars chose to go for a deep plunging neckline, such as Margot has come to a close – once again. There were winners and losers , Robbie or Channing Tatum’s plussome were surprises and others were one, wife Jenna Dewan Tatum. Others expected. decided to employ a lustful lace look, Whether or not an attendee walked which Sienna Miller, from “American away with one of the coveted gold Sniper,” and Rosamund Pike, from statues, there was another award to be “Gone Girl,” aced. had that night: best dressed. Then of course there must be a nod The slew of award shows that led to the suits of the red carpet. David up to this event are more like dress Oyelowo, from “Selma,” looked rehearsals for the stars, but Sunday’s dashing in a deep red tux, and the show was the grand finale. If there is always stunning Meryl Streep donned ever a time to look your best, the Oscars a feminine suit jacket ensemble. is most certainly it. While viewers will have to wait There seemed to have been a few another year to see what styles dominate certain colors that the stars chose to the red carpet, these looks will have
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Alejandro González Iñárritu won Best Director and Best Picture for “Birdman.”
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Lady Gaga impressed the crowd with a medley from “The Sound of Music.”
This year’s Oscars paled in comparison to previous years matt sanders Associate A&E Editor msanders@smu.edu The 87th Annual Academy Awards took place in Los Angeles this past weekend, and it will be talked about for a long time. When it was announced that Neil Patrick Harris would be the host of the awards show, the hype began due to Harris’ success at these events. The most talked about movie going into the night was
“American Sniper.” This was because of the emotion the story brought out of people, and also because of the ongoing trial of Eddie Ray Routh. However, when the night was over, “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” came out on top as it won best picture, best cinematography, best director and best original screenplay. “American Sniper” did not walk away empty handed. It won best sound editing.
Instead of giving traditional acceptance speeches, several winners decided to use their moment in the spotlight to discuss current issues this country is facing. Patricia Arquette won best supporting actress for her role in “Boyhood,” and used her speech to demand equality for women. John Legend, who performed the song “Glory” in the movie “Selma” decided to call for action regarding civil rights. There were also several
touching moments throughout the night. Graham Moore, who won best adapted screenplay for “The Imitation Game” recalled when he contemplated suicide at the age of 16, and gave advice to people who are in the same situation he was in. The most moving moment of the night was when Lady Gaga took the stage. Instead of performing one of her strangely unique songs, she performed a medley of songs that were in “The Sound of Music” as a tribute to
Julie Andrews. Others winners include Eddie Redmayne for his leading role in “The Theory of Everything,” J.K. Simmons for his supporting role in “Whiplash” and Julianne Moore for her leading role in “Still Alice.” Although there were several positive moments throughout the show, the numbers do not lie. This was the least-watched Academy Awards show since 2009, and a lot of it had to do with the lack of comedy. Speakers were able to make
the audience laugh, but several jokes involved race. With the race relations issues that the United States is having right now, this might not have been the best year to make racial jokes. With a handful of nominated movies being about war and race – topics that hit close to home right now – it is not necessarily a surprise that this year’s Oscar’s weren’t as successful as others. The Academy Awards can get better, but only if the movies bring the positive emotions out of people.
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Overall, “Birdman” swept the ceremony this year and took home multiple awards, including Best Picture.
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Eddie Redmayne captivated viewers with his performance in “The Theory of Everything.”
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Why we need black history month Every February, my Facebook and Twitter feeds are flooded with a plethora of inspirational quotes photoshopped onto images of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. But about two years ago, a new image began to pop up. Superimposed, the image features Morgan Freeman and is typically accompanied by a summarized transcript from an interview the actor gave to Mike Wallace of CBS’ “60 Minutes,” back in 2005. If you live under a dark, dark rock and somehow don’t know what I’m talking about, in the interview, Freeman asserts that Black History Month is “ridiculous,” and when Wallace asked how Freeman proposed society rid itself of racism, he responded, “Stop talking about it. I’m going to stop calling you a white man. And I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.” Color-blindness is a wonderfully idealistic, naïve strategy in regards to race relations in the United States. Its proponents staunchly argue that if we could all, oh so simply, forget centuries of institutionalized racism and not see the color of each other’s skin, then we would all be treated
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equally and with the flick of a wrist, all of our problems could be solved. Because all lives matter, right? Wrong. The fact of it is that all lives do not matter, at least not equally. They never have in America. A lot of people think that because slavery is abolished, because black men (and women!) can vote, and because Jim Crow laws have been eradicated, that we live in a post-racial society. I would wager that the parents of Tamir Rice; the people of Ferguson, MO.; the wife and children of Eric Garner, would all beg to differ. Black lives do not matter, at least not as much as white lives. These major news stories are low-hanging fruit; let’s look at something a little higher up. In 2010, black men were six times as likely as white men to be incarcerated (Pew Research Center). The Human Rights Watch says that black adult
males are arrested on drug charges 2.5 times more often than white adult males, despite 77 percent of the 22 million habitual drug users in America being white males. And the systemization of this racism does not just persist within our prison system; 35 percent of Black children grades 7-12 have been suspended or expelled from school at some point, compared to only 15 percent of white children (NAACP). This is simply the tip of the iceberg. This society does not value black lives as much as it does white lives, and this is why we absolutely cannot pretend that we do not see the color of each other’s skin. This is why Black History Month is important. We need to remember the centuries of injustices committed by whites against blacks. We need to actively discuss what happened, why it happened, and why it was wrong; because we need to make sure we do not repeat history. We need to celebrate the progress that has been made, and the sacrifices that were made to achieve it. We need Black History Month. This article originally appeared on SirelleCarter.com.
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Bruce Shulte, left, and Tim Hinterberger discuss the legalization of marijuana.
Alaskans stay warm by lighting up and legalizing marijuana Along with Washington, Oregon, and Colorado, Alaska became the fourth state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The ruling came when the state voted 53-47 to allow adults to use marijuana in private places. Legislators left many of the details, regulations and nuances to the lawmakers and regulators to resolve. While the state may not worry about the consequences of the legalization, Alaskan Native leaders roll over and worry that the new law will incur and lead temptation into their communities. Communities that already posses high rates of illegal activity: drug and alcohol abuse, and domestic violence. Council Member in Manokotak, a village of 400, Edward Nick said, “When they start depending on smoking marijuana, I don’t know how far they’d go to get the fund they need to support it.” However, supporters of legalization in Alaska promised to these leaders that they would retain control under certain conditions similar to the option of locally regulated alcohol laws. Smoking, growing and possessing marijuana in private areas blaze through the state, however smoking the substance in public will result in a $100 fine. A minor inconvenience relative to the high, personal value regular smokers assign to marijuana. As news of legalization spread throughout the state, initiative’s backers warn smokers to stay calm. Organizers wrote in the Alaska Dispatch News,
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“Don’t do anything to give your neighbors reason to feel uneasy about this new law.” The lifted ban on marijuana excited pot enthusiasts around the nation, rallying supporters to push harder than ever to bring legalization to their community. I can only imagine how many pot smokers have planned a road trip to Alaska similar to the ones to Colorado. The trek across Canada to Alaska will weed out true enthusiasts from the occasional smokers, tokers, and bong blowers. Airline companies have made a statement that flights on April 20 to Alaska are completely booked. The previous sentence may not be true. We, I mean weed enthusiasts now hold high hopes for bans to blow over and be uplifted.
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Texas Senator Jane Nelson, left, and Sen. Craig Estes discuss whether to legalize campus carry.
Campus carry isn’t the answer to reducing sexual assault For years, legislatures, lawmakers, and lobbyists pursued a relentless campaign to permit adults, students and professors to carry guns on campus. Gaining tempo, gun lobbyists push hard to pass legislation that would allow this reality to happen. Lawmakers in ten states, including Texas, occupied with adapting looser campus carry laws believe that permitting firearms on campus would deter sexual assault on campus. Arming students to prevent sexual assault, if only this concept was that simple. On college campuses, a perpetrator with intent to commit sexual assault doesn’t linger in the shadows waiting for a student to come around the corner. They don’t hide in the bushes waiting for an attractive person to pass by before pouncing on them. Instead, these attend the parties that carry an abundance of alcohol and prey on intoxicated girls or slip a drug into their drink. In the study Campus Sexual Assault by National Institute of Justice, only 5 percent experience a completely physically forced sexual assault. According to Correlates of Rape While Intoxicated in a National Sample of College Women study by the Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 72 percent of rapes occurred when the victims were too drunk to refuse or unable to consent. Due to the inebriated state of mind, most of these sexual assault victims would be unable to properly handle a gun nevertheless threaten, point, or shoot one towards the assailant. Possibly the drunken victim could harm innocent bystanders rather than deter his or her assaulter. Unrestricted campus carry laws work both ways for potential victims and perpetrators. The same way legislators aim for victims to defend against predators; a predator could easily threaten a victim. Sponsor of a Nevada campus gun bill, Assemblywoman Michele Fiore said in an interview with The New York Times that “these young, hot little girls on campus” would be safer if they possessed a gun and ensure that “these sexual predators get a bullet in their head.” In the United States, the criminal punishment for rape can be punishable by life in prison, but the U.S. Supreme Court deems that a person convicted of rape is ineligible for the death penalty. The Supreme Court ruled that the states cannot take the life of a sexual predator and while these predators represent the scum of the Earth, neither can sexual assault victims take the life of their assailant. Killing the perpetrator will instill a different kind of distraught and trauma into the victim, rather than solving the problem of rape. These young, hot little girls would be safer if the House passed a bill that increased operations to seize, destroy and eliminate rape drugs such as “roofies.” A bill to increase awareness of the realities of rape and programs to educate both men and women to not rape along with the consequences and immoralities of sexual assault. Texas State Representative Allen Fletcher suggests, “These gun free zones (college campuses) are some of the most dangerous places in America and Texas.” Fletcher stands proudly as he marks gun free zones like college campuses as a dangerous area. A gun free zone such as Southern Methodist University forms inbred, backward breeding grounds for the worst crimes in Texas. I’ve seen people jaywalk the boulevard, crude drawings of penises on foggy windows and sharpie marks of poop art around campus (I can’t be the only to notice these). Admittedly, college campuses do hold some serious crimes, but not enough to warrant loosen campus carry laws. I’m in college to receive an education and I would be a nervous wreck knowing that someone in my class holds the 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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ability to end my life, my classmates’ lives and my teachers’ lives. Florida State Representative Dennis K. Baxley said during a debate in a House subcommittee, “If you’ve got a person that’s raped because you wouldn’t let them carry a firearm to defend themselves, I think you’re responsible.” Mr. Baxley, in a hypothetical case: if there are children in poverty because you wouldn’t push legislation to improve their conditions, I think you’re responsible. Now, I don’t know the name of the argument Mr. Baxley used, but I do recognize it as a fallacy. In a similar way ignoramuses tell victims that it’s their fault they were raped based on what they wore or where they were; Mr. Baxley seems to suggest that those who oppose campus carry hold the fault and responsibility of sexual assaults cases. Guns represent the farthest solution to sexual assaults on college campuses. If one wants to reduce and prevent rape, there lies a simple answer: don’t rape. Too many times society blamed the victim for dressing a certain way or arriving into a certain situation, but not enough responsibility and attention has been thrown on the assailants. Nobody chooses to be raped, nobody asks to be raped, so we have to stop thinking that the answer to rape lies in protecting the victims rather than preventing predators from committing the act. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t help victims deter their perpetrators, I’m all for that. The Defender is a pepper spray that obviously acts as a pepper spray but also takes a picture of the assailant and alerts the police. According to the Houston Chronicle, campus carry could cost the University of Houston and University of Texas systems $47 million. That $47 million could be better used in providing students with The Defender, a non-lethal deterrent to sexual assault. And if everybody possessed The Defender, that would certainly scare off sexual predators. Society could improve by reducing or eliminating sexual assault overall. Rape needs to be rooted from the source, the perpetrators. Sexual assault is more than a female issue, more than a male issue, it’s everybody’s issue. But if asked about rape, many men would feel uncomfortable with the issue stating that it’s not their problem. An observance that domestic violence activists Victor Rivers noticed. According to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 98 percent of female survivors of rape and 93 percent male survivors of rape reported a man as the assailant. Now tell me whose issue it is. In an ideal world, sexual assault rates would sink to 0 percent. Unfortunately we don’t live in an ideal world; there will always be outliers in every case. But looser campus carry laws won’t solve the issue of rape. In an ideal world, we could pass legislation that would educate men and women on the unethical principles of sexual assault. And in and ideal world, they would fully realize and act accordingly to the wrongs of nonconsensual sex. We don’t live in this ideal world, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t strive for one.
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WEDNESDAY n FEBRUARY 25, 2015 Men ’s Basketball
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Memphis’ Shaq Goodwin (2) attempts to bloc SMU’s Markus Kennedy’s (5) shot earlier this season.
The Pregame: SMU vs Memphis Nikki Chavanelle Associate Sports Editor @NikkiChavanelle SMU defeated Temple on Friday night 67-58 after trailing until the under-9 minute mark when the Mustangs tied it up 43-43. The Mustangs improved to 22-5, 13-2 in the AAC and move on to Memphis to take on the Tigers Thursday night. The Tigers are 15-10 and fifth in the American Athletic Conference. They defeated the UCF Knights on Sunday afternoon 75-65. In their first match up this season, SMU downed the Tigers 73-59 by shooting 51 percent from the field. Last game, SMU still had Keith Frazier but the biggest contributor to scoring that night was newly reinstated Markus Kennedy. Kennedy was just getting back into shape but his performance against Memphis showed SMU fans that he still had it. Kennedy shot 10-for-13 and 21 points to lead the Mustangs to the win. Keys to that win were rebounds, high shooting percentage and assists from Nic Moore. The Mustangs out rebounded the Tigers 38-22 and out shot
them 51 percent to 43 percent. Nic Moore had eight of SMU’s 17 assists where Memphis only had 11. Catch the second round of SMU versus Memphis Thursday night at 8 p.m. on ESPN 2.
Three-on-three Memphis: Austin Nichols (F): Nichols shot 9-15 Sunday against UCF for 20 points in just 34 minutes. He also tallied seven rebounds and three blocks to propel the Tigers to an overtime win against the Knights. Avery Woodson (G): Woodson had a mediocre game against UCF shooting just 3-14 from the field, all three shots from behind the arc. He also tallied two free throws, five rebounds, an assist and a turnover. On paper, Woodson’s stats don’t look that impressive but if his shot decides to fall against the Mustangs, they’ll have to pay close attention to him. Shaq Goodwin (F): Goodwin played a good game against SMU the first time around so Mustang fans should expect him to be a force to compete with the bigs inside. Against UCF he had 10 rebounds, eight points, three assists, two turnovers,
a block and a steal. SMU: Markus Kennedy (F): Kennedy had a huge game inside against Memphis in their first match up so expect him to see a lot of the ball against the Tigers. Kennedy only had eight points in 18 minutes against Temple on Thursday night but he also had six rebounds, two blocks and two assists. Nic Moore (PG): Moore had a game right when the team needed him on Thursday. He had 18 points, four assists, and three steals to help the Mustangs come back from a dire situation in Moody. Moore shot 3-7 from behind the arc but he did tally six turnovers. If Moore can secure the ball, the Mustangs should be able to put the Tigers away. Ryan Manuel (G): Manuel has been a staple to both the SMU defense and offense all season. He is consistently strong on both ends helping the Mustangs in tough spots. Manuel hit two key threepointers to keep the energy high when the Mustangs were down against Temple. He only had eight points against the Owls but also had four assists and a steal.
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The SMU women’s swimming and diving team took home first place at the American Athletic Conference championships. It is the team’s 16th championship in the last 19 seasons, and the first in the the AAC’s first two seasons. The Mustangs surpassed the second place UConn Huskies 797-619 points followed by East Carolina with 595.5 points. Head Coach Steve Collins was awarded women’s AAC Coach of the Year and SMU topped the podium in three events. Senior Rachel Nicol won the 200-yard breaststroke, senior Isabella Arcila won the 200-yard backstroke with a personal best, and the third win came from the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Nathalie Lindborg, Arcila, Marne Erasmus and Adrienn Santa.
2 The SMU men’s swimming and diving team finished second in a close race for the AAC championship title. They finished a mere 34.5
points behind East Carolina. They had 10 gold medalists, seven silver medalists and four bronze medalists. SMU swept the 100, 200, and 500-yard freestyle races with gold performances by freshman Christian Scherubl. The Mustangs also won the platform, one-meter, and three-meter dives with dives from Devin Burnett.
3 SMU men’s soccer scored three goals against the Austin Aztex to kick off their spring schedule. They defeated the Aztex 3-1 with two goals from sophomore Stanton Garcia and one goal from Idrissa Camara from a GarciaMauro Cichero assist. The team is back in action on Thursday against FC Dallas affiliate Arizona United SC on Westcott Field at 8 a.m.
7 The SMU women’s tennis team’s unbeaten streak continues to grow as they are now 7-0 on the season. SMU beat No. 62 ranked USF on Sunday afternoon at the new SMU tennis complex. The 5-2 win over USF is
SMU’s first win over a ranked team this season with a chance for more coming up. The Mustangs travel away for the first time this season next weekend to face No. 13 Oklahoma State and No. 33 Oklahoma.
17 The SMU women’s basketball team recorded their second AAC win this weekend against the Houston Cougars, defeating them away by 17 points. The 68-51 win was spurred by freshman Keely Froling’s 13 points and seven rebounds as well as 37 points from the Mustang’s bench. The Lady Mustangs were shooting at 52.1 percent from the field as opposed to Houston’s 28.3 percent and they out rebounded the Cougars 38-31.
18 Nic Moore scored 18 points to pick the Mustangs up from what could’ve been a bad loss to Temple on Thursday night. Besides the 18 points, Moore also had four assists and three steals to help the Mustangs down the Owls 67-58. Moore and company return to the court away against Memphis Thursday at 8 p.m.
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