INSIDE
Knox-Henderson revitalized
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Huskies hammer Lady Mustangs
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Harold Ramis dies at 69
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Republicans, stop campaigning with racists
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With success comes hassle for Mustang fans Dacota Taylor Contributing Writer dstaylor@smu.edu Five years ago, if someone had told SMU students their school would have a nationally ranked basketball team their eyes would have hit the ceiling. Fast forward to 2014, and SMU has been ranked No. 23 in the AP Poll and is on its way to its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1993. Not only has SMU scored its first AP ranking in more than 20 years, they’ve also broken the 1984-1985 season record of five sell-out games with a whopping seven sell-out matchups this season. But with great teams come some hassles. Getting coveted tickets to high-profile (and often low-profile) matchups is getting tougher. Camping for tickets on cold January nights, previously an unknown sight at SMU, has become commonplace Sunday and Monday nights for student ticket giveaways. Other problems include hunting for parking on those nights, as well as on game nights. “I had no problems getting tickets, but I camped overnight with friends,” SMU senior finance major Scott Robison said. “Others I know waited overnight and didn’t get any tickets at all.” Veteran Head Coach Larry
Brown tries to make the late night waits easier for students. He, along with the men’s basketball team, have been delivering coffee and donuts to the ticket campers on chilly nights. The students don’t seem to care about the cold. According to SMU Sports Management Professor Michael Lysko, a graduate of basketball powerhouse Indiana University, it’s actually helpful for the tickets to be so rare. “Scarcity is a good thing,” Lysko said. “The harder the tickets are to get, the more people will want to come.” It’s a simple system that SMU followed: Hire a winning coach, train winning players, create a winning basketball arena, reduce the number of seats to create demand and watch the crowds go wild as they try to get tickets to what the Dallas Morning News has called the hottest games in Dallas. Across the country, college students with popular teams camp for tickets, going to extreme lengths to acquire them. Ross Pulliam, a former student of the University of Kansas who now works in the communications industry, said camping for Kansas tickets was a way of life for the Jayhawks’ zealous fans. “[Student] teams were formed and a team member was required to camp inside their stadium for five days on a waiting list for tickets,” he said. Team members
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Students set up a couch and television to help pass the time while waiting nearly 24 hours to buy tickets to the Louisville game March 5.
would rotate out when necessary for classes, but there would always be someone there. Just four years ago, none of this was happening at SMU. The program was struggling and Moody Coliseum was far from full. “We went as a group when I was a freshman and the only people at games were a few fraternities,” Robison said. “Now the games are packed and my fraternity even has its own box.” Lysko said that when basketball games are like going
to parties or bars, people become more attracted to them. People like to be where other people are having fun. “The Mob student section was a great idea and helped us come a long way,” he said about the exclusive, student-only section off the Moody Coliseum arena floor. But in the competitive world, SMU basketball is still the new kid on the block. And unlike SMU, who has been trying to rebuild its program for years, many of the major schools never
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done that at SMU. That’s how SMU became a basketball school whose fans are more than willing to brave the cold, whose fans finally rally behind their school like students from Kansas or Syracuse. And as foreign as all of this seems, the students wouldn’t have it any other way. “The students really have a program to rally behind now, and they seem to really be loving it,” Lysko said. “Whenever a community comes together like this it’s a really neat thing.”
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MSA celebrates Islam awareness The smell of samosas and beef kabobs wafted throughout Hughes-Trigg Student Center Commons Tuesday afternoon as students made their way from table to table visiting colorful display boards and taste-testing a plethora of good eats. “The goal is to inform the greater SMU population about Islam,” said Muslim Student Association President Ali Anwar. For those who have not ventured into the Hughes-Trigg Commons this week, Anwar is referring to the Islam Awareness Week held daily Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. According to Anwar, each of the five days is dedicated to a different theme, all of which work together to “dispel stereotypes associated with Islam.” Tuesday was dubbed “Interfaith Perspectives” and focused on outlining similarities between Muslims and nonMuslims. At one table a display board contained excerpts from the Quran, each of which had a similar Bible verse alongside it illustrating parallel religious beliefs. SMU first-year and member of MSA Omer Ahmed said each display table presented information dedicated to drawing similarities and spreading awareness about
get chances to retrain or start over. They’re just always good. “There are no ‘rebuilding’ years in Kansas basketball,” Pulliam said. “The team is under huge pressure to perform every single season.” But Coach Brown knows all about Jayhawk basketball and the pressures that program is under. After all, the Godfather coached there before moving on to the San Antonio Spurs back in the ‘80s. Brown knows more than just how to build a team; he knows how to build a society. And he’s
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Gay rights activists protest against the Arizona bill, which would allow businesses to discriminate if signed into law.
McCain, others oppose Arizona anti-gay bill Associated Press Republican Gov. Jan Brewer faced intensifying pressure Monday from CEOs, politicians in Washington and state lawmakers in her own party to veto a bill that would allow business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to deny service to gays and lesbians. Senate Bill 1062 has set off a political firestorm since the Arizona Legislature passed it last week, with critics denouncing the measure as blatantly discriminatory and embarrassing to the state. The chorus of opposition has grown each day, and on Monday, three state senators who voted in favor of the bill changed course and said they oppose it. U.S. Sen. John McCain asked Brewer to veto the measure, as did Apple Inc. and the CEO of American Airlines Group Inc. State Sens. Bob Worsley, Adam Driggs and Steve Pierce sent their letter urging a veto just days after they joined the entire 17-member Senate GOP caucus in voting for the bill. “I think laws are (already) on
the books that we need, and have now seen the ramifications of my vote,” Worsley told The Associated Press. “I feel very bad, and it was a mistake.” With the three GOP senators joining all 13 Senate Democrats in opposition, there would be enough votes to defeat the measure in a revote. But too much time has passed to allow for reconsideration, and the bill was sent to Brewer in a routine transmittal Monday that was accompanied by “boos” from Senate Democrats. Brewer now has five working days to sign or veto the bill. She returns from governors association meetings in Washington on Tuesday afternoon. The governor doesn’t comment on pending legislation, but she vetoed a similar measure last year. That action, however, came during an unrelated political standoff, and it’s unclear whether she would support or reject this plan. An estimated 350 people gathered outside the Arizona Capitol on Monday evening in a peaceful protest. They listened to speeches and many held homemade signs in opposition to
the bill. The bill is being pushed by the Center for Arizona Policy, a social conservative group that opposes abortion and gay marriage. The group says the proposal is needed to protect against increasingly activist federal courts and simply clarifies existing state law. CAP President Cathi Herrod is urging Brewer to sign the legislation and deriding what she called “fear-mongering” from its opponents. “The attacks on SB 1062 ... represent precisely why so many people are sick of the modern political debate,” Herrod wrote in a weekend posting on the group’s website. “Instead of having an honest discussion about the true meaning of religious liberty, opponents of the bill have hijacked this discussion through lies, personal attacks, and irresponsible reporting. “Our elected leaders have a fundamental duty to protect the religious freedom of every Arizonan, and that’s what SB 1062 is all about.”
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Islamic militants set fire to a locked dormitory at a school in northern Nigeria, then shot and slit the throats of students who tried to escape through windows during a pre-dawn attack Tuesday. At least 58 students were killed, including many who were burned alive. They “slaughtered them like sheep” with machetes, and gunned down those who ran away, said one teacher, Adamu Garba. Soldiers guarding a checkpoint near the coed government school were mysteriously withdrawn hours before it was targeted by the militants, said the spokesman for the governor of northeastern Yobe state. Female students were spared in the attack, said the spokesman, Abdullahi Bego, though girls and women have been abducted in the past by militants of the Boko Haram movement, whose name means “Western education is forbidden.” This time, the insurgents went to the female dormitories and told the young women to go home, get married and abandon the Western education they said is anathema to Islam, Bego said. All of the dead were teenage boys or young men. The militants, whose struggle for an Islamic state has killed thousands and made them the biggest threat to security in Africa’s top oil producer, have increasingly preyed on civilians, both Muslim and Christian. Some 300 people have died in attacks this month alone. Local officials buried the bodies of 29 victims and another 29 were taken to Damaturu Specialist Hospital, according
to the hospital records and an Associated Press reporter who went to the mortuary. Most of the victims appeared to be between 15 and 20 years old, Bego said. Eleven wounded survivors of the attack were being treated at the hospital. Touring the smoldering ruins Tuesday at the Federal Government College of Buni Yadi, Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam decried the federal government’s failure to protect the population. “It is unfortunate that our children in schools are dying from lack of adequate protection from the federal government,” Gaidam told reporters. He called on President Goodluck Jonathan to deploy more troops to the region. Jonathan, who rarely comments on individual attacks, said in a statement that he felt “immense sadness and anguish” by the loss of life at the school, and vowed that the military would “continue to prosecute the war against terror with full vigor, diligence and determination.” Garba said the militants locked the door of a dormitory where male students were sleeping, then set it on fire. Some students were burned alive in the attack that began around 2 a.m., he said. The governor said it took hours for troops to arrive, giving the assailants plenty of time to set the rest of the school campus ablaze— six dormitories, the administrative building, staff
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STYLE
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The revival of Knox Henderson Naomi bowen Contribuing Writer nbowen@smu.edu The West Knox area, previously frequented by interior decorators, has diversified greatly over the past two years to include major retailers like Lululemon, Kate Spade and Jonathan Adler, and will continue to grow with a Trader Joe’s and new luxury apartment complexes. Brian Bolke founded Forty Five Ten, one of the first fashion boutiques to move onto Knox Street and McKinney Avenue in early 2000. Bolke said they moved to the location because it was what he and co-founder Shelly Musselman were able to afford. “Abacus opened when we did across the street, but the area was basically a few restaurants, and no retail except an Army/Navy store,” he said. Bolke and Musselman opened the T Room, the restaurant connected to their 8,000-square-foot boutique, to help bring traffic to the empty neighborhood. Over the past 14 years, Forty Five Ten has become nationally recognized, featured in such publications as Vogue, Marie Claire, Lucky and Harpers Bazaar. Bolke said the location dictated that he needed to make the store a destination. Even with the area’s growing popularity people rarely wander in.
WEDNESDAY February 26
Richard III by William Shakespeare, Greer Garson Theatre, 8-10:30 p.m.
Lauren Langager, owner of L.A.R.C. Salon, said she chose the Knox-Henderson neighborhood because it is unique, fun and safe. “The Knox/McKinney area was the ideal spot for both our stylists and clients. It offers everyone easy access and a chic/local environment,” she said. The location has also allowed Langager and her co-owners to add more stylists and chairs to keep up with the growing demand. According to Jay Neikirk, an associate at TIG Real Estate, the area has shifted to include a lot of midlevel fashion boutiques and retailers. Neikirk credits the shift in business to Dallas’ growing population and Knox’s cheaper rates then other trendy areas like West Village. While the West Knox area is hot right now, he expects the next area of growth across 75 on Henderson Street. Lacey Brutschy, an agent at Carolyn Shamis Realtors, agrees with Neikirk’s projections. “In a few years it will look like McKinney Avenue and Lower Greenville got together to have a another baby in a plaid button-up,” she said laughing. By September 2015, L.A.R.C., Forty Five Ten and their neighbors will be getting two major additions. According to The Dallas Morning News, Sarofim Realty Partners and Lincoln Property Company are building a 38.6 million complex
THURSDAY February 27
Museum Lecture: “The Ancient Synagogue and Village at Huqoq, Israel,” Meadows Museum, 6-7:30 p.m.
anchored by Trader Joe’s with 165 luxury rentals on top. “In three years, you’ll be beating yourself in the head for not buying a property that actually grew in value during one of the biggest real estate surges in the 2000s,” Brutschy said. Sarah Blaskovich, the editor of Pegasus News and digital entertainment editor at The Dallas Morning News, credits the West Knox’s rise in popularity because of its proximity to Highland Park, Uptown and the M streets. The Katy Trail connects Highland Park, Knox and Uptown together and allows shop owners and Dallas residents ease of access from one neighborhood to the next. Langager said one of her favorite parts of owning a business in Knox is her ability to take her bike to work on the Katy Trail. Not all the owners in the area are as happy about Knox’s expansion. Bolke is worried the small one way streets are not built for the added traffic congestion luxury apartments and a Trader Joe’s will bring to the area. He mentioned the congestion and parking problems that have already occurred from chains like Chipotle moving into the area. “Density is not always better. I wish the focus was on landscaping, trees, fixing potholes and upgrading the neighborhood to create a place to really walk,” he said. Nest – a local gift, art and
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furniture store, across from L.A.R.C. on McKinney Avenue – exemplifies the area’s new mix of stores. Donald Fowler the buyer and manger of Nest said that the store has grown immensely since moving from Snider Plaza to Knox and McKinney. Fowler described the Nest and Knox clientele as having a strong appreciation for design and creativity. Langager agreed with Fowler about the creative inspiration the location allows for. “Knox/Henderson oozes with creativity among business owners,” she said. Blaskovich said she loves the area’s walkability and plethora of restaurants. The area is home to one of the oldest restaurants in Dallas, Highland Park Soda Fountain, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012. Down the street is another Knox landmark, Wild about Harry’s. The hot dog and frozen custard shop, marked with brightly painted windows and a smiling hot dog has been in the area since 1996. Some locals worry possible increasing rent from the new luxury apartments may push these Knox area mainstays out. Blaskovich’s other mainstays after a walk on the Katy Trail are Chuy’s, dessert and coffee at La Duni, finished with champagne sangria at Sangria Tapas y Bar. Bolke adds Mr. Mesero as one of his new favorite restaurants in the area. Langager agreed with Blaskovich about the area’s great diversity and walkability. “I can start my day at the coffee shop across the street, go shopping at all the cool shops nearby during a break and have dinner at a nice restaurant after work,” she said.
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A pair of oxblood loafers available at the new Trunk Club in Dallas.
A new club in Dallas Jenna veldhuis Contribuing Writer jveldhuis@smu.edu We all know a guy who hates shopping, for whom the slightest mention of a visit to NorthPark Center elicits a response similar to that of a trip to the dentist. However, despite this aversion, the idea of looking good is more popular than ever, thanks to hit songs like Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” and Jay-Z’s “Tom Ford.” More and more men today want to dress with a certain swagger, but looking good may be hard to achieve if they hate to shop. Take my boyfriend, for example. Last summer, after the release of Jay-Z’s hit song, he asked me if Tom Ford was a big deal. Regardless of how comical I found the remark, it made me realize how big of a part the media are playing in transforming men’s knowledge of fashion. My boyfriend has never been a big fan of shopping. Partly because of the crowds, the question of what to buy, and the salesperson trying to sell him something he doesn’t think he needs or even wants. Luckily for my boyfriend, and plenty of other men just like him, the traditional shopping experience may be
a thing of the past. Gentlemen – and girlfriends/wives/mothers of these “shopaphobic” men — may I introduce you to Trunk Club, your one stop shop for all your menswear needs. With a showroom recently opened in the Knox-Henderson area of Dallas, Trunk Club also has a location in Chicago as well as an online site. “Trunk Club was started to solve a simple problem – shopping for clothes in stores or online just doesn’t work for most guys,” their website states. “It’s overwhelming, inconvenient and takes way too much time. With Trunk Club, guys discover awesome clothes that are perfect for them without ever having to go shopping.” “We don’t do fashion shows. We’re not a fashion company. We’re an apparel business and a service business,” said CEO Briean Spaly in an interview with the Trunk Club blog. The concept has succeeded since its start in 2011, with the concept of a men’s personal style service with no membership fees. With a few clicks, any guy can sign up and get matched with a stylist who will then put together a “trunk” with 6 to 8 items that reflect his style preferences and needs. Once he receives his trunk, he can try the clothes on in the comfort of his own home and is only charged for the items he keeps. Read the full article: http://www. smufashionmedia.com/the-newclub-in-dallas/
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Lady Mustangs Jones celebrates 25 years with Dallas beat by Huskies OMAR MAJZOUB Contributing Writer OMAJZOUB@smu.edu
Matthew Costa Contributing Writer mcosta@smu.edu In front of a record crowd in Moody Coliseum, the SMU Mustangs (16-11, 7-9 in American Athletic Conference) were looking to shock the world and avenge a loss earlier this month by defeating the nation’s No.1 team, the University of Connecticut Huskies. Although the contest was a defensive fight for much of the first half, it was the reigning champions of women’s college basketball who came away with a 81-48 victory. Trailing by just five after senior forward Akil Simpson’s layup with four minutes remaining in the first half, SMU looked to be up for the fight against the Huskies. Despite a poor shooting percentage and several turnovers, the Mustangs remained within striking distance at 22-17. That’s when the defending champs upped the ante and went on a game-clinching run. UConn finished the half with a 15-0 run, helped in large part by three consecutive possessions by SMU that ended in turnovers and points for the Huskies.
Going into the half, the Mustangs were held to just seven made field goals and were shooting less than 22 percent overall, while their opposition was making it look easy on 15-of-24, ten of which came off assists. The second half was more of the same, but at least SMU made a better offensive showing. UConn outscored the Mustangs 44-31 over the final 20 minutes while holding senior Keena Mays and company to 25 percent shooting in the game. While a win would have given SMU its biggest victory possibly in the program’s history, the loss to UConn Head Coach Geno Auriemma’s squad doesn’t spell disaster for the home team either. The Mustangs will have to take care of business in their final two games, starting with a road contest against USF Saturday, and the last game of the regular season Monday against UCF in Moody Coliseum. A good performance down the stretch and in the AAC tournament will at least get SMU some consideration for either the NCAA tournament or a second-consecutive National Invitational Tournament bid.
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Collins gets positive feedback upon return Associated Press Jason Collins has received support from everyone from his teammates to Billie Jean King since becoming the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the United States’ four major professional leagues. Collins said Tuesday morning that he’s received phone calls, texts and emails, as well as messages on Facebook and Twitter, and has been spending time “just trying to thank everyone for their support.” The 7-footer said one of the most meaningful messages was a text Monday night from King, the former tennis great “She just got back from Sochi. With all that’s happening with the loss of her mother, she was great. It was really nice to hear from her. It was very meaningful and very much appreciated,” Collins said. King and two other openly gay athletes - Brian Boitano and Caitlin Cahow - were selected for President Barack Obama’s official U.S. delegation for the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics, but King delayed her trip because of her mother’s death. She attended the closing ceremony on Sunday. Collins signed a 10-day contract on Sunday and played 10 scoreless minutes in a victory
against the Los Angeles Lakers. He revealed at the end of last season that he is gay, but was a free agent and had remained unsigned until the Nets needed another big man. They resume their road trip with a game at Portland on Wednesday night. At one point he was practically drowned out by the clatter of a dozen or so basketballs bouncing on the hardwood at the Student Activities Center as his teammates began warming up. It was a reminder of why Collins is with the Nets. “I’m just trying to prioritize things. Basketball right now is a priority,” he said. “Again, it’s about the plays, our calls, trying to get comfortable with just what it is the Brooklyn Nets do on both ends of the court.” Collins said it’s up to the media to decide when the story is less about him being an openly gay player and more about him just being a basketball player. Asked about the pressure of being under a 10-day contract, Collins said: “I don’t think I really have to, at this point in my career, prove myself. Most of the guys know what I can do. The key thing is just being in shape, which I am.” Is he anxious? “There’s a lot in life you can worry about. That’s not one of them,” he said.
When Jerry Jones bought the Dallas Cowboys Feb. 25 1989, their previous owner, Harvey Roberts “Bum” Bright, valued them at $140 million dollars. Now, 25 years later, the team Jones built is worth an NFLleading $2.3 billion dollars and has been first-place on Forbes’ NFL Team Values list for seven straight years. The Cowboys were also a terrific team on the field in the mid-1990s and won three Super Bowls during Jones’ tenure (1992, 1993, 1995). Hall of Famers like Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, and Michael Irvin made their careers under Jones and built the Cowboys into a dynasty. However, most of the team’s success was during Jones’ first seven years as the owner, president and general manager. In fact, since the start of the 1997 season, the Cowboys have generated a regular-season record of 136-136, including three straight seasons of 8-8. Critics say he may never build another championship team unless he gives up some of his power and hires a real, qualified general manager. Jones hopes to win a Super Bowl and return his team to relevance, but wants the glory of being the man behind the plan. Although he has taken a lot of
heat for his unique and stubborn ownership-style, Jones, 71, should be credited for building “America’s Team” and his impact on the NFL. The Cowboys stadium naming rights deal with AT&T was for a record $400 million and the Cowboys are the only team in the league that opted to distribute and control its merchandise supply chain. Jones has influenced the
league to capitalize on its financial success and built one of the most recognizable names in sports. Jones has tried to build a family atmosphere with the Cowboys organization and hired all three of his kids, Stephen, Charlotte and Jerry, Jr., to work for him. Jerry Jr. actually earned his law degree from SMU and serves as the Cowboys’ vice president.
The team has been around for 54 years now, but it was the 25 years with Jones as the owner where they became an NFL dynasty. Even if he retires without ever winning another ring, Jones should be praised and appreciated for his role in bringing the Cowboys and the NFL to relevance.
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Solid offseason hints at great season sAMUEL sNOW Associate Sports Editor ssnow@smu.edu The Texas Rangers, when seen last, had lost a tiebreaker with the Tampa Bay Rays who made it to the postseason. There was talk of their window closing when it came to winning the World Series, and Ian Kinsler was the longest-tenured player on the team. The Rangers decided to break out the checkbook in order to push the World Series door wide open. While the team decided to leave the rotation and bullpen alone, allowing additional experience and depth to keep it afloat until Derek Holland and Matt Harrison return from injuries, the offense has undergone a significant facelift. Let’s start with arguably the largest move of the off-season. Kinsler, the team’s second baseman who has constantly left the fans wanting a little bit more, was traded for Prince Fielder. It was a blockbuster trade that included only those two players, giving each a new setting. With Jurickson Profar, who was the No. 1 prospect in baseball, looking for a position to cement his self, Kinsler was available. The Detroit Tigers, who needed a second baseman, traded Fielder, who underperformed last season. The Rangers were able to add power to their lineup in the process. In acquiring Fielder, the
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Rangers have one of the more powerful corners of the infield with Adrian Beltre at third base. They also have a stellar defense up the middle with Profar and Elvis Andrus. It’s hard to challenge that in terms of franchise-changing moves. However, the Rangers tried to do that by signing outfielder Shin-Soo Choo. With Nelson Cruz and the Rangers unable to agree on his value, the Rangers needed an additional outfielder. And with a seven-year, $130 million contract, the Rangers locked up Choo. While not a speed threat on the base paths, Choo offers a 20 home run threat with fantastic skills in getting on-base. In other words, he’s someone that the Rangers can put into the one or two hole of their lineup. It cost quite a bit of money to do it, but the Rangers were able to fix their two largest needs effectively. The Rangers also did the work needed to create depth at the other positions. They traded outfielder Craig Gentry for outfielder Michael Choice as part of a four-player deal. Choice has much higher power potential than Gentry. If he were to tap into that, this trade would a win for the Rangers. They also signed Daniel Bard, a reliever who has completely lost his control, and Tommy Hanson, a starter whose decreased fastball velocity deteriorated
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Ron Washington has been the Manager of the Texas Rangers since 2006.
his performance. In those two signings, the Rangers are hoping to resuscitate their careers. The Rangers are looking to win now and they have one of the better lineups in baseball. The only thread left hanging was the possibility of having a manager on the hot seat. They fixed that by signing Ron Washington to a one-year
extension. Now his contract runs through the 2015-16 season. The Texas Rangers are ready to go. They’ve got the right personnel in place to make a deep postseason run, something missing from the last two seasons. With Spring Training starting up, it’s now time to sit back, relax and enjoy some good, oldfashioned baseball.
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The Progression of the Black Woman
adesuwa guobadia Contributing Writer aguobadia@smu.edu So often, when the progression of black people as a whole is discussed it’s done in a way that is familiar, stale and very reminiscent of the cursory Black History Month lessons we are given in elementary and middle school. We’re given a glimpse into the atrocity that was American slavery, we get a 20 minute lecture before recess or lunch about the importance of the civil rights movement, we hear about George Washington Carver and his peanut butter for the umpteenth time, but we never really get the opportunity to give or hear in depth analysis of crucial moments in black history and why they are important to U.S. History as a whole, and when we do we tend to focus on the contributions of black male leaders. But what about the women that were just as important as their male counterparts? What about the women who were crucial to African empires and were taken from their homelands? Women
who lived through the atrocities committed against them during slavery? Women who forever changed music, art and literature during the Harlem Renaissance with their soulful voices, bold visuals and prolific writing? The ones who marched right alongside MLK and were harassed by police when they asked for the same basic rights as white people? What about black women like Michelle Obama who thrive in their careers and as role models? We don’t get to hear about them nearly enough, and it’s wrong because in a society that often condemns black women just for being black women, knowing about our contributions to U.S. history is crucial to continue flourishing as Americans. In order to provide SMU students with the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the often forgotten contributions of black women to history, the Association of Black Students and Sisters Supporting Sisters present the Progression of the Black Woman. The event uses monologues to showcase the lives of black women through history from pre-slavery to the present. Progression will feature pieces written and performed by SMU students and will take place on Thursday at 6 p.m. in HughesTrigg Student Center.
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Guobadia is a sophomore majoring in psychology.
politics
Ted Nugent needs to just go away
w. tucker keene Managing Editor tkeene@smu.edu Republicans have long promoted Ted Nugent as a hero, a fundraising icon and a gun-rights crusader. They need to stop doing this, because they are making fools of themselves. Nugent, an ex-rocker long since forgotten as the man responsible for “Cat Scratch Fever,” has rebranded himself in recent decades as a rightwing nut and paranoid racist. It was barely tolerable for a while, but in January he took it too far. Last month, he referred to President Obama as a “subhuman mongrel” and “gangster,” and then had the gall to accuse the people who called him out on his awful remark of being the ones using Nazi tactics. Being a racist is despicable under normal circumstances, and calling Obama a mongrel would have been bad enough. Mongrel is a derogatory term referring to individuals of mixed races, and its use shows just what Nugent, a frequent guest on Fox News and frequenter guest of Republicans at fundraisers, thinks of interracial mixing. To refer to mixed-race individuals as lesser than pure race individuals is an antiquated and horrible notion unacceptable in any era, but most certainly in 2014. So mongrel is bad enough, and most commentators are focusing on that word from Nugent’s racially
tinged rant against the leader of the free world. But it isn’t even the worst part of what Nugent said. Nugent’s use of “subhuman” doesn’t just show that Nugent thinks poorly of other races, it shows that he thinks his race should rule supreme. The term “subhuman” has been used to justify genocide and racial eliminationism for decades. To call someone “subhuman” is to say they are less than human, and therefore they don’t have the same moral status as whites, and ultimately can be used as justification for violent harm against them and their group. This should not be acceptable behavior. What is really sickening is not that someone can hold these views after decades of seeing the horror they have brought upon this world, it is seeing mainstream politicians invite someone who holds these views to a fundraiser filled with people who, after hearing such a racist tirade, willingly donate money to the candidate who invited someone like Nugent to the event. No matter how much money Nugent and his supporters may have, no campaign should feel good about themselves after tapping into that racial anger to build support. And no voter should feel good about supporting a candidate who is comfortable around a man who spews such hatred. Republicans, force Nugent into retirement and let him and the racist, supremacist opinions he holds fall into obscurity as they should have ages ago. Not to assuage the party of guilt by association, but because racism shouldn’t have a platform, and because no one should have to resort to dehumanizing their political opponents in a democracy. . Keene is a senior majoring in political science, economics and public policy.
brandon bub Contributing Writer bbub@smu.edu “Praise Helix!” “All Glory to the Dome!” “Save us Bird Jesus!” If you have no idea what I’m talking about, chances are you are not one of the 30 million people who has tuned to “Twitch Plays Pokemon,” a hack of an old video game that went viral last week. TPP, as it has come to be abbreviated, is a version of the 1996 Game Boy game “Pokemon Red” that an Australian programmer hacked to be controllable through “Chat” commands. The concept is simple: you tune into the game on Twitch’s website, type in a command in the chat sidebar (Up, Down, Start, B, etc.), and the game attempts to read the inputs. With a couple of people playing, it works perfectly. With 62,000 people inputting commands at once, movement becomes marginally more difficult, to say the least. In an effort to control this chaos, the programmer added an all new dynamic to the game–Democracy versus Anarchy. If enough people vote for Anarchy mode, the game progresses as normal: thousands of button presses get put in at once, and everyone just hopes for the best. If the group collectively votes for Democracy, however, the game changes entirely: every 10 seconds players must vote on what action the main character, Red, will take. The game has inspired a cult following. Because of the muddled nature of the controller inputs, menus become almost impossible to navigate, simple puzzles sometimes take days to solve and
Bub is a senior majoring in English, history and political science.
michael dearman Contributing Writer mdearman@smu.edu Democracy is better than anarchy, especially when anarchy involves losing your Pokemon or spending endless hours trying to pick up an item, making it to a new city or switching out your Pokemon at a PC. “Twitch Plays Pokemon” is the newest Internet phenomenon, which one Redditor, MythrilZenith, described “Twitch Plays Pokemon” as “a live stream, in which an IRC-bot takes commands from the chat and implements them into an emulated game boy playing “Pokemon Red.” Here’s the catch: there are tens of thousands of people playing the same game! I can only describe it as 80,000 people trying to play a game with one controller. The advocates for anarchy obviously have the upper hand in the debate about how best to play Pokemon, and I’ll admit that anarchy is a joy to watch (when we’re not spinning around aimlessly), especially when 13 Pokemon released like they were this past “Bloody Sunday.” However, the Dome is really the true incarnation of productive game governance. The problem with anarchy is one of size and space. Too many voices means too many directions, often uncoordinated with each other or foiled by trolls
(like myself). I will grant that much has been accomplished under anarchy, but I need only point to a few key moments, like in the Safari Zone, to demonstrate that democracy is essential. If there are too many people working toward goals in different ways, the assembly becomes a mob. In “Pokemon Blue,” another game that Twitch.tv has running only has about 6,000 players, but is vastly more successful, suffering from fewer bumps on the way to victory. Why? The issue, I think, has to do with the number of individuals who can actually contribute to decision-making. A small enough group of individuals contributing to a collectively determined end is more likely to attain that end than a larger group that is comprised of varied interests (trolling, using move X over move Y in a battle, etc.). The key is to aggregate interests. The larger the population becomes, the more difficult it is to guide discourse and decision-making to more productive ends. Hence, democracy, despite what religious fanatics of the Helix Fossil contend, is truly the more productive government. Thus, the Dome Fossil is much more apt to be our leader, promoting democracy, the true guide to freedom as opposed to anarchy in which we are constantly stumbling about. As I write this, Red is stuck in Pallet Town without reason. What a fitting metaphor that Red, who has progressed thus far on a synthesis of anarchy and democracy should, with the victory of anarchy over democracy, end up exactly where he started. Dearman is a senior majoring in political science and philosophy.
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valuable Pokemon and items are “accidentally” disposed on an almost regular basis. You might think that Democracy mode is an obvious solution to the problem. Actions often take longer, but players can be far more deliberate in their choices and the likelihood of mistakes being made diminishes significantly (supposing that Internet trolls don’t attempt to subvert the voting process). But honestly, is a victory with Democracy mode really worthy of being called a win at all? When this game started a few weeks ago, it had one question at its core: can we impose a massively multiplayer strategy onto a quintessentially single-player game? Some might see it as the video game equivalent of giving a room full of monkeys a typewriter and waiting for them to write Shakespeare, but the amazing thing is that players have actually made significant progress through Anarchy. They trained a powerful team of Pokemon, defeated some of the hardest trainers, caught one of the most powerful Pokemon in the game, and managed to start their own pseudo-religion, all thanks to an ostensibly random series of button presses. Sure, there were a couple of instances where they nearly undid all their progress, but moments like that are exactly what make the experience fun to watch. We might forget about this phenomenon just as quickly as we did last year’s Harlem Shake, but for the time being this sort of chaos is fun for anyone to watch. In real life, Hobbes’ State of Nature might lead us to an existence that is “nasty, brutish and short,” but in this digital dystopia, anarchy might be the shibboleth by which the denizens of the Internet succeed. And even if they don’t, the laughs this game has evoked make the experience worth the setbacks.
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Making a pitch for a final rush of health care enrollees, President Barack Obama says about 4 million people have signed up for health insurance through federal or state marketplaces set up under his health care law. Obama urged some of his most vocal supporters Tuesday to help sign up as many people as possible for coverage by the end of March. “What you need to do is continue what you’re doing and reach out with your teams in your respective cities, states, towns, counties because right now we only have a few weeks left,” he told an organizing summit for Organizing for Action. “March 31st, that’s the last call.” The White House has set an unofficial goal of 7 million enrollees by the end of March.
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Islamic militants killed dozens of students in a pre-dawn attack Tuesday.
arresting several soldiers accused of aiding and passing information to Boko Haram extremists; a senator has also been accused of similar charges. On Monday, Jonathan dismissed suggestions the military was losing the war to halt the 4-year-old Islamic uprising in the northeast.
and Kansas. Republicans stressed that the bill is not about discrimination but protecting religious freedom. They frequently cite the case of a New Mexico photographer who was sued after refusing to take wedding pictures of a gay couple. They said Arizona needs a law to protect people in the state from heavy-handed actions by courts. Another frequently cited example is a suit brought against an Oregon baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. The businesses were sued, but those efforts came under state laws that extended protected-class status to gays. Arizona has no such law protecting people based on sexual orientation.
Tens of thousands of Nigerians have lost family members, houses, businesses, their belongings and livelihoods to the rebellion and the fallout from a military state of emergency by soldiers accused of gross human rights violations, including setting ablaze entire villages and summary executions of suspects.
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Islam traditions. “There are so many similarities from monotheism, to holidays, to places of worship,” Ahmed said. Another table was promoting an event entitled “Walk Against Islamphobia.” The 5k walk hosted by Enlightened Generations will stay true to the organization’s name and enlighten people of all faiths about fear or hatred expressed toward Muslims. “Being open-minded and enlightened is a huge part of what we do,” said Chief Executive Officer of Enlightened Generations Annum Jaffer as her fellow representative, Heba Alsaid, nodded in agreement.
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Rapper Rockie Fresh performs with signature style at Trees Beionny Mickles Contributing Writer bmickles@smu.edu His hands grip the curvatures on the Xbox controller all too well. As the 22-year-old casually gazes at the flat-screen television perched inside the black tour bus broadcasting his name and partnership with Puma sneakers, calmness permeates the performer’s persona, even in the midst of hundreds anxious to lend their ears. Despite what some would call an expeditious arrival to the hip-hop scene, Chicago-bred artist Rockie Fresh, wielding a unique story and a microphone as a medium, is internally assured that the stage of Trees night club in Dallas is exactly where he is supposed to be. And the up-and-coming star has no reason to believe otherwise. Like a great majority of today’s youth, Fresh listened to sermons from parents and school teachers preaching that education is the only way to make a decent living. Besides, with seemingly every major city containing countless kids with rap dreams, what were the chances that young Donald Pullen would be the crab to climb out of the hot pot? Just enough. “I was always taught that you had to get a college degree to be successful in life,” Fresh said just hours before taking the stage Friday night. “Overcoming having to follow somebody else’s system is something I’m proud to say I’ve been able to do at a young age. “Going beyond what people expect and being able to go against my parents and still gain more respect than I’ve ever had from them – it’s been a good climb.” Working alongside well-known multi-faceted artists helped Fresh rise through the ranks. Making music with the likes of Mac Miller, Fall Out Boy, Asher Roth and Good Charlotte, prevented him from flying
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Rockie Fresh performs for a crowd at Trees in Deep Ellum.
under the radar for long. At the age of 21, Fresh signed a deal with Rick Ross’ record label Maybach Music Group. “It felt like I found a big piece of the puzzle of trying to get my life to where I want it to be,” Fresh said. “It was a real defining moment. With all the work I’ve been putting in it reassured me that this is what I need to be doing.” Inspired by respected lyricists Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco and Lil’ Wayne,’ Fresh often reflects on the feelings he had while listening to rap as a child, strengthening his unwavering commitment to delivering content of substance. “Kids really are in tune with rap music and it’s more than just them it’s people around the world,” Fresh said. “You have the power to affect the decisions that somebody makes when you really speak powerfully on what you believe in. That’s why I do it. “I see so many kids in Chicago dying on a regular basis and even
across the world. I want to allow my music and my lifestyle to be an example. I honestly feel like I have the power to save a few lives if it falls on the right ears.” Opening up for California rapper G-Eazy in the “These Things Happen Tour,” Fresh has close to 40 shows in 50 days ahead of him as well as his debut album set to release later this year. But even as the storm of cheers, chants and mystery inch closer as the time ticks away, Fresh is as calm as can be – not afraid to speak about his beliefs and ready to do better than expected. “I’m a firm believer that we all have our different roads to success. Staying true to the signature moments in my life, that’s what really sets me a part,” Fresh said. “My climb, my story – no matter what type of beat I rap on it’s always coming from a signature perspective of Rockie.”
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“Caddyshack.” ‘’National Lampoon’s Animal House.” ‘’Ghostbusters.” ‘’Groundhog Day.” ‘’Stripes.” Those titles are some of the most beloved and widely quoted comedy classics of the last 30 years. They’re also Harold Ramis’ filmography. Ramis, the writer-director-actor who quietly and often off-screen created an unparalleled and hugely influential body of laughs, died Monday. He was 69. He suffered for several years from an autoimmune disease that caused inflammation and damage to his blood vessels, and died at his home in the Chicago suburbs, surrounded by family and friends, his talent agency said. His death rattled a modern comedy world Ramis helped build. His legacy as a father figure to generations of comedians was appropriately captured in Judd Apatow’s “Knocked Up,” in which Ramis was cast as Seth Rogen’s father, Apatow said, “because we all saw him as the dream dad.” “Harold Ramis made almost every movie which made me want to become a comedy director,” Apatow said. “These films are the touchstones of our lives.” But the Chicago native and early member of the improv comedy troupe Second City was a far larger force behind the camera. The intellectual Ramis was the Zen master to a wild, improvising comic storm that included Murray, John
Belushi, Chase and Dan Aykroyd. With a Baby Boomer countercultural bent, Ramis — who escaped Vietnam service, he claimed, by checking every box on the medical history form — pushed against institutions: the college dean of “Animal House,” the country club members of “Caddyshack,” the drill sergeant of “Stripes.” The son of Chicago shopkeepers, Ramis was born Nov. 21, 1944, in Chicago. After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, he briefly worked in a mental institution. He often said, seriously, that the experience helped prepare him for working with actors. Ramis would help recalibrate the epicenter of American comedy at Second City, which he joined in 1969. He was soon followed by many of his later collaborators: Belushi (“Animal House”), Murray and Aykroyd. In 1976, he became head writer for the Canadianbased comedy show Second City Television, or SCTV. Chicago, he later said in the book of interviews “And Here’s the Kicker,” conditioned him to living “slightly on the outside of the mainstream.” “New York and L.A. were the real centers of culture in America, and we were kind of a sideshow,” Ramis said. “There’s always more comedy in being alienated than in fitting in.” With Murray as the comic lead, the Second City alums paired up for numerous projects: 1979’s “Meatballs,” 1980’s “Caddyshack”
and 1981’s “Stripes.” The “Cinderella story” scene in “Caddyshack” came from Ramis suggesting Murray talk to himself like a sports announcer. Though Ramis had once harbored lead actor dreams, he realized his better fit was as a straight man or a director of more uninhibited talents like Belushi or Murray. “As a person of intellect, I could complement John or Bill, who were people of instinct; I could help guide and deploy that instinct,” he told The New Yorker in 2004. “The best comedy touches something that’s timeless and universal in people,” Ramis told The Associated Press in a 2009 story about the 50th anniversary of Second City. “When you hit it right, those things last.” After “Groundhog Day,” Ramis and Murray fell out and didn’t speak for years. The cause of the rupture between the pair, one of the most storied actor-director teams in comedy, isn’t widely known, as neither has ever spoken much publicly about it. The Chicago Tribune reported that Murray visited Ramis during his illness. Ramis’ last hit was “Analyze This,” the therapist comedy starring Billy Crystal and Robert DeNiro. Like many of his later films (1996’s “Multiplicity,” 1995’s “Stuart Saves His Family”), it hinged on a story of personal redemption. Ramis is survived by his wife, Erica Ramis; sons Julian and Daniel; daughter Violet; and two grandchildren.