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NEWS Briefs World LONDON— “Jihadi John,” the masked, knife-wielding militant who showed Western hostages being beheaded by ISIS was identified as a Londonraised university graduate by British Intelligence Thursday. BEIJING, CHINA— China imposed a one-year ban on ivory imports that took immediate effect Thursday amid criticism that its citizens’ huge appetite for ivory has fueled poaching that threatens the existence of African elephants.
National SALT LAKE CITY, Utah— A panel of Utah lawmakers gave initial approval to a proposal that would allow residents of the conservative state who have chronic and debilitating diseases to consume edible medical marijuana products Thursday. WASHINGTON— Internet activists won over the nation’s big cable companies after the Federal Communications Commission voted to impose the toughest rules yet on broadband service to prevent companies like Comcast,Verizon and AT&T from creating paid fast lanes and slowing or blocking web traffic.
Texas BRYAN— A 35-year-old man has been charged with murder in the death of a 7-month-old girl who was found by officers with a fractured skull, broken leg and other injuries. Talawrence Donyea Tennell of Bryan was held at the Brazos County jail on a $50,000 bond. A police report indicates Tennell told officers that he was high when his girlfriend’s daughter suffered her injuries. He fell asleep and awoke to find the baby on the floor. The child was taken to a hospital where she died.
Demand for urban apartments is on the rise in DFW metroplex Trevor Cadigan Contributing Writer tcadigan@smu.edu Dallas-Fort Worth has become one of the nation’s fastest growing apartment markets. In 2014, 18,200 units were completed by the end of the year and more than 30,000 units were under construction by the end of the fourth quarter. Many of the apartments being built are in urban areas of Dallas that have been revamped by large institutional investors and demanded by young adults – primarily between the ages of 24 and 35. Job growth and an increase in population are two fundamental reasons for the increased interest in urban apartments, said Stephanie McCleskey, vice president of research at Axiometrics. Dallas is not alone in the resurgence of “downtown” living. “Almost 30 percent of the apartments built in the U.S. since 2010 have been in the central business districts,” reported Steve Brown of the Dallas Morning News. “I think people want to spend time other than commuting, so they move close to work,” said Karl A. Crawley, president of Masterplan Consultants. “And then
you’ve got all the amenities – restaurants, museums and that kind of stuff.” Ron Witten, president of Witten Advisors, thinks the concentration of the new apartments could stimulate more business opportunities for retail services and further increase demand for uptown apartments. “I think retail is a component of almost all the urban apartments that are being built today,” said Witten. However, data suggests that the growth of jobs in DFW is the main cause of people wanting to move inward. The Dallas-PlanoIrving job growth percentage was 4.9 in 2014, according to a study by Axiometrics – which is large compared with an average job growth percentage of 3.3 for America’s top 15 fastest growing cities. This, in addition to Dallas’ 1.98 percent population growth, 4.91 percent unemployment rate, and 2014 GDP growth of 2.46 percent places the city at the No.3 spot on Forbes’ list of America’s fastest growing cities – behind No.1 Houston and No.2 Austin. “A lot of jobs are followed by a lot of new housing,” said Stephen Melman, director of economic services at the National Association of Home Builders.
“Everybody has their own best place to be, so if you’re there, you are there for a reason.” Tim Salmon, director of doctoral studies at SMU’s department of economics, thinks that with the surge in Dallas’ population and the increase in apartment start-ups, there is a possibility of too much growth too fast, which could challenge the transportation infrastructure of the region. Witten said that the re-urbanization of American cities is a hardship for lower income families whose apartments have been demolished to make way for new ones. He said this forces a blue-collar worker to find affordable housing elsewhere and distances the worker farther away from his job. Crawley, a former zoning planner for the city of Dallas, supports Witten’s statement and thinks the Dallas City Council will start to pushback and show concern for uprooting blue-collar residences. “At some point I think they’re going to have to start doing a balancing act,” Crawley said. “I think they’re going to be concerned about where these displaced people are going to live.” Crawley, Melman, Salmon, and Witten
all agree that the young people occupying the new urban apartments want to live in an environment where the ability to walk to work or to entertainment is an option. “People are paying it [rent] so that means they are willing [emphasis added] to pay for it,” said Salmon. Andrea Pienaar, SMU senior and resident of Uptown, chose to live in Uptown because of its central location. “I don’t have to drive very far – whether that be to class, my job, to meet friends, or go shopping,” said Pienaar. “Everything is just a block to a few miles away.” The “Manhattanization” of Dallas and inner cities across the U.S. will continue to develop as long as “there’s space to build new things and demand to buy them,” said Salmon. McCleskey said that eventually, developers will run out of space and have to move elsewhere in the metroplex. She said developers are taking the urban-apartmentfeel business model and applying it to suburban areas. “I call it the urbanization of suburban areas,” said McCleskey. McCleskey cited the city of Addison and the development of Legacy Center in Plano as examples of urbanized suburbs.
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Edelman presents 2015 Climbers face heights in 10th annual Pony annual global trust study results at SMU Pulldown Competition Lauren Aguirre Editor-in-Chief @laurencaguirre
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Edelman, one of the world’s largest public relations firms, presented its findings from its annual Trust Barometer global study in Umphrey Lee’s Mack Ballroom Thursday morning. The study found that trust levels in the media, business, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) had decreased around the world. Meanwhile, trust in government has received a slight uptick of about 3 percent. At least 100 students, faculty, staff and local business owners listened as Matthew Harrington, Edelman Global Chief Operating Officer, explained the study’s results. The study has been conducted for the past 15 years in 27 countries. Samples were taken from the informed and educated public. For the first time, two-thirds of the countries surveyed fell into the “distruster” category. Trust in the media for news has fallen. Millennials have much more trust in search engines and digital media as a source for news than traditional media, such as television broadcast and print newspapers. 72 percent trust search engines and 59 percent trust social media while 64 percent still trust traditional media. “What’s interesting is that trust in media in more controlled countries like China is higher than in countries like the United States,” Harrington said. Dale Petroskey, Dallas Regional Chamber’s president and chief executive officer, added his reaction in his closing remarks. For Petroskey, the increased trust in government in controlled regimes means that “Putin’s nationalism in Russia is working.” For business, public trust is still slow to build. Sixteen of the 21 countries distrust business. In developed countries, big business is one of the least trusted while family-owned businesses are trusted at 72 percent. Additionally, CEOs and
Approximately 100 students from all across Texas, including eight from SMU, came together this weekend to show off their climbing skills at the 10th annual Pony Pulldown Competition. This year’s competition was held at SMU’s Dedman Center of Lifetime Sports and lasted throughout the day Saturday. According to junior Karly Hanson, Pulldown is completely student-run by Outdoor Adventure. “We start planning in November,” Hanson said. “We divide into committees: logistics, advertising, setting, and sponsorships.” The teams design the competion’s shirt, rent out wall space and use contacts to get the word out about the event. According to Hanson, the team also uses student setters and professionals to strip the climbing wall to set up bouldering and top rope route. “No climbers can see the wall before the comp so it’s closed for a week and a half before the comp,” she said. Pulldown is a sanctioned Collegiate Climbing Series (CCS) red-point competition by USA Climbing held annually each February. It is specifically for collegiate climbers throughout Texas and provides options for everyone from novice to expert. The competition is a redpoint format, meaning competitors climb at the same time and as much as they would like within the time limit. Only the top five climbs will count toward each competitor’s final score. This year’s competition included a three hour morning climbing session and a three hour afternoon climbing session. According to Hanson, climbers were divided by gender and then by ability: Limestone (beginner’s), Sandstone (intermediate) and Granite (advanced). Theses climbing
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Rita Kirk introduces Chris Manzini, General Manager of Edelman Dallas.
government officials are the least trusted spokespersons in business. “If we don’t trust one another, how we communicate with each other falls apart,” said Rita Kirk, director of the Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Respnsibility and SMU communications professor. While trust in business is low, the public has slightly more trust in government to regulate the economy and business practices. This becomes more important when looking at trust in innovation. 55 percent surveyed believe that new developments are not tested enough and 51 percent think that innovation is happening too fast. Harrington argued business can build trust in the public by being transparent in their work and make innovations that would better benefit society as a whole. Local business owner Shaila Milbry enjoyed the presentation. Her company, LH Executive Services, provides organizational tools and systems to professionals. “My business is all about trust,” Milbry said. “I’m working with individuals and their personal information. I was happy to learn that family-owned businesses are more trusted. It’s good for business.” The event was presented by the Dallas Regional Chamber, Edelman, SMU Cox School of Business and the Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility.
sessions were followed by a speed competition, and a dynamic climbing (dyno) competition. The top three winners in men’s and women’s beginner, intermediate and advanced divisions and top three winners in speed and dyno won awards. Unfortunately, no Mustangs took home any prizes this year, but each walked away with a fun “grab bag” full of T-shirts, gear, food and prizes. “Our climbing comp is known to have the best shirts and prizes, we usually get some big sponsors like Marmot, Smith Optics, and Black Diamond,” Hanson said. Check out this list below to see the winners: Women’s Granite (Advanced) 1. Erica Mason 2. Christina Nguyen Men’s Granite: 1. Danny Aleksovski 2. Ryan Schmidt Women’s Sandstone (Intermediate) 1. Alina LaPotin 2. Renee Costello Men’s Sandstone: 1. Jeff Dundas 2. Jacob Schofield Women’s Limestone (Beginner) 1. Natalie Moore 2. Caroline Wick Men’s Limestone: 1. Malachi Brown 2. Zachary Taylor DYNO COMP 1st place Women’s: Erica Mason 1st place Men’s: Joshua Red SPEED COMP 1st place Women’s: Christina Nguyen 1st place Men’s: Ryan Schmidt