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SMU sweeps Rice, 67-55
Lemon Bar moves locations
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Leave Chris Christie alone
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Review of Brown Bag week
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Students turn themselves in for alleged assault Julie Fancher Assignments Desk Editor jfancher@smu.edu Four male students turned themselves in to SMU Police on Feb. 28 in connection with the Feb. 10 alleged assault of another student at the Sigma Phi Epsilon House. The students turned themselves in after warrants were issued for their arrest on Friday Feb. 22. On Feb. 10 a male SMU student reported that he had been
held against his will and struck numerous times. Kent Best said in a statement, “The students have been temporarily suspended from SMU pending the outcome of the legal process and any student conduct review proceedings.” SMU Police sent their findings from their investigation to the Dallas County District Attorney’s office. The SMU Police Department has not updated the daily crime report log.
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Art Spiegelman, a Pulitzer winning comic book writer, spoke to students and faculty in Crum Auditorium Thursday.
Pulitzer winner Spiegelman talks all things comics MATTHEW COSTA Associate Sports Editor mcosta@smu.edu Comics have become an ever growing medium throughout their short tenure on earth and although the quality of work defers widely from artist to artist, the history and expression involved in each page can show off more than most writers can ever hope to display. “It’s just another medium, but you can do a lot more now,” Art Spiegelman, speaker for SMU’s Gartner Honors Lecture Series, said. “Comics echo the way the brain works.” Spiegelman arrived at Crum auditorium on Thursday night to discuss, in the artist’s opinion, “What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?” The 65-year-old is a Pulitzer Prize winning comic book artist best known for his dramatic and awardwinning comic “Maus” in which
Spiegelman brings his father’s time during the holocaust to life. The graphic novel, completed in 1991, is a haunting replication of a Polish Jew’s time in Nazi-occupied Europe, including a stint in the infamous Auschwitz prison-camp. “Maus” was more than a difficult piece of art for Spiegelman to create, but putting his emotions aside he was able to produce one of the benchmark publications in the timeline of comics. “The past hangs over the future,” Spiegelman said. “For the first time, comics have a history.” When asked about a possible change of stage for the famous story of Spiegelman’s family to the big screen, he quickly denounced the idea of moving any of his pieces up. “It’s very rare to have someone come up and say, ‘I want to make something with this,’” Spiegelman said. “I’m so interested in compression
that most everything I do is too short.” In the 90-minute lecture, the history of his time with comics was also expressed as Spiegelman went back to his roots in drawn art. “Comic books were my escape,” Spiegelman said. “[They have] always been a battle of adults versus children; traditional versus new.” Along with their diverse past, the future of comics was discussed in the Q&A section of the session, where Spiegelman spoke more on the accessibility of graphic novels. With the overall growth of the online community, finding past and present comic books on the internet is the kind of move that will keep the medium relevant for years to come. “I can get the history of comics online,” Spiegelman said. “There’s something about reading online that is the adrenaline of clicking
and wondering what’s going to happen next.” Spiegelman’s last statement rang true to his opinion during the length of his speech. With just a small amount of non-super hero comics remaining in production, the ability to convey differing artistic styles has become harder to display. “I think Donald Duck had much more nuance than Peter Parker,” Spiegelman said. “He was far more interesting than the mood swings of the Hulk.” Comics seem to have a stereotype of being nothing more than the origin stories for famous movie characters such as Batman and Superman. Art Spiegelman displayed a multilayered discussion about how the future of comics can be as artistic as its gloried past. “The future of comics will have to do with what’s online,” Spiegelman said. “I know it’s the future, but I’m happily living in the past.”
New Residential Commons expected to change campus life Geenah Krisht Contributing Writer gkrisht@smu.edu Not all students living in residence halls on the south side of campus have experienced the livelihood that comes along with a central quad or dining hall, but in a little over a year more students will be migrating that way. SMU is on track to transform the entire campus into a Residential Commons model by the summer of 2014. This transformation includes both the current housing experience and the construction of five new communities in the southeast corner of campus. “The Residential Commons model, with the addition of approximately 1250 new bed space on campus, allows us to house all first- and second-year students on campus with limited housing for upper-class students and graduate students,” Jeff Grim, Assistant Director of Residence Life for Academic Initiatives, said. Along with these new
residence halls, several living rooms, study rooms, multipurpose rooms, and a new dining hall are all a part of the plan. Creators hope to facilitate a close-knit learning and living environment that students can call “home.” “My hope is that it will create a more vibrant campus ‘after hours.’ With so many students residing and dining on campus, I hope an increased energy will develop,” Julie Wiksten, Associate Vice President of Campus Services, said. The new dining hall will be a two-story facility with indoor and outdoor areas, seating up to around 500 people. It will be largely naturally lit through two-story windows and a rotunda. Wiksten described multiple seating areas and said they would each have a feeling of their own: booths, high top tables, banquette seating and outdoor seating. In addition, there will be limited unseen kitchen space.
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SMU goes through 8-year process to receive Bush Center bid Julie Fancher Assignments Desk Editor jfancher@smu.edu The story of how SMU was selected to become the home of the Presidential Center begins with a bid. Baylor University was the first school to begin drafting a bid to house the presidential library. “While we realize that a decision on the site of the George W. Bush Presidential Library is likely several years away, we feel it is important to formalize our process so we are in a position to deliver a well-conceived, well constructed and financially certain proposal,” former Baylor President Robert B. Sloan Jr. said in 2003. Baylor’s close proximity to the Bushs’ ranch in Crawford was a key point in their proposal. The university also stated: “With the George H.W. Bush Library in College Station and the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin, a George W. Bush Presidential Library at Baylor would create a triangle of presidential libraries
within 90 miles of each other, positioning the region as the most important area in the country for presidential research.” SMU began working on a bid just after Baylor University; however, the White House announced it would not be considering locations until President Bush was elected to a second term. Following his re-election, the White House asked for six universities to submit bids. The six that submitted bids, in addition to Baylor and SMU were Texas Tech, the University of Texas System, the University of Dallas and Midland College. Texas Tech and Midland College later teamed up to form the West Texas Coalition. The West Texas Coalition proposed that Texas Tech would house the presidential library and museum, while Midland College would be home to the Laura Bush Reading Center. In addition to these six schools, the White House asked for one city to submit a bid, which the city of Arlington did. There were pros and cons to
all of these sites. Most of the pros were that a lot of these schools had large amounts of land to build on. SMU, however, is surrounded by homes, leaving it with little room to grow. A flurry of legal battles ensued, but SMU finally obtained the space it needed. In late 2005, nearly a year after the schools submitted their bids, the White House announced that SMU, Baylor, University of Dallas and the West Texas Coalition were the finalists. The four schools headed to Washington, D.C. to pitch their proposed presentations to the library committee. A few weeks later, it was announced that Texas Tech had been dropped from consideration. The Washington Post reported in 2006 that former commerce secretary and chairman of the presidential site-selection committee, Donald Evans, gave some bad news to the West Texas Coalition. “This was a difficult decision for the committee. Your team has brought to light many important
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SMU won the bid for the Bush Presidential Library against Baylor, the University of Dallas and the West Texas Coalition.
ideas, and it is our hope that the final selection and site will make you and the institutions you represent proud,” Evans said. The same article reported that it seemed as if SMU looked to be the favorite. Not only is the school the alma mater of former First Lady Laura Bush, but also to Bush Adviser Karen Hughes and White
House Counsel Harriet Miers. Miers was also an adviser to the library selection committee. While SMU was settling its legal disputes in late 2006, it announced that it had entered “the next phase of deliberations” with the presidential library site selection committee. Evans said in a 2006 statement
sent to the three final schools that “The Selection Committee is taking another step in the President’s decision to select a site for the George W. Bush Presidential Library as we enter into further discussions with Southern Methodist University.”
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FOOD
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Lemon Bar and Grill’s new location makes its mark Hutchinson. In addition to the regular menu, Lemon Bar also offers brunch on the weekends. The PB&J French toast, which is topped with strawberries, bananas and caramel sauce, is absolutely mouth-watering. For bacon lovers, the B.E.T.A sandwich, made with bacon, over medium egg, tomato, avocado and mayo on sourdough bread, is a must try. With the prices ranging from $5 to $14 there is always something on the menu that everyone can try and afford. Lemon Bar also offers a happy hour featuring a $5 menu, $3 wells, $3 house wine and $3 domestic bottles Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
On Friday and Saturday nights, Henderson Lemon Bar has a DJ in the Citrus Lounge for those who want to stay out, dance and have some fun. Like the Henderson location, the Frisco location also has live music each week with a special performance by a Beatles cover band on March 22. According to Hutchinson, Henderson Lemon Bar will be adding local beers from microbreweries to their tap selection. The restaurant also plans to bring live music to their patio for St. Patrick’s Day. Whether you’re in the Knox/ Henderson area of food, live music or clubbing, Lemon Bar has it all.
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Lemon Bar and Grill has a wide variety of menu items as well as a special brunch menu for the weekends at its new location off Henderson.
TASHIKA VARMA Food Editor tvarma@smu.edu The Knox/Henderson area has been known for great restaurants from The Porch to Victor Tangos on the Henderson side and Villa-O and Ziziki’s on the Knox side. If you’ve recently taken a drive
down Henderson Avenue you’ve probably noticed a new addition — Lemon Bar and Grill. The name should be familiar because the restaurant isn’t foreign to the Dallas area. The restaurant opened in 2009 in Uptown’s West Village, but recently moved to a new location
off Henderson Avenue. The restaurant also expanded to a second location in Frisco located near Main Street and Dallas North Tollway. “We moved to Henderson to be closer to SMU and our desired customer base,” Bill Hutchinson, the owner of the Henderson
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location, said. With the location comes a new menu, which will be released next week. The menu will feature slow cooked pork ribs, poached eggs on spinach and cheese grits and Lemon Bar’s famous brunch chicken and waffles, said
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Brown Bag Dance Show in the Bob Hope Lobby at 12 p.m.
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Lemon Bar has moved from West Village to the Knox/Henderson area.
SATURDAY March 2
Rimers of Eldritch in the Greer Garson Theatre at 2 and 8 p.m.
SUNDAY March 3
The Rimers of Eldritch in the Greer Garson Theatre at 2 p.m.
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5:35 p.m. Theft. Hughes Trigg Student Center. A student reported the theft of her cell phone. Open.
february 27 2:53 p.m. Criminal Mischief. Hyer St. at University Blvd. A student drove off with a boot attached to the tire of his vehicle. He will be referred to the Student Conduct Officer for damaging university property. Closed. 6:54 p.m. Criminal Mischief. Sigma Phi Epsilon House. A student reported damage to the front door of this location. Open.
9:27 p.m. Possession of Marijuana. Virginia Snider Hall. A student was referred to the Student Conduct Officer for having marijuana in his dorm room. Closed.
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Grant recipients pay visit to Texas Capitol Andrew Hattersley Staff Writer ahattersley@smu.edu SMU is an expensive school. What some may not realize is the opportunity that has been presented to many students through the Texas Equalization Grants for students that may not have chosen SMU originally. “The most gratifying part of the experience was being able to personally thank the senators and representatives for supporting the Texas Equalization Grant, and telling them our stories of why the grant is important to us,” Tyrone Davis, a junior biology and chemistry major, said. Davis, Nayelly Dominguez and Chanesia Johnson visited Austin, Texas Wednesday afternoon on behalf of SMU and of students around Texas to tell their representatives what they thought of the program. They hoped their appreciation
would ensure that TEG would be around for future generations to take advantage of. “The representatives and senators were really excited that we were there. I think that we were fresh faces and new life to them,” Johnson, junior biology and psychology major, said. The TEG is a grant averaging approximately $3,309 given to 25,474 Texas students. There are currently 1,500 TEG recipients at SMU. The program, founded in 1971, was designed to give low and middle income students an opportunity to attend more expensive institutions. When given a chance to attend such an institution students like Davis, Dominguez and Johnson have taken hold of the opportunity. Dominguez is a sophomore majoring in economics, French and engineering management and information systems. Dominguez relished
the opportunity to meet a congresswoman and talk about the grant’s impact on her. “SMU has given us so much to have this opportunity, [so] to give back to them was amazing,” Dominguez said. The experience in Austin is one the students won’t soon forget. These grants have inspired them to keep on pushing and make sure students after them will have the same opportunity. One of the most impressive aspects of Davis, Dominguez and Johnson was the selflessness they have shown throughout this experience. The focus is on the whole program in the present and future. Davis relishes the opportunity he knows not every student gets. “To be speaking on behalf of over 1,000 TEG recipients was a very exhilarating experience,” Davis said.
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SMU was the only school to have entered this next phase. Nearly one week later the University of Dallas withdrew its bid. University of Dallas planned that their proposed library would develop on the space of the former Cowboys Stadium in Irving. “While we remain interested in hosting the library, after discussions with the committee and the city of Irving, which has been our partner and financial supporter, we have concluded that it is in the best interest of all concerned that we move forward with our withdrawal from the process,” University of Dallas President Frank Lazarus said. One year later, on Feb. 22,
2008, SMU beat out Baylor and was chosen as the home for the 13th Presidential Library. The university met with the George W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation to announce on campus that the university board had unanimously approved the agreement to build the center, museum and public policy institute. Bush sent a letter to SMU President R. Gerald Turner describing his choice. “The SMU campus, given its beauty and location in an exciting urban setting, is an excellent site for the Library and related facilities,” Bush said. The foundation said at the time that they were confident the center would be completed within five years.
Following the announcement, the foundation had a goal to raise $300 million for the construction and endowment of the library. On Nov. 16, 2010 the George W. Bush Presidential Library broke ground on SMU’s campus. Many members of President Bush’s former cabinet, such as Condoleezza Rice and Dick Cheney were in attendance. President Bush spoke to the crowd of over 3,000 guests. “To those of you who are not privileged to live in Texas, welcome to the great state. And welcome to one of the finest universities in the whole United States, Southern Methodist,” Bush said. The eight-year saga comes to a close as SMU is less than 60 days away from the opening.
CAMPUS: First-year, sophomore housing includes new dining hall that students living on-campus are retained at a higher rate, are more engaged on campus and typically have higher GPAs. “We want all of our students to have a quality, academically-focused, first two years to propel them into their upper-class years of college and beyond,” Grim said. Grim mentioned that several universities have made similar transitions, but most took the transition slow and gradually relocated students over a longer period of time. “At SMU we are going all in. It’s exciting and we have given ourselves plenty of time to plan for it. But transforming the residential
experience, while opening five new facilities is a big undertaking,” Grim said. Wiksten believes that the hardest transition will be the shift of so much activity to the southeast end of campus. “I would definitely consider living there due to the new dining concept rather than the standard cafeteria-style service area. However, it is far away from classes so that is a negative aspect of it,” sophomore Chint Murdock said. Administrators are in the process of selecting the faculty in residences. FIRs will be appointed after a
series of interviews from faculty, staff and students. Also, there will be 17 students on the Residential Commons Student Leadership Corps that will help establish each Residential Commons over the next year and a half. Siegfried, expected to graduate in May, is optimistic about the future of SMU in conjunction with the residential commons. “I think it’s a really good thing for SMU to try and keep students on campus,” Siegfried said. “I think the new dorms will help make SMU feel more like a college and [it] will help enhance school spirit.”
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The food will be mostly made-to-order. Therefore, almost everything will be produced right in front of the customer. “It will have a large pizza oven along with a large grill similar to what you see at Genghis Grill. Many of the items served will be a ‘small plates’ concept,” Wiksten said. “Students will have input into what the final menus are.” Administrators are optimistic about the new amenities working to engage more students on campus. The Residential Commons will enable all students to spend their freshman and sophomore years living on campus. “If I were a sophomore, I would have definitely been excited to live on campus for a second year. In fact, I would do it all four years if that
were the norm,” senior McKinley Siegfried said. “As long as living on campus and being a part of the community is expected and normal, I think students
will be excited about it.” Grim believes that having more students living on campus is a good thing. He said research shows
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Cardinal Sean O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, is an outspoken advocate against sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
Chris Christie deserves respect from Republicans w. Tucker keene Online Editor tkeene@smu.edu Somewhere there is a wildly popular and successful Republican governor who will easily win re-election in an incredibly blue state, and for some reason the conventional wisdom is that he is not going to have a future in the Republican Party. Who am I talking about? Chris Christie, of course. Chris Christie was at one point considered a strong potential presidential candidate and more recently a strong potential vice presidential candidate. His moderate politics and visceral everyman appeal would have made him a formidable candidate, and might have helped offset the elitist and out of touch stereotypes about Mitt Romney. Where did it all go wrong? It appears to have started with Hurricane Sandy. New Jersey was hit hard by the hurricane, and Christie welcomed the President’s help with open arms. The theory is that his embrace of the President and the positive bump that Obama got from Sandy were Christie’s fault, and therefore Christie was to blame for Romney’s loss. This is ridiculous. First, if Romney’s support was so weak that it could be lost by a hurricane, he wouldn’t have won anyway. Second, Christie was doing what governors are supposed to do: looking out for the interests of their own state above all else. Frankly, that Christie puts his own job responsibilities above party politics should make him someone with a viable national future. We need people who aren’t beholden to the political
interests of their party. That doesn’t mean we need someone who disagrees with the party on policy, but someone who isn’t afraid to upset the party establishment or go against the interests of the powerful people within their party. This is not meant as an endorsement of Chris Christie’s potential campaign in 2016, not in the least. But this is a call for conservatives to remember why they fell in love with Christie in the first place. Chris Christie managed to get conservative reforms through the public sector union system in New Jersey while dealing with a heavily Democratic legislature. He speaks in a way that makes these reforms seem like common sense, and has no trouble calling out the media or anyone else for bending the truth. He’s a relatable, likable guy skilled at the art of explanation. So Christie may or may not have much of a future in the national Republican Party. He’ll be named chairman of the Republican Governor’s Association next year. He’ll be re-elected easily in the deep blue state of New Jersey. He’s such a strong candidate that he’s scared off all the strong potential Democratic challengers. Politicians shouldn’t be blacklisted by the party simply because they accepted help from the president of the other party in a time of need. Doing that doesn’t make him a bad Republican, it makes him a good governor. Let’s not blacklist him for that. Keene is a junior majoring in political science, economics and public policy.
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Don’t take Joan Rivers seriously “Joan Rivers has gone too far this time.” Says everyone, always, about anything Rivers ever says. This time, the joke may have involved the words “German” and “ovens” in the same sentence. But we don’t need to get into specifics. While I may think it’s distasteful to joke about the Holocaust, I don’t see why Rivers is receiving backlash. She is known for saying outrageous things, and everything she says should be taken with a grain of salt. It is her job, like many other media and entertainment pundits, to stir the pot every once in a while. —Trevor Thrall, Opinion Editor
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Recurring sexual abuse needs to be addressed by Catholic Church Brandon Bub Contributing Writer bbub@smu.edu It is no secret that the Catholic Church is either directly or indirectly responsible for some of the worst atrocities perpetrated by a single institution in history. The Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades and witch hunts throughout the medieval era are just a few “incidents” that left tens of thousands of people dead. However, I do not want to make this a “Let’s talk about how horrible the Church is” column. I might not be a Catholic anymore, but I come from a family of them and I feel like I have a vested interest in the state of the institution. I do not want to treat the Church as some monolithic entity that has consistently sought to oppress heretics, minorities and nonbelievers. The Church is linked to unspeakable crimes, but such crimes are committed by individuals, and I do not want to absolve these individuals of guilt by attributing it to something larger than them. Nevertheless, as evidence has grown to illustrate the systemic nature of sexual abuse (and subsequent cover-ups of that abuse), it becomes clear that institutional reform is necessary. Priests who abuse children or other members of their congregation should rightly be defrocked and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The same ought to be true of clergy members who know of such abuse and willingly cover it up: much like how Joe Paterno and members of Penn State who covered up Jerry Sandusky’s abuse were dismissed from the university, so too should priests who try to protect the reputations of colleagues by moving them to other parishes to prevent crimes from being found be stripped of their Holy Orders. Here in the United States and most of the rest of the world we have criminal justice systems to deal with these offenses, and we should not be afraid to use them against religious officials, no matter what excuses they might make. However, to me it seems that punitive treatment of
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priests implicated in these crimes is simply not enough. It feels as though we have been reading headlines for years now mentioning a new Church member involved in a new scandal. Just a few days ago Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic, was discovered to have resigned after being accused of “inappropriate acts” with priests. The frightening thing is that stories like this hardly seem exceptional anymore. It’s almost as if sexual abuse in the Church has become so status quo that we’ve begun to accept it as an endemic plague, and I find that deplorable. Silence on this issue amounts to tacit acceptance; if the Church wishes to effect change, it needs to actively engage with this issue rather than pretend it will go away if they to settle enough lawsuits. The Church has to consider reforms from the top down to solve this problem. The Church has not considered a serious reevaluation of the celibate priesthood in centuries: the only married priests allowed in the Church right now are disaffected Anglicans who defected over having a gay bishop. Moreover, I think allowing women to be priests might also stem some of these abuses. Obviously a decision like this would require a whole scale reevaluation of Pauline theology, and I think it would take a lot of humility for the Church to reform like this and say “By the way, we were wrong about Holy Orders for about 2000 years.” But the Church has been rightly challenged on dogma for centuries; in fact the Council of Trent likely never would have happened without Martin Luther’s Protestant Reformation. Perhaps another such reform is in order. If the Church hierarchy is afraid of upsetting God for rejecting dogma, they might also consider whether or not their God wants this systemic sexual abuse to continue as well. Bub is a junior majoring in English, political science and history.
michael dearman Contributing Writer mdearman@smu.edu The sometimes conflict between tradition and moral responsibility is difficult to navigate in the largest Christian sect in the world. Regardless, the Catholic Church has to address the sexual abuses in the Church. While there have been numerous theories about the causes of the sexual abuse of young people by clergymen, I do not want to address all of these theories, but discuss the moral responsibility of the Church itself. Whether the abuse stems from the lack of a sexual outlet in a spouse, the culture of the Church or some other factor, the Catholic Church has a God-given – demanded – responsibility to make certain that those under its purview are representing the grace and love of Christ to others. There can be no doubt that all human beings are flawed and sinful – yes, even clergymen. While grace must be extended in order to foster reconciliation, forgiveness and healing, refusal to battle the root of sin, especially in the form of sexual abuse, is to exercise a lack of sound wisdom. To the extent that the Church has inadequately addressed those who are guilty of abuse is unacceptable. If the Catholic Church is ignoring such members of the clergy in order to protect its image, the Church is affirming that publicity is more important than justice. While the Church has a responsibility to pursue discipline of its clergy in a loving and graceextending way, when the actions of a clergyman not only break the law, but destroy the lives of individuals, the time for in-house discipline is long gone. Instead, the removal of clergymen from office in order to prevent abuse under the Church’s authority is the least that the Church could do. In addition, the Catholic Church has a responsibility to the secular governments of the nations in which its priests serve to submit to its authority in matters of law so long as those
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laws do not compromise the mission of Christ on earth. This means that intentionally shielding priests from prosecution under secular law is unacceptable, as the laws against sexual abuse do not run contrary to the mission of Christianity. Why the Catholic Church has refused to exercise its authority over this issue is a mystery to me. The Church is one of the greatest influencers of morality and spirituality around the world, and the recent years of abuse have not helped bolster that reputation. Which leads me to wonder – is this an issue of reputation? Does the Catholic Church view itself as above and outside secular law? Does the Church take seriously this abuse? Are these priests so far removed from the upper echelons of leadership that the priests do not deserve the attention of the Vatican? I want to end with a brief idea, contrary to Catholic tradition, certainly not a new suggestion, but a thought about the issue nonetheless. Human beings are sexual in nature. While I genuinely think some individuals are called to celibacy of the kind described by the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 7, not all individuals are. The Catholic Church calls for celibacy from its priests since it calls them to be married to the Church instead of a spouse. While there are deep theological reasons for this view of the role of clergy, which I greatly respect, if such a tradition is causally connected to sexual abuse, then I unquestioningly think that the traditional requirement should be abandoned. When the tradition leads to destructive and sinful behavior but remains for tradition’s sake, the practice looks suspiciously idolatrous. Is the tradition more important that the lives of individuals whom the Church is called to shepherd? Is tradition more important than the worth of the individual? Hardly. Tradition undedicated to the love and glory of God and the love of others is like a noose around the neck of the bride of Christ. Dearman is a junior majoring in political science and philosophy.
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Brown Bag dancers reflect on experience Mallory ashcrAft Contributing Writer mashcraft@smu.edu A crowd of eager spectators surrounded the stage inside the Bob Hope Theater lobby, trying to catch a glimpse of the Spring Brown Bag Dance Series. On stage, the dancers are at the heart of the action as they perform their student-choreographed pieces. For the dancers performing in Brown Bag for the first time this semester, the excitement is especially palpable. “The audience is so excited to see you,” freshman Meredith Williams said. “It’s so close to the stage. You don’t ever get to sit that close to your stage. ... I like that kind of non-traditional setting.” The Brown Bag Dance Series is choreographed and performed every semester by students of the SMU Meadows Division of Dance. For the students, Brown Bag represents an opportunity to begin exploring the professional world of dance. “You have to learn to be a professional when nobody’s telling you to to be professional,” Williams said. Specifically, Williams said that the relatively short amount of time that the students have to produce Brown Bag is an accurate reflection of the type of pressure that professional dancers are faced with. To earn a position performing in Brown Bag, dancers must attend a 5-hour audition and dance each piece for the student choreographers. The choreographers then choose the dancers they want to perform their pieces. Rehearsals start the next day; the students rehearse twice a week for a total of three weeks, in addition to their regular dance class schedule. Williams, a dancer since the age of 4, hopes to become a professional dancer after graduation. Following her career as a performer, she also aspires to run a dance school or company. She is majoring in dance with a minor in arts management. “It’s kind of scary to go into because it’s so unsure,” Williams said about the dance industry. “That’s why I really want
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to go to school for some kind of business administration. But I never want to be totally separated from the dance world.” Hope Endrenyi, another freshman dancing in her first Brown Bag performance, explained the unique challenge that young dancers are faced with. “It’s hard, because for dancers typically you go straight from high school into a company or you try to start working professionally, at least specifically for ballet,” Endrenyi said. But Endrenyi said that as much as she loves dance, she also wants everything that a college education and experience has to offer.
“College allows you to develop yourself as a human being in society as well as a performer in the arts,” she said. Endrenyi, who plans to pursue a career in ballet and musical theater, feels that Brown Bag offers students a chance to experiment and learn to exercise responsibility as artists. “Brown Bag helps us create our own voice, so when we graduate we know who we are and what we have to offer so we can channel that knowledge to create a steady career for ourselves,” she said. While many dancers must choose between dance or an education, being a Meadows student gives aspiring performers
like Williams and Endrenyi the opportunity to pursue both dreams. “I’ve always loved to dance, but I’ve always wanted to do other things, like medicine in college,” Reid Frye, a first year who is double-majoring in dance and premed, said. “I was lucky to receive this opportunity to pursue what I love so I decided to do both.” Frye said a job with a dance company after college is one he couldn’t turn down, but he also has hopes of continuing his education and attending medical school. To balance the competing demands of school and dance, Endrenyi said that time
about dance that people don’t realize is that dancers are highly disciplined, and I think it teaches you very valuable life lessons,” Frye said. That discipline is apparent in every movement the dancers make as they perform their original creations.
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management is key. “We have our academics, we have our technique classes, and then we have rehearsals, so it’s a lot to juggle,” Endrenyi said. But despite all the challenges, these rising dancers remain true to themselves. “Above all else, what I respect
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Mustangs crash against the Green Wave of Tulane Scott Sanford Staff Writer wsanford@smu.edu
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SMU’S Shawn Williams receives a pass against Rice Wednesday night.
SMU steams through second helping of Rice Billy Embody Staff Writer wembody@smu.edu Behind Shawn Williams’s 17 points and Cannen Cunningham’s 13 points, the SMU men’s basketball team beat Rice 67-55 in the team’s final game in Moody Coliseum this season and the last one in Moody’s current configuration before $47 million in renovations move inside the facility on March 4th. “I’m happy for the school because we started out with a win and we ended with a win. That was pretty nice,” SMU head coach Larry Brown said. The Mustangs swept the season series against the Owls after a beat down in Houston and then beating them again in Dallas on Wednesday night. Brown said that the players were able to pick their heads up after Rice started to come back in the game. “Really, looking back on the game, we should have done better,
but that game we should have closed it out and been up 20-25 points,” Williams said. Coach Brown echoed Williams when he said there was plenty of things for the team to work on. “The nice thing about this sport is that the film doesn’t lie and you can use it as a tool to teach and that’s what we’ve got to do,” Brown said. What was different in this game from most games this season was that Jalen Jones was in foul trouble and had a very pedestrian night with only five points and four rebounds. Jones eventually fouled out with 1:38 left in the game. With Jones in trouble, Williams and Cunningham picked up the pace for the rest of the team. Cunningham added 13 rebounds to go with his scoring totals for his second career double-double while playing all 40 minutes of the game. Williams tied a career high in points, 17, and blocks, 3, and also grabbed six rebounds. Williams and Cunningham were a huge reason
why SMU was able to control the game tempo and momentum. The Mustangs honored senior London Giles before the game as the lone senior on the squad and Bobby Mills, `77, who made the first shot in Moody Coliseum, made the “final shot” in pre-renovated Moody after the game. “Mr. Mills must have watched us play because he missed the first two layups, but he made the one that counted.” SMU faces UAB on the road in Birmingham on March 2 at 2 p.m. CT and the Lady Mustangs will close out Moody Coliseum with their final two games on Feb. 28 and March 3 against Tulane and UTEP respectively. SMU’s Moody Coliseum renovations will be ready by the time the team plays their first Big East game next season, but Brown was focused on the team — not the renovations. “It’s going to be really special. We’ve just got to have a team worthy of being out there.”
The Lady Mustangs (20-7, 11-3 C-USA) looked like they were going to get back to their winning ways but let a late lead slip away and lost for the second straight game to Tulane (21-6, 10-4 C-USA) 73-68. The Mustangs were led by junior guard Keena Mays who was 6-12 from the field and had 14 of her 15 points in the second half. Destynee Hives-McCray had the best shooting night for SMU, shooting 7-11 from the field to finish with 14 points. Tulane had three players score in double figures. Danielle Blagg, Jamie Kaplan and Olivia Grayson scored 16, 15 and 10 points respectively. The Mustangs, once again, started the game off on a sluggish note, shooting wise, hitting only 33 percent of their shots in the first half (11-33). Korina Baker led the way for SMU in the first half with eight points. She was 2-3 from three-
point range and made both of her free throw attempts. Mays, who has struggled shooting the ball recently, was 0-3 on the night and only had one point in the first half. She was however able to turn it around in the second half. Tiffany Dale led the way for the Green Wave, shooting 4-6 from the field and finishing the half with eight points. Despite being out-shot and out-rebounded by the Green Wave, SMU went into half time only being down 33-30. In the second half, the Mustangs shot considerable better, making 16-29 shots in the half (55 percent). The Mustangs were led by Mays in the second half and the Green Wave was led by Grayson who had all 10 of her points in the second half. SMU got their first lead of the second half when Akil Simpson made a lay up with just over 17 minutes left in the game. The Mustangs then held the lead for six minutes as they traded buckets with the Green Wave.
Then with 5 minutes left, the Mustangs got another easy lay up to put them back on top 56-54. The Mustangs expanded their lead to as many as six, but were never able to put the Green Wave away. After SMU gave away the lead with about 1 minute left, The Mustangs were able to tie it up with a clutch jumper by Mays with 38 seconds to go. On the next possession Tulane was able to grab an offensive rebound and, with 11 seconds left, Jamie Kaplan capped off her 15-point effort with a three pointer to seal the deal for the Green Wave. Despite the tough loss, the Mustangs still have a chance to win the Conference USA title. SMU will play their last game in Moody Coliseum before the commencement of the renovations this Sunday against Rice at 2 p.m. Last time these teams faced each other SMU won 73-51. The Owls were led by Jessica Kuster’s 16 points and five rebounds.
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Mustangs stampede over opponents Courtney Madden Staff Writer courtneym@smu.edu SMU women’s tennis defeated Texas State extending their winning streak to four matches over the Bobcats. “We are pleased with the 7-0 win,” said head Coach Kati Gyulai. “We did a good job closing out matches both in doubles and in singles.” The Mustangs will take on
Texas Tech on the road March 1 at 5 p.m. Texas Tech is the defending Big 12 champion and was recently picked third in the coaches’ preseason poll. Tech’s last match was a 4-3 loss to The University of Alabama bringing their record to 6-3 at No. 21. SMU men’s tennis is coming off of a 7-0 home victory over Arkansas-Fort Smith last weekend and will take on rival TCU on Saturday before
hosting Tulane at the Samuel Grand Tennis Center on Sunday at noon. TCU is 7-4, standing at No. 51 while Tulane is 3-3 on the season standing at No. 70. TCU suffered a 5-2 loss in their recent game against Pepperdine at home and Tulane is also coming off a tough 6-1 loss to No. 58 Texas Tech. The Mustang’s last two matches against Tulane have resulted in wins, including a 4-0 victory last March.