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NEWS Briefs World TOKYO—A former crewmember on a Japanese battleship that sank during World War II recognized photos of wreckage discovered this week off the Philippines by a team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. CARACAS, Venezuela— Early morning fireworks burst for a commemoration of Hugo Chavez on the second anniversary of his death. Chavez died from cancer, but the exact nature of the cancer was never revealed.
National PHILADELPHIA P.A.— Philadelphia officials say an officer has been killed in the line of duty after he was shot in the head while trying to stop a robbery at a video game store. Mayor Michael Nutter says Officer Robert Wilson III died Thursday. NEW YORK— A Delta jetliner landing at LaGuardia Airport in a driving snowstorm Thursday skidded off a runway and crashed through a chain-link fence, its nose coming to rest just feet from the roiling waters of an icy bay. Six people were hurt in the midday accident minutes after the runway was plowed.
Texas HOUSTON— Authorities say Houston Texans safety D.J. Swearinger drove off from a business without paying for nearly $20,0000 worth of customization work on his truck, though it could simply be a “misunderstanding.” Harris County sheriff’s deputies were called to Espi Motor Sports after Swearinger left. The business didn’t provide an itemized list of the auto detailing services, sheriff’s office spokesman Deputy Thomas Gilliland said Thursday.
Lilly Ledbetter speaks at SMU Women’s Symposium’s 50th Anniversary MATTIE LIPPE Contributing Writer mlippe@smu.edu Lilly Ledbetter gave Patricia Arquette’s Oscar speech a run for its money when she tackled the equal pay battle in her keynote address for the SMU Women’s Symposium’s 50th Anniversary on Wednesday afternoon. Ledbetter is a luminary for gender wage equality. Her 10-year fight for equal pay began as a manager at Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant in Gadsen, Ala., where she received an anonymous letter informing her that she was paid 40 percent less than men doing the same job. She took her lawsuit against Goodyear
to a federal court, and later to the Supreme Court. After the Court ruled against her, she lobbied on Capitol Hill until finally, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which nullified the Supreme Court decision and restored employee’s rights to challenge pay discrimination. But Ledbetter’s situation is not unique. In fact, she described how for every dollar a man earns doing the same job, white women earn 77 cents, black women 62 cents, and Hispanic women 54 cents. One’s pay dictates life–and not just during employment. Ledbetter explained how her smaller pay continues to affect her today, because her salary back then
determined her Social Security, 401K and retirement plan. Prior to the Ledbetter Act, an employee would lose the next paycheck if caught discussing his or her pay. “Women are behind in wages because we can’t afford to speak up. We can’t afford to miss a paycheck,” Ledbetter said. Following the speech, Ledbetter held a Q&A, as well as a book signing. The audience included SMU and community women, and even a few men. As Ledbetter said, “Our fight is everyone’s fight.” Even the Democrats and Republicans agreed on passing her bill. Junior Shelley Knutson was among those who braved the rain to listen to
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the speech. “She wasn’t just an actress who spoke vaguely about equal pay during her Oscar speech,” said Knutson. “She’d experienced the discrimination, and fought for change. She’s the kind of woman we should be listening to.” Ledbetter’s keynote kicked off the 50th Anniversary of the Women’s Symposium. The Symposium was established in 1966, making it the longest running event of its kind, and Ledbetter’s message carried the tune of the Symposium’s vision: “We women have to stick together,” she said. “We have to support each other. We have to mentor each other.” Needless to say, Ledbetter no longer purchases Goodyear tires.
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HPV lecture explains purpose behind not vaccinating children Candi Bolden Contributing Writer cbolden@smu.edu In a lecture to the Health and Society Program Tuesday, Dr. Jasmine Tiro stressed the importance of HPV vaccination and presented her research on why certain parents are reluctant to vaccinate there children against HPV. “Jasmine Tiro was chosen for her interdisciplinary work, including her collaboration with SMU psychology professor Austin Baldwin,” Director of Health and Society Program Carolyn Smith-Morris said. During her presentation, Trio compared the vaccination rate for HPV to the vaccination rate for the T-dap (Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis) and the rate for Meningococcal Vaccination. “The T-dap and Meningococcal rate is increasing in vaccinations which usually happens for vaccinations as they become more available, while the doses for HPV are in a plateau,” Tiro said. Sophomore Hallie Hovey-Murray didn’t expect to hear that vaccinations for HPV were plateauing. Hovey-Murray is a supporter of HPV vaccinations as a way to prevent cervical cancer. “I was surprised to hear that Dallas has a low vaccination rate since is has good medical resources,” she said. Tiro, a Cancer Prevention Fellow at the National Cancer Institute, believes that this is partially owed to the newness of the vaccination, the parents’ thoughts, the healthcare provider and the U.S. treatment of vaccinations. To help the impact of the healthcare provider, Tiro implemented a system that gives doctors an electronic standing of a patients immunization records at each check up. If the child was not vaccinated at the check up, the doctor has to supply a reason why they were not. Tiro found that the most common reason parents chose not to vaccinate their children is because they do not have
enough information. In response, Tiro and her research group decided to help inform parents about HPV. “We wanted to mail educational materials out for instance a brochure, out before the clinical visit and if they still declined the vaccination we called and asked why,” Tiro said. Tiro reasoned that sending out brochures reminded parents about the vaccinations before their visit and allowed them to research comfortably and at their own pace. According to Tiro, the brochures did help to inform parents, but also formed another problem. “A lot of women were too suspicious on the emphasis on HPV and thought that the vaccination was too new,” Tiro said. The HPV vaccination was approved and recommended in 2006 after voluntary testing was done with 16,000 women, according to the Center for Disease Contorl and Prevention (CDC) and the information in Tiro’s brochures. SMU professor Austin Baldwin worked as the co-principal investigator in the next part of the information process. Baldwin worked with the research groups’ iPad-based intervention project that had parents look at information and record their opinions about the HPV vaccine. “My expertise is in the psychological processes that help us understand selfpersuasion and why it would work as an intervention,” Baldwin said. At the end of her lecture, Tiro compared the vaccination rates in different countries. According to the President’s Cancer Panel Annual Report for 2012-2013, the coverage for the threedose vaccination for HPV in Australia and the UK is 71.2 percent and 60.4 percent respectively. The U.S. has a rate of 33.4 percent. “So why do we suck at vaccinating as country? We don’t deliver vaccines in school,” Tiro said.
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Some parents have decided against vaccinating their children in recent years.
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SMU students presented a check to the Dallas Allstars charity.
SMU students raise $5,645 with a marble Jeremiah Jensen Contributing Writer jdjensen@smu.edu Two SMU students have raised $5,645 for charity with nothing but a marble and some determination. Sophomore Samuel Lankford and his teammate Tala Duwaji received the check on March 4 to give to the Dallas Allstars non-profit. The impetus for this act of charity comes from Director of Arts and Entrepreneurship Jim Hart and the “marble game” he has his students play in his “Attracting Capital” class. Hart gave each team of students a glass marble and told them to trade the marble for things of greater value, with the goal
of selling these items to profit the charity. Lankford and Duwaji first traded the marble for a pencil, the pencil for a pen, the pen for $1,000, and through a few more creative trades, ended up with $5,645. Lankford said that the experience was enlightening. “The key to my success was not the object I had, but the good and the impact it was going to have in the end,” said Lankford. The Dallas Allstars provide underprivileged children in the Dallas area with cultural education, leadership training, and after school activities. They seek to connect children with the educational, cultural, and corporate resources available in Dallas.
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Author Jeff Chang to discuss new book “Who We Be” Rebecca Ragsdale Contributing Writer rragsdale@smu.edu Award-winning author Jeff Chang will be speaking about his new book “Who We Be: The Colorization of America” at 7:30 p.m. March 18. The lecture, sponsored by Meadows School of the Arts and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, will take place in the Hughes Trigg Student Center and is free to the public. “Who We Be” depicts America’s racial and cultural history through artistic examples such as comic strips, protests and marketing campaigns. “It’s about a culture being a force onto itself,” said Meadows Director of Arts and Urbanism Initiative Clyde Valentin.
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Author Jeff Chang will be speaking about his new book March 18 at SMU.