INSIDE
SMU hosts Patriot Cup
What to pack for spring break
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Debate: God and morality
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Dallas entertainment over break
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Members of the 1956 men’s basketball team, which played the first game in Moody Coliseum joined current players, fans and coaches Feb. 27 at the game against Rice.
Last game at Moody Coliseum remembers past, looks to future CHRIS WARLEY Contributing Writer cwarley@smu.edu Moody Coliseum shut down March 4 to begin its $47 million renovation in preparation for SMU’s move to the Big East Conference next season. The men’s basketball team held its final home basketball game in Moody last Wednesday, toppling Rice 67-55. The Mustangs jumped out to a 35-20 lead at halftime, due in large part to a 19-2 run during the middle of the first half. The second half, however, was plagued with mistakes and mishaps. “I had some key [turnovers] down the stretch and missed a couple box-outs,” junior forward Shawn Williams said. “If we’re going to be a good team, I have got to do a lot better.” After leading by as much as 16,
SMU allowed Rice to pull within six points in the final minutes. Head coach Larry Brown thought SMU played badly in the second half. “We didn’t know if we were the blue shirts or the white shirts.” Williams pointed to SMU’s lack of depth on the bench, but thought the same about Rice. “They were thin, we were pretty thin too though. They were tired and we were just as tired.” Nevertheless, SMU extended the lead to 12 points and ended the season with a final win in Moody, the last before the renovation. “I think we owed it to all the players and alumni that have been here before us to keep a positive history here,” sophomore center Cannen Cunningham said. “It’s a great gym, and we’re looking forward to the renovations. I think tonight was
meaningful for the players that have been here before us.” SMU alumnus Bobby Mills, who scored the first basket in Moody Coliseum, was in attendance. To commemorate the renovation, Mills took the final shot after the game had ended. Mills made the last basket on the third attempt. Referencing SMU’s play in the second half, Brown said, “Mr. Mills must have watched us play. That’s why he missed the first two lay ups, but he made the one that counted.” During the game, SMU displayed various video segments called “Moody Memories” which highlighted important moments from the coliseum’s past. These included buzzer beater wins, conference titles and recordbreaking games from Moody’s past 57 years.
Freshman Kyle Douglas, who attended the game, characterized the “Moody Memories” as a notable experience. “It was like I was there when we first broke ground,” Douglas said. “I saw the resurrection of Moody.” While reflecting on the past, Douglas also looked toward the future and the $47 million renovation and expansion coming to Moody. “This is not the destruction of one stadium,” Douglas said. “It is the beginning of a new dream that Larry Brown is leading at the helm.” Douglas is hopeful for the future and maybe for good reason. The renovation and expansion adds 38,000 square feet of interior space. “We’re putting in new seats, new bleachers, a new scoreboard, an all new heating and cooling
system, more restrooms and more concession offerings,” university architect Philip Jabour said. Jabour said that, as of now, the concourse is “tight and dark, with low ceilings.” “That’s all going to be gone. The concourse will be widened. The lobby will be opened up to the bowl,” Jabour said. The renovation and expansion will continue for months and will affect several annual school events normally held in Moody. Most notably, May graduation will be moved to the main quad south of Dallas Hall. Moody is scheduled to open again in December, with the renovation and expansion fully complete. “The first event will be December graduation and basketball season will follow thereafter,” Jabour said.
Education is expensive and cost is a factor that affects prospective students’ decisions, especially at a nationally recognized, coeducational university like SMU. Only 28 percent of the undergraduate students at SMU do not receive aid of any sort, while the majority of the student body is granted some sort of aid. The amount of aid granted could sway any student, considering the estimated tuition costs for the 20132014 school year have increased to $55,290 for total tuition fees, expenses, and room and board. Marcia Miller, SMU’s associate director financial aid for compliance and reporting, said 2,387 students applied for financial aid in 2007 and 1,627 students were awarded needbased financial aid. In the 2011 academic year Miller said 2,846 students applied for financial aid and 1,902 students were awarded need-based financial aid. "More students have applied and qualified for aid based on the downturn of the economy. Therefore, the rate has gone up," Miller said. The total amount of need-based aid granted in 2011 versus 2007 has increased over $20,000,000. The growth rate in aid from 2007 to 2011 was 56.5 percent, which is a significant jump in percentage terms. The growth rate in tuition over the same period of time was 25.9 percent, representing a $7,620 jump from the 2007 to 2011 academic year. According to Miller, SMU finds itself comparable to
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Students take Alternative Breaks to serve across nation, worldwide BRITTANY BLAND Contributing Writer bbland@smu.edu On March 10, SMU students from all academic disciplines and majors will travel to 10 different locations around the United States and abroad to serve in a various number of ways with the Alternative Breaks program. The Alternative Breaks program at SMU is a chapter of the nationwide Break Away organization based in Atlanta. Break Away is a collegiate service organization that sends students from 160 colleges and universities, including SMU, all over the world in order to volunteer during spring break each year. Katie Jones, student director of the SMU Alternative Breaks program, will be traveling to New York City this year. Students attending this trip will be working with God’s Love We Deliver. Jones said that this organization delivers food to low-income, disabled residents of the city who are confined to their homes. This trip will be Jones’ eighth trip with the SMU
Alternative Breaks program. Jones became involved in the Alternative Breaks program during her first year at SMU. “I was dragged onto a trip my freshman year spring break, and after that I just fell in love with it,” Jones said. The program is sponsored by the Community Engagement & Leadership Department. According to its website, the mission of SMU Alternative Breaks is to “provide quality service experiences and awareness to all members of the Southern Methodist University community while creating active citizens through education, direct service, and reflection.” Lisa Walters is the assistant student director of the Alternative Breaks program. She is also the site leader trainer for each program location. This year, Walters will be traveling to Crawfordville, Fla. to assist a wildlife refuge. She became involved with the Alternative Breaks program on a gap year volunteering with an organization called Ubeci in Quito, Ecuador, where she met a previous Alternative Breaks
Alternative breaks 2013 Los Angeles AIDS Project of Los Angeles (APLA)
Hands-on volunteering, working with the issue of HIV and AIDS
Taos, NM Roots and Wings
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Students volunteer on the 2012 Alternative Break in Crawfordville, Fla.
director who had taken a group of SMU students there for a spring break. Walters believes that part of living on this planet is helping others. “I get really upset when I see social injustice,” Walters said. The main goal of the Alternative Breaks program is to give SMU students an opportunity to engage in “active citizenship by offering world changing service and life changing experiences.” Paul Curry is the site leader for SMU students who are traveling to Gallup, NM this year. Curry will be overseeing
students who will be working with Navajo school children on and off campus, as well as assisting with manual side labor in the location. “I consider the trip a success if the participants [students] get something out of the trip,” Curry said. Curry explained that being a participant is quite different from being a site leader with the program. This will be his fourth trip with the Alternative Breaks program. The Alternative Breaks program will be from March 10 to March 16.
Working with a rural charter school, tutoring middle school students
Gallup, NM
The Community Pantry Food bank that serves the elderly and families in need
New York City God’s Love We Deliver Food delivered to lowincome, disabled people
Crawfordville, Fla.
Environmental restoration in the area
Atlanta International Community School Assist low-income children
Denver Habitat for Humanity
Create affordable housing for the community
El Paso, Texas UT Southwestern Medical Center
Integrating medical training with service
Mystery location
Focused on community development and global peace initiatives
Quito, Ecuador UBECI
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Spring break essentials: what to pack this year Hillary Schmidt, style editor
DAY AT THE BEACH
Pair a fun patterned bathing suit with neutrals as you get ready to catch some rays.
Thayer coverup, Zinke bikini, Tom Ford sunglasses, K. Jacques sandals, Apple iPod
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AROUND TOWN
With such a colorful statement piece, keep the rest of the outfit simple as you head out for a nice dinner.
Dress comfortably for walking, with shoes that will stay on your feet as you venture around town.
Equipment top, Rag & Bone shorts, Marc Jacobs bag, Tom Ford sunglasses, Tory Burch sandals
Hilltop Happenings
Bec & Bridge dress, Michael Kors sandals, Dannijo cuff, A Peace Treaty necklace
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THURSDAY March 7
The Robin Stanford Civil War collection: A Sesquicentennial Exhibit in DeGolyer Library.
FRIDAY March 8
The Robin Stanford Civil War collection: A Sesquicentennial Exhibit in DeGolyer Library.
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1:33 p.m. Theft. Bush Library Construction Site. A contractor reported the theft of a power saw. Open.
8:55 p.m. Criminal Mischief. Boaz Lot. A gate arm was broken at this location. Closed.
2:33 p.m. Fire Alarm. Sigma Chi House. Officers and UPFD responded to a fire alarm at this location. The cause was determined to be a faulty smoke detector. Closed.
9:00 a.m. Off Campus - Aggravated Robbery. 4600 Block Amesbury Dr. 4 students reported being robbed at gunpoint at their apartment. This incident is being investigated by the Dallas Police Department. CRIME ALERT ISSUED. 4:58 p.m. Theft. Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports. A student reported the theft of money from his wallet at this location. Open.
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Vanderbilt, Rice, and University of Southern California in terms of financial aid. Using the Common Data Set, which is the standard reporting tool used by all colleges and universities, Vanderbilt’s numbers show a similar pattern but slightly lower growth rates in tuition and aid in comparison to SMU. Vanderbilt’s growth rate in aid from 2007 to 2011 was 41.03 percent. The growth rate in tuition over the same period of time was 13.81 percent, representing a $4,988 increase from the 2007 to 2011 academic year. TCU’s aid numbers also show a similar pattern in comparison to SMU. TCU’s growth rate in aid from 2007 to 2011 was 88.53 percent, which is a huge increase in percentage terms. The growth rate in tuition over the same period of time was 28.25 percent, representing a $7,600 jump from the 2007 to 2011 academic year—just $20 less
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than SMU. Kelsey Thomas is a sophomore financial consulting major and Chinese and psychology minor who receives the Hunt Leadership Scholarship, a merit-based award, need-based aid, federal work study aid and has taken out several federal student loans. “Financial aid is not strictly loans. There are scholarships and loans and I am able to qualify for certain grants what it cost to go to for a full year. I am grateful for these things,” Thomas said. Miller said financial aid is harder to come by now because the federal and state governments have discontinued several programs, and due to higher credit standards getting a Parent Plus loan or a Graduate Plus loan is harder than before. Sophomore Corbin Nichols receives financial aid, scholarship money and student loans. Although all the other schools Nichols applied to were cheaper, he chose SMU for the business
school, the campus, Dallas and the overall networking opportunity. “Education is an investment at a school like SMU. I know I am going to have loans to pay off versus a state school, but SMU pays good dividends in the future, so the money is worth it. You got to give a little to get a little,” Nichols said. The growth rate in need-based aid did slow considerably in 2011 to 5.51 percent from a much higher 17.25 percent in 2010.
But, Miller said as the economy improves the need for financial aid will decrease. “We are now being forced to watch the budget more closely since there are more students for the same percentage of dollars,” Miller said. The question remains, can SMU continue to increase financial aid at the rate it has over the past five years? Knowing that the financial aid budget is capped at 20 percent of
the university’s total tuition and fee revenue, Miller said the only way to continue the growth is to have more contributions from outside sources. “We have implemented a new scholarship strategy for incoming students this fall. We are hoping this will affect students in a positive manner. Returning students may not see changes in their aid in for 2013-2014 unless they move off campus or their family financial
position changes,” Miller said. Financial aid allows students to attend SMU when it would otherwise be impossible. The numbers and percentages prove that the past economic downturn has affected the need for aid at SMU. SMU has had to adapt to the changes in the economy and continues to implement changes to adapt to the country’s current economic situation.
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Art inspires us all Mallory ashcraft Contributing Writer mashcraft@smu.edu Every time I see a Brown Bag dance performance, it makes me appreciate the discipline and passion that the dancers have. It’s almost as if, as a spectator, I am experiencing the world through the perspective of the dancer. I can practically feel the powerful and abstract emotions that flow from every move they make on stage. I’ve never been much of a performer myself. I prefer to do exactly what I have described, which can be so enthralling: watch. I don’t know how to dance, draw, sing or play an instrument. But I enjoy simply observing and interpreting art. Interpretation is, after all, its own art form. While the artist attempts to translate a message through art, the viewer is the one who will ultimately decode the message. In doing so, they will place it in a personal context and perhaps see something differently than the artist intended. One could argue that the moment that the viewer begins to understand a work of art and relate to it in his or her own way is when art truly takes on a meaning of its own. For example, my grandmother was an amazing artist. Not only did she have the ability to create art that translated a message,
but she was able to see everyday objects as nature’s masterpieces. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, she was both a creator and a beholder. I have never been more immersed in the arts than when I visited New York City last summer. The reason I went was my sister, who was attending ballet school. This left my parents and I free to explore the city during the day. At night, we would all go out together to see plays and ballets. One highlight was getting to see my favorite painting, “The Starry Night,” in person at the Museum of Modern Art. Seeing works by famous artists up close widened my perspective on creativity and artistry in everyday life. For a long time I believed that I wasn’t creative at all. However, it didn’t take me long to find my niche as a writer. One good thing about writing, I quickly discovered, is that it provides the perfect opportunity to play the role of the observer and the interpreter. I think that everyone creates art simply in the way we view the world. Like my grandmother, who could look at an object as simple as a piece of fruit and transform it into something beautiful, anyone who can connect to their surroundings and be inspired has artistic capacity. Ashcraft is a junior majoring in journalism.
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Monkey business at CPAC It was announced yesterday that Donald Trump was invited to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), while governors Chris Christie of New Jersey and Bob McDonnell of Virginia, were not. Christie and McDonnell are two of the most popular Republican governors in the country, and they were both elected in states that voted for Obama twice. Donald Trump is best known for suing Bill Maher because he didn’t give him $5 million after he proved to Maher that his father wasn’t an Orangutan. If Republicans want to get back on track they need to realize that they have much more to learn about winning elections from McDonnell and Christie than they do from Donald Trump. CPAC would benefit from having a true policy discussion, a true discussion of how to become a majority again instead of the echo chamber of conservative extremism they appear hell-bent on setting up this year. It has been said that change can only happen if you first admit you have a problem. Well, if conservatism chooses Donald Trump over Christie or McDonnell, they clearly have a problem, and it is about time they figure out how to fix that. —W. Tucker Keene, Online Editor
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Morality without God God before morality Brandon Bub Contributing Writer bbub@smu.edu Perhaps one of the biggest challenges to atheism today comes from moral philosophers who argue that it is impossible to substantiate a belief in an objective morality without an absolute authority like God to back it up. As the widely cited Christian apologist C.S. Lewis once said in his book “Miracles,” “the fact that men have such ideas as ought and ought not at all can be fully explained by irrational and non-moral causes [in the absence of God], then those ideas are an illusion... If naturalism is true, ‘I ought,’ is the same sort of statement as ‘I itch.’” Ouch. Now, that’s not to say that atheism cannot espouse any code of ethics whatsoever. Were we truly committed to naturalism as Lewis suggests, we could come up with a sort of “moral equation” to tell us what is favorable and what isn’t. Supposing that the ultimate telos of existence is perpetuation of our species for as long as possible, we might posit a Benthamite calculus to understand what is “good.” By this logic, anything that “strengthens the species” would be favorable, which might include such wonderful ethical solutions as sterilizing deemed “unfit to reproduce” (Even Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. thought this was a good idea). We seem to be caught between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, a Christian might suggest that any code of ethics we put forth is totally subjective and baseless; on the other, a purely Darwinian philosophy yields results that any reasonable person would find distasteful. Is the atheist ethicist really on a fool’s errand? I tend not to think so. First of all, I reject the claim that Christians (or any spirituallyinclined people) can lay exclusive claim to universal moral truths. Socrates tackles this problem in his dialogue with Euthyphro: “Is that which the gods love good because they love it, or do they love it because it is good?” Let’s suppose that the latter supposition is true: God condemns murder because murder is inherently bad.
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If murder was inherently bad to begin with, then God saying so had little bearing on murder’s negative moral quality. If the former supposition is true and murder is only bad because God says so, then what’s to stop God from changing his mind? One might suggest that such a question is beside the point because it goes against God’s very nature, but even God commanded Abraham to kill his own son as a test of faith (His last minute change of heart notwithstanding). And in fact, religious violence is often justified by people claiming to be listening to the word of God. The Euthyphro dilemma remains unfortunately unresolved. Moreover, moral philosophers for years have been trying to construct workable secular moral philosophies. Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments and Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals respectively argue for sentiment and reason as individual moral guideposts. Both philosophers are certainly open to criticism-Smith’s theory can easily be criticized as too subjective because it relies upon “felt” moral truths, and Kant’s can equally be attacked for relying upon “pure reason” as a metaphysic that effectively replaces God in spite of being just as difficult to prove. Nevertheless, both theories make important contributions to secular moral thought. On a fundamental level, we generally do feel bad about hurting other people (as Smith argues) and the “golden rule” espoused by spiritual philosophers proves just as workable without God (as Kant argues). We have never come up with a perfect form of ethics, but these philosophers at least provide us a framework in which to work. Moreover, contemporary secular moral philosophers (such as John Rawls) have clearly illustrated that we can understand proscriptive moral behavior outside of Darwinian and utilitarian ideology. Ethics are meant to engage us in a conversation about the good, and atheists most definitely have a seat at that table.
Bub is a junior majoring in English, political science and history.
michael dearman Contributing Writer mdearman@smu.edu While I strongly believe that those who do not love God are missing out on immeasurable joy and interaction with the Holy Spirit, there are other more tangible benefits to the existence of God with which many can agree regardless of one’s belief or disbelief in an all-powerful and loving deity. What I have in mind is morality. All people operate on some conception of what is right and wrong, both personally and communally. Even those who do not believe in morality at all are operating on a moral system, namely that there is no moral system – all morality is illusory. Thankfully, the number of people who do not believe in any morality at all is small. What are all of these systems of morality based upon? Every person is going to claim that morality is based on something different. Some will say tradition, some will say culture, and some will say God. However, with the Enlightenment’s challenge of the Church establishment, God was removed from the moral picture, or at least relegated to a minor role and reason took God’s place as the supreme “ground” upon which morality is based. The optimistic air of the Enlightenment lent itself to the creation of systems of morality based upon reason alone. While there was little acknowledgment of God’s role in the world (at most a minor nod), reason was deified as a transcendent mechanism for discerning the truths of the world. The Western world operated within the shadow of the Enlightenment for some time. I am painting this out in very broad strokes, which is not to demean the ebb and flow of other moral philosophies or trends of thought, but the most recent transition point for morality is the rise of relativism. There are two different kinds of moral relativism. One holds that morality is real, but
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morality is culturally or socially determined. On this view, there is a real thing called morality that is an aspect of reality, but these are organic systems with no transcendent value; they are, more or less, a matter of cultural preference. The second type of moral relativism holds that because morality is culturally or socially determined, then it is not real in the sense of being a transcendent and persistent feature of reality separate from human thought. If you have caught on, you will notice that these ideas are heading more and more toward the groundlessness of morality. The modern obsession with progress pushes our systems of morality closer and closer to breaking point, that is, their dissipation. Without a transcendent morality-giver, how did morality arise? In the first relativistic sense, morality is simply a way of ordering various human cultures. Any rhyme or reason for morality is rooted within some functional need. It concerns, not the content of the moral belief itself, but the role that the moral belief plays within society. Thus, in one reductive sweep, morality is reduced to nonmoral terms. These valueless facts are stripped of all sense of right and wrong. While we might be able to accept such thoughts existing only in academia, these ideas have begun to trickle down to the masses. Morality is nothing more than preference for one’s own selfish ends. Intuitively, there is something wrong with viewing morality in this way. As a Christian, the number of criticisms will not end. There is little concern for transcendent love, for right and wrong, for justice, virtue and personal convictions. When it boils down to it, because we have lost sight of the transcendent Creator, we have lost sight of the purpose for which we exist, which is to love and glorify God and to love one another. Dearman is a junior majoring in political science and philosophy.
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SMU hosts Patriot Cup, defeats Texas A&M to remain near division lead Christopher Saul Photo Editor csaul@smu.edu
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Keena Mays cutting down the net after winning a share of C-USA on Sunday
Conference Champions prepare for season finale versus Rice Scott Sanford Staff Writer wsanford@smu.edu In their regular season finale, the Lady Mustangs (21-7, 12-3 C-USA) will look to clinch sole possession of the Conference USA title on Thursday when they travel to Houston to face the Rice Owls (13-15, 5-10 C-USA). This regular season title is the third in school history (2000 and 2009). If SMU does lose, and East Carolina or Tulane win, there will be a share of the title. After losing back-to-back games just over a week ago, the Mustangs will look to finish the regular season on a strong note before the conference tournament begins. Although the Mustangs were able to come away with a victory
on Sunday, SMU had not been playing as consistently as it had earlier this season. After winning their first nine games of league play, the Mustangs have gone 3-3 since. SMU has struggled to shoot the ball as of late. The Mustangs shot just 36 percent from the field, but relied on their defense to take the championship clinching victory against the Miners. Keena Mays, who had 11 points in the first half, scored just two points in the second half, but will look to finish off her strong season in Houston with a big game. SMU’s lone senior, Alisha Filmore, averages just over 10 ppg, but finished with just two points and six rebounds on Sunday. On Thursday, the Mustangs will face a Rice team that has struggled throughout the entire season. The Owls are not pushovers,
however, as they are 4-3 in home games against conference opponents, which means SMU cannot take this match up too lightly. Rice is led by one player who averages double-digit scoring, forward Jessica Kuster. The junior from San Antonio averages 16.2 points along with nearly 10 rebounds per contest. The Owls do not score a ton of points, averaging just 57 points per contest versus SMU’s average of 69, so look for the Mustangs to try and exploit that early and often in order to enter the tournament play on a strong note. Following SMU’s regularseason finale on Thursday, the Mustangs will have a bye in the first round of the conference tournament before resuming play March 14 in Tulsa.
SMU club lacrosse hosted a litany of teams this past weekend when the fifth annual Patriot Cup was played in Ford Stadium. The cup was incredibly well attended, with an estimated 3,000 bodies in the stands for the cup’s marquee matchup. The Patriot Cup, which is a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project charity, included division I powerhouse programs Dartmouth and Georgetown, Club lacrosse teams Boston College, SMU and Texas A&M, and high school teams from both near and far to compete while raising money for a good cause. Matt Milburn, a high school senior who is considering SMU, felt that the tournament was a positive indicator that SMU would be a good choice for him. “I was glad to see top-level college lacrosse in Texas,” said Milburn. “[The tournament] definitely [helped influence my decision as to where I will attend college next year]. Going and seeing wonderful people at SMU cemented it as a high-quality school. SMU really put on the charm.” The first game of this year’s competition pitted host SMU against Boston College. Both squads play in the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA), an association of club lacrosse teams.
Boston College started the cold evening game off, scoring first. BC’s attackman ran downhill on the SMU defense and unleashed a strike at goal that set the tone for the night’s game. After SMU briefly tied up the game on a Connor Watson goal, BC never looked back, completely trouncing the SMU squad in a 14-9 rout of the Mustangs. For the most part, the Mustangs played with a lack of inspiration. The Defense, especially in front of the crease, aimed to put a hard check on any attackmen that came through the middle, get out of position, and become the victim of another goal scored. Furthermore, the SMU middies committed the cardinal sin more than once and subbed out on a defensive transition, which allowed Boston College a two or sometimes three man advantage on the attack. Matthew Young, a PR rep for the Patriot Cup who was encountering one of his first games of lacrosse was hopeful after the SMU-BC matchup. “Personally, I thought that the Boston College-SMU matchup was a bit lopsided, it was interesting to see schools from this area play Boston College [who has a more established club program, Texas [schools] have work to do, but did well,]” Young said. Although the Mustangs did not execute subs well and played porous defense, they did play well while they were a man up, converting many of their opportunities to
score while a BC player was in the penalty box. This kept the game from getting completely out of hand. The marquee matchup was played the next day as Division I teams from Dartmouth College and Georgetown took to Ford Stadium’s field. The Hoyas, who are currently unranked, were the eventual victors in the game that saw no leads greater than two points at any time. The final goal from Georgetown in the last minutes of the game sealed the men from Dartmouth’s 10-9 loss. The final game of the event was played between MCLA conference rivals SMU and Texas A&M. SMUs superior stick handling, individual skill and depth of bench frustrated the Aggies so thoroughly that two members of the A&M defense got into a scuffle during halftime in which one player attempted to spear his teammate with his lacrosse stick. SMU completed the utter rout of the Aggies by a score of 14-3, mercifully taking its foot off of the pedal in the second half. “You could tell how dominant they were against A&M, they were much better against local teams, than against Boston College,” Young said in a post-competition interview. SMU will hope to improve their overall record of 3-3 when the Mustangs travel on the road to Tallahassee, Fla. for an out-of -conference fight against Florida State of March 9.
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Newly crowned C-USA champs return to action in Austin Catherine Welch Staff Writer cwelch@smu.edu The SMU men’s swimming and diving team will meet in Austin for the three day American Short Course Championship beginning Thursday March 7. The team enters the meet after winning the Conference USA Championships February 24 with 967 points. At the C-USA Championships Coach Eddie Sinnott was named co-men’s swimming coach of the year and diving coach Jim Stillson was honored as men’s
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diving coach of the year. Swimmer Mindaugas Sadauskas won men’s swimmer of the meet. Sophmore Devin Burnett won men’s diver of the meet. Also during the last meet, Nicolai Hansen, Ryan Koops, David Larsson and Sadauskas set a meet and SMU record in the 400-yard freestyle relay, clocking in a time of 2:53.17. In the 800yard freestyle Nicolai Hansen, Sadauskas, Matt Roney and Eastman Holloway also set a meet and school record touching the wall in 6:26.18. Sadauskas also swam a 42.77 second 100-yard freestyle, which set a meet record.
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Hansen and Burnett both earned first place wins in the 200yard breaststroke and platform diving respectively. Hansen clocked in a time of 1:57.60 and Burnett scored 387.90. The men’s swimming and diving team has two more competitions after the Short Course Championship, the NCAA Zone D Diving and NCAA National Championships. With only 25 days left of the season, top scoring teammates and seniors will be working harder than ever to bring in the final wins for the year.
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Ways to stay entertained in Dallas over spring break Courtney spalten A&E Editor cspalten@smu.edu Now that spring break is finally right around the corner, most people know their destination for the week long vacation. Whether you are staying in Dallas over the entire break or will only be here for a day or two, there are plenty of entertainment options. From art exhibitions to movies, Dallas offers a number of things to do to enjoy over the break. Here is a list of some of the top things to do in Dallas next week. For museum fans who never find the time to check out the number of exhibitions in the Dallas Arts District, spring break is the perfect opportunity to check out some of the temporary exhibits that are now on display. “Chagall: Beyond Color” The Dallas Museum of Art is the only U.S. venue to host the extensive exhibition of Marc Chagall’s paintings, sculpture, ceramics and collage. The internationally touring exhibit will feature over 140 of the artist’s famous works. “Chagall: Beyond Color” opened on Feb. 17 and will be on display until May 26. “Difference?” The “Difference?” exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art features the works of contemporary women artists over the past 50 years in over 80 different forms of media. The purpose of the exhibit is to examine what these women artists have in common besides their gender. Determine the answer for
yourself before the exhibit closes on March 17. “Ken Price: A Retrospective” The current exhibition at the Nasher Sculpture Center, “Ken Price: A Retrospective,” features the famed ceramic works of Ken Price. Planned with the artist before his death in February, the exhibition is an unprecedented collection of the artists glazed and unusually colored works. The exhibit will be on display at the Nasher until May 12. “Girl Scout Cookie Box Creations” Visit the “Cookie Box Creations” exhibit at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science to see the free-standing structural works created by the Girl Scout of Northeast Texas along with a team of female architects and engineers. Enjoy Girl Scout cookies in a different way by seeing how the troops and architects created structures out of the cookies boxes. The exhibit opened on Feb. 18 and will remain on display until March 17.
earned a great deal of attention recently after the female lead, Jennifer Lawrence, snagged the Best Actress award at the Oscars. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro. Cooper plays a former teacher who moves back home after a stint in a mental institution and meets Tiffany, a widow with her own set of problems played by Lawrence. Judge for yourself if Lawrence deserved the Academy Award by seeing the film in theaters. “Oz the Great and the Powerful” Disney’s newest film, “Oz the Great and the Powerful” opens in theaters on Friday, March 8. The film offers a new take on the beloved tale, “The Wizard of Oz.” James Franco, Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz star in the film.
“Jack and the Giant Slayer” See another modern take on a classic tale by watching the film, “Jack and the Giant Slayer.” The film is now in theaters and stars Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson and Ewan McGregor. Find out what happens when Jack, a farm boy played by Hoult, attempts to rescue a princess from a pack of vengeful giants. “Spring Breakers” “Spring Breakers” opens in theaters on Friday, March 15 and stars Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and James Franco. If you are staying at home over the break, you can vicariously live out a wild spring break through this movie, which centers around four college coeds who run into trouble on their Florida spring break trip.
If you are in the mood to see a movie over the break, there are many great options still in theaters. “Argo” If you haven’t had the chance to see the Academy Award winning film, you are not too late. See Ben Affleck’s dramatic thriller that everyone is talking about at home or in theaters. “Silver Linings Playbook” Though it opened in November, “Silver Linings Playbook” has
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The stars of “Spring Breakers” at the film’s premiere in France.
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“Veep” stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Vice President Selina Meyer.
“Veep” releases season 2 trailer manning jordan Associate A&E Editor mjordan@smu.edu In each episode Vice President Selina Meyer asks, “Did the President call?” and with each question comes the same answer, “No.” “Veep” on HBO gives viewers a comical insight of what it may be like to hold a role in politics and even show how little the “Veep” actually does. Julia Louis Dreyfus plays Selina Meyer and she has not lost her impressive comedic timing that was so loved on “Seinfeld.” Also featured on the program is “My Girl: protagonist, Anna Chlumsky and “Arrested Development’s” Tony Hale playing the awkward assistant, Gary. This is not a show to multitask while watching. Small jokes are placed strategically where you must be paying attention. Creator of the show, Armando Iannucci, was inspired to create a political comedy show after working on BBC’s “The Thick of It.” Each episode is a mere 30
minutes and doesn’t fully require keeping up with every episode, although you will want to and you will. For the most part this show flies mostly under the radar, due to its premium station perhaps? During awards season, “Veep” was nominated for a Golden Globe, a Writers Guild award, a Television Critics Award, Women’s Image Network award and the Primetime Emmys. Louis-Dreyfus won the Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for portraying Madam Vice President Meyers. The show carries the same powerful female protagonist like “30 Rock”, shares the handheld camera work of “The Office,” features the foul language from HBO’s “Girls” and the hilarity of “Parks and Recreation.” To find out if the president ever will call tune in this April 14th for the season 2 premier on HBO, but season 1 episodes are available on HBO today. Check out the new trailer for the second season on hbo.com/veep.
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