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SMU loses opportunity for outright C-USA title, falls 58-46 to Rice Matthew Costa Associate Sports Editor mcosta@smu.edu No confetti fell down at the conclusion of last night’s game and no friendly nets were ready to be cut, but the biggest missing piece of this game was a proper ending.

SMU’s Lady Mustangs (21-8 overall, 12-4 in C-USA) completed a dream of a regular season and their first conference championship since 2009 with a forgettable performance in a 58-46 loss versus their conference rival Rice Owls in Houston.

SMU’s 46 points, a team-low for conference play, were scored from a feeble 27 percent shooting on 17-of-63 from the field.

The Mustangs made just four 3-pointers against a Rice defense that has allowed opponents an average of 61 points per contest.

Although the blame for the Mustangs’ troubles was definitely a team effort, SMU’s standout guard, Keena Mays, chose a horrible time to have her worst

game of the season.

Mays scored just six points on 2-of-20 shots and was forced into three turnovers.

To Mays’ credit, she led the team with five steals and hauled in four rebounds, but her inability to produce any scoring was a detriment to the team.

If there were any bright spots on the part of the Mustangs, the play of sophomore forward Destynee Hives-McCray stood out. Hives-McCray led the team with 16 points and 13 rebounds, seven of them coming on missed shots by her teammates.

Along with Hives-McCray, senior guard Alisha Filmore finished her regular season career with another double-digit scoring night, tallying 13 points, nine of those coming from beyond the arc.

Despite the struggles on offense, the Lady Mustangs put on a decent show on defense, holding Rice to 40 percent from the field and forcing 23 turnovers but for just six points.

SMU struggled to get into their

normal offensive groove in the first half of the game, shooting under 30 percent, but found itself up 2420 going into halftime.

After the break, Rice took control, scoring 38 points and never looking back after taking its first lead with just under five minutes played in the second half.

The Mustangs on the other hand could not find a way to get a basket, scoring their first field goal after more than five minutes had gone by in the second half.

The Owls never looked back and took control over a sloppy SMU side that committed nearly three times as many turnovers as assists, 18-7.

Even with the loss, SMU still has a chance to win the conference with East Carolina’s loss to Southern Miss Thursday night. If UTEP can upset Tulane tonight, the Mustangs will claim the title on the merits of conference record.

SMU will play in the C-USA tournament beginning March 13 in Tulsa, Okla.

Courtesy SMU Athletics

Junior transfer Keena Mays led the team in scoring all season but went 2-20 Thursday in the 58-46 loss to Rice.

PResidential library

graduation

Kay Bailey Hutchison to give May 2013 commencement address julie fancher Assignments Desk Editor jfancher@smu.edu

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The George W. Bush Presidential Center will include a library, museum and public policy institute.

Public policy institute in Bush center causes mixed reactions on campus katelyn gough News Editor kgough@smu.edu With the official dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center taking place next month, much of SMU and the surrounding Dallas community have turned its attention to the coming opportunities.

However, at the same time, many have deep reservations regarding one-third of the center— the public policy institute.

Cal Jillson, professor in SMU’s political science department, said that the Bush Institute is the “unusual part of the Bush operation at SMU.” “Most presidential library establishments have a presidential library, presidential museum and a policy school,” Jillson said.

He explained that “when SMU bid for the Bush Library, that’s what the university offered to house,” much like most all other presidential centers, citing University of Texas’ LBJ Center and Kennedy’s dedication at Harvard University. The SMU

Bush Center strays from such.

“The Bush people said, ‘we want an institute with our own people under our control,’” Jillson said. “It has a public policy think tank under the control of the Bush Institute, as opposed to being directly under the control of the university.”

While “the Bush Institute people say it will be nonpartisan,” Jillson doesn’t believe that.

“Clearly, the idea of wanting a think tank under the control of the Bush Institute was so that they would be able to conduct the kinds of studies into the issues they want,” Jillson said.

“It’s hard to imagine that that will be the case, given that the people who are engaged in constructing and overseeing it were close to President Bush during his administration.”

Questions around “academic freedom” then arise, in regards to the fact that all takes place at the university, where there is “full-time faculty with a range of responsibilities in teaching, research and service” each with their own “academic pursuits”

and directions.

“To plop a public policy institute down in the middle of campus where people are hired to pursue full-time perhaps their interest in light of the needs of the Bush Institute to support the former President’s record is an unusual thing and will cause tensions,” Jillson said.

According to Jillson, because “the regents and major donors are overwhelmingly republican,” the university “decided long ago that it was going to have to swim in that sea.”

Many ask then if such a decision clouds further decisions made by SMU. Jillson asserted that “a more confident and mature institution would have bargained much harder” for the standard school of public policy.

“The university was under great pressure from the regents that have a lot of Bush acolytes on it to close this deal on whatever terms were required,” Jillson said.

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Former U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison will address May graduates at the allUniversity commencement ceremony on Saturday May 18.

Hutchinson will also receive an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree during the ceremony.

Hutchinson was the first woman elected to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate in 1993. She is one of two women to be elected to Republican leadership. She

was re-elected three times, but chose not to run for re-election in 2012.

While serving in the senate, Hutchinson was a strong supporter of improving and expanding higher education opportunities for students.

She was a key part in establishing the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas, which brings National Academy members and Nobel laureates to support academic research in Texas.

She assisted in raising more than $20 million in funds for SMU research projects.

She also established the Ray and Kay Bailey Hutchinson Scholarship at SMU’s Dedman School of Law and the Hutchinson Legal Resource Learning Center.

“Senator Hutchinson will have important insights to share with our graduates,” SMU President R. Gerald Turner said in a press release.

“Her long and distinguished career in public service and her dedication to higher education are a testament to her commitment to providing a better life for all citizens and for our nation’s future leaders.”

academics

Budget cuts affect Russian language program erica penunuri Staff Writer epenunuri@smu.edu The SMU Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences is suspending the Russian Language Program beginning in Fall 2014.

In addition, SMU Study Abroad is cancelling the summer 2013 SMU-in-Moscow program.

Flyers still hang in Clements claiming that they can offer scholarships for SMU-inMoscow, but Nancy Simmons, Interim Director of Education Abroad, said otherwise.

“Due to an insufficient number of students applying to the SMUin-Moscow program and also due to a lack of scholarships and limited financial aid assistance, the decision was made to cancel the program for summer 2013.

Unfortunately this program was cancelled for summer 2012 due to low enrollment as well,” Simmons said.

Dedman College is dealing with the same financial pressures.

“I was forced to make the tough decision to suspend new enrollments in Russian language,” Dean of Dedman College William Tsutsui said in an email to the Daily Campus.

“Just to be clear,” wrote Tsutsui, “all students currently taking Russian who need an additional year to meet the language requirement or the requirements for the minor in Russian Area Studies will be able to do so–we will provide the necessary classes.”

“It’s really sad,” Tatiana Zimakova, chair of Russian area studies said. “The [Russian language] program was established here in the 1950s.”

According to the Tsutsui, the decision is also a response to financial pressures and small numbers in enrollment within the past few years.

“Regrettably, enrollments have not responded [to] positively and Russian is now our smallest language offering,” Tsutsui said.

Although the numbers are

small, the impact on campus is great according to Zimakova.

“Look at the students who are interested,” Zimakova said, “I am so proud of my current and former students. My former students are working right now in U.S. government and others in national security.”

Former student of Zimakova James Hoeffner wrote a letter to the dean in February expressing his, “dismay and utter shock of the university’s decision.”

Hoeffner is an SMU 2011 graduate who received a B.B.A. in finance and a B.A. in international studies, with a double minor in French and Russian.

He served as president of the Russian Club for three years while at SMU. He is currently earning his J.D. at American University Washington College of Law. Tsutsui said small numbers played a heavy role in the decision but Hoeffner believes

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FOOD

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n MARCH 8, 2013 Trend

Gourmet d ughnut craze takes over Dallas powerful kick.

If you’re not in the mood for doughnut, Hypnotic’s chicken biscuits are without question among the best in Dallas.

The chicken is marinated for 24 hours before it’s fried crispy and stuffed in a fluffy fresh baked biscuit.

Mustang Donuts

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Hypnotic Donuts’ Evil Elvis doughnut is a glazed doughnut topped with peanut butter, bananas, bacon and honey.

W. TUCKER KEENE Online Editor tkeene@smu.edu Doughnuts are the new cupcakes, or so the saying goes. All over the country, doughnut shops have been making a comeback and have become more popular than ever.

While many are content to get their donuts from places like Krispy Kreme, Dallas has several alternatives for SMU students who are looking for some more exciting and interesting options.

Here are some of the best:

Hypnotic Donuts Over past White Rock, Hypnotic Donuts is certainly a bit of a trek, but their doughnuts make it a trip worth taking.

Their “Evil Elvis” doughnut which is glazed and topped with peanut butter, bananas, bacon and honey is easily one of their best.

Based on the classic “Elvis” sandwich, the salty smokey flavor

of the bacon goes perfectly with the sweet fruity flavor of the banana and the nuttiness of the peanut butter.

The honey drizzled on top ties the doughnut together perfectly.

Perhaps their most unique doughnut is the “Mexico” doughnut, which is glazed and topped with vanilla frosting, fresh jalapenos and tabasco sauce.

The sweetness of the frosting actually works surprisingly well with the tartness of the tabasco, and the spiciness adds a

Hilltop Happenings

The convenience of walking across the street for fresh, tasty classic doughnuts is part of what makes Mustang Donuts so popular with SMU students.

While lacking the uniqueness of the donuts served at Hypnotic, Mustang Donuts does the classics better than anyone.

The Key Lime doughnut is a truly exceptional example. Creamy tangy and zesty, it does exactly what a good citrus filled donut should do.

Their crispy and tender apple fritter has been famous in Dallas for years, and their plain glazed doughnut even outclass the ones at Krispy Kreme.

One of the downsides of Mustang Donuts is that they only accept cash, but their doughnut are very affordable. There is also a daily trivia question that if answered correctly wins you a free donut.

March 8

The Robin Stanford Civil War Collection: A Sesquicentennial Exhibit in DeGolyer Library, all day.

Right next to Love Field airport, Pookie’s donuts are incredibly creative, unique and tasty.

Some of their highlights include doughnuts topped with cereal like Fruity Pebbles or Fruit Loops, but their real highlights are the “Bar of Bacon” and “Cherry Cordial.”

They even have a red velvet cake doughnut.

The “Bar of Bacon” is a mapleiced long john doughnut topped with a thick cut slice of crispy melt in your mouth doughnut.

Their bacon is much thicker and

SATURDAY March 9

The Robin Stanford Civil War Collection: A Sesquicentennial Exhibit in DeGolyer Library, all day.

SUNDAY March 10

The Robin Stanford Civil War Collection: A Sesquicentennial Exhibit in DeGolyer Library, all day.

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10:24 a.m. Possession of Fictitious License or ID. 3000 Block of Dyer St. A student was referred to the Student Conduct Officer for having a fake ID. Closed.

10:36 a.m. Fire. Bush Library Presidential Center. A fire on the grill in the snack bar area caused the sprinkler system to activate. UPPD and officers responded. Closed.

crispier than at Hypnotic, which makes this classic combination of maple and bacon a truly amazing doughnut.

Their Cherry Cordial is a more traditional glazed doughnut with icing, but the flavors of the icing are what stand out. It’s a beautiful base of a pink cherry flavored icing, striped with two shades of chocolate icing on top of that, and the flavors are exactly that of a cherry cordial.

The prices at Pookie’s are also very reasonable, as each doughnut costs less than two dollars, and if you mention you’re from SMU, you’ll get a free donut with your purchase.

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Pookie’s Donuts’ Red Velvet donut is topped with cream cheese frosting and red velvet cake crumbs.

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Police Reports march 5

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Pookie’s Donuts

12:29 p.m. Off Campus - Burglary.

Village Green Apartments. 5300 Block Amesbury Dr. A student reported his apartment was burglarized at this location on 02/28/2013. The incident is being investigated by the Dallas Police Department. Closed.

10:55 a.m. Theft. McElvaney Hall/Mac’s Place. A student reported his phone was stolen on 02/28/2013. Open.

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Fashion blogger ‘Man Repeller’ promotes collection at NorthPark Neiman Marcus CAROLINE SLATTERY Contributing Writer cslattery@smu.edu

Courtesy of manrepeller.com

Style blogger Leandra Medine appeared at NorthPark Wednesday.

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Jillson’s concerns are not to be misinterpreted—he believes that “the Bush Presidential Library and museum are entirely good” not only for the university and region, but also for the country.

Jillson said they provide “a depository of materials for which scholars and students can go to.”

It is the fact that the Bush Institute will be “significantly outside the standard control of the university” that Jillson, as well as several other professors, finds most concern in.

“How the Bush Institute pursues its agenda, its studies, and the kinds of findings and programs it operates will be

judged by a broader public, either as credible or not credible,” Jillson said. “And if they’re unduly partisan, they will be judged [as not credible].”

Because SMU’s “connection is so direct” to the institute, the university runs the legitimate risk of falling to criticism alongside the institute. It rests on the possibility of the public policy product being “reactionary” rather than purely, academically unbiased, according to Jillson.

“SMU has permitted a policy institute on its grounds and will not have control over the operations,” Jillson said. “We [SMU] are, to some extent, hostage as to how those programs are conducted.”

A cropped fur coat, tortoise shell glasses and a gold knee-length mermaid skirt were some pieces worn by stylish fans Wednesday night at Neiman Marcus for blogger Leandra Medine’s appearance.

Medine came to town to promote the collection that she created with Patterson J. Kincaid: Man Repeller x PJK. Medine is the “Man Repeller” herself. She coined the phrase which means “dressing in a way that is potentially offensive to the opposite sex,” three years ago when she created the self-titled blog chronicling her quirky-chic style.

The event was on the second floor of Neiman Marcus at

NorthPark Center, next to Alice and Olivia.

Models stood on five platforms that lined the walkway, just past women’s shoes. Each model,

contemporary area.”

Scheidnes is the social media managing editor of NMDaily, Neiman Marcus’ blog.

The looks from Man Repeller x

“Leandra [Medine] had good timing with a specific point of view.”

—rewardStyle President Amber Venz

standing still as a statue, wore a look from the Man Repeller’s collection. They watched as eager fans awaited their chance to meet Medine, wearing Isabel Marant lace-up heels and a necklace that read “Y O L O.” The crowd wasn’t the only admirer of the Man Repeller.

Jean Scheidnes said, “We're fans and we think her collection is a fun addition to Cusp, our

PJK included cropped floral jeans with an off-the-shoulders white top. Another was a high-waisted tropical short with a blue printed blazer paired with a graphic tee that displayed a unicorn with a corn on the cob for a horn—a “unicorn-onthe-cob.” As for wearability, model Kaylin Rogers said, “I’m loving these silk shorts that I’m wearing.

They’re so comfy.”

For two hours, Medine

charmed the crowd of fashion enthusiasts, who drank Perrier water and Mionetto champagne from flamingo straws.

Medine is one of a few fashion bloggers who collaborated with designers to create a collection.

Today, thousands of fashion blogs exist, but only those that adhere to professional journalism standards succeed.

The most influential fashion blogs work with rewardStyle, a company that monetizes blogs and offers commissions to bloggers based on viewer traffic.

What makes the Man Repeller stand out from other blogs?

According to Amber Venz, president of rewardStyle, “Leandra [Medine] had good timing with a specific point of view. She is definitely influential from a retail standpoint.”

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“the smaller the better.”

“Russian is exceedingly more difficult to learn than the Romance languages, as English derives many of its words from Latin,” wrote Hoeffner in the letter to Tsutsui.

“Russian requires more discipline and time in order to become proficient in the language,” Hoeffner said and added that small teacherstudent ratios in classrooms are more beneficial.

Hoeffner also argued that there is a lucrative link between Texas and Russia that is a vital link for students to understand.

“Russia is the third largest exporter of natural resources in the world, and commerce between Texas and Russia has increased dramatically within the past five years alone,” Hoeffner said.

“As the Cox School of Business is one of the leading business schools in Texas and the entire country, SMU has a unique opportunity to actively encourage this demand in order to make its students better positioned to serve the needs of a global marketplace,” Hoeffner said.

SMU first-year Zachary Cowan, a Russian area studies major, is the current president of the SMU Russian club.

He also believes Russian plays a vital role in economics and politics around the globe.

“It baffles me that it’s even being considered to be cut because of Russia’s huge influence of world affairs,” Cowan said. “It’s one of the biggest countries in the world, it’s the nation that produces the most oil, but above all it’s an issue of human rights.”

Approximately 30 students, faculty and alumni wrote to Tsustsui after the news of the suspension of the Russian Language program.

Tsutsui responded in a mass email, “The general interest in Russia and Russian language has been declining in the United States since the end of the Cold War.” But Cowan says its for these same reasons that it is important to study Russian now more than ever.

“As tensions are rising again to near Cold War levels between the United States and Russia, it’s more important now than ever before to be able to connect with Russia,” Cowan said.

Zimakova believes the business relationship between Russian and the U.S. is strained because of basic communication.

“Because many Americans

do not understand Russian culture, do not know language, their business doesn’t work,” Zimakova said.

But for Cohen, SMU students interested in Russian are losing more than a program.

“We really are just such a tight knit community,” Cohen said. “And Tatiana [Zimakova] has been such a great mentor, not just for me, but for everyone.

I come into her office all the time, whether it’s to talk or to discuss research projects or really anything regarding Russia.”

Dedman College declined to comment on the specific amount of money SMU will save by cutting the program.

“We are still working hard to secure external funding and the adjustment of endowment agreements to allow us to continue to offer Russian language in the future,” Tsutsui said.

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OPINION

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Filibuster shows the best of the Senate

Vacation

How to do nothing for Spring Break Matthew Costa Associate Sports Editor mcosta@smu.edu Long gone are the days of watching MTV’s theatrical version of spring break near Miami. Far off are the sights and sounds of crazy college kids drinking their way through South Padre’s beautiful beaches and waves.

What is a man to do when funds are limited and plans are scarce this coming week?

Find a part-time job? Live a life of serving others by doing charitable work?

This writer says no. Spring break is our time to sleep until two in the afternoon and play video games until our eyes are as dry as the Sahara, not some sellout corporation’s or a hobo’s whose SoCal daddy couldn’t afford to send him through school.

I’ll be spending my incredibly cheap holiday doing exactly what I’ve been doing lately anyway: nothing.

Well, maybe not just nothing. I’ve got a plan for my nothing time. Each day is meticulously planned out into an artistic balance of oversleeping, lounging and overall TV watching that would make Homer Simpson cringe with envy, and with my advice you will too.

Start off by simply telling everyone who cares for and loves you to back off. No need for family and friends to impede on personal time. That’s what psychiatric therapy is for.

Second, buy a mini-fridge.

If you don’t have the funds to buy one just yet (why are you on this campus in the first place?), sell something like your down-comforter or extra clothes.

Winter is almost over, and Lord knows you will need cold food so much more than dense materials

on your person.

I further recommend stocking up on a few choice materials, such as a bag of almonds and canned beans for your daily protein.

Eat all of them in one sitting to maximize their effectiveness. If you are allergic to nuts, get over it. Spring Break is no time for cowards, especially if you plan on becoming an effective lazy person over this coming week.

Also, water is a luxury you shouldn’t waste in these precious days, so mixing protein powder with any liquid is highly frowned upon. Eat it straight, you wuss!

Next, move all important electronic devices near your bed. Using your feet is SO 2010.

Why don’t you brag about your sweet Farmville score or go talk about the latest episode of “Lost” while you’re at it? If you have a universal remote that can somehow control the lights, temperature and noise level of the outside world, more power to you.

Finally, horde all cheap light devices in your room, especially candles. I personally recommend the coconut-waterscented variety found at your local Bath and Body Works, but I am a bit picky in my preferred odor arrangement.

If you wish to survive a cheap and lazy spring break and brag about it for years to come, just follow these simple and effective steps to trick everyone into thinking you’ve clearly lost touch with reality and all your senses.

Or maybe go have fun instead. I’ll be too busy growing a Unabomber beard and seeing what great mixtures of beans, nuts and protein shakes I can come up with.

Costa is a junior majoring in journalism.

Quote Worthy

“Aw, I feel bad if she was upset. I am a feminist and she is a young and talented girl. That being said, I do agree I am going to hell, But for other reasons. Mostly boring tax stuff.” ­—Actress Amy Poehler on offending Taylor Swift after making a joke about the singer’s love life

Courtesy of AP

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) spoke on the floor of the Senate for nearly 13 hours on Wednesday during a rare “talking filibuster.”

W. Tucker Keene Online Editor tkeene@smu.edu On Wednesday we witnessed the Senate doing what it was meant to do: debating for hours on end issues of national importance.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) launched a filibuster of John Brennan’s nomination to the CIA, and did not plan on ending the filibuster until he got an official written answer from the Obama administration on the question “Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an

American not engaged in combat on American soil?”

Paul had been asking the administration for an answer to this question for weeks, and his concern had even become bipartisan after Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon joined in on the effort last week.

Paul’s filibuster was the rare issue that got strong support from both Rush Limbaugh and far-left anti-war protesters Code Pink. Civil libertarians on both sides of the aisle gathered together to support this historic and rare senatorial event.

This was unusual even among

other talking filibusters. Most senators have to break out the phone books or cookbooks or other inane reading material to stretch out their speech. But Paul was able to go the entire time without personally straying very far from the main point.

He read articles on the topic of drone strikes, he took questions from supportive senators like Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah. While Cruz did spend a good half hour reading tweets supportive of Rand Paul’s filibuster (under the guise of asking the question “Is the Senator from Kentucky aware of how much support he is getting from the American people?”), and spent another hour or so giving a speech that quoted Shakespeare, “Patton,” and much more (again all as part of a very long question), the content was all relevant to the question at hand.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) even found a way to work in quotes from rappers Wiz Khalifa and Jay-Z while asking one of his questions, which is surely a first for the U.S. Senate.

The best part of the night occurred toward the end, when Democratic Majority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois actually engaged Paul in a true debate, asking him difficult questions on the issue. This

kind of spirited, extended debate on policy is something the Senate sees all too rarely.

The filibuster is often held up by reformers as one of the worst parts about Congress, but the “talking” filibuster displayed Wednesday showed the Senate at its best.

The drama of the event drew in viewers across the world. The hashtag #StandWithRand was trending worldwide on Twitter, as Cruz pointed out during one of his questions.

Paul lasted nearly 13 hours in the end, falling almost 11 hours short of the all time record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957. Many had hoped that he would beat that record, so that the record could be held by someone fighting for something noble, instead of against a landmark Civil Rights bill. But while he didn’t make it quite that long, he did give the ninth longest filibuster in U.S. Senate history.

Most importantly, his filibuster accomplished its goal. In a written letter released Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder finally admitted that no, the president doesn’t have that authority. Congratulations on a job well done, Senator.

Keene is a junior majoring in political science, economics and public policy.

Culture

Indians adapt easily due to diversity abhijit sunil Contributing Writer abhijitsunil@smu.edu “Man! Indians are everywhere!”

This is not a new statement: I have heard that statement from almost everyone with whom I discussed anything related to India in the U.S. Every single American I have known since I arrived in the U.S. over a year ago has told me they have had Indian friends while they were growing up. At times, I have even thought: after traveling half-way across the globe, is there any place I can go where I can claim I am the first Indian to be there?

After frantic research and lots of travel, the Desi community apologetically and resolutely assured me that every nook and corner of this world has been taken. There is perhaps absolutely no country or region where an Indian has not already been, set up a business in or written computer code for.

This including the lone Indian

Bezal Jesudason who (until his premature death in 1995) ran a tourism business and provision store assisting explorers at the last outpost before the North Pole in the Canadian settlement “Resolute.”

He is even rightfully credited for putting the High Arctic on the tourism map.

So indeed, the legacy is huge.

When I travel through unfamiliar terrains or lonely roads in the outskirts of seemingly nowhere, I always think that surely there had been an Indian who passed through here sometime before me.

And I wonder, what makes Indians such wide travelers and so global? Is it just an inherent tendency to seek fortunes? But if that is true, why does the Indian civilization also have the distinction of not having ever been hostile to any other civilization in its history?

Surely, in the modern world, the quest for individualized livelihood, choices and dreams of career roles that can’t be sought near home projects people everywhere across

the globe. But Indians seem to be good at it, and doing well, too.

One of the major reasons we have this characteristic is the British. After being a prized colony of the British Empire for over two centuries, they left behind some important tools with Indians, the most significant of which is the English language. And along with it, a system of education that clearly infused a Western outlook and globalized worldview.

But there is something significant within India that is crucial as to why Indians can adapt and acclimate to any society in any corner of the world: the fact that we are indeed many different countries and cultures within ourselves.

The Rupee, the currency of India, is spelled out in fifteen official languages in our currency notes.

And of course there are many more popular languages than that, some of which that do not even have a written script.

Along with languages, cultures and societies also change within different regions in India. Even

within religions there are many variations in rituals and customs from the north to the south.

Indeed, for my grandmother who resides in the deep south of India and has never traveled to the north of India, a Punjabi Sikh would be more “foreign” than an American, since she speaks neither Punjabi nor knows much about the Sikh religion. But she does speak fluent English and has many Anglo-Indian friends.

Thus, traveling within India itself is not dissimilar to traveling to another country altogether.

It’s just a change in wardrobe for many of us.

So it is no wonder that Indians can get along well with the rest of the world wherever we go.

We observe, adapt and learn fast, because it’s just a habit from back home.

Sunil is a graduate student in the Lyle School of Engineering.

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“I hope the lesson young journalists take away from this is: This is not about you.

The story you are covering is not about yourself, and the minute you make it about yourself, the minute personal feelings get involved, that’s when mistakes are made, and that’s when there can be an appearance of bias.”

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SXSW 2013: An inside look at the top five films worth a watch chase wade Staff Writer cdwade@smu.edu South by Southwest is a unique festival that takes place in Austin each spring.

SXSW combines music, film and technology into the 10 day experience.

This year, SXSW is taking place on Friday, March 8 through Sunday, March 17.

The 2013 musical headliners include Major Lazor, Amon Tobin, The Crystal Method, Bonobo, Borgore, Cold War Kids and Third Eye Blind.

In addition to the many musical acts that will take place over the course of SXSW, there are a number of films making their debut.

Here is a list of the top five SXSW films that are worth a watch.

“The Spectacular Now” Coming off a stellar showing at Sundance, “The Spectacular Now” looks to keep its festival momentum in full stride with equally solid screenings at SXSW.

Featuring young up-andcomers Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley, “The Spectacular Now” follows a high school senior who goes through a change of heart after meeting an introverted Woodley and falling for her quirky ways.

Both Woodley and Teller picked up the Special Jury Prize for their acting chops at Sundance and are already hearing whispers of bigger awards coming their way.

“Spring Breakers” If you haven’t stumbled upon the trailer to Harmony Korine’s “Spring Breakers,” you’ve missed the introduction of James Franco’s grill-wearing, slang-talking Alien, a drug dealer who becomes infatuated with a quartet of co-eds (Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine) who’ve made their way to spring break through an avenue of crime.

The film’s soundtrack features a bevy of Skrillex tracks that coincide with the film’s overall edgy tone.

Early reviews for the film are

favorable and if seeing James Franco give his best impression of DMX is your thing, “Spring Breakers” should be a festival hit.

“The Incredible Wonderstone”

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One of the best facets of SXSW is that the festival branches beyond the indie film world and, at times, features big budget studio movies as well.

Two years ago, we saw “21 & Over” debut and this year Steve Carell’s “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” looks to capture the indie-cinema lover’s heart.

Carell plays the film’s title character, a street magician who ends up teaming together with his childhood hero (Steve Buscemi) to salvage a Vegas act through daring stunts.

Stars like Jim Carrey, Olivia Wilde and Alan Arkin also make appearances in the film.

“Evil Dead” Everyone loves a good remake, right?

At least that’s the thinking behind “Evil Dead,” the reboot

of a 1981 horror cult classic that stars Jane Levy as Mia, a twenty-something who becomes possessed by dwelling demons after finding a cursed book in the cabin she’s visiting.

The film isn’t for the faint of heart as the movie is rumored to be one of the goriest horror films ever to hit the market. Friday’s world premiere will have to be the judge of that.

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Steve Carrell plays a street magician in “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.”

“Upstream Color” Writer/director Shane Carruth made waves with his 2004 film “Primer.” He also had a try at directing bigger budget films, like last summer’s “Looper.”

The filmmaker returns to more cultured fare with “Upstream Color,” an avant garde take on humanity and its meaning.

Early reviews for the film are positive, despite its sweeping concept and Carruth himself makes an acting appearance as Jeff.

Come back after spring break to find out which films took home honors at the 2013 SXSW film festival.

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18 “Peter Pan” character 19 Erase, as from memory 24 Ukr., once 25 Honey Bear portrayer in “Mogambo” 26 Like some labor 28 Emotionally strained 30 Cabinet dept. created under LBJ 31 Prevent that sinking feeling?

34 Intertwines 36 Pygmalion’s statue 37 Course number 38 Touched 39 “A Tale of Love and Darkness” author 41 Native Coloradan 42 Financial Times rival, briefly 45 Best Picture of 1954 46 Train with dukes?

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Women’s Basketball

PLayer Spotlight

Conference championship run 30 years in the making

Hilltop Heroes: Alisha Filmore

Demetrio Teniente Sports Editor dteniente@smu.edu In 1981, the SMU women’s basketball team welcomed a junior transfer from Old Dominion.

Rhonda Rompola led the Mustangs in points with 683 total points per game with 21.3 points per game and 8.8 rebounds per game during the ’81-’82 season.

She set and still holds school records for season scoring and free throw percentage.

A year later she graduated with a business degree, but… she never left. After graduating, she remained at SMU and worked as an assistant coach for eight years.

Thirty years after her arrival on the Hilltop, Rompola is the head coach of the Lady Mustangs and the team is experiencing one of its greatest season to date. Led by another junior transfer, Keena Mays, and the leadership of senior Alisha Filmore, SMU has placed itself in prime position to make a run for the C-USA championship and a bid to the NCAA tournament. With their success it’s no surprise that opposing teams will be bringing their A-game.

“As we wind down the season we are going to have to fight for every win,” said Rompola. “Every game is going to be tougher and tougher.

I think their support for each other is what will carry us over. It’s like a group of sisters on the floor. This team is special. I really think we can take this program to the next level.

I couldn’t ask for a better group of girls.”

When Rompola took over as head women’s basketball coach, she led the Mustangs to their first winning season since she last played in ’83.

When she became head coach, she promised to bring a winning tradition to women’s basketball at SMU. For 21 plus years she has been

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doing just that.

Rompola has over 400 career wins for SMU- more than any coach in any sport in the history of SMU athletics.

“It has been a challenge coaching here all these years because of all the conference changes,” said Rompola.

“We were in the Southwestern Conference, then Western Atlantic Conference, then Conference-USA, and now we are moving to the big

“Rompola has over 400 career wins.”

East. So, that Level of success doesn’t come without a few bumps.”

Throughout the journey ,Rompola has been blessed with the opportunity to work with the same staff for a number of years. In fact, the SMU staff has the second longest active tenure of any staff at one school.

Associate head coach Lisa Dark has been with Rompola ever since she took over as head coach.

Assistant coach Deenah Parker is in her 18th season at SMU and Danny Hughes is in his fourth.

“During my 25 years at SMU (three as an undergrad and 22 as an assistant for Rompola), we have shared many enjoyable moments as a staff,” said Dark. “The only reason I could stay on a staff so long is if my boss treated me well and Rompola does that. I have watched her mature and mellow over the years. Although I am not sure any of our current players would agree with that.”

It will never be said that Rompola is lacking in intensity. Her desire is that her players will take on her personality on the court and become a scrappy, gritty team. Rompola is not afraid to get in your face and hurt your feelings, if it helps you get better. All of her current and former players will attest to that.

“Playing under [Rompola] has

made me more accountable for my performance because she is a really high intensity coach who is very competitive and she will get in the middle of your face if she knows you aren’t performing to your ability,” said current senior Alisha Filmore.

“I knew coming in that we would be working hard each and every day, because we had to maintain a certain level of excellence. Which is something I enjoyed because you never want to get too comfortable.”

Rompola knows that not everyone will be receptive of her “in your face” approach to coaching, which is to be expected with 13 to 15 women on a roster. Some players just won’t buy into the system or accept their role within the team.

This can prove frustrating, but it is apparent that after 22 seasons, Rompola has figured out how to deal with just about any kind of problem.

“Rhonda and I have had a love hate relationship,” said junior Akil Simpson.

“She is hard but its great because she cares. Knowing that a coach actually cares about your well-being is a great feeling. It makes it so much easier to give that coach everything when I play, because I know she will give me everything she has at a drop of a dime.”

The length of time she has spent at SMU is a testament to the trust and respect she has earned from the university.

As far as SMU is concerned, it couldn’t ask for a better coach.

She has impacted the growth and development of her players on and off the court- instilling in them her drive for success.

“Rhonda is a special person and I know SMU feels lucky to have kept her this long,” said Dark. “She laughs, she loves the team, and she fights for them and gets them to be fighters on the court. It’s pretty cool to have been a part of the Rompola tenure.”

Demetrio Teniente Sports Editor dteniente@smu.edu The conference champion SMU Mustangs had one four year player on their roster this year.

Being the lone senior on the team, Alisha Filmore was forced to be a complete leader on the court.

However, her excellence isn’t limited to her play on the court.

It’s outside the gym where she is making a difference in the lives of the people around her.

“Alisha is very nurturing and even growing up with her brothers she was always the one to make sure that everyone was taken care of,” said Alisha’s mother Twynia Filmore.

Alisha’s personality carries over to her style of play, but the Alisha that leads the team is a completely different person.

“She turns into this totally different person and her leadership skills really standout,” said Twynia. “My favorite part is

actually watching her bring the ball up the court and watching her as she sees the transition- finding the open man. You can see she gets gratification out of it when they have a very unique play or they execute well. You can see that her teammates reciprocate that positive attitude in her being able to deliver.”

As good as Alisha is on the offensive side of the ball, it is her ability to shut down an opposing player that really stands out.

“I’ve always been an underdog kind of person, so I like defense,” said Twynia. “I love to see her when she is in her position and she is focused as a defensive player and the watching her executegetting the ball back even if she might have to do a lot of work in SMU Athletics the process.”

Alisha had 13 points in 31 minutes Alisha is pursuing a degree in against Rice on Wednesday night. psychology with a minor in sports management. After she graduates ministry work. in May she will be traveling to After her trip, Alisha will be Israel as a part of a missionary returning to SMU to complete her trip. There, she will be playing masters in sports management. basketball as a platform for actual

men’s basketball

Men strike gold versus Tulsa, win 71-65 Billy Embody Staff Writer wembody@smu.edu SMU avenged the team’s loss against Tulsa earlier in the season at Moody Coliseum with a 71-65 road win over the Golden Hurricanes Wednesday night.

Nick Russell scored 19 points and Cannen Cunningham added 17 points and five blocks to lead the Mustangs. The 17 points for Cunningham were a career-high for him in C-USA play and the five blocks gave him his third game of the season with at least five rejections.

Towards the end of the game when Tulsa closed the Mustangs’ lead to one point, SMU made 7 of 9

free throws in the final 52 seconds to close out the six-point win.

Tulsa was lead by James Woodard’s 17 points and Scottie Haralson’s 13, but it was Shaquille Harrison who made the layup for Tulsa with 1:18 remaining to give the Hurricanes a chance to win.

Nick Russell then hit two free throws, but Tulsa missed two 3-point attempts on their next possession and that is when the Mustangs’ free throw shooting abilities helped SMU to the win and a 5-10 C-USA record.

SMU’s free-throw percentage on the season has been one of the strong points on the team with 4 of 5 starters averaging over 71 percent from the charity stripe and the team was able to close out the game from

the free throw line and avoid another heartbreaking loss.

The Mustangs beat Tulsa physically inside the paint, scoring 40 points down low compared to just 18 from Tulsa. Cunningham and Williams controlled the paint with their physical play and that allowed SMU to grind away a win.

Jalen Jones had a sub-par game with just five points, five rebounds and three assists. The game was Jones’ third straight game that he did not score in double-digits.

SMU will not play in Moody Coliseum due to interior construction, but instead will play its next game at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas against UTEP at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 9.

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