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Obama speaks up about Libya President Obama spoke with British Prime Minister David Cameron Tuesday afternoon and announced that Gadhafi’s 41-year reign must quickly come to an end. Up until this point, the Obama administration has kept silent about Libyan protests and the country’s leader Moammar Gadhafi. The White House said that the two also agreed on a full range of possible responses, from an embargo to military intervention, to turn the heat up on Gadhafi.
SDSU student’s body found The body of the missing San Diego State University student who was studying abroad in Spain was found in Madrid’s Manzanares River Tuesday. Austin Bice was last seen 10 days ago at a nightclub close to where the police discovered his body. An autopsy will be conducted but the Madrid government has not yet revealed whether results will be revealed to the public.
Van der Sloot claims insanity Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance, will plead guilty to murdering Stephany Flores in Peru, but is claiming temporary insanity in his request to receive a lower sentence. He will use a “violent emotion” or crime of passion defense that would warrant a three to five year sentence. Otherwise, he faces 15 to 20 years.
Disney movie comes to life Scientists, engineers, and two balloon pilots teamed up to replicate the floating house from Disney/Pixar’s “Up”. The house set the world record for the largest balloon cluster flight. They tied 300 multi-colored weather balloons to a 16-feet-by-18-feet house. The house reached an altitude of over 10,000 feet and stayed aloft for more than an hour.
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SMU students Oscar Cetina, from left, Samuel Partida, and Robert Hernandez sign letters written in favor of a bill to create a seat for LGBT community members in SMU’s Student Senate.
LGBT campaigns for seat in Senate By SARAH KRAMER News Editor skramer@smu.edu
As part of the Peruna Equality Campaign Spectrum, an SMU-charted organization for the LGBT community, kicked-off its rally for a LGBT seat in Student Senate Monday. Turn out for the event was low. Students were asked to sign preprinted letters to Student Senate in favor of a LGBT seat. “LGBT is a silent minority. There is a lot of homophobia—not traditional fear, but a lack of knowledge—at school,” Spectrum Secretary Samuel Partida said. “Having a seat in Senate
would bring a presence and a voice to the LGBT community.” Student Senate will vote on the approval of a seat after Spring Break. Sitting in the Hughes-Trigg Commons, Katrina Leshan caught the attention of around 20 students while she played the guitar and sang songs about love. Though Leshan is not a member of the LGBT community, she supports a LGBT seat in Senate. After Leshan sang, film student Jakob Shwarz showed a preview of his film, “The Advocacy Campaign.” In those 10-minutes, a handful of SMU students expressed their views on
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why LGBT deserves a seat in Senate. Spectrum Treasurer and Sen. Harvey Luna (Dedman I) held this campaign in order to bring awareness to the issue as well as receive feedback from students. Currently, Spectrum has 60 members, although Luna knows there are a lot more LGBT students at SMU. “There needs to be a consistent and implicit representation for LGBT in Senate in order to create a level of comfort for LGBT members to communicate with one of their own,” Luna said. Spectrum has been chartered and recognized by the Student Senate since 1991.
campaigning within 25 feet of a polling place or a student who is in the process of voting. Updating the name of the Campus Planning and Plant Operations to its new name, the Office of Facilities Management and Sustainability. Adding a dollar amount of $2 to stake signs. Additionally, the membership chair will no longer be required to take candidates on a tour of the
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Invisible Children calls students to act By ASHLEY WITHERS Associate News Editor awithers@smu.edu
The crowd was abuzz after Invisible Children’s film screening of “Tony: Lose all. Gain everything,” Tuesday night in the Hughes-Trigg Theater. “This is where the movie ends and where your story begins,” the screen read as the lights came back on in the theater. From the commotion in the lobby,
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RELIGION The Daily Campus apologizes for a mistake made in the March 7, 2011 edition of the paper. In the article “History professor speaks on affect of Nazi Propaganda,” we mistakenly wrote that the lecture was sponsored by the Tower Center of Dallas. However, the lecture was sponsored by the John Goodwin Tower Center.
Student Senate approved changes to its Election Code during its Tuesday meeting, getting ready for the general elections that will be held on March 30 and 31. The revisions are intended to improve the voting process and prevent election wrongdoing. Changes include: Defining “mass e-mails” as e-mails sent from one of the general SMU listservs. Prohibiting candidates from campaigning through mass e-mails, either on their own or having someone send a mass e-mail on their behalf. Changing “double majors” to “multiple majors” to accommodate students with minors or triple majors. Adding a provision to prohibit
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Holocaust survivor Agi Geva shows a serial number tattooed on her left forearm during a lecture Monday evening which was given to Auschwitz concentration camp detainees selected for forced labor.
Reverend sees common misconception in Lent practice
Holocaust survivor speaks on life during, after concentration camps
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By JESSICA MEIER
As today marks the day for Ash Wednesday, many students will pick something in their lives to give up in recognition of Lent. Starting now and lasting through Easter, many people— not just SMU students—pick something in their lives they feel that they consume too much. However, some choices may not be the most appropriate, according to Rev. Dr. Stephen Rankin, chaplain and minister to the university, who will deliver Wednesday’s service in Perkin’s Chapel. “There’s a lack of understanding about what the purpose is,” Rankin said. “There’s a lot of folk practices that don’t necessarily connect correctly.” For Christians, the time of Lent is to “examine our hearts, our mortality,” Rankin said. In
Holocaust survivor Agi Geva described her experience as a Jew during World War II and what it means to be a survivor Monday night as part of the Division of Communication Studies symposium. On March 19, 1944, the Germans invaded Hungary. Geza, 14 at the time, said, “I had a happy childhood. I couldn’t have dreamed of what was going to happen in the next few months.” After the invasion, Geza, her mother and younger sister were forced to vacate their home and were taken to a ghetto. Soon after, the Nazi soldiers led them to a train and explained they were being “deported.” Approximately 30 to 40 people were shoved into each train car for three days. Little did they know they were being taken to the largest concentration and extermination camp: Auschwitz.
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SMU student JoJo Shipp poses to show a feather extension clipped into her hair by The Feather Junkie.
Students sport feathers extensions By SARAH KRAMER News Editor skramer@smu.edu
After buying her first pair of feather earrings at Wakarusa, a music festival, in summer 2010, Ashley Featherstone decided to spread “the feather love” in Dallas, Texas. In September, 25-year-old Featherstone started making feather earrings as a hobby in her living room. “People eventually saw them (the earrings) on my friends and family
and would ask if I could make them a pair of earrings,” she said in a recent interview. Once people began offering to pay for the earrings, Featherstone decided she could start a business. So, she did just that. The Feather Junkie was born in September 2010. After selling only feather earrings for a month, Featherstone began to include feather extensions as well.
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After arriving, soldiers began the selection process. Those deemed able to work were sent to the right and admitted to the camp. The elderly, pregnant or sickly were forced to the left and instantly killed. Geza’s mother realized that in order to stay together they could not give any indication they were family. At gunpoint, they were forced to undress and led to showers. The humiliation continued as they were forced to shave the hair off their entire bodies for disinfectant purposes. “Everything was grey in Auschwitz, from the clothes to the blankets to the food. Even the sky was grey,” Geza said. After 10 days, they were transferred to Plaszow. There they were put to strenuous work but Geza decided nothing could be worse than Auschwitz. “One day we heard cannon shots and thought the Russians were coming to save us but the Germans had other plans,” Geza said.
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