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Mustangs denied spot in NCAA tournament Billy Embody Sports Writer wembody@smu.edu With Moody Coliseum’s lower bowl half-filled, the band and cheerleaders performing and the CBS Sports Selection Sunday Show on Moody’s video board, the team, coaches and SMU fans looked on as the hosts rattled off the names of the teams heading to the Big Dance. As they made their way through the regions, the tension built and the nervousness of the crowd replaced the optimism from earlier. Even though the team didn’t get in, head coach Larry Brown was very honest about why. “This team has talent, but the other teams had a lot more character,” Brown said. “The last two weeks we showed a lack of character in a lot of ways. We didn’t act right the last three games.” Even though it was a slight disappointment, the team is expected to earn a National Invitation Tournament bid and that could mean home games in Moody Coliseum, but for now coach Brown says the team should be better for this. “You recognize a mistake, you learn from it and move on and don’t do it again,” Brown said. It is especially tough on the team’s two seniors, Shawn Williams and Nick Russell. Both spoke to the team after
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Meadows Dean Jose Bowen will be moving to Goucher College in July.
Dean Bowen appointed president of Goucher Jehadu Abshiro News Writer jabshiro@smu.edu
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The Mustangs walk off the court after losing the American Athletic Conference Tournament against Houston.
learning their fate about wanting to finish the right way this season Brown told the media. Student Body President Ramon Trespalacios was in full “lobster” costume as usual for the show, and couldn’t help but be disappointed. “Definitely unexpected. We were expecting to be in the tournament, but now we’re just looking ahead learning from this season,” Trespalacios said. “It was a great season. I cannot thank the basketball team enough.” “For our senior year being able to experience something like this was something I couldn’t even dream of. I’m happy for our whole season, but it’s a sad
moment right now.” Brown mentioned that once Louisville was seeded as a No. 4, he realized that the committee didn’t have a lot respect for the American Athletic Conference. With four teams in the Top 25, not including SMU, that made the tournament, it was still a little surprising SMU wasn’t in. Brown though, took the high road, not wanting to take away from the teams in the tournament and wants the team to learn from it. “At the end of the day, it is what it is so I’m gonna do everything I can to get these kids and to realize it was on us and
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nobody else,” Brown said. Even though the team didn’t make the NCAA Tournament, Trespalacios challenged the student body to support the team if the NIT comes to Dallas. “We need to win a championship, even if it’s the NIT or whatever it is I think we can do it,” Trespalacios said. “It’s just a way to get heated up for next season so I expect every student that has been to the games this season to be at those games.” The NIT teams will be announced later Sunday night and announcement will come shortly after whether SMU will host games.
Jose Bowen, dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, will be leaving SMU to become Goucher College’s 11th predsdent, effective July 1. Bowen, also a professor of music and the Algur H. Meadows Chair, is an outspoken advocate for innovation in higher education. “I am excited about using the framework of interdisciplinary education not only transform individual students’ lives,” Bowen said in a press release. “But to help change the way people think about value and uses of the liberal arts.” Bowen will succeed Sanford J. Ungar, who became Goucher’s president in 2001. “I believe that he and the magnificent, successful place that is Goucher are an excellent match for each other,” Ungar said a press release. “And I know that this community looks forward to his arrival with great enthusiasm.” The Board of Trustees
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Emergency workers sifted through debris Saturday from the site of a deadly explosion at two New York City apartment buildings as they worked to clear the way for investigators to search for clues that might reveal what caused the blast. Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano said rescue workers reached the rear of the basement Saturday but said that investigation of the piping and meters in the front of the basement that will help explain what caused the blast that killed eight people will likely start on Sunday. He said that the National Transportation Safety Board should be able to start pressure-testing the pipes Sunday. Arson detectives and fire marshals have been waiting to enter the basements to examine meters, check pipes and inspect any possible ignition sources, such
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An excavator works to remove debris from the site of the explosion.
as light switches, that might have caused the blast. The theory that the explosion was due to a gas leak gained momentum Friday after the NTSB, which investigates pipeline accidents, said underground tests conducted in the hours after the explosion registered high concentrations of natural gas. The NTSB will conduct its own inquiry after police and fire officials
determine what might have caused the blast. Cassano said about 15 percent of the debris was left on the site late Saturday afternoon. An uplifting moment from the painstaking recovery effort came as crews pulled a large waterdamaged Bible from the rubble of the Spanish Christian Church,
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The U.S. rejected the Crimea secession referendum Sunday as illegal and readied retaliatory penalties against Russia, while shifting sights to deterring possible military advances elsewhere in Ukraine that could inflame the crisis. Even before official results were announced, the White House denounced the vote on Crimea joining Russia, saying it violated Ukraine’s constitution and international law and was held under “threats of violence and intimidation from a Russian military intervention.” It said “no decisions should be made about the future of Ukraine without the Ukrainian government” and noted that Russia had rejected the deployment of international monitors in Crimea to ensure the rights of ethnic Russians there were protected. “Russia has spurned those calls as
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Rescue workers reach basement U.S. rejects Crimean of Harlem explosion site vote for secession Associated PRess
unanimously approved Bowen as the college’s next leader, after a search committee headed by Trustee Florence Beck Kurdle selected Bowen. “We believe Dr. Bowen is the right candidate who has come along at the exact right time to build on Sandy’s legacy and lead our college into its next phase of excellence,” said Norma Lynn Fox, chair of the Board of Trustees, in the press release. Goucher, a women’s college until 1986, now has about 2,200 students. The school requires all undergraduate students to participate in study abroad. Bowen, along with his wife Kimberly their dogs, Chloe, Molly, and Daisy, and their 18-year-old cat Latte will be living on Goucher’s campus. During Bowen’s eight years at SMU, Meadows’s academic test scores and rankings rose. He also added the fashion media, creative computing and arts entrepreneurship/management majors and minors.
well as outreach from the Ukrainian government and instead has escalated its military intervention into Crimea and initiated threatening military exercises on Ukraine’s eastern border,” the White House said. “Russia’s actions are dangerous and destabilizing,” the White House said. U.S. officials reaffirmed that the Obama administration will, along with the European Union, impose penalties on Russia if it annexes the strategic region. They also warned that any Russia moves on east and south Ukraine would be a grave escalation requiring additional responses. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Moscow to return its troops in Crimea to their bases, pull back forces from the Ukraine border, halt incitement in eastern Ukraine and support the political reforms in Ukraine that would
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SeaWorld break-in tied to frat initiation Associated PRess Two men arrested for breaking into SeaWorld in San Antonio say they were part of a group that did so as part of a fraternity initiation. The San Antonio ExpressNews says that according to a police report, the two told police they were among seven who broke into the park as part of a fraternity initiation after being told to take pictures with the animals after dark. But a manager and another employee working late saw the group and called security and police. The two men were arrested and charged with criminal trespass and theft. Both admitted to taking ice cream from an unlocked kiosk freezer. A helicopter search did not find the others.
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Super Yoga Palace: A place for the mind, body and soul Eastan Croson Health and Fitness Editor ecroson@smu.edu Deep Ellum’s very own donation-based urban ashram, Super Yoga Palace, offers a unique yoga experience for locals. Providing an excellent work out that goes beyond transforming the body by bettering the mind and spirit of its students all thanks to the work of owner and yoga teacher Jessica Jordan. The phrase “an urban ashram empowered by love” couldn’t be any more perfect for describing this intimate yoga studio, because it is just that. Focused on bringing together the spiritual and physical benefits and practicing yoga, Jordan pioneered the way for this studio to be set a part from the rest with a practice that puts the heart
back into yoga. “An ashram is a placed that is set a part. It is holy, [so] to speak. Ashram in a yoga mindset is what we have,” Jordan said. “We have this little space that is a place where the science that yoga delivers is that you are going to have a great work out, but if you allow yourself to let it be so much more, which it is, then it can be transformational and that happens in your heart.” In the heart of the always changing, vibrant community of Deep Ellum, Super Yoga Palace offers a power yoga experience to Dallas locals, whom instead of having to pay for a membership can just give a donation as payment for taking a class. Jordan has provided a place that students can call home or students can just drop by for a class here or there.
“We are also a little bit different,” Jordan explained. “We attract a certain clientele and so my thought was that I didn’t want to push memberships because it started to make me feel like I was lacking the heart of what we wanted to do. However is a rhythm to the rhyme and we still have to function.” Not the average yoga studio, Super Yoga Palace has a suggested donation which comes way under what one would be paying for class average costs at other studios in the area. Although the studio has a membership-type offering for students who come frequently, Jordan aims to make it fair on both sides of the spectrum, whether it be for the everyday yogi or an occasional practicing student. “For those that supplement their running or their cross fitting
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or they just need yoga for peace of mind and they don’t want to be locked in and can’t afford $20 a class, they can throw in $10 or $15 and still get a five-star experience,” Jordan said. Being a smaller, boutique studio, Super Yoga Palace focuses on their demographic’s need, which is more of an athletic type of experience by offering power yoga, deep stretch and Ashtanga yoga classes throughout the week. “The area that we are in is very transient so we have a lot of young professionals, single people, and artists,” Jordan said. Jordan said the spirit of the studio is that all are welcome. Everyone is accepted, no matter individual experience or skill set, but this studio won’t be offering an easy work out to its students. “It is a power yoga experience,” Jordan said. “We offer Ashtanga and we do offer deep stretch which I wouldn’t say is for beginners per say. It’s for those that have really tight hamstrings. “They already are athletes and they really need something to get into those muscles. It is slower pace so that is a good place for a lot of people to start. Deep stretch is already for those that already have something going on but it helps to keep the muscles supple.” In a saturated yoga market, Jordan opened the studio to the
people of Dallas back in 2009 after being a member of an internationally touring band. Seeking out a profession that made her just as passionate as music, Jordan decided on yoga due to her background in competitive gymnastics and cheerleading. Located next to local coffee bar Mokah, Jordan started teaching classes in the coffee bar at 6 a.m. The studio has grown since it’s humble beginning back in 2009, gaining traction through word of mouth. Moving from a class in a coffee bar, to an art gallery, and finally to the space that Super Yoga Palace currently occupies. “It has grown from being two classes a week that I taught at 6 a.m. to being evening classes through out the week,” said Jordan. “We have a staff of myself and six other teachers that are some of the best teachers in Dallas. “ The space they use was intended to be an industrial kitchen, but with a lot of hard work and some help from Jordan’s friends the kitchen morphed into the urban ashram that Super Yoga Palace is today. An artist illustrator who is a friend of Jordan’s, Will Bryant, painted the studio’s first mural making this space Super Yoga Palace’s home. Without all the frills and gimmicks, Jordan looks to
teach much more than just yoga by transforming students hearts and minds as well as resourcing opportunities in the local community as the studio continues to grow. “We know that we are growing and we are kind of at that growing pain point where we have to decide the direction we are going to go,” Jordan said. The studio is funded by capital and, being a donation-based studio, Jordan said they have to get creative with their budget, but they are currently in the process of determining what the future will look life. Jordan hopes to keep the heart beat of what the studio is already doing, just expand the studio’s reach. “We want to funnel all our energy into these things and it’s going to come with something different than what we are currently doing,” said Jordan. “There is a lot of awareness of what we provide and we want to bring that awareness to the next level. We know in order for us to serve more, we need to grow more. We have to find the funding for that to happen.” Super Yoga Palace is located at 2803 Taylor St. Dallas, TX 75226. For more information about the yoga studio, it’s instructors, or classes offered visit superyogapalace.com.
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Injured SXSW fan surprised with free concert in hospital associated press
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Charles Atlas’ “Painting by Numbers” video projection is on display now at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Outside the bubble: Things to entertain post-spring break Jehadu abshiro News Writer jabshiro@smu.edu Spring Break is over and it’s back to the daily grind. While the beach isn’t what you’re waking up to mid-day, there are still some things to do in Dallas that will make spring break not seem like such a tease. South by South West is over, but there is still tons of music up the street from the Hilltop. The Grahams, an indie couple from Louisiana, combine bluegrass with hints of earthy Americana, traditional folk and country blues. Lilly Hiatt, Nashville county singer, opens the show. The duo play at the Prophet Bar, located 2548 Elm St. Doors open at 7:30 pm and tickets are $13. Lorde, Lana Del Ray, XX — This off-kilter pop/alternative style has been gaining popularity since Florence Welch’s Lungs. For a similar group, try London Grammar. The trio has the same semi-haunting vocal style as Welch with keyboard-driven tunes piqued by plaintive guitar
lines. Coming off of their performance at SXSW, the band will release their debut album “If You Wait” March 25. Check out their songs “Metal & Dust” or “Strong” before going to their show. The British group will be at the Granada on Tuesday. Tickets are $15 and doors open at 8 p.m. You can make your own music at Prophet Bar’s weekly Jam Session on Wednesday. The night is sponsored by Rexamillion Productions and has featured artists like Erykah Badu. This week’s session features RC & The Gritz and DJ Jay Clipp in the mix. Prophet Bar is located at 2548 Elm Street; doors open at 9PM and tickets start at $10. The Dallas Museum of Art has several great collections currently on display. “Concentrations 56” by Stephen Lapthisophon combines everyday items such as coffee, seasonal fruit and root vegetables into his installations. In the Dallas-based artist’s first solo museum show, he uses mundane things to break down the barriers between art and daily
life. Depending on which day you’re there, the installation in the next room might be completed and ready for your viewing. You can’t leave the DMA without seeing Never Enough: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art. Located across several galleries, everything from sculpture, photography and video art to paintings will be exhibited for the first time since entering the collection. Missouri film maker and artist Charles Atlas’ “Painting By Numbers” video piece is one of the exhibit’s highlights. The presentation is made possible by TWO X TWO for AIDS and Art, an annual fundraising event that jointly benefits amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research and the Dallas Museum of Art, and by the Contemporary Art Initiative. Although you can leave without seeing the exhibit, you’ve missed out. Admission is free and the DMA is located at 1717 N Harwood St.
An 18-year-old injured when a suspected drunken driver crashed into a crowd of people at South by Southwest in Austin got a private concert in her hospital room by one of her favorite bands. Members of the band Jared & The Mill, an indie folk band from Phoenix, played for Mason Endres on Saturday afternoon at St. David’s Medical Center, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Endres was standing with friends when police say 21-year-old Rashad Owens plowed into a crowd of people early Thursday, killing two and injuring almost two dozen. Owens has been charged with capital murder.
Endres suffered a broken leg, a fractured neck and a broken nose. A rod had to be placed in her leg. Early Friday, she had to have another surgery to repair a blocked artery in her other leg. A hospital spokeswoman said she was in fair condition Sunday. Her father, Dan Endres, said his daughter has been worried about what she’s been missing at SXSW. Most of all, she was upset about not getting to see Jared & The Mill perform their two scheduled shows. Mason Endres, a high school senior in Liberty Hill, located just outside of Austin, befriended the band at last year’s SXSW when she saw them performing on the street and then kept in touch via social media.
Two band members were chatting with her just a few minutes before the accident. When they found out she wouldn’t be able to attend their planned shows, they decided to bring the show to her. “She was on monitors when we told her that Jared was coming, and her heart rate jumped way up,” Dan Endres said. “We all burst out laughing because that was a good thing to see her smile.” When the band walked into her hospital room Saturday, Mason’s face lit up, the newspaper reported. She sang along with all the songs, tapping her fingers against a rainbow-colored stuffed dog. Mason said following the concert that she felt better than she ever imagined she would feel in a hospital.
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A salute to the underdog demetrio teniente Sports Editor dteniente@smu.edu Sometimes you see something in life that leaves a profound impression on you. It can either be something so awesome you don’t want to forget it, or something so horrifying you’d remember for the rest of your life. Last Friday I saw a confrontation between two animals that resembled the battle of David and Goliath. My girlfriend and I were walking our “Goliath” around the block. His name is Ringo. Not after the Beatle, after Johnny Ringo, the gunslinger. Our Ringo is a two-year-old, 75-pound german shepherd. Ringo is a very sweet dog, but can be very protective and territorial. It is this part of his character that has caused him to become somewhat of a bully at dog parks. I don’t really think it is his fault though. When he was younger, he used to be the one picked on by bigger dogs and now that he is a bigger dog he doesn’t let that happen. He makes sure that every dog in the park knows he is the boss. Naturally, we don’t take him to dog parks very often anymore and just settle for walks around the neighborhood. Sometimes Ringo pulls and tries to lead when we walk him. And when that happens we make him sit and wait until he calms down before we keep going. At one point on Friday, we were stopped in front of a neighbor’s house, waiting for Ringo to calm down, when we heard a door open. From the door we saw a very short, round and fat pug fly past its owner and out into the lawn. Suddenly, the tiny dog caught sight of Ringo and stopped mid
stride. Slowly, with its eyes locked on Ringo, it lowered its front paw as to balance itself. Ringo’s eyes perked up as if he was looking at a brand new toy. My girlfriend and I looked at the owner, and started to tell her to grab her dog, but we were too late. The pug started toward Ringo, not an ounce of fear in its eyes. A deep and threatening growl started in the pit of Ringo’s throat. My girlfriend restrained Ringo as best she could, putting her legs on either side of him and holding his mouth shut. All the while we were telling him that it was okay and the pug was nice. It didn’t matter. Ringo wanted to kill this Pug. I watched as the small, fat dog kept running towards us–almost as if in slow motion. It was pretty majestic looking for a pug. It was running all over the place. The pug was just crazy. This pug was the most fearless animal I have ever seen. It wanted to smell Ringo’s butt, so it was going to smell his butt. While all this is going on, Ringo is growling and fighting to get free to attack the other dog. Ringo is easily four times its size. Do you think that pug cared? This strange and unexpected encounter with the world’s bravest Pug lasted about ten minutes. We could not deter the tiny dog from our group no matter what we did and its owner was too afraid of Ringo to pick up her own dog. I have a lot of respect for that pug though. It’s like it had no regard for any other animal. I finally managed to chase the tiny dog away, only to see it charge back at us to try and smell Ringo’s butt once more. Nothing could stop this pug. We should all try to be like this pug and not allow ourselves to be intimidated by people or things that seem much bigger than ourselves. When times get rough just remember: pug don’t care — pug don’t give a crap. Teniente is a junior majoring in journalism.
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SMU guard Nic Moore (11) goes to the basket against Memphis defenders Nick King (5), Austin Nichols, center, and Joe Jackson (1) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, March 8, 2014, in Memphis, Tenn.
A project, not a one-time deal SAM SNOW Associate Sports Editor ssnow@smu.edu Two weeks ago, a spot in the NCAA Tournament field was a lock. SMU had just beaten UCF, and all was well with Mustang nation. Then the Mustangs lost at home to Louisville. No worries; Louisville was beating everybody at this point in the season. Then the Mustangs lost to Memphis on the road. A win would’ve been nice, but there’s no finding fault in losing to a team like Memphis on the road. Then the Mustangs lost to Houston in their first game of the conference tournament. Okay, there’s no excuse for that, but almost everyone thought that the four wins over other AAC contenders would be enough to get SMU in. However, when Selection Sunday came along, rumors began on Twitter
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that SMU’s non-conference strength of schedule (SOS) would come back to bite them. The fact that they had lost their final three games didn’t help. It seemed with every hour more and more people were saying that they didn’t think SMU would make it in. The Mustangs and their fans just smiled and quietly waited until the NCAA Tournament Selection Show. The first sign that SMU was in trouble during the show was Louisville — a team supposedly in contention for the final one seed — getting a fourth seed. Sure enough, the committee snubbed SMU. Yes, you can point to SMU’s nonconference SOS. Yes, you can point to losing games when they matter the most. Yes, you can point to the Mustangs beating terrible American Athletic Conference teams. But you cannot say that they didn’t
deserve to be in the tournament. SMU has been irrelevant since 1993, the last time they made the tournament. Tired of remaining in the doldrums of college basketball, SMU decided to go big or go home. They hired Larry Brown. In only his second season with the team, he brought them out of irrelevance and screaming into national attention. Moody Coliseum underwent a renovation, and went from a place where students sometimes went to get out of the dorm, to a location that hosted must-see basketball for everyone in Dallas. SMU went through one of the quickest turnarounds in college history. Moody Coliseum was even ranked as the most difficult place to play at one point. The only thing missing was an NCAA Tournament appearance, and we were snubbed from that. a journalist, but I am also a It’s
disappointing to say the least, but it’s not a knockout punch. SMU fans could easily have agreed with Brown when he said he felt that he let the fans down, but they didn’t. Instead of feeling entitled to a bid, they interrupted Brown’s speech and screamed “No!” Maybe it’s because Mustang fans know that this isn’t a one-time deal. This is a project, and a project that has its valleys. Sometimes those valleys are devastatingly low, like missing out on a tournament bid. SMU will head into the NIT with only winning in mind. They have something to prove to the committee: they made a mistake in underestimating the Mustangs and the AAC. And next year, armed with a topfive recruit in Emmanuel Mudiay, the Mustangs will come out with a vengeance. Snow is a sophomore majoring in journalism.
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“Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.” —Sen. John McCain on CNN’s State of the Union “If I ran a third time, it’d be sort of like doing a third Hangover movie. Didn’t really work out very well, did it?” —President Barack Obama, teasing actor Zach Galifianakis on Funny or Die’s “Between Two Ferns” “The only woman who can truly say ‘I woke up like this.’” —TV personality Ryan Seacrest, sharing a selfie with Miss Piggy on Twitter Courtesy of MCT Campus
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protect ethnic Russians, Russian speakers and others in the former Soviet republic that Russia says it is concerned about. In a call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Kerry urged Russia “to support efforts by Ukrainians across the spectrum to address power sharing and decentralization through a constitutional reform process that is broadly inclusive and protects the rights of minorities,” the State Department said. It was their second call since unsuccessful talks Friday in London. Kerry expressed “strong concerns” about Russian military activities in the southern Ukrainian
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which was located in one of the two destroyed buildings. About two dozen people, including clergy members, carried the Bible in a solemn procession near the East Harlem site. “This was in the depths of the rubble. Somehow God protected it,” said Rick del Rio, a bishop at the Church of God. The church’s pastor, Thomas Perez, suffered heart palpitations when he saw the Bible, said Letitia James, the city’s public advocate. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital as a precaution, supporters said. Cassano said Perez was overwhelmed with emotion. “It was singed but it meant an awful lot to the pastor,” he said. “It showed the pastor that they’ll be rebuilding.” Truckloads of scattered material will be sifted for any traces of human remains that might not have been found at the site, Cassano said. Although the bodies of all eight people reported missing after Wednesday’s blast
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region of Kherson, just north of Crimea where Russian troops appeared Saturday, and about “continuing provocations” in cities in east Ukraine, the department said. Kerry “made clear that this crisis can only be resolved politically and that as Ukrainians take the necessary political measures going forward, Russia must reciprocate by pulling forces back to base and addressing the tensions and concerns about military engagement,” the department said. A senior State Department official said Lavrov’s willingness to discuss Ukraine political reforms was positive. But the official stressed that the Russian military escalation was of “greatest concern” and must be reversed. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private conversation.
White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said that Russia faces penalties that would hurt its economy and diminish its influence in the world if President Vladimir Putin didn’t back down. Pfeiffer said the administration was committed to supporting the new Ukrainian government in Kiev “in every way possible.” “President Putin has a choice about what he’s going to do here. Is he going to continue to further isolate himself, further hurt his economy, further diminish Russian influence in the world, or is he going to do the right thing?” Pfeiffer said. U.S. and European officials have said they plan to announce sanctions against Russia, including visa bans and potential asset freezes, on Monday if Putin does not shift course. But Putin and other Russians
have been recovered, the rescue operation was continuing in case others may be buried beneath the rubble, he said. More than 60 people were injured in the explosion, and more than 100 others were displaced. Police have identified six of those who died: Griselde Camacho, 45, a Hunter College security officer; Carmen Tanco, 67, a dental hygienist who participated in church-sponsored medical missions to Africa and the Caribbean; Andreas Panagopoulos, 43, a musician; Rosaura Hernandez, 22, a restaurant cook from Mexico; George Ameado, 44, a handyman who lived in one of the buildings that collapsed; and Alexis Salas, 22, a restaurant worker. Mexican officials said another Mexican woman, Rosaura Barrios Vazquez, 43, was among those killed. The name of the eighth person recovered, a woman, hasn’t been released. After touring a Red Cross shelter where some of the displaced residents have been placed temporarily, Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged his support to find suitable temporary or long-term housing
options for those displaced. “It’s our obligation as the city of New York, and I know all New Yorkers feel this way, to stand by them,” he said. Investigators were trying to determine whether the explosion had anything to do with the city’s aging gas and water mains, some of which were installed in the 1800s. More than 30,000 miles of decades-old, decaying cast-iron pipe still are being used to deliver gas nationwide, according to U.S. Transportation Department estimates. Fire and utility officials said that if the buildings were plagued in recent days or weeks by strong gas odors, as some tenants contend, they have no evidence anyone reported it before Wednesday. An Associated Press analysis of the city’s 311 calls database from Jan. 1, 2013, through Tuesday also found no calls from the buildings about gas. The blast erupted about 15 minutes after someone from a neighboring building reported smelling gas, authorities said. Con Edison said it immediately sent workers to check out the report, but they got there too late.
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MONDAY n MARCH 17, 2014 Men’s Basketball
Mustangs drop opener in AAC Tournament Samuel Snow Associate Sports Editor ssnow@smu.edu As Charles Dickens wrote in A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity…” For SMU, who lost 68-64, it was a tale of two halves. It was a tale of two Nic Moores. After losing two straight ball games, the SMU faithful were looking for a sign of life from the Mustangs to start the American Athletic Conference Tournament. Against Houston, the SMU Mustangs did just that in the first half. On the first two Houston possessions, SMU forced turnovers and got points on the other end, taking a quick 4-0 lead. However, similar to the second matchup of the season between these two squads, Houston refused to go away. L.J. Rose and Jherrod Stiggers led the way for Houston in the first half with 23 combined points on 9-14 shooting, 5-7 from behind the arc. Between the two, they always hit a shot to keep Houston alive.
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SMU’s Yanick Moreiera (35) defends the basket against Houston’s Tashawn Thomas in the Mustangs 68-64 loss to the Cougars on March 13, 2014.
SMU had its own first-half dynamic duo, though: Cannen Cunningham and Nick Russell. And while Moore didn’t score in the first half, his five assists fueled the Mustangs.
Cunningham was a force inside during the first half, as he scored 12 points, 4-4 from the charity stripe, to lead the Mustangs. Houston kept it close, and even had the lead a couple times with
about six minutes to go in the half. That’s when Russell decided to take over. Russell scored all eight of his first-half points in under three minutes, and pushed the Mustangs
to a 38-29 halftime lead. However, Houston came out in the second half with something to prove. Their defense caused SMU to take, and miss, far too many
outside jumpers. In taking the outside jumpers, SMU got away from everything they’d done well in the first half, and they never got back to it. Even when the Mustangs decided to drive it and get to the free throw line, they were missing shots. Until Markus Kennedy’s meaningless three at the end of the game, they went without a field goal in the final six-plus minutes. SMU had a chance at the end. With 17 second left, and down by three, Kennedy had a chance for a lay-up, but was blocked by TaShawn Thomas. When Danuel House hit his free throws, SMU’s number was up. Perhaps the biggest stat that stood out was Moore’s field goal line: 0-9. When your star point guard can’t get a shot to go down, it’s hard to win. To sum up the game, a straightforwardly morose Larry Brown simply said, “We got outplayed.” After losing three straight, the SMU Mustangs season ended prematurely. However, it’s not all over yet. They wait for their hopeful seeding from the selection committee.
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Demetrio Teniente Sports Editor dteniente@smu.edu Its hard to open the spring season any better than the Lady Mustangs did at White Rock Lake on Friday and Saturday. Not only did SMU win its first two events of the season, but it did so in impressive fashion- sweeping Creighton and Canisus. “I thought they did great,” Head Coach Doug Wright said. “Overall it was a great weekend, and the kids feel great about themselves so hopefully they’ll use that confidence going into the next week or two.” On Friday, the Mustangs
first Varsity 8 team of Savannah Moody, Lindsay Heyman, Allison Buchanan, Mackenzie Daly, Loni Albrecht, Chantelle Conley, Sydney Severson, Lauren Moore and Molly O’Connell clocked in a time of 7:02.40 — beating out CU by five seconds. SMU’s second and third Varsity 8 crews finished with times of 7:10.38 and 7:42.65. The Lady Mustangs Varsity 4 crew of Nikole Metz, Hanna Axene, Meghan Klein, Brittany Courteau and Amanda Esposito easily won with a time of 8:03.37. On Saturday, SMU defeated Canisius three times to secure the sweep. The first Varsity 8 group from
Friday continued to dominate, turning in a 7:02.12 first place finish. Both the Mustangs’ Varsity 4 crew and Novice 4 crew defeated Canisius in the final event of the weekend, with times of 7:51.35 and 8:18.10, respectively. “It was great to be out there on the water, everyone is so supportive of each other,” first year Nicki Fletcher said. “We’ve been working really hard for our first race as novice and everyone did really well. We held a pretty consistent stroke rate and we just wanted to do really well for us.” SMU will travel to Kansas City, Kan. to take on Kansas, Kansas State and Drake on March 29.
Demetrio Teniente Sports Editor dteniente@smu.edu SMU remains undefeated at home this spring, as to defeated the Portland Pilots 6-0 at the Four Seasons at Las Colinas on Sunday. The Mustangs are now 9-7 overall, but 6-0 at home and have yet to lose the doubles point in any match in Dallas. Gusty winds and cold
temperatures played a large role in Sunday’s match, but SMU head coach Carl Neufeld was pleased with how his team faced the elements. “It was the toughest conditions we’ve seen,” Neufeld said. “It was a great test and I’m proud of how we responded. If these guys want to go pro, it’s part of the show. They really responded well.” Arkidjas Slobodkins and Mischa Nowicki won at No. 1
doubles — improving to 2-0 as a pair, while Nate Lammons and Alex Sanders earned their 16th win of the season. SMU won four singles matches in straight sets with both senior Mustangs earning wins. “I’m really proud of our seniors,” Neufeld said. “They’re playing their best tennis and they played well again today.” On Tuesday, SMU will face No. 24 Columbia at the Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas at 3 p.m.
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