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THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010 SMUDAILYCAMPUS.COM

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FINANCE

BROWN BAG

How to utilize scholarships

Revisting 19th century struggles

By LOLA OBAMEHINTI Contributing Writer lobamehint@smu.edu

Are you an expert at calling ducks? Are you by any chance a dwarf ? Do you know how to make outfits out of duct tape? Are you taller than 6’? Do you have an interest in making candy or other sweet treats? If any of these descriptions fit you, you may be eligible for scholarship money! With the cost of higher education rising year after year, students are looking for different ways to fund their education. For students who qualify, financial aid and federal grants are available. In addition to the usual academic and merit scholarships, students can also receive scholarship money for unusual or rare talents. According to Pam Henderson, the director of Scholarships and Financial Aid for Meadows School of the Arts, finding scholarships is easy if you know where to get information. “Look at collegeboard.com,” she said. “There you can enter information about yourself, and they try to match you with scholarships from their database.” “Another way to find out more information about various scholarships is to check with a high school counselor or local organizations,” she said. Officials at the central financial aid office at SMU could not be reached for interviews after repeated phone calls and visits. Ms. Henderson said that about 80 percent of those in the performing and visual arts’ departments receive scholarships from the Meadows school. These artistic scholarships come in quite handy since the current cost of tuition for a school year at Southern Methodist University is roughly $35,000. Some of the merit scholarships SMU offers to incoming freshmen are SMU Distinguished Scholars, University Scholars, President Scholars, Hunt Scholars and the National Merit Finalist Scholars’ scholarship.

By REBECCA MUSGROVE Contributing Writer rmusgrove@smu.edu

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Invitation to any of these programs is an honor, since academic merits must be outstanding to even be considered for them. Both the President Scholars and Hunt Scholars’ scholarship provide full tuition and fees for its students. As well as receiving scholarships directly from the university based on their scholastic achievements, students can also search on their own and receive scholarships for quirky talents and interests. The Chick and Sophie Major Memorial Duck Calling Contest, for instance, is a competition in which students can win scholarship money for having an unusual talent. The contest is open to any high school senior and participants have 90 seconds to demonstrate their use of four calls: hail, feed, comeback and mating. The scholarship prizes range from $500 to $2,000, which can be used toward any college major. There is no entry fee but contestants

must register through the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce in Stuttgart, Ark. Another example of an unusual scholarship is the National Candy Technologists scholarship. Any undergraduate student who has an interest in making candy or has had experience in the field is welcome to apply. Students who meet the qualifications can receive up to $5,000 in scholarship money if they are selected. Jordan Johnson is a senior on a football scholarship at SMU and he also received a Tall Texan scholarship his first-year. He towers over 6’. He said his mother was the one who found the $700 Tall Texan scholarship and he believes without the scholarships he received, he might not have had the opportunity to attend SMU. “[The scholarships] are not weird, just different. Everyone may not know about them, but they are giving everybody a chance at an education,” Johnson said.

Jasmine Iglehart is an SMU junior who says unusual scholarships are great, because they give people with unique talents the opportunity to receive scholarship money. She believes finding these scholarships, though, is probably the hardest part of the process. “You have to search for them… because people rarely are just going to give you a scholarship for being awesome,” Iglehart said. According to Ms. Henderson, knowing where to look and search seems to be the key to scoring the type of scholarships you want. “I’ve been 25 years in this business and with the Internet, it should probably be easier. There are more places to look but that doesn’t necessarily make the process easier,” she said. There are many helpful Web sites for students looking for scholarships. One is scholarships.com. There, students can search for scholarships by interest, classification (undergraduate or graduate), major and state. Udoka Omenokur is an SMU junior

GOVERNMENT

SING SONG

It’s the most musical time of the year By KELLIE SPANO

Time for students to be counted

Contributing Writer kspano@smu.edu

By TAYLOR ADAMS

Have a craving to see your fellow students sing, dance and act to music? This Friday as parents flood in to visit their children, six student groups will be performing in front of an audience of roughly 2,000 in McFarlin Auditorium. Kate Herman, the Sing Song chair, explains, “A panel of judges will score these six groups on group vocals, soloists, choreography, backdrops, props, costumes, originality, creativity and the degree to which the theme is incorporated all to decide the winners.” The top three winners of this competition will receive prize money to go to the charity of their choice: for 1st place it is $2,000, for 2nd it’s $1,500, and for 3rd it’s $500. This campus tradition dates back roughly 60 years. Every year the host of the event, Program Council, decides on the theme. Last year’s was rock bands with groups ranging from Queen to Elvis to Michael Jackson; while this year’s theme is Disney, with groups singing to songs from Mulan to High School Musical to Hercules. Some groups are feeling the

Every ten years, we’re all remembered: it may be by a single numeric value, but we’re remembered nonetheless. Even while college students are miles away from home, they can still take part. Contributing to the Census and voting in elections are considered by many to be two civic activities all citizens should partake in. The major question for college students is where will they be counted: their parents’ homes, or their college campus? College students should actually be counted at the school or the current city in which they live, according to Leslie Hopp, assistant account executive at Weber Shandwick. International students who are studying at SMU are also supposed to contribute to the Census. According to Hopp, SMU students only need 10 minutes to fill out the form. With everyone taking this time to fill out the Census, there could be significant effects in various areas,

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majoring in electrical engineering who receives both the University Scholar and the Engineering Scholar scholarships from the university. She has had these scholarships since her freshman year. “All I know is I get them and was selected [because of] my grades in high school,” Omenokur said. She receives $3,000 from her University Scholar scholarship and $7,000 a school year from her Engineering Scholar scholarship. In addition to scholarships, financial aid and grants also help pay for college. According to the national grant informative Web site, www.grants. gov, a federal grant is financial assistance from the government given to a citizen to complete a certain purpose. These grants do not require that the recipient repay them, which means that they are free money to students who qualify for them.

Cathleen Cahill took SMU back into the 19th century in her lecture, Federal Fathers and Mothers: The United States Indian Service (18691929), which covered the issue of Native American struggle against American government and society. The Brown Bag lecture series on Mar. 17 hosted Cahill, who came to SMU as one of this semester’s Clements Fellows. She has been working on a book about gender and race within this time period as it applies to Indian affairs in the United States. Cahill said that due to the “kaleidoscope” of tribal families among Native Americans, policymakers felt that Native Americans could not fit well into American society. Despite this concern, policymakers began to incorporate them into the community. Natives had to acknowledge gender roles as part of the new “civilized” culture; the boys learned to be farmers, while the girls learned to be housewives and mothers. Also, by offering Native Americans jobs, the government could prevent them from returning to their tribe and reverting back to the old culture. Many teachers expressed displeasure about the school’s administration, Cahill said, because they felt they should have a say on the conditions. To avoid this problem, the government transferred these teachers away from their native reservation. As a result of relocating the teachers, a new intertribal identity arose. “It begins in boarding school and crystallizes in the Indian Service,” Cahill said. Separated Native Americans found similarities in other tribes. Tribes also became more connected as the number of marriages between tribes grew. Cahill’s lecture was basically a reminder that the governments inability to assimilate these people, because they treated them like a “lower race.”

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Mary O’Donovan performs with the Delta Gamma sorority and Kappa Sigma fraternity last spring at Sing Song in McFarlin Auditorium. Delta Gamma and Kappa Sigma won the event, and O’Donovan won best female soloist.

pressure of being Sing Song reigning champions, whereas others are just out there to have a good time. Program Council president, Ryan Moore, says, “Sing Song is my favorite event of the year. Even as a senior I am participating because it is just so much fun!” With only two days left before Sing Song, the adrenaline is pumping, hopes are high and practices are going on non-stop in hopes of getting the grand $2,000 prize.

There seems to be energy in the air with the anticipation of Sing Song approaching and all of the final touches being put onto the groups performances. For all who would like to be entertained for about an hour through singing and dancing should visit McFarlin Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, March 19. Tickets are $6 for students and $8 for adults.

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such as college tuition grant and loan programs, funding for community services (like public transportation) and the states’ representation in Congress. According to the census Web site, “each question helps determine how more than $400 billion will be allocated to communities across the country.” Forms should be mailed to students’ local residences in March— some came as early as Monday of this week. Citizens have through May to complete it. For students living in residences off-campus, they simply fill out the

form and mail it back. Students living in the dorms, or other forms of group housing, will be counted by official census takers—with assistance from facility administrators, such as their resident assistants. According to Rani Gaw, assistant to the associate director of Resident Life and Student Housing, RLSH is still deciding what the exact process will be for the counting. She would not comment any further. More information about the Census is available at 2010.census.gov.

ENTERTAINMENT

OPINION

American Aquarium comes to Dallas

It!s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel ne

Health & Fitness

• Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Daily Campus

PROTECTION

FITNESS

Achieve the perfect sun-kissed look with sunlight safety tips

Triathlon class volunteers on St. Pat’s Day

By MARISSA O’CONNOR and HALLE ORGAN

Health & Fitness Editors moconnor@smu.edu, horgan@smu.edu

After a week of lying poolside or by the beach during Spring Break, many students are now in the mood for some Dallas sunshine. Everyone wants to bring their happy sundresses and flip-flops out from the back of their closets. The vitamin D boost provided by sunlight exposure is sure to put us all in good mood, too. According to womentowomen. com, “Osteoporosis, depression, heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, parathyroid problems and immune function” have all been linked to vitamin D deficiency, so we definitely do not want to skip out on our sun. Thankfully, spring begins this coming Saturday, so we’re all in luck – the sun is most likely here to stay. But in the long run, too much sun can be detrimental to your health, regardless of how great it makes you look and feel in the short term. A 1993 melanoma study said that, “it is estimated that 90 percent of non-melanoma skin cancers and 65 percent of melanoma skin cancers are associated with exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun.” You shouldn’t have to sacrifice either your tan or your vitamin D

Campus Events March 15-21

Movie Night

8 p.m. Hughes-Trigg Theater. Program Council puts on a free showing of “The Blindside.” Show up early!

intake, so here are some other options to provide you with all the benefits of the sun in a healthier way.

Add Vitamin D to your diet Local grocery stores such as Central Market, and the new Whole Foods Market carry supplements that will provide you with an ample amount of vitamin D, keeping your mood elevated, without the risk of tanning wrinkles. While supplements such as Citracal Plus D and Minerals and Caltrate 600-D Plus Minerals are always great options, there are plenty of vitamin D-rich foods that will provide you with the same benefits. Seafoods such as shrimp and salmon are loaded with vitamin D, while breakfast foods such as MultiGrain Cheerios and Dannon Light & Fit yogurt will provide you with enough vitamin D for the day, all before 10 a.m.

the tanning salon, just stop by nearby CVS or Walgreens to pick up tanning lotions. These lotions come in liquid or spray and can be applied at your discretion. Sally Hansen Smooth Glow Stubble reducing Daily Moisturizer has been named “Best Gradual Tanner” by Stylebakery.com. The Web site claims that this lotion’s “scent is clean and the color is golden brown.” For the “Best Face Tanner,” the StyleBakery recommends Olay Regenerist Touch of Sun SPF 15, which promises “golden results in about three days.”

Don’t Bake, Just Fake! Local tanning salons such as Palm Beach Tan offer single spray tans and spray tan packages that will leave you looking as though you just left Cabo. These tans last about two weeks and have no health risks attached. If you are not comfortable going to

Free Jazz Class

7:30 p.m. Dedman Rec Center Studio 3. If you have never danced before, fear not!! Everyone is welcome at this event.

Equality Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

7 p.m. Hughes-Trigg 313. Zoe Nicholson presents her story on the 1982 fast for the Equal Rights Amendment, where she spoke for the rights of Women and LGBT in America.

wikipedia.org

Think before you tan.

Sing-Song

7:30 p.m. Part of the Spring Arts Weekend, this is a beloved tradition you don’t want to miss! This year’s theme is Disney movies. Tickets are $10 for students.

Game Night/LAN

8 p.m. Hughes-Trigg Porticos B/C/D. Non-stop gaming with all of your favorite games. Must bring your own laptop for PC games.

By KRISTY WEBSTER Contributing Writer kwebster@smu.edu

Several members of David Bertrand’s Beginning Triathlon class rolled out of bed at 4 a.m. on Sunday, March 14 to volunteer at the St. Patrick’s Day Triathlon in Keller, Texas. The aspiring tri-athletes were surprised seeing Bertrand setting up his transition spot and observed his race to better prepare for their own. The transition—where racers prepare for the different legs— is the first of many components of the race the volunteers learned more about. Caroline Link, a junior management-science and math major, walked away with valuable knowledge about the swim, bike and run. She started the day with two hours of body-marking. All racers need their race number written on their arms and calves. It is the first official proof that they are there to compete. An atmosphere of anticipation and excitement swirled around the body-marking tent. “I feel like people were pretty excited,” Link said. She recalled family members swarming around and cameras flashing. Her right hand, which officially initiated the race will be

remembered in many photo albums. Bertrand agrees that the environment was full of excitement. The St. Patrick’s Day Triathlon is the first race of the season— although unable to avoid the 40-degree temperatures of the morning—and veteran tri-athletes were pumped.

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I see the rewards that come from them, the fitness and the health, not just something they could say they did. David Bertrand Triathlon Class Trainer

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“People were excited to get out there and get the show on the road,” Bertrand said, “Everyone’s already playing the chess match before it even begins.” Bertrand was referring to the mind game that encompasses triathlons. Before racers dive into the pool or mount their bikes, they are aware of who surrounds them, what their typical times are and how they rank in comparison. Another of Link’s tasks was directing and encouraging racers just starting their running leg. She saw this chess match first hand.

Groups passing her in earlier, faster phases hung together through transition to get a jump on their direct competition at the start. “The people in front started off at a quick pace, grabbed their sunglasses and were off,” she said. Even the slower groups stuck together as they walked a bit to recover from the bike ride. Before observing this race, Link viewed triathlons as something to accomplish. But after Sunday she understood triathlons have a greater role. “I see the rewards that come from them, the fitness and the health, not just something they could say they did,” Link said. “Everybody there was happy and into it. It made me more excited for our race.” The tri-athletes at the race form a community. Racers who inquired about the volunteers’ connections nodded in recognition of Bertrand’s name. He was not surprised. He has run close to 50 races and fellow triathletes are a familiar group. Seeing a racer at a triathlon is “like seeing an old friend at the mall” joked Bertrand. It is a lesson that Bertrand has been emphasizing since day one. “It is more of a lifestyle than it is just a hobby,” he said, but seeing the proof did more than all the testimonials in the world.

Police Reports FEBRUARY 24 4 p.m. Expressway Tower/6116 Central Expressway. A staff member reported theft of equipment from the Psychology department. Open.

FEBRUARY 25 12:07 p.m. McElvaney Hall/6000 Hall. A non affiliated person was arrested and booked into Dallas County jail for active warrants. Closed.

FEBRUARY 25 10:20 p.m. Boaz Hall. Two students were referred to the Student Conduct Office for consumption of alcohol by a minor. Closed.

FEBRUARY 26

5:55 p.m. West Quad Lot/3300 Peyton Parkway. A student reported her vehicle was struck and the suspect left the scene without giving her any identification. Open.

FEBRUARY 26 11:18 p.m. Sigma Chi House/3100 Binkley Avenue. A police officer reported observing alcohol in the common area of the house. The house is being referred to the Student Conduct Office for University Policy Violation. Closed. 11:46 p.m. Boaz Hall/3200 Binkley Avenue. A student was referred to the Student Conduct Office for underage drinking. Closed.

Entertainment

The Daily Campus

Thursday, March 18, 2010 •

CINEMA

MUSIC

‘Leaves of Grass’ is a mix of film director’s two worlds growing up, plus personality

Country rock band, American Aquarium comes to Dallas LaGrange Theater

By LISA COLLINS A&E Editor lcollins@smu.edu

Walt Whitman, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Judaism, the Ivy League, backwoods Oklahoma and hydroponic pot are all a part of a new film. Tim Blake Nelson’s film, “Leaves of Grass,” has all this and more, including not one, but two Edward Nortons. The two-time Academy Award nominee plays identical twins Bill and Brady, an Ivy League professor and a pot dealer in Oklahoma, respectively. The Daily Campus sat down with co-producer’s and co-star’s Norton and Nelson at the Crescent Hotel in Dallas to discuss their joint venture on the film. Nelson said he had Norton in mind for both roles from the very beginning, although he went out on a limb showing the script. Norton was not looking to start any new projects at the time, but he was immediately drawn to Nelson’s passion and to the originality of the script. “I get to read a lot of things, and 98 percent of things I read are derivatives of things I’ve seen before…the bridge between little Dixie and Ivy League was so fresh and original,” Norton said. As a Brown graduate from Oklahoma, Nelson’s personal influence in both twin characters is not difficult to imagine. He describes the film as being about “a guy examining his life trying to live in all the right ways who gets completely sideswiped.” In response to questions regarding whether the film is too ambitious in its content, Nelson said: “I’m proud because I think I’ve done a very daring movie. I was never interested in just making a pot comedy…Life certainly is not only funny. I tried to examine it all without pretension; it’s organic while being unpredictable and never preachy.” Nelson’s experiences growing up in two very different worlds are sure to create an interesting mix in the film, as they do in his personality. He makes profound statements with his extensive vocabulary, all in a distinct drawl and with a laid back, warm nature. Despite his first-rate education and artistic brilliance, “he does some hokie things,” Norton said. “He barbeques a chicken by opening a can of Budweiser and sticking the whole thing in the chicken on the grill. I had to explain to him aluminum and what it does to the brain,” he said. Norton playing both lead roles brought about challenges both for acting and filming. Nelson cited “Avatar” as an example of how far special effects have come, and said they used every technique from rotoscopy to what he calls “poor man’s process“ filming a double wearing a wig. Although the advancements in technology made filming easier, Nelson said, “it would all be meaningless without the soul of Edward’s performance.” Although Norton discussed the difficulty of keeping in mind the unconscious queues that two people are in the same space–like bumping into each other and overlapping sentences–he had a lot of fun with both roles. “It’s like being both Abbott and Costello. The funny guy and the straight guy,” Norton said. Norton also discussed what attracts him to roles that deal with the complexities of personality and duality and said he’s interested in characters that are “struggling that they don’t feel like they’re expressing a part of who they are.” Nelson can also relate to the

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dichotomy concept, fulfilling his roles as a husband and father (his wife and two of his sons appear in the movie), while also being an actor, writer and producer. “We have family dinner together every night, but then I lead this peripatetic life and go off and make movies. We all have forces and conflicts within ourselves,” he said. Both Nelson and Norton’s advice for students aspiring to follow careers in the entertainment industry is to seek as much control of your career as possible. “I’ve never really enjoyed what

comes with being an actor. A lack of autonomy…it’s up to everyone else,” Norton said. Both also stressed the value of creating your own work in the industry. “What has changed everything for me is being able to write my own material,” Nelson said. “Without Edward, I never would have been able to get this movie made. But without the script, there would have been no Edward.” . Instead of doing the regular New York and Los Angeles movie premiere circuit, the film previewed in South and Southwestern states.

It is doing its opening press tours in Dallas and Austin. “We wanted to let the movie prove itself here, first,” Nelson said. Though concerned with how audiences would respond to the films mishmash of intellectualism and humor, SXSW proved to be the perfect audience. “SXSW was a dream. It was heaven. They laughed at both epistemology and noodeling jokes,” Norton said. “Leaves of Grass” will open nationwide on April 2.

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For BJ Barham, the day before a concert is always the same, but the thrill he experiences knowing that he makes money doing what he loves will never grow old. Barham is the lead singer for the relatively young band American Aquarium, whose resume would have you believe that they are much more established. Four years, five albums and over 700 shows into their career, the men of this band are making their living writing and performing songs that come from their hearts. Barham is an extremely dedicated songwriter, who is able to eloquently turn an experience into a song. Their upcoming album, “Smalltown Hymns,” moves away from their usual themes of love and heartbreak to an exploration of the small town life, which Barham relates back to his own adolescence in his hometown of Reidsville, NC. “Everything I write is from experience,” he said. “It was nice to get away from the subject of exgirlfriends for a while.” Barham credits his diverse music taste to the distinct musical sound that he creates. He managed a record store for four years before going into music performance and has everything in his iTunes library from independent hip-hop to country music. “It’s interesting that now I went back to what my parents raised me on,” Barham said, “good classic rock and country.”

American Aquarium takes on the challenge of adding a fresh twist to the sounds of American classic rock and country with great success. Barham’s voice, which sounds akin to “The Boss,” Bruce Springsteen himself, combined with the band’s overall talent and fresh songs are the components that quickly secure American Aquarium’s place in the hearts of anyone who listens to their songs. American Aquarium’s extensive touring has already gained them a following throughout the country, and Barham hesitantly admits that he’s even experienced the reality of groupies. “Groupies do exist,” he said. “My mom will probably be very upset to hear that, but they are a reality.” More than popularity or money, all of the members of “American Aquarium” are just thrilled to be making a living playing music. “Our ultimate goal is to be able to do this for the rest of our lives,” Barham said. “I’d be doing it even if I wasn’t getting paid for it. So it’s rewarding to know that I am able to make some money following my passion.” This Saturday, March 20, American Aquarium’s tour makes its way to Dallas, playing the LaGrange at 9 p.m.

American Aquarium LaGrange Theater March 20, 9 p.m.

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Opinion

• Thursday, March 18, 2010

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Academy Awards unfair to less popular categories The sound mixer works hard for little recognition. Doesn’t he deserve his moment to shine?

’m going to assume— which is dangerous these days—that most of you watched the Oscars last Sunday. I’m not going to comment on the unorthodox nature of having two hosts, which for the most part appeared Trey Treviño to work, or the absence of several high-profile names at the event (Spielberg, Scorsese, etc.), or how stupid it was that the academy decided to include Michael Jackson in the “In Memoriam” segment but not Farrah Fawcett, who had far greater reason to be there than he did, or even how horrible Miley Cyrus’s performance was (hint: It was very). I’m certainly not going to touch that whole “Kanye moment” that happened during the Best Documentary speech, as I don’t feel nearly qualified enough to comment on that. No, what I’m going to comment on is an observation I’ve made for several years now, and STAFF COLUMNIST

I consider it a big problem: when multiple people win an Oscar for any given category. Surely you’ve noticed what happens when they come up for their acceptance speech. The first guy will give a hearty thanks to all his friends, family and whomever else and when the second guy comes up, that darn music starts. You know the kind I mean, the “You’re out of time, get the hell off the stage, we’re moving on” music. I hardly think it’s fair that anyone who goes second (or third) most likely will not get to talk. A lot of these people are in positions that get virtually no recognition by the public. The only prestige they have is all within the industry. For example, how many people know what a sound mixer does, or how significant he is to a production? The answer is very few, unfortunately. For the most part, people only care about the big-name stars. So, for the most part, this one night is the lesser-knowns’ only time, their moment in the spotlight, where for five minutes, regular people care about their work. And then that moment is

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Don’t fret the end of the world You’d be much better off enjoying your time here than wondering when it will end COLUMNIST

Samantha Cangelosi is a sophomore journalism major and Samantha Verrill is a junior journalism major. They can be reached for comment at scangelosi@smu.edu and sverrill@smu.edu, respectively.

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Textbook fight a lesson in civics Students must think for themselves to truly grasp history

arthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, oh my! With all the recent weather phenomenon, people are starting to panic. Question: Is this the end of the world as we know it. Cue the R.E.M. music. Stocking up on water, building underground shelters and practicing safety drills are a few of the many actions people are taking to avoid Samantha Verrill utter destruction. Deep breaths, people. Get real. These things will not, we repeat will not COLUMNIST save you from the bitter end. Let’s be logical: We can understand trying to outsmart the end of civilization by stocking up on water bottles and a Costco economy-sized box of Twinkies (they don’t perish). However, the end of the Earth implies that there will be no Earth, meaning no ground or air or water. Therefore, buying these things is futile and will get you nowhere. Samantha Cangelosi With movies such as “2012,” “I Am Legend,” and “The Legion” coming out, people are becoming increasingly paranoid about the potential annihilation of the current civilization. All these movie plots consist of life after the fall of modern man. What a lonely, solitary life. Why would you want to outlive the rest of humanity? Unless you have a master plan to bring back people, like Will Smith’s character in “I Am Legend” or if you have a plan to save the rest of humanity from the destruction of society like in “2012,” outliving civilization is probably not a good idea. It is not like you can re-start humankind alone—it takes more than one, if you catch our drift. If we are talking about the end of the actual world, there is nothing that can help. Did anyone ever take into deep consideration what will really happen when the world ends? Does the world implode? Does everything go black? Do people freeze in time? None of these options leave room for a solution. They mean destruction. Destruction literally means to put out of existence, so how can you prepare for that? In the wise words of the “High School Musical” cast, “We’re all in this together.” As we are told from a young age, live in the moment. Soak in the things that are here and now and stop worrying about the future. Why spend your time here worrying about the end of the world when it might not even take place in your lifetime? Not only will you come off as a crazy loon, but you’ll miss out on the finer things in life.

taken away from them when they are kicked off before they get to talk. I understand that the academy has only so much time to televise the event, and I appreciate the need to move it along, but there seems to be a rather unfair distribution of speech time allotment; everyone but the Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director winners get screwed at the podium. The academy waits until the very end before it gives those big three a bajillion minutes to say whatever they want to say, for no other reason than that those are the people that the public is interested in seeing. It’s an unfair system, and it denies many unsung heroes of the film industry their moment of glory in the public eye.

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Are conservatives less evolved than liberals? Kevin Horrigan

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ow comes some staggering research: An evolutionary psychologist at the London School of Economics theorizes that liberals and atheists are further along the evolutionary scale than conservatives and religious believers. It’s not like they’re Cro-Magnons. It’s just that today’s more intelligent people “are more likely to adopt social values and behaviors that are relatively new to human life — liberalism, atheism, staying up late, and (for men) monogamy, for example.” Hey, don’t blame me. This is not my theory. I’m just reporting it. As a religious believer myself, I’m a little upset about it. Satoshi Kanazawa writes in the current edition of Social Psychology Quarterly that evolutionary theory “suggests that more intelligent individuals may be more likely to acquire and espouse evolutionarily novel values and preferences (such as liberalism and atheism and, for men, sexual exclusivity) than less intelligent individuals.” Lest I be accused of merely parroting the mainstream liberal press, let me say I read about this report in the National Geographic Daily News. What’s got more good old-fashioned conservative values (except for a suspicious belief in science and an occasional photograph of bare-breasted women) than National Geographic? The article reports: “Kanazawa’s theory is that intelligence — particularly our ability for on-thespot problem solving and reasoning — arose as an adaptation to deal with the unusual and unexpected, such as a sudden forest fire. “Since disasters like that are rare in daily life, responding to them wouldn’t likely be something our ancestors were hard-wired to ‘know’ how to do. Surviving the fire required both the ability to think up a new behavior, and the willingness to try it out. “Passed down via genetics, those two traits are still the calling cards of an intelligent brain — expressed as a tendency toward adopting nontraditional social values and preferences, Kanazawa says.” In short, the article says, “Smart people’s brains (are) better adapted to dealing with change.”

Obviously a lot of conservatives are going to have trouble with this theory, particularly those who don’t believe in evolution. Also, if Kanazawa is correct, conservative male believers would be more likely to be “non-monogamous” (i.e., prone to “hiking the Appalachian Trail” and other forms of cheating) than liberal non-believers. I’m not sure how you’d design an accurate survey to test this. Kanazawa bases his conclusion on the University of North Carolina’s longitudinal study of adolescents — one that follows the same group of people over the years. They all got the same IQ test as teenagers and seven years later, researchers went back to ask them about their beliefs. The young adults who described themselves as “not at all religious” and “very liberal” politically had adolescent IQ scores that averaged 11 points higher than the young adults who described themselves as “very conservative” and “very religious.” Kanazawa says 11 points is significant, because “liberalism (defined as caring about large groups of people you’ll never meet) is a very new thing for humans.” Here’s the problem with that: Most young adults haven’t had much experience with death yet, and death is something that challenges religious beliefs (or non-beliefs) in unimaginable ways. Also, until a young person gets invested in society — with a family, a job, a mortgage and taxes — it’s a lot easier to be liberal. The trick is holding onto it after you’re older. And while IQ tests may be good at determining a certain kind of learned intelligence, they’re not so good at measuring native intelligence. Other researchers have advanced theories that intelligence evolved as a product of competing for mates. As the National Geographic Daily points out, if that’s correct, and Kanazawa’s conclusions also are correct, liberals and atheists would be more sexually attractive than conservatives and believers. This has not been my experience, but then that’s the trouble with science: It forces you to get away from your own experience and rely on hard data involving large numbers and complex thought. Some people have a hard time with that.

ho knew textbooks could cause such a flap? Last year, a panel of teachers submitted a proposed social studies curriculum for Texas schools. Since then, the Nathaniel French state board of education has made a number of changes to that outline, mainly to tailor it to a more conservative outlook. Liberal groups, educators and the media have since charged the board with playing politics with education. I can see both sides of this issue. My reading of history is slightly to the right of the standard high school narrative, and I’d like to see more attention paid to the Reagan resurgence, the constitutional right to bear arms and other historic conservative values that have gotten short shrift in classrooms over the years. On the other hand, the board members seem more intent on rewriting history than on providing a more balanced, accurate account of it. For instance, they want to downplay the role Thomas Jefferson played in the American Revolution, presumably due to his ambivalence towards the role of religion in public life. This is the guy who authored the official document of our independence, so I’m thinking we might want to put him front-and-center in the study of early American history. I don’t know what will happen when Texas schools finally order their new textbooks. I don’t think anyone’s civic education will be ruined one way or the other. But there’s an important lesson to be learned here. History is political. Everyone sees things differently. Even people present at important moments can’t agree on what they witnessed; imagine how hard it is for historians to sift through conflicting accounts to recreate these events centuries later. Students of history—from schoolchildren to grown adults—should look to as many sources as possible as they attempt to reconstruct the past. They should read Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States” and William Bennett’s “America: The Last Best Hope.” They should check out historical fiction and the artwork turned out in each time period. They should question everything, including their teachers. Only then will they have gotten a real education in history. Nathaniel French is a junior theater major. He can be reached for comment at nfrench@smu.edu.

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Thursday, March 18, 2010 •

POLO

WOMEN’S TENNIS

‘The Game of Kings’ comes to the Hilltop

SMU faces tough task against No. 19 VCU and Southern Miss By STEPHEN LU Sports Editor sjlu@smu.edu

By BRAD NAMDAR

Contributing Writer bradnamdar@yahoo.com

Polo, also known as “The game of Kings”, is growing bigger and bigger in the United States, and has been buzzing around the SMU campus as well. Local SMU alumnus Vaughn Miller and his family have created a polo facility called Prestonwood Polo Club. They offer fast-paced thoroughbred action that is open to the public every Saturday during polo season. The Miller family wanted to bring the sport to North Texas, and they are now trying to start a polo team at SMU. They have a first-class facility, horses, field, scoreboard and stands, and are still improving the club every day. When Mrs. Miller, president of Ladies Polo Auxiliary of Texas, was asked why we need a Polo team at SMU, she responded, “Because Harvard and Yale have one! It’s a great sport that’s co-ed, and is really fun to watch and play.” Mr. Miller is also a candidate for coaching the team because of his vast amount of experience and dedication to the sport. He has even played with Prince Charles of England. It seems appropriate for ‘the Mustangs’ to have a polo team. If you are interested in the mission to start a Polo team at SMU, or if you would just like to know more about the sport, email bradnamdar@yahoo.com.

Photo courtesy of Brad Namdar

SMU students interested in polo now have a chance to try it out at the new Prestonwood Polo Club.

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WOMEN’S GOLF

Mustangs add strong new recruit By BRITTANY LEVINE Associate Sports Editor blevine@smu.edu

SMU women’s golf is heading to the Pinehurst Challenge next Monday and Tuesday. The competition will be held in Pinehurst Resort, NC. The Mustangs are coming off an 8th-place finish at the UCF Challenge

where freshman Tanya Wadhwa tied for 22nd with a team-low score of 11over 227. Freshman Felicia Espericueta came in 29th place with a score of 229, and Junior Tia Gannon and sophomore Jennifer Hooper both tied for 32nd at 230. SMU finished at 916. SMU’s golf future looks bright. With an 11-under 97 over 27 holes,

The No. 33 SMU women’s tennis team (15-2) will play a pair of home matches this weekend against No. 19 Virginia Commonwealth University (122) and Conference USA rival Southern Mississippi University (7-6). The Mustangs have won three matches straight, after dropping only their second event of the season to the University of Texas two weeks ago. Since then, SMU has tallied victories over Texas A&M, Penn State and Abilene Christian. However, SMU is facing a tough match-up in the Virginia Commonwealth Rams, who recently defeated former No. 25 Virginia. The Rams are on a nine-match winning streak; their last loss occurred back in January to No. 7 Duke University. Following that match, the Mustangs then take the court against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. The Eagles’ record might be mediocre, but their play of late has been nothing to scoff at. Southern Miss is on a three-match winning streak, but even more impressive is the fact that they have not dropped a single game within that streak. SMU will continue to look to their sophomore duo, Marta Lesniak and Aleksandra Malyarchikova, to anchor

the team. Lesniak, ranked No. 59, has been flawless in the No. 1 singles position, winning all 15 matches that she has played this season. “This Marta is more focused and determined, and it shows in her results and how she is beating every nationally ranked player she comes up against,” head coach Lauren LongbothamMesiner said. Malyarchikova, playing as the No. 3 singles lately, dropped her first singles match of the season in the team’s victory over Texas A&M. However, she recovered nicely in the match against Penn State. “Sasha suffered a tough loss against Texas A&M, but just as I predicted, it didn’t phase her one bit and she rebounded for her next match and played really well,” LongbothamMesiner said. The Mustangs have also been consistent in their doubles game, winning 11 of their last 12 matches. On the season, SMU is 30-9 in doubles matches. SMU will need to be at the top of their game in order to upset VCU and then turn right back around and take care of business against the Golden Eagles. The match against the Rams will be at noon on Saturday, March 20, and the match against Southern Miss is at 10 a.m. on Sunday, March 21.

Amy Ruengmateekhun won the Golfing FORE! A Cure Tournament on March 9. The tournament was held at Twin Creeks Golf Course and consisted of more than 100 high school golfers who played to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The Garland ,Texas native is ranked

fourth in the state. The high school standout has done extremely well in the TAPPS State Championship over the past few years, wining in 2007 and 2008, and was runner-up in 2009. Ruengmateekhun signed with the SMU golf team in November and will be a freshman in the fall.

SMU to host 2010 Patriot Cup This weekend, SMU will be hosting the 2010 Patriot Cup, the largest lacrosse tournament in Texas. The tournament will be benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project, which is a non-profit organization that seeks to assist men and women of the armed forces that have been severely injured during conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places around the world. The event will culminate in a match between defending national champion University of Michigan and University of Oregon. Last year’s event brought out more than 7,500 people and raised over $10,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project. SMU will be playing Texas A&M at 4:30 in Ford Stadium as part of the tournament. Stephen Lu Sports Editor

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