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NEWS Briefs World SINGAPORE— Lee Kuan Yew, who founded modern Singapore and was known for his authoritarian tactics and for turning the city-state into one of the world’s richest nations, died Monday, the government said. He was 91. ADEN,Yemen— Yemen’s Shiite rebel leader, Abdel-Malik al-Houthi, escalated his attack Sunday against the country’s embattled president, vowing to send fighters to the south where Abed-Rabbo Mansour Hadi has taken refuge.
National SANTA ANA, Calif.— A 21-yearold man accused of trying to join the Islamic State group vowed revenge and identified with the Charlie Hebdo massacre in France in a series of writings to a newspaper. Adam Dandach pleaded not guilty last week. KENNER, La— A machete-wielding attacker died hours after being shot by a sheriff’s deputy who stopped his rampage at New Orleans’ international airport. The bag was loaded with Molotov cocktails. Richard White, 63, had been shot Friday night as he chased an unarmed airport agent.
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Meadows donates $45 million to SMU Christina cox Assignments Editor clcox@smu.edu
The Meadows Foundation, Inc. pledged $45 million to SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts and the Meadows Museum this month. This marks the single-largest gift in the university’s history. “This year, as we celebrate both the 50th anniversary of the Meadows Museum and the centennial of SMU’s opening, we are honored to accept a gift that will continue this extraordinary partnership,” President R. Gerald Turner said in a press release. According to Turner, SMU has had
a long partnership with The Meadows Foundation that was initiated through Algur H. Meadows’ endowment of the Meadows School of the Arts and the creation of the Meadows Museum. “The resulting collaboration has enhanced the lives of thousands of students, faculty and members of the local, regional and international communities,” Turner said in a press release. The $45 million gift designates $25 million support goals and programs at the Meadows Museum and $20 million to support the Meadow’s School of the Arts in its goal to lead the nation in arts education. The $25 million gift to the Meadows
Museum includes $13 million for exhibitions, education programs and initiatives, $6 million for acquisitions and $6 million for an acquisition challenge grant. The gift will also help the Museum expand relationship with international cultural institutions. “As we celebrate the important role the Meadows Museum plays as an educational and cultural leader, we also honor the pivotal role the Meadows family and Foundation have played in the creation and incredible growth of the Museum,” said Mark A. Roglan, the Linda P. and William A. Custard Director of the Meadows Museum and Centennial Chair in
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SMU Sound Bringing student radio back to campus Sissy Dreyer Contributing Writer smdreyer@smu.edu
Texas GARLAND— Police say a 31-year-old man called them after fatally shooting his mother’s 65-year-old live-in boyfriend during a fight. Garland police say Joseph Robic had gone Saturday afternoon to visit his mother. She wasn’t home but her live-in boyfriend, Ray Keech, was there. An argument between the men then turned into a physical altercation, with Robic pulling a pistol he was carrying and shooting Keech. Robic was held on a charge of murder Sunday in the Garland Detention Center.
Meadows School of the Arts in a press release. The $20 million gift to the Meadows School of the Arts includes $12 million for facility enhancements, a $10 million challenge grant and $8 million for student and faculty recruitment, retention and strategic initiatives. “This generous gift will help the Meadows School to maintain and continue its historic journey as a national model for arts education,” said Sam Holland, the Algur H. Meadows dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, in a press release. Algur H. Meadaows and his wife,
The Perkins international students prepare the elements for communion.
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African worship service promotes unity at Perkins Chapel nathan baldwin Contributing Writer nbbaldwin@smu.edu Perkins Chapel hosted a Christian worship service highlighting an African style of praising God. The International Eucharist Celebrate event Thursday brought together Christians of multiple ethnicities. Kira Calhoun, a junior at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, attended the service as a prospective student checking out the Perkins School of Theology. She found that the event encouraged inclusivity in the
SMU community. “This college has many cultures and everyone can be included in a worship service,” Calhoun said. The Perkins School of Theology’s four International Scholarship students Francis Kinyua, Robert Selvakumar, Willy Banza and Sungmoon Lee led the program, which included six worship songs and several prayers. Michael Hawn, director of the Sacred Music Program at Perkins, and a choir of
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This semester two journalism students are bringing radio back to campus, but in a more accessible and modern way. “No one really listens to the radio today, and people listen how they want, when they want,” said Cody Beavers, a junior journalism major and co-founder of SMU Sound. Zoe Mattioli, a senior journalism major, and Beavers bonded over their interest in radio and collaborated in January 2015 to produce a website with a series of podcasts. They have posted just two podcast to the site so far, but their goal is to produce weekly shows and highlight some of the music by SMU students. The first podcast on their web site is titled Origins #1. For seven minutes and 33 seconds, Beavers and Mattioli discuss why they started SMU Sound and their future plans for the show. Beavers and Mattioli explored ideas of show topics, including a sports section and opinion interviews
about certain stories from The Daily Campus. “Doing a podcast about their creation of a new radio program to SMU is really exciting. Podcasts are booming in journalism these days,” said Jake Batsell, an SMU journalism professor and expert in digital studies. SMU Sound hopes to provide another venue for students to receive campus news and updates. The program’s goal is to generate emotionally engaging content for the SMU community. Last week Beavers and Mattioli posted a second podcast, Origins #2. During this podcast Beavers and Mattioli went around campus interviewing students from all different departments of study. Beavers and Mattioli asked each student, “if SMU had a radio show, would you listen to it?” Although the answers varied, Beavers and Mattioli both said they were shocked to hear how many students said yes, especially if the radio show was online. This March, Mattioli is launching her own podcast
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Seniors’ SMU careers end in Louisville demetrio teniente Sports Editor @Demo36
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – SMU’s 60-59 loss not only ended the Mustangs NCAA Tournament run, but it also signaled the end of Ryan Manuel, Cannen Cunningham, Kevin Dunleavy, Jean-Michael Mudiay, and Yanick Moreira’s time on the Hilltop. “It’s been a special year, but it always hurts if you go out like this,” Manuel said. “Hopefully the guys coming back next year can do the same thing, but go further than we
did this year. I love everybody on this team.” In the final seconds of the game, UCLA’s Bryce Alford shot a fade away three-pointer over SMU’s Markus Kennedy. The shot was off the mark, but Yanick Moriera was called for goaltending and the three points counted for UCLA. The Mustangs would have two attempts to win the game, but Nic Moore missed both shots. “It’s all my fault,” Moreira said. “I should have let the ball hit the rim. I take the blame on myself. I shouldn’t have made that mistake. As a senior” – his voice cracks –
“you can’t make those mistakes at the end of the game.” Moreia’s teammates won’t let the senior shoulder the loss on his own. Cunningham turned the ball over on the play that led to Alford’s three points. “I feel like I let my team down,” he said. “These guys are my brothers- they’re my family. It’s a tough one.” But sophomore guard Sterling Brown doesn’t want his teammates to beat themselves up or get hung up on one play. “It aint all [Moreira],” Brown said. “We all make mistakes on
this team. Every single person. So, it’s all on us. It’s not just all one person. One person didn’t win the game and one person didn’t lose the game.” Even though SMU fell short in the tournament, they were the first group of Mustangs to make the NCAA Tournament in 22 years and SMU’s senior class was a big reason they did. “I’m so proud of this team for the past two years,” Moreira said. “I just wish I had another year to stay with them. I hope these guys keep fighting and come back here again next year.”
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Center Canen Cunningham (15) runs the ball past two UCLA Bruins.
Students celebrate rise in school spirit at SMU vs. UCLA watch party CLAIRE KELLEY Interactive Editor cakelley@smu.edu SMU lost to UCLA Thursday afternoon by a devastating one point. Whether you blame poor playing in the first half or that questionable goaltending call in the last few seconds, you’re probably mourning the loss of our team’s chance at NCAA triumph. But before tragedy struck, the atmosphere at the Barley House watch party was on fire. The
venue was filled to the brim with fans clad in school colors. During the team’s brief comeback in the second half, fans shouted and jumped with beers in hand. They chanted, “S-M-U,” and “Defense,” during lulls in the game. Senior and Student Body Vice President Monica Finnegan is grateful for the change she’s seen in school spirit during her time on the Hilltop. “Comparing our school spirit levels to four years ago when I was just a freshman, it’s awesome
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to rally behind Larry and the team,” said Finnegan. “Seeing people wanting to go to games, wearing T-shirts, saying pony up, valuing SMU, it really brings the community together.” For senior accounting major Liz Crowell, this kind of school pride is what she’s been looking for in a college experience. “It’s very much the quintessential college bar experience,” she said. “It makes me proud to be a Mustang. This is why you come to college.”
Guard Nic Moore (11) goes up for a shot.
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dance, just as quickly as it had begun, was over. “It’s all my fault,” Yanick said. “I should have let the ball hit the rim. I take the blame on myself. I shouldn’t have made that mistake. As a senior” – his voice cracks – “you can’t make those mistakes at the end of the game.” For a play to result in a goaltend, the ball must be “on its downward flight” and have “the possibility, while in flight, of entering the basket.” However, goaltending is not a reviewable play. When the officials went to the scorers table, they decided whether Alford made a two or a
three-point shot. Alford, a sophomore from Albuquerque, NM., led the Bruins with 27 points. Every shot he made, was three. And to him, goaltending was the right call. “I had a pretty good look at it because I shot it,” Bryce Alford says. “From my angle, I saw [Looney] and another player going after it, and I was confused because he went up and grabbed it on its way to the rim. I don’t know if it would have gone in or not, but he definitely grabbed it on the way.” Thursday saw, SMU get off to another slow start and UCLA took a 34-30 lead into the second half. However, after a stagnant start to the second half, SMU put together a 19-0 run to take a
nine point lead with 4:34 left in the game. The Bruins responded with a 16-4 run to close out the game. It was a tough game. It was a battle. Both teams had control of the game at one point and both surrendered that control too. However, this game will be remembered for the goaltending call – whether it was right or wrong. “That’s kinda heartbreaking.” SMU head coach Larry Brown says. “It’s not crying over spilled milk, but why would you have all these TV people here and take five seconds to review a goaltending? It might have been goaltending. It probably was. But we’ve got all these cameras. It happened so fast. I never saw a game end like that.”
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Dallas sports fans might be familiar with late-game goaltending controversies. In a game on April 1, 2014, Warriors center Jermaine O’Neal blocked Mavericks guard Mona Ellis’ floater with 16 second left in overtime and the score tied at 120. Two passes later, Steph Curry hit a game-winner with a tenth of a second left. An irate Mark Cuban jumped up and argued with the referees that O’Neal should have been called for goaltending because Ellis’ shot was on it’s way down. Well, the next day, the NBA reviewed the play and said goaltending should have been called. The loss temporarily knocked the Mavs out of the eighth playoff spot in the Western Conference. But the game-deciding goaltending call that will live in Dallas sports infamy happened in the opening round of the NCAA tournament to Dallas’ new basketball power. With 13 seconds left and SMU up 59-57, Yanick Moreira goaltended Bryce Alford’s three-point attempt. It gave UCLA a 60-59 lead. SMU had one last possession, but Nic Moore’s two jump shots didn’t fall. That was it. The Bruins pulled the upset. The SMU players couldn’t believe it. Markus Kennedy threw a mouthpiece in disgust as a sad look took over him. Sterling Brown walked off with the court with his jersey covering everything up to his eyes. Moreria was the last one off the court, trudging with a sad look on his face. Many of the fans in the SMU section behind the bench stood in awe for a few minutes after the final buzzer. To say the least, the call set off a firestorm on Twitter, on television and among college basketball fans. He hit the rim first. He didn’t hit the rim first. The ball would not have touched the rim. The ball would have
touched the rim. Your opinion probably differs from that of the person next to you in class or in front of you in the Starbucks line. It’s one of those calls that will probably never be fully resolved, at least among fans. But everyone should be able to agree on a couple things: Moreira is not to blame for the loss. And that call isn’t why SMU lost the game. Sure, he’s had issues with goaltending this season. And he probably shouldn’t have been in the vicinity of Alford’s off-balance, low-percentage shot. Anyway, that’s beside the point. Let’s back up and consider the situation. The game may have come down to the “last play,” like so many other NCAA tournament games do. But then again, did it really? I don’t think so. Because that play isn’t the true reason SMU lost. The Mustangs led by seven points with 1:26 left after a Ryan Manuel dunk. Those were the last points they would score. In the last 30 seconds, Sterling Brown committed a foul that let UCLA score with the clock stopped, and Cannen Cunningham’s off-target pass to Ryan Manuel ended up in UCLA center Thomas Welsh’s hands. To top it off, SMU shot 36 percent from the floor, had one field goal in the first 10 minutes of the second half and made 12 of 20 free throw attempts. The odds of winning an NCAA tournament game with those numbers and those mistakes aren’t very high. I hate to play the “what if ” game, but without those mistakes, the game doesn’t come down to a goaltending call. I’m not the only one who thinks so. “We just did some good things that good teams don’t do down the stretch, and they did some great things,” SMU head coach Larry Brown said. However, in a somber postgame press conference, Moreira expressed his displeasure with himself, hugged Brown and walked out of the press conference room for the final time as a Mustang.
“It’s all my fault. I should have let the ball hit the rim,” Moreira said, fighting tears. “I take the blame on myself. I shouldn’t have made that mistake. As a senior, you can’t make those mistakes at the end of the game.” Media members are supposed to be neutral. But that was the toughest moment I’ve ever had to cover. I couldn’t help but feel sad, both as a media member and an SMU student. A senior who’d given his all to his team has his career end with that play. It’s hard to not feel for him, especially when he didn’t have to say that, because it’s not his fault. This game hurts you, maybe more than any other, as a player and fan. It’s the tough reality. There are countless examples of it every March. March Madness giveth, March Madness taketh away. But for every hurtful moment basketball brings, there is also a happy one. Maybe not in this game, but over the course of the season, there are plenty. You were probably riding high just five days ago when SMU earned its first conference title in 27 years. Remember that blowout of UConn when College GameDay came? And that blowout win over Houston when Nic Moore tied a school record with eight made threepointers? That’s just naming a few, and many more should be on the way. Moreira will see to that. “I see we have a lot of potential,” Moreira said. “I’m going to be there the whole summer, I’m going to work with them and going to make sure they get a chance to go again.” Heartbreaking ending aside, it’s been a special season, especially for those Mustang maniacs who have waited a long time for a season like this. SMU accomplished things that haven’t been accomplished in a long time and proved it is here to stay. This loss will sting, but just as you should look beyond the goaltending call, look beyond today and you’ll remember that it’s still great to be a Mustang.
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about 25 students and faculty led singing and drum playing. The choir, which consisted of several ethnicities, sung in the African languages of Shona, Ndebele, Lingala and Swahili, as well as English. The audience received handouts with the words for each song and prayer, so they could worship in other languages too. Several of the songs involved dancing or a handshake, which sparked the energy in the audience as they joined. The audience of about 30 included several prospective Perkins students like Calhoun, who saw the diversity that SMU offers. “The uniqueness of different cultures coming together was great to see,” Calhoun said. “I found the whole thing interesting.” Lee, a second-year Perkins student, led the opening call to worship and spoke in his native
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on the website titled “SMUsic”, which will air music and instrumental pieces by SMU Meadows students. Last semester, Mattioli had success with creating playlists for The Daily Campus and wants to involve music in this new media project. “I think all students want their voice heard, especially original songs,” said Maggie Harper, a junior music therapy major. Harper believes that this podcast series will help promote student musicians even more. “Using a podcast would be a wonderful way to continue building that musical community,” said Harper. Harper also believes it is important to spread the word about SMU Sound among other SMU students, besides Meadows majors. “I think appealing to non-meadows students would be a vital piece of this podcast’s success,” she said. Unlike the school’s previous radio station, SMU Sound has no funding and no studio space or equipment to work with. SMU Sound operates solely by Beavers and Mattioli on their computers and demonstrates what radio is like in this day and age. Radio on SMU’s campus dates back to 1947, when it premiered as part of the Department of Speech. The original station, KSMU, first began as a carrier-current station, then later moved to an over-the-air FM station. Unfortunately, airing over FM frequency didn’t last long and the University
Korean language for one of the prayers. Even though Lee is not from Africa, he enjoyed sharing the culture of some of his fellow international students. “This service is a good opportunity to share our experience and give them the opportunity for a taste of the culture,” Lee said. But most of all, Lee thought the main purpose of the service was to inspire fellow Christians. “It’s encouragement for people here to have a strong faith and proclaim the Gospel,” Lee said. The service also included a sermon from Banza, who is from Congo. He compared the way President Barack Obama sends ambassadors to foreign countries to the way God sends Christians on missions. “Obama must tell them their purpose before they go. It’s the same way with God,” Banza said. The program ended with the Christian practice of communion, followed by the audience and choir uniting in a circle for one final song.
chose to hand the station back to a carrier-current station. In 1989, KSMU left the media scene at SMU, but came back six years later as KPNI, according to The Daily Campus. The station “operated under the auspices of the Student Association until 1995, when it became part of the Student Media Company, Inc. until 2002”, said Richard Lytle, the former Executive Director of Student Media at SMU. In 2002, the radio station joined the Division of Journalism, which thought the station would be a good addition for its media convergence curriculum, according to The Daily Campus. Around 2003, the station began broadcasting over the Internet. KPNI went silent in 2011 due to a lack of funding. Mattioli said that SMU Sound has no affiliations with the former station KPNI. “ We don’t have any access to the KPNI website, even if we wanted to re-brand,” stated Mattioli. Beavers and Mattioli came up with the name SMU Sound themselves, which also fits with other SMU journalism productions like “SMU TV” and “SMU Live.” SMU Sound’s availability on SoundCloud allows students to listen to the cast whenever and however they choose. SoundCloud is a website that provides an “audio platform that enables sound creators to upload, record, promote, and share their originally created sound,” according to its website. For more information or just to hear the latest campus news and music, visit SMU Sound’s web site and follow their Twitter page @SMUSOUND.
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Lab Art Museum and Minibar host street art alumni event Schuyler Mack Contributing Writer smack@smu.edu On Friday, March 20, Dallas’s own Lab Art Museum and start up company, Minibar paired together to host an alumni event. The event was to promote networking not only among SMU alumni, but also among art dealers and local businesses. Since the spread of the street art craze, galleries across the country have been popping up. Lab Art is the largest art gallery in the nation dedicated to street art. Its main gallery is located in Los Angeles and its second location is here in Dallas. They showcase street artists such as: Alec Monopoly, Kai Aspire, Thank You X, Mar, and Dog Byte. Pairing up with the Dallas Young Alumni was a smart way to bring fresh eyes into the gallery. SMU
graduate Katya Deahl works in advertising at Square One agency. She received an invite through her alumni network. “I would never had heard of this gallery otherwise, but I cant think of a better place to spend a Thursday night,” said Deahl. Minibar is a liquor delivery start up company. They deliver alcohol in most major cities across the country. As simple as placing an online order, Minibar hires drivers to bring any alcohol purchase to your doorstep. They provided several different wines and liquors at the cocktail party for patrons to sample their products. “A majority of our clients are in their mid 20s, when you are at work all day there isn’t always time to stop by the liquor store,” said Devin, a Minibar representative The event easily filled the large warehouse space of Lab Art and the Young Dallas Alumni committee was more than pleased with the event’s turn out.
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Virginia, created The Meadows Foundation in 1948 to benefit the people of Texas. The Foundation has donated more than $700 million in grants and direct charitable expenditure to more than 7,000 Texas institutions and agencies. With this commitment, The Meadows Foundation has provided more than $100 million to the University since 1995. “This historic gift recognizes their remarkable transformations over the past two decades, as well as the talented leadership in place at SMU,” said Linda P. Evans, chairman and CEO of The Meadows Foundation in a press release. The $42 million gift counts toward the $1 billion goal of SMU Unbridled: The Second Century Campaign. The campaign has raised more than $942 million in gifts and pledges to date. “This year, as we celebrate both the 50th anniversary of the Meadows Museum and the centennial of SMU’s opening, we are honored to accept a gift that will continue this extraordinary partnership,” Turner said in a press release. SMU will formally announce this gift to the SMU and Dallas community Monday at 11 a.m. in the rotunda of Dallas Hall.
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Race Together is the campaign that we need Last week, Starbucks started a campaign called Race Together to propel progressive racial discussions between baristas and customers. The initiative aims to change people’s perspective, to look past individual race and see the collective human race. This well-intended campaign took a controversial turn. After its announcement many people took to social media and ridiculed Starbucks, decrying the inappropriate and opportunistic manner for a coffee chain to imbed themselves in a highly charged issue. The chain encouraged baristas to write Race Together on cups in order to spread the message; but if customers wanted a plain cup, they may ask for one. I’m simply curious to see how one conversation would pan out. “Hello welcome to Starbucks, what kind of coffee can I get for you?” “Straight black.” “Good choice. Speaking of black, what’s your opinion on Ferguson? How have your racial views evolved from those of your parents?” Baristas, I love ya’ll but know that I came to Starbucks for coffee, not a conversation. However whether or not people believe Starbucks aimed to associate their coffee with a façade of embracing social issues, this company aspires to broaden dialogue on race relations and bring society closer to a wider acceptance of diversity. There’s nothing wrong with that. Other companies mind their own business, but Starbucks took the initiative to comment on current issues, which is how change comes – through discussion.
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nickson chong Opinion Editor nicksonc@smu.edu
Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz told employees in a videotaped meeting, “If we just keep going about our business and ringing the Starbucks register every day and ignoring this, then I think we are, in a sense, part of the problem.” Many argued that Race Together represented a naïve attempt to improve Starbucks’ revenue. They sell $5 coffee and the worst microwavable Panini’s and nobody criticizes them for that. Yet, people took to Twitter and berated the company for trying to tie the brand to big issues. But talks on these issues are how they will be solved, or at least improved. So what if they’re a large company, it’s no different than the average technician or Twitter user conveying their own voice and opinions. Hate messages directed at Howard Schultz became so intense that an executive on Starbucks’ communication team, Corey DuBrowa, blocked people on Twitter before temporarily taking down the account. In a post on Medium, he later said that the deluge of negativity became overwhelming. Some people concluded taking down the account meant that Starbucks wanted to talk about race issues yet avoided the conversation once it started.
But one blocked Twitter account replied to Race Together, “Easy for you to say mayonnaise boy.” Nevertheless, Schultz said he hopes Race Together would result in other companies to join in on the talks. Like many other people’s desires, he wanted Starbucks to have a voice in the national conversation; one that most white Americans don’t want to talk about. A Pew Research Center poll found that only 37 percent of whites agreed that race needed to be discussed. As nice as it is to think we live in a society that ignores race, especially five decades after the Civil Rights Movement, we really live in one that emphasizes it even more. Race Together symbolizes a noble movement to improve relations not between races, but between people. We live in this visual world that immediately perceives people’s race before anything else. Look around and you’ll probably see a white person or a black person or a colored person, but it’s dehumanizing to place their characteristics first. Instead see people for who they are and not what they look like: See someone as a person who is white, or a person who is black, or a person who is colored because the person should always comes first before their race. Howard Schultz preached that the campaign’s core message comprised of a promise, one that the American Dream should be accessible to every person in this country, not a simple select few. Chong is majoring in finance and economics.
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Over the past nine years alone, the DFW area has experienced a fantastically awful run of terrible luck. Last week, SMU made its first appearance in the NCAA men’s basketball championship in over 22 years. The Hilltop was overrun with feelings of unabashed elation- it was the first time for many young Mustangs fans that a major sport would be represented on a national stage. Oh, and what an incredible build up it wastwo weeks before, SMU won the regular season conference championship in Moody Coliseum. Then the Mustangs won the conference tournament in Hartford, Ct. less than a week later. Twice – that’s right – SMU had a post victory confetti part twice in less than seven days. Only to have its heart ripped out by one of the worst calls in recent memory. SMU senior Yanick Moreira was called for goaltending a shot that was so off target no one could possibly believe it had a chance of going in. No one except the official that made the call. Many people after the game wondered why the officials spent so little time reviewing the play. Well they were never reviewing wether or not it was goaltending, because that is not a review bale play. They were instead reviewing wether or not to award UCLA two or three points. So, as soon as the call was made it was set in stone. Countless news outlets agreed that SMU was screwed out of another game and was unjustly sent home too soon. Larry Brown was upset and I was too. Why do we have so many cameras and review so many other plays yet we don’t review goaltendingespecially one that was so crucial to the outcome of the contest. We all saw several angles of the play and most of them show without a shadow of doubt that there was no chance the shot was going in. But whatever, I’m not bitter. What did DFW do to warrant such a brutal curse on its sports teams? What hellish deal did Jerry Jones make back in the ‘90s for the Cowboys’ Super Bowls? I don’t know, but if you don’t believe me, here is a look at some of the worst season ending events over the past nine years. The 2006 NBA Finals: Dallas Mavericks vs The Miami Heat This series birthed my hatred of the Heat and Dwayne Wade. The parade to the free throw line for Wade was so sickening. I was 13 at the time. I’m also pretty sure that was the first time I dropped an f-bomb in front of dad. Dallas was up 2-0 in the series before the officials started awarding Wade’s flopping with free throws. The Heat went on to win 4-2. Things were thrown. I cursed like a sailor. My dad burnt our lucky foam finger. It was a good time. The 2006 NFC Wildcard Game: Dallas Cowboys vs Seattle Seahawks
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off the bench to lead Dallas to its first Playoff appearance in years. Too bad Seattle gave Dallas a slick ball to use for the game-winning field goal attempt. Things were thrown. Profanities were yelled. It was a good time. The 2007 NBA Playoffs: Dallas vs Golden State A year after being cheated out of a championship by D-Wade and the officials, Dallas finished the 2007 season with a historic record of 67–15 only to be bumped in the first round by the eighth seeded Warriors. Al Harrington, Matt Barnes, Monta Ellis, Steven Jackson, and Baron Davis destroyed the Mavs. That season, Golden State was the only team that could matchup with Dallas, and somehow, that is who we got in our first round. Things were thrown. Tears were shed. Faith in the basketball gods was shaken. The Rangers 2010, and 2011 After years and years of being awful, the Rangers made it to the World Series in back-toback seasons. Their first appearance was blegh, and they were dealt with easily. However, in the Rangers second World Series appearance, Texas came within a strike of securing their first championship ever. The first time, Nelson Cruz missed a easy fly ball. The second time, Lance Berkman brought a runner in off a 2-2 Scott Feldman pitch. Tears were shed. 2013 Mustangs SMU defeats UConn twice. SMU gets snubbed from the NCAA Tournament. UConn wins it all. Profanities were yelled. 2014 NFC Divisional Playoffs: Cowboys vs Packers It was a catch! Dez makes an inhumanly athletic catch and stretches for a touchdown. Whilst stretching, the ball comes loose after hitting the ground. Its ruled incomplete, Dallas loses. Things were broken. Souls were crushed. 2015 NCAA Championship 2nd Round: SMU vs UCLA: The goaltending that wasn’t goaltending. Teniente is majoring in journalism.
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Friday Track and Field– Three Mustangs won gold medals at the TCU Invitational on Friday, at the Lowdon Track & Field Complex. Women’s Swimming – Senior Rachel Nicol placed eighth in the Championship Final of the 100yard breaststroke to earn All-America honors and lead the SMU on night two of the NCAA Championship. Women’s Tennis– SMU The 74th-ranked SMU women’s tennis team earned its 10th win of the season on Friday, defeating 41stranked New Mexico, 4-0.
SATURDAY Men’s Tennis – SMU picked up two singles wins, but could not overcome a tough Memphis squad, falling 4-2 Equestrian – SMU junior Schaefer Raposa won three equitation on the flat matchups to win the 2015 Pin Oak Collegiate Invitational. Women’s Swimming– Senior Isabella Arcila posted the second fastest time in school history in the 100yard freestyle en route to All-America honors in the event on the final day of the NCAA Championship.
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Haglund, Mustangs head to Hawaii Demetrio Teniente Sports Editor @Demo36 The American Athletic Conference named SMU senior Jenny Haglund Golfer of the Week for her fourth top10 finish of the season at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Arizona, at the Longbow Golf Club. Haglund shot a 71 in the opening round and followed with two rounds of 76. She had the fifth-most birdies (eight), seventh-most pars (33) and fifth-best record on par 5’s (-1) for the event. Haglund is the first Mustang to receive a weekly honor for the Mustangs this season. It is the second ever for Haglund but her first in the AAC. She received Conference USA Golfer of the Week on Feb. 20, 2013. The Mustangs are No. 42 in the Golfweek/ Sagarin rankings. The Spring Break Classic at the Bay Course in Maui is up next for SMU. The Mustangs will be traveling to Kapalua, Hawaii for the 54-hole tournament that begins Monday and concludes Wednesday. SMU will compete against
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SMU senior Jenny Haglund high-fives with SMU head women’s golf coach Jeanne Sutherland.
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Haglund, Alexandra Rossi, Jennifer Park, Evelyn Doleand Lindsey McCurdy make up SMU’s tournament team, while Alex Celli will compete as
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Demetrio Teniente Sports Editor @Demo36 On the final day of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, Isabella Arcila posted the second fastest time in school history in the 100-yard freestyle earning the senior AllAmerica honors. Arcila posted the 14th best time of 48.36 to qualify for finals. The time moved her up to second on the all-time list at SMU. Martina Moravcova set the school standard in 1999 and is the only Mustang to have clocked in under 48 seconds. In the Consolation Finals, Arcila clocked in at 48.38- tying her for seventh place. Fellow senior Nathalie Lindborg also competed in the event’s prelims and finished with 48.96.
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The 200-yard breaststroke prelims featured All-America performers Rachel Nicol and Tara-Lynn Nicholas. Nicol finished second in her heat turning in a time of 2:10.57. Arcila’s points in the 100-free helped SMU finish with a final team score of 27.0. That was good enough for a 31st place finish out of 46 scoring teams and 73 overall. California took the team title- edging out defending champion Georgia. Stanford placed third and Texas A&M, Virginia, Louisville, Texas, USC, Florida and Indiana rounded out the top ten. SMU had four individuals earn All-American honors: Nicol, Arcila, Marne Erasmus, and Lindborg. The Championship signals the end of the Mustangs 2014-15 team schedule. However select swimmers will compete in the Mesa Grand Prix April 15-18.
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an individual. This is the same lineup used at the Clover Cup. The Mustangs placed sixth at the Clover Cup at the Longbow Golf Club, closing the final round with a team score of 305. Jenny Haglund tied for eighth individually. Fellow junior Alexandra Rossi took a 15th-place finish after also shooting 4-over on Sunday. Rossi’s result is her third top-15 finish in 2014-15. Also carding a 4-over round was sophomore Evelyn Dole. Both sophomore Lindsey McCurdy and senior Jennifer Park had final round scores of 77. The 2015 Spring Break Classic will be played at the par-72 Bay Course (6,022 yards) in Maui. This is the fourth year of the Classic and it has only ever been held at the Bay Course. Last season Pepperdine won the tournament with a 870. UCLA won in 2013 with a 854 and Colorado won in 2012 with a 889. Pepperdine’s Grace Na won the tournament in 2013 and 2014 with scores of 206 and 205 respectively. The format is 5-count-4 with each round starting with a 7:45 a.m. HST/12:45 p.m. CT shotgun. Live scoring can be found at golfstatresults.com.
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SMU fell 4-0 to Tulane Sunday afternoon at the Ann and Brad Brookshire Family Pavilion at the SMU Tennis Complex. The loss was the Mustangs’ first in American Athletic Conference play this season. “We had our chances today,” said head coach Kati Gyulai. “This is obviously a tough loss, but it’s a good learning opportunity. “We have a plan to get a couple of good practices in and we’ll be ready to go on Friday.” SMU dropped to 11-4 overall and 3-1 in conference. However in the loss, Hristina Dishkova and Holly Verner set a new school record with 23 single season doubles victories.
The tandem defeated Nicky Stracar and Vanessa Nommensen, 6-4, in the No. 2 match. Dishkova and Verner are now 23-4 overall this season, including a perfect 12-0 mark in dual match play. “It’s a fantastic effort and a
remarkable achievement,” said Gyulai of Dishkova and Verner’s performance. “I’m very proud of them.” Up next for the Mustangs is UAB Friday, March 27 at 3 p.m. at the SMU Tennis Complex. Admission is free.
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120 bands wowed the crowd at the South by So What?! music festival.
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Cartel was one of the many bands that played the festival.
South by So What?! performers light up Dallas stages annalee walton Photo Editor alwalton@smu.edu Three stages. 120 bands. One awesome weekend. Despite the unrelenting rain, the 6th Annual South By So What?! Music Festival brought its game this year. Spanning Friday through Sunday, the festival featured around 40 bands each day on three different stages. From screamo bands to acoustics, the Quiktrip Park (neighboring the Verizon Center) pit was packed with all sorts of characters. With the best set of the weekend, Friday featured Mayday Parade, Cartel, Red
Jumpsuit Apparatus, and The Maine. It was no coincidence that these bands were scheduled on the same day. Mayday Parade, Cartel, and The Maine have been traveling and touring along the same roads together since 2007. Lead singer of Mayday Parade, Derek Sanders, says referring to The Maine, “They’re some of my favorite people on this planet. This is one of the coolest things about this [festival], is that there’s people you know you’re going to see that you’re excited to see, and when there’s dozens of people here, you’re like ‘Oh s***! You guys are here too?!’ and you get to catch up and what not.” Lead singer of The
Maine, John O’Callaghan in a separate interview echoes Derek, “It’s always good to see familiar faces, especially in a setting like this where there’s so many bands, at least to have a rapport with some.” Although they have yet to collaborate on a cover song or EP, these bands have been with each other every step of the way since the beginning and will be continuing together on March 22 at House of Blues in Houston. The Daily Campus got an exclusive interview with both Mayday Parade and The Maine before their sets on Friday. Coming straight off the bus from Austin’s South By Southwest and
the set of Fox News, The Maine lightened the weather and the press room with their refreshing personalities and playful banter. Joking around, lead singer John O’Callaghan commented on their new album, “It’s really good – end sarcasm.” Their new album “American Candy” set to come out March 31 features a new style the band said is a bit more optimistic than their last album. It’s more upbeat and it’s just as loud. “It might be louder,” guitarist Jared Monaco quickly chimed in with a smile. Ready to support the album on the road, The Maine is headed for their next tour on April 3
running through May 16. Mayday Parade’s Derek Sanders had a similar response in terms of next steps and new albums. Sporting a beard and a full head of hair, Sanders, the lead vocalist, said their style has “morphed and changed throughout the years.” Like The Maine, Sanders said Mayday is always changing and growing in terms of style and always pushing themselves to create something fresh. “But I think it’s funny that the overall mindset has gone back to what it was in the beginning,” Sander said. “In the beginning, it was we love music and writing
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The Power Kingdom Stage was one of the three stages for performances.
music so let’s just do it...We don’t mess with jumping through the [label’s] hoops and doing cowrites and radio stuff. We just want to do what we want to do instead of forcing what’s hot.” After SxSW?! Mayday Parade is heading to Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, debuting a new album in October and hopefully joining the Vans Warped Tour 2016. These bands brought the stadium down not only with their killer music, but also their rocking personalities. South By So What?! is still fairly new to the festival scene, but with bands like these it is making a name for itself as a rock of the ages show.
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The band Maine performed on the Third String festival stage.
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John O’Callaghan from The Maine entertained the crowd.
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Yes, this is actually happening. SMU’s Program Council and Theatre department have teamed up to host a unique theatrical production: the 24-hour musical. You heard it, folks. In only 24 hours, students will rehearse the hit musical “Spring Awakening” and perform it at 2 p.m. April 4 in the Greer Garson Theatre in Meadows. And here’s another interesting twist: auditions were open to
students from all majors. Therefore, this isn’t just a creative exercise for educated actors but a collaborative project for 35 students from all fields. Based on the German play written by Frank Wedekind, “Spring Awakening” takes place in late 19th century Germany. The story follows three teens as they experience the turbulence of sexual discovery. “Spring Awakening” was transformed for the Broadway stage in 2006 into a Tony Awardwinning rock musical. So let’s make a list of pros and cons of seeing SMU’s 24-hour
production. Pros: random students making their theatre debut, a musical frantically put together within a day, and a story about teenage sexual discovery (aka the next blockbuster. We all know why people love “Twilight.” Don’t lie.) Cons: oh wait, I got nothing. This is awkward. Well, looks like you’ll have to see it now. If you would like to reach me Saturday, April 4, at approximately 2 p.m., I will be in the front row of the Greer Garson Theatre like a kid in a candy shop. I really should have auditioned. But the world isn’t ready for that.