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A preview of Fashion Week

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Gay marriage discussion

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Rick Hart on move to Big East

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‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ review PAGE 5

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Sig Ep suspended for two years Julie Fancher Assignments Desk Editor jfancher@smu.edu

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The George W. Bush Presidential Center is set to open on April 25 and open to the public on May 1.

Professors voice opinions before Bush Library opens matthew costa Associate Sports Editor mcosta@smu.edu Less than a month remains before the opening of the latest in a long and storied history of presidential libraries upon SMU campus on April 25. Many professors have gone on record for or against the Bush Libraries’ presence here at the Hilltop, and many reasons still remain open to discussion, even with the opening just weeks away. “There was a lot of dispute at the beginning,” Ed Countryman,

distinguished professor of history at SMU, said. Countryman was a leading figure of a faculty senate that found itself divided on how to address the issues of an important and controversial presidency being embodied on this campus. “There was a deep split [in the senate] between whether or not we should oppose the institution altogether,” Countryman said. “I personally abstained from it and that kind of turned it.” The professor clarified some of his bigger concerns with the library by stating what could happen to

the overall funding of the school in specific areas that are still desperately needed. Presidential libraries have never come at a cheap price, and the $250 million Bush Center will be no exception. If funding for the library takes away from the university’s need to grow and further develop its present libraries, then standards for SMU’s central ideologies could become problematic. A voice of experience on this matter is the Director of the Center for Presidential History, professor Jeffrey Engel.

SMU officials made the decision to suspend the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity for two years Monday March 25. Kent Best, the Executive Director of News and Communication released a statement early Tuesday. “As of March 25, 2013, SMU has suspended for two years the Texas Upsilon Chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity because of violations of the SMU Student Code of Conduct and University policies, as well as the standards and values of the fraternity itself. SMU expects its students to uphold high standards of personal and academic integrity. The University believes it is important to take this action and expects the young men of the fraternity to learn from this experience,” Best said. Suspensions normally last three years, but Sigma Phi Epsilon will only be

Engel spent the last eight and a half years at Texas A&M and was around the Bush Sr. Presidential Library enough to know what good has come to College Station since its arrival. “SMU is poised to become an open forum for discussions on a range of issues,” Engel said. Both Engel and Countryman expressed the ability of the library to be a major positive for the campus, provided that it remains as neutral as possible. According to chronicle.com,

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suspended for two. Sources close to the issue have said that the shortened suspension comes from all of the work Sigma Phi Epsilon has done for the SMU campus. The fraternity suspension comes from incidents that occurred from January onward. The details of several of the incidents have yet to be confirmed, but the Feb. 4th assault of another SMU student also played a role in their suspension. Members currently living in the Sigma Phi Epsilon house will be able to stay there for the rest of the year, but beginning in Fall 2013 the house will be used as a residence for any SMU students. The Daily Campus has contacted Sigma Phi Epsilon President Billy Hightower. Those requests for comment have not been returned at this time. The Daily Campus will continue to publish updates on smudailycampus.com as more information becomes available.

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Current residents in the house are allowed to stay there this semester.

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UT Austin’s LBJ Library shares common characteristics with Bush Center

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The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library is located on UT Austin’s campus.

Julie Fancher jfancher.smu.edu Eric Sheffield esheffield@smu.edu Lyndon Baines Johnson stepped before a joint session of Congress to a booming round of applause on the eve of Thanksgiving 1963. He waited for the clapping to subside then looks down, released a resigned sigh and began to speak. “All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today,” Johnson said. But he had to be there. He had to be there outside St. Matthew’s Cathedral two days earlier, marching alongside

heads of state and royal family members. He had to be there on Air Force One to take the oath of office and assume the responsibilities of a presidency that wasn’t supposed to be his. And now, nearly fifty years after that day, he’s still there. Johnson may be gone, but the legacy behind the man is housed at the University of Texas at Austin campus within the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library. As the opening of the Bush Center draws near, details from other presidential libraries may shed light on what to expect when the center opens to the public on May 1.

Each president leaves a lasting impression on the country that he helped shape. Johnson is no exception. “He’s known as the Vietnam president,” Laura Eggert, the volunteer and visitor coordinator at the LBJ Library, said. But war is only a fraction of what Johnson accomplished between 1963 and 1968. He made tremendous leaps in civil rights and immigration laws. He established Medicare and Medicaid. He sent the first men to the moon by authorizing Apollo 8. “We want to make sure that people who come to the library understand all the legislation that President Johnson passed,” Eggert said. For example, the library allows visitors to walk in the president’s shoes through the events leading up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. One exhibit includes old-style telephones that library-goers can pick up to listen to taped conversations between LBJ and Martin Luther King, Jr. These phone calls with the civil rights leader are just a small part of the 643 hours of recorded audio that the library added through renovations last year. According to Tina Houston, the deputy director of the LBJ Library, it’s common to renovate

presidential libraries every 10 years or so. The Johnson Library had gone over 20 years without seeing an update, so on Dec. 22, 2012, which would have been Lady Bird Johnson’s 100th birthday, a renovated library was open to the public. Many of these upgrades were made to keep up with changes in technology. Documents were digitized and posted online. High definition videos were added to each exhibit floor. Touch screens were added to displays. “The exhibits are more interactive, more technical and more friendly for families,” Eggert said. “Everything is new.” One of the main focuses in the redesign was making exhibits interesting for visitors of all ages. “We wanted kids to be actively involved in the exhibits,” Houston said. “From my point of view, its very important to make the library appeal to kids.” The renovations aim to spotlight not just the former president’s achievements, but also his personality. Johnson was known in the political world as a man who could see the light even in dark times. “Humor was a huge part of who LBJ was,” Eggert said. “And we think it’s important that people who come here know that.”

Within the library is a life-sized version of President Johnson that tells jokes to visitors, complete with animatronic hand motions and eyes. Library officials also say that Johnson loved political cartoons, even when he was the object of the satire, and thus, a large collection of these caricatures are on display in the library. Officials hope that these renovations are able to keep the nearly 40-year-old library up to par with what’s expected from the George W. Bush Presidential Center, the new library on the block. After all, the two aren’t that different. They’re both located on college campuses, they both include replicas of the Oval Office and the Situation Room as they were during the presidents’ time in office and they both were surrounded by controversy before their openings. “There were some protests by students and faculty that didn’t want [the LBJ Library] here,” Houston said. “Vietnam is the main reason.” This may sound all too familiar to those who followed SMU’s campaign to be home to the Bush Center. Many faculty, students and activist groups protested the arrival of the center, in large part

due to the Bush administration’s involvement in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. In a 2007 editorial in The Daily Campus, John C. McQueen, a 1966 SMU alum, said, “It is not too late to save Southern Methodist University from a fate worse than destruction – an association with a man who will forever be known for violating every tenet of democracy and our constitutional frame of government.” This is just one of thousands of comments speaking out against the 43rd President’s administration. However, a key difference is that the Bush Center, unlike the LBJ Library, chose to include a think-tank within its walls. UT Austin favored that an educational institution, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, be built next to the library when plans were coming together in the late 1960s. “The idea was that a school would help teach students, while still showing homage to Johnson,” Houston said. “[President Johnson] even taught at the school for a year.” It made sense for LBJ to attach the school to his library. After all, LBJ’s first job was as a schoolteacher, and education was a priority throughout his administration.

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SMU to launch 2nd annual Fashion Week emily sims Contributing Editor esims@smu.edu Ask many students on the SMU campus and they will tell you that a walk down the Boulevard can resemble a walk down the catwalk. With the addition of the fashion media minor in the fall of 2011, it is no secret that SMU students have a passion for fashion, which is why it was no surprise that the first SMU Fashion Week in the spring of 2012 was a huge success. Now that the 2nd fashion week is around the corner, both the SMU and Dallas fashion communities are excited for this year’s event including founder and SMU graduate Grace Davis. “It is amazing that SMU students can carry on an event like this that really aims to support their dreams,” said Davis. “It looks like they have worked really hard and I am proud to say I am apart of the SMU fashion community.” After hearing about the University of Pennsylvania’s fashion week, Davis decided that an event like this would flourish within the SMU community. Her goal was not only to host a fun weeklong event but to also teach younger SMU students what is possible within the fashion industry.

In the fall of 2011, Davis started laying the foundation of what would become SMU Fashion Week. Her first step was getting the director of the fashion media minor, Camille Kraeplin, involved. After Davis came to her, Kraeplin was more than willing to help with this project as she felt it was part of her role as director to support and promote events like this one. “Grace knew that we had a student body with a strong interest in both the art and commerce of fashion,” said Kraeplin. “She believed Fashion Week would work, both here at SMU and in Dallas. And she was right.” The other person Davis contacted was Shelby Foster, the president of SMU’s Retail Club at the time. After Retail Club agreed to sponsor the event, Fashion Week had its first team. The team was made up of the executive board of Retail Club, which included Rebecca Marin (president), Foster (vice president), Julia Eggleston (design), and Meg Jones (event chair). And four committees: Public Relations, Community Involvement, Design, and Video, which were made up of SMU students. Although she had all the support she needed, Davis dealt with all the difficulties that accompany putting on a large five day long event that had not yet been done

in the community. One of the hardest parts, according to Davis, was dealing with how many details went into it. “Grace spent a year planning the first SMU Fashion Week,” said Kraeplin. “From finding a team to confirming venues and speakers to raising funds and identifying sponsors.” However, even with the obstacles, Davis credits the team’s attitude that kept the process going. “I had such a great team and since it was new, people were so enthusiastic and they wanted to be involved,” Davis said. Even after effectively planning and organizing the event, all of the hard work didn’t pay off for Davis until she saw the turn out for the first lecture, which was on the business of blogging. It wasn’t just the amount of students that showed up, but faculty as well that made it all worthwhile for Davis. What the team was about to find out was that it wasn’t just the first lecture that would have successful attendance but the entire week would be a big hit. “Seeing how many people turned out was the best feeling,” Davis said. Thanks to last year’s success, there is nothing but excitement surrounding the upcoming SMU Fashion Week.

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Co-executive director and public relations director of Fashion Week, Rebecca Marin, also served on Fashion Week’s Executive Board last year. According to Marin, preparations for Fashion Week begin 7-12 months in advance. The team focuses on figuring out what their audiences will be interested in and what their audiences need to know about the fashion industry. “Not only do our audiences have a level of fashion sophistication, but they also have an intellectual and scholarly sophistication that shows they don’t just like to shop and talk about shoes,” said Marin, “but they are serious about holding prominent roles in the industry.” It is the audiences’ desire to learn from experts that direct the SMU Fashion Week team to plan educational events like panels and lectures that aim to inform about the fashion industry. “I’m especially excited to hear from SMU alums Amber Venz and Baxter Box, president and CEO of rewardStyle, the fashion blog-monetization platform they founded here in Dallas,” said Kraeplin who expects this panel to highlight how technology is changing fashion. Although the majority of Fashion Week aims to educate, the last event of Fashion Week is always the highly anticipated fashion show. This year, Marin is

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Stanton Sharp LEcture- “‘The Hispanic Challenge’ and the ‘MExicanization’ of America” in McCord Auditorium from 6:30-8 p.m.

Fashion Week is not just among the SMU community but has spread to the fashion community in Dallas as well. “Dallas is a town with a significant fashion community and presence,” Kraeplin said. “Fashion Week is the perfect opportunity to tap into some of that talent and provide a fun and educational experience for both our fashion media students and the rest of campus.”

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From left to right: Rebecca Marin, Daniella Lopez and Julia Eggleston have worked to put together this year’s fashion week.

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extremely excited because the team has decided to host the show on the Boulevard. “Since I was the Fashion Show Coordinator of the SMU Retail Club my freshman year, my dream has been to see the show take place on one of the beautiful medians of Bishop Boulevard,” Marin said. “This year, that dream is coming true.” With Dallas growing as a component in the fashion industry, this year the buzz about SMU

THURSDAY March 28

Yoga in India in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center from 12-1 p.m.

FRIDAY

March 29 Skydiving Adventure at Dedman Center from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

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2:02 a.m. Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor. McElvaney Hall. Two student were referred to the Student Conduct Officer for underage drinking. Closed. 11:19 a.m. Criminal Mischief. Fondren Library. Staff members reported graffiti in the men’s restroom. Open.

12:24 p.m. Fraudulant Use of Disabled Placard. Patterson Hall. A student using someone else’s disabled placard was confiscated and mailed back to TDOT in Austin. Closed. 9:03 p.m. Theft. Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports. A student reported the theft of his bicycle at this location. Open.

march 23 4:00 p.m. Fire Alarm. Kappa Alpha House. The fire alarm system was activated by a smoke/fog machine students were testing in the common area. Closed.

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NEWS 3 BUSH: SMU faces political changes with library opening

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This 2008 picture taken in Sacramento, Calif. shows the opposing views on Proposition 8.

Prop 8 reaches Supreme Court Tuesday Katelyn Gough News Editor kgough@smu.edu Arguments for and against California’s Proposition 8, the legislation that banned same-sex marriage in one of the nation’s most liberal states, were heard by the Supreme Court Tuesday. Theodore Olson, the lawyer representing those against Prop 8, argued that marriage is a “personal right,” and not one to be decided by a court of law. “This is a measure that walls off the institution of marriage, which is not society’s right. It’s an individual right. It’s a part of the right to privacy, association, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” Olson said to the court. Charles J. Cooper, a lawyer who argued in defense of Prop 8, said that same-sex marriages have adverse consequences. “Redefining marriage will have real-world consequences and it is impossible for anyone to foresee the future accurately enough to see

what those consequences will be,” Cooper said. Justice Elena Kagan did not buy this angle on the argument, instead questioning him, “to the institution of marriage, to oppositesex couples, how does this cause and effect work?” The question of procreation and its perceived function in the institution of marriage is stressed by Prop 8 opponents. “The responsibility, or ability, or interest in procreation is not a part of the right to get married,” Olson said. Justice Anthony Kennedy also turned to the influence of the modern diversity of families, speaking on behalf of children being raised by same-sex couples. “They want their parents to have full recognition,” Kennedy said. At the same time, Kennedy remained unsure as to whether the Supreme Court’s right truly lies in deciding the matter surrounding Prop 8. He said earlier, “I wonder if this case was properly granted.” “The problem with the

case,” Kennedy said, “Is that you’re really asking to go into uncharted waters.” SMU sophomore Geenah Krisht said she finds it “amazing that a simple ballot proposition has made it this far.” “Americans can vote, can say whatever they want, publish what they want, practice whatever religion they choose, but not every American can marry the person they love?” Krisht said. “It quite frankly doesn’t make sense to me.” Another SMU student, Ryan Patrick McLaughlin, said Tuesday’s Supreme Court hearing was a defining day in history. “We will either have a Supreme Court that stands up for human rights or one that cowers to an ignorant precedence,” McLaughlin said. The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in another case related to gay marriage, the Defense of Marriage Act, Wednesday. Rulings in both cases are not expected until June.

over 10 percent of the professors on campus signed a letter given to President R. Gerald Turner expressing doubt that the Bush Center would be able to express a nonpartisan view on campus. “As a University, this is a place where there should be free and open discourse,” Countryman said. “I’m quite sure there are people who value that [at the Bush Center], but the presence of an openly political view on campus could be problematic for them.” In response to these thoughts, many professors do not believe this will be the case, and as Engel points out, the sun will continue to rise after April 25. “After several years [of the Bush Sr. center being opened], people realized the sky didn’t fall, the world

didn’t end, and more importantly, the presence of a presidential library provided opportunities that otherwise wouldn’t have been there,” Engel said. “Opportunities for students and especially professors that enabled them to better understand their world and what they were doing that also in no way, shape or form came with political baggage.” Engel, who is a first-year professor at SMU, also pointed out how difficult it became to get work done in College Station due to how many events and interesting people would arrive on Texas A&M’s campus, but only because of the library’s presence. Tony Pederson, the Belo Distinguished Chair in Journalism professor at SMU, had a different concern back in January 2007,

stating for The New York Times he had wished for more facts from the outset. “There’s been a lack of transparency from the beginning,” Pederson told the New York Times. After six years of waiting for more details, Pederson admits the details of the raised money have not been given, but the presence of the Library has already been felt. “The Bush center brought over Egyptian women for International Women’s day,” Pederson said. “That’s what the intent of the center is: to reach out to people on a global scale.” Time will tell if the Bush Center keeps SMU an open and politically unaligned university, but the opportunities for the student body cannot be understated.

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Today, there’s even a class taught about Johnson’s presidency by Harry Middleton, who served as the director of the library from 1970 to 2002. Middleton also worked as a speechwriter and White House aide during Johnson’s presidency. However, the Bush Center opted for a public policy center, the Bush Institute. This institute, established in 2009, is a leader in research for pressing national issues including education reform, economic growth and global health. Another difference between the two libraries is where the presidential archives are located within the buildings. It remains to be seen how visible Bush’s records will be, but it is known that all 70 million pages of documents will be kept

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in a 66,000 sq. ft. archival space located underneath the library. However, officials say that the Johnsons were firm in their belief that nothing within the library should be hidden from the public eye. “Mrs. Johnson believed that all the archives in the library should be seen by the public,” Eggert said. And so, from the Great Hall, visitors can see the rows upon rows of red archival boxes located on the floors above. The fact that the stacks are bright red, as opposed to traditional gray or brown, is just one of the Johnsons’ many quirks. LBJ also had an eccentric fascination with pens. The former president reportedly signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with over 75 different pens, which he gave to assorted

members of Congress, the civil rights movement and others who helped make the bill possible. The library also prominently displays an electric toothbrush, much like the ones that he would give out as gifts while in the Oval Office. “I give these toothbrushes to friends,” Johnson said before his death in 1973, “for then I know from now until the end of their days, they will think of me the first thing in the morning and the last at night.” It’s idiosyncrasies such as these that give presidential libraries personalities to match their namesakes. The oddities of the Bush Center are yet to be known, but if the Johnson Library is any indication, we’ll have a better grasp of who President Bush was, and is, once April 25 rolls around.

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Huffington Post article on Mahaffey case leads to larger questions katelyn gough News Editor kgough@smu.edu The Huffington Post published an article last Thursday addressing the recent turn in former SMU student John David Mahaffey’s sexual assault charge—the Dallas County district attorney decided to drop the charges, and the reporter of the article, Pierre R. Berastain, had his own strong, but just, views on the situation. Berastain addressed the suspicions surrounding the fact that this charge of male-on-male sexual assault was dropped for the reason that the prosecutors did not have sufficient evidence to prove that said assault was not consensual, as reported by the Dallas Morning News. However, there was a phone call recorded by SMU Police made from the victim to Mahaffey, in which it is crystal clear—made by Mahaffey himself, in fact—that the assault was in no way consensual. During the phone conversation, cited in Berastain’s article, the unnamed student said to Mahaffey, “You know I did not want to do that.” Mahaffey’s response? “I know you didn’t, but we have to say it was consensual or lawyers, parents and the school will be involved.” When it is claimed that prosecutors do not have enough to prove non-consent, and yet there is a recorded phone call stating otherwise by the perpetrator himself, something does not add up. Berastain suggests the influence of privilege and community views on gays. “A grand jury indicts a student from a very wealthy family with tremendous influence in one of Texas’ most prominent university, but then, at the sole discretion of the DA’s Office, the charges…are dropped…I wonder what message Dallas County sends to LGBT college students when it refuses to prosecute wealthy, white fraternity men who are accused of sexually assaulting other male students.” Some members of the SMU community have called the Post’s piece out on citing SMU as one of the Princeton Review’s top 12 least LGBT-friendly colleges as irrelevant when the university is no longer on the 2013 list. Berastain does, in fact,

clarify that this ranking took place “last year”—and SMU was on the 2012 edition of the least-LGBT friendly list. This is not a personal attack on Mahaffey. Rather, this instance brings to light larger institutional and systemic issues that the SMU community needs to evaluate. To what extent were Berastain’s claims legitimate or grounded in some form of the truth? Do one year and qualifications posed by one publication amount to time and proof of SMU making leaps and bounds in accepting the LGBT community? Beyond that, at the root of the issue is the question, how concerned is the student body as a whole about examining and changing intolerance? And even if students want to contest that such accusations that high socio-economic status, family legacy, and fear of confronting questions of one’s sexuality constituting cause to drop a case are false and based on untrue stereotypes of SMU, they must note that this article is not the first observation of such. The Elite Daily article published earlier this year described SMU as saying ,“The students pride themselves on their lavish lifestyle, abundance of career opportunities and upper-class taste…” If such opulent privilege—and by that token, favoritism shown to the students in possession of such— is not a reality at this school, why does the reputation say otherwise? The university offers an infinite amount of opportunity to learn as a community and develop with the rest of the country—but do the students take advantage of it, or are they unwilling to look past their own way of life? With the decision on gay marriage at the forefront of current national news, the question of favoritism to a wealthy student and the desire to push a possible spotlight on intolerance toward the LGBT community under the rug comes at a pinnacle time. It makes the need for honest evaluation of tolerance and equality, and its place at SMU right now, absolutely essential if the university and its students want to remain in-step contemporary, forward-moving American society. Gough is a sophomore majoring in theatre and journalism.

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Picking brackets the lazy man’s way The 2013 NCAA tournament has had over 16 million brackets made in its likeness. Millions of different ideas and methods go into creating each pick for each person, but what is the perfect idea? Is it simply flipping a coin? How about asking those in “the know,” or actually watching the teams play during the regular season? Those ideas are ridiculous and should be discarded like convenience store sushi. As the current number one of The Daily Campus bracket, let me be the first to say, I have no idea what I’m doing. In the future, I can only recommend you follow the same directions. Don’t pay attention, don’t study and for the love of all, don’t use any other method than choosing whatever team sounds fancier. —Matthew Costa, Associate Sports Editor

Thwarting lack of motivation It’s that time of year again. We’ve been slaving over essays and reading books we care nothing about for a grueling three months and it is clearly time for a break. To make matters worse, spring break is always a cruel tease. It’s a tiny taste of summer that just sends all desire for productivity out the window. A word of advice to all who are burnt out: remember why you’re here. Getting an education at SMU is not meant to be a torturous experience. —Trevor Thrall, Opinion Editor

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Demonstrators chant outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, as the court heard arguments on California’s voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8.

Supreme Court cases Christians disagree carry little weight on gay marriage Brandon Bub Contributing Writer bbub@smu.edu Let’s make one thing clear: however the Supreme Court decides on these two gay marriage cases (one dealing with California’s Prop 8, the other with the federal Defense of Marriage Act), there is next to no chance that gay marriage is going to be legalized nationwide as a consequence of either. While some hear echoes of Roe v. Wade in these cases, in all likelihood if the Supreme Court does decide in a manner friendly to gay rights it will be in a much more gradualist fashion, and the fight for marriage rights will continue into the coming decades. That being said, I also want to emphasize my full and unqualified support for gay marriage. I believe that state and federal laws that bar homosexuals from entering into committed legal relationships with one another are bigoted, senseless and harmful to individual rights. One of the more common philosophical arguments against gay marriage is that homosexuals already have equal rights: they can choose to marry someone of the opposite sex, just as I as a heterosexual can marry someone of the opposite sex. Gay marriage then is not about demanding equal rights but “special rights.” Technically speaking, this position is not incorrect. However, I believe such an argument conflates notions of “equality” and “fairness.” “Equality” means that everyone gets the same thing; “fairness,” on the other hand, means everyone gets what he or she needs. The battle for “equal rights” is geared much more toward a struggle for fairness. In fact, we might do better to replace the term “equal rights” with “equal citizenship,” as the latter term recognizes that difference is an integral part of a civil society and should not bar people from full political participation. So yes, technically

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homosexuals are demanding a “special right,” but it’s one to which they are clearly entitled if our political rights are to mean anything. The other common argument against gay marriage is that it redefines the divinely ordained nature of marriage between a man and a woman. We didn’t say that heterosexual marriage is the only true form of marriage; God did. This argument is also absurd. Marriage in the legal sense is much more a matter of practicality than providence. Humans have been redefining marriage for centuries. In Old Testament times, a “legitimate marriage” would have included dozens of concubines. In many parts of the world, marriages are still arranged. Contemporary western civilization equally rejects both of these types of marriage, but to say that the only “real” form of marriage is one where a man and a woman fall in love with only each other and have children is problematic in multiple ways. Ethnocentrism notwithstanding, what do we say of couples who get married who are impotent? Is a heterosexual marriage that by its nature will be unfruitful equally as invalid as a gay marriage? Few Christians would argue so. However, I believe that this debate hardly need be categorized as an exclusively religious one. More and more people of all faiths in the U.S. are coming to embrace the inevitability of gay rights. And after all, why shouldn’t they? Gay couples who want to get married want to have their love recognized as fully valid. They want to strengthen the institution of marriage through firm, loving commitments. They want to pledge to love one another for all time, to raise well-adjusted children and to grow old together just like so many of the rest of us. Is there really much argument about whether or not Christ would have had a problem with that? Bub is a junior majoring in English, political science and history.

michael dearman Contributing Writer mdearman@smu.edu When Brandon Bub and I agreed to write on gay marriage this week, I was a bit apprehensive. While we have staked out both Christian and Secular positions on many topics these past few weeks, this is one to which I have numerous personal connections. I have several gay friends, some of whom are Christians, some not. I want everyone to find fulfillment and fullness of life regardless of their sexual orientation. I want them treated as equals in the United States, not second-class citizens or pariahs. I will first say that the Church has failed in many regards to meet the needs of the LGBT community and to adequately communicate the love of Christ to them. Likewise, I do not see doing the above as compromising what some, perhaps many, Christians view as a “biblical” view of marriage. Christians have every right to interpret Scripture in a prayerful and intelligent way, even if that means they believe that marriage is ordained between a man and a woman. While LGBT rights activists might deride such a stance as bigotry, the beauty of a pluralistic society is that individuals can hold such a view and still be a valuable part of the society without going unheard. However, the imposition of this view of marriage upon the rest of society may indeed threaten the plurality of American society. Opening of this issue in the Church has been essential and indeed, timely, given the recent hearing of LGBT rights cases before the Supreme Court. As a constitutional guarantee, it seems to me that people should be able to marry regardless of their sexual orientation under the 14th Amendment, and we will see if these cases turn out in favor of that position. As a Christian who adheres to the above-mentioned view of Scripture, I do not feel compromised in endorsing the view that the Constitution guarantees marriage equality. My reading of the Constitution is not contingent upon my

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reading of Scripture. There are essential and necessary legal guarantees that marriage provides, and these guarantees should be available to all. While some people may label me a “conservative evangelical” (and that isn’t meant in a nice way) for claiming a certain view of marriage based on my reading of Scripture, I really feel that the view has not been given a fair hearing by many people. I am not asking people to endorse what I believe, but merely spend time understanding the theology behind the position. Even if we are in disagreement about the purpose, quality, and intentions of marriage, discussion about it is important in order to garner understanding. Likewise, Christians who have no contact or relationships with people in the LGBT community severely hinder themselves when trying to communicate their beliefs or have a discussion about marriage. This might be a reiteration of a point Bub and I have made numerous times, but I’ll restate it anyway. Discussion and dialogue characterized by respect and the goal of understanding are essential both to strengthening arguments and coming to terms with the differences of others. However, the self-centered and self-assured way in which ideologues, politicians, pundits and pastors come to these issues makes them look like idiots, and disrespectful idiots at that. If I have to stake out a position on gay marriage, it is this – if a Christian does not endorse gay marriage he or she is not automatically a bigot, just operating on a different and equally respectable view of marriage than those who endorse gay marriage. If a Christian does endorse gay marriage, he or she is not a crazed liberal doing damage to the Christian faith, but merely operating on a different view of Scripture and God’s intentions for marriage. I’m not one for the “kumbaya” mentality, but with such an issue as this, love and grace are the best options we have. Dearman is a junior majoring in political science and philosophy.

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“Oz the Great and the Powerful” does not live up to the original manning jordan Associate A&E Editor mjordan@smu.edu

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Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin starred on the recently cancelled NBC show “30 Rock.”

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Nielsen ratings change standards Chase wade Staff Writer cdwade@smu.edu Nielsen, America’s television ratings juggernaut, announced earlier this year that the monopolistic company will finally start to meter platforms beyond the television as the firm looks to add ratings numbers to tablet and computer viewings. That’s finally with a capital F. The official announcement goes into detail and claims that by Sept. 2013, just as the new fall television season starts, Nielsen will have the technology and hardware in place to gather viewing data beyond the typical broadcast spectrum. For some, including myself, this announcement is too little, too late. Since the 1950s, Nielsen has been the industry’s go-to force for gauging program performance and audience measures, and for the last 60 years, the company has evolved with the times as it has moved past cold calling and viewership diaries to digital meters to gather its analytics. However, in the past two

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As it turns out the incredible Oz was not so incredible. The 3-D animation was a nice touch if you’re interested in such technology and the special effects were done really well. Otherwise, the story was weak. Directed by Sam Raimi and starring James Franco, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis and Zach Braff (playing both a human and the voice of a flying monkey) the cast of the film was a well known group of film industry members. The PG rating was not as childish as one would believe, there were a number of explosions and fighting scenes that made the movie more entertaining than most PG rated films. The movie takes similar artistry used in the original “Wizard of Oz” film such as beginning the movie in black and white and then playing it in color once the audience is transported to Oz through each movies’ protagonists. Although Dorothy is not featured in this supposed prequel to her tale, other characters from the story we all know are present throughout the movie such as the Wicked Witch, Oz, the Munchkins and Glenda. The character in the movie that was the weakest link may have to be the China Doll. The China Doll seemed irrelevant to the original movie and relatively out of place. Essentially, L. Frank Baum’s Oz is a more transformative experience perhaps because

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it is the version that most of us grew up with and Franco’s performance wasn’t as believable as his Oscar nominated performance from “127 Hours.” In addition, having two evil witches was somewhat confusing and the film maintained a sense of inconsistency throughout.

Mila Kunis’ evil witch makeup was eerie, but she lacked the nightmarish elongated face from the original. Despite all of my critiques the film is an escape with its fantastical CGI sets and characters. “Oz the Great and Powerful” is in theaters now.

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Athletic Director Hart discusses future of SMU in the Big East Demetrio Teniente Sports Editor dteniente@smu.edu When Rick Hart became SMU’s athletic director back in August the Mustangs were set to join about 14 teams in the Big East. Three months later two outside conferences each grabbed a team from the group causing others to abandon ship and leaving SMU dazed and confused. “It’s a very volatile time in the industry in regards to our conference realigning,” said Hart at the Faculty Club Distinguished Luncheon on Tuesday. “We are certainly no strangers to it here at SMU.” A group of the deserting teams purchased the Big East name to use for their own brand new conference. So, not only is SMU moving into a fragile conference but a nameless one- leaving many members of the community concerned about the school’s athletic future. Both Hart and SMU’s President R. Gerald Turner have been adamant

in placing equal importance on academic and athletic performance. “We think of athletics as a vehicle to success,” said Hart. The new and unnamed conference will consist of ten teams that will have football, basketball and a variety of other sports. “[The name will] be determined within the next few days,” said Hart. “Until we know what it is and what it looks like as a brand, I think it will be hard to choose on a name [alone].” Earlier in the year Turner spoke on 1310 AM the ticket about the uncertainty of the situation facing SMU. He said that the Mustangs were doing everything they could within their control. Hart told the faculty club much of the same. “It’s starting to settle down… we think,” said Hart. “It has been disruptive in that the uncertainty has affected planning and recruiting. We are being as proactive as we can be but so much of that is beyond our control.” One of Harts biggest fears is a

more trivial one- the acronym of the new conference. The wrong name could make the conference the punch line of jokes for years. “You always got to think what’s the acronym on that,” said Hart. “One of them is ‘The Big Metro Conference.’ It’s not my favorite, but it’s one on the list. You know, I see BMC and think ‘Big Man on Campus.’ But someone could call it the BM conference.” All kidding aside, Hart said he is confident the right name will surface soon. Despite the instability of the new conference SMU will still receive the national exposure it originally desired with the move to the Big East. “Ninety percent of football games are on national television, 64 percent of men’s basketball games are on national television, and 60 percent of women’s games [too],” said Hart. “So, we have an opportunity to really showcase SMU to a national audience over the next two three years.”

Tucker Keene’s Sweet Sixteen: A novice shoots to outpick the stars Tucker Keene has never watched a full college basketball game. We suspect that he’ll still do better than the pundits. His strategy was sound. “I picked based on how much I’d heard about each of the schools,” Keene, our online editor, said. March Madness is unpredictable. Neither statistics nor analysis can predict a winner. Many give up and simply flip a coin. Instead of turning to a quarter, we turned to Keene. Our strategy is as unscientific as it gets. We’re confident that our strategy might just work. — Sports Desk

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Devin Burnett swims during the NCAA Zone D swimming and diving competition on March 11 in Houston.

Burnett wins gold, team prepares for NCAA Champs in Indianapolis catherine welch Staff Writer cwelch@smu.edu The SMU men’s swimming and diving team begins NCAA Championships Thursday March 28. In the NCAA Zone D Diving competition at the University of Houston, Sophomore Devin Burnett finished the preliminaries with 346.60 points. Burnett totaled 691.10 at the end of the first day. Sophomore Hayden Hodges scored 284.90 in the preliminaries and ended the day with 574.15 points, earning him sixteenth place. In the preliminary round on the second day of competition Burnett and Hodges scored 328.35 and 328.55 points respectively. Burnett finished the competition with 729.10 points and Hodges with 670.10 points earning him a tenth place finish. On the third and final day of competition, Burnett finished

with 366.60 points for the day, totaling up to 754.90, which earned him first place. Hodges finished ninth with a total of 582.00 points. The Mustangs will swim their final meet of the season in Indianapolis beginning Thursday. Competition ends Saturday, March 30 and the Mustangs will say goodbye to seniors who have contributed to the team over the years including David Larsson and Mindaugas Sadauskas who have brought in many firstplace finishes for the team this season. The women’s swim team will swim in their last meet on Thursday, April 11-13 in the USA Grand Prix. The women’s team enters the competition after placing twenty-fourth in the NCAA Championship with a total of twenty-six points. At the competition Isabella Arcila, Nathalie Lindborg, Monika Babok, and Nina Rangelova finished the 400yard freestyle in tenth place

clocking in at 3:16.37. Arcila was previously named swimmer of the meet at the Conference USA Championships. Both the men’s and women’s teams enter their final meets after recently receiving Team Scholar All American awards by The College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) for the Fall 2012 semester. CSCAA gives this award to college and university swimming and diving teams with a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher. The women’s team finished the semester with a 3.32 GPA while the men’s team finished with a 3.09 GPA. RETRACTION: In the March 25 issue of The Daily Campus, the sports section wrote a headline titled “Women belly flops in NCAA tournament.” We regret the use of such a headline to characterize a sports team.