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Libyan rebels take key city The anti-Gaddafi forces with NATO air support took over the strategic town of Ajdabiya Sunday.

The rebels also seized the coastal towns of Brega and Ujala without a fight. The rebels say they are advancing toward the heartland of Gaddafi’s support. France, a rebel ally, took out five Libyan warplanes and two helicopters outside Misrata Saturday.

Yemen leader changes mind Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Saturday he was ready to hand over power, but changed his mind Sunday saying that he isn’t leaving. In an interview, he also warned that if the protests don’t end, Yemen will descend into civil war. He now says that he will only hand off power “peacefully, not with chaos.”

China reports radiation Chinese officials say that traces of radioactive iodine were detected Saturday in the Heilongjiang province. The government agency has determined that there is no immediate harm to public health and has told its citizens that there is no need for extra precautions.

Similar trace levels of radiation stemming from the Japanese nuclear reactors have been reported as far away as Sweden and the U.S.

Budget protests begin in London More than 250,000 people came out in London to protest the toughest spending cuts since World War II. Saturday’s protests is one of the largest demonstrations since the Iraq war. Riot police clashed with a small group of the protesters and more than 200 people were arrested.

Tablet launch meets success The iPad 2 launched in 25 countries around the world Friday.

The Agence France-Presse wrote that hundreds in Sydney, Australia had been camping in line since Wednesday. Similar stories have emerged from London, Berlin and Toronto. International customers hoping to buy the tablet online were met immediately with a twoto three-week wait.

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Members of the SMU men’s basketball team, minus senior forward Papa Dia who was injured in the first half an did not return to the game, stand before members of the SMU community during the last playing of “Varsity” for the season. SMU lost Saturday evening in the semifinals of the CIT tournament to Santa Clara, 72-55.

Mustangs lose in semi-final tournament game

By NICOLE JACOBSEN Senior Staff Writer njacobse@smu.edu

The Mustangs (20-15) may have been without their leading scorer in Friday’s 72-55 loss to Santa Clara University in the semifinal

round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, but as Head Coach Matt Doherty said, it’s not “Papa Dia University, it’s Southern Methodist University.”

“We’ve played without him [Dia] before and we knew we’re capable of beating other

teams without him,” senior Ryan Harp said.

“We gave it a good shot and we were there for awhile and then they [Santa Clara] hit some good shots and we went cold for a little bit but I’m blessed to be a part of this and it’s been a great year.”

Dia suffered an ankle injury when he was fouled on a layup by Santa Clara’s Ben Dowdell and played only 11 minutes in his final game on the Hilltop for four points and five rebounds.

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Students unveil Students reveal ideas, creativity in Competition eco-friendly outfits

By GRACE DAVIS Contributing Writer gdavis@smu.edu

By SARAH KRAMER News Editor skramer@smu.edu

Three teams revealed their creativity by proposing their ideas to a panel of judges Friday at the Lyle School of Engineering’s second annual Innovation Competition.

Whether it is tackling a worldwide problem or a campus issue, the Innovation Competition is open to all SMU students who have ideas they want to expose.

“It’s wonderful to see students from across campus get excited about it [the competition],” Geoffrey Orsak, dean of the Lyle School of Engineering, said. “A good idea can come from anyplace.”

Vladimir Jovanovic, a junior computer science and psychology major, won the $5,000 first prize award for his device-Metis.

After doing research on sensory perception for one of his classes, Jovanovic decided he wanted to create a device that would enhance brain function by altering people’s sensations about the world.

After placing the device on a person’s back and neck, Metis allows the person to feel what is around him by sending vibrations to his neck.

Jovanovic believes his device is applicable for many different people, such as the military, handicap,

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SMU Junior Vladimir Jovanovic demonstrates his winning Metis prototype in the Lyle Innovation Competition on Friday. The prototype will allow its users to “see” what’s behind them by sending vibrations through the neck.

Students and faculty gathered in the Hughes-Trigg Varsity Friday to view the creative and eco-friendly designs of five SMU students at the Environmental Representative’s Eco-Fashion Show.

Designers Keya Devani, Samantha Rios, Matthew Bolones, Diana Mansour and Alessandra Shultz created apparel from an array of recyclable materials such as garbage bags, newspaper, aluminum cans and CDs. “Fashion is something that everybody is into. Even if they say they don’t have style or what not, they still have something they go towards,” Mansour said. “I think eco-friendly fashion is a great way to get attracted to creating a better world.”

Short video clips revealing the designer’s inspiration for their creation were played before each model walked the runway.

The crowd applauded each model as each design was presented.

Devani’s creation incorporated items she found in her dorm room, which included a CD vest and a Target plastic bag skirt.

“I wanted to bring out the environment and put it into fashion,” Devani said. “I wanted to make something beautiful and

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sustainable; let them see what they are throwing away.”

Sustainability wasn’t the only factor in the design concepts. All of her items were handmade.

Mansour’s aluminum can strapless dress was fun, flirty and full of glamour. She even fashioned earrings and aluminum can shoe-covers.

“I really liked how it turned out.

It’s shiny and it has an old twist to it, which I think is fun,” she said.

Three awards were given at the end of the show. Matthew Bolones received “Most Wearable” for his take on the men’s suit, comprised of garbage bag pants and tie and paired with a newspaper jacket.

Alessandra Schultz took home “Most Creative.” Her trash bag bubble dress was a favorite among the crowd. The “Most Use of Recyclable Material” went to Samantha Rios for her bustier-inspired dress with a structured skirt made from a broken umbrella.

Judge Brady Stebleton said, “The show was really great. There were a couple of dresses that I thought were really spectacular—things I would dare to see on actual runways.”

E-Rep and model Elizabeth Peterson was thrilled with the event and the efforts of the designers.

“The designs were a lot more intricate than I expected. They’re insane,” she said. “The one that I

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Thousands turned out for the ninth annual March for Respect in Downtown Dallas Saturday.

The march, which was put on by the Developmental Disabilities Network of North Texas, is a one and a halfmile walk through downtown Dallas. The walk is designed to show Texans with disabilities that they are not alone while bringing awareness of people with developmental disabilities.

The walk ends at a stage where participants can perform skills such as singing or simply share what the event means to them.

“Hanging out by the stage is really special,” Brooks Igo, the SMU chapter president of Best Buddies, said.

“Different people will come up and show off their talents and encourage people to not get stuck looking at their disabilities, but begin to look at their abilities and their passion.”

Best Buddy chapters from most Dallas area schools and members of the Dallas community came out to participate in the event.

“It brings the community together to celebrate a population that is often overlooked and underestimated,” Igo said. “It was great to see all the organizations and schools from around the area get excited about the march and what it stands for.”

By JESSICA HUSEMAN Politics Editor jhuseman@smu.edu

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The SMU Best Buddies chapter joined with members of the Dallas community, participating in the March for Respect on Saturday, embarking on a one and a half-mile walk through downtown Dallas to voice support for Texans with developmental disabilities.

After more than 11 hours of debate, the Texas House passed a bill that would require voters to show photo identification at polls.

While the bill is aimed at addressing voter fraud, many say that it will negatively affect students’ ability to vote.

“The thing that is usually disruptive for students is that they are not at home,” political science professor Cal Jilson said. “So if you are not at home and do not have local ID, you won’t be able to register to vote and vote at your university home.”

John Carona, the Republican senator that represents the SMU area, said that

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the Senate considered this particular problem.

He said that a student who is a resident of Texas may register to vote at a temporary address, and “if there is a conflict of address on a voter registration card and a driver’s license, it would not prohibit that person from voting.”

The language of the bill, SB14, does not specifically address this problem, although Carona said the office of the secretary of state is currently developing rules that will “equip election workers to handle these situations.”

Carona said that if there were to be an issue, “students will have the opportunity to cast a provisional ballot.”

Republicans included a measure in the bill that makes one of the photo identification options free of charge so that cost would not be an issue in having a valid Texas ID. Matt Simpson, ACLU Texas’ policy strategist, is not satisfied with that. Because this bill doesn’t provide specific exceptions for students from out of state that want to vote in Texas elections, he believes the bill will still have a negative effect on student voter turnout.

He said other states who have voter ID bills allow students to

use their student ID as proof of residency, and given Republicans’ unwillingness to broaden the number of allowed photo IDs, this doesn’t seem likely.

“For a well-to-do student… getting a driver’s license is just a matter of finding a way to get to the DPS,” he said, noting that students who do not have cars or the time to get a Texas ID would be put at a disadvantage.

Simpson also said that this will discourage minorities and the elderly, who also may be unable to get an updated license, from coming to the polls.

He said that this is particularly problematic given Texas’ record of low voter turnout.

“Every time you add a new roadblock to voting you just make a bad situation worse,” he said.

Texas has among the lowest voter turnout in the country, ranking consistently between 45 and 47 percent, Jillson said.

“Historically that was no accident at all because Texas had a whole series of voter registration hurdles, poll tax hurdles and prohibitions on minority voting,” Jillson said.

Jillson said that even though the federal government forced Texas to eliminate these in the early 70s, some argue that “modern low voter turnout in

Texas is a vestige of an earlier attempt to dissuade minorities from voting.”

He said some feel that the voter ID bill is new proof that Republicans would rather not have minorities vote because minorities typically vote Democrat.

Carona said the bill was simply to prevent voter fraud.

“SB14 gives a tool to election workers to prevent in-person voter fraud and helps to restore voter confidence that the person who shows up at the polls actually is who he or she claims to be,” he said.

But Simpson said that there is no proof that the voter fraud Carona cites is actually occurring.

“Creating these new and more complex measures that affect turnout, all to fix an issue that may not exist, it starts to be an issue,” he said. “It’s a solution looking for a problem, and the real problem is voter turnout.

This is going in the opposite direction.”

Democrats attempted to pass several amendments softening the bill. They had early victories in this regard.

Craig Eiland, D-Galveston, passed an amendment exempting those that do not have an ID due to natural disasters; Naomi Gonzalez, D-El Paso, passed

an amendment making photo ID issued by recognized tribal organizations acceptable; and Helen Giddings, D-DeSoto, passed one that would allow those who have had their IDs stolen to provide an affidavit and a police report at the polls.

Later attempts at amendments to broaden the type of identification allowed and give special exemptions to groups were all unsuccessful.

Republican amendments were also proposed. Most notably, Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, passed an amendment eliminating a provision in the bill that exempted those who were 70 or older from the requirements.

This is the second bill put on the governor’s emergency list that have now passed, the first being the sonogram bill that passed earlier this month.

Now that the bill has passed through the House, the bill will be sent to a conference committee where the differences between the Senate and House versions of the bills will be hashed out.

The bill will then be sent to the governor for his signature.

For more on this issue, visit The Daily Campus’ political blog at www.politically-inclined.com.

Campus Events

Voter turnout in Texas in Presidential Elections 15,000,000

51.81%

March 28

Registered Voted Source: Texas Secretary of State website

6,000,000

3,000,000

0

2000

2004

Voted- 6,407,637 Registered-12,365,235

Voted- 7,410,765 Registered-13,098,329

2008 Voted- 8,077,795 Registered-13,575,062

Voter turnout in Texas in Gubernatorial Elections 15,000,000

36.24%

33.64%

38%

12,000,000

Registered

9,000,000

Voted Source: Texas Secretary of State website

6,000,000

3,000,000

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2002 Voted- 4,553,979 Registered-12,563,459

2006 Voted- 4,399,068 Registered-13,074,279

2010 Voted- 4,979,870 Registered-13,269,233

Police Reports TUESDAY March 29

WEDNESDAY March 30

Islam Awareness Week begins in the Hughes Trigg Commons at 10 a.m.

Blood Drive in the Parking lot behind the law school at 10 a.m.

Town Hall Meeting in the Hughes Trigg Commons at 4 p.m.

R.U.S.H. for the National Society of Collegiate Scholars at the Hughes-Trigg West bridge at 10 a.m.

Student Body Officer Debates in the Hughes-Trigg Forum at 5 p.m.

JCPenney Info Session in Room 356 Maguire at 5 p.m.

Secular Humanists Interest Meeting in the Women’s Center at 8 p.m.

Job/Internship Workshop for Grad Students in the Hughes-Trigg Forum at 5 p.m.

Diversity in the Workplace panel in the Hughes-Trigg Forum at 6 p.m.

59.50%

9,000,000

MARCH 24 MONDAY

56.57%

12,000,000

1:53 a.m. Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor/Possession of Fictitious License or ID: A student was issued a University Park citation and referred to the Student Conduct Office for underage drinking and for possessing a fake ID. Another student was referred to the Student Conduct Office for underage drinking. Closed.

7:22 a.m. Fire Alarm: Sigma Alpha Epsilon/3005 Dyer Court. UPFD responded to an active fire alarm with activation of strobes and sirens. It was determined smoke from burned food in the microwave was the cause of the activation of the fire alarm.

The microwave was removed from inside the house and UPFD reset the fire panel and cleared with no further incident. Closed.

1:24 p.m. Theft: 3022 SMU Blvd.

A student reported theft of his vehicle’s license plate. The theft occurred sometime between March 23 5:00 p.m. - March 24 12:30 p.m. Open.

11:13 a.m. Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor: 3300 Dyer Street. Two students were referred to the Student Conduct Office for underage drinking.

Closed.

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Students campaign for upcoming Senate elections

By MEREDITH SHAMBURGER

Cox Candidates

Online Editor mshamburge@smu.edu

The Daily Campus sent a questionnaire to all candidates in the upcoming Student Senate elections.

The following is an edited portion of responses from the candidates for Student Senate positions. To read all of the election candidates’ complete answers, visit our Hilltop Politics blog at hilltoppolitics.wordpress.com.

Several candidates are running for both Student Body Officer (SBO) positions and general seats: Martha Pool (Secretary and Cox), Alex Ehmke (Vice President and Dedman II), Roza Essaw (Vice President and Meadows), Joseph Esau (Vice President and Lyle). Their responses were printed last Friday with the other SBO candidates, as that is their primary race.

Meadows Candidates Alejandra Aguirre: I would like to be the voice of those Meadows students who wish there was a closer connection with the rest of the SMU community.

Shana Ray: I hope to continue to provide a voice to the silent. My biggest aspiration is to get legislation passed that will help promote SMU’s prestige and overall goal.

Cesar Rincon: I will devote my time as Senator to the Meadows students and listen to their concerns and ideas about the SMU campus.

Jaimmy Koroma: I honestly just hope to bring the SMU community together and with further progression in diversity and tolerance.

Also running for an SBO position: Roza Essaw

Gregory Barro: I hope to accomplish effective communication with the student government, promote positive leadership, and set achievable goals to improve what is already a very active and strong student life at SMU. Jaison Thomas: I hope to increase the representation that the business school receives through Senate, therefore increasing its programs’ success.

Ted Belden: I plan to address any and all concerns of the Cox student body. I want to work towards enlarging the Student Senate endowment, so that more students can benefit from Senate’s scholarships.

African-American Candidate Shanitah Young: I would simply like to ensure that organizations on campus that deal with or are related to the African American Student [and African Students] have a voice.

Hispanic-American Candidate

Ali Anwar: I wish to accomplish one major task: represent my classmates and peers as well as possible on one of the universities governing bodies and make sure that their voices and concerns are heard.

Jacob Watts: I hope to pass legislation that represents the needs of the student body and to create changes that make SMU a better place than it already is.

Nick Bertasi: The biggest thing I want to accomplish is to get intramural flag football added as

Jingjing Yang: I want to see to it that the International Students’ concerns are being addressed, so that they will have an enjoyable time at SMU.

a spring sport. It is by far the largest intramural sport, and there is no reason to confine it to one season in the fall.

An Phan: To create stronger ties between the student body and Student Senate.

Parminder Deo: I hope to write and pass legislation that will better the SMU community. Whatever the concerns arise I hope to address them and see that things change for the better.

Steve Robson: I hope to bring a closer bond

between the school and its students. I will implement a better communications between students and the Senate.

Harvey Luna: Along side with addressing the specific issues of Dedman I students, I plan to work with others to pioneer policy implementation in creating the necessary change needed for the LGBTQ community on campus.

Did not return questionnaire: Christoph Schmidt, Savannah Stephens, Ramon Trespalacios

Dedman II Candidates Upama Kadel: Get more students involved.

Brad Krocheski: To meet the academic demands students have and to stand for the Dedman II student body to the best of my abilities Kellie Spano: I hope to continue working on lowering the cost of McFarlin for those groups charging entry and for the use of the facility. I plan to advocate for more scholarships for students with the current change in the economy.

Hanna Kim: I hope to encourage students to become closer with their individual departments in order to utilize all the opportunities that pertain to their

majors! Also, I hope to help students with concerns or questions regarding their major at SMU by bringing suggestions to Student Senate.

Anthony McAuliffe: I want to try and make further improvements to the financial aid office so that they may more efficiently help students. I want to see if something can be done about the tuition increase so it only affects incoming students and does not affect current students.

Alex Mace: I want to improve the flow of information and concerns from the students to their senators by instituting required constituency reports.

Joe Gaasbeck: If elected, I plan to run for Speaker of the Senate inside the chamber. In this position, I will be able to continue the work that I have started this year.

Christian Genco: I hope to improve the efficiency of the inner-workings of Senate, the means in which it communicates with the student body, and of actually

accomplishing the things senate says it’s going to do.

Sarah Kazmi: My goal is to address any issues that Lyle students have for the Senate to address and to make them feel they can easily approach us!

Katie O’Neil: I plan to be an advocate to my fellow students, as well as being successful in aiding the needs of our student body.

I want to increase exposure between schools with campus-wide events that showcase the best that each has to offer.

Alex Morgan: I believe Senate needs to address in the up coming year, the first of these being reading days. The second issue I hope to tackle involves campus unity.

Also running for an SBO position: Alex Ehmke Did not return questionnaire: Mohammad Khan

Lyle Candidates

Juan Jose Garcia: I hope to establish a better form of communication and involvement for my constituents to further increase my efficiency as a Senator and of Student Senate.

International Candidate

Tyler Harris: One of my main goals as a senator will be to include reading days in the academic calendar. Another goal is to provide more study areas outside for students to utilize.

Michael Mitchell: As a Cox Senator, I hope to increase school spirit. This starts with a successful football team and an enthusiastic student body, but it requires more student involvement here on campus, especially by upperclassmen.

Also running for an SBO position: Martha Pool Did not return questionnaire: Cameron Skreden, Jack Dawson.

Dedman I Candidates

Simmons Candidate Lucy Needham: To be able to best represent the needs of the students in the Simmons School.

Caroline Langley: I hope to foster the relationship between the Cox School of Business and the rest of the university, and take part in the allocation of funding for scholarships and student organizations.

Jaywin Malhi: I would like to introduce pieces of legislation specifically intended to foster [Cox’s] rising national rankings. I hope to provide particular attention to bridging the gap between MBA students and BBA students at SMU. Zahra Khan: I feel that, from a Cox student perspective, SMU needs to expand the facilities it has available for Cox students.

Claudia Sandoval: I want to bridge communication gaps between Lyle organizations and Student Senate.

Also running for an SBO position: Joseph Esau Did not return questionnaire: John Harris, Jonathan Ishmael

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‘Sucker Punch’ sucks

By CHASE WADE Associate A&E Editor cdwade@smu.edu

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Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” starring Paolo Gavanelli and Laura Claycomb (pictured above), will be playing at the Winspear Theater until April 10.

Leads shine in ‘Rigoletto’

By LAUREN SMART

Arts & Entertainment Editor lsmart@smu.edu

Giusseppe Verdi penned some of opera’s masterpieces. His compositions are some of the finest that Italian omanticism has to offer.

The Dallas Opera’s current production of “Rigoletto” captures the beauty in the music and the story, with clean conducting and world-class performers.

The opera opens on a party in the palace, the Duke sings of his ways with the women. When Count Monterone arrives, with a vendetta against the Duke, Rigoletto mocks the Count, who then curses the two of them.

It seems that everyone is out to get poor Rigoletto the rest of the opera, from the noblemen who wish to capture his lover, whom we find out later is actually his daughter, Gilda. The girl falls innocently in love with the Duke, who seduces her.

Rigoletto seeks vengeance against

the Duke and hires Sparafucile to carry out his plot, but the curse that Monterone has laid against him is fulfilled when Gilda sacrifices herself to save her beloved Duke.

The Dallas Opera sets the stage for this tragedy with an incredibly powerful opening. Rigoletto is in front of a slanted mirror, gazing up into it as he dons his jester suit and the audience sees his sorrowful face.

This intensity continues as Michael Yeargan’s set, which is a transformable backdrop of storm clouds, shifts from one shape to another to open it for the performers.

Pietro Rizzo’s conducting also lends to the atmosphere of the play, as he leads an orchestra through Verdi’s emotional music, with appropriate muted sections and rising crescendos.

It is especially powerful in the moments of the storm at the end of the opera, as the orchestra recreates the moaning wind and crashing thunder.

What is really remarkable in

this production, though, are the performances of Paolo Gavenelli as Rigoletto and Laura Claycomb as Gilda. It’s a Dallas Opera debut for both of them, and a homecoming of sorts for SMU alumna Claycomb. Their vocals are the most powerful of the season.

Claycomb’s love-struck meditations and Gavenelli’s vengeful cries of anguish are breathtaking, but what is even more moving is how well their voices blend in their duets. Her sweet, clear Soprano matched with his rich, husky Baritone meet in perfect harmony.

Another powerful performance is Raymond Aceto as Sparafucile. His deep bass voice makes him an intimidating player in this revenge opera.

This production is interesting, heartbreaking and enchanting. A mustsee for any opera lover.

“Rigoletto” has performances March 30 and April 2, 7 and 10. For more information visit dallasopera.org.

It’s not often that I let my friends choose what movie to see.

As someone who sees almost every movie that hits major theaters, I like to be considered a somewhat trustworthy source, in terms of weeding through the sometimesmuddled movie selections.

However, this past Saturday, I chose to loosen my grip and let one of my friends choose the movie to see. Out of a decent selection offered by AMC, my friend ended up choosing “Sucker Punch,” a movie that never really caught my interest.

The movie, a misguided mash up of over-zealous computer graphics, follows a young girl as she tries to escape a mental hospital that her evil-stepfather forced her into.

The film decides to tell the story of her escape by translating it to the viewers as some mythical epic journey full of sword fights and interesting creatures.

The movie’s confusing dual

GOOD AS GOLD Look, art exhibits don’t often make me giddy. But the Nasher Sculpture Center has something that patrons of all ages will enjoy.

“Sightings” by Martin Creed has, among other things, a room filled with 9,000 golden balloons.

A guard lets you or your group in to the room for you to explore.

They more than 10 feet tall and you can roam, take pictures and get lost. When you walk in, you are told to follow the grain in the floor if you begin to feel disoriented.

For pictures of my (A&E Editor Lauren Smart) visit to the room, go online to smudailycampus.com.

Send us pictures of your experience and we’ll post them as well: lsmart@smu.edu.

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From Left to Right, “Sucker Punch’s” stars Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, and Jamie Chung gearing for a battle.

narratives is the first misstep in a series of bad decisions that lead to this cinematic catastrophe. If someone were to pitch an idea that involved molding the stories of “Lord of the Rings” with “Girl, Interrupted,” taking away the good acting, and letting what seems to be an over-active 12-year-old do the post editing, than “Sucker Punch” would be the result.

Another laughable aspect of the sour film is the decision to name its character ridiculous, if not unimaginable, names like “Baby Doll” and “Blondie.” I feel as if “Sucker Punch” may just be Hollywood’s stab at an early April Fool’s joke.

The fail of film features the acting abilities of Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanassa Hudgens, Jena Malone, and Jamie Chung. The five females are forced to escape from Lennox Hall, the mental hospital they were sent to that operates dually as a strip club/ brothel.

The film’s costume department must have been low on fabric, as even as the actresses are trying to escape the strip club, they look like strippers doing so. Meagerly clothed and heavily armed, “Sucker Punch” unfolds to a variety of creatures and loud noises that while may be entertaining to some, were boring to this critic.

Trying too hard to be an actionpacked “Alice in Wonderland,” “Sucker Punch” fails miserably.

Running at 109 minutes, one would be better off skipping “Sucker Punch” and taking in more notable films like “The Lincoln Lawyer” or “Rango.”

Coming from Zack Snyder, the acclaimed director of more memorable action films like “300,” and “Watchmen,” it seems as if Snyder will want “Sucker Punch” to be the movie that everyone knows is bad, but never mentions it. For such a good director, Snyder lost the storytelling elements that he had in “300” and “Watchmen.” Perhaps filmed a little too lightly, it is very hard to take “Sucker Punch” serious on any aspects.

There were two lessons learned from my viewing of “Sucker Punch.”

First, I learned to never let me friend pick the movie, even if I haven’t heard about it, and second, I learned that some movies, despite how action packed it may be, it can still come off as disastrously boring.

Don’t let the title of “Sucker Punch” fool you. Once you leave the movie, you’ll feel like you’ve been sucker punched as well.

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Meadows plays part in NorthPark’s ARTsPARK

By LEE GLEISER

Contributing Writer gleiser@smu.edu

The sights and sounds of the arts filled the marbled halls of NorthPark Center on Saturday, transforming NorthPark into ARTsPARK. Dancers graced the concourse, music filled the air, booths lined the corridors and a giant Clifford greeted children. SMU Meadows School of the Arts was there to showcase all its wares.

Laura Trujillo, a freshman voice major at Meadows, worked the Meadows booth throughout the day.

“It’s interesting,” she said, “people know we have a school but they don’t realize how many events we have to offer to the community.”

Trujillo, with help from SMU freshman Jana Beeson and sophomore Amelia Krueger, spent the day meeting people, talking about upcoming events and handing out brochures. Many who stopped by were alumni from the school or parents of current students. Others were meeting Meadows for the first time.

“If we can pick up one new patron, the day is

worth it,” said Steven Jones, the founding producer of Lyric Stage in Irving. “People are excited to discover us.”

The Lyric Stage features musicals with full orchestras playing original Broadway orchestrations.

It has a partnership with SMU’s business and arts administration program.

“The graduate students are using our theater as a case study,” Jones said.

Lyric Stage and Meadows were just two of 100 arts and cultural organizations participating in ARTsPARK. Other organizations included the Dallas Zoo, the Dallas Aquarium, the Mahogany Dance Theatre, KERA and WRR Classical 101.1 FM. The booths were strategically placed in corridors near related stores and many were grouped together by common themes. WRR was situated in the center of all the action, hosting live broadcasts throughout the event from noon to 6 p.m.

“Dallas is becoming a hub for the arts,” Paul Adams, marketing coordinator for WRR, said.

“Nancy Nasher opened up her space to spread that message.”

Nancy Nasher is the force behind ARTsPARK and plans to make it an annual event each March.

Nasher, a co-owner of NorthPark Center, said, “This is a space that is used to give back to the community and (ARTsPARK) is just going to get better and better.”

In partnership with the Business Council for the Arts, Nasher hopes to increase awareness of all the arts organizations out there and was surprised to realize how many there are.

“NorthPark Center was the first shopping center to introduce museum-quality artwork in a public mall space,” Vail Tolbert, NorthPark public relations manager, said.

Built in 1965, Ray Nasher designed the entire space artistically. He carefully chose the white brick throughout the center. There are no signs anywhere inside or outside the mall that say NorthPark. Works of art and sculpture from Andy Warhol, Jonathan Borofsky, Roy Lichtenstein and others grace the walls and the walkways.

The third annual ARTsPARK is scheduled to take place March 2012.

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Matthew Bolaños shows off his garbage bag tie and newspaper jacket at the Eco-Friendly Fashion Show on Friday in the Hughes-Trigg Varisty.

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am wearing looks great, they all look great. I was really impressed.

For our first time, I think the event went really well.”

Peterson wasn’t the only one who was pleased with the event.

Faculty supervisor Dee O’Banner was surprised at the turnout and hopes to hold the fashion show again next year.

“We were nervous about having the event on a Friday night, but this was such a success,” O’Banner said. “The designers did such a great job.”

The E-Reps believe they achieved their goals. Devani, designer and E-Rep, said “I think people are rethinking what they can do with recyclable materials.”

“I think SMU as a whole is a big fashion place for our population,” Hurley said. “If students are able to go in the trend of eco-friendly, that would be a good change in general.”

If you are interested in becoming an Environmental Representative, see the Resident Life and Student Housing homepage on the SMU website for more information.

Texas’ economic miracle beginning to tarnish ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas — Some in Texas had talked tough about solving the state’s budget problem by austerity alone, but lawmakers finally faced a hard fact: Texas is in serious financial trouble.

The severity of the state’s $27 billion budget crisis was evident in the furrowed brows, sad eyes and pained expressions of legislators. They fidgeted in their seats as hundreds of teachers, parents and disabled people explained in testimony in recent weeks how proposed budget cuts would ruin their lives.

Legislatures elsewhere are facing budget problems, but most are blending cuts with asset sales, increased fees and tax modifications to soften the impact. Texas prides itself on lean government so Republicans

here promised to solve the crisis here by budget cuts alone.

Then rhetoric hit reality this week.

The result was the latest and most vivid example of a state taking steps it had fiercely resisted.

The Republican committee chairman’s southern accent turned plaintive as he urged legislators who had campaigned on preserving the state’s $9.2 billion Rainy Day Fund to now break that promise to ease the budget pressure.

“If you want to close this shortfall through cuts alone, you have to either (completely) cut payments to Medicaid providers, cut payments to school districts or lay-off a substantial number of state employees,” said state Rep. Jim Pitts, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. “You would have to do these things immediately.”

Magnifying the difficulty of the move here was that Pitts and other conservatives

knew they had to get the state’s — and perhaps the nation’s — most outspoken advocate of budget cutting -- Gov. Rick Perry -- to climb down from the nospending pledge with them. It took a week of convincing, but Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Speaker Joe Strauss — all Republicans — issued a statement on Tuesday approving a $3.2 billion withdrawal from the reserve fund to plug the budget hole, in addition to making $1 billion in cuts.

That deal will solve the budget problem — until Aug. 31. Lawmakers still need to cut another $23 billion from the next two-year budget.

“In other words, the state only has about three-fourths of the money it needs to continue doing what it is doing now,” explained F. Scott McCown, director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, an advocacy group for the poor. “And every single thing the state does now is

something that the governor previously agreed it ought to be doing.”

Several months into the current legislative session, the government fiscal crisis across the nation is proving as difficult for states with a tradition of austerity as for those more accustomed to spending. Other conservative states are struggling with how to pay for keeping tough-on-crime corrections policies in place.

Perry, the state’s longest serving governor, has signed every budget over the last 10 years and praised lawmakers for spending only what’s necessary. Last week lawmakers pressed Perry’s budget experts to help cut $4 billion from the current budget, but neither side could reach the goal.

So Perry relented, but his support for tapping the Rainy Day Fund now came with an ultimatum about the budget that begins Sept. 1.

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EDITORIAL

Geraldine Ferraro remembered as more women appear in political arena

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SMU Senate fails to represent student interests

By JACK BENAGE Contributing Writer

Would you like to know if SMU plans to increase tuition? And what does it plan to do with that new building? What’s up with the revisions to the general education curriculum?

Your student government knows. The trouble is—you don’t.

A recent article by Meredith Shamburger in The Daily Campus discussed renewed debate over student representation in Senate. For those who aren’t familiar with the way our student government is organized at SMU, we aim to represent all students by dividing representation into the various schools on campus.

Roughly put, there is one student for every 300 students in Cox, Meadows, Lyle, Simmons, Dedman Law, etc.

Some time ago, our Student Senate created additional seats to represent certain student populations it believed were under-represented in our student government. In addition to the senators, we have representing us through our school(s) of study, there is also an African-American Senator, Asian-American Senator, Hispanic-American Senator and International Senator.

The Daily Campus article from

March 23 reported that studentathlete Kelvin Beachum brought a proposal to Student Senate to append our constitution to form a “studentathlete senator” position. The article stated that Beachum told the chamber that there is a “disconnect” between student athletes and Student Senate and, therefore, an additional seat could help resolve this lack of communication.

I do believe that Mr. Beachum is correct in his belief that student athletes are disconnected from Student Senate. However, I don’t think that he understands that what he has stumbled upon is a universal disconnect between all SMU students and their student government.

The idea behind dividing our senators into our academic disciplines (Lyle, Cox, etc.) is that there is equal representation this way. There are already student athletes and every other type of student represented in Student Senate. Your Student Senate representation is simply elected with the title of “Lyle Senator” or “Cox Senator” because that’s how our representation is divvied up.

It is time that our student government realize why there have been so many proposals in the past two

or three years to add additional seats to our Student Senate. Students don’t feel that they are being represented adequately. I applaud Mr. Beachum for being one more voice attempting to let our student government recognize this.

I spent two years on our Student Senate, both as a Senator and as the chair of the membership committee.

From experience, I will tell you that the unfortunate reality is that there are only a select few on our Student Senate that actively pursue open communication with their constituents and promote those students’ interests.

Most senators believe that it is the job of the students to come to their student government to be heard. It is of course, in fact, the opposite. Our Student Senate needs to recognize that instead of having a “Student Concerns Committee” that the entirety of our student government is supposed to solicit student concerns.

Our senators need to take these students’ appeals as a wake-up call.

Instead of interrogating those with enough moxie to attend a meeting, try offering a smile, your cell number and offer to grab coffee or lunch and figure out how their needs can be addressed.

Students cannot instantaneously

conjure up legislation on command, nor should they have to. Since Student Senate is privy to more information about SMU, how is the average student supposed to know that information affects them unless senators share it?

Members of Student Senate: You took an oath to “serve and represent [your] constituents” and “communicate all relevant issues to them.” It is clear from recent requests for additional representation that the students don’t feel that many of you are being true to your oath of office.

Students: I hope you will exercise your right to vote this Wednesday and Thursday. I also hope that you will continue to pressure our student leadership to recognize that serving in Student Senate is not a job that takes place only on Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m.

I believe that the solutions being offered to resolve our representation problem have been off target. We don’t need more representation for our students; we need representation that does more for our students.

Jack Benage is a junior majoring in accounting. He can be reached for comments and questions at jbenage@ smu.edu.

U.S. military intervention in Middle East blurs lines between Democrat and Republican policies

Twenty years after first woman vicepresident candidate, is U.S. more accepting of women in politics?

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In July 1984, Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman in American history to be nominated to national office by a major party.

She died this Saturday, but her legacy lives on.

As we all know, Ferraro’s bid to become the first female vice president was unsuccessful; she and her partner on the ticket, Walter Mondale, were crushed by the incumbent candidacy of Ronald Reagan.

Nathaniel French Perhaps more to the point, the movement she represented—that of women finally being treated as equal partners in the nation’s political life—stalled. It took 24 years for another woman to be nominated to the vice presidency.

Still, it’s hard not to notice that things are looking decidedly better for women in the public sphere.

Hillary Clinton nearly won the Democratic nomination three years ago. Lately, speculation as to whom Republicans might nominate to challenge Barack Obama in 2012 has focused largely on two women: the ever-present Sarah Palin and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann.

The surest sign that women may finally be receiving something like equal standing in the political arena is how unremarkable we’ve found their presence lately.

When I learned of Bachmann’s potential candidacy, I searched The New York Times story I was reading and found no mention of her gender.

Instead, the article focused on her policy positions and how she might affect other members of the field.

In short, there was nothing unusual or groundbreaking about her announcement that she might run; she received the same coverage a man might.

Of course, there’s a long way to go for any woman thinking of running for president.

Clinton endured months of blatant discrimination during her historic candidacy, and it’s likely that the women who follow her will face the same obstacles. But the world gets better and progress can’t be stopped.

Almost 27 years ago, Geraldine Ferraro made real the possibility that in this country, there’s no limit to how far anyone—male or female—can rise. It’s only a matter of time before we honor her legacy and make good on her dream.

Nathaniel French is a senior theater major. He can be reached for comment at nfrench@smu.edu.

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Why is America lending a helping hand?

The true motivation for U.S. action in Libya is humanitarian victory ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Michael Dearman

As the selfproclaimed promoters of freedom and democracy around the world, does the United States have an obligation to assist

the oppressed?

The United States has thrown its forces into Libya without a clear end in mind. There are civilians and rebels in want of an uncorrupted democratic process that are on the ropes as Gaddafi’s forces continuously pound away at the out matched rebels.

To watch the failure of a revolution occur is difficult, especially when they are fighting for the rights and the privileges that we have.

There is a familiar recognition between the people of America and those struggling in the Middle East.

Though not entirely similar, the American Revolution and revolutions calling for rights and representation are recognizable in that they both represent similar, over arching values, at least if viewed in the most basic sense.

But there are plenty of dictators around the world that oppress their people. So, why Libya? The country is not of any real strategic importance to the United States. Likewise, as Albert R. Hunt puts it in the New York Times, “foreign policy, except in times of unpopular and higher-casualty wars, rarely drives U.S. elections.”

The true motivator for action in Libya is that the deposition of a dictator (notoriously uncaring about human rights, let alone the most basic rights in general) is a victory for American humanitarian aid. Though it is not a normal American aid handout to those it deems less fortunate, it is a hand-up to the oppressed.

In addition, the Libyan action,

which will see its completion when Gaddafi is removed from power, sends a message to the rest of the dictators of the world that the United States will not stand by to watch the brutal oppression of people.

If it were possible, I believe the United States would be obligated to depose the despots of other countries.

Resources, however, are limited and the people of the United States grow weary of continued wars. In a sense (not that this is probable or possible), if the United States attacked all of the tyrannical dictators in the world, then the United States would clearly be spread far too thin to actually be effective.

Since the United States cannot oppose all dictators in all countries, it is necessary to choose those countries that are the most hard-pressed or have the best chance of succeeding in revolution. Clearly the Libyans were already in the process of revolt so it was much easier for the United States

to assist, as opposed to fomenting opposition to a dictator in another country, such as North Korea, where the possibility of revolt is much less.

Despite mixed feelings about U.S. involvement in Libya, it is extremely worthwhile for the utilitarian betterment of humanity to remove Gaddafi from power, at least in the long term. The United States must be an active voice in the world for the rights of individuals. If the U.S. is going to present itself as a promoter of rights and freedoms, then it must regard the rights and freedoms of citizens of other countries important as well. Instead of remaining silent when others are destroyed, the United States should act, as it is doing in Libya, to assist in the dismantling of regimes clearly in opposition to human rights.

Michael Dearman is a first year majoring in the pursuit of truth and the overthrow of systems. He can be reached for comments at mdearman@smu.edu.

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FRENCH CLUB

‘Coco avant Chanel’ kicks off SMU film festival

By PATRICIA BOH Contributing Writer pboh@smu.edu

French Club started its 15th annual French Film Festival with the awardwinning film, “Coco avant Chanel,” directed by Anne Fountaine and starring Audrey Tautou (“Amélie,” “L’auberge Espange,” “Russian Dolls”) Friday.

Translating to “Coco before Chanel,” the movie depicts Chanel before her rise to fame in the fashion industry.

Chanel is an ambitious French woman in the early 20th century, fighting against her own background and the social conventions of the era.

The purpose of the French film festival is “to promote French cinema and culture here in North Texas,” French faculty member Heath Pelletier said.

Pelletier feels the festival is a prime opportunity for “the SMU community and residents of North Texas to come together and interact.”

The French film festival will show five films, some of which include

“Welcome, Daratt, Indigènes” (English title: “Days of Glory”), and “Séraphine.”

Pelletier is most looking forward to the film “Welcome.”

The opening night gathered a large audience.

“It had a much bigger turnout than what I expected and…many non-SMU people attended,” French and Business major James Weidenfeller said.

Weidenfeller enjoyed how everyone seemed to be speaking French in the theater.

Many students taking French at SMU seemed to enjoy this cultural opportunity. Foreign language major Miller Walker enjoys watching French movies because it helps him better understand the language.

“I absolutely love French movies, especially ones that star Audrey Tautou,” sophomore foreign language major George Williams said. “The film was really great… the beginning was kind of slow but once it gained momentum, the movie became really interesting.”

Freshman Yubin Kim loves “Coco avant Chanel” because it is a success

story about a well-known brand.

“What’s more French than Paris, romance and Chanel?”

Kim asked.

“It was interesting that at first, [Chanel] didn’t want to go into designing,” sophomore Jean Paul Destarac said about one of the leading people in fashion.

Sponsors of the French Film Festival include the SMU French Club, the SMU Students’ Association, the Tournées Festival, the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Centre National de la Cinématographie, the Florence Gould Foundation, the Grand Marnier Foundation, highbrow entertainment, agnès b. and the Fonds Culturel francoaméricain (the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, SACEM and the Writers Guild of America).

Showings will take place on March 29, April 1, April 6 and April 9 at 7 p.m. in the HughesTriggs Theater. Admission is free and open to the public. All films are shown in French with English subtitles.

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He also believes he won because of his final presentation in front of the judges.

“Talking about my device is one thing, but actually getting to feel the sensations of someone walking behind you is what can change your mind about my device,” he said. “It [the final presentation] allowed me to demonstrate to the judges and the public how my idea really works.”

Students who participate in this competition work on their projects outside of class and do not receive class credit.

“We really want to see their [the students’] own inspirations come alive. We want to see their passion,” Orsak said. “These kids are as talented as any kids in the country.”

Greg Carr and Lisa Hart-Willis approached Volkan Otugen, the mechanical engineering department

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chair, with the idea of the Innovation Competition.

“Innovation is an idea but there is a person behind it,” Carr said.

Otugen and Nathan Huntoon then worked on implementing details for the competition.

“Most people are never given the opportunity to turn those good ideas into reality,” Huntoon, the director of the Innovation Gymnasium, said.

“The SMU Innovation Competition is an attempt to get those good ideas into the open.”

There are two phases of the competition.

Last year, three teams submitted written proposals in Phase I and then moved on to Phase II. This year, 12 teams submitted written proposals, but only three were selected to develop their prototypes in Phase II. The biggest difference from last year’s competition to this year’s was time available for development.

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Last year, students had only the spring semester to write their proposals and design their devices before presenting them to the judges.

This year, students had both the fall and spring semesters to work on their ideas.

The teams presented to a panel of six judges, which included Tomima Edmark, who invented the Topsy Tail; Volkan Otugen; and Dr. Ira Greenberg, a professor in both the Lyle School of Engineering and the Meadows School of the Arts.

First runner up went to Matthew Brannick, Keith Adler, Meredith Fabor and James Moats for their creation, GeoDATA, which is a system to help people manage large sets of data.

Second runner up went to Kent Henry, Ross Hill and Jared Miller for their device that improved the reliability of handguns.

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BASKETBALL: Mustangs earn SMU dominates second outdoor meet first 20-win season since 1999-2000 TRACK & FIELD

By EJ HOLLAND Sports Editor eholland@smu.edu

Fresh off its impressive performance at the Texas Christian University Invitational, the No. 20 SMU track and field team showcased a strong performance as it competed in the Mean Green Invitational this weekend.

The Mustangs placed first in a variety of sprint, jump and throwing events against a field that included host team North Texas.

After recently being named 2011 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American, Simone du Toit proved herself as a top thrower in the country by placing first in both the shot put and discus events.

Du Toit posted winning throws of 16.61 meter and 55.12 meter in the shot put and discus respectively. Ayla Gill, who was named Conference USA Athlete of the Week last week, won the hammer throw after a 55.45 meter toss.

Also competing in throwing events for SMU was sophomore Lisa Egarter, who finished first in the javelin throw with a 41.32 meter mark. Placing first in the high jump with a 1.75 meter jump was junior Viktoria Leks.

In the sprint events, junior Amber Evans placed first in the 200-meter dash with a 23.71 mark and also set a school record 11.62 finish in the 100-meter

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SMU’s Simone du Toit competes in the Women’s Shot Put during the March 12 NCAA college Indoor Championships at Texas A&M University in College Station.

dash. However, the record-breaking performance was not enough to garner a first place finish as Evans finished just behind Oklahoma’s

Shawna Anderson.

SMU will now have the luxury of staying in Dallas on April 1 to compete in the Bobby Lane Invitational.

EQUESTRIAN

SMU rally falls short against No. 5 Baylor

By EJ HOLLAND Sports Editor eholland@smu.edu

After over a month without competition, the SMU equestrian team came out rusty against No. 5 Baylor University, falling 6-3 Saturday at Buck Branch in Wilmer, Texas.

This was SMU’s second meeting with the Bears this season. Baylor took the first match 5-2 on Feb. 19 The Bears came out strong on the flat, taking all five matches and outscoring the Mustangs 357-341.

Kendra Vicary earned MVP honors

for Baylor after edging Renick Townsend 72-71. Kara Fergusson led all riders with a score of 73, topping Julianna Fischer and clinching the sweep for the Bears.

For the mustangs to have any chance of forcing a tie, they would have to sweep over the fences. The Mustangs began to rally behind junior Jordyn Pettersen and got right back in the thick of things by taking three straight points.

Pettersen, who earned MVP honors, got things started with a 75-73 win over Ashley McGehee.

Marissa Djernes followed Petersen’s lead and downed Taylor Brown 8272. Fischer would continue to ride the momentum as she took down Vicary 82-72.

Just when it looked like SMU was going to pull off the impossible, Fergusson once again stepped up for the Bears and claimed victory, diminishing any chance of Mustang comeback. Fergusson defeated Emily Gardner 78-65.

SMU outscored nationally-ranked Baylor, 380-369 over fences and only trailed 726-721 in the overall score.

“I thought the play was excessive,” Doherty said. “It is what it is and its hard when your best player only plays 11 minutes but the other guys put us in position to win and we just couldn’t get over the hump at the end.”

In their longest run in the postseason since 1956, the Mustangs went on a 17-4 run at 16:36 of the second half to go back up by 5 points over the Broncos.

But a three-pointer from senior Collin Mangrum ended up being the last successful field goal for the team in the remaining six minutes as Santa Clara (23-14) scored 19 unanswered points to seal the win.

Mangrum, one of six seniors on the team, finished the night with 13 points in his third double-digit performance of the season.

“They [the seniors] came in and they wanted to make a mark and they made a difference in SMU basketball and they leave here as winners after winning 20 games and going to postseason playing and doing a lot of things that haven’t been done here in awhile,” Doherty said. “You hate to see it end with a loss.”

“This year I realized this team has been a family to me and it’s been four great years,” Harp said. “This has definitely been the best. My teammates are like brothers. It’s just been a lot of fun.”

Led by Kevin Foster with 35 points

and two steals on the night, the Broncos also pulled down 29 defensive and 14 offensive rebounds.

The sophomore guard scored 17 of his total points in the second half, including a two-point bucket at 7:04 that gave Santa Clara the lead for the remainder of the game.

“I don’t know how we could have guarded him [Foster] any better,” Doherty said. “It’s hard for me to say without really racking my brain, but he’s maybe the best shooter I’ve coached against.”

“He’s [Foster] a good player,” senior Mike Walker said. “He’s not the most athletic but he knows how to create space and obviously he can hit great shots.”

Walker, in his final game, scored 6 points, including two three-pointers, wraps up his career at SMU as eighth all-time at SMU in three pointers with 131.

SMU started off the game strong, going up by nine points with 6:01 left in the first half but the Broncos went on a 15-4 run, led by Foster and Troy Payne for a 32-30 lead at the break.

Without Dia in the lineup, SMU struggled on the boards, getting just 10 offensive rebounds.

Robert Nyakundi, with a teamhigh 14 points on the night, had his third double-double of the season with 10 boards but was scoreless the final 12 minutes of the game.

The Mustangs finished the night shooting 35.3 percent from the field and 32.1 percent from behind the arc,

compared to a 46.6 percent field goal performance from the Broncos.

Santa Clara was also able to generate 11 points off SMU turnovers. After struggling to protect the ball (SMU had 48 turnovers in the previous three games of the CIT,), the Mustangs recorded just nine turnovers in Friday’s loss, four of which were committed by Dia before he left the game.

The Mustangs had only three turnovers in the second half.

“The program has officially turned around,” Doherty said. “You can see that by the numbers and feel.”

SMU defeated Oral Roberts University in the opening round of the tournament in the program’s first postseason win since the 1988 NCAA Tournament.

After ORU, SMU scraped by in a 63-62 last-second win over Jacksonville University before topping Northern Iowa University in the quarterfinals on March 21.

SMU finished with 20 wins on the season, the most for the program since the 1999-2000 season when the Mustangs went 21-9.

SMU’s three-game winning streak also marked the first time the team played in a tournament’s Final Four since advancing that far in the NCAA Tournament in 1956.

“I think this senior class has laid the foundation for future success,” Doherty said. “I’m already looking forward to next October when practice starts.”

MEN’S SWIMMING

Cole leads Mustangs to 32nd place finish

By EJ HOLLAND Sports Editor eholland@smu.edu

The SMU men’s swim team finished 32nd at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships this weekend.

Senior captain Tom Cole, who

garnered All American status, earned 6 points for the Mustangs.

The senior captain placed 11th in the 200-yard breaststroke and also came in 18th in the 100-yard backstroke with a season-best time of 53.39.

Also competing for SMU was

sophomore Mindaugas Sadauskas who came in 26th in the 100-yard freestyle (43.48) and 32nd in the 50yard freestyle (19.82).

SMU was one of only 22 teams in the country to qualify at least two swimmers in individual events.

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