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Bush Center opening raises parking concerns

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Parking is expected to be an issue on the April 25 opening of the George W. Bush Presidential center, with 15,000 visitors predicted to be on campus.

Ayen Bior Contributing Writer abior@smu.edu All eyes are on the Hilltop for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center on April 25. Planning is well under way for what is expected to be the biggest event in SMU history.

Tradition dictates that all living presidents and national dignitaries will attend the dedication.

Consequently, the SMU community is bracing for an

influx of people anxious to be a part of history. It is estimated that an extra 15,000 people will be in and around the Hilltop.

The Bush Presidential Center is a governmental event. And according to Anita Ingram, assistant vice president and chief risk officer of the SMU Police Department, the Secret Service, in partnership with SMU PD, is spearheading the security details of the event.

During the week, the Secret Service will have control over any

building that former presidents and President Barack Obama will enter.

Although they will have the authority to sweep and evacuate those buildings, Ingram’s office is confident that they will know ahead of time and will be able to relocate classes as needed. Ingram says that no one should expect to be abruptly interrupted by the Secret Service during class time.

But a factor that will interrupt classes is parking.

Brad Cheves, SMU’s vice

president of development and external affairs, has been appointed as co-chair of the oversight committee for all preparations regarding the presidential center.

Cheves said his office is working on all logistics and will contact students with a parking plan for the week of the dedication.

Some students have asked the administration for a campus wide shut down as the best way to avoid the parking issue.

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However Cheves is advising students, faculty and guests to take advantage of Mustang Express, the university’s bus shuttle.

Many, including junior Yusra Jabeen say that the bus service is already inundated. She is hoping the school will get more buses for the busy week leading into the Bush Library opening.

“They should definitely get more, I feel like it is nonnegotiable,” Jabeen said. “It’s rare for them to be on time, especially in the mornings. And when they are, they are packed with passengers.”

An option, according to Cheves, is asking students to revert to Saturday parking for the week.

However, relocating student vehicles to parking lots doesn’t please some students.

“I feel like we’re students here so we should get priority,” junior Mahab Elahi said. “And it’s already difficult to find parking on campus. My friends are always late to class because of it.”

With an extra 15,000 people at SMU on the day of the opening, it is safe to assume that parking will be a headache for thousands of people.

But Elahi is not only worried about the lack of parking but also the abundance of thousands of visitors.

Among those visitors will be protestors.

World Can’t Wait, a New York- based initiative that works for the end of war crimes is planning to travel to Dallas to speak against the presidency of George W. Bush.

“A presidential library is

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Lawn Talk ‘gets its out in the open’ SMU students speak out on university culture, values

Changes on Lower Greenville bring new business, less crime mackenna scripps Contributing Writer mscripps@smu.edu

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Students gather on the lawn in front of Dallas Hall March 27 to discuss recent problems within the SMU community.

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Students march down the boulevard to protest race-related incidents that have occurred on SMU campus in recent months.

supposed to house the way in which its presidency affected the world,” Debra Sweet, director of World Can’t Wait, said. “In this case, we expect it to be a nightmare scenario.”

Sweet said she and her organization plan to offer “the alternative view.”

“The reason we are protesting the opening,” Sweet said, “is because the eight years that Bush was in office amassed the most consistent records of both war crimes and crimes against humanity.”

Because SMU is a private university, protestors will not be allowed on campus.

However the group is planning a peaceful, non-violent march, rally and demonstrations around University Park.

Many eyes will be on campus to support President Bush and protest against his library, but many students are just worried about making it to class safely and on time.

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Junior Sammy Partida leads others at the beginning of a protest march that occurred after the SMU Senate lawn talk.

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Senior Rosa Essaw speaks about her experience with greek life during the Senate Lawn meeting.

Lower Greenville is taking on a facelift. New businesses are popping up everywhere and crime rates are going down.

The Lower Greenville Neighborhood Association has high hopes for the area, according to the president of the association, Patricia Carr.

“We are all terribly excited about the new businesses that are coming in,” Carr said.

“We have worked for three, almost four, years in improving the lowest Greenville area specifically with an eye toward all of lower Greenville and we're really happy with the positive turn that its taking.”

Construction may be prominent now, but in the next few months and years Greenville will keep progressing.

Every month something new is coming up.

Places like Mudsmith Coffee and WalMart are some of the new businesses, with Trader Joe’s under construction and set to open in the first quarter of this year.

Even though this construction has caused some parking issues, residents are mostly happy with the progress.

“Parking on the street has been bad, but there's lots back behind the stores that's free so that are

really nice,” Lower Greenville resident Alicia Christman said.

Store owners don’t seem to have any complaints either.

"I think it's a nice change from before. It's a lot cleaner now. I think the grocery store across the street will help us a lot because it will bring a bunch of people that don't usually come down here,” Kush manager Farhad Ata said.

The Lower Greenville Neighborhood Association has high hopes to reduce crime in the area as well.

"The street construction council member Angela Hunt said the city was not going to invest money in street construction until crime went away,” Carr said.

Residents agree that construction has helped lower crime.

"It's gotten rid of a lot of the crime in the area, and it's definitely more family-friendly and there's just some really cool places to hangout,” Christman said.

This is only the beginning for Lower Greenville’s new makeover. The new places are improving the area and the LGNA expects even more great things to come.

"There are going to be more improvements in the works over the next few years and we're really excited that our neighborhood is having another renaissance,” Carr said.

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MONDAY n MARCH 1, 2013 religion

environment

Texas churches address gun control issue

North Texans, SMU professors discuss value of carbon emission offsets

paz beatty Contributing Writer rbeatty@smu.edu In the heat of the national gun debate, Texas schools have taken a stand, and some are training teachers to carry firearms. Schools are not alone, though, in their search to protect the people who go there.

With a gun in one hand and a Bible in the other, Texas churches are standing their ground.

The National Organization of Church Security and Safety Management, NOCSSM, which is based in Frisco, Texas, openly supports guns on its Facebook page.

Churches throughout Texas send members to be trained as security guards at state schools, like the Christian Security Institute, a member company of NOCSSM, but after the written portion of the class is over, there are other questions to be answered.

“A guy comes up to somebody with a knife, that’s deadly force.

How are you going to address that?” Chuck Chadwick, president of Gatekeepers Security, said.

Having guns inside the church, Chadwick said, is the answer when confronted with gun violence because outside help frequently arrives too late.

“What we see in an active

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A 5-year-old holds a sign reading “No More Newtowns” in a gun control rally in New York.

shooter incident, [is that] it’s going to be contained to whoever’s there at the time,” Chadwick said.

Chadwick teaches classes with Gatekeepers Security, training members of participating churches to be security guards.

“Our founding scripture is 1 Chronicles 9:21 where it talks the gatekeepers,” Chadwick said.

“They were stationed in biblical days, and they were the armed guys

that were on the north and south and east and west.”

One participating church, the Christ Chapel Bible Church in Fort Worth, uses volunteers to protect members of its congregation, but with a membership of thousands, COO Rick Neves said it takes more than volunteer guards to make sure members are secure.

“At different times, we have uniformed police officers that

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work here in the evenings and the mornings,” Neves said, “and they are armed, and, of course, like any other business, we’ve got alarm systems and things like that.”

Christ Chapel and other churches have taken to treating their churches like businesses, so when the saints go marching in, they don’t have to be armed soldiers.

Police Reports March 27

MONDAY April 1

Allies Training in Hughes-Trigg Student Center from 12-2 p.m.

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17th Annual SMU French Film Festival in Hughes-Trigg Student Center from 7-9 p.m.

Boba Tea Sale in Hughes-Trigg Student Center from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

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2:08 p.m. Theft. Clements Hall.

A student reported the theft of his bicycle at this location. Open.

3:27 p.m. Theft. Daniel House.

A student reported the theft of his bicycle at this location. Open.

2:37 p.m. Theft. Umphrey Lee Center. A student reported the attempted theft of their bicycle at this location. Open.

Carbon offsets used to be a popular way for consumers to reduce their carbon footprint by paying airlines and outside companies to balance their carbon usage, but many believe that some key issues will continue to keep offsets from being a viable option.

"Carbon offset is kind of what it sounds,” SMU Dedman School of Law Professor Jeffrey Gaba said.

“It's allowing somebody to increase their emissions or not decrease by having somebody else do it.”

Some travel companies and independent firms offer ways to balance your carbon usage.

"Corporate firms in the U.S. in the travel industry and many others have sort of tried to give an estimate of the kind of carbon footprints that you sort of leave behind when you travel or you buy something, and then they are offering you a way to

get rid of your guilt," SMU Department of Economics Professor Santanu Roy said.

These carbon "get out of jail free" cards don't come without controversy.

"You as a buyer, you buy 20 dollars or hundred dollars of carbon offset and you feel very good,” Roy said.

“The firm then goes and gives this amount of money to some agency, which then transfers it to someone in some other country who's supposed to then sell you this emissions reduction. Do they actually do it? We don't really know.”

There were mixed emotions on whether North Texans would opt to offset their carbon.

"At this point, economically, I don't know that I would do it," said one Highland Park resident.

"Do I believe a system which relies on voluntary actions, requiring individuals to pay money, do I think that will effectively deal with global warming? Not for a single second," Gaba said.

march 28 6:31 p.m. Possession of Marijuana/ Theft. McElvaney Hall. Two students are being referred to the Student Conduct Officer for smoking marijuana in their room. They are also being referred for having property belonging to the cleaning crew in their room. Closed.

8:07 p.m. Possession of Marijuana/ Possession of Alcohol by a Minor/ Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

McElvaney Hall. Two students were referred to the Student Conduct Officer for having marijuana, drug paraphernalia and alcohol in their room. Closed.

12:48 a.m. Possession of Fictitious License or ID. 6000 Bishop Blvd.

A non affiliated individual was cited and released for having a fake ID. Closed.

12:57 a.m. Possession of Alcohol by a Minor/Possession of Fictitious License or ID. McElvaney Hall.

A student was referred to the Student Conduct Officer for having alcohol in his room and a fake ID. Closed.

12:36 p.m. Fire Alarm. Sigma Phi Epsilon House. Food burning in the kitchen activated the fire alarm system. Closed.

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MONDAY n APRIL 1, 2013 philanthropy

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IFC hosts Easter egg hunt on campus for West Dallas children Natalie Yezbick Contributing Writer nyezbick@smu.edu

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Several celebration events will take place in the week leading up to the April 25 Bush library dedication.

Turner announces schedule of events for Bush dedication JULIE FANCHER Assignments Desk Editor jfancher@smu.edu One month to the day before the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, SMU President R. Gerald Turner sent an email with details of the events leading up to the week of April 25.

In the letter, President Turner encourages students, staff, faculty and alumni to participate in the events and “help serve as hosts to an international audience visiting SMU for the first time.”

Turner addressed one question that many students were wondering: will class be cancelled that day?

The university will remain open, and temporary changes to parking will be made to ensure student and faculty attendance.

However, while the university will remain open, students can expect heightened security and

parts of campus will not be accessible to anyone without specific credentials.

The celebration will begin on Founders’ Day, Friday, April 19 at 10:30 a.m. A celebration will be held on the quad to officially welcome the Bush Center.

April 24-26 there will be a number of events put on by the Bush Foundation. These events, however, are invitation only.

The invitees will be dignitaries, members of the Bush administration and partners of the Bush Center.

All living U.S. Presidents will also be on hand.

The day of the opening, April 25, there will be a simulcast of the dedication held in McFarlin Auditorium. The day will begin at 9 a.m. and end around noon.

Much like the groundbreaking of the Bush Center, there will be at least one outdoor screen to view the dedication.

Several of the libraries on campus as well as the

Meadows Museum will hold open houses.

Later that night, the SMU Boulevard Block Party and Lighting of Freedom Hall will be held on the intramural fields at 6 p.m.

The event, co-sponsored by the Bush Center and SMU, will end with the lighting of Freedom Hall on top of the newly opened building.

Students, faculty and staff should look for more emails being sent out by President Turner in the coming weeks.

These emails will give specific instructions on how to register for ceremonies and events for the week.

On April 29, the George W. Bush Presidential Center will be open solely to SMU students, faculty and staff.

Finally, when the center opens to the public on May 1, admission will be free for students, faculty and staff with a valid SMU ID card.

Among all of the changes occurring in the organization, SMU’s Interfraternity Council took the time to reach out to local Dallas children before Easter.

IFC hosted an Easter egg hunt Wednesday for the children of Trinity River Mission, a learning center for youth in West Dallas.

The 100 children hunted for eggs in Arden Forest and enjoyed lunch at Chick-fil-a in Hughes-Trigg.

“The IFC community was glad we could reach out and provide them with a fun Easter activity,” IFC President Chip Arnold said.

The IFC has been doing the

Easter egg hunt event for at least four years, according to IFC Council Coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Life Kevin Saberre.

“The kids were really great. It was rewarding to see how much the children valued the experience,” Beta Theta Pi member Spencer Curtiss said.

Eight out of nine on-campus fraternities participated in the philanthropy event. Beta Theta Pi, Kappa Alpha, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi and FIJI each sent three to five members.

Sigma Chi member and Easter egg hunt volunteer Miguel García said, “It’s nice to help shed positive light on IFC in light of the negative

connotations surrounding it this year.”

Sororities Kappa Kappa Gamma and Chi Omega also had members attend the event to bring the total number of volunteers to about 40.

“What we’re trying to do as IFC is to bring our time and resources to the greater Dallas community. As IFC men and men from different backgrounds, essentially we came together for the purpose of giving back,” Joseph Lafferty, community service chair for IFC, said.

Lafferty and the rest of the IFC Executive Board aim to change the culture of IFC and the perception that Dallas has of the various fraternities through various events like the Easter egg hunt.

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Largest law fraternity prepares SMU students, provides networking Brie Strickland Contributing Writer bsstrickla@smu.edu Every year over 50,000 undergraduates across the United States apply to law school.

These students have mulled over getting near-perfect GPAs and LSAT scores. However, one component that many prelaw students overlook is the opportunity to join Phi Alpha Delta, more commonly referred to as P.A.D. P.A.D. is the largest co-ed professional law fraternity in the United States with over 300,000 members nationwide.

The SMU chapter of P.A.D was reinstated in 2010 with the hopes of bringing the student body a greater advantage in the

law school admissions process.

P.A.D. is an incredible networking tool with one out of every six U.S. attorneys calling themselves members.

Numerous U.S. presidents and supreme court justices like Bill Clinton and Tom C. Clark, respectively, were undergraduate members. Since P.A.D is the only undergraduate law fraternity of its kind, it presents unique opportunities for students.

SMU doesn’t currently offer a pre-law major but P.A.D, which meets twice a month on Tuesday nights, still prepares students for the LSAT and law school.

The organization is a way for pre-law students to get free LSAT tips and meet admissions counselors from law schools such as NYU and Harvard.

P.A.D also partners with Janet Hopkins of the SMU PreLaw Scholars program to guide students through the law school admissions process from start to finish.

"Everyone applying to law school has a great GPA,” P.A.D. President Trenton Owens said.

“We give you the ability to gain a leg up on the competition by connecting you with influential people in the legal community and by helping you fine tune your law school applications.”

Students of all majors can apply through the rolling application process that occurs during both the fall and spring semesters.

For more information contact Trenton Owens, P.A.D. President, attowens@smu.edu.

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OPINION To respond to any pieces on our opinion page, tweet us at @thedailycampus with the hashtag #hilltoptweets. firing lines

Keeping the holiday spirit going Another short break has come and gone, this one with a little more meaning than the one two weeks ago I’d say.

What did we take away from this vacation, though? Are we going to take an advanced step toward making ourselves better people now that Lent is over and our celebration of Christ’s rising has passed?

It’d be easy for me to just put down yes on this piece of print and move on; acting like that should be enough for you and me both. That’s the simple route, but here on the Hilltop, we all know the easy way normally leads to more and more trouble down the line. What I’m trying to get at is please don’t lose that spirit you had over the weekend just because Easter was 24 hours ago. Whether you do or don’t celebrate the Christian faith, be kind to people you do and don’t know.

Open the door for a stranger just because you can. If someone wants to get in your lane on Central, let them. Don’t fill your heart with hate against someone who doesn’t share your opinions, but embrace the background and different experiences others have had in this world.

We didn’t have a day away from school without reason. Take the time to be at peace in the world for a change and finish this semester with a soft heart toward your fellow Mustangs and enemies alike.

—Matthew Costa, Associate Sports Editor

Racial slurs slow Republican progress While the Republican Party is busy devising a master plan to reach out to Latino voters, House Republican Don Young is seeing what he can do to stop the madness.

In a radio interview, Young used the term “wetbacks” to describe his father’s farmhands when he was growing up. Nice one.

Young did apologize, making it clear that he “meant no disrespect,” but I’m not consoled. What’s more concerning is the fact that he used the term without skipping a beat, indicating that he was literally unaware of the slur.

Is this the world we live in? Are we electing leaders who are that out of touch? It takes very little effort to know what’s socially acceptable. Talk to people. Read a newspaper. Even watching TV is helpful.

—Trevor Thrall, Opinion Editor

religion

Explore other religious faiths michael graves Contributing Writer mwgraves@smu.edu Throughout the past two weeks I’ve been thoroughly excited to see a great deal of peaceful, interfaith discourse happening on Facebook and face-to-face conversation.

It started with the gay marriage debate last week when a whole bunch of Christian folk had some genuine talks about letting “us” get married. Personally, I had the pleasure of talking to some people who had best friends who are gay, and they were actively trying to figure out how people can reconcile their religious faith and a non-heterosexual sexuality.

Then came our friends from the Eastern part of the world, weighing in on how they see the world through Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu and Sikh lenses (I’m sure I’m accidentally leaving a lot of folks out but bear with me). In fact, one of my friends had his first meaningful conversation with a Muslim, and his perceptions of the faith were greatly challenged.

On Saturday, I had the pleasure of participating in a Passover Seder with a friend’s family. We sat around a table, read through the ritual and discussed the culture and history behind the words in our guidebook.

Yesterday, a friend of mine posted on Facebook that he wished all of his Christian brothers and sisters a happy Easter, and explained that Jesus was important to him, too. He just calls Jesu,s Isa. All of this happened within a week, and I grew in my understanding of other cultures and religions. I try to make this a habit (I mean, I’m a religious studies major), but there’s something about observing, or even participating in conversation and rituals different from your own. It is ever so important to continue to strive for this understanding, especially on

our campus.

We’ve talked a lot about diversity lately, and a great deal of it has centered on racial diversity at SMU. However, I often think we overlook religious diversity unless we’re talking about Islam (which we group together as a whole) or different Christian denominations.

We have Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Sikh and Atheist students who identify themselves not only as a member of a particular religion or group, but as members of subgroups within those broader groups. What this means is that even if you meet Muslims, they may not hold the exact beliefs as their friend sitting on the bench with them. If you meet a Christian, they could be incredibly conservative and fundamentalist, or borderline Unitarian (take the United Church of Christ, quite different from the Church of Christ).

It almost seems silly to assume that we only have a few religious groups represented on campus. I would go so far as to argue we have hundreds depending on one’s personal belief system. And they all deserve equal respect on this campus.

So, as we take our discussion of diversity further, I encourage all of us to not assume that because we’ve met a new friend who practices a religion of which we’re not familiar that they represent the entirety of that religious group. That means we have to meet even more people to attain a broader understanding of the world and they way in which people encounter, or don’t encounter god(s).

So go out there and start talking.

You’ll encounter cool friends, great food and a sense of peace that we really can get along in the world.

Graves is a junior majoring in communication studies and religious studies.

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The Daily Campus

MONDAY n APRIL 1, 2013 ELECTIONS

Student body officer endorsements President: Ramon Trespalacios The Editorial Board appreciates the increase in competition in the presidential race this year — it is a sign of a healthy, thriving democratic culture on this campus.

After much deliberation and internal debate, we endorse Ramon Trespalacios for Student Body President by a vote of 3-2 over Zane Cavender.

While we had several problems with the vague nature of Trespalacios’ communication, community and citizenship platform — Cavender’s platform is much more specific — we think his extensive network, formal and informal, will help him succeed in his desires to change the problems plaguing the community.

This is what separated him from Anthony McAuliffe as a candidate.

While McAuliffe, a Senate insider, would bring a unique perspective to campus, he lacks Tresplacios’ network.

He is a rare case on this campus— a friend to almost every group, organization and community on campus. We strongly believe that a politician’s network — much more than the confines of often hallow Senate resolutions — can create cultural and communal changes on this campus much more than a bureaucratic policy can.

While we did prefer Cavender’s platform, we also agreed that the student body president does much more than just propose and implement policies. The strength of Trespalacios’ informal community network can empower real change at the most basic, foundational elements of the student body in a way that simple policy proposals are unable to. Personal relationships with leaders in all

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subsets of the community are vital to understanding and solving the crucial issues the next president will have to deal with, and Trespalacios has demonstrated that he will be able to use these relationships to his advantage.

As a resident assistant, student ambassador, member of three schools — Lyle, Dedman and Cox — and Greek organization leader, Trespalacios is the most connected of all presidential candidates.

Michael Graves, a junior, said, “SMU needs a cultural change, and I have full confidence in Ramon to establish a new set of academic and cultural values at this university that will progress us into our second century of educational success.”

Trespalacios has said that we will continue many of current president Alex Mace’s policy goals.

Many of Mace’s actions — from the newly launched Lawn Talks to a letter calling the student body to action — strongly resonate with this board.

This editorial board was impressed with Trespalacios’ natural charisma and relatability — characteristics that will serve him well.

Christopher Saul, editorial board member, removed himself from endorsing a candidate in this contest.

Vice President: Savannah Stephens When we asked the current student body vice president, Zane Cavender, who would make the largest impact, he answered: “Savannah will make the larger impact as student body vice president.” As a board, we agree with this sentiment and unanimously endorse Savannah Stephens for student body vice president.

As the current chief of staff, she brings executive experience to the table. Throughout the year, Stephens has worked closely with Alex Mace and other student body officers to tackle issues that SMU is facing — communal and cultural.

It is this executive insight that will serve her well as student body vice president.

Throughout this election cycle, candidates have used buzz words like “community,” “culture,” and “communication” to describe their platforms. Stephens brings a concise platform — with an even more specific mechanism — to the table. Her expertise is finance.

Whether it is through her Change for Change campaign which seeks to increase student participation and investment in student funding or her plan to create greater community through enhanced funding for organizations, finance is the fuel that could reignite SMU. For years, organizational numbers have grown but organizational finances have not kept up. Her experience on Senate finance committee gives her the technical expertise to push her platform through.

This editorial board agrees with Stephens’ concern over a few of Jaywin’s Malhi’s agenda points, including Malhi’s goal to reform finance committee. Under his

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stated position, members of finance committee would have to publicly state why they voted against certain funding proposals. We appreciate the call for greater transparency, but such high levels of personal scrutiny will be problematic. If a student cannot speak her mind about a certain organization’s budget proposal because of fear of being singled out, it will not only limit discourse but also result in poor budgetary decisions; after all, organizations are competing for scarce resources. We agree that reform is necessary, but Malhi’s platform position is alarming.

We also found Malhi to be too politician-esque at times.

He has touted himself as a staunch supporter of the Greek community but also participated in a rally that criticized that very same community.

There is no doubt that Malhi is a visionary. Two presidential candidates told us that he would make a better president than vice president. This board feels strongly about our pick for Stephens who, in our opinion, has a stronger platform and higher leadership potential.

Rahfin Faruk, the editor in chief, removed himself from endorsing a candidate in this contest.

Secretary: Lila Friedlander For Student Body Secretary, we unanimously endorse Lila Friedlander over incumbent Katherine Ladner. Friedlander’s fresh ideas and expressed concerns over Ladner’s performance in the last year were at the top of our considerations.

Friedlander pointed out that Ladner’s primary accomplishment — office hours for senators — had not been particularly successful.

Friedlander also had a strong sense of civic engagement that we found very impressive. She ran for city council before graduating from high school and won 39 percent of the vote.

The Student Senate leadership could use fresh energy and ideas, and we feel Friedlander would provide a new point of view that should be welcomed by those seeking a difference in the community.

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A call for unity among the Greek community Brie Strickland Contributing Writer bsstrickla@smu.edu At one point in “Remember the Titans,” Denzel Washington brings his racially divided team out to the grounds of the Battle of Gettysburg and presents them with an ultimatum for life that went a s such: “If we don’t come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed, just like they were. I don’t care if you like each other or not, but you will respect each other. And maybe... I don’t know, maybe we’ll learn to play this game like men.”

There is buzz around this campus that we, as a whole, have a culture problem. And maybe we do.

Many people will tell you that the root of the problem is Greek life. In fact, if you ask enough people or read enough articles, Greek life is to blame for the lack of school spirit, a divided community, underage drinking and the inconveniences of construction.

As a member of this university’s Greek system, I feel personally attacked. Greek life, though not

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for everyone, has challenged me personally and academically. I can truthfully say I am a better person because of the role models and support system I have surrounded myself with. Nonetheless, Greek life is guilty of one thing- a poor display of community unity.

Sure, sororities are loyal to their respective letters and fraternities are willing take ritual secrets to the grave. But for some reason SigEp cutline cutlin we have all failed to realize that outside our own respective Greek organization, we are members of worse. They are the nerds and the larger Greek system of SMU. nice guys and they’re the ones The real “problem” with Greek life that are gone. What a joke the is the war we are waging against administration is.” one another.

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entire community.

First and foremost we are Mustangs: something that much of the Greek community has forgotten.

So, my fellow fraternity and sorority members, if we don’t come together right now on this beautifully manicured Boulevard lawn, we too will be destroyed, just like they were.

I don’t care if you like each other or not, but you will respect each other. And maybe, I don’t know, maybe, we’ll change the minds of those who scorn us.

Strickland is a junior majoring in communications, public relations and anthropology.

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‘Twilight’ author releases new movie Chase Wade Staff Writer cswade@smu.edu

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Juno Temple and Michael Angarano star in new independent film, “The Brass Teapot” in theaters Friday.

New indie film ‘The Brass Teapot’ inspired by comic book Manning Jordan Associate A&E Editor mjordan@smu.edu “The Brass Teapot” is a new independent film starring Juno Temple of “Atonement” and “Dirty Girl,” Michael Angarano of “Almost Famous” and “Sky High” and Alexis Bledel of “Gilmore Girls.”

First time indie film director Ramaa Mosley based the film off a comic book series with the same title.

Thus far in her career Mosley has made a number of independent short films.

Tim Macy wrote the screenplay as a short film first that eventually turned into the feature movie.

The film centers a youngcouple played by Temple and Angarano who endure money troubles.

Temple’s character, Alice, has a hard time living up to her high school superlative of “most likely to succeed.”

Angarano’s character, John, is having difficulties finding and keeping a high paying job.

The theme of money and greed are present throughout the film and are dually pertinent to college grads’ trials and tribulations in the job world today.

Paying the bills with weak salaries presents a challenge for the high school sweethearts.

After getting into a car wreck Alice and John are stranded and find themselves entering

an antique shop near their accident.

Eventually the two acquire a magical brass teapot that gives them money, but there is a catch.

The only way they can get the money from the teapot is when they get injured in some way and the worse the injury, the more money they will receive.

Their pain ranges from slaps to jumping out of windows.

Despite their discomfort, the couple decides to go along with the injuries to reap vast amounts of money.

Alexis Bledel’s character, Payton, is rich from a successful job and Alice and John grow envious of her luxurious and seemingly easy life style.

John and Alice have to choose how far they are both willing to go, how many injuries they can sustain and how many lives they are willing to ruin in order to keep their riches.

Temple recently won the EE British Academy Film Award for Rising Star this year.

Expect to see Temple a lot with her ten films coming out this year alone.

The film debuts a number of catchy songs such as CSS’s “City Grrrl,” Darker My Love’s “Two Ways Out” and Oliver Future’s “Gold Sparrow.”

“The Brass Teapot” was shot in Poughkeepsie, New York.

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“I mortgaged my house in the beginning to pay for it…

“This movie has been incredible for me.

“It has been my first film ever since I was thirteen I knew I wanted to make movies,” Mosley said.

Movie reviewer Andrew Robinson of gmanreviews.com found that “The Brass Teapot” is a film which tries too hard to be too quirky, too greedy and too everything else.

“Even in the idea that it wants to sell that this greed is easily fuelled by evil.

“When the progression of the pain that is inflicted between these two characters in the film starts to reach to a peak it’s all too obvious,” Robinson said.

“It never truly allowing the viewer to have an opinion other than “sure, that’s not going to end well,” which we knew from the first time we had these characters question what they were doing.”

Robinson’s points are valid, but fans of the comic book disagree.

Additionally, its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival was a success.

Although it may be a childish plot with the magical aspect, the performances from Temple and Angarano are believable and entertaining.

“The Brass Teapot” is debuting in theatres April 5th, but is now available on iTunes and On Demand.

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Many of the industry’s eyes are locked upon “The Host,” the newest offering from Stephanie Meyer, the author of the “Twilight” series.

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other while Melanie/Wanda finds solace in a refugee camp ran by Melanie’s uncle Jeb. Hot on their heels is The Seeker, played by Diane Kruger.

Kruger’s sporadic appearances in the film are slick and well acted, she’s easily the best part of the movie.

The film burns through its run time at the refugee camp by showing scenes of Melanie/ Wanda’s growth as the two find love and learn how life works in hiding.

Essentially, the filmmakers want it to seem as if a lot of life-affirming events happen at the camp when, really, you’re just listening to two teenagers argue while they learn to harvest wheat.

Thrilling.

At its core, “The Host” leads up to a climax that just isn’t there.

During the film’s press screening there were a bevy of audible sighs and ughs – with good reason, too.

While Meyer’s material may be considered box-office gold, “The Host’s” steel-cold story line is reason enough to skip.

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determined to bring balance and peace to our planet.

Here’s where the problem arises: Where is the back-story?

Did Earth not try and fight the invading species?

Something about the absence of context makes the entire human race look incredibly passive.

While most Earthlings have been overtaken by the alien occupants, there are a few humans who have managed to stay…well, human.

One being Saoirse Ronan’s Melanie, the film’s main character.

However, within minutes of the film start, Melanie is surrounded by aliens.

Over the course of the film eventually Melanie finds herself with an alien occupying her body.

Considering Melanie’s fight and tenacity, the alien spirit (named Wanda – short for Wanderer) and Melanie’s innersoul battle for occupancy.

The resulting film showcases the two competing innermonologues bickering at each

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Spring Football position battles to look out for Billy Embody Senior Staff Writer wembody@smu.edu

With the start of a new season looming there are several key areas for Coach June Jones and company to take a hard look at before the 2013 season.

Running Backs SMU lost one of the most productive running backs in school history in Zach Line, but not only will SMU lose his production, but his consistent production.

Every time it seemed like SMU handed the ball to Line, he’d rip off five or six yards a carry, but

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SMU Running Back Prescott Line

it is time to move on because SMU has an extremely unproven backfield on their hands going into the spring.

Luckily for the Mustangs, Jones and his staff landed former five-star recruit Traylon Shead from Navarro JUCO. The 6-2, 225 Shead looks like a full-grown man, but SMU has yet to see how he will pickup Jones’ Runn-Shoot.

Shead is most likely going to be the starter barring any major surprises, but it will be all on him to pick up the blocking schemes is Jones said after the first day of spring practice.

Behind Shead, Line’s younger brother, Prescott, who is a spitting image of the older Line at 5-11,

215, has a similar physical makeup as his brother does and will also see reps in practice.

Rishaad Wimbley, who moved from defensive line to running back, fell down the depth chart last season after seeing time his freshman year when Line was out with an injury, so it will be interesting to see how the coaches utilize him.

K.C. Nlemchi also has been a disappointment, constantly finding himself out of the staff ’s good graces, but appears to possess some talent.

One of the big moves was the staff ’s decision to move the speedy 5-8, 175 pound Ronnell Sims to running back from receiver. Sims gives the Mustangs some serious speed and a possible change of pace back in the backfield.

With the arrival of Hal Mumme on the staff, SMU could see some changes on the offensive side of the ball and those changes could include more work for Sims.

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SMU Running back Rishaad Wimbley

Linebackers SMU loses linebackers Taylor Reed, Ja’Gared Davis and Cameron Rogers to graduation, but that doesn’t mean there will be a drop-off in talent at the position for the Mustangs.

Rising seniors Kevin Pope and Randall Joyner, who played a lot last season, especially with Rogers going down with an injury, return to battle for Rogers’ and Reed’s spots.

While Davis also graduated, Stephon Sanders anchors the other outside linebacker position and has all the talent to make SMU fans forget Davis and his big-play ability.

At Davis’ position though,

soon-to-be redshirt-sophomore Robert Seals could be the breakout player to watch.

SMU head coach June Jones has raved about his athleticism and Seals has filled out his 6-3 frame nicely, which could mean the Mustangs could have two big-play outside linebackers on their hands.

The Mustangs are fortunate to have Joyner though, who is one of the more vocal players on the team and is always pushing his teammates. A unique note is that Pope started his career at SMU as a running back, but has made the transition extremely well to linebacker.

Jonathan Yenga is the

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SMU Linebacker Jonathan Yenga

younger brother of former SMU linebacker Youri Yenga, and is a natural athlete at the inside linebacker position so if anyone can challenge Pope and Joyner, watch out for Yenga.

Defensive Lineman Gone are the days of Margus Hunt blocking a field goal every game, Torlan Pittman’s brute strength, Kevin Grenier’s steady play and Aaron Davis’ war paint for the games. The Mustangs lost all three starters in the trenches in the defensive coordinator Tom Mason’s 3-4 defense and the Mustangs may not be able to find who their starters are going to be in the springtime.

With junior Beau Barnes out for the spring with an injury, Zach Wood will get more than his fair share of reps at one of the defensive end positions. Barnes is expected to anchor one of the defensive end positions, but the real question is the quality of the depth on the line and who will start at nose tackle.

Pittman was a great athlete at the position, but now the cupboard seems to be a little bare for the Mustangs. Junior Darrian Wright is the team’s only legitimate threat to do well at the position, but

Breakout Player: Ronnell Sims Newcomer to watch: Traylon Shead

Linebackers Spring MVP: Robert Seals Breakout Player: Jonathan Yenga Newcomer to watch: Nick Horton

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SMU Defensive Lineman Zach Wood

all eyes will be on Zelt Minor, the talented Houston Lamar HS defensive lineman, who is expected to challenge for the nose tackle position.

Minor is the most talented defensive linemen to sign with SMU since Jones has been on

the Hilltop and he could not have come at a better time with so little depth at nose tackle.

Also watch for Andrew McCleneghen, the 6-6, 255 pound sophomore. The coaches have raved about his size, comparing him to a leaner Margus Hunt.

Spring MVP: Zach Wood Breakout Player: Andrew McCleneghen Newcomer to watch: Zelt Minor