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ATHLETICS

ELECTIONS

PONY DOWN Mustangs fall short in NIT championship

LGBT senate seat fails to pass

BILLY EMBODY Sports Writer wembody@smu.edu NEW YORK – The comeback kids just couldn’t get it done for a fifth straight win and the NIT Championship. The SMU men’s basketball team fell 65-63 to Minnesota in New York City last night.

The team’s bid for SMU’s first NIT championship fell short with Minnesota playing a complete game and taking advantage of 14 SMU turnovers, scoring 21 points en route to the NIT title.

“Both teams played hard down the stretch,” senior Shawn Williams said. “I’m just fortunate to be able to play with a great group of guys and be coached by such a great coaching staff.”

Williams and fellow senior Nick Russell end their collegiate career as NIT runner ups. After being snubbed by the NCAA tournament, the Mustangs won four straight games, all coming from behind.

Most importantly, the extra games and practice provided a young team more time to grow.

“For the young guys, it’s a good foundation for them,” Russell said. “They know what it takes to win games. Next year, they won’t do the things that we did this year so we can win those games.”

Looking back on the season, SMU Head Coach Larry Brown

YUSRA JABEEN Contributing Writer yjabeen@smu.edu

runoff next week.

Trespalacios is the only twoterm student body president in SMU history.

“I’m really excited to keep serving the student body,” he said. “Working together with SMU students has been the best experience in my life.”

Finnegan is anxious to pursue her goals as vice president.

After 10 years of failed attempts to gain an Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender seat in the Senate chamber, history repeated itself this week.

Election results yielded 59 percent of the votes in favor of the LGBT seat referendum. The bill failed to gain the required two-thirds majority vote.

Former Vice President Jaywin Singh Malhi was one of the authors of the bill that would establish a LGBT senate seat.

Speaking in favor of adding the bill adding a seat to the chamber, which has failed to pass for a decade now, Malhi said the LGBT senator could do many things, such as work on effectively molding SMU policies that affect the LGBT students on campus.

Malhi’s motivation to work for the bill came from the SMU Civil Right Pilgrimage trip that he went on last Spring Break.

He learned how minorities came together during the civil

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Re-elected Student Body President Ramon Trespalacios poses with Student Body Vice President-Elect Monica Finnegan.

Courtesy of AP

Minnesota’s Elliott Eliason (55) passes the ball away from SMU’s Shawn Williams (2) during the first half of the NIT championship game Thursday.

said there’s plenty of time to do that, but for now there’s a sick feeling in his stomach.

“I know everybody at SMU is real excited and I think from a personal standpoint, I love these kids,” Brown said. “I’m not looking at 27 wins, I’m looking at two seniors, [and] I wanted to send them on their way, the right way.”

The team rallied around Williams and Russell and wanted to “finish the right way,” but couldn’t complete the run in the NIT. The team was up seven points

late in the game, but turnovers allowed Minnesota back into the game.

“Generally a turnover results in a pretty easy basket. They were struggling to score and got some pretty easy layups,” Brown said. “When you lose a game like this, one team executes late and the other comes up a little short.”

SMU was led by Nic Moore’s 17 points and seven assists, while the Golden Gophers got 19 points from Austin Hollins and 14 points from Andre Hollins.

Trespalacios wins, Finnegan for VP Norkett, Bouillion advance to runoff LAUREN AGUIRRE Online Editor lcaguirre@smu.edu The Student Senate election results were announced April 3 in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center. Ramon Trespalacios was re-elected as student body president, Monica Finnegan will be the student body vice president and the secretary election between Elliott Bouillion and Anna Norkett will proceed to a

JOURNALISM

PROFILE

Publications offer on-campus competition for news KIAN HERVEY Contributing Writer khervey@smu.edu Seniors on campus may remember a time when multiple news sources flourished at SMU. The Daily Mustang, a multiplatform news site produced by journalism students, covered news, sports and arts on the Hilltop for over four years.

A merger between The Daily Campus and The Daily Mustang in August 2011 ended the era of healthy competition between the two and created a singular go-to source for on-campus news.

“After years of operating as separate entities, to just kine of combine all of SMU Student Media under the same umbrella and become a lean, mean, multi-platform news machine,” said SMU Student Media Faculty Advisor Jake Batsell in 2011.

Years later, two new studentnews organizations are gaining popularity on campus. The Fountain and Human Writes cover news related to campus life and international affairs.

Both publications are available online for readers to easily share content and join conversations surrounding the news.

“Everyone on staff provides creative and logistical ideas to improve Human Writes,” Human Writes Editor-in-Chief Paige Bluejacket said. “Our [content] is non-traditional and involves everyone’s vision.”

Human Writes is the official publication of the Embrey

Theatre Professor Receives Fulbright LAUREN CASTLE Contributing Writer lcastle@smu.edu

Screenshot courtesy of SMUFountain.com

The front page of The Fountain features many satirical news articles on SMU related topics.

Human Rights Program. SMU alumna Shirin Tavakoli created the publication a few years ago to share local news features, blogs, op-eds, artwork and interviews surrounding human rights.

Human Writes’ most recent post “Burned Into Memory and Soul Forever” links to a slideshow of photos taken by Margaret Armour. Armour was one of 18 SMU community members who traveled to Poland to study the Holocaust last December.

“Art has the incredible

power to change people’s lives when words alone fall short,” Armour says in the post. “It did feel wrong at times to take certain photographs... but I also felt that with that photograph I captured the story and could tell their story over and over again.”

With multiple news positions available, including news editor and copy editor, Bluejacket hopes more students will get involved with the growing publication.

“Our goal to eventually

provide issues of Human Writes in print,” she said. “But we are still in the early stages of development... This is an opportunity to work within a new publication from the ground up.”

The Fountain, a satirical news source, started from the ground up in December. Inspired by posts on BuzzFeed, The Onion and Elite Daily, The Fountain editorin-chief launched the site to

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During his senior year in high school, Assistant Professor of Theatre Blake Hackler made a choice. His decision to study theatre instead of voice or violin made an impact on his life. Now his love for the art form is taking him to Bulgaria.

Hackler received a Fulbright Scholars Grant to research and teach in Sofia, Bulgaria from January-July of next year.

He will be teaching physical acting at New Bulgarian University. Also, he will observe the work of the Sfumato Theatre Laboratory.

“The idea of going aboard and teaching and researching is very interesting to me,” Hackler said.

According to the program’s website, Fulbright provides 800 faculty and professionals from the United States to teach and research in 140 countries.

The purpose of the exchange is to promote peace and understanding among the international community.

“The area of which he is doing his research is important and his approach is original,” said Stanley Wojewodski Jr., the distinguished professor of directing and chair of the division of theatre.

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Professor Blake Hackler

Bulgaria was not the only country Hackler considered. He was interested in Lebanon, but the European nation’s history stood out to him.

“I am really interested in exploring how theatre has developed and changed postGlasnost and post-Soviet censorship,” Hackler said.

Hackler has made many achievements in his acting career, including performing on Broadway and OffBroadway productions.

One of his fondest memories is having the opportunity to play the role of Moritz Stiefel in the original workshop of the Tony-award-winning musical “Spring Awakening.”

“Being in a room with those people and working on that musical, even though it was in workshop form was so exciting

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FOOD

FRIDAY ■ APRIL 4, 2014 PROFILE

Looking past the blue and white at Kosta’s Cafe MALLORY ASHCRAFT Contributing Writer maschraft@smu.edu With its Grecian-style blue and white paint job and cozy appearance, Kostas Cafe is almost hidden in plain sight on Greenville Avenue.

On most days during the hours of lunch and dinner, restaurant owner Kostas Ioannides can be found sitting quietly at a table beside a window in the back corner of the warmly lit dining room, sipping a cup of coffee.

Whenever guests walk through the door, he strides over to welcome them and seats them at a cloth-lined table that perfectly accents the restaurant’s blue and white color scheme. A waiter promptly arrives to take care of them; Ioannides returns to his table.

While he darts briefly in and out of the nearby kitchen to lend a hand from time to time, Ioannides said that the kitchen staff usually has everything under control.

He began his culinary career preparing seafood at the age of 13, and by 15 was working in a restaurant in his hometown of Florina, Greece.

After serving with the Greek army, he moved to the United States in 1976 at the age of 23.

Ioannides said he worked like a slave at many different restaurants during his first 10 years in Dallas, all the while telling himself that someday it was going to work out.

He was putting in 80 to 90 hours per week at a time when the minimum wage in America was $2.15.

“When you come with no English and no money from another country, the only thing is hard work,” Ioannides said.

The restaurant’s walls are painted a warm butterscotch color and are heavily adorned with paintings and

Courtesy of Mallory Ashcraft

Kostas Cafe owner Kostas Ioannides is usually spotted sitting in the back corner of his cafe by a window, sipping a cup of coffee or greeting guests to a table.

posters of Greek landscapes, some collected by Ioannides and others given to him by friends and customers returning from their visits to Greece.

The sky blue ceiling doesn’t show even so much as a scorch mark from the saganaki, a popular cheese appetizer flambeed tableside with a lively cry of “opa!”

The restaurant is generally quiet and peaceful, with Greek music playing in the background; depending on the time of day and capacity of the dining room, the music can be anything from loud pop music to softer, traditional music.

It’s a familiar and comfortable scene to

Ioannides’ customers. Most are devoted regulars, some stopping in as often as four to five days a week for the daily lunch specials.

Several have been dining at Kostas Cafe for more than a decade.

“Kostas is like homecooked Greek food,” said Joe Porter, who has dined at the restaurant for over 20 years with his wife Patricia and daughter Amanda. “Kostas is like you’re going to his house and eating.”

Ioannides didn’t know when he first set foot in America in 1976 that he would eventually manage his own restaurant.

He had originally tried to get hired as a construction worker,

but was told that he wasn’t heavy enough for the job.

After working inside the kitchens of many Dallas restaurants, Ioannides left his job managing a pizza establishment to join his friend Dino Roidopoulos, a then-struggling restaurateur, in owning a restaurant.

They had very little money when they began working together. On Jan. 2, 1987, they renamed their restaurant Kostas Cafe.

After about three years, Roidopoulos split from Kostas Cafe to start his own cake business, called Cheesecake Royale. The company, which now ships desserts all over the country,

still supplies Kostas Cafe with fresh cheesecakes every week.

Roidopoulos keeps in touch, too, occasionally stopping by for dinner and an order of Ioannides’ baklava.

The traditional Greek cuisine at Kostas Cafe has remained much the same over the restaurant’s 27 years in business, which is clearly how Ioannides’ customers like it.

Ioannides brought most of his recipes with him from the restaurant he worked at in Greece and incorporated several others that he learned from his mother.

“Everything is good because we do it here, we start it from scratch,” Ioannides said.

One of his specialties is the classic Greek avgolemono, or egg and lemon soup. The creamy and aromatic broth tastes sweetly of lemon and is balanced with the comforting flavor of homemade chicken stock. Ioannides said many people tell him it is the best soup in Dallas.

Jody Ruiz, who has worked as a waiter at Kostas Cafe for three years, makes it clear that it isn’t just the guests who feel at home in the company of Ioannides.

“I can tell that he is a family man. He treats us all like family.

There’s been plenty of times he’s loaned me money, plenty of times he’s asked about my daughter,” said Ruiz.

Ioannides, now nearing 60, lives in Richardson, Texas, with his son Dimitri. His two brothers, sister and nieces and nephews also live in the area.

Ioannides and his sister take turns caring for their 89-year-old mother, Paraskeve, but Ioannides said that she prefers to live with him. Ioannides said his mother calls him at the restaurant on a daily basis, sometimes even twice a day.

Ioannides is the youngest of the three siblings, who are all chefs too. His brothers joined what is now the family business and opened two additional Kostas Cafe locations in Plano, Texas, which offer the same timeless menu.

These days, Ioannides said that he is able to spend less time working and more time with his son and his family.

As far as the future is concerned, he hopes to work for three more years and then travel around the world.

“I like what I’m doing, and I love this country. I think it’s an opportunity for everybody,” Ioannides said. “America is in my opinion still the best country in the whole world.”

DINING

Enjoying weekend brunch BROOKE O’HARE Contributing Writer bohare@smu.edu Fashion and style may go in and out of season, but one thing that remains consistent throughout Dallas every weekend happens to be brunch.

No matter what part of Dallas people live in, every restaurant thrives and stays packed during brunch time.

A consistent flow of people and mimosas flourish the city along with the various options of restaurants. Everywhere from Mexican cuisine to the classic brunch meal all present incredible options.

The Dallas Uptown area attracts brunch lovers because of its trendy atmosphere and delicious food.

The waiting time on brunch can last a couple of hours or more when trying to eat at a place like Nick and Sam’s Grill.

Moving to the midtown area on McKinney Avenue more restaurants appear such as MAX’S Wine and Dive in West Village.

MAX’S Wine and Dive, across from Mi Cocina and Taco Diner has a different twist to its brunch.

The slogan of the restaurant, “Fried chicken and champagne...

Why the hell not?” explains their unique menu.

CHRISTOPHER SAUL / The Daily Campus

MAX’S Wine and Dive’s unique menu can be explained by their slogan above.

Courtesy of cravedfw.com

Above are cinnamon rolls with icing that sizzle all the way to the table.

They offer incredible dishes that focus on soul food that will not disappoint any food critic. Their gourmet comfort food as well as their vast selection of wines defines the menu.

This restaurant captures a relaxing feel accompanied with quality food.

They serve cinnamon rolls that blow

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your tastes buds off, as well as omelets, and of course southern fried chicken.

Along with the option of soul food, the restaurant offers healthy choices such as yogurt and granola or even different salad options.

Honestly, one cannot go wrong with any choice on the menu and will be completely satisfied.

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

April 5

April 6

Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series, Caruth Hall, 3-4 p.m.

SYZYGY, Caruth Auditorium, 8-9:30 p.m.

Brazen Brass 5, Caruth Auditorium, 8-10 p.m.

“Frack,” Greer Garson Theatre, 8 p.m.

SMU Aquatics First Aid, CPR & AED training, Dedman Center Indoor Pool, 1:30-3 p.m.

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

April 8

April 9

April 7 Meadows Museum Exhibit: “Sorolla and America,” Meadows Museum, all day.

Meadows Percussion Ensemble, Caruth Auditorium, 8 p.m.

Hawn Gallery Exhibit: Romantic Visions of the American Southwest: Works on Paper by Edward G. Eisen, all day.

NEWS

FRIDAY ■ APRIL 4, 2014 SENATE RESULTS

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President: Ramon Trespalacios Vice President: Monica Finnegan Secretary: RUNOFF Anna Norkett and Elliott Bouillion Graduate Affairs Officer: Ian Phillips Cox Senators: Blake Rainey William Hammond Elliot Bouillion Larry Cui JB Stockslager Colleen McKenzie Meadows Senator: Connor Volz Pre-Major Senators: Greg Hopkins James Jang Trevor Thomas Jun-Ho Koh Dylan DeMuth Whitney Babin Thomas Schmedding Dedman Senators: Emily Dombrowski Mehdi Hami Anna Norkett Preston Hutcherson Mason Potter RUNOFF Alexa Maffei and Spencer Forrest Lyle Senators: Will O’Connor Carter Dewey Chase Harker Austin McGinnis Alexander Saladna Simmons Senator: Sarah Tuohy African-American Senator: Ryan Stoker Asian-American Senator: Theresa Lee Hispanic-American Senator: Monica Rodriguez International Senator: Lechen Yuan Student Center Governing Board: Tien Dang

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because I knew it was a really interesting, exciting, vibrant piece,” Hackler said.

The role was his first job in New York City. He enjoyed being able to be creative and work on a new work.

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bring humor to every day events on campus.

To keep writers safe from ridicule from readers unaware of the site’s satirical nature,

“I’m happy to be in a position where I can speak for the students,” she said.

“It’s amazing.”

Out of 2,309 votes, Trespalacios received 1,526 and Finnegan received 1,237. Anna Norkett received 978 votes and Elliott Bouillion received 855.

Because neither of the secretary candidates received 50 percent of the vote, the election will proceed to a runoff.

“I was shocked. It’s very rare you have a runoff between two candidates,” Bouillion said.

“I encourage all students to participate in the runoff so we can have the best candidate in the position.”

“The runoff was unexpected,” Trespalacios said. “I did not see that coming. I encourage Elliott and Anna to campaign hard and I give the best of luck to both.”

Two referendums were also on the ballot: one for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LBGT) Senate seat and another addressing graduate student representation.

The graduate student representation referendum passed with the required 2/3 majority while the LGBT seat referendum failed to reach it. However, a 50 percent majority was reached with 1,217 “yes” votes and 843 “no” votes. This turns out to be a 59 percent majority.

SPECTRUM Treasurer Colton Donica helped get the LGBT Senate seat bill onto the floor.

“I’m looking at this optimistically,” Donica said.

“Over 50 percent voted yes.

It’s good that our campus is slowly moving forward. It’s great to see the support. I finally feel like SMU is becoming my home.”

Donica and current Student Body Vice President Jaywin Malhi plan to start a petition in favor of the LGBT seat.

They are aiming to collect 1,000 signatures.

“It’s been a 10 year fight,” Donica said. “We’re not going to stop. We’re going to bring the bill back.”

All runoff elections will take place next week, starting April 9 at midnight and ending April 10 at 5 p.m.

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FE ATURE

Moran teaches students about literature, life AMELIA HOLLOW News Writer ahollow@smu.edu Francisco Moran teaches Latin American Literature at SMU. He believes teaching students to be critical thinkers is his contribution to the world.

“Literature teaches you about life, I’m just being the medium,” said Moran, an associate professor in the department of World Languages and Literatures.

“Making [students] see more clearly the link that their story has in the world we are living in.”

Moran may be demanding, his students said, but he is also one of their favorite professors on campus. He’s respectful, dedicated, open minded and inspirational, they said. SMU is celebrating the “Year of the Faculty” in 2014 as part of its Second Century Celebration and students say that Moran exemplifies what a good teacher is.

“His charm, sincerity and awareness for the world around him make each 50 minute class a 50 minute lesson in life,” said Sandra Silea, who is studying political science and international studies, and is taking a class from Moran this semester.

As a boy in Cuba, Moran said he was a successful student until he started taking science courses. He eventually transferred to a fine arts school to follow in the footsteps of his artist father. He became a teacher in Cuba by 1971, at the age of 19, but political problems in the country eventually led him to the United States in 1994. He received his Ph.D. in Literature from Georgetown University in 2002 and arrived at SMU the following year.

Along the way, Moran said he developed a strong sense of identity

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rights movement to drive progress in America.

He wants to see SMU make progress a similar same way by, “building coalition among the minorities on campus and have their voices heard.”

Malhi said the students are

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Professor Francisco Moran

from constantly feeling like “the other.” His mixed heritage made it difficult for him to align with any one race. He felt out of place in Cuba for political reasons, and immigrated to the United States.

Because of his own background, he asks his students to think about their own sense of identity but to also be open-minded.

“I challenge my students to think about that artificial border that we create between us and ‘the other,’” Moran said.

“Unfortunately we have come to live in a society that asks us to look at each other either as winners

going to start a petition and collect signatures before next Tuesday calling again to establish this seat.

“The result was disappointing, but there is a silver-lining,” Malhi said. “It’s not the end of the story.”

The next step will help SMU make a statement to the rest of the community that it is LGBTfriendly, said Shelbi Smith, co-

or losers.”

Moran believes that life and literature don’t need to be separate.

Through his courses, he tries to apply each lesson to the world and get students thinking critically. He encourages collaboration instead of competition.

“He is genuine and raw, and it made me want to live my life differently, for the better,” said Chantelle Conley, one of Moran’s former students, who studies Spanish along with markets and culture.

Moran teaches with a sense of urgency, because he feels helpless

president of SPECTUM — the only LGBT undergraduate student organization.

The LGBT senator could help change the campus culture toward the LGBT students, she said.

“Words like faggot are written on walls and thrown around casually. These are little things but they mean a lot to the LGBT community,” Colton Donica said.

in a world that seems to be falling apart.

“My purpose is not to convince them of anything, they are free to make their mind up about life and what they think,” Moran said. “But my duty as a professor is to show them that there is a different way to see things.”

One way he accomplishes this is by dressing in the late 19th century style. He does this as a way to prompt people around him to remember a time when people lived more slowly and had more personal contact. Although he loves apps like Spotify, he notes that we are now more disconnected than ever. His morning ritual of getting ready is also a rare moment of the day just for himself.

“Right now, when my health is not so good, this helps me a lot to deal with it, because it’s a joy,” Moran said.

“So, I have problems with my balance, I’m dizzy, but when I dress, something changes a little bit. It’s like my life is still going on.“ Moran did not elaborate on his health, but said that he is still going strong in his classes and works out multiple times a week. He also conducts research and writes books and scholarly articles focusing on late 19th century Latin American Literature. But he derives the most joy in the classroom.

Moran treasures his students.

He enjoys his office discussions with his students so much that he has them recorded to save the memories. He would like to invite any students to email him at fmoran@smu.edu if they are interested in sitting down with him to talk.

“I am surprised to hear the result. Maybe people didn’t really understand what the referendum [would do],” said Harvey Luna, one of the main forces behind the bill. “There could be other reasons too, so we should definitely look into it.”

Fighting for this issue is “reaffirming” to the LGBT students, especially those in process of coming out, Luna said.

Currently, Hackler is a company member of Undermain Theatre. He feels privileged to work with talented and passionate artists.

Even though Hackler has made success as an actor, he has a passion for teaching.

“If you said to me that I could act or I could teach but I could no longer do both, I would

choose teaching every time,” Hackler said.

Ever since he was little, Hackler wanted to be a teacher.

In college, he realized his desire to teach acting.

“He wants to be the best teacher he can be and you can feel it when you are just watching him work with people in class,” sophomore George Colligan said.

Hackler strives for his students to learn about themselves and gain skills that will help in all aspects of life.

“I definitely think that all of the skills that we learn in class are tremendously helpful when dealing with personal relationships,” Colligan said.

Colligan thinks it is inspiring

to see Hackler perform at the Undermain. He is able to see Hackler’s lessons in action.

“My teaching is to help you see all the possibilities there inside of you, for you to challenge what I say and in challenging that for us to have real dialogue of what’s possible and what is possible in you,” Hackler said.

If Hackler did not work in

the theatre industry, he believes he would be a psychologist.

However, he would teach while he practiced.

Currently, Hackler is acting in the Undermain’s production of “We are Proud to Present a Presentation…” Also, he is in the process of writing a new play.

all Fountain articles are published anonymously.

“A lot of students have said they’ve been waiting for something like The Fountain to pop up. Several people have sent in article submissions for us to post,” The Fountain editor-in-chief said. “The people who read our

stuff like it and want to see more humorous, relevant stuff that they can directly relate to.”

Already, the site has more than 500 likes on Facebook and between 900 and 2,000 page views a day.

One recent post, “5 Ideas for Your Most Hilarious April Fool’s

Day Yet” encourages readers to handcuff themselves to professors’ offices and wet themselves in class.

Though joking in nature, the site aims to provide another perspective to campus life.

“The administration wants

me to censor my content to adhere to their standards and support the image they want to project to the world,” The Fountain editor-in-chief posted online. “I choose to keep my integrity, and the integrity of my staff.”

As blogs and online

publications become more popular, many students will find their voices and stories told online, rather than print.

For more information on The Fountain, e-mail smufountain@ gmail.com. For more information on Human Writes, e-mail pbluejacket@smu.edu.

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OPINION

FRIDAY ■ APRIL 4, 2014 POLITICS

STUDENT LIFE

ColliegiateACB meets Twitter with Yik Yak

STEPHANIE GENTILE Contributing Writer sgentile@smu.edu The new app Yik Yak has exploded across the SMU campus in the past two weeks.

How it works is pretty simple.

The app allows students to say whatever they want about whoever they want — anonymously. No accounts.

No passwords.

Nothing.

It’s CollegiateACB meets Twitter, except a user only sees yaks from other users in a close proximity.

On the surface Yik Yak may not seem like a big deal, but pairing anonymity with a college campus has created an environment for the segregated social scene to post jabs at each other’s fraternity and sorority

among other things. The least “popular” kid on campus could be the funniest person on Yik Yak. Currently, the Yik Yak feed is flooded with posts asking to write in Nic Moore for president. I think it is quite humorous and of course, very entertaining.

Yik Yak is a particular problem for college administrators because there is almost nothing that can be done, because all posts are anonymous. A school could block Yik Yak on its local network, but 3G networks on phones and tablets make that a non-issue. So the most the university can do, really, is speak out against it.

Yik Yak is the first social venting app to incorporate smartphones’ location services to unite an area of “Yakkers” and create a community.

I am curious to see if SMU administrators will try to regulate use of Yik Yak. Until they do, Yak on!

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Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott talks about his early education plan during a stop at the IDEA Carver Academy.

A look at the Texas governor election

Gentile is a senior majoring in public relations.

POLITICS

Health-care working despite efforts by Obama haters This column was written for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: For some time I’ve wondered just how successful the Affordable Care Act would have been _ how many more uninsured people it would have helped already _ if certain powerful politicians loved this country more than they hated its president.

I don’t use the word “hate” loosely or hyperbolically.

I honestly believe that the feelings certain Washington and state “leaders” have toward President Barack Obama go far beyond simply despising or resenting him. Hate, therefore, seems to be the appropriate word.

Yet, despite that barrage of opposition on practically everything the president attempts to do for the betterment of this country and its people, Obama continues to forge ahead, as he did on the economy and now with health care.

His detractors have tried everything they could to defeat what they disparaging labeled “Obamacare,” something I predict they will come to regret. They have rejoiced each time there was a snag in the implementation of the new law.

Many governors, like Rick Perry in Texas, where there are more uninsured people than anywhere else in the United States, were quick to announce they would not participate by setting up insurance exchanges. And even after the federal government stepped in to do what the state wouldn’t, Perry continued to throw up roadblocks for those trying to help people get insurance.

Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of Health and Human Services, was correct when she said during a visit to Texas last month that “government officials” were hindering the sign-up process by blocking navigators from getting information to people, and by putting out a “barrage of misinformation.”

It has been obvious for some time now that the great fear among these politicians and conservative pundits was not that Obamacare would fail, but that it would succeed.

I can only imagine how they must feel after watching people line up around the country Monday in an attempt to register for healthcare on the last day of enrollment, and to see the number of participants swell over the 7 million mark, which was thought unreachable just a few days ago.

While it is way too early to declare the ACA a success or suggest that there won’t be some problems with it in the future, it is clear that the Obama administration has made it possible for many more Americans to have health insurance.

And the president did it in spite of the relentless naysayers who constantly put their party before the people.

Support for the program does break down among party lines, but now there’s evidence that Americans overall are more accepting of it. A new Washington Post/ABC poll shows that 49 percent support the law while 48 percent oppose it, the first time in a long time that those for Obamacare outnumbered those against.

The poll indicates that 76 percent of Democrats (up 11 percent since January) support the law, while 79 percent of Republicans oppose it.

Republicans have been counting on negative feelings about the ACA to be the dominant issue in this year’s midterm elections.

They have their sights set on capturing a majority in the Senate and significantly increasing their numbers in the House.

If that were to happen, they most certainly would be even more of a hindrance to this president and to what is in the best interest of the country.

So expect the “barrage of misinformation” to keep coming _ from Washington and Austin _ as it is about all the Obama haters have to offer, especially now that they see the healthcare plan they tried to sabotage is not about to go away.

Bob Ray Sanders is a columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Readers may write to him at: 400 W. 7th Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102, or via email at bobray@star-telegram.com.

LAUREN AGUIRRE Online Editor lcaguirre@smu.edu The nominees for governor of Texas, Greg Abbott (R) and Wendy Davis (D), are not a surprise. Each candidate is highly favored within his or her respective party. The primary election for governor was not exciting. However, the race for governor will be a close one. Consider the facts as you examine these candidates for the upcoming election.

Davis got her claim to fame with an 11 hour filibuster in the Texas Senate. She was arguing against a controversial abortion bill, which would ban abortions in Texas after 20 weeks of

In January, The Dallas Morning News published an article that pointed out some blurred facts in Davis’ life story. Davis had been touting a story about rising up from poverty to attend Harvard Law. She claimed she was selfmade and had little support from others on her journey. The Dallas Morning News revealed that Davis’ second husband, Jeff Davis, helped pay her tuition to Harvard.

Being a Democrat in a very conservative state, Davis received a lot of backlash for this revelation. Eventually, Greg Abbott stated that the controversy should be set aside so the candidates can focus on real isses. Now, it seems this issue is completely behind Davis, and her campaign appears to not have taken a significant hit.

Recently, Abbott was campaigning with Ted Nugent, a conservative country singer.

Nugent took the opportunity to throw insults at President Obama, calling him a “subhuman mongrel.” As expected, both Nugent and Abbott received

backlash. A Dallas Morning News article stated that Republican U.S. Sentor Rand Paul urged Nugent to apologize. Following the incident, Abbott defended his campaigning with Nugent (as published by The Huffington Post), saying that it was better for him to be associated with the country star than for Davis to be associated with the president.

Being a stauch Republican in Texas, Abbott’s campaign does not seem to have suffered much from this incident.

According to polls listed on Real Clear Politics, Abbott is up by about 12 points in the state.

One poll on the site claims that he is only up by six points. This is a little surprising, considering that Texas has had Republican governors since 1995. However, Texas has also had 39 Democratic governors since joining the union. Will Texans continue to vote Republican or go back to its Democratic roots? We’ll all find out on election day.

Aguirre is a sophomore majoring in political science and journalism.

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According to an article in The Dallas Morning News, Davis has since tempered her disagreement with the 20 week ban. She is still a strong supporter of a woman’s right to choose. Davis’ campaign is focused on education and the Texas economy.

Abbott is the current Texas attorney general with a long law career behind him. He is also a paraplegic. At 26, Abbott was hit by a tree while running and became partially paralyzed. He has been using a wheelchair ever since. Abbott’s campaign touts him as a conservative candidate.

One of his main goals is to end Obamacare. Other talking points of the campaign are gun rights and defending traditional values and religious beliefs.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a real campaign without a few scandals.

Both Abbott and Davis have experienced public opinion set backs in their primary campaigns.

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‘Frack’ opens the floor for SMU theatre this weekend

SMU alum performs oneman play in North Texas ZAIN HAIDAR A&E Writer zhaidar@smu.edu

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Nina Dramer (top), Dylan Bare (left), Mei-Mei Pollitt (center) and Nicholas Costello (right) rehearse for “Frack.”

JORDAN MOORE A&E Editor mooreja@smu.edu The buzz about fracking has been pretty loud this year, and it has only further echoed.

Even for people who have no interest in politics, particularly those involving the environment and the economy, they have more than likely heard the term “frack.”

Dylan Guerra, a sophomore theatre major at SMU, is bringing the issue of fracking into the spotlight––as a play.

“This play is addressing fracking as a human element,” Guerra said. “It mainly follows how fracking as an industry affects our moral structure as as society.”

“Frack” will be Guerra’s second full-length play produced here at SMU, though he has been

playwriting for years.

“Frack” is “a lot more massive of a play,” according to Guerra, and is the the recipient of the prestigious Meadows Exploration Grant.

The play, which includes elements of romance, violence, music and undeniable Greek undertones, is fracking fresh.

The story centers around a community in which a magical child tree’s existence is threatened by the green-greedy fracturing drills that have come to town.

If the Greek stories of Apollo and Daphne or Athena have ever fallen into your lap, you might see a rooted connection between “Frack” and these Greek greats.

“My emphasis in Greek theatre is tell classics through a contemporary lens,”

Guerra said.

Guerra is taking current politics and placing them on stage as a current production with inspiration of the past. The controversy of fracking is personal to Guerra, and playwriting is his form of opinion on the issue.

This weekend, SMU’s Greer Garson Theatre will serve as the main stage for “Frack.” Three showtimes span over two days, beginning Saturday at 8 p.m. and finishing up Sunday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Visit the Meadows website for ticket pricing.

“The main question of ‘Frack’ is whether or not it’s worth––how much of the past is worth letting go of to make room for progress,” Guerra said.

Check out “Frack” on Facebook, or receive updates from the penman for the script himself, on Instagram at instagram.com/dylanguerra.

Letterman to leave longtime “Late Show” next year David Letterman is retiring next year as host of “Late Show.”

During a taping of Thursday’s show, Letterman said he has informed CBS that he will step down in 2015, when his current contract expires.

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SMU alum Jack Freiberger, a 1986 Meadows graduate, finishes off the Theatre Comedy Series this weekend at the Eisemann Center in Richardson, Texas.

Fry is a full time 5th grade teacher in Los Angeles, and his one-man show “They Call Me Mister Fry” tackles his first year teaching in South Central. The show has gone international and has won several awards, as well as earning an endorsement from Stephen Colbert and several command performances from the U.S. Department of Education.

“They Call Me Mister Fry” uses the story of two students and their families as a vehicle to explore individual challenges and personal tragedy. Freiberger’s performance has earned him awards as outstanding artist, best male monologue, as well as several best of fest accolades.

Freiberger will be performing Friday night,

the autoworker retired to Sicily, the man’s son, who studied architecture at university, noticed a telling detail: a dog curled up in the corner.

Dogs were sometimes a signature motif for Gauguin’s work.

The painting — named “Fruit on a Table with a Small Dog” — depicts two bowls brimming with brightly colored grapes, apples and other pieces of fruit. On the front is a painted “89” — an indication it was created in 1889. It now measures 46.5 by 53 centimeters (about 18 by 20 inches) — slightly smaller than when Gauguin created it because the thieves cut the painting out of its frame, police said.

The painting will remain in the

custody of the art squad because the police have yet to receive an official notice that it is stolen, Quagliarella said. The art squad traced it using newspaper articles in 1970 reporting the theft of a wealthy London family’s art collection.

Chris Marinello of Art Recovery International, which helps track down stolen artworks, said the story of treasures ending up in lost-and-found departments was not unprecedented.

Marinello said there could be a battle for ownership of the recovered paintings in Italy. Under Italian law, the autoworker could have a right to them if he could prove he bought them in good faith, he said.

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FRIDAY ■ APRIL 4, 2014 GOLF

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SMU’s lesser-known team JOSH YONIS Contributing Writer jyonis@smu.edu

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Woods announced his withdrawal from the Masters on Tuesday after having surgery on his back.

Tiger Woods missing Masters LAURIE SNYDER Contributing Writer lsnyder@smu.edu Tiger Woods will not participate in the Masters Tournament due to having back surgery.

After undergoing a procedure earlier this week, Woods announced his withdrawal from the tournament Tuesday, stating that he had surgery on his back for a pinched nerve.

Although the procedure, performed by neurosurgeon Dr. Charles Rich, was successful, Woods requires rehabilitation and rest that could keep him out of the game until summer.

Woods hasn’t missed a Masters since 1994—even knee problems did not keep Woods out of the tournament in 2008, where he placed second before having surgery at the end of that year’s season.

Woods, 38, has quite an extensive injury history— accumulating numerous strains and tears in both his Achilles heels, ACL and MCL sprains, and ruptures in his left knee, along with an injured muscle in his left shoulder blade, to name a few.

But what will the tournament be like without Wood’s participation?

“It’s the Masters. It’s still the greatest golf tournament. We experienced a year without him.

He is the center of the PGA Tour-sphere. He attracts the most eyeballs, the most attention, but there are a lot of great players out here and I think the TOUR held on quite well, stayed pretty healthy, while he was absent.

Certainly, the Masters will not suffer,” said fellow PGA Tour player Matt Kuchar.

Woods played in the Honda Classic last month, and withdrawed during his final round, citing intense back pain.

The following week, he played at the World Golf Championships event and did not perform well, placing 25th.

After the past couple of weeks, Woods decided surgery was the best option.

“It will be a little different without him, but it’s still a great tournament,” golfer Stewart Cink said. “We played, back in 2008, we played a couple majors in a row without him, and they were still great tournaments, and the Masters will be great. But it’s kind

of sad not to see Tiger over there because it’s always exciting to see what he’s going to do.”

Since turning professional at 20, Woods has won 14 major championships, the second highest following Jack Nicklaus who leads with 18, and 79 PGA Tour events, behind Sam Snead with 82 wins.

Merely three PGA titles away from Snead’s record, Woods does not plan on slowing down anytime soon.

“It’s tough right now, but I’m absolutely optimistic about the future,” Woods said. “There are a couple [of] records by two outstanding individuals and players that I hope one day to break. As I’ve said many times, Sam and Jack reached their milestones over an entire career.

I plan to have a lot of years left in mine.”

On the quest for 18 majors, Woods would not miss the Masters if it meant jeopardizing his careers goals. He has recognized the seriousness of his injury and will prioritize his physical well-being.

“This is frustrating, but it’s something my doctors advised me to do for my immediate and long-term health,” Woods said.

Southern Methodist University sports fans go through the major ups and downs of the school’s top sports, but pay no attention to the team who continually wins.

The SMU club lacrosse team dominates teams in front of disappointing crowds and captain Cole Sisto calls for students to come out to a game to see what it’s like.

While the Southern Methodist University campus is all abuzz about the recent success of the men’s basketball team, success is nothing new to the SMU men’s club lacrosse team.

“The most serious lacrosse you’re going to find is club lacrosse” captain Cole Sisto said.

Although there are only two Division I lacrosse programs west of the Mississippi River (Denver and Air Force), it does not stop SMU and many other schools from playing competitive lacrosse. SMU is

one of over 200 colleges across the United States and Canada that compete in the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association.

The MCLA is comprised of 10 conferences. SMU, along with 13 other universities in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana make up the Lone Star Alliance.

The Mustangs have won six straight Lone Star Alliance division titles and appeared in six straight LSA title games.

Although the team is labeled as a club sport, it means much more to the members of the team.

Unlike the men’s basketball team, the lacrosse team does not sell out any of their games and, despite their continuing success, won’t have a sell out any time soon.

This past weekend, Ford Stadium played host to the sixth annual Patriot Cup, a showcase for high school, MCLA, and Division I lacrosse teams.

When SMU faced Texas A&M Saturday, fans could count on their hands and feet how many people were in attendance.

Ali Franklin, a first-year SMU student and a member

of the SMU cross country and track teams, finds the games entertaining, and not just because she’s dating Miller.

Seeing the disappointing attendance numbers, one would think that the team isn’t doing well — quite the opposite.

SMU is 10-1 this season and are ranked No. 23 in the MCLA Coaches Poll. The Mustangs only loss came at the hands of No. 18 Texas State March 29.

“One of the biggest negatives to our growth is the culture of SMU,” Sisto said.

SMU students generally come from the states of California and Texas where football is king when it comes to sports. Only a quarter of the team hail from these states, resulting in what Sisto calls a “funky culture.”

Lacrosse is (no pun intended) a whole different ballgame and Sisto called for students to just come out and get a taste.

SMU squares off against two LSA North Division opponents this weekend when they travel to Fort Worth, Texas, to play Texas Christian University Friday and to Waco to play Baylor University Sunday.

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Rangers win opening series, 2-1 SAMUEL SNOW Associate Sports Editor ssnow@smu.edu

game. Consequently, Philadelphia handed Texas a 14-10 loss on opening day.

The Rangers opened their much-anticipated season with a three-game series against the Phillies at home. The first game of the season was a slugfest, but Texas wasn’t able to trump the Phillies. The next two games were lower scoring, but ended up much better for the Rangers.

PROBABLY SCORED TOO MANY RUNS THE OTHER NIGHT

MIGHT AS WELL HAVE CALLED IT OPENING BATTING PRACTICE Starting Tanner Scheppers due to a trio of injuries, the Rangers paid dearly early on. This was highlighted by a Jimmy Rollins grand slam in the second to give the Phillies a 6-0 lead.

Between the second and third innings, Texas put up seven runs against Cliff Lee, including a three-run home run from Alex Rios.

In the next inning, though, Philadelphia answered with a Chase Utley single to tie it up at seven. And after holding the Rangers scoreless in the fourth, John Mayberry Jr. hit a two-run double in the fifth to give the Phillies the lead.

Despite more runs being scored by Texas, the Phillies stayed one step ahead for the rest of the

For the second game of the season, the Rangers trotted out promising sophomore Martin Perez to take on seasoned veteran A.J. Burnett.

While the score was 9-8 going into the sixth inning in game one, it was scoreless in this one.

That was when Rollins and Ryan Howard teamed up to give Philadelphia a 2-0 lead.

Apparently, that’s what was needed to wake up the Texas offense.

In the bottom of the sixth, Mitch Moreland got his first hit of the season with a single to cut the lead in half.

In the seventh, Adrian Beltre gave his second most important hit of the game with a double down the right field line to tie it.

It was the second most important, because after holding the Phillies scoreless following the sixth, Beltre hit a single to right field that brought home the winning run in Shin-Soo Choo Not a bad way to gain the first win of the season.

WALK-OFF WORKED ONCE, WHY NOT AGAIN Robbie Ross was given his first career start for the series final against Kyle Kendrick.

For the third straight game, the Rangers fell behind, giving up runs to Utley in the first and a two-run homer to Howard in the third.

Afterward, Ross and the bullpen teamed up to hold the Phillies scoreless while the Rangers’ offense got going.

Down 3-1 going into the ninth, the Rangers teamed up against Jonathan Papelbon. Beltre singled to open the inning.

The buzz started after Moreland doubled to put men on second and third.

Jim Adduci and Leonys Martin followed that up with singles to tie the score at three.

Donnie Murphy walked in the next at-bat to load the bases.

That’s when Choo, who was signed for his on-base skills, was able to draw a full-count walk that brought in Adduci for the gamewinning run.

The Rangers were able to pull out a victory in this series despite losing the first game.

If the Rangers can win these close games until they’re healthy, they’ll be more than fine and should compete for the division as originally anticipated.

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Number 23: Lamar Hunt MATTHEW COSTA Contributing Writer mcosta@smu.edu Despite not being a major athlete while attending SMU, Lamar Hunt graduated to become one of the school’s most important alumni in the world of sports.

The man from Dallas attended school between 1952-56, earning a B.S. degree in geology and played for SMU’s football team from 1953-55, although his role was limited to riding the bench.

Without Hunt, the American Football league, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Super Bowl and sports as we know and love them now wouldn’t have existed.

Hunt was one of the major

forces in getting then-NFL commissioner, Pete Rozelle, to agree to merge the NFL and AFL together, forming the United State’s most dominant sporting league today.

Outside of football, Hunt was a great messenger of athletics in his time before his passing in December of 2006.

He was a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, the National Soccer Hall of Fame, the International Tennis Hall of Fame and of course the honorary hall of fame at SMU. Hunt’s contribution to sports rises above almost anyone else in American history. The fact that he is a graduate of Southern Methodist University is something that should not be left off any list, certainly not this one.

Number 22: Richard Saeger DEMETRIO TENIENTE Sports Editor dteniente@smu.edu Richard Saeger is a former American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.

He won a gold medal by

swimming for the winning U.S. team in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

But most importantly he was a Mustang in the ‘80s before it was cool.