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SMU student panel awards $775,000 behind closed doors KATIE TUFTS STEPHANIE COLLINS Copy Editor, Contributing Writers
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Zane Cavender and Travis Carlile will vie for the vice presidential seat in a runoff election this week. In the first election, Cavender lead Carlile.
VP candidates to runoff RAHFIN FARUK News Editor rfaruk@smu.edu
After a heated election process, results for the top three student body positions are in. Alex Mace and Katherine Ladner, who ran unopposed for student body president and student body secretary, respectively, have secured their positions in next year’s Senate. Ladner overcame a lastminute campaign from writein candidate An Phan to win her seat. The real competition comes from the race for the vice presidency. Cohagen Wilkinson, a current Cox Senator, Zane Cavender, the current vice-chair of the Senate finance committee, and Travis Carlile, a former football player, were all hoping to be Alex Mace’s right hand man come fall.
After ballots were counted on Thursday, Cavender received 616 votes, Carlile received 400 votes and Wilkinson received 308 votes. Because a candidate must receive 50 percent of the overall vote to win an election, Cavender and Carlile, the top two vote earners, will have to face off in a runoff election next week to decide who will serve as the vice president and oversee the 99th SMU Student Senate. “Since there were 3 candidates, it’s a run-off between me and Mr. Carlile, and final elections are next Wednesday and Thursday, same time, same place. I’m looking forward to this next week,” Cavender said to his Facebook friends and supporters on Thursday afternoon. Carlile is also gearing up for one more week of campaigning. “The elections are not over yet. We now have one more week
due to a run-off. So everyone make sure you vote next week on April 11 and 12,” he said on his Facebook profile page on Thursday evening. SMU students are once again ready to engage in the campaign process. Supporters from both sides are ready to continue to fight for their candidates. “Zane knows what he’s talking about and what he’s telling you he’s running for is what he’s going to get done. You can rely on the guy,” Olan Mijana, a sophomore, said. However, not all SMU students are so excited about a longer election cycle. “I understand that each candidate wants to campaign as effectively as possible to be elected to their position, but the endless adds to facebook groups, appearances at student organization events, and signs that litter the sidewalks make
the process feel tiresome,” Taylor Kara, a first year, said. Sam Martinez, a graduate student, won the graduate liaison officer position. He was the only candidate to run in the race. “I hope to set the example for this newly created office by working closely with Presidentelect Mace, Secretary-elect Ladner, and the vice presidentto-be-elected, as well as with the various officers of the different graduate organizations on campus, to bring about lasting and needed change for the benefit of my fellow students,” Martinez said. “Together, undergraduate and graduate students can contribute to campus life together and achieve further national recognition in academics and athletics.” The slate of senators who will serve the student body are set for
A veteran of the SMU Student Senate, Martha Pool has been involved in the organization since her very first semester at SMU. Now a sophomore, Pool figured her experience could only help her when she asked the Senate Finance Committee to providing funding for events put on by the Political Science Club, for which she served as treasurer. Quickly, she learned she was wrong. Pool said that many funding requests for the Political Science Club were turned down, despite Pool’s knowledge of the system and her accurate and timely completion of funding applications. More troubling to Pool was how committee members made their decision. Funding decisions are made behind closed doors at a confidential budget retreat at the start of each semester. No minutes are recorded and no specific explanation is given for the reasoning behind amounts of money awarded. Pool, who currently serves as Student Body Secretary, said, “Basically [the finance committee]
can be as discriminating or fair as they want to be. They say it’s a fair process, but I don’t know if that’s true.” Pool’s experience is not unique. Records and interviews show that the Finance Committee relies on a seemingly arbitrary process and closed-door meetings to award hundreds of thousands of dollars to SMU clubs each year. Rachel Fox, who chairs the Finance Committee, said committee members make these decisions in private for good reason. “I don’t want any of my committee members to be vilified and feel pressure because a member of their club is sitting in the room,” she said. Khurran Taufiq, president of the Muslim Students Association, thinks that student organizations deserve to know what goes on behind closed doors. “I think that transparency is always good and it would help us to see the process that they go through when deciding budgets,” Taufiq said. According to Pool, the overall budget for club funding comes from approximately $56 of each student’s “student fees” and adds
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CULTURE
Asian council kicks off celebrasian month AN PHAN Contributing Writer aphan@smu.edu SMU students of all ethnicities gathered to celebrate the beginning of Asian Council’s (AC) Celebrasian month. With a crowd of over 80 people, AC served Thai and Indian cuisine. They also held an open-mic for entertainment. The kick-off event was on April 4 at 5:30 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg Student
Center Commons. Celebrasian month is hosted by AC, which includes Indian Student Association (ISA), Korean Student Association (KSA), Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) and East Asian Student Association (EASA). This month, AC will showcase Asian heritage and raise awareness of Asian culture. Asian Council not only strives to bring Asian culture to SMU,
but also give Asian first-year students a place to feel welcome and a good community. As a member of Asian Council and as vice president of ISA, Ankita Krishnan hopes to “host events for the whole [SMU] community and welcome freshmen into the community.” Jae Suh, a first-year involved with AC, said that SMU is a “different environment for Asians because there are not a lot of Asians, and Asian Council is a nice place to
feel comfortable.” He is very involved in Asian Council, but he also has a diverse group of friends both inside and outside of AC. Evan Kohn, another first-year in Asian Council, described AC as a good place to network, make friends and “feel really welcomed.” When asked about the Celebrasian Kick-off Event, Kohn said, “It’s pretty cool that
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TechNOLOGY
Google announces cloud service STEPHANIE BROWN News Director stephanieb@smu.edu Google will make its presence known in yet another sector of the Internet—online storage service. The search engine giant plans to release their online storage service sometime next week. It is rumored to be called GDrive. This highly anticipated release of GDrive will unify Google’s existing photo, document and
music storage by offering 1GB of free storage. Offering 1GB of free storage doesn’t appear to hold a competitive edge for GDrive seeing that market leader Dropbox currently offers up to 2GB of free storage before charging a set rate of $9.99 per month for up to 50GB. “I love using Dropbox because I can keep a lot of big files in one place that’s easy to access,” said Marie Harris, sophomore. “And the best part is I don’t have to
pay for it.” The game changer here is that Google’s GDrive will serve as a way to connect Google’s apps, which will fundamentally benefit its established users. There will apparently be a domainspecific version for Google Apps customers. For those who are not connected with all things Google, the service will have an API for third-party apps, allowing them to store files in the service. Online tech blog, Tech Crunch, warns that other online
storage services could suffer from Google’s launch of GDrive. Google’s arsenal of internetconnected servers, particularly Chrome OS and Android, will largely contribute to Google’s success in the online storage service sector. Since Google has the most internet-connected servers in the world, they will not have to work nearly as hard as competitors such as Dropbox or Microsoft’s Sky Drive to build or maintain a solid user base.
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Kelly Kraft ended the Masters tournament 18 shots over par.
SMU’s Kraft announces plans to go professional KATY RODEN Associate Sports Editor kroden@smu.edu Recent SMU graduate Kelly Kraft joined six amateurs on the Augusta National Golf Course this weekend for the 2012 Masters. He had a rough start on his first round on Thursday. He had a double-bogie and was 2-over par after the first hole. Kraft parred the next four holes but bogied the sixth and fell to 3-over par. He continued to par the seventh, eighth and ninth holes. He shot another bogie on the tenth hole. He was 4-over at this point but after a par followed by two birdies he was back at 2-over. Kraft got his third-straight birdie on hole 14 and stood at 1-over for the tournament. A birdie and two pars - a 350yard par 4. Hole four was another par but suffered a bogie on No. 5 and was 3-over in tournament. The projected cut at the time was 5-over. He bogied holes eight and nine and was at risk of not making the cut to continue in the tournament.
After another bogey on No. 11 he was 6-over par. He shot a birdie on hole 12 and par on 13, 14 and 15. Kraft shot a great birdie on the par-three 16th hole and then par on No. 17. He bogied the final hole and finished at 5-over with a score of 75. He made the cut by one shot at the end of the day. He was the first American amateur to make the cut since 2005. Early Saturday morning Kraft was the first golfer to hit the course. He suffered a bogey on the first hole, par on the second and another bogey on the third. He was 7-over at this point. Kraft shot a par on No.4 and bogied five, just as he did the day before. Holes seven and eight were both pars. Kraft shot a birdie on the 460-yard, par-four ninth hole and another birdie on hole 10. The streak ended on 11 with a bogey and was back to 6-over for the tournament.
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Do your studies and eat some too KATE PETTY Food Editor kpetty@smu.edu It’s that time of year again. Finals are just around the corner, which means it’s time to start reviewing notes and rereading textbooks. Or time to open those textbooks for the first time. In any case, it’s time to find a study spot. Libraries can be a drag and you can guarantee Starbucks will be packed, which means now is as good a time as ever to expand your horizons. If a good selection of food is critical to your study session, Buzzbrews Kitchen might be your best bet. Buzzbrews Kitchen has several locations, the closest of which is at the Southeast corner of 75 and Fitzhugh. Though the place is closer to a restaurant that a coffee shop, they offer free wi-fi, welcome people working, and are open 24 hours. Food and coffee are reasonably priced, and the seating is comprised of large tables and booths, perfect for laying out all of your books and notes. The music stays a little on the loud side, but overall the atmosphere pleasantly laid-back. Another option for those looking for a good selection of food, but wanting a little more peace and quiet is Buli Cafe.
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Sweet Tomatoes is located near the intersection of Lovers and Green-
Fresh take on buffet-style dining at Sweet Tomatoes KATE PETTY Food Editor kpetty@smu.edu
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Buzzbrews Kitchen is one of the highest rated restaurants in Dallas, and one of the hottest spots for breakfast.
Located in Oak Lawn, this bright and cheerful spot offers breakfast items, hearty salads, sandwiches, and a large selection of decadent desserts. The prices are nothing to rave about, a latte costs about $4, but the selection is decent. And what’s not to love about a place that will print ‘Big Girl Cappuccino’ on your receipt when you order a large cappuccino? The tables are on the smaller side, but are both indoors and outdoors, allowing you take advantage of the beautiful weather this time of year. If a tried and true coffee shop
better suits your study habits, Pearl Cup is Dallas favorite worth mentioning. Though the atmosphere can feel cold and uninviting, the signature Pearl latte may be one of the best lattes in Dallas. Unfortunately their food doesn’t carry quite the same reputation. While it certainly isn’t bad and is fine if you’re in desperate need of a meal, the selection is slim, overpriced, and only mildly decent quality. Because of its popularity, crowding can be an issue. However, there are lots of tables, so unless you try to go the Saturday afternoon before finals begin, you should be
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able to find a spot. For those overcrowded occasions, White Rock Coffee Shop is the hidden gem of East Dallas. Though a little off the beaten path, White Rock Coffee is worth the trip. The two story shop has plenty of seating, but it does get crowded on White Rock Lake race days. The coffee is good and the food is good, but limited to muffins, cake and things of that nature. One word of warning — the coffee shop has live music nights several times a week. Check their schedule online before you go, or you’ll be trying to study in the middle of a concert.
Sweet Tomatoes is the new face of fresh and easy dining in Dallas. The restaurant, which opened in Upper Greenville on April 2, is a clean spin on buffetstyle dining. For a flat $10.29, including tax, you get to pile your plate high with a selection of premade salads or a variety of do-ityourself ingredients. After paying, endless soups, baked items and desserts await you. The bakery section features a blend of savory choices, such as garlic asiago focaccio, as well as sweet selections, like apple cinnamon or chocolate brownie muffins. Somewhat surprisingly, the muffins were fresh, warm and delicious. No hint of buffett-
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Multicultural House Open Reception: A showcase of multicultural activities at SMU in the HughesTrigg Ballroom East Central at 5 p.m. DeGolyer: A showcase of the man, the legend and the library in DeGolyer Library at 8 a.m.
warmer staleness to be found. On any given day there are at least seven soups to chooose from, ranging from classic chicken noodle to more unique tastes, like this month’s special, lemon chicken orzo. The dessert selection is modest, but inventive. Choose from an airy chocolate mousse, soft-serve frozen yogurt with toppings for create your own sundaes or, in honor of their April Lemon Month, lemon lava cake. Overall the food tastes great and the atmosphere is fresh and clean. Diners are able to try a little bit of everything and then grab more of their favorite items. No need to worry about your plates getting taken while you’re up getting more food — Sweet Tomatoes provides each table with an “I’ll be ‘ripe’ back” card for your convenience. Would fresh dining by any other name be as sweet? Not likely.
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5th Annual CUL Cookout: A celebration of National Library Week with free hot dogs, sodas and cookies in Fondren Library at 11 a.m.
Collegiate Recovery Community Support Group: A support group for SMU students who are currently struggling with or in recovery from substance use addiction in the Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports at 6 p.m.
April 10
PwC SMU Athletic Forum: The PwC forum welcomes golf Hall of Famer and PGA Champion Lanny Wadkins to speak at the Hilton Anatole at noon.
April 11
Meadows Percussion Ensemble: The Meadows Percussion Ensemble presents its spring concert in the Owen Arts Center at 8 p.m.
7:45 a.m. Boaz Hall/3200 Binkley. A police officer reported while conducting a residence hall check he found the west fire exit door damaged. Open.
APRIL 3 10:34 p.m. 5900 Bishop. A student was issued an SMU citation for speeding and was referred to the Student Conduct Office for possessing a fake ID. Closed.
3:31 p.m. Phi Delta Theta House/3072 SMU Blvd. UPFD responded to an active fire alarm. It was determined it was activated by a smoke detector in a residence’s room. A student was referred to the Student Conduct Office for University Policy violation of found drug contraband. UPFD cleared with no further incident. Closed.
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APRIL 4 12:58 a.m. Beta Theta Pi House/3058 SMU Blvd. A student reported some unknown person threw a brown beer bottle from the FIJI House backyard onto the Beta Theta Pi’s House basketball court and ran inside. Open.
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Award-winning foreign film shines in theaters CASSANDRA ROBINSON A&E Editor cassandrar@smu.edu Apart from many American films that are saturated with supernatural themes and special effects, foreign films offer the audience member a simpler, more organic experience. The Belgian film, “The Kid with a Bike” does just this. As Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, “The Kid with a Bike” is a dramatic and touching film that utilizes the simplest of plots. The film revolves around a emotionally disturbed 11-yearold boy named Cyril, played by Thomas Doret. Cyril struggles with abandonment and acceptance.
His father moves away from town, without giving notice, and leaving Cyril in foster care. Cyril’s bike is his only token from his father and seems to be his only prized possession. Without a stable guardian looking after the troubled Cyril, a single hairdresser, played by Cécil de France, unexpectedly takes him under her wing. Essentially being the only positive and loving adult in his life, the hairdresser is crucial to Cyril’s well being. However, as forseen, Cyril winds up in a criminal situation with the most despised juvenile delinquent in town. Regardless of Cyril’s charges and intolerable behavior, the hairdresser continues to care for Cyril as her son. The sequence of predictable
events throughout “The Kid with a Bike” may evoke only boredom from the American viewer, but the absence of unlikely star-crossed love stories and immature humor makes “The Kid with a Bike” a respectable film. The film’s duration lasts a short 87 minutes and includes little to no emotion-evoking background music. Dallas residents will only have a short time to see this award winning film in theaters. “The Kid with the Bike” will be showing at the Angelika Film Center in Mockingbird station until April 12. If you are willing to take a break from a sci-fi thriller or a sappy chick flick (and you don’t mind subtitles) “The Kid with a Bike” is a perfectly refreshing option.
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“The Kid with a Bike” was directed by renowned Belgian film maker brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.
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Actors Cameron Cobb and Jenny Ledel from the Kitchen Dog Theater production, “The Turn of the Screw.” Photo Courtesy of Patrick Galize
SMU’s showing of the French-German film, “Joususe” or “Queen to Play,” will be on Tuesday.
SMU’s Films français NATALIE YEZBICK Contributing Writer nyezbick@smu.edu Have you somehow missed the past four days of SMU’s annual French Film Festival? Have no fear, there are still two chances left to catch the final movies on Tuesday and Friday, free of charge, at 7 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center. The past four movies have included a thriller, a mystery movie, a religious film and a food-based documentary. The first movie in the festival was “Bellamy.” The film was about a Parisian inspector who takes a vacation only to find that his alcoholic stepbrother has arrived with a secret of his own. “Un Homme Qui Crie,” or “A Screaming Man,” was the second movie and describes the life of a retired swimmer living in the midst of a civil war in Chad. After his son is tragically killed, he struggles to come to terms with aiding his country in the war effort. The third movie in the series was “Of Gods and Men,” also
known by the French name “Des Dieux Et Des Hommes.” The film won the Grand Prix, the second highest award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. It is loosely based upon the assassination of nine monks by Islamic Fundamentalists during the Algerian Civil War and tells the heart-wrenching story of monks struggling to stay faithful to their religion in the toughest of circumstances. The movie planned for Tuesday is “Joueuse,” which translates to “Queen to Play.” Hélène, a hotel chambermaid, seeks out an American chess expert. After being scorned by her husband who finds it ridiculous that she wants to learn how to play chess, she forms a bond with her chess mentor who teaches her not only how to play chess but also how to transcend social divides. The final film in the festival is “Quartier Mozart,” which will be shown on Friday, April 13. Based on Cameroon folk tales, “Quartier Mozart” tells the story of a girl who wishes
to experience what it’s like to be a boy. After a witch grants her wish, she starts courting the daughter of a policeman in the community. She is not the only man to seek out that specific young lady, however. Her other suitors have special powers and attributes that spice up the plot of the story. The lose adherence to traditional values portrayed in this movie makes this film not only aesthetically pleasing but also culturally interesting. “Quartier Mozart” is the oldest of the movies being shown in the Festival as it was released in 1992. Conventional theaters in the United States rarely show French films, so it really is a coup for SMU to have a festival dedicated to them. Each film was reviewed positively when it was released, so there is not a “bad choice” when deciding what film screening to attend. The SMU French Film Festival is winding down, so be sure to catch the last two movies.
Horror at Kitchen Dog Theater ALEXANDER HOSKINS Staff Writer ahoskins@smu.edu “Suspense, horror and repressed sexuality” are what await you in Kitchen Dog Theater’s production of “Turn of the Screw.” The plot of the production is based off Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaption of Henry James’s tale of an English governess taking on the care of two recently orphaned children. What unfolds is a haunting mystery surrounding the manor ground that brings the governess’s sanity into question. The cast is comprised of two characters, the governess and a man playing several characters, both of whom are fantastic. Cameron Cobb, an SMU graduate, portrayed each radically different character quite well, devoting unique mannerisms and motives to each. Cobb’s comedic timing is dry and delightful. He has an arsenal of British wit stored up within him and nicely paces
his deadpan witticisms with his spells of dramatic intensity The governess, Jenny Ledel, was equally excellent. What’s so striking about her performance is her dedication to the world in which her character lives. She is so completely entranced by the illusion of the play, so reactive to her environment, that despite the unevenness of the play’s tone, she and Cobb never break the audience’s belief of the play, never make you realize you’re watching actors, but rather characters- people. While the actors were spoton, trouble arose with the play’s content. A lot of the lines were really, genuinely, darkly comedic, but the play kept trying to be a horror film. You’d get a dose of absurdist Monty Python-esque dry humor and then be expected to be unnerved to fear by a man in the window or something frightening appearing offstage. The audience never really knows if something is supposed to be comedy or drama. The play walks a fine line
between farcical melodrama and unnerving drama; a line it toys with throughout the arc of the plot. The actors’ performances sustain the erratic tone of the show, keeping you interested despite never really knowing what exactly you’re seeing. It’s difficult for the audience to shift so rapidly between comedic enjoyment and pinsand-needles suspense. It’s a bit of an odd feeling to be jerked between the two, but it’s nice to leave the theater with a sense of confusion, an uncertainty about everything that just unfolded before you. The play ends on a similar note of uncertainty, and the confusion from the tone blends nicely with the confusion brought about by the climax. It’s funny, it’s unnerving and, more importantly, it makes you think, which is an absent element in some of today’s theater. “Turn of the Screw,” directed by SMU graduate Christina Vela, runs through April 28 at Kitchen Dog Theater.
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Reduced wellness classes limit student opportunities Jaclyn West jtwest@smu.edu Has anyone noticed the decidedly low number of Wellness II classes being offered next semester? You’ve probably been signing up and exchanging classes recently considering it’s now the add/ drop period for Fall 2012 classes. I’m a senior and as such no longer have the need to select further classes but I knew this diminished Wellness II curriculum would occur because my Wellness instructor passionately informed me of the reduced classes since the beginning of the semester. I‘d like to outline how this is unfair to the SMU undergraduate population as well as our Wellness professors. SMU will be slashing the number of Wellness II classes it offers starting next semester and this will continue indefinitely in future semesters. If money is the reason, no one has said as much. When I was a freshman and learned that two Wellness classes were required to graduate, I thought I would pay my dues and be done. I never imagined I’d be one of the people who would go on to take any additional Wellness II courses, yet that’s exactly what I did. Why? There are so many options. Or should I say there were so many options. When I was in high school not long ago, I heard about elementary schools shortening recess or
putting limitations on recess like telling kids “no running” just because they don’t want to be liable for children’s accidents during their exercise time. Other schools reduced P.E. to a single activity every single time instead of diversifying and introducing kids to sports they might never experience otherwise. Limitations on children’s play and adult’s choice of workout have been in the making for a while apparently, and not just at SMU. How are we supposed to encourage physical activity in a nation that one can easily label one of the unhealthiest in the world with this attitude? This brings me back to my opening point. I wouldn’t have considered taking another Wellness II class unless I had seen one or heard of one I was highly interested in, and more options are likely to spark more interest. Why on earth is SMU going to slash the Wellness II programs by a whopping 80 percent, according to my professor from 39 classes down to 8, when it’s hard enough to get people interested in taking a class in the first place? Among these casualties will be self-defense and rock climbing along with others like walking (which by the way you should be able to learn to do on your own without taking a class). Limiting Wellness classes will hurt any interest that has already been generated in any Wellness II
program and will constrict people to having to choose a class instead of getting to choose a class. On top of this, apparently someone suggested that the available Wellness II classes should have more intellectual components (meaning more classroom stuff). So the people requiring us to take Wellness to get physical education and graduate want us to do more of what we already do every day: sit and listen. This is a physical education class that requires movement? How are we supposed to discourage the epidemic of unhealthy habits, one of which is not moving, by slashing the number of classes and THEN slashing how much activity is done in the classes that are left? I can’t imagine my self-defense class with any less physicality than it has because if that were the case I would not remember anything. In self-defense at least, you cannot learn moves by watching, you have to perform them and that takes time and energy. You have to move to understand and apply the techniques you learn. I don’t know about anyone else, but the Wellness II classes I’ve taken have broadened my perspectives, shown me possibilities and potential new interests and hobbies, as well as introduced me to new people who are as curious as I am which makes moving to learn all the more fun. Also, I have wanted to take these classes since I
was little, and Wellness II at SMU finally afforded me that chance. If they are gone, will others like me get that chance? No. Further complicating matters is the overflow of professors in Wellness who no longer have classes to teach. My instructor told me he is ready and willing to teach the same classes next year, but since they won’t be there, he can’t. I know I don’t need to mention how people need and want jobs in their areas of expertise right now. This whole situation is a lose/ lose for everybody. I think the people who made the decision to cut the Wellness II courses should try them out before they put them on the chopping block because if this decision came from ignorance, as it appears, then that is unacceptable. The availability of options in Wellness II classes allows for more exploration and the formation of curiosity. It allows for people to take a class and then talk about it to others who then may become interested in trying it. But here’s the catch, the classes have to be there for people to get interested and try them. That’s how it worked for me at least. There may be a perfectly acceptable reason for slashing the Wellness II classes, but if there is, no one has been up front about it so far. Jaclyn is a senior majroing in psychology.
Reflect on real, not manufactured feeling Obama bites the bit of constitutionality LYDIA KAPP lkapp@smu.edu
As an actor, I am familiar with emotional manipulation. I trick myself, using my imagination and my technique, into genuinely feeling the emotions of dramatic characters. This emotion is most natural when it is the result of pursuing a character’s goals, rather than being it’s own entity as an affected state. Such a state can also be called a mood. And as my old acting teacher always said, “Mood spelled backwards is doom.” I have to work on this. Because regardless of my acting, I on occasion find myself applying the same muscle memory for replicating emotions during seasons when I believe I should feel a certain way. Generally these times fall around holidays and big events like birthdays and the start of school each fall. My subconscious recalls certain inner atmospheres from years prior and quietly demands that they continue to be felt during their allotted dates. Else it’s not the Fourth of July. Else it’s not Christmas. Else it’s not my birthday. Else it’s not Easter. Thus I go about, mustering, manifesting, manipulating emotions when the truth is, no matter how hard I try, those sensations will never be felt unless I do the things that produced them. I can’t just put on a hat titled “How Easter feels,” but I can spend time reading the Bible, actually having a conversation with God and realizing it has been too long, attending church with those I love, eating a meal with friends and family, laughing at old jokes and new silliness and thanking God for life in all its intricacies. These doings, these actions, produce the sensations of discernment, peace, togetherness, love, hope, joy, passion, etc. But the sensations themselves are only by-products. To go after them on their own is foolish because they will not come. They cannot come. They belong to Process who gives them as a gift. I am an actor. I should know this. “Mood” spells “doom” backwards, I get it. So why don’t I get it? I think it’s because I, like many other Americans, am wired to value feelings to an increasingly dangerous degree. A situation “feeling like” it should is not wrong. We experience a delightful sense of puzzle pieces fitting together when we identify that a season feels as we individually think it should. The danger is when we begin to value the sensation over its source. And if the sources are such treasures as God, friends and family, who are we to want their benefits without the effort of getting to know them? Whatever sensations arise in the next week, let’s take them as they come and use our feelings as a guideline by which to check our doings. And if our doings are not in line, then let’s get our homework done, clean our rooms, help our neighbors, hang out with our friends, do our laundry, call our parents, apologize to those we’ve hurt, admit our stubbornness and even pray. I have a feeling that then our feelings will feel just as they should feel. And if they don’t, oh well. At least we won’t be judging the authenticity of life by something as transient as emotion. Lydia is a senior majoring in theatre studies and Spanish.
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Obama, speaking at the Associated Press luncheon on April 3. Obama has expanded government power during his presidency, and his healthcare bill is currently being debated in the Supreme Court.
Andrew Fiepke afiepke@smu.edu Over the course of his term in office, President Obama has repeatedly shown marked disdain for just about everything and everyone who has dared to disagree with him. At various times, the Supreme Court, Congress, the States and the voters have all been on the wrong side of several issues and therefore have received Presidential condescension. In the past two weeks, however, the President has made it even more obvious that he holds no respect for any of these institutions, and believes that these things, along with the Constitution, are roadblocks that prevent him from re-making this country into one he would actually like. His remarks about the Supreme Court last Monday were among the most disgraceful things he has done so far. When asked about the Supreme Court’s deliberations about his health care law, President Obama responded with a thinly veiled threat, warning the “unelected” Court that to overturn the law would be “an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.” This is what he actually meant: “This is a cute little
Supreme Court you’ve got going here. Wouldn’t it be a shame if something terrible were to happened to it?” Now, saying that you disagree with a decision the Supreme Court has made is one thing, but pressuring the Court (many Democrats have already started harping against a politicized court), while they are in the middle of a decision, is an un-presidential step too far, especially when your threat is factually challenged and ridiculous. First, let’s talk about his problem with the “unelected” Court. Of course the Supreme Court is unelected, as is every other Federal Judge. This was designed in the Constitution to prevent the Courts from becoming involved in politics. Reminding them that they are unelected is a ridiculous attempt to try to drum up outrage among uninformed Americans. Next his claim that the health care law was passed by a strong majority of Congress is just an outright lie. It was passed 219-212 in the House which is a razor tight margin considering the Democrats had a 30+ seat majority, and got the exact number of votes it needed in the Senate, no more. What Congress was he talking about? Then, the President claimed that the Supreme Court overturning a law would be
unprecedented. He would have been correct in 1802. Unfortunately for the President, this is 2012, and for 209 years, ever since Marbury v. Madison established Judicial Review, the Supreme Court has been overturning laws they find unconstitutional. In fact, it is their most important duty because it acts as a check on the powers of Congress and the President. But that’s the thing President Obama has a problem with. He thinks he should be able to do whatever he wants with no consequences or limits on his power. The government has the power to force you to buy something? Absolutely. The government has the power to tell religious institutions who they can hire and what kind of health coverage they have to provide? Duh. The President can make recess appointments to extremely powerful bureaucratic positions even when Congress isn’t in recess? Is that even a question? The only thing that keeps the President from attempting to expand the power of government even more is the fact that voters might start to get a little suspicious of an all-powerful ruler, considering that is the exact thing that the Constitution attempts to prevent. Well, apparently that’s
annoying to the President as well. When he was meeting with the Russian President, Dmitri Medvedev, a microphone that was on unbeknownst to President Obama, caught him saying that he would have more flexibility after his election. So after those pesky voters have done their burdensome election thing, then President Obama can make a deal with the Russians over nuclear security. That’s comforting. Then, Obama’s press secretary, while trying to explain the President’s remarks about the Supreme Court, which rightfully caused some consternation among the public, basically said that we couldn’t understand what the President was saying because it was actually an incredibly complex legal argument that he was making because he used to be a constitutional law professor. So we’re too dumb to understand him when he threatens the Supreme Court and lies to our faces, and we’re too dumb to understand the wisdom of his plans, so he has to attempt to hide them from us until after we re-elect him. Americans are starting to figure you out, Mr. President. So I wouldn’t count on that. Andrew is a sophomore majoring in finance, French and markets and culture.
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MERCEDES OWENS Sports Editor mmowens@smu.edu For 16 Conference USA and Mountain West Conference presidents, time is running out. As the two conferences continue to attempt to make an agreement for the big merge, word has gotten out that within the past couple of weeks the C-USA/MWC affair has found a few kinks in their relationship. What seems to be the cause of most of the world’s problems is now a poke in the eye for the conference merger. Money. With Southern Methodist University, Houston, and Central Florida paying $500,000 each to divorce the conference for bigger and better things in 2012-13, C-USA is set to cash in with a check around $6 million. So what’s the problem? If C-USA and MWC decide to dissolve the conferences in order to form a new happy family all together, it would no longer seem necessary for SMU, Houston, and Central Florida to pay their way out. Also, now that Memphis has made the decision to join the Big East too, it doesn’t seem fair that they would have to pay monies from NCAA tournament units either. Last April, the 31 conferences were awarded $240,000 a game for the NCAA tournament games played from 2005-10. When the NCAA hands out money this April for 2006-11 tourneys, Memphis will have collected 18 units to four for all other C-USA schools combined. In the case that C-USA does dissolve, it wouldn’t make since for Memphis to have to hand over their NCAA awarded cash. Another reason for money being an issue is the problem with television contracts. In the beginning, the plan was to save money while improving the television contract but it turns out that it would cost more tournament revenue to off set any gains of an
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improved agreement. Originally, the plan for the merger seemed golden. In February C-USA and MWC announced that they planned to fold and join schools to form a new conference including all 15 all-sports schools, with Hawaii for football only. Now, both conferences seem to only have two options. Their first option (which is seeming the most likely choice) is to remain as two separate conferences for one or two seasons to form a type of alliance. By doing this, both sides can work together to iron out the kinks without losing insane amounts of money. Although this decision seems like a no-brainer, the conferences can still risk going through with it by eliminating one conference for a full merger. With that being said, C-USA will be left with the decision to remain with only eight schools to split revenue with, or they can expand. Schools such as North Texas, FIU, FAU, Charlotte, UTSA, Appalachian State and LA Tech are likely to be the top candidates. As for MWC, they’ll be looking to expand in the next months after losing Boise State and SDSU to the Big East for non-football sports. Utah State and San Jose will be likely candidates for membership in the MWC as Air Force is still a threat to leave despite turning down an offer to the Big East. In the case that the merger is put off for the next couple of seasons, MWC will more than likely remain with 10 football only members and 9 all-sports members to leave room for Boise and SDSU if they change their mind. Despite the problems, the presidents are still going strong both publicly and privately. Dr. Scott Cowen, Tulane’s president and a C-USA leader told The Gazette of Colorado Springs, “We’re making good progress on all fronts.” But if you have to bet on it, I’d bet that the conferences form an alliance for now and forget about the merger for another couple of seasons.
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Kraft shot pars for 12, 13 and 14 but double-bogied No. 15. On hole 16 and 17 he shot par and was 3-over for the day and 8-over for the tournament. Unfortunately Kraft's round ended with a double-bogey and he finished the day with a 5-over 77 and 10-over in the tournament. Sunday was Kraft's last round
7, with three bogeys and one doublebogey on the par-three No. 6. Things looked up for Kraft from here on. He shot par for the next five holes, a birdie on No.13 and then a pair of pars on 14 and 15. He ended the round with a bogey on 16, par on 17 and an unfortunate double-bogey on 18. Kraft bogied or double-bogied the last hole in all four rounds.
He finished 8-over for the day, 18over in the tournament with a score of 80 for round four. His longest drive of the tournament was 284 yards. He had the highest score of the three amateurs in the tournament with 306. Kraft announced that he would go pro after the Masters Tournament and is expected to make the official statement Monday.
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SMU impresses scouts during Pro Day BROOKE WILLIAMSON Sports Editor kbwilliamson@smu.edu They have put their best foot forward — literally. SMU players entering the NFL draft have run, jumped, weighed and been tested in every form on their athletic ability before the NFL scouts. SMU’s Pro Day has come and gone, and player analytics are in supplementing their film. They now continue to work as they await the much-anticipated Draft in late April. This year, SMU had a unique spot in the Pro Day schedule — the last of all pro days before the upcoming draft. Allowing SMU to attract attention to the players without having to compete with TCU down
the road, A&M, Texas or any other team. The NFL blogs and message boards following SMU’s Pro Day — Taylor Thompson — drawing the attention of NFL coaches and scouts. Thompson played all four years as a defensive end for the Mustangs where he racked up noticeable numbers and was even named to First Team Conference USA following his senior year. On Wednesday, Thompson weighed in at 259 pounds, with a height just a little over 6 feet and 6 inches and clocked a 4.58/4.55 on the 40 yard. Recruited out of high school as a tight end, he went back to his roots in the All Star game following the season. Following pretty respectable performance in his previous position,
and gaining some looks from NFL scouts he decided to run with it. Thompson following his performance at Pro Day summed up his thoughts on the day saying, “I was pleased. I’ve obviously ran a little better and jumped a little better, but everything all around was pretty good.” Joining Thompson was fifteen additional former and current SMU players participating in the pro day. Including Kelvin Beachum, Josh Leribeus, Chris Banjo, Richard Crawford, Justin Sorrell, Cole Beasley and former kicker/punter Matt Szymanski. Two players, Beachum and Leribeus chose to sit out on a few events relying on their performance at the NFL Combine back in February. SMU Head Coach June Jones took a different position Wednesday
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up to about $840,000. Once salaries for SMU’s Comptroller and other student activities employees are deducted, the Finance Committee is left with a total of about $775,000 to award to student organizations each year. Student organizations are required to apply for funding at the start of each semester by sending the president and treasurer to a mandatory budget meeting and filling out a budget application by a specified date. According to Fox, the organizations that receive the most money are the ones that have maintained a good relationship with the committee. “The way residual amounts will be given out is basically organizations that we think have spent their money well in the past and just generally will benefit the student body,” Fox said. The Program Council received the greatest amount of money for the
spring semester, collecting $115,000, which accounts for approximately 30 percent of the total semester budget for club funding, according to the Student Senate budget reports. According to the Program Council’s Facebook page, the organization is “the leader of oncampus entertainment at SMU.” This semester, part of the Program Council’s budget was used to fund the Gavin DeGraw concert, the organization’s biggest event of the spring, for which one thousand SMU students purchased tickets. Meanwhile, the Religious Studies Club was granted $10 for the semester, or .003 percent of the total semester budget, after requesting $380 to fund speakers and campuswide events, according to Michael Graves, the program director for the club. The club, which has 15 members, spent the money on stake signs, although they still had to chip in some of their own funds to cover
the cost. “When we only received $10 for the semester we were a bit frustrated,” said Graves. “We were not the only organization that was frustrated.” The Finance Committee consists of 15 members, half of whom are members of student senate, while the other half are general members from the SMU student body. Each semester, the committee members hold a closed budget retreat where they decide which clubs will receive money and how much. At these retreats, the committee reviews budget applications and allocates funds in the order that they received them. If a club submits its application incorrectly or late, the application is sent to the bottom of the pile, according to Pool. Aside from the word of the committee, however, there is no way for students to know what goes on at these retreats because they are not open to the student body and the committee does not release any notes
from the meetings. According to general Finance Committee member Chad Cohen, the Finance Committee spends eight and a half hours of one day allocating the $387,500 to every club for the semester. Cohen, who is also president of the College Republicans Club, said members who are involved in on-campus organizations “usually abstain from a vote” involving the budget of that club. Although the majority of the $775,000 per year is allocated behind closed doors, Fox reassures students that they can attend weekly finance committee meetings. “We are very public with our weekly meetings. Anybody from an organization who wants to come sit in our meetings can do so,” she said. “It’s important to fund student organizations fairly and I don’t think the current budgeting process is fair,” said Pool. “Generally whatever the committee says goes.”
next year. Nikki Ruh, Ted Belden, Cohagen Wilkinson, Michael Mitchell, Jaywin Singh Malhi, Tyler Harris and Martha Pool will serve as Cox senators. Wilkinson, who lost the race for the vice presidency, will still be able to serve Cox students while Malhi, a candidate who lost his bid for a Cox senate position last year, will finally get his chance to express the grievances of Cox students. Paul Curry, Savannah Stephens and Jaimmy Koroma will serve as Meadows senators. Dedman, the university’s largest college, will have 13 student senators. Monica Finnegan, JD Mahaffey, Devin Kerns, Eric Gates, Preston Hutcherson, Kevin Shepley and Gabriella Padgett will serve as Dedman I senators while Parminder Deo, Gloria Steinke, Hiba Ibad, Alex Morgan and John Manning will serve as Dedman II senators. In the case that Carlile loses the runoff election, he will still be able to serve as a Dedman
II Senator. The Lyle School of Engineering will have Caleb Pool, Christian Genco, Katie O’Neil, Emily Mcintosh and David Lee as senators. Special interest positions will be filled by African American senator Shanitah Young, Asian American senator Kathrina Macalanda, Hispanic American senator Kevin McClendon and international senator Ramon Trespalacios. Students elected Nikki Ruh and An Phan — the only two candidates on the ballot — to serve on the governing board. While elections were less competitive this year — from the lack of competition for student body president to many uncontested special interest positions — student representatives are enthused about the 99th session next year. “Thanks everyone for all the support. We did it. Let me know the issues and concerns y’all have for the upcoming fall semester,” Parminder Deo said in the wake of his Dedman II senate victory.
ASIAN: Celebrasian
week to feature speakers and cultural events
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there are a lot of non-Asians. AC is growing in size.” With Celebrasian month and other events in the future, Asian Council invites SMU students to come out and experience Asian culture and join the Asian community of SMU. People of all cultures and backgrounds are welcome.
The next event of Celebrasian month is “An Introduction to Asian-American Literature and Culture,” with Dr. Julia Lee, a professor from the University of Texas at Austin. She will lead a discussion on Asian and Asian-American studies on Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Hughes Trigg Promenade.
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