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APRIL 13, 2012 FRIDAY High 81, Low 66 SATURDAY High 82, Low 70
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Cancer survivors from the April 15, 2011 Relay for Life walk around the boulevard to kick off the event in solidarity with survivors the world round.
Fight cancer, honor survivors MEGAN GROSSE Contributing Writer mgrosse@smu.edu Karen Gray was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. After struggling through her treatment and its effects, Gray was invited by SMU Chi Omega to participate in SMU’s 2006 Relay For Life. With parents, friends and fellow Chi Omegas, Gray began her Relay, and with it her calling to promote awareness for all types of cancer. “I remember searching for
any with my name on them. Would anyone remember me? Would I find my name?” Gray said, reflecting on her first look at the luminaries that lined the Boulevard. “There were uncles remembered, aunts, childhood friends, teachers ... and then there it was ... ‘Keg’ — someone had remembered me.” Relay For Life strives to celebrate the lives of those who have survived, remember those who have passed and initiate a promise to fight against cancer. The SMU community
will come together on April 13 for a night of recognition, remembrance, games, music and fellowship, as people show their support in the fight against cancer through SMU’s ninth annual Relay For Life. This year SMU’s Relay will include entertainment from a variety of groups and performers, including Mustang Mavericks, Belle Tones, Southern Gentlemen, the Stefani Little Band, Empower African dancers, MOVE, TREAT, Spencer Fox and more. In addition to song and dance, participants will have a chance
to partake in several contests, a wing-eating contest and car smash and other activities, some of which include a Zumba class, yoga class, hair donation, kick-boxing class, movie on the lawn, a wide selection of food and desserts and several other on-site fundraisers. Megan Marchant, an SMU student and member of SMU’s Relay For Life board, is hopeful that this year’s fundraising will surpass last year’s amount of a little over $100,000.
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Engineering & Humanity week kicks off TASHIKA VARMA Assignments Desk Editor tvarma@smu.edu SMU will be having its second annual Engineering & Humanity Week from April 16 to April 20. To prepare for this week, students have started building the Living Village on the lawn just north of the Cox School of Business. Students will live, cook and sleep in temporary shelters. This year the structures will focus on long-term living for displaced populations versus last year’s structures were focused on short-term living shelters. This year there are two student only projects. The first shelter, titled “SMU Habitat for Humanity Shelter” will be designed and built the SMU chapter of Habitat for Humanity. “Engineering in Humanity Week’s goals directly align with Habitat for Humanity's goals,” Gwen, a freshman Civil Engineer and Spanish major, said on the Engineering and Humanity Week website.
“We want to enable people everywhere to live healthy, productive lives, regardless of where they are born. Home ownership enables stability, community, and safety for families and children, which in turn brings about an increase in education and economic prospects.” The other project will be designed and built by a group of students who won a Lyle School design competition. The group decided to title the shelter “’Rajo’ Shelter at Tasfa.” Tasfa means hope in Ethiopian. All the building materials are native to Ethiopia. The seniors participating in the design project are Ford Binning, Mary Catherine Corey, Farhan Fazal and Michelle Senner. Engineering & Humanity Week is sponsored by Hunter and Stephanie Hunt, the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity at Southern Methodist University’s Lyle
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Cavender wins runoff election TASHIKA VARMA Assignments Desk Editor tvarmas@smu.edu Last week, Alex Mace, Katherine Ladner and Sam Martinez were elected as student body officers. Mace will be the 2012 to 2013 student body president; Ladner will be the student body secretary; Martinez will be the graduate liaison officer. After the elections, the vice president position was still up in the air. The three candidates, Zane Cavender, Travis Carlile and Cohagen Wilkinson ran for the position.
Once the polls closed, none of the candidates got a majority of the votes. Student Senate then held a run off election between Canvender and Carlile. Polls opened Wednesday and closed Thursday at 5 p.m. Canvender walked away with the position. One thousand one hundred and one ballots were cast by the student body during the runoff election. Cavender received 630 votes, while Carlile received 471 votes. Cavender along with the other candidates that were elected will be inaugurated at the official Senate Inauguration on April 24 at 3 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg Commons.
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Students sport turbans, learn about Sikhism AN PHAN Contributing Writer aphan@smu.edu More than 180 SMU students attended SMU Sikh Student Association’s Sikh Turban Day, where they got turbans tied on their heads and learned about the Sikh religion. Members of the Sikh Student Association as well as Sikh students from University of Texas-Dallas, University of North Texas and University of Texas-Arlington stood outside of Dallas Hall from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday tying turbans and educating the SMU community on the Sikh religion and the history of turbans. They also provided free Indian food, T-shirts and gift cards. The event was to raise awareness of the Sikh religion around campus. Students were taught the history of the turban and the Sikh religion while getting their turbans tied, and they were to wear the turbans for three hours and then return them for free T-shirts and gift cards. Junior Travis Carlile, while getting his turban tied, said that it was “a good event to raise awareness of the Sikh religion.”
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Members of the Sikh Student Association tied turbans around students heads in front of Dallas Hall Wednesday morning as part of their annual Sikh Turban Day. The event raises awareness of Sikh culture and history.
Responses to the event were positive, as many students wearing turbans were seen around campus all day. “Watching students take time to experience aspects from cultures other than their own is a great unifying factor on our campus,” first-year Monica Finnegan said.
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“Today, I learned how to wrap a turban.” Jaywin Malhi, a member of the Sikh Student Association, commented on the turnout of the event. “I think it’s been a success,” Malhi said. “It’s rewarding to see people appreciate the religion and
be enlightened about it.” Malhi’s average turban tying time Wednesday was five minutes, but he usually takes about 15 minutes to tie his own turban every morning. Sawi Gill, a Sikh student from UTD, was pleased with the success
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