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SMU’s Board of Secrecy Editor’s Note: The following story is third in a series that examines the secretive nature of various operations at SMU.

By CHRISTINE RICCIARDI, TAYLOR ADAMS and JAMES LUCENTE

“The management and direction of all affairs and interests of the University shall be vested in the Board of Trustees.” – SMU Bylaws The Ernst & Young Gallery is aptly named. Four large arched windows frame the east side, filling the spacious room with sunlight when the blinds are raised. The entrance, on the west side of the Fincher Building, features double doors with glass panes that allow a sweeping view of the gallery. The room, housed in the original home of the Cox School of Business, seems a fitting place for SMU’s stated mission: “The University is dedicated to the values of academic freedom and open inquiry and to its United Methodist heritage.” On the morning of Friday, Feb. 26, the SMU Board of Trustees conducted its first meeting of 2010 in the Ernst & Young Gallery. The window blinds were closed. Partitions were placed next to the double doors inside the room to prevent anyone from peering in. Doors were locked. This too is fitting. The board of trustees is the most powerful group at SMU. Its members have final say over every important decision on campus from the budget to the Bush Library. They make these decisions behind closed doors. The board treats its records like classified documents. Every agenda, vote, resolution and contract is hidden from public view. Trustees are equally vigilant in shielding the minutes of its

meetings. The board provides no list of the reports it receives, much less their contents. On the SMU Web site, there is a single page devoted to the board of trustees. It lists the names of the 42 members and little else. There is a phone number for “The Secretary.” That person is Mary Anne Rogers, associate secretary in SMU Legal Affairs. Rogers said the limited information on the trustees is designed to protect their privacy. “We try to protect our board members as much as possible,” she said. “You can understand. They are CEOs of big companies and are very important people.” Ray Hunt is a VIP. A billionaire. Number 261 on Forbes 2009 list of the world’s richest people. President George W. Bush twice appointed him to the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Hunt has been a member of the SMU Board of Trustees since 1976. SMU’s Articles of Incorporation limit the maximum length of service to 12 consecutive years. The Daily Campus wanted to ask Hunt how he’s managed to stay on the board for 34 years. Hunt declined to be interviewed. He was not alone. The Daily Campus contacted more than half of the 42 trustees. Three of every four refused. For the trustees, there cannot be too much secrecy. Each year, the trustees solemnly promise never to make public what they discuss in their meetings. “At the first of the year, we all pledge to one another that this is a private discussion, that this should not be shared with anyone else,” said Caren Prothro, a trustee for at least 17 years. The handful of trustees who did grant interviews said confidentiality is good for the board and beneficial for SMU. They see no reason to explain their decisions. And they have no intention of changing how they do business. According to Linda Pitts Custard, a trustee since 2000, questioning the board is a waste of time. “Students need to focus on class and getting

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A’s,” she said. “As long as the school functions well, students need to not worry about how the board is run.” Many SMU students said that given the stakes involved, it would be foolish for them to be unconcerned. “I wholeheartedly disagree” with Custard’s view, said Drew Konow, a junior from Baton Rouge majoring in religious studies and foreign language and literature. “That’s espousing an opinion that somehow students aren’t affected by decisions and the decisions aren’t relative to our future.” Alex Vazquez, a senior from Dallas majoring in Spanish and psychology, echoes Konow’s view. “[The board members] deal with the outward perspective…It’s like they’re looking at a picture and saying, ‘Oh, it looks so pretty.’ But they don’t see the inside, the nuts and bolts.” There is a student trustee on the board. Fred Olness, president of the Faculty Senate, and other trustees proudly point to this as evidence that they are in touch with students and their concerns. “SMU is rather unique in the sense that it has a student representative to the board of trustees and also the committees,” he said. However, American University and Duke University—both private Methodist colleges recognized by SMU as peer schools—may see this as less impressive. American has three student representatives on its 32-member board, said Maria Pahigiannis, the board’s assistant secretary. Duke has four student trustees on its 36-member board, according to Christine Collins, the board’s executive assistant. There is a unique aspect to SMU’s student trustee. At American and Duke, the student body elects those who will represent them on the board of trustees. At SMU, any full-time student who has completed at least 36 hours with a GPA of 3.0 or higher can apply for the student trustee’s position. The board selects the finalists from these

applicants, then interviews the chosen few. One written question probes an applicant’s willingness to keep a secret. Given that “confidentiality is a serious obligation” for SMU trustees, the board asks applicants to provide an example where they were told to disclose sensitive information and how they dealt with it. Rob Hayden, a senior public policy and political science major, said he answered the question this way: “I understand the importance of confidentiality in terms of serious matters. My understanding of that would help me act in a way that would not go against what would be necessary to serve as a member of the board.” The board selected Hayden as the student trustee for 2009-2010. Julia Malherbe, a graduate student in economics, sees the SMU student selection process as ludicrous. “That doesn’t make sense,” said Malherbe, who also earned her undergraduate degree at SMU. “If they can’t discuss issues with students, then what’s the point of there being a student on the board. To make themselves look better, I think.” Ruth Collins Sharp Altshuler, SMU’s longestserving trustee, and other board members said their governance of the university is a classic example of transparency. “This is the most well-run and openuniversity you will find anywhere,” she said. Altshuler may be correct, but not when it comes to records. The SMU Board of Trustees refuses to make any of its records public. This is not the case at American and Duke as well as Emory University, another university comparable to SMU. At each of these, the governing boards provide public access to a wealth of information: trustee biographies; committee members and responsibilities; meeting schedules; summaries of board discussions and decisions; trustee policies and university bylaws. Dee Wilson, the Emory trustees’ managing

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Delta Gamma brings summer back By LAUREN COOK Contributing Writer lwcook@smu.edu

Delta Gamma’s fifth Anchor Splash, the sororities nationwide outdoor philanthropic event, is this Saturday. Festivities will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at SMU’s Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports. The event includes costumes, synchronized swimming contests and two different relay races. Teams are separated by gender

and points are awarded to those with the most DG spirit. There will be an awards ceremony after the event. Anchor Splash is open to everyone: Greek organizations on campus, athletic teams, religious groups, multicultural organizations and citizens of the Dallas area. Anyone is welcome to form a team. DG sophomore Kristy Webster said that teams work “sometimes for weeks” in preparation for

Anchor Splash. “This event is unique because it allows participants to express more creativity than your average athletic philanthropy event,” Webster said. “It’s not every day that you see guys around campus diving sideways into a pool,” she said chuckling. Webster is the event director for Anchor Splash and her team

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Spectrum spreads LGBT awareness

CUL demonstrates new research tool

Numerous lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues have been in the headlines recently—one highly publicized example is Mississippi high school student Constance McMillen, who was not permitted to attend the senior prom with her lesbian partner. Spectrum, an SMU student organization, will be leading “Day of Silence” this Friday across campus in an attempt to raise awareness of the discrimination that LGBT students experience. Spectrum’s mission is to promote an environment in which all students, sexual orientation and gender identity aside, are permitted to voice their concerns about LGBT issues and encourage equal treatment. “There was a time when the word

faggot meant a bundle of sticks, so the next time you see words like this, think about the people they are hurting,” Spectrum co-president Betsy Lewis said during Tuesday’s Student Senate meeting. Up to 90 percent of LGBT students say they have skipped school due to harassment, according to Lewis. Some school principals have kicked out LGBT students, because they did not want other students to be “exposed” to them. SMU landed the No. 14 spot on The Princeton Review’s 2010 list of the nation’s 20 most homophobic schools. The list, “Alternative Lifestyle Not an Alternative,” assesses which schools have a low

How often do students have to use the Web to find resources for a research paper? This process can turn out to be a time consuming task. During National Library Week held April 12 through the 14, the Central University Libraries unveiled a new discovery tool that will make that process a less tedious one. The new service that SMU Libraries has launched allows students and faculty to search the library the same way they search the open Web. Found on SMU’s library homepage, The Discover SMU Libraries service allows searches to be quicker, easier and just as useful as before. This new service allows users to search all the libraries’ formats

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such as books, articles, newspapers, databases and more from a single search box. “Offering this revolutionary service to our community is a culmination of several months of

By TAYLOR LACK

On April 14, the Democracy Matters student organization hosted “So you think you can be a politician?” a discussion on the experiences of elected office. The panel featured Texas Representatives Dan Branch and Rafael Anchia as well as Desoto ISD Trustee and SMU student Warren Seay. The panel opened with a question: What motivated you to do what you do? For Seay it was “a sense of urgency. Something needed to be changed.” Anchia had similar feelings. “Its about seeing a need, understanding the benefit I had received and think[ing] I could make a difference,” he said. Next the panel discussed what had thus far surprised them in their positions. The answers varied amongst the men, but overall, they agreed that what was most unexpected was the difficulty in getting anything done and the long process it takes to accomplish anything. Anchia described his job, saying it was “like playing ping pong and chess at the same time.” You need to be able to sort through information quickly and efficiently and then be able to completely flush it out when you are finished in order to start on something new.

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OAC trip brings rock climbers to steep cliffs By CHELSEA RECKELL

Contributing Writer moconnor@smu.edu, horgan@smu.edu

It might be hard to imagine, but amidst the pastel Polo’s and Louis Vuitton’s are kids who aren’t afraid of getting down and dirty. In fact, there is a whole section in the gym that caters to individuals interested in the rugged outdoors: The Outdoor Adventures Center. Snuggled in the back of the Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports near hardcore weightlifters rests an area that caters to unique physical activities that you won’t find in any gym. Outdoor Activities hosts many trips throughout the semester including canoeing, kayaking, ice climbing, backpacking, hanggliding, caving and skydiving. They also offer an array of workshops such as wilderness first aid. It seems that many kids have seen the building, but know nothing about the opportunities offered to students. One trip that has caught the attention of students recently is the day rock climbing trip to Mineral Wells, Texas. Mineral Wells is snuggled about an hourand-a-half away from Dallas, in the middle of a quaint forested town with one gas station. The team of 15 students and instructors head out at the break of dawn to the steep cliffs where they set up anchors at the top and start scaling the walls. One climber, sophomore Saira Husain recently took the trip. “I’ve climbed recreationally but never outdoors before, it was scary at first because there were no routes and bugs kept climbing out on you, but by the end you’re making the paths and all your worried about is making it to the

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top,” Husain said. The director of the Outdoor Adventures program David Chambers added, “The benefits are a much needed break from school/Dallas. It is nice to get outside and away from all the distractions. Plus Mineral Wells is a great park and close to Dallas. Most other developed climbing sites are a three to five hour drive.” CHELSEA RECKELL/The Daily Campus Once all the ropes are hooked in and knots Students rock climb in Mineral Wells, Texas. The trip was sponsored by the Outdoor Adventure Center. are tied, the adventure begins. The course offers everything from 5.6 to 5.11’s scale wise (for personal challenge, sense of accomplishment and those of you who don’t know what this means, it confidence, learning a new skill or improving an means there are some dang hard climbs). Some existing skill, and of course meeting new people, of the students show off their skills with dyno’s being outside and having fun.” (propelling your body from a lower level to a Many of the participants on the trip were part higher hang), as well as very technical climbs of the rock climbing wellness class. that involve ‘shimmying your body up the wall’ “Rock climbing is a great way to stay in to put it in technical terms. shape with out having to spend all day in the Later in the day the students engage in gym,” senior Connor Cogan said. “This class repelling down the cliff, which involves lowering has taught me to keep pushing myself, both yourself down a rope using a break hand. This mentally and physically. You will want to quit can be very scary for first-timers, because you are at times but just keep going, if you fall just hope essentially walking off a cliff. By the end of the the rope holds.” day everyone walks out alive and smiling. For those who can’t get in to one of the many A fun day is not the only benefit to getting wellness classes Outdoor Activities offers many out and rock climbing as Chambers adds, “Many different escapes from the monotony of the city people express the benefits of rock climbing as life. Chambers adds that there are trips planned extreme mental and physical focus, physical and to all different states even internationally and

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8 p.m. Hughes-Trigg Theater. Join LULAC as they present a film about undocumented workers and the challenges they face.

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Training preparation changes as race nears By KRISTY WEBSTER Contributing Writer kwebster@smu.edu

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that this program is unique. “Adventure trips are designed to empower the participants. Unlike guides, the trip leaders do not make all the decisions or cater to every desire,” Chambers said. “ Trip leaders will teach the participants what is necessary to make decisions and take action regarding their personal and group well being, comfort, schedule, etc. Participants become actively involved in the overall experience instead of just performing the activity.”

Tri-athletes in David Bertrand’s Beginning Triathlon course experienced a weekday off this Wednesday —a season-first. With just 10 days remaining until the Caveman Triathlon, the workouts are changing. The training has entered into the tapering phase, where workouts decrease in volume, yet maintain their intensity. In theory, the change will improve performance on race day by letting the body recover from extensive training. “We want to show up sharp on race day, but not tired,” Bertrand said. The technique may seem familiar to competitive swimmers and runners in the class. Others are not so sure how to deal with the extra energy. Bertrand cautions against using mindless tasks as an outlet. Instead, he stresses the importance of sleep. “The best taper strategy in the world won’t do you a bit of good if you aren’t well-rested,” he said. Using the class as an excuse to do nothing is a pleasant surprise for the

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Police Reports MARCH 21 4:17 p.m. Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports/6000 Airline Rd./Men’s Locker room. A visitor reported theft of his money from a secured locker. Some unknown person broke the lock to get into the secured locker. Open. 11:24 p.m. Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports/6000 Airline Rd./Bike Rack. A student reported theft of a secured bicycle he borrowed from his friend. Open.

MARCH 22 12:20 p.m. 5900 Bishop Blvd. A student was referred to the Student Conduct Office for possessing a fake ID. Closed. 4:54 p.m. Owens Arts Center/6101 Bishop Blvd. A staff member reported theft of her SMU issued laptop. Open.

MARCH 24 3:31 p.m. Fondren Science Building/3215 Daniel Avenue. University Park Fire Department responded to an active fire alarm. It was determined it was caused by burnt food in the microwave. UPFD reset the fire panel and cleared with no further incident. Closed. 5:31 p.m. Doak Walker Plaza. A non affiliated person was arrested and transported to Dallas County jail for being in violation of a criminal trespass warning. A bicycle that did not belong to him was confiscated by SMU PD. Closed.

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Branch remarked on the first time that he came to the “realization that your part of something more you’ve never been a part of—part of something bigger.” One of the many benefits of holding office is having “really good access” according to Branch. “You go from being a citizen to being the action.” Making a difference proves to be slightly easier when you are in a political position due to the visibility, funding, opportunity and access to a great number of people. Politics, an around–the-clock job has its perks, as well as its notso-glamorous duties. These include cynicism from both within the political community and citizens, fundraising, long hours and little pay. Branch said, “The hard part is actually starting, but once I start, I don’t want to stop.” He also advised the audience that “there is no magic bullet.” The work of a politician is hands-on and requires large amounts of time and effort.

By JORDAN RUTLEDGE Contributing Writer jrutledge@smu.edu

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Left to right: Texas Representative Dan Branch, DeSoto School Board Trustee Warren Seay and Texas Representative Rafael Anchia discuss what it takes to be a politician with students at Wednesday evening’s Politician Panel, hosted by Democracy Matters.

Every occupation has its high and low points, and without passion, the opportunities of being in the political realm are useless and a waste. There are times that doubt and fear surface in every politician. “I don’t think you’ll ever wipe that doubt away,” Branch said.

“It’s hard to sell yourself. You put yourself out there and get shot at.” However, Branch also emphasized that such feelings of doubt, fear, and trepidation are normal. “Measure your risks, trusts your instincts and if you have enough drive, you’re ready.” Branch said.

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tri-athletes. But Bertrand believes they deserve a break. “At this point in time I can confidently say every single athlete in my class is physically ready to complete the triathlon and complete it well. Period,” he affirmed. Scott Faulkner, a sophomore triathlete, and Mitch Miller, his firstyear training buddy, will be the first to confirm Bertrand’s confidence. They will be in Austin during the Caveman so they registered for a race this Sunday. Faulkner is struggling with a stressful week and not getting the rest Bertrand recommends. Even with those challenges, he is pumped. “Right now it seems impossible, but I know I’ll be ready for Sunday,” he said. “I’m really excited to do it. I’m just kind of nervous I guess.” Bertrand—who has raced in nearly 50 triathlons and coached just as many at SMU and with Playtri, a community-training program—is familiar with first-time nerves. “As you enter into your first triathlon, expect to have some ‘butterflies’ or some anxiety. This is completely normal,” he said. Faulkner and Miller have additional reason to be nervous.

Their triathlon includes a 500-meter open-water swim instead of a pool swim like the Caveman race. The water temperature will be close to 60 degrees and the racers will be in wet suits. Faulkner said he was anxious to discover how the differences affect his race. Bertrand has done his best to prepare those two. He adapted to their change of plans by offering a transition clinic today during practice. Faulkner recognizes his coach’s efforts. “He’s definitely done the best job making sure the workouts get productively harder as we get through the semester,” Faulkner recalls. But for Bertrand, it’s all part of the job. “To be a good coach, you are always changing your planning all the time. Not one class session has ever been the same in any triathlon workout I have ever coached,” he said. “Every semester you have different athletes with different abilities, different attitudes and different experiences.” Bertand had never coached a Helen Huber before. Huber’s family’s biking background gave her a head start, and Bertrand ran with it. “I think it has helped Helen tremendously because she approaches the bike with confidence,” he said. Bertrand recognized her area of expertise and

adapted her individual coaching accordingly. Overall, Bertand is impressed with the tri-athletes he’s working with. “I have been pleasantly surprised with the abilities of the spring 2010 group. They are the fittest group I have coached in my time here at SMU,” he said. There is one bit of wisdom Bertrand has withheld from his outstanding class. “I wish I knew how much [my first triathlon] was going to have such a positive impact on my life.” He said that this realization is one a student should make personally. He does his part by living the healthy lifestyle that comes with triathlon training. And that’s all it takes. He is passing his message along. Faulkner picked it up. “It’s not like now that I’ll be done with the class I’m going to give up on everything. The whole idea of this class is to get me excited for training for stuff like that,” he said. He fully intends to ‘stay into it.’ Bertrand delights in student epiphanies like Faulkner’s. “The race is the reward, yes, but the real victory is in the process and in establishing training habits that hopefully will extend well beyond the final day of class,” Bertrand said.

Cox School of Business is already well-known for its programs, but Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship reaffirmed the school’s status as No. 21 on Entrepreneur Magazine’s list of top graduate programs for 2009. Caruth Insitute for Entrepreneurship currently offers 18 courses, including ‘Starting a Business,’ ‘Venture Financing’ and ‘International Entrepreneurship.’ Jerry White, director of the Caruth Insitute, feels that the institute’s programs are set apart from other schools’. “Dallas is a particularly entrepreneurial city, and has been over the years,” he said. “We are largely influenced by [it].” The institute has more than 20 graduate courses, which White said is “highly unusual” and distinguishes the program from others. But Caruth Institute offers more than just courses. It also has programs such as the Cox MBA Venture Fund, which its

Web site calls “A pioneering program that gives students the hands-on experience of making debt and equity investments to fund select business ventures developed by Cox students and alumni.” White explained the true extent of the fund, “The MBA Venture Fund has over $1 million in businesses and upwards of a $1 million in investments.” Cox School of Business is preparing its students for the future, according to senior Justin Hunt . “I definitely feel that our education at Cox has prepared us to take on real problems that businesses face today,” he said. “We are constantly taught to apply text book learning to current economic and business issues.” Another one of the successful programs in the Cox School of Business is its accounting program. The Student Opinion section in Entrepreneur Magazine lists the top 15 schools, and SMU’s accounting program was among the student chosen schools. Hunt said the professors are the ones to be accredited: “At Cox, Carolyn Dreher, Wayne Shaw and

Barry Bryan have been instrumental in teaching accounting in relevant and interesting ways.” Accounting Professor Wendy Wilson said, “The accounting curriculum is well-designed to prepare graduating students for an entry-level position...Cox accounting students are actively recruited by top professional services firms as well as a significant number of national and international corporations.” ! Wilson also attributes some of Cox’s success to its strong tie between the school and Dallas’ strong business community. The Caruth Institute is always looking to expand and better itself. It is “continually updating courses and looking at other ways to serve the students and business community,” White said. She said that for the past two years they have had someone teaching the course ‘Venture in China,’ because of the country’s expanding entrepreneurial growth. White said that the Caruth Institute wants to ensure their students are receiving the greatest experiences possible.

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Librarian at Fondren Library, who led the implementation effort. According to the research the SMU libraries did in order to set up this new service they found evidence that helped them decide on a new Web based search. Studies show that students and faculty prefer the quality information found in libraries, but find searching on the Web simpler and more straightforward they said. From a professor’s perspective who teaches a research course, Dr. Rita Kirk said this service can be a fantastic aid to student research and encourage them to go beyond a simple Google search to achieve greater academic depth. Sophomore Lana Greene said

she was in the middle of writing a research paper and thinks it’s a quick and useful way to find sources. “Even though, it’s a very broad search engine and can’t provide sources on specific topics, it’s a great place to start your research,” Greene said. The Discover SMU Libraries service is from Serials Solutions, a Seattle-based company. This company works with publishers to pre-load information into a single storage where it can all be found. This can be identified like the Web; however, it is specific with the content and contains SMU’s library holdings. “We still have our library catalog and all of the databases, and library patrons may still use those native

interfaces, but the new Discover SMU Libraries search will be a good research starting place for many students and faculty and many times may be all that is needed for a given paper or project,” Nolen said. Wednesday and Thursday, students and faculty will be able to test the new program during the annual CUL’s cookout. They will also have group demonstrations where users can see how this new service works. With this year being its third consecutive event, the cookout is open to everyone without an RSVP from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Along with the demonstration, the CUL and the Office of Information Technology will have food, drinks and giveaways.

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Hip Hop Dance Club busts a move on campus

LULAC presents ‘Papers’ film

By DANIELLE BARRIOS Contributing Writer dbarrios@smu.edu

The wooden floor bumps to a catchy beat as a diverse group of SMU students laugh, meet new friends, and learn something new on a Thursday evening in the Dedman Recreation Center. This scene may look like any another sporting activity held at Dedman, but the positive vibe these students create is not from the help of any sports equipment. “Dancing is such an innate part of human nature,” said SMU Hip Hop Dance Club’s President Udoka Omenukor. Frustrated with SMU’s lack of dance interest outside of Meadows, Udoka decided to create the Hip Hop Dance Club in 2007. After meeting HHDC’s current artistic director, Chris White, the club gained momentum. Omenukor and White soon created a club giving SMU students with all levels of dancing abilities and experience the opportunity to dance and meet new

people, according to White. Trained ballet dancer and sophomore, Audrey Archer, was hesitant to take her first class from the HHDC, but did so after a friend convinced her to. “I don’t regret it at all,” Archer said. Archer also said that the class has one extra benefit: “Everybody here…I consider a friend. It’s lots of fun.” White agrees. “People are laughing and just having a good time.” White is currently choreographing a new dance to Mike Posner’s “You don’t have to leave.” He said that “being able to express yourself and not worry about what others will think” is the most rewarding part of HHDC. “Everybody should join…it does not matter your dance level,” said HHDC Vice President, Pat Traver (Disclosure: Traver is a copy editor for The Daily Campus). Traver has been hip-hop dancing since she was 15-years-old. She stressed that anyone who is even slightly interested should not be intimidated to join. The HHDC

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The Hip Hop Dance Club was founded in 2007.

dances are taught at an easy pace. Each class has dancers who have never touched a dance floor sharing the floor with those who have danced their whole lives. “Before you do your homework or before you go out, you’ll never regret coming to class because there is

no reason not to come,” Traver said. “There’s not a better way to waste a Thursday evening.” The HHDC meets on Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Studio 3 in the Dedman Recreational Center. For more information, visit www. hiphopdc.blogspot.com.

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acceptance of their gay community, with No. 1 being the worst. “I’ve never experienced any intolerance on campus,” Lewis said. “SMU has been very nice to us.” SMU Women’s Center also disagrees with this statistic; on Aug. 19, associate vice president and Patricia Ann LaSalle, executive director of public affairs, wrote a rebuttal letter to The Princeton Review’s vice President and publisher Robert Franek. The letter included numerous campus facts that demonstrate how SMU is more tolerant than The Princeton Review’s statistics show. One example is that “SMU

was among the first and the few universities to adopt same-sex partner benefits, a practice that helps SMU recruit a talented and diverse workforce,” LaSalle wrote in the letter. Lewis says that SMU is increasingly becoming aware of LGBT issues. “We’ve felt very invisible on campus, so now we finally feel like we’re being seen,” Lewis said. Spectrum will be at the HughesTrigg crossing handing out “Day of Silence” cards and information about how students can help the cause. For more information, visit www. dayofsilence.org.

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has been planning the gathering since the beginning of last December. Lena Derisavifard, codirector, and Taylor Torcellini, vice president of the foundation, will compete with Webster as a team. “Our philanthropy focus [for Delta Gamma] is Service for Sight. It is a national organization that helps to prevent blindness, eye disease and aids those who are visually impaired,” Webster said. “Many DG’s all over the country do it. We get a lot of

support from alumnae nationwide and other chapters,” she said. Tickets for Anchor Splash are $7 in advance and $10 at the door. Tickets are being sold outside Hughes-Trigg this week. “We are having Monster Beverage Company come,” Webster said. “They are one of our biggest sponsors this time. They are bringing trucks, big tents and energy drink samples, just to keep the party hoppin’.”

SMU students are bringing immigration reform awareness to campus, as the SMU chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens present “Papers,” a documentary about youth without legal status, in the Hughes-Trigg Theater, tonight at 7 p.m. This is the second screening LULAC has brought to SMU. Last semester, SMU hosted the first screening of “Papers” in Texas. This film follows the story of five of 65,000 undocumented students who graduate from high school every year. Elizabeth Zamora, the SMU LULAC president, said, “The movie really helps put a face to students who are undocumented... I also like the fact that the students they showed on the movie are diverse and from different backgrounds and races.” The five students who are chronicled in the movie are Mexican-American, GuatemalanAmerican, Korean-American and Jamaican-American. Zamora said she wanted to bring the movie to SMU, because it is well known in the area and the campus does not have a large Latino community. “So, it’s nice to have the Latino community speak out about issues that affect us, and everyone else,” she said. After the movie, there will be a panel discussion including Democratic Texas Representative Rafael Anchia and Julieta Garibay, a DREAM activist and co-founder of the University Leadership Initiative. They will answer questions and discuss

topics from the audience. Zamora said Garibay is “one example of many students who have attained higher education and they’re limited in the things they can do.” LULAC will have a petition to sign in support of the Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors, or DREAM, Act. The DREAM Act is a bill that allows certain undocumented students to attain citizenship through military service or higher education. “I think [DREAM] is a really good proposal, because these students were brought into the United States… by their parents. So, it’s not like they could say, ‘No mom, I don’t want to go,’” Zamora said. Fernando Salazar, coordinator of Latin@ Student Services, said many of these students identify with America, rather than their country of origin, because they came to the U.S. very young. Zamora said it is hard for most students to face the possibility of returning to a country that is foreign to them when they do not know the language or the culture. Both Salazar and Zamora stressed the economical benefits of granting citizenship to undocumented students. Salazar said the U.S. would benefit from tapping into “talent in our backyard” instead of overseas. “These are local resources the United States needs to tap into and not deny, because in the end the United States would benefit from them,” Zamora said. In addition to screening “Papers,” SMU students will start their own documentary, “Boxed In,” in May. The film will explore lives undocumented students, who are attending college and the struggles they face after graduation.

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director, said the availability of online information sends a vital message to the campus community. “It’s important for the university and students to know its board,” Wilson said. “Transparency is very important.” Several SMU students said their trustees should follow the example of these schools, sharing records with those on campus and allowing the student body to elect its representatives. Jamie Kim, a Colleyville freshman majoring in international studies, said that under the current system, SMU trustees “are probably going to pick someone they want to represent their opinions. We should have someone willing to stand against the board’s opinions and maybe discuss views they may not have.” Royce E. “Ed” Wilson, who joined the SMU Board of Trustees in 2008, would not dignify these suggestions with an answer. “I’m not going to sit here and answer this to the press,” he said. “I’m not going to answer any more questions like this and if that’s all you have, I’ll have to hang up.” Wilson is president of Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting, where he oversees Superstation WGN and 22 other television stations. He previously was president of Fox Television.

“Universities like SMU, grounded in a religious foundation and open to free inquiry, can provide the fullest opportunity for the pursuit of truth.” — SMU President R. Gerald Turner, from his Inaugural Address There are 403 billionaires in the United States; that’s one for every 761,803 Americans. There are six billionaires on the SMU Board of Trustees, one for every seven members. They include Ray Hunt ($2.5 billion); banker and investor Gerald J. Ford ($1.3 billion); Antonio O. Garza, Jr., husband of Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala, the richest woman in Mexico with a net worth of $2 billion; Gene C. Jones, wife of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones ($1.3 billion); Sarah Perot, wife of developer Ross Perot Jr.( $1.5 billion); and shipping tycoon Helmut R. Sohmen ($1.3 billion). To some, this might suggest board members come from a rarified world lacking diversity. The trustees and those who represent them said this is simply not true. Paul Ward, the trustees’ general counsel, said the board is a model of diversity. “What makes a very good board is the kind of business, professional and political leadership that gives it strength of diversity of this collective experience,” he said. Trustees select most nominees for the board. A United Methodist Church council representing Texas and seven other states is allowed to recommend 12 persons including three bishops. But final approval for each board member rests with the trustees.

An analysis of the current make-up of the board suggests SMU trustees define “strength of diversity” as a group that is overwhelming male, white, affluent and Republican. Three of every four trustees are male. Almost nine in 10 are white; most minority trustees are ordained ministers. This contrasts sharply with the SMU student body. Records show most undergraduate students are female and almost three in 10 are minority. Custard said ethnic diversity is “politics,” an issue the board has no reason to consider. “Because we are a private school, SMU doesn’t have to deal with the politics that a public school has to,” she said. Abenni Fontenot, a senior from Fort Worth and philosophy major, disagrees with Custard’s views on diversity. “Diversity should be on all levels,” Fontenot said. “No matter if the school is public or private, diversity is necessary.” Turner, who sits on the board, acknowledged the campus community has no knowledge of what he called “the debate and discourse” among trustees on important issues. But he said confidentiality allows the trustees to make better decisions assuming “all components of the community [are] represented in those discussions.” When it came time for the board to decide on whether to move forward with the biggest and most controversial project in SMU history—the George W. Bush Presidential Center—one component was certainly well-represented— Republicans. More than half of the trustees gave money to Bush when he ran for president. Hunt raised more than $100,000 for Bush’s 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns. Attorney Michael M. Boone did even better, raising at least $100,000 for Bush in 2000 and at least $200,000 in 2004. Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell of Houston introduced Bush at the 2000 Republican National Convention. At that same convention, Rev. W. Mark Craig, senior pastor at Highland Park United Methodist Church, gave the final invocation in which he thanked God for the “moral and ethical leadership” of the Republican presidential nominee and his wife, Laura Bush. Ms. Bush has been a member of the SMU Board of Trustees since 2000. Among the many familiar faces she sees at its meetings are Jeanne L. Phillips of Dallas, who chaired President Bush’s 2005 Inaugural Committee, and attorney Antonio O. Garza, Jr., who was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Mexico in 2002 by President Bush. The SMU trustees were presented with a library project that included a unique and controversial component—a policy institute controlled by the Bush family. When this became public, it angered numerous faculty members, students, alumni and Methodist ministers. More than 170 professors signed a petition asking for a faculty vote on the institute, which some regarded as little more than a Bush administration mouthpiece. No vote took place. Not that it would have mattered. As President Turner explained, the library complex was an all-or-nothing venture.

Inside the Ernst & Young Gallery, the trustees never heard a discouraging word. Altshuler, who raised more than $100,000 for Bush in 2000, said every single board member approved the Bush project. “It was 100 percent,” she recalled. “Everyone was on board.” Susanne Johnson is not on board with the trustees’ decision. “It’s an abomination that we’re providing a place for a partisan institute,” said Johnson, an associate professor of Christian education in the Perkins School of Theology. She had no illusions about what SMU’s trustees would do. “With all the cronyism and strong ties to the board of trustees, it was a foregone conclusion,” Johnson said. What surprised and saddened her was how SMU officials handled the process. “At Baylor, they were considering the same undertaking and they held grassroots, town hall meetings,” she said. “At SMU, the board wrapped its actions in ‘secrecy.’ The trustees waited until the 11th hour, too far down the road for the faculty to take a stance.” President Turner’s told the faculty this was a “market-based” decision and compared it to “McDonalds competing with Burger King.” “We are an educational facility. Participatory decisionmaking should be our main course of operation,” Johnson said. “We are educators and that is what we teach. It should be practiced here too.”

“(SMU) cherishes for its students as well as its teachers its tradition of freedom of inquiry, thought and expression, believing that the valid is confirmed and the fallacious exposed by a free enterprise of ideas.” – Eugene McElvaney, board chair, in a 1968 speech to trustees Maria Pahigiannis has a lot of bosses, 32 to be exact. They comprise the board of trustees at American University. They don’t have to provide the public with a wealth of online information about who they are, what they do and when they do it. But they do. Pahigiannis, assistant secretary to the trustees, said two words on the board’s homepage explain why: “Accountability and transparency.” Christine Collins can identify with these commitments. Her 36 bosses—the Duke University Board of Trustees— believe it is important to give the public access to a wide range of documents about the board. According to Collins, students at Duke also elect two undergraduates and two graduate students to represent them on the board. “It’s actually really simple—they are elected by the students,” Collins said. “That way, the students know who is representing their voice on the board.” At SMU, the trustees select the student representative, period. Matt Bridgeman agrees with the current method. He said giving students the opportunity to elect their trustee would turn it into a popularity contest.

“The person with the most frat brothers would win,” said Bridgeman, a junior civil engineering major from Corpus Christi. “And that would not represent the whole student body.” SMU trustees said the current system ensures accountability. Professor Olness, the Faculty Senate representative on the board, said it is appropriate to hold each trustee accountable but not the full board. “It’s like saying, ‘How do you hold Congress accountable?’ You can’t refer to them as a single entity,” he said. Among individual trustees, some appear to follow the rules better than others. For example, SMU’s governing documents prohibit a trustee from serving more than twelve consecutive years. Hunt has been on the board since 1976. Altshuler has been a trustee since 1988 and previously was on the board from 1968 to 1987. Prothro, who will take over as board chair in May, said she joined the board 17 or 18 years ago. Fontenot said that as a private university, SMU can choose to keep its records closed. But he said that in doing so, the board’s decisions go unchecked. “I guess there is really no reason to believe the board is accountable for its actions,” Fontenot said. “There is no reason to believe what they say.” SMU’s trustees said their commitment to openness is more than a verbal promise. “We have a structure in place that is conducive to as much transparency as possible,” Prothro said. In March, The Daily Campus set up interviews with three board members: • Bobby Lyle is president and chief executive of Lyco Holdings Inc., a Dallas company involved in oil and gas, real estate and banking. • David B. Miller is partner and co-founder of EnCap Investments LP, a private equity firm in Texas focused on energy. • Jeanne Phillips is senior vice president at Hunt’s holding company and, according to her corporate biography, previously “owned and operated one of the top high-dollar fundraising firms in the United States with both political and non-political clients.” Before the interviews took place, President Turner sent a memorandum to every trustee. It said, “Although trustees are obviously free to talk with students about universityrelated topics, when official positions of the board are requested, it is our general practice to have such inquires directed to either the board chair or me.” After receiving the memo, Lyle, Miller and Phillips promptly canceled their interviews with The Daily Campus. President Turner said his memo was not meant to discourage trustees from talking to the newspaper.

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ince Justice Steven’s announced his retirement, there has been a lot of talk about Obama appointing a “liberal justice.” Liberals rejoice, conservatives balk, but what else should we expect? I would like to inform both sides of one thing: that they

need to pipe down. Obama doesn’t really have a lot to gain by making this appointment. He won’t achieve any of his more liberal goals by appointing a liberal justice because Stevens is the most liberal justice on the Court, and even if Obama did somehow get someone just as liberal as Steven’s through the confirmation process, he would just be maintaining the status quo. So, regardless of what Obama does he will most likely be maintaining the five conservative, four liberal balance of the Court. People are too quick to rush to assumptions about how the Court is going to be “way too liberal” now that Obama has appointed two justices, and will most likely be appointing a third (and maybe a fourth) if Ginsberg chooses to retire because of her health or Kennedy decides to retire because of his age while Obama is in office. Justices tend to maintain the balance of the Court by choosing their own retirement time. They are appointed for life, so it makes sense that they should retire when a president who holds their same ideology is in office. Thus, conservatives get

replaced with conservatives and liberals get replaced with liberals. Really, the only time you could make a drastic change to Supreme Court ideology is if a justice that holds the opposite views of a standing president were to drop dead. Then the president could have a field day appointing someone exactly opposite

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Well, heath care reform has basically been a black hole for all of Obama’s political capital, so even if he wanted to push someone extremely liberal through confirmation, he just doesn’t have what it takes to do so.

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of the late justice. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you feel about the Supreme Court), this rarely happens. Also, President Obama doesn’t exactly have a lot of political capital right now. If you have access to any sort of device that collects information from the outside world, you have probably been familiarized with Obama’s recently realized dream of health care reform. Well, heath care reform has basically been

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am writing in response to the April 7 article on the President’s Commission on Substance Abuse Prevention (“Students give opinions on task force”) and to share some current information on the Medical Amnesty/Call for Help program. The program began in September of 2008. In its first year, 36 students were awarded amnesty. In the fall of 2009, 46 students were awarded amnesty. So far this semester (spring of 2010), only 10 students have applied for and received amnesty. There are very few students who have applied for amnesty more than once. Consequently, there is no indication that students are abusing the program. On the contrary, we believe that all of the work the AARO leaders and student affairs staff did last year to make students aware of the program may have contributed to the rise in numbers in fall 2009. The Medical Amnesty program encourages responsible behavior by asking students to call for medical assistance with the promise of amnesty from the conduct system. Students should never think twice about calling for help immediately if a friend or fellow student is in need. A group of student leaders participated in a focus group in the Dean of Student Life office on April 7. The Medical Amnesty program was one of the issues discussed. We are interested in hearing students’ thoughts on the program and any recommendations you have for change. I welcome your input and invite you to contact me directly at lisawebb@smu.edu or at 214-768-4564 to share your thoughts. The Medical Amnesty/Call for Help program is here for you. We have received positive feedback from students about the program, but there is always room for improvement. I look forward to hearing from you.

a black hole for all of Obama’s political capital, so even if he wanted to push someone extremely liberal through confirmation, he just doesn’t have what it takes to do so. Also a side effect of health care is that now all Republicans are out for blood. It is unlikely that anyone would make it through the confirmation process unscathed even if there had not been recent political upheaval, but now that conservatives are basically upside down with rage, anyone with any scent of liberal on them will probably be torn to shreds. Because democrats don’t have a super majority, this republican blood-hunt will probably result in a more moderate justice. So, with his selection, Obama might actually make the court more conservative. I find it hard to believe that someone as liberal as Stevens (who, by the way, I love) would make it through the confirmation process, and so Obama will probably be looking for a more moderate justice to fill his soon-to-be-vacated seat. And while this might disappoint some and surprise others, the Supreme Court, to be sure, will stay just about the same as it is now.

Tabloid goes legitimate

t precisely 3 o’clock last Monday afternoon I was trying to get a Web site to pull up on my office computer. The screen kept telling me that a connection to the pulitzer.org site could not be established. Meredith Shamburger At other times, the site would half-heartedly appear and come out looking like I had time-traveled back to 1994. What was I doing? I was trying to see who had just won Pulitzer prizes—especially if the National Enquirer had won a prize for its investigative stories on former senator and vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. Yes, that’s right. The famed tabloid that once featured stories on UFOs was up for a Pulitzer prize. Wait… what am I saying? They still publish stories about UFOs—a quick Google search finds one from 2009. It amazes me that they entered a story for consideration. It amazes me even more that they nearly didn’t. From the Los Angeles Times: “When I talked to a disappointed National Enquirer Editor Barry Levine on Tuesday, he said he wouldn’t have ever thought of entering the paper’s work if not for the urging of a columnist and blogger, Emily Miller. “Before that,” Levine said, “I had mostly thought we were the rebels who would never be taken seriously.”” As it turned out, that esteemed prize went to a New York Times Magazine and ProPublica collaboration about a hospital’s decisions in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The LA Times interviewed Melanie Sill, chairwoman of the jury which sent three finalists to the Pulitzer board, after the awards were announced. Sill said the jury didn’t take into account the Enquirer’s tabloid image. “There was nothing about politics or peripheral issues… There was just discussion about the merits of each entry. And there were a lot of really great ones.” I have to admit that I was glad the National Enquirer didn’t win. But unlike some other journalists who have voiced their opinion on this matter, it’s not because it was the National Enquirer, a lowly tabloid not fit to compete with the serious journalists. If your story is well-written, thoroughly and accurately reported and makes a difference, why EDITOR IN CHIEF

shouldn’t it be eligible for a Pulitzer prize? I have no problem with letting any newspaper, tabloid or metropolitan daily, entering for consideration. Rather, I wouldn’t classify the affair and love child between Edwards and Rielle Hunter as newsworthy. Edwards didn’t sleep with a hooker and pay for it with campaign funds. He didn’t stiff Hunter child support payments. Basically the stories were about a private affair that really didn’t affect taxpayers at all. To me, the story just seems like sensationalized gossip. It’s the classic definition of yellow journalism. I’ll admit there is some inherent newsworthiness if it turns out that Edwards’ friends used campaign money to support Hunter. But the National Enquirer didn’t prove that it was campaign money that was used. A grand jury is investigating the matter. That isn’t to say that the Enquirer doesn’t deserve credit for their hard work. It took two years of investigating to get the story. It took two years for Edwards to confess. They did outstanding work, not considering the subject matter. I admire the Pulitzer jury for considering the story just like every other submission they received. It’s great that in this new media age, more and more news outlets, however different, are able to prove that thorough and accurate reporting can be done. Should it have won the investigative reporting prize? No. I believe investigative reporting should concern something that would benefit the public at large. The New York Times Magaazine article, for instance, showed that in times of crisis terrible things can happen. It also showed that we need to take preventative steps to ensure that no one else is ever involved in a similar incident. However I do think the Enquirer should get some award for Edwards’ New York Times bio. Without the Enquirer, there would not be this: “In the current investigation resulting from Mr. Edwards’s affair, prosecutors are said to be considering a complicated and novel legal issue: whether payments to a candidate’s mistress to ensure her silence (and thus maintain the candidate’s viability) should be considered campaign donations and thus whether they should be reported.” Anything that hilarious deserves a prize. Meredith Shamburger is a junior journalism major. She can be reached for comment at mshamburge@smu.edu.

e are absolutely appalled at the irrevocable damage we as a culture have created. Children are no longer protected by innocence but instead Samantha Verrill are running around like hooligans. In response COLUMNIST to a recent gunfight at a mall in Oklahoma, we are speaking out. Children are getting hold of guns and literally killing other people. When you read those words on a page, you are not that surprised or even Samantha Cangelosi moved. The problem is that this issue is blurred. We try to blame video games or a lack of gun control. Those are not the issues. The issues lie much deeper. The problems are that children are not aware of their actions and that love is not something expressed nearly enough. Hatred has become a staple of our society. Children are bred to hate others and their hatred builds up so much that they lash out. In this weekend’s shooting, one life was taken and so many more lives were broken. We can all somewhat understand the idea that if we point a gun at something and pull the trigger something will be hurt, if not killed. But those actions don’t become real until it is too late—too often the emotional distress caused by gun tragedies are a mere afterthought during the act. We have become so numb to these incidents that we receive the news as anything but what it is: a complete nightmare. Maybe if more children were taught that there are consequences to every one of their actions, violent acts towards others would be less frequent. We are so saddened that this article has to be written, as we thought that this would be common sense. However, too many people are falling victim to a violent culture. It has to stop somewhere. Schools, malls, grocery stores: we feel like nowhere is safe anymore. Everyone has been subjected to the threat of violence. If this recent shooting didn’t scare you, maybe the idea of a coffee date at Starbucks ending in you being an innocent victim will. That idea isn’t too farfetched anymore. It’s a sad day when we have to watch our backs everywhere we go. We can blame it on whatever we want to, but it is real. It is sad. And we really need to be more conscious of the effects our actions have on others. America prides itself on being a safe place, but every day it gets a little scarier. Samantha Cangelosi is a sophomore journalism major and Samantha Verrill is a junior journalism major. They can be reached for comment at scangelosi@smu.edu and sverrill@smu.edu, respectively.

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‘The Runaways’ is all about girl power SMU Retail Club partners with Barneys for fashion show By JORDAN RUTLEDGE Contributing Writer jrutledge@smu.edu

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Kristen Stewert and Dakota Fanning portray Joan Jett and Cherie Currie in the film ‘The Runaways.’

By JORDAN RUTLEDGE Contributing Writer jrutledge@smu.edu

Joan Jett and Cherie Currie are girl punk rock epitomized. The current biopic “The Runaways” follows these two girls as they create the first all girl rock-band in Southern California in the 1970s. Kristen Stewart plays the androgynous Joan Jett. Although her recent projects include the teen hit “Twilight Saga: New Moon,” she is still a very believable Jett. Stewart possesses Jett’s silent but strong attitude, which helps carry the film. Dakota Fanning, who plays sexpot Cherie Currie, is slightly less realistic. Fanning can be remembered debuting in “Uptown Girls” opposite Brittany Murphy, as a squeaky clean starlet.In “The Runaways,” Fanning parades around in David Bowie make-up and lingerie. The film follows how the two met

through rock impresario Kim Fowly, portrayed by Michael Shannon. The real rock and roll issues of drugs, sex, family and egos are highly present in the rise and fall of “The Runaways.” The biopic goes all the way through Jett’s success a solo artist. A lot of the movie is spent in Southern California, showing Currie’s family problems. This includes her alcoholic father and runaway mother. A good deal of the movie is also dedicated to the depiction of “The Runaways” highly successful tour of Japan, which eventually leads to their demise. The film stays true to the time period of the 1970s. The costumes show the diverse culture of the era ranging from leather-studded jackets, to sequined tube tops, to baseball tees. Songs in the film include David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel,” The Sex Pistols’ “Pretty Vacant,” and Don

McLean’s “Vincent (Starry Starry Night).” Viewers should be warned; this is probably not a good choice for a date movie or the fainthearted. The opening scene is a leg shot of Fanning having her first period. Other scenes include Stewart and Fanning sharing intimate moments and doing lines of cocaine in an airplane bathroom. Some of the film is not entirely accurate. Original bassist Jackie Fox was left out entirely. Fox did not approve of the film’s creation, so producer Joan Jett, had to remove her story from the film to avoid lawsuit. Instead the film features a character by the name of Robin (Shawkat) to play the band’s bassist. The story focuses on Currie and Jett, and the rest of the band has relatively small roles. Although these are the two who primarily fronted the band, it would have been nice to see

more of a back-story into the other band members. It was primarily Currie’s ego that the rest of the band retaliated against, and this would have been beneficial to the film. Overall, the story needs to be taken for what it is: a story about a girl rock band in the 1970s. “The Runaways” is a highly electric, dramatic movie that is one to see if you are interested in the history of rock and roll.

The SMU Retail Club will be hosting their fashion show at Barney’s New York in NorthPark Center this Thursday at 7 p.m. This year the theme is “Anything But Business as Usual.” The event will focus on business appropriate fashion, said Emily Bates, Retail Club president. She said the event will “showcase business appropriate attire in a more modern and trendy way.” This is the second year the Retail Club has hosted this event at the high fashion retailer. “We held our fashion show off campus for the first time last year and partnered with Barney’s and after such a successful event they asked to partner with us again this year,” Bates said. Barneys is known as the epitome of high-end fashion featuring clothing and accessories from Marc Jacobs, Fendi, Stella McCartney, Christian Louboutin and Balenciaga. It is an ideal venue for the event. Kruger said they chose Barneys because “they know the trends.” The event is completely student

produced by the Retail Club, which is comprised of 50 active members. Colby Kruger, fashion show chair, organized the event. The committee for the event is made up of students Alex Wilstrup, Helena Yueh and Ali Grace. The night will feature 11 female models and 15 male models all of whom are students at SMU. She said that the clothing featured will be “more trendy clothing, business casual with a trendy twist, more statement pieces, such as Junya Watanabe, that I will be wearing.” The Retail Club has been planning this event since January. Most of the planning happened a month before the event. Kruger said that most of the fittings were this week and the run through of the show was on Tuesday. The entire event is free, however the Retail Club advises guests to arrive early. There will only be 90-seated spots with some standing room. The night will feature desserts from Crème de la Cookie and JD’s Chippery. “Come to the show. It is SMU’s fashion event of the year. Great looks and lots of fun,” Kruger said.

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Sports

• Thursday, April 15, 2010

The Daily Campus

MEN’S TENNIS

TEXAS RANGERS

Mustangs finish off Horned Frogs By STEPHEN LU Sports Editor sjlu@smu.edu

The SMU men’s tennis team (14-10) is gathering steam as the Conference USA tournament approaches. The Mustangs defeated their second ITA-ranked team of the season when they finished off cross-town rival No. 63 Texas Christian University (8-10) Tuesday in a match that started more than three weeks ago. The match started off in the Mustangs favor, with SMU claiming the doubles point prior to the match being postponed. SMU then received a free point when TCU’s Christopher Price had to withdraw from No. 5 singles due to injury. Juniors Darren Walsh and David Costa sealed the victory for the Mustangs, winning straight set victories in No. 4 and No. 2 singles, respectively. For Walsh, it was his ninth consecutive victory in singles. He has not lost a match since University of Texas defeated SMU back at the beginning of March. Junior Artem Baradach, ranked No. 57 in the nation, was unable to put away Emanuel Brighiu, despite leading in the first set, 6-5, when play

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SMU junior Artem Baradach returning a volley during match play at Turpin Tennis Center.

resumed. Brighiu picked up the point for the Horned Frogs in three sets, 7-6, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8). The Mustangs will close out the

season against Rice this Sunday at noon. The match will mark the end of a nine-match home stand for SMU, in which the Mustangs have gone 6-2.

Cruz hits 6th HR, Lewis fans 10 as Texas wins CLEVELAND (AP) — Colby Lewis tied a career high with 10 strikeouts and Nelson Cruz hit his AL-leading sixth home run Wednesday night as the Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2. The crowd of 10,071 was the lowest at Progressive Field since the ballpark opened in 1994. Lewis (2-0) allowed two runs over 5 1-3 innings. He started in place of C.J. Wilson, who came down with food poisoning on Tuesday. Lewis made 37 pitches in the first inning, but got out of a bases-loaded jam and didn’t allow a hit until the third. He gave up three hits and four walks overall. Wilson, catcher Taylor Teagarden, reliever Darren O’Day and two strength coaches felt the effects of food poisoning. Lewis spent the past two seasons with Hiroshima of Japan’s Central League before re-signing with the Rangers in January. He held Seattle to one run in seven innings Friday for his first win in the majors since April 7, 2004. Neftali Feliz followed three relievers and worked 1 1-3 innings for his second save. Cruz’s solo shot in the third

MEN’S GOLF

WOMEN’S GOLF

SMU gearing up for Invitational face-off By BRITTANY LEVINE Associate Sports Editor blevine@smu.edu

The SMU men’s golf team will head to the Aggie Invitational, which takes place Saturday and Sunday. Traditions Club in Bryan, Texas will host the event and 12 teams will compete on the par-72, 7,235-yard course. The Mustangs will facing Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, University of

Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor, Colorado, Kent State, New Mexico, Texas Christian University, San Diego State and Texas-San Antonio. At the last tournament at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate, SMU had to fight the weather as wind gusts of up to 20 mph swept across the golf course. The Mustangs finished in 12th place overall. Senior Ben Tewes shot 224 for the

inning made it 4-0 off Justin Masterson (0-1). Shin-Soo Choo hit a two-out single in the bottom half and Michael Brantley’s bases-loaded double off Dustin Nippert made it 4-2 in the sixth. A fan touched the ball in foul territory down the right-field line, preventing Luis Valbuena from scoring on the play. Indians manager Manny Acta argued with the umpires for several minutes. Then Nippert got Asdrubal Cabrera on a groundout to end the inning. Julio Borbon’s tworun single gave Texas a 6-2 lead in the seventh. He came in hitting .040 (1 for 25) and had two hits to raise his average MARK DUNCAN/The Daily Campus to .103. Josh Hamilton hit an Texas Rangers’ Colby Lewis pitches against the Cleveland Indians in the first inning of a RBI double in the first baseball game in Cleveland. and Elvis Andrus hit a two-out single to make it two unearned runs in the third. 2-0 in the second. Masterson gave up nine hits and A throwing error by Cleveland two earned runs without a walk in six third baseman Jhonny Peralta led to innings.

tournament, tying for 23rd place. Senior Draegen Majors followed close behind Tewes with a total score of 229. He shot the SMU low-score of 70 during the third round. After the Invitational the team will prepare for the Conference USA Championships. The Championships will take place in Orlando, Fla. on April 25-27.

Team ready, heading for C-USA tournament By BRITTANY LEVINE Associate Sports Editor blevine@smu.edu

The Conference USA Championships are finally here for the SMU women’s golf team. The Championships will take place Sunday through Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Miss. It is the final event on schedule for the Mustangs. SMU is coming off a 12th place

finish out of 18 teams at the Baylor Spring Invitational, which took place Monday and Tuesday. They shot 973 as a team. Freshman Felicia Espericueta had the Mustang’s top score. She tied for 37th place and shot 240. At last year’s par-72, 6,150-yard course, SMU finished in seventh place out of 10 teams. Current sophomores Kalie Presti and Jennifer Hooper finished with close scores. Presti tied

for 29th place and shot 89, 84 and 82 in her three rounds. Hooper finished in 32nd place by shooting 85, 85 and 90. SMU graduate Kate Ackerson was very impressive. She tied for sixth place at 238. Daniela Holmqvist of Tulane University won the individual competition, carding 225. Tulane also took home the team win.