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Transcendence premieres Friday

Eyeglasses as fashion statement

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Men’s tennis ends season

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Stipends a bad idea for senate

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april 16, 2014

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Re-vote on LGBT seat planned Kian HErvey Contributing Writer khervey@smu.edu The LGBT seat debate isn’t over yet.

Student Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation supporting a LGBT seat three weeks ago in a 34-3 voiced senator vote, but a student body referendum last week killed the bill before it could officially pass.

A signature petition led by the LGBT community will now force the student body to re-vote on the issue next week.

“I think that students should want to pass this measure to institutionalize the affirmation of the LGBT community,” former SPECTRUM President Harvey Luna said. “We have seen the administration make great strides in affirming the LGBT community...

It’s time the student body does the same.”

The LGBT Seat legislation has visited the Student Senate floor several times. Former student Tom Elliot introduced the bill in 2009, but logistic issues prevented senate members from lending the bill support.

Senators feared students could not acknowledge their sexuality without outting themselves to parents. But accommodations made

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SPECTRUM members Harvey Luna, Kathrina Macalanda, Shelbi Smith and Colton Donica campaigned for the bill.

through Access, protected under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), made bill authors Jaywin Malhi and Ramon Trespalacios comfortable with reintroducing the bill.

“When I was a First-Year Senator, the bill... failed by just a few votes.

At that time, we were ranked by the Princeton Review as one of the most anti-LGBT-friendly campuses in the country, and a lot has changed since

then,” Malhi said. “But we still have progress to make.”

Progress for Malhi and a number of supporters on campus means getting the bill to pass.

When the referendum failed to pass the legislation, SPECTRUM and LGBT community members rallied for re-vote with a petition.

For a re-vote to occur, a petition must have at least 1,053 signatures, or

10 percent of the student population support. By Monday, the petition had close to 1,400 signatures.

“Many of people were fired up after hearing the results of the referendum and were ready to do the necessary groundwork because of their passion for this issue,” Luna said. “This [couldn’t be] possible without the teamwork of these amazing SMU students.”

The bill still requires a 2/3

majority vote from the student body. Luna and Malhi suspect the bill originally failed to pass because student’s were unaware of the bill’s effects.

Luna says a LGBT seat could encourage senate to address more LGBT issues, such as gender neutral housing, inclusive curriculum and hate crime prevention programs. Malhi said an LGBT seat could put SMU on the right side of history.

“We have the chance to be a trailblazer in the South and establish this seat well before most of our peer schools follow suit,” he said. “If we establish an LGBT Seat, what we are essentially saying to our campus, city, country and world is that LGBT students are an integral part of our campus.”

Student Senate already has special interest seats devoted to the African-American, AsianAmerican, Hispanic-American, International student and Transfer student communities at SMU. The re-vote for a LGBT special interest seat will take place online at smu.edu/elections April 23 and 24. Students interested in campaigning for the LGBT seat are encouraged email hluna@ smu.edu.

Fitness

The 18th annual Mr. and Ms. SMU competition took place in the lower level of the Hughes-Trigg Student Center Tuesday. Senior finance and economics major Daniel Trombley won Mr. SMU and junior mechanical engineering major Michelle Kim won Ms. SMU. “The purpose of Mr. and Ms. SMU is to give students an opportunity to practice discipline

and strength in a safe competition environment,” Mustang Fitness Club member Aubrey Richardson said.

“The goal with the event is to have a large, enthusiastic crowd with solid competitors who enjoy themselves.”

The judges were HiLine Fitness personal trainer Owen D. Taylor III, Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports personal trainer Andrew Elrod, fitness professional Regina Coreil, a former NPC middleweight bodybuilder Keri C. Parker Berry and IFBB Pro and two-time “Mr. Israel,” Sagi Kalev.

Mandatory female posing is front,

best side and back. Individual routines can’t exceed 60 seconds.

Kim decided to do the competition a year ago, although she has been working out for 2 years. She started her diet regime for the contest three months ago, and began practicing three weeks ago. “[Kim] had more musicality and she seemed a little bit more trained,” Coreil said. “It was a consensus among the judges.”

“I have a real attachment to this,” she said. “I enjoy seeing young people take a serious interest in

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bodybuilding.”

Sophomore sport management major and track athlete Holly Archer won second place. Senior biology premed student Courtney Thrower took third place and won the Best Poser award.

“I strongly recommend it whether you win or lose, it’s rewarding,” Thrower said. “You feel good about yourself.”

Thrower, who also trains for marathons, had to overcome a fear of the stage. She incorporated weight training into her workouts and

changed her diets.

Junior business management and pre-med major Oliver Filutowski took second place and the Best Poser award for Mr. SMU. Trombley loves reading, eating and lifting. He trained for this competition with his friend Statten Corwin, until Corwin couldn’t compete.

“He pushed me to do it,” Tormbley said. “I’ve literally dreamt of this every night. Not any more.”

Men competitors are required to

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Crime

NYPD ends Muslim surveillance program ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Members of the American Association of University Women pose for a photo.

AAUW re-launches at SMU Meredith Carey Contributing Writer mbcarey@smu.edu Female graduate and undergraduate students will have a new champion on campus, come the end of the spring semester. A SMU branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will discuss its coming priorities and relevance as a research funding resource for women students at an April 29 meeting.

“AAUW’s goal to empower

women for leadership and in scholarship, as well as in careers that are dominated by men, are goals shared by SMU and its commitment to women,” said Isabel Docampo, professor of supervised ministry and event coordinator.

The organization, which is free for undergraduates and $18.81 for graduate students, supports women in fields where they are traditionally underrepresented, such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics. At SMU, where there is a significant

presence of women in the sciences, this support may aid students in other fields where women are underrepresented that are specific to the campus, like theology, said Professor Beth Newman, acting undergraduate representative for AAUW. “Historically [the AAUW] has stood for defending and supporting women as a social group and within academia. They offer opportunities for undergraduate and graduate

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A special New York Police Department unit that sparked controversy by tracking the daily lives of Muslims in an effort to detect terror threats has been disbanded, police officials said Tuesday.

NYPD spokesman Stephen Davis confirmed that detectives assigned to the unit had been transferred to other duties within the department’s Intelligence Division.

An ongoing review of the division by new Police Commissioner William Bratton found that the same information collected by the unit could be better collected through direct contact with community groups, officials said.

In a statement, Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, called the move “a critical step forward in easing tensions between the police and the communities they serve, so that our cops and our citizens can help one another go after the real bad guys.”

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Senate rejects stipend bill Genevieve Edgell Food Editor gedgell@smu.edu At Student Senate’s last meeting of the semester on April 15, the majority of Senate members denied a bill written by Student Body Vice President Jaywin Singh Malhi that proposed to award student body officers a stipend allocated from student senate funds.

Malhi, who is a graduating senior, proposed that SMU grant a financial stipend effective fall of 2018 for $2,500 per year, to be paid in two payments of $1,250, upon successful completion of each semester for each student body officer. Student Body officer positions include the president, vice president and secretary.

Malhi argued student government positions keep officers from gaining other

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Students compete in bodybuilding contest JEHADU ABSHIRO News Writer jabshiro@smu.edu

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of a CIA agent working with the NYPD, assembled databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed. Plainclothes officers infiltrated Muslim student groups, put informants in mosques, monitored sermons and cataloged Muslims in New York who adopted new, Americanized surnames.

After a series of stories by The Associated Press detailing the extent of the NYPD’s surveillance of Muslims, two civil rights lawsuits were filed challenging the activities as unconstitutional because they focused on people’s religion, national origin and race.

Former Police Commissioner Ray Kelly had defended the surveillance tactics, saying officers observed legal guidelines while attempting to create an early warning system for terrorism. But in a deposition made public in 2012, an NYPD chief testified that the unit’s work had never generated a lead or triggered a

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Tribute marks marathon bombing ASSOCIATED PRESS Survivors, first responders and family members of those killed in the Boston Marathon bombing marked the anniversary Tuesday with tributes that combined sorrow over the loss of innocent victims with pride over the city’s resilience in the face of a terror attack.

“This day will always be hard, but this place will always be strong,” former Mayor Thomas Menino told an invitation-only audience of about 2,500 people at the Hynes Convention Center, not far from the finish line where three people died and more than 260 others were injured a year ago.

Vice President Joe Biden, who attended the ceremony, said the courage shown by survivors and those who lost loved ones is an inspiration for other Americans dealing with loss and tragedy.

“You have become the face of America’s resolve,” he said.

Biden also praised the 36,000 runners who plan to run the marathon next week, saying they will send a message to terrorists.

“America will never, ever, ever stand down,” he said, to loud applause. He added, “We own the finish line.”

In Washington, President Barack Obama was observing the anniversary with a private moment of silence at the White House.

“Today, we recognize the incredible courage and leadership of so many Bostonians in the wake of unspeakable tragedy,” Obama said in a statement. “And we offer our deepest gratitude to the courageous firefighters, police officers, medical professionals, runners and spectators who, in an instant, displayed the spirit Boston was built on — perseverance, freedom and love.”

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STYLE

WEDNESDAY n APRIL 16, 2014 student designer

TOP PICK

Beyond Dallas Co. : Big design iDeas at SMU hailey curtiss Contributing Writer hcurtiss@smu.edu There’s nothing like that casual cool look all Californians seem to have. It’s as if they just stepped off the beach somewhere and effortlessly threw something together.

This is the image SMU sophomore Hunter Rice embodies as he sits down for his interview. In his well-loved cotton T-shirt, slim jeans and quintessential Vans, his posture is relaxed and low-key.

Thus it was no surprise that when he won SMU’s Big iDeas competition last year, and with it funding for a design project, Rice created the Beyond T-shirt line which embodies that same casual, cool style — and makes a difference in his community.

But the Beyond line, which was inspired by SMU students with bright bandages on their arms after a blood drive, wasn’t Rice’s first foray into the design business. In high school, Rice and his classmate Austin Miles created the company Frostbite LA. Frostbite LA “I launched Frostbite LA as a freshman in high school. My partner and I sold about 15,000 units from only a small angel investment of $500,” said Rice.

“We learned what to do and what not to do when starting a business.

We made great connections and were

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able to have some fun along the way,” Miles said.

Frostbite LA was successful and word of the brand grew rapidly. The line expanded from solely T-shirts to include tank tops and sweatshirts.

It attracted the attention of a few celebrities and even made it as far as Dallas.

Rice recalls the first time he saw one of his designs at SMU. “During my first week at school, I was eating in Umphrey Lee and spotted a girl from across the cafeteria wearing a Frostbite tee shirt. It was an incredible feeling knowing that the line had reached as far as Dallas,” he said.

Seeing how far his brand had spread motivated Rice to try his hand at design again. He wanted the creative challenge of coming up with new looks, but also wanted the challenge of creating a brand that would give back to the community.

Inspiration Rice wanted to create a brand that was about more than cool T-shirts.

“I brainstormed for a while, but didn’t come up with the concept of Beyond until seeing a group of SMU students with bright bandages on their arms after an SMU blood drive,” he said. “I noticed how they kept these colorful ribbons on their arms because they wanted others to know they had helped someone.”

THURSDAY

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A T-shirt from SMU students Hunter Rice’s and Matt Edwards’ company.

Rice liked the idea that that bandage represented their donation, so he drew up some designs on blank T-shirts with colorful, vivid designs on the trim of the sleeve that would represent a donation just as the bandages did.

The next challenge: Finding the startup capital to make Beyond Dallas a reality.

SMU Big iDeas Symposium In April of 2013, Rice and his partner, Matt Edwards, competed in SMU’s Big iDeas symposium, a competition that awards grants of up to $5,000 to interdisciplinary teams.

A panel of faculty members, students and Dallas community members, then review the proposals and award teams with funds to start their businesses.

FRIDAY

April 17

April 18

Sorolla and America: A Musical Imagery, Smith Auditorium, 6-8 p.m.

Meadows Jazz Orchestra, Bob Hope Theatre, 8 p.m.

University Holiday — No classes.

Hilltop Announcement: Join us for Awards Extravaganza on Monday, April 21st at 7:30pm in the Hughes-Trigg Ballrooms and support student, faculty, and staff accomplishments!

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“I had planned to use some of my profits from Frostbite LA to get the new line started,” Rice said. “I was unaware of the SMU Big ideas program.

A friend of mine suggested I check it out. I worked on a proposal and business plan and submitted it. Within a few weeks, SMU had granted me a generous amount of startup capital.”

The grant allowed Rice to establish Beyond Dallas Co. and start building his brand.

Professor James Hart is director of Arts Entrepreneurship at Meadows School of the Arts. Hart thinks that starting a business while in school is a great idea.

“It’s a wonderful idea and I hope that more students do so because it’s a period in their lives where they can absorb risk,” Hart said.

What is Beyond Dallas Company?

Today, Beyond Dallas is a clothing brand that seeks to help underprivileged children. Since SMU’s Big iDeas Symposium, Rice has teamed up with The Boys and Girls Club.

Full story continued on smufashionmedia.com.

Warby Parker offers costumers a wide variety of frame styles and colors.

Buy a pair, give a pair heather doan Contributing Writer hdoan@smu.edu Optical eyewear is now a fashion staple, whether one needs a prescription or not. Choosing the right pair is no easy feat and that is where Warby Parker comes in.

In an effort to curb overpriced eyewear, Warby Parker strives to make the eyeglass shopping experience effortless and affordable.

The company provides an assortment of optical frames, starting at $95 and has been called “The Netflix of eyewear” by GQ magazine.

Neil Blumenthal, Andrew Hunt, Jeffrey Raider and David Gilboa founded Warby Parker in 2010. Four founders may seem dysfunctional, but in a recent Huffington Post article, Blumenthal explained the “culture of openness and empathy” that keeps everyone working as a team.

Their glasses are made in-house and sold online through their New York City headquarters. They recently opened retail stores in Los Angeles and Boston but do not work with other retailers in order to keep their prices reasonable and avoid markups.

A unique aspect of the company is that customers can order up to five pairs of glasses to try at home for free. The “Try-On” feature is a

great way to see which frame fits best, all within the comfort of one’s home. If customers would rather order on the spot, they simply try on the glasses virtually by uploading a photo online.

If people need glasses for more than just a fashion statement, Warby Parker provides almost all types of prescriptions. To take the hassle away from calling the optometrist, Warby Parker will do it for their customer — just simply provide the phone number.

Just when you thought it could not be any better, Warby Parker also strives to help others who cannot afford prescription eyewear. The “Buy a Pair, Give a Pair” program provides glasses for those in need with each purchase. In July 2013, Warby Parker recorded over 500,000 pairs of eyeglasses distributed through nonprofit donation programs, such as VisionSpring.

Warby Parker provides comfort and clarity to its customers through effortless online procedures. The company continues to evolve with contemporary style while incorporating the same high-end materials used to make designer eyeglasses. The company is efficient, providing fast customer service and sending a personal pair home within a week. Their mission statement is evident: “Look sharp, pay less, do good.”

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SPORTS

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Number 13: Raymond Berry Number 12: Russell Carter Samuel Snow Associate Sports Editor ssnow@smu.edu

Billy Embody Sports Staff Writer wembody@smu.edu

Editors Note: For the past several issues we have been counting down the 25 greatest SMU athletes of alltime. This is number 13 of that list.

Editors Note: For the past several issues we have been counting down the 25 greatest SMU athletes of all-time. This is number 12 of that list.

With this spot on the list, SMU fans will have to go back four or five decades, but there is no doubt this man earned a spot on SMU’s top 25 athletes list.

Raymond Berry made a name for himself in the NFL. As a three-year athlete at SMU, Berry only caught 33 passes. However, this was mostly due to the college game being centered on running.

As Berry put it, “I didn’t catch many passes because not many were thrown.”

Despite this, the Baltimore Colts selected Berry in the 20th round of the 1954 NFL draft.

Berry would spend his entire career with the Colts.

By his second year in the league, Berry was a starter for Baltimore.

Berry made himself one of the greatest wide receivers in NFL history, teaming up with quarterback Johnny Unitas to put up prolific numbers for his time.

His career was highlighted by his production in the 1959 and 1960 seasons.

During these two seasons, Berry caught 140 passes for 2,257 yards while corralling 24 touchdowns.

He made the Pro Bowl six times, was named to the AP FirstTeam All-Pro three times and named to the AP Second-Team All-Pro twice.

He also retired holding the league record (since broken) for receptions with 631.

At the end of his illustrious 12-year career, he was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1973.

Berry, following his career,

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Berry was named the Pro Bowl an impressive six times during his career.

immediately joined up with the Dallas Cowboys as the wide receivers coach.

Berry would coach all the way up until 1992 where he would finish up as the Denver Broncos quarterback coach.

However, his coaching career was highlighted by the time he spent with the New England Patriots.

From 1978 until 1981 he was the Patriot’s wide receivers coach. In 1981, following a poor season, the entire coaching staff was fired.

In 1984, though, New England Head Coach Ron Meyer was fired midseason.

The Patriots then hired Berry to take his place.

Berry had a successful headcoaching career up until 1989.

1989 was the year when new Patriots owner Victor Kiam demanded that Berry give up

One of the greatest athletes to come through SMU was Russell Carter and a big reason why is because of the success he had in two sports: track and football.

Carter was inducted into the SMU Hall of Fame in 2013 because of his performance for SMU from 1980-83.

His best season was undoubtedly the 1983 track and field season where he was an All-American on the SMU NCAA Indoor and Outdoor National Championship teams and an All-American in the same year on the football team.

Carter was an AllAmerican on the indoor mile relay team and the outdoor 1600 meter relay team, but also as a cornerback on the football team, all in 1983.

Carter was on the 1981 and

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Mustang great, Russell Carter.

1982 NCAA-recognized National Champion teams all while being a three-time All-Southwest Conference honoree.

In one of the greatest moments in SMU football history, Carter made the biggest play, blocking a field-goal against Arkansas in 1982 that ended up keeping the game to a 17-17 tie.

Because of the tie, SMU finished the season 10-0-1 and earned a berth in the Cotton Bowl and a SWC conference title for the second straight season.

If it wasn’t for Carter’s blocked field goal in the second quarter,

SMU’s 1982 season may have been viewed quite differently.

Carter’s block came at a time when SMU had just turned the ball over and Arkansas was driving in SMU territory, but was held at the 10-yard line.

If Arkansas would have won, it would have been the Razorbacks that went on to the Cotton Bowl.

SMU went on to beat Dan Marino’s Pitt Panthers 7-3 and finished that season second in the AP poll behind a 12-1 Penn State team.

To cap off his SMU career, Carter was drafted 10th overall by the New York Jets in the 1984 NFL Draft.

Carter spent six seasons in the NFL with the Jets and the Los Angeles Raiders, appearing in 64 games with 47 starts.

Tennis

control and reorganize his staff.

When Berry denied, he was fired.

Berry finished his headcoaching career with a 48-39 record.

The Baltimore Colts retired his number, 82. Also, he was named to the NFL’s 50th and 75th anniversary team.

For someone who made such a large impact in the NFL — at wide receiver before it was a big-time position — Berry has certainly earned a spot on this list.

Women’s Basketball

Mays earns second team MVP award Samuel Snow Associate Sports Editor ssnow@smu.edu Mays helped bring the team to an 18-14 record, 8-10 in the conference and advance to the second round of the WNIT. In addition, Mays was named to the first-team All-American Athletic Conference while being a finalist for the All-American team.

Mays broke Head Coach Rhonda Rompola’s record for scoring with 691 points.

Akil Simpson won SMU’s Rebounds Award for the second straight year.

Simpson finished first on the team with 8.3 rebounds per game and was named to the AllAmerican Athletic Conference Second Team.

Mallory Singleton won the

team’s Mustangs Award, which is handed out to the player who best exemplifies the spirit of the women’s basketball team.

Singleton serves on the StudentAthlete Advisory Committee while consistently maintaining the highest GPA on the team.

Gabrielle Wilkins earned the team’s Hustle Award while Kiara Perry was given the Defensive Award.

Quick Hits

The No. 10 SMU equestrian team will face No. 7 New Mexico State in the first round of the National Collegiate Equestrian Association Championship

Thursday at the Extraco Events Center in Waco, Texas.

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SMU will compete in the American Athletic Conference Tournament in Memphis, Tenn., beginning Friday.

Mustangs end on a low note Samuel Snow Associate Sports Editor ssnow@smu.edu The SMU men’s tennis team wrapped up their regular season Sunday in Frisco, Texas.

The team lost to Rice to end the season with a 10-12 record while Rice finished with a 9-12 record.

After a rain delay of three hours, the Mustangs finally began competition with Rice. However, the two teams decided to use the doubles matches as a tiebreaker if needed due to the delay.

Rice jumped out to a lead

as Max Andrews topped SMU senior Mischa Nowiki in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2.

SMU tied it back up, though, with sophomore Nate Lammons chalking up a victory over Gustavo Gonzalez, 6-4, 6-2.

The Mustangs then took a 2-1 lead in the meet with first-year Arkidjas Slobodkins defeating Henrik Munch with a score of 7-6, 6-2.

However, the Owls then tied the match up as David Warren beat SMU first-year Julio Olaya, 6-4, 6-4.

The Owls then grabbed the lead as No. 108 Arturs Kazijevs of

SMU fell to Srikar Alla, 7-6, 6-4.

With SMU trailing 3-2 and only one match remaining, the No. 2 singles went to work.

SMU senior Alex Sanders took the first set versus Rice’s Adam Gustafsson, but Gustafsson took the second set.

With the third and final set up for grabs, it was Gustafsson who took it making the final score 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.

With the regular season now finished, SMU will go to the American Athletic Conference Tournament in Memphis, Tenn.

The first round against No. 4 UCF will take place Friday.

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OPINION

WEDNESDAY n April 16, 2014

politics

Student Senate

Green state Legalizing marijuana in Texas

Stipend bill would encourage greed

zain haidar Contributing Writer zhaidar@smu.edu Last February, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) made a spooky prediction at a GOP dinner in Houston, Texas: Texas will turn blue in the next decade if Republicans don’t find a way to change their party.

Texas maybe turning blue in the next 10 years, but what about turning green?

Working closely with the Marijuana Policy Project — a nonprofit dedicated to reforming marijuana laws in the U.S. — Texas legislators and ordinary citizens are working toward the goal of legalizing medical marijuana and dropping penalties for possession.

Rep. Elliott Naishtat (D-Austin) has filed HB 594 six times to no avail. Naishtat’s bill – which continues to get shot down at the state level — would allow for patients to receive medical marijuana as prescribed by a physician.

Dorothy Browne, Naishtat’s chief of staff, commented about the house member’s attempts to push the bill.

“Sometimes we get a hearing on it and then it’s not brought up for a vote in the committee so it dies,” Browne said. “We’re sort of heartened because the Marijuana Policy Project – they’re going to put some money in Texas this next time. They’ve retained a lobbyist for lack of a better word down here and that will be helpful because my boss does file a whole lot of bills on a whole lot of different subjects and if he had somebody on the ground here it helps.”

The Marijuana Policy Project has allied with Naishtat and Rep. Harold Dutton (D-Houston) to make Texas more green-friendly.

Dutton is working toward reducing the penalties for possession of an ounce or less of marijuana.

As the law currently stands, possession of that amount is a class B misdemeanor. Dutton aims to drop that penalty to a class C – meaning that most Texans arrested for the crime wouldn’t face jail time.

In 2010, the ACLU reported that Texas had the second most total arrests for marijuana possession.

Dutton, in an article with the Houston Press last year, mentioned that 30,000 of the 70,000 marijuana possession cases filed yearly are for two ounces or less.

Those arrested for smaller amounts tend to be first time offenders between the ages of 17 and 25, Dutton said. Dutton’s bill (HB 192) would save counties money processing and housing inmates.

That’s another green that matters in the U.S. — the greenback.

Supporters of medical marijuana initiatives in Texas are increasingly turning to the financial argument to drum

up support. Shaun McAlister, executive director with the DFW chapter of the National Organization for the Reformation of Marijuana Laws (NORML), works with businesses to spread the message of marijuana’s positive impact on tax revenues.

“It’s gonna make a lot of people who want to increase tax revenues salivate,” McAlister said.

According to the Business Insider, Colorado expects to bring in approximately $98 million in tax revenues from recreational marijuana sales in the state by the end of the year.

The article quotes Moody’s Investors Service as reporting that legal sales of marijuana in the state will both reduce the size of the black market and pump up state coffers.

When tax revenues go up, politicians (especially blue ones) are happy.

The Marijuana Policy Project played a key role in lobbying for the legalization of marijuana use in Colorado with its 2012 “Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol.” Now the group is bringing its organizational abilities and legislative knowhow to Texas.

“In Texas, we have a lobbyist on retainer and will be hiring a staffer to oversee our legislative efforts there. We intend to work with local activists to promote several marijuana policy reform bills in the coming sessions, including a medical marijuana bill and a bill to remove the threat of jail for simple possession,” Marijuana Policy Project Communications Manager Morgan Fox said.

Fox said the Marijuana Policy Project was also working on a national level to lobby congress to pass bills that would keep federal agencies from interfering with dispensaries in legal states.

In 2016, the non-profit plans to run ballot initiatives to make recreational marijuana legal in Arizona, California, Maine and Nevada.

A poll commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project in February showed that 61 percent of Texan voters support reducing penalties for marijuana possession and 58 percent support access to medical marijuana.

Back with DFW NORML, McAlister runs informational campaigns to get supporters mobilized and sometimes shock Texans into paying attention.

McAlister is currently planning to put up a billboard on I-20 featuring a giant marijuana leaf.

The billboard – which McAlister hopes will “generate a ton of conversation” – was the group’s largest single expenditure to date and the money for it was completely raised online in seven days.

Coming up on the annual NORML legal seminar in Aspen from May 29-31, McAlister aims to raise awareness locally – holding free two-hour-long seminars at the DFW office to train supporters on how to reach out to legislators.

“We vote. We pay taxes. We really are trying to influence these legislators,” McAlister said.

Haidar is a junior majoring in journalism.

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

w. tucker keene Managing Editor tkeene@smu.edu Last week, a student body officer introduced a bill to the Student Senate that, if passed, would have provided a $1,250 stipend to student body officers for each semester they served.

Luckily, the bill didn’t pass. But the flawed logic possessed by the bill’s author is no less dangerous just because the bill didn’t make it through this year. This bill would have represented student politics at its dirtiest, and would decrease the quality of student body officers significantly.

That the decision over whether or not Student Body Officers are

of to make the school a better place is a big enough problem now.

Adding an additional $2,500 a year incentive would further work against the general improvement of Student Senate. Instead of recruiting “talented candidates,” it would entice greedy candidates, more interested in a hefty paycheck than in tackling the tough issues that face the student body.

If officers remain unpaid, only those most dedicated to the work of the job would consider running. We need more of those candidates, not more candidates in it for themselves and their resumes.

The bill also claims that those elected would be encouraged to work more diligently in their position, but there is no obvious reason why that would be the case.

Why would it be? What about a guaranteed paycheck of $1,250 a semester improves performance?

The pay isn’t conditional on improved performance, if anything this would encourage even more laziness.

The author points out in the bill that student body officers used to

be paid in the past, but this is not a compelling reason to start paying them again now. The university’s budget is tight, and there are many better things to spend spare money on, perhaps even ones that might improve the average student’s college experience.

That senators commit a large portion of time each week in the senate that prevents them from pursuing other career opportunities, and should therefore be paid for their work, is frankly ridiculous.

There are many, many benefits to serving in the student body leadership that would far surpass, on a resume, the value of working at some other job.

Like an unpaid internship, serving in senate is an investment promising to pay off in future, better career opportunities.

That is payment enough. This senate had the good sense to vote the bill down, but it could be reintroduced. Hopefully future senates share this good sense.

Keene is a senior majoring in public policy, political science and economics.

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SMU students: beware of DART student tickets shannon lindee Contributing Writer slindee@smu.edu On a lazy Sunday afternoon, what I thought would be a no-hassle DART ride to the zoo turned out to be the opposite. Unfortunately, I had to learn the hard way that the to college student ticket does not apply for all college students.

Being students at Southern Methodist University, my friend Devin and I assumed we were eligible for the college student DART pass to ride the train to the Dallas Zoo and back from Mockingbird Station and saw nowhere explaining the details of the student ticket. I went ahead and purchased two day passes, $2.50 each instead of the regular $5 and we hopped on the red line train.

After riding the train for five minutes, the DART police came around to check tickets. We handed the woman our tickets and handed her our SMU IDs. Right away we were met with hostility and the DART cop began berating us for having purchased the wrong tickets and that SMU students aren’t eligible to purchase the college student pass. After trying to explain our situation and that it was an honest mistake, we only got yelled at more and both given $50 citations for a $2.50 difference, and

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paid lies with the Student Body Officers themselves is just asking for corruption. If they have the power to give themselves a pay increase, they’ve got no reason not to.

There is a reason why the most recent amendment to the U.S. Constitution forces congressional pay increases (also proposed and voted on by members of congress) to take effect only after the next election. This ensures that Congress can’t simply vote themselves into Scrooge-McDuck-sized piles of wealth without the American people getting a chance to kick them out before the pay increase goes into effect.

More importantly, the bill would lead to a lower quality student senate overall. Contrary to the bill’s insistence that “financial awards…incentivize talented candidates,” it would do precisely the opposite. It would encourage students to get involved in student senate leadership for all the wrong reasons.

That senators run simply to add a line to their resume instead

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werekicked off the train.

I went home extremely frustrated that such an easy mistake can cost someone such a large fine. I went on the DART website to look up the details of the college student ticket, where it says at the bottom of the page that SMU and UTD students do not qualify for reduced fare passes. If SMU students want to get a discounted ticket they have to go through the Business Service office, but this is for an annual transit pass rather than a one-time ticket.

Although this information is

available online, it is not stated at the ticket machine. How are students supposed to know that they don’t qualify for a college student ticket without going online first?

I know my friend and I were not the only ones that made the mistake of thinking we qualify for the student ticket. After discussing my situation with my reporting class, everyone else in my class had purchased the student ticket as well, yet none of them had their tickets checked. Clearly this is an easy mistake to make, since most

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college students would assume they would qualify for a college student ticket. Why is the fine so expensive for a little mistake, which only is a few dollars difference?

If DART is going to be so strict on the student ticket with such high fines, they should clearly state what schools qualify for the student ticket and what proper identification is needed at the stations and not just online.

Lindee is a junior majoring in communications.

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Outside the Bubble: How to get through the semester Jedhadu abshiro News Writer jabshiro@smu.edu There is a little more than a month left before classes are dismissed and we all disperse.

Until then, here are four things to do within minutes of the Hilltop.

The Sounds, who hail from Sweden, mash 1980s new wave with a more familiar garage-rock aesthetic. Led by lead singer Maja Ivarsson, the sounds manage to feel current rather than try-too-hard retro. Be sure to head to the Granada Friday before 9:30 p.m. Blondfire and Ghost Beach open the show.

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Another music option is the Passenger show at the House of Blues Friday. Not to be mistaken with the “Let Her Go” singer, Passenger is a classic rock and roll band that has been on the stage for the past 17 years. Chris

Collins and Beat Quisenberry started the group in Lubbock, Texas then relocated to Forth Worth, Texas. They have been in Dallas for about the last eight years. Tickets are free and the concert starts at 8 p.m.

For some visual art, head over to the Kettle Art gallery in Deep Ellum. Patterns of Passion opens Thursday at 7 p.m. Works

by Dallas based artisits Corey Godfrey, Aralyn McGregor and Judith Lea Perkins will be showcased. The three-women exhibit explores rhythms, colors and textures. The exhibit runs through May 10.

If interested in patterns, head over to Galleri Urbane for the Leah Rosenberg in Gallery 1 and Shawn Hall in Gallery 2. Rosenberg’s “Pairings” combines colors and textures to create a cohesive collection.

“MURmers of summer,” Halls’ collection, blows up Jackson Polk’s splatter to another level.

Johnny Depp as Dr. Will Caster in “Transcendence.” The movie opens in theaters Friday.

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Hillary Clinton releases memoir this summer associated press Hillary Rodham Clinton’s new book on her time as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state will be released on June 10, her publisher says.

Publisher Simon & Schuster said Wednesday that Clinton would share “candid reflections about key moments during her time as Secretary of State as well as her thoughts about how to navigate the challenges of the 21st century.” The book’s title and jacket design have not yet been released; the publishing date was released by the publisher on a website for the book: http:// www.hillaryclintonmemoir.com/ Clinton’s book has been widely anticipated as she considers another presidential campaign in 2016. The former first lady and New York senator is already a best-selling author: Her 2003 memoir, “Living History,” sold more than 1 million copies.

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meredith carey Contributing Writer mbcarey@smu.edu In the age of “Her” and “RoboCop” remakes, it’s hard to stand out among technologybased sci-fi features films.

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franchise, saw his new role on set as an enlightening challenge.

“You’re suddenly playing the psychologist,” Pfister said.

“Transcendence” asks audience members to step into that role as well, questioning the actions of the strong characters and their own personal involvement with daily technology.

There are “no defined good guys or bad guys” in the film, according to Pfister, which allows viewers to empathize even with the radical tech-terrorists.

The tension in the film leaves audience members on the edge of their seats, even in the quiet, sensitive moments that connect viewers with the characters.

The film’s cinematography is beautiful, as expected with an excinematographer at the helm, but also relies on incredible CGI used in innovative ways to match the original scientific material. The film’s music and sound mixing also draws tension and emotion from characters and actions scenes that would not have been present otherwise.

The film’s premise seems absurd and, as Pfister said, is based on speculation, but there is a basis in current scientific research. While full consciousness uploads won’t be available in the

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near future, scientists around the world are working to map synapses and create nanotechnology used in limb regeneration.

“I went on a college tour in spring 2012, stopping at Massachusetts Institute of Technology to talk to professors researching nanotechonology, neurobiology, robotics and media lab projections.

I went to Stanford and then to Berkley, finally finding two professors who worked as full time consultants, vetting the science and medical components of the film,” Pfister said.

“Transcendence” seen through the eyes of these scientists is in fact plausible, said Pfister, but audiences need to “remember the ‘fi’ in sci-fi.”

The movie ends with a giant question mark, the kind of open ending that drives viewers crazy, but pushes them to really consider the film’s purpose.

“The film is a wink at the idea that it’s not a bad idea to turn off these devices and embrace nature,” Pfister said.

“Transcendence” opens Friday.

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terrorism investigation in the previous six years.

Linda Sarsour, the executive director of the Arab American Association of New York, said she was among a group of advocates at a private meeting last week with police brass at which the department’s new intelligence chief, John Miller, first indicated the unit — renamed the Zone Assessment Unit — wasn’t viable.

She applauded the decision

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student funding, fellowships and grants,” Newman said.

SMU is already a partner institution of the AAUW and will be re-launching the campus branch

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forms of employment during their time in office and argued a stipend for student body officers will serve as an incentive for “talented candidates to pursue elected office.”

Senator Zane Cavender, also a graduating senior, admitted student government positions are big time commitments, but believes the learning experience is payment enough.

The bill did not propose student senator officers to receive financial compensation, which Chair Medhi Hami believes would discredit other members of senate who also put in long hours like himself.

After opposition concerning where the stipend funds would come from and how this would affect student senate’s image, Mahli argued that since the stipend would total to $10,000, which is “less than 1 percent of our budget for the year, there will be 99 percent of our funds left for

but said there’s still concern about the police use of informants to infiltrate mosques without specific evidence of crime.

“This was definitely a part of the big puzzle that we’re trying to get dismantled,” Sarsour said.

But, she added, “This doesn’t necessarily prove to us yet that these very problematic practices are going to end.”

Another person at the meeting, Fahd Ahmed, legal and policy director of Desis Rising Up and Moving, called the decision “a small step.” He

WEDNESDAY n APRIL 16, 2014 questioned what had happened to the information gathered by the unit.

“The concern wasn’t just about the fact that this data was being collected secretly — it was about the fact that this data was being collected at all,” he said.

New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman hailed the decision, saying police-community relations took a blow from the unit’s broad surveillance of all Muslims, not just people suspected of wrongdoing.

“We hope this means an

at the April 29 meeting.

“We hope to discuss a more focused mission for our AAUW SMU group and identify a short list of priorities for 2014-15. It will be important to have each segment well-represented—undergraduate and graduate students, staff and faculty at that meeting,”

Docampo said.

The first AAUW meeting will take place April 29 at 12:30 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center, Promenade A-B. Those interested should email Docampo at idocampo@smu. edu, for more information and to RSVP.

student activities” and referred to the $2,500 as chump change.

Cavender agreed with Senator Carole Finley who made the point that perception is momentous and even if only $10,000 would be taken out of senate funds, SMU students may feel cheated.

Malhi decided to propose this bill in order to spark debate after learning other universities award financial compensation.

According to Senator Forrest and Senator Precious Osuchukwu’s personal research, Texas Christian University, University of Tulsa, University of Miami, George Washington University, University of Southern California, Arizona State University and University of Texas in Austin already award financial compensation for either all student government members or for student government executives, in the form of monthly checks or a semester lump sum used strictly toward tuition.

Although there are many peer and aspirational universities who pay their student government officers, Forrest reminded

everyone that there are numerous other universities like Vanderbilt who do not and have never awarded student government officers financial compensation.

Currently, SMU’s finance chair receives $2,450 per year, the webmaster receives $1,200 per year, the comptroller receives $14 per hour and the student body president receives a private scholarship.

Senate Diversity Chair Kimberly Elmazi, who was unaware the finance chair already receives financial compensation until Malhi proposed this bill, questioned whether or not the position should be paid in the first place and claims that the finance chair’s work fails to award any more merit than other committee chair positions.

Ultimately, voting was not unanimous, but the majority agreed that the Student Senate budget was not created to award student body officers stipends and doing so would have a negative impact on the Senate’s perception from fellow students.

end to the dragnet approach to policing that has been so harmful to police-community relations and a commitment to going after criminal suspicion, rather than innocent New Yorkers,” said Lieberman, whose organization is involved in lawsuits over the practice.

In Washington, 34 members of Congress had demanded a federal investigation into the NYPD’s actions.

Attorney General Eric Holder said he was disturbed by reports about the operations, and the Department of Justice said

it was reviewing complaints received from Muslims and their supporters.

The AP’s reporting also prompted an investigation by the CIA’s inspector general. That internal inquiry concluded that the CIA, which is prohibited from domestic spying, hadn’t broken any laws, but it criticized the agency for allowing an officer assigned to the NYPD to operate without sufficient supervision.

The NYPD’s decision to disband the unit was first reported in The New York Times.

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do the front double biceps, front lat spread, side biceps, side triceps, rear lat spread, rear double biceps, abdominals and most muscular poses.

The competition is part of SMU Mustang Fitness Club, which has 20 members.

“The purpose is really to connect people with other people who value health and fitness,” Richardson said. “MFC really works to provide healthy-living opportunities for SMU students.”

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