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Editor’s Note: The following story is fourth and last in a series that examines the secretive nature of various operations at SMU.

By CAROLINE ARBAUGH Contributing Writer carbaugh@smu.edu

MU football and the death penalty. Like most students, Grace Barlow believes she knows the story of what happened. For a few years, rogue boosters secretly funneled money to selected players. The SMU Board of Trustees and administrators chose to turn a blind eye. In 1987, NCAA officials uncovered the problem and unfairly hammered SMU with the ultimate athletic punishment. “We weren’t the only school doing it, but we were the only school to receive the punishment,” Barlow, a junior majoring in history and religious studies, said. “SMU was unlucky enough to be chosen by the NCAA to be made an example of.” Barlow’s view of what came to be known as the pay-for-play scandal is not unique. The Daily Campus interviewed more than a dozen students. Most gave a similar account. This version of events, with SMU as the undeserving sacrificial victim, is comforting and widely-accepted. And wrong. When the scandal made national headlines, SMU trustees addressed it with

something unprecedented—transparency. They asked a group of bishops in the United Methodist Church to investigate the scandal. Almost two dozen trustees gave sworn depositions. The board also turned over dozens of boxes of records and minutes of meetings covering several years. The result was the Bishops’ Committee Report on SMU. It is the only in-depth examination of the board available to the public and the most comprehensive investigation of the biggest scandal in SMU history. The report shows the board and scandal depended on secrecy. It also details the central role the board played in the scandal. The bishops found that: • Prominent trustees—including Edwin L. Cox, the oil tycoon and namesake of SMU’s Cox School of Business—had known about the payments since at least 1981. • When the scandal threatened to go public in 1984, Cox and William P. Clements, Jr.—trustee, oil tycoon, former Texas governor and namesake of SMU’s Clements Center for Southwest Studies—told then-President L. Donald Shields to “stay out of it” and “run the university.” • Later, with NCAA investigators closing in, Cox and two other trustees— William L. Hutchison and O. Paul Corley—secretly negotiated a December 1986 deal in which athletic director Bob Hitch and head football coach Bobby Collins would take full responsibility for the payments and, in return, SMU would pay almost $1 million in hush money. • As part of the cover-up, Hutchison lied to the NCAA in early 1987 about

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ADMINISTRATION

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The Bishops’ Report showed that the Board of Trustees and the Pay-for-Pay scandal depended on secrecy. A full PDF copy of this report is available online at smudailycampus.com.

TOWER CENTER

TREND

Networking sites provide opportunities

Faculty Senate reports progress

By LOLA OBAMEHINTI Contributing Writer lobamehint@smu.edu

Meet Tyler Williams. He is a junior at Southern Methodist University who took photography as an elective during his freshman year. After a year of taking pictures for fun, he decided to turn his hobby into a business. When looking for ways to promote his photography, the first place he went to advertise was Facebook. “People who see my fan page can get ideas about the type of pictures I take. They can also see what I am all about—25 percent of what I make goes to someone in need,” he said. Williams specializes in taking all kinds of pictures for various needs. He takes photos for weddings, engagements,

By BEN ATEKU

Contributing Writer bateku@smu.edu

Wednesday’s faculty senate meeting in the Hughes-Trigg Ballroom painted a positive picture of things happening as well as what’s to come. It also revealed positive steps to be taken in overcoming challenges in various undertakings. Vice President Brad Cheves applauded everyone’s input in ensuring that the Inside SMU event, which took place on April 9, was successful. Many alumni and prospective students from around the Dallas Metroplex came to listen to lectures from the faculty and connect with the SMU community. “Lots of alumni want to stay in touch with this campus,” Cheves said. “While we have wonderful events throughout the year, we need something to bring them together.” Faculty Senate President Fred Olness expressed satisfaction with the

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CAMPUS EVENTS

CTV students, SFA to present film festival After a lot of hard work and fine-tuning, the Cinema Television students will be presenting some of their best work and the Student Filmmakers Association’s will be presenting its newest productions at the Student Filmmakers Association Film Festival. The films will be presented on April 22 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the Magnolia Theater located at 3699 McKinney Avenue. Attendees will also have an opportunity to see the films “Crazy Pig” and ”Split” from the Dallas International Film Festival. At the end of the film presentations, awards will be presented to the best films in seven categories.

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George and Laura Bush receive the 2010 Tower Medal of Freedom award Wednesday afternoon. The award is the highest honor “bestowed upon individuals whose contributions in promoting democracy and fostering peace are recognized throughout the world.”

Bushes awarded Medal of Freedom By TAYLOR LACK Contributing Writer tlack@smu.edu

Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura Bush were awarded the Tower Center Medal of Freedom from SMU’s John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies on April 21. The award recognizes individuals who contribute to the advancement of democratic ideals and to the security, prosperity and welfare of humanity. Past recipients include Colin Powell, Tony Blair and former President George H.W. Bush. Prior to the ceremony, in a press release, SMU President R. Gerald Turner said: “As the recipient of an honorary degree from SMU in 1992, Mr. Bush is a member of the SMU family, and we are pleased that he will return to campus to receive the Tower Center Medal of Freedom.” The room erupted in clapping as Turner called former President George Bush and Laura Bush to the stage and presented them with the medals. “I think SMU and its students are lucky to have such influential leaders such as former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush, who work so closely with the school and give so much of their time, come and speak to us,”

freshman Emily Erb said. “I am very honored to receive this award today,” Mrs. Bush said. “This award memorializes a great man, John Tower.” Mrs. Bush spoke of the importance of global freedom as well as human and women’s rights. She quoted South Africa’s Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka in saying: “[When

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you] educate a woman, you educate a nation.” Mrs. Bush has been involved with issues of national and global concern, with emphasis on education, health care and human rights. “Tyranny and injustice cannot crush the freedom embodied in people,” she said.

Former President Bush approached the podium next. He engaged the audience with humorous stories while also expressing the serious need for freedom worldwide. He began his speech by praising his wife. “Laura was a great First Lady,” he said. “Once a former librarian, she has become a passionate defender of freedom. I am so proud of her,” he said. The former President spoke of his appreciation for his father. “I would not be standing here as a former president without the unconditional love of my father, George H. W. Bush,” he said. The remainder of former President Bush’s speech addressed his belief of freedom. He said it is “universal” and “possible” for everyone, and that it is also “transformative.” “I truly believe that if the United States does not loose its nerve, democracy will someday take hold in the Middle East,” he said. As 43rd President of the United States, Bush worked to devote himself to extending ideas of freedom, opportunity, responsibility and compassion both domestically and abroad. He also is committed to improving the U.S. as a whole. The ceremony was an SMU Tate Lecture Series special event.

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SBS celebrates Earth Day with free food, music By ALEJANDRA AGUIRRE Contributing Writer aaguirre@smu.edu

As a celebration of Earth Day, Students for a Better Society and the sustainability committee at SMU are hosting an outdoor charity event called ‘Barefoot on the Boulevard,’ which will benefit the Texas Campaign for the Environment. The event will include a full day of live music, free food and environmental education from 12 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 24. It is open to everyone. “Barefoot on the Boulevard is a great event for Earth Day,” said sophomore and sustainability committee member David de la Fuente. “We try to educate people about protecting the environment in a fun way, while enjoying themselves with free food and music.” ‘Barefoot on the Boulevard,’ inspired by the famous Woodstock Festival, will be an active and earth-loving event. Four local bands, Ugly Lion, The Rx, Prata and Bee Cave, will play on SMU’s Bishop Boulevard. Food and drinks will also be provided. Chipotle burritos, Panda Express, samples of Jimmy John’s sandwiches and Coke beverages will be

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CAMPUS EVENTS

SMU Literary Festival brings authors to campus By BIANCA MARZULLO

Schedule of Events

Contributing Writer bmarzullo@smu.edu

SMU’s Literary Festival, which used to be one of the most important literary festivals in the country and a significant part of SMU’s history, will be held on campus April 22 through April 24. This year’s festival presents authors, readings, luncheons and a performance. “I met with our SMU Writer’s group and talked to them about what kind of writers they wanted,” Associate Professor and Director of Creative Writing David Haynes said. Most of the students wanted fiction, poetry and even fantasy. “Writers came to us many ways,” Haynes said. “Some are former students and some are writers we love and respect. All of them have fairly recent books, which is something we wanted to have, and some of them are former students of mine.” One of these is SMU grad Tracy Daugherty, who agreed to come when his former professors asked him to attend. One aspect of this festival is that students will have the opportunity to meet with writers. They can schedule 30-minute appointments and get help with their current writing. Students can also join

Campus Events February 15-21

Saudi Exhibition

11 a.m. Hughes-Trigg Balroom. Exhibition about the Saudi cultural and life style (11a.m.-6 p.m.). Dances, food, speeches (6-9 p.m.)

Thursday • Lecture reception and readings by Jill McCorkle in the Texana Room of the DeGolyer Library at 6:30 p.m. Friday • Readings by Elizabeth Eslami and Robert Redick in the Stanley Reading Room of the DeGolyer Library at 3 p.m. • Reception and readings by Tracy Daugherty and Marjorie Sandor in the Texana Room at 7 p.m. Saturday •Writers’ luncheon and readings by Mary Stewart Hammond and Robin Black in Hughes-Trigg Promenades A and B at 12 p.m. • Performance by Philip S. Bryant and Carolyn Wilkins in the Hughes-Trigg Varsity at 8:30 p.m.

the writers for a free meal. “Everyone is welcome to join us for lunch on Saturday—an opportunity to visit with the writers and listen to a discussion about how and why they work,” Haynes said. There will be a lecture reception in the Texana Room of the DeGolyer Library Thursday, April 22, followed by readings from fiction writer Jill McCorkle at 6:30 p.m. Friday’s events include readings by fiction writers Elizabeth Eslami and Robert Redick in the Stanley Reading Room of DeGolyer Library at 3 p.m. Then, there will be a reception in the

Mr. & Mrs. SMU

6:00 p.m. in Hughes-Trigg Student Center. Students compete in bodybuilding competition for the title of Mr. & Mrs. SMU.

SFA Film Festival

7:30 p.m. Magnolia Theater (3699 McKinney Ave., Dallas) Come see SMU’s best student films on the big screen! FREE Admission and FREE Food!

Texana Room at 6:30 p.m., followed by readings from writers Tracy Daugherty and Marjorie Sandor at 7 p.m. The luncheon with the writers is in Hughes-Trigg Promenades A and B Saturday at noon, followed by readings from poet Mary Stewart Hammond and fiction writer Robin Black. The festival will close at 8:30 p.m. with a special performance by Philip S. Bryant and Carolyn Wilkins in the Varsity at Hughes-Trigg. RSVPs are required to smulitfest@ gmail.com or 214-768-2945.

Vegetarian Feast Earth Day

7 p.m. Behind Dedman gym: Join the Environmental Society and help celebrate Earth Day with a night under the stars and vegetarian cuisine.

Turkish Bake Craft Sale

9 a.m. Come enjoy delicious Turkish food and donate to the ‘Women’s shelter.’

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reception, and hoped that it could be held annually. Olness reminded members of the forthcoming elections, which will be held April 28-29. Outgoing members who have completed their three-year term will be replaced. Linda Eads will take Olness’ place as president in the coming year. The Research subcommittee head Thomas Coan reported that the committee has been working on streamlining administrative processes for efficient inter-departmental interaction in order to arrive at timely hiring and purchasing decisions.

He said that things are set to improve. “The committee makes sure that faculty is doing the right things on campus so as to remain competitive and to attract external funding for research.” Olness said. He added that such funding has made it possible to expand the number of undergraduate research programs for talented students. There are currently sixty students benefiting from such funding. Olness said that participation in research programs offer students an advantage during job searches. Coan also reported an increase in staff participation in retirement

programs at SMU from 23 percent in 2008 to 77 percent in 2009. Membership is optional for those under 35 years. Daniel Orlovsky, from the Athletics subcommittee, said that the department is collaborating with the Learning Enhancement Center to offer athletes mentorship opportunities so they have the proper academic support they need to excel in the classroom. He said that there are ongoing efforts to improve the admission process so as to attract students with the best talent as well as academic potential.

COURT

Texas court hears state’s appeal in gay divorce By JAMIE STENGLE The Associated Press

DALLAS (AP) — A lawyer for a Dallas man trying to divorce the man he married in Massachusetts told a Texas appeals court Wednesday that his client is entitled to a divorce because he had a valid marriage. But the Texas Attorney General’s Office argued before the three-judge 5th Texas Court of Appeals panel that the marriage isn’t recognized by Texas, so they cannot get a divorce. Jimmy Blacklock, an assistant Texas

solicitor general, said the men’s union can only be voided. “The parties lack standing to file a divorce case because they’re not married,” he said. The Dallas men wed in 2006 in Massachusetts, where gay marriage is legal, and separated two years later. Attorney General Greg Abbott appealed a Dallas state district judge’s ruling in October that granted a divorce to the men and said the state’s samesex marriage ban violates equal rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

Jody Scheske, who represents the Dallas man listed in court records only as J.B., said his client doesn’t want to overturn the state’s marriage ban, but only wants to end his own marriage. “He is not seeking to enter into a same-sex marriage; he’s seeking to end a marriage that was valid,” Scheske said. “The trial courts have the right to hear divorce cases from people who have valid marriages,” he said.

Police Reports MARCH 27 4:12 p.m. Boaz Hall/3200 Binkley Avenue. A police officer reported he found a stone ashtray shattered. Open.

MARCH 29 1:03 a.m. Memorial Health Center/6211 Bishop Blvd. University Park Fire Department responded to a fire alarm. The fire alarm was not activated at the building. The interior fire panel did not show an active alarm. UPFD checked the building with no findings and cleared with no further incident. Closed.

MARCH 29 11:26 a.m. Umphrey Lee Center/3300 Dyer Street. A student reported theft of his skateboard. Open. 12:51 p.m. Sigma Chi House/3100 Binkley Avenue. A student reported receiving harassing phone messages from a former girlfriend. Open.

Sports

The Daily Campus MEN’S TENNIS

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RANGERS

Mustangs seek C-USA crown By STEPHEN LU Sports Editor sjlu@smu.edu

The SMU men’s tennis team (14-10) has upped their game at just the right time, winning their last four matches before they travel to Houston, Texas to participate in the Conference USA Championships this weekend, April 23-25. The Mustangs benefited from their schedule at the end of the season, playing their final nine matches at home. SMU went 7-2 in the stretch, including wins over No. 34 Brigham Young University and No. 63 Texas Christian University. Their two losses were to Columbia University and the University of Notre Dame. The most consistent player for SMU has been junior Darren Walsh, winner of nine straight singles matches and, along with Adham el-Effendi, is also a part of the No. 29 doubles tandem in the nation. Walsh’s last lost came at the beginning of March against No. 78 Josh Zavala from the University of Texas. In the same match against Texas, junior Artem Baradach, then ranked No. 99, defeated Dimitar Kutrovsky, who was ranked No. 7 in the nation. Since then, Baradach has risen in the ranks and is now the No. 57 player in the nation. In the course of the season, the

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Texas Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg, left, smiles as he listens to former owner Tom Hicks before the Rangers’ baseball season opener against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Rangers owner Hicks waiting

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SMU junior David Costa returns a volley during play.

Mustangs played three C-USA squads and went 2-1. They lost the match to Tulsa, 4-3, before blowing out Southern Miss, 6-1, and Memphis, 6-1. Their final match against Rice University was cancelled due to rain. The match would have been a good measuring stick for SMU, as the Owls were ranked No. 38

in the nation at the time. Tulsa (No. 36) and Rice (No. 41) will be the favorites going into the championships. However, SMU (No. 72) is definitely a contender, but will have to beware of the Golden Hurricane, which is looking for their fifth consecutive C-USA championship.

BOSTON (AP) — Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks says he feels caught in the middle and can only just watch the stalled proposed sale of the club to Chuck Greenberg’s group. On the field at Fenway Park before the Rangers played the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night, Hicks said the dispute is over the what lenders think the team is worth. “The lenders have to agree with baseball and the buying group that it’s the right price,” Hicks said. “There is some concern that they think somebody will pay a higher price. That’s what the dispute’s all about.” Baseball commissioner Bud Selig doesn’t seem to be happy with the slow pace.

“Major League Baseball is currently in control of the sale process and will use all efforts to achieve a closing with the chosen bidder,” MLB said in a statement. “Any deviation from or interference with the agreed upon sale process by Mr. Hicks or any other party, or any actions in violation of MLB rules or directives will be dealt with appropriately by the commissioner.” The sides announced an agreement on Jan. 23, but creditors of the Hicks Sports Group, which owns the Rangers and the NHL’s Dallas Stars, have not approved it. “Right now I feel like a guy in the center court of a tennis match, watching it go back and forth,” Hicks said. “We’re not really involved in it because we don’t get any of the proceeds. It all goes to the lenders.”

Bob DuPuy, baseball’s chief operating officer, said Tuesday he was “disappointed it’s not closed yet.” “I thought it would be done by opening day. I thought it would be done by April 19,” Hicks said. “Right now, we’ll all just have to wait and see. There’s nothing I can do.” In February, Hicks Sports Group announced it had retained Galatioto Sports Partners to look for new investors and explore the idea of selling a majority stake in the Stars. Separately, Hicks and George Gillette Jr. said Friday they had hired Barclays Bank to lead the search for a buyer for Liverpool, which they coown under a separate entity. The Rangers sale eventually must be approved by three-quarters of the 30 teams before it can be finalized.

MEN’S GOLF

Mustangs gunning for championship after falling short to second place last year By BRITTANY LEVINE Associate Sports Editor blevine@smu.edu

The SMU men’s golf team will head to Orlando, Fla. for the Conference

USA Championships April 25-27. The Mustangs are coming off a ninth place finish at the Aggie Invitational. At the event, junior Kelly Kraft and sophomore Matt Schovee

each finished in the top 20. They each shot 1-under 215. At last year’s Championships, the Mustangs did very well. The team came in second place behind

University of Central Florida. Senior Draegen Majors came in fourth and shot a three round total of 210 for his team. Junior Kelly Kraft came in sixth place at 212. James Kwon was

close behind at 215. Marc Sambol and Aaron Stewart each followed close behind. After the Championships, the team will compete at the NCAA

Regionals, May 20-22, in a location to be announced. The last event on the schedule for the Mustangs will be in Chattanooga, Tenn. at the NCAA Championship, June 2-5.

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the trustees from responsibility, particularly the hush money. “I am shocked, appalled and outraged,” she said. So was Adriana Martinez, a sophomore majoring in political science, public policy, French and history. “It’s shocking information,” she said. “To think that such a lack of transparency permitted this to be done is upsetting and wrong.” The bishops saw the board’s obsession with secrecy as a fundamental problem. In their report, they strongly urged trustees to abandon their practice of operating behind closed doors and The bishops saw the board’s shielding their decisions obsession with secrecy as from public view. Instead, the bishops recommended a fundamental problem. In the board “adhere to the their report, they strongly open meetings policy of urged trustees to abandon the United Methodist their practice of operating Church.” behind closed doors and The trustees ignored shielding their decisions the recommendation. In a recent interview, from public view. Instead, retired Bishop J. Woodrow the bishops recommended Hearn, the only surviving the board “adhere to the bishop who helped open meetings policy of the prepare the report, said United Methodist Church.” board members never The trustees ignored the even discussed the call for open meetings. recommendation. “It wasn’t even brought up,” said Bishop Hearn, a trustee from 1984 to Jasmine Iglehart, a junior religious 2000. studies major, was stunned to learn Virtually every student interviewed of the web of secrecy insulating by The Daily Campus disagreed with

which SMU officials had knowledge of the payments. Cox, Clements, Hutchison and Corley each gave sworn depositions to the bishops. The report shows SMU football was less a sacrificial victim than a serial offender of NCAA rules. Between 1958 and 1985, the NCAA imposed penalties on SMU six times for paying football players and other violations. That last bit of information stunned Barlow. “I did not know that,” she said. “I feel like I’ve been duped.”

In an exerpt from the Bishops’ Report, it concludes that the entire Board of Trustees was at fault for the pay-for-play scandal. In another exerpt, the Bishops recommend that the Board of Trustees follow the open meetings policy of the United Methodist Church.

the board’s decision. “It was a huge mistake,” said Nick Burns, a sophomore majoring in biology and French. “I don’t trust the board’s credibility if they won’t even discuss the suggestion of making their actions more transparent.” Jake Torres, a junior English and Spanish major, recently was elected SMU student body president for 2010-11. When asked if the SMU board should stop meeting in private and make its records public, Torres said that while he understands certain matters call for confidentiality, the board should be more transparent and make public its records. “It would certainly hold the board to a higher level of accountability if the public—such as students, faculty, community and media—could see what they’re doing,” he said. “They’d keep it clean for their own sake as well as ours.” Most current trustees contacted by The Daily Campus declined to be interviewed. One who did, Linda Pitts Custard, expressed a very different view of confidentiality and the board’s handling of the pay-for-play scandal. “That scandal that went down with the football team,” said Custard, a trustee since 2000, “that is proof there is accountability.” Chelsea Stephens, a junior French and psychology major, doesn’t buy Custard’s argument. “If they were paying up to $1 million in hush money, they were not taking any accountability for their actions,” she said. “And I don’t know if they’ve taken accountability for their actions since then.”

arch 6, 1983 was not a good day for SMU football. A letter had arrived from the NCAA. It detailed more than 80 allegations of rule and violations in the program. They included up-front offers of cash to players to sign with SMU, new cars and regular cash payments once the players arrived on campus. According to the bishops’ report, Cox, Clements and Shields responded as they had previously—they hired outside attorneys and told them to fight the NCAA at every step. The report said the “attorneys’ role as communicated by Clements, Cox and Shields was not to find the truth but to

find a defense.” In a matter of months, SMU’s own investigation revealed a secret fund with $400,000 in annual contributions from more than 60 donors. The next step was up to Shields and SMU’s two most powerful officials— Cox, who had chaired the board of trustees since 1976, and Clements, who chaired the board of governors, a select group of 21 trustees who effectively governed the university. They acted quickly. “Clements, Cox and Shields did not stop the payments,” the report states. “They stopped the investigation.” They could not stop outside investigators. In May 1985, the NCAA imposed unprecedented penalties on SMU football after documenting 38 violations of its rules. Punishments meted out: No football scholarships in 1986-87. Only 15 scholarships in 1987-88. Three years probation. No television appearances for a year. Advantageously, the NCAA continued to buy SMU’s story that outof-control boosters, not the university, were responsible for paying players. In June 1985, NCAA member schools approved the so-called “death penalty” punishment for repeat offenders. SMU was one of six schools to vote against it. That did not deter Clements. He told Hitch to keep paying players. On Nov. 4, 1986, Clements was elected governor. Eight days later, everything came crashing down. That evening, WFAA Channel 8 broadcast a one-hour documentary on David Stanley, a former SMU football player. Stanley said he was paid $25,000 to sign with SMU, $10,000 in drug treatment expenses and $750 per month until he quit school in December 1985. Stanley said SMU was continuing to pay other players and identified Henry Lee Parker, Hitch’s recruiting coordinator, as the “paymaster.” Over the next several days, Clements, Cox, Hutchison and Corley contrived a plan designed to protect the trustees by placing the blame on athletic department officials. They would say no one else knew what was going on—including the board of trustees—and would refuse to identify boosters, coaches or players. It was, the report states, “a strategy of containment and cover-up.” Money was just as important as containment. Hitch, Collins and Parker would resign and take the blame for the scandal if SMU would pay them for the remaining years in their employment contracts—246,442 for Hitch, $556,272 for Collins and $60,299 for Parker. Total bill for their cooperation: $863,013 or, in 2009 dollars, $1.6 million. Cox, Hutchison and Corley agreed. Hitch met with NCAA officials and said he would cooperate only if they agreed to his non-negotiable conditions: Absolute confidentiality for Hitch. No names. No more

interviews. Reluctantly, the NCAA agreed. SMU drew up a statement of facts for the NCAA that placed sole blame for the continued payments on “certain key Athletic Department staff members.” According to the bishops’ report, Hutchison “signed the stipulated statement knowing it to be false.” On Feb. 25, 1987, the NCAA announced it had imposed the maximum penalty on SMU football,

“Folsom was right. The evidence was everywhere. It was abundant and it was longstanding. But the Board of Governors’ members were content to win football games and look the other way.” The four bishops responsible for the report also were members of the board of trustees. They did not let themselves off the hook. Their report concluded that the entire SMU Board of Trustees abdicated their leadership by failing to “demand information and accountability from those who acted for SMU.” According to the minutes, In the wake of the payfor-play scandal, SMU “Mr. Folsom said anyone enacted several reforms. would be very naïve and It abolished the board sanctimonious if [they] of governors. It reduced the size of the board of didn’t know that something trustees. The bishops was going on.” applauded those changes and called for more. According to the bishops, The trustees “Folsom was right. The ignored most of these evidence was everywhere. recommendations. The bishops urged It was abundant and it was the trustees to diversify longstanding. But the Board their membership so that it would “reflect of Governors’ members racial, ethnic and sexual were content to win footinclusiveness.” The Daily Campus recently reported ball games and look the that three of every four other way.” current trustees are male and almost nine in 10 are white. The bishops said the university canceling the 1987 season. At a press conference six days later, Clements “should foster an atmosphere of announced he and other trustees openness and free inquiry, not had approved the continuation of an atmosphere of secrecy and payments after the NCAA put SMU confidentiality.” on probation in 1985. However, an online search of In their report, the bishops said SMU’s libraries reveals that the last Clements made the announcement for time an item about the SMU Board political self-interest, giving him “the of Trustees was made public was June opportunity to get out in front of the 19, 1987, the date the bishops’ report story and break it on his own terms. was released. He did just that, and Hutchison, The bishops called for open Corley, Cox and the other members meetings. Instead, the trustees of the Board of Governors were left continue to meet behind closed doors to pick up the pieces and explain their and all records remain confidential. actions.” Grant Lewis says it was a mistake for the trustees to ignore xactly who would explain this recommendation. But he’s not their actions was an open shocked. “That does not surprise me one bit,” said Lewis, a senior question. The day after Clements’ press finance major and former fraternity conference, the board of governors president. held a special meeting chaired by Lewis said that in the wake of the Hutchison. According to the bishops’ pay-for-play scandal, it was “not the report, every member “denied any time to dismiss any suggestions.” He knowledge of or participation in” the added, “I don’t think they operate any pay-for-play scandal. differently now, either.” Those denials likely sounded Sophomore Martinez said the hollow to Robert Folsom, a developer, trustees’ continued unwillingness former Dallas mayor and member of to share information casts an old the board of governors for a decade. complaint—that SMU students are At an August 1985 meeting, Folsom apathetic—in a new light. “I wonder if the students are really had chastised fellow board members for being shocked by the pay-for-play apathetic or if this perceived attitude revelations. According to the minutes, is just the result of not having enough “Mr. Folsom said anyone would be information to light the fire,” she very naïve and sanctimonious if [they] said. “There shouldn’t be a limit on didn’t know that something was going information which has the ability to inspire passion and to desire on.” According to the bishops, change.”

LEGISLATURE

Ariz. House votes to check candidates’ citizenship PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House has approved a bill that would require President Barack Obama to show his birth certificate if he hopes to be on the state’s ballot for a reelection bid. The House approved the measure on a 31-29 vote, sending it to the

Senate. It would require U.S. presidential candidates who want to appear on the ballot in Arizona to submit documents proving they meet the constitutional requirements to be president. Supporters say the bill would help settle a controversy over whether Obama was born in the United

States. Opponents say it’s a waste of time that makes Arizona mocked by the rest of the country. Obama has released his Hawaii birth certificate proving he’s a “natural-born citizen” qualified to be president.

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available free of charge. Natsumi Gelato and Frozen Yogurt and Jamba Juice will set up on campus and donate a percentage of their sales to TCE. There will also be activities like tie-dying, yoga on the grass, henna, face painting, caricatures and more. All of the activities will incorporate an eco-friendly way of thinking while having fun.The purpose of the event is to encourage those who attend to “Reduce, Reuse and Rock N’ Roll!” “We’re going to have so much fun celebrating Earth Day. I hope everyone will come kick back and enjoy the day!” said freshman Jordan Lee, communications officer for the sustainability committee.

Not only is the intent to create awareness about Earth Day, but participating students also aim to create interactive activities for those who are already eco-friendly. “This is an excellent event highlighting SMU’s sustainability evolvement,” Mike Paul, chair of the sustainability committee said. SBS, a student activist club at SMU that promotes nonpartisan social progress, focuses its energies in five general areas: human rights, animal rights, environmental protection, self challenge and community service. SBS hosts Barefoot on the Boulevard each year as its major environmental event.

Thursday, April 22, 2010 •

BUSINESS: Online advertising has increased 119 percent CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

senior portraits and modeling photo shoots. He also donates 25 percent of his sales either to someone in need or to a charity like World Vision. Customers can see where their money goes by going to Williams’ website. He said Facebook is a good resource for his business since people see his fan page on their friends’ profiles and, consequently, visit it, sometimes even becoming a fan themselves. According to a 2009 study conducted by The Nielsen Company, online advertising on the top social network and blogging sites increased 119 percent from August 2008 to August 2009. The study also showed that online traffic to social media sites has increased in the past year. Last year, 6 percent of all time spent on the Internet was spent on social media websites. That number has now more than doubled to 17 percent. As a result, advertisers are taking note of the trend and seeking ways to take advantage of it. Ebele Okocha, a graduate student at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., runs a fashion blog called belesociety.com. She soon hopes to open a boutique in Dallas, and uses Facebook as a way to publicize her blog. “I felt Facebook would be the best outlet to slowly let out the word,”

she said. “On Facebook, I can send messages, get out information and get in touch with people.” Ashley Duncan, a freshman at SMU, agrees that Facebook is a great way for businesses to promote their products. “I’m a fan of some stuff on Facebook, especially if they give out coupons. Even if I don’t become a fan of [the company’s] page,” she said, “just seeing their name and that other people I know are fans is good advertising.” While Facebook is certainly the largest and most popular social media network, it is not the only one people are using to promote their businesses. Twitter is another widely used social media website. Twitter began in 2006, but until recently it only had a small following. Based on data results released by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, online traffic to Twitter has more than tripled in the past year. In 2008, the site had about 2 million visitors, and by 2009 it had more than 17 million. Quia Querisma, an SMU graduate, is the managing editor of soultrain.com, and started her own marketing agency in 2005. Her agency, Supreme Media Group LLC, does a little bit of everything, from representing professional football players to managing online magazines. For the audience she is targeting, Querisma

Facebook provides advertising opportunities.

decided on Twitter as her social media network of choice. “With Twitter, now [I am able] to get on the radar of different designers and brands,” she said. Querisma said Twitter provides the opportunity to be recognized by major fashion designers, such as Barneys and Tracy Reese. These retailers have ‘retweeted’ her updates saying she wore their clothes and as a result she has gotten more traffic to her company’s website. Social media networks not only foster new relationships but can also help when catering to a specific niche. For example, modelmayhem.com is a website designed for professional models

Photo illustration by Michael Danser

and photographers to display their portfolios while making connections in the business. Pam Le, 19, is a professional model attending the Art Institute of Dallas. She has regularly used the website for the past two years to upload her professional photos, get in touch with photographers and help find casting calls. “I recently got one in January, and so far I’ve been receiving great success,” she said. For anyone wishing to venture out into the world of promoting a business on a social media website, Williams, the has some advice: “It only does good things. If you want more business, it’s good and it’s free, so why not?”

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Program council responsible for Girl Talk concert fiasco STAFF COLUMNIST

xactly one week ago today, I was subjected to the worst kind of injustice that any college student could be subjected to, besides running out of tuition money. Yes, I am speaking of the Trey Treviño Girl Talk fiasco. So there I was at the plaza; having shown up an hour early, my friends and I were able to ensure we were standing in the front row. So we waited, and then Big Boi came onstage. Now, I knew that Big Boi theoretically existed, but I had hitherto never actually heard any of his solo albums and didn’t even know what songs he sang (or rapped, as it were). And when he finally did start rapping, I wasn’t sure I was terribly impressed by it. Granted, maybe if I had been further back it wouldn’t have just sounded like a whole lot of bass and what may have been a human male yelling an inaudible verse, but as it was, it didn’t convince me that a lot of rappers have mastered the art of sound mixing for live performances. But whatever: I made the conscious decision to have a good time and attempt to “lose myself ” in the music. Even when the crowd got crazy at times, I just went with it, and it was kind of fun. Even though Big Boi wasn’t all that great, I was sure that Girl Talk would make it all totally worth it.

And then it happened. A member of Program Council came out and said, “Yeaaaah, we’ve been shut down so you should go home.” Really? Understandably, the crowd didn’t believe her, and why should they? There was, as far as we were concerned, absolutely no reason why the concert could have possibly been cancelled. So we got it into our heads, somehow, that if we yelled “Girl Talk” loud enough, maybe we could get “them” (whoever was responsible for this) to reverse their decision. Of course, that didn’t work, and then the crowd just lost it. People started chants of all kinds, from “F--- the police” to “F-- SMU” (imaginative, I know), neither of which was actually conducive to solving the problem. Eventually, a member of the SMU Police Department got the microphone and stated definitively that there had been noise complaints from the neighbors; but by then it didn’t matter, as the crowd was incensed. People didn’t riot, of course, because they were just a bunch of college and high school students too timid to actually risk getting arrested, but they didn’t show any signs of leaving all the same. My friends and I left, and then I decided to do some research. I found out that, apparently, Program Council had been informed long before that noise would be a problem but had decided to go ahead with the concert anyway. I also discovered that the sounds from the concert could be heard all the way from Preston Road, which is pretty far away. So I guess I understand the

rationale behind the cancellation. What I don’t understand—and what I’m still upset about—is Program Council’s atrocious handling of the whole situation. It decided to go ahead with what it knew to be a risky venture in the first place and then didn’t even have the courtesy to explain to the audience what had happened? “I’m sorry, we’ve been shut down” doesn’t explain a gosh-darned thing! No wonder we all thought it was a prank at first, because surely anyone in charge would be professional enough to explain what was going on. I’m not saying that people would have been completely calm and understanding had they just been told up front why Girl Talk could no longer perform; of course there would have been some people peeved anyway. I’m just saying that things could have been made a lot easier, and people might have left earlier, if someone had been willing to suck it up, go out there and explain exactly why the concert had to be shut down. I am rather disappointed with Program Council’s immaturity in this whole episode. Trey Treviño is a sophomore CTV major. He can be reached for comment at ttrevino@smu.edu.

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EDITORIAL

Open board meetings

his paper published an article last week that detailed the secretive nature of the SMU Board of Trustees. While we are not ignorant of the fact that secrecy is needed in occasional events, we feel that the secrecy that the board continues to embrace is not only contradictory to its goals but also at odds with the values of the SMU student body. As evidenced by the quotes mentioned in the article, “SMU’s Board of Secrecy,” board members have a startling disconnect with the students at SMU. Their inability to respond to questions and their unwillingness to embrace a policy that would allow students a peek into their daily workings leads us to question how in touch with the student body they really are. Do billionaires really understand the impact of yearly raises to tuition? Should SMU students be concerned that board members’ names are rarely even publicized because “They are CEOs of big companies and are very important people”? What is the point of Student Senate or the countless other outlets for student opinions if we have no idea how those opinions are received by the board and the board gives no feedback to those opinions in an open forum? Members claim that one of the fortes of the board is its “strength of diversity,” but as the article accurately points out, there are very few members of the board that are not rich, white and Republican. Does that really reflect the diversity of SMU’s student body? Further, does it reflect the goal that SMU has set of achieving a more diverse campus? SMU, by the encouragement of the board, continues to implement scholarship and outreach programs targeted at minority students in order to make our campus more diverse, but instead of taking this goal and reflecting it upon itself, the Board of Trustees has allowed its white, rich, Republican members to exceed their 12 year term limits by over 20 years. We find this hypocritical. The Daily Campus editorial board would like to remind the board members that they, in the end, are supposed to answer to the student body. Without students, SMU would not exist. The function of the board is to keep the school running in such a way that students will not only be satisfied but excited about being a Mustang. Unfortunately, the SMU Board of Trustees seems to be at odds with that goal. The board continues to insist that secrecy is needed in order to carry out the day-to-day workings of the board. Linda Pitts Custard, a board member, said in response to the concern over secrecy that, “Students need to focus on class and getting A’s. As long as the school functions well, students need to not worry about how the board is run.” But the board has knowingly put the school at risk before. The board knew about, and in fact authorized, the payments to football players that resulted in the “death penalty” that stripped SMU of a football team for two years. In response to this incident, the United Methodist Church called for SMU to have open board meetings in order to prevent such an overt illegal action from happening again, something that the board has never implemented. The Daily Campus calls on the board to open its meetings in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Law, which requires that all meetings be open until such time as they discuss the following: purchase or lease of real property, security measures, receipt of gifts, consultation with attorneys, personnel matters, economic development or certain homeland security matters. The Daily Campus feels that the flexibility that that law gives board members would allow them to exercise closed meetings at responsible times while at the same time allowing SMU students to see exactly what their money is being spent on. We believe that it is time for the board to embrace the openness that has been called for by the Methodist Church and the student body. Until the board accepts and implements this openness, we believe that it will not be discharging the full range of its responsibilities. Opinions expressed in each unsigned editorial represent a consensus decision of the editorial board. All other columns on this page reflect the views of individual authors and not necessarily those of the editorial staff.

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Alcohol policies harm more than they help COMMENTARY

t the legal age of adulthood, 18 years after birth, our government deems us responsible enough to vote for our country’s leader, purchase addictive substances and even die in service. Kristin Mitchell However, while we are apparently mature enough to do these things, we are considered unable to handle the effects of alcohol. As a result of our country’s lack of faith in America’s youth, a culture of taboo, binge-drinking and alcohol abuse has evolved. The solution to this problem lies in the elimination of a drinking age altogether. The decision as to what age is appropriate for a child to start consuming alcohol should lie in the hands of families and in their beliefs, because the system our government has adopted is obviously ineffective. The apparent culture embraced by our society is that of boisterous drinking, often to excess. Portrayed in advertisements and emulated by our country’s youth, this practice of drinking in order to get drunk has enormous impacts on the lives of participants and those around them. What aspect of our culture perpetuates this need to drink to the point of delirium? The answer is directly related to the impractical age a person must reach to drink legally. The allure of such a forbidden substance causes children to perceive drinking as a glamorous adult activity, instigating the urge to drink, often irresponsibly. One campaign utilized by federal agencies such as the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and certain activist groups claims that drinking alcohol at an early age causes brain damage and can retard the growth of teenagers’ mental capacity. According to David J. Hanson, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the State University of New York at Potsdam, this assumption is faulty. The medical research behind it is conducted on rats—which

are given large doses of alcohol over a long period of time—or humans who are typically known alcohol abusers. Hanson said, “At lower levels of consumption, the ‘adolescent’ rats tend to be less susceptible to motor impairment and also less easily sedated than are older rats.” The second piece of information inconsistent with this misused health statistic is evident around the world. Hanson calls cultures where drinking at an early age is not only legal, but culturally expected, “natural experiments.” He also attests: “In many societies most people drink and they begin doing so in the home from a very early age. Examples familiar to most people include Italians, Jews, Greeks, Portuguese, French, Germans and Spaniards. There is neither evidence nor any reason to even suspect that members of these groups are brain impaired compared to those societies that do not permit young people to consume alcohol.” How is it that our federal government advocates such an outlandish concept when there are physical contradictions to this theory around the world? Part of what makes questions of alcohol so daunting is the amount of confusion associated with drinking laws. Texas has some of the worst, if not the most unclear, in the country. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that, “In some counties, only four percent beer is legal. In others, beverages that are 14 percent or less alcohol are legal. In some ‘dry’ areas, you can get a mixed drink by paying to join a ‘private club,’ and in some ‘wet’ areas you still need a club membership to get liquor-bythe-drink.” The temperance movements associated with these strict regulations seem to be harming the public rather than helping. According to Hanson, areas with harsh rules against alcohol consumption tend to have more alcohol-related problems such as drunk driving. In addition to the issues circulating throughout the rest of the country, SMU’s endeavor to eliminate underage drinking on campus is hurting the student population more than it is helping. It

would appear as though the administration’s plan to eliminate this “problem” is to target the school’s Greek organizations, notably the fraternities. Prior to the constant stream of fraternal suspensions and expulsions, parties hosted by these organizations were, in a sense, fairly responsible. The thought that eliminating fraternity parties would eliminate the issue of underage drinking is impractical if not naïve. College students will continue to socialize and, like people around the world, will most likely use alcoholic substances. Focusing SMU’s resources on this issue will inevitably result in more alcohol violations, portraying students in a negative light within the university and elsewhere. Last October, The Dallas Morning News commented on the drinking habits of SMU students: “Students say they’re well aware that three classmates died from alcohol or drug overdoses last school year. But, as SMU police logs and campus judicial records show, the partying continues.” Once again, rather than focus on why the number of violations has gone from 160 to 230 in the past year, the article continues to berate the number of minors caught intoxicated at a multitude of frat houses. The article also does not take into consideration the number of students unaffiliated with the Greek organizations drinking off campus. Why is the thought of consuming and purchasing an alcoholic beverage before one reaches the age of 21 perceived so negatively in our culture whereas in other cultures – cultures that appear to not have these problems – children begin learning about and consuming alcohol at a very young age? For our government to regulate at what age its citizens become consumers of a product is obviously not working. Kristin Mitchell is a sophomore CCPA major. She can be reached for comment at knmitchell@smu.edu.

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PUBLIC RELATIONS

Southwest Airlines takes advantage of social media By TAYLOR LACK Contributing Writer tlack@smu.edu

The SMU Public Relations Student Society of America chapter hosted a Southwest Airlines executive to discuss how major airlines prepare for and respond to crises in the age of social media on April 20. PRSSA vice president Allie Owens introduced Linda Rutherford, vice president of communications and strategic outreach. Rutherford’s lecture was titled “Nuts About Online Communication.” Rutherford discussed the trials, successes and tribulations experienced by Southwest Airlines, the nation’s largest domestic airline carrier. With 16 million visitors to the company’s website in June, 7.2 CNS online subscribers, more than one million followers on Twitter and more than 770,000 super fans on Facebook, the company has shown considerable growth in the realm of social media. “It’s funny when someone says, ‘Remember in the old days?’ and by that they mean four weeks ago!” Rutherford said. “It just shows how fast the media has changed. Information moves at lightning speed now.” Southwest Airlines uses social media not only to gain more publicity, but also to showcase the company’s culture and provide an alternative medium for crisis management. CCPA major Rebecca Wolfe said she liked that Rutherford identified

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It’s funny when someone says, ‘Remember in the old days?’ and by that they mean four weeks ago!

Linda Rutherford Southwest Airlines

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examples of disastrous events and clarified what crisis management entails in relation to these events. In spite of this, Wolfe said she was not fully satisfied with the lecture. “I still felt that it was slightly lacking, and wished that she had gone more in-depth about crisis management and not focused so much on Southwest’s involvement in social media,” Wolfe said. Wolfe suggested that Rutherford could have discussed more situations in which crisis management failed, rather than solely presenting examples of its success. Rutherford said that the most important question that the company constantly asks itself is, “How do we engage our customers of tomorrow?” Southwest attempts to engage its customers by following social media “mantras” on a daily basis, said Rutherford. They can’t be afraid to join the

Photo illustration by Meredith Shamburger

Southwest Airline’s Facebook page invites users to become a fan.

conversation, to make it personal and they have to live and breathe social media. Rutherford emphasized that crisis management specifically involves the need to act fast. “Speed is the greatest lesson we’ve learned,” she said. When a member of the audience asked Rutherford whether students should use social media in applying for jobs, she said the young generation needs to “be responsible. It’s all about behaving responsibly.”

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2 BED 2 BATH duplex for rent. Intersection of Anita and McMillan. 1250sf, recently updated. One mile from SMU. Call Brian 214-395-5087. $1,250/month. 2 BR/2 BA WALK TO CAMPUS. All appliances. Available 6/1/10 3309-A and 3311-B. Rosedale $1400/mo. 817239-2765 to schedule appointment. 2 MASTRBDRMS, 2 FULL BATHS, 2 assigned park. IDEAL LOCATION by Central Market. Quiet, clean, hardwood floors, convenient, stainless appliances. $950 p/mo. Water/trash/maint. Paid. 214-476-1513. 3423 ROSEDALE. 2/2.5 1600 square feet. Great closets. Updated kitchen/ baths. Walk to SMU. Parking. Call 214537-0202 or 214-750-7185. 3735 BINKLEY 2/1 DUPLEX, completely updated and remodeled, granite counter tops, new appliances, like brand new, back yard. Call 214-763-5209. 3BR/2BA BEAUTIFUL HOME. Walk to class! Hardwoods throughout. Two large living rooms. Huge backyard, great condition, visit www.2909Dyer. com for pictures. Call Jim 214-3943626. $3000/month.

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CONDOS FOR SALE in The Remington. Across Hillcrest from The Meadows. 2 bed, 2.5 bath, extensively updated, bamboo floors, travertine tile, granite, etc., excellent plan for roommates, largest floor plan in the complex, priced at $289,900.00, seller may consider lease. 2 bed, 1.5 bath, updated, fresh paint, granite, wood laminate floors, new carpet, ready to move in, priced at $245,000.00. Both will be open Sunday, April 10th, from 2:00 to 4:00. Contact: Sonnetta Palmer, RE/MAX DFW, 972-393-9658. HOME- NEWLY AND COMPLETELY RENOVATED. 2052sqft, 3/2, only 2 miles from SMU! All New interior and exterior including new deck, privacy fence, landscaping allowance. Perfect opportunity for owner/ student for only $238,900! Media @ http:// www.realtor.com/realestateandhomesdetail/4826-Wateka-Drive_Dallas_TX_75209_ 1116920518 or 214-284-3045 for info. “LiveNearSMU.com- FREE REAL estate service by SMU alums to help students and parents buy, sell, rent and lease in the SMU area. Visit LiveNearSMU.com or call/text Brian at 214-457-0898.”

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• Thursday, April 22, 2010

Entertainment

The Daily Campus

TALENT

South by Southwest showcases new music By LISA COLLINS A&E Editor lccollins@smu.edu

MtvU’s annual video shoot “Ahead of the Curve,” showcases a handpicked selection of upcoming talent from Austin’s South by Southwest music festival. Artists from previous years have included B.o.B., Passion Pit, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Santogold, Cold War Kids and other familiar names. This year, The Daily Campus was invited to watch the shoot and meet a few bands that are on their way to the top. An abandoned power plant on the edge of downtown Austin set the stage for videos which were shot one after the other over three days to keep up with the fast pace of SXSW. The constant stream of artists walking in and out of the warehouse could not have been more different from one another and covered the entire spectrum from rappers to country-soul crooners. The first artist of the day was 22year-old Mike Posner, who already has a large following on college campuses, performed his dance inducing song “Cooler Than Me.” Posner’s tracks combine his Timberlake-esque vocals and sick beats and are just the thing to get a party started. Besides his musical talent, the recent Duke graduate is a master of juggling a million things at once. He is a self-declared “sociology major with a minor in rockstardom.” Posner recorded his music, posted it online and started a fan base all from his dorm room. After he signed with RCA over the summer, Posner chose to continue with his education while pursuing his career in music. He had 30 shows last semester, did most of his studying on planes and still managed to graduate early. “My parents sacrificed alot for me to go to a school like Duke and I wanted to finish what I started. People come up to me and tell me that I inspired them to stay in school and

Photo Courtesy of Jon Hokanson

Artist Dan Black best known for his mashup of Notorious B.I.G’s ‘Hypnotize,’ and Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella.’

pursue their dreams at the same time,” Posner said. Another band that came in to shoot was the young group of five, Surfer Blood. Experiencing the whirlwind that comes along with success in the music industry, Surfer Blood played 10 shows at SXSW and had been interviewed for the New York Times earlier in the week. Their sound is alternative pop and they performed their catchy song “Swim.” Even though they’re getting used to selling out shows and people recognizing their name, the experience is still new to them. Their faces lit up when they saw themselves played back on the monitor. “Wow. We’re used to watching ourselves on other people’s camera phones,” one said. The next artist, Audra Mae, has a long history in the industry, but is just beginning to explore the possibilities with her new album “The Happiest Lamb.” Mae, whose great aunt is Judy Garland, has been exposed to music her whole life. Her mother directed children’s theater and Mae was

Singer/ songwritter Mike Posner, a recent graduate from Duke University, will be releasing his debut album this summer.

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Lead vocalist Tyler Glenn of Neon Trees. The band gained popularity after touring with the Killers in 2008.

involved in musical theater from a young age. “I’ve never thought about doing anything else. I would take career tests and think maybe I should be a doctor or a lawyer, but it’s always art. I thought, ‘Oh, why fight it’,” Mae

said. Mae had success writing the song “Who I Was Born to Be” for Susan Boyle, but has always wanted to perform her own songs in addition to writing them. “Last year at this time I was at my

day job listening to SXSW and crying because I wanted to be there so badly,” she said. Mae’s self-described “cowgirl gypsy soul” music is a refreshing flashback to the days of old country singers and storytellers… English-born Dan Black’s performance was a favorite on the set. Although reluctant to categorize his unique style of music, he described it as “a hybrid of the stranger end of hip hop and the more ethereal end of alternative.” Black performed his catchy and beautiful song “Symphonies,” to which that description fits perfectly. His album contains a version of the song featuring Kid Cudi. Black, who had no formal music training and taught himself on a 2stringed broken guitar someone left at his house, grew up obsessed with music. His advice for others hoping to make music their job – “Don’t try and rush it. Everyone wants to go on a TV show and be discovered in 10 seconds. Explore yourself and music. Give yourself time to find your own voice.”

Although extremely different as artists, rapper Curren$y gave similar advice. “Listen to what other people are saying but don’t let that shape your mind. Make music to fill the void you see in music. Step into the game to improve it,” he said. New Orleans native Curren$y grew up surrounded by wannabe rappers and musicians. He saw friends get breaks in the industry and thought, “That’s just because you can make words rhyme?” Rapping has always come easily for him and he considers it more fun than a job. Although this was his second time at SXSW, he says he saw a huge growth in the amount of fans. “It feels like I’m watching somebody else,” he said. The last band of the day, Neon Trees, had similar experiences with the success of their shows at South by Southwest. “It’s inspiring to have clubs we’ve never played fill to capacity,” Tyler Glenn, lead singer, said. Their chemistry is undeniable and they come off as a happy little family. Being so in sync comes through in their music. They like to have fun performing, and are influenced by classic ensemble bands like Fleetwood Mac and Queen. Neon Trees describes themselves as a “band of aesthetics” and their music as “post punk soul pop live glam.” However, the band is more than aesthetics and gave a great live performance. Their backbone is drummer, Elaine Doty, who has a spunky, intelligent personality and an asymmetrical haircut. Like a lot of up and coming artists on set, their advice to young musicians was to commit to the music and not expect to become a celebrity overnight. Watch the Ahead of the Curve videos from these artists and more at http://www.mtvu.com/category/ music/ahead-of-the-curve/