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FOOTBALL

Sanders, McCann drafted to NFL By STEPHEN LU Sports Editor sjlu@smu.edu

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Wide Receiver Emmanuel Sanders awaits a snap at the line of scrimmage during play against Navy on Oct. 17, 2009.

Former SMU wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders was taken by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft. Sanders is now the highest SMU player to be selected in an NFL draft since 1987. Bryan McCann, also a former Mustang who played cornerback and returned kickoffs, signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent. In his senior year as a Mustang, Sanders was named an Honorable Mention All-American by SI.com, and was also named to the AllConference USA first-team. In the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, Sanders caught seven passes for 124 yards and a touchdown to help SMU to a 45-10 win over Nevada. In his career at SMU, Sanders owns a majority of the receiving records, including career catches, touchdown catches and yards, single-season and single-game receptions and single-

season yardage. He also holds SMU records for career 100-yard-receiving games (16) and season 100-yard games (6), which he set in 2008. Sanders is also the only Mustang ever to hold four 600-yard receiving seasons; no other player even has three. And finally, Sanders added a new element to his repertoire in his senior year: punt returns. In SMU’s first game of the 2009 season, Sanders returned a punt for a touchdown against Stephen F. Austin, the first time for SMU since 2003. He was 10th in the nation in punt return averages, and was a first-team All-C-USA punt returner. McCann is the C-USA active leader in career interceptions and ran the fastest 40-yard dash of any prospect in the entire country. He was viewed as a possibly third round pick but was left undrafted. Immediately after the draft, four teams showed interest in signing McCann: the Cowboys, the Indianapolis Colts, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Houston Texans.

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Cornerback Bryan McCann catches a return kickoff in the SMU vs. Navy game.

FITNESS

Bodybuilders thrill audience at competition By BEN ATEKU

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SMU rings have been a tradition since 1924, but the ring ceremony is in its 7th year.

Ring Ceremony honors juniors, seniors By JOSHUA PARR Layout Editor jrparr@smu.edu

It’s a tradition seen at many other universities, however, here at SMU it’s a tradition that’s just getting off the ground. The 7th annual Ring Ceremony took place Sunday in the Hughes-Trigg Theater. Dozens of students who have completed 60 hours or more, gathered with family to participate in this young tradition. “It’s a tradition that hasn’t been around too long, there are definitely some kinks that need to be worked out,” junior Jeremy Wilkins said. “I think it needs to be given time, but it could be a really cool tradition.” President R. Gerald Turner, Lori White, vice president of Student Affairs, Student Body President Patrick Kobler, and Ken Malcomson,

SMU alumni board chair sat as the platform party for the event. Kobler presented the Honorary SMU Ring to class of 1967 and 1970 graduate Harriet Miers, who has served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for policy and White House Council for the Bush administration. The design of the ring was taken from the very first SMU ring from 1924. In a letter to SMU students, Connie O’ Neill, SMU Alumni Board Chair wrote, “its symbols connect those who have graduated in the past to those who will graduate this year and in years to come.” “Its an honor to be apart of it,” junior marketing major James Parker said. “It just reminds you of your four years at SMU, it will be a part of you forever.”

LECTURE

Contributing Writer lmckeague@smu.edu

SMU faculty and students came together Friday afternoon to listen to a Brown Bag series discussion dealing with emotions and money management. Led by Andreka Peat, a psychology intern, the presentation focused on emotional spending, the role of advertising

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ABROAD

Semester at Sea provides unprecedented experience By BRITTANY LEVINE

Brown Bag series features lessons on spending, money management By LISA McKEAGUE

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SMU students Jesse Murphy and Vanessa Trevino posing after winning the Mr. and Ms. SMU body-building competition last Thursday evening.

and consumerism and how to evaluate priorities. Peat also shared tips on how to be better at financial planning. After a few group exercises, participants shared their personal experiences and feelings about the topic of money. Peat also discussed the importance of needs versus wants in relation to how

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The 12th SMU bodybuilding contest took place at Hughes-Trigg Thursday night. Jesse Murphy won the Mr. SMU Bodybuilding Champion title, and Vanessa Trevino carried the women’s trophy. The two also won “The Best Pose” trophies in their respective categories. Stephen Poulin was runner-up and Brian Bertrand took third place in the men’s category. Nina Sosa –Rivera was declared runner-up in the women’s category, and Marissa Adamacy rounded up the top three, taking third place. The audience never died down as the energized and interactive watchers engaged the competitors through shouts, clapping, and chanting throughout the session. Bodybuilding is an exercise that builds muscles through tension. The participants displayed agility and stamina in different poses to catch the panel’s eye. Trevino, a dance major who is graduating in May, said participating in the competition for the first time made her gain respect for the profession. She had started preparation by looking at bodybuilding videos. “It takes a lot of concentration and willpower to go through this. It was a great experience,” she added.

This was Murphy’s second time to participate. He said he enjoyed the competitive spirit surrounding the event. Other competitors in the men’s category were David Freitag and Michael Whitaker. The panel of judges comprised of Jeromie Ryan, Regina Coreil, Corbin Lawson, Kerry Obleton and Arnold Shokouhi; all are fitness industry practitioners from the metroplex. “The competition was great,” Shokouhi said. “The participants put in a lot of work and discipline.” Last year’s winners Seth Fox and Sarah Gingrich presented the trophies at this year’s competition. Fox said it was fun, and was pleased with the increased number of participants. Tim Mooler, former associate director of recreation, started the competetion in 1998. He had been a bodybuilder, and decided to introduce bodybuilding to offer students an opportunity to model their physical potential in addition to pursuing academic goals. Kelly Richards, fitness coordinator in the department of recreational sports and the event organizer, said that most of the competitors started training at the beginning of the semester. She added that they watch what they eat, since proper nutrition is a major component. “Weightlifting is a major component of preparation,” Richards said. “Participants normally lift weights a couple of hours a day.”

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SMU junior Caitlin Anthony had an unforgettable Semester at Sea adventure in which she rode camels in Morocco, climbed the Great Wall of China and visited places like the Taj Mahal and Angkor Wat. “It was honestly the best experience of my life and I would love to do it again,” Anthony said. “I loved every minute of it.” Next fall, a handful of SMU students will not be attending

classes on The Hilltop. Instead, they will be sailing across the open ocean in what Kate Osmond, Semester at Sea admissions counselor, calls an ‘incomparable’ study-abroad opportunity. These adventurous students will have the world for their classroom as they form new perspectives about people, places and cultures, all while earning college credit. Semester at Sea is an experience that many college students do not know is available. It allows students from around the world to journey

across the planet on board the 590-foot MV Explorer. “Pretty much everybody has life changing experiences thanks to this program,” Osmond said. The University of Virginia sponsors the program that allows between 600 and 700 students to receive transfer credit from their universities for attending classes on the former cruise ship. Summer, fall and spring sessions are offered aboard, while the ship travels to ports around the world. Generally 10 to 12 international ports are visited during fall and spring

semesters, and at least eight are visited during the summer program. The non-profit Institute for Shipboard Education program began in 1963 and launched its 100th voyage in the fall of 2009. The MV Explorer was built in 2002 and is the fastest passenger ship of its kind, reaching speeds of up to 28 knots. Fall and spring voyages journey across the world in a period of 100 to110 days. Locations visited vary from one semester to the next, but

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Business

• Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Ticker Talk The stock market closed narrowly mixed Monday after a strong earnings report from Caterpillar Inc. offset investors’ concerns about financial regulation. The Dow Jones industrial average, supported by Caterpillar, eked out a gain of 1 point. Broader market indexes fell modestly. Banking shares fell as negotiations on financial overhaul legislation continued in Washington.

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Campus Events April 26- May 1

Student Senate Inauguration

3 p.m. Hughes-Trigg Commons. Witness the swearing of the 2010-2011 Student Senators.

Mane Event

3 p.m. Main Quad. Student Foundation presents Mane Event 2010. Enjoy free food, slushies, entertainment, rides and more. Breathe the fresh tropical air.

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COMMENTARY

The Southern Ball

8 p.m. Hughes-Trigg Ballroom. SMU Ballroom Dance Club and the Mustang Mavericks throw a Spring Dance! Come dance with us and have a ball!

Mission accomplished for General Motors? Not yet By JP COLEMAN Business Editor jpcolema@smu.edu

I am curious where George W. Bush got that “Mission Accomplished” banner that was so famously displayed on the deck of that aircraft carrier when he proclaimed the conflict in Iraq over about five years premature. Wherever he found that giant banner, he should tell General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre where to get one. That is the one thing missing from a recent GM marketing campaign. Whitacre, in nationally, prominently displayed television commercials, is essentially proclaiming, “mission accomplished.” We all remember two years ago when the struggling automaker went hat in hand to Washington looking for a bailout, and got it, $50 billion worth. Well, Whitacre, in his commercials, is informing the public that GM has repaid all of its government loans five years ahead of schedule. This is part true, part false. It is true that GM repaid the $7 billion in loans that were made, but the government also took a 60 percent stake in the company in lieu of a loan, a stake that totaled to $43 billion. Where is that money? Will American tax payers ever see their money again? I say show me the money, Ed! The 60 percent stake the government took that earned GM the moniker, Government Motors, according to Whitacre, could bear fruit shortly. Whitacre claims GM could potentially be ready for an initial public offering of their new stock as soon as the end of the year and the government would be able to liquidate their stake in the company at that point. There is only one problem: investors might not value the company high enough for

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General Motors repaid its $7 billion in loans to the treasury, but the government still has a $43 billion stake in the company.

the taxpayers to recoup their investment. To recover the $43 billion investment, GM would need to post a market cap of roughly $72 billion at their offering. This seems unlikely based on the current state of the auto industry. A comparison: last year GM booked $105 billion in revenue and ended up with an operating loss of about $21 billion, Ford on the other hand, collected $119 billion in revenue and saw a much more modest operating loss of $600 million. Ford commands a market cap of roughly $48 billion, with more revenue and a narrower loss it still stands

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MARCH 29 4:28 p.m. Off Campus/3133 Thomas Avenue. A student reported theft of her purse to Dallas Police Department. The purse contained an iPhone and gift cards. Open.

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50 percent less than what GM needs to post at their offering to recover the taxpayer investment. Most likely, GM will fall short of their capitalization goal out of the gate and the U.S. government will have a choice to make: sell or hold. The Treasury department can sell at the IPO despite the loss the taxpayers would incur to free up the capital for other government expenditures, or (gasp) return the money to the taxpayer. The Treasury could also choose to hold onto the investment until (if) GM can gain enough market value to recover the investment. Holding could take possibly up to 10 years to recover the investment, by that time inflation will have whittled away the money’s value anyway. If Tim Geithner and friends in the Treasury department were smart, they would sell the government’s stake at the IPO and return whatever proceeds from the investment to the taxpayers directly. As good as the government thinks it is at investing taxpayers’ money for them, rest assured the taxpayers themselves will be better. Return the money to taxpayers pockets so it can go where it belongs, funneled into strong successful companies who can manage themselves and understand how capitalism works. The opinions expressed about General Motors and the government’s stake in the company are those solely of the writer and are merely expressed to stir discussion.

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TRACK AND FIELD

Leks, Fjortoft led Mustangs at Sooner Invitational By STEPHEN LU Sports Editor sjlu@smu.edu

With the Conference USA championships looming on the horizon, the SMU track and field team turned in one of its top performances of the season at the Sooner Invitational over the weekend. Sophomore Viktoria Leks took first place in the high jump on Saturday with a final jump of 1.73m. Leks has won the high jump in several meets this season, but her mark on Saturday was a season-best for her.

Silje Fjortoft came in second in the 3000-meters with a final time of 10:02.28. Her time was actually eight seconds better than the previous meet record; however, her time is now actually 20 seconds behind the new meet time of 9:39.79, which was set by fellow competitor Caroline Jepleting from New Mexico. In the 1500-meters, two Mustangs finished in the top-10. Klara Bodinson and Sara Sjokvist took seventh and ninth place, respectively. Bodinson turned in a final time of 4:45.66, while Sjokvist crossed the finish line at 4:49.29. SMU also got two strong finishes in the hammer throw. Ayla Gill threw

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for 56.74 meters, which earned her third place honors. Lauren Kuhner was right behind her in fifth place. Kuher’s throw finished at 55.00 meters exactly. Kuhner also placed eighth in the discus throw earlier that day with a throw of 45.20 meters. And finally, Ebony Cuington took eighth place in the 400 meter hurdles with a final time of 1:07.44. Also taking an eighth place finish was SMU’s 4x100 relay team, which crossed the finish line with a time of 3:52.95. The Mustangs will next participate at the UNT Twilight before heading to Orlando, Fla. to partake in the C-USA Championships.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Mavs have history- Top ranked SMU upset buckers on their side at C-USA championship By BRITTANY LEVINE Associate Sports Editor blevine@smu.edu

By JAIME ARON AP Sports Writer

DALLAS (AP) — Shawn Marion took on a new role for the Dallas Mavericks on Monday: Motivator. With the Mavs facing a 3-1 deficit to the San Antonio Spurs, Marion told his teammates how they can overcome the long odds, speaking from the experience of having been part of the last team that pulled it off. “They believed they were the better team that year, had a couple of tough losses, stuck together and fought through it,” Dirk Nowitzki said of Marion’s speech. “That’s what you have to do in a situation like that — keep believing in each other, play together and just play a little smarter and a littler harder down the stretch and we can get it done.” History says they can’t. Of the 189 teams in a hole this deep, only eight have clawed all the way out. The Mavs have a few thin vines of hope they can cling to, starting with their connections to the last two teams that did it: Marion’s Phoenix Suns in 2006, and the 2003 Detroit Pistons coached by Rick Carlisle, who is now Dallas’ coach. Both those comebacks came in the first round, where this series is. Both teams were the higher seed, too, which means they had Games 5 and 7 at home; the Mavs have that advantage, too, starting Tuesday night. “This is difficult,” Carlisle said. “But this is the ultimate in this game, to have this challenge put in front of you that nobody thinks you can do. ... We’ve got to drawn strength and keep battling and find a way to win Game 5.” Those rallies make for great touchstones, but the inspiration loses steam when factoring in another key element: the caliber of teams that blew those leads. The 2003 Magic had Tracy McGrady and not much else. The 2006 Lakers had Kobe Bryant and not much else. The 2010 Spurs have Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker. Duncan has been bounced from the first round only once in a series he played — against Dallas, just last year, when Ginobili was out with an injury. Now San Antonio can get revenge against its rivals, and in five games, like the Mavs did to them last year. “We’re excited to be up 3-1 and in control of this series, but we know it’s not over,” Duncan said. “We understand they’re a very good basketball team and they’re not going to quit. We got to go in there and try to get that last win. We don’t want to turn this series from a big-time control series to a Game 7, gotta-win one.” The Spurs sorta-stole one Sunday night. Duncan, Ginobili and Parker combined for just 31 points, but San Antonio won anyway, mainly by allowing just 11 points in the third quarter. George Hill picked up the scoring slack with 29 points and Antonio McDyess and DeJuan Blair limited Nowitzki to 10 shots. Blair also frustrated Nowitzki into a technical foul. “There’s five or six times when DeJuan Blair beats us to loose balls on the floor,” Carlisle said. “Right now, those are the defining plays for the last two games.” Actually, highlight shows are more likely to feature Eduardo Najera’s hard takedown of Ginobili,

The SMU women’s tennis team was upset this weekend at the Conference USA championships in Tulsa, Okla. The No. 27 Mustangs were the highest ranked team.They were also the defending C-USA champions and had gone 6-0 against fellow C-USA teams this season. With a season record of 223, the SMU team received a bye for Thursday’s first round and competed Friday against No.

8 seed Memphis. SMU won the quarterfinal match 4-0. The Mustangs earned the doubles point by sweeping the doubles matches. After a quick first set, freshman Shahzoda Hatamova pulled off a second set victory to win her match 6-0, 7-5. Freshman Edyta Cieplucha won her match 63, 6-3. Senior Pavi Francis played a great match, winning 6-0, 6-1. The remaining three singles matches went unfinished as the three singles wins and doubles point assured a victory. In Saturday’s semifinals, SMU

lost to No. 59 Marshall, 4-2. SMU did not earn the doubles point because Marshall took two of three doubles matches. Sophomore Aleks Malyarchikova’s 6-2, 6-1 win and freshman Katerina Vankova’s 6-3, 6-0 win were not enough to defeat the Marshall team. Tulsa won the C-USA Championships, beating Marshall, 4-1. With it, Tulsa is guaranteed a spot in the NCAA Championship, which will begin on May 14. The Mustangs are awaiting the selections for the tournament. Announcements will be made on May 4.

MEN’S TENNIS

Mustangs fall to Tulsa in semifinals By STEPHEN LU Sports Editor sjlu@smu.edu

The SMU men’s tennis team fell to Tulsa University in the semifinals of the Conference USA tournament. The tournament took place in Houston over the weekend and it marks the fifth straight year that the Mustangs made it to the semifinals. Although the score does not show it, the Mustangs performed very well against the Golden Hurricane, winning both No. 1 doubles and No. 1 singles. Tulsa’s No. 1 doubles team lost their match when they were charged two points.

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San Antonio Spurs’ George Hill, center, tries to shoot as Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd, defend him during the foruth quarter of Game 4 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Sunday, in San Antonio.

who already was playing with thick strips of tape covering his broken nose; Najera was called for a flagrant-two foul and automatically ejected just 43 seconds after he entered the game. That clip would be followed by replays of the flagrantone fouls on San Antonio takedowns of Nowitzki and Jason Kidd. It’s all proof that this series between Texas rivals has reached the point where the teams are sick of each other. “I don’t think it can get more physical,” Nowitzki said. “It’s already wrestling out there.” Carlisle said he doesn’t expect the league to further punish Najera. He also said guard Jason Terry was limited during Monday’s workout because of soreness in the left ankle he twisted Sunday night; he’s still likely to play. Terry was Dallas’ second-leading scorer in the regular season, but he’s been inconsistent this series, like most of his teammates. Nowitzki is the only player to score at least 10 points in every game. The 3-point shot Kidd discovered this season has gone missing (7 of 23), while Marion and Caron Butler have struggled at times on both ends of the court. The centers have been such a non-factor that Nowitzki said he wouldn’t be surprised if the Mavs try going without one for part of Game 5, noting that desperate teams

have to do desperate things. “We’re kind of a strength-innumbers team,” Carlisle said. “We need to strike a certain balance. It’s not like there’s got to be some guy that’s definitely the No. 2 guy. What we need to do is have five or six guys in double figures and play better defensively and get the ball of the board and have a couple fewer turnovers. If we do that, that’ll be a winning formula for us.” If not, they’ll have a long summer to come up with a new one.

The first was for being overruled on three calls and the second was for abuse of an official. That gave Darren Walsh and Adham el-Effendi the points needed for an 8-5 win. No. 2 and No. 3 doubles were both tightly contested affairs, but both SMU teams were edged out. Tobias Flood and Bryan Griffin fought until the end, but still fell, 9-7, to Tulsa. And at No. 3 doubles, Chris Hooshyar and Artem Baradach battled back from a 6-3 deficit to tie it at six-all, only to fall at the end, 9-8 (7-4). In singles, Baradach, ranked No. 63 in the latest ITA polls, upset his opponent, No. 35 Marcelo Arevalo, 64, 6-2. Hooshyar was also on a roll and

was about to finish off his opponent when the match was called. He was in the lead, 6-4, 6-5 when his match was called off. “I’m really proud of our guys,” said head coach Carl Neufeld in an interview with smumustangs.com. “We won No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles and most of the time you’re able to win the match doing that. You have to tip your hat off to Tulsa for a well-played contest.” Though the Mustangs were not able to return home with the championship, they still had a strong season. They finished 15-12 and were the winners of four of their final five matches.

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Don’t ignore positive aspects of Program Council concert COMMENTARY

uch to everyone’s disappointment, the Girl Talk and Big Boi concert was shut down prematurely two weeks ago due to too many noise complaints from our University Park neighbors. The community Brooke Morin was warned about the concert, but unfortunately the University Park Police Department has the ultimate say, and they said no. Most people are dwelling on the negatives and how upset they are that Girl Talk didn’t perform. I am going to inject a little bit of positivity into this bummer of an event so we can hopefully build on this for next year. I have been Program Council’s concert chair for the past two years, and in those two years the Spring Concert has been held outdoors. My reasoning for this: we have a beautiful campus, one that we rarely embrace or take advantage of. I understand that we are inconveniently located smack in the middle of a residential neighborhood, but I figured that our neighbors would be understanding until 10 p.m. for just one

evening. Many of them were, and I appreciate those that supported the event and even reached out to me the day after the concert was shut down. We got all of the permission we needed and the police were informed that this event was going on. Their response: they knew that they would get phone calls complaining about the noise, and they would tell the callers that the event would be over at 10 p.m.. This didn’t seem to happen. The police have the right to shut down an event, and they used that right, claiming that this concert was a “breach of the peace.” People have been saying we put the stage in the worst possible position on campus. Virtually our only option on the SMU campus was Doak Walker Plaza, so we went with it. Lesson learned for next time. Others are saying we should have put the concert indoors—but think about Big Boi and Girl Talk in, say, McFarlin Auditorium: awkward. What we all seem to keep forgetting is the fact that Big Boi had an unbelievable 45-minute set. From where I was standing backstage, everyone looked to be having the time of his or her life. We attracted close to 1,400 people to Doak Walker Plaza on a Thursday night—and I’m sure we

would have reached well over that number had the concert kept going. This was a crowd made up of students and (thanks to the Dallas Observer) fellow Dallasites. Please tell me when in the past four years we have had that many people come out for anything. As much as we don’t like to admit it, SMU is a split student body, and if I have learned anything over these past four years, it’s that it’s near impossible to please all of the conflicting interests on this campus. News spread about this concert and it spread fast. We had every type of student out there on Thursday night, and I’m incredibly happy about that. I’m right there with you when I say I’m disappointed at the way the concert turned out, but I don’t regret any of it. I want to thank every single one of you that came out to support the Program Council Spring Concert last week. Hopefully in the future SMU and its surrounding residents can come to some sort of agreement or understanding so that we can have just one night of good, solid fun on our campus. Brooke Morin is a senior journalism major and is the concert chair for Program Council. She can be reached for comment at bmorin@smu.edu.

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Society’s pornography affliction COLUMNIST

ust when we thought the plot could not get any thicker, the Associated Press released an article last Thursday revealing yet another shocking piece of the financial crisis puzzle. It would seem that the Securities and Exchange Commission, the government entity that is supposedly the watchdog of the American financial industry, has some dirty laundry to air. Rather than keeping an eye on our economy as Rebecca Quinn it tanked almost irreparably, SEC officials were busy taking in the myriad stimuli at sites such as “naughty.com” and “youporn.” Appallingly, senior staff members at the SEC were paid government money (up to $222,000 per year) to protect our economy from collapsing. Instead, they spent hours looking at pornography on government-issued computers. And these are not simply a few isolated incidents—more than 30 employees were involved on all levels. Some even amassed their own personal pornographic libraries, keeping collections in files on their work computers or in boxes around their offices. One senior attorney even spent up to eight hours a day downloading pornography, backing up the images on CDs when he ran out of space. This incident epitomizes the flagrant neglect that has characterized our country’s financial system over the past decade. While I know nearly nothing about economics, I do know that downloading pornography would not likely aid in monitoring the country’s economy. Where is the remorse? Why is there no accountability? Before we decide to storm the proverbial Bastille, we first must consider the issue from yet another angle, perhaps the one seemingly obvious question that has been thus far neglected by the news: why would someone feel the need to spend eight hours a day looking at pornography, on the government clock or otherwise? Data released on this issue in the past has estimated that anywhere between one in three to one in five employees accessed pornography from their office computers. According to Newsweek, hits at pornographic websites are higher from 9-5 than at any other point in the day. What about our culture has made it permissible to fill our minds with such destructive material? There is no question that looking at pornography is destructive to relationships. It objectifies both women and men. It reduces sex to something base and dirty. Why is our nation’s addiction to pornography not higher on our agenda? I am not sure whether or not it is an urban legend, but a friend once told me that during World War II, a German strategy to weaken the minds of American men was to provide them with pornography. Although I have doubts about the truth of this story, I think the message is nevertheless important. Yes, we should hold government employees accountable for wasting our time and putting our economy at risk. But more importantly, we should hold ourselves accountable to higher standards and put an end to this epidemic. Rebecca Quinn is a junior art history, Spanish and French triple major. She can be reached for comment at rquinn@smu.edu.

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The GOP’s Tea Party woes

The anti-government group could hurt Republicans’ midterm chances STAFF COLUMNIST

ver since the Tea Party movement arrived on the political scene just over a year ago, conventional wisdom has been that its emergence would be a boon to the Republican Party and its chances for making Nathan Mitzner big gains in the midterm elections later this year. After all, a grassroots uprising against high taxes, increased government spending, health care reform and Barack Obama (in a recent New York Times poll, 30% of self-identified Tea Party supporters said they believe that Obama was born outside the United States and is thus not qualified to be president), would seem to resonate significantly more with Republicans than with Democrats. Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts, credited in no small part to the infusion of Tea Party enthusiasm and money into the race, was seen as confirming this perspective. But as the 2010 primary season begins to unfold, many GOP strategists who once hailed the nascent Tea Party movement are becoming increasingly skittish as it now appears that some Tea Party-endorsed candidates, many of whom occupy the extreme right of the political spectrum, pose a serious primary challenge—and in one high-profile contest, a serious general election threat—to mainstream Republican aspirants. This could allow otherwise vulnerable Democrats to survive in November, costing the GOP a chance to win back control of the House of Representatives and make deep inroads into the Democrats’ Senate majority. There are several noteworthy cases in point. Arizona Senator John McCain, who has never faced serious competition during his 24-year tenure in the Senate, is being challenged in the Republican primary by former congressman J.D. Hayworth. With considerable Tea Party backing, Hayworth, a talk show host and early Tea Party devotee, has closed to within five percentage points of McCain in a recent Rasmussen Poll. Should Hayworth prevail, his out-of-the mainstream viewpoints could give Democrats their best

opportunity in more than two decades to capture an Arizona Senate seat. The GOP faces a similar dilemma in Kentucky in the race to succeed retiring Republican Senator Jim Bunning. The mainstream Republican candidate, Secretary of State Trey Grayson, is facing a stiff challenge from Rand Paul, son of Tea Party favorite and former presidential candidate Ron Paul. A poll taken last week has Paul up by 15 points. While it appears that either Paul or Grayson would defeat his Democratic opponent in the general election (Obama and health care reform are significantly more unpopular in Kentucky than they are nationwide), Democrats would have a better chance of defeating Paul, whose views echo those of his iconoclastic father, than Grayson. But nowhere is the Tea Party likely to have a more telling and negative impact on Republican chances this fall than in Nevada, where the GOP is hoping to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Reid is deeply unpopular in his home state and is likely to lose a one-on-one contest with either of the two leading Republican contenders, Susan Lowden and Danny Tarkanian (the coach’s son). However, Nevada recently became the first state to sanction the Tea Party as a distinct political party. Tea Party leaders in Nevada have announced their intention to nominate Nevada businessman Scott Ashjian as their U.S. Senate standard-bearer to challenge Reid and the Republican primary winner in the November general election. In a three-way contest, recent polls show Reid squeaking through as Ashjian would siphon enough votes from the Republican candidate to cost the GOP a desperately desired victory. Indeed, it appears nearly inconceivable that any Ashjian supporter, absent a Tea Party name on the ballot, would otherwise support Reid as he, the president and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are most representative of the Washington tax-and-spend, big government crowd in protest against which the Tea Party movement was conceived. These three Senate elections illustrate how Tea Party supporters could upset Republican hopes for a resounding victory in November either by choosing far-right candidates in Republican primaries who would be hard-pressed to prevail

in a general election, or, as appears likely in Nevada, nominating candidates to run on a newly-established Tea Party ticket that would split the vote with the Republican candidate and enable the Democrat to emerge victorious. As of now, there are nearly 50 congressional districts where Tea Party acolytes have thrown their support behind Republican primary hopefuls, many of whom appear to be, to one degree or another, outside the political mainstream. While there likely will be a significant anti-incumbent protest vote this year, Americans have, more often than not and even in times of economic hardship, rejected candidates perceived as being too far left or right. So while there may be an occasional Dennis Kucinich or Ron Paul traipsing through the halls of Congress, the vast majority of those perceived as too radical are soundly rejected by the electorate. Perhaps even more ominous news for Republican hopes in November is that registration drives are now underway in at least 10 states to follow Nevada’s lead and establish a Tea Party political party. While it is hard to predict how many of those will succeed—Republican leaders in those states are working hard to convince potential supporters not to sign, pointing to the ominous consequences of splitting the conservative, anti-tax-and-spend vote—there are sure to be more than a few Senate and House races where Democratic prospects will be buoyed by too many conservative candidates appealing to the same voters. The quandary for Republicans appears to be especially acute in the House, where a shift of just a handful of seats could mean the difference between Democrats barely retaining their majority and John Boehner being sworn in next January as the new House speaker. Who says that friends always have your best interests at heart? Nathan Mitzner is a junior risk management insurance major. He can be reached for comment at nmitzner@smu.edu.

News

• Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Tornado rips through south

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Oceanography expert discusses climate change facts— low carbon dioxide means low pressure resulting in cooler weather and high carbon dioxide emission resulting in high pressures and warmer weather. These higher carbon emissions are mainly due to the deforestation in places such as Brazil, the Congo Basin and Southeast Asia. He explained to the group how we as humans have “always been dealing with a natural greenhouse effect, now we are just enhancing it.” However, junior and biochemistry major Emily Harry said that she was “skeptical of his presentation and saw flaws in his logic.” Sophomore Michael Whitacre seemed

By KELLIE SPANO Contributing Writer kspano@smu.edu

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Reeves Rubber Engineered Products was one of many buildings with damage Sunday, April 25, 2010 after a devastating tornado ripped through Albertville, Ala., late Saturday night causing damage throughout the city. Several injuries were reported, but there were no fatalities.

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Fred T. Mackenzie from the Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawaii spoke to a group of students and faculty Wednesday evening concerning the ever-controversial problem of climate change. He addressed the factors that influence climate and environmental change, which he identified as anything ranging from solar radiation and ocean circulation to plate tectonics and human activities. Mr. Mackenzie very clearly stated

to echo her concerns saying, “That guy was Al Gore’s political representative sent to save face.” Regardless of their criticism, Mackenzie explained the atmospheric composition and temperature of the past 80,000 years and what he called the ‘problem of climate change.’ Mackenzie continued to try to convince the audience through data—proving the observations of a warming planet. These charts and graphs showed a lower stratosphere satellite record because of depletion of the stratosphere ozone, the cooling of the planet for a few years due to Mt. Pinatubo erupting, and a decline in a snow covered Northern Hemisphere

from 1920 to 2010. Mackenzie made it very clear to the audience that glaciers are melting, soon glacier parks will not exist and that the planet needs help now. He mentioned how Greenland is melting and in the past seven years, 385 cubic miles of ice have been lost. Ending his lecture with the consequences, he insisted what we as americans and people of the world face if we do not change. Consequences included increased temperatures, the destruction of islands, and the acidification of oceans such as the Pacific Ocean. The lecture left the room buzzing with conversation among the young college students.

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individuals spend money. She told the group that prioritizing or listing the necessities beforehand can help you avoid making needless purchases. Advertising and consumerism also play important roles in why people have trouble managing money. According to Consumer Reports, the average American is exposed to 247 commercial messages each day. Whether they are on the radio, in print, on a billboard or online, advertising may send mixed signals to consumers by blurring the line between necessities and luxuries. Participants continued to discuss their personal connections with money by explaining their “emotional spending” triggers and family history with money. Sophomore Hayes McWilliams said, “My parents never talked about money in front of me, but I still was taught the value of saving and the importance of budgeting.” Peat provided examples to participants with easy budgeting tips, and encouraged participants to always keep a 24-hour rule in mind. By waiting 24 hours to decide whether the purchase is necessary, the 24-hour rule helps people stay away from impulse

purchases. Junior Anne Hostetler thought Peat’s advice was helpful. “Sometimes I just buy things to buy things. But the discussion made me realize that I should take more time to consider what I actually need than what I want,” she said. Peat also helped participants create mock financial plans that showed income, expenses and other aspects of financial control. Peat encouraged participants to create new and appropriate ways to cope and reward themselves. Sophomore Jim Shaub found the discussion informative and fun. “The talk was interactive and interesting,” he said. “It felt more like a conversation than it did a serious lecture, which I think the other students could relate to more.”

usually include ports such as Cadiz, Spain; Casablanca, Morocco; Tema, Ghana; Cape Town, South Africa; Port Louis, Mauritius; Chennai, India; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Hong Kong and Shanghai, China; and Yokohama and Kobe, Japan. Students take a minimum of four classes for 12 credits, or a maximum of five classes for 15 credits. Summer voyages cover smaller areas of the world in periods of 6570 days. They typically concentrate on the North African and European regions. Students take nine to 12 credits in the summer. While at port, students can participate in the program’s extensive choice of field trips, or can venture into the cities with friends. Professors often direct trips that coincide with

material presented in the classroom. Students are free to travel outside of port locations. Anthony was a student on the fall 2009 voyage. She took a flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg, where she then drove to the Zululand Tree Lodge to embark on an African safari. “The safari I went on was in the top two of my favorite trips on Semester at Sea,” she said. “It was so much fun and a great cultural experience.” The MV Explorer is a traveling campus that provides students with everything they need for their educational and personal life. An 8,000-volume library, counseling office, study areas and computer lab are all available to students on the ship. The ship is also equipped with a pool, fitness center, sports court, wellness center and two dining halls.

credits. The class teaches the history, economics, culture and politics of each country before it is visited. Guest lecturers join for either the entire duration of the program or from one port to the next. The Web site recently announced that Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu will attend the entire fall 2010 voyage. SMU sophomore Charlie Gallagher will be attending the fall 2010 voyage. He said, “I believe Semester at Sea will change me. Not in the sense of

Nine classrooms host at least 75 classes that appeal to students of all majors. Classes are only held while the ship is at sea, traveling from one port to the next. Class days are divided between A and B days, but are not every day at sea. Well-qualified professors from colleges throughout the United States experience the journey with the students, and incorporate their lesson plans with the destinations. A global studies course is required of all students and is taken for three

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3 Vacation option 4 Sushi choice 5 Send into exile 6 Special lingo 7 Arbiter with a whistle 8 “Bambi” doe 9 Oater landowners 10 Workers with pads 11 Punctuation in play dialogue 12 French farewell 13 Best man’s offer 18 Joyce’s countrymen 23 Like a screened porch 24 Tower city 25 Leave high and dry 26 “Two mints in one” sloganeer 27 Confront 28 “No harm done” 29 River where baby Moses was found 32 Artist Matisse 33 Rock star Clapton 34 Insurer’s exposure

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35 Metal band’s equipment 37 Vending machine feature 38 Place to hold mutineers 40 Cracker spread 41 Inhumane 42 Auto trim 43 Rare orders, perhaps 44 Eastern priests 45 Potato source

46 Casualty 47 Nine-to-five routine, to many 50 Ringer of many bells 51 Allow to use for a while 52 Creative fields 55 Class clown, often 56 Anchovy holder 57 Be in the hole for

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Entertainment

• Tuesday, April 27, 2010

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Dallas Theater presents classic work M.I.A is back By JENNIFER SMART Contributing Writer jlsmart@smu.edu

Willy and Biff Loman are the most well-known characters in American theatre. It’s a bold claim I know, but seeing as how they are the central characters in a play that is perhaps the most quintessentially American play in history, I think it’s a claim easily supported. On Friday the Dallas Theater Center opened with what was their first staging of Arthur Miller’s iconic play, “Death of a Salesman.” It is surprising that this is the DTC’s first foray into the world of Willy and Biff, but it was well worth the wait. Director Amanda Dehnert sought celebrity for this production and brought in legendary stage and screen actor Jeffrey DeMunn, well-known for recurring roles in most incarnations of Law and Order, to play the iconic Willy. The other main characters are composed of local talents, Sally Nystuen Vahle as Linda, Matthew Gray as Biff and Cedric Neal as Happy. The staging is sparse, which seems fitting for a play that is entirely character driven. Grey as Biff seems more of a caricature than a character, slightly

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Jeffery DeMunn plays Willy Loman in ‘Death and a Salesman.’ DeMunn is most widely known for his role as Professor Norman Rothenberg on ‘Law and Order.’

disappointing, but Vahle as the ever loyal Linda gives a performance full

of emotion. The real

star

however,

undoubtedly DeMunn. He portrays all the denial, sorrow and unrealistic hope of Willy with a particular poignancy. For those who aren’t familiar with the play, “Death of a Salesman” is the story of a family plagued by expectations and betrayal. It is a play about the American Dream, its hopes and its poisons. When Biff, the wayward son who hasn’t held a steady job in all of his 34 years returns home for a visit, he finds his father has steadily regressed into half the man he was. We are led to believe the animosity the father and son feel for each other sprung from an ill-fated encounter in a seedy hotel room almost 20 years prior, but the disdain with which Biff views his father, and the unfulfilled expectations Willy has for his son, are the results of much more. The play consists of two and a half hours of gut-wrenching scenes of family strife, and while the characters may not be perfect in this production, they manage to convey the sense of betrayal, broken expectations and quest for acceptance with passion and heart. The play runs through May 16 at the Wyly Theatre, part of the AT&T Performing Arts Center and student tickets are $15 at the door.

By LAURA COOK Associate A&E Editor lecook@smu.edu

It seems like forever-ago M.I.A’s hit “Paper Plans” was blasting on the radio, in clubs, and at parties. The sounds of gunshots and cash registers cha-chinging made the chorus one that called for hand motions as listeners everywhere would act out the sounds. Three years have gone by since the release of M.I.A’s album “Kala,” and this summer fans will get another taste of M.I.A’s distinct hip-hop electric sound when she releases her third album. The album has yet to be named and is set for a June-July release. Diplo, a Philadelphia based producer, helped with the production of “Kala” and is also producing this album. Diplo said the music on the new album is a mix between rapper Gucci Mane and the indie rock group, Animal Collective. The album also features collaborations with Baltimore based DJ and rapper, Blaqstarr, who was a co-writer for “ The Turn” and “World Town” from M.I.A’s last album. M.I.A also told the Rolling Stone earlier this year that one song on the album features the voices of Filipino workers for Verizon tech support that she met on the phone. Since the release of “Kala” in 2007, the singer, 34, has been nominated for two Grammy’s in 2009 and last February gave birth to her first child, Ikhyd, with fiancé Benjamin Bronfman, the lead singer of indie rock group The Exit. M.I.A will be performing in Los Angeles and New York this summer before heading abroad to take part in festivals in England. Norway, and Belgium. If you cannot wait two months to get a taste of the new album, have no fear. Last week the music video for “Born Free,” which the singer hopes will be her next hit single on the record, hit the internet.

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M.I.A’s new album will be released this summer.

Directed by Romain Gavras, the video has already created controversy as the images are violent and include nudity. The “Born Free” video is more of a short film that serves as a catalyst for exposing the terrors of war. M.I.A is originally from Sri Lanka, and she and her family were victims of the Sri Lankan Civil War that lasted more than 25 years and just ended last May. The video is rumored to be a representation of the oppression from the Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a militant group fighting for independence. The war, Asia’s longest, resulted in the death of more than 80,000 Sri Lankans. Instead of innocent Sri Lankans being killed by their own people, the video has U.S military capturing and gruesomely murdering red heads. The video is very serious and follows M.IA’s use of political messages in her music. The artist is an advocate for Third World democracy and believes Third World countries deserve free speech like everyone else. While the lyrics are thought provoking and somber, the music combines hip-hop and techno to make a truly cutting-edge sound that is uplifting. “Kala” is going to be a hard album to follow, but M.I.A is an innovator of music and will definitely give fans the modern techno sound they love.