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SMU skimping on women STEPHANIE EMBREE Contributing Writer sembree@smu.edu

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Sophomore point guard Jeremiah Samarrippas passes the ball to forward Robert Nyakundi during a February 2011 match against Tulsa University.

Brown’s cutting down Two year starter Samarrippas to leave the Hilltop

MERCEDES OWENS Sports Editor mmowens@smu.edu Not even a single week has gone by and the famous Larry Brown has cut one of SMU’s own super stars, Jeremiah Samarrippas.

It’s clear that Brown is not taking any time to warm up to the university after cutting SMU’s starting point guard.

“He basically told me that I wasn’t good enough to play for him,” Samarrippas said.

The sophomore out of Bartow, Fla. has played an influential role on the court for the Mustangs, averaging nearly 32 minutes a game during the 2011 to 2012 season. During his first year at SMU Samarrippas

helped the men’s basketball program break multiple records, including the Mustang’s first trip to a post-season tournament in over a decade. That same season he tied for the most steals by an SMU individual in a C-USA game with six and started 30 of 35 games total. During the 2011 to 2012 season, the true point guard played in 31 games.

While getting cut from the team was a hard hit for Samarrippas, it’s only the start.

“I’ve established two years of relationships with people and that’s going to be the hardest part about leaving,” Samarrippas said.

Since hearing the news on Wednesday, the Mustang has been trying to get past the pain and back onto the hardwood.

“It’s tough for me and it’s tough for my family,” Samarrippas said. “I was excited to play with Larry Brown because he’s a Hall of Famer.”

For now, Jeremiah has to reevaluate the remainder of his college career and take the next step — transferring.

Samarrippas has said that he has many coaches helping him find a new school, a new team and new friends.

The question of if he’ll stick around Dallas is still up in the air for Samarrippas but he’s leaving his options open.

“Right now, I’m just trying to get back out there,” Samarrippas said. “It’s just me and my family’s decision on what I’m going to do.”

Also feeling the blow of

Brown’s unexpected cuts are Ricmonds Vilde and Eric Norman.

Vilde, orinally from Riga, Latvia, played his first season with the Mustangs this year after redshirting during the 2010 to 2011 season. With five starts under his belt and an average playing time of 10.5 minutes, Vilde was able to maintain a 42.9 field goal percentage.

Norman, a freshman this year, played in only nine games, averaging three minutes. The 6’6” forward is from San Diego, Calif.

Whether or not Brown will be making more cuts is unknown.

With Samarrippas now out of the picture, there are no longer any players from SMU’s 20-win season returning to the court.

In 1972 Congress mandated that colleges equalize spending on men and women’s athletic teams. Forty years later, SMU is still shortchanging female athletes, according to records and interviews.

In 2010 to 2011, SMU officials spent almost $2 on male athletes for every $1 spent on women, according to statistics reported by SMU to the U.S. Department of Education. The university provided female athletes with $10 million while giving men $19.25 million, records show.

Christine Elliott, a senior who has been a member of the SMU’s women’s basketball team for four years, said she knew SMU spent more on male athletes but was surprised the gap was so great.

“It’s wrong to do that. I think its discrimination,” Elliott, who is majoring in sociology and minoring in women’s rights, said. “Women’s sports are second-class compared to men’s sports.”

Officials said the SMU athletic department is in compliance with Title IX, a landmark federal act, which prohibits universities from discriminating against women.

Beth Wilson, associate vice-president and Title IX coordinator, said the university has done a superlative job meeting federal requirements.

“I think we’ve done pretty much what we needed to do,” she said. “I think the issues have been addressed or are

being addressed.”

Wilson said she could not discuss why SMU spends twice as much on men’s sports compared to female athletes until she reviewed the data SMU submitted to the Department of Education. When a reporter offered the records to her, Wilson refused to look at them.

Dr. Ellen Jackofsky, an accounting professor in the Cox School of Business and a member of the Faculty Senate Athletic Policies Committee from 1995 to 2011, reviewed SMU’s athletic spending. When asked if the records showed SMU in compliance with Title IX, she said, “Absolutely not.”

“This shouldn’t be happening,” Jackofsky said. “I’m disappointed to hear that, to know that’s where we are.”

Some students said the spending disparity is understandable for a simple reason.

“Come on, it’s football,” Gerardo Padierna, a first-year student, said. “Football is king.”

Others said the disparity is disturbing.

“This is a lawsuit waiting to happen,” sophomore Katherine Montgomery said.

One scholar who has studied the efforts of colleges to comply with Title IX gave SMU a C+.

Using 2006 to 2007 data for 115 Division 1-A universities, Charles L. Kennedy ranked SMU 44.

He graded schools based on participation opportunities and scholarships for female athletes, the operating and recruiting budgets for female teams, and coaches’ salaries.

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INVESTIGATIVE

SMU collaborates with North Texas food bank

Library renovations trump additional research materials

ALISSA FITZPATRICK Staff Writer afitzpatrick@smu.edu While SMU celebrates its Centennial, the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) is commemorating 30 years of service to the DallasFort Worth Community.

In December, Jan Pruitt, the CEO of the North Texas Food Bank, met with SMU’s President R. Gerald Turner, to discuss a collaboration that would “encourage new and on-going campus volunteer efforts with the North Texas Food Bank and our

member agencies,” Kim Smith, a Food Bank spokeswoman, said.

For the last several years SMU students and faculty have contributed to the NTFB to help resolve issues of hunger.

The NTFB, however, is looking for a way to put the spotlight on ways that “SMU is making a difference in the community” while helping the organization to “increase awareness for our mission,” Smith said.

“The purpose of the model is to align with the food bank, and shed light on the university, staff, and students, and their

community involvement.”

The NTFB is hoping to launch the “Stampede Against Hunger” campaign with SMU in June.

The June time frame could not be any better for the NTFB. Because the majority of children in the Dallas Independent School District rely on free or reduced lunches during the school year, many families turn to the NTFB for meals during the summer.

“Hunger effects everyone,” Taylor Hanna, the Food Bank’s child program director, said.

“Parents don’t have to worry.

We are going to feed their kids.”

KATHARINA MARINO Contributing Writer kmarino@smu.edu On Feb. 22, 2008 the SMU Board of Trustees agreed to house the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

“Securing this library represents an important step forward in academic achievement for SMU and for our service to Dallas and the nation,” then-Board Chair Carl Sewell said.

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Fashion magazines go digital SHELBY FOSTER Style Editor slfoster@smu.edu In a world where editorial tear-outs stuck to cork boards are being replaced by social media websites like Pinterest, it’s no surprise that the magazines themselves are heading full-force into the digital realm.

Magazines like Glamour, Self, Harper’s Bazaar and most recently Vogue have all re-imagined their content to be read digitally.

Apple’s iPad and many other tablets provide magazine applications available for download as soon as the issues go to press.

And, these new, digital versions are not simply replicas of the print versions.

Many issues feature embedded links to the editor-in-chief ’s Twitter account, related online articles, or a special behind-thescenes video with the cover star.

One of the most lucrative aspects of a digital magazine seamlessly connects the reader to the product.

See a lust-worthy handbag or lipstick?

Tap, swipe or slide your way to purchasing it from the brand’s website directly from the magazine.

These special features make

digital magazines so attractive to readers, and if a magazine lacks those little extras that optimize content, readers might go elsewhere.

“Too many magazines just use shovel ware to move the content over to an app with minimum added value,” journalism professor Jake Batsell said.

“Today, content needs to be well done on any platform.”

And although digital magazine apps are fairly new technology, 11 percent of magazine readers are already completely relying on tablets, according to GfK MRI a leading producer of media research.

Mi-Sun Bae, a sophomore at SMU, recently bought an iPad and is attracted to the benefits of digital reading.

“One of the reasons why I purchased an iPad was to buy books and read them via the iPad, so I probably would enjoy reading magazines on it as well,” Bae said.

Bae also considers iPad books and magazines as one more way to go green.

“I think it’ll be eco-friendly to read it on iPad, and it wouldn’t be much of a hassle to carry the heavy magazines around,” she said.

The “everything in one place” characteristic of tablets like the

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Many major fashion magazines like Vogue now offer both a print issue and a downloadable digital version.

iPad allows readers to travel and carry their favorite reads with ease.

No need to go to the grocery store to pick up this month’s issue when it could be ready to go on your iPad within minutes.

However, not all magazine lovers are jumping on board.

Courtney Johnson, 26, is a stay-at-home mom who isn’t trading her print magazines for digital anytime soon.

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“I prefer to read magazines on paper, call me old fashioned,” she said.

“I have a subscription to Us Weekly, and I look forward to getting it in the mail every Thursday.”

“I look at so much on the computer or my phone and I feel like it’s nice to give my eyes a break from looking at a digital screen,” Johnson said.

Some readers have a hard time

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feeling the same connection with the digital editorial, claiming it doesn’t have the same feel as the beautiful, glossy print pages.

“Getting magazines on my iPad is much more convenient, but it just doesn’t compare to holding the magazine in your hand, flipping through the pages and getting a close view of the glossy pages,” Rachael Borne, a senior fashion media minor, said.

Reading magazines on an iPad also doesn’t allow the issues to be placed artfully on bookshelves among trinkets and coffee table books.

And several longtime magazine devotees collect issues to reference back to fashions of the past decade.

Borne attests to using the print versions as décor.

“I love saving all of my magazines for a decorative purpose,” she said.

This notion could be attempted with a tablet, but obviously would not garner the same aesthetic glory, unless, maybe, the tablet was always turned on and never ran out of battery.

But as with any new technology, time is required for it to align itself

within society.

None of the magazine apps to date are perfect, and upgrades are consistently being made to better the reader’s experience.

One of the biggest complaints on Apple’s digital magazine applications is lack of automatic background downloading — which means that only the magazine app can be running while a new issue downloads.

Another complaint, from user Tsprkle in the App Store, expresses annoyance with the inability to zoom in on photographs in Vogue.

Keeping the content new, fresh, and integrated are the keys to a successful iPad-compatible publication.

“Today’s user has too many options and not a lot of patience,” Batsell said.

Batsell warns that consumers will be quick to flock to other sources if the technological experience isn’t seamless and interactive.

But with time and the necessary upgrades, digital magazines may eclipse print completely in a future that is not too far away and quite possibly inevitable.

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PAIGE PARKER Contributing Writer pparker@smu.edu

Since then, much of the university’s attention has focused on the Presidential Library. The building even has a live webcam allowing anyone to track its progress.

SMU’s existing libraries, however, have not received much consideration or funding.

For years, SMU’s libraries have been underfunded, potentially hindering millions of dollars in outside grants, records and interviews show.

Over the past five years, the SMU Faculty Senate Library Subcommittee has released reports documenting a shortage of academic materials — particularly scholarly journals — detailing the impact on research, especially in the engineering, science, psychology and education fields.

Recently, the Board of Trustees approved a $4.8 million bond package as part of a

Delayed Texas GOP primary hurts Dewhurst RICKY LEE GRUNDEN JR. Contributing Writer rgrunden@smu.edu

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Members of a cultural West Dallas initiative present at the Big iDeas forum on Wednesday.

presence of entrepreneurship and small businesses in the West Dallas community through the issuance of zero interest loans, funded by the sale of affordable Greek merchandise to the SMU Greek community.

All ideas tastefully posed solutions through the combination of exemplary planning, research and the maximization of funds.

Teams have been diligently planning their research proposals for several months and are already starting to see it all come together.

One team has even begun rehearsal for its event, which doesn’t occur until the fall.

With a wide variety of majors ranging from biology and chemistry, to the performing arts, recipients accurately reflected the diverse SMU population and strove to convey this eclectic mix in their presentations.

The buzz term “interdisciplinary” seemed to

be a common reoccurrence as several projects targeted the lack of diversity in academic exploration in the Dallas community.

The opening presentation which presenters dubbed “Momentum” addressed the lack of well-rounded intellectualism in schools by noting students have developed an “either/or” mentality.

The team noted that today’s students have stereotyped themselves as either the science and math type or the creative and artsy type and have therefore lost the ability to overlap into both fields.

Due to budgeting cuts, schools have reinforced this mentality and the “Momentum” team is fighting to fix this.

Ultimately, these teams seek to better the lifestyles of Dallas residents, and Big iDeas is here to help them do it.

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Big iDeas winners present plans In its fourth year of success, Big iDeas at SMU has once again granted funds to undergraduate students with solutions towards the betterment of the Dallas community.

These students presented their “Big iDeas” to a prestigious audience on Wednesday afternoon in the Hughes- Trigg Forum.

The program began with a brief introduction to the Big iDeas project, shortly followed by the presentation of this year’s nine ideas and followed by a celebratory reception in the lower level of Hughes-Trigg.

Through the combination of humor, statistics and visuals, SMU’s undergraduate interdisciplinary Big iDeas recipient teams sophistically conveyed their proposals on how they are currently working, and will continually strive, towards bettering the lives of Dallas locals.

With up to $5,000 in research funds for each team, students can fully implement their ideas to enhance the lives of Dallas residents.

Through an array of innovative, yet practical, objectives on how to better Dallas, students truly epitomized the intellectualism and potential present in SMU students.

Presentations proposed solutions ranging from a performing arts festival attempting to enhance the arts culture of Dallas to strengthening the

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planned $18 million package of improvements for the Fondren Library Center Complex, according to Dean Gillian McCombs, director of the Central University Libraries.

However, McCombs, who is responsible for raising the remaining $13.2 milion that the bond package does not cover, said the money would be used to renovate SMU libraries, not to replenish research materials.

Many SMU faculty members wonder when the university will demonstrate its commitment to fund the “academic achievement” trumpeted

by Sewell.

“It is absolutely central to have high quality libraries,” Dr. Cal Jillson, a political science professor who chairs the Faculty Senate Library Subcommittee, said. “It is extremely important to not hollow ourselves out.”

McCombs said the Board of Trustees chose brick-and-

mortar improvements as a way to entice visiting students to choose SMU. “If the library doesn’t look good, you’re thinking, ‘Well, how does SMU support its academics?’ But if the library looks terrific and there is energy, it looks beautiful, then people come away with this thought: ‘Wow, libraries are important, learning is important,’” McCombs said.

The renovation plans include a grand reading room, compact shelving, more study space, improvements to the building’s heating and cooling system and a café for students.

Dr. John Buynak, a professor of chemistry and chair of the Faculty Senate Library panel from 2006 to 2011, said inadequate research materials poses a significant obstacle for SMU faculty inside and outside

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On February 29, a panel of three federal judges approved electoral maps for Texas’s May 29 primary.

The congressional redistricting was challenged by activists who claimed the Republicandominated state legislature was gerrymandering to the detriment of Latino candidates.

Before the electoral maps were contested, the Texas primary was scheduled for Super Tuesday on March 6. For the candidates running to fill U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s open seat, the postponement has varying implications. With nine candidates campaigning for the seat, sources say it is unlikely that frontrunner Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst will be able to avoid a run-off election by scoring a majority of votes.

The candidates trailing Dewhurst include Tea Party favorite and former state solicitor general Ted Cruz, former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and Craig James, formerly with ESPN. For these candidates it has become a race for second with the hope that Dewhurst will not receive 50 percent or more of the primary votes.

In mid January, Public Policy Polling reported 36 percent of voters supporting Dewhurst, 18 percent for Cruz, 7 percent for Leppert and 4 percent for James.

But the most recent Public Policy Polling report, released on April 25, reflects the benefit of an extended primary for Dewhurst’s opposition. The poll reports Dewhurst at 38 percent, Cruz at 26 percent, Leppert at 8 percent and James at 7 percent.

Dewhurst’s strong lead in the polls is primarily due to his name recognition as lieutenant governor. This advantage is likely to ensure his position in a run-off,

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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (left) makes his final remarks as Tom Leppert listens on during the Belo Debate April 13 in Dallas.

but does not necessarily mean he will win the Senate seat in a runoff election. Many voters who turn out during the primary will not return for a run-off election.

Voter turnout during run-offs are substantially lower.

For Cruz, Leppert and James, the delayed primary is likely to only help their campaigns.

According to former Executive Director of the Dallas GOP and current Campaign Manager for Congressman Michael Burgess, Kim Garza Turner, more time will allow these candidates to campaign and expose their name to more voters. For a state as large as Texas, these candidates can use as much time as possible to gain voters and endorsements.

For Dewhurst, Turner believes that his campaign is likely to continue running ads while limiting appearances. She also suggests that Dewhurst will avoid debates as much as possible. By attending debates, the frontrunner will only bring more press to an event that will help the opposing candidates gain media coverage.

Being the first Hispanic solicitor general, Cruz is likely to gather Hispanic voters that turnout for the Republican primary. Cruz, whose father moved to Texas from Cuba,

lives with his family in Houston.

He was also named one of the 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America by the National Law Journal.

Cruz is the Tea Party favorite and appears to be Dewhurst’s greatest threat.

Tea Party voters are known for being dedicated voters with strong grassroots organization. With the Tea Party vote behind him, Cruz has a good chance at winning, especially if the two candidates enter a run-off election.

According to Leppert’s spokesman, Daniel Keylin, the delayed primary date has helped his campaign. The additional time has helped the campaign gain more finances than any of the other campaigns.

More time and more money “will help get Tom’s message out and let voters know about his experience as a proven job creator and conservative businessman,” remarks Keylin.

Dewhurst’s challengers are likely to attack his record as lieutenant governor of Texas.

While Dewhurst’s past government involvement provides name recognition, for

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Head Coach Ronda Rompola speaks with members of the team during a timeout.

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members include SMU, earned a D grade and ranked last.

The Big East, which SMU soon will be joining, also earned a D and ranked only two places higher than C-USA. Student athletes aren’t the only ones affected by SMU’s shortcomings.

The head coaches and assistant coaches of men’s teams are all male.

Men also hold the majority of head coaching positions on the women’s teams.

Financial aid is awarded unequally.

In 2010-2011, SMU awarded $13.1 million in scholarship aid to student athletes. Male athletes received $7.4 million or 56 percent of the total.

This disparity is nothing new. Records show SMU has failed for years to achieve the

parity required by Title IX. The university’s failure to comply with Title IX became such an issue in 2002 that the National Collegiate Athletic Association refused to recertify SMU. According to a 2002 report by the Faculty Senate Athletic Policies Committee, the NCAA would not provide final recertification for SMU because it was not in “substantial compliance with NCAA/Title IX requirements for gender equity.”

The NCAA said SMU had failed to equalize spending on scholarships for female athletes, the number of female teams, the number of participants in women’s sports and the total amount of money spent on women’s sports.

Jackofsky said her committee responded to NCAA findings by creating a Gender Equity Plan that established goals and a

timetable for meeting for them.

One called for an increase in salary for women so as to achieve “equitable salaries for men’s and women’s assistant coaches.”

This goal, set in 2002, was supposed to be met each budget cycle. But this has yet to happen.

The university’s most recent figures show that assistant coaches on SMU women’s teams received an average salary of $61,441, while assistant coaches on men’s teams average twice as much, taking in $136,200.

Tessa White, a sophomore, called the gap in spending “sexist,” adding, “I think that’s going back to the days when women couldn’t do sports.”

Jackofsky said giving up women’s gains is unacceptable.

Near the end of the interview she sat back and said, “Hearing about this makes me want to get back on the board and fix it.”

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many conservative Republican voters his record contradicts his campaign platform.

Previous County Chairman of the Denton County Republican Party (1996-2002), attorney

Richard Hayes is not buying Dewhurst’s promises.

Hayes points out that Dewhurst is promising to push for legislation that will cut spending, but in the past 10 years the Texas state budget has risen just over 80 percent.

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Dewhurst has been in office for 8 of those 10 years.

If Dewhurst’s opposing candidates are able to articulate these inconsistencies, sources suggest that victory for Dewhurst is not absolute.

the classroom.

“What you want at a university are professors who are informed in their fields.

So they have to have access to these journals in order to stay abreast in the knowledge,” Buynak said. “If you start to take away the intellectual materials from your faculty, guess what, you are going to have faculty who are not intellectuals.”

Buynak said that students and faculty members use the libraries differently and therefore their needs are different. It is up to SMU officials to find the right balance.

“What do the students use the library for? Well, to be quite honest, most of them go over there to study. And so they’re trying to create a nice study environment,” Buynak said. “Do the faculty go over there to study or read? Not that often. Most of what we need is electronic these days.”

Priscilla Lara, an SMU junior sports management major and Spanish minor, may spend generous amounts of time studying in the library, but she still feels that research materials should be above renovations on the university’s list of priorities.

“I don’t really care too much for how the library looks, I want to know that I have the materials needed for my research,” Lara said.

Buynak and other faculty members have been trying for years to convince the administration that research materials, not renovations, represent the key to their work.

A 2007 survey found that “renovation was a low priority among the faculty respondents.”

Indeed, “75 percent of the respondents rated this item in the lower half of the

priorities listed.”

The survey also found that SMU faculty expressed “growing concern over lack of resources, particularly online journals.”

The report said inadequate materials “would significantly affect the progress” of research projects in science and engineering. Both of these fields are “considered critical if SMU is going to reach its goal of $50 million in external research support.”

This $50 million goal is more than double the total of SMU’s sponsored research for the 2010 to 2011 academic year.

McCombs said at least $140,000 is added to the library budget for acquisitions each year.

But, she said this is not always sufficient to offset inflation.

The 2011 library report revealed a 4.6 percent increase in the acquisitions budget, a modest increase but not enough to address longstanding needs.

The report states that underfunding has led to “ongoing and long-time deficiencies in other fields, particularly including the (Lyle) School of Engineering, and new library needs for the (Annette Caldwell Simmons) School of Education.”

Claire Jones, an SMU junior majoring in geology and archeology, has had problems finding the materials she needs when writing papers for her science classes.

“I can find things, but there’s not always an adequate amount to write my research papers,” Jones said.

Despite the underfunding of SMU’s libraries, electronic usage increased from 10 million in 2007 to 2008 to 13 million the following year, according to the 2009 library report.

Academic journals for science and engineering have had the highest numbers of requests for SMU interlibrary loans, according to a survey from the 2007 library report covering five years of loan requests.

In this survey, committee members said that waiting a week for research materials after putting in a request with interlibrary loans can “significantly affect the progress of a research project and/ or grant application” for outside funding.

Buynak reiterates these concerns. “Ideas come in in a timely manner. Having the papers available when you need to read them, all of that is a part of formulating your thoughts,” Buynak said. “A week is a long time.”

Applying for a grant is similar to writing a paper for class.

A faculty member submits a research topic proposal by the required deadline.

The paper is then evaluated by peers, and based on that grade, the research project is either funded or not.

“The problem is that they don’t fund even half of the proposals.”

Buynak said. “It is like having to submit 10 term papers to get a passing grade.”

The 2011 library report said that demand for science and engineering journals has risen 19 percent in two years.

Joe Batir and Ryan Dingwall, SMU graduate geophysics students, say that for the most part, they are able to find the research materials they need.

However, this is not always the case. Batir said he sometimes finds the library does not subscribe to the hard copy of the journal he needs.

“If there is a hard copy, I can get my hands on it. But if there’s something that’s only electronic, I can’t always get access to it,” he said.

As the number of scientific discoveries continuous to multiply, so does the list of requested research materials.

“In science everything is changing every year, every day.

So we are constantly having to replenish and re-subscribe to new materials,” Buynak said.

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Brown has big goals BILLY EMBODY Staff Writer wembody@smu.edu

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Tim Jankovich was named associate head coach for the SMU men’s basketball program on Thursday.

Tim Jankovich joins Brown as associate head coach BROOKE WILLIAMSON Sports Editor kbwilliamson@smu.edu Tim Jankovich will join Larry Brown on the court next season.

He takes the role as associate head coach for SMU men’s basketball.

He is named the associate head coach, but many are speculating this is a “coach-in-waiting” position.

However, there is not timetable in place for when Jankovich could possibly take over.

At the press conference this past Monday announcing Larry Brown as the new head coach, Brown was faced with the question surrounding a coach-in-waiting scenario. He alluded to the intention to stay at SMU for quite some time.

However, if history does in fact repeat itself Jankovich could take the head coaching position in less than five years.

“Tim (Jankovich) is the right guy

and there’s nothing in the contract that says there is a time limit,’’ Brown said. “He didn’t wait. The school didn’t want it. I’m 71 but I don’t feel like there is a time limit.’’

Along with Jankovich, Brown had already hired Jerrance Howard to his staff.

Brown, wanting staff with Texas ties, also hired Ulric Maligi from Houston according to reports. In addition to Jankovich, Jerrance and Maligi, Brown is also considering Eric Snow and Derrick Coleman, both former NBA players.

Ideas surrounding who would join Brown’s staff has been circulating for quite some time, even before Brown was named the head coach. Jankovich, one who had been on the suspected lists, joins the staff having spent the past five seasons as the head coach at Illinois State.

During his term as head coach his team made four NIT appearances, winning at least 20 games and

finished in the top-three in the Missouri Valley Conference during every NIT appearance season. His overall record was 105-64.

A former Kansas player himself, he comes “highly recommended” from Kansas coach Bill Self, a close friend of Brown. Before becoming the head coach at Illinois State he spent five years on Self ’s staff as an assistant. During this time, Kansas made five straight NCAA Tournament appearances.

During Jankovich’s time at Kansas, he helped aid the Jayhawks to three Big 12 regular season titles, two Big 12 tournaments advancing to the NCAA Tournament each time.

Jankovich has also been tabbed in playing a key role in player development and recruiting. He has coached 24 current as well as former NBA players.

Jankovich will reportedly earn somewhere around $700,000.

When Larry Brown took the job at SMU, he made it clear he is in it for the long run.

Many questioned whether the coach that some already think is going to be gone in two to three years will fulfill his contract and rebuild SMU’s basketball program.

“When I look in the mirror I get kind of scared, but inside I feel I can do this forever.

I’ve never worked a day in my life. This has been a labor of love for me so I hope to be here awhile and I hope to do a great job,” Brown said at his press conference when he was introduced.

With the Moody Coliseum having $40 million in renovations as well as the new Crum Basketball Center, SMU has the facilities to compete with any in the Big East.

In the Big East, SMU competes with Georgetown, Villanova, Notre Dame and a few others with great academic reputations so as SMU moves into its second century, it is even with or not far behind the schools in the Big East.

Dallas makes SMU even more attractive knowing recruits can come in and be a part of the sprawling metroplex and be noticed for being an SMU basketball player once Brown returns SMU to glory.

The assistant coaches, which includes former Illinois State Head Coach Tim Jankovich, who has been named associate head coach for the team after posting a 21-14 record this past year.

Jankovich is the building block Brown needed for his staff to get notoriety in recruiting and a another experienced head coach on the sidelines

“The reality is we have to coach the kids we have and get them better, get them to go to summer school cause in the summer now you have the opportunity to work with them and that’s going to be important,” coach Brown said.

“First we have to see what our players can do. I think it’s the responsibility of the coaching staff to put kids in the position they can be successful.”

Brown will return SMU to prominence, but it is just a matter of how long because SMU has made the decision that it wants to compete and perform with the big boys.

SMU understands the importance of a strong athletic program. That was demonstrated when enrollment jumped after the football team’s Hawaii Bowl win three years ago, which Brown credits with the beginning of moving to the Big East “It was amazing that they (Bill Self of Kansas and John Calipari of Kentucky) were texting me before the national title game about Coach Brown. Both of them are in the coaching tree of Larry Brown just to give you an example of the level were talking about at SMU, which is the highest level of college basketball,” SMU Athletic Director Steve Orsini said.

Student attendance has been a problem at Moody Coliseum in the past and with Brown’s name and style of play on the court, students will show more support.

Students are buzzing about the opportunity to see a Hall of Fame coach on the sideline and they know the team will need more student involvement and support going forward.

“Number one it is exciting because he is a players coach. The fact that he loves the sport so much will help the student body fall back in love with SMU basketball and come out to the games,” junior SMU student Corey Rasmussen said.

When recruits come to

the games at SMU, the game atmosphere is one of the things players value when deciding. With recruiting expecting to pick up with the new staff and higher level of play in the Big East, recruits will be more critical of how much support the community shows to the team.

The 2012 class of players are all three-star recruits per Rivals.com and when Doherty was fired, their commitments were immediately called into question. Once the 37-day-search was completed, the players were looked at for their reactions. One of the three commitments was able to be contacted.

“Larry Brown just called great conversation with him looks forward to getting Brian down to SMU soon as possible,” 2012 signee Brian Bernardi’s dad said in a text message.

“I don’t think it will be hard.

They either know you can coach or you can’t. Our job is to get involved with them and care about them and the game,” Brown said about building relationships with the Dallas area.

With Brown’s 1,624 wins, an NBA championship and an NCAA title, SMU has without a doubt one of the best coaches ever to coach the game. SMU’s basketball team is expected to compete, expected to improve and expected to win.

Most importantly, Brown has returned SMU to relevancy in a sport that has been irrelevant for years. With the process just beginning. only time will tell how Brown’s tenure works out and what results the team produces.

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Finance Committee 2011-2012 Student Representative: Christoph Schmidt This past year I had the privilege of sitting on the finance and audit standing committees of SMU’s Board of Trustees, yet the most valuable aspect of the experience had nothing to do with finance or accounting or even meeting some of the most impressive individuals you could imagine.

My favorite part?

The seven student forums the SRBOT group hosted throughout fall 2011.

It may seem odd for a finance major to find the forums to have served as the most meaningful aspect of his time as the student representative.

Yet they were.

In the forums, I had the opportunity to meet with SMU students from all corners of campus. In meeting with the SMU scholars, I learned more about ways in which we could improve our interdisciplinary studies as well as basic resource demands, such as new desks in Dallas Hall.

During our forum with SAAC, I discovered just how necessary upgrades to our natatorium are.

In meeting with Student Senate, the forum revolved around the expansion of the Hughes-Trigg Student Center and scholarship needs and transparency.

While students offered constructive criticism, many also raved about numerous aspects of our university, noting in particular President Turner’s building spree, the recent success of the football program, the beauty of the campus and the study abroad programs.

I have cherished my time as the student representative to the Finance and Audit Standing Committees of the Board of Trustees, and while it was an honor to meet many of SMU’s visionaries and beneficiaries, I enjoyed most working alongside my SRBOT colleagues in developing the Centennial Student Feedback Report for the Board of Trustees.

Ultimately, this report is our way of communicating the thoughts and comments of the student body to the governing board of this university.

What student doesn’t desire to have his or her voice in the ear of those responsible for the vision of the second century?

2012-2013 Student Representative: James Moreton I am looking forward to many aspects of sitting on the Finance and Audit Committees of SMU’s Board of Trustees.

Last year, student representatives spent much of the year holding student forums to find out which issues SMU students felt most strongly needed to be addressed.

They compiled a report that documented the biggest issues in both the short and long term.

I am most looking forward to working with the upcoming student representatives as we try to implement measures to improve campus offerings for our students.

I am excited to give back to SMU and serve as a liaison between the students and the Board of Trustees.

I think that student representatives play a crucial role in providing a student perspective on policies, and I look forward to continuing a task that was handled so well by last year’s student representatives.

We have some very large shoes to fill after the 2011 to 2012 student representatives pass on the responsibility, but I am confident in next year’s dedicated students and look forward to the opportunity to work closely with such talented and hard-working students.

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Each academic year, one student is selected to serve on the highest governing body of Southern Methodist University, the Board of Trustees. The Student Trustee has one vote in the 42 person board, just like any trustee. He or she represents the student perspective along with nine other students who sit on the board’s standing committees, including the student body president.

The mission of the SRBOT is “to serve as the liaison from the SMU student body to the board of trustees and its standing committees. The SRBOT will seek to gain input from all parts of the SMU student community and will represent them fairly and completely to both the board of trustees and the administration. As advocates of student issues, they will conduct themselves with integrity and confidentiality in all matters.” Below the outgoing and incoming SRBOT share their perspectives on the significance of the SRBOT positions.

2011-2012 Student Trustee: Adriana Martinez I have had the honor of serving SMU, and in particular the student body, as the 2011 to 2012 Student Trustee. I would like to share some of the innumerable insights that I have gained this year.

First, it is significant that at every level of decision making at SMU, there is always a student. This is a priority for the university. The name of the student may change from year to year, but even in the highest governing body of the university, one of the voting members is a student representative. This is not the case at the majority of higher education institutions, and it has not always been the case at SMU either. Yet today, it is a protected and institutionalized reality. This is the greatest reminder of why I am proud to be a Mustang.

Second, why confidentiality?

Each and every member of the SMU Board of Trustees is thoughtfully selected for the unique contributions that he or she can bring to the university.

Confidentiality is a safeguard that guarantees candor and the best advice from our trustees. A head of state demands confidentiality in his or her meetings with a national security advisor because it assures that the advisor will be honest and direct in giving the best advice.

When this advice has been vetted and all alternatives strategically

considered, then the decision of the board is strong because it is one. As such, it is delivered with the support and force of the entire board.

Confidentiality preserves and upholds the valuable contributions of each individual and the power of the board as a whole.

Finally, throughout the year I have been asked, “What is it that you talk about in those quarterly meetings behind closed doors?”

And the answer is simple — look around. The excitement at SMU is palpable. Change is quickly becoming the only constant. The advancement of this university academically, in athletics and physically is the direct result of those conversations. The Board of Trustees determines a macro, grand strategy sort of vision for the university’s growth and development. To the extent that we are extraordinarily successful in both, the work of the board is easy to distinguish.

In retrospect, serving as the student trustee this academic year has been indescribable.

Despite being a very verbose person, I still struggle to find the words to describe this lifechanging experience.

More than anything, however, I would like to thank the SMU student body for trusting me with this position. Know that you are at a university that values each and every student voice.

Building and Grounds Committee 2011-2012 Student Representative: Kari Rood Serving as the Buildings and Grounds Committee representative for the past year allowed me the opportunity to see the physical expansion of this university first hand. With the most recent Centennial groundbreaking, our campus will be seeing over half a billion dollars worth of construction going up around campus. The renovations and new facilities are all thanks to the generous contributions of SMU alumni who have a passion for this university — just like we do. My favorite moment on the board this year was getting the opportunity to speak with Gary Crum and Gerald Ford about why they feel it is so important to give back to this university that gives us all so much. I have been blessed in my time here, and I look forward to how the new wave of student representatives will make its impact.

2012-2013 Student Representative: Brian Horan I am honored and privileged to serve as the student representative on the Buildings and Grounds Committee for the 2012 to 2013 academic year.

There is no doubt that the beauty of our campus is an asset and is rivaled by few other campuses in the nation. Not only the buildings themselves, but also the landscape, consistency in architecture, symmetrical layout and surrounding areas make the campus what it is today. I welcome the opportunity to discuss policies with the trustees that will shape our campus and affect future generations of SMU students. I look forward to forging relationships with Gary Crum, Bobby Lyle, President R. Gerald Turner and others as I act as a liaison between the student body and the board.

I understand that the aesthetic quality of the university will continue to improve with the completion of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, renovations to Moody Coliseum, an updated health center and the addition of new tennis courts. I also recognize that as we continue to grow, there will be increased emphasis on environmentally conscious construction.

Using LEED Gold standards, SMU demonstrates its commitment to innovative design and technology in an effort to preserve our natural resources. Again, I look forward to serving on the committee and working with a dedicated group of student trustees to inspire positive change for our university.

Development and External Affairs Committee

2012-2013 Student Trustee: John Oakes One of the greatest aspects about SMU is the constant involvement of students in leadership roles at every level of the university. I am extremely humbled and honored to serve in one of those leadership roles as the SMU Student Trustee for the 2012 to 2013 year. The fact that our university allows one student every year to be a full voting member of the Board of Trustees speaks volumes about SMU. Regardless of whether the person sitting in that seat is Adriana Martinez, John Oakes or any of the extremely qualified students that have preceded or will follow, we can be proud as mustangs to say that a student always has a voice in the governing body of SMU. SMU is in a remarkable period of positive transition as we continue to usher in the second century with the development of issues such as the move to the Big East Conference, the opening of the Bush Library and the construction of the sophomore housing. As a representative of the student body, I truly look forward to interacting with the other members of the Board of Trustees over these issues and others during the 2012 to 2013 year. Additionally, I am so blessed be surrounded by such an unbelievable group of student representatives serving on the Board’s Standing Committees next year. Successfully implementing change and fulfilling goals for the

year is absolutely achievable with such a talented group of individuals working together.

In addition to effectively facilitating communication between the Board of Trustees and the university community, the 2012 to 2013 Student Representatives will focus largely on the Centennial Student Feedback Report. With the large help of Student Senate’s Student Concerns Survey, the 2011 to 2012 student representatives to the Board of Trustees met with a variety of student groups and held various student forums to develop the Centennial Student Feedback Report gauging the opinions of over 1,500 students about their university experience. Information gathering, assessment of implementation and execution will oscillate by academic year culminating with SMU’s Centennial in 2015.

The 2012 to 2013 Student Representatives to the Board of Trustees will collaborate with the Board of Trustees, SMU Administrators, Student Senate and other campus organizations to initiate the implementation process with practical and positive changes derived from issues found in the Centennial Student Feedback Report.

We all attend an unbelievable university and 2012 to 2013 will undoubtedly be a continued time of unbridled excitement and development at SMU. Go Mustangs.

Committee on Academic Policy, Planning and Management 2011-2012 Student Representative: Kevin Eaton Serving on the Committee on Academic Policy, Planning and Management (CAPPM) this year has been both a rewarding and eyeopening experience. It was rewarding because it was a capstone to all of the work that I have done here at SMU and it enabled me to give back by being a representative of the student body to the board of trustees. It was eye-opening because I got to see and hear firsthand about all of the exciting programs and curricular developments being implemented across campus.

From the establishment of a new minor in law and legal reasoning, to the addition of the human rights major, the committee worked tirelessly this year to help SMU continue its quest to break through into the top 50 colleges and universities in the United States In my opinion, SMU is already a member of that elite group But, I am confident that with the programs that CAPPM approved this year and with the dedication to academic improvement displayed by all of the trustees with whom I worked this year, SMU will continue to be acknowledged by more and more people nationally as a university committed to academic excellence.

2012-2013 Student Representative: Hannah Bliss By allowing its undergraduate students to serve on the Board of Trustees and its various committees, SMU once again shows its unceasing commitment to student involvement and student empowerment. I view my upcoming service on the Academic Policy, Planning and Management Committee as an incredible honor and unique opportunity to participate in the future development of SMU as one of the nation’s top academic institutions. I am looking forward to working alongside the board members and administrators as they take steps to improve the quality of SMU’s degree programs and to offer the best possible education to the student body. After spending a semester abroad in Ecuador, I am especially interested in discussing the importance of improving diversity in the student population by attracting students from underrepresented groups. CAPPM is responsible for the hiring and extension of faculty members, so I am excited to see this process in action as well. I am thrilled to be able to share in the responsibility and honor of serving as a student representative.

Investment Committee

2011-2012 Student Representative: Eugenie Robichaux It has truly been a privilege to serve as this year’s student representative to the Development and External Affairs Committee.

As a graduate student, serving in this capacity has made me feel immeasurably more closely connected with the university as a whole, so that my SMU experience has expanded beyond the law quad. Being privy to the overarching vision that guides the university and the trustees and administrators, who so faithfully execute these goals, has been an invaluable experience. Finally, I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to have learned from and interacted with students, my fellow student representatives and the esteemed individuals who give their time and energy in service to the board of trustees and its standing committees.

2011-2012 Student Representative: Chase Michalek Sitting on the investment committee this past year has been a truly rewarding and humbling experience. Not only was I able to learn about the endowment’s asset allocation, but I was also able to participate in high-level macroeconomic discussions of topics involving the European sovereign debt crisis, China’s slowing GDP growth and current domestic market conditions. The magnitude of these discussions coupled with the participation of intelligent industry giants add tremendous value to the growth and continued success of the university’s endowment. My experience on the investments committee has been a paramount in my undergraduate education and I know I will continue to grow these newly formed relationships outside the boardroom.

2012-2013 Student Representative: William Badarak It is an honor and a privilege to be able to take this position as a student representative to the development and external affairs committee of the SMU Board of Trustees. In the coming year, I look forward to working with my fellow student representatives to continue the path set by this year’s representatives, further aligning the university population with the overall goals set by the board of trustees.

Specifically, I hope to more fully understand both the development and branding initiatives the university has set into motion and align the various organizations I work with cohesively with the university’s Second Century Campaign goals. I am humbled to have the opportunity to interact and work with such accomplished individuals and am committed to leaving a positive and lasting mark in the organization.

2012-2013 Student Representative: Eric Sabandal I’m excited to be joining such a dynamic committee on the board of trustees. This is a tremendous opportunity to not just see the practical applications of my classroom teachings, but also to learn from some of SMU’s most distinguished and insightful leaders. I am eager more to learn more about the committee’s operations and the endowment’s relevance to the university’s broader strategic planning.

For the complete responses from student representatives to the Board of Trustees, go to smudailycampus.com/opinion.

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Mexican exhibit makes its way to Meadows Andrés Blaisten Modern Mexican collection showcased MEREDITH CAREY Staff Writer mbcarey@smu.edu The Meadows Museum, known for its extensive peninsular Spanish art collection, is featuring a new Hispanic genre of art in its latest collection, “Modern Mexican Painting from the Andrés Blaisten Collection,” which opens Sunday.

“Mexico reigns at the Meadows Museum,” Mark A. Roglán, Meadows Museum director, said.

The collection exhibits 80 Mexican art pieces painted in the modern style and created in the first half of the 20th century.

This period is very important in the development of a Mexican art identity, which has traditionally been perceived as untouched by European influences.

But, set in the context of the Meadows Museum, it becomes clear to visitors that the modern works display many similar techniques to the classical European portraits and paintings.

Still, the works all have a distinctly Mexican feel, incorporating bright colors and indigenous themes.

“The depth and breadth of Blaisten’s collection is a unique experience, to understand the entire span of modernism in Mexican art in one single collection,” Roglán said.

“Through his eyes, one can truly see the evolution of modern art within Mexico.”

The art in the exhibit is drawn from a grander collection of over 8,000 works of art in the possession of Mexican collector Andrés Blaisten.

It preciously appeared in exhibits in the Phoenix Musuem of Art and the San Diego Museum of Art. The works are usually held by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and for the first time are on display in Texas.

“It is interesting to see the dialogue between the art of the exhibit and the artistic movements in Europe at the time,” Blaisten said.

There is no better place to conduct that dialogue than within the galleries of the Meadows Museum.

The exhibit is presented where the permanent collection is usually held, allowing visitors to meander through the newest Mexican exhibition into the

Photo Courtesy of Meadows Museum

Roberto Montenegro. The First Lady, 1942. Oil on cardboard. 10-3/4 x 14-1/8 in. Collection of Andrés Blaisten. Reproduced with the kind permission of Fundación Andrés Blaisten.

distinctly Spanish collection.

In the adjacent gallery, the museum’s other exhibit, The “Invention of Glory: Afonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries,” also showcases the similarities and differences between the two styles.

The portion of Blaisten’s extensive collection on display

in the Meadows exhibit features over 40 artists of the 20th century, including well-known Mexican artists like Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfonso Siquieros.

But, Roglán said, “viewers who think they know what Mexican art looks like will be pleasantly surprised.”

Though much of the art was painted by famous Mexican artists, many of the pieces were painted at open-air painting schools, a unique facet of Mexican art, and are labeled ”unknown artist.”

The art is showcased chronologically and includes plaques describing the social and historical context of

the paintings.

Blaisten’s collection is also supplemented with a free Gallery Talk on June 8 and a free lecture by Tufts professor Adriana Zavala.

SMU students receive free admission to the museum with their student ID. The exhibit will be on display through August 12.

Photo Courtesy of Meadows Museum

Diego Rivera. Irma Mendoza, 1950. Oil on canvas. 28 x 19-5/8 in.

Reproduced with the kind permission of Fundación Andrés Blaisten.

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IVORY SOFA $190NEGO glass table, Text: 214-828-4882 ask photos Mockingbird @ Camden mile from SMU

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SERVICES NORTH DALLAS FAMILY needs afternoon driver for child carpool. 1.5 Hours per day Monday thru Friday 3:00pm to 4:30 p.m. Very close to campus. $100 per week. Female preferred. Driving record history

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE TUTOR. Statistics tutor. Voted “The Best” for 16 years. “College is more fun when you have a tutor.” Lee Lowrie, CPA, MBA cell 214-208-1112. SMU Dallas, Texas.

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ACCOUNTING, MATH, CHEMISTRY, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Physics, Rhetoric, Tutoring. “Learn to work smarter not harder.” David Kemp Tutorial Services. Call 469-767-6713.

MATH, STATISTICS TUTOR for MBA, college, high school students. Highland Park, Austin College, SMU alumna; M.S. Math; 20 years Texas Instruments; 2 years college math instructor. Sheila Walker 214-417-7677. smumath@ sbcglobal.net

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FOR RENT #1 MUSTANG REALTY GROUPThe proven choice to aid the SMU Community Lease or Rent Houses, Condos, Apartments and Townhomes in the M Streets, Uptown, and within Walking Distance to Campus. Contact us at (214) 5631131 or www.mustangrealty.com 5711 MORNINGSIDE “M” STREETS. 1/1 CH/A Hardwood, updated, dishwasher, w/d, reserve parking. $695/month, + electric.

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MARKETING INTERN OPPORTUNITY. Fun sales environment! Flexible Hours. Send resume to: info@unicarddeals.com

APARTMENT SUBLET: BEAUTIFUL two-bedroom, two-bath apartment, with parking, close to campus on McFarlin, available for summer. One bedroom available June and July; other July only. Contact Charlotte at cseelen@smu.edu or 781-974-8288.

OPTOMETRIST/OPTICAL OFFICE in Uptown are looking for an enthusiastic and reliable individual for a part-time position. No experience needed, will train. Saturday’s a must. Please e-mail resume to: opticaljobdallas@ gmail.com

FRESH BEAUTIFUL APARTMENTS, loft 2 blocks west of campus. Loft $575, 1 Bedroom $700 and $800. 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath beautiful condo all bills paid near Central/W.Northaven + pool. $1550. Temp housing til Aug 20th ok. 214-526-8733.

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04/27/12

ACROSS 1 “The __ Kings Play Songs of Love”: Hijuelos novel 6 “But wait, there’s more!”

10 Surrounded by 14 Animated mermaid 15 Mascara target 16 Better half, so to speak 17 Did a fall chore 18 Kid’s comeback 19 Luau strings 20 See 38-Across 23 Pathetic 24 Where to ’ang one’s ’at 25 Insightful 26 See 38-Across 32 “The Matrix” hero 33 Bit of shuteye 34 Hi-tech brains?

35 Test one’s metal 38 Clue for four puzzle answers 39 Family insignia 41 Like some coll. courses 42 Big initials in Detroit 43 Low digit?

44 See 38-Across 50 SFO guesstimates 51 One is often seen near a dessert array 52 RAV4 or TrailBlazer, briefly 54 See 38-Across 58 Turbaned Punjabi 59 Feels lousy 60 Professeur’s charge 61 Colored part of the eye 62 Pool path 63 “American Idol” success Clay 64 Club membership, maybe 65 Logician’s “E,” perhaps 66 Numerical extreme

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DOWN 1 Some are mini 2 Mount sacred to Armenians 3 Title Gilbert and Sullivan ruler 4 __ Wellington 5 Stick-in-the-mud 6 Connects with a memory 7 Desktop item 8 Outdated globe letters 9 Badly rattled 10 Talisman 11 Reprimand to quarreling siblings 12 Brangelina, for one 13 __ Arc, Arkansas 21 Texter’s “If you ask me ...”

22 TV’s Arthur 27 A, in Oaxaca 28 Bowled over 29 Souvenir from Scotland 30 Black __: spy doings 31 Zealous type 35 “Walk me!”

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36 Inspiring msg.

37 Close game 38 Mason __ 39 Polenta base 40 Crank (up) 42 High-end 43 She played Lois on “Lois & Clark” 45 Violinist Perlman 46 Spinning toon 47 Group within a group

48 “I’ve got it!”

49 Log cabin warmers 53 Olympics segment 54 Baloney 55 One writing a lot of fiction?

56 Prismatic bone 57 Ballet class bend 58 “How’s it hangin’, bro?”

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