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Pulitzer Prize winner and Dallas Morning News columnist William McKenzie speaks to Carolyn Barta’s Editorial opinion class Tuesday afternoon.

Pulitzer Prize winners speak to journalism class By STEVEN R. THOMPSON Contributing Writer sthompson@smu.edu

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Student Body Vice President Austin Prentice and Secretary Katie Perkins being sworn-in Tuesday afternoon by Student Body President Jake Torres.

Student Senate inaugurates officers By SARAH POTTHARST Associate News Editor spotthar@smu.edu

The Student Senate meeting began earlier than usual on Tuesday in the Hughes-Trigg Commons area due to the 3 p.m. inauguration, in which former student body president Patrick Kobler passed on the torch to the newly elected president Jake Torres. “I cannot speak long today because it is no longer my show,” Kobler said jokingly. Audience members chuckled and Kobler continued his speech by congratulating the former student body officials and thanking those who have helped him in his endeavors throughout this past year. Afterwards, Kobler swore Torres into his new position and then Torres moved in front of the podium for his turn to address the audience. “You are because somebody else once was,” Torres said in quoting Student Senate adviser Jennifer Jones. Torres said these words were meant to inspire the newest addition to the Student Senate to fulfill the footsteps of those before them. After Torres briefly readdressed his platform and shared a few uplifting words about school spirit, the

inaugural meeting ended. The weekly Student Senate meeting commenced a few moments later at 3:30 p.m. in the usual spot—the Hughes-Trigg Forum. Vice President Austin Prentice addressed the Senate with important pending dates, one of which is the intended day of the first senate meeting in the fall, which is set for Aug. 31. Future dates aside, Prentice stressed not to slack until then. “The job now starts; it’s just now beginning,” Prentice said. Next up was Student Senate Secretary Katie Perkins; among a couple of general announcements, Perkins discussed the implementation of a new program called “Senator of the Month.” The idea calls for a new point system. The member with the most points at the end of each month will receive a reward, such as possibly a plaque. The system is meant to provide an incentive for those in Senate to be more punctual, wear name tags when necessary, and to abide by even more requirements that occasionally fall by the wayside. Student Senate adviser Jennifer Jones followed Perkins at the podium

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SMU Student Body President Jake Torres speaks at the Student Senate inauguration Tuesday afternoon in the Hughes-Trigg Commons.

IMMIGRATION

It’s still dark out and the sun hasn’t even begun to rise. Dressed in khakicolored work boots, denim, baseball caps and hoodies, they stand in groups of a dozen or more on street corners around Dallas-Fort Worth. They are day laborers, and they are waiting for someone to drive by and offer them work, from construction to lawn care. They’ll take anything. Day Labor Centers are popping up around the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex to serve local demands for temporary labor. Plano, Garland and Fort Worth have all opened Day Labor Centers in recent years. Irving is considering a center. The centers mostly appeal to illegal Hispanic immigrants. In the recent past the influx of immigrants from the Texas-Mexico border has rocketed,

and the recession has contributed to a decline of jobs that once were available to them. The housing market crash has left many illegal immigrants without work. There are no homes to build, paint or landscape. “Immigrants are hurt more and impacted more by recessions, but tend to do better than natives in times of expansions because they are willing to move where jobs are and fill lowskilled positions Americans shun,” Dr. Pia Orrenius, senior economist and research officer for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, said. Plano Day Labor Center, located at 805 Ozark Drive, opens at 6:30 a.m., and workers like 20-year-old Jose arrive and check in on a computer system with their center-issued I.D. card. The card was issued to Jose after he completed an application with the center, and it contains his photo, name, birth date and

a barcode. “I began using the center after being taken advantage of by some contractors; some just couldn’t be trusted,” Jose said, in an interview conducted in Spanish. “Sometimes I wouldn’t receive the correct amount of pay after I completed a job.” Jose left his family behind in Zacatecas, Mexico. He requested his real name not to be used because he is working and living in the United States illegally. Jose said the Day Labor Centers provide shelter and organization, while keeping him out of trouble. “The major argument in immigration is whether foreign born workers are substitutes or complements of American workers,” Dr. Orrenius said. “Many anti-immigration movements are founded on the basis that foreign born workers are direct substitutes of

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“A lot of people were suspicious and they didn’t want editorial writers telling them what’s best for their neighborhood,” Nelson said. Nelson also said that they “just tried to listen” to South Dallas residents and that they brought in different community members to talk to the editorial team. While the team did meet outside resistance, they said they were thankful that Dallas Morning News publisher Jim Moroney and the A. H. Belo Corporation, which owns the newspaper, invested in the project. “Local ownership can make a difference,” McKenzie said, about how Belo has an incentive to let

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Day laborers share struggles By GLORIA SALINAS

Three Dallas Morning News editorial writers discussed their recent Pulitzer Prize-winning series on the disparity between North and South Dallas with journalism students Tuesday. Colleen McCain Nelson, Tod Robberson and Bill McKenzie took turns laying out the details of their 3-year-old project that earned them a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing earlier this month. Although the DMN started the project in 2007, the prize was based on a series of 10 columns that were written in 2009. “We tried to choose a range of editorials that showed results,” Nelson said. The “Bridging Dallas’ NorthSouth Gap” project aimed at pointing out problems in the southern half of Dallas, asks whether that would happen in North Dallas and advocates change. The project also tries to point out the potential in areas like Pleasant Grove Crossroads, Red Bird Renewed and Oak Cliff. “We wanted to have an area that showed a good cross-section, but also had a reason to be hopeful,” Robberson said. The editorial team knew that they would need a lot of data to truly understand South Dallas and hired outsiders to do the job, Nelson said. They were overwhelmed when they got the data in 2008. “It was hard to know where to even start,” Nelson said. The team looked at teen pregnancy statistics, crime rates, unemployment, the history of the area and even commute times. “These are people that, in some

cases, have to travel 90 minutes to work,” Robberson said. He said that long commute rates often leave little time for South Dallas residents to landscape, make home repairs or help their kids with homework. Little things that, he says, affect the overall look of a neighborhood. And although the editorial page was trying to help point out the NorthSouth gap and improve Dallas as a whole, they did meet resistance.

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Picnic prepares students for post-SMU life By TAYLOR REED

honor the graduating seniors from the Cox School of Business. They have provided students with a chance to win raffle prizes, while at the same time provide an opportunity for seniors to learn about how they can make the transition from being a SMU student to becoming an alumnus for years to come. On April 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., seniors are welcome in the Cox Courtyard on Bishop Boulevard, to interact with past and current professors, fellow students and Dean Niemi, while enjoying a picnic lunch. In embarking on their quests to alumni status, seniors will be able to complete both the Career Center survey and AACSB survey. These two tools provide an insight in how to better the students’ skills for the future. Brady Thomson, SMU senior, described the process of getting ready for the senior picnic and all

the hard work it has taken for the Honors Marketing Practicum class to prepare. “This has been a semester long initiative preparing this event,” he said. “We have had a lot of sponsors work together to help us make this event possible. This will provide one last hurrah for seniors to celebrate their achievements over their past years at SMU.” Senior management major Veronica Davis says she is excited about the opportunity to network with fellow students and alumni. “The picnic is going to be great, especially since the marketing practicum class spent so much time and put so much effort into making it an experience to remember,” she said. “I know that this will be a wonderful experience, and will create a lasting memory.”

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SMU faces UNT in track meet

Pretty Lights comes to Dallas

Obama and “The Federalist Papers”

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As students may feel that the end of the year is approaching faster than ever, many are rushing to finish their last minute assignments for the semester, editing the final drafts of their English papers and starting to prepare for their treacherous final schedules. But for many seniors, the things that are usually at the top of their lists are at the end of their lists since after May 15 they will no longer be students of Southern Methodist University. Instead of finishing the semester strong and preparing for the next one, they are leaving and are searching for a way to connect to their Alma mater one last time. The Cox School of Business and the Honors Marketing Practicum class are teaming up in order to

Style

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Derek Blasberg releases new book ‘Classy’ Renowned fashion journalist’s new literary venture a manual for the modern lady By SARAH BRAY Style Editor sabray@smu.edu

Standing in a crowded room Monday evening at The Mansion on Turtle Creek, Derek Blasberg, dressed head to toe in Burberry, is cracking jokes and engaging in conversations with Dallas’ most dolled-up ladies and fashion scenesters. Blasberg is the life of his own party, hosted in honor of his recent book release by former President George W. Bush’s daughter Barbara and Gilt Groupe founder Alexis Maybank. Blasberg is the Ryan Seacrest of fashion journalism. Not only is he the ‘editor at large’ of Condé Nast’s Style.com, he has a monthly column in Harper’s Bazaar and is the senior fashion news and special projects editor at V Magazine. On the side of those three positions, he edits best-selling books such as Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s “Influence” and contributes regularly to countless publications, including Interview and several international editions of Vogue. His non-stop career demands his attendance at every runway show, exclusive fashion party and societal gala. His fashion connections forged through his career and his party-hopping habits have resulted in close friendships with everyone from supermodels like Agness Deyn and Jessica Stam, to famous troublemakers like Lindsay Lohan and Peaches Geldof and fashion’s ‘it’ girls like Alexa Chung, Chloe Sevigny, Kate Bosworth and Byrdie Bell. His vast knowledge and experience with

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today’s batch of beautiful, rich and famous young women led him to write a manual giving advice to the everyday girl on how exactly to be a respectable modern lady. “I wrote the book because in today’s times, if I was a 15-year-old girl I would be confused as to who’s a good role model and who’s good entertainment,” Blasberg said, as he addressed the Dallas crowd about his book “Classy. “Not to name names, because I’m very classy, but I think you all know who I’m talking about,” he continued. In the book he divides young women into two categories: ladies and tramps. The author breaks down everything from what outfit choices, Facebook statuses and even the shapes of your eyebrows say about your level of class. “Too often have I found myself surrounded by bad-mannered women, or out with friends who are dressed outrageously inappropriately,” Blasberg said in an excerpt from “Classy“ Too often have I witnessed nasty girls get propped on society’s pedestal and become famous for all the wrong reasons.” SMU senior Tracy Glesby read the book before she came to the event on Monday and raved about Blasberg’s humor and wit. “It’s hilarious, I already read it!” Glesby. said. “For me it was a new take on what exactly to say in situations for the updated woman. It talks about text messaging and what’s appropriate on the Internet today.” Alexis Maybank, founder of online luxury close-out website Gilt Groupe and a good friend

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of Blasberg’s, is a fan of the book and offers it for purchase on her website GiltGroupe.com. “It covers everything from appropriate online flirting to how to travel in style, everything that our Gilt female members need to know,” Maybank said. When it comes to class, poise and elegance Blasberg sees “Harry Potter” actress Emma Watson as the perfect role-model. “She is a very successful actress, but she’s still humble and sweet and well educated,” Blasberg said of the star who has been famous for almost half of her life. Blasberg said he hopes young teenage girls want to emulate the positive characteristics Watson possesses. “I would want her to look like Emma Watson, and not like, you know, a girl that gets 10 plastic surgeries in one day or a girl that gets a reality show on the shore of New Jersey,” he said on today’s mix of pop culture public figures. “I’ll say I love those shows, but I know enough to know they’re train wrecks, but if I were 14 or 15, I don’t know if I would.” The advice in “Classy” is mostly aimed at an audience younger than college-aged women because Blasberg says teenage girls are in a pivotal stage of their lives when moral values and positive ambitions can still be instilled. By the time they’re in college he says the biggest problem with women is common sense. “Know that the Internet can be terrible and dangerous. Don’t ever e-mail something, send a picture or do a sex tape that could be sent out inappropriately,” Blasberg advises. “We live

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in a society where everything’s okay, but some things shouldn’t be.” Twenty-two-year-old Glesby found much of the advice in the book applicable to her and her peers’ lifestyles. “It is definitely something you could read if you were in the eighth grade up to 30-years-old,” Glesby said of “Classy”. “I would recommend it for other people to read, especially if you are graduating leaving the college world and entering the real world, you need to know how to act.” Blasberg stressed that there are simple things that young woman in today’s society are failing to do that are essential to being classy. “I think every girl should write a thank you note when she’s thankful for something, and every girl should wear underwear,” Blasberg said with a serious face. “There’s just a few check-offs that these girls should make.” The author’s commentary on the topics of etiquette and taboo behaviors provides a light, fun read, while the pictures and diagrams that back up his points in each chapter are entertaining. Some of the book’s highlights include, chapters on “How to dress sexy without looking like a skank,” “Which guy is good, which guy is bad and which guy is gay” and “How to flirt without facing charges of cyber stalking.” Blasberg credits his ability to accurately examine class versus trash to his rich history in the fashion industry and his everyday American upbringing in the Midwest. “What does a boy from Missouri who

drove a Pontiac to his public high school know about black-tie galas and VIP rooms?” Blasberg rhetorically asked in the book. “What does a guy, who grew up buying clothes at strip malls, know about diamonds and the haute couture?” Apparently, enough not only to have a successful growing-by-the minute career in fashion journalism, but also to fill his 230-page manual with clever, well-thought-out advice. “I’m taking a stand, and encouraging young women to be better behaved and to realize that life can be so much more than the happy hour special at your local strip club,” Blasberg writes in the book.

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Blasberg’s new book ‘Classy’ features “exceptional advice for the extremely modern lady”

Police Reports APRIL 1 12:10 p.m. Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports/Men’s Locker room. A staff member reported theft of his wallet which contained a driver’s license, social security card, Banana Republic gift card, two credit cards and a fifty dollar personal check. Open

APRIL 1 12:48 p.m. Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports/Men’s Locker room. A non affiliated person reported theft of his wallet which contained fifty dollars cash, Citibank Credit/Debit MasterCard and a Texas driver’s license. Open

APRIL 1 1:01 p.m. Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports/Men’s Locker room. A staff member reported theft of his wallet which contained three credit cards, Texas driver’s license, SMU ID card, and two Home Depot gift cards. Open.

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CONCERT

OPERA

Pretty Lights coming to Dallas A whale of a By LAURA SCHUR Contributing Writer lschur@smu.edu

Whether a friend dragged you along last semester or you’re genuinely inspired by the music of our generation, Pretty Lights is one show worth procrastinating your school work for. I dare all music-lovers to challenge themselves and attend. The blending of digital sampling and mashing sound recordings gives this concert a unique feel that no amount of neon would be able to describe. The two-man performance encourages the audience to jam along with them, so come prepared to dance. Their show will be at the Granada Theater at 8 p.m.

premiere

So we missed Girl Talk? That was out of our control. The only thing out of control about this one would be if you missed it.

For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.granadatheater. com Photo Courtesy of The Dallas Opera

Photo Courtesy of prettylightsmusic.com

Derek Vincent Smith, the mastermind behind Pretty Lights released their latest album ‘Making Up a Changing Mind’ earlier this year.

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Meadows choir teams Last viewing of ceramic art exhibit with Highlands High By LAURA SCHUR Contributing Writer lschur@smu.edu

Ceramic-Based Art Exhibition Today is the last day of Meadow’s brief ceramic art show. However, you may have accidentally missed it, as this art show is unusually located in a transportable trailer next to the north exit of the building. With the combined efforts of

well-accomplished Professor Tom Lauerman and the Meadow’s Advanced Sculpture class, Lauerman said students had the ability to display both “good ol’ hand-made ceramics as well as sculpture and innovative digital prints.” The show runs today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you go to support the students, just look for the trailer, and remember, beauty is in the eye of the

CULINARY

Food fight takes place online By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Everyone loves a good food fight. And there’s a sizzler going on right now between the culinary pros at Cook’s Illustrated magazine and the website Food52.com, an online community for home cooks. At issue: what produces the better recipe — rigorous professional test kitchen protocols or the online consensus of multiple cooks. It began last fall, when Cook’s founder Christopher Kimball threw down the oven mitt with a blog post saying a test kitchen is likely to produce a better recipe and declaring, “I am willing to put my money, and my reputation, where my big mouth is.” Food52, which was started by Merrill Stubbs and Amanda Hesser, cookbook author and former food writer for The New York Times, took up the challenge and the contest took shape. Each side was to come up with two recipes, one for chewy sugar cookies, one for roasted pork shoulder. The results from each side will be posted on the online magazine Slate, then put to a public vote. At Cook’s, editorial director Jack Bishop thinks portraying the contest as a battle of old-line vs. online is oversimplifying. He says Cook’s gets plenty of reader feedback on its recipes.At Food52 the workflow is reversed. Hesser and Stubbs test recipes readers submit, then use their experience to select the best.Stubbs, a veteran food writer who trained at the Cordon Bleu and also, as it happens, interned at the Cook’s test kitchen, notes home cooks are the original “old guard” of cooking. She sees Cook’s as “more about consistency and they’ve said that to us directly,” she said in an interview Tuesday. “That’s something they’re proud of, and they should be,” she said. “We’re really interested in the stories behind the recipes, how the recipes come to be, why they come to be and the people behind them.” One of the recipes submitted for sugar cookies to Food52 (not a finalist) described the cookie dough as being ready when it looked like freshly scooped ice cream, Hesser said. “That is the kind of thing you

get from real people cooking in their own kitchen.” An introduction to the contest will be posted on Slate on May 5. Readers will then have two weeks to test the final recipes from both sides. Results from the voting that follows are expected later in the month, said Juliet Lapidos, food editor at Slate. As the showdown approached, Bishop was hopeful. “I like our recipes quite a lot, but you never know. That’s the beauty of an election.” Stubbs and Hesser thought it was likely Cook’s, with its larger audience, would win, though Hesser added, “We’re competitive. We’d like to win.”The Cook’s testing process is, to say the least, thorough. A typical recipe begins with research that leads to a folder of 50 to 100 recipes, which then are boiled down to a composite. That’s when work begins at the test kitchen, a 2,500-square foot facility just outside Boston that is home to the magazine’s more than three dozen full-time cooks and product testers. Each ingredient and method of the recipe is tested and tinkered with over a period of a month or more. When a final recipe has been developed, it then is vetted by a professional tester. It also goes out to 2,000 volunteer testers, of whom about 100 will make the recipe and fill out an online questionnaire. Unless there’s an 80 percent approval rating, it’s back to the mixing bowl. For the contest, Cook’s came up with a chai spiced sugar cookie that Bishop says “is pretty creative.” It’s recognizable, “but it isn’t your grandmother’s sugar cookie.” At Food52, regular contests are held. Upcoming recipe themes are announced on Fridays, submissions are reviewed and then Stubbs and Hesser taste their favorites among the submissions and put two up for vote with the winner slated for an upcoming Food52 cookbook. Reaction to the contest has been as varied as you would expect. Cook’s reader David Holstrom thinks the contest is pointless.“Who cares?” he said, predicting that neither side will be swayed regardless of the outcome. Holstrom, president of Guy du

School for concert By LAURA SCHUR Contributing Writer lschur@smu.edu

This past Sunday evening, the Meadows choir students put on a beautiful performance in conjunction with the Lake Highlands High School A Cappella Choir. The student performance followed the theme of the simple moments that occur while journeying through a day. From the darkness of the night to the peacefulness of the morning, “This Amazing Day” captured the essence of every emotion through each drawn breath. While

some songs voiced uncertainty and depression, others balanced these emotions with vivid imagery of the exuberance of life. When soprano Laura Smolik sang her heart out during Dolly Parton’s Light of a Clear Blue Morning, flautist Abi Clark accompanied her along with the Meadows Chorale to express a particularly uplifting song. The lyrics read, “Ev-rything’s gonna be alright, Gonna be okay, I can see the light of a clear blue morning, I can see the light of a brand new day.”As the end of this school year comes to a close, I can see a brand new beginning of personal attendance at Meadows performances for next year.

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Jack Bishop, editorial director at America’s Test Kitchen in Brookline, MA, is seen at the kitchen April 22. America’s Test Kitchen is where every day a near army of professional chefs test, then re-test recipes to arrive at the best possible result.

Vin, a Portland, Ore.-based online wine retailer and consulting company, said it’s possible to get good results from recipes produced by either methodology, “but my experience is I tend to get a more reliable end result from Cook’s Illustrated or something in that mold.” The problem with blogged recipes, in Holstrom’s view, is it’s hard to know whether they come from a talented or trained chef, or are simply the musings of someone who is a disaster in the kitchen. Emily Nunn, a food writer in Chicago who is a fan of Food52 and has submitted recipes to the site, uses Cook’s Illustrated cookbooks, but thinks “there’s something qualitatively different about what’s going on at Food52.” With something like a Cook’s recipe it’s been decided that there’s one way to make a dish. Food52 recipes, on the other hand, “have a history. You learn about the people who are submitting them, and you understand what kind of a chef Mrs. Wheelbarrow is. I kind of know these people now.” What Nunn finds most appealing about Food52 is its ability to engage and inspire. The message to readers, to her mind: “You can try to make the supposedly perfect beef stew, you can

learn how to make the perfect layer cake, but you can also make beautiful food that reflects something richer than just formal training.”

‘Moby Dick’ will open this Friday and will be the first operatic version of the classic Herman Melville novel.

By LAUREN SMART Chief Copy Editor lsmart@smu.edu

Captain Ahab and his crew have sailed into the Winspear Opera House for the world premiere of “Moby Dick,” a new work by Jake Heggie. Friday night, The Dallas Opera will put on the very first production of the operatic version of Herman Melville’s classic, to much critical acclaim from all across the seven seas. Heggie is no amateur to composition, which is readily

apparent from the acclaim he received for his previous work, “Dead Man Walking.” For this production he has taken on librettist Gene Scheer (from “Thérèse Raquin” and “An American Tragedy”) as his first mate. TDO has brought in one of the world’s leading heldentenors Ben Heppener as the vindictive Captain Ahab to lead the all-star voyage. Although who (or what) will play the elusive white whale is not listed on the website, we can only hope that he leave a few bass notes to serenade us.

FASHION

Mrs. Trump creates line of jewelry for QVC By ASSOCIATED PRESS Even the rich and famous enjoy a bargain. Melania Trump is launching line of affordable jewelry on QVC. Each item in the Melania Timepieces & Jewelry collection costs less than $200. The 40-year-old model could have created a fine jewelry line but said in a telephone interview from Palm Beach, Fla., that she wanted something more accessible. And now that her 4-year-old son, Barron, is in school, she has more time to work on sketches and designs.“I’m completely involved from A to Z, 100 percent. ... I go through the samples and have to

approve every piece.” The line is broken up into three categories inspired by places Trump calls home: New York, Palm Beach and Paris. The New York items are created with a businesswoman in mind; Palm Beach is more sporty, and Paris is more flashy and glamorous. Trump said she didn’t consult her real estate mogul husband, Donald, much about her venture.“He knows I’m doing it, but we didn’t talk much,” she said. “I’m not a big talker; I prefer to do it and then when it’s done to come out and show. I don’t like people who talk, talk, talk and then don’t deliver.” Trump’s collection will make its debut on QVC on April 30.

Opinion

• Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Obama should re-read “The Federalist Papers”

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hen the Constitution was up for ratification by the 13 colonies in 1787, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay wrote a series of papers, now known as “The Federalist Papers,” in favor of the newly drafted Claire Sanderson constitution. In “Federalist No. 10,” Madison warned about the mischief of factions (different political interest groups/parties). These factions are key to how our political system is set up; to keep an oligarchy or an authoritarian government at bay, we must encourage and support the creation of these factions. For when there are many competing factions, they will check themselves and keep any one from accumulating too much power over the government. Another check against an authoritarian state is the separation of powers inherent in the Constitution that divides the judicial, executive and the legislative branches. Since the time of the Constitution’s drafting, American politicians have more or less respected the wise words of Madison regarding the importance of separation of powers and competing factions. Until, that is, Barack Obama became president. Obama released a video on Monday urging the first time voters who came out to vote for him in 2008 to again take part in the political process. I have no qualms

about the president urging citizens to take part in the political process; however, the less obvious message was one that is both persuasive and deceiving. Obama began by painting a negative picture of Wall Street and health insurance companies, arguably blaming them for the terrible economy. He then “warned” his audience that the “health insurance companies, the Wall Street banks, and the special interests who have ruled Washington for too long are already focused on November’s Congressional elections…they see it as a chance to put their allies back in power and undo all we have accomplished. So this year, I need your help once more.” Obama was psychologically swaying voters. He was referencing the Republican Party when he said those who have “ruled Washington for too long,” and the word ruled connotes a king or dictator, i.e. undemocratic leaders. The use of such words as “allies back in power” is reminiscent of an authoritative power acting against the people. However, Obama failed to mention the $50 million the Democratic National Committee has budgeted towards the 2010 November elections; an amount larger than that of the Republican efforts, and larger than any prior midterm election campaign. Why will the Democrats be taking such extreme measures this summer to finance campaigns across the country? Since John F. Kennedy’s time, the party of any president with an approval rating lower than 50 percent (Obama is at 45 percent according to Gallup) has lost over 41 seats. Such a loss by the Democrats this November would give the Republican Party control

over the House of Representatives. After the loss of Ted Kennedy’s Massachusetts seat to the Republicans, the Obama administration fears the loss of control over the House. With health care reform signed into law, Obama hopes to convince Americans of its value while assuring them that he hasn’t stopped working on the economy. He fears that if the American people continue to loss their “hope,” Republican control of the House will lead to a reversal of the health care legislation. The fear of such a reversal is the reason Obama is traveling the country for the next few weeks to appeal to his disgruntled masses. He is persuading millions of Americans to vote for his change, for his party and, in essence, for him. He is meddling with the natural way of factions, removing the competitive element. If he has his way, Obama will control two branches of the government, both the executive and the legislative, with one majority party—the Democratic Party. Were Madison alive today, one can only imagine the berating Obama would receive. The political system must be allowed to thrive—factions must check each other and the executive must stay separate from the legislature. Maybe Obama should blow the dust off his copy of “The Federalist Papers” and remember what this country was founded upon. Claire Sanderson is a junior CCPA and political science double major. She can be reached for comment at csanderson@smu.edu.

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Poor, poor Charlie Crist

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The governor of Florida needs all the help he can get OPINION EDITOR

he governor of Florida is under a lot of pressure. Republicans want him out. Democrats want him in. It seems the only person who hasn’t made his wishes known is Charlie Crist himself. Now he says that on Thursday, he’s going to make up his mind whether to run for the U.S. Senate as an independent. People once hailed Crist as the golden boy of Nathaniel French the GOP. He’s affable, good-looking, well-liked by voters. His charm, relative moderation and popularity in the perennial swing state that is Florida made many believe that he’d someday be on a national ticket. Then he hugged Barack Obama, and just like that the national love affair was over. The very qualities that have made Crist a strong governor have now made him anathema to a party intent on rooting out ideological impurities. He has a long history of working with Democrats, and in the midst of a very real recession he embraced Obama’s stimulus money. Whether or not they agree with his policies, Floridians have generally responded well to Crist’s sensible, bipartisan style. But the Tea Party is in vogue now, and suddenly there’s no room for pragmatism in the Republican Party. A dividing line has been drawn in the far right corner of the ideological sand. Anyone to its left, be he Crist, Obama or Stalin, is a socialist out to destroy the American spirit of capitalism and innovation. Thus, Crist is left fighting off his hyperconservative, Tea-Party-sanctioned opponent, March Rubio, and the national Republican establishment is calling for him to get out of the race. Democrats who once feared losing the seat can barely contain their glee at the thought of an independent run by Crist splitting the conservative vote. There was a time not so long ago when words like “moderate,” “bipartisan” and “pragmatic” weren’t dirty. When those politicians who crossed party lines in the interests of the country were considered heroes. It seems those days have passed. Americans frustrated with the gridlock and posturing that have descended upon their government have no one to blame but themselves. So long as they buy into the rhetoric of fear-mongers on the far ends of the ideological spectrum, polarization will grip the country and nothing will get done. Floridians should reward Crist for his strength of character in resisting the Tea Party zealots and support whatever decision he makes. Voters in other states should similarly stand behind candidates who show a willingness to work across the aisle in the interests of their state and country. Responsible leaders won’t magically appear to end this country’s partisan gridlock; in fact, they’re disappearing rapidly. It’s time we showed the few upstanding politicians left that we’ve got their backs. Nathaniel French is a junior theater major. He can be reached for comment at nfrench@smu.edu.

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Letter to the editor Recognizing students who have gone above and beyond to help end SMU’s culture of substance abuse

e talk a lot about shifting the culture around alcohol and drug use and what it’s going to take to make this shift happen. Real change requires student leadership and action. The Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention can provide alcohol and drug prevention programming for students throughout the year, Police Chief Shafer and his team can enforce the laws and school policies, and the President’s Commission , faculty and staff can create policies to address these issues, but students play the most important role in prevention. In order for prevention efforts to work, students must also participate in the process by choosing responsibility, holding each other accountable, putting a stop to unacceptable behavior, and keeping each other out of harm’s way. As the year comes to a close, we, the Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, would like to recognize the students who have stepped up to prevent alcohol-related problems on this campus, and we would like to encourage more students to get involved. This fall, three outstanding seniors, Lizzie Brubaker, Brooks Powell and Patrick Kobler, developed a new program called Mustangs Who Care. This training challenges students to model responsibility in social settings and trains them to intervene when someone is misusing substances or needs help. This student-led training helps students recognize the signs of alcohol poisoning and drug overdose, learn how to use SMU’s Call for Help program and know to call 911 when a fellow student is in distress. New trainers including Haynes Strader, Sam Aronowitz, Jake Torres, Mike Alberts, Erin Hedrick and others are currently preparing to take over this program for the fall. This spring, the Interfraternity Council proposed a new policy requiring all new chapter members to participate in TIPS training. TIPS, Training for Intervention Procedures, is a two

and a half hour course that gives students the skills to create safer social environments, prevent intoxication and intervene with those who are misusing alcohol. Under the leadership of Haynes Strader, the proposal was passed and, to date, all but one IFC chapter has trained its new members. In total, around 900 SMU students have been TIPS trained this year. This is a huge step forward in preparing students to effectively and safely handle situations involving alcohol, life skills that everyone should possess. Also in the works is another new initiative, Mustang Mentors. This program is designed to pair upperclassmen with first-year students to aid in the transition to college. The program gives first-year students a friend who has been in their shoes, knows all about SMU and can help them find their place in the SMU community. Mike Alberts and his team look forward to kicking off this prevention-based program in the fall. We would also like to commend each student that intervened this year when they noticed a problem with someone’s use, called for help when someone was in distress, and modeled responsibility in social settings. You, too, are part of shifting the culture. We challenge each student to get involved in prevention, whether it’s in a big way or a small one, whether it’s running a prevention program or asking a friend, “Are you okay?” To find out how to get involved, come find us on the second floor of the Memorial Health Center or send an email to mknapp@smu.edu. We would like to wish all of our students a safe, healthy and productive summer! --Megan Knapp John Sanger Jan McCutchin Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention

his spring 16 million college graduates will face a job market with nearly 10 percent unemployment and more than 7 million people out of work. Finding a job, any job, will be challenging. Yet, paradoxically, this challenge offers a hidden opportunity to pursue a meaningful life, not merely a livelihood. In stronger economic times, many graduates made hasty career decisions, picking the high-paying or prestigious job offered by recruiters at college job fairs without reflecting on their own strengths and values. By taking that first job, they would jump onto a career track, only to wake up years later realizing they’d been living somebody else’s life. Today’s challenging job market gives graduates time: time to focus on their strengths, ask important questions, and anchor their work to their deepest values. Used wisely, this time can enrich their futures with discernment practices often ignored during times of job abundance. Of course, we must all find work to support ourselves, but since work occupies nearly half our waking hours, it should mean more than a paycheck. Research shows that people who find meaning in their work are happier and healthier, able to see new possibilities and make it through difficult times. Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl even found that a sense of meaning gave people the strength to survive in a Nazi concentration camp while others lost hope and died. Finding meaningful work in these turbulent times takes strategic planning. By balancing purpose with practicality, graduates can make this time work for them. I recommend three key strategies. One, don’t panic. Stress and anxiety only sabotage us. Neuroscientists have learned that fear shuts down our capacity for long-range planning, impulse control, creativity, and problem-solving — skills needed to meet the current challenge. Reduce stress by reflecting on your values, which a recent UCLA study found lowers cortisol levels and strengthens our immune systems. Then begin a daily stress management practice: exercise, meditate, stay connected with friends. Two, build positive momentum by discovering your strengths. Recent Gallup studies have found that most people dwell on their weaknesses, but when we focus on our strengths, we are happier, healthier, and more successful. Ask “What am I good at? What do I love to do?” Reflect on what brings you joy, take a personal inventory at the college career center, or find your “signature strengths” with the VIA-IS survey on www.authentichappiness.org. Three, make a plan. Short term: get a temporary job to pay the bills through the college career center but don’t give up on your dreams. Chart a direction that combines your strengths and values and set a specific “stretch” goal you could reach in six months. Map out three steps to your goal — you might join a professional organization, do volunteer work, get advice from alumni, find an internship, or arrange an information interview in your field. Then think strategically: come up with one possible roadblock and back-up plan for each step — what you’ll do if that step doesn’t work out. Maintain your motivation: see yourself achieving your goal, remember a time when you overcame a challenge, and tell yourself, “I can do this, too.” Finally, keep your eyes and ears open. Learn from the process and build on your plan. If something doesn’t work out, try something else — but keep moving forward. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”

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American workers and drive down wages for the American worker.” According to SMU political science professors, the most common misconception of illegal immigrants is that they are taking American jobs, but in fact immigrants have contributed to helping the states get back on their feet through the recession. Day laborers take the jobs that many don’t seek at a much lower cost. They are paid less for high-demand jobs, and this has helped contractors save money during a recession. “I would argue that Mexican workers are compliments to American workers because they allow Americans to keep their high-end jobs, while they feed the high demand of low-skilled jobs that keeps construction, restaurants, hotels and other businesses running,” James Hollifield, SMU political science professor, said. Some Americans feel the lax immigration laws currently in place are the reason violence on the border has escalated. The Obama administration is feeling heat from protesters on Capitol Hill to place immigration reform at the top of the policy agenda after spending nearly a year on health care reform. It is expected, by the end of this year, that the Obama administration’s next policy goal will be the charged issue of immigration. In the absence of federal immigration law, Arizona legislators are taking their own steps toward immigration reform. Arizona lawmakers recently passed legislation that would allow the state to impose some of the toughest immigration laws in the country. The bill, expected to go into effect in early May, has attracted heated debates for several of its provisions that would allow state police to arrest or question Hispanics by racial profiling. The provisions would also allow the state police to consider day laborers and contractors – who slow down the flow of traffic – looking for work a criminal act. “The amount of work, what the job consists of and the pay are negotiated between the worker and the contractor, who is any individual or company in need of help,” Plano Day Labor Center supervisor Adrian Magallanes said.

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and offered advice for the new senate members. “You are here to serve… The debt you owe for the space you occupy is service,” Jones said. Jones reminded the officials that their foremost goal is to make sure that their constituents’ voices are heard and complaints are answered. The last order of business called for the election of a Speaker, Chief of Staff, Parliamentarian, Rules Tribunal and lastly, Summer Senate Members. Simmons Senator Laura Schur

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Two construction workers work on a construction project above Umphrey Lee Center.

“I have seen pay for workers range anywhere from $6 to $20 an hour.” The Plano Day Labor Centers provides 25 to 55 percent of its workers with employment on a daily basis. The Plano center registers nearly 3,200 workers, but the Plano Day Labor Center Web site states that the city of Plano does not check worker documentation and speculates that the DART Rail Downtown Plano and Parker Road stations attract many different workers from all over the metroplex. “The center provides an organized location and workers are not violating the city’s ordinance by standing out on street corners,” Magallanes said. “It [Plano Day Labor Center] gets guys off the streets and cleans up the appearance of the city.” “I like the center because I am in a safe environment, even though it may be more competitive to find work here because there are so many more people, I would prefer to wait indoors on a cold rainy day and not risk getting in trouble on the streets,” Jose said.

The appeal of protection and safety Jose and many others find in the Plano Day Labor Center is not as common in other parts of the metroplex. The Shell gas station and corner store on Beltline Road in Irving had laborers waiting outside for work one recent morning before the gas station attendant had even arrived. Fernando, a middle-aged Mexican man from Zacatecas, Mexico, waited outside of the Shell gas station. He has never been to a Day Labor Center, and he doesn’t think much of them either. “They just want to make their city look better, but we aren’t committing crimes on these street corners, we just want to work for ourselves and our families,” Fernando said. “We are doing the same thing they are doing in the center, negotiating with contractors for work, and we get more jobs out here than they do in there.” “Many laborers complain about there being too many people looking for jobs here and don’t like the center because they have to compete with too

many other workers,” Magallanes said. “Where on street corners there aren’t as many as there are in the center.” Orrenius said immigrants play an important role in the United States labor force participation because the native labor force population is aging. “Even through the recession the United States is still a world-leading, competitive economy that depends on immigrants to work in lowskilled jobs where even our poorer individuals, considered a wealthier society, are too rich to consider doing those jobs,” Orrenius said. According to Orrenius, immigration and the economy go hand in hand, for as world economic leaders emerge, immigration is an important factor of the country’s wealth, growing labor force and their status in the world market.

was elected Speaker, Lyle Senator Joe Esau was elected Parliamentarian, and Dedman I Senator Alex Mace was elected Chief of Staff. The new members filling the position of Rules Tribunal are Dedman II Senator Kellie Spano, Law Senator Michael Boulos and Dedman II Senator Alex Ehmke. The five summer senators are Dedman I Senator Giacoma Cusimano, Dedman I Senator Aden Abiye, Dedman II Senator Kellie Spano, Lyle Senator Claudia Sandoval and Law Senator Scott Rogers.

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writers call for improvement in the town in which it is located. Nelson and Robberson echoed this statement, but on a broader level, pointing out that having a more developed South Dallas can only help the city as a whole. “You really do have an economic interest in fixing this problem,” Nelson said. “If South Dallas succeeds, everybody wins.” One thing that Nelson pointed out to the audience was a column that appears the first Friday of each month in the paper called “10 drops

in the bucket.” Nelson focuses on 10 eyesores or problems in South Dallas and chronicles their improvement each month. This is one way that Nelson said they hold the government accountable. “While city hall might not like 10 drops in the bucket, the people on the ground do,” McKenzie said. Although the team won a Pulitzer Prize, they said they still plan to write on the North-South gap. “It’s a great honor, but now it’s also incumbent upon us to take this to the next level,” McKenzie said.

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Sports

• Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The Daily Campus

GOLF

TRACK AND FIELD

SMU finishes in fourth at C-USA Championships in Florida By BRITTANY LEVINE Associate Sports Editor blevine@smu.edu

The SMU men’s golf team finished the Conference USA Championships in fourth place out of 11 teams. The tournament took place at the par 72, 7,152-yard RedTail Golf Course in Sorrento, Fla. The Mustangs finished the first day of competition in fourth place and were unable to move up after

day two’s play. As a team, they shot 303, 291 and 285 in the three rounds of play. They were only three shots shy of a second place finish. In the final day of the tournament, Junior Kelly Kraft led the Mustangs by shooting 217 and coming in ninth place. James Kwon followed behind Kraft at 221. Kwon finished tied for 16th place. Sophomore Matt Schovee and senior Ben Tewes tied for 27th place at 225. Senior Draegen Majors

rounded out the SMU team at 226. UCF took home the title. As a team they shot 858 in the tournament. Southern Mississippi and Rice University tied for second place. The two teams each shot a total of 876. Up next are NCAA Regionals. They will take place May 20-22 in a location to be decided.

Mustangs prepare for Twilight By BRITTANY LEVINE Associate Sports Editor blevine@smu.edu

The SMU track and field team will head to Denton, Texas Thursday to participate in the UNT Twilight meet. The Mustangs’ last competition was the Oklahoma Invitational in Norman, Okla. last Friday and Saturday. Sophomore Victoria Leks won the high jump with a seasonbest mark of 1.73 meters. Junior Silje Fjortoft finished

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second in the 3000 meters with a time of 10:02.28. Despite the fact that her time beat the old meet record of 10:10.76, the first place finisher, Caroline Jepleting, now holds the new meet record of 9:39.79. The Mustangs had two more top-five finishes by sophomore Ayla Gill and senior Lauren Kuhner. Gill’s throw of 56.74 meters gave her a third place finish. After placing eighth in the discus throw with a mark of 45.20 meters,

Kuhner earned a fifth place finish with a throw of 55 meters. Sophomore Ebony Cuington came in eighth place in the 400-meter hurdle. She had a time of 1:07.44. The SMU 4x100 relay came in eighth place with a time of 3:52.95. Freshmen Klara Bodinson and Sara Sjokvist each did well in the 1500-meter run. Bodinson’s time of 4:45.66 earned her a seventh place finish, and Sjokvist’s time of 4:49.29 earned her a ninth place finish.

BASEBALL

Ninth-inning homers give Rangers put Cruz on DL Tigers 8-6 win at Texas with hamstring problem By ASSOCIATED PRESS

By ASSOCIATED PRESS ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Neftali Feliz got his first opportunity to pitch on consecutive days for the Texas Rangers. The second go-round wasn’t very good for the youngster who often throws 100-mph fastballs. Feliz gave up back-to-back homers to Miguel Cabrera and Brandon Inge in the ninth inning Monday night and the Detroit Tigers beat the Rangers 8-6 after blowing a five-run lead. “It wasn’t the result I expected. It wasn’t a good result, but I was feeling good,” Feliz said through an intepreter. “It wasn’t the pitches. It was the location of the pitches, it wasn’t where I wanted to locate.” Cabrera’s homer came on a 95mph fastball, the hardest of the righthander’s 15 pitches Monday — and faster than any of the seven pitches the 21-year-old Feliz (1-1) threw to get three outs Sunday in another non-save situation. Inge hit a 94-mph pitch for his second homer of the game. “We knew he was tough,” Cabrera said. “You have to be patient and make contact. He throws so hard that if you make contact, it can go out, especially in this ballpark.” Cabrera’s tiebreaking homer was a 399-foot shot that landed in the Rangers’ bullpen in right-center. Inge followed with a blast to left. Inge’s two-run shot in the fifth, his first of the season, put Detroit up 6-1. “Sometimes you hit a spurt where no matter where you hit it, it ends up being an out. But that ends eventually,” a relieved Inge said. “You try not to get too frustrated with things. I felt

it was a matter of time. I needed to relax.” Left-hander Phil Coke (3-0), the third Tigers pitcher, worked 1 2-3 shutout innings before Jose Valverde pitched a perfect ninth against the top of the Texas lineup for his sixth save in seven chances. Coke took over with one out in the seventh after the Rangers had loaded the bases off Joel Zumaya. Coke struck out Josh Hamilton on three pitches before giving up a two-run single to Vladimir Guerrero that that tied it at 6. David Murphy had a two-run double and a run-saving catch after he entered the game for Texas in the top of the sixth for right fielder Nelson Cruz, who reaggravated a right hamstring that has bothered him the past week. The Rangers said Cruz is day to day. Detroit, which wrapped up a 5-6 roadtrip, led 4-0 after the first four batters of the game reached and scored off Matt Harrison. “I was maybe trying to overthrow,” Harrison said. “Before the game, I felt good.” Austin Jackson, the rookie center fielder playing not far from his hometown in Denton, had a leadoff single before consecutive walks. Cabrera had an RBI single, then Ryan Raburn cleared the bases with a oneout double — a ball high off the 14foot wall in left-center field that would have been a grand slam if only a few feet higher or to the right where the height of the wall decreases to eight feet. Tigers starter Jeremy Bonderman retired the first 11 batters he faced until Hamilton homered in the fourth

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to make it 4-1. After getting his first day off Sunday, Hamilton’s second homer of the season ended a 6 for 36 slide and he added a single and scored again in the sixth before his strikeout in the seventh and a gameending lineout. Hamilton and Guerrero had consecutive two-out singles in the sixth before David Murphy’s tworun double made it 6-4. Murphy’s defensive gem ended the eighth when he sprinted into the right-center field gap and extended to grab Johnny Damon’s liner. Damon had already extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a single in the second. A wild pitch by Bonderman in the fifth, very high and outside, allowed a run after Cruz had a leadoff double and moved to third on Justin Smoak’s double that was his first major league hit. Cruz said his hamstring tightened when he raced home, but said afterward that he was already feeling better. Bonderman struck out three, walked one and gave up six hits in 5 2-3 innings. Harrison allowed six runs over six innings, with five strikeouts and three walks. “We clawed our way back, got back in the game,” Rangers third baseman Michael Young said. “Sooner or later, we’re going to find a way to put everything on the same page, offense, pitching and defense.” NOTES: Smoak drew a walk in the sixth, the last batter faced by Bonderman. That gave Smoak at least one walk in each of his first four career games, a Rangers record and the first player in the majors to do that since Evan Longoria for Tampa Bay in 2008. ... Tigers SS Adam Everett (mild right hamstring strain) missed his second straight game. ... Tigers manager Jim Leyland said RHP Zach Miner, who has been on the disabled list with a right elbow problem since spring training, is throwing off a mound and “is about ready to pitch.”

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers right fielder Nelson Cruz was put on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, a day after he reaggravated his strained right hamstring and had to come out of a game early for the third time in a week. Manager Ron Washington said Cruz had “only a first-degree strain” but was very sore. Washington said the slugger was going to have to miss at least five to seven games and the DL move was made because the Rangers couldn’t afford to be short on the bench that long. “It’s hard to be out there and you can’t complete any games,” Cruz said. “Sometimes you want to run, you want to steal some bases or make some plays, and you aren’t allowed to do it 100 percent.” The Rangers later optioned struggling catcher Taylor Teagarden (.037 batting average, 1 for 27 with 17 strikeouts in 10 games) to Triple-A Oklahoma City and recalled catcher Max Ramirez. Jarrod Saltalamacchia (upper back stiffness), the starting catcher on opening day, was activated from the 15-day DL and optioned to Oklahoma City, where he had already played six games on a rehab assignment. “We’ve struggled at that position in the early going here, and want to give Taylor an opportunity to go down and get himself right,” general manager Jon Daniels said. “We explained to Jarrod, now that he’s healthy, we just want to see him go down there and play, get consistent reps, consistent at-bats.” Vladimir Guerrero started in right field instead of designated hitter for the first time this season Tuesday night against the Chicago White Sox. Right-hander Ryan Garko was the DH against White Sox left-handed starter Mark Buehrle. Matt Treanor, called up April 9 after being acquired from Milwaukee in a trade during spring training, started at catcher for the sixth time in nine games. The Rangers also recalled

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Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington pats the back of designated hitter Nelson Cruz in a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Thursday, April 22, 2010.

outfielder Craig Gentry from Oklahoma City. Gentry started in center field against Chicago. Cruz, an All-Star who hit 33 home runs in his full major league season last year, is hitting .328 this season and is second in the majors with seven home runs. He has 17 RBIs. The earliest he could return is May 12. David Murphy, a left-handed hitter not in the lineup Tuesday night, will get most of the time in right field against right-handers. Murphy had a two-run double and a run-saving catch Monday night after replacing Cruz, who tweaked his injury when he scored on a wild pitch in the fifth inning in the finale of four-game series against Detroit. “Yesterday I felt great. Even when I went from first to second, I was normal,” Cruz said. “When I took off to home plate and made that quick move, that’s when I felt it. It was worse than what I did before.” Cruz indicated after Monday night’s game that he was feeling better, but said an X-ray Tuesday showed fluid in the affected area. Cruz left the first two games of the team’s series in Boston last week when his hamstring tightened up, then was the DH for the series finale Thursday. He didn’t play Friday night in the series opener against the Tigers. Guerrero signed with the Rangers after the Los Angeles Angels showed

little interest in retaining the eighttime All-Star and former American League MVP after he had two stints on the disabled list last season for a torn right pectoral muscle and strained left knee. He hit .371 with two homers, 13 RBIs and three stolen bases in his first 18 games for Texas. “I feel good. I feel great,” Guerrero said in the clubhouse before Tuesday’s game. “I’ve been feeling fine since the beginning of spring training.” Washington said he put Guerrero in the outfield with the stipulations of no diving catches and to just get the ball to the cutoff man if it got past him. Then the manager indicated he was partially joking. “The one thing I badly don’t want to do is hurt Vlad,” Washington said. “Now I can’t control his reactions. It’s just a running joke. He’s a pro.” Washington said the loss of Cruz wouldn’t accelerate the return of second baseman Ian Kinsler, who Tuesday played the second of three rehabilitation games at DoubleA Frisco. Kinsler has been on the disabled list since spraining his right ankle during spring training. “We have a plan with Kinsler, we want to finish the process,” Washington said. “We’re not going to push him. He has two more days to play. He is going to play two more days.” If there are no setbacks, Kinsler will be activated before Friday night’s game in Seattle.