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Shoes of Holocaust victims are displayed at a concentration camp in Poland, one of the sites the Embrey Human Rights program visited last year.
Embrey broadens horizons JEHADU ABSHIRO News Writer jabshiro@smu.edu Educating students and members of the global community to understand, promote and defend human rights as responsible citizens of the world stands as the mission of the Embrey Human Rights Program at Southern Methodist University. SMU is one of five universities in the U.S. to offer both a major and a minor in human rights. “Our major and minor continue to be among the fastest growing offerings on campus,” said Embrey Human Rights Program Assistant Director Bradley Klein. The program’s first goal
is to create transformational academics. Students who graduate from the program have gone on to work in nonprofit organizations, governmental bodies, educational institutions, law, business and other public leadership and service vocations. The second goal of the program is to promote meaningful travel. “We have always made human rights travel a top priority,” Klein said. “It is our belief that students gain a better understanding of the atrocities committed by humanity, and the opportunities for making the world better when they encounter them in person.” The program has recently traveled to Australia, El Salvador, France, Poland and Rwanda.
The next trip will be to Israel in August 2014. The third goal is impactful outreach. The program pursues awareness events and activist initiatives in the Dallas community each semester. Two Human Rights programs, Community Outreach Fellowship and a Human Rights Research Fund, are offered to promote applied learning. In the past year, the program has pressed for immigration and capital punishment legislation, delivered events on women’s rights and citizenship processes — including presenting “Know Your Rights” workshops for day laborers — called for justice in the Santos Rodriguez murder and hosted the national launch
of Edwin Black’s “Financing the Flames.” They are also presenting a major international conference on the persecution of minorities in partnership with South Asia Democracy Watch. “The program hopes to attract any student who wants to seek a life of impact and meaning,” Klein said. “Every student, regardless of background, course of study, career goals, or ability, is welcome and encouraged to become a part of what we do.” The program motto is, “There is no such thing as a lesser person.” “Students who are passionate about justice, students who care about making their campus
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providing a unique perspective as Student Trustee. “The Board of Trustees often takes a long-term, bird’s-eye view,” Faruk said. “My job, as Student Trustee, is to be in the tunnels, to take a worm’s-eye view, if you will, outside of Board activities.” “I hope to serve as an effective communicator between our
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Pope John Paul II declared saint Associated PRess Nine years after his death, tens of thousands of Poles lauded their beloved countryman, Pope John Paul II, as he was declared a saint in an unprecedented Vatican ceremony Sunday. Bells tolled across Poland and the crowds applauded, in unison with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square in Rome, when Pope Francis declared the pontiff from Poland a saint. John Paul remains a vital figure to many of his countrymen for having helped end communism in Poland, for his support of the Solidarity freedom movement that peacefully achieved that goal in 1989, and for his teachings about human rights and dignity. Throughout Poland, the Vatican transmission was followed by a Mass of thanksgiving for the sainthood of a figure believed to be one of the greatest Poles ever. “This is a great day for Poland, this is a great day for me,” said Maria Jurek from Katowice, her voice laden with emotion. “He changed Poland and he changed us with his teaching and with his visits here.” Her friend, Izabella Gorecka, said she felt elated and “flew” up the sanctuary steps, despite feeling hip pain. They got up at 4:30 a.m. to join a pilgrimage organized by their parish church — complete with papal yellow and white flags, a portable canvas stool and their own food — to watch the Vatican ceremony live on giant screens at the new John Paul II sanctuary in Krakow that is competing for pilgrims with the neighboring, popular God’s Mercy sanctuary. John Paul’s sanctuary, still under construction, was initiated in 2011, when the pope’s personal secretary, Cardinal Stanislaw
Junior Rahfin Faruk has been named the Student Trustee for the upcoming 2014-2015 school year. “I had to pinch myself,” Faruk said after he found out. “I’m humbled by this opportunity.” Faruk will serve as a full voting member on the Board of Trustees, a privilege few schools offer to their students. The Board of Trustees, which consists of 41 members, serves as the governing body for the university. Faruk has yet to decide which committee he would sit on, but would have a choice between the Academic Planning, Policy and Management Committee and the Finance Committee. He will also sit on the Executive, Trusteeship and Legal and Governmental Affairs Committee. Faruk served as the Student Representative to the Academic Planning, Policy and Management Committee for the 2013-2014 school year. Faruk, a Presidential Scholar majoring in political science, economics, public policy and religious studies, and recently named Truman Scholar, is excited about
Umphrey Lee’s Derrick Page honored as staff of the year Sarah Bell Contributing Writer sabell@smu.edu
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Thousands of faithful flocked to the sanctuary to watch live from the Vatican as Pope Francis, aided by emeritus Pope Benedict XVI declares John Paul and John XXIII saints, in an unprecedented ceremony involving four popes.
Dziwisz placed a vial of the pontiff ’s blood in one of its white marble altars. The other, older sanctuary, was blessed by John Paul in 2002, and by tradition gathered larger crowds. Born Karol Wojtyla, the pope spent 40 years in Krakow, first as a Polish language student and eventually as bishop, before becoming pope in 1978 and taking the name of John Paul. He died April 2, 2005, and his pontificate was among the longest in history. While pope, he visited
Poland many times. About 30,000 pilgrims from around Poland gathered in the two centers. The figure was much lower than on previous pope-related occasions, in a sign that memory of him was fading, while the new generation, coming of age, was less centered on religion. To Poland’s believers, John Paul was always a saint, so they took his canonization as an obvious thing.
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Many students on the SMU campus may recognize Derrick Page, this year’s Staff Member of the Year award winner, from the Umphrey Lee dining hall. His personable demeanor and high-fives have made him popular among students. Page, who has been working at SMU for nine years, was awarded his firstever Staff Member of the Year award from SMU. “They tell me it was the first time someone like us was nominated,” said Page, referencing the other staff members in the dining hall. “Especially because it came from the students, it was very touching.” One mention of Page’s name and every student who knows him breaks out into a smile. “Oh, the high-five guy,” exclaimed SMU junior and diver Sky Corbett-Methot. “He always says ‘Hey diver!’ and gives me a hug.” Page has shown outstanding commitment not only to his job, but to the students at SMU. His nomination is no surprise, as his name has been seen across social media, even garnering positive posts on Yik Yak. “I really care about the students,” Page said. “I just really want them to do well.” The sentiment is not lost on students, all of whom had nothing but kind words to say
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Derrick Page is known by many at Umphrey Lee as “The high-five guy.”
about Page. “He’s so good at recognizing students faces,” junior Alex Day said. “He really cares about each of us.” Page’s favorite part of his job is getting to know the students, many of whom he has watched go through their entire academic career at SMU. He never fails to greet everyone with a smile. “He’s really personable,” SMU student Harrison McGregor said.
“Every time you see him he acts like he’s been friends with you a really long time.” For new students, or those just feeling a little out of their element, the dining hall can be a foreboding place. Luckily having people like Page greeting students as they walk in can make a world of difference. “That’s why I come to work everyday,” Page said. “It’s because of the students.”
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MONDAY n APRIL 28, 2014 Lifestyle
FDA tames growing e-cigarette industry with new rules Eastan Croson Health and Fitness Editor ecroson@smu.edu E-cigarettes, which some say are the safer alternative to smoking or a first step to kicking the habit, are about to experience some serious changes due to the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed regulations. The sale of electronic cigarettes is smoking hot, and is currently a $2 billion industry. Four years ago barely 10 percent of the U.S. population even knew what e-cigarettes were. Today, the vapor business has grown exponentially and continues to thrive. According to Consumer Health Day, between 2011 and 2012 the number of adolescents who had ever tried e-cigarettes doubled. Those adolescents are now college students meaning that this generation is indulging the most in smoking e-cigarettes and other vapor products. Chip Paul Co-Founder of Palm Beach Vapors, the first franchising e-cigarette and vapor retailer, discussed the growth of his own business as well as the industry overall. Founded in 2013, Palm Beach Vapors is based out of Tulsa, Okla. and has franchises in Oklahoma, California, Florida, Texas, Indiana, Missouri and Alabama. The company has experienced
exponential growth that reflects the country’s growing interest in e-cigarettes and vapors or kicking the smoking habit. Recently numerous communities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have placed more regulations on the growing industry putting more pressure on the need for federal regulation. Because this product is so new, they’re relatively unregulated. So far the products and the practice of smoking them otherwise known as “vaping” have avoided federal regulation. Mitch Zeller, the director of the Center for Tobacco Products, referred to the current marketplace for e-cigarettes the wild, wild West due to the industry’s lack of regulation. According to Zeller, there is no one vouching for the safety of these products. He claims there is no independent regulatory review of any claims made for the products. The FDA is proposing to expand regulatory powers to e-cigarettes as well as other popular products containing nicotine. Paul says the FDA has had plans to create rules for the industry for some time. Paul claims that the government agency was supposed to issue regulations last April. The announcement for regulations
was rescheduled to a later date and was put off again for a second time. The FDA unveiled plans April 24 to regulate e-cigarettes for the first time as well as various other nicotine products. This is a huge change for the industry because the FDA will have the authority to take critical actions that FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg claims will promote and protect the health of the public. “I think it is good [regulations] for the industry,” Paul said. “This will help legitimize the industry by saying that we are a real vertical. Regulations are going to separate the real business-focused responsible operators from the irresponsible operators.” According to Paul, before any regulations were in place anything could be put in the vapor that is used for e-cigarettes. “A store could put anything in a bottle and sell it as vapor juice,” Paul commented. “We are for regulation of liquid vapor. We accept our responsibility in this realm. We only use U.S. food grade products, child proof caps and if anyone wants to know what is in our products we are happy to tell me.” Paul hopes that regulations will spur more studies on the long-term effects as well as the
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short term effects of vaping and smoking e-cigarettes. The true health consequences of e-cigarettes are yet unknown, but the three main ingredients of e-cigarettes are nicotine, flavoring and propylene glycol. While some data suggests that nicotine can dangerously weaken the immune system, flavoring is relatively harmless. The only wildcard is the propylene glycol used in most vapor products. Propylene glycol is commonly seen in products such as soft drinks, salad dressing, shampoos and soaps. Good data about the safety of eating it or applying to the skin exists, but the effects of inhaling the substance are not yet understood. There are also some concerns that there could be cancer-causing substances in the vapor and metals on the coils used inside of e-cigarettes. Paul’s opinion differs from these unconfirmed concerns. He said that there is no question about vapor having
less effects on the body than a 20-year smoker. “People will tell you they feel healthier,” Paul said. “They can do things they couldn’t do when they were smoking real cigarettes. They can tell just by the feedback their bodies give them.” Paul commented that his company has a lot of customers that have quit smoking because of vaping. Although Paul made it clear that his company doesn’t sell to minors under any conditions and refuses to market to younger demographics, he feels that it is far better for young people to vape than to smoke. “We will never market to the adolescent population, but unfortunately other companies do,” Paul said. The new regulations proposed by the FDA hope to change that. The FDA’s rules hope to accomplish a lot of things, mostly targeted at preventing kids from using them by banning the sale of e-cigarettes to minors and
April 28, 2014 Only a few weeks left! Get your organization’s final programs and events advertised here. If you already have things planned for Fall 2014, put your advertisements here too. Send ADs to mrosa@smu.edu by April 30. Student Senate wishes you Good Luck during Finals! Have a great Summer Break!
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give away of free e-cigarettes as well as prohibiting the sales of c-cigarettes in most vending machines. The FDA also plans to make e-cigarettes carry warning labels that nicotine is addictive and force companies to disclose everything that is used to make their products. “It will compel the companies to tell us what’s in the vapor, and at what level, so that we can do safety assessments,” Zeller said. “We can’t even tell you what is in the vapor today, let alone what the risk profile of those various compounds are.” The FDA also plans to ban any claims that e-cigarettes are less dangerous than regular cigarettes without the agency’s approval. Public health advocates are glad about the new regulations as well according to NPR’s All Things Considered. Some say that it has taken the FDA far too long to step in and regulate the industry and want the agency to take more action.
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DPD grapples with troubled academy Associated Press Dallas police are adding oversight to its troubled training academy, which has faced allegations of lowered test scored and possible racial bias at one of the biggest law enforcement units in Texas. The Dallas Police Department is creating a new deputy chief position while the academy is under a widening in-house investigation of procedures, the Dallas Morning News reported Sunday. The new leader, whose new position has not been officially announced, will quickly face many issues. An internal affairs investigation is looking into why and how the scores of recruits were lowered. Police Chief David Brown also has suggested race played a role when a male recruit allegedly was allowed to take tests until
he passed. One top trainer at the academy was placed on administrative leave this week after a state audit found that a male recruit’s test score had been intentionally lowered, causing him to fail. A lawyer for senior Cpl. Manny Sanchez, a 22-year department veteran, said there was no malicious intent whatsoever in how his client scored the recruit’s test. “If the department is suggesting anything other than a simple scoring error, that is absurd,” lawyer Bob Gorsky told the newspaper. Dallas Police Association president Ron Pinkston said in a written statement that he thinks commanders were blaming linelevel officers first whenever they uncovered problems. Pinkston’s association has been
tussling with the department over the male recruit in question and other training standards. He said the recruit had been repeatedly allowed to retake the driving test — contrary to the department’s procedures — until he passed. The department denied that and said commanders followed procedures by giving the recruit remedial training to help him pass. Brown has repeatedly declined to explain his initial suggestion that there might be a connection between race and the test failures, citing the department’s ongoing investigation. Texas Commission on Law Enforcement officials came to town last week for a routine audit of the academy, but they came with an added focus on the two tests after Pinkston’s allegations. Officials have not publicly announced their other findings from the audit.
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Paulson discusses religion, journalism Stephanie Embree Contributing Writer sembree@smu.edu Michael Paulson is currently a national reporter covering the religion beat for the New York Times. Paulson’s passion for reporting started in his seventh grade journalism class and grew as he wrote a political beat for several publications including the San Antonio Light and the Seattle Post. When Paulson was hired at the Boston Globe he found his niche writing on the religion beat. Paulson has won numerous awards for his religion pieces, including winning a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Catholic priest scandal in 2003. The Daily Campus: How did you start writing about religion? Paulson: It was a combination of the subject and the paper and the town. They were all appealing to me. The Globe was looking for an outsider to cover religion at the time. They gambled on me and I gambled on religion. They were looking for somebody that was new to the beat and would have new ways of thinking to cover it The Daily Campus: What “new ways” of thinking did you bring to the beat? Paulson: I tried to focus on what academics were calling ‘live religion,’ the way religion was playing out in the lives of the Globes readers. I wanted to write more about people and less about institution The Daily Campus: I know you spent some time as an editor at the Times, what made you start reporting again? Paulson: I loved editing, but I missed writing my own stories and getting out. I love the subject of religion, I find it fascinating. The Daily Campus: How do you find your stories? Paulson: It’s sort of harder to get your arms around the subject in a much broader geographic area… But in Boston I read as much as I could from publications about religions-newspapers, magazine, web, blogs, twitter. I reached out to people, academics, clergy and consultants, anyone who is thinking about what’s happening in religion in Boston and in America. The
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student body and our university’s governing body.” Eight student representatives to the Board of Trustees’ standing committees were selected as well. Liz Dubret will serve as representative to the Development and Student Affairs committee, Katelyn Hall as representative to
stories and that was fantastic, because it feels good to get to know people really way to tell their stories in detail. The Daily Campus: Have you been able to keep your personal beliefs separate from what you write? Or has it effected your beliefs?
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obstacles have you faced in writing about religion? Paulson: A large obstacle is that newspapers have been struggling financially for some years now, and news organizations have fewer resources. But as you know, the religion beat generally has been hit pretty hard over the last decade. And then, you know, I would say religion remains an important subject to newspapers but not as important as politics or crime. You always have to make the argument for why your stories matters as you may not have to for other subjects. I also always try to be attentive when people are saying what they believe and attentive when they are explaining what they believe. There’s a sensitivity attached to the subject when religion is involved. The Daily Campus: What is the easiest part about your beat? Paulson: One of the things that is kind of refreshing about it is that people are more open and more candid about [religion]. There are fewer intermediaries; fewer spin than there is in politics. The public relations apparatus tends to be more modest in the world of religion that the world of politics. The Daily Campus: While on this beat were there any stories that stand out to you, stories that you really enjoyed writing or changed your perspective on something? Paulson: There’s so many…I spent a long time at the Globe writing about the clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. It was painful, but it was also rewarding in the sense that it felt like it really made a difference, what I was writing. There was also a small group of women in a struggling area. Women who had been praying together and decided to turn their prayer circle into a church out of their garage…I wrote a series of
Acadamic Policy, Planning and Management, Carissa Laughlin to Building and Grounds, Will Smith to Athletics, Will Slack to Investments, Matt Montsinger as Finance and Audit Liason, and Mehdi Hami and Sarah Tuohy were named representatives to the Student Affairs Committee. Re-elected Student Body President Ramon Trespalacios will continue to serve as an ex officio representative to the
Paulson: As a reporter you end up writing a lot about things that go wrong, no matter what you’re reporting, and in religion the abuse and various kinds of misconduct and problems that are comforted by clergy members or other people of the church more broadly. So there’s something to be aware of, but I think I’ve more or less kept it in perspective. The Daily Campus: What do you think about specific religious publications?
the audience is so heavy online that we find a way to continue to be online. The Daily Campus: What advice do you have for reporters who want to write religion pieces or do a religion beat? Paulson: The first advice I would give would be to make sure to pay attention to the basic journalism skills. It’s important to pay attention to a subject and learn as much about it as you can. The second piece of advice is to be open minded about what kind of outlets you’re willing to work at. It’s a changing landscape and we all have to be open to imagining the landscape more broadly than a few years ago. But be hopeful, it’s a great subject and there’s a lot of people hungry for infomation and insight.
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and world better, students who believe they are called to something bigger, we hope to attract all these types of students,” Klein said. “We are particularly interested in helping students use creative expressions and art in the quest for social change. The program’s outreach efforts seek to defend the rights of all people and build global awareness by connecting with partners working throughout the nation and the world. “We support activism that makes the Dallas Metroplex a fairer and safer place to live,” Klein said. To promote its basis of applied learning, the program offers a Community Outreach Fellowship and a Human Rights Research Fund. The Community Outreach Fellowship program was developed in response to a lack of dedicated space for human rights education at SMU, in Dallas and throughout the South.
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Still, after the ceremony, members of the three generations of the Balazinski family from Krakow were very moved and proud. Karol, an 8-year-old boy named after the pope, could only say he was happy. His father, Janusz, believes that the support from a saint will make his prayers even stronger than before. “The more so that we met him. He is one of us,” Balazinski said. During a 2002 Mass in Krakow, with his six brothers and sisters, he accompanied his parents Grazyna and Jerzy, who brought the pope offerings of bread and wine. In the pope’s hometown of Wadowice, crowds were spilling
“It was started to prepare the next generation of scholar activists to carry forward the torch of human rights work into every corner of the globe,” Klein said. “It was also meant to challenge the university community to project constructive leadership into society and transform Dallas into a beacon of direction and hope.” It all started in 1990, when program Director Rick Halperin began teaching human rights courses in Dedman College Department of History. Then trips to Poland began and within 10 years SMU alumna Lauren Embrey joined the trip to Poland. The Human Rights program was then founded with a $1 million gift from sisters Lauren and Gayle Embrey. In 2007, an undergraduate minor in human rights was launched and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Rights followed in 2012. “One of the most wonderful things about studying human rights is that it will be relevant to anything a student goes on to do in life,” Klein said.
from the spacious basilica into John Paul II square. Masses gathered across the nation, including the Black Madonna Shrine in Czestochowa, Warsaw, Gdansk and other cities. Thousands more travelled to Rome, some of them on foot, cycling or on horseback. Poland’s government leadership — President Bronislaw Komorowski, Prime Minister Donald Tusk and both parliamentary speakers — attended the Vatican ceremony. The ceremony was held on God’s Mercy church holiday, established by John Paul. It was also held on the 75th birthday of Dziwisz, Archbishop of Krakow, who promotes the memory of the Polish-born pope and of his teaching. John Paul is “still shaping the image of Poland today,” he said.
Paulson: I think they play an important role and I think the secular news media also plays an important role because it’s covering these groups and these beats from the outside. I would say there’s still quite a bit of exciting journalism about religion. The Daily Campus: What changes do you want to see in religion and journalism? Paulson: I want the news media to remember that religion still matters, enormously, to a large number of Americans. And the fate of religion in America is an important story to watch and share. And I want religious people to understand the critical role the news media plays in informing the public in what happens and facilitating discussion on important issues. The Daily Campus: What do you think is in the future for religion and journalism? Paulson: I do feel things are a little more stable than they were a couple years ago right now. But I think many traditional organizations will cover the beats knowing they are important. I think there will continue to be innovation online. There has been a fair amount of experimentation with religion news online with some fairly conspicuous failures. And as the experimentation continues and I think that’s important, because
Student Affairs Committee. Faruk looks forward to serving as Student Trustee during such a critical time for the university. “Both the present and future of our university are incredibly bright,” Faruk said. “The core goals and priorities of the Second Century Campaign — from attracting high-achieving students to engaging community — are emblematic of where we are headed.”
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MONDAY n April 28, 2014 senate
LETTER TO THE EDITOR an institution is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination.
Dear students, During last week’s referendum on an LGBT Student Senate seat, some students reported that disrespectful, anonymous comments were posted on social media. These reports are extremely troubling because such behavior by any student would conflict with SMU values, to which each of you committed when you joined our community. As defined in the Student Code of Conduct, SMU values include respect for all students, faculty and staff, which allows for the free exchange of ideas; personal integrity, which includes taking responsibility for one’s actions; academic honesty; and the moral courage to recognize that we all are part of something larger than ourselves. When students violate these values through anonymous social media comments, they are harming our community and, we believe, themselves. SMU values are fundamental to student government and your right to determine your representation in the Student Senate. We applaud the many students who actively engaged in the democratic process and in respectful debate on the important issue of LGBT representation in the Student Senate, and we urge you to continue to do so. SMU as
We commend Student Senators for their strong leadership this academic year in creating the SMU Values Statement and the “Not on My Campus” campaign. Their efforts contribute to a caring, inclusive community. We will continue to collaborate with student leaders to ensure that all community members respect SMU’s shared values. We urge each of you to care for one another and to speak out against those who disrespect others online or in person. If you have concerns for yourself or others, please contact any of the resources that are here to provide support, including SMU Police (214-768-3333, or anonymously at 214-768-2TIP), the Dean of Student Life (214768-4564), Title IX Coordinator (214-768-3601), Health Center (214-768-2141), Counseling and Psychiatric Services (214-768-2277), Women’s Center (214-768-4796), Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (214-768-4580) and Chaplain’s Office (214-768-4502). Every Mustang Will Be Valued. President R. Gerald Turner and Vice President for Student Affairs Lori S. White
Take election results seriously carl mcclain Contributing Writer cmcclain@smu.edu Let’s set aside all arguments surrounding the LGBT senate seat, campus homophobia, etc., and concentrate on one simple idea: treating elections seriously. Through our student body officers, Senators, and Constitution, we can democratically discuss and influence the major issues affecting the student body. We hold annual elections and expect our votes to be honored. How does this relate to the (now) two failed referendums on the LGBT senate seat? The day of the first referendum, held alongside student body elections, I personally agonized over the LGBT senator question for about five minutes. I could not reconcile my beliefs or my conscience for either side, so I abstained (leaving the box blank). If the measure passed, I would be content. But I felt proud for casting an honest vote along with 2,000 fellow students. While most
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voters agreed to create an LGBT senate position, the measure failed. I felt sorry for SPECTRUM and like-minded activists who put together a huge “yes” campaign running for weeks, only to face a narrow defeat. Yet, imagine my surprise when asked to vote yet again, on the same issue, three weeks later. I’m sure many felt a certain deja vu. This second time I spent all of 20 seconds imputing my firm “no” vote: someone needed to stand against such an electoral disgrace. After the first referendum, instead of reflecting on the result or regrouping for next year, the “yes” campaign immediately sought a “do-over”. By collecting enough signatures, they successfully put the LGBT seat question on its own special ballot for a second referendum. Now, the “yes” campaign overplayed its hand and in the process blatantly disregarded an entire election. What about the first referendum. Had we not made our voices heard? The “yes” campaign essentially declared the student body voted incorrectly,
and must immediately vote again. Only, this plan backfired when vile opposition (mostly from Yik Yak), turned out a stronger “no” vote. But the “yes” side has only itself to blame in this second defeat. Treating voters so callously is dangerous. Will we need to vote again before finals? Is every lost election simply a means to hold another until the right result is achieved? Elections are not about correcting results, no matter how disheartening. Opponents of referendum No. 2 are more than just bigoted homophobes: it includes people declaring, “I spoke up last time, now will you leave me alone?” LGBT activists should not look upon these results as failures. If anything the referendums are major successes. Remember in 2009 the Student Senate proved unable to pass a similar amendment, and just this year it passed overwhelmingly 34-3. Referendums serve as barometers of public opinion, and twice SPECTRUM’s cause carried the day: 59 percent and 52 percent
of students agreed to establish an LGBT senate seat to promote campus equality. This is a far cry from SMU’s pedestal as one of the most “LGBT-unfriendly” universities in the country: now active students are rejecting that legacy. Spectrum should be proud that SMU’s “homophobia” represents a shrinking minority opinion. But constitutions, like opinions, are slow to change. Our Constitution requires two-thirds of the student body to vote yes on an amendment. I expect we will have another referendum next year, and that’s perfectly fine. Another positive, optimistic campaign might turn out more non-voters, and SPECTRUM might yet convince people like myself to get off the sidelines. Could the referendum pass next year? Who knows. But please, next time respect the will and opinion of the student body: one trip (per year) to this ballot box is enough. McClain is a sophomore majoring in history.
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I was wrong about the LGBT seat alex ehmke Contributing Writer ake2108@columbia.edu Two years and 2,000 miles away from SMU, my past still catches up with me and reminds me I failed. I spent my first two years in Student Senate espousing clever arguments for why interest seats were ridiculous, and my second two nominally supporting them while actually doing nothing. I received an “M” Award for my contributions, but after four years in senate, I failed to address the most important issue that existed on campus. And that’s because I was wrong about the LGBT seat. One of my favorite senate activities was trying to make fools out of interest-seat advocates. “How can we justify the creation of an LGBT seat?” I asked them. “Shouldn’t that just give rise to the creation of a heterosexual seat? What about a ‘Dr. Pepper Enthusiasts’ seat? Where does it end?” As long as I didn’t speak in realistic terms, I wasn’t telling my LGBT friends I didn’t care. I was a chess player trying to win a debate at all costs, rather than a decision-maker charged with making the right choice. Everyone at SMU knows why an LGBT seat is necessary and heterosexual seat isn’t, and why we have seats set aside for racial minorities and not for white students. I certainly did, but I didn’t want to acknowledge it – apparently the 1,025 of you who voted against this bill didn’t either. That reason is this: Unlike racial minorities and LGBT students, white, heterosexual students will likely never be made to feel like lesser humans. For those who deny minorities are subject to intense discrimination at SMU, look no further than the last few weeks. It’s nearly impossible to get 100 students to show up to anything on campus, but 10 times as many went out of their way to vote against the LGBT seat. I know for a fact that the vast majority of students don’t give two shits about senate, which means they voted just to give the middle finger to the LGBT
community over an issue that won’t affect their lives at all. Tell me with a straight face there’s no animosity there, and I’ll have no problem telling you you’re a liar. “I didn’t vote against the LGBT seat because I hate them – it was because they don’t need it! They can just run for the regular seats!” I was wrong about that, too. LGBT students are less able to win popular elections because of the very discriminatory attitude evidenced above. Moreover, having a senator assigned to that community would ensure their concerns are addressed by someone who understands, rather than by the anti-LGBT enthusiasts who are apparently so numerous on campus. Many students voted “no” out of a sense of logical superiority rather than entrenched homophobia. These are the people I would ask to change their minds. As long as these communities are disproportionately targeted with hate, it’s fair to offer them disproportionately greater protection through additional representation. And as long as we’re not deluding ourselves, we can acknowledge there is a lot of hatred at SMU that needs mitigating. As for the rest of you, who knowingly impose a hateful, homophobic agenda on others, I have no solution but to wish you’d grow the hell up. Maybe some day, your brother, best friend or son will come out to you, and I wonder if you’ll have the guts to say then what you say on Yik Yak now. Tell them you hate them, call them f****ts and berate them like the inferior beings you’re convinced they are. Until then, I hope you’ll continue hiding behind your screen names – the pointy white hoods of our generation – lest you be recognized as the cowards you are. I’m sure that some day you’ll regret the stance you’re taking, just as I do. You’re wrong about the LGBT seat, but it’s not too late to be right. Ehmke graduated from SMU in 2012.
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Yik Yak shows need for progress on LGBT issues This past week, a second referendum proposing an LGBT senate seat was voted down, this time by a larger margin than the first vote three weeks prior. Opposition to the referendum was particularly vicious this time around, partly mobilized through the social media app Yik Yak. The app has exposed a troublingly homophobic strain of opinion on campus. The app is, of course, not responsible for homophobia on campus, but it has brought those sentiments to the forefront, clearly demonstrating to the university the deep-seeded hate a large number of students have against persons identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Just four years ago, SMU was listed on the Princeton Review as one of the schools least accepting of LGBT lifestyle. In the past few years it has dropped off that list, initially seen as a sign of progress. But Yik Yak has helped show
but democratic processes allow no recourse to correct this irony. It may be tempting then to advocate for a non-democratic solution — the imposition of the LGBT seat without the consent of the university as a whole. Public opinion on civil rights issues often lag behind. After all, the voters in Kansas would never have passed school integration if put up to a vote, the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education had to impose that reality upon them. However, to do that in the case of the LGBT senate seat would allow the homophobic parts of the community to hide. If they get brought to the surface every time this referendum is voted on in future years, it pushes them into the light, providing a clear example of why the administration, and the students, have to take action. Every time the referendum doesn’t pass, it is another reminder of why it needs to pass. Each time
slurs are made public, the tolerant voices in the community are further motivated to turn out and get the vote passed. Eventually it will pass, and the value of a democratic victory will far surpass the value of a premature imposition of the LGBT senate seat by executive decree. The question is whether or not the campus can maintain some semblance of community in the time between now, when intolerance is astoundingly blatant, and when LGBT representation is achieved and implemented. We at The Daily Campus, for the sake of the LGBT community on campus and the overall social relevance of and professional respect for upcoming SMU graduates when they leave this bubble, can only hope this happens sooner rather than later. If that gets us labeled “The Campus Rag” by the Yik Yak crowd, so be it.
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the more optimistic among us just how much work still needs to be done. So long as students feel it is okay to throw around slurs against the LGBT community and attack those who support the community, this campus cannot call itself tolerant. That this homophobic community was able to be mobilized against an LGBT senate seat referendum in significant enough numbers to stop the vote from passing — twice — shows just how difficult it will be to make real progress. Frankly, the hateful, anonymous comments on Yik Yak and the rampant nature of the app’s influence are precisely why an LGBT seat should be created. The community needs the additional support a seat on the Senate would allow them. That the very people creating the need for an LGBT senate seat were the same ones able to stop the creation of one is disappointing,
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Mustangs close 2014 season at Mesa Arena Grand Prix Samuel Snow Associate Sports Editor ssnow@smu.edu Men
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Over his eight year NFL career Meredith posted a 50.7 percent completion rate, 17,199 yards, 135 touchdowns and a passer rating of 74.8.
Number 5: “Dandy Don” DemetriO Teniente Sports Editor dteniente@smu.edu Editors Note: For the past several issues we have been counting down the 25 greatest SMU athletes of alltime. This is number five of that list. We now come to the top five athletes on our list, and kicking things off is none other than the late, great “Dandy Don” Meredith. Born April 10, 1938 in Mount Vernon, Texas, Meredith would go on to become one of Dallas’ most heralded athletes. In his youth, Meredith attended Mount Vernon High School where he was a dualsport stud — playing both basketball and football. It wasn’t all sports though; Meredith was as rounded a student as you could get. He performed in several plays and even graduated second in his class. Upon graduation, Meredith elected to attend SMU, choosing the Mustangs despite being heavily recruited by the Texas A&M Aggies. Once on the Hilltop,
Meredith wasted no time in asserting himself and led the Southwest Conference in passing completion percentage in each of his three years as the Mustangs starting quarterback. In addition, Meredith was an All-American selection in 1958 and 1959. Meredith’s fame on the field led to his classmates jokingly referring to the school as “Southern Meredith University.” In 1983, Meredith received the University’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and then in 2008, his number 17 jersey was retired at an SMU v. Houston game. After a stellar collegiate career, Meredith sought to take his talents to the NFL. Meredith would eventually quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, but when he entered the NFL the Cowboys did not exist and therefore could not draft him in the 1960 NFL Draft. However, in 1959, Meredith signed a contract with Tecon Corporation’s Clint Murchinson, agreeing to play for the Cowboys when they received an NFL franchise. Meredith was drafted by
the Chicago Bears in 1960 and traded to the Cowboys for a compensatory third-round pick for the 1962 Draft. Because Meredith “joined” the organization before it even existed, he is considered the first Cowboy. After spending two years as Eddie LeBaron’s back up, Cowboys Head Coach Tom Landry awarded Meredith the starting role in 1963. Three years later, Meredith led Dallas to the NFL Championship where the Green Bay Packers defeated the Cowboys 34-27. Meredith was also named the NFL player of the year in 1966. The following year, Green Bay would hand Meredith another crushing defeat (21-17) in the famous “Ice Bowl” game in 1967. Meredith never led the Cowboys to the Super Bowl, but “Dandy Don” will always have a special place in the hearts of Cowboys fans for his toughness, leadership and sparkling personality. Over his entire NFL career, Meredith posted a 50.7 percent completion rate, 17,199 yards,
135 touchdowns and an all-time quarterback passer rating of 74.8. He was also elected to the Pro Bowl three times. Meredith couldn’t stay away from football for too long though in 1970 he returned to the sport as a commentator for ABC’s “Monday Night Football.” The former Cowboy added a needed change of pace and brought a casual tone of voice to the broadcast. He was best known for singing the line “Turn out the lights, the party’s over”, from Willie Nelson’s “The Party’s Over” during a blowout. Never being just a one trick pony, Meredith also had somewhat of an acting career. He starred as Detective Bert Jameson on “Police Story,” and appeared in several Lipton Tea commercials. Meredith, who passed away in 2010 after suffering a brain hemorrhage, was a colorful personality, an effective leader and a gifted athlete. For all his accomplishments on and off the field during his lifetime, he comes in at number five on our list.
SMU men’s swimming and diving sent a single swimmer to the Mesa Arena Grand Prix in Mesa, Arizona. Senior Julian Fletcher swam in the competition that began Thursday and ended Sunday. Fletcher swam in the 50-meter freestyle, taking place Friday, and the 100-meter breaststroke, taking place Saturday. In the 50-meter freestyle, Fletcher recorded a 25.03 in the preliminary of the race, and he recorded a 1:06.83 in the preliminary of the 100-meter breaststroke. Fletcher, overall, had a solid season. At the American Athletic Conference Championship, he placed seventh in the 200-yard breaststroke and eighth in the 100yard breaststroke. For the entire season, SMU was awarded 11 spots on the 2014 All-American Athletic Conference men’s swimming and diving team. The seniors were Nicolai Hansen, Ryan Koops, Ramom Melo and Matt Roney. The juniors were Matas Andriekus, Devin Burnett, Hayden Hodges and Tyler Rauth. The one sophomore was Eastman Holloway. The firstyears were Ziga Cerkovnik and
Bryce Klein. Burnett was named the 2014 Most Outstanding Diver for the season. He placed first in the one-meter (386.80), threemeter (389.45) and platform dives (399.65). AAC’s Diving Coach of the Year was given to Head Diving Coach Jim Stillson. The Mesa Arena Grand Prix concluded the swimming and diving season.
Women The SMU women’s swim team finished off its 2013-14 season at the Mesa Grand Prix held in the Skyline Aquatic Center. Tara-Lynn Nicholas, a firstyear, highlighted the Mustangs’ performance with a sixth-place finish in the A Final of the 100-meter breaststroke recording a 1:10.51 finish. Junior Isabella Arcila placed third in the B Final of the 100-meter backstroke with a 1:03.91 finish. Sophomore Anna Volchkov also competed in the 100-meter backstroke. She finished second in the D Final with 1:06.30. Finally, first-year Ursa Bezan competed for the Mustangs in the 200-meter individual medley C Final. She finished with a 2:25.86, which was good for sixth place. The Mesa Grand Prix was the final meet for the SMU women’s swim team in the 2013-14 season.
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‘What’s the point’ of Christina Yang leaving? Why it’s ok to say goodbye and why she’ll be ok jordan moore A&E Editor mooreja@smu.edu If you’ve followed “Grey’s Anatomy” from the beginning, you’ll have gotten to know Christina Yang. You’ll understand that she’s Meredith’s “person” and why. You’ll understand that she’s changed and how. More importantly, and most recently, you’ll understand the pain in saying goodbye to yet another character that has been around since the start. In recent weeks, there has been a lot of hype leading up to this week’s episode, “Farewell to Christina.” Social media has taken to sharing things like “favorite” or “best of ” Christina moments compiled from over the years. All of this, in preparation for Thursday’s episode in which Grey’s fans and potentially Grey’s characters will see Christina for the last time. As with any character leaving a show, and particularly one that has been around for so long, questions are bound to circulate in regards to why a beloved character might be leaving. For a moment, I’d like to focus on Christina, not Sandra Oh, the actress that has played Christina Yang for over nine years. So, why is Christina leaving? While I only know as much as any other Grey’s follower, I think my observations are worth considering as reasons for why Christina is leaving the Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital. The only connection I’ll make between Oh and her character is what Oh told The Hollywood Reporter: “Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go.” Christina, similarly, has truly come full circle since her start as a surgical intern. From the beginning, Christina has been the surgeon with an incomparable edge––an edge as sharp as the stainless-steel scalpel she loves to hold. This is something that has remained unchanged about
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Christina Yang will leave “Grey’s Anatomy” forever Thursday. The “Farewell to Christina” episode will air on ABC at 8 p.m. CST.
Christina; she has always been seemingly the most unwavering, unbreakable of the bunch. However, Christina has proven that there are things that can touch her in soft, more human forms. Even in her early days, Christina has known what it is to laugh and be witty, despite her steely persona. She has known what it is to let loose, get drunk and dance on a table with “her person,” Meredith. She has experienced love and love lost. She has cried and has felt. She has known, and still knows what a heart is, how it functions and when one is too far gone to save. Christina may be a blade of steel, but she also knows what it is to be human. In last week’s episode, after years of hard work being nominated for the prestigious Harper Avery Award, she was robbed of her award. She learned that though she had the votes to win, because of politics, she didn’t receive her well-earned award. It’s at this moment that she asks, “What’s the point?” This question bears enough weight, but to hear Christina Yang pose that question, then walk out of the hospital and into the Seattle night is more unsettling than usual. It is unsettling because we know that Christina is leaving––for good. “What’s the point” then, after all these years of Christina on the show, why should she leave now? I think Christina may have
reached a point of no return. She has reached her end––her flatline that cannot be helped in finding a pulse. After all her work, and what she has given to the hospital, to her patients, to the practice of surgery as a whole––“what’s the point” when she can’t go any further? Although Christina has shown her ability to feel and her ability to be human, there is one thing about Christina that has made and still makes Christina, Christina: her drive to be the best. Now, she knows that she has reached her best as a surgeon, being nominated and unrecognizably winning a Harper Avery. And yet, she didn’t get what she earned. She was robbed and it’s as simple as that. So, to Christina, “what’s the point?” Christina has nothing left to work toward; there is nothing left for her to achieve. And even when she has been forced to make an “impossible decision,” she made it in this last episode: “It was an impossible decision, and I stand by it.” Even as a mere human being, she has been forced to make calls as a surgeon that no one would willingly want make. Her choice to leave is an impossible decision, but she made it. And knowing Christina, she’ll stand by this decision because she knows what’s best, especially for herself. That’s just it, too: Christina is her own person. While Meredith is “her person,” and Christina, hers,
Christina has also always been her own person, first. How else has she miscarried a child, divorced and yet simultaneously made her way to the top in regards to surgical honors? She has truly done it on her own. While we have yet to know where Christina will go when she leaves the show Thursday, and while we have yet to know what will become of her, we do know one thing: she is doing it alone and for the best. It’s safe to say that Grey’s fans will miss Christina as much as Meredith will miss her; we should bear in mind, however, that Meredith has another person that has also been with her from the beginning: Derek Shepherd. Christina can let Meredith go, and Meredith should know that she can let Christina go. Though in some respects Christina and Meredith will always be one another’s “person,” we all know that Christina has always been her own. Thursday will be a difficult goodbye, but I think Christina Yang will be just fine. She has always known what’s best, and she knows when something that can’t be saved. So, “what’s the point?” Well, who knows, but Christina knows it’s time for her to move on to whatever might be next for her.
There are exactly 20 days to graduation and summer. Twenty days left between the last week of school, projects, exams and cramming at least one of these seven things in to your busy schedule. Regardless, here are seven places to visit before you leave the Hilltop (and possibly Dallas) for good. Uptown, Greenville and Downtown are all favored districts for eating and drinking. For a change of pace, try Trinity Groves. Just across the Margaret Hunt Bridge, a dining park with completely new concepts exists. For craft beer enthusiasts, LUCK, a restaurant and bar that serves over 40 local beers within 75 miles of Dallas, is the place to be. If you haven’t had Texas barbecue, try Babb Bro’s BBQ and Blues. Along with those two are restaurants that serve Moroccan, Spanish, Italian and Asian cuisine. There is also a cake bar and sweets shop, so there is something for everyone. Situated on Carlisle Street, the Dallas Museum of Geometric and MADI Art is tucked away near the Katy Trail. When the Kilgore & Kilgore firm moved to the building in Uptown, the Mastersons converted the majority of the first floor of the building into a permanent MADI Museum. MADI Art, a movement founded by Carmelo Arden Quin in South America, uses an assembly of colored shapes in a multifaceted way. The exhibit “Quilts”, displayed from April 4 through July 6, curated by textile artist Sue Benner, will feature quilt artists whose work focuses on non-objective geometric shapes with strong color division.
Last year was the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination. For some local history, visit the Sixth Floor Museum and Dealey Plaza, scene of the JFK assassination, located right in Downtown Dallas. The museum, located on the sixth and seventh floors of an early 20th-century warehouse formerly known as the Texas School Book Depository, chronicles President Kennedy’s life, death and legacy. The permanent exhibit features films, photographs and artifacts that. All temporary exhibits can be seen on the seventh floor. For a lighter take on history, visit the retro-inspired Beauty Bar. Located on Henderson Avenue, The Beauty Bar offers Martini’s and Mani’s Tuesday through Friday during Happy Hour for just $10. At night, the bar turns into a dance club and bar featuring local DJs. Austin, Texas, is the live music capital of the world and although Dallas doesn’t even come close, there are still a handful of local venues that offer off-kilter music seven days a week. The Granada Theater, Trees, The Kessler, and The Southside Ballroom are just a handful of smaller venues in Dallas. Lord, Daughter and London Grammer are some of the artists that have performed at these locations in the last few months. The last thing to do is quite cheesy. Everyone has noticed Dallas’ marketing campaign: “Big Things Happen Here.” It’s been on campus several times since the campaign started. So how about it? Take the cheesy photo and hope that either a big miracle happens during exams or you find a job in 20 days. After all, according to Dallas, big things happen here.
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