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Sir Sly could be the next big thing
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Ink no longer taboo at SMU
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Wednesday
August 27, 2014
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AP Briefs World Ukraine– Ukraine’s president said Wednesday that Vladimir Putin accepts the principles of a peace plan for Ukraine but the Russian leader insisted that only Kiev can reach a cease-fire deal with the pro-Moscow separatists “This is not our business,” Putin said of any cease-fire plan. “This is Ukraine’s business.”
National BOSTON — Journalist Peter Theo Curtis returned home to the United States on Tuesday, two days after being freed by a Syrian extremist group that held him hostage for 22 months, his family said.
Texas LUBBOCK — Police say a domestic dispute and ensuing threats led to a confrontation between a male suspect and officers culminating in the officers shooting the man dead. Lubbock police identified the dead suspect as 51-year-old Guadalupe Esquivel.
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This year marked the fifth year for the One28 snowball fight. Students enjoyed throwing thousands of snowballs at their friends and classmates during the warm August night.
‘Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow’ SMU students battle in One28 snowball fight
DEMETRIO TENIENTE Associate Sports Editor dteniente@smu.edu campbell flemmons Associate Online Editor cflemmons@smu.edu Students gathered on Dallas Hall lawn Tuesday night for some cool fun in the August heat at One28’s Snowball Fight. The dodgeball-style game began at 8 p.m. with 7,000 snowballs from Bahama Bucks for 10 teams. Bahama Bucks is a Shaved Ice Company in North Dallas. “They would shave the ice and then form them into snowballs,” event planner Adam Tarnow said.
“Then they would put like 60 of them into a cooler and so we have 117 coolers of snowballs in the [refrigerator] truck.” Two years ago safety became an issue as there was no way to keep the snowballs cold. “Two years ago, we didn’t have a refrigerator truck so [the snowballs] got icy and turned into ice balls and people got a lot of injuries,” junior Gloria Yi said. “This year we are having them sign a waiver that is really more like a warning to just be careful.” One28 volunteers warned students to be smart and not hit their friends in the head. Each participant was also
fitted with protective eyewear. The game consisted of several four-minute fights between teams where students attempted to hit the opposing team with snowballs. The team with the most players left on Dallas Hall lawn at the end of the four-minute fight won. “We are just going to have a blast out here playing dodge ball with some snow,” Tarnow said before the snowball fights began. “This will be the fourth time we do it – we didn’t do it last year and I think that was a big mistake.” According to Tarnow, many students missed the fight last year and asked for its return.
One28 worked hard to put on this quick and fun event. “We started [planning] last semester, so it’s been months that we’ve been doing this,” Yi said. “A lot goes into it. We had to get in touch with SMU, and there is a lot of red tape with getting Dallas Hall lawn and just getting this approved in general. I mean, this is snowballs in the middle of August.” One28’s hard work definitely paid off. Over 300 students arrived excited for the night. “I just want to bash my friends with some snowballs, that’s all I want,” sophomore James Jang said.
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“I’m really excited to see snow in Texas because it rarely happens,” sophomore and One28 student-leader Alex Silhanek said. The students enjoyed themselves while learning more about One28. “As Jesus said, ‘Let him who sin throw the first snowball,” first-year Viay Ramesh said. According to this fight, every student sinned.
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COMMONS
‘Mo’ parking, Mo’ problems’ Students locked out Parking issues not resolved
christina cox Managing Editor clcox@smu.edu The completion of the Residential Commons created one looming question in students’ minds: where are these 1,200 additional residents going to park? The university’s solution was the construction of the Mustang Parking Center. The resident-only parking structure opened along with the five new dorms in August. “It will help accommodate parking for most of the new residents who now live on campus rather than commute to campus,” said Director of ID Card Services Mark Rhodes and Associate Vice President for Campus Services Julie Wiksten. The Mustang Parking Center is unique in that it is the only residentonly parking garage on campus. It has space for 800 vehicles. In addition to the Mustang Parking Center, students may park in the Airline, Binkely, Meadows, Moody and Daniel Parking Centers. SMU also expanded the commuter lot to hold an additional 240 vehicles. However, many students are concerned that these additions will
not ease the troubles with parking on campus. “I’m glad they added parking, but they need to add more convenient parking locations,” senior Rebecca Keay said. “There aren’t enough spots for people going to class and going to the gym.” With the abundance of ongoing construction on campus, the increase in convenience of parking will not occur soon. “There will be approximately 80 fewer resident parking spaces in the South Quad lot due to construction of the pedestrian mall and there will be no parking around Peyton Parkway during demolition of the old Memorial Health Center and construction of the new Dr. Bob Smith Memorial Health Center,” Rhodes said. According to Rhodes, faculty spots will also be misplaced for about 30 days during the construction of the new Harold Simmons building and Ford Research Center. During this time, employees will park in the expanded commuter lot along University Boulevard and Airline Road. Parking along sorority row will also decrease with the construction of the Delta Gamma house.
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Students can ride the Mustang Express to and from SMU campus.
Students have their own ideas on how to solve the continuing problems with parking on campus. “In the parking garages there is way too much staff parking,” junior Becca Zivin said. “They need to look at the ratio of staff to students and figure out what’s appropriate.” “Maybe people could try parking on the Boulevard,” Keay said. Rhodes and Wiksten believe public transportation could be a solution. “We encourage the use of alternative transportation by providing students with annual DART transit passes for a onetime charge of only $5,” Rhodes said. “We also operate the 768
SMU Express and 743 Museum Express shuttles.” Changes to the two routes effective Monday decreased service time from Mockingbird Station to Bishop Boulevard from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Have any questions about parking? Visit the Parking and ID Card Services office at the Expressway Tower or email parking@smu.edu.
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on first day of class Meredith Carey Assignments Desk Editor mbcarey@smu.edu
Monday marked the first day of class at SMU and also the first real test of the new student ID cards. Outfitted with a microchip that eliminates the need for a room key, the new red and blue cards open room and outer doors in the new Residential Commons. Monday, a card access issue locked students in the Ware, Crum, Armstrong and Kathy Crow Commons out of their rooms. As a result, many students, including a number of first year students, were late or missed class. “I could get into the building, but when I tried to use the card to get in the dorm it didn’t work,” junior Hannah Williams said. “I can see how it could stress the freshmen out on the first day
of school.” By the afternoon, the problem was resolved. “It’s understandable that with the new dorms that there will be some issues” Williams said. Late yesterday evening, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Paul Ludden told teachers in an email that this tardy and absence would not count against the students. According to the email, the Office of Information Technology was working to prevent further lockouts. The Daily Campus has reached out to the OIT for comment and will update this story with their statement accordingly.
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Correction: In the Monday, Aug 25, story in The Daily Campus headlined “‘Who let the dogs out?’ FiRs give residence halls new mascots,” residence hall staff members and dog owners Katie Bell, Tiffany Richardson and Krystal Jones were incorrectly identified as student leaders. Bell, Richardson and Jones are Residential Community Directors — full-time staff members living in each community. Students are not allowed to have dogs in their residence halls, per the Residence Life & Student Housing Community Standards. The Daily Campus regrets any confusion caused by this error.