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A review of horror film “You’re Next”
Accessorizing this semester
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Respect same sex marriages
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Players to watch this season
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WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 28, 2013
Wednesday High 100, Low 79 Thursday High 102, Low 82
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Remembering MLK’s dream
Half a century after historic march, SMU professors comment on progress Katelyn Gough Assignments Desk Editor kgough@smu.edu
The March on Washington, on Aug. 28, 1963, united hundreds of thousands of Americans under the fight for jobs, freedom and equality. Half a century later, Americans still call out for these same rights. King’s civil rights movement, however, reached beyond the issues of race and segregation most associated with his legacy. “An adequate remembrance of King requires remembering his call for economic rights,” said Dr. Theodore Walker, Professor of Ethics and Society at SMU. “King argued that we can avoid chaos and achieve community only by going beyond civil rights.” Walker explained that such a “focus on ‘civil rights’ steers us away” from the broader issue of economics. “The civil rights that are protected by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights do not include economic rights,” Walker said. Dennis Simon, professor of political science at SMU, echoed that sentiment. “The civil rights agenda in the 1960s was not restricted to segregation and voting rights,” Simon said. “There was an economic agenda that is often overlooked.” On the 50th anniversary of King’s March on Washington, the foundational problems and solutions being fought for in 1963 have evolved and continued into 2013. “Today’s agenda features this strong economic component,”
DINING
‘Healthy for life’ launched at Umph Leah Johnson Contributing Writer leahj@smu.edu
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From left, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., Rev. Al Sharpton, and Martin Luther King, III, start the march towards the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial after the rally at the Lincoln Memorial, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013.
Simon said. “Essentially, the civil rights movement of the 1960s became a model.” Simon explained that “the civil rights movement taught about the effectiveness of organizing, mass action, and litigation” — strategies that have been used to gain momentum and success in “the women’s movement, the environmental movement and by Hispanics,” among many others. But the economic call has
united all these causes over the past half-century by working for job equality and more equal wealth distribution, rooting all in civil rights and equality as well-the very things King is most recognized with. King delivered a speech at SMU in 1966, three years after the March on Washington, in which he addressed the question that is still pressed today, “whether we are making any real progress in
race relations.” When that questioned is asked of SMU again 47 years later, Simon explained that the university is succeeding with “curriculum, community engagement efforts... an annual civil rights pilgrimage,” civil rights specializations in the Human Rights programs and more. “SMU is pretty cutting-edge,” Simon said. The University will host keynote speaker Reverend James Lawson,
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famed civil rights activist who worked closely with King, during its Sept. 6 symposium on the current status of American civil rights and the economic ties. “The purpose of the Sept. 6 event is to think seriously about King’s neglected prescriptions from the perspective of law and religion,” Walker said. “An adequate remembrance of King requires remembering his call for economic rights...for all humans.”
Just in time for back-toschool, SMU Dining will launch Healthy for Life, an initiative supporting a healthier lifestyle by integrating healthy food choices, nutrition education and wellness programs. The Healthy for Life menu features lower calories, lower fat, whole grain and vegetarian or vegan choices, as well as, programs and events designed to help students establish and maintain healthy habits. “Students are thinking differently about their menu choices and are actively seeking information about how nutrition impacts their health,” SMU Dining’s dietitian Lauren Hickman said in a press release. “Healthy for Life helps students gain a better understanding of food, and empowers them to make the choices that will ultimately help them live healthier lives.” The new initiative includes the CampusDish Nutrition Smartphone App, where students can search menus by location and nutrition, a digital wellness center, located in Umphrey Lee, where students can find all information on wellness and nutrition, a new menu labeling system with
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Technology
Mark Cuban, SMU experts research physics of basketball Haley Thayer Online Editor hthayer@smu.edu
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From Left, Student Body Secretary Katherine Ladner, Student Body President Ramon Trespalacios and Student Body Vice President Jaywin Malhi
Student leaders make introductions, lay out plan for stronger community Katelyn Gough Assignments Desk Editor kgough@smu.edu As fall semester begins, the student body president, vice president and secretary share some of their first steps in fulfilling their campaign promises to the community. Secretary Katherine Ladner said one of the first things put in place by the new executives is a value statement and “something to keep in mind as [first-years] go through college.” President Ramon Trespalacios shared the following that will be circulated and implemented among the newest students to join the university. “I, as a citizen of the SMU
Community, commit myself to upholding the values of intellectual integrity, academic honesty, personal responsibility and sincere regard and respect to all SMU students, faculty and staff,” Trespalacios said. The theme of “community” is clearly the common thread for all three Student Body representatives’ goals for the 20132014 academic year, and one that Trespalacios insists needs to be revisited by the student body as a whole. “It seems some SMU students have forgotten that they all have something in common,” Trespalacios said. “Even though they are involved in various organizations, have different majors or reside in different areas,
above all they are Mustangs.” Trespalacios stressed the importance of the community working actively and honestly in identifying problems and implementing solutions through all facets available – specifically, students voicing their opinions themselves. “Student Senate is purposeless if the student body does not participate in our endeavors,” Trespalacios explained. “Students are going to be able to use the hashtag #fixitsenate on Twitter and Facebook to express things they would like to see changing,” Trespalacios said. “We want and need issues they see on campus; what they want
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Dallas Mavericks’ owner, Mark Cuban, has teamed up with SMU biomechanics experts to research flopping in basketball. Flopping is a term used to describe a player who falls or fakes a collision for the purpose of drawing a foul and gaining a competitive advantage over the other player. Most players do this exaggerated act to force the officials into calling fouls. Flopping has become one of the biggest controversies in contact sports, especially in basketball. Cuban’s company, Radical Hoops Ltd., funded the project by giving SMU biomechanics expert and Associate Professor of Applied Physiology, Peter Weyand, a grant in excess of $100,000. In an email correspondence, Cuban said that he chose Weyand because he wanted a leading academic in biomechanics. He wants to learn about the physics of contact in basketball and other sports through Weyand’s research. “If we know how bodies should and should not react to contact we can more readily identify and eliminate flopping,” Cuban said. The SMU biomechanics team,
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Researchers simulate force against a person in a defensive basketball posture.
headed by Weyand, needed a way to measure the dynamics of a collision in a game-situation, thus the “flop-buster” was born. The “flop-buster” is push-bar with force sensors that are
calibrated with weights using a wood-framed cradle. It allows the team to measure how much force it takes to push somebody
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