Presenting the SMU Sports Guide
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Mac’s Place gets a facelift
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Positive body image in college
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What to do this Labor Day
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construction updates
SMU demolishes Natatorium
BURLESON PARK Saturday, construction will begin on Burleson Park, known in the SMU lexicon as Sorority Park. Renovations include new lighting and turf. Sixty parking spots at the east and west sides of the park will be unavailable until January.
AUP PARKING LOT Spots in the All-University Parking Lot will be marked off and barricaded Tuesday for asphalt repairs and patching work. The lot on the east side of the Expressway Tower will remain open during the repairs. Additional parking will be available in the alternative AUP Parking Lot on SMU Boulevard and on the rooftop level of the Everest College building garage.
Tennis Complex Construction continues on the corner of North Central Expressway and Mockingbird Lane. When finished, the complex will included indoor and outdoor courts and a club area.
Sorority row Approximately 30 parking spaces will be unavailable in the resident parking area on Daniel Avenue due to the construction of the Delta Gamma House. The spaces will re-open fall 2015. Updates Courtesy of SMU
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Perkins Natatorium said goodbye to the SMU campus Tuesday as construction crews demolished the 55-yearold swimming complex. Adding to the list of projects on campus, the Natatorium will be replaced by more modern competition pools. Demolition crews will move to the SMU Health Center Sept. 1 to begin construction on the new Dr. Bob Smith Health Center. These renovations will join Burleson Park in current construction projects that are affecting parking and student mobility throughout campus. According to the SMU Office of Planning, Design and Construction, traffic will increase on Bishop Boulevard and Binkley Avenue during the hours of 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Due to the construction of the new Health Center, parking in the North Quad, outside of Shuttles Commons, will be unavailable until the center is completed in late 2014. Luckily, no streets have been closed as of yet, but the loss of parking spaces is a hit to the campus, now that an estimated 3,650 students are living on campus. STUDENT LIFE
Association of Black Students Respond to Ferguson Meredith Carey Assignments Desk Editor mbcarey@smu.edu Nearly three weeks ago, a policeman in Ferguson, Mo. fatally shot unarmed African American teen Michael “Mike” Brown. In the aftermath, Ferguson citizens and protesters from around the country rose up against police brutality and racial discrimination, including Rev. Al Sharpton. As the weeks have passed, police have used excessive force and have arrested reporters and protesters throughout the St. Louis suburb. Little has been resolved. With some saying Brown had
his hands up at the time of his death, over 100 Howard University students gathered to take a photo with their hands raised two weeks ago. Tweeted by junior Megan Sims, the photo quickly went viral, with over 14,000 retweets. Earlier this week, the SMU Association of Black Students and National Pan-Hellenic Council staged a photo of their own at the Big Chill, marking their first public statement in support of Brown. The photograph was supplemented by a video, in which participants chanted, “Hands up. Don’t shoot.” “The people shown in the photo are in full support of the peaceful
protests happening in Ferguson and throughout the country to bring justice to Michael Brown. For years, black people have been disproportionately targeted and profiled by law enforcement officials,” said ABS Political Action Chair Tyrell Russel, who organized the photograph. “In a system that claims ‘liberty and justice for all’, discriminatory behavior will not be tolerated. Black lives are valuable.”
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The Association of Black Students make a powerful statement in support of the peaceful protests in Ferguson.
ATHLETICS
‘I’ve got the magic in me’
SMU creates Quidditch team, partners with UT Arlington claire Kelley Chief Copy Editor News Writer cakelley@smu.edu Quaffles, bludgers, broomsticks and the golden snitch. These are no longer vocabulary words used exclusively by inhabitants of the wizarding world. SMU is starting its own Quidditch team, so these terms might be slipping into on-campus conversations soon. The team had its first meeting in The Varsity at 7 p.m. Wednesday, led by senior Lizzie Wilson with the help of Tyler Jewell, a member of Texas
Tech University’s Quidditch team. After a brief explanation of the game’s rules, the 13 students present scheduled practices for Sunday and Wednesday afternoons. “What happens if you get hit with a bludger when you’re holding the quaffle?” “You can’t cuss. That’s a rule.” “What about [using] British curse words?” “A beater can’t hold two bludgers at a time.” These and more peculiar questions and statements circled the room during the meeting, but all were settled and the group seemed
enthusiastic for its first practice, which is scheduled for Labor Day. They plan to partner with the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) to form a larger team. The interest meeting for UTA will be held Friday at 7 p.m. in the University Center. Wilson, an environmental engineering and French double major, discovered her love for the game this summer, after offering to drive a friend’s brother to his Quidditch practices in Arlington. She later joined the Arlington community team and found familiarity in it.
“I used to play volleyball and soccer and team sports,” Wilson said. “It reminded me of all that and I felt at home.” Wilson competed in tournaments like the Bluebonnet Cup and the Southwest Fantasy Tournament. She enjoys the strong sense of community at Quidditch competitions, and was surprised to see about 300 players attending each. “My team ended up winning the whole [Southwest] tournament,” Wilson said. “It was so intense and so fun. That really solidified my love for Quidditch.” Quidditch is a competitive
contact sport featured in the Harry Potter novels and films. The game used to be a figment of fans’ imaginations, but Muggle (non-magical people) Quidditch was made a reality in 2005, four years after the release of the first Harry Potter movie and eight years after the release of the first novel. Senior Belem Perez-Delafuente has been a long-time fan of the Harry Potter series and said she’s read all seven novels three or four times each. So, she was excited to learn about the creation of an SMU team. “I grew up being a Harry Potter fan,” Perez-Delafuente said. “I heard
that other schools had teams and I didn’t know SMU was forming one, so that was pretty cool.” Wilson encourages skeptics to watch some videos of Muggle Quidditch, and swears it’s a real contact sport. For more information, visit SMU Quidditch’s Facebook page or email them at dfwquidditch@gmail.com.
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