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Dallas hosts 2013 Mad Decent Block Party
Aaron Carter performs at SMU
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Perfection not needed to worship
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Men’s soccer loses at Indiana
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at 3005 Dyer Court
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Students listen in on a discussion at last year’s Engaged Learning Expo in Aug. 2012.
Beyond the classroom Upcomng Engaged Learning Expo connects sectors, students Katelyn Gough Assignments Desk Editor kgough@smu.edu In what she described as “a world where the glass is half full,” Susan Kress, Director of SMU’s Engaged Learning, spoke with The Daily Campus about the “higher order learning” that more and more students are seeking — and now finding — at the university. Engaged Learning is both a grant and mentor opportunity for any SMU student with an idea they would like to take out into the community - be it on SMU’s campus, in the Dallas area or even overseas. “What we’re trying to do is embed across the undergraduate community that they not only learn
in the classroom, but they also learn outside the classroom,” Kress said. “It’s taking the lessons of the classroom and putting them into a practical situation.” To allow this, students apply for up to $2000 of grant money through Engaged Learning “to achieve whatever they want to do,” so long as it benefits their academic path. “We’re managing right now seventy students and their projects... Sixty new projects and ten holdovers [continued from last year],” Kress said. The Engaged Learning initiative provides far more than simply monetary support. With the acceptance of an application and commitment to a project comes a mentor that will guide the student throughout their project, as well as
workshops through the process to aid the student in a collaborative group setting. “The student often walks away from this intensive experience...with a relationship with [their mentor] that they didn’t have before,” Kress said. Of the students who do projects through Engaged Learning, Kress said sixty percent continue onto grad school or post-graduate employment resulting directly from their Engaged Learning work. Unique to most other university recognition programs, a student’s Engaged Learning project is included on their transcript, which Kress explained “is a way for the student to demonstrate that the University values [their] accomplishment” and to catch the eye of possible
employers or recruiters. The Engaged Learning Expo, which will take place Thursday, is an opportunity for students to see first-hand “how Engaged Learning happens.” “We are showcasing the community partners, we’re showcasing how it happens on campus, we’re showcasing the seventy students,” Kress said. Two faculty members will also be recognized with the Excellence in Mentoring Award, as nominated by the graduating seniors of Engaged Learning. “The expo is for everybody,” Kress said. “It’s worth stopping by and seeing SMU and its commitment to student learning not only in the classroom, but also outside the classroom.”
STAFF REPORTS SMU police received a report from a woman not affiliated with SMU that she was sexually assaulted Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. The woman reported that the incident occurred in a fraternity house room at 3005 Dyer Court, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house. A representative of the chapter sent a statement to The Daily Campus regarding the issue:
“SAE Texas Delta is conducting its own internal investigation regarding the alleged incident this morning at 3005 Dyer Court. The chapter is also fully cooperating with SMU’s investigation.” SMU Police are investigating the alleged assault. The university has not issued a statement about the incident. The Daily Campus will provide updates throughout the entirety of the investigation.
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Park Cities Plaza is now under the jurisdiction of SMU Parking.
Young Fellows partners with TED SMU Parking takes
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Katelyn Gough Assignments Desk Editor kgough@smu.edu TED Talks have been creating national conversation for several years, and SMU did not hesitate to become an active contributor to the larger community. TEDxSMU began three years ago with the “main goal [of] student engagement,” according to Director Heather Hankamer. And while more and more people have learned about TED, Hankamer said the program’s main question has been how that “translates into getting involved.” The Carole and Jim Young Fellows program grew out of that question, and began a direct partnership with TED in the fall of 2012 as one of seven inaugural universities to participate in the direct connection program. “It’s a really good way to get that engagement piece from all the great ideas and speakers we have that are often missing,” Hankamer explained. Two students from each school at SMU are selected to “spend the year” with the TEDxSMU engaging “not only in what [TED] does on campus,” but also serving as “mentors to the TEDxKids conference,” part of the “big cornerstone conference” the TED program does yearly. “Students’ time is precious, so [we] want to make sure the students...who participate in this have a passion for and
Emily Sims News Writer esims@smu.edu As of Tuesday, SMU Parking and ID Card Services is in charge of the parking at Park Cities Plaza. Park Cities Plaza is the shopping center at Mockingbird and Airline and is home to the SMU Bookstore, La Madeleine, CVS Pharmacy and other businesses. “The change will help ensure adequate parking for customers of shops there,” said William J. Nemeth, director of SMU Real Estate, and Mark Rhodes, director of SMU Parking and ID
Card Services. Those who use the parking lot for reasons other than visiting the businesses in the shopping center will be ticketed or will have their vehicles towed at the owner’s expense. Nemeth and Rhodes want to remind students, faculty and staff visiting Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports, attending athletic events or SMU classes should park in Meadows, Moody, or Binkley garages. Further questions should be directed to SMU Parking and ID Card Services at 214-768-7275 or parking@smu.edu.
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Meadows Dean Jose Bowen and student Julian Spearman jam on keyboards at last year’s TEDxSMU Hilltop.
understand...the core values of TED,” Hankamer said. In keeping with the mission “to engage the student and to spread these ideas that are going on here, in Dalla, and around the world,” Hankamer said the program seeks applicants who bring a passion for “sharing specific ideas and discussions.” “We’re looking for students that have a passion for something that they are doing that they want to get out there,” Hankamer said. Those in the Young Fellows program “learn how to get up [in front of an audience] and translate
[their] passion into something.” LyAnna Smith, a graduate student at Perkins School of Theology and a Young Fellow, said the program has allowed her to do just that. She will give her own TED Talk during the upcoming 2013 TED Conference in October, focusing in on the foster care system. She said the Young Fellows program has exposed her to many ideas, issues and topics that “most people otherwise would not invest” their time in researching. The availability and sharing of these ideas is the collarborative
community process that TEDxSMU seeks to focus on. Hankamer said that the takeaway for students is as much about personal skills as it is about initiative and teamwork. “It’s leadership skills, it’s communication skills, and learning how to meet and engage with those in your community,” Hankamer said. “Being able to to communicate and explain [one passion] to a wide vairety of audience...in a short period of time...is a [key] skill.” Applications to the Young Fellows program will be accepted until this Friday.
Abbott releases tax returns Associated Press AUSTIN, TX -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott released personal tax returns Friday that show the Republican gubernatorial candidate earning about $200,000 a year but does not reflect millions of taxexempt dollars made from a settlement following his 1984 accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Abbott has received more than $5 million and counting from suing the owner of a tree
that fell on him during a jog as a young law student. That money is not taxable income, which is common in personal injury settlements. But it also makes his federal tax returns since 2010 an incomplete picture of the wealth of Texas’ top cop, who is the early favorite to replace Gov. Rick Perry in 2014. Abbott provided The Associated Press with copies of his 2010-12 returns. But in an interview with AP, he
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