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NEWS BRIEFS

First-year senators announced The community will welcome five new first- year senators to SMU Student Senate, including Ramon Trespalacios, Parminder Deo, Michael Saunders, Jaywin Singh Malhi and Katherine Ladner. Approximately 428 votes for first-year senator were cast between Wednesday, Sept. 8, and Thursday ,Sept. 9 according to Roza Essaw, senate membership chair.

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SMU campus remembers 9-11

Ford Stadium gets face lift Mustang fans will notice some new additions to the Gerald J. Ford Stadium for the 2010 football season. The changes include a Daktronics videoboard, approximately 32 feet high by 45 feet wide, and a new customized sound system. In addition, wall murals will now surround fans seated in the Club Level.

SMU is red, white, blue The SMU Mustangs will face off their Conference USA rival, the UAB Blazers, tomorrow–on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In honor of the United States, and SMU, the first home game of the season will have a patriotic theme. SMU encourages fans to dress in red, white and blue attire to show support. The school plans to hold a tribute to those who lost their lives aboard United Flight 93, the plane that was hijacked by terrorists and crashed into a field outside Shanksville, Penn., nine years ago. Donations for the Flight 93 National Memorial will be accepted at the game. Free tickets will also be offered to firstresponders, including fire fighters, police officers, emergency medical personnel and anyone with a Military ID.

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SMU runningback Zach Line rushes for positive yardage against Texas Tech Sunday, Sept. 5 at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Ponies get fired up By EJ HOLLAND

Associate Sports Editor eholland@smu.edu

After a 35-27 loss against Texas Tech last week, SMU is anxious to get back on the field and prove why Mustang nation was so high on this team. The Mustangs will take on the UAB Blazers in their home-opener as both teams open Conference USA play at Gerald J. Ford Stadium this Saturday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. In 2009, the Blazers finished with

a 5-7 record overall and a 4-4 record in conference play. Last week UAB suffered a 32-31 loss at the hands of Florida Atlantic. Last year’s meeting between SMU and UAB featured a high scoring game that saw the Mustangs prevail 35-33. Both teams have different signal callers under center this year, but are still expected to light up the scoreboard. Quarterback Kyle Padron started SMU’s last six games in 2009, winning five of them, including a bowl game

victory. Padron threw for 218 yards and two touchdowns against Texas Tech, but also tossed three detrimental interceptions. SMU head Coach June Jones said he was “a little disappointed” in Padron’s play against the Red Raiders. Padron was able to find a new favorite target in junior Cole Beasley, who caught five passes for 57 yards and two touchdowns against Texas

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FASHION

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collectively today. Pastor Stephen Broden will be present to deliver the keynote speech at the fountain at noon, while 2,977 small American flags will line the area between the fountain and the flagpole in front of Dallas Hall. While several other colleges in Texas are participating in this same project, it was senior journalism major Rachel Duke who decided to bring it to SMU after hearing about it at her internship with the National Journalism Center in Washington, D.C. Duke went to the Meadows

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ACADEMICS

Prothro to chair Board of Trustees Senior Staff Writer mshamburge@smu.edu

Trustee Caren Prothro will begin her two-year term as chair of the SMU Board of Trustees at today’s meeting. Prothro takes over for Carl Sewell. The Board of Trustees unanimously elected her at its May meeting. Prothro has been a trustee since 1992. She served as vice chair from 1998-2000. “I am honored for the opportunity to serve as chair during one of the most dynamic and forward-looking times in SMU’s development,” Prothro

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This weekend, people across the country will pay respect to those lives that were lost, remember the images they saw, remember where they were when they heard and recall how the country came together nine years ago in September when the World Trade Centers came down in New York City. For the first time on the SMU campus, Project 9/11: Never Forget will be a way for the SMU community to remember

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said in a press release. “Thanks to the strength of our students, faculty, staff and administration, SMU is a rising national university with local and global impact,” she said. “I look forward to working with our outstanding Board of Trustees in helping SMU continue to improve student quality, faculty and academic excellence, and the campus experience,” she said. Prothro’s chair duties will include serving on the executive boards of each school within the university, as well as SMU’s libraries. Prothro also serves as the co-chair of the Second Century fund raising

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Cox students model the Fashion’s Night Out T-shirt.

Dallas embraces worldwide shopping initiative By SARAH BRAY Style Editor sabray@smu.edu

Tonight is Fashion’s Night Out, the second annual evening devoted to celebrating fashion and inspiring retail. Fashion’s Night Out was launched in 2009 by Vogue, the Council of Fashion Designers of America and NYC & Company in response to the

global economic downturn and its effect on the fashion industry. Last year’s event was a huge success in New York City, with over 700 stores participating, each featuring unique incentives in an effort encourage people to shop again. There was food, music, and freebies. Stores even featured celebrities and designers out of their

element, including Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen bartending at Barney’s NYC, Rag & Bone designers, David Neville and Marcus Wainwright, who challenged shoppers to in-store pingpong matches and Vogue’s infamous Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour hanging out at Macyís!

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El Greco’s painting “Pentecost” was installed in Meadow’s Museum on Thursday, Sept. 9, marking the beginning of the museum’s three-year partnership with the Museo Nacional del Prado.

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SMU MINISTRIES

SMU students celebrate their diverse beliefs By Elena Harding Features Editor eharding@smu.edu

Bhakti Yoga Club

Vice President: Udoka Omenukor Members: Seven to ten Yoga Meeting: Thursday, 7:30 p.m. in Hughes-Trigg Atriums A-B Religion: Hinduism Religious text: Bhagavad Gita Sabbath: None Afterlife Belief: Reincarnation The Bhakti Yoga Club meets once a week for yoga, discussion and a vegetarian dinner. Vice President Udoka Omenukor said the free vegetarian food attracts students, but the meditation and discussion keep them coming back. Kalachandji’s, a local vegetarian restaurant and Krishna temple, supplies the vegetarian dinner. The Krishnas who prepare the food are called Devotees, or Gopi’s, which translates to “milk-maid.” Kevin O’Toole, a Bhakti Yoga Club member, said this name is derived from a story about Krishna. In the story, Krishna played his flute by the river, and 16,000 milkmaids flocked to him. Thus, he divided himself 16,000 ways and had a personal relationship with each of them. O’Toole said this story demonstrates how deep a person’s level of personalization with Krishna can be.

Campus Events

He said it is similar to Christianity, but “they probably wouldn’t say they have sex with God as a Christian.”

Destino Movement

President: Not at present Members: Undetermined Meeting: Monday 1:30-2 p.m. in the SAMSA office Religion: Christian Religious Leader: Pastor Place of Worship: Church Religious Text: Bible Sabbath: Sunday Afterlife Belief: Heaven or Hell

Destino Movement is a national organization for Latinos. SMU’s chapter was created by a former student a few years ago. As a national organization, Destino Movement has fall retreats, winter conferences and international missionary opportunities. Melissa Silva, spiritual advisor for Destino Movement, said a group outside of SMU spent this past summer doing missionary work in Africa. “That’s something we desire [for SMU students],” Silva said, “We don’t want it to be just Tuesdays 11 a.m. to noon. We want it to be... a Christcentered lifestyle.” “I feel like the Lord has great plans for SMU, and we’re excited to be on campus talking to students, hearing their stories and getting to know

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Everclear Concert 5:30-6:30 p.m. Program Council and SMU Athletics will hold the concert on the Main Quad.

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Football vs. UAB 7:00 p.m. Come out for SMU’s first home game of the season in Ford Stadium.

Tate Lecture Series 4:30 p.m. Evolving International Landscape with Richard Haass, Robert Rubin and David Gergen. Downstairs HughesTrigg Student center.

ISLAM

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them,” Silva said.

Muslim Student Association President: Samaiya Mushtaq Members: 50-60 active, 150 total Activities: Weekly Friday prayer in Porticos BCD in Hughes-Trigg Religion: Islam Religious Leader: Imam Place of Worship: Mosque, or

Masjid in Arabic Religious Text: Quran Sabbath: Friday Afterlife Belief: Heaven and Hell Followers of Islam believe in the revelations of prophets, including Muhammad, Abraham and Jesus. Muslims do not believe that God has taken human form. The religious text is the Quran, which was divinely revealed to the prophet Muhammad. President Samaiya Mushtaq said

Police Reports SEPTEMBER 7 4:03 p.m. Hughes Trigg Student Center/3045 Dyer Street. A student reported being harassed by a non-affilated person. Open.

SEPTEMBER 7 12:53 a.m. McElvaney Hall/6000 Bishop Blvd. A student was referred to the Student Conduct Office for underage drinking. Closed.

SEPTEMBER 7 2:50 a.m. 6100 Bishop Blvd. A student was issued a University Park citation, arrested and booked into University Park jail and referred to the Student Conduct Office for underage drinking. Closed.

SEPTEMBER 8 4:01 a.m. Off Campus. A student was arrested by Dallas Police and booked into Dallas County jail on 9/3/2010. The student was referred to the Student Conduct Office for the violations. Closed.

the core belief is centered around a five-pillar system. The Five Pillars of Islam are belief in God, worship five times daily, fasting during Ramadan, almsgiving and a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime. “It really provides a haven for students who are of Islamic faith,” Mushtaq said of the Muslim Student Association. “To really meet other people and know that they’re not alone where they’re a minority.” Thursday, Sept. 9 marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting. Friday, Sept. 10 is the Eid Al-Fitr, the celebration of the end of Ramadan.

Sikh Student Association President: Komal Suri Members: Three Religion: Sikhism Religious Leader: Bha Sahib Place of Worship: Gurdwara Religious Texts: Holy Granth or Guru Granth Sahib Sabbath: Sunday Afterlife Belief: Reincarnation Sikhism is a relatively new religion. Guru Nanak Dev Ji founded Sikhism in 1497 after he walked into the Sirsa River, disappeared for three days and returned with a calling from God. It is a monotheistic religion, and its main philosophy is that salvation is the purpose of human life. Salvation can be attained by doing Nam Japna, remembering God’s name, Krit Karni, living an honest life, and Wand Chhakna, sharing with others. President Komal Suri said Sikhs believe all gods are the same, whether it is God or Allah or another name. This means that a person does not have to believe the Sikh philosophy in order to reach salvation. “Sikhs don’t discriminate against any religion, creed, age, gender or sexual orientation. All are considered God’s children and are all the same,” Suri said.

SMU Hillel

Co-President: Nathan Mitzner and Sam Aronowitz Members: 300-350 Activities: Friday services Religion: Judaism Religious Leader: Rabbi Place of Worship: Synagogue Religious Texts: Torah Sabbath: Friday sunset to Saturday sunset Co-President Nathan Mitzner said SMU Hillel is important because it provides a space and place for Jewish students to be themselves, so they do not lose their heritage. “We’re here to provide them with that opportunity — to express their Judaism at Southern Methodist University,” he said. Mitzner said SMU Hillel acts like substitute Jewish parents. When the high holidays come up, they have an ‘apples and honey’ event where traditional food is served for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year which ends today, Sept. 10. There were no Rosh Hashanah events on campus, so SMU Hillel provided approximately 25 tickets, at about $250 each, to students who will observe the holiday in Dallas. Mitzner said he feels that SMU Hillel is important to SMU because it helps promote diversity and could lead to a higher ranking. “I think you’re going to see that SMU growing and developing into a top-tier university is going to coincide with more Jewish students coming here,” Mitzner said, “I don’t think that’s going to be a coincidence.” He compared SMU today to Vanderbilt University and attributes the rise in prestige of Vanderbilt to the increase in Jewish students. For more information about SMU Hillel or any of the other organizations mentioned, visit smu. edu/chaplain/.

Sports

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Friday, September 10, 2010 •

S T R O SP I D E GU

2010

BASKETBALL•XC•EQUESTRIAN•FOOTBALL•GOLF•ROWING•SOCCER•SWIM & DIVE•TENNIS•TRACK & FIELD•VOLLEYBALL

SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY

MUSTANGS

By JORDAN JENNINGS Sports Editor jjennings@smu.edu

AT A GLANCE

Season Record: 0-1, 0-0 in Conference USA 2009 Record: 8-5, 6-2 T-1st West in Conference USA 2009 Starters Returning (Offense): 6 2009 Starters Returning (Defense): 7 All-Time Record vs. U. Ala.-Birmingham: 3-0 Last Meeting vs. U. Ala.-Birmingham: Lost 35-33 in 2009

MUSTANGS TO WATCH

KYLE PADRON

QB • Southlake, Texas Padron became SMU’s starting quarterback in the eighth game of the 2009 season. He finished the year with a 5-1 record, and led the Mustangs to the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl where he was named MVP and Conference USA AllFreshman team. In Hawaii, he passed for a school-record 460 yards and two touchdowns. In 2009, he completed 135 of 201 pass attempts for 1,922 yards and 10 touchdowns.

COLE BEASLEY

MARGUS HUNT

WR • Little Elm, Texas

DE • Karksi-Nuia, Estonia

In 2009, Beasley caught a touchdown pass with 11 seconds remaining in the first half in SMU’s win over UAB. Last season, he ranked fourth on the team in catches (40), yards (493) and touchdowns (3). During last week's game vs. Texas Tech, Beasley tied his career high of two touchdown catches, marking his eighth with the Ponies.

Hunt blocked a field goal in the second quarter of the 2010 SMU season opener vs. Texas Tech, the eighth of this career. Hunt tied the combined blocked kick record for SMU and ranks ninth in NCAA history.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM

BLAZERS

AT A GLANCE

Season Record: 0-1, 0-0 in Conference USA 2009 Record: 5-7, 4-4 in Conference USA 2009 Starters Returning (Offense): 8 2009 Starters Returning (Defense): 9 All-Time Record vs. SMU: 0-3 Last Meeting vs. SMU: Lost 35-33 in 2009

BLAZERS TO WATCH

DAVID ISABELLE

QB • Huntsville, Ala. Isabelle is quick on his feet. In the last week's season opener against the Florida Atlantic Owls, the sophomore ran 214 yards on the ground and three TDs. During his debut last week, Isabelle only completed nine passes, and had an interception returned for a touchdown, but his rushing yardage set a school record for a quarterback.

FRANTRELL FORREST

WR • Mobile, Ala. Forrest has established himself as one of the top receivers in UAB history. He ranks third in all-time in receptions and is No.4 in receiving yards. During his college career, the senior has had 125 receptions for a total of 1,657 yards.

Padron on the SMU vs. UAB game

ELLIOTT HENIGAN

DT • Atlanta, Ga. Henigan emerges as one of the top defensive linemen in C-USA. Last season, he ranked first among UAB’s defensive linemen with 47 stops, 9.5 tackles for a loss and 4.0 sacks in a total of nine games. He also earned the “Outstanding Defensive Lineman” award following 2009.

The 2010 college football season has officially begun, and SMU sophomore QB Kyle Padron is ready to take on the reins and lead the Ponies to victory again this year. Padron’s fame began when he stepped onto the field as a freshman, replacing an injured Bo Levi Mitchell during the SMU vs. Houston game on Oct. 24. The Mustangs were already eight games into the 2009 season. Little did Padron know that he wouldn’t see the bench again that year. His performance made history on Dec. 24, 2009, at the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl that ended the Mustangs’ 25-year bowl game drought. It was the first bowl game that SMU played in since receiving the death penalty in 1987. During the game, the young quarterback set a school record, passing 460 yards and scoring two touchdowns in SMU’s 45-10 win over Nevada. Following the triumph, Padron was awarded the title of MVP of the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl and named to ESPN.com’s Non-AQ All-Bowl Team.

Padron’s success ranked him as the eighth-best among all players in the postseason by CollegeFootballNews.com. He ended 2009 with a 159.9 passer rating that ranked him fifth in the nation. That year, he completed 135 of 201 pass attempts for 1,922 yards and a total of 10 touchdowns. Padron finished with a 5-1 record as starter. During the offseason, Padron added 15 pounds to his 6’ 4” frame. Between time spent in the weight room, throwing at practice or watching film, the 19-yearold proved his dedication to the team. “I feel my role has grown this year. I have more of a leadership position. I am able to be more vocal in the huddle, and I’m more comfortable leading by example,” Padron told The Daily Campus. The Mustangs opened the 2010 season in Lubbock, Texas, competing against Big 12 team Texas Tech. SMU was defeated 35-27 after an action-packed fourth quarter in which the Mustangs shut out the Red Raider offense, and were able to add 13 points to the score. It was a rough start for Padron. The sophomore threw 218 yards, two touchdown passes and a total of three interceptions.

“I felt pretty banged up after the game,” Padron said. “I played a pretty bad game, and I know that this weekend I’ve got to step up and put my teammates in a good situation so we can be successful.” Despite losing the first game of the season, Padron looks forward to this year’s competition, including the Mustangs’ upcoming game against the UAB Blazers. UAB is coming off a narrow loss to Florida Atlantic in its first game last Thursday, 32-31. The Blazers' new starting quarterback David Isabelle set a UAB single-game record of 214 rushing yards. “[Isabelle] is a different type of quarterback than I am. We both have good qualities. He can run the ball, and from what I’ve heard he’s not a traditionally prolific quarterback. He’s dangerous. As a team we are definitely going to have to come out and play a great game,” Padron says about the upcoming game this Saturday. The Mustangs take on C-USA rival, the UAB Blazers, on the ninth anniversary of 9/11. The game is set to have a patriotic theme in honor of the United States and SMU. The kickoff is at 7 p.m.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Fear the freshmen By JORDAN JENNINGS Sports Editor jjennings@smu.edu

com. She scored her first goal with the Mustangs in the Davidson game last weekend. Redman is a Texan native. She participated with the Olympic Development Program and was ranked as the No. 89 recruit in the nation, and No. 13 in Texas by TopDrawerSoccer. com. She netted her first goal this season against St. Louis on Sept. 3. Amanda Burgardt moved to Dallas from Arlington. During high school she trained with the Under-15 US National Team, and is a member of the Region III Olympic Development Program team. Burgardt was ranked as the No. 54 recruit in the nation, and No. 9 in Texas by TropDrawerSoccer.com. Burgardt scored her first goal for the Mustangs against St. Louis. Notable returnees this year include keeper Courtney Webb, senior Lauren Shepherd and senior midfielder Kristin Medeiros who was named to the thirdteam All-Conference USA last season.

The Mustangs kicked off the 2010 season with a 1-0 win against Florida International at Westcott Field last month. Since the start of the season, the women’s soccer team has tied with Oregon in a no-score game, defeated Saint Louis 2-1 and shutout Davidson 3-0. Their only loss this season has been to Portland where they fell 2-0. The Ponies are set to play against Oklahoma State Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. at Westcott Field. This is the fourth consecutive season that the Mustangs will face the Cowgirls. Oklahoma State has a 3-0 all-time record against SMU. This season the Cowgirls are currently 4-1-0. SMU and OSU share their only recorded losses to No. 4 Portland this season. In 2009, SMU ended the season with a 7-11-1 overall record. The Mustangs posted a 5-5-1 in C-USA. The team lost to Memphis in the first round of the conference tournament. This year, the team added several key players to their roster. Freshmen Jessica Bartol, Shelby Redman and Amanda Burgardt all have seen playing time so far, and each player has already scored for the team in the past four games. Jersey number six, Bartol is from Durango, Colo.. Prior to SMU Bartol trained with the US Under-17 National Team and was ranked as MICHAEL DANSER/The Daily Campus the No.16 recruit SMU forward Ryanne Lewis fights a St. Louis player for in Florida by control of the ball. TopDrawerSoccer.

The Daily Campus

CCOLLEGE OL L EGE Pick-em ick-em 2010 Our staffers predict this week’s winners

EJ Holland

Bullitt Hughes

Billy Hightower Taylor Adams

Dr. Tan

SMU vs. UAB

SMU

Miami vs. Ohio State

Miami

Ohio State

Alabama vs. Penn State

Alabama

Penn State

Michigan vs. Notre Dame

Michigan

Notre Dame

Michigan

Georgia

South Carolina

Georgia vs. South Carolina Georgia

Oklahoma vs. Florida State Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma UTEP vs. Houston

Houston

Stanford vs. UCLA

Stanford

UCLA

Stanford

VOLLEYBALL

Mustangs serve up success By MACKENZIE O’HARA Staff Writer mohara@smu.edu

The Mustang volleyball team has triumphed in back-to-back tournaments, starting off the season with a record of 5-1. After a successful preseason with six of their eight top playmakers returning from last year, the team is sure to be a contender for the top spot in Conference

USA. Coach Lisa Seifert, who has been the head coach since the program started in 1996, said this spring preseason was one of the most successful ones the team has had. Outside hitters Kathryn Wilkerson and Dana Powell are two of the returning players, and will continue to be key players in the team’s success. Wilkerson, a senior, has already notched four double-doubles this season and is the only current C-USA athlete to have notched 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs during her career. Co-captain Powell was recently named to the All-Conference USA Preseason Volleyball Team selected by C-USA coaches. Powell is also the only AVCA All-American (Honorable Mention) to return for the Mustangs. Last year she and former Mustang Kendra Kahanek became the first two SMU volleyball players to earn the AllAmerican honor. Replacing Kahanek is sophomore Courtney Manning, who averaged almost as many blocks per set as

Kahanek did last year. Senior middle blocker Caitlin Adair, who has not played much during her career, has performed well this season, including 15 kills against Baylor. Another big playmaker returning to the squad is co-captain and setter Kelli Becerra. Becerra was ranked fifth in C-USA with 10.4 assists per set during her sophomore year, and continues this year to provide “numerous great sets to her teammates,” said the SMU coaching staff. Another returning starter is outside hitter and libero Sidney Stewart. “[Stewart] has helped make the Mustangs one of the top defensive units in the league,” said SMU coaching staff. Freshman Meghan Janette, who is one of five freshmen added to the team’s roster, has also provided defensive help for the Mustangs this year. So far this season, the Mustangs have dominated Butler, Baylor and Stephen F. Austin in their first tournament, the Baylor Classic. Becerra and Adair were named to the all-tournament team and Powell earned tournament MVP.

A week later, the Mustangs continued their winning streak in the Doubletree Invitational Classic. With wins over Texas Tech and Texas State, the Mustangs earned a 5-0 record, the best the team’s had since 2007. They experienced their first loss of the season against a tough UC Davis in the tournament, and now have a record 5-1. Wilkerson and Stewart were named to the Doubletree Invitational all-tournament team. The team is scheduled to compete against UC Santa Barbara and Sacramento State in the Lobo Comcast Challenge this weekend in Albuquerque, N.M. The team is expecting to face some tough competition this weekend and for the rest of the season. Coaches say in-conference competition should come from: “Rice, Tulsa (who has the Preseason Player of the Year, Tyler Henderson) and Memphis.” The team has a tough year ahead of them, but coaches say SMU will be in the thick of the competition for one of the top teams.

MEN’S SOCCER

Ponies kick it to win it By JORDAN JENNINGS Sports Editor jjennings@smu.edu

Fellow freshmen Juan Castillo and Sendejas make a dangerous forward combo. Castillo is tied for the team leader in goals with two, and Sendejas has one. Sendejas also has one assist. Redshirt freshman Ben Hill also has one goal on the season. “[The freshmen are] logging minutes and giving us results,” SMU head Coach Tim McClements said. “They’ve been getting goals and assists, so that’s been great.” Senior captain goalkeeper Craig Hill spent the summer training with FC Dallas, and has recorded 10 shutouts in his career. Hill is also coming off a hand injury, but confirmed it’s not an issue. “My hand is good–it’s fine,” Hill said.

Senior Leone Cruz leads the Mustang defense and provides leadership to a young squad. Junior Adam Still is also solid on defense and provided an assist on offense this weekend. Fellow junior defender Ian Kalis was named third team All-Conference USA last season and hopes to have another fine season this year. “Overall, it’s been a great start– we have a very resilient group,” McClements said. “Our goal is to come out and put a good performance in.” SMU will play their next game against Southern Illinois Edwardsville on Sept. 10 at 5 p.m. as a part of the Hurricane Classic in Tulsa, Okla.

SMU men’s soccer is off to an excellent start. The Mustangs are currently undefeated (3-0), and received 36 votes in the NSCAA poll, just missing the top 25. SMU opened its season at home against Missouri St., and came out victorious after a thrilling 3-2 overtime comeback victory. In the SMU Classic this past weekend, the Mustangs picked up respectable wins over Lipscomb (31) and Seattle (3-0). “I think our team is closer than ever,” midfielder T.J. Nelson said. “I think that’ll help us a lot because it will help us work for each other. And I think we have great chemistry on this team, so we should do well.” Nelson scored the game-winning goal against Missouri St., and is part of an amazing midfield that includes junior Payton Hickey, who was selected to the preseason All-Conference USA team. The midfield also features three outstanding freshmen in Zach Barnes, AJ Corrado, Robbie Derschang and Chris Sendejas. Barnes has two goals on the season, while Corrado and Derschang each have one. Corrado also has one assist. “At first, I was nervous and a little shaky, but then I realized I MICHAEL DANSER/The Daily Campus got to do what I got to do,” Barnes said. “The college game is kind of Men’s Mustang soccer battles Seattle on Sept. 6 on Wescott Field. different.”

Sports

The Daily Campus

Friday, September 10, 2010 •

MEN’S BASKETBALL

FOOTBALL

Mustangs shoot for success BY EJ HOLLAND

Associate Sports Editor eholland@smu.edu

SMU men’s basketball is on the rise and big things are expected from head coach Matt Doherty’s squad. The Mustangs return 12 players from last year’s team to go along with an excellent recruiting class. SMU finished 14-17 overall and 7-9 in Conference USA play last year. The Mustangs were also eliminated in the first round of the Conference USA tournament. An upset victory over conference power Memphis was the highlight of the 2009-2010 season and gave the Mustangs hope heading into the 2010-2011 season. SMU did however lose their leading scorer in guard Derek Williams. Williams averaged 16.6 points per game last season and was drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters. Forward Mohammed Faye will also be missed. Faye averaged 10.7 points per game last year and was selected to the Dallas Mavericks Summer League team. The Mustangs do return 6-9 senior forward Papa Dia. Dia averaged 12.3 points per game and 8.6 rebounds per game last season and is expected to be SMU’s centerpiece on the hardwood. Dia was a third team All Conference USA selection and his 65 blocks are tied for 13th all-time

and top notch coaching don’t be surprised to see best in SMU history. The Mustangs are also bringing back forward the Mustangs make a run for the Conference USA Robert Nyakundi and guard Paul McCoy who both title. averaged over 7 points per game last season. SMU’s 2010-2011 recruiting class includes Leslee Smith, Ricmonds Vilde and Jeremiah Samarrippas. Smith, a 6-7 forward out of Christian Life Center Academy, was rated as a mid-major plus prospect by ESPN and is expected to see some immediate playing time. Vilde a 6-9 forward from Latvia who played high school basketball at Lee Academy in Maine is also expected to help the Mustangs in the paint. Samarrippas was named 5A-Florida High School Athletic Association Player of the Year after leading Bartow High School to a state championship. Samarrippas is expected to battle for the starting point guard position. Doherty also added two savvy veteran assistant coaches to his staff this offseason. Jerry Hobbie has 13 years of coaching experience under his belt, including his last three as an assistant coach at Houston, where he helped lead the Cougars to the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Larry Mangino brings 24 years of college coaching experience to the Hilltop. Mangino has CASEY LEE/DAILY CAMPUS spent the last two years in the NBA working as the SMU guard Mike Walker takes a jump shot against player development coach for the Denver Nuggets. Rice. With a mix of veteran players, fresh new faces,

Ponies aim to keep up wins Associate Sports Editor eholland@smu.edu

SMU women’s basketball is looking to pick up right where they left off last season. The Mustangs had a memorable 2009-2010 season that included a run to the National Invitational Tournament. SMU finished with a 20-11 record overall and 10-6 record in Conference USA play. The Mustangs were bounced out in the first round of the NIT after losing to New Mexico 66-51. The Mustangs are hungry to avoid the NIT and actually make the NCAA tournament this season. They are going to have to work extremely hard to get there considering last season’s leading scorers, Brittany Gilliam and Jillian Samuels are both gone. Gilliam signed a contract with the Tulsa Shock of

the WNBA. Christine Elliot is expected to take over as SMU’s primary scorer. Elliot averaged 10.9 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game last season. At 6-2 Elliot is a force to be reckoned with in the paint. She led all sophomores in Conference USA in rebounds per game last year. Senior guard/forward Hailey Day is another vital piece of the puzzle. Last year, Day averaged 9.6 points per game and 6.2 rebounds per game. She was also second on the team in steals with 38 and three point percentage (40 percent). SMU will be welcoming 4 new freshmen to the squad. Guards Krystal Johnson, Raven Short and Akil Simpson are all Texas recruits that will compete against each other for minutes on the court. Mallory Singleton of Flower Mound is one of only four other posts on the roster.

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Tech. Beasley is replacing SMU’s all-time leading wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, who was selected in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. UAB’s new quarterback, sophomore David Isabelle, has big shoes to fill this year. He is replacing Joe Webb who was selected in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. Isabelle impressed in his first career start against Florida Atlantic last week, passing for 79 yards and one touchdown, also rushing for 214 yards and three touchdowns. The Mustangs were able to find a ground game last week behind running back Zach Line who rushed for a career high 72 yards and one touchdown. Defensively, both teams struggled in their opening games, surrendering over 30 points each. UAB allowed 347 yards of total offense last week, while SMU allowed 431. Both teams gave up most of those yards in the air.

The Blazers are led by defensive end Bryant Turner, who was the team leader in sacks last year. Turner is picking up right where he left off last season as he recorded two sacks in last week’s loss. The Mustangs are led by defensive back Chris Banjo, who made his presence felt against the Red Raiders. Banjo had 86 tackles and one interception last year. Special teams may play a big factor in this week’s game, and if so, SMU looks to have an advantage after stellar play against Texas Tech. The Mustangs blocked two field goals, kick returner Darryl Fields had a 92-yard kickoff return, and kicker Matt Szymanski booted a 61yard field goal. Szymanski also nailed a 24yard field goal earlier in the game, and his 61-yard kick was a school record. Szymanski’s efforts earned him Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week. Both teams are hungry to garner their first victory of the year Saturday night, so expect a fierce conference battle under the bright stadium lights.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BY EJ HOLLAND

The Mustangs are lucky to have such a great coaching staff that includes a couple of hall of famers. Head Coach Rhonda Rompola has been coaching SMU women’s basketball since 1991. Over the past 19 seasons Rompola has compiled a 352-220 record and established a winning tradition at SMU. She has also coached the team to three straight-20 win seasons. Rompola has two hall of fame assistant coaches in Deneen Parker and Danny Hughes. Parker was selected to be inducted into the Stephen F. Austin Athletics Hall of Fame this week for her four-year playing career with the Ladyjacks. Hughes was elected to the Trinity Valley Community College Cardinal Hall of Fame for his contributions as both a player and a coach. The Mustangs have all the pieces in place to have their 4th 20-win season in a row and surpass expectations.

Newcomers make a splash BY JORDAN JENNINGS Sports Editor jjennings@smu.edu

The men’s swimming team has introduced seven newcomers to the Hilltop this season. The team consists of three Texas natives, Matt Roney, Ryan Koops and Scott McRae, as well as Nicolai Graae from Denmark, Braeden Newton from Canada and Zack Turner from Colorado. “This is a group of guys that are all on the upswing of their swimming careers. We expect them to improve the way our graduating class did during their time here,” said head Coach Eddie Sinnot in a press release.

If the team keeps improving, they will be a force to be reckoned with. Most importantly, they are all accomplished students and will fit well into the SMU model of studentathlete.” Sinnot is not the only one impressed by the team’s new talent. The 2010 incoming class was ranked fifteenth on CollegeSwimming. com. The seven newbies will replace eight talented Ponies that graduated in the spring. The men’s swim and dive team has a winning tradition. In the last 55 years the Mustangs have finished in the top 20 at the NCAA Championships 47 times.

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Diving into a new season, women’s swimming and diving is ready to compete again BY JORDAN JENNINGS Sports Editor jjennings@smu.edu

SMU women’s swimming and diving team concluded the 2009 season ranking

27th as the NCAA Championships. Returning this season are several team stars including Therese Svendsen, Audra Egenolf and Sascha Van den Branden. Therese Svendsen, a junior and a

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backstroke expert, was named 2010 Conference USA Swimmer of the Year last April. As a sophomore, Svendsen placed 13th at the NCAA Championships in the 100-yard Backstroke with a time of 53.18 seconds. She earned an NCAA “A” Qualifying Time in the 100-yard

Backstroke at the C-USA Championships, and two NCAA “B” qualifying times at the Missouri Grand Prix in the 100- and 200- LC meter backstrokes. Senior, Audra Egenolf placed seventh in the 3-meter Dive and 11th in the Platform Dive at the NCAA Championships last spring.

Egenolf finished second in the 1-meter Dive and the Platform Dive at the C-USA Championships. She is a member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll, and has three years of winnings under her belt. Senior, Belgium native, Sascha Van den Branden also competed at the NCAA

Championships, and is a member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Last year she was won the 200-yard Freestyle and came in third in the 100yard Freestyle at the Conference USA Championships. This year’s season is set to kick off in October.

WOMEN’S GOLF

The girls are looking up, but must find faith in freshmen BY N. HAYDEN BLAIR Contributing Writer nblair@smu.edu

Mustang tennis serves it up BY JORDAN JENNINGS Sports Editor jjennings@smu.edu

The SMU Men’s tennis team was selected last May to go to the 2010 All-Conference USA for both singles and doubles. Artem Baradach competed in the first round of the NCAA Singles Championships last spring, falling to Bradley Klahn of Stanford 6-3, 6-2. Baradach ended the season 22-12 overall. He was named to the first-team All-C-USA singles team earlier last season. Last year, doubles pair, Adham el-Effendi and Darren Walsh earned

all-doubles honors, and were ranked No. 47 in the nation last season. Although the Mustangs won both the No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles match, the Mustangs fell 4-1 to Houston in the semifinals of the C-USA Championships. This season the tennis team welcomes a new assistant coach, Tobias Clemens to the Hilltop. Clemens played singles for UCLA, where he holds the record for most wins at the No. 1 singles position in Bruin history with 119. “We’re really excited to add Tobias to our staff,” said head coach Carl Neufeld earlier this year.

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Ponies on the way to success BY JORDAN JENNINGS Sports Editor jjennings@smu.edu

SMU women’s tennis player, No. 28 sophomore Marta Lesniak competed in the NCAA Singles Championship last spring, losing to No.15 Venise Chan of Washington in the first round. Lesniak was named Conference USA Women’s Tennis Player of the Year. Lesniak also received the title of C-USA Player of the Week four times last year, and October Player of the Month. She was the highest

ranked player in the league. Freshman Shahzoda Hatamova, was selected C-USA Freshman of the Year. In May, the No. 31 SMU Mustangs beat No. 43 Pepperdine 4-1 in the first round of the NCAA Championships however they fell to Stanford in the second round. The team added three freshmen to their roster this season including Charlotte Calhoun, Erika Marschall and Kristina Roberts. The 2010-2011 schedules for both men’s and women’s tennis have yet to be announced.

With three freshmen and a lone senior on the roster, a first glance of the Women’s golf team might render them unable to compete. However, this season looks up for the Lady Mustangs who posted a 2009 average combined score of 313.18, and 25.61 versus par. They had three top-10, and eight top-15 finishes as a team in a total of only 10 tournaments as well. The Lady Mustangs finished fifth in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for the Conference USA Championships in April. Their final round combined 300 put them 8 shots back of a top-three finish, but still a long way off of competing with Tulane’s winning score of 858. Head Coach Todd Sanders is in his 10th season as a Mustang, and has received numerous awards including WAC coach of the year in 2004 and 2005. His tenure as head coach has turned the program into a nationally contending force. The women will look to the only Senior Tia Gannon

to lead them this year. Gannon played in 9 tournaments in 2010, averaging a score of 28.4 over 25 rounds. She tied teammate Liz Wells for 19th at the C-USA Championships, and posted a 78.4 stroke average over 25 rounds on the season. In February Gannon was named Conference USA Golfer of the Week after carding a career low 54-hole total of 229 at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic. This marked her first Golfer of the Week award, and shows her continuing improvement towards making herself a standout leader on the team. Gannon, Juniors Jennifer Hooper and Liz, Wells, and Sophomore Felicia Espericueta all finished in the top 20 at C-USA, with Hooper leading the way finishing tied for 15th overall. The program’s recent past has been plagued with an unfortunate string of injuries and mishaps, but the 2009 recruiting class has given the team an array of young hope. Freshmen Caitlin Pisciotta (Alpharetta HS Alpharetta, GA) and Amy Ruengmateekhun (Bishop Lynch HS, Garland, Tx) each finished strong in both the

AJGA Palmetto Junior Classic and the Texas Women’s Open this June. At the Palmetto Classic at the Columbia Country Clun in Columbia S.C, Pisciotta shot 75-7275 in her fifth place finish. Their improvement, along with Claire Kinsey (Francis Parker HS Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) Piscotta comes in as Golfweek’s No. 73- ranked golfer in the 2010 class, after leaving Georgia as the fifthranked player in the state, she and Ruengmateekhun will be vital to the continuing strength of the program. Junior Kalie Presti was another honored Mustang, one of only 420 students earning the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal for the 2009-2010 academic year. The Lady Mustangs open this weekend at the University of Michigan Golf Course for the Wolverine Invitational. The course is set at 6,098-yard par 71, and will be played by 13 schools in the NCAA. Each team will be allowed five players, counting the low score for each of the two rounds on Saturday and the final round Sunday.

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Season kicks off Sunday BY N. HAYDEN BLAIR Contributing Writer nblair@smu.edu

The men’s golf season opens this Sunday, Sept. 12 at the sixth annual Gopher Invitational at the Spring Hill Golf Club in Wayzata, Minnesota. Both the first and second rounds being played consecutively, with Monday’s final round beginning at 8:30 a.m. Led by head coach Jay Loar in his 13th year as a Mustang, the mustangs finished 10th in 2008, ninth in 2007, third in 2006, and 10th in 2005 in their history in Wayzata. The par 72, 7,020-yard, course was designed by world famous golf course architect Tom Fazio, who has designed more top 100 courses in the U.S than anyone else in the world. Other notable courses include Coronado Golf and Beach Resort, Pinehurst No. 4, and TPC Myrtle Beach. SMU is making its sixth consecutive appearance at the tournament, and return in 2010 as the defending invite champions. Last year the Mustangs set a tournament record with a 54-hole score of 855, good enough for the title at 9 under. The 2009-2010 season was wrapped up with a 10th place finish at the 2010 NCAA Regional tournament at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Washington.

After opening with combined averages of 307 and 294, a strong third-round finish of 287 allowed the Mustangs to tie with New Mexico. Ben Tewes led the team tying for 16th overall with a team low third-round of 69 to being him to an overall score of 217. His graduation will put some pressure on senior Kelly Kraft to step up. Kraft tied for 29th at 221 at Regionals. Dragen Majors and Junior Matt Schovee tied for 48th at 225. The men made notable strides last year, finishing 10th at the 2010 NCAA West Regional and fourth at the 2010 C-USA Championships, with only one senior on the roster this year, the younger guys are going to be called to help. Senior Kelly Kraft is SMU’s top returning player, as he led the team best stroke average of 71.85 in 2009. He took medalist honors at the 2009 Gopher Invitational with a tournament record 15-under, a three-round combined score of 201. In June he was named to the Division I PING AllCentral Region team, posted eight top-10 finishes, and named C-USA Golfer of the year with a ranking as high as No. 41 in the nation by Golfweek. In preview of the season, reached the finals of the 110th North & South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst No. 2 in July, with a very impressive showing

to warm him up for the season. Junior James Kwon is among those called to step up, but has been known to perform under pressure. He chipped-in for birdie for a one-stroke lead on the final hole to win the South Amateur championship in August. A 54-hole total of 3-under led the tournament at High Meadow Ranch Golf club, Sophomore Robert Mills from Houston Texas was named as one of 420 total student-athletes who earned Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medals during the ’09-’10 academic year. These are awarded to those student-athletes in C-USA who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better. The men’s team is looking solid for the 2010 season. Young as they are they have showed an excellent ability to compete as a team at a high level. It’s a good thing too, with a new $4 million practice facility at the Dallas Athletic Club in the makings. The facility will be designed to continue the team’s legacy of greatness in the full development of the players with amenities including a 4-hole short course, and indoor hitting bays with swing analysis technology. The 11th annual Payne Steward Cup tournament held in May will benefit the SMU Men’s and Women’s teams, and will act as a fundraiser for the facility, for which part of it will be named in Stewart’s honor.

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Pony up...literally BY JORDAN JENNINGS Sports Editor jjennings@smu.edu

The SMU equestrian team signed four riders to National Letters of Intent in April: Paris Sellon, Alessandra Shultz, Julianna Fischer and Taylor McClung. Sellon attended Buckley School in California where she was the Reserve Circuit champion in the High Junior Jumpers division at the Thermal Horse Show in 2009. She also has two championships at the Showpark Horse Show under her belt, an Open Junior Jumpers crown and a bronze medal at the North American Young Rider Championship. Shultz joined SMU after finishing first in the 2008 Colorado State Equestrian finals and qualifying for the 2009 Colorado Hunter Jumper Association Medals Finals after taking home first place in the 2008 CHJA Dorothy Roberts Memorial Medal Finals. Shultz is from Evergreen, Colo. and attended Colorado Academy. Wellington, Fla. native Julianna Fischer won team (zone 4) gold at the 2008 Prix de States and was fourth at the 2008 Medal Finals. Last year, she ranked 11th at the Young Riders Competition in Kentucky. Fischer has competed internationally and has several other championships to her name. Last but not least, McClung joins the lineup from Newport Beach, Calif. McClung qualified for the West Coast Active Riders Spruce Meadows team

and was the Reserve Champion in Junior Jumpers at the Oaks Blenheim Summer Classic in 2009. These athletes are among 13 freshmen to join the team this year, which now consists of 32 riders. Also new to the roster this season is assistant Coach Natalie Burton, who joins head Coach Haley Schoolfield. Burton attended Auburn where she took home the 2004 individual national championship in hunt seat equestrian on the flat. “Natalie brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to SMU Equestrian,” Schoolfield told SMU in June. “She has won an individual national title and been part of a team national championship. That experience combined with her ability to teach can help take SMU to a championship level.” Last season, the equestrian team visited the Varsity Equestrian National Championship for the second year in a row, marking their best showing at the event in the program’s history, despite losing to Oklahoma State in a raw score of 1076-1036. The Mustangs were ranked as the No. 11 seed at their sixth National Championship appearance in school history. The team will jump-start its season Sept. 17 at TCU. Last season, SMU fell to TCU 7-5. With the help of the new freshmen, SMU hopes to beat TCU this year and return to the National Championships for a third consecutive year.

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Annual Poland trip Embrey expands program continues this winter By JESSICA HUSEMAN Editor-in-Chief @smu.edu

By MEREDITH CARLTON Associate News Editor mcarlton@smu.edu

SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Program is giving students and local community members the opportunity to travel to Poland this winter. TravelersParticipants will venture to the European country from Dec. 18 to 30, witnessing what they read in their history books first-hand. Each winter, Dr. Rick Halperin, director of the Embrey Human Rights Program, travels with a small group of individuals to learn about events labor and execution camps. This year, the trip will begin in Gdansk, a city in northern Poland, and will proceed to Warsaw, a former Jewish ghetto. The group will also visit other sites, including Jedwabne, the setting of a 1941 Jewish massacre, Pawiak, a famous political prison during the Nazi regime, and Belzec, an extermination center where over 500,000 lives were taken during its nine months of operation. Halperin believes that the visit to Belzec is a vital part of the trip because, although many lives were lost there, it is not a well-known site. “The fact that no one has heard of it does, indeed, show [the] Germans’ success,” Halperin stated in a press release. “To me, that raises disturbing and profound questions. How do you kill that many people and then have the world not even know about it?” In addition to visiting these places, along with many others, group members will have the opportunity to talk with Holocaust survivors and visit a variety of museums and memorials. Jordan Johansen is a senior triple major in history, music and anthropology with a minor in human rights. She went on the trip in December of 2008 and found it to be a profound experience. “I saw what I expected to see, but it was the extra dimensions – the bleak weather, the feel of the wooden beds, the stale smell of mass graves, the lonely sounds of emptiness – that transformed my experience,” Johansen said. “By being immersed in the physical and emotion vestiges of genocide, I could edge closer to understanding and appreciating the daily experience of the victims and the survivors.” According to a press release about the trip, Tony Pederson, professor and Belo Distinguished Chair in Journalism who joined the trip in 2007, described the experience as something that “stays with you” and a “significant part of any liberal arts education.” If traveling to Poland is too far out of your reality, The

Embrey Human Rights Program has a variety of other ways for students to become involved, either on campus or in the surrounding Dallas area. Within the next month, the program will host four events on campus as a part of its Fall 2010 series, “Death Penalty Matters,” in addition to two lunch lectures presented by Halperin at Maggiano’s Restaurant at North Park Center. While Johansen is involved in the Human Rights Program, anyone can go on the trip to Poland, attend the lectures, or enroll in the courses offered by the program. “I would absolutely recommend this trip to other students,” Johansen said. “The trip is tormenting, powerful and meaningful. This trip changes lives.” For more information about the trip, visit the Embrey Human Rights offices in 109 Clements, or visit http://smu.edu/ humanrights/. Scholarship applications are available through the program, and the registration deadline is Sept. 20.

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Ovens from the crematorium at Stutthof Concentration Camp near Gdansk, Poland in 2008.

learning used by Halperin is the best way to meet this need. “Sitting and reading a book is fine,” Embrey said. “But when you actually experience something on top of that, it compounds it and reinforces it and makes it stronger.” Embrey wants the program to continue to expand and to become more integrated into the SMU student body. Lauren Embrey’s father, Lindsay Embrey, founded the Embrey Family Foundation in 2004, and its original goal didn’t necessarily include the promotion of human rights. “Dad was always big in education, and we believe that as well, and we have held to that,” Embrey said. “He pretty much formed it and left it to Gale and I to decide its direction.” That organization has become a human rightsfocused foundation which funds human rights education opportunities into which the SMU Human Rights Program fits neatly. Embrey says she is thankful that expanding the program has been a relatively easy process. She says that the administration and the staff at SMU have been welcoming of her ideas, and she is confident that, with their help, the program will continue to improve and expand. “We are just really grateful that it is a partnership, and that people understand our vision and are with us on it,” Embrey said.

The Embrey Human Rights program expanded into new offices in Clements Hall this year and is now the fastest growing program at SMU, thanks to the donation from the Embrey Family Foundation. . In an interview with The Daily Campus, Lauren Embrey explained that her inspiration for facilitating the million-dollar donation was Professor Rick Halperin’s History of Human Rights class, which she took while pursuing her Master’s degree at SMU. “I learned that information, and I knew I had an excellent, amazing education, and I knew that you’ve never heard of any of this information before. That was really the catalyst,” Embrey said. At the conclusion of the course, Embrey decided to go on the course’s annual trip to visit death-camp sites in Poland with Halperin and bring her two sons, both freshmen at the time–one in high school and one in college. “I don’t think they really knew what to expect,” Embrey said, whose sons were extremely receptive to the idea of spending their winter holiday on the trip. “We spent Christmas together, the snowy Polish Christmas, traveling in a bus to different concentration and death-camp sites,” Embrey said. “It was a profound experience to be there and to feel the energy of these places. It gets you at a pretty deep level.” As soon as she returned from the trip, Embrey set the wheels in motion to expand the Human Rights Program through the help of her family’s foundation. She set up a meeting with her sister Gale Embrey, Halperin and Pat Davis to discuss its expansion. Once they had mapped out their vision, Embrey brought the idea to the Embrey Family Foundation’s Board of Directors, which quickly approved her suggestion. “We have a very, very supportive board that understands our vision and what we want to do,” Embrey said. “So it passed through rather quickly.” Four years later, the program has become a mainstay on the SMU campus. Embrey believes that the program fills a gap left open by the educational system. “In a sense, it was, ‘how dare my educational system think that they don’t have to give me this information, and that this information isn’t important to me as a human being,’” Embrey said. TYLER WILLIAMS/ The Daily Campus She said the program is the perfect way to address the need for more education on human Lauren Embrey speaks to an audience in Hughes-Trigg on Sept. rights and that the applied version of classroom 2, explaining her dedication to the Human Rights Program.

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When I studied abroad, I would tell people that I went to college in Dallas, Texas, and almost immediately, they would mention either women with big, poofy hair, or they would start singing the theme song to the 1980s drama series “Dallas.” Drew Konow Stereotypes about the Big D abound. Dallas is known as both “the armpit of American capitalism” and as the “buckle of the Bible belt.” Although true to varying degrees, these caricatures do not honor the richness of the city we have before us. According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, we live in the ninth largest city in the United States, and the city has been among the top ten largest cities since the 1970s. As of 2008, Dallas-Forth Worth had the 14th largest GDP in the world, and the seventh largest in the United States. Dallas is clearly an important American city. However, economics and size do not always equal culture. I am not a native Dallasite, and I don’t claim to know or understand every cultural or historical idiosyncrasy. However, I do know one thing: Dallas is not culturally monolithic. The city of Dallas offers vibrant art and cultural scenes, a wide range of things to do and an incredibly diverse populace. Perhaps some of Dallas’ best-kept secrets are the art scenes boasted by Deep Ellum and the Bishop

Arts District, which give Dallas a gritty, sensual appeal. The suburban perfection, characteristic of much of Dallas’ architecture, is left behind in the urban, graffiti-laden haven of Deep Ellum. Having deep roots in Dallas, the neighborhood has historical appeal as well. The art and music in the neighborhood range from the edgiest of bands and artists to the most familiar folk tunes and portraits. Not only is this cultural hotspot eclectic and groovy, the people are among the friendliest I’ve encountered in Dallas. The Bishop Arts District, while equally diverse, presents a more refined, chic cultural center. Born out of hopes to revive North Oak Cliff, the Bishop Arts District embodies a culinary, artistic and cultural renaissance. If you are looking for a funky outfit, a great place to window-shop or a delectable bite to eat, this is the place to go. Arts and culture are also one of the staples of downtown Dallas. The Windspear Opera House, Myerson Symphony Center, Dallas Museum of Art and Nasher Sculpture Center provide any art patron a refined, formal setting to appreciate masterpieces of all kinds. In addition to the arts, Dallas also offers a profusion of ways to have a good time. In my experience, the meal is the main attraction in Dallas, and the Big D sure does have some impressive culinary chops. The breadth of Dallas’ cuisine includes unique places like Rise No. 1 or Tillman’s Roadhouse, green dives like Bliss or Cosmic Café, troves of authentic Mexican food

(and Tex-Mex), late night cafés like Buzzbrew’s Kitchen or Café Brazil, not to mention steak houses and Dallas institutions. If you put on your boogie shoes or are just in the mood for a nightcap, Dallas has got you covered. No matter what your taste, Dallas has a bar, pub or club for you. From the bars on lower Greenville to Deep Ellum, to Uptown bars to Downtown bars, there is no shortage of places to make sure that tonight is a good night. If you would rather be reading a book or sipping on a chai tea latté, do not fear. Dallas possesses a number of “indie” coffee shops the likes of which include Crooked Tree Coffee House, The Pearl Cup, Legal Grounds and White Rock Coffee. If you’re looking for somewhere to enjoy a cup of coffee and listen to a guy named Joe strum his acoustic guitar to “Free Fallin’,” there’s no need to move to San Francisco. Other sites like the Grassy Knoll, Fair Park, the Farmer’s Market and White Rock Lake further reveal the potential for fun and adventure in Dallas. Without a doubt, it is easy to get disillusioned with the Dallas experience, especially living in University Park or attending SMU. But Dallas cannot be reduced to a mere capitalist celebration, Christian neighborhood or “big hair” enclave. It can, however, be your culturally rich playground of adventure. Drew Konow is a senior religious studies, foreign languages and literatures triple major. He can be reached for comments or questions at dkonow@smu.edu.

SMU graduate’s hindsight on college craziness COMMENTARY

I empathize with the freshmen recently featured on the front page of The Daily Campus—the first exclaimed, “It was pretty crazy. Kind of a hit to the face, college and what-not,” while another reasoned, “I’m really tired, some of Matthew Tullman it’s overwhelming. But at the same time, I like learning.” For me, entering SMU three years ago came with a thrill of anticipation and with a whirlwind of ideas about the future that lay ahead—sort of a “hit to the face.” I can’t imagine this emotional state is conducive to making long-term career decisions, especially as friends, family and faculty urge you to pursue every viable interest. Unbeknownst to the freshman, however, is what adults learn over many years: you’ll be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. For a number of semesters, I pursued degrees in finance, political science and, very briefly, even considered geophysics. Then I was done. I was eligible to graduate, and I suddenly thought my college years just came to an end. Not until then did I realize the rate at which time flies, and only then did I appreciate the greatest untapped resource at SMU: the intellectual community. Although professors note attendance and foist unbearable syllabi upon the student-body, professors are still people. The faculty comprises renowned scholars and experts in various fields, and each is courageous enough to teach a class full of students who are not unanimously attending college strictly for an education. Young school children might assume the teacher

lives at school, only surfacing for the weekday activities, but in reality professors at SMU lecture for a relatively small portion of each day. Beneath the obscure knowledge of founding fathers and the understandings of complex biological functions, the lecturer is probably enjoying a rather interesting life. Ask and you might hear a story about the professor’s time in the Kennedy Administration during the Cold War, or about black holes in timespace from the vanguard of the scientific research. For the Class of 2014, the former may be a more eyeopening experience, since the majority of freshmen were born in 1992 after the fall of the Berlin Wall. So to the incoming class, I offer unsolicited advice: Engage with the minds around you. As you hurtle through the academic curricula and rack up the resume-builders, consider the value of a great thinker on campus. Expand your mind, man, but not in that way. Instead, in the way Oliver Wendell Holmes would recommend: “One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” Pursue a conversation with a scholar in a field outside of your own academic interests. You can gain great insight by considering the extremes and by thinking about the opposite of which you are directly concerned. If you study dance, find out how social and cultural influences developed dance over the millennia. Or if you study physics, think about the psychology of politics and about the atom bomb—physics’ contribution to the gamesmanship of international relations. Capitalize on this fleeting opportunity to interact with world-class minds; you might realize what I just now understand. In the day-to-day minutiae of classes and extracurricular activities, I failed to recognize the purpose of college—learning. And I

most definitely did not comprehend what a pleasure reading, writing and occasionally arithmetic would become once these activities were no longer requirements tied to a grade. So make time to truly engage in your schooling, while you still have the chance. As Henry Davy Thoreau would say, “It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?” An infamous professor reminds his students that classes are not “speed bumps between parties.” He just might be right. When you approach your studies with the desire to learn, the requirements seem less like thankless, unending chores. If instead you count the school days until summer break—like rolling Sisyphus’ rock up the hill only to watch gravity reverse the progress—you end up viewing each new semester as a laborious task rather than an opportunity. With this mind set, it’s easy to ignore the only consistency of college: your own education. At an institution for higher learning, students get smarter—but some gain more ground than others. In short, always consider the next time that your primary job will be learning and your responsibilities will be reading, thinking and, sporadically, writing. Soon you’ll realize the college roller coaster will come to an abrupt end. So class participation aside, talk to your professor. He or she might provide the ice for that “hit to the face.” Matthew Tullman is the Senior Advisor for Student Affairs and Programs for the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies, and the Tom Medders Jr., Research Fellow of the Tower Center. He can be reached for comments or questions at atullman@smu.edu.

On burning holy books

Pastor reflects on religion and public life, focuses on the human person COMMENTARY

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Thankfully, he decided not to go through with it. Terry Jones, pastor of Dove World Outreach Center, made headlines for threatening to lead his congregation in burning copies of the Quran this weekend. Stephen Rankin For good reason, he received some pretty stern warnings from government and military officials. Although the tragedy has been (at least temporarily) averted, Pastor Jones’ actions, coupled with other recent tensions connecting religion and public life, prompt some reflections. These few days right now are like a perfect storm of commemorable events. At almost exactly the same time, Muslims mark the end of Ramadan, Jews celebrate Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) and others are remembering 9/11, which made Pastor Jones’ Quran-burning plan all the more agonizing. As a pastor, I cannot tell you how troubling it is that a religious leader would seriously consider

burning the holy books of another faith. I know exactly how Pastor Jones would feel about a Bibleburning rally. Of course, burning things - government leaders’ effigies, the American flag, or some other symbol – is a well-known form of political theatre around the world. But for a pastor, who of all people should understand the sacredness of sacred things, to burn someone else’s holy book makes me want to rend my garments. Pastor Jones has called Islam “a dangerous religion,” which, he asserts, justified the threatened action. But “Islam” is an abstract word, just like “Christianity” or “Judaism” or “religion.” We need to remember that religions are practiced by people. Pastor Jones would have been doing nothing to “Islam” in the Quran-burning. Even now, without carrying out the act, he has frightened, offended and insulted people. Pastors should never do such things. We’re sinners, so we do, on occasion, but we can never vindicate such behavior. Most troubling, perhaps, is that Pastor Jones was making a political statement as a religious leader. Even though the burning was ostensibly about

religion, it relates directly to geo-political issues. In the United States, religious leaders walk a very fine line: we are citizens with rights and responsibilities, but also representatives of religious communities. We have to pay exceedingly close attention to what we’re doing and where and when we do it. Controversies about what people hold dear are age-old. In that sense, that Pastor Jones and his congregation came close to engaging in agitation, is not new or surprising, but this kind of action? From a pastor? As a pastor myself, I found it particularly ominous. The challenge, however, is really for all of us. Living in a religiously diversifying country requires willing efforts on all our parts to understand one another’s cherished beliefs. It takes work, more than the snap decision often given these things. But it’s utterly necessary work. Let’s get to work.

Stephen Rankin is the Chaplain and Minister to Southern Methodist University. He can be reached for comments or questions at rankins@smu.edu.

Arts & Entertainment

The Daily Campus

Friday, September 10, 2010 •

THEATER

STYLE

FASHION: Spend your Saturday with Stanley

Ochre House continues to push boundaries with ‘Bill’ By LAUREN SMART

Arts & Entertainment Editor lsmart@smu.edu

A few blocks from Deep Ellum, tucked into Exposition Park, a storefront with a green door and a single, crooked light invites the curious and the brave to enter Ochre House Theater. Behind the door, you can find a man with legs that are not his own, but are puppeteered by a ‘ninja’ following behind him. This is Matthew Posey, the artistic director and self-declared mad man of Ochre House, and this is one of his latest ideas to be featured in his show “Bill,” opening this weekend. “We’re focused on producing works of alternative theater that are exciting to see and experience,” Posey said. Alternative theater is nothing new for Posey, in fact he is Dallas’ prodigal son of sorts, returning after a 12-year stay in the film world of Los Angeles. In the 1980s he was one of the artisans behind the Deep Ellum Theater Garage, which produced original, controversial works. When that theater was shut down after losing its funding from the NEA for content that was deemed too risqué, Posey made his way to L.A. to work in film and complete his masters at the American Film Institute. In 2008, he returned to Dallas to continue his habit of removing boundaries and creating electrifying theater in an intimate setting. Posey works with four other artists, whom he refers to as the “Ochre House Boys,” although his leading lady, Elizabeth Evans, numbers among them. “We built this all ourselves,” Posey said. “We took this storefront and turned it into a theater, into what you see before you – the Ochre House.” The space really is a house for Posey, as he and Walter, the theater dog, live in the back. This constant proximity to the work that he produces may play a role in the

attachment that Posey has to his work. “I think that all real artists inhabit their work in some way or another,” Posey said. “Both the madness and the wonderful parts of you go into it – give it life.” Posey opened this theater company at a difficult economical time, and even with the impending budget cuts to the arts in Dallas, he finds opportunity in the hard times “Whenever arts struggles, it can thrive on an artistic level,” Posey said. “Grants can make you fat and lazy, and when things start to dry up, there always seems to be a renaissance.” If that is true, it makes sense that Posey is finding some of his recent work to be the most gratifying. The work opening Saturday, “Bill,” is one such work. Based on the pivotal night of William S. Burroughs’ life. The play explores the relationship between Burroughs and Joan Varmer and the night that ended in murder. Much of the play is told through satirical fantasies and drug trips, illustrated through a mixture of actors and puppets. This promises to be an intriguing theater experience. Justin Locklear, one of the puppeteers for the show is working with the Ochre House for the first time.

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From left, Elizabeth Evans, Matthew Posey and Mitchell Parrack rehearse a scene from the show that opens this weekend at the Ochre House Theater, “Bill.”

at Macy’s! But this year the Fashion’s Night Out buzz has spread and retailers across the globe are fully onboard with the cause, including Dallas. Stores all around town have plans to stay open late tonight and entertain shoppers with parties and events. Come to Neiman Marcus NorthPark and see SMU alumna and local jewelry designer Amber Venz compete in a live styling competition judged by a handful of notable Dallas fashion faces like The Dallas Morning News’ Jason Sheeler and Kimberly Schlegel Whitman, and unexpected fashion fan, Dallas Maverick Jason Terry. The SMU Retail Club is hosting a party at Madewell in NorthPark Center from 5 to 7 p.m. Company execs will be talking to students

about the J.Crew corporation and the business side to the fashion industry. Enjoy sweets and soft drinks, and with your SMU student ID receive 15 percent off. Not in the mood to socialize? Sit back, relax and celebrate Fashion’s Night Out at AMC NorthPark and The Dallas Film Society with a special screening of the ultimate fashion film, “The Devil Wears Prada,” at 7 p.m. In Highland Park Village every single store is participating in Fashion’s Night Out with bites, beverages, live music and more. “Everyone in Dallas will be celebrating Fashion’s Night Out,” The Fashionistas founder Heidi Dillon said. “Stores all over town will be buzzing with excitement as we celebrate the biggest fashion party in history.”

“Working with Matthew Posey is a constant adventure with layers upon layers of theatre mystery,” Locklear said. “Everything is a new decision to ponder and a risk to take.” “Bill” opens Saturday night and runs through Oct. 2. For more information, visit ochrehousetheater.com.

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School of the Arts, where she was able to get Dean Jose Bowen’s approval for the school to sponsor the event. The project has received several donations, and one donor has offered to cover all of the back expenses. As

Sheets talks to College Republicans By ELENA HARDING Features Editor eharding@smu.edu

Kenneth Sheets, Republican candidate for Texas state representative, told students at Wednesday’s College Republicans meeting that he sees 2010 as an opportunity for revenge for Republicans by gaining a political majority. Sheets is an alumnus of SMU’s Dedman School of Law who served in the United States Marin Corps and is now running against incumbent Democrat Allen Vaught. The race for District 107 is Sheets’ entrance into politics. He was the guest speaker at Wednesday’s meeting, replacing Jonathan Neerman, Dallas County Republican Party chairman. Sheets described Vaught as a faux moderate who votes down Democratic Party lines. Additionally, Sheets criticized Vaught’s support of a measure to require convenience stores to sell fruits and vegetables to aid areas without access to grocery stores. He said that taxpayers will end up paying for it through government incentives or higher prices. “People are pissed off in our district and, probably like most of you, they are fed up with what they see happening in Washington,” Sheets said. This is what will give Republicans the lead, according to Sheets. He said the race is winnable if voters maintain a “straight ballot edge” in Republican precincts. Sheets said the most important issue of 2010—and why Republicans need a majority—is to draw district lines. According to Sheets, if Democrats get control, “They’re going to draw the lines so that congressmen, like Pete Sessions and Jeb Hensarling, are going to have a harder time to win.” Sheets spoke briefly to approximately 25 SMU students in the Varsity in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center before opening the floor to questions. Junior history and political science major Charlie McCaslin wasted no time and asked Sheets about school vouchers, also known as educational vouchers. Educational vouchers give parents the option of applying taxes that would go toward public school instead or toward private school tuition. Sheets believes that giving Dallas ISD more money to pay administrators and librarians is not the answer. He compared DISD to Richardson ISD, saying the district spends less and does a better job. He believes that in Dallas, spending needs to be re-evaluated and the “fat” must be trimmed. SMU student Katherine Worwa said she attended the meeting because she agrees with a lot of Republican points and is impressed with the high quality of speakers who come to the meetings. Sheets said that students need to be involved in the political process, whether they are liberal or conservative. At the end of the meeting Sheets and Chad Cohen, president of College Republicans, urged students to volunteer for a block walk this Saturday, Sept. 11. The kickoff is at 9 a.m. at the Ridgewood Recreation Center, about a mile east of SMU and will continue until noon.

Duke had to rush to organize the event, her personal feelings from Sept. 11, 2001 helped her get the project together. “I saw, along with those who looked on, the devastation of that day depicted in the media and immediately felt deeply for the victims,” she said. “The pain was so real that it affected us as a nation, as a whole.” While gathering volunteers to place flags and asking a speaker to talk to students may sound easy enough to some, it takes more than a few phone calls to get an event such as this together. “But I knew all along that it would happen and was meant to be, so I didn’t break a sweat or worry too much,” she said. While Pastor Stephen Broden is

running for Congress in the 30th District–for the seat held by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson–Duke insisted that Broden has agreed that Friday’s talk is not campaignrelated. “It is him, merely as a pastor, simply honoring and praying for those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks,” Duke said. There will be a suggested moment of silence at 9:11 a.m. Students can be reminded by the 2,977 small flags (one for each life lost in the attacks), pins and copies of the Constitution. “The project alone speaks for itself in its name—9/11: Never Forget,” Duke said. “There is no agenda or politics, just a gathering of Americans to honor those who are no longer with us.”

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campaign and its Leadership Council. As a member of the Board of Trustees, she serves on several committees: Academic Policy, Planning and Management and Building and Grounds. Additionally, Prothro serves on the boards for the Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility and SMU-in-Taos. “Caren Prothro will lead our Board during a unique period in our history, as we prepare to commemorate the Centennial of SMU’s founding in 2011 and of its opening in 2015,” SMU President R. Gerald Turner said. “During this period, we will be continuing our successful Second Century Campaign, for which Mrs. Prothro serves as a co-chair,” he said. “And our Centennial will help us focus attention on the incredible

progress of the university in fulfilling the vision of its founders. Most importantly, she will provide leadership and guidance going forward.” Prothro has donated millions to the university, giving $3.6 million to support biological sciences in January 2008. Her late husband C. Vincent “Vin” Prothro, as well as relatives in the Perkins-Prothro family, has also given millions to SMU. In the Dallas Community, Prothro sits on the boards of the Dallas Museum of Art and the Dallas Salvation Army. She served nine years as the vice chair of the AT&T Performing Arts Center Board of Directors and has also sat on the boards of the J.P. MorganChase Bank of Texas, the YWCA, the YMCA, the Visiting Nurse Association, the Dallas Foundation Board (as chair) and the Hoblitzelle

Foundation. Under President George W. Bush, she served on the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.

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The Board of Trustees held its first meeting for this academic Sept. 9.