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SMU’s Playboy Past Off campus office building has an unique story of its own

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The treasurer’s office is scheduled to move there in October. “Bend your knees straight Now a university hub for down. Lean forward just enough, processing paperwork, it is hard to but not too far.” imagine the 15-story office building According to Karen Drennan, on the corner of Yale Boulevard former Playboy Bunny, that is and North Central Expressway as how you perform the “bunny the hotspot of the city. dip,” the signature move from the “We were iconic at that time,” Dallas Playboy Club. Drennan said. “The club was a The same club that used to call magnet for Dallas.” SMU’s Expressway Tower home Drennan was one of the first in the late 1970s. 200 bunnies picked for SMU acquired the the grand opening of Expressway Tower the Dallas Playboy in January of 2006, Club in 1977. and before the fall Though only 17 semester of 2007 when the Bunny began, university Hunt began, she offices had made lied about her the move across age in order to get the job. the highway. Her “We needed more room on father, local campus, so we started television news anchor moving all nonessential John campus offices to Criswell, the Tower,” SMU didn’t director of real approve, estate William but Nemeth said. Drennan “About 40 percent of the building now knew this was the is SMU offices.” job for Today, the Expressway Tower her. is home to the “It was Courtesy of Karen Drennan human resources just so much department, Park ‘N fun,” Drennan Pony and some offices for the said. “It was the best experience school of education and the to work there back then.” school of engineering. Drennan put herself through Editor-in-Chief awithers@smu.edu

eBay spies on Craigslist U.S. prosecutors are investigating allegations of foul play between eBay and Craigslist. Craigslist claims involve eBay, which has a seat on Craiglist’s board, had employees access the rival comapany’s confidential business plans to further its own venture.

American poverty rises The American poverty percentage has shot up in the past 27 years, according to census data release Tuesday. Some 46.2 million people, or 15.1 of the population, are considered living below the poverty line, or have a household income of $22,314 a year for a family of four or $11,139 for an individual. Middle class income have decreased in 2010, from $49,777 to $49,445.

Palestine asks for statehood The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will ask the United Nations to recognize the state of Palestine. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Arab League that the disputed Gaza state is “not an option, but an obligation.” Europe has not reached a firm consensus yet on the issue. Israel’s U.N. ambassador said Israel is resigned to “sit[ting] down with the Palestinian Authority in direct negotiations in order to bridge the problems.” Obama pushes to have Israel and Palestine to come to an agreement.

Sunni mosque bombed A Taliban attack in Kabul, Afghanistan has killed at least nine people and wounder 23 others. At least one building remained in control by the insurgents late on Tuesday. Neither NATO nor embassy reported any injuries in the building. The insurgents launched an assault of rifles and rocket-propelled grenades on the U.S. embassy there. Happening only two days after 9/11, this attack may represent a political message about the U.S. plan to hand over security to Afghan forces by 2014.

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the University of Texas at Dallas with the tips she earned by waiting tables and doing the “bunny dip.” She remembers making around $300 a night, serious money in the seventies. At that time, the drinking age was only 18, so Drennan remembers both students and professors making their way to the club after hours. “It was the place to be,” Drennan said. “People were always lined up outside the door.” The Expressway Tower was first built in 1968, and it has housed a variety of different offices. In addition to the Playboy Club, it also previously served as the Dallas Cowboys office. “The building was built by the former owner of the Cowboys,” Nemeth said. “In fact, the AUP parking lot used to be the Cowboys practice field.” According to Drennan, this proximity often fueled the rivalry between the Playboy Bunnies and the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders back in the day. “The cheerleaders once said to a newspaper, ‘We’re not stewardesses, hookers or Playboy Bunnies,’” Drennan said. “We just thought that comparison was ridiculous, because there was never any nudity at the club! They were just jealous.” Though the club

closed in 1982 and the whole surrounding area has changed over the years, Drennan has nothing but fond memories of her time as a Dallas bunny. “It’s funny that it’s a school now,” Drennan, now age 53 and a Flower Mound resident, said. “I will always remember it with the big pink bunny logo on the front.”

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SMU seeks to revive school spirit, tradition By SYDNEY GIESEY Video Editor sschmidt@smu.edu

Joseph Redwine Patterson remembers what SMU was like more than 60 years ago. Pep rallies, bonfires and a student handbook called “The M Book” were all a major part of SMU tradition — school spirit was high. Many students, like former student body president Jake Torres, and alumni, like Patterson, believe school spirit isn’t as high today as it was back then and are working to bring the university back to its roots. Patterson, who graduated in 1949, was a part of (what was then called) Student Council and the cheerleading and football teams— not at the same time, though. He was head cheerleader in ‘47 and ‘48, president of the student body in ’48 and ’49 and was on the football team in ‘44. Patterson said he remembers what school spirit was like during the Doak Walker days (Walker won the Heisman in 1949). “We just continued what were the traditional chants, songs, yells and activities,” Patterson said. Almost 40 years later, the National Collegiate Athletic Association struck SMU with the most stringent penalty collegiate football has ever seen — the death penalty. The NCAA gave SMU the death penalty in 1987 for violating several rules and regulations, including paying players. The university was already on probation in 1985 for recruiting violations. With the implementation of the death penalty, SMU’s entire 1987 schedule was cancelled, and the team could only play seven games in the ’88 season, all of which had to be away games Therefore, SMU opted not to

participate in the 1988 season The Mustangs were also not allowed to participate in a bowl game until 1989. In addition to having its schedule cancelled, the university had to cut back on the amount of scholarships it gave to football players. However, the death penalty affected more than just the football program. Elise Holmes, who graduated from SMU in 2008, said the death penalty had a dramatic affect on school morale. “It killed SMU spirit,” Holmes said. “I really do blame the death penalty for the void of school spirit that we had for those 15 years.” Holmes was a cheerleader for three and a half years at SMU and was the cheer captain during her senior year. She said, although it might not be a fair thing to say, football does influence school spirit. “In this country, I think football really drives spirit at a university and, you know, having that basically taken away from us really hurt things,” she said. Patterson thinks the decline in school spirit started much earlier. One of Patterson’s former cheerleading teammates, Lawrence Herkimer, started the National Cheerleaders Association in the 1970s. As a result, cheerleading became more of a competitive sport. Patterson believes this switch was part of what led to the decline in school spirit. “The school spirit is not a competitive sport,” Patterson said. “It’s a spirit that permeates the whole university and gives it identity.” Holmes disagrees. What attracted her to cheerleading was the athleticism and the competitive nature of the sport, but she believes the two are not exclusive.

She doesn’t think you have to choose between the two. “Cheerleading has evolved and changed but I don’t think that’s taken away from school spirit,” she said. Whether as a result of the death penalty or the starting of the NCA, most agree that SMU school spirit has declined since its earlier years. “When I got there, we were still kind of in our dark years,” Holmes said. However, students on campus are working together to revive that old school spirit and tradition. Last year, Torres met with organizations around campus to try and invoke change. Torres believes school spirit is there, you just can’t always see it. “I think that whenever you talk to the students, people do love this university and they love the school, but that doesn’t always translate,” he said. ’Torres also met with Brandy McCollum, SMU spirit coordinator and cheer coach, to talk about bringing back some of SMU’s old chants, cheers and yells, which Patterson told him about. Additionally, Torres met with Patterson many times to find out what students did in the 1940s to cultivate school spirit. Many of the chants and yells were in “The M Book,” which isn’t around anymore. “The M Book” was a student handbook published by the YMCA starting in 1916. The book was published until 1962 and contained information on clubs, sports, proper clothing attire, student government, traditions, cheers and much more. Over the next 40 years, the handbook changed its name eight times, including names like “SMU Enchiridion,” “Peruna Express” and

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Celebration mixes culture, heritage By KATIE TUFTS Copy Editor kturfts@smu.edu

It was a scorching Tuesday evening in the center of the SMU campus, but you wouldn’t know the heat crept over 100 degrees by the way that the Folkorico dancers floated across the stage. The College Hispanic American Students Organization (CHAS) celebrated the beginning of Latin Heritage Month, which is taking place across the country from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, with several types of dancing, traditional South American and Cuban foods, a Mariachi band and a DJ. “SMU is doing their part to celebrate Latino heritage within the Latino community of SMU and the city of Dallas,” Pascual Pellegrino, the CHAS event coordinator, said. The celebration, entitled “Viva America,” drew a crowd of about 60 people to watch and join in the festivities. “What we wanted to do is commemorate every Latin nation from the top of the Caribbean all the way to the southern Pacific Ocean,” he said. Students, like SMU junior Rachelle Schelhaas, gathered around the stage to see the many different dances. “I love the costumes, they are so vibrant,” she said. The dances included traditional Folkorico, Tejano, Flamenco and even Brazilian Capoeira, a dance that brings together dancing and martial arts. Children and students joined in dancing to the music from the DJ booth, while many indulged in the popular

Latin-American food choices, like tacos and empanadas, which Schelhaas said were her favorite. In addition to celebrating Latin Heritage Month, CHAS also hoped to gain campus awareness from the “Viva America Celebration,” which has been going on for the past five years. “We want to promote who we are on campus so that we can gain more active members,” Pellegrino said. CHAS was started at SMU in 1972 and currently has about 60 active members. Though member growth slowed in recent years, CHAS hopes to change that with events like “Viva America.” CHAS also puts on other events throughout the year, like salsa dancing nights in HughesTrigg and Umphrey Lee, which are poplar with students. Salsa night is put on four times a year and includes free salsa lessons and live music, Pellegrino and Cesar Rincon, the vice president of CHAS, said. “I joined CHAS two years ago because it is a big multicultural organization and it was a great way to meet other people,” Rincon said. Rincon also hoped to gain a larger campus presence with this kickoff event to make sure that students know about CHAS. CHAS has meetings every other Thursday for members and those interested in attending.

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Health & Fitness

• Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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Plan meals for best workout Participants try out for title By BETHANY SUBA Health & Fitness Editor bsuba@smu.edu

You always hear that you need to drink lots of water before and after you workout, but what are you supposed to eat? The two common mistakes people make before working out are eating the wrong types of food or not eating any food at all. “There is actually much debate about this concept in the health and fitness world because some people say that eating before a workout makes them feel sick,” Lander Peerman, the founder of DASH Fitness, said. It is important to remember that when people talk about eating before a workout, they do not

mean to stuff your face while you are running out the door. You are supposed to eat one to two hours before you workout in order to give your body enough time to digest the meal or snack. Having food before you exercise gives you the energy you need to achieve your best workout. If you tend to feel sluggish or lazy during your workouts, you probably are not eating beforehand, and if you are, you are probably not eating the right foods. After your workout you should try and eat enough calories to equal 50 percent of the calories burned. “So if you burn about 600 calories during your workout, try

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to eat 300 calories afterward,” Peerman said. She also said that about 60 percent of the calories you eat afterwards should come from carbohydrates. This is because your body needs to replace the muscle fuel you used up during your workout session. It is also important to include high-quality protein in your postworkout snack. For more information on Peerman, an example of her typical day’s menu and weekly workout schedule visit the SMU Health and Fitness Blog. You can also learn more about her and DASH Fitness at dashtobefit.com.

- Hummus and raw veggies - Oatmeal - Hard-boiled eggs - Yogurt smoothies - Fruit (make sure it is eaten at least two hours before you workout) - Cereals (with more than three grams of fiber) and milk - Cottage cheese and fruit - Tomato or vegetable juice - Whole grain crackers with cheese

- Dried fruit and nuts - Veggie omelet with toast - 100 percent fruit juice with cheese - Yogurt with fruit - Bread, a bagel or an English muffin with cheese or peanut butter - A protein shake or bar - Turkey, ham, chicken or roast beef - Cereal with milk - Rice or popcorn cakes with nut butter - Vegetable stir-fry with chicken, shrimp, edamame or tofu

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Multicultural Greek Council Showcase at 7:30 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg Ballroom.

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Elianna Dimoulakis spent most of her late teens and early twenties working out at the gym. A little over a year and a half ago she began searching for a boot camp that would help give her the cross training workout she knew she needed. After finding two camps that sounded good online, Camp Gladiator and Crossfit, Dimoulakis chose the one with the time that worked best with her schedule, Camp Gladiator. “I remember panting during the first warm up and I was surprised because (A) I loved that push and (B) it is a challenge to keep my attention because I get bored easily,” she said. Dimoulakis has been training at Camp Gladiator for a year and a half and raves about the results she has seen. Camp Gladiator started in Dallas three years ago by Ally and Jeff Davidson. Ally competed on the television show “American Gladiators” and won the grand prize of $100,000. She and Jeff created Camp Gladiator with the money

Police Reports Sept. 12

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By BETHANY SUBA

THURSDAY Sept. 15

Willson Lecture at 11:30 a.m. in Umphrey Lee.

3:31 a.m. Assault: Off Campus/5331 E. Mockingbird Lane. DPD arrested a student for assault. The student was referred to the Student Conduct Office for the assault. Closed. 6:40 p.m. Theft: Main Quad. A student reported the theft of their cell phone. Open.

Sept. 13 2:17 a.m. Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor/ Purchasing/Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor/ Possession of Alcohol by a Minor: Phi Gamma Delta House. Seven students were referred to the Student Conduct Officer for consumption of alcohol by a minor and another student was cited for possession of alcohol by a minor and referred to the Student Conduct Officer for furnishing alcohol to a minor. Closed.

they won to help other men and women get in shape. “There are 100 DFW locations and 17,000 people are signed up for the camp that started today,” Mason Murphy, the regional director and head trainer for Camp Gladiator in Dallas, said. Murphy was a friend of the Davidson’s when they first started Camp Gladiator and has been with them ever since. He trains members at Sorority Park every Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. “I have leaned out and am faster, quicker and stronger,” Dimoulakis, who trains with Murphy, said. The camp prides itself on being a family and developing relationships between the members as well as between the members and trainers. “Who we target for Camp Gladiator is not necessarily going to be elite athletes,” Andrew Tomaski, the head of Gladiator Games, said. Since it first began, Camp Gladiator has spread to Austin, Houston, Waco, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minnesota and

Shreveport. And Camp Gladiator has now added a new twist to its program, Gladiator Games. Gladiator Games started three years ago and they run once a year. It is a way for people in the community to come out and challenge themselves with a daylong event. It is an obstacle course, featuring over 25 different obstacles that will test participants’ strength, speed and endurance. Some examples of what is on a typical obstacle course are low crawl obstacles, walls, monkey bars, balance beams, rock walls, tire obstacles and giant inflatable obstacles. This year, on Oct. 1, Gladiator Games is coming to SMU’s Ford Stadium. They are looking for men and women, typically around the ages of 18-35, who are looking for a new, fun way to test their fitness. What is significant about this Gladiator Games is that it will determine the fastest and fittest students at SMU. There will be one female student and one male student winner who will then be considered the most in shape student on campus.

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First-year Senators elected By PATRICIA BOH

Associate News Editor pboh@smu.edu

Joining the 98th SMU Student Senate are five first-year senators from the class of 2015. The senators for the class of 2015 are Monica Finnegan, Tanner Flyckt, Devin Kerns, J.D. Mahaffey and William O’Connor. The first-year senator elections began at midnight on Wednesday and ran until 5 p.m. on Thursday Around 40 students signed up to run for the five seats, although a few dropped out before the polls opened. Senate Membership Chair Katherine Ladner organized and oversaw the elections. “As freshmen, they will be held to the same standards as

Student Senate pushes transparency By PATRICIA BOH

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Lyle Senators Christian Genco addressed transparency in student senate on Tuesday stating that it “implies openness, communication and accountability.” “One of my semester goals is to drastically increase accountability, transparency and efficiency within senate,” Genco said. This push for transparency would primarily affect the finance committee. With this, the committee’s decisions would be posted online, with voting results and records available for public viewing. “The most effective means of increasing accountability,” Genco believes, “is to maintain a voting record.” Within the current system of voting record keeping, there is no record of how a senator voted on any bill, except for if the senate issued a special motion for record keeping or voting was conducted through roll call. Genco showed the senate how to conduct voting records electronically through an online preexisting hardware on polleverywhere.com. This option would cost only $18 per month. Senators issue their vote by texting or tweeting the hardware account number or by going on the website. By voting electronically and remotely, it is “immediate, persistent, and easily published.” Also, the senate meeting included the inauguration of the new first year senators, J.D. Mahaffey, Monica Finnegan, Devin Kerns, Tanner Flyckt and William O’Connor. Sen. Christoph Schmidt left his Dedman I Senator post and was inaugurated as a new Cox Senator. During the officer reports, Vice President Alex Ehmke discussed the liaison program. This assigns a senator to a chartered student organization so that the senator can assist with any questions or concerns. The new first year senators will not participate in the liaison program. “[W]e did this because we wanted to do our best to ensure that organizations receive liaisons who have as much experience at the school and knowledge of senate processes as possible,” Ehmke said. The senate also address old business, and voted in the “Resolution Concerning Student Senate Membership.” This bill creates a database on Access that will connect all senate alumni, past and present, as well as create a digital archive of senate related documents. Chief of Staff Alex Mace believes that the database will be “a huge asset” as a “big record keeping method.”

the other senators,” Ladner said. “I know all five of them will be fantastic!” Finnegan is “so excited” to be a senator and to work to represent her class. As a senator, Finnegan “want[s] to devote [herself] to making this school a better place for everyone” and “to accurately represent the centennial class of 2015.” “I love the idea that senators get to help create legislation that is implemented on campus,” Finnegan explained. “I hope to give back in some small way to the university through this position.” Kerns has been involved in government and committee work since high school, participated in Oklahoma’s Girls State and was a page for an Oklahoma senator.

For Kerns, participating in the Student Senate is “a natural transition.” Like Kerns, Flyckt was involved in student government in high school. Flyckt thought that joining SMU Senate would be “a great way to get involved with my class.” Flyckt wants to improve the school, write legislation that represents the desires of his class and become involved in the SMU community. “I would also like to thank my class for choosing me to serve them in this position,” Flyckt said. As a fourth generation Mustang, Mahaffey wants to “better the Hilltop by representing each Mustang and their individual values.”

“But really, I just wanted to beat Peruna in a race,” Mahaffey said. Mahaffey looks forward to “speaking with each first-year student,” and he recognizes his duties in “bringing their issues to the floor.” The first-year senators’ duties include participation in Senate meetings, communicating their fellow first-years’ concerns, writing legislation and serving on a Senate committee. Kerns looks forward to representing her class and feels optimistic about the centennial class’s future. “Each class here at SMU is different, and the class of 2015 is going to leave a great legacy, and I hope to help facilitate that legacy,” Kerns said.

Sports

•Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Who Caught Our Eye Coach of the Week

Fan of the Week

Athlete of the Week By E’Lyn Taylor Sports Editor ejtaylor@smu.edu

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Sports Editor Associate epenunuri@smu.edu

Coach Seifert has been with SMU Volleyball since the beginning in 1996. She has built SMU tradition, talent and solid squads from the ground up. Seifert received her bachelors in physical education at Winona State University where she played volleyball and softball and later added a masters in physical education from WisconsinLaCrosse. In Seifert’s coaching career, she has coached players 21 AllConference honorees and two All-Americans. Academically, 76 student athletes have been awared Academic All-American Conference Honors. Before she took on the enormous project, she was a recruiting coordinator for six years at Texas Tech. Accustomed to being in the top 15 and 25, taking on a ripe school would be a challenge. “Coming into build [the

program], I didn’t recognize how high the mountain was to climb,” Seifert said. Fortunately, the 16-year trek Coach Seifert has made, has been a successful one for her and for the SMU Volleyball program. Last season’s squad set school records with 25 wins, going 25-6, overall, including a 11-2 mark in Moody Coliseum. The squad ranked 21st nationally and posted an 80.6 percent win. This season, the expectations are set high along with the challenges. “I can honestly say in the 16 years I’ve been here this preseason schedule is the most difficult I’ve ever scheduled,“ Seifert said. “We feel really good about approaching conference.” Especially with the 2011 squad Coach Seifert has guided this year success is reachable. She expects highlighted performances from Jessica Oliver and Courtney Manning who have showed consistent performances this past weekend.

By E’Lyn Taylor Sports Editor ejtaylor@smu.edu

This week’s fan of the week features Daniel Poku a sophomore at SMU majoring in markets and culture and business. Poku’s hobbies include going out dancing, hanging out with friends and attending as many SMU games as he can. Their are various fans at different schools that show their school spirit, but Poku says what makes an ultimate SMU fan is someone that goes to the games and commits to supporting the Mustangs’ commitment on the field. “As fans we do more than just watch a game, I’d like to believe our chants and yells are the music that pumps up our fellow Mustangs,” he said. Poku also said that SMU students should have school spirit because students chose to pursue the next stage of our lives at SMU.

“This is not just a place where SMU students go to study, it is in fact, a place where we learn, live, and relate. It is important to have school spirit because without a deep conviction and respect for one’s school, its [SMU] back can break,” Poku said. Poku’s favorite SMU player is football center, Blake McJunkin. “The big and awesome guy that he is on the field reflects the big and awesome guy he is in class, in his college ministry One28, and in his life in general,” he said. Poku encourages students that want to gain more school spirit to come support their Mustangs in any and all sports that might interest them. “All you have to do is ask a friend and tag along with a group. Be the fans that show your fellow Mustangs that you are there for them, and that you want them to leave it all on the field,” Poku said. You can find Poku at the latest SMU game cheering on the home team.

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SMU’s cross country senior, Silje Fjortoft has already started her season smoothly winning first place at two consecutive meets this year. Last year, Fjortoft was named South Central Region Athlete of the Year and also named to the NCAA South Central All Region Team. In the same year Fjortoft took eighth at the Notre Dame Cross Country Invitational 5K. During her sophomore year, she was named Conference Athlete of the Year and Conference USA Champion at the Cross Country Championship. Fjortoft also received All-Academic honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association and was named to the Conference-USA Cross Country All-Academic Team. In Fjortoft’s freshman year, she was named the NCAA South Central Region Athlete of the Year and Conference USA Cross Country Newcomer of the Year and C-USA Freshman of the Year after one of her strongest performances at the NCAA Regionals and the C-USA Championships. Before attending SMU, Fjortoft participated in several international events including the European Cup 2000, the World Championship 2007 and the Under-20 European Cup 2005. Fjortoft grew up in a small town on the coast of Norway. She started doing sports at the age of 10. She tried everything from track and field to long jump

and shot put. After a little bit of trial and error she started to run 800meters and found out that middle to long distant runs were her specialty Fjortoft later evolved into bigger running competitions. “I just think it’s a lot of fun working out and go to competitions and show what you worked for,” said Fjortoft. After high school, Fjortoft received an offer from SMU. Fjortoft said her time at SMU has been an exciting journey that she doesn’t regret. Fjortoft said her experience doing full time sports at SMU has been much easier compared to competing in Norway. “I have a greater support network here, I have a team, this year we’re more team based, in Norway it’s more like you’re an individual,” she said. Fjortoft said her two first place wins came as a surprise since her performance struggled last semester. She suffered with low iron and started getting treatment over the summer. “I knew I was better than last semester, but I didn’t know what the competition was going to be like. I felt like I was in good shape,” Fjortoft said. Fjortoft’s future goals after college are to focus on running and possibly travel to Kenya to do train on altitude running. “I hope to qualify for the Olympics. I don’t know if I’m going to make it this year, but I’m going to try. If not I’m going to try for the next one,” Fjortoft said. Want to catch Fjortoft and the SMU Cross Country in action? Their next meet will be Sept. 10 at 6 p.m. at the UTSA Ricardo Romo/Six Flags Fiesta Texas Classic in San Antonio. *Photo not available

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THEATRE

‘Gypsy’ steals the spotlight at Lyric Stage ‘The Great American Musical’ takes stage mom to a new level in Irving By ALEX HOSKINS Contributing Writer ahoskins@smu.edu

She had a dream, and she dreamed it for them. The lights dim and the phenomenal 39 piece orchestra breaks into a spectacular overture. Lyric Stage’s “Gypsy” is about to begin, and the music can barely drown out the buzz of the audience. “Gypsy,” The Great American Musical, with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is arguably one of the best-known and most well written musicals of the century. “Gypsy” tells the story of the ultimate stage mother, Rose, and how she desperately tries to balance her family with the dreams or show business she has for them. “Gypsy” opened in 1959 on Broadway with Ethel Merman as Rose and was adapted for film in 1993 with Bette Midler as Rose. It was most recently revived in 2008 with Patti LuPone taking up the mink. Rose, played by Sue Mathys, is an incredibly difficult role to take on, as Rose is both a ruthlessly determined agent, forcing her daughters into the spotlight, as well as a deeply caring and loving mother. At first, it seems Mathys holds back, letting opportunities to really let Rose’s personality shine slide into simple gag moments, (particularly in the song, “You’ll Never Get Away From Me”). I craved more Rose. When Rose has to undergo significant character development at the end of act one, however, Mathys’s performance brings the

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From left to right: Gypsy’s stars James Williams, Mary McElree, Caitlyn Carter, and Sue Mathys during one of the show’s scenes.

entire theater to a standstill as you see Rose’s heartbreak race across Mathys’s face. From then on out, Mathys blends the mad stage mother with the sheltering “mama.” Mathys’s voice is stunning throughout but it really takes off when Rose emerges. Rose may be the star, but the story is nothing without her daughters, June and Louise, and her agent/companion, Herbie. played by Sonny Franks. The story begins with June and Louise as children, played by Kristin Wright and Taylor Hennings, respectively, and each

hold their own with their adult counterparts. Rose always forces June to the front of the acts and puts Lousie in pants to sing with the chorus, and Wright masters her Baby June routine flawlessly. The story jumps ahead about seven or eight years and Baby June, now “Dainty June,” is played by Ashton Smalling, while Louise, played by Mary McElree, is still a boy in the chorus. Smalling and McElree have terrific chemistry on stage and play off one another very well to really develop their characters. McElree deftly resists the urge

to show us everything until later in the show, keeping her stage presence and her character’s confidence in check in accordance with Louise’s lack of confidence and doubting insecurities, though she could have had a little more fun with the character. Franks adds a real charm to the otherwise background character of Herbie, knowing just when to show his colors in defending and later losing Rose. It would be a crime to speak of this production without mentioning the aging strippers, Tesse Tura, played by Caitlin Carter, Mazeppa, played by Sara

Shelby-Martin, and Electra, played by Shannon McGrann. After hitting the roughest of rough patches, Rose, Louise, and Herbie are forced to find work in a low-class Burlesque House, and these three faded gems cause a riot with “You Gotta Get a Gimmick.” The dancing cow bit is extremely well done, with dance captain and SMU ’11 grad Katharine Gentsch bringing up the rear, and the eleven o’clock number, “Roses Turn,” bathes the audience in Rose’s passionate plea for stardom. Mathys earns her standing

ovation with the simplest of turns just before the final curtain, begging one last glimmer of the spotlight with a split second look to the audience. Not a cue, instrument or spotlight was out of place, though cast members were sometimes visible in the wings. The lights were a point of interest; while the colors sometimes oversaturated the stage, subtle directions like leaving the spotlight on Rose for a litter longer after a blackout lent a technical angle to Rose’s character. The passing from the Baby June years to the Dainty June years with a strobe light was excellently executed, but the journey of Rose, June and Louise collecting their travelling vaudeville troupe in a stationary car did not work as well when not all actors acted like they were in a car. The 39-piece orchestra really cannot be understated, as it breathes so much life into the score and fills the entire theater with such a rich tone. There is little below par to say about Lyric Stage’s production of “Gypsy.” Rose may not have truly bloomed until later in the show, but it was a brilliant bloom when we saw it. June and Louise had terrific onstage chemistry, though Louise never really seemed to let herself go, Herbie managed to be charming during his relatively small stage time, and the little touches such as the strippers and the dancing cow elevated a great show to an excellent show. “Gypsy” runs at Lyric Stage from Sept. 9 to Sept. 18. On Thursday, the Lyric Stage will be offering $10 tickets for SMU students with a valid student I.D. The show starts at 8 p.m.

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Every football weekend is family weekend for SMU I cried because I had no shoes. I cried even more when my fiancé came home from Jimmy Choo. This weekend marks Family Weekend when moms, dads, stepmoms and stepdads invade the Hilltop, while stopping off at NorthPark and Highland Park Village. Don’t cry like me if your wife or girlfriend spends the rent at those places. Just get even, and meet me at Al Biernat’s, Rick Larson Patrizio, Javier’s or Mi Cocina, all great watering holes and great places to eat, freshman or 51. While officially this is “Family Weekend,” the truth to those who’ve been coming to the Boulevard whenever the Ponies are home is that these home games have always been a “family affair,” even without Buffy, Jody, Sissy and Mr. French. And this is not limited to our blood relatives, but to those we went to school with, those we watched play football and those we have met while stumbling around from tent to tent. Our famed Lance McIlhenny will tell you, “It sounds like a wiener” and then cook you a bratwurst. Thanks for pitching one out to me last week, Lance. The bargain of the year are the season tickets, of which I bought two for $140—the equivalent of four chicken enchilada dinners, four margaritas and the tip over at Javier’s. I can’t recall what the other folks at the table had. Only at Goodwill can you get a better deal on something useful, but not any more fun and wholesome. I watched kids of all ages walk around, cellphone free, last Saturday. Walking the Boulevard last weekend I felt like Jay Gatsby, standing there next to a renovated silver Gulfstream party trailer, watching the friendly ghosts of Ron Meyer and DK Perry cavort. And Lance cooking his bratwursts. The Boulevard’s oak trees are full and wide now, just like me after the 29 years since I roamed the Hilltop with the other brontosaurses. A new cozy football stadium hosts games that once were played at the Cotton Bowl and Texas Stadium. At the Cotton Bowl, you paid $5 to park your car in someone’s yard and another $5 to someone who made sure no one broke into it. To Texas Stadium, we rode a chartered bus out and back, the Mustangs doing a wonderful job of filling that place in our heyday, our khaki’d rear ends warming up the seats for the Cowboys, the following day. Lord help you if you had to use the restroom on those long, trafficsnarled rides. I considered renting out catheters. I was somewhat dismayed by the lack of students at the game this past weekend. And by my fellow classmates’ absences, quite honestly. One SMU buddy said he had to go to a movie. The nicest Saturday evening we’ve had in three months, and the guy makes like a mushroom and pays to sit in the dark. I’ve written the State Department and asked that his citizenship be revoked. After all, he could have come to cheer on the Ponies with me while watching the movie on his iPhone.

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Rick Larson is a 1982 graduate of SMU as well as a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He has been a stockbroker/investment advisor for 26 years. He can be reached for comment at richardelarson@gmail.com

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Sometimes I have days when I want to address some broad social problem through artful rhetoric, hoping to evince Brandon Bub the day’s ills by exposing sweeping problems that ought to be addressed on a national scale. Then there are days when I don’t get my mail on time and I just feel like complaining about it. Allow me to explain. Over Labor Day weekend I enjoyed a relaxing out-of-town vacation where I could, for the span of about three days, forget about schoolwork and my various jobs on campus. Then, the unthinkable happened: the day before coming back into town I tripped, fell face forward to the ground and broke my only pair of glasses (a pair that, when I bought a year and a half ago, were advertised to me as “virtually indestructible.”) Luckily I was able to finagle the

defunct lenses in such a way that they would stay on my face so I wasn’t completely blind for the rest of the trip and I did have a pair of contacts waiting for me in my dorm when I got back to Dallas. However, my allergies have proven quite the obstacle to wearing my contacts year-round, and unless I hoped to look like a 1950s sci-fi superhero, my broken glasses simply weren’t going to cut it. I needed a new pair of glasses and I needed them soon. My eternally sagacious mother was prompt in procuring my prescription for a new pair of lenses, and she decided to pay an exorbitant sum to overnight it to me so I could have it before the week ended. I checked my mailbox on Wednesday, but to no avail. Of course complications can always arise in the mail system so I wasn’t one to lose much sleep over it. I was certain the prescription would arrive by Thursday. However, Thursday came, and my expectations were again shattered. “Friday for sure,” I thought to myself. However, Friday

bore no such luck. Fed up with waiting, I decided that my package must have been somewhere in the SMU Post Office, likely ignored among the countless other letters people receive each day. When I came back on Saturday to find once again that the package was not in my box, I approached the front counter and asked the attendant to check in the back for it. Sure enough, she came back with the package in hand; God only knows how long it might have been sitting there. Is my complaint relatively mundane? Could I not have just had the prescription faxed in the first place? Perhaps, but my point still stands. People depend upon getting their mail on time, and when it comes to situations like this, time is of the essence. Also, this isn’t the first time that the post office on campus has transgressed like this: a few weeks ago when I paid for two day shipping for a textbook for class I didn’t receive it until five days later and I’d already missed several reading assignments for the class.

Consider a situation like this: If one receives a newspaper subscription, it doesn’t exactly help to receive that paper two days after its publication date when the news might not even be relevant anymore, yet this exact thing has happened to my roommate since the school year started. To date this semester, I believe he’s not yet received his Wall Street Journal subscription on the proper day. I know these problems can’t be blamed entirely on the post office; as we well know, the U.S. Postal Service in general has a laundry list of problems. Moreover, I know that the people who work at the post office on campus have a difficult enough job as it is. However, I think the post office on campus owes it to the students to make sure that everyone’s mail gets to the proper box in a timely manner. Brandon Bub is a sophomore majoring in English and edits The Daily Campus opinion column. He can be reached for comment at bbub@ smu.edu

Travel abroad yields poignant lessons contributor

I always thought my friends who came back from mission trips in developing countries were overdramatic. They Caroline Dillard claimed they experienced complete transformations. But after spending my summer teaching English in rural Nepal, I understand. So much of who I am and what I believe changed. (It’s hard to believe my outsides have not morphed as well.) I could probably write a novel about what I learned, but here are the CliffsNotes. I learned that sometimes the whims I am scared to follow lead to once in a lifetime opportunities. When I began researching international volunteer organizations in April, all I could think was: one, I was probably insane for wanting to travel across

the globe by myself and two, whatever doubt about my sanity I had would be fully confirmed when I told my parents. Without my uncharacteristic impulsiveness, I would have missed a chance to work with adorable, eager Nepali children and to be completely immersed in a foreign culture. I learned that neither being a volunteer nor owning a “Lonely Planet” guide means anything. I was arrogant to believe I could make sweeping national changes through merely a summer of service. Many volunteers came before me, and many will come after me. All I could do was humbly accept my duties and try to brighten the days of a few kids. Also, placing faith in a rarely updated guidebook and staying in a $2 a night guesthouse is unwise. Regardless of high ratings, you get what you pay for, bedbugs and all. Most importantly, I learned that I cannot fully appreciate life without being dirty, getting angry,

challenging myself physically and mentally and recognizing that beauty can exist amongst heartbreak. During my stay, I walked 20 miles a day to village schools in the middle of monsoon season, saw the heart-wrenching poverty of child beggars, watched local teachers practically ignore female students and sat in shock when a Nepali instructor slapped a little girl. Ironically, I recognized more beauty and goodness around me than I ever had before. In those muddy, wet walks to work, there were hazy, distant mountains to admire and friendly locals to greet. In my impoverished students, there was an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and unparalleled joy. In the obvious injustice, there was hope that the freedom of women in Kathmandu might disseminate into the villages. I was unaccustomed to such examples of good and bad juxtaposed together in my fairly

limited view of the world, but these extremes heightened my awareness and appreciation of them both. As my favorite ‘80s sitcom said, “You take the good. You take the bad. You take them all, and there you have the facts of life.” Though traveling to a developing country by yourself is not for everyone, I encourage you to take what I learned to heart. If you are a bit more adventurous, do some research online, check with your church or ask friends about programs to volunteer abroad. Whatever you decide to do, I hope you learn to embrace spontaneity, humility and beauty wholeheartedly. Caroline Dillard is a sophomore majoring in finance and history. She can be reached for comment at cdillard@smu.edu

Chance to change life might await Contributor

After a few hours of working and reading in my dorm room, I decided it was time for another one of my nightly walks. Andrew Pinkowitz I traversed over to my favorite fountain and sprawled out over the bench. In front of me was a bus—the last one of the night. It looked lonely, as if it longed for someone to board it. In this instance, I contemplated what would have happened had I disregarded my duties and obligations and went for a ride. After going to Mockingbird Station and taking the DART deep into Dallas, what would I have seen? What music would I have listened to? Would I have experienced something inexplicably inspirational?

I’ll never know. Instead, I watched it drive away into a streetlight-laden abyss. The possibility lingers, though. Why am I here and not there? I question frequently whether the metaphorical path I am on is appropriate for me. Since society essentially force-feeds a lifestyle filled with structure and order into our lives, it often suffocates spontaneity. Now, by spontaneity, I don’t mean drunken escapades of which one is unable to remember the following morning. In essence, these are societal predeterminations as well. Alcohol provides a temporary psychological numbness, but such numbness is often formulaic. The process essentially is: go to a party, get drunk, pass out, wake up and reincorporate oneself into the weekly routine. But when was the last time you said “to hell with it all” and travelled to a place which you

had no prior knowledge of ? For me, it was to Taos, N.M. In a rash decision, I hurriedly completed the application and soon enough found myself on a plane to Santa Fe, N.M. Once I gazed outside of my airplane window and saw barren, sandy plains and Sonoran vegetation. I thought, “What have I done?” But such a brash decision became one of the most cathartic experiences I could have ever hoped for. Within a couple of days, I transitioned from generic suburban experiences to high-adrenaline rides down the Rio Grande Gorge, petrifying rappels down steep cliffs and hikes consisting of aweinspiring vistas. However, had I stayed inside my comfort zone, this never would have happened. I would never experience living in an adobe casita, push myself to my physical and mental limits or be taunted by a hip-gyrating Rastafarian. Such

spontaneity forged memories that will last a lifetime. Structure and order are undoubtedly preferable over chaos. But in modern American society, too often does hierarchy supersede its role as a guiding force. Instead, it becomes tyrannical. For us, it is important to recognize when familial, professional or social pressures become too overbearing. It is our duty to commandeer our futures. So, try that thing you’ve always wanted to. Who cares what people have to say about it? You are your own arbiter; let society render its judgments only upon itself. Who knows, it might change your life. Andrew Pinkowitz is a sophomore majoring in financial consulting and Spanish with a minor in communications studies. He can be reached for comment at apinkowitz@ smu.edu

A message to students: give it back! contributor

For years schools across the nation have been evaluated by the percentage of students who give back to their Michael Graves universities. Student gifts go to an unimaginable array of funding designations scholarship, new furniture in buildings, alumni and campus monuments. Here at SMU, you have the unique ability to chose

where you want your class gift to go. This week, The Union is hosting its “Students Helping Students Resident Hall Challenge,” educating students about the power of giving. Representatives distributed “Pony Banks” to first-year students at the beginning of the year. These students have been saving change to give back to SMU as a part of their $20.15 gift, representing the centennial class of 2015. The importance of giving has never been more apparent

during these financial times. Students gifts allow some of the four out of five students here on scholarship or financial aid to continue attending the university. Student gifts help pay for building renovation, Perinea’s care, as well as funding for various student organizations like the Mustang 11, and scholarship funds for fraternities and sororities. If you have not already done so, think about giving your class gift this week or during the upcoming Homecoming

Challenge. Designate your gift to an area of campus that you feel strongly for, and watch your gift go into action. You can make a difference at this school one gift at a time. Drop off your Pony Banks by the resident halls this Thursday and Friday, or make your gift online at smu.edu/theunion today. Michael Graves is a sophomore majoring in communications studies and religious studies. He can be reached for comment at mwgraves@ smu.edu

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Students wear boots, demonstrate Texas pride By ERICIA PENUNURI Associate Sports Editor epenunuri@smu.edu

Ten-gallon hats, belt buckles and saddles are some of the largest icons any Texan can be recognized by. However, there is one accessory — that has stomped its way across the Southern lands to the west, east and all over the country — cowboy boots. The leather apparel may not be the latest fad or an up-and-coming accessory, but it has been around long before your first pair of Steve Madden knee-highs or Columbia work boots. The first pair of cowboy boots was put on sometime in the late 1800s. After the Civil War, when cowboys were driving their cattle across the country through rivers, creeks and brush, the time came for a new pair of boots to be created. According to many Western stories, in 1870 a cowboy took his pair of boots to a shoe maker and asked for a pointy toe for easier entry into the stirrup, a knee-high design to protect his shins from the thorny bushes and snakes and a thicker heel so the boots would remain locked into the stirrup even on the bumpiest of rides. They were then made loose at the top, so the cowboy can easily slide out if he was hung up in the stirrup. Leather was added for cushion between the cowboy’s ankle and the wooden stirrups. That day, the cowboy walked out with the first-born cowboy boots to last centuries. Today, these boots have taken the country by storm. Native Highland Park resident and University of Oklahoma student Austin Reynolds brings out two pairs of his favorite boots to showcase for the interview. “For my 20th birthday, I got these. They were worth around $2,000,” he said. A jaw-dropping $2,000 may

seem unreasonable to the untrained eye, but for those who are familiar with the process and the ultimate result, it is well worth the price. “These are a pair of M.L. Leddy’s, a popular custom handmade boot store in Fort Worth,” Reynolds said. “The entire boot was not only stitched and made by hand, but was also custom. This boot was designed just for my feet. It took two hours just to size my foot.” The two hours were nothing compared to the actual wait to finish the boots. “It takes anywhere from six to 18 months to have them finished. Mine took 10 months, so you have to be patient,” he said. Reynolds says the boots are extremely comfortable, especially since they were created just for his feet. He also adds they have exceptional quality and they will “last a lifetime.” The hand-stitched design that Reynolds had requested delicately tumbles down the leather and discloses a bit of his personality. Boots can say something about someone. “My dad even got his initials done on the outside, which looks pretty cool,” SMU football player Blake McJunkin said about his boots that embody Mustang pride. “My uppers were quite simple. I got a solid royal blue upper [the part of the boot you don’t see that’s hidden under the pant leg] with a red mustang in the outside and my initials in red down the inside. So while [my father and I] didn’t spend an enormous amount on fancy material or stitching, my boots are still very custom to me and are one of the greatest gifts I ever received,” McJunkin said. While Austin Reynolds recalls his first pair of boots at age 4, Blake McJunkin’s first pair could have been sooner. “I don’t remember how old I was when I got my first pair, because I was too young to remember.

My parents had me wearing boots from an early age,” McJunkin said. For SMU Phi Delta Theta fraternity members, it is mandatory to wear cowboy boots throughout pledgeship. “Coming from California I didn’t know anything about cowboy boots — I’ve never worn them in my life — but I did learn a lot about them afterwards,” sophomore Phi Delt Brendan Ahern said. “I think the reason for making us wear them is that the cowboy boots are tradition, and it taught us responsibility.” McJunkin expressed a possible cowboy boot connotation for those outside of Texas. “I think, based on my experience meeting people from different parts of the country at SMU, that some people from other states kind of see Texas as an in-your-face, prideful group of people, and that we can show that in what we wear...like cowboy boots and Wrangler jeans,” he said. Perhaps the in-your-face style is what people go for or why even celebrities look to these showstoppers to make the statement they aim to transpire. Billy Bob Thornton, Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis, Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey are customers to a single boot store: Rocketbuster Boots in El Paso, Texas. Stallion Boot and Belt Company, also located in El Paso, has served Madonna, Robert Plant, Bob Dylan, Ashley Judd and Tom Cruise. So, whatever the statement you aim to make — simple, dramatic or bold — just remember: “If the boot fits, wear it,” because cowboy boots will do the job in rocky plains, mud-covered ranches and even red carpet evenings.

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Study Body President Austin Prentice pays tribute to Fred and Judith Banes at a ceremony held in their honor Tuesday.

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“Student Handbook.” Over the years, traditions and cheers were taken out of the handbook. All that is left in it today are university regulations and a planner for incoming students. “There are some awesome things we have forgotten which is just really sad,” Torres said. One of the traditions students don’t practice regularly anymore is pep rallies. Patterson said students used to have bonfires and pep rallies before almost every game. According to Patterson, a pep rally “is one activity where all the students participate because it doesn’t matter what your background is, what your race is, what your religion is…you just come to the pep rally and hope you beat the hell out of A&M.” Torres is also good friends with former Aggie student body president Jacob Robinson. A&M is a school that is often known for its school spirit. Traditions like Aggie Muster, Silver Taps, Gig ‘em, “Howdy!,” the 12th man and midnight yells are all an intrinsic part of the university.

Robinson’s friend David Benac, a yell leader at Texas A&M, said tradition is just a part of their culture. Benac said a saying they have is, “If it happens once, it’s by chance. If it happens again, it’s tradition.” It’s that type of tradition that Holmes, Patterson, SMU students and alumni think can keep morale up through the tough times. “I think it’s the tradition that people really enjoy and appreciate, and I think, in that case, SMU is getting better,” Holmes said. Several students agree that school spirit is on the rise. But who is responsible for leading the revival? Patterson says, although groups like the cheerleaders, the band and student senate are role models, the responsibility lies in the hands of the general student body. “The school spirit belongs to the students, nobody else,” Patterson said. However, according to Holmes, students might be less likely to invest themselves in the university if they move off campus their sophomore year SMU plans to have incoming

students live on campus for their first two years. Holmes thinks this will help cultivate school spirit and create a more tightly knit community. “It’s difficult when people move off campus as sophomores, because I think they naturally disengage from the campus and campus life,” Holmes said. She thinks the proposed housing requirement will keep students involved and get them invested in the university, so they will continue to be a part of the school once they become juniors and seniors. Whether through new student programs, old yells or new housing requirements, Holmes said students will have to work to regain that Mustang Express school spirit. “It’s going to take a culture shift to really make this happen,” she said.

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