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NEWS BRIEFS
Manhattan restaurant incorporates technology 4food, a new burger restaurant in Manhattan, has brought technology into the hospitality realm. The restaurant has a 240-foot screen with live Twitter feeds and staff take orders on iPads. Customers are able to design their own burgers and advertise them through social networks. Because of this phenomena, the menu is more than extensive with 96 billion options to choose from!
Small buses may get help On Thursday, Senate passed a multi-billion dollar package of tax breaks and loans for small businesses. The majority, 61, was made up of Democrats and only 2 Republicans. (38 made up the minority.) The next stop for the bill will be The House and eventually, if passes, end with President Obama.
Census Bureau releases shocking results
FOOTBALL
Mustangs get ready to take on Cougars After last year’s defeat by Washington State Cougars, SMU Mustangs gear up for win By JORDAN JENNINGS Sports Editor jjennings@smu.edu
The clock is ticking as the SMU Mustangs prepare to take on the Washington State Cougars at Ford Stadium Saturday afternoon. It has been almost a year since the Cougars devoured the Mustangs 30-27 last year at Martin Stadium. Washington State came back 17 points in the third quarter, leaving it up to their kicker, Nico Grasu, to boot a field goal for the win in overtime. It was the only win for the Cougars that season, compared to the Ponies who overcame the loss and went on to win eight games in 2009, including the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. The Mustangs are currently 23-point favorites to win. Both teams are coming off their first wins of the 2010 season in games played last Saturday. Washington State defeated Montana State on Sept. 11, 23-22 thanks to Grasu’s 18-yard field goal kicked just two minutes before the end of the fourth quarter.
It was the Cougar’s first win since they beat SMU last year. The same day, SMU clobbered UAB 28-7 in their first conference game of the year. SMU quarterback Kyle Padron will meet Washington State’s Jeff Tuel for the first time on the field this Saturday. Tuel was 18 of 29 for 204 yards for the Cougars win over Montana State. Padron was 18 of 33 for 145 yards against UAB. As a freshman last season, Tuel finished the year throwing for 789 yards and 6 touchdowns. Padron completed 1,922 yards and 10 touchdowns. The Mustangs and the Cougars were both upset in the their nonconference season openers. Washington State was creamed by Oklahoma State on Sept. 4. at Boone Pickens Stadium, losing 65-17. Tuel completed only 14 of 29 passes and threw a total of 212 yards, with 1 touchdown. Sept. 5, just a day after Washington State’s loss, Texas Tech beat SMU 35-
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The Census Bureau released a report on Thursday stating that one in seven Americans, 14.3 percent, are in poverty. This is the highest level recorded since 1994. Even more shocking is the amount of children who fall into this category, one in every five. Texas is near 17 percent.
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27 at Jones AT&T Stadium. Padron completed 21 of 28 passes for 218 yards and 2 touchdowns. In both games it came down to the teams’ kickers. Cougar kicker Grasu and Mustang kicker Matt Szymanski hold the two longest field goals in NCAA FBS so far this season. Grasu connected on a 56-yard field goal in the second quarter against OSU, the sixth longest field goal kick in Washington State history. At Tech, Szymanski booted a 61yard field goal, his career best. On Saturday, SMU head Coach June Jones’ run and shoot style offense will take on Washington State Coach Paul Wulff ’s scout style offense. This is the coaches’ third season with their respective teams. The CBS College Sports televised game is set to kick off at 2:30 p.m. at Gerald J. Ford Stadium, where the C-USA Mustangs will take on the Pac-10 Cougars.
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SMU wide receiver Darius Johnson runs the ball after a catch from SMU QB Kyle Padron during play last Saturday.
PUBLISHING
ACADEMICS
Author comes to Dallas for book signing
Women’s and gender studies becomes program
By STEPHANIE EMBREE
By ELENA HARDING
Students looking for a new read over the weekend can go byto Lincoln Park Sept. 18 toand grab a copy of On the Outskirts of Norma: Forging a Family Against the Grail by Debora Monroe when the Lincoln Park Barnes and Noble hosts the author’s book signing Sept. 18 at of Debora Monroe at 3 p.m. Debora Monroe writes a memoir of making a family in her new book. Running from divorce and doubt, Monroe finds herself in a small Texas town with her newly adopted daughter, Marie, trying to figure out what a family looks like. Amidst the arrival of her long-departed mother and calls from her alcoholic father, Monroe falls sick, forcing her to examine her own past to help her daughter. Barnes and Noble did not comment on the arrival of the author, but Monroe has gained popularity after her interview with Oprah this past June and could get a crowd. The book has already gained local attention. “You can’t read this book and not root for them, just as you won’t be able to read this without hoping for the day when race will be a non-issue,” reported the Dallas Morning News.
SMU students could be taking classes that could count toward a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) without even knowing it. The departmentprogram consists of only one faculty member who is based in WGS, Josephine Caldwell-Ryan. The other faculty members specialize in other subjects, from English to economics. Caldwell-Ryan said WGS is able to offer a wide variety of courses because they cross with other studies and can fulfill cultural formations credits. Because of this variety, Beth Newman, director of Women’s and Gender Studies and associate professor of English, said many students may be enrolled in Women’s and Gender Studies classes without even realizing that they are taking them. “Adding the gender perspective is like adding another power to the microscope,” Caldwell-Ryan said. “It just gives more insight.” Originally called Women’s Studies, the departmentprogram is the academic arm of the U.S. Women’s Rights Movement. The program was established in the early 1970s by the late Betty Janette Maynard, former professor, sociology department chair, associate dean of
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Members of One28 take part in one event of a service project on last Saturday.
Christian organization keeps active on, off campus By MEREDITH CARLTON Associate News Editor mcarlton@smu.edu
One28 is recognized by many students as a Christian organization at Southern Methodist University, but members of the group feel that it is much more than just a student-led ministry. According to their website, One28 is a “weekly meeting for worship and teaching for Dallas college students,” but these services do not reveal all the true colors of One28. In addition to holding weekly meetings for worship, One28 members break into small groups made up of students and staff members to discuss anything from interpreting the Bible to getting to know one another on a more personal level. Both members and non-members are encouraged to attend One28 events. This year, One28 has already taken a road trip to the Texas Tech football game in Lubbock and have has hosted a Boulevard tent during the home game last weekend. One28 adopted its name from the [Colossians 1:28] which states, “We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.” “It is a place I feel welcome, loved, encouraged and appreciated, regardless of how I am feeling or what is going on in my life,” said Haley Gatewood, junior creative advertising major. “It is also a community of people who will challenge me to grow in my faith and keep me accountable for my actions,” she said.
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LECTURE
“Death Penalty Matters” series begins By JESSICA HUSEMAN Editor in Chief jhuseman@smu.edu
The “Death Penalty Matters” series put on by the Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility began Thursday, with speaker Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, and a full house. Stevenson said that the reason he is opposed to the death penalty is because
the United States criminal justice system is not fair enough to justify the death penalty. “Even if you believe that it can be justified morally to take another human being’s life, that doesn’t answer the question about whether or not we should have the death penalty,” Stevenson said. “The question is have we constructed a system of justice so fair and so reliable that we can feel certain we have made the right decision.”
Stevenson gave personal and historical accounts of instances in which the United States system of justice had failed, including the 1987 Supreme Court case of McCleskey v. Kemp,. Prosecutors proved that the single largest predictor for who would receive the death penalty in Georgia was race, but the Court decided in a 5-4 decision that the death penalty was still constitutional in the
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