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Standing in solidarity Students shave heads in honor of faculty member with cancer
Student Senate
Leaders provide tickets, transportation to TCU
Leah Johnson Contributing Writer leahj@smu.edu On Friday, SMU students and faculty threw an event in appreciation of faculty member Jennifer “JJ” Jones who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. “Along the years, we’ve all interacted with the one, the only, Jennifer ‘JJ’ Jones. She has been a beam of love and support for many of us. For those of you who do not know, in June, JJ was diagnosed with breast cancer. “Just this week she went through her second round of chemotherapy. As a result of her treatment, she lost her hair. She made the very brave move to rock a stylish new cut on Tuesday. “So, in order to return all of the love and support she offers so willingly to us, we will offer it right back. Some equally brave souls will shave their heads for Jones. Should you not feel the need to do this, please do attend the event anyway! Show her some love, and sign the banner we will have prepared for her.” This was the description in the Facebook event that spawned an evening full of appreciation and support of a faculty member so loved by her students and colleagues. Hosted in the SAMSA office, there were cupcakes and punch, “The Wobble” and Michael Jackson, tears, laughter and shaved heads. With chairs set in front of the room barbershop style, eight students shaved their heads before Jones and an audience to show their support for her. Various faculty and students contributed the celebratory party for Jones, but the event was spearheaded by students Anthony McAuliffe, Kelsey Williams, Wilson Leung, Joshua Kezar and Monica Finnegan. The party was a surprise for Jones. Tears streamed down her face and words barely escaped her lips as she saw students dressed in pink and sporting newly shaved heads. “Words can’t express what I feel. Love, family and community. This is what SMU is about,” Jones said. Around 100 people came out
Katy Roden Editor-in-Chief kroden@smu.edu SMU’s Student Senate is selling 200 student tickets to the SMU v. TCU game Saturday. Students can also choose the option to ride a bus to and from Fort Worth. A ticket and transportation will cost students $50 and can be purchased at the ticket office in Ford Stadium. “People should go buy tickets,” Student Body President Ramon LEAH JOHNSON / The Daily Campus
Executive Director of the Division of Student AffairsJennifer Jones and students do “The Wobble.”
and showed their support. Many expressed how Jones has been such positive influence in their lives since she came to SMU. “JJ has done so much for the university,” Williams said. “She deserved to be supported.” “The best thing is to have encouragement [and] support,” Genesis Reed said. “It’s our duty.” In addition to the party, students and faculty at SMU have formed a team for the Dallas Race for the Cure in honor of Jones,
Williams said. The idea for the event began with a couple students discussing shaving their heads for Jones, McAuliffe said. And from there it picked up speed. “Everyone loves JJ. They wanted to help in any way,” McAuliffe said. Oscar Centina was among the “brave souls” who shaved their heads. “[I am] mentally preparing myself for this,” Centina said before undergoing the big chop. “I like my
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Senior Anthony McAuliffe smiles after getting his head shaved.
hair. It’s the perfect length.” But, Centina said it was worth it for Jones. “It’s time for us to be strong for her [and] I want it [his shaved head] to be empowering,” Centina said. Jones is a long-time Mustang. She is executive director of the Division of Student Affairs and earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from SMU. She served as manager of SMU’s conference and guest services until 1997. Prior to that, she was an area manager for six years.
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Students Genesis Reed and Wilson Leung pose with Jennifer Jones after Leung shaved his head.
Event
Experts discuss ethics of intervention in Africa Adam Grosbard Contributing Writer agrosbard@smu.edu David Wiley and Laura Seay warned SMU students about the unexpected consequences of intervention in Africa during a lecture presented by the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute Monday night. The lecture, entitled, “The Ethics of Intervention in Africa,” was split into two parts, with both speakers addressing the audience of 25 for approximately 30 minutes each. The lecture took place in Hyer Hall. During the first half of the lecture, Wiley, the director of the African Studies Center at Michigan State University, briefly touched on many instances of intervention in Africa, ranging from Cold Warera interventions to the historical presence of France in the region. While the types of interventions varied, Wiley drove one point home about all of them. “I am not a pacifist and I
Trespalacios said. “We want to emphasize the students supporting the team in Fort Worth.” Student Senate met Tuesday night, opening discussion with a resolution to add the SMU value statement to the weekly senate agenda. The senate will vote on the legislation, which was written by all first-year senators, next Tuesday. “It’s really cool to see the future leaders of the campus buying into what past leaders proposed,” Trespalacios said. Last night’s senate meeting was the first to be live-streamed online and received 124 views. Every meeting will now be live-streamed and Trespalacios said he plans to post the link on his Facebook page. Student Senate Scholarship applications are now being accepted until Oct. 18 and can be found on the Student Senate website.
do believe that some military interventions are needed,” Wiley said. “However, most military interventions in Africa have increased human suffering, have eroded civil society and civility to address basic human needs and have destroyed or postponed the negotiation to resolve local and national conflicts that are the base of disorder there. Therefore, my conclusion is that there should be great caution when mounting interventions in Africa and elsewhere.” Seay took over for the second half of the lecture and focused the discussion on the “conflict mineral” trade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The four conflict minerals (tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold) are mined in the eastern region of the Congo where there is great unrest with many rebel movements controlling the area. These rebels often control the conflict mineral industry and thus there was a boycott movement across the U.S. spearheaded by the Enough Project that eventually led to the conflict
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Laura Seay focused on conflict mineral trade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo while lecturing on Monday.
mineral industry in Congo shutting down most of its operations. “The estimates vary widely and because conflict has gotten worse during this time period we cannot gather data, but it put several tens of thousands and up to two million miners out of work,” Seay said. “Now, if you lose your job in the Congo, you have two options: to be a subsistent-level farmer, which is not
a viable economic option, or to join an armed group. There is reason to believe that up to half that lost their job have joined rebel movements.” Mohammed Saya, a senior studying international relations, was intrigued by the discussion. “They reminded you that you need to consider all of the potential consequences before action can be taken,” Saya said.
Academics
Sweden partners with SMU professors to help prevent child abuse EMILY SIMS News Writer esims@smu.edu Two SMU psychology professors have partnered with the Swedish government to launch their program in hopes of reducing child abuse. Renee McDonald, associate psychology professor, and Ernest Jouriles, professor and chairman of the psychology department, founded Project Support in 1996 to address the affects of domestic abuse on families. McDonald and Jouriles were inspired to found Project Support because of their interest in helping children who lived in domestically violent families. “We are interested in helping children who are or have been living in families or environments that place them at risk for the development of adjustment problems like emotional disorders or behavior problems,” Jouriles said. “Families in which there is violence are very high-risk environments.” After researching children who live in violent environments, they developed Project Support. “We developed our program based on what research showed to be effective treatment for children with behavior problems, and we adapted it to fit the needs of violent families,” McDonald said. Over a year ago, Kjerstin Almqvist, a psychologist from Karlstad University in Sweden, contacted McDonald and Jouriles about Project Support. Almqvist specializes in children affected by domestic violence and received a $730,000 grant from Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare for researching the best practices for children who have been exposed to abuse. This past May, McDonald and Jouriles traveled to Sweden to train staff members of the social service agencies that will apply Project Support. Families will begin to receive the services in Sweden this month. Project Support’s trial in Sweden will be conducted for the next two years. If it is successful, the Swedish government plans to implement the program for routine use in all social service agencies. According to McDonald,
Project Support works because it aims to improve parenting skills and the quality of the parentchild relationship. “[Project Support] does essentially two things,” McDonald said. “For families in which parenting is overly harsh or abuse, it helps correct that, so that the risk for future abuse is reduced, and it helps repair the parentchild relationship. For children with behavior problems, such as aggression and noncompliance, it helps correct those problems.” In Sweden, 100 families in the cities of Stockholm, Trollhattan, Ronneby and Orebro will be part of the initial program trial. Agencies will meet weekly with the families in their homes for up to six months. According to the SMU Research Blog, during the weekly visits Project Support teaches parents “specific skills, including how to pay attention and play with their children, how to listen and comfort them, how to offer praise and positive attention, how to give appropriate instructions, and how to respond to misbehavior.” In the U.S., McDonald said Project Support has been evaluated in randomized controlled trials thanks to funding from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Justice. The program followed the families for over two years to continue observing the effects of Project Support. “[Project Support] has been found to have lasting effects on parenting and on children’s adjustment problems, and these effects are superior to usual services, which showed no discernible effects,” McDonald said. Recently, certain agencies in Dallas, have implemented Project Support. Family Compass, the oldest child abuse and prevention agency in Dallas, partnered with the Housing Crisis Center and is supplying the program to families who have been homeless. Both McDonald and Jouriles are excited about Project Support’s international expansion. “We see our work with Project Support and the collaboration with Sweden as another example of how scientific research conducted at SMU is shaping happenings around the world,” Jouriles said.