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Saudi women can now vote On Sunday, Saudi Arabian King Abdullah announced that women can now run in municipal elections and vote. Also, women have been granted the right to join the Shura Council, a consultive body to which the king appoints members. “Because we refuse to marginalize women in society in all roles that comply with Sharia, we have decided, after deliberation with our senior ulama and others ... to involve women,” the king said in a speech kicking off a new term of the council. Women, however, do not have the right to travel, work, drive or have medical operations without the permission of a male relative.
Mexican journalist killed Female journalist Marisol Macias Castaneda was found decapitated with a sigh explaining that her murder was for her posts on social networking site. Castaneda worked as a newsroom manager for the Primera Hora newspaper in Nuevo Laredo. She reportedly posted on Nuevo Laredo en Vivo’s section which reports the location of drug gang lookouts and sales point, which may have angered the Zetas cartel. If so, this may be the third case this month of drug cartels killing people for posting on the internet.
Romney wins Michigan polls Mitt Romney won the Republican straw poll in his native state of Michigan on Saturday. Romney picked up more than half of the 681 votes, even though he had said he wasn’t actively participating in any straw polls. Romney’s 5 percent showing beat out Rick Perry’s 17 percent by a 3-1 margin.
Disney beats out Moneyball “The Lion King” in 3-D re-release beat out Brad Pitt’s “Moneyball” in the box office. The Disney classic made $22.1 million over the weekend. Moneyball grossed only $20.6 on its debut weekend.
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Until 2001, Budweiser was the No. 1 selling beer in America. Now, Bud Light holds that title.
By ASHLEY WITHERS Editor In Chief awithers@smu.edu
Football season is in full swing and for many Americans, this means spending weekends cheering on their favorite teams with a cold beer in hand. However, according to recent research of beer sales by 24/7 Wall Street, an investing website, there are eight beer brands you probably won’t see at any tailgate parties. The data, collected from two studies, one by the SymphonyIRI group and another by Insights, Inc., showed that some of America’s most famous and classic beer brands’ sales
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have been steadily declining over the past five years, despite overall gains in the industry. Total beer sales from 2005 to 2010 rose by 1.9 million barrels to a total of 208.4 million barrels. The studies looked at the 23 largest selling beer products in America and found eight brands whose sales have declined by more than 30 percent between 2006 and 2010. Topping the list with the biggest decrease in sales is Michelob. Michelob sales dropped by 72 percent, to just 175,000 barrels in 2010. Following in its heavier counterpart’s footsteps, Michelob
Light has also seen a major decrease in sales. Sales of the beer have declined by 64 percent, to just over half a million barrels in 2010. Another light beer, Bud Select, is also hurting for sales. Bud Select sales dropped by 60 percent from 2006 to 2010. The product was only introduced in 2005 and despite an initial marketing push, it never seemed to get off the ground. “Marketing is absolutely vital to brewers,” Ben Bentzin, a lecturer in marketing at the
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Google+ opens to public By STEPHANIE BROWN Staff Writer stephanieb@smu.edu
Come one, come all. Google+ is officially open to the public. For those who are annoyed with the new Facebook makeover, this social media site might be right up your alley. Google+ nixed their invite-only policy last Tuesday just two days before Facebook’s annual developer conference, F8. This can’t be a coincidence seeing as Google+ has rolled out 100 new features since its official launch of the site in June. The new social media site was designed to rival Facebook. Google+ distinguishes itself by enabling users to organize those who can see their profile in groups called “circles.” So instead of just adding friends like you do on Facebook, as soon as you add someone on Google+, you place them in one of your “circles,” which includes family, friends, acquaintances, following or you can customize your own circle. In opening to the public, Google+ debuted a few noteworthy features. Sparks is Google+’ search bar that allows users to customize their interests. The site will then aggregate relevant articles and videos for the selected interests. Another key feature is the incorporation of Gmail and Google Docs. Now, users can access their email while having the ability to communicate, share and create
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files with one another all from the Google+ site. The Hangout feature allows users to chat with one another and communicate with live video conferencing. This feature is crucial because it allows up to nine users to attend the videoconference, whereas in the past, the maximum users that could join a conference was about three. In order to generate awareness about this feature, Google+ kicked off the new addition with a live broadcast with will.i.am. The last feature users should be aware of is the Huddle feature. This is where users can add an unlimited amount of people to a single chat. The feature could be helpful in discussing a particular subject or an easy way to communicate to a large group about a project or an event. With the recent unveiling of the new Facebook features, it will be interesting to see show Google+ fares in the ongoing cyber-battle to be number one in the social media space.
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Youngest school board president works to serve community, students By PATRICIA BOH
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SMU’s own Warren C. Seay doesn’t let age get in the way of leadership. As the youngest person ever to be appointed to the DeSoto ISD school board at age 22, Seay works diligently to improve and serve his hometown. Seay and his siblings attended DeSoto schools from elementary until high school graduation. After graduating high school in 2006, Seay received a Ray and Nancy Ann Hunt Scholarship from SMU, where he majoring in Political Science and minored in Sociology with an
emphasis on Ethnic Studies. The DeSoto ISD school board has been dealing with controversy surrounding it superintendant Kathy Augustine. Augustine previously served on the Atlanta school board. She has been accused among other officials that administered the CriterionReferenced Competency Tests (CRCT) in part of a massive cheating scandal. GA Governor Nathan Dean reported that the investigation “found cheating in 44 of the 56 schools.” Augustine was placed on paid leave on July 11, after only one day as the DeSoto superintendent. During
this time, the DeSoto ISD school board deliberated on how to handle this controversy, and what actions they should take. “We had to make a decision: do we fight it out or let her go,” Seay said. After intense debate, the school board decided to let her go in the end. In early September, the school board released details on Augustine’s severance package. The settlement amount equated one year’s pay at just over $156,000. Seay ardently stands by the school board’s decision. “One of the things about
Independent School District Board of Trustees in May 2009. At the time, he was only 20 years old. Seay was one of only fifty students in the nation to receive a Harry S. Truman Scholar appointment from President Barack Obama in 2009. During his college career, Seay was named Big Brother/Big Sister of the Year for his work at Cockrell Hill Elementary in DeSoto. Seay served as president of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and was political action chair of the Association of Black Students. Seay is currently in his second year at the SMU Dedman School of Law.
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SMU hires new dean of admissions By SARAH KRAMER Managing Editor skramer@smu.edu
Wes Waggoner has made the jump from being a Horned Frog to a Mustang. He will begin his work as the new dean of undergraduate admissions and executive director of enrollment at SMU on Oct. 17. In this position, he will be in charge of admission for firstyear, transfer and international applications. “I’m looking forward to meeting people and understanding SMU better,” Waggoner said. “I want to make sure that the admissions office is an absolute integral part of the university.” Though he served as the associate dean and director of freshman admissions at TCU, Waggoner is excited to remove his purple and white and don the red and blue. “There are many similarities and differences [between SMU and TCU], and I want to understand the differences and culture better and build on those things,” he said. “It is an amazing school, and I want to raise SMU’s profile as well as academics to that of a great national university.”
leadership is that you’re going to be into situations that will be out of your control,” Seay explained. “We need to focus on making our kids college ready. We’re doing this for the thousands of kids who sit in our classrooms.” Seay graduated Summa Cum Laude from SMU in 2010. He was also named SMU’s Most Outstanding Senior. In June 2010, Seay was also named to the USA Today AllAmerican Academic Team. Outside of academics, Seay became the youngest elected official in Dallas County history when he won a seat on the DeSoto
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Waggoner has been recognized nationally for his work in admissions. He held admissions roles at the University of Tulsa, Tulane University, Fort Worth Country Day School and The Episcopal School of Baton Rouge. He has also served as the chair of the Professional Development Committee for the National Association of College Admissions Counselors; chair of the Admissions Practices Committee for the Texas Association of College Admission Counselors (TACAC); instructor for the
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M.B.A. program becomes desirable By NATALIE POSGATE Contributing Writer nposgate@smu.edu
Typically in an economic downturn, young people flock to graduate school in an attempt to delay facing “the real world.” Many recent college graduates would rather do anything than confront the exhausting process of searching for employment in a grim-looking job market. This hasn’t been the case this year — at least as far as M.B.A. programs go. The Wall Street Journal reported that applications for two-year, full-time M.B.A. programs that began this fall fell an average of 9.9 percent from last year’s numbers. Even the most prestigious programs saw a decline. Harvard Business School’s applications dropped by 4 percent. One school, however, is getting something right despite the slow economy. Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business saw a 9 percent increase in two-year, full-time M.B.A. applications this year: a number that bucks the national trend in nearly the polar-opposite direction. While the initial stages in a recession make business graduate programs appear
attractive, a prolonged one causes the opposite effect. Libby Magliolo, a first-year Cox M.B.A. student focusing on marketing and finance, understands why the national trend is seeing a decline in applications. “I’m not terribly surprised given how long the recession has lasted,” Magliolo said, “Especially when you factor in tuition of a good program and the opportunity cost of giving up two years of salary for a multi-thousand dollar investment. People are looking for job security for now instead of the possibility of climbing in their careers.” For many, those multi-thousand dollar investments result in student debt. The estimated tuition and fees for the 2011-2012 school year at the full-time M.B.A. program are $45,808. “People are getting really shy about taking out student loans; they don’t want to incur big debt,” Marci Armstrong, associate dean of graduate programs at Cox, said. Though Armstrong has seen some M.B.A. applicants shy away from enrolling into Cox because of issues like student loans, applications have continued to soar over the past five years. In 2006, 339 people applied to the program — a number that has nearly doubled. The application process in 2011
raked in 660 applicants. While she took the economy into consideration, Magliolo didn’t hesitate to apply to Cox. After getting her bachelor’s degree at Wheaton College, she worked for a small trade association near Chicago called the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA). A couple years later, Magliolo decided that she had climbed the ladder to her highest ability and that she needed to boost her career by returning to school. She chose SMU because she is originally from Dallas and liked the Cox program structure and numerous career-enhancing opportunities. “Cox does a good job in the curriculum of keeping a very complete business education and putting that into use with the alumni network,” Magliolo said. Armstrong gave many reasons why Cox is bucking the trend, but perhaps the most obvious is that its M.B.A. program jumped ahead four spots in the Bloomberg Businessweek’s “The Best U.S. Business Schools 2010” list from No. 16 to No. 12. Armstrong said that Cox has also facilitated the application process. Students no longer have to provide letters of recommendation and in some
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