The Daily Campus 09/29/14

Mustangs fried by the Frogs

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Examining students’ sleep cycles

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Senior reflects on first-year dorm

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Praise for ‘Two Night Stand’

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MONDay

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 MONday High 90, Low 69 TUESday High 91, Low 72

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NEWS Briefs World BEIRUT — The leader of al-Qaida’s Syria affiliate vowed Sunday that his group would “use all possible means” to fight back against airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition and warned that the conflict would reach Western countries joining the alliance.

HONG KONG— Hong Kong police blasted prodemocracy protesters with tear gas and used vans with flashing lights in renewed efforts overnight to force demonstrators from streets near the government headquarters, as the city’s top leader early Monday urged them to go home.

TOKYO — Finally reaching the ashcovered summit of a still-erupting volcano in central Japan, rescue workers made a grim discovery Sunday: 31 apparently dead people, some reportedly buried in knee-deep ash.

National MIAMI — A shooting sent terrified patrons scrambling from a Miami nightclub early Sunday and left 15 people wounded, including an 11-yearold child, authorities said.

Engaged Learning teams up SMU with SMU-in-Taos program tests alert system SAFET Y

Emily Gullo Contributing Writer egullo@smu.edu

For 41 years SMU-in-Taos has been available for students desiring a unique opportunity to study outside of the SMU campus.

Now students can intern and research while in Taos throughout the summer of 2015 with the new Richter Research Internship Award.

SMU-in-Taos has just

announced a joint award between the University Honors Program (UHP) and the Engaged Learning initiative called the Richter Research Internship Award.

Starting this fall, junior and senior UHP students can submit research proposals through Engaged Learning, to be done in Taos.

The proposal must include specific goals for an 8-week internship as well as an original research idea. If selected,

students choose a mentor and an employer, then can improve and resubmit the proposal.

Finally, Engaged Learning will choose four students to spend their summer interning in Taos (May 31-July 24).

After successfully completing the internship, the students will research their topics and eventually present all of their findings at the Engaged Learning Symposium on January 30, 2016.

This award covers room

and board, transportation and all Mountain Sports Course activity fees and even includes stipends for the students’ research projects.

The Richter Research Internship Award is available to junior and senior UHP students for a variety of majors in most schools on campus.

If interested, the first informational meeting will be held Sept. 29 at 5 p.m. in the Scholars’ Den of Clements Hall.

Athletics

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Many SMU students have experienced problems with The SMU Varsity app, which keeps tracks of students’ attendance at athletic games.

Varsity app causing problems CLAIRE KELLEY Chief Copy Editor cakelley@smu.edu What started out as a friendly and fun school spirit competition has become a source of frustration for many students.

The SMU Varsity app, created to track points for this basketball season’s MOB memberships, has been posing

several problems for those who want to spend time in the student section this fall.

Students have been checking each other into games, a problem that has been fixed technologically, but those who received undeserved points are keeping them.

Most people who attend games have trouble getting service, making it difficult to check in and receive points.

Some students are bothered by the fact that attendance at football games is worth 30 points while a soccer or volleyball game is only 10.

These are just a few of the issues people have with the system.

The app has its advantages though.

SMU Defensive Tackle Gareth Riley-Ayers appreciates what the point system does for attendance at sporting events.

“I like the idea. It’s a cool incentive to get people in,” Riley-Ayers said. “That in combination with beer at the stadium shows a real commitment to do something different for more people. I’ve also seen it have a positive effect on other sports as well like [with] volleyball and soccer. It’ll be interesting though to see how

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Christina cox Managing Editor clcox@smu.edu SMU tested its emergency notification system Thursday as part of National Preparedness Month.

Students received a text message, an e-mail and a cellphone call around noon.

The messages from SMU Alert said, “This is a test of the S.M.U. emergency notification system of National Preparedness Month. This is only a test.”

If a student did not receive one or more of the emergency notifications, he or she should contact Lisa Morris in the office of risk management at lwmorris@ smu.edu and specify which mode of notification he or she did not receive.

In the case of an actual emergency, updates will be sent to students and information will be posted on SMU’s Twitter account and on the SMU website.

SMU’s emergency management website provides information for students about what to do in case of a lockdown, evacuation or need for shelter.

These details tell students when and how they should receive a notification and the actions they should take in response.

The system came in handy last year when students were notified of severe weather when a tornado passed through University Park.

SMU has not used its emergency notification system this year.

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HEALTH

MONDAY n SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 Food

Sleep

The debate surrounding GMOs Benjamin Chi Health and Fitness Editor bchi@smu.edu Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, have been a huge topic of discussion for Americans in the past ten years.

The general consensus of studies on genetically modified organisms for consumption is that there is usually risk. They have no harm on your health – or at least no more than non-GMO foods.

The basis of how GMOs are created are essential to understanding the potential health risks and the debate on whether or not they should continue to exist.

GMOs are created through the splicing and insertion of genes.

Take a piece of corn, for example. There are many traits that farmers want it to have.

These traits can include anything from resistance to pesticides and insects, resistance to heat and cold, and also better growth in dryer areas. They all serve to maximize the potential yield of the crop, which leads to higher profits.

The way that scientists and farmers achieve these characteristics is by inserting genes, which in turn create proteins that help the corn express these traits.

Many people believe that the GMOs have parts of their DNA created from the lab – this is not

true. The genes come from other organisms that are then inserted into the DNA of the corn.

However, the potential health risks of GMOs arise from what kinds of genes are inserted into the crops.

Typically, the genes that code for higher drought tolerance have no measurable effect on our health, but many people are concerned with the introduction of potentially harmful genes.

There have been studies that link genes in GMOs that code for proteins to cause allergic reactions in some people.

However, the FDA’s website states that “when new genetic traits are introduced into plants, the developer evaluates whether any new material could be (1) allergenic or (2) toxic if consumed in foods made from the genetically engineered plants or from ingredients derived from these plants.”

The reality of the situation is that the GMOs are usually monitored in some kind of form or have had studies conducted on determining their long term effect.

Opponents to GMOs have pointed out lax government regulation on GMOs – for example, the lack of labeling GMOs is a commonly cited concern amongst this group.

The actual health effects of GMOs can vary, but they’re

generally considered safe.

However, another part of the debate is the effect GMOs have on the environment.

GM plants are typically engineered to be “insect resistant, virus resistant, or herbicide tolerant.” The effect that these traits have on the environment can be drastic.

The effect of GM plants on natural organisms, such as bees and butterflies, can be detrimental.

The population of bees are at risk due to farming techniques that include GMOs. Many monarch butterfly populations have also been reduced due to the new strain of insect-resistant corn’s pollen.

Organism diversity and outcrossing are concerns that people have to pay attention to as well.

The ISAAA defines outcrossing as the “unintentional breeding of a domestic crop with a related plant,” and cites concerns such as the GMOs “potential to create new weeds through outcrossing with wild relatives, or simply by persisting in the wild themselves.”

Outcrossing has effects on nature that are unforeseeable.

Genetic changes to native plants can affect their prevalence in nature. Some crops may begin to dominate their environment with these new traits and others may end up affecting other natural organisms within their ecosystem.

MONDAY

TUESDAY

TUESDAY

Faith Club, Hughes-Trigg Third Floor, Noon Tate Lecture, McFarlin, 8 p.m.

Engaged Learning Senior Projects Application Deadline, Clements G11, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Delta Gamma Lectureship on Ethics and Values with Larry Brown, Hughes-Trigg Theatre, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

September 30

September 29

October 1

Alexander Hamilton Soceity’s Open Hous, Hughes-Trigg Atrium, 5:30 p.m.

September 30

FRIDAY

Ocotober 2

Program Council S’mores and Snores, Flagpole, 8 p.m.

TREAT Open Mic Night, M Lounge, 9 to 10 p.m.

October 3

Nineteen11 Casino Night, Dallas Hall Lawn, 8 to 10 p.m.

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Feeling well rested is critical academic and social success in college.

Exploring the science behind sleep patterns Benjamin Chi Health and Fitness Editor bchi@smu.edu Not getting enough sleep is a struggle for every college student in America. Whether it’s due to studying all night or hanging out with friends, it seems like some people are just perpetually tired.

Everyone knows what not getting enough sleep does to your body – we’ve all experienced it before. People typically experience a decrease in critical thinking, memory, and a sleepy heaviness throughout the body.

There are two types of sleep, REM (rapid eye movement) and non-REM cycles. When people sleep, they enter non-REM sleep followed by a short period of REM sleep.

The non-REM cycle consists of four different stages.

The first is almost like a sort of daydreaming stage. In this stage, the eyes are closed and the body is relaxed. However, people are also easily awakened – there have been studies comparing this stage to meditation and even day dreaming.

The second stage is characterized by of muscle relaxation and sleep spindles.

Sleep spindles are a series of rhythmic brain activity. This activity is displayed as peaks and valleys in polysomnographic readings. The body then prepares to enter a phase of deep sleep.

The third and fourth stages are both stages of deep sleep. People who sleep walk typically do so during this time. A study on brain

waves show that peoples’ brains produce delta waves during these two phases of sleep. These delta waves are different from the spikes in the second stage; the delta waves are much less rapid.

The REM cycle is when people dream. It is named the rapid eye movement cycle because peoples’ eyes flutter. Respiration rate is increased as well as brain activity.

Although sleep is divided into cycles and stages, it does not always progress sequentially. The first time through the cycle, people go through stages one through four of non-REM sleep numerically.

After the fourth stage, instead of progressing onto REM sleep, many people go back to repeat the second and third stages before moving onto the REM cycle.

The REM cycle starts typically after 90 minutes of sleep rather than after a certain phase in the non-REM cycle. Many people base their methods of sleep off of this 90 minute cycle, as waking during the third and fourth deep sleep stages of the non-REM cycle often lead to drowsiness throughout the day.

The difficulty with getting multiple 90-minute REM cycles throughout the night is that college student’s scheduling can be very sporadic.

Sleeping once each day is called a monophasic sleep pattern.

This pattern has many full REM cycles and a complete monophasic sleep (typically 8-9 hours) is what most people do.

However, there has been a new trend in biphasic and polyphasic sleep cycles.

These are based on the science behind deep sleep and REM cycles.

The most crucial part of sleep are the third and fourth stages of the non-REM. By timing sleep to minimize the less necessary parts of sleep and maximize the crucial deep sleep, people are able to feel just as rested with less time asleep.

The biphasic sleep cycle is most similar to a monophasic sleep. The difference between them is that in the biphasic sleep cycle, the longer nighttime sleep is cut down significantly and a nap, typically an hour and a half or one REM cycle, is inserted in the afternoon.

A polyphasic sleep schedule is based on the fact that people are able to “trick” their bodies into entering the phases of deep sleep much faster when they feel tired. This way, they can have short 30-minute naps many times throughout the day and night in order to achieve the same feeling as one long monophasic sleep.

For college students, adjusting to any different kind of sleep schedule is difficult, especially because the human body is resistant to such a drastic change.

It’s best to adjust over a long break.

Many people and bloggers have had success with the biphasic sleep cycle and more limited success with the polyphasic sleep cycles.

However, for college students who are struggling to get the full amount of sleep every night and still can’t find enough time to do everything, biphasic and polyphasic sleep patterns might just be the answer.

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SPORTS

monDAY n september 29, 2014 Football

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Mustangs blown out in Battle for the Iron Skillet 56-0 Patrick Engel Sports Writer pengel@smu.edu The SMU Mustangs lost 56-0 on Saturday to rival TCU in the 94th Battle for the Iron Skillet, dropping their record to 0-4 overall and 0-2 at Ford Stadium.

Junior walk-on quarterback Garrett Krstich made his first career start, and while the Mustangs started slow on offense, they showed some improvement during the course of the game.

SMU was twice on the brink of scoring a touchdown, but two failed attempts to convert fourth downs led to SMU being shut out at home for the first time since 1999.

SMU Interim Head Coach Tom Mason was satisfied with Krstich’s play.

“I thought it was solid,” he said. “He had a couple bad balls in there, but he also threw the ball well at times. I need to watch that tomorrow and get that evaluated.”

Krstich completed 14 of 30 passes for 142 yards and an interception. After SMU went three-and-out on its two four drives, he found a groove.

Early in the second quarter, Krstich led SMU on a 15-play, 76-yard drive that stalled at the TCU 1-yard line when his fourthdown pass for Darius Joseph fell incomplete.

On SMU’s next drive, a 36-yard pass touchdown from Krstich to Joseph was overturned when Joseph was ruled down by contact at the TCU 30-yard line.

Two plays later, SMU turned the ball over on downs.

Numbers behind the loss

6 The number of total touchdowns TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin was responsible for in the blowout win.

369 How many more yards TCU compiled on offense despite only running three more plays

28 SMU’s total yardage at the end of the first quarter

“I felt like we kept shooting ourselves in the foot,” Krstich said. “We’d get ourselves in a situation where it’s second and long, third and long. We need to win the first down battle and we need to convert on third downs.

Krstich took a third-down sack on each of SMU’s first two drives.

The Mustangs converted only four of 18 third downs and allowed nine sacks on the day.

Krstich said many of the sacks were his fault.

“There comes a point in

football where you have to look your brothers in the eyes and say enough is enough, and I think that was today,” Krstich said. “I’m disappointed in the way I played, but, overall, I’m not disappointed with how my teammates played. It was a tough one today, but we’ll be alright…

We still have eight games, and I have full confidence we can make it to a bowl game.”

SMU also struggled defensively, giving up 614 yards.

TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin torched SMU for 280

Women’s Soccer

SMU beats UH in conference opener Courtney Madden Sports Editor courtneym@smu.edu SMU women’s soccer began conference play with a 3-2 victory over The University of Houston on Thursday at 7 p.m.

The Mustangs were 11-1-2 alltime against the Cougars. Last year, SMU took on Houston at Westcott Field for a 2-1 victory. Taylor Barg and Bari Kesner tallied goals for the Mustangs. Barg scored the lastminute goal giving the Mustangs the victory.

The last time the Mustangs played Houston on the road was in 2012, when the two teams tied, 2-2. The only time SMU has lost to Houston was in 2010 in a close 1-0 game and the Mustangs wanted to keep it that way.

Mustang Claire Oates had three goals, Lauren Harrington tallied two assists and Rikki Clarke also added a helper.

If three goals didn’t impress you, don’t worry Oats’ tallied all

three goals in the first 11 minutes of the game.

“Three goals in nine minutes is pretty special,” Head Coach Chris Petrucelli said. “That’s something that doesn’t happen very often.”

Just two minutes into the game, Oates capitalized on a Harrington corner kick, putting the Mustangs up, 1-0. Harrington’s corner kick shot high toward the back post where Oates came in and headed it past the Houston goalkeeper.

In the 10th minute, Harrington and Oates were at it again on a corner kick moving the Mustangs to the lead to two. Going into halftime the Mustangs led 3-1 and outshot Houston 6-5 in the opening segment. Coming back from halftime SMU’s defense topped the Cougars. Mustang defense was led by senior Olivia Elliott, sophomore Taylor Barg, Taylor Jackson and first-year Lauren Harrington.

In the final minutes goalkeeper Lissi Lonsberry made two key stops on long-distance shots from

Houston, keeping the lead.

“We were able to hold on,” Petrucelli said. “Lonsberry made a great save, tipping the one over the bar. It was one of those games where you’re up a goal and you’re just thinking about defending.”

After beating the Cougars the Mustangs returned to Dallas to take on BYU for a 3-0 loss at Westcott Field.

The match against the BYU Cougars was a non-conference matchup.

“We had nothing to lose here tonight,” Coach Petrucelli said.

“We’ll be ready to go in Florida.”

BYU is receiving votes in the latest NSCAA poll. They tallied three second half goals to come out with the victory over SMU. “I thought we played with them for 60 minutes,” Coach Petrucelli said. “Then, they got their chance and the game changed.”

The Mustangs will take on UCF Friday Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. SMU then heads to USF for an 11 a.m. game Oct. 5.

Rugby

SMU wins eleventh straight

SMU Rugby Club poses for a team picture.

Daniela Huebner Contributing Writer dbuebner@smu.edu The SMU rugby team is back in action, which also means team nights at OT Tavern are back, and it’s looking to be a great season.

The Mustangs took on the University of North Texas Eagles at their first home game of the season Wednesday night at Glencoe Park.

The game was split into three 30 minute matches with

the Mustangs winning 7-0 in the first round, UNT taking the lead in the second round with a 17-0 streak, and the Mustangs leading 7-5 in the final round.

Junior Oliver Sybert scored both of the goals for the Mustangs.

The final combined score was 22-14, with the Eagles taking the win.

Despite the loss, the Mustangs played a great game and said they appreciated just being there, having fun and playing with the newest members of their team.

Courtesy of SMU Rugby

“I thought we all played really well,” said James Robison, team captain. “This was a lot of people’s first time out playing and they looked pretty good, so I’m excited to see what this season brings.”

After the game the Mustangs headed to their favorite bar and hangout, OT Tavern, to spend time with friends and celebrate their team, as has been their ritual for quite a while.

The team’s next home game is October 25 against LeToumeau University.

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SMU falls to TCU in the Battle for the Iron Skillet 56-0.

passing yards, 67 rushing yards and six total touchdowns (four passing, two rushing).

SMU could not find an answer for TCU jack-of-all-trades wide receiver Deante’ Gray, who had 112 total yards and two touchdowns.

The win moved TCU to 3-0 on the season and earned the Horned Frogs the 25th spot in the Associated Press top 25 poll.

Mason preached improvement during the practices leading up to the game, but SMU did not show any.

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Mason said the tackling was worse than it was against Texas A&M;, but he did like the effort his team showed.

“We have to look at everything we’re doing right now,” Mason said. “We can’t keep going like we’re going. That’s my job tomorrow. We just have to believe in ourselves. We have to play smart.”

The Mustangs open American Athletic Conference play Oct. 4 when they travel to Greenville, N.C. to take on 22nd-ranked East Carolina University.

Trevone Boykin’s total yardage on Saturday.

245 SMU’s total offensive output for the entire game

2.0 SMU’s average gain per rush on Saturday

Quotable

This one’s a little hard right now. Like I said last week, there’s a reason I’m looking for small wins. This wasn’t the week that we turned the corner.

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OPINION

MONDAY n SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

world news

relationships

How old is too old?

The age limit to dating at 18

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A protestor wears protective face wear and carries umbrellas to defend himself from pepper spray and tear gas.

Hong Kong riot reveals problems in Chinese and other Asiatic governments I woke up to see my Facebook newsfeed flooded with news about the Hong Kong riot.

Videos, pictures and status updates by my old classmates and friends showed them protesting for pro-democracy in the city.

Photos of students popped up on my feed wearing surgical masks and video footage showed herds of people screaming in Chinese and English.

Young students and activists have joined forces with Occupy Central, a civil disobedience movement demanding more democracy regarding Beijing’s decision to rid free elections in Hong Kong.

In recent months, Beijing has asserted more control over Hong Kong.

Beijing has promised a free election to choose the next leader by 2017, but Occupy Central and other pro-democracy supporters do not agree with the guidelines.

Fifty thousand demonstrators gathered in the city’s financial district of Admiralty Saturday night in Hong Kong.

The group of students and activists were peacefully protesting until police gave a short warning to “leave peacefully and in an orderly manner, otherwise officers would use a higher level of force.”

Protestors remained on the streets protesting until late in the night. Riot police then used force.

STAFF COLUMN

OLIVIA NGUYEN Opinion Editor

qonguyen@smu.edu

Tear gas and pepper spray were released, scattering protestors. Police also started arresting citizens, totaling to 78 by the end of the night.

Fifty thousand young activists were wrongfully attacked by police.

Living in a country where it is a right to exercise freedom of speech and freedom to peacefully protest, it is mind-boggling to me that citizens of Hong Kong cannot.

This failed protest is just one example of many that are forcefully stopped by Asian governments.

Last December, the Singapore government broke apart migrant workers protesting in Little India, arresting and deporting selected individuals.

This past week Chinese government bombed rioters in Xinjiang, killing 50.

The suppression of freedom of speech is astounding. Lack of democracy in certain Asiatic countries, especially lack of free speech is what leads to the protests, that then lead to violent attacks by police on civilians.

Civil disobedience should not allow justification for punishment. Civil disobedience, if done within peaceful means by both parties, can allow for compromise or at least a chance to understand an appeal to reform current laws.

Without allowing citizens to speak their minds and voice their opinions, tension builds. People begin to hate the government instead of willfully following it. A lack of empathy from the government leads to resentment by the people. And that’s what I feel is happening in Hong Kong.

A riot like this has never happened to this extent. The last time Hong Kong police used tear gas was to break apart a protest about the World Trade Organization in 2005.

This protest was still different.

Instead of breaking apart once tear gas was released, activists continued to protest.

They wore surgical masks, goggles and any other means to protect their faces and sat out for hours onward until police forcibly removed participants.

These protesters are fighting for their right for freedom. They are fighting for their right to elect a leader that can truly lead Hong Kong.

They are the next generation, and they should be heard, not silenced.

In high school, dating anyone younger or older was unheard of. A senior almost never dated a freshman, and rarely did a junior ever go for a sophomore or freshman.

But once reaching the magical realm of college, all lines drawn around certain age groups seem to disappear.

This is because everyone is 18 and older in college.

Everyone is at the legal age of consent.

Thus, the narrow dating pool that existed prior to being of age suddenly expands to the size of the ocean.

The world is officially your oyster.

Students can mingle with students of younger or older age with less judgement and more acceptance.

No one cares if that couple walking together across the Dallas Hall lawn is the same age.

Most people can’t even tell the age difference between college students unless they knew them.

With college students being more comfortable dating freely and not feeling restricted to date within a one or two year age gap, what age difference would they be uncomfortable in pursuing a relationship?

After asking a few of my peers ranging from ages 18 to 20, the answers I received showed no correlation.

A few of the answers are as follows: “They have to be my age.”

“One or two years.”

“Probably twenty-seven.”

STAFF COLUMN

OLIVIA NGUYEN Opinion Editor

qonguyen@smu.edu

“I would probably date anyone up to four years older than me but nothing higher.”

Different people are comfortable around different age groups.

There are people who act older than they are, and there are people who act significantly younger.

The most important thing when dating someone of a significant age difference is to be sure you are both in the relationship for the right reasons.

While there must be an obvious physical attraction, make sure there is something emotionally clicking with the person of a different age before pursuing him or her.

Ask yourself: why are they interested in someone my age?

There’s a higher chance that the older person who is asking you out genuinely is attracted to you; however, there is also a slight chance that the person is also good at knowing how to get what they want.

Sometimes, people who are older choose to date younger because they feel less intimidated compared to men or women of their age.

This leads to the development of a superiority complex.

With the phrase, “the older you are, the wiser you

become,” the older person in the relationship can tend to overplay this card by thinking he or she is more knowledgeable strictly because of age.

The differences in age along with the power-control of one over the other creates an emotional balance. You may feel that because you are dating an older person, he or she tends to make you feel like a child, and that you end up trying to change yourself to be “more mature” for him or her.

That’s not healthy behavior.

In a relationship, no matter what age difference, the two people in it must be treated as equals.

There is give and take. If you choose to start dating an older person, he or she is able to give you his or her two cents about the problems you may be going through. He or she is more mature and can help you grow as a person as you become more independent from your parents.

But if their opinion is given without asking or you find yourself being belittled because your lack of experience or knowledge due to your age, you may want to re-evaluate if this specific older person is right for you.

At the end of the day, your gut knows who is right for you.

Find a person who gives you butterflies in your stomach, makes you laugh, and if there is an age difference, makes you forget that there even is one.

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The president has not done that.”

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-Worker Shinichi Shimohara on Mount Ontake eruption in Nagano prefectur

“There was so much joy as well as tears. He touched so many, many people’s lives and brought so much happiness and light.”

-Family friend of Robin Williams on his memorial Sept. 28 at the San Francisco Curran Theatre “Those of our men who were targeted in the shelling... the effect of their loss will be witnessed by the entire conflict, not just on the Front alone.”

-Terrorist Nusra Front leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani on revenge for airstrikes

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Virginia Snider, then and now I lived in Virginia-Snider for one year, back when it was a scholar-specific community, back when we had classes in our dorms, and back when one year was enough to fulfill the on-campus residency requirement.

I’d like to say that we pioneered the commons, with a faculty-in-residence and diverse community programing.

I loved V.S. It gave me a home on campus and a group of like-minded individuals who actually obeyed study hours (for the most part). Now, everything has changed.

V.S. is just like every other dorm, or Commons, rather, where students learn to get along with people who are different, who have different values, different schedules and different dreams.

To be completely honest, I think I may love that V.S. more.

My name is Meredith Carey, I am a senior and I have dorm pride.

When the infamous “Everybody Hates Boaz” video came out, I was proud. When a post on Facebook offered up Virginia Snider t-shirts, complete with the Snider elephant that has graced the façade for years, I was proud.

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Snider, I am proud.

The Commons system has been compared to Hogwarts, Harvard and Oxford. But SMU is defining its own Commons, making its own traditions and paving its own way.

There aren’t as many dorm-proud seniors as you think. But when this freshman class rises to senior status, there will be plenty more.

While many of us have other homes, in Greek houses, on-campus organizations and friend groups, the Commons can be a home for all. It promotes inclusion and communication in a way that the dorms of my times avoided.

V.S. was great, but I’d much rather be there now.

Tusk ‘Em.

Carey is majoring in journalism.

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MONDAY n SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 LECTURE

‘On the pursuit of happiness’

Happiness Symposium explains science behind happiness Adriana Fernandez Ibanez Contributing Writer afernandezib@smu.edu English professor Mary Esteve lectured students and faculty members about the polemics within the science of happiness Thursday afternoon at the McCrum Auditorium. The lecture was the third of four lectures in The Happiness Symposium.

Esteve’s lecture, “The Politics

and Polemics of Happiness: Back to the Postwar Future,” gave an insight into social and political theorists of the postwar era who criticized the cult of happiness.

A small audience of 30 laughed as Esteve mentioned a quote from Richard Powers’ book, Generosity: An Enhancement.

“The sooner her happiness gene can be isolated and marketed by biological entrepreneurs, the better,” Esteve said.

She was referring to Thassadit Amzwar, a character who suffers

from hyperthymia in Powers’ book. Her mental condition makes her happy all the time, even after being sexually assaulted.

Esteve denoted how Powers looked down on happiness with this narrative.

It illustrated America’s obsession with happiness.

This struck a chord with some audience members.

Philosophy professor Justin Fisher thinks back to the novel’s character and questions how much we should make happiness

an ultimate goal. He thinks it’s more important to have a good life that might make you happy.

“People who are happy despite being in circumstances that people wouldn’t be happy in,” Fisher said. “Is that the sort of happiness that we wish we all could have?”

He and others are looking forward to the symposium’s last lecture. This fourth presentation on happiness will be about happiness in the psychology and neuroscience fields.

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it carries over to our other games where we don’t play big name teams.”

Senior Christopher Saul thinks the app is a great idea, but is disappointed in its lack of functionality.

“It bugs me that it’s so hard to use at the football games,” Saul said. “Because the reception is so bad, it’s near impossible to check in. Other than that I think it’s great. It’s building up the rest of our sports around the basketball team.”

Student Body Vice President Monica Finnegan also appreciates the concept, but isn’t satisfied with its attempts at stopping students from getting unearned points.

“I think it can be easily tricked by students just trying to mess with the system,” Finnegan said. “I think rather than an app, students should swipe their IDs as well, perhaps as they are leaving, so as to double check, if they really want to ensure students are staying at the game and being honest with the app.”

Finnegan is displeased with the way the Varsity app makes points unavailable to students who are more involved in other activities.

“I also have qualms with how

it in some ways punishes involved students,” she said. “Certain games conflict with some of my extracurriculars, and I can’t come and will thus never be able to compete with the student who simply has more time to devote to going to various games because they don’t have the same work load.”

Senior Geenah Krisht believes the app should reward students equally for attendance at all sporting events.

“I think that the Varsity app is great in theory; however, I think it is wrong that different sports teams have different amounts of points,” Krisht said. “It is almost encouraging students to support football more than the other sports.”

Senior Preston Hutcherson is more concerned with the concept of bribing students to attend games.

“The integrity of the system has clearly already been compromised by people cheating,” he said. “Plus, it’s hard to feel good about forcing students to go to football games the way things are going this season.”

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Savannah Louie Contributing Writer slouie@smu.edu More than 100 SMU students and members of the Dallas community came together for a night of Drag Bingo early Friday evening.

The night included several games of bingo, top of the line prizes, free food and entertaining performances by members of the Dallas drag community.

The Hughes-Trigg Student Center ballroom was completely filled with students seated at tables for three hours of bingo.

Games that resulted in ties were settled in a twerk-off, in which the audience would decide which winner deserved the prize based off their bootyshaking abilities.

Prizes included a coffee maker, a TV, a mini iPad and an iPod. While the prizes were certainly impressive, they were not the highlight of the night.

“You could tell that people weren’t really there for the prizes… It was more about the community and the fun and the spirit,” junior Mattie Lippe said.

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They brought an impressive amount of energy and enthusiasm as they danced and lip-synched through the crowd and on stage.

Many students tipped, danced and sang along with the performers.

The bingo night was put on

by SMU’s LGBT organziation, SPECTRUM. This is SPECTRUM’s second annual Drag Bingo, which has been in the works for months.

While SPECTRUM is affiliated with the LGBT community, senior and Treasurer Colton Donica said the group welcomes all types of people.

“You can come here being gay, straight, tall, short, green, purple, whatever color you want,” he said. “We accept everybody.”

While this is just the first big event of the year for SPECTRUM, the organization is looking forward to National Coming Out Day, its masquerade ball and several other events.

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MONDAY n SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 Review

poetry

Hesitation Wish for world peace If you want.

But know the genie’s wish Might not match Your own.

You could envision War nonexistent.

Every country trading Happily with one another.

No arguments, no fights.

No qualms.

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“Two Night Stand” centers on two people stuck in a sticky situation.

‘Two Night Stand’ balances between awkward and fun Blair croce Arts and Entertainment Editor bcroce@smu.edu With a culture so accustomed to random hookups comes many strained goodbyes and random awkward run-ins. The classic one-night stand scenario creates a sense of discomfort between two people for obvious reasons.

But imagine there was no escaping after you woke up and realized your situation. What if you had to coexist for an entire 24 hours?

Max Nichols directs the lovely Analiegh Tipton and charismatic Miles Teller as two people living this social nightmare in his new film “Two Night Stand.”

The film begins with Megan (Tipton) attempting to recover from her past love while struggling to apply for a job thanks to a fancy degree she deems worthless. Her best friends, Faiza (Jessica Szohr)

and Cedric (Kid Cudi), suggest she hook up with a stranger from an online dating site to remedy her reluctance to move on.

After deciding to take the risk, Megan meets Alec (Teller) online and agrees to join him in his apartment for the evening. Just when Megan thinks she can escape the next morning relatively unscathed, a tremendous snowstorm prohibits her from even leaving the building. This unfortunate occurrence places her right back in Alec’s apartment for quite some time.

Due to Megan’s attempted speedy exit, the relationship between the two strangers is not exactly amicable in the beginning.

Over the course of their time in Alec’s apartment, they overcome their skepticism towards each other and eventually help one another in unorthodox ways.

By the time the snowstorm clears, the relationship

between the two is clouded and complicated. In the end, Megan and Alec decide if the connection between them has the potential to carry them beyond a two-night stand.

Thank to endearing performances by Teller and Tipton, “Two Night Stand” maintained a certain freshness that saved the film from falling into the completely sleazy category. The writing was witty and interesting enough to carry a movie with few changes in scenery and characters.

By utilizing the talents of lovable actors, most of their crazy shenanigans in the film seemed hilarious as opposed to unrealistic. However, the key word there is most were not a stretch.

This premise presented a wonderful opportunity to delve into the reality behind a random hookup and show the awkward aftermath. However,

the ending predictably assuaged the appetites of sappy romantic comedy lovers and particular scenes seemed out of place.

Abusing the fake Hollywood version of the truth. Also, the cinematography execution, specifically the camera movements and focus techniques, struggled to reach an impressive caliber.

Therefore, the potential in the concept behind the film was partly lost due to its lack of believability and execution.

Though “Two Night Stand” blundered in certain areas, the characters had the whole theater laughing out of both joy and discomfort, considering the content was definitely aimed at an older crowd.

If you are wishing to watch other people deal with the uncomfortable aftermath of their decisions in an amusing way, then “Two Night Stand” is the movie for you.

But the genie could see A strict hierarchy.

Those who are on top Stay there indefinitely, While those below them Suffer forever.

You could imagine A world government.

A Socialistic, democratic Republic. Where peace Is common and even taken For granted.

But the genie could think Of a quiet, calm globe.

The human race dead.

All life nonexistent.

A barren wasteland.

With life gone, there is No conflict.

So go ahead.

Wish away everything You know.

By Lauren Aguirre

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