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NEWS Briefs World TOKYO — A powerful typhoon lashed southern Japan on Sunday, churning up high waves that washed three American airmen out to sea and killed at least one before taking aim at Tokyo.
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist speaks at 15th Sammons Lecture Leilani Duran Contributing Writer lduran@smu.edu Two-time Pulitzer Prizewinning editorial cartoonist and Investor’s Business Daily’s current Senior Editor Michael Ramirez spoke in the Bob Hope Theatre Thursday night about the importance of being an informed participatory citizen and the objectivity of media in a democratic America today. Ramirez came to Meadows as the first cartoonist to give the
15th annual Sammons Lecture in Media Ethics sponsored by the Division of Journalism at SMU. Named in honor of Rosine Smith Sammons who graduated with a journalism degree from SMU in the 1920s, her daughter continues an annual endowment to provide funding for lectures like this one free of charge to students and the surrounding community. Ramirez began his speech by saying that cartoonists are known as the “pitbulls
IGUALA, Mexico— Security forces investigating the role of municipal police in deadly clashes with protesters have found burned human remains in mass graves on the edge of this city in southern Mexico, a lawyer for the families of 43 missing students said Sunday.
National CHARLOTTESVILLE,Va.— Charlottesville police chief said Sunday that an anguished statement from the parents of a missing University of Virginia student has given investigators fresh resolve to carry on with the difficult search of hundreds square miles of countryside. SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — Investigators say they’ve found no indication of arson or other foul play in the fire that damaged buildings at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania.
Texas DALLAS — A homeless man being sought because of possible contact with the lone U.S. Ebola patient was found Sunday in Texas after several hours of searching, authorities said. AMARILLO — A former Amarillo police officer is being accused of making changes to a police report in connection with an incident in which he and another officer illegally entered a home.
of journalism,” discussing topics that ranged from the responsibilities of American citizens to the responsibility of the mainstream media today. He believes cartoons aren’t just funny pictures, but they provide an opinionated message that cuts quickly to the point of issues plaguing Americans today. “If you do not recognize your constitutional rights, then you will be unaware when those rights are being stripped away,” Ramirez said. He encourages citizens to
use cartoons and other forms of media to engage in debate that will draw readers into the democratic process because information is power. Ramirez believes it will help people take control of their fate moving forward because America can only have a true participatory democracy if citizens actively participate. Ramirez is no stranger to the spotlight because he is a Lincoln fellow, an honorary member of Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society
and received the prestigious UCI medal from his alma mater University of California, Irvine. He has won almost every major journalism award, including the National Journalism Award and the Fischetti Award. “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press. Free press is a check on government power. Media has to provide objective information in order for citizens to participate wisely,” Ramirez said.
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The 2014 State Fair of Texas is open seven days a week until Oct. 19. Popular attractions of the fair include Big Tex, the ferris wheel and unique deep-fried food.
‘Deep in the Heart of Texas’
Visit the 2014 State Fair of Texas before it closes Oct. 19 Lori lizarraga Contributing Writer llizarraga@smu.edu From Big Tex to all of the fresh exhibits and shows, along with one-of-a-kind fair delicacies and new games and rides, the 2014 State Fair of Texas is out to impress and entertain all new and returning fairgoers. “The theme for the 2014 State Fair of Texas is ‘Deep in the Heart of Texans.’ So if you come to the fairgrounds, you’ll see lots of shows and exhibits all built around the theme of Texification,” said State Fair of Texas Public Relations spokesperson Elaine Yniguez.
SMU is well represented in the Texas Sports Legends Exhibit, thanks to a few alumni including Doak Walker, the 1948 Heisman Trophy Winner, who was the second to ever receive the award in Texas as an SMU junior. A lot of preparation went into getting the fair ready for the nearly 3 million people who will visit the fair over the next several weeks. “We’re getting ready for everything. We’ve got new games, new rides, new everything. It’s going to be greater this year than it was last year,” said fair staffer Bernard Sessions. New food options include fried
sriracha balls, funnel cake beer and deep-fried Texas bluebonnet. The State Fair of Texas will be open seven days a week until Oct. 19. Gates for the State Fair of Texas open at 7 a.m. daily. Exhibit buildings, outdoor exhibits and food concessions are open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
FAIR TICKET PRICES Food and Ride Coupons: $.50 per coupon Season Pass: $39.95 General Admission Ticket: $17 Child Ticket (under 48” in height): $13 Child age 2 and under: admitted FREE Senior Ticket (ages 60 and older): $13 Seniors FREE every Thursday
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SMU welcomes Undergraduate research new dean of law is growing at SMU MARIA CROSS Contributing Writer mcross@smu.edu The Dedman School of Law formally welcomed its new dean, Jennifer Collins, at the Belo Mansion in downtown Dallas Wednesday night. “I could not have imagined a better time and a better place to be spending my three-month anniversary, ” Collins said. Since starting the position July 1, Collins has already executed a four-core commitment to help her students succeed amid “challenging times” for law school graduates struggling to find jobs. Collins believes the keys to success for the law school are providing real-world skills to its students, reducing the cost of education, emphasizing service to the community, and securing speedy employment for soon-to-be graduates. After extensive experience serving as vice provost and
professor of law at Wake Forest University, numerous law publications and a recent book, “Privilege or Punish? Criminal Justice and The Challenge of Family Ties,” Dean Collins is more than prepared to make Dedman School of Law successful as ever. Collins said her choice to come to Dallas was reaffirmed when she received a “warm and wonderful welcome” from the city and after experiencing the energy and excitement that teems throughout the law school. The Dedman School of Law was recently ranked No. 18 for law schools worth getting by The Huffington Post because of the number of undergraduates who are employed after graduation.
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lauren aguirre Editor-in-Chief laguirre@smu.edu Undergraduate research is growing in universities across the country. At SMU, more than 150 undergraduates are conducting research on campus. “What that gives them is a step up to get into grad school or to get that next job,” said Susan Kress, director of Engaged Learning. Junior Christina Lollar works in a chemistry lab in Dedman Science. She believes her research has helped her learn in the classroom. “I can’t think about research without thinking about the theory and I can’t think bout the theory without thinking about research now,” Lollar said. “They’re very intertwined worlds, which is great.” And research is not just limited to the sciences, as some would believe. “I’m a very strong believer in the notion that research is
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really across all disciplines,” said Robert Kehoe, director of undergraduate research. Senior Abby Marchessault visited Bali to learn how the culture teaches dance. “Probably one of the things I enjoyed most about it was the whole process of learning something and learning that there even was something to learn that I didn’t know,” Marchessault said. With more than 20 programs available to undergraduates,
students have a wealth of research opportunities in any field. “There’s not just one good program,” Kehoe said. “I think that students have a lot of opportunities that you wouldn’t have at a lot of other schools.”
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Calories are key to losing weight benjamin chi bchi@smu.edu Health and Fitness Editor There are a lot of misconceptions about weight gain and loss. Many people tout gimmicky diets such as the very popular no carbohydrate diet, but the bottom line is if you’re looking to lose weight, the one thing that has to be looked at are the calories. The law of thermodynamics cannot be broken, no matter how hard you try. Consuming more calories than you burn will lead to weight gain. Burning more calories than you consume leads to weight loss. However, there is a very important factor that also affects the calories. This is the kind of nutrients you eat. Although
they don’t contribute to the straight energy and weight gain, they do affect your metabolism and hormones. This can lead to storing fat rather than using fat to burn as energy, which is the basis for many of the fad diets on the Internet. To understand the basics of weight loss, there are a few factors that you have to take into account. In order to consume fewer calories than you burn, you have to combine both your BMR (basal metabolic rate) and the amount you work out to add up to the TDEE (total daily energy expenditure). Your TDEE will tell you how many calories you burn, on average, per day. In order to lose weight, adjust your calories
to be less than this number. The TDEE also takes into account the amount you work out, so the more you work out, the more food you can consume (to an extent). The BMR for each person differs based on a variety of factors, but most equations use only the basics. Depending on a person’s sex, height and weight, BMR’s can differ greatly. The BMR is the number of calories burned if you don’t move an inch the whole day. The way that a TDEE and calories eaten related to weight gain is very simple. Maintenance of your weight should ideally have these two numbers as equal, and weight loss will have a higher TDEE and weight gain will have a lower TDEE.
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Balancing the number of calories consumed with the amount burned is key to weight loss.
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LGBT Dialouges: The Rainbow Pony in a World of Red and Blue, McElvaney first floor Lounge, Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Teach for America Info Session, Hegi Career Center in HughesTrigg, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Underground in Hughes-Trigg Theater, Noon to 12:40 p.m. Alternative Breaks Info Session, Acer’s conferencec room, 5 p.m.
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Intramural Flag Football Officials Meeting, Dedman Center Classroom 1, 5:30 p.m.
World Changing 101 - Why You Should Do Public Service, Simmons 138, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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College life can be very stressful. According to a study in 2008 by the Associated Press, more than 80 percent of students have said they experience stress sometimes or frequently in their daily lives in the past three months. It’s no surprise at all, either. In college, there are so many things to worry about. Grades and career choices are just a few sources of stress, along with class assignments, exams and internships. It comes as no surprise to anyone that the levels of stress are rising on campuses nationwide. Stress comes from a biological response in your body. The sinking feeling in your gut and a tightness in your chest can both be attributed to chemicals being released throughout your body. Stress is a good thing in small, infrequent doses. Millions of years ago, stress allowed humans to quickly respond to dangerous situations. However, survival situations are usually resolved very quickly after the stress response, allowing the body to return to
normal. Many college students and adults suffer from chronic stress, which means that that the body is constantly stimulating a stress response when it shouldn’t. This can become very problematic. Overstimulation of the stress response can lead to numerous health problems. The brain responds to a stressful situation by increasing heart rate, slowing down the intestines, and forcing the glands to pump out cortisol. This was a useful evolutionary advantage for quick fights or running away, but if this response is not turned off, the hippocampus of the brain can suffer. Natural sleep patterns are typically disturbed. The adrenal glands also secrete chemicals called adrenaline and noradrenaline. These two work in unison to increase the heart rate and blood pressure in your body so that blood can move faster throughout the body to the muscles. These are also responsible for the feeling of butterflies in the stomach. This effect manifests itself as feeling hyperactive. Overexposure to adrenaline and noradrenaline can lead
to constant fatigue, physical weakness, hormone imbalances, and even depression. Controlling the level of stress in college can be difficult at times, but there are a few methods that physicians suggest. Developing a balanced lifestyle is the best way to reduce stress from your life. A healthy diet and lifestyle, coupled with a proper amount of time socializing and studying each day sounds really tough, but is the one thing that will reduce the stress in your life. By being ahead of the game in every aspect of your life, tests won’t be able to sneak up on you. One major problem students struggle with is feelings like they are constantly having to catch up. In many cases, proper time management can alleviate this. There are also many relaxation techniques that have worked for people in the past. For example, taking up yoga or meditation as a way to reset your body. The theory behind this exercise is that by blocking out the world for a small amount of time every day, you can feel replenished and ready to take on more work. Be sure to take occasional breaks while studying.
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‘Stronger than yesterday’ Meet the faces training for Mr. and Ms. SMU
events Alta Gracia Garment Workers Visit— Maritza Vargas, 49, and Sobeida Fortuna, 36, work at Alta Gracia in the Dominican Republic, the only sweatshop in Central America that gives their workers good wage and health benefits. They held a Q&A in Hughes-Trigg. Vargas and Fortuna are the union leaders of the sweatshop. Alta Gracia has given these workers a chance to live a comfortable life with their families as well as in the workforce. Alta Gracia wants to challenge SMU students to start looking into the clothing they wear and act if they see something wrong. “What you do is more important than what you buy. We’re people before consumers,” Fortuna said. Take Flight With Public Relations— Students from SMU, TCU, UNT and UTD along with community members were in attendance at SMU’s Council of Public Relations Firms and the SMU Division of Communication Studies’ event. The event works to provide learning and networking opportunities in the public relations field by hosting numerous speakers and panelists from public relations companies. The symposium featured the CEO of GolinHarris, Fred Cook.
LECTURES Author’s Live— Students and the elderly attended to a humorous lecture by Kathy Reichs, author of the book series that inspired the hit Fox show “Bones.” Reichs spoke about her career and experiences as a forensic anthropologist, which inspire her fictional stories, by using history, human rights and airline catastrophes. When she was asked about how she balances working on cases, producing a TV show and writing New York Times best selling books she laughed and said, “I don’t have time for writers block.” Check out SMU Live for more campus briefs.
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Campbell Flemmons Associate Online Editor cflemmons@smu.edu The last place a typical student wants to be at 2 p.m. on a Friday is the gym, but that’s where senior business management and pre-med major Oliver Filutowski is. He’s doing cardio and strength training with a few friends who share his passion for fitness. They’re encouraging each other and helping one another as they rotate machines and weights. Filutowski trains all the time, but he’ll really start pumping it up in the coming weeks and months as he prepares to compete in April for the title of Mr. SMU, the university’s popular body building contest. “It’s become a lifestyle,” said Filutowski, who was last year’s second-place winner, about his workout regime and strict diet. He said he is running a few miles and lifting 65-pound weights regularly in order to keep in shape and to prepare for the contest. Lifting weights is just part of the routine for students who plan to compete in April. Like Filutowski, Charles Karanja and Courtney Thrower are also eating clean and cutting out unnecessary fats. Logging several hours at the gym rather than spending that time at parties is just practical. While this might seem extreme to many, these are the everyday lives of the workout enthusiasts and fitness buffs who plan to compete in the contest. Thrower is a biology and premed major currently training for a triathlon, but she knows that her work now will only help her when the competition arrives. Athletes like Thrower do increase workouts and partake in stricter diets closer to the competition, but their everyday training is still far more intense
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Oliver Filutowski is training for Mr. and Mrs. SMU
than a typical SMU student’s. The competition simply allows for the most enthusiastic athletes to compete in a healthy environment while exhibiting their physical prowess. Tim A. Moore, a former fitness director at SMU, started the competition in 1996. He was passionate about competing in body building competitions and wanted to create one at SMU. “The purpose of the event is to give students the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to develop their body while using proper exercise habits and nutrition,” said SMU’s Assistant Director of Fitness Gina Garcia. While only a handful of students compete each year, the competition draws the attention of students, who pack the auditorium in Hughes-Trigg. “I was really impressed by each competitor,” said senior business management major Camille Waterfallen, who has attended the annual event. “It was evident how much time and effort each has invested.” Waterfallen has been
interested in the competition since her first year at SMU and is planning to compete next year for the first time. Winners receive trophies and ribbons, and first-place winners have their pictures on the wall at Dedman Center. Charles Karanja is a first year graduate student with a Master of Music in Vocal Performance and came in third place in the contest last year. He competed last year after talking with 2012 winner Ali Asker. Karanja said his workouts are currently rigorous, but they will intensify around 16 weeks prior to the competition. “The training is more focused on getting yourself as lean and striated as possible,” he said about the workouts closer to the competition. Filutowski said that this strict training helps him be more productive. The workouts take up a lot of time, so he had to learn how to manage his time wisely. It forces him to find a balance for school, exercise and a personal life.
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Oliver Filutowski runs and lifts weights regularly to stay in shape.
Diet is another crucial element of the preparation process. Filutowski stays in shape by eating clean, unprocessed foods and drinking plenty of water. He eats about six times a day, which is more than a typical student. He does allow a cheat meal or two, but closer to the competition, he becomes much more strict. “I won’t eat a piece of cake when I want it,” he said. Karanja said his diet is also very intense. He is able to have a few more pastries (his favorite cheat food) in the beginning of training. However, he does have to give those sweets up as the competition draws nearer. Two days before the competition, he begins carb loading in order to have a fuller look on stage. These sacrifices might seem impossible to a typical student, but both Karanja and Filutowski
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He stressed the importance of the media covering an issue in its entirety because it gives people the ability to obtain a more comprehensive view and make a decision. In speaking about government intervention, his cartoons prevent the erosion of citizens’ liberties and are “the first line of defense to the government.” It is the job of cartoonists to advertise an idea using a concise image to inform the public of government mistakes. In response to his remarks about the media, Rebecca Moore, a sophomore journalism and dance major, enjoyed that Ramirez included the “importance of objective information and his emphasis on gathering information from all sides of every debate.” She agreed that understanding several sides of an issue is a truly American ideal of letting ideas compete. Jeremiah Jensen, a sophomore journalism major at SMU, decided that he needed to “identify more polarized news sources to get a more holistic idea” of the news going on around him since sometimes this is an area of struggle for him. Ramirez emphasized the importance of “know[ing] thine enemy,” or contrary point of view to one’s own to gain a larger context. In closing out his speech, Ramirez shook the crowd saying, “Stand up for your beliefs, fight for the vision that you believe, and make sure the media listens to your call for objectivity” because Americans are only limited by the boundaries of imagination.
believe that the competition is all about willpower and learning how strong your body really is. “It’s a fun and different experience,” Filutowski said. “You learn what you’re capable of doing.” Karanja believes that any student can compete. They just need to find the willpower. He is a diabetic, and believes that if he can maintain a healthy life, anyone can. “Even if you don’t win, you’ll still come out being in the best shape you’ve ever been in and in your healthiest state,” he said. “You’ll learn a lot about who you are in general through all the ups and downs of such an adventure.” See how all this hard training and rigorous dieting pays off this April. The exact date has not been announced yet. For more information visit the student affairs website.
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“S’mores and Snores” took place in between Armstrong Commons and Crum Commons
All s’mores and no snores LAUREN CASTLE Contributing Writer lcastle@smu.edu The moon was shining over first-year Grace Stokes’ head when she sat in front of a bonfire to roast s’mores with her friend. “It has a chill vibe,” said Stokes, a pre-med student from Wisconsin. SMU Program Council held its “S’mores and Snores” event in the quad between Armstrong and Crum Residential Commons on
Thursday night. The organization provided students an opportunity to sit around fire pits, roast s’mores and watch a movie. S’mores weren't the only favorite among students. They could also enjoy a hot chocolate bar, cookies from Tiff ’s Treats and Pokey O’s and a little entertainment. Laughter filled the air as students reclined on air mattresses and blow-up chairs while watching the comedy “We’re the Millers.” After a rainy day, light
wind carried the aroma of fire through the air. Students wore light jackets and long sleeved shirts signaling the changing of the seasons. Program Council’s Programming Chair Kelsey O’Leary planned the event to usher in the fall. “It’s an outdoorsy event,” said O’Leary, a sophomore. “It brings people together.” Program Council will continue to host informal events like “S’mores and Snores” throughout the year.
The Dedman School of Law hosted the 11th Annual Symposium on Emerging Intellectual Property Issues Friday. This year the topic of the event was on The Supreme Court and Intellectual Property Law. “The Supreme Court was incredibly active in intellectual property this past year, so the goal of the symposium is to review all the Supreme Court decisions, and to understand how those impacted intellectual property,” said SMU Professor of Law W. Keith Robinson. “Then we want [to] talk about what we expect the Supreme Court to be in the future and help people interested in IP and practitioners understand what they can do for their jobs in light of all the Supreme Court decisions.” The panelists included professors, lawyers, associates and partners from various schools and companies in the DFW area. They covered a range of topics pertaining IP law in the past year.
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The term alma mater—nourishing mother—has great significance. When we leave this university, we will be left with much more than a prized degree. Social and political activist Gloria Steinem, Tuft University’s commencement speaker in 1987, said it best: “I am terminally sentimental about graduations. They are more individual than weddings, more conscious than christenings… they are almost as much a step into the unknown as funerals—though I assure you, there is life after graduation.” And our lives will be intimately crafted by our time at SMU. Much of what we achieve— economically, socially, and intellectually—is owed to the experience and education facilitated during our time as students. The question becomes: Do we owe this university more than our tuition? Do we owe it anything beyond our time here? Many critics of alumni giving believe that they do not have a duty to SMU post-graduation. They say SMU gave them nothing during their time on campus. They say they worked to earn their triumphs and graduate as stronger individuals with a career and purpose in life. Yet there is a certain tension in their argument wrought with individualism. Surely one’s professors, scholarships and support system were instrumental in their success. In this letter, we seek to isolate why we owe our alma mater something. All of us who attend this university are privileged in some way or form: we have the financial support to attend; we graduated from high school; we have access to a degree; we are taught by worldclass faculty. SMU, through its financial support for students and its openness to criticism and pluralism—values protected by tenure—promotes openness over closeness, inclusiveness over exclusiveness. There are two ways to tackle the question of giving. One comes from the corner of self-interest, the other from the arena of collective interest. When alumni give, it is a vote of support and confidence for SMU. The US News & World Report tracks the percentage of alumni giving, and major foundations look at the metric to gauge a campus’ culture. Over 62 percent of Princeton University’s alumni give back, and many of our peer and aspirational schools outpace us. No matter what happens within the walls of the university, the world will not count SMU in the upper-echelon of universities until we give it a vote of confidence ourselves.
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But the more powerful argument for alumni giving comes in its virtue. As a whole, is the institution’s purpose worth promoting? One fact is clear: If all giving stopped, SMU would have to shut its doors. Giving to SMU does not mean that SMU is perfect, just as giving to any non-profit does not mean that one agrees with every function and process it performs. But if you agree with the core values of an institution and you agree with how the institution exercises those values, it is a responsibility to give for future students. In SMU’s case, our values are “Veritas Liberabit Vos,” translated from Latin as “the truth will make you free.” An alumni gift is an affirmation to the university and future students that we believe this to be true. SMU, in particular, makes this ethical dilemma easier: alumni can donate to specific offices and purposes that impacted them as students. Many have already made this choice. Since 2006, a time period in which alumni giving dropped nationally, the number of SMU alumni donors has doubled as a result of both university efforts and peer to peer solicitations. And giving goes beyond monetary donations: Since June 1, nearly 2,000 alumni have volunteered their time through the Alumni Office to mentor students, host one-day externships, provide resume assistance, recruit local prospective students, raise money for affinity-based scholarships and participate in community service events around the country. Even 147 first year students, who have just started their undergraduate experience, have given to SMU. There is an old proverbial phrase—a seat at the table—that carries with it a heavy truth. To truly work for change, one must have voice. For those who can afford to give money or time—the request is typically five dollars or volunteerism in the community—giving is not just a choice. It is a sacred obligation. Rahfin Faruk, Student Trustee Ramon Trespalacios, Student Body President
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People create marriage pacts promising each other to get back together or get married by a certain age.
Backup partners and marriage pacts, will it lead to a ‘happily ever after’? At one point in your life, you have pinky promised your best friend of the opposite sex that if things don’t work out for either of you down the road, you’ll have each other. The pact claims that if neither one of you are married, typically by age thirty, you guys will get hitched. The question is, why do people do this? Marriage is defined as the state of being united to a person as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. Normally when you get married, it’s with someone that you feel intense chemistry with, a soulmate that you see spending the rest of your life with. Marriage is the legal and formal binding of this relationship. Not only is it a huge step in a relationship, but it is a milestone in life. The pressure to find someone who’s marriage-worthy starts to build either toward the end of college or right after graduating. You start figuring out what exactly you want to do in your life, where you want to live and
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who do you want to be with. The five-to-ten year plan that you’ve mapped out in your head starts to unfold. It’s scary. And this is why I believe we make pacts with close friends, ex-boyfriends or other potential long-term partners. You know he or she is reliable, manageable, and convenient. You have a decent amount of chemistry with him or her and you know that he or she will be a good partner and parent down the road. But most importantly, you make the pact to help ease your mind. We know what we want in a future partner. There’s a list of criteria that the one must fit, and until we find that person, we accommodate by finding someone who can at least get five out of the seven right. As you grow older, you may
or may not find the person to meet all your requirements. Maybe both you and your friend found soul mates, and lose touch. Maybe, just maybe, you find that your backup plan was the right person for you all along, and after years of staying in contact, you both end up together at the right moment in time. There is no definite way to find out who your soulmate is. You can’t mark a certain place and time to meet him or her and plan exactly when you will get married, if that is what you want. Once college is over and you approach that time in your life when everything starts to get really serious, don’t forget that you are still young. You don’t have to get married by a certain date or you’ll expire as a potential partner. You don’t have to get married at all if you can’t see yourself doing it. At the end of the day, you’ll find someone who will be your best friend, your confidant, your soulmate. And once you find him or her, you won’t have to worry about anything else.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West named their daughter North West.
The trend with odd celebrity baby names It seems that celebrities can’t ever do anything normally. Everything they do must be extravagant and over the top because they have the ability to do so. Sometimes it’s good. They are always at the best parties wearing the best outfits. They’re driving the newest cars or eating at the hottest restaurants. They’re constantly trying to one-up each other. But for some reason, a lot of celebrities drag their children into these antics. I would be genuinely shocked if a celebrity named his or her child Sarah or Michael. Instead, they go with Memphis Eve (Bono), Zuma Nesta Rock Rosdale (Gwen Stefani) or my personal favorite: Banjo Taylor (Rachel Griffiths). I understand being creative with names and wanting something unique. I don’t think I’ll ever find another person named Campbell McCall Flemmons and I love that. But I don’t think my name is necesarily weird. There’s a difference between an individual and unique name and one that’s downright crazy. Some of my favorite unique names include the following: Wyatt Isabelle Kutcher (Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis) Sure, Wyatt isn’t a typical name for a girl, but as someone whose first name is also commonly a boy’s name and a last name, I have to say I like it. Maddox Jolie-Pitt (Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt) He’s never going to find his name on a keychain, but it’s kind of a cool name. By that I mean that Maddox just sounds like he’d be a really cool guy
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based on his name. Some of the strangest names: Prince Michael Jackson II, nicknamed Blanket (Michael Jackson) Every single one of Michael Jackson’s children have the name Michael. It’s bizarre and I’m not even going to attempt to understand this. Moon Unit Zappa and Diva Thin Muffin Zappa (Frank Zappa) This isn’t even trying to be different or unique. This is just trying to find the strangest possible names and going with it. Then there are the names that straddle the line between unique and strange. Blue Ivy Carter, North West and Apple Paltrow Their names are a little funky, but they seem to be growing on me. Maybe it’s because I like their parents too much or because they’re so often talked about that their names have registered as normal in my brain. Flemmons is majoring in journalism.
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Turning into your parents
The day I realized I was turning into my parents happened last Tuesday. Facebook requested a photo tag of my face. With my mother’s name in block letters it read: “is this you?” I freaked out. Am I really turning into my mom already? I started thinking about her mannerisms and personality. There are very obvious attributes that I’ve always had. I have her laugh. I have her fabulous use of hand motions when I talk. I have her sass. As I looked deeper into things, I realized I started doing things more like her unconsciously. We make the same face when we react to something scary. We both sit the same way. And we both at times dress similarly (thank goodness you have good taste, Mama). It made me realize that the defining qualities in our parents’ personalities truly resonate with us. And when we are older, at some point in our lives, we will say or do something that will remind us exactly when our mom or dad did that. It’s uncanny. I’ve always been a Daddy’s girl. Growing up, we were joined at the hip. I remember being eight years old and waking up early to get ready with him before he went to work. When he’d leave I would sit on the top of the staircase, sad. After school, I would run back home to meet him for dinner and tell him all about my day. And this routine continued until my teens. I’ve always been my father’s daughter. I’ve inherited his ambition, dedication and temper.
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OLIVIA NGUYEN Opinion Editor qonguyen@smu.edu
We are so like-minded at times to the point that it’s difficult if we disagree because we are both stubborn. But we also understand each other the most because we are alike. That’s why it’s funny to me that I’ve developed qualities like my mother. Even though my personality is like my dad, she’s my best friend. We always make each other laugh and do everything together when I’m back home. The moment when I realized I started picking up my mother’s mannerisms is when I accepted the fact that I’m truly a mix of both parents. You normally are associated with one. Either your father or mother has been your childhood idol, the one you run to when you were hurt, the one who always cuddles you when your sad, the one who tucked you into bed. But in reality, as you grow up and figure out yourself as an individual, both qualities of your parents shape you to be who you are. It’s something to be proud of. Love your parents, and appreciate that all the quirky things that they do, because that’s what makes you, you.
Nguyen is majoring in business.
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Mustangs fall on the road 45-24 at No. 24 East Carolina Patrick Engel Contributing Writer pengel@smu.edu SMU football opened American Athletic Conference play with a 45-24 loss to 22ndranked East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. The 24 points is double the amount SMU scored in its first four games combined. In his second career start, quarterback Garrett Krstich threw for 339 yards and two touchdowns, providing the Mustangs (0-5, 0-1 AAC) the offensive burst they had been lacking all season. SMU Interim Head Coach Tom Mason is pleased with his whole team’s progress since the season started. “Those kids went out there and played hard,” Mason said. “They gave us a chance to win the game. From where we were at to where we are now is night and day…Going back to that North Texas game and I walked off that field; I didn’t feel too good. Now we have a chance. We just have to continue to go another week.” While the final score does not indicate a close game, SMU gave the Pirates (4-1, 1-0 AAC) a scare. Three touchdown passes from
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Shane Carden to Justin Hardy gave the Pirates a 28-7 halftime lead, but the Mustangs did not go away. With seven seconds left in the third quarter, kicker Cody Rademacher drilled a 27-yard field goal to pull the Mustangs within 11 points, 35-24. ECU kick returner Quay
Johnson fumbled the ensuing kickoff, and SMU recovered at the ECU 26-yard line with a chance to make it a one-possession game. The Mustangs could not move the ball and had to settle for a 40yard field goal attempt, which Rademacher missed. He missed two field goals on the day.
“If we kick that field goal, it’s an eight-point game in the fourth quarter, and you never know what would happen,” Mason said. Following the missed field goal, Carden led the Pirates down to the SMU 5-yard line, but SMU held them to a field goal that made it 38-24 with just under
eight minutes left in the game. The Mustangs went three-andout on their next drive. East Carolina running back Chris Hairston ran for an eightyard touchdown on the next possession to put the game away. SMU’s defense struggled early, but got some key stops in the second half that allowed
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Mustangs fall to Memphis on the road
SMU plays UCF to 1-1draw
Andrew Morales against SIU Edwardsville in the 2013 season.
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Avery Acker totaled 39 assists and six digs against Cincinnati,
Courtney Madden Sports Editor courtneym@smu.edu SMU volleyball had a busy weekend traveling to Cincinnati and Memphis all over a span of three days. The Mustangs took on Cincinnati Friday handing them their first conference loss of the season. The Bearkats dropped from the ranks of the unbeaten in the American Athletic Conference in rankings after the 3-1 loss to SMU on Friday. Morgan Heise led SMU defense with 17 digs. The Mustangs
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recorded 9 blocks total as a team. Kristen Stehling tallied five blocks with seven kills, and Avery Acker and Janelle Giordano each recorded four blocks. Giordano didn’t stop there. She had eight kills, while Acker totaled 39 assists and six digs. SMU finished the match with a .224 attack percentage and hit above .380 in each of the first two sets. Cincinnati only hit .136 in the match and SMU stopped them with 43 digs. The Mustangs then went on to take on Memphis Sunday in a devastating 3-0 loss. Senior Caroline Young
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suffered an ankle injury, and Memphis took full advantage, going 25-20, 25-21, 25-21. Abbey Bybel led the SMU offense with 13 kills, while Acker recorded her 11th doubledouble of the season with 31 assists and 15 digs, including her seven digs within the first set. Heise finished with 13 digs. The Mustangs hit only .100 as a team without Young leading the team. The Mustangs now return home to take on Houston Friday at 7 p.m. in Moody Coliseum.
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SMU to pull within 11. But Mason was not pleased with the defense’s play. “I am disappointed in the way we played defense today and that’s on me,” Mason said. “I have been spending my time on doing other things and not focusing on defense…We had too many individual breakdowns and you can’t play that way, especially against a quarterback like that. We are going to get better at that.” Carden completed 31 of 41 passes for 410 yards and four touchdowns. Hardy had 120 receiving yards to go along with his three touchdown catches, and sophomore receiver Isaiah Jones had 130 receiving yards. But SMU’s receivers showed well too. Darius Joseph reeled in 13 catches for 100 yards and caught both of Krstich’s touchdowns. He also caught three passes on fourth down to set up SMU’s first touchdown, a 2-yard run by Prescott Line. SMU converted five of six fourth down attempts. The Mustangs have a bye week before taking on Cincinnati on Oct. 18 at Ford Stadium.
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Demetrio Teniente Associate Sports Editor dteniente@smu.edu In its second conference match of the season, SMU battled with the UCF Knights to a 1-1 draw in Orlando, Florida. Junior John Lujano connected on a penalty kick to give the Mustangs its lone goal and tie the game in the 90th minute. “It was a tough night in a conference match on the road and we had just played Wednesday. We gave up an early goal, but the guys showed an incredible amount of resolve to come back and tie,” Head Coach Tim McClements said. “They did a great job and battled and didn’t give up, but unfortunately we couldn’t get
a goal in the overtime period. Overall, though, I am really proud.” The Mustangs are now 5-3-1 overall and 1-0-1 in the American Athletic Conference. “We hit the post twice in the match, and you’d hope it would go on the right side but it ended up bouncing out,” McClements said. “We generated a few quality chances, we were just unable to generate a goal unfortunately.” UCF scored its goal in the 50th minute, courtesy of a 20yard penalty kick from Romario Williams. Both teams registered 13 shots, but SMU held an 8-3 advantage in corner kicks. First-year Mauro Cichero had eight shots to lead all players, while Lujano, junior Idrissa
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Camara, sophomore Stanton Garcia and first-years Bryce Clark and Colten Habecker each added one shot apiece. First-year goalkeeper Michael Nelson made five saves on the night. “We were maintaining a lot of possession in the game and they were very dangerous on the counter, but both teams were able to get off a few shots,” McClements said. “It was pretty exciting, but unfortunately we gave up a goal early off a set piece. It was fitting that we got one back because we deserved to get the point.” SMU returns to Westcott Field on Wednesday to host Memphis. The AAC matchup is set for 7 p.m. CT with live video and stats available at SMUMustangs.com.
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Film
‘Gone Girl’ stuns audiences blair croce Arts and Entertainmnet Editor bcroce@smu.edu
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This year’s ACL app offers a schedule, venue infomation, and more.
Helpful ACL app guides festival-goers meredith carey Assignments Editor mbcarey@smu.edu Austin City Limits may be held in Zilker Park but it’s far from nature. The tech driven fest is upping its game with an improved app for the benefit of concertgoers throughout the Texas capitol. The app, #aclfest, is predictably glitchy considering the expected service problems at music festivals and high concentration of users but provides an ideal platform
for scheduling. Users can add artists to their personal agendas, called MyACL in the sidebar menu, while browsing the full weekend schedule. From there, each gig can be added to the iPhone’s calendar and sets a notification to alert festival goers that it may be time to change stages. The app’s map is also a useful feature, showing the lay of the land in Zilker Park as well as all of the restrooms, charging stations, water misters and
David Fincher’s highly anticipated thriller, Gone Girl, hit theaters Friday. “Gone Girl,” an adaption from Gillian Flynn’s novel, follows the book’s events closely and highlights the tumultuous journey of the murder investigation of Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike). The film flashes back and forth between five years of Amy’s marriage with her husband Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck).
Shortly after the film begins, Nick comes home to find his wife missing and his house tampered with. The investigation soon starts and the blame for her disappearance is quickly propelled in Nick’s direction. As the film unfolds, more complications in the search for Amy arise as Nick fights to keep his clean slate despite detectives analyzing his every move. Twists and turns give “Gone Girl” an exciting (and sometimes terrifying) edge. Excellent directing by Fincher is evident in advanced camera perspectives
and suspenseful shot choices. Pike and Affleck are frighteningly convincing as their complicated characters catapult the film into a dangerously good category. Strong supporting performances from Neil Parick Harris as Amy’s obsessive ex and Kim Dickens as the blunt detective on Nick’s case contribute to the creepily convincing feel of “Gone Girl.” If you are in search of the type of film that will keep you on the edge of your seat, look no further than “Gone Girl.”
shuttle pick-ups. You can even drop a pin to send your location to friends. On your way down to Austin, make sure to activate your wristband on the app as well as peruse the Discover tab, where you can watch music videos of unknown and familiar artists. Tag your photos with #aclfest and you may find yourself on the social media page. Yes, the app freezes every once in a while but for the most part, it does its job.
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The Arboretum pumpkins make a return Cassandra Mylnarek Contributing Writer cmlynarek@smu.edu It’s that time of year again. The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden has opened its fall display, Autumn at the Arboretum. Every fall, the Dallas Arboretum transforms its normal garden scenery into a pumpkin wonderland. But this homage to fall isn’t just another pumpkin patch. Fodor’s Travel website has named Autumn at the Arboretum one of American’s best pumpkin festivals. Fodor’s Travel provides travel
information through guidebooks, websites and mobile apps for over 7,500 destinations, so being recognized by such an influential travel guide is kind of a big deal. Autumn at the Arboretum features more than 65,000 pumpkins, squash and other gourds. The displays may be unique, but they’re not the only attraction at the arboretum that has made it a nationally recognized festival. The arboretum is also recognized for its activities that happen around the pumpkin patch. While perusing the many pumpkin displays, one
can sip harvest tea, enjoy classy restaurants and even listen to live concerts. Every Thursday through the end of October guests can picnic in the amphitheater and listen to concerts by popular musicians like The Molly Ringwalds. Dallas residents are thrilled that this slice of nature in the concrete jungle is being so widely recognized. I don’t think there’s anything else quite like this,” said Dallas resident Christina Booker. “I love how clean and safe and beautiful it is. Other gardens just don’t measure up.”
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“Gone Girl” thrills as director David Fincher’s new film starring Pike and Affleck.
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The annual pumpkin exhibit is now open at the Dallas arboretum.