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In the second of three panels, Celeste Ward Gventer, Peter Chiarelli, Carter Ham and Buzz Moseley discuss “Capabilities and Choices” for the military given the recently tightened Defense Department budget.
SMU hosts National Security Conference
Tower Center brings in defense policy experts to discuss military strategy under conditions of austerity Katelyn Gough Assignments Desk Editor kgough@smu.edu A little more than a week after the U.S. government ended its nearly month-long sequester over budget disagreements, SMU’s Tower Center addressed the budget question head-on, and not just from the American perspective. This year’s National Security Conference, “Making Strategy Under Budget Austerity,” instead continued the discussion from the preceding Tower Center events of this fall to investigate and build upon the points of international conversation currently driving the global playing field. In fact, the first panel Thursday focused on the effect of budget disagreements and sequestration on U.S. relations outside its borders. Within the country’s own historical context, the most recent sequestration and inability to pass a budget should not have come as too big a shock. In his opening statements, General Peter Chiarelli said while many are saying “the budget sequester was a success,” one needs to “get closer to the
problem to understand” just how easy or hard the question of budgeting is. “Since 1954, Congress has passed, on time, four budgets. Four budgets since 1954,” Chiarelli said. “When you look at the sequester cuts, you have to remember that there are only certain places you can cut [from] and get away with it.” Chiarelli, who served as the Army vice chief of staff and thus was given the task of that military budget, spoke from experience when explaining the lack of understanding of “the tremendous inefficiencies” when a budget resolution is not met. Cuts need to be made, “but the hardest thing to cut...is a program that is delivering what it is supposed to deliver,” Chiarelli said. Chiarelli gave instances from his work when programs were being cut to allow for other budget needs that had, overtime, become more routine than necessary. And even if there may appear to be an “obvious” opportunity to cut something from budget, it isn’t always followed through on, as demonstrated by examples of Congress’ work over the past
few decades. The understanding of the budget sequestration is one that differs greatly in Washington D.C. versus the rest of the nation, according to SMU professor Joshua Rovner. He explained that the “ongoing budget uncertainties” have serious consequences, and the lack of understanding can further ignite these. “There’s what the budget should look like in theory, and then the reality of doing it,” Rovner said. “You have to understand the messy and the gritty...If you ignore the nuts and bolts, you’ll have no understanding of how it happens.” Budget sequestration and strategies during such times, however, reach well beyond the American walls. Jeremy Shapiro, a Visiting fellow in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, spoke on the U.S. European alliance, a system he said “is the key to American strength;” a fact that, according to Shapiro, “is particularly true to a time of budget austerity.” “These countries can fight with us and they can support us,” Shapiro said of the U.S.’s European
alliances. Despite the Euro crisis, “Europe is fundamentally stable...and I think it remains fundamentally stable.” Europe allows the U.S. “to access a lot of the others threatened around Europe,” such as the Middle East, that it wouldn’t otherwise be able to access. However, this country’s focus on these international affairs from its own perspective could, in the end, damage the very relationship that allows much of the work to be done. “The alliance may fade simply from neglect,” Shapiro said, citing “the fact that U.S. priorities seem to be elsewhere” rather than being “concerned with... European problems.” But it’s a two-way street, according to Shapiro. The alliance with Europe is one that needs to be updated — what needs to happen is a “reconceptualizing [of] the... alliance for U.S. and European global priorities.” Shapiro said due to constant changes in international relations and issues, “the old alliance...is not responsive to U.S. needs.” Rather, Shapiro drew attention to what he referred to as a “free-
riding problem” on the part of Europe. The European countries provide “legitimacy to the types of activities the U.S. wants to carry out” in the surrounding regions, and Europe carries none of the burdens while still receiving the protection. “It’s only rational to be a free rider in a situation like this,” Shapiro said. “But it will kill the alliance in a time of austerity.” Many working in the international field are talking about the “Asian pivot” that could also deteriorate U.S.-Euro alliances — as China and Japan grow in importance on the international spectrum, the U.S. could shift its priorities completely. Shapiro himself did not entirely buy into the notion, and Admiral Patrick Walsh, former Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, looked specifically at the growing U.S. focus on the South China Sea. “The reality of dealing with the Asia Pacific region...is that we’re dealing with the immensity of the region in a world that’s very integrative,” Walsh said, citing in particular the “explosive growth” the China region has seen over the past several decades. “The span
of [U.S. and global] interest is not only wide, but diverse.” The South China Sea is essential in international waters for trade and military travel. Walsh explained “the sea serves as the essential conduit that powers” an entire international system, and the “bulk” of the competing national interests and “regional and international disputes” now “travel by sea.” “Sea power has returned to preeminence,” Walsh said of national power in the region. He explained that “relatively few topics have the potential to determine” such significant outcomes as does the South China Sea and China’s role in all of it. And it’s a topic that is here and now, asserted Walsh. “We can’t look at the escalating tension in the region as something [still] over the horizon,” Walsh said. The next step, he said, is “dialogue.” “Everyone shares risks in [the maritime] environment,” Walsh said. “When we know each other’s interests [in the region]... we can begin to build confidence among nations.”
Fe ature
Student Body President ‘63 remembers JFK Katelyn Gough Assignments Desk Editor kgough@smu.edu Following President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination in downtown Dallas, leaders from the city were asked to attend his funeral — as the student body president of SMU, John Hill flew in to attend the services honoring JFK and to pay his respects on behalf of the both university and Dallas community. “It was hard to believe Kennedy had been assassinated and even more so in Dallas,” Hill said, speaking to the shared sentiments of his fellow Dallas attendees. “We were all kind of shell shocked.” While Dallas became, for many Americans, a city of hate and betrayal following the assassination, similar associations existed years prior as well. “It was actually a very toxic environment politically,” Hill said, speaking to far-right
political groups that displayed “violence and animosity for people they didn’t agree with” during even the early stages of the 1960 presidential campaign. Darwin Payne, a professor emeritus at SMU and a reporter for The Dallas Morning News throughout the time of the Kennedy assassination and aftermath, explained that President Kennedy’s planned visit was one of skeptical support after several years of hostile political gatherings. Following U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson’s visit to Dallas several years prior, during which he was “spat upon, [and] had his speech interrupted constantly by a packed auditorium,” Payne said, “the same laments attacked [Vice President] Johnson and Lady Bird” during a campaign visit in 1960. “There was great fear and apprehension of the treatment and safety of the president while he was here,” Payne said. Hill echoed these sentiments
of hostility and aggression, and when it came time for him to address the university upon his return from the funeral, he “felt [all at the university] had a duty to go beyond campus and solve that problem” in the greater Dallas community. Hill explained that, at the time, there seemed to be three contexts within which SMU students experienced the assassination: one section of students who were “supportive of Kennedy... particularly with civil rights” and were therefore “really quite affected;” others who were not fans “but were affected by [JFK’s assassination] and felt saddened by it;” and a third group of nonsupporters for whom “it did not mean a lot to them in their personal lives.” Hill wanted his message to reach the entirety of the student body, regardless of their political views on Kennedy himself, because the issue of hatred stretched beyond even that. His attendance at the funeral
was, inwardly, “in search of understanding, in search of why our country had been denied the life and leadership of a man who stood for the things that all men should stand for: freedom, equality of opportunity, world peace and the elimination of prejudice and bigotry,” Hill said. “We needed to rid our society of that kind of hate and be more open to each other and each other’s ideas,” Hill said. “I was also trying to energize them in committing themselves to working for the public good.” In the years following Kennedy’s assassination, Hill said he saw “growing student involvement” in the social programs on campus concerning civil rights and wartime peace. He himself helped to lead a group of students and professors alike on a civil rights pilgrimage to further reflect on Kennedy’s larger message for equality and fairness. Now 50 years later, SMU
is a campus of both part unity and part division — there are continuously growing numbers of student diversity programs and organizations. There are also reports of hate crimes targeting issues including race and gender orientation. Current Student Body President Ramon Trespalacios believes that “there is still work to do towards creating a campus community where every individual feels respected and valued.” “It is important to understand that, in order for us to achieve our goal of creating a 100 percent inclusive campus, we need to... remember that what one Mustang does or says impacts the whole community,” Trespalacios said. He explained that the hate crimes that “have occurred in the past, even this year” need to come to a complete halt if the university wants to “achieve [its] goal of creating a 100 percent inclusive campus.” “It is our responsibility as
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students to take ownership of the issue and let people know that...SMU is no place for such actions,” Trespalacios said. “I challenge every SMU student to speak up whenever they see something that impedes us from becoming the best community we can be.”
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FRIDAY n NOVEMBER 1, 2013 grocery
Change is growing at Dallas Farmer’s Market Mallory Ashcraft Food Editor mashcraft@smu.edu The Dallas Farmer’s Market, founded in 1949, is about to go through its first major renovation. Owned by the city of Dallas until recently, the new DFM will be privately owned and operated, and is expected to take on a completely different atmosphere over the next two years. The $64 million additions will include more space for vendors, renowned local restaurants, an apartment complex, a culinary education center and more. DF Market Holdings, the market’s new private owner, hopes that a new look and feel will put Dallas on the map as a farm-totable destination. But serious natural food consumers just want to see an increase in organic, allnatural and locally grown produce. The majority of the produce now sold at the DFM is non-organic, and local could mean anywhere within a 150-mile radius of the market’s location at the southeast corner of the downtown central business district. “I believe that dressing up the farmer’s market is fine but the emphasis should be on where and how the food comes to us,” said Margaret Hayes, a Dallas local with a passion for the farm-to-table movement. Hayes, who used to
shop at the market but no longer does, said she would return if more organic food was offered. Hayes and others like her with a taste for organic will be glad to know that there are other changes afoot that deal specifically with the food, including where it is from and how it is grown. “The critical thing is [that] the produce is good, fresh, unique,” said Brian Bergersen, a real-estate developer who is heading the market’s new management group. Other members of the group include Ruthie Pack of Standard Fruit and Vegetable, restaurateur Janet Cobb and her son Blair Black. According to Bergersen, while the market won’t be exclusively organic, there will be an increase in the amount of organic and allnatural produce for sale. Natural food consumers will also be glad to know that the new farmer’s market will be implementing stricter guidelines for farmers and dealers selling at the market. Many people interviewed for this story said they weren’t sure where much of the produce at the DFM comes from. Bergersen said that local farms will be inspected in person to make sure their products are high quality. If the produce doesn’t meet a certain standard, it won’t be sold at the market. Dealers purchase produce from
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farms — which can be located anywhere — to resell at the market. Bergersen said that the DFM doesn’t have a problem with that, as long as they know where the produce is coming from originally. Today, for instance, it’s unclear where some dealers are getting their produce. After the changes to the DFM, farms that supply dealers will be investigated, and dealers will not be allowed back into the market unless their produce meets certain standards. “The point of a farmer’s market is to make sure you know where your food is coming from, how it’s grown,” Bergersen said. Davio Ventouras is the cofounder of Boom Juice, a coldpressed juice business that opened in the market’s Shed 2 about a month ago. Ventouras expects to see more farmers than dealers at the market in the future. But Feliciano Flores, a dealer at the market, doesn’t think that farmers will dominate the market. He said that he and other dealers often buy directly from the farmers at the market and sell the produce in smaller quantities for a slightly higher price. This is because farmers aren’t able to spend an entire day or make a substantial profit at the market selling large cases of produce. Bergersen said that offering quality produce for sale is the most
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important thing. Farmers who aren’t at the market to sell their own produce in person will be represented by dealers and possibly even a co-op. A better selection would encourage Brad Bean, another Dallas local who used to shop at the DFM, to return to the market. Bean said that the biggest problem he had with the market was the sparse selection when produce wasn’t in season. “It’s not like California where you have 50 million products available year-round,” Bergersen said. He said that while the market will focus on being as local as possible, it will also take opportunities to bring in other products. Bergersen said that the number of farms in the area today is fewer than it was 40 years ago. This is because many family farm operations have been sold to commercial farms over the years. As a result, he said that the DFM must expand its local reach beyond the current 150-mile boundary to be able to offer a wider variety of produce. In addition to organic and local food, the market will also offer other kinds of food to satisfy different demands. Bergersen explained that this is because some consumers are more concerned with organic food while others are more focused on food grown locally.
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Locals shop for produce at the Dallas Farmer’s Market, located in the central business district downtown
The new farmer’s market will also supplement Texas-grown produce by offering specialty items, such as Hatch chiles or avocados, from different parts of the country at certain times of the year. With three main sources for food — local farms, expanded local reach and out of state — the farmer’s market will have plenty of food to go around, Bergersen said. The goal is to make the market a destination for everyone, from Dallas residents and chefs who want unique, local, organic produce, to downtown residents who are simply in need of fresh produce. Al and Adrianne Capua started Old World Sausage Company four years ago and were the first vendors inside Shed 2. Adrianne Capua said that the whole purpose of the
OCTOBER 28 OCTOBER 27 1:59 AM. Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor/Assault. SMU Service House. A student was cited, arrested and booked into the University Park Jail for underage drinking, He will also be referred to the Student Conduct Officer for pushing another student. Closed. 10:39 PM. Criminal Mischief. Maguire Building. A staff member reported damage to the men’s restroom at this location. Open.
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market renovation is to make the DFM a destination on par with NorthPark Center, and she is looking forward to the changes. After the renovations, Shed 1 will have 60 stalls for farmers and sellers. It will also be made more pedestrian-friendly by removing the parking spaces and drive lane that currently run through the middle of the shed. Shed 2 will feature four renowned local restaurants — one anchor restaurant in each corner of the shed — and will showcase more specialty vendors in the middle of the shed. Sheds 3 and 4 will house vendor stalls during the renovation but will ultimately be demolished and replaced with apartments, retail shops and a large parking lot.
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OCTOBER 30 10:59 PM. Graffiti. Hamon Arts Library. A staff member reported graffiti at this location. Closed.
OCTOBER 31 10:51 AM. Theft. Hughes Trigg Student Center. A student reported a theft at this location. Open.
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friday n november 1, 2013 Politics
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Group’s fight against abortion rule to continue ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Abortion rights supporters rally on the floor of the State Capitol rotunda following Wendy Davis’s filibuster in Austin, Texas July 12, 2013.
Court reinstates most abortion restrictions
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that most of Texas’ tough new abortion restrictions can take effect immediately — a decision that means as least 12 clinics won’t be able to perform the procedure starting as soon as Friday. A panel of judges at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said the law requiring doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital can take effect while a lawsuit challenging the restrictions moves forward. The panel issued the ruling three days after District Judge Lee Yeakel said the provision serves no medical purpose. In its 20-page ruling, the appeals court panel acknowledged that the provision “may increase the cost of accessing an abortion provider and decrease the number of physicians available to perform abortions.” However, the panel said that the U.S. Supreme Court has held that having “the incidental effect of making it more difficult or more expensive to procure an abortion cannot be enough to invalidate” a law that serves a valid purpose, “one not designed to strike at the right itself.” The panel left in place a portion of Yeakel’s order that prevents the state from enforcing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration protocol for abortion-inducing drugs in cases where the woman is between 50 and 63 days into her pregnancy. Doctors testifying before the court had said such women would be harmed if the protocol were enforced. After Yeakel halted the restrictions, Texas Attorney
Planned Parenthood says the fight against the tough new Texas abortion restrictions will continue. The pledge by Planned Parenthood comes after an appeals court ruling late Thursday reinstating most of the restrictions that a lower court had vacated. The ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means as many as 12 clinics won’t be able to perform
the procedure starting as soon as Friday. The panel says the law requiring doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital can take effect while a lawsuit moves forward. The restrictions could take effect Friday. Cecile Richards is president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which is challenging the restrictions. She says “This fight is far from over.”
Businessman donates shower heads to SMU locker rooms Sarah Bicknell Contributing Writer sbicknell@smu.edu
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An opponent of abortion holds a rosary as he prays outside a Planned Parenthood Clinic Tuesday in San Antonio.
General Greg Abbott had made an emergency appeal to the conservative 5th Circuit, arguing that the law requiring doctors to have admitting privileges is a constitutional use of the Legislature’s authority. “This unanimous decision is a vindication of the careful deliberation by the Texas Legislature to craft a law to protect the health and safety of Texas women,” Abbott, a Republican who is running for governor, said in a written statement. Lawyers for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers had argued that the regulations did not protect women and would shut down a third of the 32 abortion clinics in Texas. In a statement Thursday, Planned Parenthood said the appeals court decision means “abortion will no
longer be available in vast stretches of Texas.” “This fight is far from over,” Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said in the statement. “This restriction clearly violates Texas women’s constitutional rights by drastically reducing access to safe and legal abortion statewide The court’s order is temporary until it can hold a complete hearing, likely in January. The restrictions are among the toughest in the nation and gained notoriety when Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis launched a nearly 13-hour filibuster against them in June. Davis has since launched her own gubernatorial campaign and could face Abbott in the November 2014 election. Republican Gov. Rick Perry has said he will not seek another term.
The law that the Legislature passed this summer also bans abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy and beginning in October 2014 requires doctors to perform all abortions in surgical facilities. Officials for one chain of abortion clinics testified in the trial that Yeakel oversaw that they’ve tried to obtain admitting privileges for their doctors at 32 hospitals, but so far only 15 accepted applications and none have announced a decision. Many hospitals with religious affiliations will not allow abortion doctors to work there, while others fear protests if they provide privileges. Many have requirements that doctors live within a certain radius of the facility, or perform a minimum number of surgeries a year that must be performed in a hospital.
Alan Holbrook, owner of Holbrook Products, a company that produces shower fixtures, generously donated a unique line of patented showerheads to the SMU athletic locker rooms in the name of his late sisterin-law, Mary Nelle Schumann Holbrook, SMU class of 1955. “As her brother-in-law and trustee of her estate, she had requested that I make a contribution to SMU, her alma mater, at such time as a significant and appropriate contribution became feasible,” Holbrook said. Holbrook originally gave these special sports themed showerheads to just the football locker rooms, but has since expanded his donation to include all sports locker rooms, both men’s and women’s. “After furnishing shower fixtures to the football team, we have decided to give shower fixtures to other teams at SMU, basketball, soccer, golf, tennis, etc,” Holbrook stated in a letter to the SMU athletic department. Troy Castle, an SMU
football player, was particularly enthusiastic about Holbrook’s donation to the locker rooms. “The showerheads are awesome and they’re sports coordinated, so in our locker room we have football helmet and football showerheads. It’s so cool, and Holbrook leaves us a note after every game. He’s one of our biggest fans,” Castle said. Not only are athletes fans of the new and unique showerheads, but team managers and trainers share in the same excitement for Holbrook’s contribution to the locker rooms. “The new shower fixtures are so awesome, I’ve never seen anything like them before. What a great contribution Mr. Holbrook has made to the SMU athletic department that athletes are excited about,” said Andrew Mintz, an SMU basketball manager. Holbrook is currently working to expand his line of fixtures to include a wider variety of showerheads for residential and commercial use. He is offering his easy-to-install showerheads to all SMU students at a discounted price of $40 and to athletes for $30. “We think Mary Nelle would be pleased that she was able to give the school and its athletic teams something useful and inspiring, yet simple.”
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Women: Prevent sexual assaults Drinking responsibly may reduce risk factor kirby wiley Contributing Writer cwiley@smu.edu At the beginning of this school year, SMU students noticed a large number of alleged sexual assaults on campus, but is the blame being placed in the right place? Of course the perpetrators are the ones responsible for the crimes, but to solve the problem they can’t be the only ones taking blame. What is the common theme in the majority of sexual assault or rape cases on college campuses? Alcohol abuse. According to a research study conducted by the Sarah Lawrence College, 50 percent of sexual assaults on and around college campuses are associated with alcohol use. Although it sounds harsh to place any blame on the victims of these incidents, if the media continues to place all the blame on the perpetrator, young college women will never learn that there is a way to help prevent these kinds of acts. The best way for women to prevent these assaults from happening to them is to never drink so much that they cannot control themselves or remember what happened the next day. If women quit putting themselves in situations where they appear vulnerable, it will be much less likely for men to try and take advantage of them. But, it seems trying to tell college students not to drink too much is a very difficult message to get across when there isn’t a concrete reason why they should. If the media would focus more attention on the fact that the majority of the women who are sexually assaulted are intoxicated, as opposed to stating and restating how horrible the perpetrator is, then maybe young women would start to listen. Over the summer, four Vanderbilt University football stars were accused of rape. The four men went to jail and were all over the news for months. The victim of the crime informed
police and her friends that she was too intoxicated to remember the incident, so all of the details were found through a video camera in a Vanderbilt dorm where the incident occurred. The news has not reported once that the victim was too intoxicated, but solely concentrates on the details of the perpetrators. The details on the offenders should not be omitted, but how are young women supposed to learn from the incident when they don’t know the details? Obviously the media doesn’t want to come off as insensitive by revealing details of the case that would make it seem they were placing any blame on the victim. But, in order to prevent future victims, viewers need to know the other side of things. If the media begins to draw attention to the details of the sexual assault or rape victim it is hoped that young women will learn from the case, and there will be less sexual assault cases to report. If college women decide they still don’t want to give up over-drinking, hopefully they will at least come up with a game plan with their friends to prevent getting themselves into a vulnerable situation. I am not promoting less sympathy for victims of these incidents or less media coverage of the perpetrators, because the victims are deserving of sympathy and the offenders deserve to have their faces on the news. But I think everyone, especially victims of these crimes, can agree that preventing future victims of sexual assault and rape is of utmost importance. So media, please help prevent future victims of sexual assault and rape by reporting the other side of these cases, and young women, please wake up and realize that the majority of these incidents happen when the victims are intoxicated.
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The five new Residential Commons and dining hall under construction on the south end of campus will be open to students beginning in the fall of 2014.
SMU is on our side with $1 billion katy roden Editor-in-Chief kroden@smu.edu SMU and President R. Gerald Turner are investing $1 billion in the student body. You. Me. Athletes. Engineers. Everyone. The average American, with an annual salary of $50,000, would have to work 20,000 years to earn $1 billion. SMU is nearly there after just six years of fundraising efforts beginning Sept. 12, 2008. This is good news. SMU is now placed on the list of schools such as Columbia University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins Universty, Georgetown University, the University of Chicago and the University of Southern California that have decided to devote the time and effort of raising $1 billion to improve the lives, environment and education of their students. It’s not easy to get on that list. Although SMU surpassed its $750 million goal this summer, causing the decision to raise it to $1 billion, Second Century Campaign projections show SMU hitting $950 million by 2015, not quite $1 billion. But as Turner said, “There
is no list of $950 million,” and “there’s lots of work to do.” Maybe the future is not certain, but I am certain that Turner and the board of trustees raised the goal with confidence and will work hard to reach it. My confidence stems from how the campaign’s money has been, is being and will be used. Millions of dollars are attracting endowed faculty. In 2008, SMU had 62 endowed faculty positions. There are now 96, four short of the original campaign goal of 100 which has now been raised to 110. Millions of dollars are being used to compete for top students. Since 2006, 472 permanently endowed scholarships have been created. SMU fundraising generates more than half of the $99 million of student financial aid. And these efforts are working. In 1999 the average SAT score of first-year SMU students was 1144. This year’s entering class boasted an average of 1302, well above averages at Universit of Texas at Austin, Baylor University and Texas Christian University. Millions of dollars (about 375 million of them) are being spent on enhancing the SMU campus. The
Residential Commons living model, which includes five new RCs and a dining complex on the south side of campus costing $121 million, will change student life. First-years and sophomores living on campus will foster community and liven up campus after class hours. Students will also be the benefactors of the $47 million renovation of Moody Coliseum, where they can build school spirit and enjoy on-campus entertainment (maybe with a beer in hand). Students will also be able to support SMU tennis in the new Tennis Complex under construction south of campus. Everyone from sports fans to engineers will benefit from 100-year-old Fondren Library’s $19 million renovation. The facelift includes the enhancement and addition of study rooms and a cafe, as well as technology upgrades. The Dr. Bob Smith Health Center, a renovated Memorial Health Center, will also serve all students with increased capacity and privacy, and upgraded technology and infrastructure. The addition of renowned faculty, generous scholarships and an even more incredible campus with resources for all types of students
are already visible improvements in student life via the Second Century Campaign. As Turner and his colleagues push through the final years of this campaign, working hard to complete all of its goals, I have begun to look back. I see the reasons I chose SMU: a small student body, beautiful campus, great city and promising education. And now I see (albeit through the construction) that those values remain in place and are only getting better. Those improvements will affect my last few months here and will continue into my future as an alumna. I not only will be more valuable with a degree from a school on that $1 billion list, but I will leave with a sense of pride and gratitude of the school that worked so hard to improve my student experience. So, while we may groan about the parking, construction or lack of big athletic victories, remember that we don’t have it so bad. SMU really is on our side. She’s got $1 billion in her hand, and she’s all in. Roden is a senior majoring in journalism and Spanish.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR To The Daily Campus: As the Director of Women’s and Gender Studies, I am pleased that you published two articles about Shelby Knox’s visit to campus last Tuesday. Yet I must protest your failure to name Women’s and Gender Studies as the sponsoring program, despite your usual practice. SMU should be proud of its Women’s and Gender Studies Program, one of the first in the nation. Yet forty years after its founding, though we offer a minor, an individualized major, a graduate certificate, and over twenty courses in several disciplines, we are the best and longest-lived SMU program that nobody knows about. Research shows that what women say is often dismissed, ignored, or trivialized in the public sphere — including the semi-public sphere of classrooms, meetings, job applications and so on. Often,
the cause is not deliberate sexism but the tendency we all have, whatever our gender, of falling into the dominant way of thinking — according to which women are simply not as important as men. We internalize that way of thinking, and do not even notice that we have fallen into it. Ironically, women’s studies emerged to remedy women’s erasure from the historical and cultural record and from the knowledge produced by university scholars. It’s a testimony to the power of the dominant ideology that forty years later our program suffers the same erasure. Yet isn’t the fact that Women’s and Gender Studies created this event part of journalism’s who, what, when, where and why? Beth Newman Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Associate Professor, English Courtesy of MCT Campus
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Larry Brown and staff embrace Losing money and gaining yards social media to brand image Courtney Madden Contributing Writer courtneym@smu.edu
Billy Embody Sport Writer wembody@smu.edu It isn’t a secret that Larry Brown has brought notoriety and expectations to the SMU men’s basketball teams, but Brown has also been reshaping the SMU image. One way he and his staff of young, aggressive recruiters are changing the image of SMU basketball is by utilizing social media to their advantage, something Brown hasn’t had too much experience with. “I don’t use it very much. I’m not comfortable with it,” Brown said. “It’s something my son tries to teach me. I’m sure a lot of coaches use it as a recruiting tool, but for me personally I’m just getting used to a cell phone.” Assistant coach Ulric Maligi takes the lead on social media and it’s mainly because of the intense pursuit of high-profile recruits
that SMU is now targeting with Brown on staff. This hasn’t always been the way staffs reached out to recruits. It’s new even for Maligi, who is much younger than Brown. “When I first started coaching, we used to write hand-written letters and do the mass mail out to recruits, now it has kind of changed to social media,” Maligi said. Brown may be a rock star due to his NBA and NCAA championships, but he is still getting used to getting back into the college game. He now regularly texts players and has tried to get into Twitter, but said he doesn’t do it that much. “I don’t enjoy it one bit, but I understand that it’s a useful tool and it’s necessary in order to let the kids know what SMU is about,” Brown said. “I’m never going to get used to it and I’m going to leave it to Ulric and K.T. [Turner].” Brown is good about texting,
but Maligi believes he has a way to go on Twitter. “I’d give him a C-. He’s getting better at it though,” Maligi said. “He’s definitely doing a much better job texting and we’re just getting him more acclimated to social media.” Brown may not ever get into Twitter as much as Maligi would like, but he understands that in today’s world, social media is a necessity for SMU to be able to compete with major programs for players and national attention. “It’s fun. He sees the importance of it and understanding that this is the wave that we’re on so to speak,” Maligi said. “These recruits that we’re trying to recruit are really into that.” Ultimately, it’s about having fun for the staff and players that use social media to promote the program and that’s what they hope will help continue to create buzz around the program.
Fantasy football has become a main priority for not only college students, but also people in the workplace. Professors and bosses are not surprised by the revenue lost by companies or the hours spent by students perfecting their fantasy team. ESPN’s fantasy football is a booming $1.2 billion industry, which has quickly become the most popular fantasy sports game in the U.S., engaging an audience of over 13 million. “The NFL is the biggest and most important sport in the U.S.,”said football expert and sports reporter for the Houston Chronicle, John McClain. “The NFL provides people from all walks of life a common bond.” Offices are forming leagues and playing one another, competitively and for money. Although fantasy football has formed a common ground for people of all groups, it has an impact on work productivity in the office. Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. found that fantasy football participants are costing companies over $1.1 billion in productivity each week. Not to mention the effect Fantasy Football has on college students and the time it takes away from schoolwork. “I check fantasy football every morning as I drink a cup of coffee after arriving to work after throwing a little trash talk to my colleagues on the way to my desk,” Teague Morton, physicians search consultant for Merritt Hawkins, said. “Fantasy football takes away substantial amounts of work productivity and is very counter-productive to the work environment. “ Owning and running a professional football team is the
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Red Sox win world series in six W. Tucker Keene Managing Editor tkeene@smu.edu
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It’s been said that the Yankee’s always win because people can’t take their eyes off the pinstripes. For the Red Sox, perhaps people can’t take their eyes off of their beards. The curse is truly over, guys. After an 86 year dry streak from 1918 to 2004, with their third World Series win in 10 years, and their first win in Fenway Park since the curse began in 1918, it
is safe to say that the Red Sox are back to their full potential. From 1903 to 1918, they won five of the first 15 World Series. And then they traded away Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees and all of their success disappeared. Eighty-six years without any World Series titles, after such amazing success before, solidified the belief in the curse. With three World Series appearances and wins since 2004, the Red Sox have won the World Series more than any other team
in that time frame. So, Boston fans. Celebrate being on top once again. Celebrate with some Sam Adams Boston Lager. Celebrate with some Dropkick Murphys “Tessie” and “I’m Shipping up to Boston.” Celebrate with some “Sweet Caroline.” And never, ever trade Ortiz, and certainly not to the Cardinals. We don’t need a Curse of the Big Papi to beleaguer us for the next century.
ultimate American dream. Fantasy football has turned these dreams into reality. Between updating the starting line up, browsing the internet for top players of the week, reading football analysis and talking strategy with friends, fantasy football is consuming not only personal time, but also time in the office. “We have multiple leagues in the office,” Morton said. “Although most leagues are pre-determined by cliques in the office, I work with around 500 people in the building, resulting in roughly 30 to 40 different leagues.” With a conservative estimate of a student spending only an hour a day on fantasy football, that’s seven hours a week and 105 hours-persemester. SMU professor Ross Sloan was not at all surprised by these statistics. “I think that classroom performance is profoundly impacted when students have laptops and smart phones with Internet access,” Sloan said. “I am assisting in a communications class this semester where every single student in the class doesn’t hear a word the professor says.” Sloan describes the need for constant entertainment, in today’s society, as the main reason students cannot sit in class for two minutes without touching or checking their phones or laptops. “Education requires concentration, the chance to consider and reconsider new material,” Sloan said. Nick Rhodes, SMU junior, claims fantasy football has no effect on his schoolwork because he works on his team during study breaks and downtime. “If you start young using your work time for things like fantasy football, in college, then yes of course you will do it in the workplace too,” Rhodes said. “I only check my
fantasy team during times I wouldn’t be studying or doing school work.” Rhodes believes starting these habits in college carry over to the workplace resulting in the loss of revenue. The company that conducted the study, Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., is known as the oldest executive outplacement firm in the United States. The headquarters are in Chicago and they have offices in 52 cities in the U.S., including one in Dallas. The study was based on an estimate that 22.3 million employed people spend roughly an hour on their fantasy team, during work. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the average hourly wage is $19.33, which comes out to a loss of $430.9 million per week and $6.5 billion during a 15-week fantasy season. “It’s a form of gambling,” McClain said. “I know wealthy people who will risk $100,000 a year for a chance to win $1 million on fantasy football.” Some offices are now eliminating all forms of technology use during work hours. The Carrell Clinic in Dallas does not allow employees to check their phones while on the clock, according to physical therapy assistant, Avis Jason, a SMU alumna. “There is no solution to keeping people off of fantasy football,” Jason said. “It has truly become part of our society and become a sport of its own.” Audiences now watch not only for the entertainment of the game, but also to cheer for individuals on their teams. “They can celebrate victory and bemoan defeat together,” McClain said. “It doesn’t matter if they’re poor, old or young, tall or short, fat or skinny — fans share this common bond that unites them for three hours every Sunday and gives many something to talk about the next week.”
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The crazy, creative job of Alamo Drafthouse’s James Wallace chase wade Staff Writer cdwade@smu.edu James Wallace’s office isn’t like most. For starters, it’s in a bar, but what’s really bizarre is the giant replica robot hand that sits just 30 feet away from his workstation. However, when you’re the creative manager at the newest location of one of the nation’s most eclectic movie theater chains, draught-ready desks and robot replicas simply come with the territory. Even though Alamo Drafthouse Richardson has been open for only two months, the Austin-based movie theater chain’s first North Texas location has already changed the way Dallasites watch movies. Not only does Alamo Drafthouse offer locally brewed beer and fresh cuisine to accompany its screenings, but they are also known for their community-driven programming that can include everything from “quote-a-longs” to classic films like “Ghostbusters” as well as more family-friendly fare like “Cry Baby Cinema” – an afternoon refuge for mothers with young children. As creative manager, it’s Wallace’s job to make all of this happen. As far as stereotypes go, Wallace doesn’t exactly fit the mold of a typical Dallas 30-something. He doesn’t wear flashy clothes. His hair isn’t a gelled mess. If you had to pin him down, Wallace resembles an extra on the set of “Portlandia” more than anything else. While he may not look the part, Wallace certainly has Dallas roots. In fact, it was at the University of North Texas that Wallace decided to take his love of movies
and turn it into a career. “One of my favorite things to do was to watch a movie and then afterwards just sit around talk about it,” Wallace said while giving a tour of Alamo Drafthouse Richardson’s new digs. “There was a group of us in college that would meet up just to talk about movies we’ve seen. In college, I really came to love the study of film.” Upon graduation, Wallace worked a couple of odd jobs but really came into his own when he connected with Chase Whale and Rusty Gordon, two UNT grads who started the film-centric website “Gordon and the Whale.” The site’s goal was to connect its audience with filmmakers in a technical, almost academic, way. The site quickly became popular and developed a national audience. One of the ways it engaged readers was through advance and promotional screenings of upcoming movies. However, in hopes of “going out on top,” “Gordon and the Whale” posted its last piece of content Aug. 31. By then, Wallace noticed just how tight a film-loving community “Gordon and the Whale” crafted and was determined to keep it together. Enter “iheartcinema.” With Wallace at its mast, “iheartcinema” looked to continue “Gordon and the Whale’s” tradition of film commentary and community with multiple advanced screenings and previews on a weekly basis. It should come as no surprise that when Alamo Drafthouse Richardson was in need of a creative manager, Wallace was mentioned as an obvious choice. After all, building a community around film was something Wallace proved to be good at. “When I joined the Alamo team, I was really just joining
another group of movie nerds,” Wallace said. “It’s like church filled with people who really just love movies.” Wallace was no stranger to Drafthouse and had previously made multiple pilgrimages to Austin to attend some of its events. “To me, (Alamo) Drafthouse always catered to real movie lovers,” Wallace said. “It was never too pretentious, it didn’t only care about the arthouse crowd, it really knew how to celebrate all types of films.” With the presence of other theater chains like Landmark’s Magnolia and Inwood Theaters and the Angelika’s Dallas and Plano locations, one of Wallace’s first (and most important) jobs was to introduce the Richardson community and greater Dallas area to the Drafthouse brand. To do so, Wallace brought out the big guns. One of Alamo Drafthouse’s first events included everything from a classic car show, local craft beers and a screening of “Goonies” on a giant inflatable outdoor screen. All was in preparation for the Richardson location’s premiere opening event, a screening of “The World’s End,” the final installment in the “Blood and Ice Cream” trilogy from the British trio Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright. The screening would include an appearance and Q&A with the three stars afterward. “We were really lucky to get those guys out here for such a special event” Wallace said. “All of us were fans of the trilogy and I thought that starting things off with ‘The World’s End’ really went with the Alamo brand.” Since then, Wallace has kept Alamo Drafthouse Richardson’s programming lineup crowded with events including a candyfilled viewing of “Charlie
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and the Chocolate Factory” (complete with appearances from two of the original film’s child stars) and a toga-clad viewing of “Animal House.” Wallace recalls the latter getting a bit “rowdy.” Cheif Operating Officer Bill DiGaetano describes the programming experience as a “learning experience.” “It’s getting better as we go forward, but the real problem that we had in the beginning was that we would have these great, grand ideas the week that an event was supposed to happen,” DiGaetano said. “We’re a lot better at
getting the big ideas taken care of sooner now.” With props to order, talent to coordinate, programming events is quite the undertaking for Wallace. Sometimes, like during the theater’s “Back to School” themed lineup of programming in September, Wallace finds the job enjoyably challenging. “When I’m forced into such a small box, that’s when I tend to really get creative,” Wallace said. “Sometimes my plans don’t work out because we can’t get a copy of film or whatnot, but it never hurts to
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