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Senate nixes jobs bill The U.S. Senate voted against President Barak Obama’s $60 billion infrastructure plan on Thursday. This would have been one of Obama’s larger jobs bill. The infrastructure plan would have allotted $50 billion to highway, rail, and airport improvements, and given another $10 billion to launch a new infrastructure bank. The Senate blocked the bill by a vote of 51-49.

Protesters killed in Syria 20 civilians were killed by troops in Syria just one day after the government promised to ends its anti-government protest crackdown. On Thursday, an attack on protesters resulted in several arrests of opposition supporters, most of whom are students. Syria’s official news agency, however, claimed that soldiers and police were fighting “armed terrorist groups.”

Bond movies are back On Thursday, producers of the James Bond franchise announced that Daniel Craig will star as the British secret agent in the new movie “Skyfall” next fall. Academy Award winner Javier Bardem will join Craig in the new film.

Bond was almost done in by a bankruptcy filing at film studio MGM last year.

Man arrested for prostitution An 83-year old man running for city council was arrested in Iowa on charges of prostitution. Ben Clifford Dawson allegedly volunteered to perform sex acts on a woman in exchange for repayment of a loan. Dawson now faces two aggravated misdemeanor charges: prostitution and intent to commit sexual abuse.

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J.J. McDermott throws a pass during the first half against Tulsa during their NCAA college football game, Oct. 29.

SMU takes on Tulane

By NICK KARAGEORGE Staff Writer nkarageorge@smu.edu

On Saturday the Mustangs will take on the Tulane Green Wave at Gerald Ford Stadium for Southern Methodist University’s homecoming weekend.

SMU will look to bounce back with a win after two consecutive losses to fellow C-USA opponents Southern Miss and Tulsa.

SMU (5-3, 3-2 C-USA), has fallen into third place in C-USA West behind Houston and Tulsa, both of which are still undefeated

in conference play.

Tulane is currently last in C-USA with only one inconference win against UAB. In the past two games SMU has been outscored 65 to 10 and has failed to gain any momentum coming into this week’s matchup.

SMU’s feared run-and-shoot offense has not produced more than 180 of passing offense in their last two matchups and has turned the ball over seven times.

J.J. McDermott has struggled in the last two games, completing no more than half of his passes in

both contests and has thrown for six consecutive interceptions with no touchdowns.

Even though SMU’s offense suffers a losing streak, Zach Line has been the conference’s leading rusher. Zach rushed for 118 yards against Tulane and scored SMU’s only touchdown, which came on a 17-yard rush.

Tulane (2-7, 1-4 C-USA) comes into Saturday with struggles of their own riding a six game losing streak.

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There’s no discounted coupon on Groupon’s initial public offering, which is set to debut on the market Friday.

This IPO has drawn national attention, as it will be the first daily deals website to go public.

Its success or failure will pave the way for other daily deal websites such as Zynga, which is planning to go public later this month.

The impact could reach even further and determine whether or not social media giant Facebook will ever consider going public.

Groupon is expecting to price its IPO at $1 to $2 above its current range of $16 to $18 per share.

Groupon, which will be traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange with the ticker GRPN, is expected to release 30 million shares to trade Friday.

When considering a possible increase to $19 per share, Groupon is valued at $12 billion.

If it goes for $20 per share, it would top out its IPO at $12.7 billion.

“I’ve followed this IPO process pretty closely, and though I don’t have much experience, I’d bet that it goes for $19 per share,” Matt Bryson, SMU junior, said.

“This is a company that has a lot going for it, and I feel like investors are going to want to have a decent stake in the company.”

Much of the hype that has been centered around Groupon’s IPO comes not only from it being the first daily deals website to go public but because of its deception.

The company did not follow standard regulation processes for the cost of marketing and acquiring new subscribers when it first filed for an IPO in early June.

However, after much criticism and scrutiny, Groupon corrected the error and applied again in August.

Only this time, they were not finished.

Groupon had further corrections, which led the company to finally set the record straight by the beginning of September.

This may come across as seemingly irrelevant for SMU students, considering many students may not be aware of or care about such investment opportunities.

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Students get ‘pomped up’ for Homecoming

By LAUREN SCHEININ Contributing Writer lscheinin@smu.edu

Blaring music can be heard around the corner of North Central Expressway and SMU Boulevard as students work together to build floats for the Student Foundation’s 2011 theme of “Bright Lights, Big City.”

Students from an array of organizations entered into a week of chaos as they have been building and decorating their floats for Saturday’s Homecoming parade.

The 12 floats represent different cities from around the world, such as New Orleans, London and Sydney, and were chosen by each organization to go with the Homecoming theme.

“We chose New York because it’s the 10th year anniversary of 9/11 and we really wanted to commemorate that and commemorate the city,” senior Kappa Kappa Gamma President Kelly Anthony said.

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Sophomore Mackenzie Farrel pomps the Kappa Kappa Gamma — Sigma Alpha Epsilon float Thursday.

Float building began Sunday and goes until 8 p.m. Friday. All

of the organizations become very competitive with their float

decorating. Once the floats are finished, it is hard to tell the floats

are just made of wood, chicken wire and tissue paper.

Pomping, which consists of poking tissue paper through chicken wire, is how all of the floats are decorated for Homecoming.

Chi Omega and Sigma Phi Epsilon are working together on their Venice float and hope to defend last year’s title by winning first place again.

“We incorporated movement in our float last year with a spinning piano and we are hopeful we’ll be number one again,” Tyler Armstrong, a senior member of Sig Ep, said.

Float building is a great opportunity for members of each organization to bond with one another as well as with other organizations while being creative.

“It has been great spending time making memories,” Chi Omega member Jennie Pearson said.

The floats will be judged from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. before the parade.

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SMU recognizes Distinguished Alumni, History Makers

By ASHLEY WITHERS Editor in Chief awithers@smu.edu

SMU recognized four new Distinguished Alumni Thursday night for their lifetime achievements and dedication to the university.

The Distinguished Alumni award is the highest honor SMU gives to its graduates.

The 2011 recipients include James Griffin III, the president of Horizon Communities in Prison, David B. Miller of EnCap Investments Inc. and Annette Caldwell Simmons, the namesake

of SMU’s school of education.

Griffin graduated from SMU in 1957.

He has spent more than 20 years on faith and characterbased rehabilitation efforts for prison inmates.

Miller earned two degrees from SMU — a Bachelor of Arts in 1972 and an M.B.A. in 1973.

He has already received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Cox School of Business and the Silver Anniversary Mustang Award from the SMU Letterman’s Association.

Simmons is a former member

of the board of the SMU Tate Lecture Series and was honored previously with the Dallas Distinguished Community Service Award.

Simmons and her husband, Harold C. Simmons endowed the Simmons School of Education and Human Development.

Blake Mycoskie, the founder of TOMS shoes, was also recognized and received the Emerging Leader Award, an award that recognizes an alumnus for achievements within the last

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Alumni Board Chair Bill Vanderstraaten ’82 welcomes attendees to the annual Distinguished Alumni award ceremony in McFarlin Auditorium.

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JAY GODFREY TRUNK SHOW

By SHELBY FOSTER Style Editor slfoster@smu.edu

Racks of fabulous clothing were seen in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center Wednesday for the Jay Godfrey trunk show.

Student representatives for the designer, Jordan Kragen, Morgan Staub and Allison Hollins, hosted the event that offered Godfrey’s designs at a highly discounted price.

“His dresses are great for formals and holidays, so I thought it would be the perfect time to do this,” Kragen, a senior marketing major, said.

Students shopped the show and bought garments at a discount of up to 60 percent.

The dresses ranged from brightly hued to sleek black, and some had lace and beading details.

This is the second Jay Godfrey trunk show on campus. Last year, Lindsay Perper hosted the event.

She now works for the brand.

This year, they added a philanthropic approach. A small percentage of the profits went to Dallas Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).

Students who missed the trunk show can still score Godfrey’s designs on his website, jaygodfrey. com. Use code SMUHomecoming to receive 25 percent off.

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Police Reports NOVEMBER 2

FRIDAY

November 4 SMU Unbridled Vision Book Launch at 4 p.m. in the SMU Bookstore.

SATURDAY November 5

Homecoming Parade at 11 a.m. on Hillcrest Avenue and Bishop Boulevard.

SMU v. Tulane at 2 p.m. in Ford Stadium.

NPHC Homecoming Stepshow at 7 p.m. in McFarlin Auditorium.

2:56 a.m. Possession of Fictitious License or ID: Airline Parking Garage/6505 Airline Circle. A student was referred to the Student Conduct Office for possessing a fake ID. Closed.

9:49 a.m. Fire Alarm: Meadows Museum/5900 Bishop Blvd. The fire panel indicated the speaker system was the cause of the alarm. Security reset the alarm and the fire panel cleared with no further incident. Closed.

11:18 a.m. Failure to Leave Identification: Main Quad/Flag Pole. A staff member of Ducky Bobs reported an unknown vehicle struck their vehicle and left the scene. Open.

4:39 p.m. Failure to Leave identification: Airline Parking Garage/6506 Airline Circle. A student reported some unknown person struck her vehicle and failed to leave contact information. Open.

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Annual Fast-a-thon raises funds for orphans

By PATRICIA BOH

Associate News Editor pboh@smu.edu

Muslim Student Association Secretary Ali Anwar explained that MSA’s “main goal is to unite people — regardless of age, race, ethnicity or religious beliefs — under one common cause: to raise awareness to those who are less fortunate than us.”

Similar to Anwar, MSA President Khurram Taufiq believes Fast-a-Thon allows college students to make a difference “We as students oftentimes can’t do a whole lot of donating to charities,” Taufiq said. “But Islam teaches us to always give back to the community what we can, regardless of the amount.”

MSA members invited the SMU and greater Dallas communities to join in Fast-a-Thon by pledging to fast from sunrise to sunset on Thursday.

MSA chose to host Fast-a-Thon on Nov. 3 because it falls within the first 10 days of the Islamic month of Zul-Hijjah, during which the Islamic prophet Muhammad fasted.

According to Anwar, the purpose of the fasting pledge is so those

involved “can experience one day in the life of the poor or needy who often go for weeks without having an adequate amount of food to eat.”

Freshman Caleb Pool and sophomores Mackenzie Keck and Karin Kuusito fasted for the event.

For Keck, fasting was not too difficult.

“I had school straight through the day... it was more like not eating than fasting,” he said.

Kuusito, a premedical student, found the event to be a “really neat way” for students to get involved and help others, even for those who can’t donate since they “can help orphans by fasting.”

MSA Sisters’ Activities Chair Sarah Jaffar explained that the event is a way to expose non-Muslims to fasting.

“It’s an opportunity to understand the importance to us as Muslims, as well as be able to empathize with orphans all over the world who go everyday not knowing when their next meal will be,” she said.

According to Anwar, the banquet is “in honor of everyone who helped us raise awareness for the needy.”

The banquet began at sunset, which is the time Muslims are

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The Muslim Student Association held their annual Fast-a-thon dinner Thursday evening at the Radisson hotel.

supposed to break their fast.

Focusing on MSA’s “unique and special“ aspects, Taufiq explained how “MSA has done so much for us, and no matter how much we do for MSA, it’s never enough.”

Part of the event included an education presentation by

Islamic Relief USA spokesperson Anwar Kahn.

Islamic Relief donors sponsor more than 27,000 orphans in more than 22 countries.

Proceeds raised at Fast-a-Thon will go toward Islamic Relief.

Kahn expressed how active SMU MSA has been in fundraising

for international charities.

According to Kahn, SMU MSA has raised around $1.2 million in 11 years.

Kahn feels that Fast-a-Thon is a such a powerful event because it brings together all kinds of people to help those less fortunate.

What students should know is there is an opportunity here on-campus to learn how to invest and trade stocks.

The Kitt Investing and Trading Center, which opened in the lower level of the Cox School of Business on Sept. 28, allows students the opportunity to learn practical finance and investment applications.

According to an SMU press release, “The Center hosts a 1,200-square-foot LED stock ticker, three video walls, 22 high-end work stations and 10 Bloomberg Professional terminals with state-of-the-art data feeds and financial software.”

Jessica Cole, an SMU senior, feels honored to have access to such equipment.

“I’m excited to have the opportunity to have such high-tech equipment here at SMU that will be available to students who want to learn more about the investing and trading process,” she said.

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Professor tells story of Triston and Isolde through illustrations

By ANNA KIAPPES Contributing Writer akiappes@smu.edu

Literature lovers and romantics alike came out Thursday night to see Professor Stephanie Cain Van D’Elden tell the story of the lovers Tristan and Isolde through illustrations.

Cain Van D’Elden, who currently teaches at the University of Minnesota, specializes in the story of Tristan and Isolde and just finished writing a book that will be available next year.

Although she has lived in Minnesota for the majority of her life, she tells people she is a Lone Star native.

“We have to remain loyal Texans,” Cain Van D’Elden said.

Her presentation, which was part of the Gilbert Lecture series, looked at how a story that took place originally in England was popular throughout all

of Europe.

“The story was originally published in German and French,” Cain Van D’Elden said.

The idea that the story could be so popular in various cultures, like Italian, English, French and Lithuanian, was very interesting to the audience, including Amanda Blakely, a graduate student at SMU. “It was really fascinating how prevalent it was in various cultures,” Blakely said.

For those who don’t know the story of Tristan and Isolde, here is a basic version.

Tristan, a knight, wins Irish princess Isolde as his bride by killing a dragon.

The bride is for his uncle Mark who is the king of Cornwall in England.

Isolde’s mother makes a love potion for Isolde and Mark, but Isolde and Tristan accidently drink it and fall in love.

This leads to secret affairs and, ultimately, their deaths.

The original manuscript is from Munich in the 1100s.

It has 118 scenes or drawings in it.

These are drawings that are in a majority of the manuscripts and on various other things like walls or embroideries.

Cain Van D’Elden writes about these in her book.

Thus, to tell the story properly, she had to break down the story.

“In my book, I divided the story in 38 episodes,” Cain Van D’Elden said.

What makes these scenes different from just pictures of courtly couples or knights fighting are the distinct details used in the pictures.

For example, there is a specific scene where Tristan and Isolde are meeting, and King Mark is spying on them.

In all pictures depicting this scene, you can see King Mark in

the tree and his reflection in the pool below the tree.

“You’ll probably see these pictures everywhere now, and you’ll think, ‘Hmm, is this Tristan and Isolde? No, there isn’t water there,’” Cain Van D’Elden joked.

After Cain Van D’Elden finished her presentation and opened the floor for questions, professor Bonnie Wheeler made a special request of the audience.

“No one is allowed to ask why certain people collect certain things,” Wheeler said, smiling.

One of the questions asked was “Why is this story popular?”

Cain Van D’Elden had a simple answer.

“It’s a story about intrigue and adultery, and a lot of other bad things happened that I didn’t talk about,” Cain Van D’Elden said. “But people seem to just remember it’s a love story and nothing else.”

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Professor Stephanie Cain Van D’Elden tells the story of Tristan and Isolde through illustrations Thursday night as part of the Gilbert Lecture series.

Recipients AWARD: Violence of women prevalent in Congo honored campus

By MARY O’DONNELL Contributing Writer modonnell@smu.edu

The various types of violence exerted on women through war economies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were addressed Thursday afternoon in the Scott-Hawkins Lecture Series.

Professor Meredeth Turshen of Rutgers University highlighted wartime violence experiences against women in war economies and how violence movements against women are prevalent in conflict zones.

“The criminal and legitimate activities around mining are interlocked in border zones of conflict areas,” Turshen said. “The interaction of criminal organizations

and legitimate corporations is commonplace in these areas.”

New war economies, which are consequent to globalization, structural adjustment and instability, were developed to secure new sources of funding for power and control after the Cold War, Turshen said.

These new war economies offer more opportunities for both men and women but tend to negatively impact women.

“Bureaucracies cut back and cost women the decent work they were just becoming qualified to perform,” Turshen said.

According to Turshen, the depleting economy in the country is forcing women to work in shadow economies: dealing black market

goods, engaging in sex work, looting and in extreme cases, smuggling, trafficking and predatory lending.

Shadow economies create opportunities for violence, especially towards women.

“There is an average of 1,150 women raped everyday between the ages of 15 years old and 49 years old,” Turshen said.

Though the U.N. has set up many refugee camps to house victims, the conditions are far from homey.

Huts are comprised of sticks, spare plastic pieces and mud that provide little insulation.

U.N. workers watch over the people from behind wire, though protection is not entirely guaranteed at the camps either.

“There have been reports of U.N.

workers having sex with young girls,” Turshen said.

However, not all women are victims in the Congo.

Many are active in supporting armed conflict.

Many women are involved in cross-border smuggling, ranging from running barrels of oil to crates of drinks.

Women have also been involved in the criminal underworld, contributing to crimes such as gunrunning, drug smuggling and human trafficking.

“We need to understand the causes of violence and how they are embedded in concepts of trade and how deeply rooted these systems are in markets,” Turshen said.

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15 years.

Mycoskie got his start as an entrepreneur at SMU. He created a campus laundry service that expanded to seven universities.

In 2006, he launched the popular TOMS shoes and One for One program.

The night’s events began with a sold-out reception and dinner in the Grand Ballroom in the Umphrey Lee Center.

The dinner was followed by the award presentation in McFarlin Auditorium.

SMU also expanded the ceremony this year as part of the Centennial celebration.

In addition to the new

recipients of the award, SMU welcomed home past Distinguished Alumni to be honored as History Makers.

Among the new History Makers are several familiar SMU names including Ruth Collins Altshuler, the longest serving member of the Board of Trustees, Edwin L. Cox, the Cox School benefactor, and Ray and Nancy Hunt, Dallas philanthropists and business leaders.

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This season alone McDermott threw for 2193 yards and 10 touchdowns. Against Southern Miss and Tulsa, McDermott threw six interceptions and no touchdowns while completing no more than half of his passes in both games. SMU’s offense success starts with McDermott making good decisions and not forcing throws. If the Mustangs are going to get a win against Tulane, McDermott is going to have to be more careful with the ball.

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Tulane’s defense has been porous all year, allowing teams such as UTEP, who ran for 266 yards against the Green Wave, to move the ball with ease.

Tulane’s defense gives up an average of 35 points a game while the Mustangs give up 23.

Tulane’s quarterback Ryan Griffin leads his team into the game throwing for 1886 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Running back Orleans Darkwa has also played well for Tulane, rushing nine touchdowns this season.

His best performance came against Army when he rushed for 138 yards and one touchdown.

The team on Sunday that is able to come out and score early (and often) will likely win Saturday’s match up.

SMU was 5-0 when they out scored opponents in the first quarter, and all three of their losses have been a result of poor offensive play to start the game.

Zach Line, who will likely cross the 1,000-yard rushing mark against Tulane, is going to have to have a great day with the current state of the Mustang’s passing game.

The Mustang defense is also going to have to buckle down and return to the way they were playing in late September, when they did not give up a point for two consecutive games, if they want to come away with a win.

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Griffin has thrown for 1886 yards, ten touchdowns and seven interceptions this season. In his career at Tulane he has thrown for 5639 yards and 33 touchdowns. He has had flashes of greatness when he threw for 281 yards and three touchdowns against University of Alabama at Birmingham, but struggled in Tulane’s last three games he has thrown four interceptions and one touchdown.

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Line currently leads C-USA in rushing yards with 946 yards and 14 rushing touchdowns. Line rushed for over 100 yards in six games and had a career best and set a new school record when he scored five touchdowns against Northwestern State. Line has scored the only touchdown for the Mustangs in the last two games. Line is vital to the Mustangs to help break their two game losing streak.

This season Darkwa has rushed for 606 yards and nine touchdowns. Darkwa’s best game of the season came against Army when he rushed for 138 yards on 16 carries and a touchdown that was set up by a career long 67 yard rush. His performances have been mixed throughout the season just like the Tulane offense. In Tulane’s loss against Duke Darkwa only gained ten yards on nine carries.

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Beasley leads the team with 62 receptions for 685 yards. Cole has been fighting a knee injury all season long that forced him to miss the game against TCU. The injury has not affected his ability to run precise routes and turn dump down passes into explosive gains with his quickness and ability to make defenders miss. Cole’s best game of the season came in a victory over UCF when he caught ten passes for 134 yards and a touchdown.

Van Hooser caught 22 passes this season for a team high 317 yards and three touchdowns. The Sophomore wide receiver from Montgomery Alabama is Tulane’s deep threat, he caught a season long 55 yards pass in a victory against Southeastern Louisiana for a touchdown. His best game of the season was against Memphis when he caught six passes for 100 yards and a touchdown.

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Alumni players take their talents to the NFL

By MERCEDES OWENS Staff Writer mmowens@smu.edu

After the “death penalty” of 1986 shut SMU’s football program down, it has been working hard to regain footing at the top.

When SMU football’s knight in shining armor, June Jones, took over the program in 2008, over 20 years after the days of The Pony Express, the Mustang Nation was reborn. In 2009 Jones snapped the 25-year bowl drought, claiming a Sheraton Hawaii

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Bowl Championship, and SMU was back to sending out draft picks.

Emerging from the 2009 season were SMU greats Emmanuel Sanders and Bryan McCann. With successful seasons under their belts, the two joined the NFL for the 2009-2010 season.

Sanders, a wide receiver out of Bellville, Texas, found himself with the Pittsburgh Steelers after being drafted in the third round. As the 82nd pick, Sanders has been on the active roster for the Steelers for two

seasons. Due to Hines Ward’s injury, Sanders had his first career start in the NFL on Sunday against the New England Patriots. By the end of the game Sanders recorded five catches for 70 yards.

Also making a statement in the NFL, Bryan McCann has been on an active roster since his stay at SMU. Although he left the Mustang football team in 2009, it wasn’t until 2010 when McCann signed as an undrafted free agent to the Dallas Cowboys. However, the Cowboys

had to take a second look at McCann after releasing him after training camp in 2010.

After being released, McCann went on to sign with the Baltimore Ravens, to being released by the Ravens and re-signing with the Cowboys. The DB played down the road for a year before the Cowboys released him late September. During his time with Dallas, McCann made his presence known.

Not only did he break the record for the Cowboys longest interception

return with 101 yards, but he was also named the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week during week 11 of the 2010 season. McCann is currently back with the Baltimore Ravens as an active member on their roster.

The 2010 season for the SMU Mustangs was also successful at creating future pro-football players.

Both Aldrick Robinson and Sterling Moore have found luck within the NFL.

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Hope Show features alumni choreography Annual fall dance concert consistently delivers thrilling performances from works of students’ past

By JARED MONMOUTH Staff Writer jmonmouth@smu.edu

SMU’s Meadows Performing Arts Department opened its Fall Dance Concert on Wednesday in the Bob Hope Theatre.

The concert is an annual showcase that allows Meadows dancers to display a mix of athleticism, grace and impressive choreography that has been honed over years of dedication.

The first piece, titled “Hanging Outside of Town,” features dancers Carolyn Robbins and Sophi Siragusa in harnesses fastened to rock climbing ropes.

This very interesting, modern routine shows off the dancers’ athleticism, as they twirl themselves around midair, careful not to entangle themselves in each other’s lines.

The next piece is titled “Silver and Gold” and features dancers Julie Kaye and Harry Feril locked in a relationship of back and forth.

The dancers literally push and pull each other around the stage in this sensual performance giving the audience a sense of their struggle.

The compelling partnership between Kaye and Feril can be mesmerizing because it seems to represent a lot of what relationships are like today.

The concert’s third act, “Choose Me,” is comprised of three parts, but the first section might be the smoothest performance in the show.

In the performance, Albert Drake is surrounded by beautiful dancers who seemingly long for him.

But out of the shadows comes Jasmine Black, and it is her whom Drake chooses.

The two dance on stage with elegance and grace, almost dancing as one and never straying too far from each other.

The couple’s chemistry is easily seen. As good as the ensemble dancers are, it’s hard to focus on anything else but the love story going on center stage.

“The Fall,” featuring Drake

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Meadows dancers converge on stage for the third act, “Choose Me,” featuring Albert Drake and Jasmine Black as lovers, torn by circumstance. and Amanda Owen, starts off with Drake leaning up against a huge white wall. As he starts to dance to a jazzy selection Owen comes out to meet him.

The two are highly synchronized, mimicking each other’s moves almost perfectly while staying close to the wall.

As the mood of the performance changes, an apple rolls across the stage, only to be picked up and eaten by Owen.

Drake is hesitant at first and fends off Owen’s begging of him to take a bite as well.

But he eventually gives in and, on his knees, eats the apple with Owen across from him.

The act becomes darker and is surely a representation of the fall of Adam and Eve. The two start to despair, and ends with them realizing the gravity of what they’ve done.

The show continues with undoubtedly the most lighthearted, and upbeat act titled “Shuffle.”

Two men, Feril and Aaron Kozak, compete for a woman’s (Sophi Siragusa’s) attention while dancing to an Italian man’s singing.

As the two try to out dance

each other, Sophi moves from chair to chair, pretending to ignore them both.

Eventually Feril wins out, as Siragusa starts to dance with him, leaving Kozak to watch from afar. Feril and Siragusa are very graceful as they dance with each other but are cut short by Kozak, as he takes center stage backed by the vocals of James Brown and the song “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World.”

Aaron definitely shows the audience why Siragusa should’ve chosen him instead as his smooth dance matches perfectly with his song.

The next act is called “The Hand of Man Before the Hand of God,” and opens with Jasmine White Killlens singing “Go Tell It on the Mountain” beautifully while hand-signaling her lyrics.

But the act soon changes pace when dancers clad in beautiful

pink dresses start to come from behind the curtains, crying out to God, pleading with him, spurning him and praying to him.

The dance is sad, leaving the audience with a sense that the performers have been abandoned.

The performance is heartfelt and is one of the most impressive of the night.

Audience members get to see two SMU graduates in action as Elizabeth Bragg and Lee Duveneck

perform in the next act.

The performance takes us back to the 1930s judging by how the two are dressed, but it’s the creepy, haunting music that shows through most.

As the music plays, the two dancers move and sway with precision.

Lee is able to lift Elizabeth up with ease as she dances around her companion. But as the act ends, it’s hard to understand the overall meaning of the performance.

The Fall Dance Concert concludes with the final act titled “Etched.”

It begins with mechanical-like grinding sounds and dancers including Kaitlyn McDermitt, Julie Kaye and Constance Dolph, leap and move around stage in a confined, highly choreographed manner.

As the sound becomes more musical, more dancers, including Ellie Blanchat, Emily Perry and Matthew Walfish, come on stage and form a line that soon disperses allowing for a brief, free-for-all dance that goes well with the mood.

All the dancers come back together to form a highly synchronized mob that hops to the beat, pulling back quirky members that literally get out of line.

While the music may not have been overly compelling for the last act, the performance itself is great and serves as a solid anchor to a very impressive fall dance showcase.

The Fall Concert goes until Sunday and tickets range from $7 to $13.

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Museums

‘Planet Shark’ takes a bite out of Dallas Museum of Science and Nature’s newest exhibit looks to entertain, enlighten about sharks

By CHASE WADE A&E Editor cdwade@smu.edu

It’s not often that landlocked Dallas sees a shark.

However, at the Museum of Nature and Science newest exhibit, “Planet Shark: Predator or Prey,” people of all ages will get an extensive look into the different species and aspects that the underwater world of sharks has to offer.

Spanning a massive 12,000 square feet and covering five different galleries, “Planet Shark” is an interactive exhibit that tries to dispel the preconceived thoughts and fears that most people harness toward sharks.

Making only its second stop in the United States, the Museum of Nature and Science is expecting “Planet Shark” to be the biggest exhibition to run through the Fair Park staple since it’s explosively popular exhibit “Bodyworlds.”

The exhibit is an expansive effort, put together by Grande Exhbition of Australia and OceanZOO of New Zealand, features a plethora of shark fins, teeth and full-scale models that shows the viewer te intimacy of the species.

Greeting visitors is the exhibit’s full-scale replica of the prehistoric giant Megalodon shark’s jaw.

The mammoth structure acts as a gatekeeper to the exhibit, almost daring its guests to enter.

Upon entry, “Planet Shark” tries to educate its patrons by providing a detailed timeline of the shark’s existence.

Under spotlights and glass encasements, “Planet Shark” lays out an expansive and chronological spread of shark teeth, fins and even vertebrae to accurately demonstrate the development of the ocean’s most

A n I n s id e L o o k

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“Planet Shark” features an array of exhibits that range from replicas to artifacts to touch screen computers.

feared predator.

Peppered throughout this exhibit are a series of interactive touch screen monitors that allow the participant to get a hands-on shark experience.

With a depth of knowledge and user friendly interface, it is easy to see how one can spend the bulk of their time at one these stations, methodically scrolling through the shark species as they learn more about the animal.

From there, “Planet Shark” forks into different parts of the exhibit that showcase everything from an array of shark jaws (and how dangerous the shark may be) all the way to an actual shark, frozen in time next to another fish.

Perhaps the most edgy part of “Planet Shark” comes in the part of the exhibit titled, “Shark Attack, Fears and Fobias.”

This part of the museum features shark attacks and stories from their survivors along with media clippings and other memorabilia that can be attributed to the public’s fear of sharks.

Under cautioned red lights, the exhibit is marked with a warning for parents to judge whether or not their kid can handle the images.

However, with not nearly as much blood and gore as preconceived, any kid over the age of 8 should be brave enough to go in.

Also housed in that part of the exhibit is a small, but still interesting, collection of memorabilia from the movie that made sharks famous, “Jaws.”

Awaiting museum goers in the next room can find a rest area/interactive media station that houses gigantic television screens showing stunning video of great white sharks in action.

Since the screen is so large, the detail in the video is crisp and clean, combined with clever selection of action-packed vignettes, the rest area is more than just a few linear benches.

The following two parts of the exhibit relay the overall theme of “Planet Shark,” the hope that one day with the right education and exhibits like itself, people will begin to appreciate sharks for what they are and that this understanding of the species will stop the over-fishing and dwindling population of the shark species.

As a whole, “Planet Shark” is an interesting and entertaining exhibit that has the perfect mix of content for both the young and the old.

With its content, “Planet Shark” is able to tell some of the ocean’s most interesting stories while relaying a message of conservation and appreciation.

A message that even though is told a lot at exhibits like this, still needs to be heard.

Accompanying the exhibit is the IMAX film “Sharks,” presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau.

Cousteau, a harbinger of French film, is certain to use a backdrop as interesting as the ocean to his advantage and deliver a stellar documentary in the Museum of Science and Nature’s impressive IMAX theater.

The Museum of Nature and Science is offering discounted tickets to both attractions under their “twin fin” deal.

For SMU’s Homecoming Weekend, the Museum of Science and Nature is offering a special discount for SMU alumni.

“Planet Shark” runs at the Museum of Nature and Science in Fair Park until Sept. 16, 2012.

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A&E Editor nblankensh@smu.edu

Homecoming weekend is upon us and alumni will be gracing the SMU campus with their presence once again. Although alumni may be quite familiar with the Boulevard, they may want to be introduced to the latest and greatest spots near campus.

This weekend will be filled with many activities for alumni, but if they’re searching to relive their college days, do something a little different or just want to see what’s new in the area, this is their go-to guide.

EATS DIGG’S TACO SHOP 6309 Hillcrest Ave. SMU’s new best friend. Digg’s is the newest restaurant in the cursed space on Hillcrest, the space that has housed several businesses.

Unlike previous businesses, Digg’s is here to stay. Try their mahi mahi tacos or their burrito bowl, grab some queso and treat yourself to a margarita. Save some room for dessert because their doughnut holes are delicious.

CRÈME DE LA COOKIE 6706 Snider Plaza Ever since Crème de la Cookie set up shop inside Snider Plaza, just a short walk away from JD’s Chippery, a war has ensued.

Friends have split over where to go for a chocolate chip cookie. Crème de la Cookie has the new neighbor, and they even have a new cake ball stand in Northpark Center.

Everything is mouth-watering delicious, from their cookies, cake balls and cupcakes to even their coffee.

VAPIANO 5319 E. Mockingbird Ln. In the mood for Italian food? It

goes like this: patrons are handed a card at the front, patrons walk up to the station of their choice (pizza, pasta or salad), order, swipe the card. When you’re done eating, bring the card to the register where they will get the card back and you’ll pay. It’s a quick and delicious meal for a decent price, and both their pizzas and pastas are great.

TWISTED ROOT 5609 SMU Blvd.

This is the coolest place to grab an awesome burger and an adult beverage. The chefs at Twisted Root are not your average burger flippers. They make authentic menu items with meats including elk, buffalo, turkey, lamb, ostrich, kangaroo…the list goes on. They also have outdoor seating as well as a bar with plenty of large screens to watch a sporting event..

PHO IS FOR LOVERS 5521 Greenville Ave. The newest Dallas food trend.

First frozen yogurt, then cupcakes, now pho. A traditional Vietnamese soup, pronounced “FUH,” is a healthy and delicious soup with your choice of meat, plus noodles, lime, basil and sprouts. The inside of Pho is for Lovers is small and casual, making it a great spot for an inexpensive, quick meal.

YUMILICIOUS 6627 Snider Plaza The new Snider Plaza location of Yumilicious makes getting your froyo fix much more convenient for everyone. Instead of having to drive to the uptown location, patrons can now walk across the street to Yumilicious in Snider Plaza. Their flavor selection is great, and if you check-in on Four Square, you get a discount.

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The alumni’s guide to Homecoming

By NATALIE BLANKENSHIP

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ESPN ‘Elevates’ in new documentary

DRINK BARLEY HOUSE 5612 SMU Blvd.

Barley House screams SMU tradition. Head to their porch and grab a beer with a friend. If you aren’t at the game, shame on you, but you can also catch it on the big screens over at Barley House. It’ll almost be like you’re there.

PEOPLE’S LAST STAND 5319 E. Mockingbird Ln. People’s last stand is a new cool bar and restaurant located in Mockingbird Station right next to Trinity Hall Irish Pub. Their cocktail list is great with items like mojitos and caipirinhas. They even serve food including paninis and salads. If you’re not into cocktails, they also have a wine list and a good selection of beers. The theme is the people standing up to corporate America: think no ads, no brand names, just an original, creative atmosphere.

TO DO BRACKETS 5330 E. Mockingbird Ln. Brackets puts the fun back into restaurants and bars. They have two ping-pong tables, a shuffleboard and big screens to watch the games. Either way, Brackets is a fun alternative to your run-of-themill bar.

BEATS PER MINUTE 6915 Hillcrest Ave After all that eating and drinking, you may be in the mood for an exercise class. Beats Per Minute is a new pilates studio to grace the SMU area, offering 50-minute pilates classes involving the newest and best reformers in town. Expect your muscles to quiver, your body to pour sweat and to leave feeling stronger and more flexible.

Photo Courtesy of Variance Films

Assane from the ESPN documentary “Elevate” is now the starting center for the University of Virginia.

By CHASE WADE A&E Editor cdwade@smu.edu

The journey from adolescence to college has long been a motif explored by the movies.

In ESPN’s newest sport’s documentary, “Elevate,” the same motif is explored, but this time through the eyes of a group of Senegal teens as they hit the backboards hoping to gain a prestigious scholarship at one of America’s premiere prep schools.

The four people “Elevate” features go to SEEDS Academy, a school in Dakar, Senegal that gathers the best young players from across West Africa to take part in a strenuous program of academics and athletic training.

The film’s director, Anne Buford, does a good job spreading her run time through the four players that the film highlights, Assane, Byago, Dethie and Aziz (last names have to be omitted to adhere to NCAA headlines).

Assane, a seven-footer from Senegal, is the first player to

leave the country and head to America for prep school. Assane is an introverted character with a humble smile that is just as surprised at winter temperatures as he is when he finds out about hot dogs. Assane heads to the South Kent School in Connecticut to play basketball.

Buford excels once again, showing how different America is from Senegal.

Everything from Assane’s hulking stature compared to his tiny room and the small prayer mat he has in his room shows just how much he is out of his element.

While the accommodations and cafeteria may not be to his preference, on the court Assane is undeniably in his element. In fact, all of the Senegal players featured in “Elevate” are astounding on the court.

Buford’s “Elevate” is a compelling documentary that would be just as interesting if it was not about sports. With story lines that relate to everything from academics to family issues

and injuries, those who like a little meat to their sports movie will love the 81-minute feature.

Not to under shine Assane, the film’s other three players have just as interesting of stories.

Byago, the shortest of the four players at 6 feet 2 inches, has a touching story about his quest to find help for his mother who is suffering from an unknown condition that has paralyzed one side of her body.

In one scene when Byago learns that his Visa papers got denied, “Elevate” adapts to a new angle showing raw emotion as Byago uncontrollably weeps on the floor of his home, thinking that his dreams had been crushed.

For a rather short sport documentary, “Elevate” is certainly the best sports movie to come out this year.

While the story is sometimes stagnant and the stakes don’t come across as high enough, “Elevate” is still a slam dunk worthy of seeing.

“Elevate” opens to audiences this Friday.

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Football program succeeds Continued from page 6

After his final season with SMU in 2010, Robinson was selected as the 178th pick during round six of the 2011 NFL Draft. Known as the fastest player SMU head coach June Jones has ever coached, it is no surprise many say the Washington Redskins are lucky to have the wide receiver on their practice squad.

During his time with the Mustangs, Robinson had the all time second highest touchdown reception for a game at SMU with 94 yards.

Robinson was also just the third Mustang to compile a 1,000-yard season and has tied the SMU singleseason touchdown record.

Also displaying the strength of the Mustang on the NFL field is cornerback Sterling Moore. As an undrafted free agent, Moore signed with the New England Patriots and is currently on their practice team.

Moore has seen reserve action on the turf during the Patriots victory over the Cowboys. Although he was only active for two days, Moore realizes what it takes to be successful.

“Working in the NFL is a lot more work than you would think. It takes a lot of studying and preparing because at the end of the day it’s your job, not just a sport,” Moore said.

By striving to reach his goals of getting back to the 53 man active roster, Moore is sure to be a part of NFL Sunday football soon.

Sports “I was active for the Cowboys game and that was an unbelievable experience,” Moore said.

During his action against the Cowboys, Moore not only had a pass breakup but he also had a sack on back-to-back plays. Realizing that it is early in his career, Moore isn’t stressing the small stuff. He plans to continue working even harder on the Patriots practice team to remind people he is not one to be overlooked.

It is easy to see that the NCAA “death penalty” that SMU was punished with over 20 years ago has lost its affect.

After two consecutive bowl game visits the Mustangs have no plans of slowing down now. As the SMU football program continues on in their success they are sure to offer more promising NFL prospects at the close of every season.

Getting to know Garrett Gilbert: a Mustang in the making

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By BROOKE WILLIAMSON Staff Writer kbwilliamson@smu.edu

Garrett Gilbert began his journey on the field with somewhat of an unusual beginning.

Many know Gilbert as being a football quarterback but what some may not know is that he is a pretty good swimmer.

This makes sense given his roots began at Lake Travis High School located on Lake Travis in the Texas Hill Country about 20 minutes outside of Austin.

His football career began in high school making his first start as a sophomore. Leading his team to the Texas State Championship game in 2007, upon completing the 2007 season he had broken the state records for completions, pass attempts as well as yards.

The 2008 season proved to be just as much for Garrett Gilbert as he led the team to their second straight state title. From his sophomore to senior seasons Gilbert led the Lake Travis Cavaliers to a record of 39-4.

Upon graduation, Gilbert was named the 2008-2009 Gatorade Male Athlete of the Year, 2008 Gatorade Football Player of the year as well as the 2008 USA Today Offensive Player of the Year.

Gilbert verbally committed to the University of Texas the day he received the offer in the mail. In his tenure at Texas he played in 24 games, with 14 starts, completed 305 of 538 passes for 3,301 yards placing him at No. 9 on the University of Texas’s all time career list.

He completed one 300-yard passing game and eleven 200-yard

passing games. Gilbert also excelled academically finding himself a member of UT’s Athletics Director’s Honor Roll in the fall of 2009.

After talking with head coach Mack Brown earlier this season Gilbert decided to transfer after a whirlwind of changes at the University of Texas.

ESPN reported him saying, “It is in my best interest to transfer. I can’t thank all of my teammates and everyone at Texas enough for all of their support.”

Besides playing football, Gilbert has always been active in his community. He frequently helped with vacation Bible school at Lake Hills Church in Austin, participated in the Mobile Loaves and Fishes program and always volunteered for the school carnival.

The SMU community will welcome Gilbert and his family beginning in January when he officially enrolls to become a Mustang. At that point the Mustang community will look to get to know Gilbert as he becomes part of the red, white and blue.

The Daily Campus men’s soccer

Men’s Cap Off Season Friday Night Against Memphis Tigers

Photo By Spencer J Eggers

Sophomore midfielder Zach Barnes routes a Memphis player during play at Wescott Field on August 21.

By JOSH YONIS Staff Writer jyonis@smu.edu

Although regular season is coming to an end, the Conference USA tournament is just around the corner - and Friday’s match will set the tone. The SMU Men’s Soccer team will play their season finale against the Memphis Tigers Friday night at 7 p.m. at Westcott Field. Friday’s Senior Night match will determine the seed SMU will be ranked for the C-USA tournament hosted

by University of Tulsa, Nov. 9 - Nov. 13. After one of the most challenging seasons yet, the Mustangs have ranked 20th in the Ratings Percentage Index Poll (RPI).

These rankings are used for determining seeding for the NCAA tournament. At 9-6-1, their record places them in the top 25. Five of the Mustangs’ 17 opponents this season are currently ranked in the RPI Top 25, eight were in the Top 50, and the average rank of their opponents was 64th.

SMU was 3-2 against the

Top 25 and 3-4 against the Top 50 leaving one more score to settle against Memphis (34) Friday night.

While most teams struggle on the road, SMU managed to keep their composure and play some of their best games of the season away.

The Mustangs posted an overtime thriller in Durham on September 4th against Duke, and continued with a rare double-overtime match with UCLA on September 25th. SMU didn’t stop there and played an other exciting double-overtime game South Carolina on Oct. 12. Coach McClements described this year’s team in one word as, “Tested.”

“It’s been a season with its ups and downs,” McClements added.

SMU’s offense was led by Arthur Ivo, who led the team with five goals and led in assists as well with eight.

Teammates Juan Castillo and Diogo de Almeida both followed close behind with four goals each.

The guys had many opportunities, outshooting opponents 103-88 and having a 85-64 edge in corner kicks this season.

“It’s nice to get assists, it’s nice to score goals, but it’s much nicer to win.” Ivo said.

The defense was led by Ibarra who, with the exception of the season opener against William & Mary as the end of the match against Oakland, played every single minute of the season. Devin Cook, a freshman, filled in for the two games and another new face to the Mustangs, Juan Robles, made his first appearance in the second half Wednesday night against Kentucky.

Ibarra recorded a 1.07 goals against average and made 62 saves for .795 save percentage. Although Ibarra’s talent has proven solid in the stat sheets, there is still the element of compeition that keeps him motivated.

“That drives me, knowing that there’s a guy right behind me trying to take my spot,” Ibarra said.

SMU, with a 3-3-1 record in Conference USA, currently sits in sixth place. Although they are tied for fifth with UCF, the Knights hold the tiebreaker. Memphis has a 4-3 record and holds the fourth seed.

With a win and a Marshall loss, SMU would be tied with Marshall for third place. The tiebreaker is unknown since the two squads tied earlier in the season.

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Top 5 Reasons to attend a SMU sporting event

Families celebrate a milestone of SMU spirit

C-USA Championship is around the corner, is men’s soccer ready?

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MERCEDES OWENS

As many may know, SMU is not exactly known for the roaring crowds during sporting events like they are at universities such as Texas A&M, OU and UT.

However, one thing that is certain is that SMU sporting events are something to look forward to.

If you never attend a game how do you know what you’re missing out on?

Universities around the world pride themselves in their students and the students proudly rep their school.

Let’s be honest, we all know we go to the best university.

Why not show everyone else that by getting wild and crazy at SMU’s numerous sporting events throughout the year?

Although there are many reasons to attend games, I’m listing five in an effort to remind fellow Mustangs about some of the reasons we love SMU so much.

1. You’re only an undergrad once!!

Your time at SMU is limited.

As far as I know, there are no Van Wilders on campus and we’re all trying to get our degree in four to five years. Think about it. That’s a limited amount of time to go to school, party, spend your parent’s money and GO TO DIVISION 1 GAMES FOR FREE! When it’s time to order our cap and gown we’re all going to ask ourselves, “where did the time go?” If you want to regret not taking advantage of everything SMU has to offer then that’s your prerogative. If that’s not how you feel then Tivo your shows and go watch a game.

They only happen once.

2. Another excuse to wear your new red skinny jeans or show off your abs!

Lets face it ladies, we all love to be the cutest one in the crowd. Now rip off the tags on your newest blue cashmere sweater and wear it to the game! Boys, we see you in the gym all the time so show us what you’ve been working on and paint your body or just come shirtless!

It’s a sporting event so who even really cares?

3. Tailgating Tailgate at the tents, tailgate in your dorm room or heck, tailgate

by yourself. The point I’m trying to make is that you can’t tailgate if you don’t go to a game! So plan on going to games and tell your friends. It’s just another excuse to not do your homework or study for that test that’s a week away.

4. The only place where bullying is not only accepted, it’s gladly promoted!

Grab the roster on the way in, sit behind the visiting teams bench or find the referees and remind everyone as to why SMU is the best. Who doesn’t love a good heckler? No visiting team should feel comfortable stepping on our campus. Now show the Mustang athletic teams that you’ve got their back and see how long it takes before you make a Rice Owl cry.

5. Freebies. Lots and Lots of Freebies.

When have you ever been to an SMU sporting event and not gotten something for free?

For those of you who can’t even remember the last time you went to a sporting event in general let me inform you on all the goodies I’ve seen given away just this season. Not only have I seen Vera Bradley duffel bags being thrown in to the stands but there have been T-shirts, sunglasses, energy drinks galore (so that you may cheer on the Ponies at your fullest potential), food, food and more food giveaways. Save your money.

Go to the games. Have some fun.

Despite contrary belief, our athletes need us. How can we expect them to win every game if we don’t even show up to watch them?

SMU saw what happened last year when our mens basketball team took down one of the top ranked teams, Memphis.

If we’re being really honest, everyone was expecting to get a thrashing from Memphis on our home court, but we won!

If you ask any returning basketball player what helped push them during the challenging game they will tell you the crowd.

It’s simple, if you want to help our SMU teams win, then go show them. Who knows maybe Coach Doh will pull everyone in the locker room after the game again!

Mercedes Owens is a junior majoring in journalism with a minor in fashion media. She can be reached for comment at mmowens@smu.edu

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The annual homecoming week is upon the SMU community.

Windows are painted, t-shirts have BROOKE been made, WILLIAMSON and floats are being built.

This week is usually used for recognition of past success and to celebrate great tradition, but it is also important to take recognition of the SMU family that has been developed throughout the last 100 years.

This homecoming is the 25year reunion for the class of ’86 or ‘87 depending on how you look at it.

In 25 years a lot can change— the Mavs won a championship, Mark McGuire became first to hit 70 homers in one season, the BCS was birthed in 1998, and Desmond Howard ran a punt to the end zone striking the now infamous “Heisman Pose.”

All of these events happened within the last 25 years as our world of sports has spiraled in all directions, both positive and negative, to affect the games we love to watch and play.

The graduates returning for their 25-year reunion have a lot to celebrate with SMU. They will come back to their old stomping grounds and see the consistent, positive change and continued growth on the SMU campus in every department, especially athletics.

When the ‘86 graduates where ruling these grounds, sports were king.

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The Mustangs have come up a long way since the beginning of the season.

The SMU men’s soccer CESAR team had RINCON difficulty winning their first game the season, which wasn’t until the fifth one against Duke in a 1-0 overtime win.

They are now sixth in the conference and must place fourth in the conference and earn a decent seat for the C-USA championship.

Before even thinking about the C-USA championship, the Mustangs must first defeat Memphis.

Even though the Memphis Tigers have a better conference record, 4-3-0, the Mustangs will put up one of their best fights of the season.

It will be the last game of the season for the Mustangs and they will come out with great motivation. The seniors, especially defenders Adam Still and Diogo de Almeida, will showcase their passion for the team and leave a great career behind at SMU before heading to Tulsa for the C-USA championship.

If I had to predict a score for the match this Friday night, I would say the Mustangs take the victory 2-1.

SMU will have a tough time defending Tiger sophomore forward Mark Sherrod, but they will come out victorious in the end.

SMU will then be able to focus on the C-USA championship.

The Mustangs will have to go

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Field team pocketed a NCAA national championship, SMU football players Reggie Dupard and Rod Jones were both selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, Women’s track and field started at SMU, and SMU football legend Doak Walker was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

But we all seem to assimilate the ‘86 season to the “Death-Penalty” imposed on the football program, shutting it down for the 1987 season.

As time went on so did accomplishment.

In the 1990’s SMU basketball earned its 13th Southwest Conference men’s title, Gerald J. Ford stadium received funding, a SMU golfer won the U.S. Amateur, and SMU sent 10 athletes to the Olympics.

As the Millennium rolled around, the SMU football team appeared in their first bowl game in 25 years, and reappeared the next year, 2010, for their second consecutive bowl game appearance.

The traditions at SMU are something to be proud of. SMU is a school of sportsmanship and dignity in everything they do on a daily basis.

The atmosphere on campus is one of a close-knit family something everyone can be a part of if they want.

Continued support for the athletic teams on campus is crucial if we are to continue to build this community.

A community that contains the attributes of a family will celebrate as well as support the members of this family.

Brooke Williamson is a sophomore majoring in journalism with a minor in sports management.

She can be reached for comment at kbwilliamson@smu.edu

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through some of the best teams in the nation, such as South Carolina and University of Alabama at Birmingham.

It’s impressive how the Mustangs were able to beat South Carolina at Stone Stadium during the second half of overtime. That match was actually the only conference loss for the Gamecocks.

South Carolina is looking in great position right now as the first in the conference, and may actually have a shot at the championship like last year.

As for UAB, the Blazers are probably the best candidate for the championship this year.

They are 5-1-1 in the conference and 11-3-3 overall. The Mustangs put up a fight against the Blazers in the last home game, but fell to the one and only goal scored by UAB’s Darion Copeland.

The Blazers are currently second in the conference; they would have been first if it wasn’t for the only conference loss against South Carolina.

My prediction is that Mustangs will end fourth in the conference for the season, so they will have to play either Memphis or UCF. Having said that SMU will defeat Memphis, the Mustangs will push the Tigers to fifth place and therefore will have to face off in the quarterfinals again.

Now if UCF is able to defeat Marshall, the Mustangs will then have to face the Knights.

Either way, the Mustangs will have a hard time going on to the semifinals. As far as going on to the finals, I don’t think SMU will be able to do so.

Cesar Rincon is a sophomore majoring in Journalism and Spanish with a minor in Cinematography.

He can be reached for comment at crincon@smu.edu

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Where’s the love for linguistics?

A few weeks ago over fall break I visited a friend of mine who goes to Rice University in Houston.

I’ve always found it the slightest bit pretentious that Rice is known to many as the “Harvard of the South.” As Lisa Simpson once said, “anything that’s the ‘something’ of the ‘something’ isn’t really the ‘anything of ‘anything.’” Of course if I’m going to go faulting an institution for delusions of grandeur it would be somewhat hypocritical of me to exempt Brandon Bub SMU from my complaints.

All joking and petty rivalries aside, I do vividly recall one experience from this visit to Rice. I was meeting a few of my friend’s own acquaintances, and like the good college students we were, we began every conversation by exchanging majors. One person told me that he was studying linguistics. “Which languages are you studying?”

I asked him. “No, I’m not studying any particular language, I’m just studying linguistics,” he responded. I’ll never forget my immediate thought upon his remark: “You can do that?”

Indeed, I’d never really thought about the possibility of a major in linguistics before this year mainly because it wasn’t until recently that I even realized what linguistics entailed. Generally and broadly speaking, it’s the study of human language, but there’s so much more to it than that. Linguistics is an academically rigorous science related closely to the fields of anthropology, sociology, psychology and even biology.

There are various levels of specialization: phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics and all sorts of other fields that might immediately frighten a layman who hasn’t had exposure to the subject. This semester, as part of my Spanish minor, I’ve been taking an introductory linguistics course, and I was surprised to find just how rich this field of study actually is. Moreover, I was disappointed to find that SMU does not offer a particularly complete linguistic study curriculum, especially when I found that other prestigious schools like Rice do.

That’s not to say that students interested in the field are completely out of luck if they hope to study it here. Gabriela Vokic and Alberto Pastor both offer a variety of interesting linguistics courses: in addition to the introductory classes that they teach, they also offer classes on linguistic variation, language structure, phonetics and phonology, and more. As you get ready to register for classes next semester, I would certainly recommend any Spanish majors or minors to consider these classes. However, all of these classes are only offered as upper-level Spanish classes (with the exception of the introductory class which does have an English-language equivalent), so anyone who doesn’t speak Spanish is put at an obvious disadvantage.

I know I shouldn’t really be surprised at the lack of a true linguistics major here at SMU. Schools across the country are facing difficult financial times and, to the dismay of many of my colleagues and me, language programs are often the first to get the axe. However, unlike many of the majors in the foreign languages department that are currently facing cuts, the linguistics major has never existed at this school in the first place.

I believe SMU and its students are missing out on an important academic opportunity here. Linguistics is a highly useful field of science, informing the work of not only anthropologists and sociologists but also philosophers, computer scientists, neuroscientists and engineers. If we’re going to offer other “soft sciences” like sociology and anthropology as major, why should linguistics get stiffed? As SMU continues to debate strategies to climb the rankings and establish itself as a nationally renowned school, I urge the administration to give linguistics a chance: it might be exactly the program they’re looking for.

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I’ve realized this semester that I’ve been taking college for granted since I got here two and a half years ago.

Katrina Leshan Sure, I’ve been involved: I’ve joined organizations; I’ve made pretty good grades. I write these opinion articles for the Daily Campus and I give a recital in Meadows every semester. I do my best to pay attention in every class, even though they don’t all interest me. I was even an AARO leader, and I don’t think you can be more involved than that.

But I don’t invest as much as I should.

I don’t know when this occurred to me – probably just a couple weeks ago — but I realized that most of us really don’t know how lucky we are to be able to attend a university, let alone SMU. I attend college on scholarship, so even though I have to take out a bit of money in loans each semester, maybe I’m just not paying enough money to realize how amazing what I have here truly is. Maybe I’m not sacrificing enough. Maybe I haven’t gone to enough lectures outside of class, so I don’t realize what a hubbub of excitement and education this school really is.

It took a lot of bad experiences with my health this semester for me to realize that what I have here is truly special. I have been

in and out of the hospital, at various doctor’s appointments during classes and feeling so sick sometimes that I just haven’t gone to school for a couple days in a row. And missing out on classroom discussions and interactions with my professors made me realize: wow, I’m lucky to be here.

When I look around me, I see quite a mix of students: people who are here to party, people who are here to get a degree, people who are here to get a job, and people who are here to be educated. I desperately want to be a part of that last group. I know that if I do my very best while I am here at school to be educated and learned in my area of study, I will be able to get a job that I will love. I just need to put my heart into this more.

So, I just want to send out a little note of encouragement to everyone: don’t wait until your health threatens your ability to go to school to realize that you can do amazing things here.

Realize it now. Take advantage.

Go to concerts in Meadows for really discounted student ticket prices. Go to lectures sponsored by the Human Rights Program for free. Do an Alternative Spring Break in another state for the low price of $150 because you CAN and because you will learn from it. Don’t let the huge amount of opportunities pass you by, because college will be over before you know it.

Katrina Leshan is a junior majoring in classical guitar performance. She can be reached for comment at kleshan@smu.edu

A message to the bullied: it gets better contributor

While packing my bedroom preparing to move this May, I watched a documentary on Lady Gaga.

Her recount of Brittany Dickey being bullied in high school struck me to the core. As I stood in the middle of my bedroom with some random piece of clothing in my hand, I lived her pain and relived my own pain from high school. She talked about being put in a trash can by some boys she knew in high school. As she remembered, I could see the tears welling up in her eyes. That was years ago but the pain seemed so fresh. Those who are bullied are forever changed by the scars left behind even after graduation.

Even though Lady Gaga is a worldwide success, she has noted that she will always be affected by the bullying. In retrospect of my time in high school, I agree with her. I have friends, people that think I am awesome and love me for me, but there is still this dark part of me that feels like I will never be accepted. This part of me makes me feel awkward and misunderstood much like the girl I remember being in high school.

From my freshman year through the end of my junior year, I was picked on by the popular group of my high school. Many disliked me because I talked so differently from them. Girls would say, “You know you’re black right?” Others told me I was a disgrace to the African American race. I would have done anything short of selling my

soul to fit in. I tried everything to make myself blend in to no avail.

I loathed all the things that are so beautiful about my personality. I was so optimistic in high school.

I loved writing poetry and could always articulate my opinions well. I am proud of those things now, but I did everything I could to hide those qualities when I was younger. There came a time, probably during my sophomore year, that I couldn’t bear being called ugly any more. I would eat lunch in the library and be silent in all of my classes. Still people that had never met me personally would tell others, “I hate that bitch!” The more criticism I received, the more I shrank into the hole of depression and invisibility.

I was different and misunderstood by so many of the students I spent time with every day. I still don’t understand why bullying was tolerated and is still tolerated in schools. Watching teachers hear the painful words others had to say and do nothing made me feel like they agreed with my bullies. Looking back, I know that almost all kids that don’t look or act like the majority get bullied. I know that my stories could help another kid who feels alone and hopeless. For this reason, I feel that high school is pain for a purpose. I only regret cowering instead of being proud of all the things that made me unique. “Just ignore them” was the advice my mother would give in middle-school when I would come home crying every single day. I had my poker-face perfected by graduation. Others would yell hateful things and I wouldn’t even flinch. But I felt like I was rotting from the

inside out in school and that no one could help me. After years of being bullied, I grew too embarrassed to tell my family about it. I felt pathetic. Instead of fighting back or getting help, I was silent and invisible. I didn’t want anyone to know I existed.

I didn’t want any recognition or attention. I just wanted to be treated as if I was not there. That is the hardest part of recounting my experiences.

Being bullied affected my success in school. Many of my teachers declined my request for a letter of recommendation. I never received a disciplinary referral in high school. I had a 3.0 GPA and I studied hard in school. I can’t speak for my teachers, but I feel that most of them knew very little about all the great qualities I housed. I think my attempts to be completely unnoticed affected the way my teachers perceived me as well. Thinking about those times makes me so sad. I didn’t stop being invisible until my sophomore year of college.

As a child, I could always speak well and did plenty of speeches in church and school.

Adults would tell me how confident I was because I could speak publicly. I would laugh to myself at this ridiculous idea. I put on a smile and performed well but on the inside I was certain I was the ugliest most awkward girl in the room. Even for the first years of college, meeting new people and trying to make friends made me terribly nervous.

I had such an immense fear that no one would like me. While at the University of Texas at Arlington, I had a popular friend that introduced me to all of her friends. I was so scared of saying

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something lame or stupid so most times I didn’t say anything.

My popular friend would assure me that everyone liked me. But my own insecurities made me so uncomfortable that I didn’t make any friends. Eventually, other difficult circumstances led me to counseling where I fleshed out all of my fears, pains, and resentments. Now every day when I look in the mirror, I see myself slowly becoming the woman I want to be. Honestly, I still take it one day at a time.

Some days are better than others but I am learning to love myself and never apologize for the unique things that make me Brittany.

So many kids are committing suicide because they see no way out. I want to do my part to let the weird and awkward kids like me know that life gets better. I don’t want kids to feel the way I did: ashamed. The biggest thing I would tell a kid being bullied is to hold your head up high.

NEVER allow anyone to make you feel like you have no worth.

Your worth is priceless and you are special and eventually you will find a group of people that accept you and love you. I’m living proof of this. I have friends and loved ones that accept me.

Kids need to know that there is hope. Today I joined the “It Gets Better” campaign. I am determined to make a difference for kids struggling through high school. Otherwise all the pain I experienced would be in vain.

Brittany Dickey is a junior majoring in communication studies with a minor in humanities. She can be reached for comment at bdickey@ smu.edu

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