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First-year class most diverse yet Scott Sanford Contributing Writer wsanford@smu.edu For years, SMU has worked hard at diversifying the student body in many different facets. From ethnicity to origin and gender, the admissions office has made it a point of emphasis to diversify the faculty and student body to set the university apart from others. This year’s first-year class reflects the hard and diligent work of SMU, as it has helped make SMU the most diverse it has ever been. Wes Waggoner, dean of Undergraduate Admission and executive director of Enrollment Services, gives some of that credit to the work done by the admission officers as they have helped to spread the word about SMU. “SMU has a number of strategies when trying to attract students to SMU,” Waggoner said. “Everything from visiting high schools around the country to tours around campus help to spread the word and increase diversity. The more places we visit, the more opportunities we have to attract people from all backgrounds.” SMU Student Body President Ramon Trespalacios, who is a tour guide as well, makes it a point to tell prospective students about the diverse nature around campus. “When I give on-campus
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Fitness Club hosts Kick it for Cancer Catherine Welch Contributing Writer cwelch@smu.edu
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Students Parminder Deo and Kimberly Elmazi sit at a round table Tuesday at the “Battling Bias” event hosted by Student Senate.
[tours], I tell prospective students that diversity is something you experience everyday at SMU,” Trespalacios said. “Sometimes you will be a part of the majority and sometimes you will be a part of the minority, but your experience will always help you grow as an individual.” Whatever the formula is, it seems to be working. According to the SMU institutional research website, diversity among the student body has been at a steady increase. In 2004, SMU’s undergraduate
student body was 71.23 percent caucasian. This fall, SMU’s undergraduate student body is 62.4 percent Caucasian. Not only has diversity among ethnicities changed, but the origin of students has also expanded in recent years. This fall, 41 percent of the incoming class was from Texas, which is significantly lower than in past years. In comparison, 50 percent of the entire student body is from Texas. While Waggoner feels that SMU has made vast improvements and is happy with how diverse the
student body has become, he also believes that there is always room for improvement. Waggoner also points out that there is no quota or goal when it comes to diversity and diversifying the student body is really about strengthening the SMU community. “We hope that the more diverse the student body is, the more students will be able to take away from their four years at SMU,” Waggoner said. “We want to better prepare our students for life after college.”
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Members of the SMU community gathered at 6 p.m. Thursday evening at the Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports to work out and raise awareness for cancer. The Mustang Fitness Club’s group exercise class called Kick it for Cancer not only provided students with a fun free way to be active, but also collected donations for the American Cancer Society. According to their mission statement, The American Cancer Society is, “the nationwide, communitybased, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.” “Kick it for Cancer is a one hour event to help raise money to combat cancer,” Mustang Fitness Club President Aubrey Richardson said. “Mustang Fitness Club is holding this event because
one of our Dedman patrons, who is near and dear to our hearts, is battling cancer and this is our way of supporting him and other members of the SMU community affected by cancer,” Richardson said. “It’s for cancer awareness for all types of cancer,” said Gina Garcia, Dedman’s Assistant Director of Fitness. “We hope to make students and professors aware of cancer and also provide support for those going through difficult times,” she said. Garcia and the rest of the Mustang Fitness Club were also there to support cancer survivors they knew, such as Thomas Martin. Martin has survived two lung transplants after being diagnosed with esophagus cancer. He rows every day and was there rowing while the rest of the group completed a one hour TURBOKick Round 57 aerobic workout. The routines were taught by Mustang Fitness student instructors: Aubrey Richardson, Dani Simmons and Alex Vasile. Donations collected for the American Cancer Society go toward funding for research to find a cure.
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Cox students to team up with fraternity for philanthropy Katelyn Gough Assignments Desk Editor kgough@smu.edu The brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will host their annual “Shrimpfest” philanthropy day party Saturday. This year’s event, however, isn’t for Pike alone — a group of five project management students teamed up with the fraternity, and Saturday’s event will serve as the pinnacle of their fundraising project for The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Jaywin Malhi, project management student and the Student Body Vice President, said that selecting the MJFF as their focus charity was inspired by one of their fellow teammates, Andrew Pinkowitz. “Andrew told us his father’s story and we were all inspired to help an organization like The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research,” Malhi said. “The MJFF has one of the highest percentages of donations that go directly to finding a cure to the disease — 89 cents on the dollar.” From then on out, the group — which also includes Frederico Canavati, Eugenio Zubieta and Elisa Farrell — has spent the rest of the semester planning for the fundraising event and executing
all the necessary steps to make Saturday a success. The group teamed up with Pike after Canavati, Pike’s social chair, pitched the idea of merging together for the fundraising to his executive board. “Pike has covered all of the costs of the event — the unlimited shrimp, the drinks, the live band and the costs of renting out Barley House which have been close to $5,000,” Malhi explained. The new discount textbook company Textbooks Please was also a large supply donor for the event. After Saturday, the group expects to have fully met their fundraising goal for the project. For Pinkowitz, the upcoming Shrimpfest is one of many tributes to supporting his father as he fights the disease. “Over the past two years, I decided to start training for longdistance running,” Pinkowitz said. “I worked my way up from a 5K to my first marathon, and have been fundraising for The Michael J. Fox Foundation in honor of my dad and in hopes of funding research to one day find a cure for the disease.” It’s fundraising for an organization that is, according to Pinkowitz, “incredibly efficient with its finances” and led by a strong, passionate group of people who are dedicated to “eradicating
Parkinson’s for good.” “With both my family’s involvement and Parkinson’s and the organization’s long-proven success, I decided to pitch the organization to our project management class,” Pinkowitz said. “[I] was incredibly fortunate to have such a talented group of classmates working with me to raise money for an incredible cause.” The project, besides raising a significant amount for The MJFF’s research, has also provided the students with some of the most beneficial skills one would want to graduate college having learned. Most notably is one of teamwork — no matter if the team is comprised of family or strangers. “I think this is a great example of students from diverse background[s] coming together to fight for a common cause,” Malhi said. He and his colleagues were relative strangers when the project first started, and learning to work with new and different people has been one of the most practical skills learned thus far. “During a period on our campus in which we seek to foster a sense of community, I think the best way to do so is by shedding our differences and focusing on our likenesses,” Malhi said. “In this case, our similar desire to find a cure for this disease.”
POLITICS
Obama promotes health care law in Dallas Staff Reports President Obama was in Dallas Wednesday to promote the Affordable Care Act, taking the focus off the website flaws that have been dominating the healthcare conversation.
“I know that sometimes this task is especially challenging here in the Lone Star State,” Obama said at Temple EmanuEl Wednesday. “[But] there is no state that needs this more than Texas.” Dallas is one of the top 10
cities in the country with the highest rate of uninsured persons, according to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. According to The Dallas Morning News, Carney said Obama’s trip was not simply a ploy to distract from the website’s technical difficulties.
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SMU Police Chief Rick Shafer speaks at an event as part of SMU’s Risk Management week.
‘Risky Business’ hits SMU Emily Sims News Writer esims@smu.edu SMU’s University Risk Management and Insurance Association (URMIA) and SMU kicked off “Risky Business: A Week Focusing on Risk Management’s Contributions to Higher Education” Monday, a collaborative week-long event aiming to build awareness of the solutions provided by risk management. “Our goal is to make sure whatever the students are doing goes well and if it doesn’t go well, we are able to put the organization back together,” said Director of Risk Management, David Liner. The purpose of Risk Management week is to educate the student body on risk management on campus through four events throughout the week as well as a webinar each day from MondayThursday. Events cover everything from SMU’s risk policies and risk management while traveling abroad to a debriefing
on what happened when the suspicious package was delivered at the Bush Center and how the Risk Management Office handles such situations. “Hosting events like risk management week to inform students on SMU’s policies is a good idea,” senior An Phan said. The week commenced with an introduction to Risk Management Trends, open to all students, and ended Thursday with a webinar titled “How can YOU Protect Your Institution’s Data in Your Daily Activities?” ERCOT Presentation, CCTV: Seeing Into the Future of SMU, New Trends of International Travel are other events held throughout the week. Although besides the introduction event held Monday, the events weren’t open to all faculty, staff and students. However, as long as spots were reserved ahead of time, the webinars were available to everyone. In addition to Thursday’s webinar, others include “Working with Student Organizations: The RM Process for Students and How to Manage your Own Risks,” “Transportation Locally and Around the World” and “Know Before You go — Vaccinating
Against Travel Risks: Best Practices for Policy and Preparation.” This week “will recognize the risk management professionals who advocate for students, faculty, staff and the institutions and communities they serve. Risk management on college campuses is everyone’s job; this week will encourage stakeholders to work with our nation’s risk managers to create a culture of risk management that spans the entire year,” The Office of Risk Management said. According to Liner, risk management is more than just buying insurance and working with the police office, it’s about having policies in place that prevent risks but also policies that manage situations in case something goes wrong. “We manage risk tomorrow today,” Liner said. “We put organizations back together. If something happens with a student organization we want to make sure they can be put together how they were. Risk Management Week is working with everyone on campus, in the risk area and combined with the police and our goal is to make sure whatever the students are doing goes well and we are able to put it back together if it doesn’t go well.”
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At The Rustic, a uniquely Texan restaurant experience W. Tucker Keene Managing Editor tkeene@smu.edu The Rustic is a restaurant that could only exist in Texas. From the decor and ambience to the food, beer and live music, a meal or drink there is a truly Texan experience. Owned in part by Texas country music legend Pat Green, with a menu conceived by Dallas dining icon Sharon Hage, The Rustic opened up last month in Uptown to great fanfare following months of being the most anticipated and hyped restaurant opening in Dallas. Does the restaurant live up to the hype? Mostly, yes. The decor provides a laid-back feel that makes this a very accessible and casual restaurant with a distinctly Texan flair. The wall behind the bar is adorned with a large American flag crafted entirely of beer cans, and longhorn skulls line the wooden walls. The beers at The Rustic are distinctly Texan too. Over 40 beers on tap each night, nearly all from Texas, provide a large selection from light Hefeweizens to powerful IPAs to spicy Saisons and dark stouts. All beers are served in huge Texas-sized frosted goblets, holding more than 20 ounces. Any lover of Texas beers will be happily at home at The Rustic, they’ve even had exclusive beers like the beloved Saint Arnold Pumpkinator on tap. The one downside to their beer selection? The drinks are so large that they last through the
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The Rustic serves up a heap of meat in the form of a large beef burger with green chilies, cheddar and more — remind the waiter to top it with brisket.
entire meal, and a beer that pairs well with the appetizer doesn’t necessarily pair well with the rest of the courses. The love for local extends to the selection of food too. The diverse and reasonably priced menu sources mostly from Texas, and has some truly amazing offerings. Particular highlights are
the wild boar meatball appetizer, served over smooth black bean puree. The quail, molasses brined and mostly boneless, was one of the highlights on the entree menu. Plump and juicy, it paired nicely with the pecan chipotle sauce served with every entree. The slaw on the side, which featured fennel, celery and carrots
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alongside the traditional cabbage, was great with the provided key limes drizzled on top. The Rustic Burger is another high point on the menu. A juicy half pound burger is topped with cheddar, grilled onion, green chili, burger sauce and a heap of house made brisket too. For the particularly hungry, this is a
NOVEMBER 1 2:19 AM. Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor. 3100 University Blvd. A student was referred to the Student Conduct Officer for underage drinking. Closed. 12:42 AM. Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor/Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Mary Hay Hall. Four students were referred to the Student Conduct Officer for underage drinking and having drug paraphernalia. Closed.
must-try dish. For the more adventurous eaters, the euphemistically named “Calf Fries with Buttermilk Dip” are stellar. Calves’ testicles are deep fried in a heavily spiced batter and served with a creamy buttermilk dip. Forget what they are, and it’s hard not to want more.
3:11 AM. Public Intoxication. 3000 Block Mockingbird Lane. A non-affiliated individual was cited, arrested and booked into the University Park Jail for being drunk in public. Closed.
NOVEMBER 2 12:37 AM. Criminal Mischief. Boaz Hall. An RA saw two students damaging a bulletin board at this location. They are being referred to the Student Conduct Officer. Closed. 10:05 PM. Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor/Possession of Fictitious License or ID. Two students were
For dessert, The Rustic offers four different varieties of pie. All quite large, the Key lime pie is light, fluffy and wonderfully tart. The peanut butter pie, large enough for two, is creamy and nutty. The only misses on the menu? The onion rings were a bit disappointing. They’re served so thin that they’re no longer hot upon reaching the table, and they are slightly under seasoned. Served on top of an onion sauce means the ones on the bottom are soggy and the ones on top are unable to get enough contact with the sauce to correct the seasoning issue. Skip this side and go for the chunky avocado salad instead. The service at The Rustic is quite good, but better when they aren’t overly busy. Bartenders are very friendly even to customers they aren’t waiting on and remember names of frequent visitors. While busy, it can at times be difficult to get the attention of the waiter, but never too much of a hassle. Live music can be heard on weekends, but the crowds can be difficult to deal with. One Friday a single person would have to wait three hours for a table, and the bar was packed. Another Friday was booked for a private event. Weekdays are more manageable, but can still be quite busy. With good reason though, The Rustic is definitely one of the hottest new destinations in Dallas. The Rustic is located at 3656 Howell St. and is open 4 p.m. to midnight on weekdays, and 11 a.m. to midnight on weekends.
referred to the Student Conduct Officer for underage drinking and fake ID’s. Closed.
NOVEMBER 3 1:23 AM. Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor. Storey Parking Lot 2. A student was referred to the Student Conduct Officer for underage drinking. Closed.
NOVEMBER 4 11:32 AM. UUMV. Owens Art Center. A golf cart was reported missing and was recovered on campus. Closed.
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Defensive living is about prevention, not blame Stephen Forrest Guest Writer sforrest@smu.edu America is a blame culture. We obsess over assigning blame for situations that really have no one to blame. We direct blame not based on the facts but based on our prejudices, our politics and our selfishness. Anyone who does not subscribe to your exact point of view is not you, and thus, them, and so, are to blame. Take the current discussion on rape, rape culture and slutshaming. There are two sides, on the same side. One group is comprised of those who wish to protect women through punishment of those who commit sexual assaults, and to promote an attitude adjustment in men (and boys) about sexual boundaries and consent. The second group are those who wish to protect women by making them more aware of how they can protect themselves and minimize risk. Both groups want the same thing: the elimination of sexual assaults. Both groups are correct. They are in fact one group. There is another blame game and it is arbitrated by insurance companies; automobile insurance companies. I was once
involved in a traffic accident and by the time I arrived home to report it to my insurance company the wife of the other driver had already called my insurance company telling them it was my fault, and she wasn’t even at the scene. Auto insurance companies are in the middle of a blame game, and for them punishment and restitution are important, but prevention just as much so. The concept of defensive driving is quite simple. Avoid being the victim of someone else’s reckless driving. Learn to recognize situations and circumstances that increase the risk of a vehicular collision, and drive in such a manner to mitigate the risks. You are certainly allowed to drive with confidence in all the locations in which you have the right of way, but that does not preclude someone hitting you. Defensive driving is about prevention, not blame. I have a right to walk down the street. But I know, we all know, there are certain streets you don’t want to walk down. Even more so at night. Each and every one of us knows that if we walk down certain streets, or go to certain locations, we are increasing the risk that we will be mugged, assaulted or
even killed. Defensive living is to recognize the dangers and to adapt your behavior to lessen the risk of you being the victim of someone else’s violence. Yes, I have a right to walk down that street. Yes, I have a right to be here or there. But that doesn’t preclude someone hitting me. Defensive living is about prevention, not blame. Anyone who suggests women should practice defensive living in order to reduce their risk of being sexually assaulted are instantly decried and ridiculed for blaming women. They are accused of contributing to rape culture and slut-shaming. There are certainly those who think some victims of sexual assault are “getting what they ask for.” These people are insensitive, selfish and cruel. But they do not invalidate the concept of defensive living. Any sexual assault is never the fault of the victim. However, it is possible to reduce the likelihood of being sexually assaulted by recognizing the risks. Be aware of the situations and circumstances that increase the risk of sexual assault. Adapt your behavior. Practice defensive living. Forrest is an assistant registrar for the university.
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Male student shares eating disorder experience ZAIN HAIDAR Contributing Writer zhaidar@gmail.com
It’s “Love Your Body Week” on campus. I don’t love my body. Let me get the jargon out of the way – I struggle with an eating disorder. I’m not alone, though. Reuters recently reported that 31 percent of teens have binged or purged. The surprising fact is the only people surveyed for the study were teenage boys. I always associated eating disorders with women, and that’s the image we are fed on a regular basis, but ignorance to my own vulnerability made it easier for me to fall into an obsessive cycle. Senior year of high school, I decided I wasn’t going to be chubby anymore. With the arrogance that only a young adult can muster, I told myself that in preparation for college, I needed a new look. It should have been easy. My best friend at the time dropped serious weight in a few months, and while I was proud of him, I’m ashamed to say I was jealous. I envied all the attention and the compliments, and when it came to weight, we couldn’t relate to each other anymore. I didn’t take into consideration that my friend lost an unhealthy amount of weight in an unhealthy amount of time. Phrases like anorexia, bulimia and depression whizzed over my head – those were problems for other people, right? I’m a stubborn person, and I started off my journey cold turkey. I went a week eating
a couple apples every day. I remember sitting in my living room with barely enough energy to change the channel, staring at my TV playing “Platoon” and feeling that weird sense of peace zealots strive for with week-long fasts. Two pounds. Four pounds. Ten pounds. That’s how the first few weeks started off. I was amazed — dropping weight was easy, I just didn’t have to eat (who would have thought?). I kept up the pace and dodged suspicion by eating in other rooms or saying I just wasn’t very hungry. At this point, it was easy to skate by because I’d been overweight for years and people accepted that I had a good grasp on putting food into my face. Ten pounds. Twenty pounds. Thirty pounds. Shirts started fitting better, pants became looser, and I was content. My parents started to clue in at this point, and what started off as pride that I was looking healthier became concern at how quickly everything was happening. I went to the gym five times a week, ate almost nothing except a can of tuna, and fought off waves of nausea and irritability. I knew I had an issue. What started off as (in my mind) a mature, rational decision to thin out became an obsession. Counting calories became a favorite pastime, and during class I ignored lectures to plan out my meals — a pickle for lunch, and maybe an orange or two for dinner. Forty pounds. Fifty pounds. Sixty pounds. By graduation I weighed
in at 140 pounds, down from 200 three months earlier. The haunting side of an eating disorder — besides the possibly devastating physical effects — is the way it twists your mindset. In my head, I was doing the right thing. People kept heaping compliments on me, and while the path to those compliments was scarring me, the ends justified the means. In college I started purging to ease the pressure. I would go into the bathroom, turn the shower on so my roommate couldn’t hear and vomit in the toilet if I thought I ate too much that day. My collarbones jutted out, my clothes hung on my body, and I nearly fainted every time I stood up. I was on a path of selfdestruction, and I didn’t confront my choices until last winter break, when I broke down in front of my family. I admitted I was wrong for years, and I did the last thing I wanted to do: I asked for help. A month later, I was taking pills for anxiety and actually talking about my problems with people rather than pushing them back into my mind to fester. Yes, I’m stubborn, but I realized that sharing your issues takes the weight off – no matter how embarrassing. And rather than literal weight, losing the weight of your problems actually offers some peace of mind. During “Love Your Body” week, let’s remember that it’s okay not to love your body, but it’s also okay to ask for help. Haidar is a junior majoring in journalism.
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one that protects the long-fought strides for reform The Daily Campus can take credit for, the victims silenced and shamed, and the freedoms of speech necessary to expand perspectives. The single phrase “but” in Ms. Wiley’s opening statement, “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,” echoed louder than the victory of last year’s task force formation, or coining the phrase “sweeping under the rug.” It is true; her sentiment received the most fanfare (for wholly opposite reasons) and will be quoted more often than any other phrase The Daily Campus has inked. Lost in this circular argument is the responsibility to protect what is sacred — integrity and objectivity, essential for an
institution charged with delivering information. Under the same principals The Daily Campus should/would not publish an op-ed discussing mutilation and murder methodologies, or any other criminal assault that robs another human being of their humanity, that the paper should implement standards of words worthy to be printed. The Daily Campus should require, and in turn be given more respect than a free-for-all advice and opinion column, no matter how distasteful, so long as it falls within 250 words. Amateur and irresponsible dialogue such as those should remain in the only appropriate forums, one’s private thoughts or their Facebook page. Jamison is a senior majoring in finance.
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An open letter to Kirby Wiley SUSAN HARPER Guest Writer susanharperteaches@gmail.com Dear Ms. Wiley, I am writing to you today on behalf of all the young women you know who have been sexually assaulted. I realize you may not know that you know women who have survived sexual assault. But the statistics — which say that approximately one in six women will experience sexual violence in their lifetimes — say that you do. You very likely sit in class next to assault survivors every day, work beside them in your student organizations, socialize with them on the weekends. The chances that one of your very close friends is a survivor of sexual assault are quite high. And if, by some miracle, you do not yet have a woman in your close circle of friends and family who has been raped, over the course of your lifetime you will. I am writing to you on their behalf because your recent op-ed in The Daily Campus silenced them. By taking the stance that women who have been raped should accept
at least some of the blame, and should be subject to such blame in the media, you have sent a cruel message to women, including those you care about. You have sent the message that they cannot disclose to you that they have been raped, that they cannot come to you as a friend for support after such a devastating event. You have sent the message that, should they choose to disclose that they are survivors of rape, they will be met only with your blame, your skepticism and your judgement. Ms. Wiley, let me assure you that victims and survivors of rape do not need to be served a new portion of blame for their assaults. Women who have been sexually assaulted already blame themselves far too often. You might wonder how I know this. I know this because I blamed myself for my own assault at the hands of a man I was dating when I was a first-year in college. An assault that happened when neither of us had been drinking or doing drugs, when we were in a place familiar and safe to me — when I had done all the “right” things according to your logic. And yet, in
spite of doing all the “right” things to “prevent” my assault, I found myself raped anyway. Thanks to attitudes like yours, I didn't go to the police. I searched for ways I could have stopped what happened to me. And though that night is 20 years ago now, I still carry the scar of the victim-blaming culture. That's why I'm writing to you today. Because I've spent the last 20 years reclaiming my voice and speaking out for women who have been silenced by attitudes and words like those you spoke on the pages of this paper. Ms. Wiley, I sincerely hope that you are among the percentage of American women who never finds herself the victim of a sexual assault. I hope that you are able to live your life without becoming one of our sorority. But should you ever find yourself in that circumstance, I hope that you have a friend you can go to for support. And I hope he or she meets you with more compassion and kindness than you have shown the women of SMU. Harper is an SMU graduate of the class of 2005.
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Technology is turning us into zombies FORREST HEBRON Contributing Writer fhebron@gmail.com The zombie apocalypse is near. What do I mean by that? No, I don't mean that we're being infected by some sort of zombie virus that leaves us desiring other's brains. Don't go to the local WalMart to buy the ammunition for your 12-gauge shotgun to defend against the horde. The zombie apocalypse is already here. Back up to September of this year when a young man was killed on a San Francisco subway train. The alleged shooter waved a handgun around for several minutes, at one point wiping his nose with it, before deciding on a random victim to shoot, according to yet-to-be released subway surveillance video. The remarkable thing about the tragedy is that every passenger in the subway car was on their phone. No one noticed the deranged shooter until after he fired his gun. Last week a German "bodyhacker" implanted a device in his arm that broadcasts his body temperature to an Android
smartphone and sends alerts when the temperature exceeds a certain limit. What purpose does this serve? It's possible that you might call my view hysterical, but it's backed-up by fact. Cell phones make one a worse driver, Twitter is addictive and people that use Facebook for long periods of time are likely to have higher rates of depression. It's no surprise to me that the “prepper movement,” that is people who prepare for societal collapses that would closely resemble a fictional zombie apocalypse, typically eschew technology that is commonly accepted by the mainstream and embrace others (think HAM Radios, canned-food and water filtration tablets). To be clear, I'm not proposing we all become preppers, or live some sort of Thoreau-esqe existence. I'm not proposing that we all move to a cabin somewhere in the wilderness of Wyoming. These things are all very counterproductive. French philosopher Paul Virilio would say that technology accelerates faster and faster, and that the adoption of new forms
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of new technology requires the acceptance of new types of accidents. What Virilio means is with new technology, comes new risks from that technology. Maybe Virilio seems overtly alarmist, and there's a chance that he is. But Virilio isn't shunning modern technology. In fact, Virilio drives in a car, lives in a city and even has a radio. We can't all be like Virilio, and we have to have our computers and smart phones to know that class has been canceled for the day. At least this much is obvious: as technology continues to evolve we have to carefully weigh its costs and benefits. Twenty years ago there were no texting and driving accidents. Twenty years from now who knows if we'll even be driving our cars or using cell phones? Giving up some technology doesn't mean that we're doomed to some sort of vapid existence. Lets just make sure that Google Glass won't just give us an easier way to check our Twitter before we rush to the store. Hebron is a sophomore majoring in journalism and human rights.
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Students, alumni star in local play courtney spalten A&E Editor cspalten@smu.edu Halloween may be over, but the dark spirit of the holiday is making a comeback on stage. The show “Playtime” explores the idea of what people will do to hold on to their happiness in the face of oppression. The play, which opened Nov. 7, follows the story of a man who finds himself unable to find happiness despite being constantly surrounded by happy things. Just as he starts to find happiness, a sinister dark force challenges him by ripping it away. In the face of overwhelming oppression, the hero must continue his fight for happiness in this funny, heartwarming and unnerving story. “Playtime” even features a climatic hyper martial pillow fight. SMU graduate Jeff Colangelo, also the play’s writer, director and actor, describes the scene as “an incredibly martial, dynamic and violent fight scene where the only weapons the fighters use are pillows.” The dynamic and violent scene, “is guaranteed to leave audiences wanting more,” he said. Another notable element of this performance is that
the entire show is performed without words. In addition to no verbal language, limited props are used. “The only props and set pieces that exist in the show are a box, balloons, bubble wrap and pillows,” Colangelo said. The stage production stars Jonah Gutierrez, current SMU students Mickey Giles and Kaysy Ostrom, and several SMU alumni, including Adam A. Anderson and Jeff Colangelo. Costumes are by SMU alumna Marika Wynne, who graduated in 2012 as a dance major. The music designer, Sammy Rios, graduated from SMU in 2013 with a degree in theater. “Playtime” is not Colangelo’s first time writing. The writer, director and actor wrote two previously successful shows at SMU, “Galatea” and “Prism.” Performances are scheduled to take place Thursday through Nov. 17 at 10 p.m. following “Angels, Inc.” at Magnolia Lounge at Fair Park. Tickets are $10 and can be bought in advance at www. sihkbrothers.com/playtime. Tickets will also be available for purchase one hour before show time at the box office. For more information, please call 407-766-9368 or visit www. sihkbrothers.com/playtime.
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‘An Evening of Percussion’ Meadows Percussion Ensemble delights audience with a variety of sounds caleb wossen A&E Staff Writer cwossen@smu.edu The Meadows Percussion Ensemble offered “An Evening of Percussion” Wednesday. Audience members filed into Caruth Auditorium around 7:50 p.m., eager to hear avant-garde drum music. Outside the theater, Meadows percussion Director Jon D. Lee greets oncomers, highly anticipating the crowd’s reaction to a set list of modern works, namely “Ionisation” (1929-1931) by Edgard Varese. Music from the 1930s might not strike some as “modern,” but Lee begs to differ. “You have to kind of put it where it was written,” former Meadows alumnus Lee said. “Ionisation” is not only the first piece of music written for Western percussion, but also one of the first pieces to ignore harmony or melody in favor of timbre and texture. “It’s unlike anything that’s been written before,” Lee says. “What other piece of music uses hand-cranked sirens?” Crowdgoers wowed over the piece’s thick ambience before its end, a ringing bell motif. “Double Music” (1941), a collaboration between modernist composers John Cage and Lou Harrison, followed with a long drone from a gong before free falling into ominous clanging –— think “Indiana Jones dueling
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wits with an evil yogi” sort of music. “Sculpture in Wood” (1995), named by composer Rudiger Pawassar in honor of the marimba continued the melodic ambience of the first two pieces before the rhythms took on a ragtime tone. The sextet playing “Mass” by John Mackey upped the ante, strumming a xylophone with a cello bow over light key patterns and booming timpani marches. After the intermission, the eagerly anticipated “Whispered Interior” (2013) by Composer and Meadows Professor of Composition and Music Theory Lane Harder debuted. Taking inspiration from
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response videos, “Whispered Interior” is a gentle breeze of nonchalance. Random sounds pop up now and again — the bicycle wheel rattles, the whooshing of the long, branch like ocean drum, the sizzle of metal scraping wood. Vocalist Arielle Collier recites poet Wallace Stevens’ “Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour” over tapped cello strings and newspapers ripped like weak condoms. Writing sounds for their own sake was intentional, Harder said. The odd elements, like the bicycle wheel, were not meant for “interacting, just effect.” Audience members were
pleased with the set list’s eclectic sounds and tones. “It’s different, I like it,” SMU sophomore Lauren Kennedy said. The concert ended with “Elements,” the drumming freefor-all written by director of Meadows World Music Ensemble Jamal Mohamed. Written in the modal style, Mohamed taught his performers basic rhythms for the piece’s opening, but encouraged them to play what came naturally in the middle passages. “Elements” is jazzy, but wheels freely past any meter, closing the concert to a breezy finish. The Meadows World Music Ensemble plays Nov. 24 at the Bob Hope Theater.
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FRIDAY n NOVEMBER 8, 2013 Football
Mustangs on the road for AAC matchup in Cincinnati billy embody Staff Writer wembody@smu.edu SMU is coming off a comefrom-behind victory over Temple two weeks ago, but will face a much tougher test when the team takes on the Cincinnati Bearcats on the road. The Bearcats are 6-2 on the season although their record is littered with opponents that are a combined 12-53 so SMU will be their first test since losing to lowly South Florida early in October. The Mustangs are on fire offensively, with Garrett Gilbert somehow trying to build off of the seventh best all-time total yardage performance two weeks ago against Temple. Gilbert and company will face an opponent that is a significant step up though and SMU Head Coach June Jones recognizes that. “They’re fifth in the nation in defense,” Jones said. “They got some talented players. They got a good scheme and their kids know what they’re doing. They don’t bust coverages and they play hard.” The key matchup for the offense will be containing the front seven of Cincinnati since they are an
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SMU quarterback Garrett Gilbert passed for 538 yards and four touchdowns in a 59-49 victory over Temple Oct. 26 at Ford Stadium.
athletic bunch that has 11 different players on the roster with a sack. “They’re defensive line is very
active and very good,” Jones said. “They’re very well coached with their hands and do a good
job in there. They’re the next best defensive line we have played.” Linebacker Nick Temple is a
player who can run around all over the field and make plays for the Bearcats defense. Temple is
second on the team in tackles and sacks. For the SMU defense, the pass defense has been a struggle all year and will have to defend against quarterback Brendon Kay, who took over after starter Munchie Legaux went down for the year. Kay has come on strong the last couple of weeks, throwing for over 300 yards against Memphis Oct. 30 and leading the Bearcats to three straight wins. The Bearcats have two receivers that Kay targets regularly: Anthony McClung and Shaq Washington, who both have more than 400 yards receiving and McClung with five touchdowns. “Offensively, they’ve got a lot of skill and they can make plays,” Jones said. “We’re going to have to play our best game on the road that we’ve played to beat them and to play for fourth quarters.” This one could be a shootout this week, but SMU will have to get off to a good start on the road and play a full game, something SMU really hasn’t done this season. The Bearcats are too good to fall behind or let back into the game so SMU will have to put the pedal to the metal for the entire game. Prediction: SMU wins, 45-39.
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Conference title run comes to a halt in quarterfinals versus UCF Matthew Costa Associate Sports Editor mcosta@smu.edu In a season filled with many positives, the SMU Mustangs women’s soccer team (9-9-1 overall, 3-5-1 in American Athletic Conference) ended their 2013 run to a conference title Sunday with a 3-0 loss to the University of Central Florida. After defeating Temple Friday by a score of 3-0, led by junior Rikki
Clarke’s and first-year midfielder Taylor Barg’s goals, the Mustangs advanced to the quarterfinal round to take on the hometown UCF Golden Knights. SMU held its own against a team that had only given up 11 goals all season, while scoring an almost unimaginable 50 versus all opponents. The Mustangs surrendered only one goal in the first half, but SMU’s junior goalkeeper Lauryn Bodden had a tough opponent on
the other side of the field in UCF’s Lianne Maldonado. Clarke attempted to squeeze a shot into the top left corner of the goal, but Maldonado was there to save it and take away any heroics from the Mustangs. “I think we played much better in the second half,” SMU Head Coach Chris Petrucelli said to SMU athletics. “We were able to get some chances, but the momentum really changed after (Maldonado) made that save.”
SMU consistently found better chances to score than that of its competition, outshooting them 8-6 in the final 45 minutes, and taking seven corners as opposed to UCF’s game total of four. It was not enough for the Mustangs, who finish with a .500 record on the season, and a losing record in their first season as part of the AAC. There were several standout players through the course of the season, including junior forward
Shelby Redman’s impressive goal scoring and Clarke’s clutch performances. Perhaps the biggest source of optimism comes from newcomers Kelsey Gorney and Barg. Gorney finished second on the team with five goals, while Barg finished third with four and second in assists with six. Despite the tremendous upside, the inconsistency on both sides of the ball will need to be addressed in order for SMU to win the conference in the near future.
In 12 of the Mustangs’ 19 total matches, the team either shutout the opposing side, or was shutout. In only three of their matches all season was the team able to score at least three goals. The level of competition in the AAC has certainly created a strong unit that may compete with some of the best teams in the conference, but for now the Mustangs simply need to focus on being as consistent as possible for what should be a great 2014 season.
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Men open season against TCU billy embody Staff Writer wembody@smu.edu Year two of the Larry Brown era begins tonight against rival Texas Christian University in the Tip-Off Showcase at the American Airlines Center. The Mustangs are coming off a 15-17 inaugural campaign for Brown that had the Mustangs playing almost five players exclusively. Brown’s reloaded roster includes a talented bunch of first-years, Keith Frazier, Sterling Brown, Jean-Micheal Mudiay and Ben Moore, but also includes three transfers that sat out last season, Markus Kennedy, Nic Moore and Crandall Head. With the Mustangs returning all five starters from last season’s team, this could be a great balance of experience and talent if the team can gel. Brown though is not yet happy with the team’s progress, even after handedly beating Colorado State and Texas Tech in scrimmages. Last season, with many players playing out of position, it was tough to see just how good some of the players were, but this year, Brown says two returning players are standing out the most. “Shawn Williams and Nick Russell have gotten a lot better. I think last year we were playing a lot of people out of position,” Brown said. “This year, Nick is playing a position he should as a scoring guard and then Shawn playing small forward last year, but he’s more comfortable playing
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SMU guard Nick Russell will be playing his natural position of shooting guard this season, rather than running the point like he did last year.
the four position.” TCU also has some new faces on their roster with Karviar Shepherd, who was a top recruit in last year’s class, is expected to fill the center position nicely and be a defensive presence. SMU’s newcomer down low, Yanick Moreria, was the JUCO Player of the Year last season and is a legitimate 6-11 presence that SMU has missed in the past. The matchup of Moreria and Shepherd will be a key one to watch. New point guard Nic Moore is expected to take the reins from Nick Russell and Ryan Manuel and be a true point guard for the Mustangs.
The 5-9 Moore is great from long range and is also a skilled passer. The Mustangs are expected to be much improved and quite possibly be a darkhorse NCAA tournament team by some if they can win a majority of the non-conference games and make some noise in the ACC. Tonight, it starts with their matchup against TCU and winning this game will mean a step in the right direction if they can top the Horned Frogs. SMU has sold out its allotment of tickets for the game but some tickets are available for sale on Ticketmaster.com.
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