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By ERICA PENUNURI Associate Sports Editor epenunuri@smu.edu

Italy selects new leader Italy selected former European Union commissioner Mario Monti as Silvio Berlusconi’s replacement as prime minister on Sunday.

“Technocrat” Monti, who has the backing of most of Italy’s political parties, has experience with European policy and should work well with Eurozone’s financial elite. Monti is expected to implement an austerity plan, which European leaders believe is necessary to reduce Italy’s growing debt.

China rebuffs Obama’s call President Obama’s call for China to let its currency rise in value was rebuffed at a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Hawaii on Sunday.

Obama reportedly told Jintao that the U.S. was becoming “increasingly impatient and frustrated” about the artificially low yuan, which critics say gives an unfair advantage to Chinese exports. But Jintao countered that America’s economic problems wouldn’t be helped by any changes to the Chinese currency.

Wilson Ramos rescued More details are emerging about the dramatic rescue of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos. Ramos was free following a gunfight between police and his captors in Montalban, Venezuela, about 50 hours after his abduction.

Police are holding three people in connection to his abduction from his family’s home in Valencia. Motive for Ramos’ abduction is still unclear, however, since his captors did not contact the family with any demands.

Publicity stunt turned marriage According to former publicist Jonathan Jaxson, Kim Kardashian never got over Reggie Bush and her marriage to Kris Humphries was a publicity stunt. Jaxson claimed that Kardashian realized she did not want to marry Humphries before the wedding, but “they were obligated to honor contracts [with the E! network which had TV rights]; otherwise they would have owed a lot of people a lot of money.”

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Senior Chi Omega Kelsey Curran dances at the Pi Kappa Alpha tent during Saturday’s boulevard festivities. For many seniors, Saturday was the last boulevard of their undergraduate careers.

Seniors enjoy ‘last’ Boulevard

By SARAH KRAMER Managing Editor skramer@smu.edu

Saturday’s Boulevard was a memorable one for many seniors.

Though there is one more home game, the majority of the student body will be home for Thanksgiving when SMU takes on Rice.

“It was more of a celebration than something to be sad about,” senior Ricky Townsend said. “I was ecstatic the whole day — from

the food to the band to the student section to Peruna.”

Many seniors said that they have been Boulevarding with the same friends since freshman year, which made Saturday’s experience that much more sentimental.

“It was sad, but mostly fun,” Christie Long said. “Being with friends I’ve had these past four years made it a Boulevard I’ll never forget.”

Townsend agreed.

“I pregamed with my closest friends that I Boulevarded with

over the past four years,” he said.

Regarded as one of the best traditions at SMU, many seniors are already planning trips back to Dallas next year.

“I’m definitely coming back as an alum,” Troy Volkel said.

However, they will face a new challenge as alums tackling the Boulevard: which tent to go to.

“It’s weird to think of where I will be hanging out,” Daly Hite said. “I have no idea if I will go the alumni tent route or hang out at the Kappa tent or any of the

other student tents.”

Volkel’s solving that problem by visiting them all.

“I’ll hit up my fraternity tent, the Cox tent and the Sig Ep alum tent,” he said. “It’ll will be a cool and new experience.”

Despite Saturday’s loss against Navy, many seniors still had a blast.

“It would’ve been nice if we won,” Scott Faulkner said. “It was a really fun Boulevard though — I think everyone wanted to make this one special.”

SMU men’s soccer took home the Conference USA Championship title by defeating No. 17 University of Alabama Birmingham Sunday in Tulsa, Okla.

Junior Ben Hill and freshman Aaron Simmons scored for the Mustangs placing them at 13-6-1 on the season.

The Mustangs walked off the field at the half on a solid note after junior Ben Hill scored in the 34th minute.

The Blazers fouled senior Arthur Ivo just outside of the 18yard box, resulting in a free kick for SMU. Ivo took the kick and fed it into the box to Hill, who sent the ball to the back of net, giving the Mustangs the 1-0 lead. The goal was Hill’s third of the season and second in the tournament.

Freshman Aaron Simmons solidified the lead for the Mustangs with a header from an Ivo corner kick in the 59th minute for a 2-0 victory. The goal was Simmons’ second of the season.

SMU is still waiting on the NCAA selection to show on Monday to find out who their next opponent is.

See smudailycampus.com for the full story.

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SMU military veterans collect, donate care packages

By PATRICIA BOH

Associate News Editor pboh@smu.edu

The U.S. Military Veterans of SMU organized a donations drive for care packages in honor of Veterans Day Weekend.

Students were able to meet and greet with the 173 veterans who currently attend SMU and to show their support for active troops.

Over the past few weeks, veterans worked to raise awareness by distributing fliers, soliciting donations and through a Facebook profile picture campaign.

The executive board of the Veterans Club also reached out to the SMU Student Senate and other organizations for publicity

and support.

The donations drive included two main events, a collections booth on Friday in Hughes-Trigg and at the veterans’ tent before the game.

Requested donations included nonperishable candy and snacks, books, magazines, toiletries and financial donations to purchasing care package items and cover shipping and handling fees.

The care packages will be sent overseas to troops serving in combat.

“Our goal [is] to benefit the men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan by providing supplies and morale boosters that would not otherwise be available in a

deployed location,” Ian Thorburn, the vice president of U.S. Military Veterans at SMU, explained.

Veterans Club President Santiago Martinez believes that the club and the donations drive are a way to recognize the service and sacrifice of the active military as well as those of the future student veterans at SMU.” “There is a proud and rich history of honorable service and sacrifice of SMU student veterans within the University, dating back from WWI to the present day wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Martinez said.

Another aspect of the

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The U.S. Military Veterans of SMU came out in full force on the Boulevard to collect donations before Saturday afternoon’s game against Navy.

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Students walk the runway for charity

BranchOut — you might find a job

By TASHIKA VARMA Chief Copy Editor tvarma@smu.edu

Students, alumni, family and friends came out to Alpha Chi’s annual fashion show Friday night at the Frontiers of Flight Museum to raise money for Genesis Women’s Shelter.

The event kicked off with a silent auction and a cocktail hour.

People had the chance to bid on a variety of items from restaurant gift cards to gift baskets.

All proceeds from the auction help the Genesis Women’s Shelter, which provides a safe place for women and children who have run away from domestic violence.

“I just really like the style of the affair,” freshman Ali Hopkins said about the cocktail attire and location of the event. “It’s something that we don’t get to see a lot in college, so I’m really excited about this.”

After the auction, everyone made their way downstairs to watch a fashion show featuring designers from Highland Park Village.

Models walked the runway showcasing five designers: Anne Fontaine, Billy Reid, Scoop, Trina Turk and Vince.

“I came to see all the clothes on the runway. There were some really

By STEPHANIE BROWN Staff Writer stephanieb@smu.edu

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Alpha Chi Omega hosted its annual charity fashion show Friday night at the Frontiers of Flight Museum to raise money for the Genesis Women’s Shelter.

cute outfits,” freshman Hayley Waring said.

Jan Strimple, a couture fashion model, hosted the show. Strimple describes the different designers

styles before the models strutted down the runway.

“These men and women are

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BranchOut is taking the popular saying “go out on a limb” to a whole new level.

This application, founded in July 2010, manages the largest professional networking service on Facebook with over three million jobs and more than 20,000 internships.

BranchOut allows users to utilize their Facebook connections to find jobs and their networks to build relationships with professional contacts.

What’s more is that it’s free to join.

So why might someone use this application when he or she already has a LinkedIn account or other professional networking accounts?

“BranchOut fits college kids better because it’s focusing on college kids, whereas LinkedIn is more professional based,” Ted Maguire, intern for BranchOut, said.

Apart from the fact that it’s

focusing on college students, there are other reasons why BranchOut is worth looking into as a professional networking service.

It’s pretty painless to set up.

Simply search in the Facebook search bar for BranchOut. After logging in, which you must have a Facebook account to do so, the interface of the website is neat, clear and intuitive.

The user is then prompted to follow the steps to set up the profile, which unlike other social networking sites, takes five minutes at most.

One aspect that is unique to BranchOut is it allows the user to upload a résumé, which reduces the profile setup time significantly.

Once the user is finished setting up his or her profile, the user has the option to start connecting with others.

The find people tab allows the user to search through current Facebook friends to add as connections.

After the user clicks on a friend, BranchOut shows them the connections that friend has.

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Sports

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VICTORY

Men’s basketball records home opener win 78-49

By CESAR RINCON Staff Writer crincon@smu.edu

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Sophomore post Mallory Singleton attempts to block a shot from Alcorn’s Kierro Frost. SMU defeated the Braves 76-54.

Mustangs start the season with home win 76-54

By AUSTIN MANIERRE Staff Writer amanierre@smu.edu

The women’s basketball team is now 1-0 after defeating Alcorn State 76-54 at Moody Coliseum on Saturday.

The Mustangs came out firing as they opened the first ten minutes of the game with an 18-5 run.

Samantha Mahnesmith led this run, scoring the Mustang’s first eight points and finishing with 11 at the half.

“I really wanted to start the year off strong,” Mahnesmith said.

Mahnesmith said she wants a successful season to finish her SMU career.

Mahnesmith’s totaled a teamhigh 13 points while shooting 5-8 from the field.

She also recorded a team-high six assists.

Fellow senior Christine Elliot finished with nine points and led

the team in rebounds with 10.

Elliot had just two points in the first half, but came out strong in the second and scored the first five for the Mustangs.

Sophomore Krystal Johnson added 10 points for Mustangs, hitting 6-7 free throws.

Heidi Brandenburg finished with four points and one rebound.

Brandenburg ,the tallest player on the team (6 feet 3 inches), stayed in the paint on Saturday.

Brandenburg constantly moved outside to the perimeter, where she handled the ball acted as a guard.

This movement caused problems for Alcorn State because most of Brandenburg’s defenders couldn’t guard her that far from the basket, and the open space inside allowed others to drive to the basket or make inside cuts.

After the Mustangs gained a significant lead early in the first half, there was no looking back.

Despite Alcorn State’s physical play and stifling full-court press that led to 30 SMU turnovers, the Mustangs were able to keep a large lead.

SMU initially struggled a bit handling Alcorn State’s press, but by the second half the Mustangs figured it out and could work around it.

As soon as SMU was able to consistently break Alcorn State’s press, the Mustang offense gained more fast break opportunities and had a much easier time scoring.

The Mustangs held a consistent 20-point lead through the second half and this lead allowed everyone on the team to get minutes.

The final score of the game was 76-54.

SMU’s next opponent will be Arkansas-Little Rock Monday at 7:00 p.m.

After that they come home to face a difficult TCU team Thursday at 7:00 p.m.

The SMU men’s basketball team recorded their first victory of the season as they defeated the McMurry War Hawks 78-49 in the Mustangs’ season opener Friday night.

The Mustangs dominated the War Hawks throughout both halves and did not have trouble shooting against them.

SMU got a quick and early lead in the match in the first 10 minutes of the first half with a score of 21-5.

The Mustangs had an advantage in the 3-point attempts, as they were able to hit 52.9 percent in the first half.

Senior guard Rodney Clinkscales hit the most 3-pointers, 3-of-5.

Freshman guard Ryan Manuel had 100 percent in 3-point attempts, as he recorded 1-of-1.

The Mustangs led the War Hawks during overtime, 4327, as they headed back to the locker rooms.

“We were confident. It’s part of our offense. It’s part of what we try to recruit. It’s part of who we are,” Coach Matt Doherty said, as he explained the reason why the Mustangs had a significantly high 3-point field goal percentage in the first half.

SMU came back for the second half and maintained control of the last half of the match.

They out shot McMurry 3522 and did not allow the War Hawks to ever tie the game for a comeback.

“With so many new faces I wasn’t sure what I would see. I

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Freshman guard Jalen Jones successfully completes a layup, adding two points to the Mustangs’ final score of 78-49 against McMurry Friday evening in Moody Coliseum.

saw great defense and I saw great energy,” Coach Doherty said.

SMU had the fans cheering the whole time as the Mustangs kept improving their stats. They hit 13-of-31 from the 3-point range, 41.9 percent.

Eight Mustangs recorded at least one 3-pointer and all 12 were able to get some game time.

The Mustangs had a field goal percentage of 43.9 for the match, as they held McMurry to only 29.6 percent.

“We had a very good crowd for a first game against a team that doesn’t have the name recognition like some of our other opponents,” Coach Doherty said.

The only dominant statistic coming from the War Hawks was in total rebounds.

McMurry recorded a total of 46 rebounds, while the Mustangs only had 35.

“I was disappointed to give up 20 offensive rebounds,” Coach Doherty said. “But when teams that shoot 29 percent and miss 20 two and 3-pointers, sometimes is tough to scramble and get them.”

Senior forward Robert Nyakundi led the team to victory, 78-49, as he recorded 18 points and eight rebounds.

Red shirt junior guard London Giles got 12 points and freshman guard Jalen Jones got 11 points in his SMU debut.

The Mustangs hit the road to face Colorado State in the West Regional of the Dick's Sports Goods NIT Season Tip-Off on Monday night at Stanford.

Arts & Entertainment

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Oscars go wild Academy Awards replace producer, host

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The Oscar’s current and former producers, Brian Grazer and Brett Ratner, at the L.A premiere of “J. Edgar.”

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

In a time span of only almost a week, the Academy Awards saw major changes.

The usually headline free production made a major splash when Brett Ratner, the show’s producer, stepped down from his position.

The resignation came just days after Ratner made a gay slur at the premiere of his new movie “Tower Heist.”

“He did the right thing for the Academy and for himself,” Tom Sherak, the president of the Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts, said. “Words have meaning, and they have consequences. Brett is a good person but his comments were unacceptable. We all hope this will be an opportunity to raise awareness about the harm that is caused by reckless and insensitive

remarks, regardless of the intent.”

Just days after Ratner’s leave, the show’s host, comedian Eddie Murphy, also announced that he too would be leaving his post at the Academy Awards.

“First and foremost I want to say that I completely understand and support each party’s decision with regard to a change of producers for this year’s Academy Awards ceremon,” Murphy said in a statement released by the Academy. “I was truly looking forward to being a part of the show that our production team and writers were just starting to develop, but I’m sure that the new production team and host will do an equally great job.”

To replace Ratner, the Academy enlisted the help of Brian Grazer.

Grazer, ironically, was Ratner’s producer for “Tower Heist.”

“Brian Grazer is a renowned filmmaker who over the past 25

years has produced a diverse and extraordinary body of work,” Sherak said. “He will certainly bring his tremendous talent, creativity and relationships to the Oscars.”

With the producing slot filled, the Academy shifted their focus onto finding a host.

Replacing Murphy as the 84th Annual Academy Awards host is Billy Crystal.

This year will mark Crystal’s ninth time as the show’s host.

Crystal last hosted in 2004.

“I’m thrilled to welcome Billy back to the Oscar stage,” Sherak said. “He’s a comic legend and Oscar icon, and it feels good to have him back where he belongs.”

As the news broke, Crystal tweeted, “(I) am doing the Oscars so the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking my name when I pick up my prescriptions. Looking forward to the show.”

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Meadows

Jazz rocks the Bob Hope

By JOE RICHARDSON Staff Writer joeyr@smu.edu

It’s the music that gave its name to an entire age. It was an age of speakeasies, wealth and Al Capone. It was an age filled with flappers and expatriates. It was an age that roared just like the jazz that was its namesake.

It’s the music that Allen Ginsberg’s angel headed hipsters contemplated in their cold-water flats. It was the music that launched Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady across America.

And on Thursday night that music came to SMU. The Meadows Jazz Orchestra played their fall concert in the Bob Hope Theater.

The evening began with a twist. The director of the orchestra, Akira Sato, was not present. In lieu of a director, visiting lecturer and professor of music theory Melissa Murray emceed the evening’s events.

But, as Murray assured the audience, the orchestra is so skilled that they don’t need the director for the performance.

She was right.

The 22-piece ensemble played music from various decades and by various musicians.

The concert was comprised of ten songs. Each one had its own tempo and rhythm. Each one had its own mood and attitude. Each one had its own soloist.

The first piece started with a bang. The loud sound of “The Queen Bee” echoed through the deep maroon walls of the Bob Hope Theater like a gunshot in a cave.

Kaycee Morganto was the soloist for the first song.

She made her way to the lone microphone with her shining saxophone. Her fingers hit each key with the precision of an skilled safecracker.

The second song, “I’ll Never

Smile Again” reminded me of the music the GIs danced to the night before being shipped off to Europe. One last breath of home before hitting the beaches of an unfriendly continent. Brett Wyatt and his trombone blasted out a metallic sounding thunder for his solo. Each movement of his slide seemed effortless.

The tempo picked up for the third song. “At Long Last Love” is a hopping love song. Jesus Bermeo took his saxophone to the soloist’s microphone.

The fourth tune, “A Time for Love,” prominently featured interplay between the trumpets and the trombones. This song was different. It was somber and slow.

Carmen Tinker played the upright bass, a staple of jazz music, with the slow, purposeful gliding fingers of those early jazz heroes.

For the fifth song, “What’ll I do,” the man at the piano shined.

Sam Bartlett set his fingers loose on the ivory and ebony dance floor of the piano’s keyboard. He slammed out each note with the force of thunder behind his knuckles.

For the sixth song “Plunger Mute Syndrome” Derek Hawkes, his fellow trombones and the trumpets employed the classic technique

of using plungers to muffle and manipulate the sounds.

After the end of song number six, the concert changed. A segment of the concert that was not in the program was sprung on the audience. Amanda Snider and her saxophone, Dylan Smith and his upright bass, and Bartlett on his piano performed “The Night has a Thousand Eyes.”

The seventh song on the program, “There is no Greater Love,” featured three soloists. Snider blasted on her saxophone. Smith took up his trumpet like Gabriel on judgment day. Brendan Johnson, the single guitar player, picked out his solo in a fluid harmony.

The orchestra ended the evening with “On the Sunny Side of the Street.” This song featured the trombones. They played both in unison and with an individuality that you can only find in jazz.

Much of jazz is improvised. All the musicians played songs by other people. But they put their own voice and their own soul to these notes on paper to create a whole new, once in a lifetime musical event.

This music is not just heard.

This music is felt. It’s felt from the bottoms of your feet to the tips of your fingernails.

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Opinion Editor

I used to think that majoring in something meant you would eventually know a predetermined Brandon Bub set of things about that subject. English is one of my planned majors here at SMU; before I declared that major I had a faint idea of what all I thought I was going to learn.

I’d be able to list off all of Shakespeare’s plays in chronological order. I’d know about Ovid and Vergil, and Chaucer and all the other ancient influential dead people that they introduce you to cursorily in high school. I would read books by a very particular set of authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and Franz Kafka.

The same would be true for poets, probably including T.S. Eliot, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, John Keats, and every other author that you’d find in an introductory anthology.

I thought being an English

major meant knowing a very specific group of authors and books; not only that, but I thought that being an English major also meant liking all of those authors and books. It wasn’t until a few semesters in that I realized No. 1 I hated half these authors and No. 2 There’s not necessarily anything wrong with that.

Part of studying something is developing a taste. I didn’t have to like “The Tempest;” not many people did, including my professor. Not only that, but I can also enjoy works by authors outside the canon. Just because you don’t read Donald Barthelme in school doesn’t mean you can’t think he’s good.

There’s no secret group of English professors out there deciding the curriculum for classes across the country that get to tell you whether or not something you’re reading has literary merit. You can be an English major and enjoy “Twilight,” for heaven’s sake (and God knows I actually met one or two of those people in some of my introductory classes).

Your teachers are going to think that what they’re teaching you is the most important thing

in the world, but that doesn’t mean you have to agree. If my Shakespeare professor didn’t think the bard’s work was God’s gift to man he wouldn’t have devoted half his life to teaching and writing about it. You read different kinds of works, you develop appreciation for different genres, but ultimately you get to decide what all you enjoy.

Thirty three credit hours of instruction and hundreds of pages of undergraduate essays might confer upon me a plaque with my name on it that says “B.A. English,” but it doesn’t necessarily mean that I learned anything.

People major in lots of things in college without ever having learned a thing. There’s a distinct difference between “education” and “employability.”

College helps some people with one, both, or neither of those things.

If you want to learn more about the liberal arts, for example, college can be of aid in that regard, but it doesn’t hold all the answers.

You have to do a lot of the work yourself. Read more. Write a lot. Take classes with professors

who will constantly remind you how bad of a writer you are because that’s the only way you’re going to improve. Don’t accept that something is worth studying just because someone else told you it was. Trust the people more intelligent than you but never stop questioning them.

The same can be said for other fields too. Want to be an engineer? Teach yourself another programming language in your spare time. Make your own video game if it interests you.

What about being a scientist?

Get a job working in a lab. Get some firsthand knowledge of the subject you’re studying. Your studies should extend far beyond the classroom.

Everyone ends up majoring in something while they’re at college, but few can say they majored in “life.” Experiencing what you learn more fully is the key to doing exactly that.

Brandon Bub is a sophomore majoring in English and edits The Daily Campus opinion column.

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

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It’s about damn time Good riddance to Confederate flag Texas license plates When we were discussing our Editorial Board topic for this week, someone brought up the fact that the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Board had voted unanimously to ban license plates featuring the Confederate flag.

The only thing we could all say was, “Finally.”

We believe that the confederate flag is a symbol of racism and hatred. While there is historical value to the flag and we are not demeaning the thousands of Southern soldiers who died fighting under it, the Confederacy represents a part of our history as a state that most people are not proud of.

Texans driving around with the confederate flag on their license plate is offensive to most and the Board was right to ban the plates.

The DMV has standards for personalized plates available to Texans and messages of hate are forbidden.

The Confederate flag certainly falls into that category.

This is not an issue of free speech; this is a matter of the state deciding whether or not to support such a racially charged issue.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans, who have been fighting for the plate, are still able to “honor” their forebears through bumper stickers and decals, but there is no state-sanctioned symbol.

However, our real question was not whether or not Texas should allow these license plates, but rather, “Why hasn’t this already been done?”

It has been 146 years since the end of the Civil War and it seems as though we are still fighting it sometimes. There is a thin line between honoring our past and reliving it, and on this issue, it seems to be blurred.

For most Texans and Americans alike, the Civil War does not represent a struggle between the North and South. It was a fight for ideology and most would agree that the right side won.

Fighting for the confederate flag license plate brings back up the issues of racism, the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow laws, all little pieces of our history that most Americans would like to lay to rest.

There is no denying that the Confederate flag in any capacity is racially charged and Texas should have taken a stand against its sanctioned use years ago.

However, nine states do allow the use of confederate flag license plates, including Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Despite the time it took to get here, we are proud that Texas is not among them.

While we can’t ignore our history, at least we don’t have to have constant reminders driving down the street.

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Political issues in my home state rarely garner national attention.

Mississippi’s presidential primary always Matthew Harrell falls late in the calendar year and it’s small population means that it has very little importance in Congress and the Electoral College. Furthermore, my state is known for being one of the most consistently conservative in the country. Mississippi has chosen a Republican for president in nine of the last 10 election cycles and the strength of the Republican Party continues to grow.

However, last Tuesday, national media outlets sent reporters to Jackson, Miss. to cover one of the most substantial political battles the state has held in a long time. No, they weren’t there to discuss the state’s first black gubernatorial candidate from a major political party since reconstruction (an event that is way overdue if you ask me). They were there to cover a renewed and fiercely aggressive abortion debate.

In Mississippi’s statewide elections on No. 8, voters rejected an amendment to the state’s constitution that would have defined the word ‘person’ to “include every human

being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the functional equivalent thereof.”

The ballot initiative was expected to pass without much difficulty. Mississippi has one of the most pro-life electorates in the country.

However, as the election results came in, the initiative came up significantly short of the majority of votes it needed to receive in order to pass. This shocked many people across the state and led to an increased dialogue about what the results mean for the state.

In my opinion, the failure of the personhood amendment in Mississippi has significant consequences for religious communities. Before I continue, it should be noted that I am not discussing the abortion debate in general but will confine my comments to the ramifications of the personhood amendment.

Many Mississippians, myself included, would consider themselves pro-life yet chose to vote against the personhood amendment. This is true for a variety of reasons.

Many voters felt that the personhood amendment was too vaguely worded, that it would have negatively affected certain forms of birth control, or that it might have made it more difficult to correct ectopic or molar pregnancies. Regardless of the reason, it is necessary to distinguish between voting

against the initiative and being pro-choice or pro-life.

The debate over personhood blurred the lines of religion and politics and led to significantly negative results. One of the most striking results of the personhood debate was a division in religious groups in Mississippi. Mississippi is one of the most churched states in the U.S. In my hometown of only 10,000 people, there are approximately 25 churches.

Because of the historical ties that religious groups have to the abortion debate, many church representatives made public statements about the personhood amendment.

While most Southern Baptists were very supportive of the amendment, representatives from the United Methodist Church (the state’s second largest Christian denomination) and the Roman Catholic Church spoke out against the amendment.

Unfortunately, the religious involvement in the debate did not end there.

Many local pastors took it upon themselves to explicitly preach a message that favored certain political positions. One of Mississippi’s current U.S. senators and two of its representatives made public comments in support of the amendment. As these public statements became commonplace, the line between religion and politics became

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fuzzy and the consequences are significant.

Facebook pages supporting or opposing the amendment were riddled with Bible verses and statements about spiritual warfare. The governor-elect of Mississippi even made a statement during a debate that “Satan wins” if initiative 26 fails.

The personhood debate has cast a spotlight on religious involvement in politics.

As a Christian, I think that it is appropriate to use your system of values to make decisions about political issues. However, the debate in Mississippi went too far. Religious groups should never risk alienating individuals by strongly aligning themselves with a political issue. Including comments about Satan and religious topics in a political debate is inappropriate and leads to more harm than good.

I oppose abortion because it is contrary to my values but I can still oppose the personhood amendment because it is just bad policy. Lumping people into groups and making religious claims about them is not productive politically and it definitely does not help churches accomplish their evangelistic goals.

Matthew Harrell is a senior majoring in biological sciences.

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

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COUTURE: Fashion show raises thousands for women’s shelter Continued from page 1

walking tonight for a purpose,” Strimple said. “They’re walking for those women who have been abused. They’re walking to raise awareness. They are walking to say, domestic violence stops with this generation.”

SMU students, from different sororities and fraternities, walked in four of out five of the designers’ clothing, while Alpha Chi Omega alumni from a variety of universities walked wearing Anne Fontaine in one segment of the show.

“It’s been a really great process,” Erin Hedrick, Alpha Chi Couture’s event chair said. “I’ve learnt a lot from it.”

“We started planning it back in March. It starts with the simple things like securing the venue and choosing the designers. Then everything built on that,” she said.

“We spent the summer looking for big donations, title sponsors and silent auction items. At the beginning of the fall semester, we began ticket sales, smaller donations and trying to get community support.”

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Junior Chi Omega Ansley Pridgens models in Friday evening’s annual charity fashion show hosted by Alpha Chi Omega.

Alpha Chi Couture has raised more than $115,000 in the past five years.

Numbers for this year were not available at press time. However, it is estimated that they will be donating more than $40,000 to Genesis Women’s Shelter.

“I’ve been to the fashion show every year,” SMU Alpha Chi Alumni Megan Lembcke said. “I love the fashion show. The event keeps alumni, including myself, involved with Alpha Chi even after graduation. It’s just a great event for a great cause.”

VETERANS: Packages sent for holidays Continued from page 1

donations drive is to facilitate interaction with the greater SMU student body.

“As veterans we have a different perspective on the college experience than the traditional student. We are older, many of us have families and

children of our own, and we are typically financially independent,” Thorburn said. “Attending college alongside younger students that do not share this background can be an alienating experience.”

On Friday alone, the Veterans Club raised more than $350

and received a large amount of donations.

The number of donations at Saturday’s event cannot be verified at this time.

The care packages should reach the deployed troops in time for the holidays.

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ACROSS 1 Estimator’s words 5 It’s cut and styled 9 “Of __ I Sing” 13 Kathmandu’s country 15 Part of A.D. 16 Sniggler’s prey 17 Maliciousness 18 Not so much 19 Bivouac 20 Lose a few pounds 23 Opposed (to) 24 Pekoe, e.g.

25 “Far out!”

28 Legal thing 29 They’re exchanged at the altar 32 Make fun of 34 Sweet snack with coffee 36 Northern California peak 37 Act defiantly toward 41 __ Pieces: candy brand 42 Brings up 43 Make into law 44 Bank claim 45 Fashion that doesn’t last 48 Canadian A.L. team, on scoreboards 49 Crude in a tanker 51 Invent 54 Find ideal employment 58 Monopoly square with bars 60 Yves’s girlfriend 61 Country with a wall 62 Poet __ St. Vincent Millay 63 Heavenly music maker 64 Kids’ flying toys 65 Clothes 66 Norway’s capital 67 Open-and-shut __ DOWN 1 GM navigation system 2 Fix potholes in 3 Volleyball smashes

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4 Wild West movie 5 One of two equal portions 6 From the beginning 7 Maps within maps 8 Talk radio host O’Donnell 9 PC support pro 10 Summer itch cause 11 Stately tree 12 Psychic’s claim 14 Some summer babies, astrologically 21 Deceptive moves 22 Collect 26 Regarding 27 Unable to hear 30 “Of course I knew that!”

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37 Get all worked up 38 Letterman rival 39 Horse that isn’t two yet 40 Golfer’s gadget 44 Alpaca cousins 45 Tex-Mex serving 46 Makes reparations (for) 47 Lower in rank

50 Wyoming neighbor 52 __ of lamb 53 Value system 55 “Woe is me!”

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Mustangs fall at home to Navy 24-17

By NICK KARAGEORGE BROOKE WILLIAMSON nkarageorge@smu.edu kbwilliamson@smu.edu

MICHAEL DANSER/ The Daily Campus

Junior running back Zach Line carries the ball for a first down during play against the Navy Midshipmen Saturday afternoon at Ford Stadium.

The SMU Mustangs fell 24-17 to the Navy Midshipmen on Saturday at Ford Stadium.

With the win Navy improved their record to 4-6 and SMU has now fallen to 6-4 overall and 4-2 in C-USA. President George W. Bush helped start the game with a coin toss.

Navy won the toss and elected to receive.

Reminiscent of past losses to Southern Miss and Tulsa, the Mustangs got off to a slow start in the first quarter.

On Navy’s first drive, the Midshipmen marched down the

field only running the ball and got on the board first with a 39-yard field goal that barely squeezed through the uprights.

The next two Mustang offensive drives resulted in three-and-outs.

The SMU defense tried to turn the momentum of the game with the offense struggling, on Kriss Proctor’s first pass attempt of the game and Kenneth Acker interception.

On SMU’s following play, J.J. McDermott, who completed 26 of 36 passes for 249 yards a touchdown and two interceptions, threw his first pick of the game.

Following the interception, the Midshipmen was able to move the ball down to the 1-yard-line, Navy’s Gee Gee Greene scored a touchdown.

SMU finally got a score on the board at the end of the second quarter when Chase Hover kicked a 28-yard field goal to make the score 10-3 at half time.

To start the second half, Zach Line had a couple of big first down runs that got the Mustangs energized and ready to play.

J.J. McDermott capped off a nine play 80-yard drive when he completed a seven yard touchdown pass to Cole Beasley, who had eight catches for 65 yards and a touchdown.

The Midshipmen would go on another long and time consuming drive to answer with a score of their own, this time it was John Howell punching it in from one yard out for Navy.

Once in the fourth quarter Navy

created separation from SMU on the scoreboard with another rushing touchdown, this time from Mike Stukel.

SMU tried to make a comeback, and made the game 24-17 when Cole Beasley scored on the Midshipmen for his first career rushing touchdown.

But Navy was too much, the Midshipmen sealed the victory by running out the clock when they ran the ball for a first down, reminiscent of the entire game.

Navy’s quarterback Kriss Proctor rushed for 107 yards on the day, completing no passes.

The Mustangs will look to bounce back from the loss next Saturday when they travel to Robertson Stadium to take on undefeated and 11th ranked Houston.