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CRIME

SMU adjunct professor arrested in late September

By JESSICA HUSEMAN Editor-in-Chief jhuseman@smu.edu

Highland Park Police arrested an SMU professor earlier this fall.

According to a police report obtained by The Daily Campus, around 2 a.m. on Sept. 22, Erin O. Patton, 40, and an adjunct professor of public relations in sport, attempted to flee arrest from officers in his vehicle.

After crashing into three cars, Patton was stopped by police, who then found a crack pipe in Patton’s 2010 Mitsubishi Gallant. According to Kim Cobb in SMU’s Department of News and Communications, Patton was

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“SMU sold its soul”

“suspended from his teaching duties Oct. 1.”

However, Patton’s students received a different message on Sept. 26. In an email to his students, Patton said that he was taking a “personal leave of absence” due to “family health reasons.”

He further explained that he would be traveling between Dallas and the East Coast, which would impact his “class schedule and preparation time.” Professor Michael Lysko took over his classes from that point on.

The Simmons School, which houses sports marketing and public relations, declined to comment.

Patton’s students, such as sports management major Nicole Jacobsen, were shocked at the news of his arrest.

“I was surprised because he’s always been very professional and seems like a person who’s very dedicated to his work and family and his students,” Jacobsen said.

Jacobsen, who is currently enrolled in the class that is now taught by Lysko, continued to say that Patton always seemed to make his students his first priority.

“He’s an awesome teacher; he really knows the material that he teaches because he has so much experience in the real world,”Jacobsen said. “He does a great job of involving students and really connecting with them and making class fun.”

The Daily Campus contacted Patton for an interview and was referred to his lawyer, Royse West.

“All I can say is that he has been charged with a crime. I am not saying he is guilty, but that is what we have to deal with right now,” West said. West would not comment on the progress of the case.

Patton is well-known in the world of sports marketing and public relations. According to his biography on the SMU website, he has worked with professional athletes such as Lebron James, the Williams sisters and Michael Jordan, and was chosen by Jordan to craft the JORDAN brand, which launched in 1997.

Patton is also the author of “Under the Influence: Tracing the Hip-Hop Generation’s Impact on Brands, Sports, & Pop Culture,” which was released in 2009.

Breaking ground SMU prepares for the George W. Bush Presidential Center

Staff Writer bateku@smu.edu

Editor-in-Chief jhuseman@smu.edu

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Diwali comes to SMU

By BEN ATEKU

By JESSICA HUSEMAN

A group of anti-war protesters called “The People’s Response,” will congregate on SMU’s campus Tuesday morning to protest the groundbreaking of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

The groundbreaking, itself, will take place in a white tent in front of an invitation-only group of around 2,500 people, but The People’s Response is planning a series of elaborate protests to occur outside.

Member Hadi Jawad described The People’s Response as a “loosely knit group of activists,” whose purpose is “to mark the horrible, horrific, terrible policies that the United States has followed in the Iraq war.”

Jawad said that the group understands the former president’s right to open his library on SMU’s campus, and that they are particularly opposed to the Bush Institute, the action-oriented think tank that will be part of the Center.

“To me, it represents the discredited ideas of the neoconservatives that swarmed around President Bush’s administration,” Jawad said. “To give them, again the chance to rehash those ideas now with the stamp of higher learning from

CULTURE

Rendering by MICHAEL McCANN

Tuesday marks the groundbreaking for the long-awaited Presidential Center.

The Daily Campus has the plans, the history and the responses starting on page 3.

Song and dance resonated through the Hughes–Trigg Student Center Theater during celebrations marking the 31st annual Diwali Show Saturday night. The full-house event saw the audience respond with enthusiasm throughout the night.

Diwali, popularly known as the “Festival of Lights,” is an important five-day festival in Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism, occurring between mid-October and midNovember. For Hindus, Diwali is the most important festival of the year and is celebrated by families through performing traditional activities together in their homes.

Diwali is an official holiday in several Asian countries.

National anthems from four countries ushered in the spirit of unity at the beginning of the event. Sana Merchant, president of Indian Students Association (ISA), said the occasion helped bring together Indian and South Asian cultures.

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SPORTS

PHILANTHROPY

Mustangs start basketball with 57-47 loss

Beta hosts basketball tournament

By EJ HOLLAND Sports Editor eholland@smu.edu

SMU junior guard Rodney Clinkscales scored 17 points and went a perfect 5-5 from three-point land, but his efforts were not enough to stop Arkansas Little Rock from defeating the Mustangs 57-47 in SMU’s home opener.

“It was obviously disappointing, but the good thing about basketball is we don’t have to wait a week and we have more than 11 games,” SMU head Coach Matt Doherty said. “I’m disappointed, but I’m not discouraged.”

Clinkscales delivered big baskets in the first half after coming off the bench and ignited the Mustangs with his stroke from beyond the arc. The junior hit just over 40 percent of his three-point shots last year to lead the team. Clinkscales was the only SMU player in double figures.

See BASKETBALL on Page 7

By ASHLEY WITHERS Contributing Writer awithers@smu.edu

MICHAEL DANSER/ The Daily Campus

SMU guard Collin Mangrum moves the ball around the three point line as UALR guard Daylon Guy defends Friday evening at Moody Coliseum. SMU lost the contest 57-47.

Beta Theta Pi (Beta) held its first community basketball tournament Saturday afternoon, raising money for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas.

The tournament was the first philanthropy event held by the fraternity since Beta’s return to campus in the spring of 2009. One team from Kappa Alpha Theta (Theta), two teams from Alpha Chi Omega (Alpha Chi) and one team from Chi Omega sororities competed in the tournament. Chi Omega was declared the winner after beating Alpha Chi in the first round and Theta in the finals.

“The event went great,” Beta

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Arts & Entertainment

The Daily Campus

Kitchen Dog Theater’s ‘Charm’ worth seeing

By CHASE WADE

was robust and sparsely muted.

A particularly funny aspect of “Charm” concerns the foreign languages the characters sometimes utilize. For instance, in a scene featuring Fuller and her Premiering for the first time in the Southwest, multi-award winning newly interested lover, Count O, the audience watches as the charming count playwright Kathleen Cahill’s “Charm” hits the stages of Dallas’ Kitchen tries to seduce Ms. Fuller in Italian. To aid the audience’s understanding, the Dog Theater. play’s comic relief, Martha Harms, holds up translation cards. Hilarity ensues The play is a comedic and touching look at the life of Margaret Fuller as as Count O’s words become more and more graphic.

The story line is dramatic and touching. Whether it is Fuller’s quest for she navigates the frustrations of transcendental life along with other famous authors Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David companionship or her failed attempts at love with every man or woman that comes her way, “Charm” contains elements which will tug at your Thoreau.

Kitchen Dog Theater, part of the McKinney Avenue Contemporary, heartstrings. hosts the show in its Heldt Hall Theater. The theater, a quaint but fitting As the play progresses, the audience is clued into the infatuation that arena for “Charm,” adds intimacy between the actors and their audience.

Schmidt’s Emerson holds for Fuller. Unfortunately, Emerson’s too serious The set derives much of its inspiration from the play’s view on nature, or demeanor repetitively ruins Fuller’s chance at finding love. At one point in better yet, the transcendental view on nature. With hulking dandelions as the play, I wanted to stand up and yell, “Just tell her you love her already!” idea bulbs, giant blades of grass painted whimsically and a period-matched However, my hopes for the two becoming a couple were always somehow canopy bed that is home to some of the play’s most romantically frustrating ruined.

“Charm” as a whole is a triumphant piece of work that presents social scenes, the set is very versatile. However, this versatility is not used to its best in some scene transitions, resulting in an awkward pause between scenes that issues and shortcomings which are still prevalent today. This relevance in Provided by Kitchen Dog Theater sometimes breaks the beautiful and fast pace “Charm” possesses. theme keeps you interested to the very end and has you thinking about the SMU alumnus Chris Hury and Tina Parker star in “Charm” the latest show at Kitchen play the next morning. With an ending that features Fuller stripped from her Even though “Charm” is written for the literary fan, an audience member Dog Theater. claustrophobic 19th century garb and dressed in a liberating blue one-piece does not have to be an English major to understand the plot line. In all swimsuit with complimenting rainbow swimming cap, the final scene leaves simplicity, “Charm” is about a woman desperately seeking to be loved, to a lasting impression of liberation and triumph as the show’s final note. be accepted for who she is and to be appreciated for the ideas she has. Although brings this character to life. it may be a period piece, this plot line knows no time restraint.

However, what the play lacks in complexity, it makes up for in humor. With as The play runs through Dec. 11, tickets range from $10-$25. Located in the As complicated as the play’s main character is, the role’s many layers and many quirks as a new-age play, the transcendental period piece has a very modern heart of Dallas’ uptown, Kitchen Dog Theater’s production of “Charm,” is an complexities would intimidate any actor. However, lead actress Tina Parker sense of humor. “Charm’s” biggest laugh comes from the one-liners, and quick enjoyable ‘dramedy’ worth seeing. tackles the role fearlessly and almost flawlessly. Parker’s delivery is honest, and dialogue that Parker shares with her supporting cast. Filled with lines that poke it is clear that she relates to the struggles that Fuller faced and that connection fun at the progressively puritan lifestyle which characters live, audience laughter A&E Intern cwade@smu.edu

TBS’s new ‘Glory Daze’ fails to dazzle

By ASHLEY WITHERS Staff Writer awithers@smu.edu

Take Animal House and subtract the nudity, the explicit humor and anything else funny but not TBS audience appropriate and you get the new series “Glory Daze.”

Set in 1986, “Glory Daze” is about four guys rushing the Omega Sigma fraternity. The main characters are freshmen at Hayes (Haze, get it?) University where they are told that if they do not join a fraternity they might as well “sit alone and build volcanoes out of their mashed potatoes.”

The plot centers around the adventures of Joel, the pre-med student, Eli, the desperate virgin; Jason, the super preppy conservative who always has a sweater tied around his shoulders; and Brian, a star baseball player. These four unlikely friends agree to rush the same fraternity and drink together out of “The Beast,” an industrial-sized beer bong with nine hoses.

While the cast is mainly comprised of newcomers, a couple familiar faces have been sprinkled in. Brad Garrett (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) plays Joel’s father who crashes his car at the sight of sorority girls and Tim Meadows (“Saturday Night Live”, “Mean Girls”) plays a recently

divorced liberal professor who takes a lot of pleasure in humiliating his students.

You would be hard-pressed to find a TV show or movie that relies as heavily on college life stereotypes as “Glory Daze.” Not only do the main characters fill all of the generic male roles, but the frat house itself is depicted as an Eden of booze, weed and loose sorority sisters.

The screenwriters have also worked hard to test the boundaries between a made-for-TV audience and an R-rated film. Unfortunately for them, it makes the jokes fall flat because they cannot see them all the way through.

The show seems set up to only last a single season. The boys go through the process of pledging Omega Sig, and then what? They continue to frat hard.

This is compelling material; definitely enough to base a long running show off of. At least they started in 1986. Maybe they could show us what happens to male stereotypes post-grad.

The only redeeming quality of the show is its soundtrack. The beats of the ‘80s rock on in “Glory Daze,” while the rest of the show is less appealing than the big hair and acid-wash jeans the characters sport.

Provided by TBS

Glory Daze premieres on TBS tomorrow at 9 p.m.

Breaking Ground

The Daily Campus

Monday, November 15, 2010 •

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George W. Bush Presidential Center begins construction Shovel hits dirt Tuesday

What’s to come with Presidential Center

By TAYLOR ADAMS

By LESLEY ISAACS

News Editor tadams@smu.edu

After years of discussions, protests, law suits and acceptance, the George W. Bush Presidential Center is breaking ground Tuesday.

The ceremony, which is largely symbolic, will begin at 10:30 a.m. under a large, white tent on the Center’s grounds.

Though most seats will be occupied by invited guests, a limited number of seats may be available prior to 10:30 a.m. Current SMU students, faculty and staff may take these on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Current SMU students, faculty and staff who wish to try to get an available seat may do so by lining up at the northwest corner of Binkley Avenue and Dublin Street beginning at 8 a.m.

While the construction begins soon, the Bush Institute has already been persuing initiatives.

Last spring, the Institute was present on the SMU campus with a number of conferences. Earlier this fall, it announced an education initiative that will focus on the training of principals in public schools in order to better prepare high school students for college or the workforce after graduation.

The Daily Campus will also cover the groundbreaking live from reporters on the site of the event.

Go to www.smudailycampus.com at 10 a.m. for the beginning of the coverage.

Contributing Writer lisaacs@smu.edu

Driving down Dublin Street near SMU’s campus, it may be hard to picture the large amount of land covered in dirt and tree stumps as the future site of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

Looking at the site, where there once stood student apartment buildings and tennis courts, sits a large tent in preparation for Tuesday’s construction groundbreaking.

“The Center will be housed in an elegant building designed by a first class architect, Robert A.M. Stern. It will be landscaped by an innovative genius, Michael Van Valkenburgh. Inside, visitors will find three components: an archive, a museum and a policy institute,” said former President George W. Bush in his “A Vision to the Future” speech.

Although it may not look like much now, the Presidential Center site is comprised of to 23.11 acres and landscaped areas. The building will be three stories tall with a total floor area of 226,560 gross square feet.

There will be up to 221 spaces for public parking, seven spaces for buses and up to 85 spaces for fellows, senior staff, and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

“The building and landscape evoke elements of the full span of George and Laura Bush’s life and service, from their ranch in Crawford to the White House, and help us share the story of a couple committed to public service based on the core principles of freedom, opportunity, responsibility and compassion,” said Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Foundation, according to the Bush Presidential Center website.

The Presidential Museum will include sections of case studies of decisions made in the White House, “Life in the White House,” which will include an exact replica of the oval office and “Leading to the Future,” an exhibit of the continuing work of the George W. Bush Institute.

The Archives will consist of the library, “The Freedom Collection,” which will be a central repository of papers and oral histories of political dissidents and “Future Work of the Institute.” The Institute will include the Women’s Initiative, chaired by Laura Bush, which will concentrate on social and economic opportunities for women and children and will focus on four areas of research: education, global health, human freedom and economic growth.

The landscape surrounding the Center will be its own attraction. Its main function will be an urban park that will allow an environment for events and gatherings, and even sports in some areas.

The Center’s surrounding land will feature a wildflower meadow, gardens and courtyards, a tall grass prairie with seasonal wildflowers and savannah and woodland clearings for native habitats for butterflies and birds. The prairie and savannah will be 6.2 acres in size, the wildflower meadow will be .4 acres and native turf areas will be 8.4 acres, with an irrigation cistern that will provide 50 percent of the irrigation demand for the site.

According the Bush Presidential Center website, President Bush said, “I am thrilled that this center is going to be at Southern Methodist University.”

Tuesday marks the groundbreaking for the Center, which is expected to open in February 2013.

Rendering by Michael McCann

Students react to Center coming Administration

By ESSETE WORKNEH Staff Writer eworkneh@smu.edu

As Tuesday’s groundbreaking of the George W. Bush Presidential Center approaches, groups have been gathering to voice their opinions.

Many SMU students hold mixed feelings, as some see advantages to the Center’s presence at SMU while others have expressed concern.

“I think that it will bring more media attention to our University because a lot of people don’t know enough about SMU,” sophomore Gaby Diaz said.

Sophomore Michael Davis shares Diaz’s sentiment.

“I think it’s a good addition to the school because it’ll bring more attention…it’ll foster new ideas,” he said. “Even if you don’t like Bush, it’s a big deal to have any presidential library on our campus and to be chosen for that kind of an honor.”

Junior Gavanne Davis, a

Hurricane Katrina evacuee, originally held a negative view of Bush, but experienced a change of heart after Bush’s memoir, “Decision Points,” was released last week.

“At first, I didn’t care for him too much or the decision[s] that he made during his presidency, but after [reading] the new book that was released, I realize that he is reflective on the decisions that he’s made,” Davis said.

“Regardless of how I feel about him personally, I feel honored that I attend SMU and that a presidential library will be here,” she said.

While junior Bethany Mackingtee is in support of the library, she fears that it will discourage some students from applying to SMU. “I think it’s a good thing to bring to campus. However, my one concern is it might attract a certain demographic of students that may not be what SMU is looking for to diversify the campus,” she said.

Junior Courtney Kelly is concerned about the lasting effect the library will have on student life.

“I think that it’s an incredible opportunity for SMU to gain prestige, but the effect that it’s going to have on the campus is unknown,” Kelly said.

Several students said that the library should not be viewed solely from a political perspective.

“It’s customary for every president to have a library, and the fact that SMU gets to have it is an honor. I feel it shouldn’t be looked at as a political thing,” freshman Andrew Udofa said.

“I think the Bush Library truly will be a great resource for SMU students and the community moving forward; despite your views on former President Bush’s politics, it will be an asset to SMU for years to come,” junior Matt Gayer said.

“I know, in general, that there’s a lot of people, especially in the Dallas

area, who aren’t necessarily his fan, but regardless of their political thought or association, I think that having this library at SMU, the heart of Dallas, is a great asset and resource for students and community members alike,” junior Jacky Negrete said.

Senior Linwood Fields feels that the library will give the public a new perspective of the former president’s time in office.

“It’s an honor to have a presidential library because it gives people the opportunity to actually examine the former president from different perspectives and to form their own opinion about his presidency,” he said.

“There are pros and cons because it’s ridiculously expensive, but it’s already paid for. So on that note, it’s going to be a huge asset to our campus, and it’s going to be beautiful,” sophomore Ellen Green said.

welcomes Center

By SARAH KRAMER Staff Writer skramer@smu.edu

With the groundbreaking of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Tuesday, SMU’s administration eagerly awaits its completion in 2013.

The administration believes that the library will not only be a great resource to the University, but will also promote worldwide recognition for the school.

“The library is a tremendous positive for both SMU and the greater Dallas community,” said Paul Ludden, the SMU provost and vice president of academic affairs.

The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum will be the 13th Presidential Library in the United States.

“A presidential library is a great resource for faculty, students and

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SMU seems to be a failure of judgment. It seems that SMU sold its soul when it accepted the Bush Institute,” Jawad said.

Patti LaSalle, associate vice president and executive director of public affairs, disagrees.

“Housing the George W. Bush Presidential Center on campus is consistent with the University’s commitment to facilitate historic research and ongoing dialogue on important national and global issues,” LaSalle said.

“The fact that there is disagreement on some issues underscores the importance of these resources.”

But Jawad said that the Institute is already churning out ideas that he feels are misled. He called into question the women’s rights initiatives that the Institute is working on, particularly in the Muslim world. He wants to know if the Bush Institute will ask women from Iraq and Afghanistan how their lives have been “affected by the invasion.”

“I doubt we will see that side of the equation,” Jawad said.

In a statement to The Daily Campus, Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Foundation, responded to Jawad’s statements.

“President Bush served our country with honor and integrity and kept us safe in the difficult years following the attacks of 9/11,” Langdale said. “At the Bush Institute, we focus on promoting human freedom, education reform, global health and economic growth, not responding to distortions of President Bush’s record.”

In an effort to solidify their presence on the SMU campus, The People’s Response contacted Jim Walters of the SMU Police Department.

Walters instructed them that the best way to hold activities on campus was to have their group sponsored by a student organization.

The group got in contact with the Muslim Student Association (MSA) and the Middle Eastern Student Association (MESA), but both declined to sponsor them.

Samaiya Mushtaq, president of MSA said, “We’re a religious organization, and we are under the campus ministry council. I didn’t want anyone to confuse our purpose for a political one.”

MESA’s president, Rebin Kawani, said that he was approached to sponsor the organization through one of his professors. He had immediate hesitations, but took the idea back to his organization for a vote. It was unanimously

rejected.

“We are a cultural organization, not a political one, and they are making a political statement more than anything,” Kawani said.

When The People’s Response reported back to Walters that they were unable to find sponsorship, Jawad said Walters offered his own assistance. LaSalle said that the police department worked with the organization to arrange a location for the protest.

According to Jawad, on the morning of the protest, the group will be located outside of Ford Stadium along Airline Road. At this location, they will set up hundreds of crosses, as well as boots and children’s shoes to represent those that have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The group is also staging a march on the morning of the groundbreaking. They are asking participants to meet at 9 a.m. and to wear black.

They will march in silence to their location outside of Ford Stadium.

Jawad said that he hopes that their demonstrations will spark conversation on SMU’s campus.

“These should be subjects of great debate and discussion, particularly on this campus,” Jawad said. “We are hopeful that at this venerable

institute of higher learning there will be questions asked about the Bush Institute.”

LaSalle agrees that open discussion is a necessary element of higher learning, but hopes that the demonstrations will be “characterized by mutual respect.”

Jawad said that the demonstrations, for the most part, will be peaceful.

“It’s a large group of people, and there is a large spectrum of opinion,” he said. Jawad also said that the large spectrum of opinions come from different methods of protesting.

Those at Ford Stadium will probably be peaceful, while those closer to the tent “will probably be a little bit more boisterous.”

Jawad said that he feels that demonstrations like these help the country to review our past mistakes in an effort to avoid them in the future.

“President Obama talks about turning the page and not looking backward, but I am baffled by that kind of talk,” he said. “How can we move forward without understanding what we have read?”

the community to access a storehouse of history,” Vice President for Development and External Affairs Brad Cheves said.

Director of the Tower Center for Political Studies James Hollifield said, “The library adds another dimension to the University because it is an institution that will serve the whole population.”

Each presidential library is an outpost of the National Archives Record Administration (NARA), meaning that the library contains more than just documents.

Students, faculty and administration, as well as the public, can access programs and specific information regarding President Bush’s presidency. “[President Bush’s presidency] was a remarkable period in our history, and SMU will have access to those resources in a way others won’t be able to,” Ludden said.

Hollifield agrees that these resources will be a benefit to the visitors of the Center’s library.

“People will come, over time, to study the former president and his presidency,” Hollifield said. “There are a lot of resources that scholars and students will want to work with.”

Although there was controversy about building the library on SMU’s campus, many members of the faculty and administration consider the library to be a benefit, rather than a detriment.

Cheves clarified that while early controversy revolved around politics, the decision to bring the Bush Center to SMU was based upon history and resources.

“Since the decision has been made, the Bush Center has proven to be an entity that is open to convening programs and people for ideas in a non-partisan environment,” Cheves said. “It will allow people to engage, discuss, debate and research about those eight crucial and pivotal years in our history.”

In a New York Times article, Hollifield said, “Whether one supports or opposes the Bush polices, there is

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2001

: SMU begins working and researching on bringing newlyelected President George W. Bush’s library to its Dallas campus.

March 16, 2006

September 14, 2005: SMU delivers its proposal to the Library Selection Committee.

July 7, 20055: The Library Selection Committee requests SMU’s proposal for the Bush Library.

: The Library Selection Committee eliminates the West Texas Coalition bid from contention.

October 12, 2005:

The Library Selection Committee names SMU, Baylor, the University of Dallas and the West Texas Coalition as finalists for the Bush Library. It eliminates Texas A&M, the University of Texas-Austin and the City of Arlington.

The Daily Campus

January 2007: August 28, 2007: February 22, 2008: SMU and the Bush Foundation SMU Faculty raise questions about the nature of the Bush Institute which would accompany the Library.

December 21, 2006:

SMU enters “exclusive negotiations”” h with the Bush Foundation.

Rob A.M. Stern Robert is cchosen as the Libr Library’s architect.

March 14, 2007

: The Mission Council of the UMC South Central Jurisdiction ap approves the land lease for the lib library.

announce that a deal has been reached. The SMU Board of Trustees approves the deal.

November 9, 2007: Ambassador Mark Langdale is chosen as the president of the George W. Bush Library Foundation.

August 18, 2009

: SMU settles the University Gardens lawsuit and clears the hurdle for the Bush Library.

Januaryy 21,, 2009: Alan C. Lowe is named director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library.

ADMIN: Campus is ready Idea of what’s to come for educational opportunities of Presidential Center

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

In a New York Times article, Hollifield said, “Whether one supports or opposes the Bush policies, there is no question that they have been momentous for the century and the world…The library will be a gold mine for scholars, and its location on a university campus symbolizes the need for study.”

Ludden agrees.

“An [overwhelming] majority associated with SMU feel we have attracted a major resource to this campus,” said Ludden, who has always viewed the library as a benefit.

Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Lori White, who has visited the Lyndon B. Johnson and William J. Clinton Libraries, as well as the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, thinks that the library will elevate the profile of SMU.

“There will be individuals who did not know much about SMU before the library, who will learn more about SMU and about our outstanding faculty and student body as a result of the library being at SMU,” White said.

The administration and faculty members believe that having the opportunity to house a Presidential Center on SMU’s campus will allow the University to be highly recognized worldwide.

“Any time you have a Presidential Center, you bring the eyes of literally the world to the location,” Cheves said.

“It’s from this location that people will learn about SMU in a regard that elevates the profile of our University and will introduce it to literally millions around the world.”

MICHAEL DANSER/ The Daily Campus

Grounds of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, represented above with a scale model that is in the “Breaking New Ground” exhibit at SMU, will feature a lacrosse field and tennis courts among the landscaping.

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Traffic changes According to an e-mail sent to students, faculty and staff, the following are changes due to the Bush Center’s Groundbreaking: Street closings: Monday, Nov. 15, beginning at 6 a.m.: Dublin Street between Airline Road and SMU Boulevard Tuesday, Nov 16, 4 a.m. until about 2 p.m.: Dublin Street between Potomac Ave. and SMU Boulevard Airline Road between Mockingbird Lane and Dublin Potomac Avenue between Airline and the North Central Expressway Access Road Binkley Avenue between Airline and Dublin Boedeker Drive northbound from SMU Boulevard The two west driveways to Park Cities Plaza from Airline will be closed. Driveways off Mockingbird and Dublin will be open.

The alley behind Park Cities Plaza will be open for deliveries only.

Businesses should contact the SMU Police Department at 214768-1586 with questions or to schedule deliveries.

Parking area closings and recommended alternatives: The Blanton Metered Parking Lot will be closed Nov. 15-16.

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Breaking Ground

The Daily Campus

December 19, 2009:

October 26, 2009:

Alan C. Lowe, director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library speaks at the December graduation, telling students that the library is “going through 60 million pages of documents, nearly 100 terabits of records, more than 42,000 artifacts and 4 million photographs.”

Residents in the neighborhood to the north of the planned site for the Bush Library protest a zoning decision that would put parking near their homes with a website: parksnotparking.com.

December 8, 2009: November 18, 2009: Laura Bush unveils the architectural plans for the Bush Center. Architect Robert A.M. Stern jokes, “We call it sort of Georgian.”

University Park officials ask the Bush Foundation to look into other options for parking instead of north of the planned site.

March 2, 2010:

University Park votes to rezone land to the north of the Bush Library for parking, against nearby homeowners’ wishes.

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October 23, 20100: September 7, 2010: Artifacts y go from the Bush Library The University Park City Council votes to incorporate land from the former University Gardens condominiums into the Bush Library

on display at the Meadows on: Museum. Among the collection: Saddam Hussein’s pistol and e painted wooden White House Easter eggs.

October 2010: April Apr p 21, 2010: Anti-war activists announce Those involved in in SMU’s feral program worry about how cat prog cats from the Bush they’ll move m Library site and its planned construc construction to a safer locale.

they plan to protest the Bush Presidential Center groundbreaking, which will take place in a month.

November 9, 2010: George W. Bush’s memoir, Decision Points, is released amid a media flurry just a week before the groundbreaking for his presidential center will take place.

Graphic by HELENA BOLOGNA/ The Daily Campus

TRAFFIC:

Plans set to be reality

Event brings changes No parking on SMU Boulevard or Binkley between Airline and Dublin on Nov.16.

No parking in the Dedman Center lot prior to 2 p.m.

Nov. 16.

Those who normally park in these areas may park in the Moody or Binkley garages, or in the lots and garages at the northern end of the campus, provided they have a valid SMU parking permit.

Those who normally work out early at Dedman Center may park in the SMU section of the Meadows Museum Garage.

Illustration courtesy of SMU

Rendering by MICHAEL McCANN

The above rendering represents the projected entrance to the George W. Bush Presidential Center, set to open in 2013.

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News from around the world ASIA-PACIFIC Reconciliation in Burma: Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has told BBC she is ready for talks with all groups to achieve national reconciliation. A day after her release from house arrest, she said it was time to “sort out our differences across the table.” The Nobel Peace Prize winner has spent 15 of the past 21 years in detention.

MIDDLE EAST

Israel considers settlement freeze deal: Israel’s prime minister has briefed his cabinet on a package of incentives the U.S. has proposed if it renews a partial freeze on settlement construction. The U.S. says it will strengthen its commitment to oppose U.N. resolutions critical of Israel, and offer defense and security guarantees if Israel agrees to halt settlement in the West Bank for 90 days. The Palestinian Authority reacted negatively to the proposal because the halt would not include East Jerusalem.

SOUTH ASIA

Kidnapped Afghan diplomat freed: A senior Afghan diplomat, Abdul Khaliq Farahi, kidnapped by militants in Pakistan two years ago has been released and is back in Afghanistan. Farahi had been the nominated ambassador to Pakistan when he was kidnapped by a little-known armed group, Kutba Salahuddin, in 2008 while returning to his home in Pakistan.

A senior intelligence official said Farahi was handed over to the Afghan authorities in the eastern province of Khost. “Farahi is in good condition and right now he is in Kabul with his family,” President Karzai’s office said.

EUROPE

New Prime Minister in France: French President Nicolas Sarkozy has replaced his foreign and defense ministers as part of a significant cabinet reshuffle. Sarkozy reappointed Francois Fillon as prime minister. Most of the other big figures from the outgoing government remain in place. With Sarkozy’s popularity at rock bottom, he could have seen the reshuffle as a moment for a change of direction, but reports say he is sticking to the course that will most likely lead to his re-election in 2012.

LATIN AMERICA

Troops urged to withdraw Nicaragua-Costa Rica border: The Organization of American States has urged Nicaragua and Costa Rica to withdraw their security forces from a disputed river border, where there has been tension. Costa Rica accuses Nicaragua of deploying troops inside its territory on an island in the San Juan river. Nicaragua insists the island is on its side of the border.

U.S. & CANADA President Obama warns nations not to rely on U.S. exports for growth: Obama said countries with a large surplus must take steps to boost domestic demand - in an apparent reference to China and Japan. Chinese President Hu Jintao said his country was trying to increase domestic consumption, but any currency adjustments would come gradually. Addressing business executives in Yokohama, Obama said the economic crisis had shown the limits of depending on U.S. consumers and Asian exporters to drive growth.

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It is time to start re-writing history Reflections on the reality of Bush years, policy decisions STAFF

The George W. Bush apologia began almost the minute the former president left office.

Senior Nathaniel French officials of the failed Bush administration, such as Dick Cheney and Karl Rove, hit the airwaves and the op-ed pages in the hopes of convincing a war-weary, recession-weary, Bushweary country that the eight-year saga of lies and lawlessness that had just come to a welcome close was actually an example of enlightened statesmanship. History, they argued, would judge them better.

Now the former president himself has entered the fray. First, he released his memoir “Decision Points,” which argued that although mistakes were made, the major failure of his administration was justified: “removing Saddam from power was the right decision.” On Tuesday, his image makeover will enter phase two with the ground-breaking ceremony for his presidential library. And so SMU will become home base for the historical revisionism to come.

Lest the stark reality be lost in all the hoopla, let’s take a moment to reflect on the accomplishments of the Bush administration: It lied and coerced the country into a war it had every reason to know need not have been, distracting the nation’s focus and diverting resources from

the vital mission in Afghanistan and creating a new haven for terrorists.

It broke international law and betrayed America’s long tradition of liberty and respect for human dignity by sanctioning torture overseas, engaging in questionable interrogation tactics on American soil, and asserting the power to hold individuals indefinitely without charge, trial or the most basic of judicial rights.

It created a culture of intellectual ignorance and brazenly disregarded the scientific community on environmental threats we cannot continue to ignore.

It strained the national budget and heaped massive debt on future generations—including our own— extending and worsening the fiscal crisis looming on the horizon.

It squashed reasoned debate and replaced it with paranoia and groupthink, equating dissent with disloyalty.

The list could go on and on, but the message should be clear: George W. Bush was a failed president. A memoir and a presidential center cannot change that fact.

I love SMU. It’s a wonderful school full of thoughtful, intelligent people.

It will also soon become home to an institute that hopes to make Americans forget the shameful performance of the worst president since Nixon.

We won’t be so easily fooled.

Nathaniel French is a senior theater major. He can be reached for comment at nfrench@smu.edu.

Center bolsters University standings nationally COMMENTARY

The fact that the Bush Institute is going to be at SMU heavily influenced my decision to come to SMU. Michael LaMar The opportunities that the Bush Institute is going to bring to SMU and Dallas are infinite.

The plans that I have seen look very impressive, and I think that it will not only make the already beautiful SMU campus more attractive, but it will add a timeless historic element to our campus that is more nationally and internationally relevant.

Some of SMU’s buildings like Dallas Hall have historical significance locally, but not across the world. The Bush Institute would have more of a world wide significance that will draw positive attention to our school and our campus over time. This translates into more opportunities for SMU students and faculty as well.

For example, some of my friends are working to get internships at the Bush Institute. This is a great opportunity for college students; working at a presidential institute is a learning advantage that other people won’t have. Most people would agree that an

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Bush Center propels SMU to upper echelons COMMENTARY

The groundbreaking of the George W. Bush Presidential Library this week solidifies SMU’s Chad Cohen ascension into the national elite of American universities. By virtue of this library’s presence on campus, SMU can now rightfully claim its place as a major player in higher education not only domestically, but internationally. While I am a Republican, I view this library from a strictly non-partisan perspective. I think that any observer would be wise to adopt a similar view.

The Bush Library will act as an asset that will benefit everyone and represents a unique opportunity to provide the SMU campus community, as well as the city of Dallas, with access to the leaders and decisionmakers that will inevitably gravitate to the library to engage in vital analysis of one of the most historically significant time periods in our nation’s history. A resource like a presidential library should be considered in its proper long-term historical context, rather than the mercurial, myopic timeline of the 24-hour news cycle which prevails today.

During the Bush presidency, several events transpired which profoundly altered and re-shaped the way that we as Americans view the world. Consider that over the course of only eight years, this country confronted the challenges presented by the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the bursting of the housing bubble and the most formidable financial crisis since the Great Depression. From a purely historical perspective, this may be the most important presidential library ever built. The library will attract leaders of national and international importance to the SMU campus and serve as the epicenter for

Despite administration mistakes, library is advantageous

internship like that would be especially advantageous to put on a résumé right underneath the education section where they will proudly have Southern Methodist University listed. Not to mention the astonishing networking and connections an internship like that will bring.

There’s no doubt that SMU grads have an advantage when it comes to landing jobs in Dallas, which has recently surpassed the Big Apple for most Fortune 500 company headquarters. But, with the addition of the Bush Institute and the national attention and spotlight that comes with that, SMU will have more recognition and press around the country and the world, extending that great reputation that SMU has in Dallas, and making all of our degrees worth a little bit more.

I think that all of us, as members of the SMU community, owe President Bush a very big, “Thank you.” Not only for what he did in office to serve our country and the free world, but for what he and Laura have done for SMU in choosing to put the George W. Bush presidential center on our campus and have it associated with our school.

Thank you President Bush.

Presidential libraries are meant for historians to look back at a President’s tenure which will usher educational growth and opportunity for the University, even if the administration is seen as an economic, domestic and international failure, like George W. Bush’s tenure.

SMU will, nonetheless, be recognized among the best of the best of Texas universities, as it joins the University of Texas which houses Lyndon B. Johnson’s Presidential Center and Texas A&M University where the Bush ‘41 Library stands. It is an honor to have a presidential library.

The Bush Presidential Center will, no doubt, be a very important one, as it serves future politicians, public servants and bureaucrats. It will, additionally, serve as a reminder never to repeat the countless egregious mistakes of the Bush administration.

Michael LaMar is a first year majoring in financial consulting. He can be reached for comments or questions at mlamar@smu.edu.

David de la Fuente is a junior sociology and political science major.

He can be reached for questions or comments at ddelafuent@mail.smu.edu.

Admirable president inspires, encourages with Center at SMU The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Institute will serve as the academic home of freedom’s values and will help propel Southern Methodist University towards the top tier of our nation’s college institutions.

The 43rd president achieved complete domestic security, promoted democratic values abroad and presided over the longest period of growth in our economic history.

Working to solidify the goals

of Bush’s presidency, the Institute will promote free societies, open economies, an accountable education system and global health.

The results have already begun to speak for themselves, particularly in promoting cyber dissidents and their courageous work domestically and abroad. The Bush Library will attract accomplished research fellows and present employment and research opportunities within the SMU community. Regardless

of ideology, the groundbreaking represents a historic moment for our University which will produce quality research and tangible results.

Charles T. McCaslin is a junior political science and history major.

He can be reached for comments or questions at charlie.mccaslin@ txcollegerepublicans.com.

the extensive debate and discussion that accompanies consideration of the Bush years.

Regardless of political persuasion, a thoughtful observer must recognize that SMU students stand to benefit more than any other group from the presence of the Bush Library. Students will have unique opportunities to engage in research with important policy implications, to work alongside highly-regarded experts to formulate solutions to the problems confronting our country’s future, and to interact with powerbrokers and decision-makers of the highest caliber.

The Bush Library enriches the entire SMU experience. Not only will the University reap the academic benefits of an influx of talented faculty, researchers and thought leaders, but SMU will benefit from the higher profile conferred by the library. The media, along with other universities, now must acknowledge the national influence of SMU. While SMU was once a regional player, it now occupies a place in the upper echelon of universities.

SMU’s increased national profile only shines more light on its greatest asset: its talented student body. Students will find that an SMU degree carries more weight with more people, all across the country. My hope is that students will appreciate the ways in which they benefit from the library, and that they will in turn give back to SMU and to the library, through the contribution of their time and talent, to making this library even better. For the Bush Library to truly become the campus mainstay that we all want it to be, SMU students need to form a true partnership with the library by infusing their own ideas and passions into its broader goals.

Chad Cohen is a junior majoring in finance, with an English minor. He can be reached for questions or comments at ccohen@smu.edu.

Faculty thoughts: Groundbreaking brings highlevel invitees to SMU COMMENTARY

The groundbreaking ceremony hasn’t had any direct impact on me personally, but the highDr. Chelsea Brown level invitees present a unique opportunity for SMU, particularly as a few of those individuals will be speaking with students and faculty on campus later in the day. Among these is the former president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe who has recently been named as a Bush Institute Fellow in Human Freedom.

Regardless of one’s individual views of the Bush presidency, the Bush Institute will have a positive effect on SMU and the greater Dallas community. By bringing high-level policy-makers and research opportunities to campus, both students and faculty will benefit. The Bush Library and Institute will also raise the profile of the University and help to establish it as the leading university in the DFW area.

Of course, there is some concern over a potential partisan bias at the Institute, but there have been similar concerns with other presidential libraries that have largely been unfounded. For balance, SMU might consider a Kanye West Institute of Music next door.

Dr. Chelsea Brown is a professor in political science. She can be reached for comments or questions at brown@smu.edu.

Sports

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Lady Mustangs lose first game of the season

By JOHN BONADELLE Staff Writer Jbonadelle@smu.edu

The women’s basketball team was dealt their first loss of the season Friday night in Moody Coliseum, courtesy of the University of Utah Utes.

The game was a back and forth matchup, displaying two offenses who struggled to score points, especially in the first half. At halftime, the score was deadlocked at 19 apiece, and both teams had trouble making the basketball.

With seconds remaining and a one point lead, the Mustangs only had to quell one more offensive attack by Utah in order to earn their first victory of the season.

After Utah missed its first shot attempt, the Ponies were unable to grab the defensive rebound, giving Utah one more chance. As time dwindled down to only three seconds on the clock, Janita Badon hit a jumper to propel Utah to a 44-43 lead and victory.

SMU had their chances to put the game away but could only shoot a dismal 11 out of 41 from the field. Utah managed to take 56 shots against the Mustangs, but SMU kept themselves in the game by only allowing Utah to hit 18.

The front court for Utah proved to be too much for SMU to handle. Utah

MEN’S SOCCER

Sports Editor eholland@smu.edu

The No. 5 SMU men’s soccer team suffered their first defeat since Oct. 2 and was knocked out of the Conference USA tournament by South Carolina 2-1 in the semi-final round Friday night in Memphis.

The Gamecocks avenged a 3-1 loss to the Mustangs earlier this season and prevented SMU from garnering an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.

SMU midfielder Arthur Ivo

opened up the scoring in the 30th minute and gave the Mustangs a 1-0 lead. Ivo received a nice ball inside the 18 yard box from fellow senior Kekoa Osorio and the junior was able to net his eighth goal of the year.

Just before intermission, the Gamecocks responded with a goal of their own to tie the game at 1-1.

Forward Blake Brettschneider was able to bury the ball in the back of the net following an assist from Sam Arthur just two seconds before halftime.

South Carolina picked up right

where they left off in the second half.

The Gamecocks went up 2-1 when defender Will Traynor headed in a corner kick from midfielder Stephen Morrissey in the 50th minute.

Defensively the Mustangs were led by goalkeeper Craig Hill who recorded five saves, all in the second half.

The win sends the Gamecocks to the Conference USA championship game, while SMU will have to await selection Monday at 3:30 p.m. on ESPNU to find out its seeding and next opponent upon entering the tournament as an at-large team.

VOLLEYBALL

Ponies bounce back for big win

By ZANDER GERONIMOS Assoc. Sports Editor ageronimos@smu.edu

After last Sunday’s sweep against the East Carolina Pirates, SMU’s women’s volleyball traveled to El Paso on Friday to take on Conference USA rivals, the UTEP Miners.

In the first two periods of the match, the Miners held the court 2522 and 25-23.

The match looked bleak for the Mustangs, although the first two periods had been close in final scores. It would take serious commitment and team work for the

Mustangs to overcome the obstacle of such a deficit in this match, and they did.

The team would come back to win the next three periods 25-20, 25-21 and 15-12.

In the first two periods, UTEP’s attack percentages clearly dominated SMU’s. However, the attack percentages of the next three periods illustrate SMU’s return to victory over UTEP. SMU had an overall rise in their level of play, which clearly affected and somewhat lowered that of their opponents.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Mustangs suffer first round loss

By EJ HOLLAND

SMU guard Alisha Filmore had six points, three assists, and three rebounds against Utah Friday evening at Moody Coliseum.

SMU lost the game 44-43.

SMU’s next game is against cross-town rival, TCU, on Wednesday in Fort Worth. The game starts at 6:30 p.m.

out-rebounded the Mustangs 42-29, which gave the Utes’ shooters many second and third chances to score throughout the game. The dominance in the paint

by Utah was led by the tandem of Taryn Wicijowski and Michelle Plouffe.

Wicijowski pulled down ten boards for the Utes, and Plouffe led the team with 11 rebounds.

“We did not play sharp basketball today” said SMU Coach Rhonda Rompola after the loss.

The hero of the game for Utah was Badon who had a night worth remembering. She not only hit the last second jump shot to seal the victory for her team but led all scorers with 15 points.

SMU’s Delisha Wills was second in scoring with 13 points. Most of Wills’ points were hard fought and earned underneath the basket in the paint. Despite the loss, Wills’ 13 points managed to boost her over the one thousand point career mark, a feat that only 17 Mustangs have accomplished before her.

SMU’s ability to bounce back from a loss will be put to the test this Wednesday in Fort Worth.

The Mustangs take on the TCU Horned Frogs who are currently ranked No. 23 in the nation. SMU will have to come to play, especially defensively, if they hope to beat their cross-town rival.

The notable contributions to the team came from senior outside hitter Kathryn Wilkerson and junior outside hitters Dana Powell and Jessica Oliver. Wilkerson had a team high of 20 kills and 13 digs. Powell had 12 kills and 20 digs. Oliver had 14 kills and 10 blocks.

This return from the depths of 2-0 set score in a five set match demonstrated the determination of the Mustangs. The women’s team simply did not lie down, even though they had subsequently come up short.

BASKETBALL: SMU Mustangs lose to

UA Little Rock Trojans 54-47 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Senior forward Papa Dia scored six points, grabbed 12 rebounds and recorded three blocks for the Mustangs who never found any consistent offense and blew a ninepoint halftime lead.

“Papa [Dia] has to be a little bit more patient and trust the offense, and good shots will show up,” Doherty said.

As a team, the Mustangs missed 22 three point shot attempts and shot an atrocious 27 percent from the floor going 13-48.

The Mustangs led by 11 points with 18:49 left until Trojan guard Solomon Bozeman scored some late baskets that helped Arkansas Little Rock finish the game on a 36-15 run.

“It was a weird second half,” Doherty said. “I do not know if I have ever been on a team that has shot 18 percent in the second half, and the thing that I told my team that we are going to have to get used to is playing with the lead.”

Bozeman, a South Florida transfer, finished the game with 17 points to lead the Trojans.

Arkansas Little Rock’s big men stayed busy underneath and dominated the paint as forwards Courtney Jackson and Eric Kibi both scored 11 points a piece.

After a free throw by guard Mike Walker at the 11:06 mark, SMU failed to score for more than eight minutes, until Clinkscales hit a 3-pointer with three minutes left in the game.

“We made some mistakes and they took advantage of it, and all of a sudden the momentum swung in their favor and we never got it back,” Doherty said.

The Trojans took their first lead of the second half 4240 with 7:12 remaining in the game following a Jackson jump shot. Arkansas Little Rock never surrendered the lead and dampened the hopes of the SMU home

crowd.

Freshman point guard Jeremiah Samarrippas concluded his debut as SMU’s starting point guard with eight points and two steals, but failed to dish out any assists and turned the ball over four times.

“Jeremiah [Samarrippas] is a very exciting player who is very confident,” Doherty said. “The kid is a winner.

He’s not afraid, but the thing he has to understand is do not go to fast, do not get caught up in the moment and make better decisions with the basketball.”

The Mustangs will travel to Fort Worth on Tuesday to take on TCU. Last season, the Mustangs were defeated by the Horned Frogs 60-53.

“It is frustrating to lose no doubt,” Doherty said.

“Fortunately we have a game on Tuesday and we are going to be fine.”

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SMU student Bhavyang Mehta, left, and UT Dallas student Nasreen Arastu team up to perform on stage Saturday evening for the SMU Indian Student Association’s 31st annual Diwali Show.

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“Today’s successful show is not just the work of the eight officials, but included a lot of people who worked together,” Merchant said.

“Girls from SMU” got the festival rolling with a dance of lights in semidarkness. On the dimly-lit stage, the

seemingly invisible dancers moved their hands, giving the impression of lights dancing to the music on their own in space.

A colorful fashion show featuring costumes from Asia brought the event to a close.

“The theme of the fashion show

signified peace and love among people from different countries in the South Asian sub-continent,” Sidra Anees, the show’s coordinator, said.

Red, green and orange colors represented Bangladesh, Pakistan and India, respectively.

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Philanthropy chair Al Young said.

“It serves as a good jumping point for next year. My successor will be able to do bigger and better things for the Boys & Girls Clubs.”

Juany Valdespino-Gaytan, vice president of education for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, came to support the event. She spoke about volunteer opportunities for SMU students and the importance of the clubs in Dallas.

The Boys & Girls Clubs have five major goals for their program.

They work on education and core development, character and leadership development, appreciation for the arts, as well as health and

life skills. They also host programs for sports fitness and recreation.

The clubs are designed as a way to positively influence children in lowincome areas.

“When we get donations such as this, it goes towards resources for the kids like tutoring, math activities and recreation,” Valdespino-Gaytan said.

“It could pay for the membership of some of our lower-income kids.”

There are 13 clubs in the greater Dallas area, and the money donated by the participating sororities and Beta will help children in areas like south Dallas, Grand Prairie and Oak Cliff.

“This philanthropy event is more than just about the Boys & Girls

Clubs,” sophomore Beta member Alex Saucedo said. “It speaks volumes about what Greek life wants to do around our community.”

Beta wants to continue its volunteer work with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas and hopes to expand the tournament to include the entire SMU community next year.

“It’s a really noble mission,” Young said. “Education for everyone is an integral part of the American dream. This is our way of helping in that fight.”

For more information on volunteering with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, visit their website at www.bgcdallas.org.