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VOLUME 97, ISSUE 44 SMUDAILYCAMPUS.COM

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PRESIDENTIAL CENTER

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Participating in the groundbreaking for the Bush President Center were (shown left to right below) David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States; Ray Hunt, co-chair of the Bush Foundation Finance Committee, SMU trustee and chairman of Hunt Oil Company; Caren Prothro – chair of the SMU Board of Trustees; Alan Lowe, director of the Bush Presidential Library and Museum; Robert Stern, architect for the Bush Presidential Center; R. Gerald Turner, president of SMU; Condoleezza Rice, chair of the Bush Institute Advisory Board and former U.S. Secretary of State; George W. Bush; Laura Bush; Dick Cheney, former U.S. Vice President and former SMU trustee; Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Foundation; Don Evans, co-chair of the Bush Foundation Finance Committee and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce; Michael Van Valkenburgh, landscape architect for the Bush Presidential Center; the Rev. Mark Craig, SMU trustee and pastor of Highland Park United Methodist Church; and Jake Torres, SMU student body president.

Shoveled dirt marks beginning of construction

By SARAH KRAMER Staff Writer skramer@smu.edu

Former President George W. Bush, joined by members of his former administration, shoveled red dirt, marking the ceremonial groundbreaking of the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University Tuesday morning.

The Center will contain his presidential library, the 13th in the United States and the first of the 21st century, as well as a museum and institute.

“Today marked another major milestone as we turn our sights to the future,” Donald Evans, the chair of the

George W. Bush Board of Directors, said. “Today is the culmination of a lot of planning and hard work.”

More than 2,500 invited guests and some students gathered under a huge white tent on the eastern side of campus, joining former First Lady Laura Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, President of SMU R. Gerald Turner and former President of Columbia Alvaro Uribe.

Bush was welcomed by an engaged and enthusiastic crowd as he joked, “It is hard to believe there is so much excitement over breaking dirt.”

He said that the groundbreaking marked the first steps of continuing the timeless principles that his administration valued, which will be advanced by the George W. Bush Institute.

BASKETBALL

Mustangs drop with loss to TCU 84-64

By NICOLE JACOBSEN Staff Writer njacobse@smu.edu

SMU (0-2) showed the potential to return home with its first win of the 2010-11 season, but instead returned to Moody Coliseum winless after going down to TCU 84-64 Tuesday night in Fort Worth.

“I don’t want to sugar coat it anymore, we’re a soft team,” head Coach Matt Doherty said. “Tonight we didn’t show any toughness. We didn’t show much resolve, and that’s very discouraging.”

The Horned Frogs (2-0) never surrendered the lead, going up by as many as 23 points in the second half, and never allowing the Mustangs to come within two points of them.

SMU came close to pulling ahead on two occasions, but between junior forward Robert Nyakundi getting into foul trouble late in the game and SMU’s high turnover rate, TCU continued to advance its lead throughout the entirety of the game.

Tuesday night’s loss marked the third consecutive year the Mustangs have fallen to the Horned Frogs, though SMU still holds a 101-85 advantage in the series.

Since the breakup of the Southwest Conference in 1996, the Mustangs

have been 5-15 against TCU, with SMU’s last win over its cross-town rival in 2007 at Moody Coliseum.

Led by Nyakundi with 14 points on the night, SMU came close to tying the score for the first time late in the first half when the Mustangs managed to cut a 20-point TCU lead in half, but the Horned Frogs pulled ahead again in the final two minutes of the opening half to enter the locker room up 49-35.

TCU dominated the Mustangs from the start, collecting 17 points off SMU turnovers and shooting 64 percent from the field in the first half.

SMU, who remained scoreless for the final two minutes of the opening half, shot only 14-of-25 from the field and recorded only six points from the long range.

The second half told the same story, with TCU starting off on another series of scoring sprees. The Mustangs cut the half down to a 14-point lead down 30 seconds in, but the combined scoring efforts of TCU’s Garlon Green and Ronnie Moss continued to prove troublesome for SMU’s defense.

SMU freshman guard Jeremiah

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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the institute will seek ways of putting his principles into action, including the beliefs that this nation’s power should be used to help people be free and healthy and that education is transforming.

Bush thanked the 160,000 donors of the Center, insuring the audience, as well as the contributors, that “this building was fully paid for before we broke ground.”

Bush refrained from condemning any actions of President Barack Obama, saying, “The decisions of government are on another person’s desk. ” Cheney, who spoke before Bush, did not resist voicing his criticism of the current administration.

Cheney drew an applause when he said, “This may

be the only shovel-ready project in America,” referencing what the Republicans believe to be an ineffective economic stimulus program supported by Obama.

Designed by Robert A.M Stern Associates, the 225,000 square-foot red brick and limestone presidential center is expected to open in 2013. The Center will house a library that holds the national archives, museum and a policy institute that is unique to this presidential library.

The George W. Bush Institute’s goal is to pursue universal freedom as a path to peace, global health, human freedom and economic growth.

According to National Archivist David Ferriero, the

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PRESIDENTIAL CENTER

Protest brings mixed crowd

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

Protesters gathered outside of Ford Stadium Tuesday to express their discontent with the Bush administration.

Marching from Mockingbird Station to their designated location, they carried signs that decried torture and the Iraq war, chanting “Arrest Bush” as they approached SMU. Hadi Jawad of The People’s Response, the group that organized the effort, said that he estimated 150 to 200 protesters made an appearance, and said that he felt the event was successful.

“The first thing that comes to mind is everybody’s safety. As far as everyone coming and expressing their first amendment rights and going home safely, that was a victory,” Jawad said.

While Jawad felt today was a success, he said that the lack of student participation in The People’s Responses planned events was disappointing.

“It was kind of the elephant in the room,” Jawad said. “Even if every student disagreed with us, which I find hard to believe, we need disagreement to test our own convictions.”

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Hundreds of people protesting the groundbreaking ceremonies of the George Bush Presidential Library marched from Mockingbird Station to the corner of Mockingbird Lane and Airline Road Tuesday morning.

Cindy Sheehan, a well-known antiwar activist whose son, Casey, was killed in Iraq, participated in the rally.

Sheehan, who has held widely publicized protests at George W. Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Tex., said that she felt that this protest compared favorably to protests she had attended

in the past and echoed the sentiments of the “Arrest Bush” picket signs carried by many of the protesters.

“Instead of profiting off of his crimes he should really be on trial in The Hague,” she said. “That’s just a fact.”

Sheehan also said that those who

support Bush and the war should be put on trial as well because “they are complicit in murder.”

Sheehan told The Daily Campus that the most important message that the protesters were sending was one of

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The Daily Campus SENATE

SENATE

Meeting brings new legislation

By MEREDITH SHAMBURGER Senior Staff Writer mshamburge@smu.edu

Student Senate introduced two new pieces of legislation at their next-to-last meeting of the semester.

One bill, authored by HispanicAmerican Senator Alejandra Aguirre and Lyle Senator Claudia Sandoval, is a resolution to support the DREAM Act. Bill authors said the resolution is only intended to be a statement of support.

“We have students here at SMU who are undocumented, and they are top students. They don’t receive federal aid, so they have to be here on some type of scholarship or they’re paying out of pocket,” Sandoval said. “And unfortunately when they graduate because they are undocumented they won’t be able to go and apply for jobs and use that degree. So that’s one of the ways we see this benefiting our students who are here.”

The DREAM act would apply to undocumented students who have been in the U.S. before they were 16, lived in the U.S. for at least five years, do not have a criminal background, and either attended college for at least two years or joined the military.

Bill authors explained that the bill wouldn’t automatically grant citizenship to undocumented students, but it would allow them to seek residency status and put them on a pathway to become active

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members in their community.

The authors said they gathered postcards from students who support the DREAM Act and that this shows the student body is supportive, although they did not specify the number of students who signed postcards.

The resolution originally contained a paragraph which grieved over a recent bill passed by the student government at Texas A&M, which would ban in-state tuition for undocumented students.

The bill authors took out the paragraph after Dedman II Senator Alex Ehmke protested its presence.

“Do y’all think it’s a good idea to start calling out other institutions on bills that their student governments pass and to start sniping between colleges?” he said.

Parliamentarian Joseph Esau and Law Senator Jason Sharp introduced a bill that would amend current Senate policies and procedures. The bill changes some of the wording in the policies and procedures documents to provide consistency between the Finance Committee’s current policies and Student Senate.

Student Body President travels to College Station Jake Torres will be traveling to Texas A&M today to speak to their student government about his disagreement with their passing of a bill that would deny in-state tuition to undocumented students.

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“I think it’s the first step in a slippery slope of trying to get involved in national politics in a way that I don’t think is beneficial to the students at Texas A&M or to the students of Texas or the United States in general,” he said.

The bill’s authors say the bill opposes a state law that’s in violation of federal law and that it doesn’t discriminate against undocumented immigrants.

A&M Student Body President Jacob Robinson later vetoed the bill.

He said the bill is a state issue, not a university issue and that the bill did not address the real problem: residency.

Torres said he would not be acting in an official capacity.

“I’m just going as Jake Torres,” he said.

Torres has spoken to Senate about his planned visit and tried to see if anyone else wanted to go with him. No one else is planned to accompany him.

Although he understands where the A&M student government is coming from, Torres says he disagrees.

“I think that right now the state of immigration is in desperate need of reform, but I don’t think bills like the one they passed” are helping the situation, he said.

Professor Patton clarifies story on September arrest

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

Erin O. Patton, the former adjunct SMU professor who was arrested on Sept. 22, contacted The Daily Campus Tuesday to provide further information on the incident.

Patton, who was charged with evasion of arrest in a vehicle, attempted to flee from police and crashed into three cars in the process.

Upon arrest, Highland Park Police found a crack pipe in the vehicle he was driving.

Marty Neville, a public information officer for Highland Park, said that police originally approached the vehicle because Patton was “acting suspiciously,” though she would not elaborate.

In a statement to The Daily Campus, Patton said that Highland Park Police approached him while he was not operating the vehicle, and that the officers came toward him in a “slow moving SUV with its lights out,” and he did not realize that it was the police.

“I instinctively feared for my personal safety, and acted in haste

Police Reports NOVEMBER 14 12:57 p.m.. Cockrell Hall. A student reported she is receiving harassing text messages from an unknown person. Open.

NOVEMBER 14

6:13 PM. Fondren Library. A student reported an unknown male started talking to her in the library and made her feel uncomfortable.

The unknown male was gone when the police arrived. Open.

NOVEMBER 15

2:23 PM. Fire Alarm: Phi Gamma Delta /3064 SMU Blvd. University Park Fire Department responded to an active fire alarm. It was determined the alarm was activated by sheet rock dust. Closed.

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7:29 PM. Theft: South Quad Lot/6000 Ownby Drive. A student reported theft of her customized Audi emblems from her vehicle. Open.

to avoid a potentially harmful situation but did not intend to avoid law enforcement officers,” Patton said.

Neville said that because Patton subsequently struck three vehicles and continued to flee without stopping to report the accident, officers had legal cause to stop him.

Patton clarified to The Daily Campus that “the other cars involved in this accident were … parked at the time, so no one was hurt or placed in immediate danger. I received citations and paid a fine for these offenses.”

He also said that the vehicle he was driving at the time of the accident did not belong to him, nor did the contents of the vehicle, which included the crack pipe. Neville confirmed that the vehicle was rented through Hertz Rent-a-Car. Patton was charged with four offenses through the city of Highland Park: three for reckless damage for the cars he struck and one for possession of drug paraphernalia.

He took deferred adjudication for all offenses, which Neville said is “basically a plea of no contest.”

Patton will serve probation for the

offenses and compensate the owners of the three vehicles for damages. Upon successful completion of probation, the charges will be removed from his record.

Patton will stand trial with Dallas County for the charge of evading arrest on Dec. 8.

Patton expressed “deep, heartfelt remorse and apology” to the SMU administration, faculty and students for the incident and thanked everyone who “has expressed their support and prayers” for him and his family.

“I am embracing this moment of adversity as a teachable moment for this instructor to further refine my character and deepen both my faith and spiritual conviction,” Patton said.

“It is also my hope that this serves as an instructive opportunity for all students to examine their choices, peer associations and broader impact our individual decisions have on others,” he said.

Patton’s full statement to The Daily Campus can be found at www. smudailycampus.com.

Arts & Entertainment

The Daily Campus THEATER

‘Trinity River Plays’ tell necessary story

By LAUREN SMART A&E Editor lsmart@smu.edu

“You don’t really want to go home; you just want to know that it’s there,” Iris says to her cousin Jasmine in “The Trinity River Plays” and it seems to summarize the entire work.

These three plays run in succession and represent a sort of homecoming for playwright Regina Taylor herself.

They are in many ways autobiographical, as Taylor like Iris grew up in Oak Cliff and attended SMU. The plays contain some of the pivotal moments in Iris’ life, and we watch her just like a flower slowly bloom in spite of her somewhat harsh conditions.

When we meet her in the first play, “Jarfly,” Iris is turning 17 years old and is an ambitious writer.

She is full of hope and ready to face life, but it is on this day that she is forced to acknowledge the darker side of life.

In this play she is constantly trying to finish the sentence “I like to write because…” The end of this play, which is really more like an act than a full play, ends with her climbing into the tree, where she can detach herself from the world.

“Jarfly” seems to be a reference to the way Iris has self-identified with a bug.

The struggle with self-definition is presented in a relevant, gripping way in this first play of the trilogy, but the energy between the characters languishes underneath the rich dialogue.

Although the second play is just as verbose as the first, the character development and the masterful way in which Taylor presents the issues of returning home and facing death makes the play much stronger than the first.

“Rain” seems to represent the

renewal that comes after a storm, and it is in this play that every actress seems to be at her best.

Karen Aldridge’s performance of Iris is the perfect vantage point for the audience to recognize themselves in the story.

Every character is an identifiable, albeit dysfunctional, family member, yet there seems to be no stereotypes.

Jasmine (Christiana Clark) is the cousin who allows her scars to affect the course of her life, and is constantly trying to clean up.

Aunt Daisy Photo Courtesy of DTC (Jacqueline Williams) is the Penny Johnson Jerald plays Iris’ mother, Rose, in the highly medicated, world premiere of the “The Trinity River Plays” at DTC. but loveable aunt, and Rose (Penny The minute you walk into the Johnson Jerald) is the feisty, hardened Wyly, you will notice that something special has taken the stage. single mother.

The men? Well, this isn’t really The attention to detail present in their story. both Todd Rosenthal’s set and Taylor’s The final installment of the trilogy, script make this an experience that “Ghost” depicts Iris as she learns to anyone who calls Dallas home won’t deal with loss and navigate the life want to miss.

Even if a runtime of 195 minutes she’s been given.

“The Trinity River Plays” tell a is intimidating, the three hours are story that is entirely relevant and well-spent. necessary, both in Dallas and the rest “The Trinity River Plays” run of the country. through Dec. 5 at the Wyly Theatre.

Hardship is faced without For more information about flinching, and the mixture of courage the show and for tickets visit www. and vulnerability in every character dallastheatercenter.org. makes this play relatable without being kitschy.

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EVENTS

Area adventures If you’re looking for a way to alleviate some of your stress as the end of the semester approaches, Dallas has plenty of options for you.

Now - Nov. 21 “Uncle Vanya” Meadows Theatre performs this classic Anton Chekov play in the final production of the fall season.

8 p.m. nightly, Sunday. 2 p.m.

Greer Garson Theatre Info: meadows.smu.edu

Nov. 17 “American Songbook” This one night only event features the great duo of Michael Feinstein and Nicole Henry as they perform some of classic American music, from Cole Porter to Burton Lane.

8 p.m.

Winspear Opera House Info: www.attpac.org

Nov. 19 The Dresden Dolls with Girl in a Coma This American musical duo has been putting on theatrical concerts for almost a decade.

The band has a very unique sound.

8 p.m.

Granada Theater Info: granadatheater.org

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago One of America’s great repertory dance companies for the past 30 years stops in Dallas for a special performance, put on by TITAS.

8 p.m.

Winspear Opera House Info: www.attpac.org

Nov. 20 Downtown City Lights

Join Dallas as they kick off Christmas celebrations.

Info: downtowndallas.org

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Arts & Entertainment

FILM

The Daily Campus THEATER

Vocal student garners ‘The Next Three Days’ hooks audience local thespian attention

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

It is a rare thing in Hollywood to see one of today’s biggest stars playing the lead role in a smaller, more budget constricted action movie.

However, when done correctly, this type of film yields not only an amazing performance, but an exciting movie to watch as well.

This classic formula for cinematic success is put to good use in Russell Crowe’s new film, “The Next Three Days.”

The film centers on a man and his fight to free his wife from jail.

The movie, which stars Crowe’s counterpart, the lovely Elizabeth Banks, is much more than a typical

“jail-escape” movie, revealing the lengths that one will go to rescue their loved ones.

In the film, Crowe plays John Brennan, a college professor who, after learning of his wife’s possible life sentence, becomes obsessed with her escape.

Obsessed may be an understatement.

The director, Paul Haggis (“Crash,” “Million Dollar Baby”) utilizes flashbacks to tell the story that led to Banks’ (Lara Brennan) incarceration.

This filmmaking technique keeps you guessing the entire time throughout “The Next Three Days,” and also gives a sometimes needed break to the heavy score and high intensity defining the film’s complementing scenes.

Haggis also uses this technique to exhibit the life Brennan had prior to the arrest, a life that seemed perfect. The flashbacks seem to tease Brennan, serving as a reminder of what his life was like before Lara’s imprisonment.

As the movie progresses, Crowe becomes immensely more interesting to watch. The audience witnesses not only the development of a genius plan, but also the internal spirit of a genius dying. As the day for Brennan’s plan to take place draws nearer, the character he plays becomes more disturbed due to his wife’s prolonged absence.

The acting on all perimeters is above par. Both Crowe and Banks provide just the right amount of emotion when appropriate, as well as just the right amount of intensity.

With a holiday box office full of family-oriented and cheeky films, “The Next Three Days” is the perfect movie for those looking for something more. The film opens nationwide Friday.

By LAUREN SMART A&E Editor lsmart@smu.edu

He’s ahead of the game: 20-yearold, junior vocal performance major, Max Swarner, is already making a splash in the Dallas theater world.

Swarner has a background steeped in musical theater, and he credits attending “Phantom of the Opera” when he was six with getting him into it.

A native of Dallas, he’s been performing in the area since he was a kid, playing roles in local productions of musicals including “Jekyll & Hyde” and “Sweeney Todd.” “‘Equus’ at Upstart Players was really my first straight play,” Swarner said. “I had never done anything like that in my life, and it was quite an experience.”

“Equus” is Peter Shaffer’s controversial play that garnered a lot of attention when Daniel Radcliffe starred in it in 2007.

Swarner, like Radcliffe, played Alan Strang, the boy who struggles

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SMU vocal student Max Swarner holds one of the puppets from “Tales from Mount Olympus,” the show he is currently performing in at Theatre Three.

with his perception of horses.

“You don’t know how many comparisons were made between me and Radcliffe,” Swarner said.

“It got really annoying.”

Fresh off of his performance of Strang, Swarner was asked to be one of the puppeteers in director and designer Bruce Coleman’s pet project “Tales from Mount Olympus.”

“After we worked together on ‘Equus,’ Bruce wanted to work together again,” Swarner said.

“Both projects have been new genres for me, and I’ve learned a great deal.”

“Tales from Mount Olympus” is unlike any other show in Dallas.

Coleman describes the show as “an international experience.”

After all, it’s part Japanese Bunraku, part Hungarian black light theater and a whole lot of American storytelling.

Swarner and seven other actors guide the Greek gods and goddesses around the stage as a voiceover tells the story they are acting out.

Coleman has been working on

this project for years and has spent the last several months slaving over the puppets themselves.

He credits a preoccupation with D’Aulaires’ “Book of Greek Myths” from childhood as the driving factor behind the show.

The intricate details of each puppet, from Andromeda to Medusa to the big face of Zeus, are a testament to Coleman’s hard work.

The colorful puppets and fun stories make this production an interesting show for everyone.

“He’s billing it as a family show, but it’s really for people of all ages,” Swarner said. “Greek mythology is something that has been fascinating people for years.”

See Swarner in Theatre Three’s production of “Tales from Mount Olympus,” which runs through Sunday, Nov. 28, and keep your eye open for your fellow SMU student in many productions to follow.

For more information, visit www.theatre3dallas.com

News

The Daily Campus LECTURE

LBJ Library director explains shaping of presidents’ history

By MEREDITH SHAMBURGER Senior Staff Writer mshamburge@smu.edu

Presidential legacies are not set in stone the day that they leave office.

According to Mark K. Updegrove, director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Library and Museum, post-presidential decisions can change the way history views a president.

“It takes a long time to see the forest for the trees,” he said.

In former President George W. Bush’s case, Updegrove said that he is excited to see what Bush can do in his post-presidential life, particularly with the existing Bush Institute.

Updegrove spoke to a small, but crowded room in DeGolyer Library Monday afternoon as part of a SMU Libraries event. Updegrove is a presidential historian and has been director of the LBJ Library since October 2009.

He is the author of two books: “Baptism by Fire: Eight Presidents Who Took Office in Times of Crisis” (2009) and “Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House” (2006).

Updegrove discussed every U.S. president since Harry Truman and noted that post-presidencial life has evolved. When Truman left office, Updegrove said, “He had nothing.” He had no Secret Service, no office space, no staff and no presidential pension.

But now, Updegrove explained, presidents have begun to shape their legacy by their post-presidential life.

Several years after he resigned from office, Updegrove said Richard Nixon reinvented himself and began to devote himself to causes that he felt were important, particularly foreign policy.

He was a self-appointed Secretary of State; a freelancer, according to Updegrove.

“There’s a lesson here for his successors,” Updegrove said. He explained that by concentrating on specific policies, Nixon was able to burnish his image as a foreign policy expert, rather than a disgraced president.

Jimmy Carter is another example of a president who changed his image after his presidency. Between leaving office and being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Updegrove explained that Carter’s outreach through the Carter Center overshadowed his administration.

Carter really considers the Carter Center as his legacy, not his presidency, Updegrove said.

Updegrove feels that it is up to history to decide what Bush’s legacy will be.

He said that Johnson wanted his library to objectively depict his administration “with the bark off,” and he encouraged this by speeding up the declassification of many Vietnam documents. Updegrove encouraged officials at the Bush Library to do the same.

“I encourage the Bush folks, as much as possible, to give [the Bush administration] an unvarnished look,” Updegrove said. “And let people decide.”

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library will have features that the other 12 presidential libraries do not have: nearly 80 terabytes of electronic information, including over 200 million e-mails. This makes it the first library with a major digital collection.

“This is tremendous information that is valuable for researchers and the public,” Ferriero said. “We are proud to be a part of the SMU community.”

While the library will display the history of the Bush presidency, the museum will demonstrate the principles that are most important to the Bush Institution: freedom, responsibility, opportunity and compassion.

These four principles will be exhibited in an innovative and interactive manner that gives visitors an inside look at the key decisions made by Bush during his presidency.

SMU President R. Gerald Turner said housing the Presidential Center “provides a unique opportunity to develop joint programs involving the students, faculty and staff with the fellows and visiting scholars of the Bush Presidential Center.”

While many people gathered on SMU’s campus to watch as a part of history was made, former counselor to the president Karen Hughes viewed the groundbreaking as a reunion for much of the former administration.

“This is the first time that the extended Bush family has been together since we flew home from Washington after President Obama’s inauguration,” said Hughes, who graduated from SMU in 1977.

She remembers being called into a meeting to discuss the possibilities of a presidential library during Bush’s second term.

“To have this moment where we are actually breaking ground, makes it very tangible and very exciting,” she said.

“It will give people the opportunity to see documents and to think about the information Bush had when he made the decisions he did, as well as allowing the Bush administration to continue making a difference on some of the big picture policies they were most passionate about.”

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Former first lady Laura Bush speaks about the Women’s Initiative Tuesday morning.during the groundbreaking cermony.

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney passes the podium to Former President George W. Bush Tuesday morning.

JESSICA HUSEMAN/ The Daily Campus

SMU students Scott McCall, from left, Andrew Stallings and Michael Hamel protest against anti-Bush protesters Tuesday morning outside Ford Stadium. The trio organized their rally using the social network website Facebook.

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accountability.

“Just because we have the biggest military in the world doesn’t give us the ability to commit war crimes,” Sheehan said.

Protesters listened to speeches and testimony from several well-known members of the anti-war community, including Ann Wright, a former United States Army colonel and retired official of the U.S. State Department who now speaks openly against the Iraq War, and Coleen Rowley, a 2002 Time’s “Person of the Year.”

Rich Hancock of Rational Broadcasting, a progressive radio show based in Dallas, emceed the event.

The event did not only attract those who were disenchanted with the Bush administration. Several people, including a few SMU students, showed up to show support for Bush and the new library.

“Every SMU student should be proud that we get to host the bush library,” senior sociology major Andrew Stallings said.

Stallings organized a Facebook group called, “Protest the Protesters,” and said that its intention was for SMU students to show their support for the library and give a

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viewpoint different from that of the protesters.

“Every one should have a right to say what they think, but they go too far with the ‘Arrest Bush’ signs. You can’t just make things up,” Stallings said.

Several members of the community also came to show their support. Local resident Jim Howell stood along Mockingbird Road with a sign that read, “Thank You Pres. Bush.”

Howell wanted to thank Bush because “he stood up for us,” and said that SMU having his library was “a great honor.”

The protest was peaceful, for both sides, from beginning to end and the protesters had no altercations with police, said Jawad, who expressed his gratitude to the SMU Police Department.

“We had a wonderful experience dealing with Chief Rick Shafer and Deputy Jim Walters. The SMU Police were very cooperative and very supportive,” Jawad said.

Shafer also felt that the event went over well. “Today’s demonstrations were characterized by the mutual respect we were expecting between protesters and law enforcement.

It was a very good day for SMU,” he said.

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ASIA-PACIFIC Russia raged over extradition case: Russia has described as a “blatant injustice” Thailand’s decision to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the U.S. to face charges of conspiring to sell weapons. Bout was flown out of Bangkok after Thailand backed the U.S. request following months of legal wrangling. The former Russian air force officer, 43, has been accused of trying to sell arms to Colombian rebels, and supplying weapons that fuelled conflicts in Africa and the Middle East.

The 43-year-old is thought to have knowledge of Russia’s military and intelligence operations, and Russian diplomats fear the revelations he might make in open court, correspondents say.

MIDDLE EAST France accuses Iran of violence at embassy in Tehran: The entry to the French embassy residence in Tehran was blocked by unidentified officials on Sunday, said the French foreign ministry. “[They] proceeded to arrest guests of the French ambassador and carried out unacceptable acts of violence against French diplomatic personnel,” it said. Iran has not commented. Correspondents say the incident is the latest signal of ongoing tensions between France and Iran, partly strained by France’s tough stand on Iran’s nuclear program.

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the lucrative market had been sold at “unbelievably low prices” - the loss to the government could be as high as $39bn, the report said. Raja resigned over the weekend, denying any wrongdoing. He is accused of issuing the licenses on a “first-come, first-served” basis instead of auctioning them.

EUROPE Eurozone to increase help in Ireland: The European Union monetary affairs commissioner, Olli Rehn, described the financial situation in Ireland as “our most pressing challenge of today.” He said the plan would have an “accent on restructuring its banking sector.” At the centre of this has been the market’s fear that the governments of the weaker eurozone countries, particularly Ireland, would not be able to afford to repay their huge debts. Rehn said that “the Irish authorities are committed to working” with the E.U., the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to calm market turmoil.

AFRICA Election losers protest in Guinea: Supporters of the defeated candidate in Guinea’s presidential election, Cellou Dalein Diallo, have been protesting in the streets about the poll results. Security forces have been firing tear gas in the capital and violence has been reported in some other areas. Diallo appealed for calm and said he would challenge the results in court. Veteran opposition leader Alpha Conde, who won with more than 52 percent of the vote, said he wants to lead a process of national reconciliation. The elections mark an end of 52 years of authoritarian rule, but since June, violence and delays have plagued the protest. According to the

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LATIN AMERICA New frog species found in Columbia: A search for the Mesopotamia beaked toad believed to be extinct has instead led scientists to discover three new frog species. They include a poison-secreting rocket frog and two toads. The amphibian search, coordinated by Conservation International along with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, began in August and is the first coordinated attempt to look for species believed to be extinct.

Expeditions have been mounted in 19 countries in search of 100 lost species. The latest Red List of Threatened Species, released by the U.N., put 41 percent of amphibians on the danger list, with most of the threats continuing to intensify.

U.S. & CANADA Medal of Honor awarded to living soldier: A soldier from rural Iowa is the first living recipient of America’s highest military award since the Vietnam War. President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Honor to 25-year-old Staff Sgt Salvatore Giunta at the White House. He received the decoration for “acts of gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty” while serving in Afghanistan. He served two tours in Iraq and had previously received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. The award includes a $1,000 monthly pension from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, a guaranteed seat at presidential inaugurations and special housing privileges on military bases.

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Despite my lack of musical, artistic, and theatrical gifts, I am a Meadows student. I study art history and love the arts, even if I cannot directly contribute to their production.

Consequently, I love, support and appreciate artists. I admire the work that they do. I also know that having a forum for an exchange of ideas between artists is crucial to the success of an artist’s work. Sadly, however, it appears Rebecca Quinn as if this forum at our University is mantled in a haze of smoke.

If you have ever hung around outside of Meadows, you have seen it. Our beloved community of visionaries has quite the strong rapport among them, as evinced by the hours upon hours of time they pass in each other’s company sharing laughter, ideas, music, art and, less impressively, a chronic smoking habit. It would seem that admission into the social milieu of this vibrant arts community requires not only a sharp wit and a marked individuality, but also a lighter and a pack of Virginia Slims (apologies—what are people smoking these days?).

I do not mean to over generalize—I am well aware that there are many folks running in the aforementioned circle that never touch the stuff. But it would be absurd to deny that there is a salient smoking culture dominating the Meadows benches.

I understand the appeal of smoking; I spent a semester in Spain and realize that there is a certain allure to tobacco that is difficult to satisfy outside of tobacco use. I also understand that it looks cool and artsy to smoke, and, let’s be honest, most all of us are trying to look cool in one way or another on this image-dominated campus. But this type of mutually-reinforcing destructive addiction is not worth the camaraderie it engenders, nor is smoking the only way to achieve such group cohesion. In fact, in many ways, such a habit precludes the occurrence of potentially fascinating conversations because nonsmokers shy away from what they perceive as the smokers-only club.

Indeed, although I know most would not admit it too loudly, there are people who smoke just so they can be friends with the smokers.

The slogan of the Arts Entrepreneurship program within Meadows is START A MOVEMENT. The idea is to encourage artists to “create relevance in their artistic practice” so that they can better their communities. Wouldn’t it be nice if we were to start a movement right here, right now, and cut back on all of those cigs?

Rebecca Quinn is a senior art history, Spanish and French triple major.

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

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Scholarship proposed to strengthen SMU’s relationship with the Dallas community The University is reviewing the costs of tuition and student fees, to present next year’s academic tuition and fees. Students are highly invested in this process, and we benefit greatly from the University’s resources linked to such fees. SMU believes that fostering a relationship within the Dallas Fort Worth area is necessary and will promote awareness to the surrounding communities.

The Senate Scholarship that is being proposed will reward students of high academic achievement wit in the DFW area. This scholarship is awarded by senate and funded by the six percent increase in tuition. This will have a direct and positive impact on the SMU community.

An institution with similar student aid funds is the University of Southern California. It established the Norman Toppin Student Aid Fund, which is a community-based scholarship program for students in the immediate surrounding areas.

The eligibility requirements are: The student must demonstrate academic excellence, complete community service hours and, economically, have a financial need for assistance to further their

education. Students’ fees or a portion of these fees assist in funding the Norman Toppin Student Aid Fund. A program that is designed to market to its immediate community, reinforces the University’s mission and commitment to recruit locals to the University, affording them the opportunity to realize a better education, from a highly regarded institution and an opportunity to become marketable and competitive in the mainstream upon graduation.

This resolution will help SMU strengthen its relationship with surrounding communities and afford qualified students with limited financial resources the ability to attend SMU. Throughout my time working with D.I.S.D as a tutor, I have noticed that many of my pupils are not familiar with SMU, even though it is not even 30 minutes away. Also many of them believe that it is not possible to attend the University due to cost and that financial assistance is not available. Offering such a scholarship will connect our University with the surrounding communities and allow SMU to gain more awareness in these certain areas.

In order to make this scholarship available, 11

dollars will be taken from the increase in the student fees for the next academic year and will be used to form a permanent Senate Scholar program available to students from the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex.

Students selected for this program will be chosen by a group compromised of representatives from the Student Senate, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid. The students eligible to apply for these funds must properly fulfill the following requirements. They would have to demonstrate a prior commitment to service and be willing to perform community service throughout their enrollment at SMU. Also student would have to have held a leadership role in a club or organization prior to attending SMU with a particular preference for experience in student government. Lastly, the student must have attained a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent and maintain that GPA in order to maintain this scholarship.

Lewis White is general member of the Communications Committee of Student Senate. He can be reached for comments or questions at ltwhite@smu.edu.

Reflections on the Bush Institute: A new name for SMU I feel that the Bush Institute will have a profound effect COMMENTARY on SMU and the entire DFW area. The attention it has already brought to the University has far exceeded my expectations, and I can only imagine the impact it will have in the future. As one of only thirteen presidential libraries, the possibilities are endless. Everywhere I go throughout the country, and even internationally, the first thing people bring up when they find out I go to SMU, or even that I am from Dallas, is the Bush Institute. It seems Chad Averett to be known all over. No matter where the conversation was headed, it immediately turns to the Bush Institute and stays there for quite some time. People seem to be intrigued by it and often have numerous questions.

Surprisingly, I have not heard a great deal about the groundbreaking in the news. It has been covered, but I think it has been somewhat overshadowed by the release of President Bush’s new book. Outside the media, the Dallas area has been a buzz with talk about the new institute.

I personally am very excited to have the Bush Institute on campus. I believe that it will serve as a great asset to SMU students both today and in the future.

SMU and the surrounding community will benefit not only from the resources and information that will be housed there, but also from the individuals and attention it will bring to campus. I am sure that countless tourists will visit the institute, and many area schools will come to see the museum. In addition to the museum’s permanent exhibits, I can only imagine some of the temporary exhibits that will make their way here.

I have already seen so many of the benefits of the institute that I cannot even begin to mention them all. From the influential individuals visiting campus, to the greatly improved name recognition of SMU, to the learning resources that will be provided in the future—the list goes on and on. Unfortunately, I will graduate before the institute is complete, but I know it will be a great asset to the students and am sure I will benefit even as an alumnus. The institute has truly

brought SMU to the forefront of not only the national, but international stage, and as a result SMU has become much better known around the world.

I think the number of high level invitees to the groundbreaking ceremony is both exciting and promising. I feel that it shows the importance of what is happening here at SMU. I believe it is only a predictor of the great things yet to come to this community as a result of the Bush Institute’s presence. I am proud to have the Bush Institute at SMU and look forward to seeing its impact on SMU and the surrounding community.

Chad Averett is a senior finance, public policy and economics major.

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

Endless opportunities I think that having the Bush Presidential Center on campus will provide tremendous opportunities for SMU students. A presidential center attracts both national and international attention, and I am very excited to see what the future holds and to see what dignitaries and statesmen will be coming SMU’s way. This new exposure and attention for SMU will become evident to both SMU graduate and undergraduate students participating in the talks, meetings and networking events that the Bush Center Andres Ruzo will hold. These same events will also undoubtably attract individuals from the Dallas area, potentially resulting in a stronger bond between SMU and Dallas. Already by hosting such a high-profile statesman as Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe, the Bush Center is clearly making a statement about the caliber of its events and the importance of the problems it will attempt to solve. This is a great asset to Dallas and SMU—thank you President Bush!

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Andres Ruzo is a Ph.D. candidate studying geophysics.

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

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Mustangs finish seventh

By EJ HOLLAND Sports Editor eholland@smu.edu

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The SMU cross country team competed at the NCAA South Central Region Championships at the Cottonwood Creek Golf Course in Waco this weekend and fought their way to a seventh place finish with a 215 point total.

Before taking part in the 6K race hosted by Baylor University, the Mustangs garnered a fifth place finish at the Conference USA Championships.

Individually, SMU was led by sophomore Mary Alenbratt who earned All-Region honors after posting a time of 21:03.9.

The Swedish native finished 12th

out of 125 runners and eclipsed her personal best time by 25 seconds.

As a freshman she competed in the NCAA Championships, and this is Alenbratt’s second consecutive AllRegion accolade.

The sophomore earned AllConference USA second team honors earlier this month after a 10th place finish at the Conference USA Championships and was named Conference USA Cross Country Athlete of the Week in September.

The Ponies also had two other runners finish in the top 50 overall.

Junior Monika Korra finished 34th with a time of 21:32.3, which was a personal record.

Like Alenbratt, the Norway native

SMU guard Jeremiah Samarrippas attempts to block a shot against TCU guard Sammy Yeager Tuesday evening that would result in a three point basket for TCU. SMU lost the game 84-64.

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Samarrippas got his second start of the season, while senior guard Ryan Harp saw his first start of the season;.

Despite being in the starting lineup, they added only eight and four points, respectively.

“Nice kids can be tough, but when nice kids play nice you lose,” Doherty said. “I want nice kids to play tough.

They either have to change their personality a little bit or, you know, we’ll struggle in bigger games.”

TCU ended the night with four players reaching double digits in scoring, led by Green and Sammy Yeagar with 17 points each. Nyakundi, despite leading the team in points, also committed the most turnovers. SMU finished the night with only seven shots

from the field, having given up 27 points from 18 turnovers.

The Mustangs go in search for their first win of the season when they return to Moody Coliseum for the SMU Invitational on Friday against Portland State at 3 p.m. SMU will also play UC Riverside on Saturday night at 5:30 p.m.

competed in the NCAA Championships last year.

Senior Aasha Marietta finished just inside the top 50 (48th) with a time of 21:45.1. Her time was also a career best.

Freshmen Klara Bodinson (21:58.4), Lovisa Lindh (22:40.4), Caitlin Kleen (23:22.1), and Catriona McClowory (23:27.3) also competed for SMU in their first South Central Regionals.

Bodinson finished just outside the top 50 (54th) and Lindh finished inside the top 75 at 74th.

The University of Texas won the meet with a point total of 46.

The Mustangs will conclude their cross country season at the NCAA Championships on Nov. 22.

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SMU rowing signs three

By ZANDER GERONIMOS Staff Writer ageronimos@smu.edu

SMU’s rowing team recently reported that three incoming freshmen have signed Letters of Intent to join the team next year.

Savannah Smith, Allison Jones

and Stephanie Gentile are serious prospectives for the future of SMU’s rowing program.

Jones is noted as being the Chesapeake Junior Athlete of the Year for 2009 and 2010, Smith won gold medals at the Booth of the Oklahoma and Gentile will be coming in as a

coxswain who competed in a multitude of events and championships in the Northeast.

This initial trio of freshmen will be welcome to the program at SMU and will certainly deliver as much as they have in their respective past careers.

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• Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Sports

The Daily Campus

Mustang volleyball: fantastic four on court

By LaKeisha James Contributing Writer ljames@smu.edu

Every team needs a leader, or leaders, to be successful. One sport that SMU students may not know much about that demonstrates leadership is the women’s volleyball team, say coaches and players.

Four young women, all of whom came to SMU as freshmen in 2008, are leading the team to one of its most successful years.

Currently the team is 22-5 and has the highest Ratings Percentage Index in Mustang history.

“As a class unit they were the highest ranked starters their freshmen year,” said volleyball coach Lisa Seifert.

The team’s record in 2008 was 1417, and in 2009, it was 19-12. So far this year they have a tremendous turn around Seifert said.

As freshmen, the women were intimidated because they were competing against world-class seniors. The women were committed, but they had some work to do.

In high school, the four women played a slower game. They had a lot of room to grow physically to be able to keep up with the upper classmen on the other teams.

“This year I see more confidence, the more experience the girls have will make them successful,” Seifert said.

Here are their stories: JESSICA OLIVER Born and raised in Plano, Texas, Jessica Oliver attended Prestonwood Christian Academy. As a child, Jessica danced and participated in beauty pageants.

She said she was influenced by her parents in the seventh grade to play volleyball. They thought the sport would be a good mix between the sports they played; her mother played tennis and ran track, and her father played basketball.

“When I started out I was very frustrated with the sport because it was very different than what I was

used to. I had to work at it,” Oliver said.

Oliver continued to work at the sport, and she began to love it. Her parents have been very supportive and pushed her to work hard. She said she sees them as her best friends.

However, when she came to SMU, Oliver got switched to a right side hitter, and she was not happy with the change.

“I had to stick with it and not give up, and over the years I began to love it. Because I worked so hard that contributed to the ‘W’ [win],” she said.

Oliver said as an only child it was a hard transition for her to be able to work with other girls on a team.

Over the past two years she was able to grow as a unit with the other three girls.

“It is like having three sisters; we really understand each other now,” Oliver said.

Oliver is not only a great volleyball player, but she takes her education seriously.

“Oliver is always concerned about her grades. She works just as hard in the classroom as she does on the court,” Seifert said. She is a double major in economics and English and wants to continue her education in law school to pursue sports law.

KELLI BECERRA Kelli Becerra has lived in Austin, Texas all of her life and attended McNeil High School. Becerra started playing volleyball in seventh grade as a setter.

“I just loved it. Volleyball was so natural for me,” Becerra said.

Becerra started out not so well her freshman year. She was young and very inexperienced.

“I knew I had a lot of growing to do mentally and physically, and over the past two years I have become stronger and developed a more accuracy of studying the game,” Becerra said.

As of now, the four women are carrying their team, focusing on getting the program to the NCAA.

They came in together and became the core group of the team, and their hard work is really showing.

“We are currently second in conference, and we have a good opportunity to go [to the championship]. This is something we want so badly before we graduate,” Becerra said.

SIDNEY STEWART Originally from Houston, Sidney Stewart started playing volleyball in seventh grade. She went to Memorial Private High School, and it was the first sport she had an opportunity to play.

“I tried out for the team, and I made it, ever since then I fell in love with the sport,” Stewart said.

When Stewart first came to SMU she had to learn a completely different position. This turned out to be a mental change in how she was going to approach the game and how she was going to contribute to her team.

“I have grown and gained so much experience in my new position and that has given me the privilege to do everything in my best capabilities to help my team succeed,” Stewart said.

Stewart‘s focus is to get the ball up and defend the court, so her teammates can put the ball away and score. Her family and teammates motivate her the most.

“My family has done so much to provide me with everything I have and given me the best opportunities, I just feel so grateful to have them,” Stewart said.

They push her to be the best and help her grow as a player and a teammate.

Sidney describes volleyball as her escape from the world. When she enters the gym all of her problems seem to go away.

“It is just a place I can go to clear my mind and just have fun,” said Stewart.

Over time, as a unit, Stewart said the women have learned a great deal about one another on and off the

court. They have come to the point where they understand how the others work and how to play with each other.

“I can really trust these girls with anything. They are not just my teammates they are my friends and my family. I think we have a special dynamic many teams do not have,” she said.

DANA POWELL Powell started playing volleyball in the fifth grade in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

She went to Cascia Hall Preparatory School.

Her older sister influenced her because she played and Powell said she wanted to do everything her sister did. In seventh grade she took the next step and got involved with club volleyball. This is when she really began to love the sport.

During her freshman year at SMU, she had to get used to the changes and how competitive volleyball is in college.

“Myself and the other three girls were starters and had set rolls even before the season started,” Powell said. “It was a hard responsibility that we had to take on.”

The last three years she has been able to get out of her comfort zone and step up to be more of a leader.

“I have always been a quiet person, but I realized being vocal and leading made a big difference,” Powell said.

“Dana has grown so much as an athlete and teammate. I am proud that I get to share this winning opportunity with her and the rest of the girls,” Becerra said.

Powell was an honorable mention to All-America and named AllRegion Team in her sophomore year.

Her passion for the sport has really come out and allowed her talents to contribute to the team.

“We are a really competitive team this year,” she said. “We continue to work hard to lead us to success.

Support from the student body would be awesome.”

MICHAEL DANSER/ The Daily Campus

SMU outside hitter Dana Powell returns a serve during play.

Mustangs crush Knights, 3-1

By John Bonadelle Staff Writer jbonadelle@smu.edu

The SMU women’s volleyball team continued their winning streak this past Sunday by finishing their road trip with 3-1 victory over the University of Central Florida. After winning the first game, SMU dropped the second one in a 29-31 back and forth thriller. With both teams tied at one game each, the Mustangs buckled down and dismantled the Knights with a 25-21 game three win and a dominant 25-14 game four performance to end the match.

The attack for SMU was led mostly by outside hitter Kathryn Wilkerson. Her 17 kills were most on the team and played a large part in helping her win ConferenceUSA honors for offensive player of the week. Wilkerson also received help from fellow outside hitter Jessica Oliver and middle blocker Courtney Manning, who both recorded double digit kills as well with 10 apiece. Senior Catlin Adair and junior Dana Powell’s seven kills also made key contributions for SMU’s

offensive attack Sunday.

Powell was also the Mustangs’ leader on the defensive side. She recorded a game high 20 digs, which was nearly matched by Wilkerson who had 17, and Sidney Stewart who accounted for 15 herself. This stingy defensive play and steady offensive attack proved to be too much for the Knights who were dealt their 10th in conference loss and 15th overall on the year.

The win was the Mustangs’ sixth in a row and improved their record for the month of November to a perfect 4-0. It also set the mark for most wins in a single season at 23, which ties the Mustangs’ record from the 2003 season. SMU looks to shatter Houston’s winning record this upcoming Friday.

As the season winds down, SMU continues to trail the nationally ranked Tulsa Golden Hurricane for first place in conference play. With only three games remaining, SMU is behind Tulsa by two games. The teams meet in Oklahoma for an end of the year showdown on Nov. 27.