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NEWS Briefs WORLD MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Six prisoners held for 12 years at Guantanamo Bay have arrived as refugees in Uruguay, a South American nation with only a tiny Muslim population, amid a renewed push

by President Barack Obama to close the prison.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Another Sierra Leonean doctor has died from Ebola, the 10th to succumb to the disease, in what the country’s chief medical officer on Sunday called a shocking trend.

National LOS ANGELES— Any case against Bill Cosby — who in recent weeks has seen a flurry of decades-old sexual assault allegations, a lawsuit and a police investigation into a molestation claim — would rely on conflicting testimony, and possibly jurors’ emotions, legal experts say.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Veterans who survived the Pearl Harbor attack that launched the United States into World War II attended Sunday’s 73rd anniversary ceremony with the help of canes, wheelchairs and motorized scooters.

Texas EL PASO — Oklahoma City-based contractor SGS announced it will build a $33 million, 150-acre unmanned aircraft launch and recovery complex at Fort Bliss.

SPRING — The renter of a Houstonarea home tells authorities she found what turned out to be four pipe bombs in her garage.

The bombs were disarmed safely Saturday afternoon.

Mustangs pummel Huskies, end football season with a bang Patrick engel Sports Writer pengel@smu.edu The old saying goes, “better late than never.” SMU football might be the best application of it.

Trailing Connecticut 20-6 at halftime, a winless season was staring the Mustangs down. But three second-half touchdowns and a school-record (by a quarterback) 191 rush yards from Matt Davis helped SMU erase the deficit and pull out a 27-20 win, the team’s first since Nov. 23, 2013.

“I was just really happy for the kids,” Interim Head Coach Tom Mason said. “We've been in a couple games this year that we let slip by us. We finally got this one put away. I'm really proud of the seniors and I'm happy we were able to go out with a win. That locker room made it feel like we won a national championship.”

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The Mustangs’ win against UConn was the first of the season.

record and 1-7 in the American Athletic Conference.

The Mustangs avoided a last-place finish in the conference because

of the tiebreaker with UConn (210, 1-7). They ensured that 2003 stands as the only winless season in school history.

Two first-quarter field goals gave SMU an early 6-0 lead, but UConn safety Andrew Adams returned a Darius Durall fumble

for a touchdown. Ron Johnson and Max DeLorenzo each rushed for a touchdown to give the Huskies the halftime lead.

“I just told the kids that we were only down by two scores, so let’s go out and finish this thing, and that’s what we did,” Mason said he told his team at halftime.

The Mustangs responded right away. UConn kick returner Arkeel Newsome fumbled the half-opening kickoff, and SMU recovered at UConn’s 27-yard line. Five plays later, Prescott Line scored from four yards out.

Two Huskies possessions later, receiver DeShonn Fox fumbled and gave SMU the ball at its own 42-yard line. Davis capped the drive with a gametying 26-yard touchdown run.

“I thought the momentum was going our way, and I felt like we had the answers for them defensively,” Mason said. “They

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BUDGET

SMU responds to budget cut speculations christina cox Managing Editor clcox@smu.edu The Dallas Morning News reported Dec. 4 that SMU planned to use staff layoffs and administrative changes to save $35 million through the Operational Excellence for the Second Century (OE2C) project.

The article titled “SMU plans layoffs, other changes to cut $35 million,” has received a lot of attention from SMU families, teachers, staff and the Dallas community.

The Daily Campus reported that

staff layoffs will be a result of the OE2C project Nov. 20.

SMU believed the stories of financial review were given a negative interpretation and, because of this, President R. Gerald Turner sent out an email to the SMU community addressing these allegations Dec. 6.

The email stated that the administration’s main issues with the article were the assumption that SMU’s choice to “rein in finances” was associated with the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center and that the funding from the $1 billion Second Century Campaign

was contradictory with these budget cuts.

“At a time when universities across the country are being questioned about the impact of administrative costs on affordability, SMU is taking the lead in examining operations, procedures and positions that can be streamlined,” Turner said in the email.

It is true, however, that staff positions will be restructured or eliminated because of the university’s choice to hire Bain & Company and review SMU’s finances.

In regards to the opening of

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the George W. Bush Presidential Library, Turner stated that SMU incurred one-time costs for University-related events during the opening. The Bush Library is funded by the federal government and the Bush Institute is funded by private donations to the Bush Foundation, not SMU. The university did benefit from the visibility of the opening and continues to benefit from the resources of the library.

The $1 billion from the Second Century Campaign is funding new faculty positions, academic programs, scholarships and facilities. According to

Turner, the gifts to the campaign are restructured for specific purposes and do not cover operating expenses.

“We must look at our structure and operations to see where savings can occur—to be redirected to our academic mission,” Turner said in the email.

Turner also stated that the majority of the approximately $35 million in savings will be reallocated to academic purposes.

The university is trying to remain transparent throughout its budget changes by updating its OE2C website when budget decisions are made.

CONSTRUCTION

A second look at Meadows Dean Sam Holland trevor cadigan Contributing Writer tcadigan@smu.edu Dean Sam Holland was completing a routine business meeting as Dean ad interim on a slow Friday morning, when SMU’s provost Paul W. Ludden called Holland into his office for a meeting. Holland was sure the provost was going to thank him for his service as Dean ad interim during the process of selecting a new dean for Meadows, and inform him another candidate would be getting the job. He entered the room, sat down and awaited the verdict.

Provost Ludden told Holland the choice was clear and that with the outstanding support of the selection committee, Holland would become the new dean of SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts.

“I wanted to jump up and shout for joy,” said Holland, who

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The new Dr. Bob Smith Health Center is set to open in spring 2016.

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SMU breaks ground on Dr. Bob Smith Health Center

Sam Holland.

served as the Meadows chair of music before he was named dean. “But, of course, we’re not supposed to do that, so I said something like: ‘Wow, I can’t believe it!’”

Some of Holland’s visions for the future include strengthening Meadows’ entrepreneurship

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christina cox Managing Editor clcox@smu.edu SMU broke ground on its newest building Friday afternoon. The Dr. Bob Smith Health Center will serve more than 11,000 SMU students in its 33,000-square-foot facility.

Demolition of the 52-year-old Memorial Health Center and

construction of the Dr. Bob Smith Health Center began this fall, but the official groundbreaking took place Friday.

“We are going to do the more refined breaking of the ground today,” SMU President R. Gerald Turner joked.

The new building was funded by a $5 million donation form the Dr. Bob and Jean Smith Foundation in 2012. It is named

for Dallas pediatrician and SMU alumnus Dr. Bob Smith whose family has attended SMU for four generations.

“SMU became a cornerstone in my father’s life,” said Sally Smith Mashburn, president and treasurer of the Dr. Bob and Jean Smith Foundation and daughter of Dr. Bob and Jean Smith. “As

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HEALTH

MONDAY n DECEMBER 8, 2014 diet

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A healthy diet helps combat stress cameron Luttrell Contributing Writer cluttrell@smu.edu When Brittany Van Cleave first came to SMU, she knew she had to monitor her eating and exercise habits in order to stay healthy.

While her peers ordered late night Greenville Pizza and frequented Chick- fil-A, Van Cleave opted out.

“The Freshman 15 is a real concern and I had to be more conscious,” Van Cleave said.

Gaining 15 pounds the first year of college due to unhealthy eating and alcoholic beverages is known as the Freshman 15. This is a common fear for many college students.

Jennifer Neily, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in Dallas, said that the Freshman 15 is actually a myth.

“A 2011 study showed that actual weight gain averaged 2.5 to 3.5 pounds during a student’s freshman year,” Neily said.

However, it is important to keep in mind that this is an average, meaning that some students gained up to 15 pounds while others lost weight.

Most students are leaving home for the first time and face a variety of opportunities to overindulge, from unlimited food in the dining hall to numerous restaurants and fast food chains in Dallas.

For students that eat on-campus, Umphrey Lee and Arnold Dining Commons have a plethora of different food options. When a student walks into the dining hall, they are presented with cookies, cakes and pasta dishes. But the dining halls do offer a range of nutritious food to choose from as well.

David ter Kuile, the senior director of the dining services at SMU, said, “Each day and meal period there are lean proteins, whole grains, low-fat dairy and fresh fruits and vegetables to chose from.”

To keep food fresh and of good quality, ter Kuile said SMU uses local purchasing when possible and receives daily shipments of ingredients.

With so many options in the dining halls, portion control is an important aspect of staying healthy.

Ter Kuile suggests using the MyPlate method that was put out by the USDA and based off of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

To use this process, ter Kuile said “build your plate to look like one-half fruits and vegetables, onefourth grains, one-fourth protein and one serving of low-fat dairy” in order to simultaneously enjoy all different food and still stay healthy.

In terms of snacking, Neily said students can avoid gaining weight by keeping tempting snacks “out of sight and out of mind.”

She recommends eating snacks that contain protein and carbs, such as Greek yogurt or an apple with peanut butter.

The temptation to eat unhealthy food or an abundance of food can be even greater during times of high stress. With finals coming up for the SMU community, students have to be mindful of their choices in order to preserve a healthy body and a healthy mind.

“I find it very hard to stay healthy during stressful times. A lot of people look to food as a ‘treat,’” said Lauren Kennedy, a junior at SMU. According to the Harvard Health Publications from the Harvard Medical School, when people are

stressed the brain releases a hormone called cortisol that increases appetite.

Numerous studies have shown that stress increases the consumption of food high in sugar and fat.

Our bodies need food for nutrition and fuel, but food does not help with stress. There are many other ways to cope with pressure and anxiety.

Neily used SMU as an acronym to remember ways for students to alleviate their stress.

The S stands for sleep. Sleep is crucial because the brain retains more when the body is rested. All nighters should be avoided.

The M stands for move.

“Formal exercise isn’t a must.

Think movement. Taking a walk around campus for 20-30 minutes can do great things to clear the mind,” Neily said.

Neily suggests recording lecture notes to listen to while exercising or walking with a study buddy to discuss the material.

Lastly, the U stands for use food wisely. Neily said to “limit fast food, fried foods, ‘junk’ food, sugarsweetened beverages, high sugar/ high fat foods as much as possible.”

Of course this is not always doable, but it is beneficial to your body. High processed and manufactured foods drain the body of valuable energy that is precious during stressful times.

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During a busy finals week, sometimes an all-nighter is necessary to study.

‘Up all night to get lucky’ Surviving the finals week all-nighter christina cox Managing Editor clcox@smu.edu During finals season there is the possibility of watching the sunrise after a long night of doing homework, studying or writing.

Yes, I’m talking about the dreaded all-nighter.

But never fear SMU students.

The Daily Campus staff has stayed up many times for 24, 48, 72 hours and, through these experiences, has found the best tips and tricks for surviving long nights without sleep.

1. Pack snacks Staying awake for over 24 hours will make you hungrier than ever, even more than you were on Thanksgiving waiting for that odd lunch-dinner meal. Snacks are key to making it through the night. I recommend a combination of healthy and unhealthy food: apples, crackers, cereal and a Snickers bar, because “you aren’t you when you’re hungry.”

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A balanced diet is key to maintaining a healthy weight.

2. Drink lots of water You are going to be dehydrated

after drinking the necessary coffee and energy drinks to get you through that 3 a.m. slump.

Remember to drink lots of water even if you don’t feel thirsty. It will get your body going and help you feel more energized and focused throughout the night.

3. Shower This is an odd tip, but I truly believe it is key to staying alert and awake all night long.

Showering at around 5 a.m. gives you a moment to recollect your thoughts and zone out for a bit.

Plus, the jump from warm water into the cool air wakes you back up and makes you feel refreshed and clean.

When you’re in the bathroom, brush your teeth too. Friends and teachers will thank you.

4. Do not “power nap” Do not, I repeat do not, try to “power nap.” If you have enough work that requires an all-nighter then this will only harm you. That little five-minute snooze will quickly turn into a three-hour nap and then you’ll

be scrambling last minute and stressing out even more than you already were.

5. Listen to pump-up music This will get you through the rough hours of 2 a.m. to 4 a.m.

Play some upbeat music and dance a little in your seat. It will help keep your eyes open and make you smile when you want to cry staring at the page count on your screen.

6. Move around Every hour or two stand up and take a lap. Be it around the library, around the block or throughout your house, just get moving. I know for a fact you have been sitting for too long and that your legs are begging to be used. Get the blood flowing; maybe it’ll give a new idea or jog your memory.

7. Mind over matter The key to surviving an allnighter is believing that you can survive an all-nighter. Many of us have been in your shoes and we made it through. You can do it. We believe in you.

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Unpaid internships: good experience or a waste of time?

Jenn D’Agostino Contributing Writer jdagostino@smu.edu As the school year is nearing its second semester, the concerns of college students are beginning to shift their attention from final exams to the fast approaching summer ahead of them.

“As a rising junior, I really need to start looking for some kind of job or internship this summer, but I hope I can find one that also pays,” said Southern Methodist University sophomore Sarah Mosso.

Working as both a camp counselor and at her local barn last summer, Mosso was happily employed and made some good spending money for her year ahead.

However, she now is feeling the pressure to look for an internship that might help her get a job upon her graduation in two years, but will leave her empty handed in terms of money.

While days of summer used to mean summer camp and days spent at the beach, college students are now more concerned with which major company they can land an internship for. Some students already feel left behind as sophomores seeing as some of their friends have already acquired internships at big name banks and clothing designers such

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you know, Mustang blood runs deep in the Smith family.”

The Smith family chose to donate to SMU in honor of the Dr. Smith’s love for SMU, medicine and education, in addition to his passion for altruism and community improvement.

The Dr. Bob Smith Health Center will provide laboratory, radiology and pharmacy services for the center’s full-time and part-time physicians. The facility will also

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program, helping students network after they graduate and partnering with local schools to bring the arts to young people or even building a community art school someday.

Holland also plans to focus on a creative and interdisciplinary culture and give students the tools they’ll need to find good jobs when they graduate.

“I think if you do a study of corporate executives who are hiring, those things are all going to come up,” he said. “Creativity, works well with others, communicates and solves problems.”

Adrian Aguirre, a junior double major in dance and film, and part of the search committee for the new Meadows dean, said that Holland’s emphasis on creativity was one of the reasons he was a top choice on the list of candidates.

“I have many friends in the music department and it’s safe to say they’re very excited,” Aguirre said. “I

as J.P. Morgan and Diane Von Furstenberg. With such growing competition, students are feeling forced to forget about money and instead look into working unpaid internships in order to appear more experienced on their resumes upon graduation.

While experience is important, a survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers in 2013 did not show much of a difference between job offers for students with unpaid internship experience and students without any internships at all. With 35.2 percent of students without any internships and 37 percent of unpaid interns receiving job offers, there is only a small margin between inexperienced and what might be consider experienced.

The same NACE survey, however, showed that almost double as many students receive job offers when they have paid internships on their resume, with 63.1 percent.

Proving that to employers, a paid internship means much more on a resume than unpaid.

“It all depends on what’s involved in [the internship], ones that involve getting coffee don’t bare fruit for the student,” said Tony Pederson, the Belo Distinguished Chair in journalism at Southern Methodist University.

As both a professor and an

experienced journalist himself, Pederson has watched the workforce, and more closely, the journalism industry change. He feels that competition with other students is not the only problem when it comes to the pressure students are under to apply for and accept internships without pay.

“Parents are driving their kids to have multiple internships… But, I feel that one really good internship after junior year is much more valuable,” said Peterson.

Many agree with Pederson and his “quality over quantity” view

contain 10 newly equipped exam rooms with private waiting areas, and rooms for part-time specialists in dermatology, gynecology and sports medicine.

The center will contain offices for the addition of dental services and space for extended evening and weekend hours. There will be 19 counseling offices to provide counseling and psychiatric services to SMU students.

A classroom will also be added to the center to allow for student health education programs, prevention programs, peer-education and substance abuse prevention.

“It will provide wellness and healthy decision making,” said Vice President for Student Affairs Lori White. “The goal of the center is to keep students healthy and fully supported while completing their SMU dreams.”

Mike Boone, chair of the SMU Board of Trustees, said that the primary focus of the university is enhancing the campus experience for all students. The new health center will help promote the health and well being of all students.

The Dr. Bob Smith Health Center is scheduled for completion in spring 2016.

can see why.”

Holland said he would also like to find possible avenues for unity and collaboration between the communications and arts divisions of Meadows. Meadows School of the Arts includes the divisions of advertising, journalism and communications, disciplines that aren’t always associated with arts schools.

“I think the powerhouse schools of the next generation are more likely to have this model than the isolated, conservatory model,” Holland said.

“We are much stronger together than we are separately.”

SMU students and faculty, like Dennis Wees, a junior vocal performance major, and Mason Steeger, a sophomore music education major, think the decision to make Holland the next dean was obvious.

“He already knows the school very well and he knows the working of it,” Wees said.

“I personally think somebody who’s been here for a while is better suited than bringing somebody

in that’s completely different,” Steeger said.

Some felt a mixture of emotions at the appointment. David Mancini, director of graduate studies at Meadows, said he felt a combination of elation, relief and trepidation. He said he felt elation because Holland deserved it, relief because no one else got it and trepidation for the future of the music division without Holland.

Under Holland’s leadership as director of the Meadows School’s Division of Music, USA Today ranked SMU the No. 1 music college in the United States for 2014.

Mancini said unifying the different divisions of Meadows has always been one of the biggest problems a Meadows dean faces.

He said Holland’s biggest strength and advantage over past deans is the mutual respect between Holland and the faculty.

“He’s able to get faculty to really participate in the functioning of the division,” Mancini said. “But at the same time serve as facilitator and coordinator for faculty efforts.”

Many people describe Dean

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Students put a significant amount of pressure on their internship opportunities during college.

toward internships, however with the growing completion in the journalism field along with most others, it is not as easy to find such high-quality paid internships without any experience in a professional environment. With such growing completion and the rising threshold of entering the workforce, college students and recent grads are confused as to where they should start. Should one accept the “meaningless” unpaid internship in order to get to the paid that might lead to their dream job, or will that just slow

them down?

While students are already paying thousands on their college courses, they are left wondering whether it is worth it to work without pay when percentages show that unpaid work may not even help acquire a future job offer.

“I waitressed at restaurant in Chicago last year, and I might go back for another year before I start interning… A lot of internships are looking for rising seniors anyway,” said Lauren Kelly, another sophomore at SMU. Kelly, like many of her fellow

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touchdown run, which put the Mustangs up for good.

“Give credit to SMU for the strain, fight and courage they showed in their program through a challenging circumstance and earning the win,” UConn Coach Bob Diaco said.

The Mustangs also drew two illegal formation penalties while lining up in the victory formation.

But it’s hard to blame them, as they haven’t had to use it this season.

“Nice to get in one of those for a change,” Mason said.

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weren’t really throwing at all, and once we got the run game shut down, I felt pretty good.”

UConn mustered just 98 total yards and committed three of its turnovers in the second half.

The Huskies lined up for a go-ahead field goal early in the fourth quarter, but Mason Gentry blocked it.

SMU turned the block into an eight-play, 70-yard drive that ended in Line’s 12-yard

Holland as a genuine person, a caring teacher and a fit leader.

Holland, who earned a Bachelor of Music from The University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Music from the University of Houston and a Ph.D. in music education at the University of Oklahoma, is the executive director of the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, the author of more than 70 critically acclaimed books and the executive director of the Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy.

Frances Clark was one of Holland’s early piano teachers and is one of his heroes in life, he said. She catalyzed his interest in piano and led him to co-found the non-profit organization honoring her name and teaching ability.

The people that influenced him the most growing up were his father and the different teachers, like Clark, he had throughout his education. He said that in the process of pursuing a serious music career, a musician’s teachers become valued mentors.

“This is someone you work with one-on-one over a period of

many years and the relationship, if it’s a good one, becomes quite intimate,” Holland said. “And my piano teachers to me were certainly my heroes.”

Holland started his career at SMU as head of piano pedagogy and director of the Piano Preparatory Department in 1991. Holland has taught piano pedagogy, jazz piano, studio piano, piano master and computers and keyboards classes.

Jose Antonio Bowen, former dean of Meadows and now president of Goucher College, said he could not have been happier when Holland was announced as dean and he is thrilled SMU realized the potential of one of their own.

“He’s patient, he’s thoughtful and he’s strategic,” Bowen said. “That’s exactly the right combination for the next phase of growth at Meadows.”

Wees cited an example of Holland’s easy-going nature: the new dean played an air-guitar solo on stage during a recent performance in the Owen Arts Center.

“He obviously doesn’t take himself too seriously,” Wees said,

students, would rather spend another summer making some money and relaxing while waiting for better internship offers as an upperclassman.

While Pederson does think that low-level internships can sometimes be pointless, he does still believe that some are well worth it.

“It would be a huge mistake to get rid of unpaid internships,” said Pederson.

He added that some internships are still valuable even when unpaid, such as in broadcast journalism, where most interns have an advantage being around a studio in action.

With survey statistics, professor opinions, and pressure from parents and their peers, current college students are left still questioning what might be worth it as the program, the pay, the industry and many other factors play into what might be the right way to enter the workforce. However, at a university like SMU students do have a “leg up,” Pederson said.

With SMU offering year round internships and managing connections between employers and students of all grades, students like Mosso and Kelly hopefully will not run into any trouble if they decide to spend another summer as paid employees at their local restaurants and summer camps.

Saturday’s game was the final game for Mason and the rest of the coaches.

Mason served as the Mustangs’ defensive coordinator under June Jones and helped the Mustangs earn four bowl births from 2009 to 2012.

Former Clemson offensive coordinator Chad Morris was introduced as SMU’s next coach Dec. 1.

SMU students, faculty, staff, alumni and fans hope that the Mustangs can continue this momentum into next season under Morris.

“But he does care about his work.”

Holland and his wife, Beth, have three children – Kristen Holland, SMU alumna and mother of three; Benjamin Holland, who lives and works in Houston and is a father of one; and Eli Holland, a senior at SMU. “So I’m a grandfather of four, which I had a very hard time wrapping my head around,” Holland said.

Holland’s advice to first-years is to be open and experience as much as possible, in as many places as possible.

“I think it’s possible to be a serious student and still enjoy your life,” he said. “It’s not a question of either or.”

Mancini was on the search committee that hired Holland and said he found him to be a regular, genuine type of person. Mancini said that Holland’s teaching set him apart from other applicants.

“He was a very thorough instructor that really, really cares about his students,” Mancini said.

“I would call him a model teacher.”

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Celebration of lights about inclusion of religions, not specific to Christianity My experience of the Celebration of Lights was radically different than the one described by Lee Downen in his December 4 column: “Celebration of Lights Reminds Us the Coming of Christ is Near.”

And it is because of that that I was somewhat surprised to see Mr. Downen’s use of the pronouns “we” and “us” throughout his column.

It is perhaps ironic that pronouns that aim to be inclusive, work here to exclude a large segment of the campus community from such a valued SMU tradition.

For me, the Celebration of Lights is about the promise of inclusion, the promise of a pluralistic America that in its public ceremonies – even at a private university with the word Methodist in its name – recognizes and honors the beliefs and faith traditions of all its members.

I speak for no one other than myself, but I want to recognize the Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Secular Humanist, Agnostic, Atheist and other

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students who also attended the Ceremony on Monday night, and who no doubt took away from it meanings other than the one Mr. Dowden describes and attributes to all of “us.”

It is the inclusive, pluralist vision that makes this a great university. It is a vision worth celebrating, protecting and defending throughout the year, the urgency of which is made clear by Mr. Downen’s heartfelt, but exclusionary message.

Levy is an English professor at SMU.

entertainment

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“Miracle on 34th street” is a classic holiday movie that must be watched.

Have a holly jolly movie marathon At this point in my life, I consider myself to be a professional movie watcher. I like to think I know what I’m talking about when it comes to good and bad movies.

Of course, there are tons of movies I haven’t seen. But I like to think I’m doing pretty well for someone who wasn’t allowed to see anything as a child. I didn’t see “Grease” or “Titanic” until I was 16. I have zero emotional attachment to “Hocus Pocus.” I still haven’t seen “Forrest Gump.”

However considering these setbacks, I think I’m doing alright. There is one movie genre that I know better than any other - Christmas movies.

Christmas movies are the greatest movies of all time.

Sometimes they’re bad and sometimes they’re so terribly awful that they’re kind of good. And sometimes, they’re truly magical.

Here are my top picks for holiday films this seasons.

“Miracle on 34th Street” (1947) This is the best one.

Ok, I could say that about every movie mentioned, but with this one, I would mean it.

If you’ve never seen it, you are truly missing out. Doris Walker is in charge of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and when the man she hired to play Santa in the finale shows up drunk, she hires this random bearded man who says he can do it.

Turns out, that random bearded man is the real Santa Claus and he ends up being the main Santa in Macy’s. He starts claiming to be the real Santa and everyone says he’s crazy and there’a a major lawsuit where no one wants to bring up the reality of Santa Claus because apparently children in the 1940s

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cared about legal cases.

Yes, it’s as great as it sounds.

This movie is also great because characters smoke cigarettes in bed and people shop at Gimbel’s.

Also, the main character Susan spends the entire movie talking about how she wants a house with a yard even though she has a sick, spacious apartment on the Upper West Side. Like, Susan, count your blessings.

“Elf ” (2003) A classic. If you’ve ever sat around and thought, “Wow, I would like to see Will Ferrell wearing tights and a pointy hat!” or “I wonder what Zooey Deschanel looks like as a blonde?” then I have the perfect movie for you.

You’ve probably already seen it, but if not, what’s wrong with you? Are you not interested in watching a grown man run around New York in an elf costume? Do you not enjoy watching someone eat spaghetti and syrup? Do you not appreciate kick-ass snowball fights in Central Park?

I don’t know. Watch the movie. It’s a masterpiece.

“Love Actually” (2003) Who is your favorite British actor or actress? He or she is in this movie. I guarantee it.

This movie is so great because it’s 10 mini stories that all intertwine and merge together at the end.

Everyone’s falling in love or getting heartbroken or partying in Wisconsin.

This is the kind of movie you wouldn’t expect to work, but it does. Maybe it’s because it’s British or maybe it’s because it’s Christmas or maybe it’s because Professor Snape is in it. Somehow, it works and it’s now of the sweetest and most heartwarming Christmas movies around.

“The Holiday (2006)” This one is about two women (Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet) who decide to switch homes for two weeks during Christmas. Diaz goes to Surrey and Winslet goes to L.A. In Surrey, Diaz’s character meets a Jude Law’s character and they totally fall in love. In L.A., Winslet’s character meets Jack Black’s character and they totally fall in love. It makes me smile every single time.

Also, the movie features a lot of Jude Law hanging out with two little girls. Warning: it is the cutest thing you will ever see in your life.

“Home Alone” (1990) and “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” (1992) I hate to be that person, but Home Alone 2 is better than the original. There. I said it.

Sure, the original makes way more since. I guess you could theoretically leave your kid at home in Chicago while you go to Paris and not realize until you’d landed and then not be able to get back until Christmas Day. It would also make sense that there would be two burglars interested in their nice home who were waiting until Christmas vacation to plan their attack. It’s a great plot, but it’s kind of a one time deal. Or so you would think.

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Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines in Nov. 2013 with 235 km/hr winds and displacing over 650,000 people.

Typhoon lands in Philippines, country braces for another Haiyan On Dec. 6 a typhoon reached ground in the Philippines.

It’s name is Typhoon Hagupit.

Hagupit, translating to the word “lash,” emerged from the Pacific and moved quickly.

The typhoon traveled overseas, cutting off power in the central island of Samar nearby Leyte province, including Tacloban City, considered ground zero of the devastating super typhoon Haiyan last year according to the Huffington Post.

Powerful winds and heavy rain ensued, knocking down trees, houses and power lines in surrounding areas.

According to an official of the coastal town of Sulat in Eastern Samar, winds are whirling and waters are already rising.

Typhoon Hagupit is currently a category 3 storm. The severity of a category 3 storm includes significant infrastructure destruction with torrential rain and surges up to 15 feet.

The conditions of Typhoon Hagupit draw parallels to Typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines only thirteen months ago.

According to the International Labour Organization, 9.8 million people were affected. Over 650,000 people were displaced and 10,000 estimated dead.

It took months for the Philippines to rebuild their country from the aftermath brought by Haiyan. However, with the help of the EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil

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Protection, United Nations were able to provide food and aid to survivors that were stranded.

It is vital that these organizations also contribute to provide aid while civilians find shelter as Typhoon Hagupit progresses.

Last year, the undermining of Typhoon Haiyan lead to devastation and shock as 4 million were left homeless or with damaged houses and nearly 10,000 dead in both countries.

While the Philippines has been able to rebuild, over 25,000 still live in tents, shelters or bunkhouses in Samar.

These natural disasters come quickly, with little warning. The unforgettable lesson learned by Typhoon Haiyan has led the Filipino government to take extreme precaution and safety before it hits.

Around one million people have fled to shelters and more continue to find shelter as conditions worsen.

Field officers and civilians are aware of the situation within the country, but surrounding countries with powerful allies must be informed as well to protect the lives of

defenseless people.

Foreign governments from Southeast Asian countries like Singapore and South Korea released a statement saying they are ready to help.

The United States has recently been informed of the situation and offers to send nine C-130 transport aircraft, three P-3C Orion and medical and relief workers.

International humanities organizations agencies and non-government groups plan to meet to mobilize aid and relief efforts for the aftermath of Typhoon Hagupit.

My heart goes out to the Philippines, a country that has just recovered from a previous natural disaster and must now brace their hearts again for Typhoon Hagupit.

The silver lining from Typhoon Haiyan last November enables the Philippines to prepare and secure the lives of many more civilians. The U.S. and other countries are also preparing efforts to rescue and provide aid after the storm.

The best the Philippines can do right now is take precautionary measures, find safety and protect as many as they can.

For my friends in the Philippines along with the rest of the country, we are all praying for you.

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Meadows students perform in Dallas Matt sanders Contributing Writer masanders@mail.smu.edu Meadows students and faculty take their talents from the Hilltop to the Dallas area.

The 81st Pigskin Revue hosted by the Mustang Band took place recently at McFarlin Auditorium.

The crowd was entertained by various student performances and music performed by the Mustang Band. One performance included Dallas Caulkins, a first-year graduate vocal student, whose voice echoed beautifully throughout the auditorium.

Just a couple of days later, Caulkins would take her voice on the road to a local church to sing with the choir. It’s a way for her to make a little money on the side.

Caulkins is known at SMU for her voice, but what some people might not know is that she is also known throughout the area. Caulkins is one of dozens of Meadows students and faculty who performs outside of campus, which is beneficial for aspiring performers.

“Performing off-campus is very important because it exposes you to the real world,” Caulkins said.

One of the biggest benefits of going to a school in Dallas is the opportunity that students have to show their talents away from campus. Students have chances to perform at outdoor venues like White Rock Lake and Klyde Warren Park, at churches throughout University Park and act as fill-ins for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Open Classical, a company that showcases classical music in popular culture locations such as coffee houses and parks, sponsors the open-mic night.

“Because of Open Classical, I was able to perform at places like Klyde Warren Park,” Caulkins said.

Performing with an organization outside of the university takes talent, but so does performing individually. Sophomore vocal performance major Vinnie Mahal performs locally, but getting the gigs takes a lot of work.

“It takes a lot of pulling strings to get certain gigs, and you have to actively be looking for places,” Mahal said.

Mahal has performed at a variety of local venues, including Union Coffee House, a popular SMU hangout spot. However, one performance sticks out for him.

“I was able to perform at the Lizard Lounge, which was my biggest performance,” he said.

The Lizard Lounge is a popular Downtown Dallas nightclub that brings in popular DJs and electronic dance musicians. People would not expect someone like Mahal to perform there because he is an opera singer.

“I create my own music so I can have more dimensions,” he said.

Although SMU student and faculty performers enjoy what they do, they know that the road is not easy to travel. There are some gigs

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they do not get paid for and there are times they feel like they will not succeed.

“The music industry is very ruthless, but you cannot get discouraged,” Mahal said. “Be your own judge of your talents.”

Musicians receive a lot of criticism, especially because they are not always financially stable, but getting paid for gigs of high importance has more rewards than just money.

“I get paid to sing at churches, especially during the Christmas season, and it is such a great feeling to know that people want me to sing for them,” Caulkins said.

Meadows is known worldwide as an arts school with talented faculty. Students learn from some of the best and most experienced teachers in their fields. When many teachers are not on campus, they are performing professionally.

Jon Lee is an adjunct percussion director at SMU, and is also the drumline instructor for the Mustang Band. When he is not teaching on the Hilltop, he is either teaching private lessons at his studio or performing for local orchestras.

“I have played for groups like the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Los Colinas Symphony Orchestra, the Garland Symphony Orchestra and I’ve even performed with the band Chicago,” Lee said.

For people like Lee, music takes up most of their time, but it is worth it.

“There are times I work 80 to 90 hours a week, but it is rewarding because I get to see kids do something musically that they weren’t capable of doing before,” he said.

When it comes to making money, Lee is grateful for the trust people have in him.

“I’m thankful parents want me to teach their child about music and for people who come to orchestra concerts. They could have gone and seen a movie, but they chose to come here,” he said.

The transition from professional performer to Meadows professor can be a unique one, especially for those with national success.

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experience has helped him thrive at SMU, even though it is only his second year teaching.

“It is much more selfless to teach, but it is also more fulfilling,” Selya said. “When you dance it’s about you, but when you teach you’re trying to make it all about the students.”

If Selya’s name rings a bell, it is probably because he is known for his role as “Eddie” in choreographer Twyla Tharp’s 2002 Broadway production “Movin’ Out.” The musical won the Tony Award for best choreography, and Selya was also nominated for best performance by a leading actor, losing only to Harvey Fierstein, who was the lead in “Hairspray.”

“Twyla’s production grew organically, and after adding Billy Joel’s music, the musical was a perfect storm,” Selya said. “We were able to create a dance musical, and that was never heard of.”

Selya believes that performing outside of campus is beneficial, but students need to be careful that they don’t put off their training at SMU. “Sometimes productions can compromise a student’s dedication to Meadows, so they shouldn’t take the opportunities if it interferes with Meadows,” he said. “Students should get the experience as long as it doesn’t interfere.”

Students and faculty agree that performing off campus helps a student grow, but that SMU is where the success begins.

The Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University holds a reputation for offering one of the nation’s foremost arts educations, training students to be excellent artists, creative thinkers and fresh innovators.

But what happens once the teaching is done and students enter the arts sector? What’s next?

The question of what’s next is one that a number of students are now asking seriously and often.

The state of the arts in America is critical, providing a harsh climate for talented, young artist-scholars to enter after graduation. The arts sector is steadily declining due to large withdrawals of donor backing, corporate funding, and audience participation with the onslaught of alternate fast and easy entertainment technologies.

While the number of artists continues to grow, steady jobs and financial backing for artists and support for arts and cultural organizations remain on the sharp decline.

The National Center for Arts Research is taking the steps to change this climate, using the power of data, investigation and research to find concrete ways to improve both decreasing arts patronage and the sharply declining fiscal health of arts organizations.

The National Center for Arts Research, or NCAR, was launched at Southern Methodist University in 2013 under the leadership of Meadows School of the Arts and the Cox School of Business faculty in partnership with other arts and research based organizations. Since

then, the center has analyzed the performance of more than 50,000 arts and culture organizations in the nation and launched the NCAR inaugural report on the health of arts organizations nationwide.

The findings of the NCAR are designed to be a resource to arts and cultural leaders, policymakers, and benefactors to use to improve the state of their individual organizations.

Text Box the interdependent arts ecosystem is part of the inaugural NCAR report.

“The mission of the National Center for Arts Research is to be the leading provider of data-based insights that will enable arts and cultural leaders to overcome challenges and increase their impact,” said Dr. Zannie Giruad Voss, director of the National Center for Arts Research and Chair and Professor of Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship in the Meadows School of the Arts and the Cox School of Business.

According to NCAR research, “The National Endowment for the Arts’ 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts revealed double-digit declines in the percentage of Americans who attended the arts for 2002 to 2008.”

The decline doesn’t stop there.

“Personal spending in arts and culture has fallen significantly over the past decade, resulting in a net loss of $45 billion for the sector.”

These numbers are alarming for students graduating with degrees in the arts, but the staff at the National Center for Arts Research believes that data is the key to not only diagnosing problems, but also finding solutions.

Marla Teyolia, associate director of the NCAR, believes that the work of the center is directly linked to students who wish to have long sustainable careers in the arts.

“The stability of the sector is incredibly important. Our goal is to be a catalyst for that sustainability so that organizations are armed with data and tools so they can better serve their communities.”

Kelsey Rohr, a senior dance major, has fears about entering an unstable job market, but organizations like NCAR, committed to securing a strong and stable future for the arts sector, give her and other artists hope.

“I get excited when I see the creative mind being valued more and more, especially when businesses use an innovative model to solve problems. I look forward to seeing artists valued both inside the job market and out.”

While NCAR is doing the work to get vital information and strategic moves to the arts and cultural leaders of the nation, Voss reminds individuals that they can take steps to improve the vibrancy of the arts such as attending performances or even donating small amounts to arts organizations. These small steps lead to big change.

“Arts organizations in the end can only be stable if they are connected to communities,” concluded Voss.

Text Box averages by sector according to the NCAR inaugural report. The center is just in the second stage of its “implementation roadmap” which includes building foundation, building capacity, building scale and finally, building reach.

The next steps for the NCAR include the creation of an online dashboard with International Business Machines (IBM), which will enable arts and cultural organizations to go online and receive their health scores based on 27 different measures.

The dashboard is set to be complete early 2015.

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Amateurs or professionals: should student-athletes be paid?

mallory paul Contributing Writer mmpaul@smu.edu It was just another recruiting trip back in the 1990s for the University of North Texas Men’s Basketball Head Coach Tim Jankovich, at least that’s what he thought it was. Instead he met the woman who would become his future wife and the mother of his basketball loving son. Just another way basketball changed his life.

“I had not gotten her out of my mind in a year,” Jankovich said. “I’m really bad with names, really bad, but I remembered her name a year later.”

He married Cindy and they had one son, Michael, now in high school.

Everything in Coach Jankovich’s life has stemmed from his love of basketball, even finding love for himself.

Jankovich arrived at SMU in 2012 with years of experience, including as a player himself and a coach at over a dozen universities.

Just days after Larry Brown accepted his head coaching job at SMU, he offered the associate head coach position or “head coach-in waiting” to former Illinois State head coach.

Jankovich accepted the position with the understanding that he would take over soon after Brown’s retirement.

Now, three years later who is this man behind the scenes? ​ “He is super friendly and is always thanking The Mob members who camped out for tickets,”said Sarah Tuohy, a senior sports management major and basketball fanatic. “He always has a smile on his face.”

Jankovich played college basketball at Washington State and Kansas State and was one of the winningest players.

After graduating Jankovich considered finance jobs or law school, but never anticipated he would end up coaching.

“I never wanted to be a coach, ever, ever, ever. No desire,” he said.

But after only six months in a job as an institutional stockbroker, he could tell something was missing – basketball. From there he started as a graduate assistant at the University of Texas Pan America in 1983 making next to nothing, but he had found his calling.

His first head coaching position was in 1993 at the University of North Texas where he stayed for four seasons.

He moved on to other schools as an assistant coach. His last and most recent head coach reign was at Illinois State University in Bloomington where he served from 2007 to 2012. For the past three seasons he has been at SMU coaching with Head Coach Larry Brown.

Jankovich dedicates himself to improving his athletes and strives to see them as full people, not just

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players. Having his son taught him what the coach’s role should really be – extended parents.

“It can’t just be about winning games,” Jankovich said. “I try to teach them some things about the world and life and experiences I’ve had. That makes coaching far more meaningful.”

He wants his athletes to understand how precious and short their playing time can be.

Jankovich cherished his time on the court as a player and as a coach he pushes his athletes to be the best they can while they still have the time.

“So many athletes don’t understand the clock. And it’s ticking,” Jankovich said.

Former ISU player and current Indiana Hooiser player Nick Ziesloft does feel the clock and he thinks highly of his former head coach.

“I always wish we had more time to work together,” Ziesloft said.

Jankovich believes in creating a culture where his players are at their best. He strives to reorder priorities to first improve each player’s attitude and perspective, and then the winning will take care of itself.

“We have to act right and think right and then you do win,” he said. “It’s way more fun to me to do it that way.”

Zeisloft echoes Jankovich’s caring and individualized coaching.

“He was always trying to improve me as a basketball player and person on and off the court,” Zeisloft said. “Coach Jankovich wasn’t just a basketball coach to me. He made me feel like I was part of his family.”

But coaching isn’t Jankovich’s only talent. He loves tennis. He played in college and continued to play competitively after college. He also loves the guitar and played in a band called Major Violation.

“I always say, I’m definitely good enough to play in a really bad band,” he said.

But his favorite role and his source of inspiration for his life is being a father to his son Michael.

“The greatest thing in the entire world is to be a dad. I can’t imagine living a whole life without that experience. And as much as I love coaching,

I love being a dad more than that,” he said. “He gives me a different and great perspective of the world. Just the fact that he was born helped me become a better person.”

Jankovich had to transition from being head coach to a “coach-in-waiting” at SMU. While there is no official timeline for when Brown will depart, it was understood that Brown wouldn’t do the job more than two or three years. But, both Brown and Jankovich are focused on the program’s success.

Jankovich said deciding between his former job at ISU and his current position was one of the hardest decisions he has even had to make.

“I’d be lying if I said, ‘Oh my god I love being assistant more than head coach,’” he said. “So there’s a definite sacrifice on my part. But, by and large I have no regrets.”

SMU fans seem confident in the soon passage of power.

“Looking at his background, especially working Coach Bill Self, he’s been involved with several notable programs and had a lot of success over the years,” said Andrew Arnold, a junior political science major and basketball fan. “Hopefully he can help Larry take our program to the next level.”

It seems SMU will just have to wait and see when Jankovich will take over. For now, Jankovich and Brown have a successful and productive rhythm down. And even more, a friendship.

“I don’t wanna be the guy saying hey hurry and leave,” Jankovich said. “Part of the motivation for me when I took the job was to help him go out feeling great. I mean I would want to go out of my career feeling great.”

Larry Brown is known as a legendary basketball coach.

Brown is the only coach to have won both an NBA championship and a NCAA championship.

Brown played himself in college and professionally at the University of North Carolina and in the American Basketball Association. Since then, he has coached at over a dozen NBA teams and universities. Now, at age 74, Brown plans to end his career with the SMU Mustangs.

Jankovich’s future and legacy is still being written. He dreams of winning an NCAA championship, but he also wants his legacy to be more than that.

He hopes it is written by his former players. The coach’s goal is to make playing basketball for him the greatest experience of his athletes’ life. And for Jankovich it always comes back to love.

“Obviously I want to win this and that and the other, but I have figured out when it’s all said and done those things they’ll be important, but not nearly as important as the feelings you get from the relationships,” Jankovich said. “I love the game.

And I always have. And I love to teach the game.”

luck brock Contributing Writer lbrock@smu.edu One of Nicky Petrucelli’s fondest memories of his childhood is captured in an old photograph that he keeps in his wallet. In the photo, he and his father, Chris, are kicking a soccer ball around a field at Notre Dame. At the time, Petrucelli was just three years old and his father was the coach of the women’s soccer team at Notre Dame.

“I always knew I wanted to play [soccer] in college,” Petrucelli said.

“When I was in middle school, all the older boys in the club were getting scouted, and naturally I wanted to be just like them.”

Now 19 years old, Petrucelli plays left defender on the SMU men’s soccer team and his dad coaches the SMU women’s soccer team. Nicky is also a full-time student majoring in journalism in the Meadows School.

On top of his full class schedule, Petrucelli dedicates upwards of 25 hours per week, even in the offseason, to soccer.

“It’s a lot,” said Petrucelli. “I don’t have time to find a real job because of how much time school and soccer take up. It feels like soccer is my full-time job.”

One of the most prominent debates right now in college sports is whether or not student-athletes should be paid. According to Marc Edelman of Forbes Magazine, the NCAA makes around $11 billion annually from college sports, and student-athletes do not receive any of the profit.

While many critics argue that student-athletes should no longer be considered amateurs at the college level, many also argue that a free education is enough compensation.

In March, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that large-scale athletes are definitely employees of their universities.

The ruling came after Northwestern University rejected a former quarterback’s movement to form a union of football players to obtain benefits such as medical coverage for players who had suffered lifelong issues because of football-related injuries.

According to Fred Barbash of

the Washington Post, the NLRB got involved and Chicago Regional Director Peter Sung Ohr ruled that “big-time college football players on a full ride are… paid employees of their universities.”

The impact? Football players at Northwestern are now legally entitled to form a union. The ruling does not affect student-athletes at public universities, since they are governed by state law. Studentathletes at other private institutions can seek approval from the NLRB to unionize, and once Northwestern decides on the compensation that their football players will receive, it is likely that all college football players will receive the same benefits.

The NCAA and Northwestern University disagreed with this ruling, but according to Clay Travis of FOX Sports, “The NCAA is a dead man walking.”

Other NCAA student-athletes see themselves as less of an employee, but still believe they are not amateurs and should be compensated. Shabazz Napier, University of Connecticut’s former star point guard, AAC Player of the Year, and two-time NCAA Champion, reported that he often went to bed “starving” because he could not afford food.

Napier told the Washington Post, “We as student-athletes get utilized for what we do so well, and we’re definitely blessed to get a scholarship to our universities.

But at the end of the day, that doesn’t cover everything. We do have hungry nights that we don’t have enough money to get food in.

Sometimes money is needed.”

But many student-athletes also support the idea that a free education is enough compensation.

“I personally don’t think we should be paid on top of our scholarships,” said sophomore Julia Fowler, a member of SMU’s equestrian team.

“Even though we do have a more demanding schedule than a regular student, when you think about how much money we are getting, especially for someone who has a full scholarship, that adds up to being paid like the equivalent of hundreds of thousands dollars worth of tuition, room, and board and food,” Fowler said.

Richard Burton, a professor of Sport Management at Syracuse University, argued the same thing: college athletes are already paid with their education. While this is the most common argument against paying student-athletes, there are other factors to consider.

Evelyn Field, a sophomore psychology major at SMU, and Molly Block, a senior mass communications student at Texas State University, said paying student-athletes would create an even bigger divide between large and small university athletic programs and the athletes would become solely focused on money.

Block said, “Larger schools with more revenue…would essentially be able to buy out the best players for their teams, putting small universities at a greater disadvantage. College sports and the athletes who participate in them should not be centered on money. Athletes should focus on their passion for whatever sport they play, and be grateful they can receive the aid they do.”

Mason Gentry, a sophomore football player, offers a relaxed attitude about the issue. When asked if he thinks football players should be paid on top of their scholarships, he said, “I mean not really. They have stuff to help kids out if they need extra money.

Obviously I would not be opposed to them paying me, but I don’t think it is necessary.”

The question of whether NCAA amateurism is an illusion or not cannot be answered simply, though many have tried. Professors, columnists, sports analysts and politicians have been debating the topic of whether or not studentathletes should be paid for years, and it does not seem that a definitive solution to this problem lies anywhere in the near future.

For Nicky Petrucelli, the answer is not clear either.

“My education is really important to me, but so is soccer. If we were paid, I think it should be based off individual performance, just like in the pros,” he said. “But I don’t know. Maybe we should be paid, maybe not. It’s not up to me.

I’ve always loved playing soccer, and I always will. Money wouldn’t change that.”

Men ’s basketball

Nic Moore (11) and Yanick Moreira (2) drive the play down the court.

Courtesy of smumustangs.com

Mustangs beat Wyoming 66-53 sam snow Contributing Writer ssnow@smu.edu Stumbling out of the gates was not the way SMU wanted to open the season, especially after an offseason teeming with hope and high expectations. But after losing three of four games, the Mustangs have strung together a streak of three straight double-digit wins.

The most recent win came on Friday against a Wyoming team that entered Moody undefeated at 7-0.

The Mustangs would pull away in the second half en route to a 66-53 victory, handing the Cowboys their first loss of the season.

“This is the hardest we’ve played, I think,” Coach Brown said after the game, while adding that his team played with a lot of energy.

That energy reached its peak in the second half during a crucial time for the Mustangs.

SMU’s commitment entering this game was to limit Larry Nance, Jr. This was no easy task, as Nance leads Wyoming in scoring (he also shoots at 62.1 percent), rebounding, steals and blocks.

That commitment paid off, as he

was limited to three points on four shots, grabbed only three rebounds and committed four turnovers.

The first half contained two competitive teams going blow for blow, but Wyoming opened the second half by grabbing the momentum.

After holding the Cowboys to 2-11 from beyond the arc in the first half, SMU began to give up offensive rebounds. These second opportunities allowed Wyoming to hit open three pointers, find a groove, and eventually take a lead.

The Mustang’s low-point came with about 10 minutes left in the second half; at this point they trailed the Cowboys, 42-36.

The crowd at Moody then unleashed a burst of energy that appeared to spark the team and steal the momentum from the Cowboys. The Mustangs answered the enthusiasm by blocking out and tightening their perimeter defense.

SMU then outscored Wyoming 30-11 from that point to the final buzzer; this was highlighted by a 20-3 run.

During this run, Nic Moore (who was 10-14 from the field, 3-4 from three) put the team on his back

by scoring 12 consecutive points, most of which came courtesy of his smooth shooting stroke.

Yanick Moreira’s role in this game came as a complement to Moore. He was a consistent presence in the post.

This has become a trend in most games, as establishing him as an offensive threat opens the perimeter for Moore and Keith Frazier, the team’s premier shooters.

This strategy was key, as it opened up the court for Moore when he started SMU’s streak. His most emphatic shot came at 7:40, when he nailed a three, giving the Mustangs a 45-44 lead.

SMU limited Wyoming to four offensive rebounds (all of which came early in the second half).

Giving up these rebounds has been the other noticeable issue for the Mustangs. Although Wyoming ranks very low in rebounds per game, it is a step in the right direction.

‘This is a quality team we beat tonight,” noted Brown, “That’s what makes me excited.”

Looking to extend the winning streak, SMU next takes the court on Monday versus UCSB. The tip-off is at 7 p.m. at Moody Coliseum.