INSIDE
A close look at Meadows’ Myra Woodruff
How to study and stay healthy
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Students reflect on Mandela
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Maligi impresses as assistant coach
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Mustangs running back Prescott Line (#29) is tackled while running the ball. Line had eight carries for 28 yards total in Saturday’s game.
Mustangs denied bowl game Strong performance in icy stadium against UCF not enough to win Matthew Costa Associate Sports Editor mcosta@smu.edu The final game of the SMU Mustangs 2013 season (5-7 overall, 4-4 in the American Athletic Conference) was a cold-hearted 17-13 loss to the conference’s best team, the University of Central Florida Knights (11-1 overall, 8-0 in AAC), and a lost opportunity for a fifth-consecutive bowl bid. After taking a 10-3 halftime lead into the locker room, the Mustangs were held down for the last 30 minutes of the game on a frozen Ford Stadium while UCF’s quarterback Blake Bortles began to find the groove that he’s used all season on the way to an automatic BCS bowl game. SMU was able to force a fumble on the Knights’ first possession of
the third quarter, but was forced to punt shortly after. UCF quickly marched down the field on an 8-play drive that spanned 66 yards, culminating in a Bortles score that tied the game up. Following the touchdown, SMU was able to move within field goal range that Chase Hover nailed from 39 yards out to give the Mustangs the last lead it’d have this season. Bortles once again called his own number on the next UCF possession. Using a 15-yard scramble up the left sideline, he was able to outrun several SMU defenders and dive over the pylon for the Knights’ first lead of the game, and what would eventually prove to be the final margin. In what may very well be his last possible regular season game as a Knight, Bortles had more than 270 yards in the ice and the two
rushing touchdowns. The Mustangs had several chances to respond in the final frame, but were unable to convert any of their three fourth-down attempts, despite the strong efforts of quarterback Neal Burcham. When senior Garrett Gilbert was ruled out of the game, Burcham was once again called upon to help SMU get to the promised land. The redshirt first-year played admirably, throwing 24 completions on 34 attempts for 222 yards and a touchdown to Keenan Holman in the second quarter. He was also aided by a solid rushing attack led by running back and linebacker Kevin Pope’s 50 yards on eight carries. Despite the offensive attack, the Mustangs were unable to answer the Knights when they needed it the most and fell to their first
losing record in the regular season since 2008. SMU went on to fall by a 4-point margin and miss a postseason bid, but there were many opportunities that were lost earlier this season, including a terrible fourth quarter against rival Texas Christian University and an overall poor performance versus Rutgers University. This coming offseason will be a tough one for a team that had lofty expectations against what some called a fairly weak conference schedule. Head Coach June Jones and his staff will have to work hard in determining who will officially replace Gilbert, Jeremy Johnson and several of the other seniors that have by all accounts changed the mindset of SMU football.
North Texas will start to thaw out Sunday, with temperatures slightly above freezing and a bit of sunshine. But it will likely be a couple of days before the ice that’s coated the region melts completely. “It’s just a matter of us warming up eventually to help melt this ice,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Dennis Cain. Bitter cold temperatures followed the snow and ice late last week, so sheets of ice were still covering many roadways. The Texas Department of Transportation on Sunday was bringing in additional graders with special blades designed to break up thick ice on a particularly treacherous areas. Cain said there’s a range of conditions on the area’s highways — “It’s kind of hit and miss.” “The residential roads are ice skating rinks right now, the secondary roads are improving,” he said. Meanwhile, hundreds of departing flights were again cancelled at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Temperatures in the Dallas area were expected to reach a high of 37 in some places by the afternoon. But whatever ice is left will freeze again overnight. The National Weather Service says Monday’s temperatures will
reach into the high 30s, with 40s coming on Wednesday. Since Friday morning, a stretch of I-35 north of Dallas had a thick coating of ice, making driving conditions troublesome. Motorists inched along over the weekend and sometimes were at standstill for hours at a time, forcing them to either sleep in their vehicles or take refuge in shelters set up in the town of Sanger, located about 50 miles north of Dallas. Texas Department of Transportation spokesman Tony Hartzel said Sunday that graders with special blades will break up thick ice — anywhere from 4- to 6-inches thick — along that stretch of I-35. “A standard snow plow doesn’t work on solid ice,” he said. On Interstate 20 west of Weatherford, about 30 miles west of Fort Worth, crews were working to clear off tractor-trailers that parked on the interstate as conditions deteriorated. The area was virtually impassable, said Texas Department of Transportation spokesman Michael Peters. “TxDOT crews will be working hard over the next 24 hours to clear roadways. This is Day 4 of a 24/7 operation to keep roads passable,” Peters said Sunday. He said TxDOT will work
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SMU jumps 10 spots in college sexual health ranking Katelyn Gough Assignments Desk Editor kgough@smu.edu The conversation about sex is nothing new to college students across the country. Neither are conversations about healthy sex. In today’s “modern sexual era,” often dominated by debates on the “hookup culture” and the campuscliche of friends with benefits, sexual health is becoming a top priority at universities nationwide. SMU is no different. “Students need to be informed so that they can make informed decisions on their sexual health,” said Lisa Joyner, assistant director of SMU’s Health Education. SMU has expanded its health education over recent academic years, including annual HIV/ AIDS testing, and condoms readily-available for anonymous pick-up daily in the health center. “Some students may decide to be abstinent and some may decide to have sex,” Joyner explained. “Knowing information about contraceptives and different sexually transmitted infections is important.”
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SMU came in at #112 out of 140 schools on Trojan’s “Sexual Health Report Card Rankings,” a 10 point jump from 2012.
So how does SMU compare to the sexual health resources at other schools? Trojan Condoms released its eighth-annual “Sexual Health Report Card Rankings” in November. Of the 140 schools that made the list, SMU came in at 112
— up ten spots from 2012. Trojan’s ranking system relies on the research surveys completed by Sperling’s BestPlaces, which used both a two-page questionnaire filled out by the university’s health center and research into
information readily available to students to determine the scoring. “It’s trying to celebrate the schools that are doing the best jobs getting information out to the students so they can make their own decisions,” lead researcher
Bert Sperling said. “[It] presents an unbiased look at the kinds of information [health centers] provide to the students.” Sperling explained that the information gathered for the rankings is useful not only to health centers for their own improvement, but to students and parents as well. The rankings set up a comparison of schools, allowing current and prospective families to see what a particular university excels in, and what higher-ranked schools offer that could improve the initial university. “Students are actually going to the administration in certain cases [to petition for greater resources],” Sperling said. “It’s great for parents…knowing that their students are safe and getting well taken care of.” Trojan initially began the rankings program eight years ago to spark “dialogue and [inspire] action” at universities from all regions of the country, as well as acknowledge the concerted efforts of health centers at the ranked universities. “We continue to see great strides made on campuses
nationwide,” Mark Gromosaik, a project manager at Trojan said. “Students and faculty [are] using the Sexual Health Report Card as a tool to shed light on the sexual health resources available to spark change on campus.” Trojan’s rankings and results saw the addition of online resources for the 2013 Report Card, including an E-Tool Kit featuring “fact-based insights, tips and resources,” as well as a Virtual Consultant — sexual health expert, Trojan Sexual Health Advisory Council member and Yale alumnus Colin Adamo. “We wanted to take the conversation a step further by not only shedding light on the amount of resources provided to students on campus but also offer them tools to help them increase their future ranking,” Gromosaik explained. Trojan hopes to continue to grow their own sexual health resources available to students nationwide, regardless of their own on-campus opportunities. Whether their school is ranked first, as Princeton was for
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Bad study habits for finals week cause health problems Bailey Wilson Contributing Writer bewilson@smu.edu Last Christmas break I found myself in the hospital as a result of a stress overload. After studying for finals for weeks, I flew home to California where I soon was admitted to the hospital due to chest pains. I shortly found out that a virus had attacked my heart, a condition called myocarditis. Doctors still do not know exactly what caused the virus to attack my heart. But they did suggest that stress, prescription Adderall and lack of sleep led to the episode. I had to be rushed to UCLA Medical Center for a heart transplant,but I was lucky. My heart made a miraculous recovery. During long nights in the library studying for final exams many think that getting through the night is their biggest problem, but college students may have more to worry about when pulling that all-nighter. Stress can be more detrimental to bodies than once thought. People may be going too far to get good grades. Stress combined with stimulants, caffeine, lack of sleep and a poor diet can lead to severe problems. Stimulants Adderall and other prescription drugs help people with attention
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deficit/hyperactivity disorder. These stimulants affect chemicals in the brain to help with hyperactivity and impulse control. As a result, students who take the drug are able to concentrate better and for longer periods of time. It helps with retaining information to aid in more effective studying. However, students with ADHD are not the only ones popping these pills. It has become a huge trend for students who do not have ADHD to take Adderall in order to get better grades. Yes, even for those who don’t have ADHD, these pills can still help when it comes to writing that paper or studying all night – but with that comes some consequences. Side effects of misused stimulants can include an irregular heart beat, irritability, light headedness, fainting, increased blood pressure, restlessness, dry mouth, trouble sleeping and more. So although people may think that popping this miracle study pill is helping them get an A, they s should think twice about what it is really doing to the body. My brother, former SMU student Rick Wilson, also contracted myocarditis. He has ADHD and was ordered to stop taking Adderall. Wilson said that when he was
taking the study aid he did feel many side-effects. “I could feel my heart pounding in my chest but never really thought twice about it,” Wilson said. This was, of course, until he was diagnosed with a heart problem. Because Adderall is an amphetamine, similar to speed or cocaine, it is highly addictive. Misuse of this medication has become a problem across college campuses among those who do not have prescriptions. There are many different forms of this medication such as Vyvanse, Ritalin and Concerta. “People who are prescribed are always down to get a little extra cash,” an SMU student said. Caffeine Those who can’t get their hands on these prescription drugs must settle for a different drug: caffeine. Many people use caffeine as a way stay awake. From coffee to Red Bull to 5-Hour Energy shots, there are many ways for people to get their fix. But caffeine does have its drawbacks. Sure caffeine keeps students alert to enable them to study all night, but caffeine can cause headaches, irritability, restlessness and high blood pressure, all of which are very similar to the side effects of Adderall. Many people double up and
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Using stimulants, such as Adderal and caffeine may help students study, but they may affect their health negatively.
take both Adderall and caffeine. CVS pharmacist Emory Murray said that taking both at the same time “would make the Adderall stronger, having more of an effect on the central nervous system.” This is not a good idea for the heart. Food Studying for long hours is usually accompanied by the latenight munchies. Stress eating is a big problem for many students when studying for finals. Stress releases the hormone cortisol which is responsible for the fight or flight response. This response is usually
DECEMBER 1 Time Reported: 2:00 AM. Time Occurred: 2:00 AM. Date Occurred: 12/01/2013. Driving Under the Influence by a Minor. Off Campus - 2700 Daniel Ave. A non-affiliated individual was cited and released for underage drinking and driving. Closed. Time Reported: 12:40 PM. Time Occurred: 7:00 PM. Date Occurred: 11/21/2013. Duty on Striking an Unattended Vehicle.
automatically turned off; however, with stress, the response is not turned off. The body goes into panic mode. Board certified dietitian Karin Hosenfeld stated that there are many ways to cope with this stress, food being one of them. Hosenfeld said that people are usually drawn toward foods that are high in fat, sugar and salt. Sleep and Snacks Eating the right foods and getting adequate rest can help students study. Dietitian Hosenfeld said that snacks that stabilize blood sugar are the way to go when studying.
A student reported failure to leave identifying information at the scene of an accident. Inactive. Time Reported: 2:24 PM. Time Occurred: 3:50 PM to 12:00 PM. Date Occurred: 11/27/2013 to 12/01/2013. Burglary. Lambda Chi Alpha House. A student reported a theft at this location. Open. Time Reported: 6:49 PM. Time Occurred: 6:49 PM. Date Occurred: 12/01/2013. Fire Alarm. SMU Service House. The fire alarm system malfunctioned at this location. Closed.
“High fiber and high protein snacks prevent peaks in blood sugar and provide stable energy that will last long.” Amie Hazama, a senior at SMU, said that she stayed up all night once studying for a test. “When I went in to take the test my brain went blank and I couldn’t even think.” Getting a good night’s sleep allows the information to be solidified in the brain and allows for a clear thinking process the next day. So put down the Adderall and caffeine, grab a healthy snack, get some rest and happy studying.
DECEMBER 6 Time Reported: 12:15 PM. Time Occurred: 12:15 PM. Date Occurrred: 12/06/2013. Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor/ Possession of Alcohol by a Minor/ Purchasing/Furnishing Alcohol to Minor. Kappa Sigma House. Students were referred to the Student Conduct Officer for underage drinking, having alcohol in their possession and furnishing alcohol to minors. Closed.
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Students prepare for 11th annual Relay for Life Shannon Lynch Contributing Writer snlynch@smu.edu Adolescents and young adults are diagnosed with a form of cancer 72,000 times per year. That’s one diagnosis every eight minutes. Annually, 10,000 young adults die from cancer. That’s one death every hour. Over the past 30 years, cancer in young adults has increased more than every other age group. Those statistics are from the National Cancer Institute, as is this one: Cancer is now the No. 1 disease killer in young adults. While many college students may know someone whose life has been changed by cancer, few are aware of the growth of the illness among people their age. That’s just another reason for students to get involved now in SMU’s yearly Relay for Life event, its planners said. To fight this epidemic on a community level, Southern Methodist University hosts a yearly Relay for Life event. This school year, SMU’s Relay for Life will be held April 5. According to the
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2013, or did not make the cut of the top 140 schools, any college student with access to the internet can educate themselves and their school’s health centers. “We’re always looking for new ways to leverage the [rankings] to better [equip] students with the information they need,” Gromosaik said. “We look forward to providing [these] valuable [tools] for college students for
communications director for the event, Kelly Zitka, Relay for Life is SMU’s largest philanthropic event organized by students that raises money for the American Cancer Society. “It’s a 12-hour event to show that cancer never sleeps,” Zitka said. Relay for Life involves over 4 million people across 20 countries to raise money and awareness for cancer. The American Cancer Society uses funds raised at events such as Relay for Life to help diagnose the cause of cancers, find ways to prevent it, and ultimately find a cure. Sophomore Amy Paschall attended last year’s Relay for Life on Bishop Boulevard. Her favorite part of the event was “seeing the whole SMU community come together for the cause,” she said. “We’re in a bubble at SMU — we don’t think about things in the outside world. Bringing Relay for Life to SMU reminded me that cancer is a real problem happening in the world.” Though filled with 12 hours of fun, food, games and entertainment, Relay for Life focuses on three main goals: to celebrate, to remember
and to fight back. Every Relay for Life event around the world is distinguished by these three distinct parts. The Survivor Lap at the beginning of the event is a celebration of all those who have beat cancer. The Luminaria Ceremony, toward the middle of the event, encourages participants to remember those who have lost their lives to cancer and those who are currently fighting cancer. Finally, the Fight Back Ceremony challenges participants to make their own personal commitments to fight back against cancer. Zitka shared some of the new ideas that will be seen the next time Relay for Life hits the Boulevard. First, she hopes that next year’s Relay will include a team made up of SMU professors. Zitka also explained that next year’s Relay will be held on a Saturday from noon to midnight, rather than from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. She hopes that the new Relay for Life will bring the feel of a “spring Boulevard for a cause.” SMU students can get involved with Relay for Life now by starting a team, joining a team, setting personal fundraising goals
and reaching out to people they know to help them reach those fundraising goals. “Even students not a part of an organization can make a team to honor or support someone they know who has fought cancer,” Zitka said. “It really is for everybody.” “The funds that can be raised by SMU Relay for Life change so many people’s lives, in ways that people may not know. It is important to take one night out of the year to support such an amazing cause,” Zitka said. Thanks to fundraising events such as Relay for Life, over 600,000 young adult cancer survivors exist in the United States, and one in every 100 college students is a cancer survivor. Audra LaCroix is a sophomore at the University of Texas at Austin who recently won her battle against Stage III Hodgkin’s lymphoma. LaCroix, who describes the day she was diagnosed as “the worst day of my life” and “the scariest thing I’ve been through,” reflects on her time as a cancer patient. “I learned so much about myself during this time and I grew so much closer to my loved ones. As hard as it
stations in that area were running out of fuel, and that TxDOT was sending fuel trucks to the area to help motorists who have run out of gas. “It’s been a constant effort to keep interstate 20 open and traffic
moving,” Peters said. Oncor utility crews were working to restore power in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. A spokeswoman said Sunday morning that there were less than 35,000 outages, down from a peak
many years to come.” SMU jumped 10 spots in a single academic year, but it still has a long way to go before it could reach the number one spot. “For the last two years, [the sexual health page] has been ‘under construction,’” Sterling said of the SMU Health Center website. “[Correcting that is] something [SMU] can do to improve its ranking.” According to Joyner, the health center’s education department is currently updating its website, and
is expected to be fully up to date by the 2014 spring semester. While the website may not be a worthwhile resource for students right now, Joyner explained that the focus has been on one-on-one interaction with students looking for sex education. “Our biggest push has been in the residence halls,” Joyner said. “[As well as] students coming in to meet with me to talk one-onone regarding sexual education and preventative measures they should take.”
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Students participate in last year’s Relay for Life event.
was, I would do it all over again for those reasons,” she said. LaCroix was involved in Relay for Life during her middle school years and even attended a Relay for Life event this past spring, where she was able to participate in the Survivor Walk. “As a survivor, Relay for Life was an extremely emotional experience,” she said. “Although you have the support of your family and friends, having cancer is still very isolating, and at times, even lonely. Seeing all of the survivors
together, all the people who had gone through what I went through, made me realize that I’m not alone,” LaCroix said. LaCroix’s advice to other college students fighting cancer? “Stay positive,” she said. “Cancer is as demanding emotionally as it is physically...You may not be in control of the situation, but you are in complete control of your attitude...You have the power to turn the experience around and make it a positive, rewarding one.”
of more than 270,000. She said all power was expected to be restored by late Sunday night. At DFW Airport, about 400 departures were cancelled as of late Sunday morning. A spokeswoman said most of those
are still due to the weather in the Dallas area, and that the airport is making progress on treating and clearing ice from airfield surfaces. The North Texas Tollway Authority said Sunday morning that their roads are open, but noted
bridges and overpasses are still being treated for icy conditions. At least four people have died on icy roads in Texas, including one in Saturday’s 10 car-pileup on Interstate 10 in West Texas, about 160 miles east of El Paso.
Alex Day is an SMU junior and intern at Dallas’ Planned Parenthood; as part of her internship, Day works with sex education, distribution of resources and information at events. In her opinion, advertisement and transparency are both essentials that the university needs to increase. “I think the services [the Health Center] provides to students should be publicized better,” Day said. Many students who might not
live in the dorms could be seeking just as much sexual education as those on-campus students who are actively sought-out. The webpage has been unavailable for two years, according to Sperling, and this could be leaving students — those uncomfortable approaching Health Center advisors on their own — without any resources provided by their own university. Tori Titmas, an SMU junior, echoed Day’s sentiments. “I haven’t seen or heard much about the Health Center
promoting sexual education on campus,” Titmas said. If the sexual health education’s online presence is, in fact, improved for the spring term, the university could see an increase in the number of students taking advantage of university resources — and SMU could become more competitive with high-ranking schools currently winning out in sexual health. According to Day, “a more aware student body is a healthier student body.”
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Revenge porn concerns student alyssa parrish Contributing Writer amparrish@smu.edu Revenge porn is a growing online problem. Hundreds of sites have been created as a platform for angry people to seek revenge on ex-partners or love interests. People are able to anonymously publish nude photographs of their exes in an effort to get even. Online anonymity allows for anyone to make a post about any individual. Many include personal information, identifying factors and links to social media platforms, creating a “profile” for online ridicule. In late September, the New York Times published an article exploring the problem and how people are able to get away with these posts. The article explains that the people in these pictures are often not seen as victims because many of them took the photos and shared them with their partners. As soon as that information is known, these victims are no longer seen as such. However, in the article, a law professor, Mary Anne Franks, credits that reaction to a blame-the-victim attitude that is associated with many rape cases. The factor that makes this issue such a problem in the online world is that there is no national legislation preventing this type of activity. Suing the people responsible for the
posts proves to be incredibly difficult, and confronting the actual websites can be additionally challenging. In many ways, the activity falls under “cyberharassment.” Cyberharassment is a relatively new term that is gaining some footing in the legal system. As of 2012, 40 U.S. states have statutes that address cyberharassment in some way, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Yet passing legislation that would protect victims of revenge porn has been stopped by people concerned with First Amendment challenges that could be made in any state. Franks has become a recent contributor to the activist site End Revenge Porn by writing a legislative proposal that serves as an example of what restraints could be placed around revenge porn and also the legislature that would prevent it. While many are concerned with First Amendment limitations, the victims of revenge porn crimes need to be the first and foremost concern. The violation of their rights and privacy is a violation of all our rights and privacy. If it can happen to them, it can happen to you. All too often the Internet is used as a form of exploitation, and that must be stopped on all fronts at all costs. Parrish is a sophomore majoring in journalism.
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South African artist John Adams, who says he feels driven to paint Nelson Mandela in return for opening up the educational opportunities that enabled him to become an artist, works on a speed-painting of Mandela in the street outside Mandela’s old house in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013.
Remembering Nelson Mandela katelyn gough Assignments Desk Editor kgough@smu.edu “We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.” The words of South African President Jacob Zuma captured the mournings of Nelson Mandela’s death, but more importantly the celebrations of his life. His words echoed sentiments shared not only across South Africa, nor across its continent, but rather around the world. Mandela served as one of, if not the, most important leader in South Africa’s battle against apartheid. In his younger years, he led a campaign of violence against the apartheid regime that controlled the state. At the end of the Rivonia Trial, during which he was sentenced to life in prison for sabotage and conspiracy, Mandela left the
courtroom — and his followers across South Africa — with words of his dedication to his fight. “I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony with equal opportunities,” Mandela said at the end of a four-hour courtroom speech. “It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” He served 27 years of that life sentence, during which time he continued his fight for rights and equality to be extended to all — including those imprisoned. Most importantly, Mandela was released from prison a man devoted to forgiveness, peace and determination to fight for the rights of his country. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with then South African President Frederik
Willem de Klerk for the successful end of the apartheid regime, and the transition to a democratic rule without the civil war that could have been. Mandela won the presidency in 1994 and, per his promise, served one term before Thabo Mbeki succeeded him in 1999. Though Mandela was no longer in office, he remained the leader of South Africa, and a leader of peace worldwide. He became a leader of human rights, and a respected commentator of the world’s leaders and their decisions in the name of peace or warfare. True to Zuma’s words, Mandela did and will always serve as the pinnacle of peace and prosperity leaders and individuals globally seek to achieve in the face of challenge, discrimination and oppression. He was not released from 27
years of imprisonment and labor to seek vengeance or to settle any scores. He accepted his freedom hand-in-hand with a forgiveness that propelled him forward into the ultimate fight for peace by peace, and not by violence. His political brilliance and ability to draw people in by shared determinations carried him to his legacy. Mandela’s 95 years ended Thursday, and the world turned its attention to South Africa with respect, reflection and reverence. President Barack Obama will be joined by former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, as well as members of their families, to attend the Tuesday memorial service honoring Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg. Gough is a senior majoring in journalism and theater.
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“Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.” —Nelson Mandela “Laura and I join the people of South Africa and the world in celebrating the life of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. President Mandela was one of the great forces for freedom and equality of our time. He bore his burdens with dignity and grace, and our world is better off because of his example. This good man will be missed, but his contributions will live on forever. Laura and I send our heartfelt sympathy to President Mandela’s family and to the citizens of the nation he loved.” —Former President George W. Bush on the death of Nelson Mandela
brandon bub Contributing Writer bbub@smu.edu Nelson Mandela was a South African political activist who, after spending 27 years in prison at the hands of a repressive government, became that country’s first democratically elected president and oversaw the end of institutionalized South African segregation. I imagine that’s the sort of cursory glossary description one might find in a secondary school textbook or encyclopedia. Of course no man’s legacy can adequately be summarized in one sentence, but the politics of memory that surround Mandela (as well as civil rights figures the world over) have long fascinated me. To many Americans, Mandela was a grandfatherly old man. Morgan Freeman portrayed him in the 2009 film Invictus, and I imagine people will conflate the two men for years. He was a tenacious politician who stood firm against a clearly defined evil, and all the forces of good converged on his side. The problem with this narrative is that it underplays the complex monster that Mandela and the African National Congress were going up against. One of the reasons why apartheid was such an evil system was that it was so entrenched, so many people (especially those in power) saw no reason why it would or should change. Consider that many Western
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A girl lays flowers on top of tributes outside the home of former president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. South Africans of all races flocked to houses of worship Sunday for a national day of prayer and reflection to honor Nelson Mandela as a large contingent of foreign dignitaries, including royalty, begin arriving in the country to pay their final respects to the liberation struggle icon.
nations, including the United States and the United Kingdom, branded Mandela’s ANC a terrorist organization. It took decades before the U.S. took a firm stance against the South African government. It strikes me that most of us college students here would not have been the ones wearing bracelets saying “Free Nelson Mandela” in the 1980s in the midst of Mandela’s 27-year prison sentence. Most of us probably would have been indifferent to the abuses running rampant on the edge of the African continent. I don’t say this to make students here feel bad because of their privilege. I personally don’t think “white guilt” complexes yield a whole lot of productive action.
However, if we ignore the context in which Mandela was fighting, we can never truly appreciate the changes he helped effect. Mandela was a complex individual. He, like his contemporary Jomo Kenyatta, would likely tell his followers that they must “suffer without bitterness” in the struggle against invidious discrimination, yet Mandela had plenty of reason to be bitter himself. In 1960, following the Sharpeville massacre that killed 69 peaceful South African demonstrators, Mandela briefly argued perhaps “blood for blood” was the only way to make the white minority government understand the ANC’s grievances. Moreover, there is evidence
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suggesting that Mandela allied himself with the Communist Party, not because of a sincerely held belief in the ideology, but rather for political reasons. The alliance was short lived, and should surely not convince us that Mandela was a leftist freak as many right-wing blogs might suggest, but at the same time, these are the kind of details that often go overlooked. We would do well to remember Mandela’s legacy, but we cannot cherry pick the elements that make us feel better. Mandela fought systematic and de jure injustice, and that struggle will certainly not end any time soon. Bub is a senior majoring in history, English and political science.
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The SMU basketball program is fortunate to be led by one of the greatest basketball minds of alltime. Head Coach Larry Brown has one of the most impressive resumes for any coach in sports history, which includes winning over 1,000 professional games and 200 college games. In his almost 40-year career, Brown is also the only coach to win both a NCAA National Championship and an NBA Championship after winning titles with the Detroit Pistons in 2004 and the University of Kansas in 1988. Brown, 73, took over the SMU program in April 2012. Since then, he has done a terrific job of turning around the culture that surrounds Mustang basketball. The program landed their first McDonald’s AllAmerican, opened up plans to renovate Moody Coliseum, and have one of the best recruiting classes in the country coming in 2014. Although he is the head of the operation, Brown shouldn’t take all the credit for SMU’s turnaround. His entire coaching staff has done an incredible job recruiting and developing players the last couple years. Each person on staff has an important role for the Mustangs to reach their goal of a national championship and there isn’t anybody more important, or underappreciated, on the team than Assistant Coach Ulric Maligi. Maligi joined the SMU staff just one month after Brown took over the program. Brown’s assistant at the time, Jerrance Howard, had a previous relationship with Maligi and recommended him for a spot on the bench. Maligi was at the University of Houston and tried to turn down the SMU job at first. “I got some other opportunities that I got a chance to turn down, so I had been through the process earlier in the spring,” Maligi said. “I kind of came to the conclusion with the athletic director, Head Coach James Dickey, and my wife, that Houston was where I wanted to be.” Maligi was intrigued by the SMU job and knew Brown was an incredible coach, but he was convinced he needed to stay with his wife who is a family doctor. Maligi described his wife, who he met freshman year at Howard University, as the best doctor in the world and he wanted to be with her in Houston. Then, Maligi received a call from Brown that changed his life forever. “I’ll never forget the phone call
I had with Coach Brown,” Maligi said. “He told me I was in a great coaching tree with Eddie Sutton and James Dickey, but if I really wanted to be a head coach then I needed to go to SMU because Coach Brown doesn’t have a coaching tree; he has a forest.” Since accepting the position next to fellow coaches Tim Jankovich and K.T. Turner, Maligi has surrounded himself with greatness every single day. Although it is incredibly demanding to learn under Brown, Maligi said it’s been a true blessing for him. “I love it because I’m one of those people who believes that compliments kill,” Maligi said. “The fact that he is going to hold me accountable, be demanding and challenge me every single day is a great thing because I want to be a Hall of Fame head coach someday. I’m also used to it because of my parents. I didn’t grow up easy, so everything I have gotten I have worked for.” Maligi’s life has been far from easy. His biggest hero is his dad, a former American Airlines baggage claim worker, who has had to deal with multiple illnesses and misfortunes in his life including having both legs amputated, a stage-four kidney disease and a bad case of diabetes. Maligi’s mother has also been a huge influence on him and his two younger sisters, Lucretia and Genita. Maligi’s mother, a librarian, named her children after characters from Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” and “Hamlet.” Maligi’s parents pushed him to work at an early age, so he started coaching the Dallas Mustangs AAU team when he was just 18 years old and still in high school. Players on his team thought he was a teammate on the first day of practice because he looked so young. However, Maligi eventually earned their respect with his hard work and understanding of the game. After playing his senior season, Maligi decided to fully pursue a coaching career by becoming a video manager for Howard. It was an entry-level job that guys like Roy Williams, Buzz Williams, and Rick Majerus had also started their coaching careers with. At Howard, Maligi got a chance to play every role because they were a historically black college that was very undermanned. It was those types of experiences that prepared him for future coaching stops at the University of Texas at Arlington and Stephen F. Austin State University. At one point, Maligi thought he was even going to be a graduate assistant for Bob Knight at Texas
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can help the program is the most difficult part of his job. Players on the SMU team unanimously decided Maligi had a very bright future as a head coach. Frazier credits Maligi for helping him transform from a boy to a man, while Moreira said the coach was one the biggest reasons he decided to come to SMU. Maligi has become more than just a mentor. He holds every kid on the team accountable and wants to help them achieve all their goals and dreams. “I wanted a guy that was going to work hard and represent our program,” Brown said. “He is exactly what I was looking for in regards to character and loyalty. He is a great human being, a great teacher and an unbelievably hard worker. He cares about the game, the kids and our school. He is going to be a great head coach, he probably could have
been this year.” The signing of Mudiay, the nation’s top rated point guard, was a big step for the SMU program. With offers from every major program around the country, Mudiay’s decision to stay at home validates SMU as a place where you can get exposure, play at the highest-level and accomplish something special. It should help the Mustangs land other talented kids from the community as well. “Obviously, he could have gone anywhere, so I think it’s huge for all of us,” Maligi said. “In his heart, he really believes that Coach Brown can best prepare him for the NBA better than any other coach that was recruiting him. I don’t necessarily consider him the start because I don’t think we get him if we don’t get Keith [Frazier], Yanick, Sterling [Brown], or any of these other guys who decided to come. I think it’s
just been a gradual puzzle that we’re putting together.” The championship puzzle is close to being complete, but Maligi won’t be satisfied until the goal is reached. SMU now has everything necessary to become a top program with great facilities, academics and location. Maligi said building that type of championship culture and mentality is something they fight for every single day. “Coach Brown came here because he wanted to win a national championship and if I didn’t believe in that same vision then I wouldn’t have taken the job,” Maligi said. “We try to go out and target guys in recruiting who want to do the same. I think Emmanuel [Mudiay] is definitely one of those guys. I don’t think he would have came here if he didn’t feel like we have a chance to win a national championship.”
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MONDAY n DECEMBER 9, 2013 Profile
From the fruit of Martha Graham’s loom
Small town girl turned world-travelling performer, 10-year chair of Meadow’s division of dance Natalia ramirez Contributing Writer nramirez@smu.edu
The East 63rd Street studio buzzed with company dancers awaiting class time as young Myra Woodruff watched wide-eyed atop the stairs lining the large studio. “I remember thinking she had the largest face I had ever seen…I was mesmerized,” Woodruff said of her first encounter with modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham. Little did she know, this first encounter would not be her last. Today, Woodruff observes her own students from atop the studio stairs. She watches her class with a certain intensity unmet by other instructors and offers up incredible wisdom. “Love what you do, increase your ambitions, and be open” are all wise words from one of SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts most inspiring professors. Originally a music student at the University of Texas, Woodruff changed course almost immediately after witnessing the Martha Graham Dance Company perform. “Upon returning to the university all I could think about was being in New York and studying with Martha Graham.” Despite her mother’s desperate attempt to make her stay (she bought Woodruff a piano for her apartment) Woodruff left for New York the very next summer and did not return. “I don’t think she thought I had the ability to be a professional dancer,” Woodruff said. This insatiable drive, evident in Woodruff ’s refusal to let her mother’s wishes divert her passion for dance, is a quality Woodruff instills in her students every day.
“I take this doll which is myself and fling it against the sky,” one of her dancer’s recalled. She mentioned the gusto with which Woodruff repeated the line occasionally during class. After studying at the Martha Graham School for only a short while, Woodruff was awarded the coveted full scholarship-one of only three given at the school. Woodruff ’s career suddenly began to materialize. After dancing with the Graham Dance Company for eight years, Woodruff went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts at New York University. She immediately caught the eye of world renowned dancer Maurice Bejart. He invited her to Switzerland to become the first full-time modern teacher at the Rudra Bejart School, the professional school for his company Bejart Ballet Lausanne. She was a dancer and teacher who could communicate her emotion through movement so effectively, choreographers and instructors would ask her to work with them, rather than accept her through the traditional audition method. In a world where dancers were and still are required to audition for teaching positions, or any performance role for that matter, Woodruff stood out as an artist who never allowed her inhibitions to define her. “I did not allow fear to prevent me from a great adventure,” Woodruff said. “And it was a great adventure.” Woodruff ’s journeys with dance spanned worldwide. “All over Italy, Spain, Greece, Israel, France, Switzerland, India, South America, Japan, the Philippines, Korea, Turkey, Austria and many more,” she said. To Woodruff, the entire world is fascinating — yet another facet
of her life she emphasizes to her student dancers. In 2004, SMU recruited her to be Chair of the Dance Division. She has been there for nearly 10 years. Woodruff gives much credence to her one-on-one work with Graham in her formative dance years. Subsequently, her dancers hear a great deal of Graham’s words in class including, “I love the Earth, the sky, and the world…I live in.” However, student Raven Ross conceded that while Graham’s quotes are indeed inspirational, Woodruff ’s personal stories have the ability to captivate an entire room. “I am never bored,” Ross said. Woodruff is quick to stop her dancers mid-combination if she feels they are not performing to their fullest extent and offers up visualization for the movement she would like to see insteadundoubtedly from inspiration Woodruff collected for herself through individual experiences. “I realized that if you put the best of yourself forward at all times, this goes out to the universe and there will be a series of singular events which connect to each other over time.” Woodruff said eventually these experiences loop, come full circle and connect in a way that has significance. While some might deem it an interruption, it is anything but. According to faculty member Heather Guthrie, students appear fascinated when Woodruff speaks. She constantly tells her students to observe what goes on around them for the sake of missing something “spectacular.” Woodruff has managed to marry her craft with her passion for teaching. She has become the ideal blend of dancer and teacher and
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Alex Druzbanski and Hope Endrenyi perform originial choreography in Brown Bag, the semiannual dance series.
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The Brown Bag Dance Series is performed by students in the division of dance in the Owen Arts Center.
as a result continues to inspire her students and instill in them a very similar love for communication through movement. She established a name for herself through trial and
triumph — but mainly through triumph. “Satisfying,” she said of her career. “I had to dig deeply and produce high level work” that would pass the expectations of
two of the most celebrated master choreographers in the dance world. Woodruff expects nothing less from her dancers today.
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