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MONDAY MARCH 25, 2013
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INSIDE
‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ does OK
Youth and classical liberalism PAGE 4
The benefits of a juice cleansePAGE 2
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Swimming flops in NCAA tourney
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Mayor Rawlings’ advocacy against domestic violence and rape is a new initiative by the city, but even before his campaign, more Dallasites have been speaking out, including SMU graduate student Monika Korra.
“You see it on the news all the time and we think, ‘that will never happen to me. That will never happen in my area or to anyone I know,’ and suddenly I was there,” Korra said.
Korra is a rape survivor and her story has been told many times, including by ESPN’s “30 for 30.”
“I was kidnapped by three men leaving an SMU party. I had friends with me and we had a friend to come and pick us up but suddenly I had a gun to my head and got dragged into a car. And then you’re helpless.”
According to Nick Chamberlain,
the owner of the Chamberlain Self Defense studio, it’s possible to avoid these situations.
“They [women] need to keep themselves safe and they need to take ownership of themselves. They need to be empowered to protect themselves and keep themselves out of trouble,” Chamberlain said.
Chamberlain has recently been receiving more requests for self-defense workshops. One of those requests came from ‘Girls Rock Dallas’ organization. The rock camp organization empowers girls through music.
But this time, it was the instructors that were being empowered; not by music but by self-defense moves.
“You at least have some pre-exisitng knowledge as to how to fight back and when that situation happens to you. You’ll probably remember at that moment, ‘Oh yeah I learned that at that one class,” Courtney Veronica Rose Thompson said, after learning some
key self defense moves like creating physical space between you and your attacker.
“It’s really good for women to have that power, you know, over them -- over their body, over someone else trying to get to their body,” Jessica Perry, another newcomer to the self-defense class, said.
Monika Korra never took the classes but she believes they play a key role in spreading the word.
“It’s one way to create awareness about it and it is a way to make women more confident about that we can, we can get out of a situation like that. And it also makes us think and makes us create a safe environment ourselves,” Korra said.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 93 percent of rapists will never spend a day in jail and only 20 percent of cases are reported.
These statistics are striking, but Monika Korra refused to be
another number.The former SMU track and field,
cross-country student faced the men in court and placed them behind bars. She also gave the public her name, her story and her strength. She is now encouraging others to do the same.
“There’s so many girls out there, living without telling what happened to them. And I realized when I shared my story with people -- how much that helped me in my healing,” Korra said.
Monika holds public speaking events, began the Monika Korra foundation to start a movement to “kill the silence” and is waiting for her first book to be published.
“That’s the reason I’m doing good today, why I won my life back.”
Korra currently serves on SMU’s Sexual Assault Task Force, which was created by President Turner to review SMU’s policies towards sexual assaults.
REBECCA KEAY/The Daily Campus
Monika Korra, a cross country runner at SMU, competes at an invitational in 2010.
Korra stands strong
ERICA PENUNURIStaff Writer
Thousands crowded the plaza outside of Dallas City Hall Saturday morning for Mayor Mike Rawlings’ Rally Against Domestic Violence. The rally was part of Rawlings’ greater campaign to reduce the prevalence of domestic violence in the Dallas community.
Rawlings called on the men of Dallas to change their attitudes towards domestic violence.
“You can call a guy who hits a woman a lot of things, but you cannot call him a man,” Rawlings told the crowd.
Nearly 85 percent of victims of domestic violence are women. The Dallas Police Department alone receives approximately 13,000 calls for domestic violence each year. Even more cases go unreported, said Alyssa Greene, community coordinator for Genesis Women’s Shelter.
“A lot of women are suffering in silence because they don’t feel like they can speak out against it,” she said.
State Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas)
and state Rep. Jason Villalba (R-Dallas) joined together to tell rally attendees of the steps that the state government is taking to combat domestic violence. Proposed legislation includes creating a registry of repeat abusers, as well as a “Three Strikes Act.” Those found guilty of domestic abuse at least three times will be guaranteed to spend time in jail.
“DV will no longer be tolerated in the Big D,” West said.
Many Dallas athletes also made appearances at the event. Football legends like Emmitt Smith and Roger Staubach, as well as current Dallas Cowboys Brandon Carr and Dez Bryant, took the stage to share their views on domestic violence. Rawlings joked that it was “amazing that the men of Dallas are this excited about something that’s not about sports.”
But it was serious business the sports figures were about.
“If you have any women in your family that you cherish, take a step back and think about how you’d feel if someone laid a hand on them,” Carr said.
Dallas has already been recognized by Congress for being one of the first cities in the country to take such a stand against domestic violence. Rawlings hopes that everyone, regardless of race or political affiliation, can work together to eliminate domestic violence in Dallas.
MARISSA BUDzYNSKIContributing Writer
Mayor calls on Dallas men to “Man Up” and say no to domestic violence
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Mayor Rawlings hosted a rally against domestic violence Saturday in front of Dallas’ City Hall building.
Survivor starts “kill the silence” movement
“Come in,” he says when he hears the knock on the door to his second floor office in the Memorial Health Center. “Let me finish this quick little email.”
He taps away at the computer on the large wooden desk at the back of his office. The room is filled with family photos of his wife Janice and his three grown children, Monica, Ryan, and Colleen, along with trinkets-mementos from his stint in the Navy and various service awards that he has won through SMU and the Rotary Club of Plano.
His bookshelf is filled with colorfully bound books and binders, carefully organized by topic and year. Many students at SMU may know his name, but few truly know who Patrick Hite is.
“All I know is that I get his emails pretty much every day and the flu shot one stands out in my mind,” said SMU junior Katie Bernet.
“Everybody says they get too many emails — they’re all deleted.”
“He sends a lot of emails, but they’re all informative,” said SMU freshman Jackie Sweeney. “[Sometimes] they’re kind of annoying.”
The tapping stops as he finishes
his email and triumphantly presses the send button. He turns around and flashes a warm grin. Piles of papers are stacked carefully in front of him, organized in neat fashion with binder clips.
Hite is much more than the name behind the emails. He’s a dedicated family man with strong Midwestern roots and a service-oriented leader who has devoted much of his life to helping others. He goes by Patrick, but only at the workplace and on his emails- Pat is what his friends and family call him. “I usually have Patrick on there because my whole life they always thought I was a woman. Healthcare is dominated by females, so they always assumed I was a ‘she’ instead of a ‘he’,” said Hite. “I sign everything by Patrick again so they don’t make a mistake.” Calling him detail-oriented would be an understatement.
In the little free time that he has, Hite enjoys playing golf and volunteering at Christ United Methodist Church near his house in Allen. He and his wife, a dental hygienist, have been active members there since 1998. He is also the membership chair at the Rotary Club of Plano Sunrise. Despite his fondness for email, Hite is still old-fashioned. He prefers hand-written notes to electronic ones and plans to go to the library
Patrick Hite: The man behind the emails
ACADEMICS
See THE MAN page 6
KELSEY CHARLESStaff Writer
KELSEY CHARLES/The Daily Campus
Patrick Hite has worked at SMU for 17 years.
The second annual SMU Fashion Week is beginning its five-day fashion extravaganza with a bang, hosting a kick-off party at the Angelika Film Center at Mockingbird Station at 6 p.m. Monday, April 1.
“The kick-off party serves to join SMU with its Dallas community in celebrating the start of the exciting week ahead,” said senior Daniella Lopez, SMU Fashion Week Event Coordinator.
A short walk from campus, the party will feature pop-up shops from Movida and Urban Outfitters, who both have permanent shops within Mockingbird Station.
The event, hosted by Lisa Petty, of the local Dallas fashion blog DFW Style Daily, and Wallflower model Adam George, is free and also offers a free screening of The September Issue outside on the Angelika Film Center’s mezzanine at 7:30 p.m.
SMU Fashion Week chose
to change the location of the kickoff party to the Angelika Film Center because the theater and SMU Fashion Week share a passion for supporting fresh, upcoming talent.
Students and guests will also enjoy music by DJ Blake Ward while receiving manicures and pedicures from Castle Nails, also located permanently in Mockingbird Station.
While snacking on the kick-off party’s Urban Taco
MEREDITH CAREYStaff Writer
SMU Fashion Week to host kickoff party
STYLE
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A model struts down the runway at SMU’s Fashion Week show in 2011.
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Police ReportsHilltop Happenings 12:18 p.m. Possession of a Controlled Substance/Possession of Marijuana/Possession of Drug Paraphernalia/Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor. Boaz Hall. Five students were referred to the Student Conduct Officer for smoking marijuana in a dorm room. One of the students was cited and released for having drug paraphernalia in his room. Another student was cited and released for underage drinking. Another student was referred to the Student Conduct Officer for having someone else’s prescription medica-tion. Closed.
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Lifeguard Training Session 1 at Ded-man Center from 4:30-10 p.m.
17th Annual SMU French Film Festival in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center from 7-9 p.m.
Stanton Sharp Lecture—“’The Hispanic Challenge’ and the ‘Mexi-canization’ of America” in McCord Auditorium from 6:30-8 p.m.
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4:59 p.m. Theft. Mary Hay Hall. A student reported the theft of his bicycle. Open.
9:11 p.m. Seizure and Revocation of Placard. Annette Caldwell Sim-mons Lot. A faculty member was using a handicapped placard that was not his. It was confiscated and mailed back to TDOT in Austin. Closed.
9:39 p.m. Fire Alarm. Boaz Hall. A student activated the fire alarm system when she lit candles on a birthday cake. She will be referred to the Student Conduct Officer for a university policy violation. Closed.
march 212:30 a.m. Public Intoxication/Misrepresentation of Age by a Minor/Theft of Service. 6000 Bishop Blvd. A student was cited, arrested and booked into the University Park Jail for being intoxicated in public. He was also referred to the Student Conduct Officer for having someone else’s ID and failing to pay for a cab. Closed.
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more and more people are starting to do juice cleanses in order to lose weight quickly and detox their bodies.
Now that spring is fully in session and the weather calls for swimsuits and light clothing, people all over desire to look their best and cleanse their systems. With this comes the push to head to the gym, eat healthy and start juice cleanses.
Juice cleanses have received major attention in the media once celebrities such as Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr and “Gossip Girl” star Blake Lively swore by them. Many of these eminent
celebrities claim their Oscar and fashion show ready bodies result from juice cleanses.
A juice cleanse can be anywhere from a two to a ten day program where the user skips regular meals and instead drinks a solution of vegetables and fruits.
More specifically, these juices are unlike common ones found at a grocery store: they are unpasteurized, organic and rid of pathogens.
They substitute the calories of a daily solid food meal and usually contain around 1,000 calories per day. Although sounding extreme,
many of these cleanses are actually rich in antioxidants, vitamins and nutritients needed to combat various ailments and toxins in the body.
According to The Huffington Post, the average person does not consume the recommended five to 13 servings of fruits and vegetables the body needs and on average usually only has four servings daily. A juice cleanse ensures feeding this lack of vitamins.
Furthermore, these programs literally “cleanse” and clear the GI tract, improving digestion and the nutritional process. Many companies
ALEXA HornErcontributing Writer
Juice cleansing now one of most popular dietseven claim that the cleanses can help boost energy levels, rid target areas of pain and reduce the chances for future diseases or illnesses.
These cleanses also help jump-start weight loss. According to Cynthia Sass, author of “S.A.S.S. Yourself Slim: Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds, and Lose Inches,” in an interview with Shape Magazine, juice cleanses can help women “drop pounds” and even though “all of the weight loss may not last, it can be motivating…and [has] inspired some of [her] clients to make lifestyle changes that do lead to long-term success.”
Many of these programs are criticized for just shedding water weight on the user and being deceiving in a weight loss goal. However, the cleanses mentally change the mindset of the user. Because the client is so focused on the various juices being consumed and the lack of normal patterned eating, they become more aware of their unhealthy habits and use the cleanse to alter their mindset.
While juice cleanses are praised for their various nutritional benefits, many doctors are skeptical of the programs.
According to an article about cleanses in The Huffington Post, “juice cleanses can leave out critical nutrients to function.”
“Some of these are fiber and protein, which are generally
consumed in meat or tofu. Also, there is no evidence proving that juice cleansing realistically can help lower risk of cancer. These cleanses can sometimes be dangerous: lowering electrolytes and permanently slowing the metabolism,” The Huffington Post said.
In regards to weight loss, juice cleanses are just a short-term action. Many are so focused on the deprivation that juice cleansing can cause backlash and the user can binge eating when finished. Many become fatigued on a juice cleanse and cannot find the energy to exercise, which can be harmful for proper blood flow and for the heart.
Most importantly, a cleanse doesn’t teach long term healthy habits and many end up gaining all of the lost weight back.
Regardless of the pros and cons, juice cleanses are still extremely popular in the health industry and are still growing.
Each program has their own specific recipe that produces different results for the consumer. Popular brands include BluePrint and Roots Pressed Juice Cleanse.
BluePrint is the leading cleanse brand in the industry. Founded in 2000 by Zoe Sakoutis, a highly acclaimed nutritionist, BluePrint was inspired by Sakoutis enduring a debilitating cold.
She was advised to do a cleanse
that had promising results, but her experience doing the cleanse was absolutely miserable. She decided to create her own program with her friend Erica Huss. Their program uses tasty raw fruits and vegetables in a juiced form.
They have three different cleanses, the Renovation Cleanse, Foundation Cleanse and Excavation Cleanse. Each one provides specific amenities and is set at various levels according to the experience of the user.
Roots Pressed Juice Cleanse uses 3lbs of fruits and vegetables compacted into their juice set. The cleanses vary from a one to five day cleanse.
Each juice is rich in vitamins and the fruits come from local farms, insuring the organic aspect of them. Roots Pressed Juice claims that their juices comes from a “hydraulic press which minimizes oxidation and releases more vitamins, minerals, and enzymes into each juice” which in the long run helps achieve “increased energy, strengthening of bones, clearer skin and lower risk for disease.”
Juice cleanses are not for everyone and health care professionals encourage people who are interested to consult with a doctor or nutritionist before trying a cleanse. For more information visit http://rootspressedjuices.com and http://blueprintcleanse.com.
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Two shows from the past decade are returning due to strong fan support. FOX’s “Arrested Development” and UPNI/The WB’s “Veronica Mars” will be back on air.
After a six year hiatus, the creator of “Veronica Mars,” Rob Thomas, has been able to resurrect the series with the help of website Kickstarter.com where they raised $3.5 million in under 11 hours.
Kristen Bell plays protagonist “Veronica Mars” in both the television series and in the movie version.
The show aired its season finale in 2007 and featured many well-known actors in the start of their careers such as Max Greenfield of “New Girl,” Leighton Meester of “Gossip Girl,” Paul Rudd, Jane Lynch of “Glee,” Amanda Seyfried, Adam Scott of “Parks and Recreation” and
Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain.
It is planned to release in the beginning of 2014.
Thomas noted in a recent interview with Huffington Post, “I can’t say there were any points where I completely gave up hope.”
“I probably in my lowest points felt like there was a five percent chance to make it,” Thomas said.
“I never completely lost faith, but there were some bleak moments.” Thomas was offered the position on TV hit “Friday Night Lights” as showrunner.
He decided he would rather keep doing “Veronica Mars” instead.
Clearly this show, these stories and characters have been his most passionate brainchild.
“Arrested Development” is returning by popular demand.
The show came to an end during their third season in 2006.
Fans were frustrated and argued
for more episodes. The requests have been taken
seriously and this May the Bluth family will be on Netflix for a 14-episode season.
The new season will feature flashbacks that include young versions of Lucille Bluth and all of our favorite characters.
Expect to see Kristen Wiig, Terry Crews, Seth Rogen and Isla Fisher.
What do these two shows have in common?
Both “Veronica Mars” and “Arrested Development” only stayed on the air for three seasons and had a hard time building an audience.
Ironically, Michael Cera who stars in “Arrested Development” was featured in an episode of “Veronica Mars.”
But most importantly, the two shows had a strong fan following that was willing to push network executives until they got more of what they wanted.
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“Arrested Development,” “Veronica Mars” return as
television’s newest comebacks
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“Arrested Development aired on Fox from 2003 to 2006 and will return in May of 2013.
“Jack the Giant Slayer” takes fairytale to the big screen
Nicholas Hoult is back on the big screen again after his February movie release titled “Warm Bodies.”
Alongside Hoult in the new movie “Jack the Giant Slayer” is Stanley Tucci, Eleanor Tomlinson and Ewan McGregor.
It centers on a farm boy played by Hoult who makes it his job to rescue the princess of his medieval town from evil giants.
A war ensues between the two creatures and extends the classic fairytale of “Jack and the Beanstalk.”
The giants are all simulated, so if you are interested in 3-D movies you may enjoy them jumping out at you throughout the film.
Recently in movies the idea
of bringing fairytales to life on the big screen has been a constant theme.
In the upcoming year expect to see “Arabian Nights” with Liam Hemsworth, Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio,” “Maleficent” with Angelina Jolie, Juno Temple and Elle Fanning, “Sleeping Beauty” starring Hailee Steinfeld and “The Little Mermaid” directed by Joe Wright.
Over the past two years there have been a number of movies of that genre released such as “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters,” “Jack the Giant Slayer,” “Red Riding Hood” and “Snow White and the Huntsman.”
“Jack the Giant Slayer” could have ended a number of times, but instead it droned on making the movie two hours and seven minutes long.
Bryan Singer directed the mostly British cast. Singer is known for “Superman Returns” and the “X-Men” movies.
This family adventure was retold in a darker way than expected.
At the same time the film has its humorous moments.
Singer commented on the reason he wanted to do the film, “I had never done something like this before. The first movie that took place before electric lights, the first movie in 3-D, I wanted a challenge, and I wanted something different. We used set extensions and all kinds of CG.”
The beanstalk was a real piece in the movie, which was helpful for the actors to really put themselves into their characters because in most scenes they had to act against a green screen or imagine what was supposed to be occurring.
Overall, if you need to take some kids that you babysit to see a movie, this would suffice.
“Jack the Giant Slayer” is in theaters now.
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“Jack the Giant Slayer” stars Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor, Eleanor Tomlinson and Stanley Tucci.
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Young voters are often described as socially liberal, implying they are in favor of gay marriage, in favor of abortion rights and generally take the position of Democrats on these issues.
But the more accurate term to describe the political positions of the youth today would be classically liberal, or in favor of the expansion of basic human rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
This explains why a Gallup poll in 2009 showed that the 18-29 year-old demographic was the second most anti-abortion age group, second only to the 65+ crowd. In 2012, the number of Americans who identified themselves as “pro-choice” hit an all time low at just 41 percent.
The country is becoming more and more against abortion, and it seems to be driven primarily by young voters. For many, it seems baffling that the youth could hold a conservative position on abortion but a liberal position on gay marriage, as so often it seems as though the two issues go hand in hand.
They do, but not in the way that most think they do.
In both cases, the youth are in favor of extending the most basic rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to those who have previously been denied them. Younger Americans are increasingly realizing that without a protection to life at the most basic level, any other rights are rendered meaningless.
More importantly, this trend — and the philosophical logic behind it — show that the anti-abortion position will prevail in the long run. The moral implication of the
pro-abortion rights position is that the unborn are somehow less than human and therefore less deserving of the right to life.
The unsettlingly illiberal nature of this implication is precisely why the position is losing popularity. Ideologies based on similarly questionable moral logic have all ended up in the ash heap of history.
America has always trended toward extending these basic human rights and will continue to do so until they truly are universal.
The same can be said about gay marriage. The debate on gay marriage within the GOP is again being driven by younger politicians. The opposition to gay marriage is dying out, both within the GOP and across America as a whole. The recent flip of party star Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) shows this perfectly. Younger voters have more
gay friends and family members, and are more aware of the gay community in general. The more acquainted they become with the community, the more they recognize their right to the same legal protections as everyone else.
The campaign for gay marriage has been particularly fast-paced lately, and the trend line in favor of gay marriage has jumped just as quickly. The anti-abortion position has seen the same upward trajectory, but has been much slower and gradual in it’s pace. But the trends and the history on issues like these is clear and in time the right to life will be extended to the unborn and the right to the pursuit of happiness via marriage will be extended to gays. It’s only a matter of time.
Keene is a junior majoring in political science, economics and public policy.
Classical liberalism of young voters will shape debate on social issues
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PERSPECTIVES
How important are distractions in our lives? We need to answer a different question to answer this one: What exactly makes each one of us so different from each other? In our choices, our career goals and how we define happiness and success?
Let us start right at our university.
One of the most special feelings about being at SMU is the feeling of constantly being in the mix of a very eclectic group of people. SMU houses very diverse schools indeed. We have a renowned music school, an equally dynamic management and engineering school, law, humanities, life sciences, theology and many more specializations. And what makes it more interesting is the fact that the not-so-humongous size of the schools ensure good chances that any group of friends on campus will definitely have students with an assortment of different majors in it.
So I travel in a car with some of my best friends. One of who is an architect. Another is a psychology major. Then there is an organist and an MBA. We are in the same car, pass by the same sights, indeed the same route and of course the same destination. And we are definitely in the car together as friends since we share a lot in common. We are definitely looking out of the same windows in the same car. But still, are we really seeing the same things?
Well, this brings me to the answer of why we all are individuals among a crowd. Would you believe it if I said that we are all just the average of our distractions in life?
And this is the reason why: observation. I have always believed that observation is what differentiates people, and makes an individual out of a person. We all look at the same things.
But we see different things. We are trained, mostly by ourselves, to do that: see things that we feel are important, or have worth. What we do in life, our ambitions, career, our education and our mental harmony are all a confluence into shaping our personality, and hence what we observe out of everything.
I’ve always felt that we humans as a whole are always a distracted bunch. Each of us may define this differently: hobbies, passions, and all that jazz. We wake up every morning and go around doing so many different things. Some of it makes us happy, and some doesn’t. But we do it. We are always distracted. The nature of these distractions, what we do about it, and what we learn from it; how we ignore the harmful ones and embrace the good ones all make each of us an individual.
And of course, in life, sometimes we can lose focus and believe that the purpose of driving is to hold the steering straight. We could lose focus of our destinations. And that is the catch with distractions: they can make you, or break you. Sometimes they lead to discoveries or something brilliant like that, and other times they break you out of your life’s charted course.
And as we pass through experiences and circumstances in life, the same individual sees the same thing differently at different times: moods, shades and light. So, my observations and conclusions are time specific, contextual and could be changing indefinitely.
If we keep a log of all the distractions we have in our lives, we will know what kind of observers we are. And observations make each of us who we are.
Sunil is a graduate student in Lyle School of Engineering.
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ABhIjIT SuNILContributing Writer
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Each time the week ends I feel like I’m losing time. Between work, rehearsals, extra-curricular activities and homework it feels like the weeks get shorter and my load gets bigger. With everything I am attempting to accomplish I would break from the stress if it weren’t for the pay-off.
When I spend a sleepless night trying to write a perfect paper, I remind myself that soon I will get my degree. When I am at work while my friends are hanging out, I am proud that I am able to pay my rent without help from my parents. And as attend rehearsal after rehearsal lasting five hours at a time, I look around and see that I am in my first professional show and I know it’s all worth it.
I am tired and stressed and losing my mind and learning to juggle a million things while living the dream. I wouldn’t trade this time for all the sleep and rest in the world.
—Mia Antoinette, SMU Junior
A high school student in Pennsylvania was rushed to the hospital because of exposure to Axe body spray.
Why am I not surprised? There have been times when I’ve sat next to a guy in class wearing too much of a fragrance and after an hour I felt nauseated and dizzy.
That stuff is potent. So take a hint, guys, and lay off the body spray. I know the girls
in the commercials like it, but I’m pretty sure most people would just prefer to deal with body odor.
—Trevor Thrall, Opinion Editor
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“If we don’t publicly stand up to the bigots, then everyone assumes we agree with them. How can we expect [young voters] to listen if they think that conservatives hate
their families and friends?” —GOProud Executive Director Jimmy LaSalvia on supporting gay marriage
“The Jersey Shore this summer will be open and ready to go.”—New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on cleaning up the east coast after Hurricane Sandy
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After a strong thrid-place finish in their previous competition, the SMU women’s swimming and diving team struggled in Indianapolis.
The team tied Virginia Tech after placing twenty-fourth with a total of twenty-six points at the three-day NCAA Championship.
The Mustangs started well with an 18th place finish from day one.
SMU couldn’t catch up to a deep field that saw the University of Georgia take the NCAA crown with a staggering 477 points, 80 more than the nearest competition.
Lady Mustangs Isabella Arcila, Monika Babok, Nathalie
Lindborg and Nina Rangelova placed tenth in the 400-yard freestyle relay clocking in a final time of 3:16.37.
The time narrowly beat the likes of Auburn and Wisconsin, but was just a third of a second away from ninth place Minnesota.
Although the team did not get the place they had hoped for, the time marked a two-second improvement than its previous outing in the C-USA tournament at a very respectable 3:18.62.
Arcila entered the NCAA tournament as the Conference USA player of the year, SMU’s fourth winner in a row and seventh in the last eight years combined.
The Mustangs will hope to bounce back with a momentum-shifting victory and wrap up their season at the USA Grand Prix beginning April 11 in Mesa, Ariz.
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After a successful trip up to the Northwest part of the country in early March, the Mustang’s golf team will return for another crack at success when they play in the Oregon Duck Invite in Eugene, Ore. on Monday.
The meet will take place at the Eugene Country Club, a tough course because of its length and also one that
will play very differently than the Bandon Dunes Championship.
The difference this time around, other than the weather conditions, will be the style of the course.
Bandon Dunes is a links style golf course with the course set up to be at the mercy of the elements.
Eugene Country Club is set in a more traditional manner with holes lined by trees and the grass lush to a point Bandon Dunes could only dream of
getting to.SMU will once again look
to ride the hot play of Bryson Dechambeau, who has recently been named C-USA player of the week.
The Mustangs have done a good job all year of playing consistent golf with everyone contributing, not necessarily on the same day but over the course of the tournament.
The other key player for the men’s team to have success is Harry Higgs as he is coming off a strong performance in his
last tournament. He was the only other player
under par for the Mustangs as he finished with an under t wo total.
Despite everyone else not quite being on their game, the Mustangs were able to overcome this by having two players with great days but they cannot rely on this in the future.
The meet begins at 8:30 a.m. pacific time Monday with 36 holes of golf followed by 18 holes on Tuesday.
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Dechambeau and Higgs look for continue individual success in Oregon
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The Dallas Mavericks entered Sunday’s games against the Utah Jazz holding their playoff hopes in their hands.
As we know Dallas sports teams always handle their business in situations when they control their own fate…right?
Wrong.
If we have learned anything from Dallas sports since Tony Romo fumbled the suspiciously slick ball in Seattle, it’s that when the chips are down Dallas teams bust.
However, to true Dallas fans, none of those shortcomings matter- they forgive, but they do not forget.
Dallas sports have fallen on hard times, but the diehards cling to any and every sliver of hope that comes along.
Right now the Mavericks are serious contenders for the eight hand final playoff spot and their game against Utah is critical.
The Mavericks are 14-9 over the past two months and are a better team at home (19-14) than on the road (14-22) which is good because they are in the middle of a six game home stand as the season comes to a close. With 13 games left, eight of them will be at American Airlines Center.
With a win on Sunday the Mavericks will be tied for ninth with the Jazz.
Utah has already beaten the Mavericks twice this year and a win on Sunday would result in a sweep for the season series.
Both games where in Utah,
and Dallas is much better at home against the Jazz- winning four straight and 18 out of 21 games against Utah at the
AAC.With a 33-36 record, the
Mavericks are 3 games under .500 but only one and a half games behind the eighth place Lakers.
The stage is set; all that remains is for the Mavericks to act.
There is a little hope for them to steal the eighth seed. That being said, getting in the playoffs and winning a title is something completely different.
If the odds of the Mavericks making the playoffs as an eighth seed are slim, then the odds of them wining as an eighth seed are non-existent- simply because it has never been done.
The lowest seed to win the championship was the sixth seeded, 1995 Rockets out of the Western Conference.
The Closest an eighth seed came to winning it all was the 1999 Kings. Sacramento made it to the finals but lost to the Spurs in five games.
Most will think that if it hasn’t happened yet it never will.
Maverick fans will look at that stat and say it’s bound to happen sometime, why not this team, why not now?
It might be wishful thinking, but I say some hope is better than none.
So what if the Cowboys rip our hearts apart every season? So what if the Rangers couldn’t seal the deal. So what if the best the Mavericks can do is the lowest seed?
Fans will pray for playoffs. If their prayers are answered then
their dreams will be filled with visions of the NBA finals.
It may be futile and foolish to hope for success from the Mavericks and it will most likely end in disappointment.
However, for the next couple of weeks, fans will become more invested with every win.
When the team is finally above .500 again shaving cream
sales will increase and we will finally see Dirk Nowitzki’s face again.
More importantly Dallas fans will be filled with hope and I don’t see anything wrong with that.
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to pick up the proper forms in order to do his daughter’s taxes.
Those who work with Hite only have nice things to say about him. “He comes from a very skilled background. He is a very hands on and very involved manager in here in every facet of the health center- very accessible to his staff, very respected,” said Lori Antoine, the testing coordinator for the Counseling and Psychiatric Services department in the health center. “He has a long history here. He’s a great person. I really enjoy working with him.”
Heading into his 17th year as the director of the SMU Memorial Health Center, Pat Hite has an enormous amount of responsibility. His day largely consists of paperwork and meetings, but he estimates he only spends about 25 percent of that time on his email, although he claims to gets close to 200 a day.
“Probably 80 percent of those you just delete,” he says almost in unison with the ping of his inbox. After a four-year stint in the Navy that took him all around the world, including Vietnam, Hite settled back in to school at the University of
Indiana to finish his degree.He was close to studying business
in graduate school, but decided to get his master’s in Healthcare Administration instead. “In the 60s when President Johnson was president, they passed Medicare and Medicaid and that was revolutionary, almost like the Obamacare that we have now,” said Hite. His email pings as he receives a new message in his inbox, but he ignores it and continues talking.
“Healthcare was a booming industry back then like it is now,” Hite said.
After more than 20 years in various management positions in hospitals throughout the country, Hite was contacted in 1996 by SMU about the opening at the Memorial Health Center. He wasn’t that interested but, “after about six months, lo and behold, I decided to come over here and try it,” he said.
Another major factor in his decision was the tuition discount that his children would get if he took the job. Their needs were at the forefront of his concerns.
In his 17 years at SMU, Hite has done a lot for the school. One of his proudest moments was receiving the first “Triple A,”or Accreditation
Association for Ambulatory Healthcare, accreditation for the Memorial Health Center in SMU history.
The status allows the hospital to receive Medicare and Medicaid funds, along with any of the other commercial insurances. “I came in the middle of 1996 and we got our first accreditation in the summer of 1998,” he said. “We’ve kept that every year since then.”
His latest project is the recently launched electronic medical records system, and despite what many may think, the mass emails aren’t all from him.
“A lot of them I send out, but others just go out under my name because I’m the one that can send out health-related emails,” said Hite. “I just spell check it and forward it on out.”
He estimates that he only sends out about 20 to 25 emails a semester.
The undisputed fact is that Hite is passionate about his work and in his element here at SMU’s Memorial Health Center. “I would never do anything different,” he says with a confident grin. The ping of an email can be heard as his office door closes.
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tHe man: Hite discusses his life
food, students can attend a trend presentation led by SMU junior and fashion and lifestyle blogger Rebecca Marin of www.rebeccamarin.com.
The week, celebrated in
collaboration with SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, Fashion Media minor and SMU Retail Club, also features fashion panels, a weeklong donation drive for the Genesis Women’s shelter and culminates with a
fashion show on April 5. Visit SMU Fashion Week’s Facebook for information on the week’s other events.
Make sure to RSVP for the kick-off party at www.sfwkickoffparty.eventbrite.com.
Courtesy of Alex Small
A model walks down the runway at SMU’s Fashion Week show in 2011.
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catWaLK: Fashion Week preparations in full swing
When mentoring children comes to mind, one would imagine an academically based program. Champions of Hope, however, has a more personal approach.
The program for children from fourth grade through high school is based in South Dallas, an impoverished area of the city. It currently consists of 125 mentors paired with a single student with the intention of building a close relationship.
SMU graduate Adam Berry began mentoring with Champions of Hope last summer. He was paired with 10-year-old Elijah, whom he
sees weekly. “My goal, and hopefully my
impact is that he understands his potential and does not sell himself short of his capabilities because of the influences of his surroundings,” Berry said of his mentee.
Berry’s mentorship with Elijah involves spending time with him by playing basketball together, going to dinner, helping with homework and just hanging out. “Our relationship is more of a friendship than one might imagine possible between a 26-year-old and a 10-year-old,” Berry said.
What distinguishes Champions of Hope from other mentorship programs is the faith-based approach to positively influencing the youth. It is a nonprofit Christian organization
that is funded completely by donations. Its ultimate goal is changing the community through caring for the children and their families.
Champions of Hope was founded in August of 2008 by Carly Pickens, who was the sole worker for nearly two years. She found a church in South Dallas that was willing to lend her an office, but the work through Champions of Hope is done in the community on an individual level. The mentors are responsible for communicating with the families they are assigned to and setting up their own activities to do with their mentees.
Because of growth and the need for more employees and office space, Champions of Hope was recently
able to purchase an old community center. Pickens was excited to say that she and her three employees will move into the space as soon as they put in the carpet.
Executive Director Pickens had a vision for the program that she sees being fulfilled by her volunteers. “Yes, you should care about your child’s grades, but we aren’t a tutoring program,” Pickens said when describing the role of her mentors. Pickens’ idea of mentorship through her organization is providing a role model and source of encouragement for each child.
Pickens believes that a change in a community requires a strong commitment to the people, which is why she and her employees have all
moved to South Dallas. Her desire is to relationally connect with the families to influence a change in attitude, and her mission started with the future leaders of the area.
When asked if she feels that she is in danger by living in an area with such a high crime rate, Pickens said she and her employees “walk in wisdom, but we don’t walk in fear.” She explained that most of the crime that occurs in her area is either domestic or drug-related, so it is unlikely that she would be the victim of a random crime.
Because the first generation of mentees has not reached adulthood yet, the staff at Champions of Hope realizes that it may take years to see a significant change in the outlook of
the community. They begin pairing mentors with fourth graders at J.J. Rhoads Learning Center and Charles Rice Learning Center, so their oldest kids are just now entering high school. For the time being, the employees and volunteers are thankful for being embraced by not only the children, but also the families in the area.
Pickens said she began her nonprofit with the understanding that having a true impact would take a long time, especially when the relationships are crossing socioeconomic, racial and cultural barriers.
“What I see in the community is really just the beginning of something,” Pickens said. “I’m five years into this, but we’re just laying the foundation.”
TREVOR THRALLOpinion Editor
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