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The Independent Voice of Southern Methodist University Since 1915

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The Independent Voice of Southern Methodist University Since 1915

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Rice informs graduates of their responsibilities, obligations upon leaving the Hilltop

Rice informs graduates of their responsibilities, obligations upon leaving the Hilltop

Sarah Kramer
May 11, 2012

Editor in chief signs off

Sarah Kramer
May 1, 2012

Two students make SMU history with human rights degree

Sarah Kramer
May 1, 2012

West Dallas homeowners still fear return of investors

Sarah Kramer
April 25, 2012
Bad tans, big muscles take over Hughes-Trigg Theater

Bad tans, big muscles take over Hughes-Trigg Theater

Sarah Kramer
April 24, 2012
Rev. Dr. Stephen Rankin, Student body President Austin Prentice, Dr. Lori White, Caren Prothro, Dr. R. Gerald Turner, Ruth Altshuler, Carl Sewel, and Dr. Paul Ludden break ground at the residential commons complex groundbreaking and dedication ceremony Friday afternoon in Doak Walker Plaza.

VIDEO: SMU breaks ground for Residential Commons, dedicates Centennial Cornerstone

Sarah Kramer
April 20, 2012
Crain Family Centennial Promenade to connect north, south campus

Crain Family Centennial Promenade to connect north, south campus

Sarah Kramer
April 20, 2012
Dallas Hall first opened in 1915, the start of SMU’s first academic school year. Over the years, campus has changed, but the SMU icon remains the same.

Residential groundbreaking kicks off annual Founder’s weekend

Sarah Kramer
April 19, 2012
Kyle Noonan and Josh Sepkowitz, who both graduated from SMU in 2002, are opening the first upscale bowling alley in Dallas. Bowl & Barrel, which is located in the Shops of Park Lane, is scheduled to open Oct. 1.

Grads to bring upscale bowling to Dallas this fall

Sarah Kramer
April 15, 2012

SMU students soleless this year

Sarah Kramer
April 10, 2012
After 22 years in the U.S., family now calls West Dallas 'home'

After 22 years in the U.S., family now calls West Dallas ‘home’

Sarah Kramer
April 9, 2012
Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing trucks into the air and leaving tractor trailers strewn along highways.

Storify: SMU students respond to emergency notification alerts

Sarah Kramer
April 1, 2012
Former President George W. Bush addresses attendees at the Bush Center Freedom Collection Wednesday at the Winspear Opera House.

Presidential Center launches Freedom Collection

Sarah Kramer
March 27, 2012
Condoleezza Rice to be Commencement speaker in May

Condoleezza Rice to be Commencement speaker in May

Sarah Kramer
March 26, 2012
Dr. Merline Pitre discusses struggles black women faced during Jim Crow

Dr. Merline Pitre discusses struggles black women faced during Jim Crow

Sarah Kramer
March 26, 2012
Mac ballroom joins Blanton and Caruth Halls with LEED certification.

SMU proves sustainability, achieves another LEED certification

Sarah Kramer
March 25, 2012
SMU senior on American Airlines flight 2332 interviewed by Today Show

SMU senior on American Airlines flight 2332 interviewed by Today Show

Sarah Kramer
March 10, 2012

Senate denies Spectrum funding, extends drop date

Sarah Kramer
March 6, 2012
Lauren Lyngstad (above) and Caroline Baliker’s birthday falls on Feb. 29 meaning that after 20 years, she technically turns 5 years old on Wednesday — Leap Day.

Two leaping ladies, one extra day

Sarah Kramer
February 28, 2012

Student body responds to spring concert

Sarah Kramer
February 21, 2012
David Nail

Spring concert revealed

Sarah Kramer
February 16, 2012
Texas Christian University Police Chief Steven McGee, center facing camera, and Fort Worth Police Capt. Ken Dean, right foreground, talk before a news conference Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. Police say four TCU football players are among 17 students who have been arrested in a campus drug bust. McGee said the students arrested Wednesday were caught in an undercover operation selling marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and prescription drugs.

SMU students surprised, not shocked by TCU’s drug bust

Sarah Kramer
February 14, 2012

Spectrum seeks Senate’s help, again

Sarah Kramer
February 14, 2012
SPECTRUM to represent southern schools in midwestern conference

SPECTRUM to represent southern schools in midwestern conference

Sarah Kramer
February 9, 2012
“Plan B,” a film dealing with the elasticity of human sexuality, will be shown at SMU’s Latino Queer Film Festival.

Professor spearheads Latin American Queer Film Festival

Sarah Kramer
February 7, 2012
SMU looks to recycle its title

SMU looks to recycle its title

Sarah Kramer
February 5, 2012
Law professor weighs in on SOPA

Law professor weighs in on SOPA

Sarah Kramer
January 22, 2012

Students respond to Jones’ ASU offer, invitation to Big East

Sarah Kramer
December 7, 2011

Parking on campus gets more complicated for students

Sarah Kramer
November 21, 2011
Senior Chi Omega Kelsey Curran dances at the Pi Kappa Alpha tent during Saturday’s boulevard festivities. For many seniors, Saturday was the last boulevard of their undergraduate careers.

Seniors enjoy ‘last’ Boulevard

Sarah Kramer
November 13, 2011

New IFC policy sees improvement

Sarah Kramer
October 29, 2011
Obama recognizes achievements of SMU dean

Obama recognizes achievements of SMU dean

Sarah Kramer
October 29, 2011
Student dies in off-campus apartment Friday, support available

Student dies in off-campus apartment Friday, support available

Sarah Kramer
October 3, 2011
SMU hires new dean of admissions

SMU hires new dean of admissions

Sarah Kramer
September 24, 2011
Simmons School of Education & Human Developmen Dean David Chard, Fort Worth city councilman Joel Burn, Dr. Suzie Fagg, CEO, Dallas ISD Executive Director of Student Services Dr. Evelyn Ashley and Executive Director of Resource Center Dallas Cece Cox, and retired rugby player Ben Cohen discuss the issue of the bullying of LGBT students and chilren during the “Stand Up Against Bullying” lecture Thursday evening.

SMU holds first North Texas anti-bullying education summit

Sarah Kramer
September 15, 2011

SAT scores on rise, school more selective

Sarah Kramer
September 15, 2011

RFOC in Umphrey Lee will be closed for lunch today

Sarah Kramer
September 14, 2011

Americans feel called to serve

Sarah Kramer
September 11, 2011

Native New Yorkers share stories of 9/11

Sarah Kramer
September 7, 2011
President R. Gerald Turner consoles the SMU community for the noon vigil at the Flagpole on Sept. 11, 2001. He urged members of the community to pull together.

Turner reflects on Sept. 11, 2001

Sarah Kramer
September 7, 2011
Desperados Mexican Restaurant is celebrating its 35th birthday by raising money to provide 35,000 meals to The North Texas Food Bank.

Desperados celebrates 35 years, donates to Texas Food Bank

Sarah Kramer
August 31, 2011
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg addresses a Dedman School of Law civil procedure class at SMU on Aug. 29, 2011.

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg gives historical, humorous lecture

Sarah Kramer
August 28, 2011
Sophomore Harvey Luna and junior Eric Douglas are members of Spectrum, an organization that helps students speak openly about their concerns and help partake in the stand for equality for the LGBT community.

SMU makes ‘LGBT-unfriendly’ list again

Sarah Kramer
August 27, 2011

A criminal trespass warning has been issued for ‘SMU Fryguy’

Sarah Kramer
August 24, 2011
IFC established a new rule that prohibits freshman males from attending any registered event for the first five weeks of school. The rule goes into effect Aug. 22 and ends Sept. 30.

Freshmen must wait to get ‘fratty’

Sarah Kramer
August 20, 2011
The SWAT team responded to a residential call Friday afternoon.

SWAT team raids home near SMU

Sarah Kramer
August 18, 2011
The George W. Bush Center topped our list for "Top 5 Construction Projects." The Center will include a library, museum and an institute and is slated to open in 2013.

Bush Center on schedule, current focus on landscape

Sarah Kramer
August 16, 2011
A forensic officer works at the scene where where three men were killed after being hit by a car in an incident locals some were linking to the violence early Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011 in Birmingham, England. The presence of thousands of extra police officers helped keep a nervous London quiet early Wednesday after three nights of rioting, but violence and looting flared in English cities including Manchester and Birmingham.

Student witnessed eruption of London riots

Sarah Kramer
August 9, 2011

Dallas philanthropist Nancy Hamon passed away at 92

Sarah Kramer
July 29, 2011

2011-2012 Tate Lecture Series speakers have been announced

Sarah Kramer
July 21, 2011
University Park City Council proposed parking permits to homeowners living near the SMU campus.

Parking enforcement increases around SMU

Sarah Kramer
July 21, 2011

Student Senate provides voice for student body

Sarah Kramer
June 3, 2011

SMU’s Hegi Career Center helps ease job search, interviews

Sarah Kramer
June 3, 2011
Dalai Lama receives honorary degree from SMU

Dalai Lama receives honorary degree from SMU

Sarah Kramer
May 8, 2011
Heart Attack Grill opens in Dallas’ West End on May 13 with the goal of using reverse psychology to raise awareness of rising obesity in America.

Heart Attack Grill uses reverse psychology to address obesity in America

Sarah Kramer
April 26, 2011

Conservatives across nation unite through grassroots website

Sarah Kramer
April 26, 2011

SMU places top in Recyclemania

Sarah Kramer
April 19, 2011
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SMU celebrates 100th birthday with party on Main Quad

Sarah Kramer
April 14, 2011

SMU celebrates 100th birthday with Main Quad festivities

Sarah Kramer
April 14, 2011
'Fratty Photos' offer convenient service, provide scholarship

‘Fratty Photos’ offer convenient service, provide scholarship

Sarah Kramer
April 12, 2011

Libraries promote National Library Week with cookout

Sarah Kramer
April 10, 2011
An SMU student participates in “A Day Without Shoes” by going the day without wearing shoes around campus. The event is organized annually by TOMS shoes to promote awareness for the millions of children who do not have shoes in the world.

Students bare ‘soles,’ support TOMS shoes

Sarah Kramer
April 5, 2011

Historian believes all scriptures borrow answers, truths

Sarah Kramer
April 5, 2011

Students to go ‘One day without Shoes’

Sarah Kramer
April 2, 2011
SMU graduate student Meredith Minister participates in decorating clay pots with six-year-old Leukemia patient Thomas Thompson during crafting time at the Ronald McDonald House in Dallas Thursday evening.

SMU students serve at Ronald McDonald House

Sarah Kramer
March 31, 2011

Tate Lecture speakers say Americans must innovate to improve education reform

Sarah Kramer
March 29, 2011
SMU Junior Vladimir Jovanovic demonstrates his winning Metis prototype in the Lyle Innovation Competition on Friday. The prototype will allow its users to “see” what’s behind them by sending vibrations through the neck.

Students reveal ideas, creativity in Innovation Competition

Sarah Kramer
March 27, 2011
Locaii is an interactive app that allows users to post polls, questions and photos at different locations.

Dallas entrepreneur, four students launch Locaii app at South by Southwest

Sarah Kramer
March 22, 2011
Starting on Aug. 1, 2011, any person without an University Park resident parking permit will no longer be allowed to park on neighborhood streets surrounding the SMU campus Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Students voice concern over new parking regulation

Sarah Kramer
March 22, 2011

Dallas’ Ronald McDonald House celebrates 30 years of service

Sarah Kramer
March 20, 2011
SMU students Oscar Cetina, from left, Samuel Partida, and Robert Hernandez sign letters written in favor of a bill to create a seat for LGBT community members in SMU’s Student Senate.

LGBT campaign for seat in Senate

Sarah Kramer
March 9, 2011
SMU student JoJo Shipp poses to show a feather extension clipped into her hair by The Feather Junkie.

Students sport feather extensions

Sarah Kramer
March 9, 2011
EPIC denies Program Council funding for Ke$ha concert

EPIC denies Program Council funding for Ke$ha concert

Sarah Kramer
February 28, 2011
Ebby Halliday is a Dallas legend and the CEO of Ebby Halliday Realtors.

Ebby Halliday kicks off 100th birthday with ‘Roast & Toast’

Sarah Kramer
February 25, 2011
Faculty Senate talks weather, spring enrollment

Faculty Senate talks weather, spring enrollment

Sarah Kramer
February 20, 2011
Ebby Halliday is a Dallas legend and the CEO of Ebby Halliday Realtors.

Ringing in her 100th birthday, Ebby Halliday remains motivated, dedicated

Sarah Kramer
February 18, 2011

Collegiate Recovery Community to support students with substance abuse

Sarah Kramer
February 16, 2011
The Dallas Animal Services and Adoption center’s “spokes dog,” Grace, sits during the DASAC’s second annual Valentine’s Day kickoff adoption event. Grace was rescued several months ago, and has shown marked health improvements in her time with the center.

Dallas dogs celebrate adoption,Valentine’s Day

Sarah Kramer
February 14, 2011
The Subway located in Hughes-Trigg Student Center now carries gluten-free bread for most sandwich selections and

Hughes-Trigg Subway now offers gluten-free options

Sarah Kramer
February 9, 2011
Cox School of Business moved up in the rankings by Bloomberg Businessweek.

Cox School of Business rankings improve in 2011

Sarah Kramer
February 9, 2011
An industrial-sized dehumidifer operates outside of Fondren Science Building Sunday afternoon as crewmembers of Mooring Recovery Services stand outside. A pipe in the building cupola burst Saturday afternoon, causing flooding.

Pipe bursts, water fills Fondren Science after four-day freeze

Sarah Kramer
February 7, 2011
SMU cancels school for the third day in a row due to the icy conditions.

Students, faculty respond to consecutive snow days

Sarah Kramer
February 4, 2011
Frozen rain, sleet, snow shut down schools, transportation

Frozen rain, sleet, snow shut down schools, transportation

Sarah Kramer
February 1, 2011
SMU freshman Jennifer Rogers studies for her sociology class involving family conflict Sunday evening inside of her residence hall living area.

UCLA report finds freshmen motivated, stressed

Sarah Kramer
January 31, 2011
A delivery driver for Andrew’s Distributing rolls the store’s first shipment of beer into 7-Eleven on Hillcrest Avenue across from campus Thursday afternoon.

7-Eleven, Tom Thumb now selling beer, wine

Sarah Kramer
January 28, 2011
Bishop T.D. Jakes, chief pastor of The Potter’s House Church in southern Dallas County, speaks at the Gregg and Molly Engels lecture, part of the Tate Lecture Series, Tuesday evening inside McFarlin Auditorium.

T.D. Jakes encourages people to step out of comfort zone during Tate Lecture

Sarah Kramer
January 26, 2011

LGBT visitation rights in effect for federally funded hospitals

Sarah Kramer
January 23, 2011
Participants in the SMU Embrey Human Rights Department’s annual World War II concentration camp observation walk through the Belzec extermination camp in the country of Poland this past Christmas Eve. (Photo courtesy of Maria Webster)

Halperin, group spend holidays in concentration camps

Sarah Kramer
January 19, 2011

Students, faculty walk to commemorate King

Sarah Kramer
January 19, 2011

SMU rings in the new year, celebrates 100 years

Sarah Kramer
January 16, 2011
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