Best Place to Hang Out with Friends Dallas Hall Lawn Best Place to Study Fondren Library Best Place to Relax Dallas Hall Lawn Best Residence Hall Virginia-Snider Best Campus Office Student Activities Best View of Campus From the steps of Dallas Hall looking south toward downtown Dallas
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or the fourth consecutive year, The Daily Campus asked you to tell us the 100 best aspects of life on The Hilltop & in The Park Cities /Dallas and you
responded in record fashion! With more than 1,550 responses to our online survey conducted between Jan. 24-Feb. 1, 2013, we’re happy to present you the results in our fourth annual “Best of SMU & The Park Cities.”
Best Campus Building Exterior Dallas Hall
Best SMU Tradition Boulevarding
Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners The Boulevard Best Place to Find Girls Sorority Row Best Place to Find Guys Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports Best Place to Propose Marriage Dallas Hall Steps Best Professor Bruce Levy Best Aspect of SMU Football Games There’s a game? Stay on the Boulevard!
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Best PLACE TO HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS DALLAS HALL LAWN Iconic Dallas Hall, the first building constructed on the Hilltop, overlooks a massive lawn — manicured to green perfection. The perfect place to lay out, read a book or throw a frisbee on a cool weather day, the Dallas Hall Lawn is versatile and historic. —Rahfin Faruk
Best SMU Female Athlete Caroline Young, Volleyball
Best Fraternity Beta Theta Pi Best Sorority Kappa Alpha Theta Best Overall Student Organization (non-Greek) Student Foundation Best Sorority Event Theta Late Night Best Eatery (on campus) Einstein Bagels Best Off-Campus Student Housing The Lofts at Mockingbird Station
Best CAMPUS BUILDING EXTERIOR DALLAS HALL
BesT MALE ATHLETE MARGUS HUNT
Best SMU Male Athlete Margus Hunt, Football
Best First Year Memory Residence Hall Experience
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Nothing beats the original, and that includes the beautiful architecture at SMU’s Dallas Hall. Built in 1912 and opened in 1915, the first great sight on SMU’s campus was named after the citizens and leaders who helped in the cause of donating money in order to secure the campus’ location. —Matthew Costa
Best SMU Sport to Watch (aside from football / basketball) Men’s Soccer
Best SMU Tradition Boulevarding
“We don’t tailgate, we boulevard.” Fall brings a season of Boulevarding to SMU’s campus. Before each home football game, SMU students, faculty, alumni and friends come out to enjoy food, drinks and games all along Bishop Boulevard — the main thoroughfare in the heart of the campus. With tents from one end of the Boulevard all the way to Dallas Hall, there is something for everyone in this beloved SMU tradition. —Tashika Varma
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Best Place to Study Fondren Library Other libraries on campus — Bridwell, Underwood and Hamon — simply can’t compete with Fondren’s 24/5 hours and coffee during finals week. The library, set for an overhaul as a part of SMU’s Second Century Campaign, will soon be home to a coffee shop, modern outlets (even on the East side) and a revamped book collection. —Rahfin Faruk
If you’ve followed any athletics for the past three years, you knew this was a shoe-in. The Estonian native has been a model of consistency for the SMU football team on his way to becoming second on the all-time NCAA record list for blocked kicks in his career. Hunt is projected as a 2ndround draft pick in this spring’s NFL draft. —Matthew Costa
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Best Professor Bruce Levy
BesT ASPECT OF SMU FOOTBALL GAMES
Any Cultural Formations class with Bruce Levy is entertaining, interesting and fun. Dr. Levy makes sure to get every student interested in the subject and relate it back to his or her own life. In addition to an upbeat class, Dr. Levy also has his office door always open whether it is to discuss a paper, classes or even just life. Bruce Levy is not just a great professor at SMU, he is a friend to all students. —TashikaVarma
THERE’S A GAME? STAY ON THE BOULEVARD!
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More people tend to stay on the boulevard rather than head to the football stands. The boulevard is filled with students, old and new, there to have a few drinks and enjoy all the live music and dancing. The boulevard has become such a spectacle, most people don’t realize the game has even started. —Julie Fancher