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The newly-built Mustang Band Hall will be dedicated Sept. 19, 2014.
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A panel speaks to a crowd about the North Korean conflict at a Tower Center event Feb. 24, 2014.
Tower Scholars Program gifted over $4 million Claire Kelley Chief Copy Editor cakelley@smu.edu SMU has received donations totaling more than $4 million for its new Tower Scholars Program, an immersion experience for undergraduates in public policymaking through the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies. Highland Capital Management L.P. contributed $2 million for the tower’s endowment, the Hamon Charitable Foundation gifted $1 million, which will fund the Jake L. Hamon endowed Internship Program and The Berry R. Cox Family Foundation donated $1 million to fund endowment and operational support. Additional funds were
donated totaling more than $400,000 toward operation of the Tower Scholars Program fund. Ten sophomores will be selected every year as Highland Capital Management Tower Scholars. Students can apply to the program during the fall of their sophomore year, and the first round of applications are being accepted this semester. The first class of scholars will begin their studies in Spring 2015 leading to a minor in public policy and international affairs. These students will be educated in domestic and foreign affairs, national security and defense and international political economy. They will have access to global and national leaders and policy makers, as well as study
abroad opportunities and senior year internships. “Few American universities offer a program designed for undergraduates with as much real world policy education and experience as does the Tower Scholars Program,” said President R. Gerald Turner in a press release. “The gifts that make this program possible allow students to begin gaining professional perspectives while working toward their undergraduate degrees, bridging the usual gap between graduation and career development.”
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SMU reveals new Mustang Band Hall CHRISTINA COX Managing Editor clcox@smu.edu The Mustang Band Hall opened its doors to band members this fall. The new facility is five times larger than its original, offering more space for rehearsals, performances and expansion. “The old place had a nostalgic feel, but as an overall rehearsal space, the new Mustang Band Hall is a palace,” senior drum major Nick Morris said. “We love it, and we can’t thank our generous donors enough.” The 11,000-square foot building is located on the southeast side of campus at the Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports. New features include practice rooms for ensemble and general use, instrument storage areas, staff offices, conference rooms, a break room and an outdoor performance plaza. More than 1,250 band alumni, supporters, friends and students contributed to the $3
million band hall. “This has been built by many people,” said Associate Director of Development for Student Affairs Arlene Manthey. “It truly took a village to create this building.” The Mustang Band hopes the new band hall will encourage them to become even more involved in on-campus events and will help increase band membership from 88 members to 150. “Thankfully, we have a stateof-the-art facility that will help us recruit better players every year, develop that talent and help us become an even bigger part of life at SMU,” Morris said. Other members agree that the new space will expand “the hub of SMU spirit” to rival other larger schools. “I think the new band hall was necessary to have the program grow,” junior Jackson McMartin said. “In the old band hall, we could barely squeeze in a 90-person
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COMMONS
Students, faculty light the torch on SMU traditions
Boaz Commons wins first Residential Commons Olympics LAUREN AGUIRRE Editor-in-Chief laguirre@smu.edu Boaz Commons won the Residential Commons Olympics Friday. Teams competed in events all afternoon and evening– ranging from kickball to Connect 4 to human battleship. The Boaz Commons Facebook posted this status after the event: “Congratulations to everyone who play[ed] for Boaz pride and thank you to everyone who cheered us on to victory!” Human battleship is basically the traditional Battleship game, but with real people in real canoes in a real pool. The objective is to sink the other teams’ canoes before yours. “Human battleship was the best,” first-year Kay Rodgers said. “It was really crazy.” Another student favorite was bubble soccer – a game with no fouls. Players wear a plastic “bubble” pumped full of air which cushions, and even bounces, the players when they fall down. “It was the coolest game,” first-year Abby Argo said. “If they actually had bubble soccer as a real sport, I would so play it.” Other games included wallyball (a variation of
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Sophomore Nicki Fletcher holds a banner supporting her commons.
volleyball), a cupstacking competition and a rock-paperscissors tournament. Students showcased their spirit with Commons crest t-shirts, banners and flags. One flag, made by Crum Commons, said, “Crum and take it.” Along with being titled champions of the Olympics, Boaz won 100 points for the Commons Cup. The Commons Cup competition is not just limited to one event, or even one semester. It is an on-going, yearly competition between all of the commons to earn points. At the end of the year, the team with the most points will be
crowned champion. Teams can earn points at special events. But they can also earn points by donated canned foods, attending sporting events and for high GPAs. Teams also won 25 points from Mustang Corral at the “Capture the Commons” event. Those teams were McElvaney, Virgina-Snider, and Mary Hay, Peyton and Shuttles. These point totals will be updated throughout the year as teams compete to earn more. To view the feed from the live coverage of the Residential Commons Olympics, visit the live recap page on The Daily Campus website.
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Armstrong Commons sinks after their boat is filled with too much water.
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Ramon Trespalacios encourages Armstrong before bubble soccer.
Correction In the Friday, Sept. 5, story in The Daily Campus headlined “‘SMU prepares for emegencies,” the Lockdown Simulation Exercise was incorrectly dated as Wednesday, Sept. 10. The exercise will take place Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 3:30 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center Theatre. The Daily Campus regrets any confusion caused by this error.