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The John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies awarded former Secretary of State James Baker its annual Medal of Honor “for his extensive service to his country, resiliency in the face of adversity, grace and dignity as a statesman and continuous pursuit of peace and democracy throughout the world.”

Several members of the SMU community, including President R. Gerald Turner and Dedman College Dean William Tsutsui, helped introduce and award Baker the distinction. Following his acceptance of the award, the retired Republican from Houston spoke about U.S. foreign and domestic policy and his own beginnings in politics.

“You may remember those early days in the Texas Republican Party, when it was almost a hanging offense to be a Republican in Texas,” Baker quipped about his early days. Baker attributed John Tower, not the Bush family, with turning Texas into “the reddest of red states.”

After acknowledging Tower’s contribution to Texas politics,

the 82-year-old noted that he had been alive for a third of the United States’ history. He began to expunge his views about both domestic affairs shortly after.

“There has been a lot of speculation nowadays about America’s decline. I would submit to you that these kinds of worries are not novel,” Baker said. “Nonetheless, the declinist talk is growing louder, and I suppose it’s not too hard to understand why.”

“The terrible attacks of 9/11 set the tone, and since then we have endured a financial collapse, a protracted recession, a fiscal crisis that threatens the very credit worthiness of the U.S. government and perhaps most importantly, a polarized politics that makes it ever more difficult to govern.”

Baker suggested that among other reforms to government, the value of compromise should not be understated, especially in a world with 24-hour news networks that thrive on controversy.

“Compromise [to the media] is now a dirty word,” he said.

In addition to the value of compromise, Baker listed immigration, illegal or otherwise,

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Jack’s comfort food impresses PAGE 2

Romney improves in last weeks PAGE 4

Alex Cross flops

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Volleyball wins again PAGE 5

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Senior linebacker Taylor Reed celebrates after returning an interception for a touchdown.

For the history booksDEMETRIO TENIENTE

Staff Writerdteniente@smu.edu

POLITICS

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James Baker served as Secretary of State under George H. Bush.

Tower Center awards Medal of Freedom to

James BakerCHRISTOPHER SAUL

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Mustangs set scoring record against Cougars

Every year, SMU students sign up for the SMU Alternative Breaks program that sponsors domestic and international trips to engage students in service learning.

During this past fall break, students traveled to Austin, San Antonio, and Atlas, Ark. for community service.

Students who traveled to San Antonio volunteered at Haven for Hope, the largest homeless transformation campus in the U.S. Doors Network, an on-ground supervising organization, arranged the students’ site visits.

Haven for Hope provides a central location for several different organizations to work for homeless populations, including chronically homeless men, women, veterans, and the physically and mentally disabled. The diversity among homeless populations shocked SMU senior Christina Moreno.

“These people come from all backgrounds,” Moreno said. “They all have to live together and coexist, regardless of who they are or where they come from. There are

veterans and teachers, alongside the mentally ill, felons, sex-offenders and drug addicts. They all have to find out a way to get along.”

Students also worked in St. Vinny’s Bistro, which provides food, shelter and hygiene services to over 1300 homeless people. They helped maintain organization rosters, prepared and served meals and cleaned and sorted food donations in the warehouse.

The students also had a chance to interact one-on-one with the “prospects” — a Haven term for identifying homeless people.

“The Haven for Hope system [is] very cool,” SMU senior Kasey Nelson said. “I would be interested to see what kind of system could be implemented in Dallas.”

On Monday, students visited the Catholic Worker House, an organization that functions as a club for the homeless. The Catholic Worker House distinguishes itself as an organization that treats the homeless as guests.

“It was more of a home, and had a more hospitable environment. I learned that we should treat everyone with respect regardless of the position they hold in society,” Lauren Castle said.

The house also provides healthy food options, free grooming and cleaning facilities, mental health services, HIV testing and career counseling to its guests. Guests are served food in actual dishes and cups instead of disposable cutlery.

“It was a very immersive experience. It was truly eye opening being able to interact on an individual base with the guests,” SMU junior Binh Doan said.

One of the biggest highlights for students was being able to put a “face” to homelessness. They were amazed to learn the backgrounds of homeless people and how their circumstances led them to live on the streets.

“What shocked me the most was how many walks of life people we served meals to had come from,” SMU first-year Andrea Taylor said.

The students described their experience working with the homeless population as enlightening. They learned various perspectives of approaching the issue of homelessness.

“The AB trips are about opening up [minds] and help students

Alternative Breaks takes no breaks

YUSRA JABEENContributing Writeryjabeen@smu.edu

VOLUNTEERISM

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Students spend fall break fighting homelessness

RELIGION

At Southern Methodist University, religious students are presented with many options for worship and community gathering. In the ‘Student Organizations’ section of SMU’s website, 13 chartered religious organizations can be found.

SMU, however, currently lacks a chartered group for secularist students.

While a secular group for students may not have a spot on SMU’s “Student Organizations” list just yet, a group of active secular humanists are pursuing that goal.

SMU’s Secular Humanist Group (SHG) meets weekly, and though it is a relatively new group, it hopes to become a chartered organization this year, Brandon Bub, SHG president, said.

“[The other founders and I] wanted to make a forum for non-religious students.

We realized that there wasn’t really any sort of representation for non-religious students on campus,” said Bub. “We wanted to make a group that could be a haven for non-religious students, and also a place to promote discussion about religion.”

The Secular Humanist Group, affiliated with the National Secular Student Alliance, prides itself as a community for students and faculty

who identify as atheists, deists, nontheists, agnostics, humanists or those who simply do not believe in a divine entity.

The group operates much like one of SMU’s many religious organizations. It holds meetings to discuss beliefs and the members’ well being and works on community service projects together.

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The secular humanist movement has grown in numbers and power in recent years.

Student secular humanists seek a Senate charter

EMILY BABICHContributing Writerebabich@smu.edu

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After a disappointing loss to Tulane a week ago, the Mustangs bounced back with a 72-42 victory over the gritty and explosive University of Houston team Thursday night at Gerald J. Ford Stadium.

SMU’s 72 points set a new school record.

The previous record was 70 points against Daniel Baker College in 1920. The last time SMU scored 60 or more points was in 1936 against Texas A&M (61-0).

“It was not a feeling of the offense scoring 70,” head coach June Jones said. “It was a team deal, and that pretty exciting.”

The Cougars made several carless mistakes from beginning

to end turning the ball over nine times, fumbling three times on special teams and throwing six interceptions, three of which were returned for scores.

“We know once we get on a roll [the turnovers] keep coming and that’s a good feeling,” linebacker Taylor Reed said.

During the opening kickoff of the second half, Houston’s Ryan Jackson fumbled at his team’s 18 yard line — allowing SMU’s Randall Joyner to return it for a score and a 35-14 lead. Then SMU defensive tackle Darrian Wright returned an interception 10 yards for a score, making it 45-14.

However, it wasn’t until after a questionable call erased a touchdown catch by SMU’s Darius Johnson, that the Mustangs showed much intensity. The next play quarterback Garrett Gilbert

connected with Jeremy Johnson from 18 yards out with less than two minutes to play in the half.

Twenty-eight seconds later, SMU’s Taylor Reed intercepted a pass and returned it seven yards for his first career touchdown, giving the Mustangs a 28-14 lead going into half and opening the flood gates.

Despite all of the miscues by Houston the score was 14-14 at the beginning of the second quarter. If the Houston team was able to compose itself, the game would have been a lot closer. Houston outgained SMU 560 to 384, but was penalized 9 times for 73 yards and turned the ball over 9 times.

A 43 yard strike from Garrett Gilbert to Keenan Holman, followed by a 24 yard touchdown pass to Darius Johnson 59 seconds later, made the score 59-28.

With certain defeat looking the team in the face, the Cougars continued to fight until the game’s end by scoring two more times on two long plays, a 49 yard touchdown pass and a 75 yard interception return making the score 59-42.

“We knew we would be in a dog fight with how good their offense is and how quick they can score,” Gilbert said. “So offensively it was all about keeping our foot on the pedal all night — and we just came out and attacked. “

Gilbert went 23-38 for 265 with four touchdowns and two interceptions on the night. Darius Johnson caught nine passes for 110 yards and two touchdowns.

Zach Line rushed for his 19th 100 yard rushing game of his career. He ran for 113 yards on 22 carries with 2 touchdowns.

Police Reports

october 17

2:13 a.m. Unauthorized Use of A Motor Vehicle/Theft. Binkley Parking Garage. A Giddy-up driver reported the theft of his golf cart and radio. he later recovered the golf cart but the radio was not recovered and is still missing. Open.

Campus Eventsoctober 18

11:44 a.m. Theft. Mustang Express Bus. A student reported the theft of her wallet and the money inside the wallet. Her wallet was recovered by the bus driver but the money inside the wallet was missing. Open.

12:12 p.m. Criminal Mischief. He-roy Lot. A card reader was knocked over at this location. Open.

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Visitng Artist Lecture: Lillian Ball in the Greer Garson Screening Room from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Shabbat Dinner and Israeli Dancing in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center from 7-8 p.m.

Gongora/Picasso: Graphic Poetry at the Meadows Museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Meadows Chorale, Meadows Con-cert Choir and Diva Dolce Dazzle the Darkness in Caruth Auditorium from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

FOOD The Daily Campus

Restaurant brings Southern comfort food to Dallas

this eclectic sandwich is one of many comfort food options at Jack’s Southern comfort Food.

Those longing for a home-cooked Southern meal but who don’t have time to venture home to mom or grandma’s house can look no further to Jack’s Southern Comfort Food to satisfy those comfort food cravings. The restaurant opened its doors on Oct. 1 on Greenville Avenue and the new restaurant is bringing a cozy, home-like feeling to all of its diners.

Jack’s is a family business,

owned by Scott Jones of Screen Door Restaurant and Cowtown Diner. His sister, Sandy Jones, oversees the bakery. The eatery serves Southern delicacies with a modern twist. The menu, which adapts to complement the season, represents a combination of Scott’s Cajun roots from his mother’s side and Texan roots from his dad, whom the restaurant is named after.

As stated on its website, Jack’s Southern Comfort Food provides “a good meal made from the heart, and with the love of a

family whose sole purpose is to share our deep love of food and tradition with our generations of cherished down home Southern recipes.”

Jack’s prides itself on serving locally farmed produce, cage-free organic eggs, pure butter and locally produced dairy for all meals. Not only is the food hearty and palatable, but Jack’s also ensures that you will feel good about the restaurant’s nutritious options. Jack’s offers healthy variations, which include gluten free, vegetarian and low-

fat options. Salads include Southern

renditions such as the “Texasian,” made with collard greens, cabbage, jicama, cucumber, carrot, red onion, smoked chicken, pecans and cilantro in a sesame lime vinaigrette. The classic Caesar salad also gets a Texas twist at Jack’s. It’s served with smoked chicken per request. For a healthier and tasty dressing option, customers can order their salads topped with Greek yogurt and reduced-fat mayonnaise.

Jack’s signature dish item is the “upside down pot pies.” The “pot pies” are made with farm fresh vegetables folded into a rich béchamel with a choice of smoked chicken, pork and green Chile, braised brisket, crawfish or truffle mushrooms and served on hot buttermilk biscuit. But the biscuit selection does not stop short at pot pies. These mouth-watering treats are all hand cut and made from scratch and appear on the menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Jack’s menu includes 11 different biscuit sandwiches, each served with hand-cut French fries. The “biscuit burger” represents a unique rendition of the classic cheeseburger. The sandwich is served on a jalapeno bacon cheddar biscuit with a top sirloin patty, blended with cheddar bacon and jalapenos, and topped with crispy pepper bacon, picked jalapenos

and sharp cheddar cheese. The biscuits come in several

unique flavors aside from the burger’s jalapeno bacon cheddar biscuit. These flavors include caramelized onion, goat cheese and thyme, Caprese sun-dried tomato, Dallas mozzarella and basil, jalapeno-cilantro pesto and roasted pecan and Kalamata-rosemary. Each of these flavors is rotated through the menu according to season specials and entree dishes.

Some of Jack’s “morning sweets” include the signature “sticky biscuits,” baked in maple butter goo and prepared with toasted walnuts and pecans. Jack’s “Cinnamon Biscuits,” buttermilk biscuits rolled with cinnamon, brown sugar, toasted walnuts and pecans, are baked and coated with a buttermilk glaze. The bakery also serves an array of pies and specialty cinnamon and dessert biscuits.

Going along with the home-cooked theme, the ambiance at Jack’s Southern Comfort Foods is much like a Southern grandma’s kitchen. Homemade chocolate chip cookies are on the counter for diners to indulge in whenever they please. Food is served on vintage plates and antique table linens cover each table. The table centerpieces are fresh green onions in mason jars that appear as though they were freshly picked, exuding the quaint and homey feeling that Jack’s is so

well known for providing. Additionally, all of the waiters

and waitresses wear handmade jeans aprons. The signature aprons are also available for purchase and a portion of the proceeds benefits The Bridge Breast Network, a nonprofit agency that links low-income, uninsured individuals to breast cancer diagnostic and treatment services.

Customers can assist Jack’s in giving back to the community by donating their old jeans. Each person that donates receives a coupon for a free “over the moon pie,” made with freshly baked cookies and filled with either sweet potato, pecan or white chocolate walnut flavor marshmallow crème per customers request.

Customers have the option of dining at the restaurant or taking their meals to-go. Jack’s has several varieties of casseroles, salads, desserts and biscuits that are prepared to pick up and take home. Pop one of the casseroles in the oven for 30 minutes and your home-cooked meal is ready.

Jack’s Southern Comfort Food is located at 1905 Greenville Ave. Business hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Weekend hours are Saturday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.jackssoutherncomfortfood.com.

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as an asset.“Our population is growing

due to immigration, while other work forces [in the global economy] are ageing,” Baker said. “The finest minds in the world flock to our universities. We are a creative people in a global economy. Innovation is the key to success, and we do it best.”

In order to maintain its place as the best in the world, Baker said that Americans would have to avoid strategic and financial overreach, as they are a “recipe for disaster.”

“The economy is the source of all our power,” he said. “The [national] debt is a ticking time bomb.”

China was another big issue Baker tackled in his speech. He suggested that, although the Chinese are making rapid gains in many areas, it is not a cause for significant alarm.

“China diminishes in power upon closer inspection,” Baker said. “Militarily China lags behind us. We have 11 aircraft carriers to their one that is a

refurbished Soviet carrier from the 1980’s. China lags [behind].”

Baker concluded on a high note by discussing the promise of the strength in American character.

“When all is said and done, much of our success in this country comes right down to character. It always has,” Baker said. “We’re a resilient people, we’re a pragmatic

people, we’re an optimistic people, and we’re a people of integrity. Most importantly, we are a people of faith. We Americans not only face challenges, we welcome them.And so ladies and gentlemen, I am absolutely convinced that as long as we stay true to our national character, our future will be every bit as bright as our past.”

FUTURE: America remains strong

become servant leaders,” SMU senior and site leader Katie Jones said. “[Often] we get caught up in our daily lives and school work so these volunteering trips help in opening up our eyes, and keep [life]

in perspective.”Biochemistry major Ramis

Khwaja found the experience extremely unique in addressing more than just homelessness.

“What was particularly valuable about this AB trip was

the insights I was able to develop about the correlation homelessness and poverty have to urban policy, religious thoughts and society,” Khwaja said. “The experience was incredible, and the weekend was as rewarding as it was eye-opening.”

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Alternative Breaks takes students to domestic and international locations to volunteer.

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“We try to do a service project once a semester,” Bub said. “We did a letter-writing campaign for soldiers last semester—specifically non-religious soldiers, because there aren’t really a lot of groups that cater to them.”

Members like Jeff Listman value the feeling of community and solidarity that SHG has to offer.

“As a former Baptist, I miss the community aspect [of religion],” Listman said. “I feel like we have a similar sort of club to religious ones. We all have a similar idea of what the world looks like at meetings we talk about how we’ve

been and just hang out.”SHG also hosts a number of

lectures and events throughout the year to both inform and provoke discussions about different religions or religious facets. Most recently, the group invited Dave Fitzgerald, secular writer and activist, to offer his opinion on the seeming illogicalities of Mormonism.

Fitzgerald is in the process of writing a series of books that he claims will debunk Western religion. He offered pamphlets to the audience entitled, “Because religion isn’t just wrong… it’s hilarious” and lectured for an hour about the seeming absurdities of Mormonism,

showing images from the popular TV show Southpark.

While some could took offense to the lecture, Fitzgerald and the rest of the audience took the banter lightly, laughing intermittently.

“As you can tell, [this event] was to let off steam,” Ricky Mouser, SMU junior and SHG member, said. Mouser said the kind of satire that Fitzgerald presented was not all that the group had to offer.

“We invite a variety of people to come speak. Last year we had a philosophy professor come in to talk about morality,” Mouser said.

EVEnT: Fitzgerald offers different perspective on Mormonism conTInUEd FRom PagE 1

There’s nothing more exciting than knowing you have a Starbucks gift card burning a hole in your wallet. I was all too eager to jump in my car this morning and make a coffee run — only to find an empty parking lot.

Oh yeah...it’s game day, on a Thursday. How could I forget? After huffing and puffing and finally finding my car after eating my feelings at Starbucks, I had to take a minute to reevaluate. I was so bent out of shape over my $80 mistake because I don’t have $80 to blow on being a moron. In fact, I don’t have $80 at all. And that is where the true problem lies.

At the beginning of the semester, I had a summer’s worth of income in my checking account. All of which I have managed to spend within two months in Dallas, in addition to a substantial amount from a few kind family members. Where has all the money gone? I’m still in the process of dragging myself out of denial and into fully admitting that I have participated in a disgusting amount of consumerism. I’m not talking about Tory Burch consumerism, although I have spent a fair share on less luxurious items at NorthPark Center — I’m talking coffee mug consumerism.

I’m talking about spending $10 here and there on stupid knick-knacks found right next to the cash register because there is really no aisle dedicated to useless items. We all need that egg-shaped lip balm in every color. And let’s not forget the frozen yogurt. Of course four bucks won’t do much damage, unless you decide to go five days a week. This is a particularly scary example of wasted money, considering the fact that I have already paid for Umphrey Lee’s endless supply of fro-yo.

As the most responsible person in the world I never saw myself falling into this trap, but here I am. I do have to partially blame it on the fact that I grew up in a tiny town where antique shops were the main attraction. Now I am surrounded with constant entertainment, shopping and cute restaurants. Never a dull moment in Dallas.

While I would prefer to just silently recover without admitting my mistakes to the entire student body, I could not help but assume that there are other students making similar mistakes. After all, I am living with people who think it’s fun to steal ottomans and throw chairs out the window. They don’t strike me as fiscally responsible types. So, what can we do to escape the grips of consumerism? Attending economics is always a good idea. Even though economics professor Michael Saliba doesn’t take roll, he does have a way of making you feel like an idiot for doing something as simple as seeing a movie in the theater.

Because most of us have some type of financial aid, remembering that we are blood-sucking members of society could also help put things in perspective. We could at least try to be frugal while spending tax payers’ dollars. And when instant gratification is really sucking you in, just remember that you’re an SMU student. You may not have the cash to satisfy your shopping addiction today, but you’re bound to be making the big bucks fresh out of college.

Thrall is a sophomore majoring in journalism. She can be reached for comment at tthrall@smu.edu.

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TREVOR THRALLCONTRIBuTOR

Mitt Romney is currently in a very good position to win the presidential race. He’s had the lead in the Real Clear Politics average of polls for ten days in a row as of Thursday. Post-debate polling clearly shows more than just a bounce, but a fundamental change in the state of the race.

Even more exciting for Romney supporters should be that on Tuesday he passed the 50 percent mark in Gallup’s poll of likely voters leading Barack Obama by four points. On top of that, he was above the 50 percent mark in every poll since then and expanding the lead to six points on Wednesday to 51-45, and a whopping seven points on Thursday, 52-45.

This is clearly no longer a fluke, and no longer simply a bounce from his first debate. The first debate did launch him to the front of the polls, but if it were a bump it would have subsided eventually and it shows no sign of doing so.

Perhaps when polling starts looking at days following the second debate, Obama will rebound. However, Joe Biden’s performance last Thursday in the vice presidential debate, which was widely seen as successful, doesn’t appear to have moved the needle at all.

Many people would argue that national polls don’t matter because its the state polls that determine if Romney can win

the electoral college or not. That is true, but it doesn’t provide much better news for Obama.

Suffolk University recently stopped polling in North Carolina, Virginia and Florida because they are positive these states will go for Romney. Colorado seems headed his direction as well, and the Obama campaign is considering pulling resources out of some of these swing states.

At the same time, Romney’s campaign is reportedly considering moving money towards Bluer states, such as Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Oregon, and others. These are all relatively reliable Democrat states, but not particularly strong ones.

In theory, based on how these states vote compared to the nation as a whole, a Republican who wins by four or more points would be very likely to win many of these

states. A Republican would have to win by about 13 points to be competitive in a place like Vermont or Massachusetts.

So what this means is that if Romney thinks it is worth contesting places like Michigan or Oregon, he sees himself as ahead enough in the polls nationwide that he has a shot at winning these typically Democrat states.

Of course if he were truly competitive there, then a place like Florida, a swing state with the slightest of GOP leans, would be so reliable for Romney that Obama wouldn’t even try to contest it. Clearly this isn’t the case, but even so the map looks very good for the Republicans right now.

There is one more quirk of the system that currently favors Republicans: the possibility of an electoral vote tie of 269-269. If Romney wins all of the Bush 2004 states except for Ohio and New Mexico, then we end up with a tie. So

what happens if we have a tie? The election goes to the House, where each state delegation of congressman get one vote as a whole.

The magic number here is to get 26 states to support one candidate or the other, and Republicans hold majorities in the state delegations of 29 states while Democrats only hold 15. There are an additional six which are evenly split, but with Republicans holding such a solid majority in those stakes, it shouldn’t be much trouble for them.

For this reason Romney only needs 269 electoral votes to win, and Obama needs 270 to win. It is unlikely to end up as a tie, but it is possible. Because of that, Romney seems to have a very slight advantage overall.

Keene is a junior majoring in political science, economics and public policy.

The parking situation this semester has been absolutely terrible. On several occasions we’ve seen people park illegally, and we completely understand why they do. Finding a parking spot this year is much more difficult than it should be.

Students often have to spend 15 to 20 minutes finding a parking spot and how long it takes is entirely a factor of luck. Add in a football game and all the parking constraints that come with that, and parking becomes unbearable.

Game day parking is always difficult, but at least in most cases you don’t have to try to park unless you want to go to the game. This was not the case Thursday, as there was a game on campus, and some students were forced to actually pay money in order to park just to get to class or work.

We spend quite a large amount on parking passes each year, and

FRIDAY n OCTOBER 19, 2012

Thursday football game makes parking on campus unbearable

Romney looks strong heading into final weeks of campaign

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sometimes we don’t even have an opportunity to use it. Often all of the lots and garages are full, and we are forced to park in the metered parking or parking that isn’t exclusive to those with SMU parking passes.

All of these problems have been persistent since the beginning of the school year, but yesterday made parking completely unbearable. All of the lots were reserved for game attendees aside from only three: Heroy, Airline and the Law garage. Those three alone are not even close to enough to hold the student body.

We realize that it wasn’t entirely SMU’s decision to have the game on a school day, but because it is, they should do something to help rectify this awful situation. In order for football attendance to increase, SMU has to provide enough spots for students to park and attend the game. SMU encouraged students to take the Mustang Express, but it is unfair for students to give up their parking spots on game day after paying a hefty sum each year to be able to park on campus. Rather, SMU should allow students to park for free on campus on game days.

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Thursday’s game day map shows where students can and cannot park.

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney talks with campaign trip director Charlie Pearce, second from right, after boarding his campaign plane in Sterling, Va., Thursday.

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SMU volleyball took on University of Texas El Paso (UTEP) for a 3-1 victory in Moody Coliseum Sunday. This game brought its winning streak to four straight matches.

“I think winning two games against UCF (University of Central Flordia) and Southern Mississippi gave us a lot of confidence going into this past weekend,” Olivia Bailey said. “We knew they were must-win games based on standings.”

The Mustangs won the first set with ease after five aces and out-scoring the Miners 12-6 on the attack for a 25-15 win.

The second set started off the same with the Mustangs leading 18-9, but UTEP fought back by cutting SMU’s lead to two points.

With a close score of 23-21, the Mustangs held the lead and freshman Abbey Bybel bombed a kill for the win.

“During the second set the match was really close, but each individual on the court stepped up and got the job done,” Bybel said.

The Miners came out strong in the third set by closely trailing behind SMU 17-16, and then breaking the 19-19 tie. UTEP scored six of the last eight points for the 25-21 win.

UTEP brought heat again in the fourth set taking an early 15-10 lead over the Mustangs.

SMU took its first lead in the set 19-18, but the Miners quickly came back and took a 23-21 lead.

With a fifth set on the line, the Mustangs kept the ball in play and freshman Cailin Bula earned the kill for SMU, giving the Mustangs the momentum.

SMU took the victory after Caroline Young served her fourth ace of the match.

“I think one thing that has helped us is finding a consistent lineup,” Bailey said. “I think the great chemistry that all of us feel off the court is finally starting to translate on the court allowing us to push through and win the close games.”

Courtney Manning, Maddie Lozano and Bybel led the Mustangs with 11 kills each. Young ended with 10 and Bula had nine.

Bailey had 43 assists and nine digs finishing closely behind senior Susan Lewis who recorded a match-high 11 digs.

Lozano finished with five blocks and Manning had three.

The Mustangs take on Tulsa at home in Moody Coliseum tonight at 7 p.m. and will also be participating in the Side-Out Foundation’s “Dig Pink” campaign to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research.

SMU beats UTEP to go on 4-0 win streak

Junior transfer Cody Rademacher is enjoying his second semester on campus at SMU. His acclimation is readily apparent, he knows his way around town and even knows some of the best places to eat. Highland Park is a long way from where he began his quest to play Division One football, but he said it is a place with a “home feeling.”

In high school, Rademacher place-kicked for the Westlake High School Chaps in Austin, Texas. A regular contender for the state 5A crown, Westlake made it to the Championship in 2009, and despite a hard-fought game that went into overtime, were defeated by Euless Trinity, better known as the school that does the Samoan “haka war dance” before each game. Despite the loss, Rademacher was given an All-State honorable mention at his position.

In high school, universities

from Texas, Louisiana and California recruited him, but he chose to attend the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.

“I visited the campus, and knew that [was] where I wanted to go,” Rademacher said. “I knew that I would be able to play in a lot of places, so I concentrated on the caliber of the school.”

But after a year in the life of an Air Force Academy cadet, Rademacher decided that military life wasn’t for him.

“[The Air Force Academy] glorified military life, but it wasn’t what I had expected. It was the same routine every day; I didn’t like that,” he said.

Rademacher decided that it was time to transfer. As he looked around he narrowed his choices down to the big four Texas schools: UT Austin, Texas A&M, SMU and TCU.

Eventually, he settled on SMU. “It was easy for me to pick

SMU, because I already had friends here,” Rademacher said. “I didn’t feel like I was starting completely over. SMU was the

obvious choice.”After a semester in Dallas,

the sophomore can tell how this decision has changed his life and his lifestyle.

“SMU and the Air Force Academy are complete opposites,” Rademacher said. “I don’t want to say that there isn’t any freedom [at Air Force], but I would say you have a lot more choices in terms of how you want to live your life [at SMU]. I can do whatever I want when I am not [at practice], and football is much more fun.”

Unfortunately, Rademacher will not see the field as a Mustang until next year. The NCAA, which governs intercollegiate athletics for most United States universities and colleges, denied his appeal, which would have waived his mandatory “in residence” period.

This period requires any transfer to sit out for two semesters before participating in any sports. But, it also gives the kicker another year to better prepare for Big East action, which looms for the Mustangs’ next year.

“My senior year in high school I was probably kicking about 49 yarders, but in the last three years I have increased my range by about another 10 yards,” Rademacher said. “Sitting out has been kind of good; I’ve gotten stronger, better. [It’s been] rough that I haven’t played in two seasons, but I know I’ll get back out.”

Rademacher is a sports management major, a concentration that did not exist at the Air Force Academy.

“I was in engineering, and I hated it,” he said. “Now I’m sports management and I really like it. If I can’t play football at the next level, I want to use my degree to [its full extent]. I am a certified CrossFit trainer, so I want to open my own CrossFit gym in Austin.”

The Mustangs’ move to the Big East is one motivation that keeps Rademacher practicing and working hard. For him it means, among other highlights, a trip to Boise State’s blue-turfed field. “Most people don’t like playing in Boise, but I can’t wait.”

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Senior middle blocker Courtney Manning on the Sept. 21 3-0 ECU victory.

Junior transfer Cody Rademacher supports the Mustangs on the Boulevard as well as cheering them on throughout the four quarters on the field.SIDNEY HOllNGSWORTH/The Daily Campus

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REVIEW

Tyler Perry has worn a lot of hats around Hollywood. He’s worked as a producer, actor, director, helmed his own studio and even cross-dressed. However, in the new action thriller Alex Cross, Perry takes an artistic leap and tries to play the title role of a tough talking, no-nonsense Detroit detective.

Despite a career that will be most memorable, Perry’s Alex Cross is a movie we’ll all want to forget.

Alex Cross draws its lead character from the popular, best-selling books of James Patterson. Patterson’s Cross series is known for its engrossing stories, cliffhanger endings and, of course, its action. Essentially Alex Cross the book series is everything Alex Cross the movie is not.

Marc Moss and Kerry Williamson, the film’s writers, use Patterson’s character as the riving inspiration for their lifeless, clichéd story. Moss and Williamson are both newcomers to the screenwriting scene, but from the looks of Alex Cross, it looks as if their writer careers will be short-lived.

The film opens during a dizzying police chase that involves Cross and company sprinting around an abandoned warehouse in pursuit of a criminal. Cohen uses this scene to introduce the audience to the film’s supporting cast, which includes Cross’ longtime friend and partner Detective Tommy Kane and Kane’s love interest and coworker Monica Ashe. Kane and Ashe are in a supposedly secret relationship that Cross immediately exposes using his obvious detective skills.

While the streets of Detroit

have Cross and his team more than busy with homicides and murders, their jobs become a lot more challenging upon the arrival of Picasso, a serial killer with purpose.

Matthew Fox plays the part of Picasso. Fox, a mainstay on television from such shows as Lost and Thirty Something, is barely recognizable as the skinny, sadistic killer. If there is one bright spot in the entirety of Alex Cross, it is certainly Fox’s Picasso.

As soon as Picasso starts his scheme to murder one of Detroit’s wealthiest businessmen, Cross’ life is turned upside down. Picasso is a killer, obsessed with pain, who ultimately takes more from Cross than previously imagined.

The real downfall of Alex Cross is the seemingly unlimited potential the movie possessed prior to release. With both Patterson’s work and Perry’s fan base, Alex

Cross, if made with an ounce of decency, could have been one of the year’s best movies. Instead, Cross is the year’s shining example of just how important good film direction can be.

Cohen’s poor direction is most recognizable during the film’s dénouement. In it, Cross finally confronts Picasso in hand-to-hand combat that is so poorly choreographed it mirrors that of 1990s Power Rangers episodes. On top of the poor fighting, Cohen tried to dilute the scene with shaky camera work that is as much of nuisance as it is nauseating.

Ultimately, Perry isn’t to blame for Alex Cross’ woes. The multi talented star is formidable candidate for the Detroit detective.

Perhaps Perry can use his newly learned detective skills to solve the question of “Who killed this movie?”

My money’s on Cohen.

CHASE WADEA&E Editor

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Even Tyler Perry can’t save ‘Alex Cross’Edward Burns and Tyler Perry as Tommy Kane and Alex Cross in the action thriller ‘Alex Cross.’ Perry steps away from the camera in the film.

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Magazine mogul profiled in ‘Diana Vreeland: The

Eye Has to Travel’

The world of fashion is chocked full of numerous characters worthy of their own documentaries.

We’ve seen Anna Wintour profiled in The September Issue and a countless number of actresses try to take on the life of CoCo Chanel. However, one prominent fashion icon, Diana Vreeland, has seemed to slip between the cracks of cinema’s past…until now.

In the slick new documentary Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, directors Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt and Frédéric Tcheng craft a seriously compelling story around the likes of Driana Vreeland, the eccentric mid 20th century editor at Harper Bazaar.

Vreeland is the perfect subject for a documentary. With family connections to the

likes of George Washington and Franciss Scott-Key, the magazine mogul is a fountain of fabulous footage.

In terms of her work at fashion magazines, Vreeland was best known for her column titled “Why Don’t You?”

In it, Vreeland would provide sometimes useful, sometimes bizarre advice for the chic clothing-minded.

The film’s three directors had their work cut out for them as the eccentric icon came with countless hours of found footage.

Despite their bloated archive, the three directors used brevity to their advantage and ultimately delivered one of the year’s best documentaries.

Perhaps the only critique one came make of Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel is the documentary’s inability to dive deep into the story.

However, considering the movie is set in the world of fashion, perhaps being shallow comes with the territory.

CHASE WADEA&E Editor

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Former magazine editor Diana Vreeland shines in new documentary.

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