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  • SMU rowing team dances off on Today Show

    SMU rowers’ viral video took them to NYC to appear on the NBC Today Show. The SMU women’s rowing team is making a name for themselves across the nation with their now viral video of the team members pretending to dance on the ceiling of a van to Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit, “Call Me Maybe.

  • SMU women's rowing team to appear on Today Show

    The SMU women’s rowing team is making a name for themselves across the nation with their  viral video of the team members pretending to dance on the ceiling of a van to Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit, “Call Me Maybe.” This video was a challenge to Harvard’s baseball team’s cover of the song, which can be seen here.

  • SMU receives $5 million for housing project

    SMU has received another large gift from another alumnus — a continuing trend under the direction of President R. Gerald Turner. Paul B. Loyd, Jr., an SMU alumnus from the Class of 1968, and his wife, Penny Loyd, both of whom are long-time contributors to the university, have given a $5 million gift to build a Residential Commons.

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

    Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice forgave the 2012 graduates for feeling a little proud and restless Saturday morning during SMU’s 97th commencement ceremony. While she remembers the thrill of her graduation, she admitted she doesn’t remember a word her commencement speaker said.

  • The new SMU crime alert: more details, faster turnaround

    On Tuesday, SMU officials issued an electronic crime alert notifying students, faculty and staff that a student reportedly raped a woman earlier that day in the 3200 block of Rosedale Avenue. The alert, put out less than 12 hours after the rape was reported, described the suspect as a white male with blond hair and blue eyes, about 23 years old, 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighing about 190 pounds.

  • residential commons Footing (part of) the bill

    Current residents paying for future students’ digs

    In fall 2014, SMU students will enjoy brand new residence halls, a state-of-the-art dining facility, innovative classrooms, seminar space, another parking garage and their very own professors-in-residence — all part of the new Residential Commons complex.

  • Two students make SMU history with human rights degree

    When SMU announced human rights as a major, graduation dates changed for two students. Though they won’t be graduating with the majority of their classmates in May, Shirin Tavakoli and Samantha Matthews will be the first students to graduate from SMU with a bachelor’s degree in human rights.

  • tate bill moyers Moyers, Krauthammer discuss future of politics

    Politics was the topic of the night at the SMU Tate Lecture on Tuesday in McFarlin Auditorium. Conservative and Pulitzer prize-winning columnist Charles Krauthammer and Emmy award winning broadcast journalist Bill Moyers touched on key aspects in America’s domestic sphere.

  • Pulling the plug on textbooks

    E-reader pilot programs are popping up all over the country, bringing a new way of reading to K-12th graders, who are cracking the spine on alternative reading tools. The Grand Prairie Independent School District is testing out Barnes and Noble’s Nook Books in the classroom.

  • Sweeping rape under the rug

    SMU’s non-adversarial handling of sexual assault

    Over the past 25 years, more than 100 SMU students reported they were sexually assaulted. Yet, in only one case — the three men who raped Monika Korra in 2009 — were the suspects successfully prosecuted.

  • homecoming Athletics deficit still on the rise

    Dozens of SMU students, faculty members and staffers spent the first Thursday of the 2012 spring semester celebrating a new era at the university — SMU’s invitation to join the Big East Conference. The Hughes-Trigg Student Center was filled with excitement as President R.

  • Athletic budget records, data kept from student scrutiny

    Two years ago, The Daily Campus published a story reporting that the SMU athletic department’s deficit had climbed to $93 million since 2004, a fact student reporters discovered through documents on the Faculty Senate website. Since then, the deficit has grown by more than $20 million, totaling more than $113 million.

  • Common reading book announced

    The annual Common Reading selection has been successful and controversial in the past eight years, with thought-provoking books that deal with current events, crises, and culture. Each year, first-years are given the books at their AARO sessions and are expected to participate in a discussion before the beginning of school with professors, AARO and Corral leaders and Resident Assistants.

  • M-Line Trolley Trolley service reinvigorating Uptown

    Imagine the days when students would climb aboard a green dragon to receive a free ride from SMU’s campus to Uptown. OK, maybe not an actual dragon but a street car with that nickname. The McKinney Avenue Transit Authority that operates 365 days a year, all started in the 1920’s.

  • Perunapalooza 80 years later, Peruna’s still kickin’

    SMU students gathered on the Dallas Hall lawn for Student Foundation’s celebration of Peruna’s 80th birthday. Colorful carnival tents, inflatable bounce houses and free food drew more than 550 students to the event. "I think Peruna had a great time," Eric Sabandal, student foundation's campus events chair, said.

  • Blanton Building Admittance to SMU is harder than ever

    Access is not granted to everyone here on the hilltop. In fact, admission to Southern Methodist University has become more selective than ever before. As more and more students are applying for enrollment at SMU, more students are simultaneously being turned away.

  • Wakeboard Students ‘wake’ up, wipe out

    On a gorgeous and sunny Friday afternoon just before summer, SMU students hit the pool after classes to watch the SMU Wakeboard Club catch some air. Hosted by Red Bull, the event took place at SMU’s Barr Pool, located across from Boaz residence hall.

  • MigrationSeries Migration Series discusess border issues

    On Thursday, the Migration Matters series continued in the Great Hall of SMU’s Perkins School of Theology. SMU students, professors, local north Dallas residents and high school students filled the Great Hall to listen to the presentations regarding issues concerning immigration at the U.

  • SudyLounge Library renovations trump additional research materials

    On Feb. 22, 2008 the SMU Board of Trustees agreed to house the George W. Bush Presidential Center. “Securing this library represents an important step forward in academic achievement for SMU and for our service to Dallas and the nation,” then-Board Chair Carl Sewell said.

  • Big iDeas Big iDeas winners present plans

    In its fourth year of success, Big iDeas at SMU has once again granted funds to undergraduate students with solutions towards the betterment of the Dallas community. These students presented their “Big iDeas” to a prestigious audience on Wednesday afternoon in the Hughes- Trigg Forum.

  • Wbbal SMU skimping on women

    In 1972 Congress mandated that colleges equalize spending on men and women’s athletic teams. Forty years later, SMU is still shortchanging female athletes, according to records and interviews. In 2010 to 2011, SMU officials spent almost $2 on male athletes for every $1 spent on women, according to statistics reported by SMU to the U.

  • SMU collaborates with the North Texas Food Bank

    While SMU celebrates its Centennial, the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) is commemorating 30 years of service to the Dallas-Fort Worth Community. In December, Jan Pruitt, the President and CEO of the North Texas Food Bank, met with SMU’s President, Gerald R.

  • West Dallas homeowners still fear return of investors

    The great white arc of the new Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge is visible from the left side of the oddly shaped lot at the corner of Pastor Street and Canada Drive in West Dallas. Three yappy dogs bark frantically as they run back and forth across the front yard, ignoring the rooster that’s making itself at home by the shed.

  • 99th inaguration 99th Student Senate inaugurates officers

    After a tough election season, recently elected student body officers and student senators gathered in Hughes-Trigg Commons for the 99th inauguration of SMU Student Senate. Elected representatives, committee chairs and the comptroller were sworn in. The event celebrated the achievements of this year’s Student Senate.

  • 2012 body builders Bad tans, big muscles take over Hughes-Trigg Theater

    Tyler Vaughan and Jessica Bartol were named the winners of the 14th annual Mr. and Ms. SMU Body Building Competition Tuesday evening. Flexing their muscles, the 11 competitors posed in a variety of positions for the three judges. Taking home the gold, which complemented his tan, Vaughan said going into the competition he had no idea he would come out the winner.

  • Young jeweler shines at SMU with unique line

    While many students plan to get their first real jobs once they leave college, some have already started down their career path before even leaving high school. One of these ambitious students is 18-year-old Taylor Miller, a first-year student at SMU who began her own jewelry company at the age of nine, called Hazen Jewelry.

  • caruth hall Lyle prepares students for real world

    Every generation is expected to live up to various expectations. The world views the generation of college students as young, innovative and daring. People are looking forward to a better tomorrow and they are counting on students to lead the way. Elizabeth L.

  • residential commons groundbreaking VIDEO: SMU breaks ground for Residential Commons, dedicates Centennial Cornerstone

    Despite the rain Friday afternoon, Board of Trustee member Carl Sewell ('66) remarked that the reign of President R. Gerald Turner continues into SMU’s next 100 years. Members of the Dallas community joined SMU students, administration and alumni to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Residential Commons and dedicate the Centennial Cornerstone during the second annual Founder’s Day Weekend.

  • SMU BLSA examines race & justice in America

    SMU Law professor Cheryl Butler cried as she read a letter from an African-American mother talking about her son. “I have to try and hold back my tears when I read this because I am a mother of a little black boy,” Butler said. ”Across the country children are dying because the color their skin.

  • Turner celebrates SMU’s achievements

    Before a nearly full crowd of donors and alumni in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center Theatre Friday evening, President R. Gerald Turner delivered the President’s Briefing. Turner’s speech celebrated the achievements SMU has made in the last century. He began his briefing discussing the university’s “Community and Economic Impact” on the city of Dallas.