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The development of technology and the constant need of the world to stay connected though social media has had both positive and negative effects.

The law has struggled with the ever-changing trends of social media. Judges, law enforcement officials and lawyers have been faced with new challenges while trying to adapt to the public nature of outlets such as Facebook and Twitter.

John G. Browning, an adjunct professor at the SMU Dedman School of Law and a lawyer at Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith in Dallas is doing what he can to help the law keep up the pace with technology.

“I’ve been a trial lawyer for 23 years and we didn’t have Facebook and Twitter. In the ‘good ol’ days, I’d use a surveillance tape to prove that someone was exaggerating

his claims and now I don’t have to worry about that because with social media and with people living their lives online, I’ve found a handy resource,” Browning said.

Browning wrote his first book, “The Lawyer’s Guide to Social Networking: Understanding Social Media’s Impact on the Law” in 2010, and now he is in the process of writing a case book for law students and a social media practice guide for lawyers, due to the constant changing of social media.

Browning began teaching at SMU Dedman School of Law in January 2011.

His class observes how social media affects all subject areas on law, whether it be in family law, employment law, or criminal law, in addition to how it is affecting legal procedure.

One of the biggest areas social media is affecting law is jurisdiction, or where cases can be tried.

“If someone tweets in Miami defaming someone in Dallas, can Texas courts try them? That’s one of the biggest questions we’ve been looking at,” Browning said.

According to Browning, the courts are split.

“Some courts say if your online activity is of such a nature that it is targeted to someone in another state you can be subject to jurisdiction, while other courts say if all you have is a Facebook presence, that isn’t enough,” Browning said.

Social media has also impacted the First Amendment. One of the most pressing problems is whether the First Amendment protects tweets or Facebook posts.

“It’s expressive conduct that is a way people express speech now,” Daxton Stewart said. Stewart is a professor at TCU’s Schieffer School of Journalism and editor of the book “Social Media and the Law: A Guidebook for Communication Students

and Professionals.” “It creates a new kind of

communication that is friendly and easy, but many people may not realize the amplification this new form of communication may have,” Stewart said.

However, some users tend to forget that while this type of communication is much less formal, it is also public.

“On Twitter you have very public conversations that can be retweeted, amplified and it becomes public and embarrassing,” Stewart said.

Many are wondering whether the courts will be able to keep up with the ever-growing and ever-changing social media tools.

“The courts have the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, but that was in 1986. And the courts have changed since then, social media wasn’t even a glimmer in Mark Zuckerberg’s eye,” Browning said.

The first class of SMU students didn’t graduate from the Cox School of Business or the Lyle School of Engineering—they matriculated from the SMU medical school.

Obtained from the struggling Southwestern University Medical College in 1911, SMU’s first school, and only established medical school, was suspended before the construction of famed Dallas Hall in 1915.

Although it took a century, the health and medicine curriculum is making a comeback. The curriculum, formerly regarded as pre-med, was officially named

pre-health in June of 2012 to accommodate the expanding program and the student demand for a more inclusive title.

“Changing the name to pre-health kind of helped let everyone know that regardless of what health profession you want to go in, you can come and talk to somebody in this office,” Caleb Marsh, Director of the Office of Pre-Health Advising, said.

Pre-dental, pre-optometry and pre-physical therapy are among the many programs offered through pre-health.

“The pre-health office has an extensive amount of knowledge regarding each health care field, and the requirements to pursue such a career,” senior mechanical engineering major and pre-health

student Martin Marak said.Extending advising services

to more freshmen has been one of Marsh’s primary goals since joining SMU last June.

“I think the pre-health office does a great job of providing support to students. I only wish I had found out about it sooner,” Marak said. Marak received an advisor for his engineering major freshman year, but not for his biomedical specialization.

Marsh, who has an extensive background in academic advising and counseling, wants to change the belief that the advising services are only available to juniors and seniors.

By encouraging freshmen to start early, he can get to know them while strategizing their

health profession futures. “They may be relieved when

they come here, they may be upset when they come here, but they always come back and say thank you for giving honest answers. I want them to feel that this is a safe place from an early point in a college career to come and talk to me,” Marsh said.

One of the biggest misconceptions of pre-health is that students have to be biology majors. Unlike some undergraduate programs, pre-health does not require any specific major and welcomes students from all schools.

Anyone interested in pre-health can “like” the official SMU Pre-Health Advising Facebook page for information about the

program, and for upcoming events like the Health Professions Fair in April.

As to whether these

improvements will bring back the SMU medical school, Marsh said, “I don’t think that’s necessary, but I do see this office growing.”

The development of social media such as Facebook and Twitter has caused many changes and challenges in the legal system.REBECCA KEAY/The Daily Campus

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Professor Jillson speaks on immigration reform

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President Obama spoke last Tuesday on his plans for immigration and SMU professor of political science, Cal Jillson, broke down the reform structure to give light as to what will likely be happening with immigration in the near future.

While in Las Vegas for his address, Obama made it clear to Americans that “now is the time” to move forward with immigration. This would possibly be the first successful immigration reform for the U.S.

“The last big reform was achieved in 1986 when Reagan was president and has been tried most recently with George W. Bush in 2006,” Jillson said.

But the problem in 2006 and the difference now in 2013, Jillson said, is the fact that Bush’s “own party refused to go along, and Republicans have refused amnesty until the 2012 elections.”

It became clear that the increasing Hispanic vote would be essential to presidential

candidates after Romney won only 29 percent of the Hispanic vote, while Obama won with 71 percent.

“There’s still differences between the two parties but the Democrats have the Republicans on their heels as a result of the election,” Jillson said.

But the Democrats, despite the victory of having the Republicans willing to move forward on immigration, still need to work around gaps in agreement.

“Republicans say you’ve got to close the border and secure the border and Democrats say the border is never going to be completely closed,” Jillson said.

The question then becomes, according to Jillson, whether Democrats should “force the Republicans to give up their border control for the rest of it or [if] they find a way to let the Republicans get part of what they want.” Regardless of the “what”, the “when” is more anticipated.

He explained that many are talking about the bill happening

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A female student reported an attempted sexual assault at her off campus residence by an unidentified male early Saturday morning to University Park police.

SMU released a crime alert Sunday afternoon detailing the attempted assault.

The student reported she met the male suspect at a bar in Uptown, and then shared a cab home with him. According to the crime alert, when

they arrived at her home in the 3400 block of Daniel Avenue, he forced her into her apartment where he attempted to sexually assault her.

The female student fought back, which caused the suspect to leave.

The suspect has not been identified as an SMU student and is described as a 23 year old Hispanic male, 5 feet 9 inches tall who weighs about 175 pounds.

This is the second crime alert of 2013.University Park police are investigating the attack.

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12:58 a.m. Burglary. Boaz Hall. A student reported she found two individuals in her room looking through her things after she left the door propped open. She identified one of the individuals as a resident of the same hall. Officers went to the individual’s room and notified him of his referral to the Student Conduct Office. Closed.

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It is important to create specific fitness and nutrition goals when making resolutions that you can always follow.

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It’s February now. How are your New Year’s Resolutions holding up? Maybe you are one of the few who made a meaningful resolution and are sticking to it. But if not, there’s still hope.

You can opt for a fresh start or a jump-start any day of the year. In fact, setting your sights on a goal is a valuable tool for making progress

and getting where you want to go.Achieving weight loss is one

of the most common resolutions every year. It is also one that is often and easily broken. So how do we set goals that actually motivate us to achieve them? According to MindTools.com, good goals must be “SMART.”

“S” stands for specific. No more “I’m going to get healthier this year” or “I want to have a 6-pack one day.”

Your goals must be much more specific than that if you actually plan on achieving them.

Focus on performance, not outcome, goals. Specify what behaviors lead to a particular outcome rather than setting the outcome as the goal. Break down a long-term objective into smaller, more precise steps.

“M” means measurable. If your goals are not measurable, how are you to know when you achieve

How to make resolutions that last them? When to reward yourself ? “Better” or “healthier” is not a measurement.

Good goals must be quantitative as in “I will do cardio for 30 minutes three days a week for the next two weeks” or “I will reduce my daily calorie intake by 200 calories by substituting fruits and vegetables for unhealthy snacks for the next two weeks.”

As you meet your small, incremental goals, celebrate and set revised, measurable objectives that will move you towards your long-term goal.

“A” stands for attainable. Make your goals challenging, but realistic. Set goals based on personal performance so you can be in control of whether or not you achieve your goals.

“R” stands for relevant. Set goals that get you to where you want to go! Achieving your goals is only rewarding if it’s something you personally care about.

“T” stands for timely. This is a big one! According to the famous psychologist and TV personality Dr. Phil, “The only difference between a dream and a goal is a timeline.” What are you waiting for?

Make a timeline and fill it with events you want to see become a reality. Giving yourself a strict deadline will motivate you to stick with your goals.

Goals are central to making process and achieving the results you want in life. I encourage you to think about who you want to be in two weeks, one year, five years and so on.

Use these “SMART” tips to write down a few of your short-term and long-term goals.

Phrase your objectives in a positive way. You can get there! Just remember to be patient with yourself. In spite of up and downs, you can always get back up and try again.

Tips for weight loss success

1. Make a specific goal. Instead of just saying “I want

to lose weight” be more specific by saying “I want to lose 10 pounds.” This creates more of a motivation as you are working towards a decided goal and can track your success along the way.

2.Create a weekly diet menu.

Having a pre-set menu will help with those unexpected temptations and will help keep you focused and on track with your eating habits.

3. Track your success.

It is important to monitor your progress in order to focus on the

difference between where you want to go and where you are now. Tricks for tracking your success can include weighing yourself on the scale every week and counting how many days of exercise you preform each week.

A key thing to think about when attempting to lose weight is not the progress you’ve made, but how far you have to go. Sometimes when you think too much on how far you’ve come, it’s easy to feel already accomplished and lose motivation to achieve your initial goal.

4. Be optimistic.

Have confidence that you will succeed, but don’t get a false sense of hope that your weight loss process is going to be easy.

Being positive will make you work harder and be more determined to get through the hard parts in order to see your desired results.

5.Strengthen your willpower.

Build-up your capability to say “no” so that when you are faced with a temptation, it will be easier for you to resist.

In order to strengthen your willpower, start with things that you know will be easier for you to resist and then slowly work your way up to the more difficult challenges.

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Since then, courts and lawyers have begun the process of adapting to these new tools. Courts have started allowing smart phones inside of trials, so that reporters can tweet and be a part of the moment-by-moment updates.

While many lawyers and judges are beginning to experiment with these tools, they are not as familiar as they would like to be, which may have negative consequences.

Browning provided an example of a recent case from New York involving Chase Bank.

When a defendant was avoiding being served, the lawyers asked the federal judge for permission to serve the defendant via Facebook.

The judge denied this, saying he wasn’t aware of any jurisdictions permitting such a practice, when in fact six different countries and several states including Texas do so.

“Ignorance, even for a judge, is not going to be an excuse,” Browning said.

Social media isn’t just affecting the courts, but criminals as well.

“I am constantly amazed at people who have been busted by their own Facebook posts. People constantly brag about their criminal conduct,” Browning said.

There have been several recent cases where criminals have posted criminal activity only to be caught a little while later. One man in Georgia was identified and arrested after he logged into Facebook from a house he was attempting to burglarize.

For the generation that has grown up alongside social media and seems to be able to quickly adapt to the constant changing there is almost a sense of arrogance.

“Some statistics show that well over 90 percent of

employers are looking at job applicants’ social media presence,” Browning said.

Browning stresses that the problem is not just with teens, but young professionals. He listed numerous examples of lawyers, doctors and nurses posting confidential patient information and later being fired.

While employers are surely looking at Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, that’s not to say the profiles should be deleted or made to be completely professional.

“Employers like to see that you have a social media presence,” Browning said.

“It’s not just a way to rule out [potential employees] because of negative material. They use it to see a more complete picture of who you are and if you will fit in.”

Browning recommends to anyone applying for a job to make sure their social media projects the image they will be most pleased with.

“Share things about yourself, your hobbies and interests and something that humanizes you,” Browning said.

“There is a delicate balance. The way social tools work is that they break down barriers and make things more casual,” Stewart said.

And while privacy settings exist, they can be easily overridden with a court document, if needed.

Browning teaches his class once a week, part-time, while working at his law firm.

His class and research has been a call for law schools to reform their practices.

As young professionals become expected to perfect these skills for real world practice, it is important that they are emphasized within the classroom.

Browning has even spoken with professors at other law schools and other professors

at SMU about integrating social media into their curriculum, even beyond the graduate schools.

“This isn’t just something to talk about at a grad level, we need an introduction at an undergraduate level regardless of where your degree takes you,” Browning said.

For everyone with a social media presence, Browning stresses that it is most important to have an awareness of what is being posted on your page.

“Social media is a wonderful tool, but not without risks,” Browning said.

“The law is still there and still applies to social media tools. You can still be charged with libel on Twitter,” Stewart said.

In addition to libel, copyright and privacy laws can still be violated by social media tools. With this in mind, Stewart has some advice for all users.

“Read your terms of service,” he said. “Read what you’ve given up to do that. Those terms are a binding agreement and it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand them or didn’t read them, you are bound by it.”

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by summer or even spring.“The Democrats have been

pushing for immigration for quite some time and the Republicans are now ready,” Jillson said.

Cost is a big hurdle for reform. Those against immigration reform say it will raise taxes on American citizens, but Jillson explained these sentiments are “usually part of a political argument [rather] than an actual economic argument.”

“The costs are not great, except that border control is costly because it means boots on the ground and a lot of technology,” Jillson said.

The key is in balancing costs for different levels of government.

“Illegal immigration is costly to state and local government but it’s a net positive to the federal government,” Jillson said.

Beyond that, Jillson also quelled fears that immigration would cut into things such as Social Security and Medicare.

“Until you get citizenship, you’re not eligible for most social services,” Jillson said. “The way the reforms are likely to be written, it will be a path to a green card and then a multi-year path

continued from PAge 1to citizenship.”

Jillson also noted that “the demographics of Mexico are changing rapidly.”

He explained that as Mexican families have decreased in size over the past several decades, the number of workers fighting for jobs in their country has also lessened.

Regardless, “Mexican wages are still less than a quarter of American wages” and will still draw many seeking greater opportunity, Jillson said.

“Once jobs are more plentiful than they are now, there will still be much of an allure, but never as much as it was 25 or 30 years ago,” Jillson said.

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Gather your pitchforks. Prepare your picket signs. And please, light your torches. The government has committed a heinous crime.

They want to provide our children with nutritious foods at school.

Now, I can agree that the government is good at poking its nose in where it shouldn’t. But there is something disturbing about the fight against removing unhealthy foods from public schools. Especially if parents are the ones advocating Cheetos in the lunch line.

It seems that what we’re really overlooking is the fact that these are public schools. Public. A service provided by the government. Parents willingly hand over their little ones to free childcare and trust that they will be taken care

of and properly educated. Nutrition can easily fit into both of these categories. It’s very hard for me to imagine a parent saying to a babysitter, “Yeah, just give Jimmy a Snickers for dinner. And make sure you explain to him that it is perfectly acceptable to eat it.” If our society expects quality in the area of public education, then decent meals accompanied by knowledge of a healthy lifestyle should be encouraged.

Claiming that the government is trying to tell our kids what to do is such an absurd argument. Have they not been “telling them what to do” all along? When kids are at school, they are clearly under the authority of government employees.

I don’t know what your parents did when they got a call from the school about you finding a nice seat in detention, but mine certainly didn’t tell the principal to shove

off. Parents usually accept the discipline the school provides, along with a bit of their own if they really want to get the point across that spit-balls are not tolerated. Improving the quality of cafeteria food is far less intrusive than demanding a certain type of behavior and level of academic performance among students.

Kids can still bring whatever food parents will allow them from home. Kids can still eat a candy bar a friend shares with them. Kids, however, cannot act out in class and get by without doing their work.

For many students from low-income homes, breakfast and lunch are provided either in full or at a reduced price. This is a charity, in many cases, for children who are not properly fed at home because of financial struggles. Why would we want to deprive a small child of an adequate diet for the sake of schools turning a profit on cans of soda? We

have a duty to protect children. We do not have a duty to give children whatever they want.

Parents, if you want to give your six-year-old an exercise in making choices, stop at the gas station on the way to school and give him two bucks. But I’m sure that most of you know that little Bobby is a bit short-sighted, so you would prefer to just pick his meals out for him. Schools are only approaching nutrition with the same mentality. They understand that if children are sent to school with money and instructions to buy a salad for lunch, they may just end up with an ice cream sandwich instead.

Let us remember that nobody is forced to eat cafeteria food. It is a public service, which an individual can accept or decline. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Thrall is a sophomore majoring in journalism and film.

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The government for the first time is proposing broad new standards to make school snacks healthier, a move that would ban the sale of almost all candy, high-calorie sports drinks and greasy foods on campus.

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As Republicans and Democrats finally meet at the table of bipartisanship to deal with immigration reform, the country awaits. If both sides are able to come together on an issue as complex as immigration — it affects the economy, society, public education, culture and a host of other issues — there is hope that Congress can move on other long-neglected issues: fiscal reform, military budgets, climate change and gay rights.

— Rahfin Faruk, Editor in Chief

Here’s to hoping“Each moment can be the auspicious ‘today’ of our conversion. Each day can be the salvific ‘to-day’ because salvation is a continuous story for the Church and for each of Christ’s disciples.”

— Pope Benedict, speaking to his midday audience last Sunday

“I’ve given absolutely no consideration to the postgame hand shake or bear hug or anything else. I haven’t thought about that for one second. Have you, Jim?”

—Ravens Coach John Harbaugh, after being asked about coaching against his brother

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One of my courses this semester focuses on the definition, limitations, and positive affects of “development.” The conversation became especially engaging when we began to discuss religious organizations that enter developing countries and provide aid. To begin the conversation, we read several mission statements from different organizations, some religiously affiliated, some secular.

Compassion International’s statement, which we all agreed clearly identifies it as a Christian organization, led some to say that if you don’t like the religious affiliation of an organization simply don’t donate to it.

I thought about this for a while, and though I originally nodded in agreement, I now disagree. By allowing others to donate to organizations that, arguably, imperialistically impose their religious beliefs and values upon others in exchange for aid and services, we allow a group of people to dramatically alter culture and impose our ideas of development upon a group of people who may not want to accept those ideas.

If I were short-sighted I would say that these organizations should be dismantled and boycotted so they would not be hurting or dissolving certain cultures around the world. However, many of these organization genuinely help the areas in which they choose to evangelize. Without their services, many children who are, in fact, introduced to the concept of education and never have had the opportunity to experience school can then attend school because they have the finances to support costs of tuition, clothing and essential classroom supplies.

Instead, perhaps the better approach is to begin to secularize these organizations, and take religion out of the missions completely. Could the individuals

who support religious organizations not provide aid to foreign countries without talking about God or their religious motive?

Of course they could.Yet, the very idea that we should

provide “aid” to any country but our own is pompous and in a way grotesque in itself. I am again left wondering if mission work and/or aid should ever be offered to foreign countries, or people of different cultures.

Having participated in several “mission” trips in the Navajo Nation, I have seen both the benefits and negative aspects of religious groups providing aid to people of different cultures. The group I worked with decided to not impose its religious beliefs on the Navajo people. If asked why we were working with the Navajo people we would say, “we’re just here to help.”

But help them with what? Many homes did not have

electricity or running water. We found this disgusting. The Navajo people thought it normal. In fact, the “white man’s” arrival and culture infiltration in the Navajo Nation has led most of the young to accept America’s patriarchal ideal that one must be a productive citizen, work in the corporate setting and try to fulfill the “American Dream.” In turn, the Navajo culture disappears with each death of an elder.

And this is in our own country.

So do we provide aid to anyone? I don’t know. I don’t think we’ll ever know. Perhaps we have to put our faith in the idea that “progress” is, in fact, good. Or perhaps we live and let live. Either way, we see that this is a complicated subject, and one which we must continue to reevaluate to ensure we are doing “good” in the world.

Graves is a junior majoring in communication studies and religious studies.

MIChAEL GRAvESContributing Writer

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Mission work is not always helpful

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The immigration reform effort is heating up again, and all the partisanship surrounding the issue is as well.

The primary concern among Republicans is that there is no guarantee that immigration reform would help them win the votes of the increasingly crucial Hispanic population, which they lost by a record margin this past year.

Some on the far right are content to write off Hispanics as an inherently Democratic constituency, and claim that because of that any immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship or amnesty of any sort would be akin to minting millions of new Democratic voters, making the Republican party a permanent minority.

There is one thing wrong with this line of thinking: to believe this is to accept that the GOP won’t be able to win any future elections. Regardless of whether immigration reform gets passed or not, Hispanics are an increasingly large share of the population, and could eventually make even Texas competitive.

Perhaps immigration reform will backfire for Republicans and they won’t be able to win over Hispanics. But if they do nothing, or oppose any reforms whatsoever, they will surely lose.

If Republicans continue to ignore minorities, they soon will become one. They need to address the changing demography of America, and it is unrealistic for them to think they can get elected again without a significantly larger share of the minority vote.

Simply put, the GOP is going to have to try something different to win, and an increased appeal to the most rapidly growing groups in America is probably a good place to start.

—W. Tucker Keene, Online Editor

GOP must understand the demographics

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As part of the Black History Month observance, SMU’s Association of Black Students hosted guest speaker Hill Harper Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center Theater.

Harper spoke to an audience of 200-250 on reinvesting in the black community.

Students and community members held high expectations for Harper’s appearance and waited in anticipation of his arrival.

Patricia Williams, a community member and teacher at James Madison High School, heard of this event through Facebook.

Williams said her motivation for attending the ABS event was because she was interested in how Harper began his career and what challenges he has faced being a black man in the acting industry.

Harper’s speech was broken into four main points on how to reinvest in any type of community.

Using the metaphor of building a house he stated that as people, we are “architects of our own lives” meaning, as a community, people hold each other back or move each other forward.

Harper began with the blue print or the plan.

To reinvest in a community, there needs to be a plan Harper said. “I want to hear people say [that] I want to build lives of impact and legacy.”

The second point was related to the foundation.

Harper noted that in New York, to build a structure, architects have to “dig so deep to build so high.”

Harper went on to say that education and money are similar in that they offer options but do not guarantee success.

The third point was a frame. Environmental conditions influence our decisions Harper said.

“Choices are critical.”The last point was the last

addition to Harper’s metaphorical structure: a door.

The door’s purpose is to let people in or let them out.

He commented that people tend to stay inside the same circles which hinder the opportunity for new ideas and innovation.

To prevent this hindrance, the idea is to let outsiders in.

On the other side of that token, the door’s purpose is to let people out who pose obstacles. “Haters” as Harper termed those people.

To wrap up his speech, Harper

ended with having the audience repeat an affirmation to take risks, overcome fears and live a life within a wider scope.

Amanda Arismendy, a sophomore at SMU, came to the ABS event because she had seen Harper on “CSI:NY.”

She also said because of the speech, she was inspired to take risks, to be courageous and to overcome her fears.

Hill Harper is best known for his portrayal of Dr. Sheldon Hawkes on the CBS program “CSI: NY.”

He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and went on to graduate cum laude from Harvard Law School.

Harper is also a NAACP Image award winner, author of several books and an active philanthropist in his community.

ABS has more events planned for the celebration of Black History Month.

Some of these events include; a community service day, a Black Excellence Ball and Delta Jeopardy.

For more information on those events Devean Owens, president of ABS, said you can find information on the group’s Facebook page, on the SMU website and in the multicultural affairs office.

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hill harper’s highly anticipated appearance was hosted by SMU’s Association of Black Students as the kick off of a series of special events in observance of February being Black history Month.

The Dallas Museum of Art is playing host to a collection of work by Marc Chagall.

The exhibit is entitled, “Chagall: Beyond Color,” and will feature paintings, sculpture, ceramics, and collage by the famous artist.

The purpose of the multimedia display is to explore the relationship between space and volume in Chagall’s pieces.

Chagall was an early modernist Russian 19th Century artist who worked many of his artistic years in France.

The Russian artist broke with the traditions of his religion by depicting biblical subjects and themes in his art.

His work is recognizable because of his extensive use of color, Jewish themes and his paintings of circus members.

Chagall once said, “When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there’s a clash between the two, it’s bad art.”

Featured in the display will be over 140 pieces, including his paintings, collages, sketches, drawings and sculptures.

The centerpiece of the exhibition is a display of costumes that were used in the 1942 performance of the ballet, “Aleko.”

Chagall designed the costumes for “Aleko,” which premiered in Sept. of 1942 in Mexico City and was later performed by the Ballet Theatre of New York.

This is the first time that the costumes have been seen since being used in the 1942 ballet production.

Chagall’s works are on a traveling international tour, but the Dallas Museum of Art is the only location in the United States where you will be able to visit the show.

The exhibition is co-organized by the DMA and the La Piscine Museum in Roubaix, France.

“Chagall: Beyond Color” is curated by Olivier Meslay, the Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs and The Barbara Thomas Lemmon Curator of European Art.

The Dallas Museum of Art League has a fundraiser each year and this year will be “Chagall: Bouquets of Love.”

It has been reported that Chagall’s granddaughter, Bella Meyer will be attending the fundraiser held on March 25.

On Feb. 15 the DMA will be hosting an early preview of the exhibit with tours and videos of Chagall.

This will be held from 6 p.m. to midnight as a part of the museum’s Late Night program.

The DMA will host exhibition lecture “Chagall: Art and Religion” on April 25 at 7:30 p.m.

The lecture will be led by Olivier Meslay and Rabbi David Stern, Senior Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El of Dallas.

The exhibition will open at the Dallas Museum of Art starting Feb. 17 and will be on display through May 26.

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The Dallas Museum of Art will host a collection of Marc chagall’s work in an exhibit that opens on Feb. 17.

Dallas Museum of Art hosts the only U.S. exhibition of Marc Chagall’s work in “Chagall: Beyond Color”

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The SMU Mustangs held a 19-point lead at one point in the game versus Houston on Saturday afternoon at Moody Coliseum, but fell in an overtime heartbreaker 84-80 to their C-USA rivals.

“We are what we are. I’m proud of these kids. They’re getting better and we got them playing a lot of minutes, but I told them we’ve got to go Monday at practice and man up and try to continue to get better. It’s hard seeing their faces like that with disappointment,” SMU head coach Larry Brown said.

Even with the Mustangs getting 21 points and eight rebounds from Jalen Jones and Nick Russell adding 22 points and five assists,

the Mustangs could not stop the Cougars in the second half and overtime from getting hot.

The Cougars, after shooting just 33 percent from the field and 16 percent from three-point range in the first half, shot close to 70 percent from the field in the second half and 100 percent from the field in overtime.

“You might be able to say that, but we can’t have any excuses. The rotation has been the same since the beginning of the year so we should be used to it by now,” SMU forward Shawn Williams said about giving up 66 points after the first half.

The Mustangs had held the Cougars to just 18 points in the first half, dominating in every fashion, but that success was short lived in the second half. The Mustangs

allowed the Cougars to take over the game and control the tempo.

The Mustangs’ bench struggled and did not score a single point. In his post game press conference Brown stressed that it is tough on the starters to play the amount of minutes they are playing when the bench isn’t producing.

“We forget how we got a lead and that’s when you’re dealing with two guards who have never played point guard before and they’ve come so far, they’re getting so much better and we got them playing too many minutes and you can see when we put on our bench why we do that,” Brown said about how the game fell a part.

Even with the Mustangs giving up the lead to the Cougars, the team battled back in front of a season-high 3,886 people in attendance.

As the end of the second half was winding down, the Mustangs were able to get the ball to Jalen Jones after a half-court pass from Cannen Cunningham.

Jones then found Williams in the corner for a three-pointer that dropped as time expired, sending Moody into a frenzy.

The happiness was short-lived. SMU got down by six early in the extra period to the Cougars and never recovered. Coach Brown reiterated that this is the season to beat the Mustangs.

“They better get us now because we’ve got a lot of pay backs,” Brown said.

The loss drops the Mustangs to 2-6 in C-USA play and 12-11 overall. The Mustangs face Memphis at Moody on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m.

Billy EmBOdystaff Writer

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Both men’s and women’s swimming and diving lost to Arizona and Texas Friday in Austin.

Women’s swimming fell to No. 6 Arizona with a final score of 230-58, while No. 7 Texas won the meet 228-66.

Mustang Isabella Arcila placed third in the 100-yard backstroke and third in the 200-yard backstroke clocking in final times of 56.00 and 2:00.13 respectively.

Nina Rangelova finished fourth with 4:54.20 in the 500-yard freestyle.

Rachel Nicol finished in fifth place in the 200-yard breast stroke with a time of 2:17.88.

The men’s swimming and diving team also fell to their opponents No. 1 Arizona and No. 7 Texas on Friday night;

however, the Mustangs did win three events.

SMU swimmer David Larsson placed first in the 100-yard butterfly with a final time of 47.50.

Mindaugas Sadauskas won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 19.91 and also finished second in the 100-yard freestyle event with a final time of 43.37.

Larsson and Sadauskas both participated in the 200- yard freestyle relay, along with teammates Ryan Koops and Ramon Melo, placing first with a time of 1:20.08.

In diving, Devin Burnett placed third with a time of 356.40 in the three-meter dive.

Texas topped the Mustangs 184-108 while Arizona won 165-134.

Both men’s and women’s swimming will head to Houston for the Conference USA Championship beginning Feb. 20.

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It didn’t take long for FC Dallas’ supplemental pick and former SMU midfielder TJ Nelson to make a lasting impression on his new club.

With a few seconds remaining in a hard fought scrimmage against the University of Memphis, Nelson found an opening after taking a long cross from teammate Michel and put the ball in the back of the net for a 2-1 FC Dallas victory.

The ex-Mustang captain was

subbed in late in the match for Dallas’ former MLS MVP David Ferreria, but obviously felt no pressure with his new squad who, up to that point, had not put on the best of performances.

After waiting through four rounds, Nelson was selected with 64th overall for FC Dallas in the supplemental draft and looks to join the squad by earning a contract.

Nelson helped SMU to lead the conference in goals against with six, and was named a second-team All Conference-USA member his senior season.

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sMU’s point guard Nick Russell watches as a teammate attempts free throws during saturdays game against Houston.

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