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SELECTED CLIPS
Editor-in-chief gives final farewell
May 5, 2016
Christina Cox’s final sign-off as editor-in-chief.
Start-up aims to reinvent personal security devices
April 16, 2016
ROBOCOPP is a compact, personal Sound Grenade that releases a 120-decibel siren that activates with a pull-pin. The device can be clipped to anything from a key ring to a belt loop.
Students propose SMU Innovation House to take place of former Lambda Chi Alpha House
April 15, 2016
A group of students is hoping their proposal to the SMU administration will turn the former Lambda Chi Alpha house into an Innovation House.
National Videogame Museum opens doors in Frisco, partners with SMU Guildhall
April 14, 2016
With interactive gaming re-creations, head-to-head competitions, artifacts and a giant game of “Pong,” the National Video Game Museum (NVM) is every gamer’s dream.
Quartz editor-in-chief talks shift in news consumption, news in digital age
March 2, 2016
In the William O’Neil Lecture in Business Journalism, Kevin Delaney, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Quartz, discussed the fundamental shift in how readers receive their news and how to adapt online content for the digital age.
SMU makes impact, participates in 2016 Dallas Festival of Ideas
Feb. 25, 2016
SMU and the Meadows School of the Arts had a unique fingerprint throughout the programming, forums and activities of the second annual Dallas Festival of Ideas.
The Spirit of SMU: Joe Redwine Patterson shares love of SMU, carries on traditions
Feb. 4, 2016
Arguably one of SMU’s biggest fans of the past century, Joe Redwine Patterson has lobbied for more school spirit for the past 20 years.
Ambassador Kristie Kenney visits Dallas, discusses career in State Department
Nov. 21, 2015
During her 24-hour visit to Dallas, Ambassador Kristie Kenney met with U.S. business groups, radio hosts, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, SMU students and more to discuss the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Mustang EMS works to certify students, teach life-saving knowledge
Nov. 17, 2015
Mustang EMS is an SMU student organization that has taught and certified 38 SMU students in CPR/AED response in less than one year.
SMU students studying abroad in Paris recount experience following terrorist attacks Nov. 13
Nov. 14, 2015
All 11 SMU students studying abroad in Paris are safe following terrorist attacks Nov. 13.
DNCE shows off unique style at House of Blues
Nov. 11. 2015
Newly-formed band DNCE wowed Dallasites at its Nov. 8 show at the House of Blues’s Cambridge Room.
Grad feels ‘exploited,’ SMU apologetic after website mislabels her and friends as African and Middle Eastern Studies students
Oct. 15, 1015
SMU is apologizing to one SMU graduate after misnaming her and her friends as “African and Middle Eastern Studies” students online.
SMU reins in $1 billion in ‘Unbridled’ Campaign
Sept. 24, 1015
The SMU “Unbridled: Second Century Campaign” reached its $1 billion goal ahead of schedule, funding to support academic quality and campus life.
New Texas law requires transparency in private university police departments
Sept. 2, 2015
Private university police forces will now have to comply with new measures in the Texas Public Information Act, increasing transparency measures and releasing records related to law enforcement activities to the public.
SMU finds solution to feral cat issue
Aug. 19, 2015
The move of some of SMU’s Feral Cat population sparked an outcry from students, alumni and activists in the area.
Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk brings those touched by suicide together
April 16, 2015
With water bottles, backpacks and snacks in hand, more than 1,300 walkers made their way throughout downtown Dallas this weekend, walking 16 miles to raise money and awareness for the fight against suicide.
‘The Hunting Ground:’ a poignant look at the growing problem of sexual assault on US college campuses
April 25, 2015
A review of “The Hunting Ground,” a documentary taking an in-depth look at sexual assault on U.S. college campuses.
One student injured after heated intramural game
Jan. 29, 2015
Things got heated on the basketball court during an intramural game between two fraternities, Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) and Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI), that left one SMU student on the ground, reeling from being kicked in the face.
Faculty Senate suggests solutions for OE2C
Sept. 4, 2014
The Faculty Senate explained possible changes to the university’s budget including streamlining purchasing, centralizing information technology departments, using online software for travel planning and reimbursement, capping new hiring, and even shortening staff hours during the slower summer season.
Turner says not to worry about Ebola
Oct. 20, 2014
President R. Gerald Turner wanted students not to fear in light of two students announcing they were on the plane of , who was diagnosed with Ebola days after the flight.
June Jones to resign effective immediately
Sept. 8, 2014
SMU Football Head Coach June Jones announced that he would resign from the university’s athletic program.
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