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Outstanding faculty artists from SMU's Division of Music, including Andrés Díaz (cello), Chee-Yun Kim (violin), Paul Garner (clarinet), Carol Leone (piano) and Kara Welch (flute), performed Olivier Messiaen's masterwork "Quartet for the End of Time" and George Crumb's dramatic "Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whales)" last night in Caruth Auditorium. (0) comments

by Meredith Shamburger, News Editor, mshamburge@smu.edu

The male student reported to have drugged and assaulted a female student in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house has been referred to the Dean of Student Life, Dee Siscoe, according to police. The woman involved declined to file criminal charges. A woman called police last Thursday at 2:08 a. (0) comments

by Meredith Shamburger, News Editor, mshamburge@smu.edu

Student Senate looked at a new resolution Tuesday that encouraged the SMU administration not to mandate Friday classes as specified in the President's Task Force on Substance Abuse report. The bill, written by Student Body Vice President Bethany Peters and Cox Senator Andrew Tuttle, seeks to show that putting certain classes, such as ACCT 2311 and 2312, on a Wednesday-Friday schedule is not in the university's best interests. (0) comments

by Peter Goldschmidt, Associate News Editor, pgoldschmidt@smu.edu

Texas Instruments, headquartered in Dallas, has become a part of SMU through its recent visionary gift to The Caruth Institute for Engineering Education. The Texas Instruments Foundation's $2 million donation went to establish a director of the Caruth Institute. (0) comments

by Liz Ford, Staff Writer, eford@smu.edu

Eliot Chang visited SMU Monday night, and for an hour and a half he caused students to clutch their ribs and wipe tears of laughter from their eyes. The comedian, a veteran of Comedy Central and nightclubs, has been touring colleges for years to spread not only the laughs, but also awareness of discrimination, mainly from the media, toward Asians in today's society. (0) comments

by Meredith Christians, Contributing Writer, mchristi@smu.edu

Trey Chappell's mind wandered on graduation day. During the tedious ceremony, Chappell made the decision that someday he would start his own business. The entrepreneurial is taking hold on campus. Trey Chappell, a graduate from the Cox School of Business, started his own company one year after graduation. (0) comments