Daily Campus

by Austin Reed, Staff Writer, atreed@smu.edu

The stalemate taking place within the island nation of Cyprus was the topic of discussion at a lecture featuring His Excellency Andreas Kakaouris, the ambassador to Cyprus. Cyprus has been divided into two territories since 1974, one ruled by the native Greek population and the other ruled by Turkey, which invaded the country in the '70s. (1) comment

by Mark Norris, Senior Staff Writer, mnorris@smu.edu

SMU wants new head coach June Jones to succeed, and he will soon have a helpful tool to make that happen. The school is putting together a sports-fitness management and promotion major in the School of Education and Human Development that could be offered as soon as fall 2009. (0) comments

by Jacquelyn Lay, Contributing Writer, jlay@smu.edu

SMU's General Education Curriculum, requirements all students must fulfill to graduate, could be in for an overhaul within the next two years. Acting Associate Vice Provost of General Education James Gerhardt said that there will likely be a review of the curriculum next year or the year after. (0) comments

by Jaimie Siegle, Contributing Writer, jsiegle@smu.edu

When first-year student Andi French visited JuicyCampus.com, a gossip Web site about sororities, fraternities and student scandals related to Southern Methodist University, she found that her own name was part of the subject of a hurtful anonymous post: "those fat asses think they are the s***!!! just because the sigma chis are drunk enough to hookk up with themm. (0) comments

Major (Dr.) Jeffrey McNeil, a cardiothoracic surgeon, speaks about his experiences at the Air Force Theatre Hospital at Balad Airbase, one of the busiest trauma hospitals in Iraq. The event was sponsored by Alpha Epsilon Delta, the health preprofessional honor society. (0) comments