A perfectly off-beat watch list for an absurd holiday season
Here is a watch-list curated specifically to squash any lingering holiday spirit during your quarantine. These picks are bizarre, dark, and somehow perfect for our current cultural moment.
Author: Michelle Aslam
Insufficient Evidence: Victims Accuse SMU of Mishandling Campus Sexual Assault
Students are often encouraged to report sexual assault to university officials, but what happens after that?
A Low-Income Freshman Beat the Odds to Attend SMU, Now She’s Desperately Crowd-Funding to Remain Next Semester
Freshman Minseo Kim created a fundraiser to remain enrolled at the university.
SUBMISSIONS OPEN: Send Us Your Scary Stories
We’re looking for some spooky student work to publish…
Students Stress BLM March Should Send a Message To SMU: ‘We Are Going to Challenge You’
Hundreds from the SMU and nearby community gathered on campus for a Black Lives Matter demonstration organized by Black students.
SMU Accused of Title IX Neglect Again– This Time in Federal Court
A federal lawsuit alleges SMU mishandled a campus sexual assault investigation involving a football player last year.
First Week Back: COVID Parties, Students Denied Testing, & Virtual Class Disasters as Cases Exceed 100
A week after undergraduates returned to campus for the fall semester, the community reflects on the efficacy of SMU’s testing protocols and procedures.
Over 100 Faculty Members: SMU’s Plan is “inconsistent with—and sometimes in direct contravention of—” CDC Guidance
Faculty members pen a letter to the Provost criticizing the newly released Fall 2020 Operations Plan.
SMU Faces Lawsuit: Online Semester is not what Students ‘bargained for’
The suit claims students are entitled to a partial tuition refund after approximately 59% of the spring 2020 semester went online.
Chad Wolf: The SMU Alum Behind Controversial Federal Response to Portland Protests
Chad Wolf graduated from SMU with a B.A. in history in 1998. Now, as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, Wolf is at the center of the federal response to racial justice protests in Portland.