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COURTSIDE COVERAGE OF WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NCAA DALLAS REGIONAL - PAGE 5 TUESDAY VOLUME 92 MARCH 27, 2007 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY • DALLAS, TEXAS • SMUDAILYCAMPUS.COM WEATHER ByMarkNorris disappointment with the judge's decision in a bankruptcy filings and other legal maneuvers. Vodicka also hopes to have the case heard Editor in Chief Saturday article in the Dallas Morning News. The issue at stake in the case is breach of fi before a 12-panel jury. [email protected] The move brings the case back to the front of duciary duty, according to Vodicka. He said that According to the Morning News story, SMU the Bush Library debate, as some are saying that SMU conspired with its employees and certain plans to file for summary judgment. The univer A federal judge has sent Gary Vodicka's law it is delaying the acquisition of the complex. tenants in University Gardens to rent and even sity made a similar request in the first phase of the suit against SMU back to a state district court. Vodicka said he does not believe that is true and tually gain control of the complex. case, which was resolved in late December 2006. The move came after Vodicka asked the case be that a choice was made long ago. Vodicka said the remand would allow him to The decision allowed SMU to evict Vodicka from TODAY remanded because he dropped federal racketeer Vodicka sued SMU in August 2005 saying the have additional time to put together a case dur his condo and begin demolishing the property. High 75, Low 64 ing charges against the university. university defrauded him and intimidated oth ing the discovery period of the trial. He said SMU That case is currently in the Fifth Circuit TOMORROW "It's good for us," Vodicka said of the decision. ers out of the University Gardens condominium was trying toforce the case to trial at a rapid pace, Court Of Appeals in New Orleans. Vodicka said High 81, Low 64 The Daily Campus was unable to get a comment complex. which gave him limited time to gather informa he did not expect any significant action in the from SMU representatives after multiple at The case has been bouncing between state tion. case for a while. The court is just now deciding tempts Monday, but representatives expressed and federal courts since then due to a series of "Now that won't happen," he said. on cases from the end of 2005, he said. WHAT'S INSIDE THE MIX Students can A different kind of addiction. Page 2. SPORTS ' By Natalie Gill Women's tennis defeats Rice. Contributing Writer Page 4. [email protected] OPINION SMU parent Judy Reitmeier has always known that SMU is an expensive university. What she didn't know is that she would Professor defends council's morals. also be held financially accountable for whatever her daughter purchases with her student charge. Page6. "I had no idea she even had an iPod until Christmas break," said Reitmeier. "When I asked how she got it, 1 didn't know she was ENTERTAINMENT going to say 'from you and dad'... 1 never saw it on the credit card bill, and thought that 'Computer Corner' was the place she took Modest Mouse's new album subpar. her computer to get fixed." Page 7. It isn't difficult for SMU students on a budget to get what they want, not just what they need. Thanks to "student charge," one of the only things between you and the new Xbox 360 is your conscience, because unless they refuse to pay any holds on your TODAY'S QUOTE account, Mom and Dad can't stop you from charging it home. There are two types of bills Student Financials sends out to par ents. The first is for the student account, which is usually sent once 'Universities have the 'three Rs,' a semester.This includes things like tuition, parking pass, meal plan, reading, writing and arithmetic, student housing, yearbook and student fees (which everyone must but we don't have 'fourth R,' pay for overall campus upkeep). The other bill is for miscellaneous rights." charges, which is sent when students get a parking ticket, charge Professor Rick Halperin, Page 1. something, or when there was a problem receiving payment for the student account like a late fee and a fine is imposed. When that second or third bill comes, what happens if your parents want to know exactly what you charged? According to student account specialist Paola Sotomayor, if they call Student Financials they are out of luck. The item or service which was Photo by James Bilowus, The Daily Campus charged doesn't get sent to the financials office. In order to figure The SMU Cheerleading squad previews its competition routine Sunday at the Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports. GOOD TO KNOW SEE "COMPANIES" ON PAGE 3 Economist Steve Levitt will speak today at the Turner on campus -Construction Student Forum at 4:30 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg By A. Neely Eisenstein 25 and 30,5' 7" tall and about150 pounds. He wore a black hooded The police officer told her that he thought the suspects had Ballroom. He will also spteak at the Managing Editor sweatshirt with the hood up. followed the victim from Pizza Hut because delivery people tend Tate Lecture at 8 p.m. in McFarlin [email protected] The driver of the SUV is believed to be a white male also be to carry a significant amount of cash. Auditorium.* tween the ages of 25 and 30. His hair was brown and the style was A crime alert was posted to the SMU police department Web site The second aggravated robbery this month occurred Sunday described as a buzz cut. and flyers were distributed throughout campus Monday afternoon a block away from Moody Coliseum. A woman was delivering a A female student (who will remain nameless due to the fact in an effort to notify the SMU community. pizza to an apartment at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. According to a police that the investigation is still open) ordered a pizza from Pizza Hut The SMU student said that putting up posters is a good idea but report, a man approached her with a gun and demanded money on Sunday afternoon. The victim, who is not affiliated with SMU, students "sort of have to lQok for them." as she returned to her vehicle. The victim handed over her money was delivering the pizza to the Binkley apartments. "When you're busy and not looking around, it's easy to miss and was then told to walk toward the apartments. The suspect ran "1 live alone and the last thing I would ever think to happen is them," she said. east on Binkley Avenue, where a white SUV was waiting for him. someone getting robbed where I live," said the SMU student who The victims involved in both crime alerts this month have been According to a witness, the suspect got in the vehicle and the did not realize what had happened until Monday when an SMU female, and both women were held at gunpoint. The crime alerts driver left the scene. The SUV was last seen heading south on police officer arrived at her home to question her. can be viewed in their entirety at smu.edu/pd. Dublin Street. "The police officer who interviewed me was very casual about If you have any information regarding either crime, contact the The robber was described as a black male between the ages of it," said the female student. SMU police department at (214) 768-3388. Human rights minor created WFAA image was UD model By Caitlin Booket is "to educate and train future generations of hu Contributing Writer man rights advocates and responsible citizens of ByMarkNorris [email protected] >- the worki. .The.-goal of the program is to promote •, , Editor in Chief -. all of the rights (civil, political, social, cultural and - - [email protected] * In December 2005, Lauren Embrey and her two economic) enshrined in the Universal Declaration sons, Lindsay and Jeffrey, visited various Holocaust of Human Rights by providing an interdisciplinary An image that was purported to be the design for George W. Bush Presidential Li sites in Poland on the 10-day SMU Human Rights human rights curriculum, supporting human rights brary is actually the University of Dallas' model for their failed bid for the complex. Travel tour. Moved by the honor of the concentration research and travel and offering internships, seminars It was unveiled to the public at a January news conference announcing the school's IRAN SOFTENS camps, Lauren said she realized that students were not and conferences relating to human rights themes." withdrawal from the library race. STANCE ON learning enough about human rights in school. She According to Halperin, "the mission statement of An image of the complex appeared in a story dated March 14 about the Methodist BRITISH SAILORS and her sister, Gayle, contacted SMU about funding SMU is to produce student citizens to get into this Church's approval to lease land for the library project. a human rights education for students and the SMU world and to lead the world. What better usage of a Officials from WFAA told SMU Thursday that the image would be removed or the TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran said community. university degree could there bethan to produce lead correct caption inserted, but as of Monday night neither had been done. Monday it was questioning 15 The SMU Human Rights Education Program, cre ers to bring about a better world with human rights Credit for the image is given to The Dallas Morning News as a file photo.