SMU’s Student Newspaper Makes CNN for Booze-and-Rape Op-Ed

It’s a touchy subject, booze and rape on college campuses. Emily Yoffe, Slate’s advice columnist, caught hell last month for suggesting that parents and universities need to do a better job warning students of the connection between binge drinking and sexual assault. Yoffe offered a measured argument that is backed…

Did Ford Name its Mustang after SMU’s Mascot?

It’s September 28, 1963, and the mood in the visitor’s locker room of Ann Arbor’s Michigan Stadium is somber. SMU’s undersized Mustang football players hang their heads, mourning their season-opening 27-16 defeat at the hands of the Wolverines. There are few words as the players prepare for the trip back…

After 91-0 Blowout, Aledo High Fends Off Bullying Charges

The Aledo High School Bearcats didn’t want to score 91 points over Fort Worth Western Hills on Friday night, nor did they intend to hold their opponent completely scoreless. When the team glanced at the scoreboard as time expired and discovered they’d done both those things, the pangs of remorse…

Science Scores a Victory in Fight Over Texas’ Biology Textbooks

When Texas’ State Board of Education convenes next month to adopt new biology textbooks, chairwoman Barbara Cargill will be disappointed. The Republican from The Woodlands is a staunch advocate of teaching “all sides of scientific explanations,” which is code for more Genesis and less Darwin. Yet none of the 14…