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SMU's 'The Stix' took first place in the Raas category Saturday night and won $2,000 at the annual Raas Rave and Bhangra Blitz. The competition featured eight teams from across the nation and was sponsored by Program Council. (0) comments

For the second consecutive season, the SMU men and women's swim and dive teams are the Conference USA Champions. The women took first in the C-USA Championship while the men were victorious in the C-USA Invitational. Numerous Mustangs broke personal, pool and meet records as they swam to victory. (0) comments

by Evie Howard, Contributing Writer, ehoward@smu.edu

A year and a half after Hurricane Katrina rattled New Orleans, the city is still working to bring life back to its once-vibrant streets. The city that used to house millions during its annual Mardi Gras celebration was able to bring in only 700,000 tourists last Mardi Gras. (0) comments

by Erin Hagan, Contributing Writer, ehagan@smu.edu

SMU students and alumni climbers competed against climbing groups and individuals from the Dallas area, Oklahoma University, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, A&M Commerce, UT Dallas, Oklahoma State University and Tyler Junior College at SMU's Outdoor Adventure Center's Second Annual Pony Pulldown Climbing Competition on Saturday at the Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports. (0) comments

by Cate Biggs, Associate News Editor, cbiggs@smu.edu

SMU's Basketball Coach Matt Doherty sat proudly on the sidelines of another team's basketball game last Thursday night. He cheered and offered coaching expertise toward the end of the game. But he was not in his usual Moody Colleseum environment. Coach Doherty was on the sidelines of the Dedman Center rooting his Pi Kappa Alpha brothers on in their intramural basketball game versus Phi Gamma Delta. (1) comment

by Mark Norris, Editor In Chief, mnorris@smu.edu

The University of Mississippi renamed a building on campus Friday after former chancellor and current SMU President R. Gerald Turner. It is now known as the R. Gerald Turner Hall. The building houses the National Food Service Management Institute, one of six federally funded national centers established during Turner's 11-year tenure at Ole Miss. (0) comments