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SMU mechanical engineering professor Paul Krueger assists Alicia Villarreal, teacher at Bailey Middle School in Spring, Texas, with her Estes Alpha III rocket at Burleson Park on Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, as part of a training event aimed at familiarizing middle school teachers with a new curriculum developed by The Infinity Project, a program of the Caruth Institute for Engineering Education at the SMU School of Engineering. (0) comments

by Jordan Hofeditz, Editor in Chief, jhofedit@smu.edu

First it was a new football coach, then it was new uniforms, and now the Mustangs have added another change to the list: the quarterback. For the first time in two seasons it looks like Justin Willis will not be the opening day starter for SMU. True freshmen Bo Levi Mitchell and Braden Smith are at the top of head coach June Jones' depth chart. (0) comments

by John Coleman, Associate News Editor, jpcolema@smu.edu

The technique, the hard work, and the passion all started at four years old for a tap dancing Chris Jarosz. Seventeen years later, now a senior dance major at SMU, Jarosz put his skills to the test and was vindicated as one of the top 20 young dancers in the nation on the Fox network's summer reality show "So You Think You Can Dance". (0) comments

by Meredith Shamburger, News Editor, mshamburge@smu.edu

SMU's campus in Taos is getting a makeover. SMU will use a $4 million gift from former Texas Governor William P. Clements, Jr. and his wife, as well as $900,000 from other donors to make the New Mexico campus useable in all seasons. The campus is currently only open in summer because it is not equipped for cold weather. (0) comments

by Meredith Shamburger, News Editor, mshamburge@smu.edu

Delegates of the United Methodist Church's South Central Jurisdictional Conference voted not to block the lease of land near SMU for the George W. Bush Presidential Library on July 17. The next day a delegate, Jeannie Trevino-Teddlie, appealed the decision. (0) comments