No. 5 Pitt tops No. 11 SMU in back-and-forth battle

The Daily Campus News 9/26 5:30A Bridget O'Connor, Opinion Editor

The No. 5 Pitt Panthers came out on top in a 3-2 neck-and-neck battle against the No. 11 SMU Mustangs on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at Moody Coliseum. SMU entered the match looking to secure back-to-back wins over the Panthers, while Pitt came in hungry...

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The Daily Campus News 9/24 3:30A Grace Bair, News Editor

Editor s Note: This story originally appeared in the spring 2025 print edition of The Daily Campus. SMU students fear for the presence of affinity groups like the Association of Black Students (ABS) and the League of United Latin American...

Who is President Hartzell?

The Daily Campus News 9/22 5:18A Darcy Bass, Managing Editor

You’ve seen him on the SMU Boulevard, maybe on a billboard by Cafe Brazil on N. Central Expressway or perhaps a hype video on the @smudallas Instagram. SMU’s 11th president, Dr. Jay Hartzell, is...

SMU’s first Tate Lecture tackles political violence, economic challenges

The Daily Campus News 9/22 3:00A Mary Moses, Contributor

SMU kicked off its first Tate Lecture of the year on Tuesday, Sept. 16. The event featured Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor in chief of “The Economist” ; writer and historian Jon Meacham; and journalist and political commentator Fareed Zakaria, who...

From campus to big screen: SMU’s Fall 2025 Film Showcase captivates audiences

The Daily Campus News 9/19 10:35A Jenna Carnine, General Assignmen

SMU’s Film and Media Arts program hosted its Fall 2025 Student Showcase on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at the Angelika Theater. Walking into the theater, the energy filled the venue with excitement and anticipation. Student producers eagerly waited to...

CBP officers at Florida airport discover human skull and bones in luggage, passenger claims ritual...

CBS Dallas-Fort Worth 9/19 8:47A Sergio Candido

What began as a routine baggage check at Tampa International Airport ended with U.S. customs officers unwrapping something far darker a foil-wrapped bundle of bones, including part of a human skull....

Chris Young’s journey from prison to SMU

The Daily Campus News 9/18 6:00A Olivia Henshaw, Copy Editor

As a child, Christopher Young s boundless imagination and insatiable curiosity allowed him to see the world not just as it was but as it could be. Whether reading challenging books or getting lost in fairytales, his ingenuity offered him refuge...

SMU fans enjoy early screening of ‘Thunder On’

The Daily Campus News 9/18 3:30A Dean Ralsky, General Assignment

Mustang Nation filled Moody Coliseum on Friday, Sept. 12, for an advance screening of “Thunder On”, SMU’s new documentary chronicling the program’s rise from the NCAA “death penalty” to competing on college sports’ biggest stage. The film will...

SMU’s National Pan-Hellenic Council kicks off NPHC Week: Louder and Prouder

The Daily Campus Arts & Culture 9/16 12:15P Syra Castillo, General Assignmen

SMU’s National Pan-Hellenic Council has kicked off its “NPHC Week Louder and Prouder” this Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, through Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. NPHC Week aims to educate SMU students about the history and traditions of the nine historically...

SMU SCIE starts Hispanic Heritage Month with a bang

The Daily Campus Arts & Culture 9/16 8:49A Natalie Lopez, Contributor

Hispanic Heritage Month began Monday, Sept. 15, and SMU’s Office of Social Change and Intercultural Engagement marked the occasion with a spread of traditional Hispanic food and a performance from Mariachi San Antonio DFW. At noon, SMU students...

SMU Faculty Senate Debates Federal Research Mandates, Tenure Concerns

The Daily Campus News 9/16 5:00A Mary Moses, Contributor

SMU faculty met for their first regularly scheduled senate meeting of the 2025-26 school year on Wednesday, Sept. 3. The meeting began with introductions of the many new senators joining the senate and a recap of the minutes from last year’s...

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Liberty in North Korea advocacy fellows speak at SMU

The Daily Campus Arts & Culture 9/15 10:00A Olivia Henshaw, Copy Editor

Students gathered at SMU on Sept. 9 to hear firsthand accounts from North Korean refugees and advocacy fellows with Liberty in North Korea (LiNK), a nonprofit dedicated to human rights and refugee resettlement. Founded in 2004, a group of college...

SMU students react to the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

The Daily Campus News 9/13 8:49A Neely Davis and Tolu Oyesanya

Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), was fatally shot on Wednesday, Sept. 10, during a campus event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The shooting occurred 20 minutes into Kirk’s...

Chris Brown’s return to Dallas

The Daily Campus News 9/12 5:40A Darcy Bass, Managing Editor

On Wednesday, July 30, Chris Brown arrived in Miami for the first show of the Breezy Bowl XX US tour. After touring the East Coast, Brown performed at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Sept. 2 and 3. In Feb. 2023, Brown allegedly attacked...