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8th Annual Gingerbread Stroll On View Through November 30

SMU BubbleLife iReporter 11/15 9:00A Kristi Bare

The Gingerbread Stroll, presented by Allie Beth Allman & Associates, will celebrate eight years this holiday season with its annual exhibition and silent auction of gingerbread houses created by some...

Aging Mind Foundation Hosts 2nd Annual Brews, Bites and Brain Research

SMU BubbleLife iReporter 11/15 4:50A Mary Jane Coker

Katy Trail Ice House and Aging Mind Foundation teamed up for the second year to raise funds for brain research, in hopes of finding a cause for Alzheimers and other dementias. The casual to-do kicked...

When Is It Too Cold to Leave Your Furry Friends Outside?

SMU BubbleLife iReporter 11/14 9:00A Riley Heruska

Generally, Texans don't have to worry too much about plunging temperatures during the winter, but this recent cold front has some North Texans bringing their pups inside for fear of things like...

SMU helps propel Dallas to new status as ‘booming’ college town

CultureMap Dallas 11/14 3:34A John Egan

When you think of college towns in Texas, Austin, College Station, and Lubbock almost immediately come to mind. However, Dallas holds its own in the college- town crowd. In fact, the city of Dallas --...

Charity Brings Smiles to Young Cancer Fighters

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth 11/14 1:31A KATY BLAKEY

The Move for Miles Foundation is Wednesday's Tell Me Something Good. The charity hosted a field day at Southern Methodist University, where more than 100 student athletes came...

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How an SMU dinosaur hunter's 72-million-year-old sea monster got to the Smithsonian

Dallas Morning News (Golf) 11/14 5:00A Anna Kuchment

We've vastly underestimated the size of the human smuggling trade

Dallas Morning News (Golf) 11/3 8:00P Rob Curran

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SMU tops Western Carolina in wire-to-wire effort

The Daily Campus (Student Newspaper) 11/14 5:45P Phil Mayer

SMU improved to 2-1 on the season.

Speaker Series with Michael E. Gerber

The Daily Campus (Student Newspaper) 11/14 11:20A Katie Heikkinen

Best-selling business author comes to Dallas

The future is clear at the Dallas Psychic Fair

The Daily Campus (Student Newspaper) 11/13 6:25P Kristen Romano

Over 60 spiritual readers and vendors offered supernatural services at the Dallas Psychic Fair on Nov. 9 at the Dallas Events Center.

Indian Student Association 2018 Diwali celebration lit up Friday night

The Daily Campus (Student Newspaper) 11/13 9:04A Lauren Lehner

SMU's India Student Association celebrated Diwali with dancing, live entertainment and music.

Diwali: The Festival of Lights

The Daily Campus (Student Newspaper) 11/13 8:52A Sriya Reddy

Here's what you need to know about Diwali, the Festival of Lights

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Avoid Getting Sick Over the Holidays With These 5 Tips

SMU BubbleLife iReporter 11/15 6:00A Riley Heruska

Although flu activity has been relatively low in Texas so far, we all know that diseases spread when we spend more time in airports and group gatherings. If you want to avoid catching a nasty bug at...

What's ahead after the midterm elections

FOX Dallas-Fort Worth (Good Day) 11/11 2:36A

From the election recount in Florida to the potential of President Trump and the democrats compromising senior fellow at SMU Victoria Farrar-Myers shares her thoughts on...

Jeff Engel on Jeff Sessions, CNN reporter

FOX Dallas-Fort Worth (Good Day) 11/8 4:23A

There is another high-level shakeup in the Trump administration and that may create new trouble for the White House. Dr. Jeff Engel from the SMU Center for Presidential...

According to This Study, Texas Ranks in the Top 10 Fattest States in America

SMU BubbleLife iReporter 11/6 10:00A Riley Heruska

Before you go for that third slice of pie, you might want to pay attention to this newfound data from WalletHub. The site took all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, and graded each on a...

Profession: Trump will be on most voters' minds

FOX Dallas-Fort Worth (Good Day) 11/6 1:27A

About 70 percent of voters in a new survey said President Trump will be on their minds when they vote. SMU political science professor Cal Jillson joins Good Day to talk about...

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Going to a cafeteria for turkey? Make it one of America’s best

DFW.com Chowtown 11/14 3:31A By Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegr

If you can’t make it home for Thanksgiving, you can take it home. The Highland Park Cafeteria, Dallas’ 93-year-old gold-standard of Southern cooking, offers both take-home...

NYC Falafel Institution Shutters After Less Than a Year

Eater Dallas 11/13 3:00A Amy McCarthy

Plus, Celebration Restaurant will live on after the death of its owner — Celebration Restaurant will close on November 19 so that employees of the restaurant can attend the funeral of its late owner,...

Mot Hai Ba Is Apparently Dallas’s New Celebrity Dining Hotspot

Eater Dallas 11/12 3:00A Amy McCarthy

Aziz Ansari hits the East Dallas fave, plus more Dallas dining intel — While in town to perform at Grand Prairie’s Verizon Theatre, comedian Aziz Ansari became the second celebrity to hit East Dallas...

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