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SPEAKING FROM THE HEART “The truth may be very unattractive, but we need to have the truth. We need it fully, not partially. And now I’m able to say that,” said former President Starr in an interview with the Lariat.

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Task forces address Pepper Hamilton report

Staff Writer Baylor officially cut all ties with Judge Ken Starr on Friday morning. “Effective today, Judge Ken Starr will be leaving his faculty status and tenure at Baylor University’s Law School,” the statement read. “The mutually agreed separation comes with the greatest respect and love Judge Starr has for Baylor and with Baylor’s recognition and appreciation for Judge Starr’s many contributions to Baylor.” Judge Starr became Baylor’s 14th President in June 2010. The Baylor Board of Regents removed Judge Starr from his role as Baylor President on May 26 following the conclusion of the Pepper Hamilton report on Baylor’s previous handling of sexual assault cases. At the time, Baylor Media Communications said he would remain chancellor and law professor. On June 2, Starr resigned as chancellor citing the need for transparency within the Baylor Administration. Until Friday he remained a tenured professor at Baylor

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STARR’S FINAL RUN Former President Starr running the Line alongside Bruiser during the 2015-16 football season.

University’s Law School and Louise L. Morrison Chair of Constitutional Law at Baylor Law School. “Baylor wishes Judge Ken Starr well in his future endeavors,” Baylor Media Communications included in their statement. “Judge Starr expresses his thanks to the Baylor family for the opportunity to serve as president and chancellor and is grateful for his time with the

exceptional students of Baylor University who will lead and serve around the world.” The Lariat sat down with Judge Starr to discuss his decision to resign as Chancellor on June 2.

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In the wake of the external investigation conducted by Pepper Hamilton LLP over Baylor University’s conduct regarding alleged sexual violence, the university created two task forces: the Sexual Assault Task Force and the Spiritual Life and Character Formation Task Force. The task forces were formed to help implement 105 recommendations made by Pepper Hamilton and to aid in continuing to create a safe, Christian community at Baylor. They are comprised of faculty, staff and students from various departments across the university.

Sexual Assault Task Force The Sexual Assault Task Force, headed by Reagan Ramsower, Ph.D., senior vice president and chief operating officer in Baylor’s department of finance and administration, was Task force teams >>> Page A7

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Campus parking changes to address traffic issues ETHAN FREIJE Staff Writer Baylor Parking and Transportation Services recently introduced new regulations that give faculty and staff exclusive access to the interior parking lots on campus. In exchange students will have increased parking in the Speight Parking Garage. An email sent by Student Life detailed the new guidelines: “To improve traffic flow around the busy pedestrian crossing at Third Street and Speight Avenue by the Foster Campus and East Village, student parking in this area has been relocated into the Speight Parking Garage.” Students may no longer park in the Sid Richardson Building, Glennis McCrary Music Building or Russel Gymnasium lots due to the amount of traffic it creates in the area. “The pedestrian crossing where Third and Speight intersect was not ideal, and so it became a point of

concern for the Department of Public Safety,” said Matt Penney, director of Parking & Transportation Services. “Those meetings led to conversations about ‘should Third Street be closed down?’” By giving these interior campus parking spots to faculty and staff, Penney said he expects less traffic and, thus, increased safety in these areas. “Faculty and staff parking is more predictable; they show up in the morning and usually leave around 5 o’clock. Student schedules vary a lot more. That plays into trying to control and predict the traffic,” Penney said. These changes will only affect students with a “FLEX” permit, which costs $350 and allows for parking in a variety of locations across campus. For students looking for a more affordable way to park near campus, Baylor has introduced the “Ferrell Permit” for $50. This option allows for parking at the Ferrell Center Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30

p.m. In addition, students also need to be this permit allows aware of Baylor’s gamestudents to park in day parking rules. faculty and staff lots Dutton and Speight three times during parking garages will the year without close at 6 p.m. on Fridays penalty. before a Saturday home “I think it’s a game. According to good value for Baylor’s website, any students. [The Ferrell cars parked here after 6 Center] represents p.m. will be towed. about 20 percent of Other areas of our total parking campus, however, may inventory. If we can be utilized: At 3 p.m. Liesje Powers | Photo Editor get 400 people on Fridays, students to use the with a parking permit Ferrell parking lot, that will change the can park in the East Campus Parking dynamic of parking on campus.” Garage as well as all faculty and visitor Students parking at the Ferrell lots on campus. Center can then take an express bus For the first home football game, to campus. The bus will run every 10 which takes place on Sept. 2, the minutes, and will make stops at the same rules will apply for East Campus Baylor Sciences Building, Paul L. Foster and Dutton garages by shifting the Campus for Business and Innovation respective times back one day to and McCrary Music Building. Thursday. The Speight garage will close With football season on its way, at 1 p.m. on Friday. © 2016 Baylor University

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STARR’S FINAL RUN Former President Starr running the Line alongside Bruiser during the 2015-16 football season.

exceptional students of Baylor University who will lead and serve around the world.” The Lariat sat down with Judge Starr to discuss his decision to resign as Chancellor on June 2.

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News TASK FORCE TEAMS from Page 1 designed to implement the administrative and structural changes recommended by the Pepper Hamilton report. The task force is comprised of 79 individuals and is divided into 13 implementation teams. It meets weekly to discuss progress, goals and strategies. Ramsower said the Sexual Assault Task Force teams are dynamic and were designed with efficiency in mind. The teams were created to complete the recommendations as quickly and accurately as possible. At this point, 74 of the 105 recommendations are ongoing or have been completed. “The idea is that it’s not intended to last for a year or a long period of time,” Ramsower said, “It’s intended to address the recommendations, act as quickly and as effectively as you can on the recommendations, implement those recommendations and then move on.” Ramsower said the teams were based around groups into which the recommendations were divided and some of the teams will remain in action longer than others. For example, before the report was released, a team in 2015 worked to establish and revise Title IX policy and will continue to work to improve it. “The Title IX policy at this moment is being revised, and we’re hoping to get that complete by Aug. 22,” said Brandyn Hicks, Baylor’s director of special projects and initiatives and a former assistant district attorney who prosecuted several sexual assault cases. “Pepper Hamilton is assisting the university in revising the policy and making certain that it’s reflective of the current Department of Education guidance, Office of Civil Rights guidance, and ensuring that we’re doing the right thing.” Ramsower said the team will gauge success not only by completion of Pepper Hamilton’s recommendations, but also by evaluating the culture and climate at Baylor through feedback from climate surveys. The surveys will help identify if changes have been made and if the issues present in the Baylor community have been addressed. In addition, the surveys will determine how to address broader issues such as racism and sexism. “Success is when a victim — a survivor

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— of sexual assault can come forward to the university, to anyone, and feel comfortable addressing it with that individual and feel confident that the university is going to take those allegations seriously and investigate in a manner that is consistent with federal law,” Hicks said. Students are encouraged to submit anonymous observations, input and feedback through a form on the task force website. Ramsower said the team is collecting and reviewing the input weekly. “I would challenge the student body to have courage to speak into this process and not to fear something might happen if they do,” Ramsower said “... because if we’re not courageous and participating, you’re not going to make a difference.”

Spiritual Life and Character Formation Task Force While the Sexual Assault Task Force is focused on immediate change, its counterpart, the Spiritual Life and Character Formation Task Force, is focused on longterm, ongoing change and communitybuilding. The Spiritual Life and Character Formation Task Force, led by executive vice president and provost Greg Jones, Ph.D., aims to increase collaboration and community across campus and aid in creating a character-driven, Christ-centered culture within Baylor and the surrounding community. “We want to look both at specific ways that we can take some action this fall to improve coordination, to build on things that are happening on campus that already work and to help spread that,” Jones

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said. “(We also want) to ask some bigger questions about things we might do over several years that might improve the ways we think about what it means to help students form healthy spiritual, mental and emotional lives.” Jones said the task force’s first objective was to study how students across campus connect, as well as how the campus connects with outside churches and organizations across Waco. By doing this, the task force hopes to effectively build onto existing programs and discover places where new programs are needed. “We hope that we’ll be able to build on some strengths, and then we’ll be able to better coordinate activities among people who are doing good things,” Jones said. “And then we’ll also be able to develop some new initiatives that will address gaps that we discover.” The task force will gauge its success by surveying students to see if they perceive more campus-wide coordination, as well as using both qualitative and quantitative instruments to evaluate if the task force is effectively helping students with character and spiritual formation, Jones said. While students may not join the task force, they are encouraged to give feedback and input either through the anonymous online form or by speaking with task force members such as university chaplain Burt Burleson, director of new student programs Elisa Dunman, vice president of student life Kevin Jackson, or assistant athletics director for student athlete personal development Tierra Barber. Students may also speak with faculty-in-residence at the Baylor residence halls. “Baylor has taken seriously the ways in which we’ve fallen short,” Jones said. “At the same time, we also believe this is a really healthy culture and it’s going to be an even healthier culture as a result of the work of both task forces ... as we work on this, we hope to have a much stronger culture this fall — one that will benefit students for years to come. It’s a great school, and we need to celebrate all the good, even as we take corrective action in the ways that we’ve fallen short.”

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Looking to the future of Baylor The 2015-2016 academic year at Baylor University had its fill of disappointments, heartbreak and negative media attention. It seemed as though losing our two starting quarterbacks to injury was the biggest tragedy we’d face at the beginning of the fall semester. However, after an ESPN report brought to light some serious sexual assault allegations surrounding several members of the Baylor football team and the athletics program at large, the rest of the year was a collection of investigations and controversy. It seems impossible to move on from these blows to the school’s leadership, reputation and morale, but time doesn’t stand still. Baylor has taken the summer to give a facelift to the old Title IX system and the existing staff. We will see the result over time, but the changes have raised questions in the Baylor community, and some wonder if the school has truly done enough to combat the issue of sexual violence on campus. The future of Baylor transcends football and the struggles we’ve faced this past year. Our academics alone rank us among the top 100 U.S. universities in 2016, according to the U.S News and World Report, and student life revolves around a set of timehonored traditions such as the famous Baylor Line. This tradition helps Baylor bring in the best and the brightest of each generation. Some believe that former Baylor President and Chancellor Ken Starr and former football head coach Art Briles should not have been fired. Starr and Briles’ involvement in the cases last

year is inconclusive and up to speculation, but what the Executive Council saw were two incredibly influential men at Baylor failing to complete their duties to the school as a whole. Briles and Starr, as the faces of Baylor, were expected to uphold the values of the school and encourage students to follow those values. By not being forthcoming, they showed the students affected by this situation that a football season or a reputation is more important than people who live, work and study on Baylor’s campus. While these men weren’t solely responsible for obstructing the community’s views on the issue, allowing them to stay in powerful positions would only raise more questions about how far Baylor was willing to go in repairing the damages. Faulty leadership was not the only variable. Existing policies within the Title IX office allowed for reports to not be filed, students to be turned away from reporting a sexual assault and information to be hidden or not properly investigated when an incident occurred. Baylor hired a private law office from Philadelphia to look into the accusations after the allegations against the school came out. The Pepper Hamilton team came and spent the entire year sifting through documents and designing a restoration plan for the Baylor system. At the time, people were concerned about the secretive nature of the investigation and the fact that they would not release any information to the public. This did not instill confidence that all was well at Baylor. Many saw the choice

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to hire a private law firm as a method for Baylor to protect its image and anticipated receiving sparse updates. Contrary to popular belief, however, Pepper Hamilton did release information after the investigation was over. In several statements from the firm, a total of 105 reparations were suggested, outlining exactly how Baylor can improve the Title IX office and the process for investigating and addressing claims of sexual assault. Baylor has already implemented 74 out of the 105 suggestions, and as the semester progresses, it will continue to rebuild its system. Resources provided by Pepper Hamilton and the Baylor Title IX office are available on the Baylor website for students, parents and faculty interested in learning more. Many of the common arguments on Baylor’s approach to dealing with sexual violence have been addressed in recent months. Baylor has removed several key members of the Baylor staff besides the figureheads Starr and Briles. They have also completed a year-long investigation in which attorneys completely reformatted the way our Title IX office should run. Sexual assault is not a problem solely at Baylor, and it is time we stopped treating it as though we are now defined by our faults. Our school is continually working toward creating a better Baylor. Now it is time for the Baylor family to stop leaving it to those in authority and turn their attention to the future. We have all dreamed of changing the world, so why not start with Baylor?

I count it a tremendous privilege to welcome the more than 16,000 men and women who have come to Baylor University from across America and around the world to prepare academically, socially and spiritually for their future endeavors. Along your journeys, you will encounter exemplary faculty and staff who care deeply for you as individuals and challenge you to become all God intends you to be. I am honored to serve for a second time as Baylor’s interim president. “He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’” (Revelation 21:5a). This scripture, though talking about the end time, can certainly resonate with firsttime students who are facing a new journey. It may also strike a chord with many who are returning from summer activities to find changes on campus — changes you may have followed in the news. “New” does not always mean “new and improved” in our world, but if God is involved, it does get transformed into something better. Organizations sometimes need to reset their course, and this adjustment sometimes requires a change in leadership. Institutions are not perfect, and this summer, as Baylor came face-to-face with its failings related to the prevention, response and support of students who experienced sexual assault while in our care, the need for a change became evident. Over the summer, a large group of faculty and staff leaders joined forces to begin work on 105 recommendations resulting from the independent investigation initiated by the university last August. The investigation revealed an opportunity for improving the processes and systems designed for responding to complaints of sexual assault. These systems are in place to support a law called Title IX, which protects students from sex-based discrimination that impedes access to education. Included in this protection are acts of sex-based discrimination such as sexual assault or sexual violence. As an example, a student who has been sexually assaulted by a person in her class may feel unable to attend that class for fear of encountering the assaulter.

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The assault impedes her access to education, and, when reported to the university, we must take action under Title IX to help the assaulted student feel safe and have access to her classes and other support systems. Two executive-level task forces are overseeing work on these recommended improvements so that Baylor can become a standard bearer in Title IX compliance. Updates on our work in this area can be found at baylor. edu/rtsv/progress. I would like to share a few highlights of our progress this summer. Counseling Center • Baylor’s Counseling Center staff has doubled in size and a physical expansion is underway to bring the Center in line with the best universities in the country. • An after-hours crisis hotline (24-hour) is live and fully operational. • Session limits and co-pays for students utilizing the Counseling Center have been eliminated. Title IX Infrastructure • The staff of our Title IX Office has been expanded and the office is now one of the largest in the Big 12. Title IX Coordinator Patty Crawford also is working to plan for continuous training among students, faculty and staff and among those in the Title IX Office. • Policies and protocols related to Title IX have been revised and, among other changes to reflect best practices among Title IX offices, will specify amnesty for violations of the sexual conduct policy. Athletics • Jim Grobe was named interim head football coach. He is known as a great coach and a tower of integrity and his hiring was applauded nationally. • Following a national search, I named Mack Rhoades as vice president and director of Athletics. Rhoades comes to Baylor after serving as director of intercollegiate athletics for the University of Missouri. We are committed to striving for excellence in all that we do, in academics, teaching, research, spiritual formation and athletics. We look forward to a great year at Baylor in all of these areas. As often as possible, I eat lunch in the Penland Crossroads food court. I invite you to introduce yourself, and I would welcome your company as we break bread together. I value students’ perspectives on our life together at Baylor. I am grateful for your belief in the mission of Baylor University and encourage you to be a part of the new things God is doing in and through His people here.

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New positions aim to unify campus effectively meet Baylor’s academic contribute to this effort through priorities and serving as the primary evaluating resourcing decisions in connection between academic affairs light of Baylor’s distinctive mission as and administrative offices across the a Christian research university, as well This summer has been full of university. as through showing the community challenges for Baylor. Since the In addition to her formal that thoughtful people who are completion of the independent responsibilities, Berry committed and care Pepper Hamilton investigation of said she hopes to about both the school Baylor’s handling of sexual assault provide leadership and academic mission allegations, Baylor has taken action in developing hold such significant in attempts to adhere to the law financial structures positions. firm’s recommendations. However, and incentives that Darin H. Davis has the dark shadow of the sexual assault fuel innovative been appointed vice scandal continues to loom over the programming. She president for university university. The issues that have been intends to focus on mission. brought to light will not be dispelled long-term planning “The appointment in a couple of months. The shifts in that will connect the of Darin Davis, who administrative positions aim to aid in school’s framework has been so effective as the process of moving forward. with its strategic the leader of Baylor’s objective for the Institute for Faith and future as well as find Learning, will enhance Darin Davis creative ways for and strengthen the “We must all be a donors to invest in focus on our mission part of that effort the future. For example, introducing across the university,” Garland said in an academic program inclusive to a press release. and in enhancing our the diversity of the school while Davis’ role includes encouraging culture’s response and continuing to embody Baylor’s Baylor students, faculty, staff, prevention of sexual academic values. graduates and donors to see Baylor’s “I hope to play a small role in Christian mission as precious and assault.” providing trust and confidence worthy of the student body’s attention in these financial processes, and I every day and in every aspect of Michelle Berry | Vice President for Academic Operations and have many thoughtful colleagues university life. Strategic Finance committed to that same end,” Berry Davis is an assistant professor of said. christian philosophy and ethics as well Berry has been with Baylor for as the director of the Institute for Faith over five and a half years, working and Learning. He has earned degrees Leisje Powers | Photo Editor in numerous expanding roles in from multiple universities, including Along with the appointment of CHANGING FACES In the wake of the Pepper Hamilton report regarding the Office of the Executive Vice Baylor. In addition to the skills and Baylor University’s handling of sexual assault cases, Baylor has implemented interim Head Coach Jim Grobe and President and Provost. Her past roles knowledge he has gained from such shifts in several administrative positions with the hope of moving forward and interim President David Garland, have focused on serving as a liaison positions, Davis has thought of promoting change. Michelle Berry, Lori between Academic ideas in relation to Christian higher Baker, and Darin Davis Affairs and the education since his keep the mission’s flame of anthropology who specializes have been appointed to administrative offices graduate days at burning, according to in molecular and forensic analysis “help us build stronger on campus. The skills Baylor in the midthe press release. of skeletal remains. She has and strategic capabilities she has acquired and ’90s. He said he Lori E. Baker received degrees in anthropology in the Office of the relationships she has hopes to keep the has been appointed both at Baylor and the University Executive Vice President developed will allow flame of Baylor’s vice provost for of Tennessee. Baker is also the and Provost,” Executive her to reach both sacred mission strategic initiatives, founder and executive director of Vice President and the school’s and her burning in order collaborations and the International Consortium for Provost Greg Jones said personal goals with to pass the torch leadership development. Forensic Identification, Reuniting in a press release. her appointment as down to the next She is responsible for Families Project. Michelle Berry has vice president for generation. Through using Baylor’s academic The program recovers and been appointed vice academic operations this appointment, strengths across the identifies remains of undocumented president for academic and strategic finance. Davis and Baylor campus and creating immigrants who have died during operations and strategic “We must all be a are able to put a Michelle Berry opportunities for their attempts to enter the U.S. In finance. She said she part of that effort and greater focus on the Lori Baker Baylor’s faculty and addition to the program, Baker works is a proud graduate in enhancing our culture’s response university’s mission, deans to work together internationally to identify victims of of Baylor’s Hankamer School of and prevention of sexual assault,” which will move both the university and progress important initiatives, human rights violations. Through Business. Her responsibilities include Berry said. and its students forward from the specifically the health sciences. her efforts, she has brought closure to planning the means by which the Her appointment and new position recent sexual assault scandal and Baker is an associate professor families who have lost loved ones. university’s resources will be used to

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The lecture is free and open to the public, but tickets are required as seating is limited. Tickets will be available in the Bill Daniel Student Center Ticket office Sept. 12-23. For more information, visit www.baylor.edu/beall-russell. David McCullough has been widely acclaimed as a “master of the art of narrative history.” He is a twotime winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a two-time winner of the National Book Award, and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. His most recent book, the widely praised The Wright Brothers, rose to #1 on The New York Times bestseller list. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, also a #1 bestseller, according to critics is “dazzling,” …”history to be savored.” His work 1776 has been acclaimed “a classic,” while John Adams, published in 2001, remains one of the most praised and widely read biographies of all time. The citation accompanying his honorary degree from Yale states: “As an historian, he paints with words, giving us pictures of the American people that live, breathe, and above all, confront the fundamental issues of courage, achievement, and moral character.”

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Baylor alumnus 3-D prints tiny house GENESIS LARIN Assistant News Editor It seems that breakthroughs in technology occur almost every day. One of the latest technological breakthroughs has come from Baylor graduate Alex Le Roux. Baylor fans may remember him as a former cross country athlete. However, others have come to know him as the first person to 3-D print a house in America. Advances in 3-D printing have allowed for a variety of innovations within different sectors. In 2013, scientists at Princeton University created a bionic ear with the ability to pick up radio frequencies by using 3-D printing technology, according to an article by Princeton University. Le Roux has taken 3-D printing a step further by solely using a 3-D printer to build a livable space. Le Roux began his venture of 3-D printing at Baylor, where he tinkered with the 3-D printers available to the engineering majors. Although he was able to print small toys, the limitations of the printer soon bored him. “I wanted to print something more useful,” Le Roux said. After some time, Le Roux built his first printer, which measured a colossal 10 feet

by 10 feet. As the printer — along with his objectives — evolved, Le Roux realized he had the opportunity to print the first 3-D house in America and seized it. The process of printing the house is a “simple technique,” Le Roux said. He began with a 2-D design on a computer and stacked the designs on top of one another in order to raise it up. As one person kept an eye on the computer and printer, the other fed concrete into the printer, and in a mere 24 hours, the house was built. While Le Roux said his immediate goal is to print an up-to-code house in Austin with the hopes of capturing the attention of investors and scaling his company, his ultimate goal “is to try to automate construction as much as possible.” He envisions construction moving to an age where robot arms are doing the heavy lifting and dwellings are completed in the span of a couple of days. The tiny house industry has grown because of its simplistic nature. With the aid of Le Roux’s accomplishments, tiny houses will become more accessible and the industry will continue to grow. Currently, Le Roux is making revisions to his printer in order to improve its efficiency. “We have cool stuff coming out soon,” he said.

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TINY HOUSE Alex Le Roux’s 3-D printer created this simple but livable house in only 24 hours. The house stands on the wood platform that was part of the printer itself.

Regents set tuition, introduce new program RACHEL MOWER Staff Writer The Baylor University Board of Regents approved numerous initiatives at last month’s board meeting. Among other proposals, the board approved a new joint-degree program to be offered at George W. Truett Theological Seminary set undergraduate tuition for the 20172018 academic year with the lowest percentage increase in over 20 years and approved plans to move the university forward in the aftermath of an investigation by Pepper Hamilton LLC into the mishandling of the sexual assault cases by the university. Both Baylor administration and the Board of Regents are taking steps to facilitate changes based on the recommendations from Pepper Hamilton that aim to prove beneficial for the student body. The recommendations follow a year-long external investigation into the

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university’s mishandling of sexual assault cases. “The Task Forces have been steadily making progress on the recommendations we have adopted as mandates. Their work is moving forward on all fronts,” Baylor University Interim President David Garland said in a press release. The board also approved the creation of a new Executive Committee to help improve board effectiveness by clearly marking communication responsibilities, becoming more efficient in its oversight responsibilities and allowing more frequent interaction between university management and the board. The board also approved a new Master of

Divinity and Master of Science in Education/ Master of Arts joint-degree program. This new four-year program will link the resources, classes and personnel of the School of Education and Truett Seminary. “It is important to have a religious education concentration within the seminary because churches are in need of education ministers,” said Dr. Todd Still, dean of George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Truett used to have a concentration in religious education, but it is no longer offered. The School of Education once had courses in religious education, but the response to these courses was not sufficient to gain traction in past years. “We looked within our divisions and asked the question, ‘What are the needs of the congregations and schools that we are seeking to serve?’ As we did that, this joint-degree gained traction,” Still said.

At its most recent meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents also voted to increase the tuition for the fall 2017 and spring 2018 school year at the lowest percentage in over 20 years – 4.25 percent. “The board is fervently committed to nurturing an environment where academic rigor, spiritual life and character formation can flourish, but also one that provides access and affordability for families and their students who dream of pursuing a high-quality and distinctive Baylor degree,” Ronald D. Murff, chair of the Board of Regents, said in a press release. “The University is providing more financial assistance to students than at any other time in our history, and we are working hard to attract, retain and graduate young people who are guided by their faith and strengthened by their Baylor education to make a difference in our diverse world as global citizens and leaders.”

We look forward to seeing all freshmen and new transfer students at the It’s on Us BU Event. AUG.

22 to prevent. to intervene. to care.

When: Monday, August 22 Where: Ferrell Center Times: Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Event starts at 7:00 p.m.

Title IX Online Course Mandatory for All Students Because the University takes seriously the safety and wellbeing of students and prevention of interpersonal violence, all students are required to complete Baylor’s Title IX online course with a perfect score (100). The course, which will become available in Canvas after the 12th class day, must be completed before a student’s registration date in order to register for spring classes or apply to graduate. Registration holds may take 24 hours or longer to drop. Any technical issues with the course should be directed to the Help Desk (254) 710-4357.

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How to work creative Baylor graduates start podcast for artistic freelancers RACHEL MOWER Staff Writer Richard Ross and Jake Brown, freshly equipped with Baylor degrees, jumped into the creative field expecting their artistic skills to produce a profit. Unfortunately, it was not long before they epitomized starving artists. After a long learning process accompanied by plenty of mistakes, they now have successful jobs in the creative field. In addition to their creative work, Ross and Brown started making podcasts that offer tips and advice on what to do or, rather, what not to do when starting out in a creative field. Ross and Brown said they have a passion for helping others reach their fullest potential. They create weekly podcasts posted every Tuesday on their Working Creative website to help aspiring freelancers skip the mistakes they made when starting out. Both Ross and Brown graduated from Baylor University in 2013. Ross currently works as a video and photography producer, while Brown works as a film director. Ross said he learned a lot from obtaining his degree in theatre performance, but knew little to nothing on how to make a revenue with this knowledge. “I really remember the beginning when I didn’t know that much, and I remember how difficult it was. There were not that many resources or firsthand examples from people on how to run a freelance business,” Ross said. “We wanted to create a resource that we wish we had when we were starting out and that we wish we had when we were in school to provide knowledge of how to run a business, as well as firsthand experience on failure and things to avoid.” After graduating with a degree in film and digital media, Brown said he blindly jumped into the creative field without enough knowledge on how to utilize creative skills in a business setting. He said college, while important, does not teach everything one needs to know to succeed in business, especially in creative spaces. “I was never taught how to make money,”

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TRICKS OF THE TRADE The Working Creative podcast is hosted by Jake Brown (left) and Richard Ross. The artistic duo posts podcasts online every Tuesday, complete with tips and advice for freelancers starting out in the professional world.

Brown said. “When I had graduated, I really had no idea how to use my skills or degree or how to capitalize on it. Running a creative production company is very complicated.” Brown said everyone he knew who was just starting out in creative freelancing was struggling with similar things, regardless of whether or not they seemed to know what they were doing. “We wanted to start a conversation about how, in today’s modern social media age, everyone looks like they have it going on. People you look up to seem like they know exactly what they are doing and look like they are killing it,” Brown said. “Well, they’re not. We realized a lot of the people we look up to were struggling with the same things we do.” Brown and Ross said they are also well-aware that the freelancing community is growing at a rapid rate, which is why they feel it is so important to have a resource like their podcasts. According to the Freelancer’s Union, one

in three Americans, approximately 42 million people, work independently. The Freelancer’s Union predicts that by 2020, freelancers will make up 50 percent of the work force. Collegiate life can certainly be busy with heavy class loads and clubs, but Brown and Ross said they did not take advantage of the free time they had in college. They both said the biggest mistake they made was not doing creative work when they were still in college and emphasized the importance of having experience upon graduating. “What you have on your diploma in terms of the degree you’re pursuing isn’t as necessarily important today as it was back then. Experience oftentimes trumps whatever is written on your degree,” Ross said. “Get as much experience as you possibly can in school. Your education is very important and is a priority, but once you get out, if you have education coupled with experience, real world real job experience, you will increase your value that much more.”

Brown said college is the best time to take creative risks. “If you want to do this stuff for a living — photography, videos or graphic design —just start now. College is a great place to try things out and learn from experience. It’s also a place where it’s kind of a safety net for failure. You’re young, and there’s not that much on the line,” Brown said. Transitioning from being a college student to a business professional can be difficult, but Brown said he learned early on the importance of adapting to this change as quickly as possible. “You are running a business. It is not just you and your friends making movies anymore. You have to act and operate like a professional,” Brown said. “That was a learning process that took a couple of years. I made a lot of mistakes, but I feel like I have a grasp of it now.” Visit WorkingCreative.co to tune into the duo’s podcasts.

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Coffee, sweets and many more treats Downtown Waco gets a revamp RACHEL MOWER Staff Writer

Hey Sugar Hey Sugar Candy Store, located at 808 Austin Ave. in downtown Waco, has been making Waco a little bit sweeter since they opened their doors on May 30. Hey Sugar Candy Store offers a wide variety of sweets and treats including handmade chocolates, jelly beans, ice cream, hundreds of retro sodas and much more. Manager Ashley Majors and owner Kristin Brittan had an outpouring of support from their neighbors and downtown Waco during the opening. “Peoples’ reactions to our opening were what we anticipated and more. It was unbelievable when we opened the door. We did not expect the amount of people and customers that we got,” Manager Ashley Majors said. “We were beyond thrilled to see everyone, and it was so much fun. It was a packed house to say the least.” Majors said one of her favorite features of the shop is their large ice cream selection. Hey Sugar offers 30 different flavors of ice cream, including. “I am an ice cream girl. Every day, I don’t eat lunch and eat ice cream. I think that makes up for missing a cheeseburger,” Majors said. The old-fashioned sodas are Major’s favorite item that Hey Sugar offers because she thinks that their selection of retro sodas is truly unique. “We get our sodas from all over the nation,” Majors said. “We try to stock stuff you cannot find at H-E-B or your local gas station.” A unique flavor Hey Sugar offers is Big Red. “This bright red, cream soda-ish drink is beloved throughout Texas and the south for it’s sweet, bubbly properties. Some say it’s cream soda, some say Big Red is flavored like bubble gum. What we can tell you for sure: it’s really sweet…” an article by the Huffington Post said. Customers can order a Big

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Red float if one form of Big Red is not enough, which is a combination of the Big Red soda and ice cream. Major believes customers will especially love the store’s care packages, which can be delivered or picked up. She thinks they have the potential to be a big hit amongst Baylor students and their parents. “We make the packages with soda carriers and fill them with their favorite candy,” Majors said. “Parents can even order them over the phone to deliver to their children at school.” Waco sophomore Keelie Compton is excited that there is finally a candy shop that offers such a variety of candies in Waco. She thinks Hey Sugar is unique because there is nothing else like it in the city. “When I walked in, it wasn’t what I expected. When I heard about a new candy shop in Waco, I was expecting something small, but it was actually really big, and they had a ton of variety when it came to the candy,” Compton said. “It was really cool to see something like that in Waco.” Majors said the most rewarding part of managing is when she sees the joy that

Hey Sugar is bringing to the community. “My favorite part is the happiness, the smiles on everyone’s face when they walk inside and just all of the joy in the environment,” Majors said.

Pinewood Coffee Bar Two Baylor alumni, J.D. Beard and Dylan Washington, opened Pinewood Coffee Bar this summer in pursuit of sharing their specialty coffee with the Waco community. Located in downtown Waco at 927 Franklin Ave, Pinewood differs from most coffee shops in that they have a unique mission – to build relationships and make people feel at home. The name of the new coffee bar, Pinewood, was chosen because both Beard and Washington are from East Texas, which is sometimes nicknamed the Pine Curtain, due to the large amount of pine trees in the area. “Pine wood or pine trees has always felt like home to us,” Washington said. “We wanted

a name that would basically make us help people feel like they are at home. Our brand is all about being comfortable, being happy, and enjoying things.” Washington wants people to know that they truly care about each of their customers and love to see them every time they come in. “Our coffee bar is specifically designed for customer interaction,” Washington said. “Our mission is to have a barbershop kind of feel. We want you to feel like you can talk to your barista about anything.” In addition to having a customer-friendly atmosphere, Pinewood strives to have exceptional coffee. They take extensive measures to ensure that the cup of coffee customers receive is phenomenal. “The main thing about our coffee bar is that we were roasters first and then became baristas. We are different compared to other shops in Waco because we are connected with the coffee throughout its entire journey until it reaches you,” Washington said. “We buy green coffee beans from farms,

roast it ourselves, and then prepare it for you. I think that is a really special thing, that we are connected with that coffee throughout its entire journey until it reaches you.” Beard and Washington have both become deeply invested in their roasting process to produce highquality coffee. “Coffee quality is strictly related to its flavor and aroma developed during the roasting process, that, in their turn, depend on variety and origin, harvest and postharvest practices, and the time, temperature, and degree of roasting,” an article by the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry said. Joshua Modisette, Operations Director at The Foundry Coffee House, can vouch for the quality of Pinewood Roasters coffee. “We have carried a couple of their coffees. They had an Ethiopian coffee that was really fantastic. It was smooth and really well balanced. It had a pretty good berry note, but not citrusy, just really sweet. It was really good, we liked it a lot,” Modisette said. Since opening their doors this summer, Pinewood Coffee Bar has had a positive response

from the Waco community. “We’ve been really busy,” Washington said. “We’ve been told that the sales are supposed to be super slow in the summer but it hasn’t been slow for us at all; it’s only going to get busier.” Aside from being successful in terms of the number of customers they have had thus far, Pinewood has also seen great success in its original mission –– building relationships. “People come in and tell us all kinds of things,” Washington said. “Our biggest shareholders we have in this business are our customers. We will never think we are too good for them; we love chatting with them.”

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Sophomore twirls her way to victory BRADI MURPHY Arts & Life Editor San Antonio sophomore Caroline Carothers twirled her way across the stage and took her crown as Miss Texas 2016 this summer on July 2, 2016. Carother’s passion for baton twirling started at a young age. Her father was in the Air Force for 20 years, causing their family to move a lot. Each new town they went to, Carothers made sure there was twirling coach nearby, for she dreamed one day to be twirling for a major university. That dream came true her freshman year as she became a Baylor Golden Girl, the twirlers for the Golden Wave marching band. It was through twirling that Carothers learned about the opportunities Miss Texas

Photo Courtesy of Caroline Carothers Miss Texas Caroline Carothers won her Miss Texas Crown on July 2, 2016.

could offer. DaNae Couch, an old friend and Miss Texas 2012, shared with Carothers the amazing things Miss Texas gave her, such as scholarships,

getting plugged into the community, and having a voice for a topic that really mattered to her. “One of the things I love about Caroline is her wonderful sense of joy and compassion for other people,’ Couch said. ‘Every time I talk to her, I’m just so impressed that she can remain so optimistic and sunny and so warm and compassionate, I think that’s something that’s inspirational to me personally.” As an education major, Carothers plans to use her compassionate voice to be a middle school math teacher. She has always known she wanted to be in the classroom, and wanted to teach an age where she could make an impact on their future.

Current and form Baylor students offer their advice for incoming freshmen on our Twitter feed. The first day of class can be stressful, but these tips can make the upcoming freshman year a little easier. Freshmen year is the time where students from all over the world come together and experience all of Baylor’s amazing traditions together. From dinner at dining halls to running the line every home game, there is never a dull moment. Hear the tips from the ones who have experienced it first hand.

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Congratulations Official Baylor University Ring Recipients! The Official Baylor University Ring is a visible symbol of a graduate’s affiliation with other members of the Baylor family and demonstrates, wherever it is worn, a lifelong link with the University. The students listed below were presented with their rings during the Spring ring ceremony in May. Congratulations! HUNTER ABBE JESSICA ABRAHAM DAVID ACKERT JULIA ADAMS GARRETT ALBRACHT PETER ALEX MICHAEL ALEXANDER ALYSSA ALFARO JACOB ALLHANDS ALICIA ALVARADO LAUREN AMMERMAN HAILEE AMMONS JEREMY ANAYA STERLING ANDERSON PAYTEN ARTHUR MADISON ARTHUR VAYLOR AYALA CHRISTOPHER BABBINGTON LINDSEY BACQUE TYLER BARKE JOSHUA BARLOW CHRISTIAN BARRY JOEL BAXTER AUSTIN BERTRAND SCOTT BIEBAS ALEXANDRIA BISHOP LAURA BLANCHARD KELSEY BLOCKER LUCY BOE AVERI BOUD PAXTON BOYER CHRISTINA BOYETT AMY BOYLAN BRYAN BRIGGS VICTORIA BRIONES TY BROWN BRANDON BUCKALEW BENJAMIN BURKE JUSTIN BURKS PERI BURNS ALYNA CAESAR-AYURE KIMBERLY CAGLE JARED CALLENDER MATTHEW CAMPANICO JORDAN CAMPBELL JONATHAN CERVANTES GINGER CHANT TIMOTHY CHASSEN MARCUS CHEN JOHNNY CHOUA CORDELL CLARK TALIYAH CLARK EMILY CLEMENTS DAVID COLE MITCHELL COMPTON ZACHARY COMPTON KIMBERLY COOLIDGE REED COOPER ALLISON CORBETT PAIGE CORNELL BRACKEN COX GHEA COX KAYLA CULPEPPER WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM

ANDRE DAVIDSON CAROLINE DAVIES ANGEL DELGADO FELIPE DIAZ CRYSTAL DINH FELIPE DONALDSON II SHELBY DORF RAVEN DORSEY ASHLEY EARLE BRANDI EBBS BRANDON EDMONDS NATHAN ELEQUIN CALEB ELLISON MIRANDA EUBANK CORY EWING TRAVIS FERGASON NATALIE FERNANDEZ MICHAEL FERNANDEZ ANDREW FINK TRENT FLEENER CHANDLER FLOYD BRIA FORD MARCUS FRANKLIN FELICIA FRY MICAH GAMBLE JESSICA GARCIA JOSHUA GARLAND STEPHEN GENTZEL ANDREW GLICK MICAH GONZALES CAROLINE GONZALEZ DESTINY GONZALEZ CINDY GUNAWAN JUAN GUZMAN BLAKE HADLEY MARIAH HAMPTON MARK HAMRICK JAMES HAN IAN HANCOCK LLOYD HANCOCK KATIE HANNEGAN ELLENER HARPER MORGAN HASTING KELLI HEARNE ALLISON HEEFNER CARSEN HENRY AIDAN HERLONG KERI HERNANDEZ DAVID HERNANDEZ JOSE HERRERA HUNTER HEWELL AARYN HILL AARON HOCHER STEPHANIE HOFFMAN HEATH HOLLAND SAMUEL HONEYCUTT CASEY HOPKINS JACKSON HORNBEAK ALEX HOUFEWRIGHT DON’ETRICK HOUSTON HAYLEY HUNT NATHAN HUSSONG CHELSEY ISELT PRESTON JACKSON

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MICHAEL OWEN CHASE OXNER LUKE PAJER KRISTIN PAREDEZ KAITLIN PARK LINDSEY PARKER HANNAH PARKS ALEX PARSONS SAMANTHA PATON NICOLE PATTERSON NOLAN PAYTON MACKENZIE PEERY COURTNEY PENLAND SAMANTHA PEOPLES BRANDON PEREZ PRISCILA PEREZ JONATHAN PERMETTI JIM PICHON COLTON PING JUSTIN PLESCHA JACOB PLETT DANIELLE POHL RACHEL POPP HOYT PORTER WILLIAM POST SAMUEL PUTNAM ARCADIA RAMIREZ JULIO RAMIREZ AUSTIN READ JORDAN REID EMILY RENEER JESSICA REYNA DAVID RIDLEY JILLIAN ROBERTS TREVOR ROBINSON LUIS RODRIGUEZ JORDAN ROGERS HAYDON ROGERS KAITLYN ROLFSON VICTORIA ROSE HUNTER ROSS MADYSON RUSSELL BRIANNA SALINAS ANDRES SAPPER SARAH SCALES ALEXANDER SCHEEL WARNER SCOTT NATHAN SCOTT CHRISTOPHER SEALS ALEXANDER SEIBEL JONATHAN SEVERANCE ROBERT SHAJARI ANDREW SHARP KELSEY SHELTON LARYSSA SHIPLEY ROBERT SHIPP BRENT SHUMPERT JONATHAN SIKTBERG VICTOR SILGUERO RAVEN SMITH KEVIN SMITH AARON SMITH MORGAN SMITH DAVID SMITH

NATHANIEL SMITH MEAGAN SMITH ZACHARY SNIDER SOGAND SOLGI ALYSSA SOLIS NICOLE SONTHEIMER CODY SOTO TAYLOR SPARKS JONATHAN SPRAGUE JOHN STANFORD JESSICA STEPHENSON JOCELYN SUAREZ CAROLE SUMODOBILA PRESLEY TAYLOR PIA TAYLOR GARRETT TAYLOR BRYAN TEHRANI LANCE TERRY RACHEL TERRY JOB THIES BRIONNÉ THOMPSON SARAHI TIERRAFRIA JOHN TOHME JACKLYN TORREZ MANUEL TOVAR EDWARD TREVINO SARAH TROCKE CALEB TURNER HALEY TURPEN MEGAN VAN HORN BRANDON VASQUEZ IKEA VAUGHN JANEL VILLELA MORGAN VINKLAREK CAMPBELL VOLTMANN ALEXANDRA VRETTOS CAMERON WAGSTAFF LAUREN WALKER ROBERT WALLER PRESTON WALSH ALEXIS WALSTON YIHE WANG AN WANG GEN WANG MEREDITH WARD CAITLIN WARREN KYLE WATKINS ELESHA WEST BALEIGH WEST KATHERINE WHITE KASSIDY WILKERSON JACOB WILLIAMS CHELSEA WILLIAMS JENNIFER WILLIAMS BRIAN WILT ZACHARY WINTERROWD DENISE WISDOM RYNE WOODARD DEVAUGHN WOODYARD BEN WOOLLEY DARIEN WULF JINGYANG XU MATTHEW ZAHRZEWSKI ANGELA ZUNIGA

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RISING ENTREPRENEURS Leben Riebe and Brittany Barker work hand in hand in managing their boutique, Grae Apparel, inside Spice Village. They are at the store Monday through Friday to work alongside their employees.

Grae Apparel graces Waco Bradi Murphy A&L Editor Cousins Leben Riebe and Brittany Barker are moving up the ladder one step at a time with their successful business, Grae Apparel. Riebe and Barker envisioned owning a business from a young age. The two were always close growing up and pretended to have a business of their own while at their grandma’s house. Originally they began Grae as a hobby. Both were still in school pursuing their majors and had their own jobs. In 2007, when they first walked up the stairs of Spice Village, they were amazed at how unique it was. They loved the idea of opening a shop of their own and the fun challenges it would bring. “It was fairly easy for us, because we really put in a lot of effort and personal time. Every dollar that we made, we reinvested into the business and that

allowed us to grow,” Riebe said. They began selling western home décor in 2008 at Spice Village. Western home décor was not exactly their niche, but they enjoyed it as a starting point. In 2010, one of the clothing vendors moved out, and Grae Apparel was able to take over. “I get a lot of my clothes from Grae, because the items really stand and are always in style. They have a lot of iconic pieces; for example, when stripes came back in, they had a big variety of it. I also love that they’re such a good price,” Nacogdoches junior Allison Epps said. Riebe emphasized that he just wanted people to feel good when they put on clothes, or buy any of the items. Today, Grae is continuing to bring in revenue with its trendy apparel and accessories. Riebe and Barker plan to add more home décor and create a website again. The location of Grae has also helped its success. From the beginning there was a steady flow of customers shopping at Spice

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Village. However, the unique environment of Spice also brought a few obstacles. “One of the things that’s difficult about being in Spice is not just being labeled Spice, but becoming your own store,” Barker said. “But I do think we are overcoming some of that.” Riebe and Barker emphasized that they love Spice and the unique atmosphere it brings. They also emphasized that they love coming to work each day and figuring out what sells. They look forward to seeing what the new school year and football season will bring. “I miss the atmosphere of Baylor being here [during the summer],” Barker said. “Fall is my favorite and back to school is the best, because everybody comes back to town. I love how busy the store gets, and it’s just a fun thing.” Grae Apparel is located inside Spice Village on 213 Mary Ave.

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Welcome back, Bears Rachel Mower Staff Writer Incoming Baylor freshman and transfer students often do not just arrive with packed bags on Move-In Day, they also come with many worries and fears about the upcoming school year. Baylor hosts Welcome Week every year to help diminish these fears while allowing new students to form friendships and become acquainted with the campus. Tripp Purks, assistant director of New Student Programs, said he is excited about a new event happening during Welcome Week this year. “It’s called Festival at the Fountain,” Purks said. “It’s going to be really exciting for parents and students. It’s the first big event before smallgroup roundup.” The new event will bring students and their families together with music, photo booths and an array of vendors serving desserts up and down Fifth Street. “It’s never been done before, and we’ve never had this beautiful fountain to work with, so were hopeful that we can gather students and their families,” Purks said. Purks emphasized his eagerness for the new event and said he was “pumped.” Purks said one of the most memorable moments of Welcome Week is the spirit rally at Ferrell Center. New students gather together and participate in chants, cheers and sic ‘ems. “I always look forward to the spirit rally on Friday night,” Purks said. “There are not a lot of opportunities for all the students to have an event with the whole class just participating together and all in one place at the same time. It’s a really cool moment.” Purks said he believes the small groups the students are placed in during Welcome Week are the most important part of the program. They were created to help students transition to college life with more ease, providing them with a group of people they can build relationships with before classes begin. The small groups range from 12-18 people, depending on how big each new student group is. “It’s an amazing opportunity to go through all the really exciting Welcome Week events with a group of people who want to get to know

you and that you can start to build relationships with,” Purks said. “Each group has two upperclassman leaders who really want to build relationships with each of the new students and can also serve as a mentor for the new students even after school starts.” Purks said the Welcome Week facilitators put a lot of effort into making sure the new students feel comfortable. “Especially when we train our Welcome Week leaders, we really try our hardest to equip them to understand how to build relationships with all types of students,” Purks said. “We know when students come to college it’s a really crazy time — lots of nerves, hopes and fears swirling around for every student, no matter now ready they may look look for college.” Lott junior Elaina Graybill and a 2015 Welcome Week leader, also said she thought the small group environment helped make the new students feel more comfortable and at ease in the collegiate environment. “One day during small group time we told life stories while playing board games in my apartment,” Graybill said. “Everyone seemed to really enjoy opening up to each other.” Spring junior Kenna Provost, a 2015 Welcome Week leader said she took measures to make sure that the students in her group felt comfortable. “I gave them my phone number and email address and told them they could call or text me if they needed anything or if they had any questions,” Provost said. “We did icebreaker games, and the new students enjoyed finding out more about the other students in their group. It helped each student realize that they were not the only one feeling disoriented in college life.” Almost everything within the Welcome Week program is designed to give new students a chance to connect with others and form lasting relationships. “If a student can start college with a great group of friends, especially at Baylor, then they are going to be really ready to hit the ground running once class starts,” Purks said. “In the way, we do things relationally, we really do put a lot of stock in how we do that. The leaders serve as pillars for what we believe success in college looks like for students.”

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The Move 2 BU move in crew helps move Baylor freshmen into Memorial Residence Hall on Wednedsay morning. The movers worked through the pouring rain all morning.

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Baylor students volunteer to move in freshmen all across campus Wednesday and Thursday morning. Students move in teams and unload cars in a matter of seconds into Penland Residence Hall.

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Katy freshman Alfonzo Paz and Oceanside, Calif. senior David Hernandez take part in Thursday’s move-in. The two volunteered at Collins Residence Hall.

Pasadena freshman Jordan Shafer has her picture made in the Texana Residence Hall photo booth. The photo booth was created by the Texana community leaders.

Freshman Madeline Harris cools off with ehr handheld fan and a popsicle from Steel City Pops Thursday during ther Festival at the Fountain.

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Artesia, N.M. sophomore Nolan Chumbley, Fayetteville, Ark., sophomore Jeremy Mueller and Colleyville sophomore Trent Bradley help move new freshmen into their rooms in Penland Residence Hall.

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Sasche freshman Dejah Rogers prepares her Kona Ice snowcone at the Festival at the Fountain Thursday evening.

Students enjoyed Dr. Pepper floats as one of the many treats at Festival at the Fountain on Thursday evening.

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Freshmen students enjoy using the signs provided at Festival at the Fountain to commemorate their move to Baylor. Many families take photos with the signs on Rosenbalm Fountain on Fountain Mall.

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Friends hug after being reuinted at the Festival on the Fountain Thursday evening.

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Raleigh, N.C. sophomore Naomi Shaak and Springdale, Ariz., Sophomore Kayla Garibaldi enjoy popsicles from Steel City Pops and catch up at the Festival at the Fountain Thursday evening.

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San Marcos senior Anna Rivas and San Marcos freshman Laura Rivas enjoy delicious cookies filled with cream at the Freshman Festival at the Fountain on Thursday evening.

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Fiddling, dancing, and ... amishing? Baylor Theatre gears up for 2016-17 productions on stage. And so at one point if you work it right people will actually be able to see the painting coming to life,” Denman said. “Experiment with an Air Pump” will be showing in the Jones Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 - Nov. 12 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 12 and 13.

Bradi Murphy Arts & Life Editor Baylor Theatre has a very unique year coming up. Students can look forward to seeing some classic plays that are making their way to the Baylor stage for the first time this year.

Dancing at Laughnasa

Fiddler on the Roof

“Fiddler on the Roof ” is a classic musical that’s being performed for the first time at Baylor Theatre. The play’s setting is in Czarist Russia at the time of a political upheaval while the town is changing their social morals to believe that the Jewish settlement is lesser. It centers on the idea of being an alien in your own land. Viewers can expect to see the joys and tragedies that happen in this small Jewish settlement, particularly following one family: Tevye and his five daughters. “I’s just had a revival on Broadway that got great reviews and was nominated for a Tony, so it’s had this Experiment with an nice resurgence, so for our Air Pump audiences, it will be the first Chosen and directed time we’ve done it even though by graduate student Laura it’s a classic musical,” said Nicholas for her senior thesis, Lisa Denman, senior lecturer “An Experiment with an Air Free Sudoku Puzzles by and undergraduate program Pump” is based on the famous director. painting “An Experiment “Fiddler on the Roof ” on a bird in the Air Pump.” will be held in Baylor’s Jones The painting shows a group Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 - of people huddled around Oct. 1, Oct. 5 - 8 and at 2 Customize p.m. a your own waiting sudoku to hear candle booklets on from a scientific Oct. 2 and Oct. 9. the results

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how science and ethics clash but can also work in harmony sometimes. “Experiment with an Air Pump” shows a suspenseful journey through two decades, both connected by the same shadowy house and the Fenwick family. It will be interesting to see the two time periods unfolding on stage. “One of the unique things about it is that the plan calls for you to recreate the painting

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“Dancing at Laughnasa” is a memory play narrated by a boy from Ballybeg, Ireland, who was brought up by his mother and his aunt in an allfemale household. It shows a lot of the memories of the sweetness and nostalgia of 1936 and his childhood. “It has this really lovely poetic language without being poetry, and I really liked that the sound of the words is so nice and pleasing just even in reading it. It’s just really lovely and put together language…” director Heidi Breeden said. “In many cases, with contemporary plays, we have very plain language, and then you’re trying to add to it with all of the production values, but I feel like with this, we get to work with the script and just do what Brian Friel [the writer] has already given us.” On top of the poetic language, performers also have task of speaking in an Irish accent. “This big challenge on that one is going to be accents… we actually just got back from Europe and took 22 students

with us on a study abroad trip, and one of the things we did was we had a workshop at the Lir Academy in Dublin where we all worked on our Irish accents. So hopefully some of those students get cast, and if they don’t, then there will be a lot of people in the department who just had that workshop,” Denman said. “Dancing at Laughnasa” will be held in the Mabee Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 Feb. 4 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 4 and 5.

The Amish Project

“The Amish Project” is based on the 2006 shootings of 10 Amish school girls ages 6-13 in a one-room school house in Pennsylvania. “The Amish Project” focuses on the horrors of the shootings, and the unbelievable forgiveness that came out of it from the Amish community. It also explores the path taken to forgiveness and the amazing kindness and grace surrounding such a tragic event. “I think whenever you’re dealing with really emotional content that’s it always difficult, but I think the students will find it really satisfying and rewarding to be working with that material,” Denman said. “The Amish Project” will be held in Mabee Theatre at 7:30 p.m. March 21 - 25 and at 2 p.m. March 25 and 26.

Noises Off

“Noises Off ” leaves the season on a comical note and has been voted the best farce of them all. “Noises Off ” is a play within a play that will be overthe-top, bigger-than-life acting based around the theater. The performance shows a group of actors during their rehearsal of a play and the hundreds of things that can go wrong. The audience will finally get to have a look behind the scenes to see what can go wrong during a performance. “I honestly think it’s one of the funniest plays ever written,” Denman said. “Noises Off ” will be held in Jones Theatre at 7:30 April 25 - 29 and at 2 p.m. April 29 and 30. Tickets can be purchased as a bundle at the beginning of the season for $75, which includes special event invitations, patron receptions advanced, the best seats and exclusive exchange privileges. You can also choose the seat, day and time. Individual tickets will go on sale two weeks before the performance and cost $20 general admission or $17 for students with a valid Baylor ID. Group tickets as well can be ordered for $17 each for a group of 10 or more, or $10 each for educational groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be ordered over the phone at 254-710-1865, online at www.baylor.edu/theatre or in person at the Hooper-Schaefer fine art center on campus.

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A&L at Magnolia Market. The chef and owner, Corey McEntyre, said he grew up eating biscuits made from his family’s special recipe. “I tried to figure out how to replicate the family recipe, and I finally found the perfect copy of it,” McEntyre said. “The rolls are made from scratch, and the ingredients are local and seasonal.” Their top seller right now is the Sic ‘em on a Chicken, which is made with sweet tea, fried chicken, sorghum chile drizzle and house-made pickles.

Co-town Crepes

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Co-Town Crepes One of downtown’s food trucks is Co-Town Crepes and is usually located at Magnoli Market or the Farmers Market.

Food trucks drive into Waco BRADI MURPHY Arts & Life Editor

RACHEL MOWER Lariat Staff Writer Food trucks have become a staple in the Waco community in recent years. Waco suffers from no shortage of high quality food tucks from Xristo’s authentic Greek gyros to Cheddar Box’s rich grilled cheese sandwiches.

Cheddar Box

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MISS TEXAS from page B1 As an education major, Carothers plans to use her compassionate voice to be a middle school math teacher. She has always known she wanted to be in the classroom, and wanted to teach children to be able to make an impact

Cheddar Box is the place for you. Abby Rose, the owner of Cheddar Box, has always been passionate about perfecting the grilled cheese sandwich. “I have been in love with grilled cheese sandwiches since I was a little kid. I spent my summers going to my grandma’s house in Alabama, and we would always eat grilled cheeses there,” Rose said. “I have always wanted to start a business, and I love grilled cheese sandwiches. I guess those two worlds just collided.” Cheddar Box is stationed

at Magnolia Market and can also be found at the Waco Downtown Farmers Market. They also have creamy tomato basil soup and macaroni and cheese, along with their variety of delicious sandwiches. Rose mentioned that The Boss is their most popular sandwich, which has bacon, Gouda cheese, and basil on fresh sourdough bread.

on their future. “I want them to instill that at an early age, that they can be good at math and overcome those struggles,” Carothers said, “but at an older age, making the material relatable is the most important thing; when you compare it to things [students are] going to use in their everyday lives, math suddenly has more of an

attraction.” Her platform as Miss Texas is an initiative that was launched by Amazon Education, a department underneath Amazon at large, called “With Math I Can.” It aims to change students’ mindset of, ‘I can’t and I don’t want to,’ and instills the growth mindset of, ‘I will overcome and get better.’

Milo Biscuit Company

Milo is known for serving biscuit sandwiches. On most days, it is located behind Heritage Creamery, but it can also be found stationed

Co-town Crepes opened a food stand four-and-ahalf years ago at the Waco Downtown Farmers Market. They have been extremely popular in the community, and because of their success, they were able to expand and open another food truck at the Magnolia Market Silos. Co-town Crepes has all types of crepes. They have savory crepes such as the Jalapeño Popper and the Turkey & Pesto, as well as a great selection of dessert crepes such as the Banana Nutella and Blackberry Cream Cheese. Their most popular crepe is the Club, which is made with bacon, smoked turkey, avocado and a few other ingredients. “We love getting to know people and especially enjoy being a part of the Waco community,” said Co-town crepe’s owner and operator Courtney Rogers.

“I really wanted to focus on math, because that is something I love, but I realize that a lot of people don’t,” Carothers said. Carothers has also recently been named the national ambassador for the organization Twirling for the Cure, a partner of Susan G. Comin, that raises awareness and funding for breast cancer. The Baylor

Xristo’s Cafe

Forget the trip to Greece; Xristo’s Cafe food truck can satisfy your cravings. Xristo’s is located at 200 South University Parks Drive and serves Mediterranean and Southern cuisine. Xristo’s Cafe offers a wide variety of Greek food such as falafels, lamb chops and countless gyro options. “Most people don’t know you can add almost anything to your gyro for just a dollar more,” said Sophia Garman, one of the owners of Xristo’s Cafe. They also offer southern cuisines as well such as gravy and cheese fries made with steak gravy and mozzarella cheese.

Mrs. Thompson’s Most Wonderful Cupcakes

If you have a sweet tooth and are in pursuit of a food truck that specializes in desserts, Mrs. Thompson’s Most Wonderful Cupcakes fits the bill perfectly. Located at 200 South University Parks Drive, this cupcake food truck serves gourmet cupcakes to the Waco area. This cupcake food truck is certainly creative when it comes to flavors. They often feature new and exciting flavors, such as a Sour Patch Kids cupcake. They also offer other exciting flavors such as wedding cake, cookie dough, almond joy, and even red velvet.

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MRS. THOMPSON’S Local cupcake truck is located off of University Parks.

twirlers have helped raised over $4,000 and have made hair pieces and pink ribbons for the Golden Girls to wear during October. “They say that juggling is a metaphor for life, we’re always juggling something, school, work, family, friends, deadlines and priorities. Juggling is a result of formulas and gravity, like math and physics,

while coming together to create a vision, like poetry. You must focus on the catch while simultaneously releasing your next Paton. You must also trust yourself and your preparation. The Paton will always come down, only you place another one in the air,” Carothers said in her Miss Waco 2015 video.

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Not looking back: Embracing change NATE KEIL Sports Writer To say that the Baylor football program experienced one of the most tumultuous off-seasons in recent memory would be an understatement. As news of sexual assault allegations and pending lawsuits continued to flood headlines across the nation, massive changes had to be made by the Bears, who were coming off a 10-3 campaign, including a 49-38 win over North Carolina in the Russell Athletic Bowl. The changes began when Baylor announced that head coach Art Briles had been fired and that Ken Starr was being removed from his position as president, making room for David Garland to serve as interim president of the university. On May 30, Baylor hired Jim Grobe, former head coach at Wake Forest University, as its interim head football coach. Just mere hours later, Baylor athletics director Ian McCaw resigned. These changes were brought on when details were released in a report by Pepper Hamilton, the Philadelphia based law firm hired to investigate Baylor’s handling of sexual assault cases. “Institutional failures at every level of Baylor’s administration impacted the response to individual cases and the Baylor community as a whole,” found in the Findings of Fact. Although nothing can be done to erase the crimes committed against members of Baylor’s student body, the university is committed to taking the correct measures to make sure these heinous acts of sexual violence do not continue. As the university begins to implement the 105 recommendations presented by the Pepper Hamilton LLP, where does that leave the current members of the 2016 Baylor football program? How do they begin to flip the script on this past offseason? It requires them getting back to what they know, and that is football. It is a new season and although the personnel is different, Grobe is committed to keeping the same successful schemes in place and making the transition as smooth as possible

that are doing the right things.” One of those students Grobe is referenced is senior quarterback Seth Russell. Russell, who watched his season cut short last year after suffering a neck injury against Iowa State, has returned with a championship mindset and a commitment to excellence. “You can throw whatever you want at us. You can take our head coach away; you can take our athletic director away; you can take our president,” Russell said at Big 12 Football Media Day. “But you’re not going to knock us out. We’re going to come back and we’re going to fight.” Senior cornerback Ryan Reid shares Russell’s stance on moving past the distractions and maintaining a competitive mindset. “What we came here to do Sarah Pyo | Lariat Editor — win football games, win the Big 12, contend for a national Senior quarterback Seth Russell dodges West Virginia University’s defense and runs the championship,” Reid said at Big ball last season’s home game at McLane Stadium on October 17. 12 Football Media Day. “That’s what we need to focus on.” for his players. The tarnished image of the football team will not quickly “I thought it was really important, especially for our players, dissipate. Although healing is an often slow and painful process, to have the same terminology, the same type of schemes as much the Baylor community, as well as the Baylor football team, are as possible. But hopefully as we go forward, if I do see things actively engaged in this process, hoping to put these tragedies that I think might help us be a little better, we might put a little behind them for good. The challenge is rigorous and the order different spin on a few things,” Grobe said at the Big 12 Football is tall, but Grobe and Baylor football are prepared to face this Media Day. challenge head-on. Grobe said he is impressed with the character of his football “I know the challenge is great. We play a lot of good football team since taking over for Briles. teams going forward, but we have to get people to understand “We have a lot of really, really good kids,” Grobe said. “All I that we’ve got a great group of kids at Baylor University,” Grobe can speak to is since I’ve been at Baylor. We’ve lost some kids that said. “And I think going forward, Baylor is going to be better than were dealt with previously, but the kids I’ve been associated with we have ever been. I’m proud to be at Baylor, and I can’t wait to are quality kids. I want to support the good kids in our program start the season.”

Moving forward

Despite challenges, Bears embrace change

Pat Summitt: More than a coach Stidham out Nate Keil

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Sports Writer On June 28, the sports world lost one of the most prolific, fierce, inspiring and competitive coaches it has ever seen: Pat Summitt. The former University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach lost her courageous battle with early onset Alzheimer’s disease five years after her diagnosis. “Pat was the greatest coach of all time; her fierce spirit will live on through her players and through all of us who were inspired by her on a daily basis,” said University of Tennessee Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek in a statement released on the University of Tennessee at Knoxville’s website. “Our sincerest sympathies go out to Tyler and all her friends and family.” Summitt’s success and impact were not simply limited to her 1,098 career wins, an NCAA record, or being the coach of the 1984 Women’s Olympic Basketball team that brought home the gold medal in Los Angeles. It wasn’t about the fact that she was so highly respected she was asked to coach the men’s basketball team on more than one occasion. It was more than the prestigious Arthur Ashe Courage Award she received at the 2012 ESPY’s. “She’ll be remembered as the all-time winningest D-1 basketball coach in NCAA history, but she was more than a coach to so many,” said Tyler Summit, Pat’s son, in an interview with CNN. Summitt was a devoted mother and a competitive and rigorous coach who desired to see her players reach their full potential both on and off the court. “She was a devoted mother to her son, an intense coach, honorable person, fiery in her younger days. She was not afraid to challenge officials or challenge players because she expected the best from them. She was the best you would want a coach to be,” said Kim Mulkey, Baylor University’s women’s basketball head coach. Mulkey shared a unique bond and friendship with Summitt that spanned over 30 years, both playing for Summitt on the 1984 Olympic team and against her as a head coach at Louisiana Tech and Baylor. They faced everything from the joys and struggles of parenting to the ecstasy of winning a national championship, from perseverance and resiliency through a pending divorce to understanding yourself and your limits as a coach. “She taught me that I have to be myself,” Mulkey said. “Pat’s personality is how she coached. My personality is how I coach. Intensity, passion and demanding the most from my players. I could relate to her.” In spite of her fiery demeanor and intensity on the sidelines, Summitt was extremely loyal to her players and genuinely loved every one of them. During a warm-up tournament in Taipei,

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FRIENDLY ADVERSARIES Mulkey and Summitt embrace after the Lady Bears 77-58 victory over the Lady Vols in 2012, to advance to the Final Four.

Taiwan, before the 1984 Olympic games, Mulkey experienced this loyalty firsthand. While playing in the tournament, Mulkey experienced a stress fracture and could barely walk. The Olympics were a mere four weeks away, and as quickly as the injury occurred, her dream was on the verge of being over. “I remember when she called me into her hotel room, I was scared she was going to send me home and pick up an alternate. Instead, she sat me down, comforted me and told me that you’ve earned the right to be on the team,” Mulkey said. Somewhere between finding the time to be a loving mother and demanding coach who continued to recruit and win at the highest level, Summitt became a catalyst for change not just for women’s athletics, but also for athletics in general. “She has so many contributions,” Mulkey said. “Salaries and resources are the way they are because of Pat. She was a good, Southern lady who would do anything to see the women’s game grow. She would speak at places and play the toughest schedule. It would have been incredible to see what her accomplishments would have been if she had stayed healthy.” Not everyone had the honor and privilege of playing for and coaching against Summitt like Mulkey did. However, she set an example for everyone, regardless of participation in or knowledge of women’s basketball. “It’s okay to be female and be intense,” Mulkey said. “It’s okay to challenge refs and players and demand things from them and be a lady and a professional.” This truth is one that Mulkey takes with her every day when she heads into her office. “When you head to the basketball court, do your job and do it passionately, professionally, and compete,” Mulkey said.

WACO (AP) — Jarrett Stidham is transferring from Baylor rather than stay to be the primary backup quarterback behind senior Seth Russell. Stidham made his decision public in a statement posted on his Twitter account Thursday, saying it came after careful thought and consideration. “I would like to thank my teammates, friends, family and fellow students for the support throughout my career thus far,” he wrote. “Also, I want to thank the coaching staff that brought me here and gave me this opportunity to play. This has been a difficult decision.” His announcement came six weeks after Baylor regents announced their intention to fire coach Art Briles with the release of a report over the university’s handling of sexual assault complaints against football players. The school and Briles mutually agreed to part ways two weeks ago, but all of the assistant coaches, including offensive coordinator Kendal Briles, remain with the Bears. During an appearance on ESPN Central Texas radio Thursday, Baylor acting head coach Jim Grobe said he had spoken with Stidham earlier in the day. “I don’t think he was happy backing up Seth Russell, and so he’s decided to move on and try to find a place where he can get more snaps,” Grobe said.

Stidham, who appeared in 10 games as a freshman with three starts after Russell’s season-ending neck injury, didn’t say in his post where he was planning to go. Since he hasn’t taken a redshirt season yet, Stidham could have three seasons of eligibility remaining. He could enroll in a junior college this fall, and then transfer to another Division I school Stidham completed 75 of 109 passes (69 percent) for 1,265 yards with 12 touchdowns and two interceptions for the Bears. His three starts came after Russell, then the top-rated FBS passer, suffered his injury Oct. 24. Stidham broke a bone in his right ankle in his third start, and missed the last three games, including Baylor’s bowl game.

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BEAR NO MORE Former Bear Jarrett Stidham throws a pass against Oklahoma State on November 21.

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Bears take their talents to the NFL JORDAN SMITH Sports Writer

Liesje Powers | Lariat Photographer New Baylor head football coach Jim Grobe has some big shoes to fill, taking over the football program after Art Briles. Here he is answering questions at a press conference last friday.

Sports take: Jim Grobe’s season might look like... JORDAN SMITH Sports Writer There’s a new man in charge of Baylor University football, and his name is Jim Grobe. He was brought in as the new head football coach for Baylor University on June 3, 2016. This came after longtime head coach Art Briles was fired amid the sexual assault scandals that were brought to light earlier this summer. Grobe had a record of 77-82 while he served as head coach at Wake Forest University from 2001 to 2013, at which time he resigned from his position. He hasn’t coached since. Overall, his coaching record is at 110115-1 since starting in 1995 at Ohio State University.

With the roster he has before him for this incoming season, he should have a good year at Baylor before he is replaced next season. Of course, there is always the possibility that he does well enough to stay on staff after this season. For that to happen, most likely Baylor will need to reach and win a bowl game this season. If his season is anything like Baylor’s history with firstyear coaches, he will struggle to succeed during his first year. In Baylor’s long history of college football, first-year coaches had an overall record of 94-121 between 25 coaches that Baylor has seen in its lifetime according to stats at sports-reference.com and the “ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete

History of the Game”. It will take some time for the players to adjust to the new system Grobe brings to this campus. For the first half of the season, look to see a ton of ups and downs from this team. However, once the second half of the season rolls around, the Bears will definitely pick it up and will realize what needs to be done to win under his system. Jim Grobe should win at least eight games this season and will lead the green and gold into another bowl game once again this season. The Bears kick off action at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, at McLane Stadium against Northwestern State.

Every year, a group of players decide to further their football career and go to the NFL Draft, in hopes that one of the 32 NFL teams will recognize their talents and give them the opportunity to showcase them on the big stage: the NFL. This year was no exception. In the 2016 NFL Draft, six Bears were drafted, most of whom were drafted from the fourth round and on. The football players who were drafted are wide receiver Corey Coleman, cornerback Xavien Howard, nose tackle Andrew Billings, offensive guard Spencer Drango, long snapper Jimmy Landes and tight end Rico Gathers. According to the nfl, the last time six players from Baylor was in 1987. There has been four different draft classes since 1987 where five players have were drafted in that year (1992, 1996, 2012 and 2014). Coleman and Drango

both headed to the Cleveland Browns. While at Baylor, Coleman recorded 33 touchdowns in three years at Baylor, as well as 3,009 receiving yards during that span. He also won the Fred Biletnikoff Award for best wide receiver in college football. The Browns already have two former Bears on their roster: wide receiver Josh Gordon and quarterback Robert Griffin III. This bit of familiarity may help them as they transition to the new style of play in the NFL. Howard, who was drafted by the Miami Dolphins, and Billings, drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals, do not have the benefit of having former Bears on the rosters they were drafted onto. Howard, in his three years at Baylor, had a total of 84 tackles, 10 interceptions and 23 passes deflected. Billings had 58 solo tackles, 7.5 sacks and two forced fumbles recorded in his three years at Baylor. Landes, who appeared

in 40 games during his four years, went to the Detroit Lions. His stats included one tackle and one fumble recovery. Adding Landes as a long snapper will get him in on special teams, so his playing time will be limited. However, he does have a former Bear on the team: wide receiver Jay Lee. Landes should be fine with playing time, but the hard part will be the learning the process of going from college special teams to the pro style special teams. Unlike the others, Gathers was a college basketball star for the Bears and didn’t once play football while at Baylor. He does have a teammate, Terrance Williams, who was a former Bear and wide receiver. Gathers played football while in high school but stopped playing when he got to college in order to pursue basketball.

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GOLDEN HERO Incoming freshman Lauren Cox won the gold medal at the 2016 FIBA American U18 Championships this past July. She will play for the Lady Bears in the fall.

Lauren Cox: Freshman Lady Bear strikes gold Cox has found an incredible amount of success on the international level at such Sports Writer a young age. She learned valuable lessons about herself and about the game through her Landing some of the top recruits in the experiences. “International play is a lot more physical,” country is not unfamiliar territory to women’s basketball Head Coach Kim. In fact, the Cox said. “They’re a lot bigger; the refs really passion she emits and the team’s success on let you play. You get stronger, and you learn a the court helps bring top recruits to Baylor. lot from that.” She plans to use this experience and success However, it is never any less exciting when she lands one of the nation’s top recruits. In this as she now transitions into Big 12 basketball case, 6’4”, McDonald’s All-American Lauren and Mulkey’s system at Baylor. Cox will have her work cut out for her Cox. Mulkey recalls when she found out the entering her freshman year, as Baylor is only news while Cox was in the middle of her photo losing one starter from a team that went to the Elite Eight in March. shoot as a part of her official visit to Baylor. “It’s one of my goals to start playing my “I went down there, and Lauren’s mom and dad jumped in the photo, and they asked freshman year, so I’ve really been working me to jump in there, too. Then, when Lauren hard, and we have some really good post told me she was committing, I was stunned,” players on this team, so I’m really going to have to work hard this pre-season. But I’m Mulkey said in an ESPN interview. As Lauren Cox begins her career in the really looking forward to it,” Cox said. “I think Baylor green and gold in November, it marks we’re going to have a really good team next a new era in her young and promising career, year. We have some good seniors to lead us, as well as a nod of respect to Mulkey and her as well as some really good returners, so I’m excited about that.” program. Learning to embrace challenges and face This will not be the first time Cox will dawn the color gold across her chest. In fact, adversity head-on is part of the process of it almost seems second nature to her, as she competing at the highest level. Cox is not recently returned from Valdivia, Chile, after one to back down from a challenge, having defeated a tough winning the gold Russian team in medal at the 2016 its backyard last FIBA America U18 summer. It begins C hampionships. by developing a This latest victory relentless work marks her fourth ethic on and off gold medal for the court and Team USA in recent recognizing world competition. strengths and how She previously to fit into a team’s won gold at the system. 2015 U19 World Cox certainly Championships knows her strengths in Russia, 2014 and believes she U17 World can contribute to Championships in this Baylor team. the Czech Republic In Chile, she found and the 2013 U16 herself playing both FIBA Americas in the forward and Mexico. center position, Although she is showing her ability a seasoned veteran Courtesy of Baylor Athletics to impact the game in international ALL SMILES Cox, from Flower Mound, TX., one of from both spots. t o u r n a m e n t s , the nation’s top basketball recruits, shows off her “A lot of my each experience trophies. points came in is different and transition, running something that the floor and grabbing offensive rebounds,” Cox knows not to take for granted. “It’s always a really great experience, getting Cox said. In a semifinal matchup with Brazil, Cox’s to represent my country and wear USA across my chest, and it’s a great feeling to win gold,” size and versatility were on full display. “Having Lauren Cox back was huge for us Cox said. Not only has Cox been able to display her with their size inside. She challenged shots, patriotism and represent Team USA the past rebounded and had a presence on the block,” four summers, but she has also played for said USA Head Coach Suzie McConnell-Serio various coaches and with other top recruits in an interview is USA Basketball. Cox led the USA in both scoring and entering the college game today, each offering her fresh, innovative perspectives on how to rebounding this summer at 13.0 points and 10.3 rebounds. Her ability to score and continue to grow and flourish on the court. “It teaches me to be more coachable because rebound from multiple positions, as well as there have been different coaches every year, her leadership, will be great assets for the Lady so you have to adjust to their coaching style, Bears this season. Cox and the Lady Bears begin their season and also getting to play with different people ever year, it’s taught me to adjust with them,” with an exhibition against Emporia State on Nov. 1 at the Ferrell Center. Cox said.

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New Year: McGuyre has high hopes for volleyball program MEGHAN MITCHELL Sports Editor With nine returners and eight newcomers to the program, the Baylor volleyball team looks to hold onto the momentum it had as during the off season as competition rolls around. “We feel really good. I’m really confident in how we are doing this year,” said junior outside hitter Katie Staiger. “Everyone is really coming together and working hard.” Coming off a 17-13 season under head coach Ryan McGuyre, the Lady Bears look to improve as they head into their first tournament. “They have really impressed from day one,” McGuyre said. “It’s really a goal for us to be one team, to be one, to be like-minded. We are really finding our rhythm despite some injuries that have set us back a little.” With the addition of assistant coach Jason Williams, McGuyre believes that his ability and experience coaching will be a great asset for the Lady Bears. “Jason has been a phenomenal addition. He is a big part of why we improved so much. He is one of the best trainers in the country. He communicates to the girls in a way so that

they can improve. He is like-minded in how he sees the game. He’s very relatable, easy to talk to. I think he is spot-on.” To Staiger’s surprise, the team has been able to join together and grow stronger despite having many newcomers on the team and senior middle hitter Tola Itiola out with a knee injury. “Tola is huge; she’s awesome. Luckily, she shouldn’t be out too long, so we should have her back for the majority of the season. But while it does stink, we have people who can step up and are getting a lot of playing time and doing well,” Staiger said. With the upperclassmen stepping up and the newcomers bringing a wave of energy, McGuyre said he has high expectations for his team. “They have been phenomenal since May 30 when all the girls got here,” McGuyre said. “I think we are looking forward to see the joy that’s going to come from playing the right way and the anticipation of what that might produce.” The Lady Bears begin their season on Friday at the Ferrell Center, where they will play University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the first round of the Baylor Invitational.

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SETTING THE STANDARD The Lady Bears are in full swing at practice Thursday. The Lady Bears look to improve on their 17-13 record from last season.

MEGHAN MITCHELL Sports Editor Interim Baylor University President Dr. David Garland introduced Mack Rhoades as the new athletic director on July 18, during the first day of the Big 12 media day at the Omni Hotel in Dallas. “There are just certain things that we won’t tolerate, and moving forward, you know, everybody will be on that same page,” Rhoades said. “And when I say everybody, that’s the university, that’s the athletics department, that’s our coaches, our studentathletes. Everyone.” Amid sexual allegation charges against the university and the resignation of former Athletic Director Ian McCaw, a hole was left in the program’s future. However, Rhoades said he is not afraid to discuss the issues surrounding Baylor and is determined to become a positive influence for the university. “Sexual violence is a topic throughout our country, and it certainly happens on other campuses, and this is an opportunity for Baylor University, and certainly the athletics department, to be a leader in how we deal and handle sexual violence,” Rhoades

said. “I’ve got three unbelievably beautiful daughters that I love, and if you ask what’s your motivation, there’s my motivation.” Rhoades came to Baylor with experience under his belt. He served as athletic director at the University of Houston for six years, University of Akron for four and, most recently at the University of Missouri for 15 months before deciding to make the move to Baylor. “Much has been written about my motivations for coming to Waco. Let me be clear: This is an opportunity,” Rhoades said. “An opportunity to help lead one of the world’s leading Christian universities in our familiar Texas, a state where we came to love many, many years ago. A state where my grandfather, my hero, was born and raised.” According to Garland, Rhoades is the person needed to help get the university back on track. “I’m confident that he’s going to build the kind of partnerships that we need to make the improvements that Baylor is committed to make,” Garland said. “Mack is a man of faith, and he believes in and is excited about the mission of Baylor University that is 170 years old.”

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Taking their talent abroad Baylor soccer ventures throughout Germany NATE KEIL Sports Writer It isn’t every day that an opportunity to travel and further athletic training in Germany falls into someone’s lap. However, that is exactly the opportunity that presented itself to the Lady Bears soccer team this past June. As they boarded their flight, they sought ways to build on the success of their second-place finish in the Big 12 a year ago. Their 10-day trip took them all across Germany where they experienced the culture, religion and history of Frankfurt, Munich, and Heidelberg. They even ventured to Salzburg, Austria, for a day. As rewarding as the travel and experiences were, the team used this opportunity to further develop team chemistry that can improve their competitive edge on the field. “Soccer was the core heart of it,” said senior midfielder Bridget Hamway. “But it was way more than that, and I think a lot of it was that we spent so much time together exclusively just us, the team, in a new environment and get to build off-the-field relationships, which is essential for on-thefield performance.” The trip provided ample opportunity to work on aspects of players’ own personal game as well as team components and relationship building. They had the privilege of training with some of the best teams across Germany, including the German Cup champions. “Getting to see how the sport is played in another

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LEARNING ABROAD Lady Bears journey through Germany to train and learn about other cultures. They take a picture at Allianz Arena, home to FC Bayern Munich.

country and another continent was beneficial because we got to see how their training worked, and seeing how their training worked pointed to where we thought we could grow,” Hamway said. The trip originated out of the kindness and generosity of Baylor alum, Nancy and John Jackson, who accompanied the team on every leg of their journey through Germany. Although they have no ties to the Baylor soccer program, 1

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the Jacksons attended a donor dinner at the opening of the Williams Center and were so enchanted by the character and culture of the Baylor soccer team that they wanted to be involved in some way, whether through donations or giving advice. The Jacksons attitude pushed Baylor’s players to look inward, reflect on the opportunities they have been given and continue to dedicate themselves to working hard

every day. “Seeing how gracious the Jacksons were in giving us this trip, I was personally inspired to continue to work at what we do at Baylor in terms of soccer, our faith and friendship. Seeing that others are supporting us helps contribute to our success,” said junior forward Precious Akanyirige. As the season approaches, the team is hard at work. They hope to use their the training they got in Germany

to propel them to success on the field. Their outlook and confidence are at an all-time high after seeing how sharp and competitive they were in Germany, but the first step towards mirroring this success begins by acclimating the incoming freshmen to the Baylor. “They’re a great group on and off the field. We need to work to bring them into the system and work them into our chemistry. I think, then,

we can do great things this season again,” Akanyirige said. Talent, experience, leadership and confidence: the pieces are all in place for the Baylor soccer team. It now rests on the shoulders of execution. Regardless of the outcome, the spirit of Baylor soccer is alive and thriving. “Whatever happens any given day, we are just going to come up, show up and do what we do best,” Hamway said. “I think that’s the mentality.”

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What’s Happening on Campus? Hang out with friends and get connected at these fun and free* events

Monday, Aug. 22

Thursday, Sept. 1

9 a.m. Enjoy fellowship and a free breakfast on the steps of Waco Hall.

12:30 p.m. Held every Thursday before a home football game; join Baylor football players, coaches and fans for free food and a breakdown of each week’s game, in the Bill Daniel Student Center.

Spiritual Life Welcome Breakfast

It’s On US BU New Student Event

7 p.m. This required training event for incoming freshmen and transfer students will provide valuable information about the Title IX office and resources available on campus, as well as equip students with bystander intervention tools. Event in Ferrell Center.

Tuesday, Aug. 23 Dr Pepper Hour

3 p.m. Take part in the Baylor tradition and enjoy a refreshing Dr Pepper float in Barfield Drawing Room, 2nd floor, Bill Daniel Student Center.

Wednesday, Aug. 24 Mosaic Mixer

6:30 p.m. Meet representatives from student organizations and enjoy free food, a live DJ and outdoor games, hosted by Multicultural Affairs, in the Vara Martin Daniel Plaza.

Thursday, Aug. 25

Black Student Welcome

6 p.m. Rekindle old friendships and make new connections at the NAACP-hosted reception in Barfield Drawing Room, 2nd floor, Bill Daniel Student Center.

Out-of-State Mixer

6 p.m. Connect with others from at a reception for out-of-state students in rooms 143/144, Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation.

Friday, Aug. 26

Transfer Student Mixer

7 p.m. Share experiences and find new friends at a reception for transfer students in rooms 143/144, Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation.

Late Night

9 p.m. – Midnight. Meet student leaders from more than 225 student organizations and learn about the many opportunities for campus involvement. Activities featuring live music, games, exhibitions, food and drinks, prizes and more will be held at McLane Student Life Center, Russell Gymnasium, Bobo Spiritual Life Center, Moody Library and Bill Daniel Student Center.

Saturday, Aug. 27

Chalk Talk

Traditions Rally

5:30 p.m. Celebrate Baylor’s rich athletic and spirit traditions with a live concert by Aloe Blacc in Fountain Mall. Concessions available. Activities begin at 5:30 p.m. with a student tailgate followed at 7:30 p.m. with a pep rally and 8 p.m. with Aloe Blacc in concert and fireworks. Complete schedule at baylor.edu/traditionsrally.

Friday, Sept. 2

Remembering Our Hope

1:30 p.m. Explore how friendship can enrich community and cultivate virtues with a panel discussion, “Companions in Hope: Why Community is Good but Friendship is Better,” hosted by Darin Davis, vice president for University Missions, in Roxy Grove Hall. 3 p.m. A vespers and music service featuring Baylor students.

Gameday: Baylor vs. Northwestern State 3 p.m. University Parks will close to automobile traffic. 3:30 p.m. Gather with the Baylor community as Touchdown Ally, the Student Organization Tailgate and the Baylor Alumni Network Tailgate open. 4 p.m. Bear Walk. Cheer on the Bears as they arrive for the game and enter McLane Stadium. 4:30 p.m. Enjoy a live concert from Gin Blossoms on the South Plaza. 5 p.m. McLane Stadium gates open. 6:30 p.m. Kickoff. Sic ’em Bears!

Saturday, Sept. 3 Brazos River Float

2:00 p.m. This student-only welcome home event hosted by the Greater Waco Chamber offers free food, games and a tubebased float fest on the Brazos River. Bring your Baylor ID to join the fun. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m. at Indian Spring Park, downtown Waco.

Monday, Sept. 5

Movie Night at McLane

8:00 p.m. Bring your blanket and your friends for a free showing of Captain America: Civil War on the big screen at McLane Stadium.

New Student Retreat

All day. Experience a fantastic opportunity to meet other new students, learn how to get involved on campus, and connect with God in your new community at Camp Buckner. Learn more and register at baylor.edu/spirituallife.

Monday, Aug. 29

Football Ticket Reservations

5 p.m. Baylor students can reserve football tickets for the first home game online at baylor.edu/student/gameday.

Movie Mondays at the Hippodrome

7 p.m. Join the campus community at the Hippodrome to watch a screening of Sonic Sea, a documentary about the devastating impact of industrial and military ocean noise on whales and other marine life. Admission is free: tickets are required and can be picked up at the Bill Daniel Student Center.

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