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Students help uncover tombs in Italy KAYLA FARR Reporter
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QUALITY TIME A Baylor student and her family spend time at Family Weekend, an event for students and their families to reconnect in the middle of the fall semester. The annual event will take place this weekend. Students will be able to share their Baylor experience with their family members.
Fun for the Family Family Weekend offers a time of reconnection TALIYAH CLARK Reporter Baylor Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Family Weekend on Friday and Saturday as the university welcomes hundreds of students’ families. Started in 1960, Family Weekend was originally a single day where parents could explore and learn about the university with their students. Years later, the day was extended to a full weekend that features a talent show, a parentstudent on-campus dinner, an opportunity for parents to meet their students’ professors and many other fun events across campus. Planning and preparing for Family Weekend begins early in the spring and continues until the week of the event. Family Weekend chair and chamberwoman Mansfield junior Casey Sparkman sees the event as a great way for parents to connect to the
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university. “My favorite part of Family Weekend is seeing Baylor families who may have not been to Baylor before get to see the atmosphere and the community of Baylor,” Sparkman said. “As the coordinator for the event, I also enjoy working closely with senior-level administrators. They have so much love for the university, and it’s cool to see how their ideas for the event can shape the university.”
Sparkman said the event is not only beneficial to families, but also to new students. “The former Family Weekend chair once told me that students decide whether they are staying or going within the first six weeks, so having Family Weekend within the first six weeks of school can reiterate that Baylor has a lot to offer,” Sparkman said. For Celina freshman Kathryn Wimmer, this weekend will be a chance
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RECONNECT A Baylor student and her family spend time in conversation on the Baylor campus.
arts & life Movie review: War Dogs offers a “grownup” action-packed comedy. pg. 5
sports Baylor golf tees off Saturday for the 2016 season. pg. 6
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for her to check in with her family and to introduce them to her friends as well as to show them to her life at Baylor. “I think Family Weekend is important because, coming into college, it’s kind of scary and hard to leave your family, so it’s great to have an opportunity where your family can come see how you are doing and how you are adjusting, and they get to meet all your friends,” Wimmer said. This year, Family Weekend will be featuring a new event. Friday night, students and their families will be able to see the football team take on the Rice Owls on the big screen in McLane Stadium. There will be food trucks near the RG3 statue and food vouchers will be available for the families and students. Anyone interested in getting involved in family weekend can visit www. baylor.edu/familyweekend to see the events planned for the weekend.
This past summer, the anthropology department assisted in an excavation in Italy as part of a study abroad. This new program allowed students to participate in primary research in the field. Nineteen students went on a five-week study abroad trip to Lazio, Italy to uncover over 400 tombs, said Dr. Colleen Zori, a lecturer of anthropology. “They played a huge role in the way that we do the work there,” Zori said. “We developed new forms for recording information, and students would come back and tell us what worked.” Austin junior Leah Walsh said students were able to jump right in on the first day at the site. “The first day we went out, they handed us a walkietalkie and a GPS unit and told us, ‘Here is your area, go find tombs, bye!’” Walsh said. “We had never worked like that before, and it was a ‘figure it out as you go’ thing. It was crazy because we looked at each other like, ‘What?’” Students uncovered many artifacts in their dig such as a small bowl, horseshoe nails and a very long, thin arrow used for penetrating armor. Zori said she found dice to be one of the most interesting things they uncovered during their excavation. “We found them in an area called La Rocca, meaning ‘the rock,’” Zori said. “They were darling. They are bone dice and about two centimeters across. They are just the same as the dice we use today. It’s interesting because you can sort of think about the guards with their weapons, and they would play dice when they got bored. They used them to keep themselves busy and gamble, maybe.” Austin senior Lama Zakzok said the experience was enlightening, and she enjoyed being out in the field. “As I look back, the field school really pushed me out of my comfort zone and allowed me to explore in ways I never would have on my own,” Zakzok said. “Even the people that were on the trip with me, we all grew extremely close in such a short span of time due to the extreme situations we had to tackle together. In many ways, it paralleled the experiences of my freshman year; it was a new setting with unfamiliar people and a constant flow of knowledge occurring between distinct minds.” The experience in Italy and being able to earn six credit hours over the summer made it an indispensable opportunity, Walsh said. “So many cool things happened every day,” Walsh said. “I think my favorite moment was when I was digging in the trench on the plateau and we were finding all of these arch stones. I thought I had found another one, and then I realized that it was a threshold. And I dusted it off from one end to the other end, and it was a doorway. That was cool because I was able to figure that out for myself without having to ask my professor.” After working hard during the week, students traveled
In April 2015, East Waco Library closed its doors for renovation. The East Waco Library, located at Elm Avenue will re-open Saturday at 10 a.m. “East Waco was in desperate need of tender loving care,” said Essy Day, director of library services. “We decided to renovate to make it more modern.” After over a year of renovating, the East Waco library is ready for the public to enjoy. The renovated library will not only be more spacious, but also will include more amenities than it formerly offered. It will now have a quiet, enclosed computer room for the community to use and will offer free Wi-Fi and outlets on tables in the computer lab for those who bring their own laptops. “There is also a dedicated teen space with computers, outlets and a ton of books for teens,” Day said. The renovation also includes an enlarged children’s department. “I am really excited for the library to open up because it’s such
a calm environment and it’s a great place to see so many of the people of Waco,” Loomis, CA sophomore Grace Edwards said. “If it’s anything like the other Waco libraries, it’s so amazing to see all of the children who live in Waco walk into the building and watch their faces light up at the children’s section.” The renovated library will cater to the community and students with the inclusion of a large meeting room with a kitchen and a few study rooms. “With Baylor students, it’s always hard to find a quiet place to study,” Day said. Rather than tearing down the old building, the library chose to renovate in order to preserve the mural outside. The mural was painted by the community a few years ago as a way to portray local pride and bring the Waco community together. Many of the colors used in the mural have been carried into the interior of the library as a way to show appreciation towards the community for the mural. “I’m excited for the library to open. It looks so cool, and I love how colorful it’s going to be,” said Dallas sophomore Stephanie Sullivan. The renovation also allowed the library to update their stock of books.
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BOOK WORMS The newly renovated East Waco Library, located at 901 Elm Ave., drew inspiration from this mural on the outside of the building. The building will officially re-open Saturday at 10 a.m.
“The library spent the past year finding new books. It is practically an entire new collection of books” Day said. The library will hold its reopening at 10 a.m. this Saturday. As the library was closed for over a year, Day is excited to open it back
up to the public and anticipates the community’s return to the East Waco Library. “We’re expecting a large turnout because we’re grilling hot dogs. A lot of people who have waited a long time will come out to see the new renovation,” Day said. © 2016 Baylor University
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Don’t drive golf carts in bike lanes How many times have you found yourself stuck in traffic as you attempt to navigate campus, only to see students driving Baylor-owned golf carts swerve into the bike lanes to speed past you? Veteran students know that driving through campus anytime near passing periods is a death sentence (if your average death sentence consisted of spending 15 minutes wishing you weren’t staring at the bumper of the car in front of you), but it is sometimes unavoidable, and there are few things more frustrating than watching Baylor’s golf carts bypass the rules the rest of us are required to abide by. According to Baylor’s Golf and Utility Cart Usage Guide, “Golf cart-type vehicles shall observe all vehicle traffic laws (e.g. stopping at stop signs, yielding to pedestrians, following proper direction of traffic on one-way streets.)” The guide doesn’t go into detail, but the rule seems to be fairly clear: Golf carts should be treated as cars. They are not bikes, and they shouldn’t have the option the choose to abide by whichever rules are most convenient for them at the time. The Golf and Utility Cart Usage Guide also states, “Vehicles shall not be operated in a manner that may endanger passengers, other members of the campus community, or property (e.g. no driving on landscaping).” Despite this rule, students regularly see golf carts driving across Fountain Mall (tire prints in the mud, anyone?). The guide reiterates this rule later, adding, “Golf and utility cart-type vehicles are restricted to streets and paths on the University campus.”
Students work to follow Baylor’s rules in order to keep our campus safe and beautiful. Shouldn’t student and faculty golf cart-drivers be required to show the same respect? Golf cart drivers are allowed to drive on sidewalks when that is the only option available to them. In this case, they are required to match
limit on 3rd Street between East Village and Moody Library, a high-traffic area for both vehicles and pedestrians and one of the streets on which golf carts are most often seen driving, is only 15 miles per hour. In this section of campus, at least, golf carts can go the same speed as normal passenger vehicles. They therefore have no excuse to use the bike lanes to bypass the regular flow of traffic (or lack thereof). Baylor uses golf carts for a number of things across campus ranging from carting guests around on tours to running errands to picking up injured students and taking them to class. These are necessary actions, but driving a golf cart on-campus is a privilege. Some of these positions are considered on campus jobs, and it should be treated as such. It is not a way for student drivers to bypass the rules, and student drivers should be shown the same intolerance for infractions as regular drivers. Furthermore, the bike lanes are not turning lanes, and they are not passing lanes. Cars, motorcycles and mopeds are not allowed to drive in them — golf carts shouldn’t be allowed either. Joshua Kim | Cartoonist The rules are there for a reason: to keep students safe and to help ensure the speed of the pedestrians walking and yield the relatively smooth flow of pedestrian, to pedestrians, regardless of the situation. When bike and vehicle traffic. Student drivers need to in the streets, golf cart drivers may not exceed be more conscientious of the rules and show 15 miles per hour, according to the Golf and respect for the regulations they are required Utility Cart Usage Guide. This might seem like a to follow. After all, if the general student body good reason for the golf carts to drive in the bike is held to a certain standard, shouldn’t student lanes instead of the normal street, but the speed golf cart drivers be as well?
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Baylor presidential search committee lacking diversity
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On Sept. 9, an email was sent to the Baylor community announcing the members of the Baylor University presidential search committee. This email introduced the members of the committee as well as reassured the Baylor family of the university’s commitment to identifying the next leader of our beloved university who will not only serve in the highest office on campus, but will also lead Baylor into the future. After reading through the bulletin, I was disappointed to see the lack of racial and socio-economic diversity in the presidential search committee. This committee is comprised of twelve members. However, only three of them are women, and only one member is a person of color. Over the course of my time at Baylor, I have seen a great deal of efforts and initiatives to increase diversity on campus. I am so excited and proud to see the tremendous growth in diversity at Baylor over the past two years. Now with the class of 2020 on campus, it’s amazing to see a much
more diverse and manifold Baylor than ever before. With commitment that has been made by many to increase student diversity, I am disappointed that the committee to select our next leader does not reflect the work that has been done to increase diversity on our campus. Diversity is not about giving minorities a chance or including them because it gives good publicity. It is about including a perspective that is absent from the general narrative. Diversity is moving past yourself and seeing the world through the lens of someone else. Diversity is integral to moving forward into an ever-changing global society. The university has made it clear that it is committed to inclusivity across racial and ethnic boundaries, and I would hope that the group of people that have been charged with selecting our next leader would take this into consideration as they make their decision.
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-Pablo Gonzales, Dallas junior
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The Paralympics matter too Arenas filled with enthusiastic fans exuding national pride, athletes showcasing their life’s work on the world’s greatest stage and the world coming together for two weeks every four years. Most of us are aware of the Rio Summer Olympics that concluded about a month ago and are already getting excited about Tokyo 2020. If you are still craving that feeling of excitement and unity the Olympics bring along, you are in luck. Many people are not aware the Paralympics shortly follow the Summer Olympics and are currently taking place, with the closing ceremony Sunday. The Paralympics allow disabled athletes
to display what amazing abilities they do have. Throughout the years, I feel as if the Paralympics have been overshadowed by the Olympics, which is not fair for the athletes who deserve just as many spectators and attention. When looking for some entertainment this week, I encourage you to read the stories of overcomers, underdogs and champions, watch a few of the of the 22 sports the Paralympics offer, and I assure that joy and unity the Olympics bring will be well surpassed by the inspiring athletes of the Paralympic games. -Emily Edwards, Colleyville freshman
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I bought a motorcycle before I came to Baylor. It was perfect for the long treks from Rogers to Old Main when I was an engineering major, and it had me convinced I was going to be designing bikes for the rest of my life. That is, until I realized the skills I was hoping to learn as an engineer actually lined up more with industrial design — a degree Baylor doesn’t offer. While college may never provide me the perfect degree, it did give me another opportunity. I went on the Baylor in Budapest trip this summer, and it taught me the value of travel and how learning about other cultures reveals a lot about oneself. I met people my age who were taking a break from school — taking time off to see the world, meet new people and learn more about themselves in the process. Like those people I met, young adults should consider traveling first to discover more about themselves before they commit to school. Many young students find themselves second-guessing their degree early in their college career. In fact, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, 80 percent of students change their major at least once. Whether their interest is piqued by a prerequisite course, or they discover they don’t have a knack for their original field, these students could take away more in a year of traveling than a year in academia. Cited in the same report from NCES, the flopping between degrees takes its toll on one’s graduation plan — 60 percent of first-time students who sought a degree from a four-year institution in 2008 didn’t graduate until 2014.
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That is, it took them an entire two years longer to graduate than expected. Taking a year off to travel could actually save money if the students come back more certain about their degree. Travel immerses you in diversity and in the discovery of your own potential. Unlike a career fair or college day, it plunges you into the reality where you can see the application of a multitude of professions. It forces you to consider your role in the world rather than which pamphlet is the most appealing or which alumni base is the strongest. I sold that motorcycle I bought before freshman year. It paid for a few dates with my girlfriend and taxes I had forgotten to set money aside for. I wonder now what could have come from the money I had used to buy the bike – maybe it could have paid for a ticket to Australia or Japan. For those of us who still want to take one of those trips, it’s still not too late. The break after graduation is an excellent time for one last hurrah before entering the work force, and taking some time to explore new places might just reveal more about ourselves than we ever could have learned in college. Gavin Pugh is a senior journalism major from Coppell.
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ANOTHER SCANDAL Former Secretary of State Colin Powell criticized both major presidential candidates in newly leaked emails.
Powell calls out Trump, Clinton in leaked emails JEFF HORWITZ AND MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON — In a trove of newly leaked emails, former Secretary of State Colin Powell calls Donald Trump “a national disgrace” and suggests his own Republican Party is “crashing and burning.” Powell also laments Hillary Clinton’s attempt to equate her use of private email at the State Department with his. The emails, posted on the website DCLeaks.com and first reported by BuzzFeed News late Tuesday, offer insight into the unvarnished opinions of the respected retired Army general who was secretary of state under President George W. Bush. The messages run from March 2015 through last month. In the emails, Powell said he stayed relatively quiet during the rise of Trump, the Republican presidential nominee. “To go on and call him an idiot just emboldens him,” Powell said. To a former aide he writes: “No need to debate it with you now, but Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah.” Powell, a Republican, also suggests frustration with the state of the nation’s politics. “We all need to start voting for America and not our parties,” Powell writes. “Trump is taking on water. He doesn’t have a GOP philosophy or even a Conservative philosophy. We need a revolution and it will begin with the GOP crashing and burning up its current form.” DCLeaks.com has been alleged to be an outlet for hackers tied to the Russian intelligence groups. The website, which says it intends to expose the misuse of political power, has previously released emails from other Washington political figures. The release of Powell’s emails is the latest in a string of leaks that appear intended to influence the 2016 presidential election. The FBI is investigating how thousands of Democratic National Committee emails were hacked and released, an embarrassing breach that Clinton’s campaign maintains was committed by Russia to benefit Trump. Powell wrote that he had told Clinton’s “minions repeatedly that they are making a mistake trying to drag me in, yet they still try.” In another spot, he declared of Clinton that “Everything HRC touches she kind of screws up with hubris.” Congressional Democrats have seized on the use of a private email addresses by Powell and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a foil for Republican attacks on Clinton. In May, Powell messaged with a former colleague as the State Department’s inspector general prepared to release a report critical of both his and Clinton’s use of private email to conduct government business. “Wow, I didn’t follow rules,” Powell wrote. “I only revolutionized the information system in the entire State Department. ... I think I’ll bash the Department tomorrow. Fifteen years later they come up with this. ... Thanks Hillary.”
WACO — A grand jury declined to recommend charges for three Waco, Texas, police officers who shot bikers during a gunfight between rival motorcycle clubs in which nine people were killed and 20 others were hurt, the police department said Wednesday. The gun battle happened in May 2015 outside a Twin Peaks restaurant where motorcycle clubs had gathered for a meeting, including members of the Bandidos and Cossacks, which the state considers to
be gangs. The officers, who were placed on paid administrative leave after the shooting, will return to full duty immediately, Waco’s interim police chief, Frank Gentsch, said in a news release. Ballistics reports seen by The Associated Press show that four of the people killed were struck by the same caliber of rifle round fired by Waco police, and that two of them were struck only by that kind of rifle. More than 150 bikers were indicted following the shootout on a charge of engaging in organized
criminal activity. The grand jury hearing “allows the police to clean their hands” of the shooting, said Dallas attorney Don Tittle, who is representing more than a dozen bikers in lawsuits against the city. Tittle added that it was “routine” for prosecutors in Texas who do not want to bring charges in an officer-involved shooting to refer the matter to a grand jury. Police and the district attorney’s office have defended the officers’ use of force, claiming that bikers had also opened fire on police.
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FAMILY GATHERING Bikers gather Sunday at the American Legion Post 121 in Elm Mott for their latest biker rally to show support for the bikers involved in the shootout at Twin Peaks.
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Thursday, Sept. 15 Men for Change 5:30 p.m. Join Men for Change every Thursday in the Bobo Spiritual Life Center Chapel to meet and discuss ideas of spirituality and masculinity in a brave space.
Friday, Sept. 16 – Saturday, Sept. 17 Family Weekend Friday, Sept. 16 2-5 p.m. Welcome Reception and Check In, Bill Daniel Student Center, First Floor SUB Den 3-5 p.m. History Walks, Bill Daniel Student Center – Experience the history of Baylor through guided tours of campus. 3-5 p.m. Last Lectures, Bill Daniel Student Center – Inspired by the book, The Last Lecture, four Baylor professors will give what they deem their most important message. 5 p.m. The Family Weekend Choral Concert, Jones Concert Hall, McCrary Music Building – Features six of Baylor’s choral ensembles. 6-10 p.m. Rice vs. Baylor Tailgate and Watch Party, McLane Stadium - Cheer on the Bears at McLane stadium. Enjoy food trucks, fun, and the game on the stadium big screen. 8 p.m. After Dark, Waco Hall – All-University variety show featuring top student talent. For tickets, visit baylor.edu/familyweekend. Saturday, Sept. 17 8:30 a.m. State of the University Address, Waco Hall – Baylor Provost Dr. Gregory Jones gives a brief presentation about Baylor’s strategic vision and its significance in the priorities of the University. 9:30Family-Faculty Coffee, Fountain Mall – 11 a.m. Meet and talk with professors while enjoying brunch. 11 a.m.- The Beauty of Baylor, Baylor Campus – 3 p.m. Enjoy a guided tour of some of the incredible Baylor facilities. 3 p.m. The Kaleidoscope Concert, Jones Concert Hall, McCrary Music Building – Featuring Baylor Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble and A Cappella Choir 8 p.m. After Dark, Waco Hall – For tickets, visit baylor.edu/familyweekend.
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Movie Mondays at the Hippodrome: Misconception 7 p.m. For almost 50 years, the world’s population has grown at an alarming rate, raising fears about strains on the Earth’s resources. In the film Misconception, Academy Award-winning director Jessica Yu follows three individuals and focuses on the human implications of this highly charged political issue, inspiring a fresh look at the consequences of population growth.
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Silva charged with corruption MAURICIO SAVARESE AND PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian investigators on Wednesday charged former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with money laundering and corruption, calling him the “maximum commander” of the mammoth graft scandal roiling Latin America’s largest nation. While the charges against Silva were expected — police recommended them last month — the characterization of his role in the kickback scheme at state oil company Petrobras was stunning. The so-called Car Wash investigation the last two years has led to the jailing of dozens of businessmen and top politicians. While Silva, president between 2003 and 2010, has long been implicated, before Wednesday prosecutors had never said that he was anything more than a beneficiary. Silva was “the maximum commander of the corruption scheme identified as Car Wash,” said Deltan Dallagnol, head of the task force investigating, during a televised news conference from the southern city of Curitiba. “We are not judging here who (Silva) is or was as a person, but what he did or didn’t do to the people,” Dallagnol said. Dallagnol put up diagrams that purported to show Silva’s connection to various players in the kickback scheme going back more than a decade. He said prosecutors could show that Silva had met at key times with people involved in the scheme, such as Marcelo Odebrecht, the former president of the big Odebrecht construction company who has been jailed. Dallagnol alleged that Silva, who left the presidency with very high approval ratings, used a network of illegal campaign financing and kickbacks for political support in Congress. Silva’s lawyer, Cristiano Zanin Martins, blasted Dallagnol, saying he had shown himself unfit for the job.
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CALM BEFORE THE STORM Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, embraces Worker’s Party President Rui Falcao as he arrives to meet with the Workers Party National Executive Committee to discuss the political situation after President Dilma Rousseff was removed from office in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Sept. 2.
“His political behavior is incompatible with the role of a federal prosecutor,” said Martins. Despite a litany of accusations against Silva, there were only two actual charges: money laundering and corruption. Silva, his wife and five others were accused of illegally benefiting from renovations at a beachfront apartment in the coastal city of Guaruja in Sao Paulo state. The improvements, valued at about $750,000, were made by construction company OAS, one of those involved in the kickback scheme emanating from Petrobras. Prosecutors also believe Silva benefited from OAS paying the rent of storage unit to house symbolic gifts that Silva received while president. Silva acknowledges having visited the penthouse but says he never owned it. Sergio Moro, the judge overseeing the probe, must now decide whether Silva will stand trial. In a separate case related to Petrobras, Silva will go on trial on charges of obstruction of justice. While his Workers’ Party has lost
much support amid corruption scandals in recent years, Silva continues to enjoy popularity nationwide and has signaled his intention to run for president in 2018. The yawning gap between the verbal accusations Wednesday and what Silva was accused of raised many questions about the future of the investigation. Silva, who denies wrongdoing, has long been trying to get the cases against him removed from the jurisdiction of Moro, who has become famous for locking up prominent figures the last two years. Legal experts said that making such drastic statements could help prosecutors retrain the case in their jurisdiction and keep the investigation in the public eye. However, such maneuvers also come with risks. “The harsh wording shows that the evidence might not be that great,” said Cezar Britto, former head of Brazilian Bar Association. “It looks as if the prosecutors are looking for the support of society instead of looking for more evidence.”
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DONATION STATION McKinney senior Jacob Rha visits the blood drive truck to donate and do his part to help save lives. This is Rha’s sixth time participating in the event. Carter Blood Care has trucks parked near Waco Hall from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. this week.
ITALY from Page 1 around Italy during the weekends. Zori said they went to local sites and museums in addition to traveling to Rome and Pompeii. “We also had the chance to spend a couple of days a lake called Lake Bolsena,” Zori said. “It was lovely because we were at a hotel that had pools and a lake and the students could relax, but we also had them doing postexcavation work. I think the students had a really good balance of getting exposure to Italy.” Walsh said this experience was not like anything she had done before. “It was definitely something I’ll never be able to forget,” Walsh said. “It was really fun. If I had the opportunity to do it again, I totally would. It was very different from a classroom setting where they explain it and you get tested on it. It was like you figured out the theory as you were doing it, not before you were doing it.” Zori said she was impressed with the primary research work the students did
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during their trip and how well they got along. “The thing about a field project is that there is a certain chemistry, and this
“The field school really pushed me out of my comfort zone.” Lama Zakzok | Austin Senior
particular group had such an amazing chemistry,” Zori said. “They worked together well, and the students really liked each other. There was a lot of
camaraderie, and they pushed each other to give it a hundred percent every day. They were constantly bringing the level up, constantly bringing the energy up, constantly bringing the work up. It really did exceed all of our expectations.” Zori said the students really bonded during this trip and still spend time together. “I have been doing field projects for probably 15 years, but I have never been part of a group that all comes from one university,” Zori said. “It’s been fantastic to come back this fall and seeing them hanging out together. This experience has really knit them together as a group.” Zakzok said she liked how the professors communicated with the students. “They made sure we were a part of all the major decisions, and it truly felt like the project was ours,” Zakzok said. “We weren’t just there as students or assistants, we were all there as archaeology professionals, and we put our heart and soul into this research.”
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump released a letter Wednesday from an immigration attorney that provided more detail on what she said was her legal pathway to U.S. citizenship. But the Slovenian-born wife of the GOP presidential nominee did not publish any part of her immigration file – official documents that would put to rest questions about whether she followed immigration law. The two-page letter from New York attorney Michael J. Wildes, who has represented Donald Trump’s companies, also advanced an alternate timeline for a nude photo shoot that had been cited in news reports as possible evidence of Mrs. Trump working as a model in New York City without authorization. At issue is whether the photo shoot occurred in 1995 – before Mrs. Trump has said she began legally working in the U.S. – or in 1996, as Mrs. Trump and Wildes assert. The letter, posted on Mrs. Trump’s Twitter account, marks the first time that she has publicly identified the type of visas she held and gave specifics about her entry into the U.S. Mrs. Trump has often said she came to the U.S. legally and used her story to defend Donald Trump’s hard line on illegal immigration, an issue that he has made a signature part MELANIA TRUMP of his campaign. In the letter from Wildes, it’s unclear whether Mrs. Trump provided him access to her full immigration file during his review. Wildes wrote that he had reviewed a series of news reports and “documents regarding the U.S. immigration history of Mrs. Melania Trump.” But the letter did not indicate which documents. Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung did not immediately respond to detailed questions from The Associated Press about the review and whether Mrs. Trump planned to release her immigration file for public examination. The immigration file is one of several documents that the Trumps have refused to make public including Donald Trump’s tax returns. In his letter, Wildes dismissed news reports that Mrs. Trump had been professionally photographed posing nude in New York City in 1995. Last month, the New York Post published the photos along with an article saying they were taken during a twoday photo shoot in Manhattan in 1995. The Post reported that the photos were then published in the January 1996 issue of the French magazine Max. But Wildes said that then-Melania Knauss was not in the country in 1995. “The allegation that she participated in a photo shoot in 1995 is not only untrue, it is impossible,” Wildes wrote. He said he interviewed Mrs. Trump and “we ascertained that the photo shoot in question did not occur until after she was admitted to the United States in H-1B visa status in October 1996.” The letter does not give more detail on when Mrs. Trump said the photo shoot occurred. Wildes wrote that Mrs. Trump first entered the U.S. on Aug. 27, 1996, using a B-1/B-2 visitor visa. About two months later, on Oct. 18, 1996, Wildes said the U.S. Embassy in Slovenia issued Mrs. Trump her first worker visa, an H-1B visa, which she used to work as a model. Wildes said she was issued five such visas between October 1996 and 2001, at which point she became a lawful permanent resident. Wildes said he did not represent Mrs. Trump during the process. Wildes wrote that Mrs. Trump did not receive her green card through marriage. Instead, she applied in 2000 by selfsponsoring herself as a model of “extraordinary ability,” he said. She received her green card on March 19, 2001, and became eligible for citizenship in 2006, the year Mrs. Trump has said she became a citizen. Simon Rosenberg, an immigration policy analyst who supports Hillary Clinton, said he’s skeptical about Mrs. Trump’s ability to qualify for self-sponsorship as described in Wildes’ letter. Rosenberg, the president of NDN/New Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, said, “The letter resolves nothing.” “If they have all the documents, then release them. It is the only way we can answer the fundamental question here which is whether Melania Trump followed immigration law,” he said. William Stock, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said Wildes’ description of Mrs. Trump’s immigration history “is consistent with immigration law, as I know it,” though he noted the date of the photo shoot is an outstanding question. The qualification to self-sponsor to receive a green card is that a person must show extraordinary ability and national or international renown. Stock said an immigrant seeking this type of green card “can be extraordinary in anything,” including modeling, and that the strength of a person’s reputation can be part of that proof.
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Dino-trons in Allen NANETTE LIGHT Associated Press ALLEN — The inside of a giant, unmarked Collin County warehouse looks like a mini Jurassic Park. Four life-size Tyrannosaurus rexes stand side by side — mouths open, teeth bared. They’re among hundreds of prehistoric creatures programmed like robots to walk and roar. “When you first see our stuff moving, it gives you little chill bumps,” Robby Gilbert, director of exhibit displays at Billings Productions, told The Dallas Morning News. The Allenbased company builds giant animatronic dinosaurs and bugs and rents them to zoos and museums in countries including Australia, China, Sweden and Spain. Here, workers — artists, engineers, ex-fishing guides and former stayat-home dads — bring these creatures, extinct for millions of years, back to life. Their heads move left to right, mouths open and close and eyes shift back and forth. But instead of flesh and bone, these behemoths are made from steel and rubber. “There’s quite a few scary animals still around today, but nothing quite like
what there used to be,” said James West, head fabricator at Billings Productions. Earlier this month, a forklift picked up the company’s newest creature — a quetzalcoatlus, an ancient bird-like animal — like a toy to ship it to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums conference in San Diego for its debut. Standing 20 feet tall at the crest of its head and with a 30foot wingspan, the largest known flying animal is about the size of a small private The Associated Press jet. Scientists say it glided through the IMAGINATION BECOMES REALITY Nicodonus Lorenzo, left, and Walfre Lopez built animatronic dinosaurs at Billings Productions in Allen, on Aug. 29. air millions of years before we existed. Billings family found its Billings didn’t set out to his office,” Sandra Billings “It’s the build dinosaurs. They fell said. imagination of what these niche with zoos. “If a kid reads in a book into the business while Larry Billings, who animals were and knowing about a creature, they have working for a contract was raised in McKinney, that they were real, but you can’t picture them alive,” no idea what it really looks company in Singapore after died of a heart attack at like,” Sandra Billings said. their boss bought some fake age 63, four years after the Gilbert said. The company has its “By us building it, they can dinosaurs and sent the two company launched. But roots in North Texas, remember what they read, to Irvine, Calif., to manage his wife continued to build them. When that company it, moving the home base founded more than a decade and they can visualize it.” The Dallas Zoo featured disbanded, Larry Billings and production in 2012 ago on Industrial Boulevard to a 70,000-square-foot in McKinney by husband- 20 Billings animals in an decided to build his own. In the first four months, warehouse in Allen. and-wife team Larry and exhibit last year. They are part of a message about they built about 60 dinos “I wanted to carry on Sandra Billings. conservation, said Sean with a small crew. with his dream about what People have built “We were sleeping at the he wanted to do. I didn’t animatronic dinosaurs for Greene, vice president of decades, mostly on small guest experiences at the zoo. shop. I would sleep in the want it to just die with him,” Larry and Sandra car, and he would sleep in she said. scales for museums. The
Hill, Teller, money and guns: What more? BEN WOOLLEY Reporter From the director of “The Hangover” movies, Todd Phillips presents “War Dogs.” “War Dogs” is an action-packed comedy about two arms dealers who land a $300 million government contract to supply weapons to U.S. allies in Afghanistan. “War Dogs” creates an on-screen chemistry between Jonah Hill and Miles Teller, who play the main characters, Efraim Deveroli and David
M O V I E REVIEW Packouz. Deveroli and Packouz, both in their early 20s, are friends living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War. Deveroli offers Packouz a chance to make big money selling arms internationally. The two exploit a government initiative that allows businesses to bid on U.S. military contracts. They start out small and have some initial success,
but soon after, they find themselves in too deep when they land a $300 million deal supplying Afghan forces with arms. I love Jonah Hill and Miles Teller alone, but together, they are hysterical. I was drawn to this movie solely because of them. This movie was a great laugh and was perfect to see with friends. Crude humor throughout this movie gives it the edge it needs to be a real “grownup movie” as some critics call it. I felt that this specific humor gave the edge it needed to appeal to
adult audiences. Guns, guns and more guns. This movie has a good amount of shooting and fighting, even though it is low on blood and gore. Drugs are very prevalent in this movie, and it has very strong language throughout. There are also sexual innuendos and a high overall level of sexual material in this movie, so don’t go see this with momma. Nevertheless, it’s a great movie. I had high expectations going in, and each of those expectations
was met. The theater was packed when I went in, and it almost felt like I was watching the movie with 200 of my best friends with the amount of laughter that was shared. It was like laughter created a bond with complete strangers in the dark. Humor and adrenaline carry the plot, and you’re always wondering, “What’s next?” Its action-packed storyline also keeps the film flowing smoothly without bombarding you with fight scenes. Overall, I give this movie two thumbs up and a big grin.
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This week in Waco: >> Today 11 a.m.-5 p.m. —Alpha Phi Omega hosting blood drive. Buses on Speight, outside of Bobo Spiritual Life Center and near Waco Hall Noon-9 p.m. — H&M Waco grand opening. Richland Mall 7:30 p.m. —Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building
>> Friday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. —Alpha Phi Omega hosting blood drive. Buses on Speight, outside of Bobo Spiritual Life Center and near Waco Hall 5 p.m. —Family Weekend Choral Concert. Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building 6-10 p.m. —Rice vs. Baylor Tailgate and Watch party. McLane Stadium 8 p.m. —After Dark (first showing). Waco Hall
>> Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. — The Heart of Texas Airshow. Texas State Technical College 3 p.m. —The Kaleidoscope Concert. Jones Concert Hall of McCrary Music Building 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. — Live Music at Poppa Rollo’s Pizza 8 p.m. —After Dark (second showing). Waco Hall
>> Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. — The Heart of Texas Airshow. Texas State Technical College
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Across 1 Host of “Late Night Joy” 6 Pennant contest 10 Herbal seed used in smoothies 14 Truly impress 15 Screen image or screen idol 16 Called 17 Eleventh hour 19 Language of Pakistan 20 Beach toy 21 “Otello” composer 22 She played Jackie on “Nurse Jackie” 23 Age of Reason philosopher 25 Short fiction 27 Sloth and envy 29 First name in scat 30 Super __ 33 Words after save or take 36 Afghan capital 39 Lamb nurser 40 Speaker’s stand ... or what each set of circled squares graphically represents 42 Mama bear, in Baja 43 Sauce made with pine nuts 45 Roll dipped in wasabi 46 __ cabbage 47 Drawn tight 49 Big name in golf clubs 51 Bugs’ voice 55 Storied monsters 58 Airline known for tight security 59 About 61 Algerian seaport 63 Humorist Barry 64 Unparalleled 66 Plugging away 67 Heated contest, in more ways than one 68 Aquafina rival 69 Some skinny jeans 70 Torah cabinets 71 Like a neglected garden Down 1 Refuse to, with “at”
2 Outlook messages 3 Lacks choices 4 Quetzalcoatl worshipers 5 High-__ image 6 Jasmine __ 7 Part of an autumn stash 8 Many a beach rental 9 Bitter green in mixed greens 10 Fur-loving de Vil 11 Work that may be imposed with a prison sentence 12 29-state country 13 Feverish bouts 18 “Still ... “ 24 Honda Fit competitor 26 Warning sign in the Rockies 28 High waters 30 Abundance in the cheerleading squad 31 Reverence
32 Observation with a sigh 34 Kwik-E-Mart clerk 35 Kitchen amt. 37 Take for a sucker 38 Little fellow 41 Many an Indian fan 44 Computers that travel well 48 Puget Sound city 50 It’s on the record 51 Wartime award 52 Fill with joy 53 Forty-__ 54 Links hazard 56 Banks with a statue at Wrigley Field 57 Course with leaves 60 Jazz lovers 62 Part of a Wall St. address 65 Meadow drops
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Bears’ season tees off Friday JORDAN SMITH Sports Writer The Baylor men’s golf team is gearing up for the start of the 2016-17 season as it heads into its first official tournament this weekend at Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois. The Bears start this season as the 24th-ranked team in the country. Head coach Mike McGraw said he looks forward to traveling to Olympia Fields. “Well, it’s one of my favorite places in all of golf,” McGraw said. It’s a beautiful, old golf course. Old style, huge trees — it’s big boys golf. It’s a great, great golf course.” “The membership gets behind the tournament, and they run one of the best tournaments in college golf,” McGraw said. McGraw has his eye set on one specific golfer this season to do really well based on his off-season results, sophomore Garrett May. May made his collegiate debut last fall and tied for 10th place at Gopher Invitational. Although difficult to do, May shot 1-under 70 in first collegiate round. “Garrett May, who was in and out of the lineup last year. It was great to see his progress over the summer; he played very well. He won the Cotton States Amateur, finished second in the Arkansas State Amateur, finished third in the Magnolia Amateur. He had a lot of really good finishes in tournaments, so I was anxious to see if that would translate, and then he won this qualifying by six,” McGraw said.
“He beat all of the players that returned off of last year’s national championship team,” McGraw said. “So I’ve got to believe that was a pleasant surprise that his game has gotten that much better.” With collegiate experience under his belt, junior Matthew Perrine is really looking to get better at finishing this season off strong, not only for himself, but also for the team. “Individually, [I’m] always striving to have more Top 5, Top 10 finishes,” Perrine said. “Getting my first collegiate win would be huge, but with that will come more team success as well, so the two really go hand in hand.” After finishing 27th at the 2016 NCAA National Championship, sophomore Braden Bailey said he and his team are ready to get back to the national championship tournament and do more than just get there. “I don’t think we were quite ready last year, honestly. We were just excited to be there,” Bailey said. “This year, we want to go and actually compete and make it to match play and make a nice little run at a championship. Last year, I don’t think we were mentally ready for that. But I think this year, we’re going to instill that belief in ourselves throughout the year and hopefully we can make a real run at a national championship.” The Bears tee off Friday and action will continue through Sunday.
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CHIPPING AWAY Jacksonville junior Hunter Shattuck chips the ball onto the green. Shattuck transferred from McLennan Community College to play golf at Baylor.
Cowboys: big bucks, no such luck The struggle continues ASSOCIATED PRESS
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BIG SHOES TO FILL Dallas Cowboys quarterback No. 4 Dak Prescott runs past Miami Dolphins No. 78 Terrence Fede and No. 42 Spencer Paysinger into the end zone for a touchdown. The Cowboys lost its veteran quarterback Tony Romo in preseason action and continue to struggle after losing their season opener at home at AT&T Stadium.
NEW YORK — Not only are the Dallas Cowboys the most valuable team in the NFL, they are worth more than any franchise in sports. Forbes’ NFL valuations show the Cowboys worth $4.2 billion, easily topping the league for the 10th straight year. Next closest are the New England Patriots at $3.4 billion. Earlier this year, Forbes cited Jerry Jones’ team as the world’s most valuable franchise. Dallas has $700 million in revenues and $300 million in operating income. The average NFL team is worth to be $2.34 billion, a 19 percent increase over last year. That increase is primarily due to more rights fees for Thursday night games, the Rams’ relocation from St. Louis to Los Angeles,
the Vikings moving into their new stadium in Minneapolis and the Atlanta Falcons nearing completion of their new stadium. Stan Kroenke’s Rams made the biggest change in value, up 100 percent. Team values are determined by equity plus net debt and based on each team’s current stadium (with adjustments for pending new stadiums and renovations). Revenue and operating income (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) are for the 2015 season, including any net of stadium debt service. Revenue from non-NFL events such as concerts and stadium tours, is included when such revenue goes to the team owner or owners. The New York Giants ($3.1 billion), San Francisco 49ers ($3.0 billion) and Washington Redskins ($2.95 billion) round out Forbes’ top five. Buffalo has the lowest team worth at $1.5 billion.
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