The Baylor Lariat: Homecoming Issue 2014

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Bears take on the Jayhawks Saturday at McLane Stadium

“Doing away with the straight ticket voting system may be the key to solving America’s voter turnout problem.”

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Looking beyond the endzone BU football to raise money for rare diseases through Touchdown Pledge Drive

By Cody Soto Sports Writer

When No. 12 Baylor football goes onto the field at McLane Stadium on Saturday, they will play for several reasons: to win another Big 12 conference game, to stay in the College Playoff race and for Midway High School junior Jacoby Burks.

Burks has cerebral palsy, a rare disorder that affects body movements and muscle coordination.

Cerebral palsy is caused by abnormalities in parts of the brain that control muscle movement, and there is no cure.

In an effort to raise awareness and funds for cerebral palsy research, the Baylor chapter of Uplifting Athletes will hold its inaugural Touchdown Pledge Drive on Saturday in McLane Stadium.

Fans can donate to the cause by pledging an amount of money per touchdown made by the Bears or give a one-time donation.

“The ability to raise awareness and money for people like Jacoby Burks and his family who are affected by cerebral palsy puts some-

thing on top of all the motivation to score in the game,” senior defensive back Collin Brence said. “We are excited for this game for that specific reason. It’s going to be a fun experience and opportunity.”

Chapter president and senior receiver Levi Norwood said he is excited the Burks family will be a part of this big event. Norwood has been building a relationship with Jacoby Burks for about three years prior to the start of Baylor’s Uplifting Athletes chapter.

“It’s a blessing knowing that Jacoby and his family are supporting us and going to our games, and in return, we want to do the same for them,” Norwood said. “We definitely play a lot harder knowing that.”

Uplifting Athletes is a national non-profit organization that brings college football teams together to combat the rare diseases. With many research efforts being directed toward more common illnesses, Uplifting Athletes sheds light on many often overlooked diseases.

The Baylor chapter introduced to campus last year is giving football players the opportunity to make a

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Midway High School student Jacoby Burks (center) and his family join Baylor football players July 17 during their inaugural Uplifting Athletes Lift for Life event .The chapter raised over $3,155 dollars to fund cerebral palsy research and will hold their first touchdown drive on Saturday at McLane Stadium.

difference both at a local and national level. Norwood brought the chapter to Waco after watching his father and brother start the first Uplifting Athletes chapter at Penn

State.

Baylor is the only college in the Big 12 conference and in Texas with a chapter of Uplifting Athletes.

“If you look at other schools,

they’ve been able to raise a lot of money and awareness for these rare diseases, and it’s the same thing for us,” Norwood said. “We are trying to raise awareness about people

who have these diseases and would love to play and watch sports, but their body won’t let them.”

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Extensive planning underway to help homecoming parking

By Ryan Finn Reporter

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Typical game day parking arrangements undergo changes for homecoming. The hours for people to clear their cars from the Ferrell center has been extended to 2 a.m. Saturday.

Baylor Department of Student Activities and Baylor Athletics have plans set to handle parking for the oldest homecoming in the country.

Matt Burchett, director of Student Activities, said his department got an early start on attempting to help ease up parking for the game at 3 p.m. tomorrow.

“Our strategy right now is to park everyone at the Ferrell Center,” Burchett said. “We’ll have a shuttle that runs every five to 10 minutes that will be picking up and dropping off people behind the business school, which gives individuals the quickest access to the bonfire, pigskin and other activities.”

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University Parks Drive. The City of Waco will also be running shuttles from Fifth Street and Austin Ave. downtown to a drop-off location on Martin Luther King Drive near the stadium. These will begin running at 10:30 a.m. and will run as long as needed until after the game.

Nick Joos, executive associate athletics director for external affairs, said problems that may arise regarding parking during the game can be easily resolved.

“There have been numerous people involved who have attacked homecoming parking as a separate issue,” Joos said. “We have a special parking plan for homecoming weekend that we plan to roll out.”

Burchett said outside help was hired to assist with parking details.

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Student Government dates back a century

3 US sibblings shot in Mexico MATAMOROS, Mexico — Three U.S. citizens missing for more than two weeks have been found shot to death in Mexico near the border city of Matamoros, and authorities are questioning a local police unit about possible involvement, the attorney general in northern Tamaulipas state said Thursday.

The father of the three, Pedro Alvarado, identified his children from photographs of the bodies showing tattoos, Attorney General Ismael Quintanilla Acosta told Radio Formula. Clothing found with the bodies also matched that of Erica Alvarado Rivera, 26, and brothers, Alex, 22, and Jose Angel, 21, who had been

among the priorities for parking spots available the day of and before the game.

“One of the things most important to us is protecting spaces for students,” he said. “Our hope is that we’ll be able to accommodate students first, and then open up parking to our outside constituents. We will put personnel in the Eighth Street and East Village garages so that only students have access to them until Friday night.”

Burchett said parking will be allowed in the Ferrell center for alumni and families of students unable to find a place to park on campus for the homecoming events tonight. Vehicles will need to be cleared out by 2 a.m. There will be shuttles transporting fans from the Ferrell and Speight parking areas and delivering fans to the front of the “I Believe Walkway” on

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This year marks 100 years Student Government has been in action. The organization was first named the Student Self-Governing Association.

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The ayes had it.

On Oct. 8, 1914, Baylor students made it known that they were interested in governing themselves with a clear majority by a straw poll. In the same year Baylor became the Bears, students began to represent themselves as a body.

The first name for what is now Student Government, The Student Self–Governing Association, was officially recognized by the administration in January 1915.

Although the organization has undergone many changes over the years, its presence on campus has been undeniable.

On Sept. 21, 1955, the Lariat published an editorial that dealt with an issue that suggested the times certainly were changing at the university.

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Voting on party lines isn’t ideal Editorial One of the most powerful ways the average American can make change in our government is by voting in our country’s various elections.

With Election Day less than a week away, Democrats and Republicans alike are advocating their viewers and listeners vote “straight-Republican” or “straightDemocrat” when they go to the polls.

Though this may help political parties achieve their objectives by garnering control over local, state and national offices and legislatures, it does little to promote the free democratic process Americans have come to cherish.

Currently, there are 14 states, including Texas, that allow a straight-ticket ballot during elections. This means that the ballot will have an option during general elections to automatically vote for all candidates from a particular party.

Straight ticket voting is a pro-

cess that has been in place for more than a century in the U.S. It wasn’t until the 1970s where politics began the process of becoming based less on party lines and more on the individual candidate.

Within the past couple years, however, as politics become more polarized, this trend is beginning to decline.

On one hand, allowing straight ticket voting appears to encourage voter turnout. Many choose not to come out to the polls and vote on Election Day because they don’t feel as if they know enough about the candidates to make an informed decision in the election.

Thus, when people take the time to learn the platforms of anyone from presidential candidates to county sheriffs, they should be more confident in their participation in the American political process.

The downside of this, however, is that politics is being narrowed down into three separate “camps.”

By voting on party lines alone, voters simply identify as “Democrat” or “Republican” without much

forethought as to what candidates believe.

The use of a straight ticket policy also discourages voters from learning about their local candidates, who are usually placed at the bottom of the ballot. On off-years (such as this coming Election Day) the general election ballot will include selections for a variety of statewide and local offices.

Though big-money statewide candidates such as Greg Abbott and Wendy Davis are able to have time on all modes of media, the same will most likely not hold true for a local candidate for county office. Thus, voters tend to be the least educated on these “smallmoney” local candidates.

It’s ironic that the local representatives, the ones who are idolized as “the voices of the people” in a bureaucratic democratic system and the biggest influences of our day-to-day lives, are the ones who get noticed the least during elections. Getting rid of the straight ticket policy, however, may change this.

North Carolina is currently

the only state that has abolished straight ticket elections, but other states may soon follow suit. North Carolina has made an important step in making policy that they believe will help voters become more

educated on the stances of their local representatives, who shape so much of their own state’s policy.

Doing away with the straight ticket voting system may be the key to solving America’s voter turnout

problem.

The more educated and engaged constituents are in politics, the more they will feel inclined to participate in our country’s vital democratic system.

Celebrate good times during Homecoming Each summer, groups of matriculating students journey to the place where Baylor University humbly began in 1845. As the sun sets upon the Earth and proverbially upon a season in their lives, the students walk through Old Baylor Park’s historic columns in Independence, Texas, to signify their induction into the Baylor Line.

Then each spring, graduating seniors return to Old Baylor Park, just days before commencement. The students, again, walk through the columns; this time, to symbolize their transition from student members of the Baylor Line to alumni members.

Throughout the four-year span between first walking through the columns of Independence and returning to those same relics, Baylor Bears take part in a host of memorable traditions. Regardless of generation, we have all experienced chapel, Dr Pepper Hour and our live mascots to name a few.

The commonalities in our experiences tie each of us together. That unique bond among the Baylor family continues to draw alumni together each year as they return home to the Waco campus.

Homecoming is not just a time to watch Pigskin Revue performances, bask in the light of the bonfire and cheer on our football team.

Instead, Homecoming is a time where commitment is met with celebration.

As we light the ways of time, we celebrate the dedication of the entire Baylor family.

Our family is made up of over 165,000 living alumni, over 16,000 students and millions of

others who call our institution a friend.

This all-encompassing commitment allows for the distinct opportunities we are afforded to be seen across the very world we live in.

Throughout our Baylor family, we see dozens of examples of this devotion. We recognize the alumni who have given their time, talent, and treasure. On behalf of the student body, I say thank you to each person who has made the Baylor experience what it is today. It is because of your labor, your love and your generosity that our institution’s name is harkened in every corner of the nation.

As we onward go, there is an ever-present need to continue our culture of faithfulness: faithfulness to the Lord, faithfulness to the Baylor Line and faithfulness to the university.

Students are charged with continuing this rich tradition for the sake of those who will follow in their footsteps. Today, we are blessed with these opportunities. Tomorrow, we are entrusted with the responsibility to provide these opportunities to others.

What a great time it is to be a part of the Baylor Line! With the festivities and reunions already happening, I am filled with so much joy and pride. This university has truly become my home during my undergraduate career.

My hope and prayer is that others will find this same sense of belonging on our campus.

Happy Homecoming!

Dominic Edwards is a senior marketing major from Arlington. He is the student body president for the 2014-2015 academic year.

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Students need finance classes We should be required to take a personal finance class in order to learn how to manage our money wisely.

Colleges are not great help for money management by leaving students with heaping loads of debt before they even begin their career.

The average student loan debt in Texas is $24,030 according to CNN Money.

Many students have to have jobs while in college just to make it through, but some can get by with what their parents are generous enough to give them. Both types of students still need to take a class for their own benefit.

I cannot stand math classes and a personal finance class is low on my list of priorities, but it should not be. I am realizing now, as a senior, that I am going to be on my own in just a few short months and I am not going to have my parents calling me everyday reminding me to pay my credit card bills or making sure that I have enough money in my bank account to pay my rent.

By taking a personal finance class, students would be offered real world examples of how to manage their money and the opportunity to gain knowledge about budgets, mortgages, interest rates, taxes and how all of those and other things fit together in the big puzzle that is finances.

This class would not be a pass or fail like Chapel, but rather, it would be a class that you have to work to earn the

grade and learn finances in the process.

While Baylor does offer a personal finance class BUS 3302, it is not mandatory.

Many students do not even know what a credit score is or how to create one. To me, this is huge. If students plan to rent an apartment, buy a new car or make any major purchase after college, they have to have a good credit score which is between 700 and 800. The only way to have a good credit score is to use credit cards and pay your bills on time according to myfico.com.

But, how do you pay those bills without knowing how much money you have? This is where learning to budget comes in. Most students will probably tell you that they do not make themselves a monthly budget. They just hope there is money in their account when they get to the grocery store.

I receive a certain amount of money from my parents each month. I also work and have an income. I put certain amounts of money into savings from each paycheck so I am able to pay bills

later on and I draw interest from that savings account. If it were not for my mom teaching me all these things, my bank account would be full of money that I have no idea what to do with and not drawing interest in the way that it should. But, since I have a mom that realized soon enough that I did not know how to manage my own money, she took the initiative and started teaching me when I came to college.

Most researchers believe that students should learn financial literacy over a period of time longer than just a semester. I agree with them, but this may not be feasible due to graduation schedules and other things that factor into graduating on time.

My mom still pushes me to take a personal finance class and I think she is right. Although I manage my money well, I still know very little in comparison to what I would know if I took this class.

This is why it should be mandatory to take such a class. Students do not realize how little they know about finances until they get out in the real world and have to deal with it on their own.

By taking a personal finance class, it would better prepare them for what is coming and start their money managing skills before they put their degree to use.

Madi Miller is a senior double major in journalism and film and digital media from Prosper. She is the assistant broadcast producer for the Lariat.

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FRIDAY | OCTOBER 31, 2014

Fed signals Yellen era

By Martin Krutsinger Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Federal Reserve announced the end of its landmark bond buying program Wednesday, it also signaled the start of something else: The Janet Yellen era.

Officially, Yellen has been Fed chair since February. But the phase-out of the bond-buying stimulus program Yellen inherited from her predecessor, Ben Bernanke, truly marks her inauguration. She can now begin to fully stamp her influence on the central bank.

With the job market showing steady gains, Yellen must now grapple with the fateful decision of when to raise short-term interest rates, which the Fed has kept at record lows since 2008 to help the economy.

“Janet Yellen’s ability to place her mark on the nation’s monetary policy is only now opening up,” said Scott Anderson, chief economist at Bank of the West. “It will largely be Yellen” who guides rates back to their historic averages from near-zero levels.

Yellen will also preside over the unwinding of the Fed’s vast portfolio of bonds, which its purchases have magnified to more than $4 trillion, a record high. The bond buying had been designed to keep long-term loan rates low.

Bernanke’s tenure at the Fed was focused on bolstering the financial system and rescuing the economy. Yellen’s will require a delicate balancing act to bring the Fed back to normal: She must withdraw the Fed’s stimulus without destabilizing the economy.

“If we’re moving to an era where things will become less accommodative, then we’re in the Yellen era,” said Jay Bryson, a global economist at Wells Fargo.

For Yellen and other Fed officials, the decision of when to begin raising rates toward their historic averages hinges on two major economic forces: Jobs and inflation.

The Fed did reiterate its plan to maintain its benchmark shortterm rate near zero “for a considerable time.” Most economists predict the Fed won’t raise that rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, before June.

On balance, economists saw the Fed’s statement as showing less concern about unusually low inflation, which has helped delay a rate increase.

Michael Hanson, senior economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said the Fed still appears likely to put off any rate increase until at least mid-2015.

“This isn’t the Fed rushing to the exits,” he said.

Hanson noted that while the Fed kept its “considerable time” phrasing, it added language stressing that any rate increase would hinge on the economy’s health.

Previously, many analysts had interpreted the “considerable time” phrase to mean the Fed wouldn’t raise rates for a specific period after it ended its bond purchases.

The Fed’s statement was approved 9-1. The one dissent came from Narayana Kocherlakota, president of the Fed’s regional bank in Minneapolis. He contended that the Fed should have signaled its intention to maintain a record-low benchmark rate until the inflation outlook has reached the central bank’s 2 percent target.

Yellen has stressed that while the unemployment rate is close to a historically normal level, other gauges of the job market remain a concern. These include stagnant pay; many part-time workers who can’t find full-time jobs; and a historically high number of people who have given up looking for a job and are no longer counted as unemployed.

Homecoming Events Preview Singspiration: 7 p.m. tonight at Seventh and James Baptist Church.

Pep Rally and Bonfire: 9-10:30 p.m. tonight at Fountain Mall.

Homecoming Pigskin Revue: game vs. Kansas: 10:30-11:45 p.m.

3 p.m. tonight, and 8-10 p.m. tomorrow at tomorrow at Waco Hall.

McLane Stadium.

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A burial team in protective gear buries a person suspected to have died of Ebola in Liberia. Even as Liberians get sick and die of Ebola, many beds in treatment centers are empty because of governemt orders that the bodies of all suspected Ebola victims be cremated. This violates Liberian values and cultural practices and has so disturbed people that the sick are often being kept at home and, if they die, are being secrety bured, increasing infection risk.

Texas won’t quarantine returning travelers

By Rebecca Flannery Staff Writer

Texas won’t be joining the handful of states announced to have controversial 21-day quarantines for citizens traveling back from West Africa.

Maine, New York, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Illinois and most recently, California, have set quarantine procedures in place, varying in the severity of quarantine practices.

Other states like Pennsylvania and Georgia have also implemented procedures for people returning from West Africa. Altogether, the 10 states are responsible for receiving 70 percent of incoming travelers, according to a press release from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Christine Mann, spokesperson for the Texas Department of State Health Services said Texas doesn’t have a mandatory policy for quarantines.

“Patients will be evaluated on a case to case basis,” Mann said. “If they are at a high risk, they’re asked to stay at home where health officials will visit to monitor them.”

Mann said public health officials would check on the suspected case twice daily for symptoms within the 21-day incubation period. Otherwise, patients would be asked to monitor themselves during that time for fever or other Ebola-related symptoms.

“If someone has come in contact with Ebola, symptoms would appear within the 2 to 21 day span,” Mann said. Ebola-related deaths reached 13,676 cases in West Africa on Oct. 29, according to the CDC. In the United

States, four people have died since the outbreak.

Dr. Jerold Waltman, professor of political science, said while some may think quarantines are unconstitutional, states have the right to implement them.

“The states have what’s called a ‘police power,’” Waltman said. “This power could include the power to quarantine people to protect public safety and regulate health safety and welfare.”

Kelly Craine, public information officer for the Health Department of McLennan County said so far, people quarantined in Texas have been asked to do so voluntarily.

“In McLennan County, we would work with Department of State Health Services to determine the risk level of someone who may have come in contact with those affected,” Craine said.

In California, the quarantine is set on a case-bycase basis, unlike Maine, New York and New Jersey where there is a broad effort to quarantine all travelers from affected countries. Carlos Villatoro, media correspondent for the California Department of Public Health said he hasn’t heard any backlash over the state’s decision on quarantines. Other procedures in place by the CDC include providing self-monitoring kits to passengers coming off planes from West Africa, as well as active post-arrival monitoring.

“Active post-arrival monitoring is an approach in which state and local health officials maintain daily contact with all travelers from the three affected countries for the entire 21 days following their last possible date of exposure to Ebola virus,” according to a press release from the CDC.

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Waco program celebrates 50 years

By Abby Loop Staff Writer

Tonya Williams, a Dallas native who has lived in Waco for the past 18 years, attributes her success and well-being today to one of Waco’s oldest non-profit organizations.

When Williams first came to Waco, she had three kids, and her husband was always on the road.

She was a homemaker and as her kids got older, she decided to find a job.

However, her job hunt was difficult and daycare for her youngest child was very expensive.

She had no idea how she was going to find care for her child and look for a job to support her family.

Williams then heard about the Economic Opportunities Advancement Corporation.

Williams said the organization and the programs it contained changed her life for the better.

“Someone told me about EOAC and that I should check into it,” Williams said. “I researched and ended up applying for a head start program they have.

I got my son in it and I don’t know where I would’ve been without it.”

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the organization’s community action programs that have helped people like Williams receive financial, family or employment assistance.

Williams said since her son was able to go to Head Start, an early learning education program for kids, she was able to have time to find a job and earn money for her family.

“It was a huge impact. There’s no way I could’ve afforded daycare,” she said. “My son got ahead of the grade there, what they taught him was above pre-school.

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Members of the Economic Opportunities Advancement Corporation volunteer at the Long-Term Recovery Center in West, to assist the families affected by the West explosion last year. The organization was created in 1964 to help families in need with financial, family or employment assistance.

When he did go to kindergarten, his teacher was impressed.”

According to its website, the organization was created in 1964 to implement and carry out the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.

Poverty, education and transitions to gainful employment are and have always been the primary goals of the organization. The nonprofit organization caters to seven counties in Central Texas.

John Key, executive director of

the program, said the program’s main mission is to help those in need achieve economic independence with seven different programs that range from childcare services to tenant-based rental assistance.

“We help with rental payments, utilities, give kids an opportunity to learn at an early age and help the elderly and veterans with weatherizing homes,” Key said.

“It can be difficult for some people to ask for help, but we want

them to come to us. The best thing we do is help people.”

Deborah Jones, director for the Head Start/Early Head Start program at EOAC, said she believes the organization and its programs has been one of Waco’s best kept secrets so far, as many people haven’t heard of them over the years.

“We’re one of those organizations that doesn’t always get recognized,” Jones said.

“But we’ve been the forerunner for providing services to low in-

come families, the elderly and the disabled for many years.”

Jones said in their Head Start program, she’s seen a lot of success with clients, including Williams.

Tina Gonzales, director of community programming, said the organization receives so many clients, that it’s almost hard to believe.

“We bring some decency and dignity to customers,” Gonzales said. “They can feel proud of assistance and be treated with respect.

They receive the service they deserve.”

Waco resident Kim Talton said this is what EOAC did for her when helping her pay for a class at Hill College so she could graduate.

“I just called and asked about their services and they’ve been helping me ever since,” Talton said. “ I would still be struggling to graduate if it wasn’t for them.”

EOAC is continuing to play a part in the lives of Waco citizens today and members of the organization have more things planned in the upcoming months.

Key said the organization is currently planning a dentist day at Waco Charter School, a school founded by EOAC in 1996.

On November 13, the school will be visited by a local clinic and have dental exams free of charge.

“Kids will be able to get their teeth cleaned and checked and they won’t be charged anything,” Key said.

“About 94 percent of kids at this school are economically disadvantaged. We want to do this a second time as well but for the parents of these kids.”

Sabrina Gray, a Baylor alumna, is principal of the charter school.

Gray said EOAC is providing a great service to students and parents of the school and encouraged Baylor students to get involved with EOAC’s offered programs.

“EOAC helps provide financial support for the school and for families, it’s an extra service that’s greatly needed,” Gray said.

“If students want to help out they have to have a willing heart and an interest to provide service.

Our school always needs tutors and it’s a great opportunity to give.

The main thing is getting EOAC’s information out there and letting people know there is a need.”

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Baylor covers homecoming hype via social media

By Hannah Neumann Staff Writer

With over 165,000 alumni worldwide, Baylor is amping up their social media performance for homecoming events, to ensure that those who cannot attend will be able to indulge in the experience.

“It’s an incredible opportunity to communicate with our people, the Baylor family, all over the world,” said Jeff Brown, director of social media communications.

Brown said with an increase of social media following and the Baylor homecoming hype, they are working to bring even more coverage than normal for the weekend.

With social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest, the university has increased its social following to over 240,000 collectively.

Brown said they’ve already began coverage of homecoming by sharing photo galleries of homecoming from past decades. He said as the weekend progresses however, they expect to start live posting the primary events, as well as retweeting others’ posts and pulling their photos into galleries.

“We’ll be sharing photos and updates from the various events

primarily because we know we’ll have thousands of alumni here on campus, but the majority of alumni still won’t be here, and this is a chance to take homecoming to them.”

“We’re really just trying to share the experience with those who can’t get back to campus, and to also maybe boost the experience of those who are here,” he said.

San Antonio freshman Jenevie Guerrero said she is going home for the weekend and is sad to be missing her first Baylor homecoming.

“I’m beyond sad that I won’t be attending, but I know at least I’ll be kept up to date both by Baylor’s social media and my friends’ accounts,” she said. “Everyone loves to tweet and post pictures of my bears so I’ll be looking for all of their posts while I’m home.”

In the 2013 Student Advisor ranking of the top Social Media Colleges, Baylor ranked no. 16 in the nation and first among the Big 12.

Baylor alumni Joe Holloway said he attributed the rise of Baylor’s brand to its expansive social media coverage and larger following.

“The rise of Baylor in academ-

ics and athletics coincides with the rise of social media in general, so those two things happening at the same time create a robust social media environment around Baylor University,” Holloway said.

He said he follows every baylor account, and looks forward to homecoming whether he can make it back or just follow through the accounts.

“I haven’t made it back every year since I graduated in 2009, but there are very few opportunities for me to see a good chunk of the people I hung out with at Baylor all in one spot and all for one reason,” Holloway said. “And that is homecoming.”

Holloway said with as ubiquitous as social media is right now, he has been able to follow most of the happenings at Baylor not just on homecoming, but year round, something Brown said he’d hoped for.

“We hope this gives people a reason to come follow us and see what we’ve got going on and that they’ll stick with us,” Brown said.

“That they’re not here just to see what’s going on at homecoming but that they’ll continue to follow us and engage year round.”

Brown said the suggested

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hashtag for the weekend is #Baylorhomecoming, and that Baylor can be followed on several social media sites. Tweets with the

hashtag will be posted at the game on the big screen.

“The students and staff who are in charge of the accounts do a great

job of putting important information on there,” Brown said.

US strategy against Islamic State militants hits major hurdles

By David Cloud, W.J. Hennigan and Raja Abdulrahim Tribune News Service

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration’s plan to raise a 15,000-strong rebel army in Syria has run into steep political and military obstacles, raising doubts about a key element of the White House strategy for defeating Islamic State militants in the midst of a civil war.

Pentagon concerns have grown so sharp that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel sent a two-page memo to the White House last week warning that the overall plan could collapse because U.S. intentions toward Syrian President Bashar Assad are unclear, accord-

ing to a senior defense official who read the memo but was not authorized to speak publicly.

President Barack Obama has called on Assad to step down, but he has not authorized using military force, including the proposed proxy army, to remove the Syrian leader.

At a news conference Thursday, Hagel declined to discuss his memo to national security adviser Susan Rice, but he acknowledged that Assad has inadvertently benefited from more than five weeks of U.S.-led airstrikes against the Islamic State, one of the most powerful antigovernment forces in Syria’s bitter conflict.

Secretary of State John F. Kerry sought to paper over the

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problem Thursday, telling a forum in Washington that the proposed proxy army “can have an impact on Assad’s decision-making so we can get back to a table where we could negotiate a political outcome, because we all know there is no military resolution of Syria.”

Rebel leaders in Syria say they would reject joining a U.S.-backed force that is not aimed at defeating Assad, their main enemy.

Senior U.S. military officers also privately warn that the socalled Syrian moderates that U.S. planners hope to recruit _ opposition fighters without ties to the Islamic radicals _ have been degraded by other factions and forces, including Assad’s army, during the war.

It will take years to train and field a new force capable of launching an offensive against the heavily armed and well-funded Islamic State fighters, who appear well-entrenched in northern Syria, the officers say.

“We’re not going to be able to build that kind of credible force in enough time to make a difference,” said a senior U.S. officer who is involved in military operations against the militants and who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. “We’ve watched the moderate opposition dwindle and dwindle and now there’s very little left.”

The Pentagon plan calls for putting 5,000 rebel fighters into

Syria in a year, and 15,000 over the next three years.

It is the least developed and most controversial part of the multi-pronged U.S. strategy, which also includes near-daily airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, deployment of U.S. military advisers and other support to assist Iraqi government and Kurdish forces, along with attempts to choke off the militants’ financing from oil sales and foreign donors.

When officers involved in high-level Pentagon deliberations in the summer raised concerns about building a rebel army from scratch, they were overruled by senior commanders, who warned that airstrikes alone would not defeat the militants, one of the offi-

cers said.

Washington and its allies are chiefly split over whether the proposed force should focus on reclaiming Syrian territory now held by the Islamic State militants, which is the U.S. priority, or should also battle troops loyal to Assad, the allies’ main concern.

Turkey said this month that it would train a portion of the Syrian force, joining Saudi Arabia in training on its territory. U.S. officials don’t expect to assemble the first group of “moderate” rebels, drawing them from inside Syria or from crowded refugee camps in nearby countries, until early next year at the earliest.

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Baylor sophomore helps found nonprofit

By Sara Katherine Johnson Reporter

In Toloha, Tanzania women walk about five miles to get water for their families. Baylor sophomore Joshua Spear helped found the nonprofit Toloha Partnership to help the village.

Joshua and Diane Spear, his mom and co-founder, were inspired by a man named Daniel Makoko. After applying, Makoko was given a Diversity Immigrant Visa from Toloha to Kinston, N.C. The program makes available permanent resident visas to countries that have low immigration rates to the U.S. Once in Kinston, Makoko attended the Spear family’s Bible study. As he got to know the Spears, he told them about his family left behind in Toloha and his village where people died of water borne disease.

“He shared his heart and became a part of our family,” Diane Spear said.

The Toloha Partnership’s founding goal was to work on bringing water from the mountains to the village of about 10,000 people.

“It’s been a real tangible experience of partnership,” Joshua Spear said.

Diane Spear is the administrative director of Toloha Partnership.

She said her role is to carry the torch and not let the passion for the village die out.

For almost 10 years, from the time Makoko arrived, the idea of how to help Toloha never left Kinston. They prayed for direction while they looked for how to act.

In May 2012, with a group of seven people, the nonprofit came together with a plan for action.

The government of Tanzania sponsored the group’s travel the first summer in the form of a vehicle and living accommodations.

The team was trained by a Kinston engineering firm to be able to use survey equipment. They used their training to map the whole village.

“We [the organization] exist to better the lives of Toloha,” Diane Spear said. “We plan on it being a long term relationship of knowing each other and helping them thrive.”

Joshua Spear said they made a deal with the village community that they would get the pipe if the people would dig the trenches. In all there was six miles of piping to be installed. The pipe would deliver water based on a gravity-fed system originating in The Pare Mountains.

“We want to empower them to take ownership,” he said. “It’s really meant to enhance the abilities they already have.”

The first summer Toloha Partnership went to Tanzania was about building relationships, Joshua said. The second time they went in summer 2014 they began preparing for the pipe to be laid by digging.

“We predicted it would take six months for them to dig six miles by hand,” Joshua Spear said.

With that in mind, the organization only ordered a third of the pipe to be delivered for the beginning of summer.

“In order to show us they were willing to partner with us they dug for a day for free,” Joshua said.

“They dug over halfway to the intake in three weeks.”

Joshua Spear said more people than they could have expected

joined to help. After the initial day of digging, Toloha Partnership paid workers in corn.

Another way the organization worked to empower the people of Toloha is by establishing a local water board. The board is made of 15 people elected by the villagers.

Toloha Partnership is sponsoring the board’s costs of attending an educational opportunity put on by Water Service Facility Trust.

The board will learn about managing their new water system. This will include materials on health education and specifically water sanitation.

For two weeks in the second summer nine members from Toloha Partnership lived in mud huts along with the villagers working. Once the rest of the members returned to the U.S., Joshua Spear stayed for an additional five weeks with MaKoko.

“The most rewarding part of it all has been being accepted by the people,” he said. “It took a full summer to cultivate. It wasn’t until this last summer that I really felt it.”

In the future, he plans on continuing to help Toloha in a handson way.

“I want to spend a year over there as a gap year between undergrad and grad school for sure,” Joshua Spear said. “It’s definitely where my heart is.”

Right now the village is in a basic level of development with the closest city two hours away on foot, Joshua Spear said.

He would like to get Toloha out of a cycle of poverty by using his education in finance and philosophy.

Specifically, he wants to get into micro-financing for women to take on entrepreneurship ideas.

Courtesy of Joshua Spear

The villagers of Toloha, Tanzania dig a trench that will run a pipe up the Pare Mountains. The nonprofit organization Toloha Partnership provided the pipes that will deliver water based on a gravity-fed system.

Toloha Partnership’s goal is to continue evolving in how they

empower the village as it develops.

They want to remain partners even

past the completion of the new water system.

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Alumni receive award for efforts in film

By Erik Schelzig Associated Press

For making waves in Hollywood, two Baylor graduates received the prestigious Alumni of the Year award Thursday evening.

At the Meritorious Achievement Awards dinner the Board of Regents and administration honored many alumni for their accomplishments, including Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, who received the Alumni of the Year award.

This annual award is given to a graduate who demonstrates remarkable achievement in the previous year, according to the event’s program. This year, Baylor presented it to both Brandt and Haas because of their continual screenwriting partnerships for movies and TV. The duo has co-wrote five movies in the past 11 years, including “Wanted,” “3:10 to Yuma” and “2 Fast 2 Furious.”

While back on campus, Haas, an English major, and Brandt, a business school graduate, reflected on what they would do if they could be students again.

“I would make more films,” Brandt said. “We made a film in grad school, but it was nothing like what you can do today. I couldn’t

use tape because the quality was so low, so I had to use film that had been in the refrigerator for 12 years and then pray it came out right.

Technology is now your friend.

You should use it to your advantage.”

As a student of English, Haas said he was assigned to read material that he would never have had in his hands otherwise.

And those readings made him a better writer.

“If you want to be a writer, read,” Haas said. “If I were a student right now, I’d read everything I could get my hands on. It’s so easy to access stuff. Every screenplay that’s ever been written is online, but all we had were the books in the library we could find.”

For students who are interested in pursuing a career in film, Haas said he would suggest the same thing: read.

Read and then read some more, he said.

“If you can imagine it, you can do it,” Haas said. “There’s a Robert Browning quote that says, ‘A man’s reach should always exceed his grasp.’ This is what Michael and I have always done in our career. Everybody can do that.”

Brandt said he would suggest that students who think they are interested in a film career should

take a good look at the decision before they make it.

“If you can imagine smiling and doing something else, go do that,” Brandt said. “The path can be so difficult. It’s too easy to quit if you have a fall back in mind. Nothing else I did made me happy, so I’m doing this.”

The friends-turned-co-writers team met at Baylor over 20 years ago. They worked together in undergraduate studies.

They both said they recalled their partnership in the screenwriting class of Robert Darden, associate professor of journalism.

“All I know is story,” Darden said. “That’s all that I teach is story and that resonated with them both.

They both arrived with the ability to tell stories and a drive to make art.”

Darden said shaping students like Haas and Brandt makes teaching worth it for him.

“At Baylor, we fling our green and gold far,” said Dr. David Garland, interim Provost. “Then you see alum making a difference in the world and you know the students you’re teaching now will one day do the same. When you realize that, you see your current students differently and it effects you as an educator.”

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From left, Michael Korpi, professor of film and digital media, Michael Brandt, award reciepient, and Corey Carbonara, professor in film and digital media, talk at the Meritorious Achievement Awards dinner

in 1991, they both received M.A. degrees from Baylor in communication studies.

Brandt graduated from master’s work in 1994 and Haas in 1995, according to the events program.

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ceremony was a long-time, running gag for the two.

In all of Haas and Brandt’s previous projects, they have killed off a character named Darden.

“They wrote a film during their graduate work and couldn’t get a

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Wanted gunman captured

By Michael Rubinkam Associated Press

BLOOMING GROVE, Pa.— A survivalist accused of ambushing two state troopers, killing one and seriously wounding the other, was captured on Thursday by U.S. marshals in an abandoned airplane hangar, ending a seven-week manhunt that had rattled the nerves of area residents, authorities said.

The apparently quiet takedown of Eric Frein ended weeks of tension and turmoil in the area, as authorities at times closed schools, canceled outdoor events and blockaded roads to pursue him.

State police confirmed Frein was taken into custody Thursday but released no other details. Media photographs show him sitting in the back of a cruiser with a bloodied nose, with longer hair than he had in images on the FBI’s most wanted posters.

Two law enforcement officials said Frein was captured in the han-

gar. A federal law enforcement official in Washington said Frein was armed when he was captured.

Frein is charged with opening fire outside the Blooming Grove barracks on Sept. 12, killing Cpl. Bryon Dickson and seriously wounding another trooper.

Police said they linked him to the ambush after a man walking his dog discovered his partly submerged SUV three days later in a swamp a few miles from the shooting scene.

Inside, investigators found shell casings matching those found at the barracks as well as Frein’s driver’s license, camouflage face paint, two empty rifle cases and military gear.

Officials, saying Frein was armed and extremely dangerous, had urged residents to be alert and cautious. Using dogs, thermal imaging technology and other tools, law enforcement officials combed miles of forest as they hunted for

Frein, whom they called an experienced survivalist at home in the woods.

Trackers found items they believe Frein hid or abandoned in the woods — including soiled diapers, empty packs of Serbian cigarettes, an AK-47-style assault rifle and ammunition and two pipe bombs that were functional and capable of causing significant damage.

They also discovered a journal, allegedly kept by Frein and found in a bag of trash at a hastily abandoned campsite, that offered a chilling account of the ambush and his subsequent escape into the woods. The journal’s author described Dickson as falling “still and quiet” after being shot twice.

Police spotted a man they believed to be Frein at several points during the manhunt, but it was always from a distance, with the rugged terrain allowing him to keep them at bay. Police said he appeared to be treating the manhunt

as a game.

Police found a U.S. Army manual called “Sniper Training and Employment” in his bedroom at his parents’ house, and his father, a retired Army major, told authorities that his son is an excellent marksman who “doesn’t miss,” according to a police affidavit.

Authorities believe Frein had been planning a confrontation with police for years, citing information they found on a computer used by him.

Helen Blackmore, who lives in the heart of the search zone in Cresco, was ready for some normalcy.

“It was very crazy here. Nobody was sleeping,” she said. “We’re very relieved. We want things to get back to normal.”

Dickson, at his funeral, was called a devoted husband and father and “impeccable” ex-Marine who took his work seriously but also enjoyed making wooden toys

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In this Sept. 20 file photo, a wanted advertisement for Eric Frein is displayed at a grocery store in Philadelphia. Authorities said Thursday that they have captured Frein, who had been eluding police.

for his young sons and finding humor in everyday situations.

Trooper Alex Douglass was shot in the pelvis and critically injured in the ambush.Douglass remained hospitalized until Oct. 16, when he was discharged to a rehabilitation facility, state police said.

“If you attack troopers, and a civilized society, the Pennsylvania State Police will bring you to justice. Eric Frein is a coward,” the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association said in a statement. “Cpl. Bryon K. Dickson II and Trooper Alex T. Douglass are true heroes.”

CEO speaks on future lifestyle, healthcare concerns

By Elly Spencer Reporter

Dr. Tyler Cooper, CEO of Cooper Aerobics Center, addressed the crisis of rising healthcare costs and decreasing recipients Thursday on campus.

Cooper said the problem surrounding out healthcare system comes from a nation wide lack of healthy lifestyle and rapidly increasing rates in obesity.

“We’re killing ourselves,” Cooper said. “We’re causing the problem ourselves.”

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John Engelhardt, According to recent statistics, child dean of the School of and teenage obesity Education, said he inrates are at 33 percent, vited Cooper to speak and the U.S. spends in the Fall 2014 Distin$190.2 billion annually guished Lecture Series on obesity related illbecause he believes evnesses. Cooper said the eryone should hear the importance of good key to bringing down Cooper the massive costs of lifestyle habits. healthcare nationally “We want to get starts with prevention, and preven- students, faculty and the general tion starts with the nation’s young- public the knowledge of health and education to make informed decier generation.

sions on their healthcare,” Engelhardt said. “We’re very fortunate to have Dr. Cooper speaking.”

As a Baylor alumnus and member of the dean’s advisory council for the School of Education, Cooper said he cares greatly about the campus and the health habits of students and faculty. Cooper said it is important that college students learn as much as they can about their options, and getting on board with some form of care.

“Access to healthcare plays a huge part in out health,” Cooper said. “And education is directly linked to the outcomes of our health.”

Socioeconomics are a determinate in access and use of healthcare, he said.

Cooper said less educated people and lower income households are less likely to get access to healthcare. They are also less likely to be taught healthy habits.

Dr. Rodney Bowden, executive associate dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences, also spoke at the lecture. He said education of grade level and college students was vital in maintaining a healthy country.

“Education plays a very important role in the understanding of health and wellness,” said Bowden.

College students’ health is directly affected by stress and tough financial situations.

“When I’m studying for finals and feeling panicked, I’m not thinking about healthy eating habits,” said Round Rock senior Sam Hughes. “I’m a medical humanities major and I still put those things in the back of my mind during stressful times.”

Cooper said a stronger foundation for health will greatly alter the success of the America’s economy, and that with a healthier society, America can focus its spending on other issues.

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Convicted man freed in landmark Illinois case

By Don Babwin Jason Keyser Associated Press

CHICAGO — A prisoner whose confession helped free a death row inmate in a case that was instrumental to ending capital punishment in Illinois was released Thursday after he recanted, and a prosecutor said there was powerful evidence that the other man was responsible.

Alstory Simon’s confession gained international attention in 1999, largely because of an investigation by a journalism professor and a team of students from Northwestern University that helped secure Anthony Porter’s release just days before he was to be executed.

He had spent 16 years on death row for slayings he and his supporters maintained he did not commit.

Because of constitutional protections against double jeopardy, there is no legal way to retry Porter.

Simon, wearing a grey hoodie and jeans, told reporters outside Jacksonville Correctional Center that he was angry.

“I’m not angry at the system.

I’m angry at the people who did what they did to me,” he said, crying as he told reporters that his mother had died while he was behind bars.

Simon was convicted and sentenced to 37 years in prison. But the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office began re-examining his conviction last year after his

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Firefighters try to put out a fire at Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kan., Thursday shortly after a small plane crashed into the building killing several people including the pilot.

Plane crash kills four

By Roxana Hegeman Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. — A small plane lost power after takeoff and crashed into a flight-training building while trying to return to a Kansas airport Thursday, killing four people, injuring five others and igniting a fire that sent up towering plumes of black smoke that could be seen for miles around Wichita.

Three of the dead were inside a flight simulator in the building when the plane crashed into it at the city’s Mid-Continent Airport, and the fourth was found on the roof and is believed to be the pilot, Wichita Fire Chief Ronald Blackwell said.

Five others were injured in the crash, and one of those was in serious condition at a hospital, Blackwell said. Officials said only one person was on board the plane and that everyone who was in the building had been accounted for. Identities of the victims were not immediately released.

“We understand that this is a

very difficult time, especially for folks who have family members who are working out here and they don’t know,” Wichita Fire Marshal Brad Crisp said.

The plane, identified as a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air, crashed into a building that FlightSafety International uses to train pilots to fly Cessna planes, company spokesman Steve Phillips said. The FAA said it crashed after losing engine power and trying to return to the airport.

It appeared to strike the top of the building and ignite what Blackwell described as a “horrific” fire. The crash was “not an intentional act,” Wichita Police Deputy Chief John Speer said.

“We are comfortable in saying this is an aviation accident.”

The crash caused so much structural damage to the building that rescuers were unable pull victims’ remains from the wreckage. It wasn’t clear Thursday when that would happen, and heavy equipment was being brought to the scene to assist the effort.

Jeff Papacek, 39, of Wichita,

said he saw a “giant fireball” as he was heading to his engineering job at Learjet, which has a testing facility at the airport. He said he didn’t see the crash because there were too many buildings in the way, but he said the plane caught his attention beforehand.

“We are used to planes flying straight with the runway, and this plane just didn’t look like it was lined up and was way too low for the direction it was going,” Papacek said, adding that he drove to the crash site to see what was happening and saw the building fire raging.

The aircraft, which was manufactured in 2000, was headed to Mena, Arkansas, for painting and interior refurbishing work with Rose Aircraft Services Inc., according to that company’s CEO, Keith Rose.

“Our prayers go out to the families of the victims and those owning and operating the aircraft and facilities,” Rose said. “No further information is available at this time out of respect for those involved in this tragic loss.”

attorney presented evidence that he had been threatened with the death penalty and coerced into confessing with promises that he would get an early release and share in the profits from book and movie deals.

And, said Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, he was tricked by a private investigator who stormed into his home and showed him a videotape of a man who said he had seen Simon pull the trigger. The man turned out to be an actor.

“In the best interest of justice, we could reach no other conclusion but that the investigation of this case has been so deeply corroded and corrupted that we can no longer maintain the legitimacy of this conviction,” Alvarez said.

The Porter case helped lead former Gov. George Ryan to declare a moratorium on executions in 2003, and he cleared death row by commuting the death sentences of more than 150 inmates to life in prison. Gov. Pat Quinn abolished the death penalty in 2011.

Alvarez did not say whether she believed Simon is, in fact, innocent, but she said there were so many problems with the case — including what she called a coerced confession and the deaths of a number of key figures — that it is impossible to determine exactly what happened on the morning of Aug. 15, 1982, when two people were shot to death as they sat in a park on Chicago’s South Side.

She also said there remains powerful evidence that Porter was the gunman, including sev-

eral witnesses who still maintain their original statements.

“As I stand here today, I can’t definitely tell you it was Porter who did this or Simon who did this,” she said.

Alvarez said the “tactics and antics” of the investigator, Paul Ciolino, and former Northwestern journalism professor David Protess could have added up to criminal charges of obstruction of justice and intimidation of a witness at the time, but that it is now impossible to file charges because the statute of limitations has run out.

Ciolino, who like Protess has denied acting improperly, released a statement that emphasized that Simon confessed multiple times, including to a TV reporter and his own lawyer.

“You explain that,” Ciolino said. Nonetheless, he added, no one should be in prison if the state did not meet its burden of proof. Thursday’s release was just the latest chapter in Porter’s long history with the justice system.

According to the Chicago SunTimes, before he was charged in the 1982 slayings, he was charged in a 1976 shooting that left one man dead and another injured, but charges were ultimately dismissed.

After his release from prison, he had a number of run-ins with the law, including an arrest in 2011 on a felony theft charge and a one-year prison sentence the next year after he pleaded guilty, according to the state’s attorney’s office.

Turkeypalooza to collect donations for Waco’s less fortunate

By Abigail Loop Staff Writer

Baylor’s Campus Kitchens is giving Waco’s less fortunate a chance to participate in the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.

The organization is set to hold its 5th annual Turkeypalooza, an event that gives the Baylor community an opportunity to improve the hunger and nutritional needs of people in the Waco community.

Rosemary Townsend, staff coordinator of Campus Kitchen, said the event happens on a national scale.

Baylor’s Campus Kitchen adopted it when the organization started five years ago.

“It’s been such a good idea, our focus is in helping those who are

food insecure in the community,” Townsend said. “The Baylor community is very generous and it’s such a caring and compassionate campus.”

Townsend said the Baylor community is encouraged to donate canned goods or make monetary donations at the Martin House on campus.

Canned goods can also be dropped off at donation boxes that are being placed around campus at the Hankamer School of Business and the Baylor Sciences Building.

Donations such as corn, green beans, cranberry sauce and stuffing are among foods that are being accepted.

“The canned goods will be given to the Shepard’s Heart food pantry,” Townsend said. “Monetary

donations will be put towards gift cards for restaurants that will be going to Waco’s school district.

These will then be given to families who are homeless.”

According to Shepard Heart’s website, one in four children in Texas under the age of 5 does not have access to a sufficient quality of nutritious food.

Texas also has the secondhighest food insecurity rate in the United States for all age groups.

Plano junior Abby Miller, a student coordinator of Turkeypalooza, said the event gives the Baylor community a chance to give back and fight against the high food insecurity in the local Waco community.

“It’s a great way to reach out because you’re giving and provid-

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ing in a really tangible way,” Miller said. “You’re giving someone food and that’s really cool.”

Miller said this year the organization is hoping for a bigger response and have more partnering this year with a variety of student organizations than they’ve had in previous years.

“We’re doing things with student government and PanHellenic is getting involved as well,” she said. “We’re hoping it goes really well.”

Miller said donations for Turkeypalooza are being accepted now until November 21.

To find out more about donations or how to be involved with Baylor’s Campus Kitchen, contact Rosemary Townsend at 254-7104988.

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Maine goes to court to quarantine nurse victims in West Africa as a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders, has been under what Maine FORT KENT, Maine — Insist- is calling a voluntary quarantine ing she is perfectly healthy, nurse at her home in this town of 4,300 Kaci Hickox again defied the state’s people.

Ebola quarantine Thursday by takShe has rebelled against the ing a bike ride with her boyfriend, restrictions, saying that her rights and Maine health authorities are being violated and that she is struggled to reach a compromise no threat to others because she has that would limit her contact with no symptoms. She tested negative others. last weekend for Ebola, though it Hickox, 33, stepped out of her can take days for the virus to reach home on the remote northern edge detectable levels. of Maine for the second day in a Her 21-day quarantine — the row, practically daring incubation period for authorities to make the Ebola virus — is good on their threat to scheduled to end on go to court to have her Nov. 10. confined against her Gov. Paul LePage will. On Wednesday said state attorneys evening, she went outand Hickox’s lawyers side for an impromptu had discussed a scalednews conference and down quarantine that shook a reporter’s outwould have allowed stretched hand. her to go for walks, By evening, it was runs and bicycle rides Hickox unclear whether the while preventing her state had gone to court from venturing into or whether there had been any populated public places or coming progress toward ending the stand- within 3 feet of others. off that has become the nation’s Around midday, however, LePmost closely watched clash be- age said that the hours of negotiatween personal freedom and fear tions had gone nowhere, and that of Ebola. The governor’s office and he was prepared to use the full exHickox’s lawyers would not com- tent of his authority to protect the ment. public.

Hickox, who returned to the “I was ready and willing — and U.S. last week from treating Ebola remain ready and willing — to reaBy Robert F. Bukaty Associated Press

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sonably address the needs of health care workers meeting guidelines to assure the public health is protected,” he said.

Hickox stepped into the media glare when she returned from Sierra Leone to become subject to a mandatory quarantine in New Jersey. After an uproar, she was released and traveled more than 600 miles to the small town on the Canadian border where she lives with her boyfriend.

She said she is following the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation of daily monitoring for fever and other signs of the disease.

An unmarked state police cruiser followed Hickox on her hour-long morning bike ride on trails near her home, but police could not take action to detain her without a court order signed by a judge.

“I really hope that we can work things out amicably and continue to negotiate,” she said.

Her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur, met with reporters Thursday evening to tell them she was staying inside.

Addressing the bicycle ride, Wilbur said they purposefully rode away from town to avoid coming into contact with people. “We’re not trying to push any limits here.

We’re members of this community, too, and we want to make people comfortable,” he said.

— Liberia is making some progress in containing the outbreak, while Sierra Leone is “in a crisis situation which is going to get worse,” the top anti-Ebola officials in the two countries said.

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Nurse Kaci Hickox, right, and her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur are followed by a Maine State Trooper as they ride bikes on a trail near their home in Fort Kent, Maine, Thursday. State officials are going to court to keep Hickox in quarantine for the remainder of the 21-day incubation period for Ebola that ends Nov. 10. Police are monitoring her, but can’t detain her without a court order.

Maine law allows a judge to confine someone if health officials demonstrate “a clear and immediate public health threat.”

States have broad authority under long-established law to quarantine people to prevent the spread of disease. But legal experts said there are differences here that could work in Hickox’s favor in court: People infected with Ebola are not contagious until they have symptoms, and the virus is not spread through casual contact.

Word made its way quickly

around the town about Hickox.

Priscilla Staples said that some are fearful of Hickox’s presence, but Hickox “has done nothing wrong, and she has every right in the world to go for a bike ride.”

Some states like Maine, New York and New Jersey are going above and beyond the CDC guidelines to require automatic quarantines. So is the U.S. military.

President Barack Obama, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert and humanitarian groups have warned that such measures

— The World Bank announced it will give an additional $100 million to help bring in more foreign health workers to Ebola stricken countries. That raises the money it has given to the fight to $500 million.

could cripple the fight against the disease at its source by discouraging volunteers like Hickox from going to West Africa, where the outbreak has sickened more than 13,000 people and killed nearly 5,000 of them.

“The volunteers are heroes to the people they help, and they are heroes to our own countries. They should be treated like heroes when they return,” Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in Brussels.

— Ebola fears infected a tropical diseases medical conference in Louisiana. State health officials told thousands of doctors who planned to attend the conference in New Orleans this weekend to stay away if they have been to certain African countries or had contact with an Ebola patient in the past 21 days.

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U.S. voting on conservation

By Jason Dearen Associated Press

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Voters across the nation are deciding whether to set aside billions of dollars for parks and preservation in what some environmentalists are calling one of the most significant elections for land conservation in American history.

Pollsters say it’s one of the few places on Tuesday’s ballots where voters of all kinds can find common ground.

The most money at stake is in Florida, California and New Jersey.

“These are highly developed and dense states, and they are watching the good natural places disappear,” said Will Rogers, president and CEO of the Trust for Public Land, which tracks and raises money for the ballot measures.

“People know if they don’t step up and protect it, it will be gone.”

Nationwide, it adds up to more than $15.7 billion overall in taxes and bonds for land and water conservation, the most in a quartercentury of elections, according to the trust’s data, which was independently verified by The Associated Press.

“One of the things we see in this hyper-partisan age is that support for these measures can extend across party lines,” said Lori Weigel, a pollster in Denver, Colorado, who has been tracking voter preferences on this year’s measures.

“There’s something appealing about conserving these natural areas, whether that’s for sportsmen like hunters or environmentalists.”

The dynamic has shown up even in tax-averse Alabama, where 75 percent of voters amended the constitution in 2012 to fund open spaces with oil revenues after a campaign targeting hunters and environmentalists.

In Missouri, 71 percent voted in 2006 to renew a sales tax for parks and erosion control that originally passed by just 50.1 percent in 1984.

“It has worked really well. We have over 80 state parks and not only are they nice places but they bring in a lot of tourist revenue,” said William Lowry, a political science professor who focuses on environmental issues at Washington University in St. Louis.

Florida voters are considering a constitutional amendment that would dedicate $18 billion in existing real estate taxes to environmental protection over the next two decades. About half the revenue would go to buy nearly 2 million acres — pockets of wilderness including swamplands, beaches and other places that link key corridors of open space where wildlife can migrate naturally.

New Jersey’s voters could renew part of a tax on corporations to pay

for $2.1 billion for open spaces and farmland.

And drought-suffering Californians are being asked to pass Proposition 1, a $7.5 billion voter initiative to fund more dams on the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers to improve water supplies in the central part of the state, where most of the nation’s fruits and vegetables are grown. The same bond measure would set aside much less money — about $1.5 billion — for land and watershed conservation.

In Florida and New Jersey, business groups and Gov. Chris Christie are against locking in environmental funding, saying that the Legislature needs power to move money where it’s most needed in tough times.

The measures’ backers feel good about Tuesday, optimistic that the strengthening economy has made voters willing to pay to preserve resources for future generations.

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In this photo taken Monday, a raccoon rests on a tree at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park in Key Biscayne, Fla. Voters this Election Day will decide whether billions of dollars should be set aside for parks and preservation.

“Wherever you look, in the interior West, in the Rust Belt, the Sun Belt, people care about places,

they care about nature and are willing to vote with their wallets to do something about it,” Rogers said.

Terminally ill woman may postpone taking own life

By Steven Dubois Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. — A terminally ill woman who expects to take her own life under Oregon’s assisted-suicide law says she is feeling well enough to possibly postpone the day she had planned to die.

Brittany Maynard said in early October she expected to kill herself Nov. 1, less than three weeks before her 30th birthday.

She emphasized that she wasn’t suicidal, but wanted to die on her own terms and reserved the right to move the date forward or push it back.

While she hasn’t completely ruled Saturday out, Maynard says

in a new video she feels she has some more of her life to live.

“I still feel good enough, and I still have enough joy — and I still laugh and smile with my friends and my family enough — that it doesn’t seem like the right time right now,” she says in the video.

“But it will come because I feel myself getting sicker. It’s happening each week.”

Maynard said she was diagnosed with incurable brain cancer earlier this year.

Because her home state of California does not have an aid-in-dying law, she moved to Portland and has become an advocate for getting such laws passed in other states.

Maynard’s story, accompanied by photos from her pre-illness

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In this Oct. 21 photo provided by TheBrittanyFund.org, Brittany Maynard and her husband Dan Diaz pose at the Grand Canyon National Park.

wedding day, broke hearts across the globe while igniting a national

debate on the issue of physicianassisted suicide.

One opponent is Philip Johnson, a 30-year-old Catholic seminarian from the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina.

He, like Maynard, has inoperable brain cancer and is plagued by headaches and seizures.

After learning of learning of Maynard’s choice, he wrote an article explaining his view that “suffering is not worthless,” and it’s up to God to take life.

“There is a card on Brittany’s website asking for signatures ‘to support her bravery in this very tough time,’” Johnson wrote on the diocese website.

“I agree that her time is tough, but her decision is anything but brave. I do feel for her and understand her difficult situation, but no

diagnosis warrants suicide.”

Oregon was the first U.S. state to make it legal for a doctor to prescribe a life-ending drug to a terminally ill patient of sound mind who makes the request.

The patient must swallow the drug without help; it is illegal for a doctor to administer it.

Oregon voters approved the Death with Dignity Act in 1994, then reaffirmed it — 60 percent to 40 percent — in 1997.

It took more than a decade for another state to join Oregon, but four other states now have such laws.

More than 750 people in Oregon used the law to die as of Dec. 31, 2013, most of them elderly.

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The Touchdown Pledge Drive is the second fund raising event by the Bears’ Uplifting Athletes chapter. The first event was held on July 17 when the Bears participated in its first Lift for Life fund raiser.

The players had fans pledge donations per pound that the team lifted and accumulated more than $3,100 towards cerebral palsy research.

With the previous success, senior offensive tackle Spencer Drango said Saturday’s touchdown drive will be even better than their first event with a goal of $10,000.

“Being a first year chapter is always tough, but I think that our Lift for Life fund raiser was outstanding in our fund raising efforts,” Drango said. “The Touchdown Pledge Drive is another way to get out there and help the community using our platform as student-athletes.”

Baylor looks to use its national prominence to make a difference not only in Jacoby

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Burks’s life, but the lives of all kids diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

“It will be tremendously beneficial for their chapter to be able to use this national spotlight for awareness,” chapter manager Becky Mayes said. “This means something to them, and being a Top 20 team helps them spread awareness and raise money for the cause. A lot of work is involved, but it will let them shine off the field.”

Jacoby’s mother Latricia Burks said she loves the relationship between her son and the team, and Jacoby’s interaction with the Bears gives him even more excitement in his life.

“As the years have passed, Levi [Norwood] made sure Jacoby came to games and practices on the field,” Latricia Burks said. “Jacoby loves Levi. Every time I tell him we’re going to see him and the rest of the team, he gets so excited. It’s amazing to see that.”

The touchdown drive on Sat-

urday might bring a few tears to Latricia Burks’s eyes as she sees the football team playing for kids like Jacoby who are living with cerebral palsy.

“It gives me chills knowing Levi and the Bears care so much about kids who suffer from cerebral palsy,” she said. “This experience has reminded me that someone is there to help care for people who have this disability.

I am thankful for Levi and the Baylor Bears football team for doing an outstanding job and putting toward every effort. I pray that it’s a great success.”

With this event underway, Baylor football players will take a step into another spotlight that touches each of the players, and Jacoby Burks is the reason for that, Brence said.

“Jacoby is a kid who you can see the happiness, joy and constant attitude of never giving up in his eyes,” Brence said. “Just to see how excited he gets when he was around all of us really makes all of the players excited

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our consulting firm that’s been dealing with the stadium parking,” Burchett said. “We asked them what would be the best approach for this event, as we’re expecting 8,000 to 10,000 people coming back to campus.”

Burchett said the plan is to try and manage what is normal for game day, such as the closures of the Law School, the Dutton Garage, and the Speight Garage today in preparation for game day, while balancing an influx of patrons to campus. Fifth Street through campus will be closed at 2 a.m. early tomorrow morning, south and northbound exits on I-35 for Fourth and Fifth streets will be closed at 6 a.m., as will southbound exit on I-35 for Martin Luther King Blvd., and University Parks will be closed at 11 a.m.

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Burchett said he hopes people will use their identified game day parking to go on campus for the parade, and feels confident that people will be able to go to the parade, tailgate or eat on campus, and then go to the game.

“This will be our first Homecoming game on campus,” he said.

“I think this has the potential to be really fun and exciting for everyone, with everything that game day will have to offer. It gets me really excited about the whole experience.”

If there is a possibility that your vehicle might have been towed, you can call Tow King at 254-666-5484.

If it has been relocated, your vehicle will likely be held at a site just north of campus at 1601 Taylor Ave. Owners will be able to claim their vehicles with a valid picture ID.

to see him there with our team.”

No. 12 Baylor football will play at home for the first time in two weeks, and the Touchdown Pledge Drive is the team’s motivation to make a huge impact.

“We think we’re fighting every day in practice and things are tough, but when you look at kids with cerebral palsy who are fighting every single day, it really puts things into perspective and makes you realize how blessed you are to be here,” Brence said. “There’s a lot more responsibility in being a student-athlete than just going out there and playing. To have this chance to give back to kids like Jacoby makes us extremely fortunate. They are the true inspiration.”

Donations will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. Saturday. Fans can donate to the Touchdown Pledge Drive at www.pldgit. com.

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visiting their father in Mexico and disappeared Oct. 13 along with Jose Guadalupe Castaneda Benitez, Erica Alvarado’s 32-year-old boyfriend.

Each was shot in the head and the bodies were burned, Quintanilla said, most likely from lying in the hot sun for so long.

Parents of the siblings have said witnesses reported they were seized by men dressed in police gear identifying themselves as “Hercules,” a tactical security unit in the violent border city heavily racked by cartel infighting. Quintanilla said at a news conference Thursday that nine of the unit’s 40 officers are being questioned.

“We will apply the full force of the law and zero tolerance,” Gov. Egidio Torre Cantu said, lamenting the death of the four, even though their identities had yet to be confirmed by DNA. It would the third recent case of abuse and killing by Mexican authorities if police are involved. The country already is engulfed in the case of 43 teachers college students missing in southern Guerrero state at the hands of a mayor and police working with a drug cartel. Fifty-six people are under arrest, including dozens of police officers.

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phasized that if the university was to keep up with society, they would need to move quick, referencing the University of Texas’ decision to admit African-American students, beginning in the fall of 1956.

The next day, student congress unanimously passed legislation to desegregate campus under the leadership of student government’s president Charles Wise.

According to the resolution, the student government felt as though segregation did not fall within the mandates of democracy, or the ideals the university claimed to uphold.

The policy wasn’t put into place until 1963 when the admissions policy regarding race was change, but Cypress junior Omar Fierros said he believes student government was still a catalyst for change.

“Student government serves as a voice for students, and as a result,can directly influence the school’s administration,” Fierros said. Fierros serves in the cabinet of student body president Dominic Edwards as the student relations coordinator.

In addition to addressing national, social issues, student representatives have tried throughout the years to address campus issues.

In 1923, the student association had a huge disagreement with the university’s president Samuel P. Brooks.

The association wanted to let student athletes caught cheating, continue to play on their respective teams.

When a compromise could not be reached, all members of the Association turned in their resignation letters to Brooks. A decade later, the student congress was reinstated without disciplinary control over the student body.

In 1962, student government met with trustees to discuss the hazing.

They voted to apply heavy penalties to those who participated in hazing and physical abuse of pledges or new members of any organization.

Dr. Harriet B. Harral, former student body secretary said student government has always been progressive

in regards to the administration.

“Baylor was a place that allowed students a great deal of freedom to do things,” she said. Harral, currently serves as the principal and senior consultant of the Harral Group in Fort Worth.

Student government in its present form was instituted in 1985. A new system of government was put in place that split representative bodies into four sections--university council, staff council, faculty senate and student government.

Student Government no longer has its disciplinary function, but retains it’s representative one.

On Sept. 25, Edwards in a Student Senate meeting, reminded senators they were recipients of a long tradition of student representation.

“We are a part of a 100 year tradition,” he said to members.

His goals as student body president are to leave a lasting mark on campus through working with administrators, regents and faculty members to represent students. Edwards recalled a moment were he sat at a meeting with Judge Ken Starr and other representatives of Baylor’s community. It was the moment were it hit him that he was making a difference, that he was reaching his goals.

“It’s about enriching the quality of student life,” he said.

Katy junior Lawren Kinghorn, internal vice-president, said student government will celebrate its centennial in December, recognizing the drafting of the charter for the Student Self Governing Association in 1914. She said they will extend the celebration into January when the organization was first recognized.

The organization plans to invite former members of student government to participate in the celebration.

Harral was excited to hear about the anniversary. She said that everyone at Baylor has something to contribute to its history and are a part of it.

“So many of us are. It lives on,” she said.

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Annual Homecoming Parade scheduled for Saturday

By Julia Eckardt Reporter

Wildart: A student prepares for Baylor Homecoming festivities.

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams lose the first round in a legal battle with Marvin Gaye’s family over infringement.

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A new viral video shows a woman’s experience with catcalling on New York streets in a day.

>> B4 A Lariat reporter shares his thoughts about Taylor Swift’s new album, on which the singer trades her traditionally country tunes for edgier pop tracks.

>> B5 The Lariat City Editor takes a look at the discussions surrounding race relations being raised by the new movie “Dear White People,” which tells the story of black students at an ivy league college.

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The marching band participates in the Baylor Homecoming Parade in fall 2013. This semester’s parade begins 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Eight Street and Austin Avenue.

This year almost 100 student and community organizations will participate in the Baylor Homecoming Parade.

The parade begins at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday and starts at Eighth Street and Austin Avenue. From there it will turn right on Fifth Street and end at the Fifth Street circle.

The Baylor Homecoming Parade is the oldest and largest homecoming parade in the country. It has been a momentous occasion for the university since 1909.

Such a large production requires about a year’s worth of planning. Arlington senior and parade chairman Kacie Evans said preparations began right after last year’s homecoming.

Despite its early start time, students not participating make it a point to get out of bed after a late night at the annual Homecoming Bonfire to watch the floats go by.

“I set eight alarms every year just to be sure I don’t miss it,” Woodbury, Minn. senior Kelsey Mazzon said. “It’s my favorite Baylor tradition because it represents our spirit to the community so well.”

This will be the first year YoungLife, a national youth ministry based out of college campuses, will participate in the parade.

Waco’s YoungLife, unofficially based at Baylor, ministers to nine local middle and high schools.

The group recently applied for a YoungLife College charter, which will make them an official Baylor student organization, and is waiting for that to be finalized.

Ministry Director Sharon Smith believes their charter will be approved by the spring semester.

Even though YoungLife is not yet an official student organization, the group wanted to participate in the parade this year as a way to get some of their high school members involved.

“It’s a way to just hang out with them and be a part of the parade,” Smith said. “We have alumni that were leaders and are going to be in town. We’ve invited them to join with us too.”

Rather than have a float, they will wear costumes, hold their official banners and toss candy.

“Part of our mission is humor, and we try to get kids laughing,” Smith said.

Of the nearly 100 organizations participating, 11 have entered into the float competition. Each organization spent months planning and building their floats, even working the day before the parade to get everything ready.

Some organizations spend an average of 40 hours a week constructing the floats.

“We start the previous spring semester with planning among the float chairs then have the theme reveal next Fall,” Delta Delta Delta member Sarah Czerwinski said.

“We work up until the morning of the parade.”

Uproar, Student Activities bring fun to Homecoming with food, music

By Jon Platt Reporter

Puppies, food trucks and live music are taking over Fifth Street this weekend for a campus-wide Homecoming celebration.

Feel Good Fest, an afternoon of fun activities, will feature Judah and the Lion, a Nashville based bluegrass folk band that has seen an increased fanbase in the previous year.

The event is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday in the Sub Bowl, and is free to attend.

According to a Baylor press release, Judah and the Lion are performing during the Homecoming Parade in addition to headlining the Feel Good Fest. Many artists from Uproar Records, a music production company centered on Baylor students and graduates, will also perform.

The event is a collaboration between Uproar Records and Student Activites.

Waco senior Trannie Stevens, who has been writing music since she was five, is set to sing alongside Austin senior Luke Hicks, a folk singer who began playing music in high school. Houston senior Ryan Thomas, a Christian rapper who goes by the name T-Ryan, and Before ’94, a trio of Baylor alumni including Michael Fanning, Jonah Erbe and Andy Gauer are also on the performance docket.

“We’re extremely excited to incorporate this into Homecoming Weekend,” said Tomball senior Zach Heefner, the event’s manager. “It’s going to blend well now that we have our stadium on campus. We hope this will become a regular homecoming tradition.”

Heefner said the event would be like a Dia del Oso celebration in the fall. This is possibly because of the of proximity campus to this weekend’s game and parade, he said.

“It’s a perfect interval for getting ready for the game and calming down from the parade,” Heefner said.

Also at the event will be a unique way for students, many of who are just coming off midterms and an incredibly busy homecoming week, to unwind. Heefner, Stevens and team are bringing in a puppy petting zoo for attendees of the event to interact with.

“Generally, this is a very stressful time,” Heefner said. “We want people to relax and actually experience the best time of the semester.”

Heefner said the event was the dream child of Stevens and will sit perfectly in the middle of all this weekend’s events.

Stevens said the event is scheduled to begin with a performance by Judah and the Lion, so that attendees can experience the rest of the homecoming traditions on campus. Since this is the first taste of Baylor many visitors will get, and the homecoming for the largest freshman class in Baylor history, Uproar wants to help contribute to the glory of what this weekend represents, not hoard visitors.

“I think there will definitely be a couple 1000 people at the event,” Stevens said. “There’s going to be thousands of people on Fifth Street. It’s going to be a pretty exciting break in between the parade and the game. We’ll probably see 4,000 or 5,000 people at our events, ideally.”

Uproar partnered with Baylor Venue and Event Marketing, according to the university press release, to coordinate for food trucks, many of which are normally downtown, to be on campus at the time of the concert.

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Waco senior Trannie Stevens, an organizer of Saturday’s Feel Good Fest, will perform at the event. The fest will include food trucks, a puppy petting zoo and a concert from bluegrass folk band Judah and the Lion.

Alumni resume band started during college years

By Madison Miller & Julia Eckardt Reporters

After a seven-year hiatus, Waco band ColorBox released its first EP titled “Meet ColorBox” this fall.

The four-man group includes Sam Henderson and Brett Christenson, lecturers at Baylor, Stephen Bolech, an audiovisual digitization specialist at Baylor, and Clayton Faulkner, a Lutheran pastor in Houston.

“I think that’s something that’s interesting about our band – we all are members of the band, and we do something else outside of where you primarily see us playing,” Henderson said.

Henderson plays the keyboard, sings and writes most of the songs.

Christenson plays the drums and, under the alias Broose Wain, creates the backing tracks. Bolech plays guitar and is the primary re-

cordist. Faulkner sings and plays the bass.

“We would say it’s equal contributions, different areas,” Christenson said.

They started playing together in the early 2000s while they were students at Baylor. The founding members, Henderson and Bolech, started a worship band called Out of Silence. As their personal style developed, they changed the name to Bright Size Life. Years later, the band recreated itself into ColorBox. Although they started out as a worship band, with each name change, the genre changed. As Bright Size Life, they were a jazz group. Now that they are ColorBox, they relate more with the rock genre.

Henderson said the new name does not mean anything. ColorBox was a nickname given to Bolech by Henderson’s daughter at the age of

four.

“It is so hipster, even the band does not know what it means,” Christenson said jokingly.

Bolech said creating “Meet ColorBox” started by deciding which songs the band wanted to feature.

An EP is a sample of an artist’s

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Alumni Brett Christenson, Stephen Bolech, Clayton Faulkner and Sam henderson make up a Waco band called ColorBox.

music that usually contains a few songs but is not long enough to be considered a full album.

“We picked our best five to do for this,” Bolech said. “We rehearse those as much as we can because time is money when you are in the studio so we need to be as efficient as possible.”

When recording their EP, they considered the current music market and distribution.

The band decided to release its EP for free.

“If you are under the age of 35, you realize that all music is free,” Christenson said. “This traditional method of creating an album, recording it and selling it to people did not seem to make sense since we are not selling it in the ’90s.”

They adapted to current music marketing standards by making the EP free in hopes of sharing it with as many people as possible.

“The theory behind that is that

enough people would hear it, enjoy it and want to come to a show,” Christenson said.

As far as their plans for the future, Henderson said although they are not anticipating opening for bands as big as Coldplay, they are still satisfied with the work they have done.

“If you set your sights at being good, satisfying the band members and then sharing that goodness with as many people as possible, I think that is a good place to start,” Henderson said. “And it might be a good place to end.”

The band plays mostly local shows at places such as Common Grounds. Their next concert will be in November at True Love in downtown Waco, but the event’s details have not been confirmed.

“We have been playing and rehearsing for almost a year exactly,” Henderson said. “We played our first gigs in the spring of this year.”

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Thicke, Williams lose first case round

By Randy Lewis Los Angeles Times (TNS)

LOS ANGELES – Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have lost the first round in their battle with Marvin Gaye’s family in an ongoing debate over whether their 2013 megahit “Blurred Lines” infringed on Gaye’s 1977 song “Got to Give It up.”

U.S. District Court Judge John Kronstadt denied Thicke and William’s motion for a court ruling stating that “Blurred Lines” had not borrowed substantially from Gaye’s song, instead writing that Gaye’s family members “have made a sufficient showing that elements of ‘Blurred Lines’ may be substantially similar to protected, original elements of ‘Got to Give It Up.’ “ That means the Gaye family’s lawsuit can proceed.

“There are no similarities between plaintiffs’ composition and those the claimants allege they own, other than commonplace musical elements,” representatives for Thicke and Williams stated in a suit filed in September. “Plaintiffs created a hit and did it without copying anyone else’s composition.”

That lawsuit prompted a countersuit from Gaye’s family, which had been arguing since “Blurred Lines” became a hit that Thicke and Williams had copied parts of “Got to Give It Up.” Kronstadt’s ruling on Thursday noted the similarity of various hooks in both songs, bass lines, keyboard parts, vocal lines and elements of both songs’ melodic and harmonic composition.

A trial has been set for Feb. 10, 2015.

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Waco senior Kalyn Dunks paints a section of Fifth Street in front of Fountain Mall for the Homecoming Celebration.

Winter’s wife has blues listening to his new album

By Mesfin Fekadu Associated Press

NEW YORK — Johnny Winter’s wife says listening to her late husband’s newest album is bittersweet because it’s one of his best works but was released after his death.

“It was hard for me. I would listen to a couple of songs and then stop, come back and listen to a couple more,” Susan Warford Winter said in a recent interview. “This is the man I had with me for 42 years.”

Winter died in a hotel room just outside Zurich in July at age 70. He had just finished recording “Step Back,” an album of mainly blues standards. Released posthumously last month, it features Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Joe Perry and others.

“Step Back” was on top of Billboard’s blues albums chart for three weeks.

“It was going to do well on its own mer- they think Jim Morrison and all that’s going its. This tragedy unfortunately has been on — a musician, a blues guy, a rock guy, a coupled with it, but it was one guitar player, is this some kind of thing? hell of a comeback,” Winter’s manager, Paul Nelson, said in “... But then they realized it was far from that because then a joint interview with Warford they knew the back story that Winter. he had been so clean for so long Nelson, who produced the that they were like, ‘We see.’” new album, said the Texas blues legend likely died of emphyWinter, on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of top 100 guisema. tarists of all time, was a leading “We know it was breathingrelated or lung-related. There’s light among white blues guitar players, including Clapton and no official statement yet. We Winter haven’t requested the informathe late Stevie Ray Vaughan. tion yet, but he did have severe He idolized Muddy Waters and emphysema, that’s the information we have produced some of the blues legend’s more now,” he said. “They said it was no foul play. popular albums.

Nelson said Winter, who battled subWhen something like that happens in a hotel, they immediately think Jimi Hendrix, stance abuse, cleaned up in the last six years

and it made him a better musician — and husband.

“He stopped drinking. We got him off the methadone. He stopped smoking,” he said. “He was doing physical therapy. The only thing that couldn’t have been fixed ... he had emphysema for smoking too long.”

“It just got better and better. We started traveling more and enjoying everything more,” Warford Winter said.

A video of Winter’s final studio recording, a version of Son House’s “Death Letter,” debuted last week on NPR’s website. Nelson said the musician had more goals he wanted to achieve.

“He said he always wanted a Grammy.

He said he wanted to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” Nelson said. “He said if he didn’t get a Grammy for this record, they’re nuts!”

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Student opens food truck business

By Elly Spencer Reporter

The Baylor community doesn’t have to travel to Paris to get an authentic crepe anymore. Baylor Bears can simply visit Bullard junior Madeline Perkins’ food truck, Holy Crepe.

Holy Crepe, Perkins’ creation, makes dozens of different crepes. Prices range from $4.95 to $6.50.

“I decided Waco needed a get-away,” Perkins said.

“What’s a better way to do that than to bring a little taste of Paris here?”

Perkins said she got the idea to start her own business while on a study-abroad trip in Europe. The experiences she encountered, especially with food, inspired her to take a leap and start the process.

“I studied abroad all summer in Europe, and everyone always ate a crepe, and that’s where I really fell in love,” Perkins said. “I immediately started looking for a truck when I got back to America on Aug. 1.”

Perkins said the process of starting the business was difficult, but after calling dozens of prospects, she found her truck. The truck went through a special renovation to better hold the crepe equipment, and opened for business on Oct. 11.

Holy Crepe’s ingredients and flavors are chosen the night before any home football game, and Perkins gets “runners” to grab the ingredients she’s missing that

customers demand. She said this is the best way to ensure customers get the product they want.

Pasadena junior Grace Tabuena, one of the runners, said the process and variety in crepes have received a large amount of positive feedback.

“It’s so great to see how people respond to how we are doing,” Tabuena said.

This week Holy Crepe will be located off of Fifth Street, immediately following the Homecoming Parade, which starts at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

Tabuena said the truck can usually be found on game days, in the student tailgating area of McLane Stadium.

Students at the tailgate seem to have responded positively to the change of scenery crepes provide in a sea of hot dogs and hamburgers.

“It’s awesome to have a different option, and it’ll be even better to have a warm crepe when it’s cold outside,” Dayton senior Mary Fielder said.

Perkins is one in a rising trend of young entrepreneurs across the nation.

In 2011, Harvard Business Review statistics stated that entrepreneurship has almost doubled within the last 15 years. The review said 26 percent of all entrepreneurs in America average between the ages of 2034.

Besides the idea of entrepreneurship and being a part of the backbone of the nation’s future, Perkins said

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Bullard junior Madeline Perkins is the owner of Holy Crepe, a new food truck in Waco centered on the French dish.

The truck will be located off of Fifth Street following the homecoming parade.

she also wanted to use the food truck as a vessel to share her Christian beliefs to her customers.

“I know I have something really sweet in my hands,” Perkins said. “I have a way to make people smile and a way to share the love of Jesus Christ” Holy Crepe’s workers and owner are hoping to expand the business within the near future.

“I hope to set up at the farmer’s market and just find more venues to sell at,” Perkins said.

Perkins’ advice to other students wishing to start a business is to be creative and go for it.

“Just try to make a difference,” Perkins said. “The opportunities are endless. You just have to pick the one that’s best for you.”

Viral video documents street harassment of woman

By Deepti Hajela Associated Press

NEW YORK — A video recording the comments a woman hears as she walks around the nation’s biggest city is a testament to the pervasiveness of street harassment women face, its creators said Wednesday.

The comments come continuously as the woman walks through the streets of Manhattan — “What’s up, Beautiful?” and “Smile!” — and there’s even a stretch when a man

just silently walks right next to her for several minutes.

The video, shot over 10 hours one day in neighborhoods all over the borough and edited down to a 2-minute final product, has set off a storm of outrage on its way to more than 10 million views since it was released online Tuesday.

“This is having a very serious impact on the way we live our lives,” said Emily May, executive director of Hollaback!, the antistreet harassment organization that put out the video.

The footage, which was shot and edited by Rob Bliss, was captured by a camera Bliss had in his backpack as he walked several feet in front of actress Shoshana Roberts, who was dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and walked silently along.

At no point did Roberts make eye contact with any of the men she passed or talk to any of them.

When she didn’t respond, one man told her, “Somebody’s acknowledging you for being beautiful. You should say thank you more!”

Roberts said the number of

comments the day the video was shot was nothing out of the ordinary for her.

“The frequency is something alarming,” she said.

Martha Sauder, walking on a Manhattan street on Wednesday, agreed that street harassment is a problem and said it happens to her frequently.

“It’s inappropriate. It’s like an invasion of your space,” she said.

But the video also has faced some online criticisms, among them that the men shown all seem

to be minorities. Bliss and Roberts emphasized that the comments came from all racial groups, and Bliss said some interactions that were filmed couldn’t be used for reasons like the audio was disrupted by passing sirens.

“My experience, what we documented, it was from everybody,” Roberts said.

Another criticism was that some men’s comments seemed innocuous: “Good morning,” ‘’Have a nice day.”

Some men could have been

“genuinely being nice,” said Gerard Burke, a Brooklyn resident who readily acknowledged street harassment exists and has seen it happen to women in his family.

He said he thought the video shed light on a bigger problem, “but some people just genuinely want to say hello.”

That’s the problem with street harassment, May said, because when there’s a fear that a simple good morning could escalate into sexual comments or actions, there’s a reluctance to engage at all.

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Singer Taylor Swift released her newest album titled “1989.” Billboard anticipates the album will reach 1.2 million sales by Monday.

Swift’s new album ditches country tunes

By Jon Platt Reporter

Taylor Swift’s style is continually new, independent and, yet, completely predictable.

Music REVIEW This time, there’s no teardrop on her guitar. Love’s no longer red.

And 24 seems much different than 22 for her. But, with the release of Swift’s latest album, it is she who we now know is trouble.

In typical fashion, the artist’s new release is causing waves within the music industry. Just two weeks ago, Billboard anticipated Swift’s “1989” (Big Machine) would sell 750,000 copies in the first week, but they later changed that prediction to 800,000 and then 900,000.

However, the pop sensation is currently projected to sell 1.2 million albums by Monday.

Should Swift break the threshold of 1 million records in one week of sales, not only will she be the first platinum selling artist of 2014, but she will also be the first artist in history to release three platinum albums.

As more and more attention builds around “1989,” music critics are learning one thing: never doubt the T. Swift.

Not only does this LP mark several milestones for the artist – her fifth studio release and possibly her third to go platinum – it also ush-

ers in a completely different sound for the famed country singer.

She’s country no more.

This album marks the first record Swift has produced in which she has not written exclusively country tunes or remixed popish songs for country radio play.

Swift has moved on from her Nashville phase and is embracing the fast-pace feel of her new home – New York City, possibly the “big ol’ city” she told us four years ago she’d someday be living in on “Mean.” An evolution of Swift is evident from the first beat of “1989,” which begins with her anthem to the Big Apple, “Welcome to New York.”

Like many great artist, Swift’s music has progressed with her age.

At 14, Swift’s country-styled love songs and curly hair were understandably the music a 14-year-old listens to. But, at 24, her music is that of a young woman with a new perspective and a new home.

Elvis’ music evolved in much of the same way – from country to his definitive rock-n-roll style.

The album’s prominently different tone began with a disclaimer, when nine weeks ago Swift released “Shake It Off.” This single immediately went viral, taking the country by storm.

Her mega-success song carried a message: a new Taylor is coming and she’s not concern with the hater’s or the player’s words. She’s just gonna shake them off.

Swift’s music still revolves

around love, but it is notably much more broad. And also much more risqué.

“He’s so tall and handsome as hell. He’s so bad but he does it so well,” Swift sings in “Wildest Dreams,” which is basically about a one night stand – something the virtuous Taylor of yesteryear would never expose in song.

Growing up is certainly the gigantic, elephant-sized, over-arching theme of “1989.” It’s something she’s doing and something her fan base is doing with her – another unique aspect of Swift’s music career.

Swift’s lyrics aren’t the only thing with an extremely modern obsession. Her beat, rhythm and song structures also incorporate very progressive patterns. Each song carries a different arrangement, and it seems that there is a harkening back to ’80s pop.

The only song to feature the singer’s traditional acoustic guitar, “How You Get The Girl,” only incorporates this signature sound in small sections.

“Without a doubt, this is the best thing I’ve ever done,” said Swift during the interview with Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts.

And I agree. The “new” Taylor feels more natural and reflective of whom we see on camera and hear in interviews.

Swift has discovered whom she is and now her music is finally getting to show it.

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criminal. More than a dozen protesters dressed in uniforms like those worn by Jews in Nazi concentration camps stood outside Riga’s Concert Hall when the musical was shown there earlier this month.

The Russian and Israeli governments have strongly condemned the show. Latvia’s government has also criticized it, while noting that it’s protected by freedom of speech.

“Being a member of the Arajs Kommando is not worth singing about,” Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said in a statement. “Let those who attend the performance appraise the production for themselves; however, the position of the government is that this is not in good taste.”

The musical does address Cukurs’ Nazi past, with the climax showing the aviator surrounded by people shouting “killer.” Millers says such scenes prove the show does not glorify Cukurs. Critics counter that the show portrays Cukurs as a hero, thus implicitly suggesting that his accusers are wrong.

After the war Cukurs fled to South America where Mossad agents assassinated him in Uruguay in 1965.

Latvian government officials have described Cukurs as a war criminal and prosecutors have rejected requests made by his relatives to have his memory rehabilitated.

RIGA, Latvia — A famous Latvian aviator who joined a Nazi killing squad during World War II is being brought to life in a musical that has outraged Jews in the Baltic country and beyond.

Critics say the show, touring theaters across Latvia until February, is an attempt to whitewash the legacy of Herbert Cukurs, who was assassinated by Israeli agents in South America for his role in the Holocaust.

But producer Juris Millers says that because Cukurs never went on trial it remains unclear to what extent he participated in atrocities committed by the notorious Arajs Kommando, which is blamed for murdering 30,000 people, mostly Jews, during the 1941-1944 Nazi occupation of Latvia.

“Herbert Cukurs is still innocent if we are looking at him from a court system point of view,” Millers told The Associated Press. “There are a few people who testify that he was a killer and others who say that he was a hero.”

In the 1930s, Cukurs gained fame in Latvia as an aviation pioneer, with solo flights to Gambia and Japan. But during World War II, he served as a deputy to the leader of the Arajs Commando, an auxiliary police unit formed after German forces captured Latvia. The unit played a central role in the near annihilation of Latvia’s Jewish community. Almost 80,000 Jews, or 90 percent of the prewar Jewish population, were killed during the Nazi occupation.

“There’s nothing to prove. He was a killer,” said Vitali Gotlib, a senior member of the Latvian Council for Jews. “To do a musical on this man in a civilized country is unacceptable.”

Associated Press The group has de- Russian and Israeli officials have condemned a musical that has angered Jews in nounced the play, say- the Baltic communities. Critics say the production glorifies the actions of a Latvian ing it’s glorifying a war aviator who allegedly aided Nazi forces in the massacre Jews during World War II.

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‘Dear White People’ provokes thought, not perfect

By Paula Solis City Editor

Racial tensions in America have increased in the past year, making headlines in a major way that has caused some to wonder how to approach the topic.

“Dear White People” has taken the guesswork out of the equation and done it for us all.

Movie REVIEW The movie is set at the fictional Winchester University and focuses on the struggles of a group of black students at a predominantly white college. The students are threatened by a proposal to mix up housing assignments so students no longer socially divide themselves.

Samantha White, played by Tessa Thompson, leads the charge for the black community by running for head-of-house at the predominately black student living center and plans protests in response to the school’s proposed changes.

When White isn’t holding a picket sign, she’s hosting a campus radio show called “Dear White People” that targets people’s inadvertent racism in an uncomfortable manner. She goes places people normally only venture into in private circles. She says things such as, “Dear white people, please stop touching my hair.

Does it look like a petting zoo to you?”

But Justin Simien, the movie’s writer and director, isn’t just writing lines that make us laugh out loud because of their ridiculous levels of awkwardness – which they do in fact do.

He’s also highlighting issues of social segregation that threaten cohesion. It’s done with just the right

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Justin Simien’s film ‘Dear White People’ premiered at The Sundance Film Festival and follows four black students on their riot-filled journey at a white-majority college, the fictional Ivy League, Winchester University.

amount of comedy that doesn’t dismiss the real question: Why do some people feel a need to socially identify based on race?

This point is highlighted by White’s character, who in one scene insists students work to “bring black

back,” and in others makes out with a white guy while battling issues of self-doubt because she is half-white.

The movie is by no means an attack on white people for pushing other cultures away, as the title or trailer might insinuate to some, but it’s about cultures

within cultures and the identity crises that most everyone experiences during their college years.

Lionel Higgins, played by Tyler James Williams, is gay, black and a student journalist who feels misunderstood by the black and white communities. His character wonderfully demonstrates the desperation to connect with the right social group while fearing that something as simple as listening to Mumford & Sons might in someway redefine you and cause you to not belong.

Essentially, the movie unfolds the reality that so many people are walking around aimless in life, only pretending to understand themselves, possibly leading to their own detriment.

A deep message for a satire, but it’s there between all the spiffy one-liners.

Of course, the movie is not without its foibles. The internal struggle for acceptance within the black community conflicted with the white versus black theme.

This makes it hard to say whether the movie was more about one conflict than the other. Issues of homophobia also appear but are only lightly touched upon before being dismissed.

But no one should expect all these issues to be perfectly balanced or solved in one film, and the real mistake may have been Simien’s attempt to do so.

However, Simien did achieve a great deal with his first go at feature filmmaking. He reminded audiences that satirical movies aren’t always just ridiculous, over the top comedies; sometimes they have messages that can lead to conversations that actually matter.

This movie has a clear agenda to teach people, move them to laughter and bring them together.

Simien took a calculated risk with the film. He could say something controversial or say something that’s already been said a million times before. He went

Air pollution threatens condition of Vatican paintings

By Nicole Winfield Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican revealed a closely kept secret Thursday: The Sistine Chapel’s precious frescoes were starting to turn white from the air pollution caused by so many visitors passing through each day to marvel at Michelangelo’s masterpiece.

Officials first noticed the whitening patina in 2010 and immediately launched an investigation.

The damage wasn’t visible from the ground, but close inspection showed pockets of frescoes covered with a powdery patina.

“The concern was not just aesthetic but also the danger for the integrity of the paintings,” Vittoria Ciminio, head of the Vatican Mu-

seums’ conservation department, told a conference Thursday.

While the exact origin is still unknown, officials said the powder consisted of calcium carbonate and calcium bicarbonate deposits, believed to have formed from the increasing levels of carbon dioxide and humidity passing through the chapel’s porous plaster walls.

The patina was easily removed

and no permanent damage occurred, said Ulderico Santamaria, who heads the museums’ restoration laboratory. But officials warned that such calcium buildup can do lasting damage if left untreated.

Vatican officials have said the Sistine Chapel’s new air conditioning and air filtration system, inaugurated this week, would prevent

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Senior wide receiver Antwan Goodley (5) runs away from a Horned Frog defender during Baylor’s 61-58 win on Oct. 11 against TCU at McLane Stadium in Waco. The Bears return to McLane this Saturday to face Kansas.

No. 13 Baylor football looks to get back on track against Kansas

By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer

At the halfway mark through Baylor football’s 2014 season, questions still linger on how good the Bears can be. In the past three weeks, the perception of the Bears’ standing in the conference and the country has changed substantially, rising and falling.

The Bears started the season with no real surprises on the field, trouncing the opponent in each of their three non-conference games against SMU, Northwestern State and Buffalo. Baylor’s signature, high-powered, passheavy offense what they have become known for – scoring a lot of touchdowns, and scoring fast.

In retrospect, it’s easy to say the Bears took care of business on the field with much ease, but the beginning of the season had its fair share of distractions that could have tripped up the Bears. First, Baylor opened their brand-new McLane Stadium. Attention for the team rose to fever pitch.

Fans wanted to see the Bears play in the new stadium and the media hype added to that fire.

Baylor head coach Art Briles and senior quarterback Bryce Petty said that the stadium is a great addition to the program, but emphasized that the team is, first and foremost, concerned with winning football games and protecting their “palace.” The Bears heeded Petty’s words well. They have yet to lose in McLane Stadium.

On top of the stadium opening, the Bears had to play the majority of their first game and the entire second game without their quarterback, and leader, Petty. Sophomore quarterback Seth Russell entered into the Baylor Nation spotlight and did not miss a beat.

Russell set records and seamlessly stitched the gaping hole in the offense

that the injured Petty left behind. Russell stepped up, did his job and passed the baton back to Petty for the Buffalo game.

The Bears were still not back to full strength in their final pre-conference game though. Experienced receivers like seniors Levi Norwood and Clay Fuller each had injuries for the first three games of 2014. Living up to the nickname ‘Wide Receiver U’, the Bears’ youngest receivers, namely freshman receiver KD Cannon, shined the brightest in the senior absences.

Overall, the first three games of the season challenged the depth of Briles’ roster, specifically on offense, and the young players were up to the task when their names were called. Considering the distractions and complications with starters out of the lineup, it could’ve been a bumpy start for the Bears. However, Baylor opened the season with a perfect record against non-conference teams and picked up valuable conference road wins at Iowa State and Texas.

The Bears returned home after three-straight away games, rising in the AP rankings and building momentum for a potential berth in the inaugural College Football Playoff. No. 5 Baylor hosted No. 9 TCU in a game that turned out to be an instant classic at McLane Stadium. The Bears pulled off a dramatic fourth quarter comeback to beat the undefeated Horned Frogs to stay perfect on the season and continue their campaign for a College Football Playoff spot. That campaign would come to a screeching halt one week after the storybook ending against TCU. “It was a really good win the other night [against TCU], significant for a variety of reasons,” Briles said. “First of all, we got bowl-eligible and secondly, [it kept] us in the competition for a Big

12 championship.”

The high point of the Bears’ season came one week before their lowest point. Baylor hit the road again, this time to Morgantown, W. Va., a place where the Bears continue to struggle.

Unranked West Virginia derailed the No. 4 Bears hype-train of national championship hopes, stumping the Bears 41-27. The West Virginia game damaged Baylor’s College Football Playoff poll stock. The Bears were no longer undefeated and lost to an unranked team. At this point, many pundits have written Baylor off as a team on the outside of the College Football Playoff, looking in.

The Bears return to McLane Stadium and start their road of redemption against the University of Kansas at 3 p.m. tomorrow. The Jayhawks (2-5, 0-4) are undeniably the conference’s worst team. Having benched starting quarterback Montell Cozart, and fired head coach Charlie Weis a few games into the season, the Jayhawks are in shambles ahead of their clash with the Bears tomorrow. “[Kansas is] a team that's been through a lot, so you've got to admire their players for their resiliency in having a coaching staff change and to keep fighting and keep going like they're going in conference play,” Briles said.

The Jayhawks’ defense has two of the conferences Top 5 players in tackles for loss and sacks. Their porous offense shadows the Jayhawk’s generally talented and effective defense this season.

“Thirty-three points is the most points they've had scored on them and in this league that's pretty good,” Briles said. “They're extremely talented and playing really good defense. It's a conference opponent. Anytime you play a conference team you know you're going to be in for a battle and this will be

no different."

KU is, by far, the Bears’ easiest conference opponent at home this season.

The Jayhawks have struggled in stringing drives together for touchdowns.

The Jayhawks lack a playmaker at the receiver position and are inefficient running the ball.

Kansas has close results against conference opponents, including two games decided by just one touchdown against Oklahoma State and Texas Tech, but the Bears are heavily favored in tomorrow’s matchup. The Bears’ offense can put points on just about any team in the country, and the Bears’ defense hangs with the Big 12’s best as well.

Most of the concerns ahead of Baylor’s homecoming matchup with Kansas come from within the Bears’ own camp. Senior offensive tackle Troy Baker, an outspoken leader and arguably the team’s best lineman suffered a season-ending ACL injury against West Virginia. The Bears were left to find a replacement for Baker who leaves big shoes to fill, both literally and figuratively.

"Losing Troy to injury and not having him on the field as a leader hurts,” junior offensive tackle Spencer Drango said. “He always knew what to do about everything. I do have to fill some of that void and take up some slack, but the other guys on the line can fill in too."

Petty’s completion rate is down to nearly 50 percent, missing many wide open looks at key moments throughout the conference schedule. Petty looks to right those wrongs against Kansas.

“Everything that we set out to do is still ahead of us,” Petty said. “We are fine in that aspect of it. We need to take care of Kansas, and the rest will take care of itself."

Behind enemy lines Five notes about Kansas

By Brian Hillix Daily Kansan Sports Editor 1. Kansas is by far the worst team in the Big 12, but since Charlie Weis was fired on Sept.

28, the team has gone through a bit of a revival.

Interim head coach and defensive coordinator Clint Bowen – a former Kansas player and Lawrence native – has energized the Jayhawks and made them competitive again. In the last two games against Oklahoma State and Texas Tech, Kansas had a shot at winning the game in the fourth quarter. You couldn’t say that about many of Weis’ games.

2. The Jayhawk defense is very good. Looking at the Big 12 statistics, you wouldn’t get that impression, but keep in mind that the offense continually puts the defense in tough spots. Kansas ranks last in the Big 12 in scoring and only averages about 17 first downs per game. In conference games, the defense ranks fourth in the league in scoring defense and passing defense. In a league with explosive quarterbacks, the Jayhawks are holding their own.

3. At quarterback, junior Michael Cummings has done an admirable job of taking over for the struggling Montell Cozart, who performed poorly against level competition. Cummings has completed 40 passes for 523 yards over his last two games, in addition to logging two passing and two rushing touchdowns. In the only conference game Cozart played in full, he threw 140 passing yards with four interceptions against Texas. While Cummings has done a nice job at the helm, I don’t think he exactly scares opposing defenses.

4. Ben Heeney is a monster. The senior inside linebacker and captain of the defense leads the conference with 12 tackles per game and is coming off a 21-tackle performance against Texas Tech, the most by a player in the Big 12 in a game this season. He also ranks fifth in the league in tackles for a loss, helping to make up for a belowaverage defensive line.

5. The secondary is the strength of the entire team. Cornerbacks JaCorey Shepherd and Dexter McDonald have played well and are a big reason for the defense's successes. Again, the secondary’s job is a lot tougher because the defensive line struggles to pressure the quarterback. Despite giving up some big-play touchdowns this season, Shepherd and McDonald have made been bright spots for the defense. Shepherd ranks sixth in the Big 12 in passes defended while McDonald leads the team with two interceptions.

Big 12 Roundup: College GameDay travels to WVU

By Cody Soto Sports Writer

No. 19 Oklahoma (5-2, 2-2) at Iowa State (2-5, 0-4) No. 19 Oklahoma looks to pick up its third Big 12 win as it travels to Ames, Iowa to play Iowa State at Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday morning.

The Sooners took its second conference loss on Oct. 18 with a heartbreaking 3130 finish against then-No. 14 Kansas State in Norman, Okla. Two missed field goals and a blocked extra point attempt doomed Oklahoma in the long run after quarterback Trevor Knight threw an interception for an easy Wildcat touchdown early in the second quarter. Knight finished with 318 passing yards on 26 completions and three touchdowns. Sterling Shepard received for a career-high 15 passes for 197 yards and a score in the loss.

The Cyclones were idle last week and are coming off a 48-45 loss to Texas on Oct. 18. Iowa State was crushed by a 21-yard field goal made by Texas with only three seconds left in the game to remain winless

in Big 12 play so far. Quarterback Sam B. Richardson threw for 345 yards for three touchdowns and two interceptions in the loss. Running back Aaron Wimberly ran for an impressive 110 yards on 14 carries and scored late in the fourth quarter to tie the game.

Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. and will air on FOX Sports 1.

No. 10 TCU (6-1, 3-1) at No. 20 West Virginia (6-2, 4-1) College GameDay heads to Morgantown, W.Va. as No. 10 TCU and No. 20 West Virginia meet for a Top 20 matchup in Milan Puskar Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Horned Frogs took a dominant 8227 win over Texas Tech in Fort Worth last Saturday. TCU headed into halftime with a convincing 37-20 lead and held the Red Raiders to only one touchdown in the final two quarters. Quarterback Trevone Boykin was 22-for-39 on pass completions for 433 yards and seven touchdowns in the win.

Deante’ Gray received for 165 yards on

four receptions which included a huge 92yard touchdown pass in the third quarter.

The Mountaineers cruised to a 34-10 win over Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla. last Saturday for their fourth consecutive conference win. Receiver Kevin White caught a 19-yard pass early in the opening quarter, and Mario Alford received a 79-yard pass to put West Virginia up 14-0 going into the second quarter.

Kicker Josh Lambert made two field goals in the second half to extend the lead while quarterback Clint Trickett had 238 passing yards for two touchdowns in the win.

The matchup is set for 2:30 p.m. and will air on ABC and ESPN2.

Texas (3-5, 2-3) at Texas Tech (3-5, 1-4) Texas will travel to Lubbock to face Texas Tech on Saturday evening in Jones AT&T Stadium after two disappointing losses for both teams.

Texas suffered a 23-0 shutout to No. 11 Kansas State and only rallied for 196 total offensive yards in Manhattan, Kan. Quar-

terback Tyrone Swoopes completed 13 passes for 106 yards and averaged 4.2 yards per completion. Running back Johnathan Gray ran for 24 yards on 10 carries as part of the Longhorns’ 90 rushing yards. Texas was only 4-for-13 on third down efficiency.

The Red Raiders dropped a disappointing 82-27 to TCU on Saturday after taking a 10-7 lead early in the opening quarter.

Texas Tech was held to one touchdown in the second half, a three-yard reception by Dylan Cantrell with three minutes left in the third quarter. Quarterback Davis Webb threw for 300 yards on 15 completions for two scores and an interception in the loss.

All touchdowns by the Red Raiders were made by receivers as the team rallied for 345 passing yards.

Texas and Texas Tech will play at 6:30 p.m. on FOX Sports 1.

Oklahoma State (5-3, 3-2) at No. 11 Kansas State (6-1, 4-0) Oklahoma State takes a Big 12 road trip to Manhattan, Kan. to play No. 11 Kansas State in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Sat-

urday night.

The Cowboys look to shake off a dismal 34-10 loss at home to then-No. 22 West Virginia. Despite having 23 first downs compared to the Mountaineers’ 22, Oklahoma State was only 2-for-15 on third down conversions and could not gain momentum in the game. The only points for the Cowboys were in the second quarter as the team headed into halftime down 14-10.

Quarterback Daxx Garman had 242 passing yards for one touchdown and two interceptions in the loss.

The Wildcats took a solid 23-0 win over Texas at home to remain perfect in conference play last Saturday. Kansas State used two touchdowns and three field goals to put away the Longhorns after limiting them to 12 first downs and 196 offensive yards. Quarterback Jake Waters posted 224 passing yards on 19 completions, and running back DeMarcus Robinson and Charles Jones combined for 29 carries and 99 yards to score twice in the win.

Oklahoma State and Kansas State face off at 7 p.m. on ABC.

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The Baylor Lariat

FRIDAY | OCTOBER 31, 2014

Sports

Retooled MBB hungry for victory

By Cody Soto Sports Writer

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Senior point guard Kenny Chery dribbles the ball up the court during Baylor’s 74-69 loss to Texas on Feb. 26 at the Erwin Center in Austin. Chery is one of two seniors this year for Baylor basketball.

Projected starters PG – Kenny Chery, Senior SG – Al Freeman, RS Freshman SF – Royce O’Neale, Senior PF – Rico Gathers, Junior C – Johnathan Motley, RS Freshman

The Bears are coming, and they’re ready to roll.

Baylor men’s basketball returns to the Ferrell Center on Nov. 14 in its first game for the 2014-2015 season. The Bears bring with them a new team and new attitude, but one thing is constant: they want to make the NCAA tournament.

Head coach Scott Drew is ready to make school history and lead the team to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances.

Drew and the Bears made an impressive run to the Sweet 16 last year before eventually falling to No. 2-seed Wisconsin in Anaheim, Calif.

“Baylor basketball has never gone to the NCAA tournament on odd years and we haven’t gone in back-to-back years, so I think there’s definitely some firsts that we would like to take care of,” Drew said. “Each and every game, we want to win and be competitive and put ourselves in a good position for conference titles and national championships.”

The Bears bring back seven lettermen and add six newcomers to the roster after losing seven players, four of whom played major minutes: Brady Heslip, Cory Jefferson, Gary Franklin and Isaiah Austin.

Senior guard Kenny Chery and senior forward Royce O’Neale expect to lead the way for an inexperienced team. They know it is not going to be easy, Chery said.

“The coaches have a lot of trust in Royce and me,” Chery said.

“The key is going to be keeping everyone on the same page and making sure we’re focused. We need to execute what the coaches want us to execute.”

Chery said his role is bigger this year after starting for the Bears last season. He averaged

11.5 points per game and is the only returning double-digit scorer.

O’Neale posted 7.1 points per contest his junior year.

“I’ve been getting better every day and I’m making sure everyone does as well,” Chery said. “Our focus this year is really on speed, pushing the ball, and putting pressure on defense. I have to communicate on and off the court and make sure that everyone is listening and paying attention to all the details.”

Chery and O’Neale will get help from junior forward Rico Gathers, a 280-lb power player.

Gathers came off the bench last season and scored 6.4 points and added 6.4 rebounds per game.

Gathers is ready to get the sour taste of the team’s Sweet 16 loss out of his mouth and use it as motivation for the upcoming season, he said.

“Coming off a Sweet 16 year and taking a bittersweet loss to Wisconsin, that’s motivation enough to make that push to not just make the tournament, but go to the Elite Eight and the Final Four,” Gathers said. “I am most excited about this great group of guys with a new team, a new look, and new expectations. We are ready to be back on the floor to get the season started and get it underway.”

Redshirt freshmen Johnathan Motley and Al Freeman will also be in the rotation after taking their first year to learn the program, Drew said.

“We expect a lot more out of them because we lost a lot of production and players,” Drew said.

“Al Freeman is someone who is a strong guard who can play multiple positions and score points for us. For Johnathan Motley, going up against Cory [Jefferson] and Isaiah [Austin] every day really made him better. He’s somebody that everyone saw as a great poten-

tial player, and now he’ll be able to back that up.”

Baylor will play a shorter and more athletic lineup after losing Jefferson and Austin, both big men. The duo measured out at 6-foot-9 and 7-foot-1; the tallest player on the Bears this season at 6-foot-9.

“At Baylor, we reload.

We don’t rebuild.”

Scott Drew | Head coach

“Motley is our tallest and strongest vertical-wise. We are used to having many six-foot guys [in the middle], and he’s the closest one we got now,” Drew said.

“We are going to find a way to put our best team on the floor and adjust from there.”

The Bears also added two true freshmen, forward T.J. Maston and guard Dee Durham, along with three transfers: guards Austin Mills and Lester Medford and forward Deng Deng.

“At Baylor, we reload. We don’t rebuild,” Drew said. “It’s great for our coaching staff knowing that we have new players this year because we can work with them. We are going to learn a lot more about our guys within the first month of practice.”

Coming from Beverly Hills, Calif., Mills feels welcomed to Baylor and looks forward to using the team’s chemistry on the court.

“It’s a big change from Los Angeles to Texas so far, but the guys have been great and Waco’s been good to me,” Mills said. “I am really excited because people don’t know what to think about us.

With many guys leaving last year, more of us have to step up and we’re ready to shock people.”

The Bears used their summer workouts and a Marine training

program as a great bonding tool to bring together the young but talented team.

“There are going to be times during the season when we’re down at halftime and have to come out and pick it up. We cannot be pointing fingers,” sophomore forward Ishmail Wainwright said. “That Marine training helped us out a lot because it really bonded us. When that came around, it showed that we could trust the guy to our left and our right. We are young and still getting used to each other, but now we say, ‘This is my brother. We got you. We are going to be there to help you up.’”

Despite losing a lot of talent, the Baylor Bears are ready to prove themselves once again and play tough non-conference matchups to prepare themselves for a challenging Big 12 conference slate.

“Every year, we try to play the best non-conference schedule that we can,” Drew said. “A lot of the teams we are playing made the NCAA tournament, and some of them had some success in the tournament, so it will definitely prepare us for conference.”

While the team’s strengths may not be their height, Baylor will find ways and have the belief that they can win, Drew said.

“Each team has different strengths, but we believe in the people we have,” Drew said. “We’ve adapted our style of play to meet whatever our team’s strengths might be. We don’t have the seven-footer that we’re used to. We’ve been very efficient on the offensive end in the past, so that’s why it’s important to get practice in. We always like to play fast in position, but without [Austin and Jefferson] we are going to have to play fast.”

Baylor men’s basketball starts the 2014-15 McNeese State season at 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 14. The game will broadcast live from the Ferrell Center on FOX Sports.

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The Baylor Lariat

FRIDAY | OCTOBER 31, 2014

Lady Bears look to forge new identity this season

By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer

Moving past the Brittney Griner era was part of the Baylor women’s basketball’s maturation process last season. With the loss of Griner, much of the responsibility, defensively and offensively, was put on Odyssey Sims’ shoulders. Growing out of that dependency on Sims will be inevitable for the Lady Bears in the 2014-15 season.

Sims affected the Lady Bears (and the opponents’) tactics perhaps more than any other player in the country last year. Despite that, Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey has a roster with widespread talent to maintain the elite program status that her basketball team has achieved over the past few seasons.

“It’s the unknown, I don’t know how fun it will be until we get on the floor during games,” Mulkey said. “Who’s gonna be our scorer, who’s gonna be our defensive stopper, who’s gonna be the leader? We’ve got players with experience but they’ll be in different roles. They’ll need to step up and do things they haven’t done before.”

Without Sims, the Lady Bears were far from utterly weaponless last season. As the season went on in 2013-14, the Lady Bears started to spread the ball around. Their attack came from just about anywhere on the court, not just Sims. The Lady Bears return three of their five starters from last year’s 32-5 conference championship team.

Even with a young roster filled with question marks, Mulkey did an excellent job – a share of the Big 12 regular season title, the Big 12 Tournament Championship title, and an appearance in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Associated Press also ranked the Lady Bears No. 8 in the nation.

The 2014-15 season could be no different for the Lady Bears in the sense of shattering preseason expectations. The Lady Bears were picked to finish second in the Big 12 in the Big 12 preseason coaches poll.

“Preseason rankings bring great recognition to your program,” Mulkey said.

“It’s a respect thing, but we haven’t done anything yet. We’ve got a non-conference schedule that will challenge us. We’ll go on the road more this year than we did last

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Baylor women’s basketball huddles together before its Jan. 29 game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Waco. The Lady Bears defeated the Red Raiders 92-43 at the Ferrell Center. The Lady Bears prepare to open their 2014-15 campaign on Tuesday.

year. So, I don’t know if rankings are accurate, but it’s nice to have your name written somewhere.”

Sophomore forward Nina Davis broke onto the scene unexpectedly for the Lady Bears last season. Davis, who is 5-foot-11, is considered short for her post position.

The young star was overlooked at first, but teams were forced to take notice of her when she began dominating the paint every game for Baylor.

“I guess you could say last year I wasn’t sheltered, but I was more sheltered with Odyssey being on the team,” Davis said.

“More of the defense and strategy were focused on her, but I know this year there will be more of a target on me. I just have to step my game up even more knowing that every game we play I’m going to be somewhere on the scouting sheets.”

Davis was named All-Big 12 first team and Big 12 Freshman of the Year last season for her performance. As a freshman, she averaged 15 points and a league-leading 8.9 rebounds per game.

“I’m prepared to take on a role,” Davis said. “Before the season started [Mulkey and I] had a meeting, and there was one thing she told me and that was that I need to be more of a leader, more vocal. As you can see on the court, I don’t like to talk a lot. But I know this year, in order be a leader, I can’t be quiet.”

Junior guard Niya Johnson will likely be the offensive maestro in the 2014-15 season for the Lady Bears. Last year, Johnson was the team leader in assists and boasted the best assist/turnover ratio in the country (4.0). However, much of her offensive responsibilities were deferred to Sims, the

leader of the Lady Bears’ attack.

Johnson was more than happy to dish out passes to Sims for layups last season, but she may have the ball in her hands more of this season. Johnson is in the driver’s seat now, and she can assist and score at will, Mulkey said.

“I used to pass, pass, pass, and this year I have to look to do more scoring instead of passing,” said Johnson, who started 32 of 37 games. “I’d rather pass than shoot. I just love to watch my teammates score off my assists. Now I don’t have any choice but to shoot.”

Although Davis and Johnson were some of the most productive players in points and assists last season, the departure of Sims and Makenzie Robertson leaves a huge gap in the scoring department for the Lady Bears. Mulkey and her

staff are searching for the players to carry the load this season.

“We’re going to have to find out who can score,” Mulkey said. “Scrimmaging is a big part of it early, but I don’t know what we have out there. We’ve got 38 points we’ve got to replace with Odyssey and Makenzie [Robertson] being gone.”

The return of senior guard Alexis Prince from a season-ending foot injury in 2013 will help bolster Mulkey’s lineup.

Prince was on the sideline for nearly all of last season with a medical boot on her foot. Her ability to encourage her team without being able to suit up helped her leadership role for the team in this season.

Prince is likely to be be in the starting five for the Lady Bears. “[Prince] hasn’t missed a practice, she hasn’t limped, hasn’t had to see the doctor so all is good,” Mulkey said. “When you have a player of her size with her skills and versatility, it makes your team so much better. We would have been much better last year if she was healthy. We anticipate her being a big factor for us. We’ve done all we can to prepare her and get her healthy.

Two months from now. You never know.”

The lone senior in the starting lineup, post Sune Agbuke, was an invaluable piece to the Lady Bears’ defense last season. Agbuke anchored the Lady Bears’ rebound game on both the offensive and defensive ends. Mulkey said Agbuke is like “a wall back there,” and she is vital to how the team game plans for defense.

More than anything, Agbuke has been on an undefeated, NCAA championship winning team and her experience and amount of minutes played is unmatched by any other player on Mulkey’s roster.

Offense is a concern for the Lady Bears ahead of the 2014-15 season, but Mulkey has long been a coach that takes pride in her team’s ability and discipline on the defensive side of the ball. The team’s defensive strength is often overlooked because of the scoring done by the Lady Bears’ fastpaced offense. Mulkey will be working on the Lady Bears’ defensive shape more than anything else in preseason training.

The Lady Bears 2014-15 begins against Midwestern State at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Ferrell Center.

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The Baylor Lariat

FRIDAY | OCTOBER 31, 2014

Sports

Baylor volleyball building confidence down closing stretch of 2014 season

By Cody Soto Sports Writer

The Baylor volleyball season is like a roller coaster.

The Bears (13-11, 3-6 Big 12) came into the 2014 season as the sixth-ranked team in the Big 12 standings, and they didn’t think it did the team justice.

Baylor only lost two players due to graduation and brought back three players from injury to have a chance for redemption.

In the beginning of the season, they took a commanding three-set sweep over Abilene Christian to kick off its non-conference schedule. The Bears won its first two games before falling to Portland in the Hampton Inn Waco North Baylor Invitational at the Ferrell Center.

Baylor took a four-set win over Rice and played six straight away matches and recorded wins in Arlington, San Marcos, and Washington D.C. The Bears remained perfect in the George Washington Colonials Challenge to take the tournament title on Sept. 13.

Baylor returned to Waco and defeated Northwestern State to improve to a 9-2 season record and prepared itself to compete in its last tournament of non-conference play.

Then, Baylor volleyball took a downward ride on its roller coaster season.

The Bears dropped all three of its matches in the UTSA Classic and headed to Manhattan, Kan. with a 9-5 record, dropping matches to UTSA and LSU before Big 12 play.

Baylor rallied for a thrilling five-set win over Kansas State to win its first conference road opener since 1997 and returned to Waco to host Texas Tech on Oct. 1.

With a good conference win under their belt, the Bears then went on a six-game conference-losing streak starting with a five-set loss to Texas Tech and a four-set loss to West Virginia, both of which were at home. The Bears had hit a low point in their season, sitting at 1-6 in conference play.

“It’s not ever been about the will and the hustle of our team, but it’s about having enough players playing a high level,” head coach Jim Barnes said.

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Sophomore outside hitter Katie Staiger (4) goes up for a kill against West Virginia on Oct. 22.

The Bears lost 3-1 at the Ferrell Center in Waco.

Also, things did not help when junior outside hitter Laura Jones tore her ACL during the team’s match against Kansas. Jones is out for the season and left a hole in the Baylor offense.

“We definitely took a big hit by losing Laura Jones,” senior outside hitter Nicole Bardaji said. “She’s a great player who has a lot of firepower and intensity, and she always works so hard, so that was a tough break for us.”

After evening up the season record at 1111, the Bears have turned things around and have taken two big conference wins over Iowa State at home and against Texas Tech in Lubbock.

The Bears rallied from a 2-0 deficit to take a five-set win over the Cyclones in an exciting two-hour matchup in the Ferrell Center while the team took care of business on the road and

rolled over the Red Raiders with a 3-1 win.

With this roller coaster taking a lot of turns, junior outside hitter Andie Malloy said that the team is just taking it one step at a time.

“We are taking this one game at a time,” Malloy said. “We have to come out with the mentality to out work the other team and stay positive. It’s about never giving up to get every point.”

The Bears have only been swept by one Big 12 team and have gone through the rest of the matches either winning or losing in four or five sets. This says a lot about the resilience of the team, Malloy said.

“It definitely shows that we can hang with anyone in the Big 12, and if we are playing our game throughout the match, then we can battle and keep up with these teams. We can win if we keep pushing,” Malloy said.

The Bears look to turn around their season just as quickly as it was turned on them, but it’s going to take a team effort, Bardaji said.

“We definitely have a lot of talent and athleticism, but we just need to put it all together,” Bardaji said. “We’re a very close knit team.

We want to work hard for each other and for Christ. We’re in a good place to move forward, so things look hopeful for us.”

Baylor is already improving different weakness of its game, and the players see that.

“If we can take our serving to whole another level, we can get teams down,” Malloy said. “Also, we have got to pass well with no over-passing and good serve-receive. We need to make it easier on our setter to take care of the ball.”

After Wednesday’s win over Texas Tech, the Bears collectively hit .214 and post 13.8 kills per set, 15.5 digs per set, and 2.1 blocks per set.

Malloy currently leads the team with 4.01 kills per set and contributes 2.94 digs per set. Right behind Malloy is freshman outside hitter Katie Staiger who adds 3.05 kills per set after coming back from a torn ACL last season.

At the net, sophomore middle hitters Sam Hill and Tola Itiola post 1.00 and 0.94 blocks per set. Both players have been able to also create an offensive flow on the frontcourt by contributing kills during the match. Itiola adds 1.89 kills per set, and Hill contributes 1.63 per set.

In the back row, senior libero Hope Ogden has 2.92 digs per set followed by freshman liberos Jana Brusek and Ashley Myer at 2.33 and 2.58 digs per set.

As the Bears make the upward climb to save their season, Barnes said the team needs to turn everything into points.

“The confidence is growing, but we need to continue to push hard to get our serves and passing game to continue to move forward because that’s what’s going to continue to help our blocking and our scoring,” Barnes said.

The Bears head to Lawrence, Kan. to face Kansas for the second time this season on Nov. 5 and look to avenge their four-set loss to the Jayhawks at home. Game is set for 6:30 p.m.

Kawhi Leonard will play tonight Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO — NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard is set to make his season debut for the San Antonio Spurs tonight against the Phoenix Suns.

Leonard missed the final six preseason games and the season opener against Dallas due to an infection in his right eye.

The 23-year-old Leonard averaged 12.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.7 steals for the Spurs last season while shooting 52 percent from the field. But he really blossomed in the playoffs as the Spurs rolled to their fifth championship.

In the final three games of San Antonio’s finals victory over Miami, Leonard averaged 23.7 points and 9.3 rebounds and shot 68.6 percent to earn MVP honors.

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The Baylor Lariat

FRIDAY | OCTOBER 31, 2014

Tola Itiola learns fast, both on and off the court

By Cody Soto Sports Writer

Sophomore middle hitter Tola Itiola had never played a sport before the eighth grade, let alone volleyball.

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Itiola came to the United States in 2008 with no prior knowledge of how to play volleyball.

When she enrolled at Carrollton Christian Academy, she decided to give it a try.

During tryouts in middle school, she needed several water breaks and rests to continue the tryout. She couldn’t serve a ball over the net and was unable to bench press much weight during the team’s offseason program.

However, Itiola used this as an opportunity to grow into something that she had never done before, and she did just that. Five years later, Itiola is one of t h e top assets of Baylor

volleyball and brings athleticism, faith and team leadership.

Alice Klunck, Itiola’s eighth grade and freshman year coach, said that while Itiola didn’t necessarily know the fundamentals of the game, she didn’t let that stop her from learning.

“I loved that she was so interested in improving her game and tried her hardest on and off the court,” Klunck said. “I took the game and broke it down working on each individual skill with her, starting with blocking

on the right side. I believed that her vertical was a strength for her.”

After starting school a year early in Nigeria, Itiola was one year younger than the rest of her teammates. However, belief was all she needed to learn and improve her game.

“They told me their belief in me, and in the end it made me believe in myself,” Itiola said. “It was a huge learning process for me, and I loved t h e challenge of growing every day in my skills. They’ve really helped me be the player I am today.”

Learning to play volleyball wasn’t easy though. Tola’s younger sister Mofe Itiola remembers just how difficult it actually was.

“We would feel really bad when we messed up,” Mofe Itiola said. “We had no idea what we were doing because we hadn’t played any sport before. We just continued to play, and that’s how we learned.

W e picked it up and we’ve both gotten better every year.”

Tola’s 6-foot-2 stature allowed Klunck to put her at the middle blocker position during Itiola’s eighth grade year.

“The coaches really

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Sophomore middle hitter Tola Itiola

wanted me to play the middle blocker position, so I really had to grow into it,” Tola said. “It didn’t come naturally at first, but with a lot of work, it became a lot easier. It’s nonstop, so I really enjoy it.”

Her speed and big vertical jump proved to be an advantage for Tola, and Klunck quickly moved her up to play on the varsity team her freshman year of high school.

“I believe she was surprised by that decision,” Klunck said. “She mentioned at one point that she thought she might not make any of the teams. Imagine how much more surprised she was when she began starting Skye Duncan | Lariat Photographer for our team along with seniors.”

Tola’s personality is very distinctive. Sophomore middle hitter Tola Itiola prepares for a point against Iowa State on Oct. 25 in While she may not be the loudest player Waco. The Bears won 3-2 over the Cyclones to snap a six-game Big 12 losing streak. on the team, her confidence grows every give those words of encouragement for the apart with Tola Itiola playing for Baylor. match, Mofe said.

“God truly has a plan,” Mofe Itiola said.

“She’s pretty soft spoken, but when she team. She’s definitely a spiritual leader on “Even though we have no idea what the fudoes speak you think, ‘where does that our team.”

Itiola said she uses her faith to stay ture holds, we know that He will do everycome from?’” Mofe said. “She plays with so much confidence though. No matter how positive during tough matches. Her love thing for us. Knowing that statement helps the game’s going, she will keep it up. She for her faith helps her take every day as us keep faith in God and understand that an opportunity to He does everything for a reason.” has that mentality.” get better. In turn, Tola’s faith shines in her play for Baylor Mofe isn’t the only “I’ve learned that my that helps her become volleyball, and the team is taking full adone to see Tola’s quiet mistakes don’t define a spiritual leader, she vantage of her threat in the middle. personality. Klunck said.

“She is a very quiet player, but I can see said Tola’s personalme, and I’m going “My spiritual life that she’s exuberating confidence,” junior ity shows in her perto have to believe in has really helped me setter Amy Rosenbaum said. “It’s been exformance, and that plays a myself.” stay focused and not citing to see her grow as a player and to see big factor in matches. to take mistakes per- her belief on the court. It’s going to add a “She was shy at first on Tola Itiola | Soph. Middle Hitter sonally and be able to lot of blocks and silent kills for us.” the varsity team, but once brush them off,” Itiola Itiola’s growth on and off the court she got comfortable, you said. “I’ve learned that makes her a special athlete for Baylor, head could see her coming out of her shell,” Klunck said. “Tola has never my mistakes don’t define me, and I’m go- coach Jim Barnes said.

“She’s getting more confidence and been a cocky player, and I spent some time ing to have to believe in myself.”

Tola’s relationship with her sister has learning to get more aggressive and contrying to convince her of her talents and I never felt like she knew how talented she blossomed over the past year with the sistent, and as that comes along she’s going truly is. She is a tremendous role model of death of their mother, Nike Itiola. Mofe to be one of the best players in the nation,” the mentality a true athlete should strive to said this experience made her sister more Barnes said. mature and allowed her to take on a mothLooking back on her first days playing have.” volleyball, Tola would not have pictured Tola Itiola’s faith has been one factor erly role for their family.

“We really have to be there for one an- herself wearing a Baylor jersey. Her deterthat has separated her from the rest of her teammates. Junior outside hitter Andie other, and we’ve learned to be grateful for mination to grow into new roles and step Malloy said Tola’s message before a game each other,” Mofe Itiola said. “Every night, in when needed makes her an impact athshe would always text me because she lete for the Bears. this season really stuck with her.

“I’ve grown a great love for this game,” “She said to play free because we’ve all wants to keep me uplifted and is stepping Tola said. “The opportunity to play volleybeen saved, so she told us just to go out in like a mom to me.”

Faith has brought these two sisters to- ball and to be here at Baylor is a huge blessthere and play with freedom,” Malloy said.

“It was awesome to hear her say that and gether even though they are now miles ing from God.”

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The Baylor Lariat

FRIDAY | OCTOBER 31, 2014

Sports

Bears run for championship

By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer

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Senior forward Natalie Huggins, left, leads an attack with freshman forward Precious Akanyirige, right, on Sept. 21 against Oral Roberts University. The Bears won 5-0.

Soccer hopes to finish season strong

By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer

It’s been a season of ups and downs for Baylor soccer. The Bears were tested by strong opponents and produced some impressive victories, but struggled with being consistent in Big 12 play. The Bears’ regular season of mixed results ends at 7 p.m. tonight in Morgantown, W.Va. against the conferenceleading West Virginia.

Baylor started the season with a bit of a measuring stick, playing against the national powerhouse University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. The Bears only managed to get one shot off against the Gators, but Baylor co-head coach Marci Jobson described UF as “the best team [she has] ever coached against.”

From there, the Bears saw the areas in which they needed to improve.

The Bears returned to Waco and remained undefeated in five games at Betty Lou Mays Field before kicking off conference play against Kansas. Home wasn’t the only place the Bears found success in the pre-conference schedule though.

The nationally-ranked BYU and Notre Dame faced off against the Bears. Baylor stunned BYU in front of their home fans with a 2-1 decision. Against Notre Dame, the Bears’ defense stood strong apart from one mistake on a set piece that ended up being the game-winning goal for Notre Dame.

The taste of victory from the BYU game was equal to the portion of humble pie they had to swallow in their loss to Notre Dame. The Bears entered conference play with level heads, with faith in their potential to be one of the conference’s toughest teams.

Conference play started sour for the Bears. Baylor’s pristine record at home in 2014 was tarnished

by the Jayhawks. KU forward Liana Salazar finished a cross into Baylor’s goal early in the first half. Salazar’s goal was the difference in that game which ended 1-0. The Bears bounced right back with a convincing 2-0 victory over Iowa State at home, just two days after a demoralizing loss to Kansas.

The middle of the conference season is when things got a little shaky for the Bears. TCU came to Waco and escaped with a 1-1 tie against the Bears. Since the beginning of conference play, the Bears have only won one match when the opponent scored. The Bears’ goal production has not been on par with the rest of the Big 12’s aggressive offenses.

After TCU, Baylor lost three of its last four games, including a heartbreaking loss on a 90th minute goal from the Longhorns in the Bears’ home finale for the season.

“Soccer is a game of moments,” Jobson said. “You have to be alert, concentrated and focused for moments. I think that last 20 seconds [against Texas] is kind of a metaphor for what our problem has been for a lot of the season. It’s not that anybody taps out of the play, but we need somebody to step up. That’s the difference.”

The Bears are currently tied with Oklahoma at sixth in the Big 12 Conference standings with 7 points. Baylor can end its regular season with a bang against the league-leading Mountaineers tonight.

West Virginia has been near perfect against conference teams this season, en route to their thirdstraight Big 12 regular season title.

“I think it makes it an exciting challenge to finish our season [against West Virginia],” senior midfielder Alexa Wilde said. “Why not finish our season against a great team, have a great game and have a team that challenges us to be the best team that can possibly be in our very last game of the season? I’m

more excited to finish against them than anything.”

Wilde contributed to the team with her physical playstyle, willingness to sacrifice her body and aerial versatitliy. Wilde notched three goals and one assist in 17 matches this season.

West Virginia, currently on a six-game winning streak in conference and 14-game winning streak overall, has won three Big 12 regular season titles in three years as a Big 12 school. West Virginia has been, without a doubt, the most dominant team in the Big 12 since joining in 2012.

“Going through every game, all of our losses, we were right there with every team and I think West Virginia is going to be another one of those teams and I think it’s about us saying, ‘We’re not right there with them. We’re better than them,’” junior midfielder Bri Campos said.

Campos is arguably the team’s most valuable player. Her work ethic, calmness and decisiveness on and off the ball is critical to the Bears’ success. If Campos has a good game, the Bears probably have a good game. She is the engine for the Bears’ offense and is the first line of defense in front of Baylor’s back line. Campos leads her team with six goals and two assists on the season.

The Mountaineers’ goal difference over the course of the season (+12) speaks volumes for their athleticism and offensive prowess. West Virginia is the clear favorite heading into the match against Baylor and the Big 12 Championship Tournament next week in Kansas City, Kan. “We need to continue to be motivated and go into West Virginia getting it right,” Jobson said.

“We’ve been in every game this season, competing with some of the best teams in the country. If we can get that missing piece right on a 90-minute scale then we can beat, I think, anybody.”

Baylor cross country travels to Lawrence, Kan. to compete in the 2014 Big 12 Cross Country Championship on Saturday. While Baylor freshman are running the line for a few yards, the Bears’ cross country team will be running much longer distance with two Big 12 (men’s and women’s) title on the line.

“It’s easier in these kind of meets to know exactly who your competition is, compared to when you’re running against 300 people,” Harbour said.

“We’ll have about 80. So, it’s going to be a lot more to know exactly where the other runners are at. It’s just a totally different type of race than what they’ve been in the last two times.” The best overall team wins the Big 12 Championship title while the 30 best runners, (15 from the men’s race and 15 from the women’s race) are named to the all-conference team. The Oklahoma State men and the Iowa State women won the conference title in 2013. The OSU men have won six Big 12 Conference Championship titles in-a-row and the ISU women have won three-straight Big 12 titles.

Women’s “We’ve got a really strong team,” Harbour said.

“We’re the fourth ranked team in our conference right now. Iowa State and West Virginia are both top 10, Oklahoma State is in the 20s. We’re right behind them, so, we’ve got a shot, but we’re going to have to run really, really well.”

The Cyclones have a three-year streak in conference titles. The Bears have placed second three times in the conference championship, but have never won the title.

Harbour sees the tournament this weekend as an opportunity to finally claim the Big 12 crown.

“We’ve got to match up, know who their number one, know who their number two is and we’ve got to go get them. We’ve second three times, but we’ve never been able to pull it off. So, here we are in striking distance again.”

One the Baylor’s star runners from the women’s side is senior Rachel Johnson. Johnson, like many of the cross country runners is part of the track team.

Johnson had a very successful end to her track season during the summer. She looks to carry over her success in track to the cross country conference championship on Saturday.

Johnson and Harbour met before the season and agreed to have her race much less in the early part of the cross country season to rest and recover for the bigger cross country meets throughout the season. She said it was difficult sometimes to see her team line up for meets without her, but is thankful for the time off now.

“In my freshman year and sophomore year, I was always racing every single race,” Johnson said. “So, it’s really nice this year to race on fresher legs and bigger races.”

Men’s Like the women’s team with Iowa State, the men know who they’re targeting and what their goal is. That is to beat Oklahoma State and eventually make it to the national championship meet.

“The goal that we’ve had all season is to make it to nationals, and [the Big 12 Cross Country Championship] is our big, big test to prove that we have what it takes to make it, at regionals,” senior Jonathan Tijerina said.

For most of the season, the men’s team has been led by freshman Eric Anderson. The senior runners usually follow Anderson’s lead. Overall, it pushes the runners, regardless of age or classification, to be the best they can be, he said.

“It’s great motivation,” Tijerina said. “Freshman traditionally come in, run well and then sort of fizzle out towards the end of the season. Eric has held up really, really well. I think that this is a chance for us to again have great races and show what we can do.”

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