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Melissa Jones returns this fall to join the Baylor women’s volleyball team

Relationship tested after Baylor allows non-Baptists on Board of Regents

Lady Bear comes home

Baylor and the BGCT

A&E Page B7

Q&A with Scott Miller Author talks current book, past presidents, future works

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Baylor scraps absence policy

In Print >> Let’s Talk

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>> Play by play Baylor Football looks to build on last season’s success in 2011-2012 Page B1

Professors now set requirements

>> Where’s my car? Baylor has introduced a new three tiered parking permit system for 2011-12 Page A6

By Daniel C. Houston Staff Writer

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A universitywide policy mandating minimum attendance requirements for all Baylor students is no more, but most students will still be required to attend 75 percent of their course lectures to receive a passing grade. Baylor, long committed to its 75 percent attendance requirement, decided on May 5 to scrap the universitywide rule in favor of a more decentralized approach.

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There’s no place like home Baylor Chamber representatives lead students in a giant sic ‘em on Friday, Aug. 19 at the Ferrell Center. The students listened to speakers including Baylor President Ken Starr, quarterback Robert Griffin III and men’s basketball head coach Scott Drew. To further become part of the Baylor family, students also learned to sing the university’s fight song, which members of the Baylor band performed.

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TEG lives on; student grants saved

23 percent budget cut less than expected By Daniel C. Houston Staff Writer

Viewpoints “If you’re looking for the kind of stories you see so often today, the ones backed by “sources,” you won’t find them here. Even an 80 or 90 percent success rate on unnamed sources isn’t good enough for us.” Page 2

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After a five-month legislative struggle in Austin in which the Baylor administration was an active lobbying force, steep budgetary cuts to the Tuition Equalization Grant program have hit Baylor graduate students and incoming freshmen the hardest. According to Lori Fogleman, director of media relations, the cuts resulted roughly in a $3 million drop in Baylor’s share of the TEG, which a July 6 press release stated now totals $9.6 million. Baylor, which has discretion over the allocation of the remaining funds, has made the decision to continue offering the grant to all returning undergraduate students who meet the program’s eligibility requirements, significantly limiting the options of incoming freshmen and leaving graduate students without access to TEG funding at all. “We believe that it’s important

to use the resources available to help those who are already midstream, who are already committed, who have already invested a year or two of their lives toward obtaining a Baylor degree,” Jackie Diaz, assistant vice president for student financial services, said.

“It was part of our message to the governor of the state that higher education is empowering and we need to make this available as broadly as we can” Ken Starr | President

Because the Texas Legislative Budget Board’s original proposal in January called for a 41-percent reduction in grant funding, and other proposals called for axing

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The shares Baylor and neighboring private schools received from the 2009-10 TEG fund, which totaled $102,540,750*

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Millions Partners in Austin. Carey Wallick, a third-year law student from Rowlett who has received TEG grants since his time as a Baylor undergraduate student, recently discovered

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he will not be eligible to receive the grant this year. While the cuts have not adversely affected SEE

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Vision 2012 brings changes to Baylor campus By David McLain Staff Writer

Dodge, duck, dip, dive

Exploring Egypt The Mayborn Museum exhibit, “Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science” will be on display until Sept. 5 in the Thomas E. and Emilyne Weed Anding Traveling Exhibit Gallery. The exhibit explores how scientists use technology to study ancient Egypt.

the program altogether, President Ken Starr said he is grateful the cuts were only 23 percent. “It was part of our message to the governor of the state that higher education is empowering and we need to make this available as broadly as we can,” Starr said. “And regardless of political party and philosophy, legislators for four decades have felt that [the TEG] is an important and wise investment of funds.” Both Starr and Diaz expressed gratitude to the alumni and students who, prompted earlier this year by a Baylor public relations campaign, called their representatives in the legislature and requested the TEG funding levels be preserved. Starr also praised the Baylor Ambassadors, a student organization that lobbies on behalf of Baylor, and the work of members of the Baylor Board of Regents, particularly that of chair Neal “Buddy” Jones, a prominent professional lobbyist with HillCo

Getting by with a little help

Campus construction continues

The Bears treated the crowd at Betty Lou Mays Field last Friday night with a 3-0 win over Sam Houston State to begin the 2011 season. The team returns home to face Cal State Northridge at 7 p.m. this Friday. Check next week’s Lariat for a full preview of the season. Baylor dodgeball registration ends Aug. 23 with games beginning Aug. 25. Teams dressed in costume earn an extra 25 points and must have at least four players to compete.

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Artist rendering of Baylor’s new Jim and Nell Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center. In its June meeting, the Baylor board of regents OK’d the center’s construction and also approved the 2012-13 operating budget.

Tuition, scholarships set to rise in 2012-13 By Chris Derrett Editor in chief

The Baylor board of regents has decided how much tuition and scholarships will rise in the next two years. After last spring’s semester, the board finalized the university’s 2011-12 and 2012-13 operating budgets, also approving on-campus construction that resulted

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from generous donations. The board settled on 2011-12’s budget in its May meeting and the 2012-13 budget during its June meeting. Tuition for full-time students this year increases from $13,483 per semester last year to $14,360, a 6.5 percent hike. Compared to last year, $22.5 million more will SEE

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Returning students may notice a little more Baylor green around campus as they arrive for classes this August, with the final aesthetic touches of Baylor 2012 coming to reality. The eighth of 12 imperatives implemented by Baylor at the start of 2002 can be seen coming to life as students leave the Bill Daniel Student Center, and the walk toward Moody Library, where a wide green lawn unfolds before eyes that are used to seeing two roads along side the mall that were closed to public access. The extension of Fountain Mall meets the expressed desires of students for more space to play ultimate Frisbee and lay blankets and hang out, Dr. Kevin Jackson, vice president of student life, said. Although the majority of students will be surprised at seeing the changes to Fountain Mall and other parts of campus, the removal of the interior roads had

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been talked about for years, Brian Nicholson, associate vice president for facility planning and Construction, said. “The roads were getting to the point where they needed to get repairs,” Nicholson said. The loss of these two roads does not remove all vehicle access to Fountain Mall. Baylor has installed a porous paved road, essentially pavement covered in grass, along the Fourth Street side of Marrs McLean Gym. This road allows continued access to the mall for vehicles carrying equipment for activities. The parallel parking alongside Third Street in front of Moody Library has been removed, but a new shuttle route will run there, Nicholson said. The street and parking lot directly behind Marrs McLean Gym is being removed and replaced with the National PanHellenic Council Garden “which will honor the history and heritage of African-American fraternities and sororities,” Baylor’s website said.

There will be monuments dedicated to the seven chapters of the Divine Nine, nine international African-American fraternities and sororities, represented at Baylor. The long established Fort Faculty across Bagby Avenue from the Paul L. Foster Success Center underwent the first phase of removal this summer. “Three houses on the perimeter and all of the interior houses have been torn down,” Nicholson wrote in an email to the Lariat. “The remaining homes will be torn down next summer, in preparation for future developments in this area of campus. This is in accordance with our approved Master Plan for campus expansion.” The SUB has been renovated with two new eating options, along with the repositioning of remaining restaurants. A new Einstein Bros. Bagels store is loSEE

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Lariat considers mediocre paper unacceptable By Chris Derrett Editor in Chief

So you picked up a copy of the Lariat. The front page had some interesting stories, there’s nothing else to do in class and you chose to flip to the opinion section. Before you turn any further, you should know who’s in charge of leading the Lariat this year. He’s the bum who didn’t score a

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job or internship this summer. He pulled a C-plus in both Christian Scriptures and Heritage and got laughed at by his church’s youth pastor as a result. He’ll be taking Fitness Theory and Practice, not bowling, racquetball or soccer, because he slept through last spring’s 6 a.m. class registration. His average-looking portrait is just above, he uses self-deprecating humor to escape awkward and/or embarrassing social situations, and I honestly think talking in third person is stupid. That’s enough about me. This is about you. Yes, you. You – the reader for whom we write, whether you’re a freshman seeing this in print at the SUB or an alumnus thousands of miles away on the Lariat’s website. You – students finding ways to afford a $28,000-plus education through hard work and sometimes a little help. You – members of the Baylor family on the giving end of that help in the form of vital donations to scholarship funds. This is also about us. I don’t mean us as in Lariat employees; I mean us, the entire Baylor family – those who report our news and those who consume it. When Baylor says it’s financially taking care of students, we want to know how.

If our board of regents makes an important decision, shouldn’t we know the reasoning behind it? When it comes to being informed, you deserve the best. Look at the university, which has spent the last decade working a plan to ensure Baylor is one of the best schools in the country for years to come. Last year, the Houston Press Club considered the Lariat the best, and as a result, it received the award for the Best College Newspaper in Texas. That trophy, however, means as much to you as the fourth quarter means to Lebron James. Our success really depends on two things – whether you pick up the paper once (check) and whether you pick it up again and again and again. And we know our leash is short; you can see right through a poorly written article filled with hot air. This isn’t English Thinking, Writing and Research. A B-minus effort doesn’t keep you informed, is unfair to you and gives you no reason to pick up the next issue. If you’re looking for the kind of stories you see so often today, the ones backed by anonymous “sources,” you won’t find them here. Even an 80 or 90 percent success rate on unnamed sources isn’t good enough for us. That’s too many potential retractions. We’ll talk to President Ken Starr. We’ll talk to coach Art Briles. The professor you’re tuning out right now might be a source if he or she can offer important insight. Sometimes the Texas Legislature proves to be the source we need. We’re there. We’ll ask questions whether our interview subjects like them or not, and if we don’t get answers, we’ll search until we find them. You’ll see the results everywhere. We print four times a week, produce slideshows and videos on our website, and make sure you know about it using social media websites. Our inbox is always open for letters to the editor, suggestions and complaints. So please, turn the page. Give us a chance to tell you some news. Still not sold? Turn the page. It’s either this or that textbook staring at you. Chris Derrett is a senior journalism major from Katy and the Lariat’s editor in chief.

Attendance policies require consensus from both sides If students visit Baylor’s website and take a look at the attendance policy page, they’ll know something is missing. The universitywide attendance policy, emphasized in past years to incoming freshman by professors, advisers and peers, is gone. The policy previously read, “Any student who is not present for at least 75 percent of the scheduled class sessions for any course will automatically receive a grade of ‘F’ in the course.” Now it states, “Specific policies for attendance are established by the academic units within the university.” This won’t equate to significant changes to most students, though. As the Lariat’s Daniel Houston reported, most individual departments are retaining a 75 percent attendance rule. In addition, most students have had professors whose policies require higher attendance percentages to pass. But while it seems the actual change in attendance policy is little more than a few words scratched out and a few more added, it raises points for both students and professors to consider. First, for students initially excited about no longer automatically failing per a schoolwide policy, there’s really no reason to be delighted.

Editorial More importantly, there never was a reason to be excited. Missing an entire quarter of a class semester and still passing is not an accomplishment, nor should it be acceptable. If more students took their classes more seriously, individual departments and individual professors within those departments might not have to resort to failing people for cutting class. Baylor has done its best to select motivated, success-driven students for admission, and the cost of such an education, even with Baylor’s best financial aid efforts, can prove difficult. So ideally, hard-working students who want the most out of their education should get their money’s worth at this institution of higher learning and have no problem getting to class. Unfortunately, even documented as early as biblical times, bad things can happen to good people, or in this case, good students. People have surgeries. Loved ones unexpectedly pass away. But good things can also happen to good students. Three semesters ago hundreds of students made the trip to New Orleans to

watch the men’s basketball team compete in the NCAA tournament, and thousands more watched on television. In all of the aforementioned examples, those students, regardless of their track records in class, weren’t in class. Both the painfully tragic and once-in-a-lifetime situations all fall under the category of unexcused absences. When you toss in the typical stress and illness that college students as a whole inherit on a regular basis, the unexpected, uncontrollable circumstances of life can and will cause absences. Professors should consider a student’s performance and attitude, not just a raw number, in determining whether that student deserves to pass. This is not an excuse for students to whine about having to go to class. “I’m tired,” or “I’m not feeling my best today,” should not and probably will not draw sympathy from professors. They also feel tired occasionally and are not always feeling their best. But the fact still remains that Baylor will no longer require professors to fail students based on missed class. A level of understanding from students and instructors should be exercised so that when life changes schedules, both parties can feel they’ve done everything to make a class as productive and useful as possible.

GOP’s Bachmann lacks leadership needed for presidency By Joshua Madden A&E Editor

During the recent Republican presidential debate on Fox News, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty criticized Rep. Michelle Bachmann, saying if she considered her recent actions to be definitive of leadership, she needed to stop trying to lead. After Bachmann won the Ames Straw Poll, with Pawlenty coming in a distant third to both her and Rep. Ron Paul, who placed a close second, Pawlenty dropped out of the race, and many pundits quickly zeroed in on the fact that his performances in the debates had been relatively lackluster. Except that they seemed to forget one thing: He was right. In my opinion, Bachmann’s leadership experience is minimal and her accomplishments

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are few. To quote a famous film called “Reservoir Dogs,” someone should probably ask Bachmann this question: “Are you going to bark all day, little doggy, or are you going to bite?”

Bachmann’s record is one of astounding rhetoric – labeled by many as extreme, whether or not that’s fair is up to you – and yet her accomplishments simply do not measure up. The experience that Bachmann touted in response to Pawlenty’s criticism was her authorship of the Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act. Call me crazy, but in a Congress that passed historic legislation on at least a monthly basis and where others, like Rep. Paul Ryan, are proposing budgets that could make a huge difference to our nation – good or bad, I’ll let others decide – it just does not seem to me that proposing light bulb choice-related legislation is that big of a deal. It’s certainly not something that should be boasted about on a resume, particularly if the job you’re applying for is president of the United States.

And as for other accomplishments, they’re pretty much non-existent. Bachmann has not authored major legislation that has actually passed, nor does she have any significant executive experience under her belt. She takes a great deal of hard stances – like voting against the budget compromise and against raising the debt ceiling – but then fails to present alternative plans. I’m all for taking controversial stances in politics. I think it’s something that we do not see enough of right now. But taking controversial stances does not absolve one of the need to provide solutions to problems, particularly in any position of public leadership. Being a member of Congress makes you a de facto leader in our nation, whether you like it or not. And, unlike Bachmann, others seem to be taking this se-

riously and proposing legislation that matters. In addition to Ryan mentioned above, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky often takes very controversial stances on budget issues and yet he has actually proposed budgets for the Senate to consider. These proposals may not have a serious chance of ever becoming law, but unlike most of what Bachmann does, it is more than mere rhetoric. It is also more wide-sweeping than the Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act in that it would impact things beyond, well, light bulbs. If Bachmann is proposing serious budgets, she certainly is not advertising them very much. She seems perfectly content to stand back and yell from the mountaintops while others do the labor of actually drafting legislation to solve problems. That’s not lead-

Joshua Madden is a graduate student in information systems from Kansas City, Mo., and the Lariat’s A&E Editor.

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ership – in fact, that’s not even really being much of a legislator – it’s just kind of sad. Bachmann’s lack of executive experience makes the lack of notable legislation all the more serious. It’s one thing for a governor to have never written anything important. It’s quite another for someone who is only famous as a member of Congress. So while Pawlenty may have been forced out of the race because of poor performance in early polling, it seems like the loss of Pawlenty is also the loss of the one voice that will actually tell potential Bachmann voters what they need to hear. Rhetoric is one thing, but successful leadership is another.

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BGCT to renegotiate agreement with BU By Sara Tirrito City Desk Editor

By the end of October, Baylor and the Baptist General Convention of Texas expect to have a new relationship agreement to replace the 20-year-old one currently in place. The need to renegotiate with Baylor was brought up in February after the university’s board of regents decided to alter its bylaws so that non-Baptist Christians could occupy one quarter of its seats. Houston Baptist University, another Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) partner, made a similar change to its governing board in March, opening it to non-Baptist Christians as well, though that change had previously been voted against by the BGCT. However, Baylor’s move to open its board to non-Baptists

ran directly counter to at least one stipulation in the current agreement between the university and the BGCT, sparking some discontent. Stipulations in the current agreement relating to the situation at hand include: • “All members of the Board of Directors shall be Baptists.” • “The BGCT recognizes that Baylor is an independent, nonprofit, nonmember corporation...with the full legal right, power and authority to amend or rescind its articles of incorporation or bylaws without approval or consent of the BGCT or any other party.” • “No amendment to this agreement shall be effective unless the amendment is in writing and lawfully executed by both parties.”

Strategic planning releases input report By Sara Tirrito City Desk Editor

Although a draft of the university’s new strategic plan will not be available until November, the Baylor family can now see how the Strategic Themes Committee has interpreted their input. The committee’s report was made available online Aug. 12, after being received by President Ken Starr and the Executive Council on June 24. While compiling and organizing the input from hundreds of sources was a challenge, committee chair Dr. Mitchell Neubert said he was glad to have that “problem.” “I was really impressed with the commitment and energy of all the different Baylor family stakeholders, students and faculty and alumni, even just friends of Baylor,” Neubert said. “We got a lot of input

and I think it was really helpful input, but it was also really affirming about the people supporting Baylor.” Houston senior Cristina Galvan, a member of the Strategic Themes Committee and 2010-2011 student body external vice president, said she hopes students will read the report and pursue any changes they hope to see. “There will be another time period for the community to give their feedback,” Galvan said, “so I feel it’s really important for students to just follow this process along as it will impact their future.” Student body president and Houston senior Zach Rogers said student government will most likely put together a forum for students to voice their opinions. To view the report, visit www.baylor.edu/strategicplan.

Some members of the BGCT did take part in discussions with the Baylor Board of Regents about allowing non-Baptists to be elected before the change was ever put in place, Buddy Jones, chair of the board of regents, wrote in an email to the Lariat. He added that the board has impressed upon the BGCT how important the university’s history remains to them. “We have consistently made it clear to BGCT officials that we continue to hold dear Baylor’s Baptist history and heritage and that we look to uphold and honor that proud tradition in the future,” Jones wrote. “This includes the creation of new programs, such as the Baptist Studies Center for Research, as well as increasing scholarships awarded to the children of Baptist ministers and missionaries

by more than 300 percent, more than half a million dollars, beginning this fall.” President Ken Starr acknowledged the change in the board’s bylaws was part of the reason that the BGCT called for a renegotiation, but said he believes the relationship between the two entities remains very strong. “There clearly are people within Texas Baptist life who did not want Baylor University to welcome fellow Christians to the board,” Starr said. “I’ve done no polls, I’ve seen no polls, but what I do know is that there’s a great spirit of love and cooperation and mutual affection between Baylor University and the Baptist General Convention of Texas.” Not wanting to talk too specifically while negotiations are still under way, Steve Vernon, associate

executive director and acting executive director of the BGCT, said renegotiations are needed because of the current agreement’s age, and also because both institutions have undergone changes. “Baylor has changed and the Baptist General Convention of Texas has changed, and that’s why we felt the need for the renegotiations,” Vernon said. “I don’t think you can read any more into it than that at this point.” However, the BGCT does want to continue to foster a strong relationship with the university, he said. “We are much more interested in how we are going to move ahead together than in revisiting the past,” Vernon said. Jones and Starr also believe the future of the relationship agreement has a positive outlook.

“It will all be positive,” Starr said. “There will continue, I am confident, to be financial support flowing from the BGCT. We look forward to the BGCT’s continuing to elect 25 percent of our board. I don’t anticipate any significant structural changes at all.” As one part of the new agreement, the BGCT is looking at “simplifying [the] arrangement” for electing regents to the Baylor board, Starr said. Vernon said the BGCT is reviewing its guidelines for recommending nominees to all of its partnering institutions. The BGCT executive board is slated to receive a committee report regarding the new agreement in September. It will then need approval from the BGCT executive board and the Baylor Board of Regents.

Summit inspires Waco church leaders By Caroline Brewton Copy Editor

Hoping to harness the power of effective Christian leadership, more than 250 local church leaders, Waco residents and Baylor faculty, staff and students attended a live satellite broadcast of the Global Leadership Summit in Waco Hall on Aug. 11. The summit, which began more than 15 years ago, has expanded to more than 170 locations in the U.S. and Canada. The event was broadcast from the Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill. Katy senior Matt Larsen said he felt very blessed to attend the summit. Larsen said he was motivated by “just seeing the maturity and wisdom that some of the world’s best leaders have” and plans to attend the summit again next year “if God provides.” Larsen said the summit inspired him in his journey to lead others. “I feel like it taught me to have a better heart, more atten-

tive ears… to really walk with and listen to what God is telling me to do to help others around Baylor,” he said. Baylor Athletics Chaplain Wes Yeary also attended. Yeary viewed the summit as a time of refreshment and inspiration. “I feel like the people that were there could light a fire around those they’re surrounded with,” Yeary said. “It [the summit] can’t help but have a positive impact. That’ll have a trickle-down effect on those that did not attend.” Yeary encouraged more students to attend, saying “leaders aren’t limited by their age. Hopefully we can pull more and more students in.” Another summit will be held on an undetermined date in 2012. Alice Starr, wife of Baylor president Ken Starr, said the message was exactly in line with what her husband is trying to do at Baylor. She also would like to see more people in attendance in coming years. Guest speakers for the event

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Leaders from Waco churches joined locations around the world on Aug. 11 for the Global Leadership Summit, which was broadcast live from each veune. Waco’s leaders used Baylor’s Pat Neff Hall.

included Michelle Rhee, founder and CEO of StudentsFirst, bestselling author Seth Godin, Bill Hybels, the founder and senior pastor of the Willow Creek Community Church, and others from various disciplines. Organizers say such a wide

variety of personalities and experiences were included to energize and encourage church leaders to better serve the members of local church communities and provide them with practical skills.Both clergy and lay citizens were encouraged to attend.

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Same spaces but more options for parking By Jade Mardirosian Staff Writer

For many Baylor students, back to school brings thoughts and fears of another year of overcrowded parking on campus. Parking and Transportation Services is attempting to relieve this congestion by providing students with new parking permit options. Matt Penney, director of parking and transportation services, said the idea for new parking stickers came from a parking and transportation committee meeting in which student government represented the student body. “We were trying to ease the congestion on campus by providing alternatives slightly off of campus that would interest people,” Penney said. This year three types of parking permits are available for students to purchase. The Student On Campus permit is available for $245 and provides students with access to 12 surface lots and four parking garages, all located on campus. The East Campus Garage Permit is available for $150 and provides students with access to the student parking in the East Campus Garage only, which is located one block east of the Baylor Sciences Building between Second and Third streets. The Ferrell Center Permit is available for $95 and provides students with day parking at the Ferrell Center; overnight parking is not allowed. The Baylor University Shuttle has routes that run by the East Campus Garage and the Ferrell Center on class days from 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Penney said the new parking places were made with the idea that they would be supported by the shuttle system. “Baylor University, unlike a lot of universities, has more student parking spaces than we issue permits,” Penney said. “The challenge is about 2,300 of those are at the Ferrell Center and about 850 of

“Baylor University, unlike a lot of universities, has more student parking spaces than we issue permits. The challenge is about 2,300 of those are at the Ferrell Center and about 850 of those are at the East Campus Garage.” Matt Penney | director of Parking and Transportation Services

those are at the East Campus Garage.” Penney said the East Campus Garage is a great option because it is large and the parking permit is about 40 percent less than the regular parking permit. “That option may not appeal to everybody, but is should appeal to some,” Penney said. “For every person that that appeals to, that means that’s one less car that’s parking on campus and that’s the idea behind discounting it.” Sugar Land senior Megan Nelson said even with the new parking permit options, Baylor still needs more parking garages. “I think it is good they are trying to help students, especially since the different options of parking permits have lower costs, but I don’t think it fixes the problem,” she said. Nelson said she and most of her friends would purchase the Student On Campus permit this school year. She said she often has to leave her house about 20 minutes before class to find a parking spot. “If I go to school in the evening for a class, it only takes me about five minutes to get from my house to the business school. I live close enough to walk, but it’s not safe.” Penney said although the campus underwent construction over the summer, very small changes were made to student and faculty parking spaces. He said there are 6,130 student parking spaces on campus, not including the Ferrell Center, and as of last Thursday Baylor had sold just more than 5,000 parking permits for this school year. There is no cap on the number of parking permits Baylor will sell.

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“Almost all of the students are selecting [the] on campus [permit],” Penney said. “I don’t know if it is because students just haven’t had the options before, but I was hoping that more students would

be interested in the other permit options available.” Student parking permits are good for both the fall and spring semesters and are required for students to park on campus, in designated student parking areas, from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Students can park on campus without a parking permit after 5 p.m. in student spaces only. Students can order parking permits online at www.baylor.edu/ parking and can pick them up on the first floor of Robinson Tower.

Parking Prices All Campus: $245 Ferrell Center: $95 East Garage: $150

Parking and transportation services has introduced two new types of parking permits this year in an effort to alleviate crowded parking. Although these options are cheaper than an all-campus permit, the majority of permits purchased so far have been the full-access permits.

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The price of all that glitters is going up, up and up By Sarah DiLorenzo Associated Press

NEW YORK — For what is normally a sleepy month, there are so many customers at the Gold Standard, a New York company that buys jewelry, it feels like Christmas in August. Uncle Ben’s Pawn Shop in Cleveland has never seen a rush like this. Welcome to the new American gold rush. The price of gold is on a remarkable run, setting a record seemingly every other day. Stomach-churning volatility in the stock market this month has only made investors covet gold more. Some want it as a safe investment for turbulent times. What worries some investors is that many others are buying simply be-

Baylor student charged in assault By Jade Mardirosian Staff Writer

A Baylor student was charged with sexual assault on May 4, stemming from an incident that occurred off-campus in January. A warrant was issued for Robert Cole on May 4, and Cole turned himself into the McLennan County Jail on May 9. Cole was released on $25,000 bond on May 10. According to the public information release, the victim of the assault was a known acquaintance of Cole, 20. Cole is no longer Cole enrolled at Baylor, according to Lori Fogleman, director of media relations. The incident occurred during a party at a residence located in the 1200 block of Wood Avenue. According to the affidavit submitted for the arrest warrant, large amounts of alcohol were consumed at the party. The affidavit also stated that the victim became intoxicated and “was stumbling around and was embarrassing herself ” when a friend took her into a bedroom so she could lie down. The affidavit further states that the victim “was at the point of passing out” when a man got into bed with her and sexually assaulted her. The affidavit further states that the victim was unaware at the time what had happened, but was told the next day what had been done to her by the man. According to the Waco District Attorney’s office, the case is still open and pending. The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, defines acquaintance or “date” assault as “coercive sexual activities that occur against a person’s will by means of force, violence, duress or fear of bodily injury” and “are imposed upon them by someone they know.”

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LONG BEACH, N.Y. — A 61-year-old New York man says he lost his job as a lifeguard when he refused to wear skimpy swim trunks for the annual swim test. Roy Lester tells the New York Daily News he was forced out of the job after 40 years in 2007 when he wanted to take the swim test in biking shorts instead. He filed a lawsuit against the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in 2009. The lawsuit had been dismissed but was reinstated by an appeals court last week. Lester is a triathlete but says no one his age should be wearing tiny trunks. State officials declined to comment.

cause the price is rising and they want to make money fast. In October 2007, gold sold for about $740 an ounce. A little over a year later, it rose above $1,000 for the first time. This past March, it began rocketing up. On Wednesday, it traded at $1,795 an ounce, just shy of last week’s record of $1,801. Gold hits a sweet spot among the elements: It’s rare, but not too rare. It’s chemically stable; all the gold ever mined is still around. And it can be divided into small amounts without losing its properties. Ultimately, though, gold is valuable because we all agree it is. It was used around the world as a currency for thousands of years,

and then it gave value to paper currencies for a couple of hundred more. Now, in a time of turmoil, from the credit downgrade and debate over raising the debt limit in the U.S. to the growing financial crisis in Europe to worries of slow growth across the globe, gold is dazzling investors. The last time gold prices rose so precipitously was a few years after President Richard Nixon ended a decades-long fixed relationship between the value of the dollar and the value of gold. In those days, the price of gold was fixed at about $35 an ounce. And many foreign currencies were pegged to the dollar. Gold gave the dollar its value, and the dollar gave

everything else value. Then the U.S. began running a trade deficit, and dollars piled up abroad. Central banks could redeem dollars for gold. But it was a poorly kept secret that the U.S. didn’t have enough gold to cash out every dollar in circulation. To head off a rush, Nixon “closed the gold window,” essentially saying that confidence in the U.S. government, not gold, gives the dollar its value. Gold and the dollar began to rise and fall freely, and gold earned its place as protection against the falling dollar when confidence lags. This time is different because gold is rallying against all currencies, not just the dollar, says Jim Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest

Rate Observer. Gold prices will probably keep rising until the U.S. and Europe get their finances in order, he says. He predicts inflation, low for the moment, will soar, further eroding the value of the dollar and leaving only gold as a good investment. Cetin Ciner, a professor of finance at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, disagrees. He thinks gold is near a peak and people who buy now are blindly chasing the rising price. “I’m thinking of it as like the dot-com stocks,” Ciner says. Both Ciner and Grant caution, however, that when it comes to gold prices, no one really knows. That’s because gold doesn’t have intrinsic value. It doesn’t offer an in-

terest rate, like a bond, or represent a share of a company, like a stock. It is inherently speculative as an investment: You only make money if the price goes up. Pawn shops and gold brokers report a surge of people cashing in their gold. In the past two years, Tansky, who runs Uncle Ben’s and is president of the Ohio Pawnbrokers Association, says gold sales have doubled or tripled. That figure actually masks how hot gold is right now, he says, because others who would have come to his store have gone instead to unlicensed brokers that are trying to cash in. “I saw a barber shop that had a sign, ‘We buy gold,’” he says. “A barber shop! Can you imagine?”

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President Ken Starr visits students at Brooks during move-in on Wednesday. Starr also helped students move boxes into their new rooms.

Incoming freshman transported their belongings to campus in a variety of vehicles. From pickup trucks to hybrid cars, traffic on campus backed up Thursday morning while students and volunteers unloaded possessions.

In addition to the numerous student volunteers, faculty and staff took a break from their busy schedules to help direct incoming freshmen and their parents to their dorms. The majority of freshman moved into the dorms Thursday.

Ruth Collins Hall is home to 592 women every year. When the residence hall was built in 1957, it was the largest building in Waco. Its latest tenants wait in line on move-in day to receive their room keys.

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Community Leader Daley Olsen, a Nashville sophomore, and Colombian senior Maria Aguirre take a break from moving and meeting to chat Thursday in Collins. Aguirre was helping her younger sister move into Collins.

Move-in volunteers welcome new residents at Russell Hall on Thursday.

For this freshman class, everything is elevated. Test scores are higher, male and out-of-state enrollment is greater and tuition is up by 6.5 percent. With more than 39,000 applicants for around 3,100 slots, these men and women fought hard for their place in the Baylor Line.

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Students pass a wet sponge over their heads while playing a game on July 20 at the Minglewood Bowl as part of Line Camp.

Baylor student volunteers wait to get in the door while helping new residents move into Collins on Thursday. The freshman class of 2011 has the highest enrollment on record, with 3,259 students enrolled for the fall. The last enrollment record was in 2005, when 3,158 freshman signed up for fall classes.

Baylor students welcome and assist incoming freshman as they arrive at their residence halls Thursday.

Fredricksburg freshman Zachary Sharpe carries a fridge into Collins on Thursday. Sharpe was one of several freshman men who volunteered their strength to the benefit of the freshman women.

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Students pass a wet sponge over their heads while playing a game on July 20 at the Minglewood Bowl as part of Line Camp.

Baylor students welcome and assist incoming freshman as they arrive at their residence halls Thursday.

Fredricksburg freshman Zachary Sharpe carries a fridge into Collins on Thursday. Sharpe was one of several freshman men who volunteered their strength to the benefit of the freshman women.

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This summer, 13 students in the journalism and media arts department traveled to Italy to engage in a study abroad program structured differently than most summer programs. The newly established program, lasting five weeks, allowed students to practice writing and photography skills outside the classroom. Students chose one writing and one photography class based on their academic needs. “Baylor in Florence was a wonderful experience,” Houston junior Sanmai Gbandi said. “Although we did have assignments to complete on a daily basis, the emphasis wasn’t placed on perfect Associated Press style or the five W’s; it was more about drawing from the beautiful, historical buildings and streets we were surrounded by.” The Baylor in Florence study abroad website describes the program as “a holistic teaching approach [that] will blend and synergize the two disciplines just as they are in the professional world.” Dr. Clark Baker, chair and associate professor of journalism and media arts, taught the photography classes, and Maxey Parrish, senior lecturer in journalism and media arts, taught the writing classes. Both professors wanted to take the students out of the classroom and teach in the field. “The field school approach means that you’re spending a lot of time out and about looking at things, learning about things and it’s not just

about a writing assignment that the student will go out and do and bring it back to the professor. It’s kind of a collaboration process,” Parrish said. Dallas junior Kelsey Polarolo agreed that learning outside the classroom, especially in Italy, enhanced the course experience. “Regular photography at Baylor is awesome, but taking photography in Florence was a million times better because we were taking pictures of things that other people don’t get to see in their lives,” Polarolo said. Throughout the summer in Italy, students stayed in apartments in Florence and traveled as a group to Rome, Venice, and various surrounding cities during their free weekends, giving them much exposing them to Italian culture.

“It was a good experience overall not to just learn about the culture but the history and the background of all the places we went.” Elizabeth Everett | Senior

Baylor in Florence used Florence University of the Arts’ facilities, including computer labs, classrooms and photo studios, allowing the students to create work for their portfolios. “There’s just so much in Florence that you can shoot, especially in terms of architecture and, even

more so, the everyday life of Italians,” Parrish said. Gbandi said having patience was the biggest difference from American culture. “The culture there is so much different than ours. We’re always going and always moving, but in Italy, they take time to appreciate the important things in life,” she said. “They spend hours at dinner just talking and enjoying each other’s company. We don’t do that so much here. It really made me put things in perspective and ask myself what’s really important.” Baker and Parrish were able to give their students a new outlook on journalism and photography through lessons outside the classroom. “We were able to go to places like the metal working factory, the mosaic factory and some of those things that tourists don’t go to, and all that makes for great photography and material for writing,” Parrish said. Breckenridge senior Elizabeth Everett appreciated the scheduled trips to museums, specialty shops and churches. “It was a good experience overall not to just learn about the culture but the history and the background of all the places we went,” Everett said. Each assignment the students had focused on their experiences, travels and encounters throughout their stay in Italy. “No story about experiencing a place is real, unless you bring a human perspective into it,” Parrish said. “There’s also no better way to do it than with a native who lives there every day.”

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Students took photographs of everyday life in Florence, Italy. The historical Ponte Vecchio was a place where many tourists and residents stopped to take photos of the Arno River flowing through the city.

By interacting with the locals to complete assignments, the students said they not only gathered material for their portfolios, but they gained a better understanding and appreciation for the Italian culture. “I never have been abroad before and I think the best part about it was meeting new people in Italy and Florence,” Breckenridge senior Elizabeth Everett said. “Talking to people made you

feel like you were a part of the culture.” Through the interactions with locals and the length of time spent in Florence, each of the 13 students began to refer to themselves as locals instead of tourists. “You say this is a once in a lifetime experience, and that sounds cliché, but we took it to another level and

that was very exciting,” Parrish said. “I just hope as time goes by, they develop a good sense of appreciation for what they experienced.” For more information on Baylor in Florence, visit https://bearsabroad.baylor.edu and attend the interest meetings to be announced this semester.

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Painters lined the streets of Florence, allowing students to photograph a major part of the culture.

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In the epicenter of Florence, students photographed the massive Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, also known as the Duomo. Not only is the Duomo an active cathedral, but the ancient exterior provided a popular subject for student photographers.

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On a weekend trip to Venice, students were told to photograph the Venetian environment. Students said while on assignment they discovered that bright colors and rustic buildings dominated the city.

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Business school receives millions By Ashley Ohriner News Editor

The Hankamer School of Business received $3 million this June in two donations, further advancing the President’s Scholarship Initiative. A $2 million anonymous gift and a $1 million gift given by the estate of the recently deceased Baylor alumna Sadie Jo Black and the testamentary trust of her brother, the late Dial “Dub” Black, will be distributed to business students in scholarships and endowments. While 90 percent of undergraduates receive financial aid, endowment gifts are essential to Baylor students. “We are a little over $32 million in our $100 million campaign,” Baylor president Ken Starr said. “You can have an impact by just contributing to the endowed fund that already exists.” The business school will use the $2 million to fund the Baylor Entrepreneurship Innovation Challenge, a national business plan writing competition aimed at young, promising entrepreneurs. The program is not scheduled to begin until next spring. The primary challenge will be increasing awareness among students. “I hadn’t heard of any programs like that in the business school before,” Waco sophomore Baylor Business Fellow Brian Pennington said. “If I knew of any good entrepreneur programs I would definitely join.” The undergraduate program, ranked one of the best 25 entrepreneurship programs by Fortune Small Business, can benefit from the business plan competition as similar programs are becoming tools to determine a program’s strength and rank. “It’s about creating better educational experiences for students,” Dr. Kendall Artz, chair and director of Baylor’s entrepreneurship studies program, said. “Without gifts like those, it is much more difficult to do this.” Starr said he recognizes the value in developing the Baylor Entrepreneurship Innovation Challenge. “The donor’s generosity and foresight to endow a business plan competition will ensure that Baylor entrepreneurship maintains prominence among national entrepreneurship programs and empowers students with a competitive advantage in our evolving global society,” he said in a June press release. The funding of programs such as the Baylor Entrepreneurship Innovation Challenge also fosters student exposure to real-world projects. “The program combines practical experience with learning theory,” Artz said. “It also allows mentoring support to the more promising ideas.” The $2 million gift will also benefit the Baylor Angel Network, a system of investors operating through the Hankamer School of Business, which gives early stage capital to entrepreneurs with developed business plans. Kevin Castello, executive director of the network, said he believes the gift will foster high-quality business plans submissions, giving Baylor students further opportunity to have their ventures funded. “Ultimately this will create the opportunity to increase the ability to expand business plan techniques,” Castello said. “It is certainly one of the factors involved in ranking scores.” The $1 million gift has been divided two ways. A portion will be allocated to furthering the Dial “Dub” Black Jr. endowed scholarship fund in business, which provides a full scholarship to one outstanding business senior and additional aid to one junior each year. The remaining portion will help create the Hankamer School of Business senior recognition banquet, an annual event honoring outstanding senior business scholarship recipients. “It gives me something to work toward,” Pennington said. “The gifts help the business students directly. That’s what makes Baylor different.”

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Baylor Bear Energy program launched to assist in athletic department fundraising By Molly Dunn Assistant City Editor

Baylor Athletics introduces the Baylor Bear Energy program with Champion Energy Services and Branded Retail Energy in an effort to help fans in Texas deregulated electric zones contribute to athletic program funding. “This program is going to allow consumers, businesses and the Waco community to have a very reliable source of energy and at the same time support Baylor athletics and the university through this program,” Baylor Athletics Director Ian McCaw said in a press conference after the program’s June 28 launch.

Baylor Bear Energy will make this contribution in honor of each customer. Elizabeth Chandler, vice president of marketing and communications for Baylor Bear Energy, said the program takes marketing dollars to give back to Baylor Athletics. “We make a flat dollar contribution for residential customers each month and take 50 percent of our margin from commercial customers to contribute to the university,” Chandler said. Jason Helms, president and CEO for Branded Retail Energy, said in a June press conference that residents, companies and students can sign up for Baylor Bear Energy. “In this inaugural year, Bay-

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lor Bear Energy has committed $100,000 to the university and its athletic program,” Helms said. “With the support we anticipate from passionate alumni and fans, we are expecting to provide more than half a million dollars to the university over the course of the next few years.” Chandler said that 75 percent of Texans have the ability to choose their electricity providers. Those who choose Baylor Bear Energy may select from several electricity plans using 100 percent renewable energy. Baylor Bear Energy promises customers that they will not increase rates in order to fulfill their contribution promises to Baylor,

according to the program’s website. Contributions given through the program do not rely on the amount of energy used by each customer. In fact, customers are encouraged to conserve energy. “We encourage all of our customers to be good stewards of electricity,” Chandler said. “Everybody then feels like they are making a contribution.” Doug McNamee, general manager for the Baylor IMG College, which focuses on sports media and marketing, said the program functions more on a per-account basis than a per-energy usage to determine the amount of money contributed to Baylor athletics. “It’s a great partnership with

athletics,” McNamee said. “We are fortunate that we have it and that it is off to a great start.” According to Chandler, the support from businesses and residents is about equal and students who pay their rent through Bear Bills will use Baylor Bear Energy as the exclusive energy provider. Those who use Baylor Bear Energy will also have the opportunity to receive promotional prizes such as tickets to home games, special deals on athletic gear and more. The program hopes to promote itself through contests and drawings for tickets and other merchandise for those who are not using Baylor Bear Energy as their electricity provider, Chandler said.

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cated in the Den Lounge and, although known for bagels, offers a varied breakfast menu. A Mooyah hamburger restaurant now sits inside the Bear Market Food Court. These options were chosen partially in response to food preference surveys conducted yearly by ARAMARK,Baylor’s food service

provider, Jackson said. Quiznos will move to the space in the lobby formerly occupied by The Daily Grind Coffee Shop, Baylor University’s website said. Chick-Fil-A and Ninfa’s will move to more spacious areas within the food court. A Which Wich Superior Sand-

wiches and Moe’s Southwest Grill are two restaurants being placed in the courtyard near the Baylor Sciences Building. “Anytime we can add more retail options to give more of a choice, I think it makes sense,” Nicholson said.

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Rubble occupied Fountain Mall during campus renovations this summer, previously an uneven, closed road.

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Workers lay grass on Fountain Mall during renovations this summer, part of the 2012 vision.

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Workers in Fountain Mall continue renovations over the summer to remove the road and add sidewalks and walkways.

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go toward scholarships, graduate assistantships and scholarships for graduate and professional students. In 2012-13, a full-time Baylor semester will cost $15,293, or 6.5 percent more than 2011-12. Baylor will offset that increase, however, with $165 million in total scholarships. The amount represents a $15.9 million, or 10.6 percent, increase from this year. For the current year, the budget as a whole sees a $25.3 million boost to $403.3 million, a jump that former board chair Dary Stone attributed mostly to President Ken Starr’s fundraising efforts. “Judge Starr’s done a good job raising money, and it’s enabled us to give a healthy amount of scholarship,” Stone said. “The school’s on great financial footing, and Judge Starr’s a very popular leader and fundraiser.” o editor Baylor media communications also reported that budget increases will allow Baylor 19 new full-time faculty positions, 43 replacement faculty positions and 31 new staff positions. New hirings, Stone said, will help the university achieve its Baylor 2012 imperatives. “We’ve got good, competitive raises for our faculty, and it’s good to attract new, great faculty,” Stone said. “We’re taking care of that which we have and adding to it.”

Beyond the budget, the board approved the Robbins Institute for Health Policy and Leadership, which will provide additional avenues for business students wanting to develop policy on health care. Despite its name, the Robbins Institute is not a physical addition to the business school but refers to new programs available

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to students. The Robbins Institute establishes a health care track in Baylor’s executive MBA program and will eventually establish a certificate program offering short courses for professionals already in health care professions. Baylor School of Business Dean Terry Maness hopes the institute will attract more students wanting to explore health care policy at Baylor. Previously they could only pursue a concentration in health care administration through the MBA program. “What the Robbins Institute

does is give a name to a program and shows people we really have an institute now,” Maness said. “This will give us an umbrella to bring research together. Not only that, but it provides a platform of more to do.” Maness said he was grateful to the institute’s main donors, Baylor graduates Bill and Mary Jo Robbins, who backed the program because of the importance of health care policy. Academics isn’t the only department expanding for the Baylor family’s sake. A new tennis facility also received the thumbs up from the board in June and should have ground broken by this fall. Named the Jim and Nell Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center for the Hawkins’ donation toward the project, the facility will stand across from the Ferrell Center on LaSalle Avenue. “We are very grateful to Nell and Jim Hawkins for their generous gift that made this facility possible,” Baylor athletic director Ian McCaw said. The facility will allow Baylor tennis to host NCAA championship events. No NCAA teams on campus have been as dominant in the Big 12 as tennis. The men’s team has won 10 of the last 11 regular season Big 12 championships, most recently last spring. The women claimed a regular season conference title last season to make it six straight.

Artist rendering showing location of the Jim and Nell Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center on LaSalle Avenue.

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his ability to finish his degree at Baylor Law School, Wallick said he had to adjust for the loss in grant funding by going further into debt. “It will add up,” Wallick said, “but as long as I get employed, the impact of this one loss shouldn’t kill me or anything. It’s just going to be more money in loans, more interest on loans, more total indebtedness.” Wallick said he would have preferred the university proportionally reduce the amount of TEG funding for which each individual student is eligible, rather than basing the decision on any particular group. This way, he

ATTENDANCE The various academic units such as the College of Arts and Sciences - are now responsible for setting their own attendance requirements, while Baylor continues to allow professors to set more stringent rules than those of their respective units. The decision was made by the university executive vice president and provost Dr. Elizabeth Davis, in consultation with the Council of Deans and the Faculty Senate. “Based on the conversations among the faculty and the deans,” Davis said, “we concluded that the academic units are really in the best position to say what the most appropriate attendance policy is for their units. For example, an engineering course is very different from a music course and the attendance requirements for those two types of courses are likely to be very different.” But increasing academic flexibility was not the only reason the administration felt pressed to change policy. Chris Holmes, assistant general counsel for Baylor, emphasized the influence of new “program integrity rules” estab-

said, each person who was eligible for the previous award would at least have access to a smaller amount. “But I can see how, in order to preserve the undergraduate programs, that they would focus more on them and then say graduate students will just have to bite the bullet and receive alternative funding,” Wallick said. Starr said he is cognizant of the burden the reduction in TEG funding will place upon students with need, especially those from minority ethnic backgrounds which comprise 52 percent of all TEG recipients according to the Texas Legislative Budget Board.

He highlighted the importance of the President’s Scholarship Initiative, which he announced had raised $32 million on the path to its $100 million goal, in providing for students who now find themselves without grant funding they had previously relied upon. “At this stage we’re not asking for sacrificial giving,” Starr said. “We’re asking for generous giving, as generous as people can be. And that’s the way that we have been moving forward on making up for the shortfall created by a huge loss in the TEG.”

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lished by the U.S. Department of Education that require universities with their own attendance policies to ensure professors are fully compliant. Baylor has rarely, if ever, checked up on faculty to make sure they are complying with the attendance policy, Davis said, and the inconvenience and cost associated with this form of investigation is part of what drove Baylor to accept the decentralized approach. Most of the academic units opted in favor of retaining the 75 percent requirement, according to various sources within these units, meaning most students will see no institutional changes in the number of classes they have to attend. These units include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Hankamer School of Business, the School of Education, the School of Music, the Honors College, the Graduate School, and the George W. Truett Theological Seminary. One exception to this approach was adopted by the School of Social Work, which will allow its professors wide discretion to

set their own attendance policy. Dr. Rob Rogers, associate dean of graduate studies, said enforcing an attendance requirement involves “too much paperwork” and is “not a good use of time.” He emphasized the importance of allowing attendance policy to reflect a multiplicity of teaching philosophies. “We felt it best to let the professors make their own decisions as long as the policy is reasonable,” Rogers said. But Rogers also said professors “can’t say it doesn’t matter if you don’t come to class,” and outlined a process by which the associate deans in the School of Social Work review each professor’s syllabus and make adjustments, if necessary. Sources from Baylor Law School and the Louise Herrington School of Nursing did not return calls requesting access to their attendance policies, and the School of Engineering and Computer Science had not established a formal policy as of Thursday.

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Sept. 2 - TCU (on ESPN) 7 p.m. Sept. 17 - Stephen F. Austin 6 p.m. Sept. 24 - Rice (Parents’ Weekend) 6 p.m. Oct. 1 - @ Kansas State TBA Oct. 8 - Iowa State TBA Oct. 15 - @ Texas A&M TBA Oct. 29 - @ Oklahoma State TBA Nov. 5 - Missouri (Homecoming TBA Nov. 12 - @ Kansas TBA Nov. 19 - Oklahoma TBA Nov. 26 - Texas Tech (Cowboy Stadium) 2:30 p.m. Dec. 3 - Texas (Senior Day) TBA

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Aug. 26 - Cal St. Northridge 7 p.m. Aug. 28 - UTSA 1 p.m. Sept. 9 - Texas State 7 p.m.

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Sept. 2 - McNeese St. 2:30 p.m. Sept. 3 - Texas Pan Am 12:30 p.m. Northern Colorado 7:30 p.m.

Cross Country: Sept. 1 - Waco TBA Sept. 17 - Waco 8 a.m.

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President Ken Star discusses Baylor’s position on Big 12 realignment on Wednesday in the Lariat newsroom, along with other issues such as TEG cuts and the lobbying efforts in the Texas Legislature. Ken Starr’s two years as Baylor president have both seen instability and change in the alignment the conference, but he remains, “committed to the Big 12.”

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Using her fifth year of athletic eligibility Melissa Jones is back in a Baylor uniform. Having already played four years of basketball, Jones switched to volleyball for the 2011 season.

lor for graduate school. “It’s worked out well for us,” Barnes said. “She’s come to open gyms and I found out she has played quite a bit with the team. We’ve had an open door for her.” Jones is no stranger to the game of volleyball. In high school, Jones was an All-State middle blocker. With the combination of the differences between high school and Division I volleyball and being so focused on basketball, however, her volleyball skills are a little rusty. “Volleyball is definitely not the strongest point of who I am at all,” Jones said. “It’s not just about athleticism. There are little details that you have to pay attention to. There are several things I need to work on before I step on court here. ” Barnes, however, is seeing improvement.

“She’s just a natural athlete and competitor. She’s picked things up very quickly. She’s smart and provided depth at the key positions, the middle and right. She’s going to fight her way in there, and we’ll see what happens.” Jones knows that being a basketball star for Baylor won’t get her a starting spot on the court. All she wants to do, Jones said, is help her team win, which is the mindset that coined her as the glue that held the basketball team together last season. “I’m going to do whatever I can to help this team; whatever that may be,” Jones said. “Whether it’s encouraging from the sideline or playing, I’m just here for the girls and the coaching staff, whatever needs to be done to help them win.”

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Baylor women’s basketball standout Melissa Jones has hung up her basketball shoes but stepped back on the Ferrell Center court in volleyball shoes. After getting a bachelor’s degree for speech communication, Jones could have pursued a career in professional basketball, but after much consideration and prayer, she decided to return to Baylor and pursue a graduate degree. Ironically, Oklahoma’s Carlee Roethlisberger is doing the same. Jones said that there was no conspiracy between the two of them. “It is kind of bizarre [that we are both doing this],” Thornton, Colo., native Jones said. “She is a tremendous athlete, and I had no doubt in my mind that she would be able to come in and make a difference.” According to the NCAA rules, “Division I student athletes have five calendar years from the first enrollment at a two- or four-year school to compete four years of competition.” “Well, truthfully, I’m not exactly sure what I want to do with the rest of my life yet,” Jones said. “A lot of things didn’t go according to plan, so it kind of led me on to stay in school another year and play volleyball, which I am ever so excited about.” Many of Jones’s friends were on the volleyball team, and she worked out with them occasionally. Jones approached volleyball head coach Jim Barnes about an opportunity to play once she made the decision to stay at Bay-

Baylor President Ken Starr continues to declare Baylor’s commitment to the Big 12, but also expresses his desire for Texas A&M to remain in the conference. “I am hopeful,” Starr said. “It is very important that we persuade Texas A&M to remain a member of the Big 12. Early June we thought stability had been reached.” The stability of the Big 12 first became threatened this summer on July 20, when Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin told reporters there was “uncertainty” regarding the Aggie’s future in the Big 12. On August 12, the Texas A&M Board of Regents announced that they would be meeting the following Monday to discuss “conference affiliation.” Also on Aug. 12, Baylor director of athletics Ian McCaw released a statement explaining Baylor’s position. “Baylor University is fully committed to the Big 12 conference and honored to be associated with nine other outstanding academic institutions,” McCaw said. “As we have consistently

made clear in previous comments, we are especially proud of the historic rivalries we share with our fellow Texas institutions in the conference and know that these traditions are valued highly by our respective students and alumni.” McCaw’s statement went on to express the steps Baylor and the other Big 12 schools were taking. “At this time, we are working closely with our colleagues in the conference. We look forward to continued and open dialogue concerning ways we might work together to preserve our collective interests and ensure a bright and successful future for the Big 12.” Before the meeting could even take place, the SEC announced its decision not to extend an invitation to Texas A&M, though it did not rule out adding them in the future, once it could secure a 14th team to join alongside the Aggies. Starr said he sees this delay as an opportunity to reach out to Texas A&M. “This is not a time for any sentiment other than loving care, reaching out to the Aggies,” Starr said. “We must reserve harsh feelings for game day. [Texas A&M]

The 2010-2011 Baylor Lady Bears softball team went further than any team that preceded them, finishing the season with a record of 47-15. This placed them first in the Big 12 and No. 4 in the nation, their highest ever ranking. After finishing the regular season 40-12, the Lady Bears were on their way to the Maryland region, where they went 3-0. “We didn’t take anybody for granted,” head coach Glenn Moore said. Their first opponent was Lehigh, which Baylor shut out 4-0. Junior pitcher Whitney Canion and company continued to shut out opponents in the next series against East Carolina, where they were faced with the second-best pitcher they had seen all year, Toni Paisley, according to Moore. After the regional, Baylor headed to the super regionals to face No. 8 Georgia on their home field in Athens. “It was the most hostile environment I’ve ever been in as a coach,” Moore said. “It was Texas A&M on steroids.” Despite the environment, the Lady Bears outhit the Bulldogs 9-3 and won the first game 5-1. “I was so impressed with our girls’ focus, how that never got under their skin,” Moore said. “If anything it motivated them. They showed a lot of maturity and leadership. They went into that environment and not only played their hearts out and left everything on the field, they were just themselves and played with blinders on.” Game two, however, went a

little differently, as Baylor was run-ruled in the fifth inning by Georgia, 14-2. “Their tactic was to demoralize us so that we wouldn’t be able to come back,” Moore said. “That worked for our favor because we rested our number one while they wore theirs down. Not only that, I gave credit to our number two and three pitchers, Liz Paul and Courtney Repka, who didn’t pitch well against them, but it wore them down.” After a game like that, in such a hostile environment, and with the momentum swinging in Georgia’s favor, it seemed that going into the third game would prove fatal for Baylor. Many on the team pointed out that the girls all have great attitudes, but they are also under great leadership, a head coach who motivated them to jump out in game three, scoring five runs in the first inning. “I told the team it didn’t matter if you lost by one or fifty-one. It’s still a loss, and they have to beat you again,” Moore said. “Now, we have a fresh pitcher who has been steaming over in the dugout on national television in front of a hostile crowd.” The Lady Bears captured the win for the game, the win for the series, the win for the super regionals and the bid for the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla. “I don’t think it’s fully hit me that we’re going to the World Series,” senior third baseman Megan Turk said. “But it’s a pretty sweet feeling. I’ve never seen so much heart out of a group of girls. I don’t SEE

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Veteran leadership excels on offense By Tyler Alley Sports Editor

Following a season filled with injuries and disappointment, Art Briles and the Bears returned for the 2010 season and hoisted Baylor football to a place it had not been in over a decade. Led by quarterback Robert Griffin III and running back Jay Finley, both coming off seasonending injuries, the Bears won seven of their first nine games and became bowl-eligible for the first time in 14 years. The offense finished the season ranked 13th in the NCAA in yards per game, and ranked third in rushing in the Big 12. Although the offense lost some key seniors, Briles has high hopes for improving on Baylor’s 7-6 record. “We just got to continue to climb,” Briles said. “We feel like we jumped out there and did pretty well last year. We just got to show that we’re a program on the upswing. We know every day, every game is a challenge and an opportunity and a journey, and we’re going to make the best of all of them.” Quarterbacks Griffin returns for his junior year, now juggling graduate school with his increased stardom on the field. “It’s difficult, just like balancing undergrad was,” Griffin said. “Class times are usually during practice so I’m going to have to work around that schedule with my teachers and everything. But that’s part of it and it’s worth it. You get this free education; you might as well take advantage of it because they’re going to work us out here.” Griffin finished the 2010 season ranked sixth in total offense, ahead of Heisman winner Cam Newton. The Copperas Cove native totaled 3,195 passing yards, 591 rushing

yards, and 29 total touchdowns. He averaged more passing yards per game than 10th overall NFL Draft pick Blaine Gabbert, and he ranked 3rd in the Big 12 in passing efficiency. Griffin starts his junior year garnering national attention. His accomplishments earned him a spot on the preseason watch list of three prestigious awards: the Walter Camp Award for the nation’s most outstanding player, the Maxwell Award for college player of the year, and the Davey O’Brien Award for the nation’s best quarterback. But for Griffin, it’s all about the team. “To me, it’s big for this team,” Griffin said. “It brings more attention to the team. All those awards are team awards. You’re not going to win those unless your team is doing great things and you along with it.” Junior Nick Florence returns as Griffin’s backup for the quarterback position. Redshirt freshman Bryce Petty is the third-string

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quarterback. Running Backs Baylor finished the 2010 season ranked 24th in the NCAA in rushing. Finley totaled 1,155 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns, earning him fourth in rushing among Big 12 running backs. Unfortunately, Finley graduated and went to the NFL.

Now the running game falls to junior Jarred Salubi and senior Terrence Ganaway. Together, they totaled 510 rushing yards and four touchdowns in 2010. Briles has yet to choose a starter, though Salubi works with the first team in practice. “We just need to make sure we’ve got the right personnel in the right places with the right schemes,” Briles said. “Starting’s not good enough; it’s not good enough for any of us. If you’re happy being a starter at Baylor, you shouldn’t be happy. You better be thinking you can be better than anyone in the United States of America, because that’s who we’re playing against.” At the No. 3 slot is the sophomore Glasco Martin, who last year gained 21 yards on nine carries and scored a touchdown. Freshman B.J. Allen has also been getting some carries in scrimmages. Sophomore Erik Wolfe will be starting fullback this season. Receivers The Bears’ receiving corps took a hit this summer with the loss of junior Josh Gordon, who was officially dismissed from the team Aug. 16 for unspecified team violations. Gordon caught the longest pass of the year with a 94 touchdown reception during the win against Kansas. The team will miss Gordon, but is ready to move on. “Most all of our receivers are deep threats,” Griffin said. “Coach Briles doesn’t recruit slow guys. He likes speed. People may be sad about Josh leaving, me being one of those, but Terrance Williams is a hell of a receiver, and he’s every bit of a deep threat that Josh was.” Senior Kendall Wright ranked fifth in receiving yards per game in the Big 12 and finished with 952 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. He starts this season on the preseason watch list of the

Biletnikoff Award for the nation’s most outstanding receiver, though Wright doesn’t really take notice of that. “I don’t really pay attention to [the individual achievements] until reporters bring it up,” Wright said. “I guess it’s good. I just try to go out here and get better everyday.” The receiving corps, including Wright, is roughly the same, minus Gordon. Junior Terrance Williams, sophomore Tevin Reese, and junior Lanear Sampson are all poised to take over in his absence. Williams totaled 484 receiving yards and four touchdowns last season despite an injury. “Terrance Williams is stepping up to fill his role,” Wright said. “What most people don’t know is they were splitting time the whole season until Terrance broke his hand. It’s like we’re not losing anyone, but we will miss [Gordon].” Reese had 401 receiving yards and Sampson had 390. Sophomore Darius Jones will see time in five-wide sets with the shifts at the receiver position. Jones made two catches for 26 yards and returned four kickoffs for 73 yard. Redshirt freshmen Antwan Goodley and currently hold second-string to Reese. Sophomore Jordan Najvar, who sat out last season due the NCAA’s transfer policy, earned the no. 1 slot at tight end following spring football. Junior Jerod Monk currently is the back up for Najvar. Monk is a former high school quarterback turned tight end and multi-purpose back. Last season he caught eight passes for 69 yards and two touchdowns. Offensive Line Danny Watkins left for the NFL, so now the Bears turn to senior Philip Blake for leadership on the offensive line. Philip Blake

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has the most consecutive starts for current Baylor players with 25, and he returns this year as the starting center. Blake also starts the year on the preseason watch list of the Rimington Award for the nation’s most outstanding center. “It’s a great honor, great acknowledgment,” Blake said. “I’m not really too worried about it. [I’m more] worried about the season.” Taking over for Danny Watkins at left tackle is sophomore Cyril Richardson, who makes the switch from guard, where he made four starts last year. He also earned Big 12 All-Freshman honors. “[Cyril’s] looking pretty good,” Blake said. “We’re comfortable

with him at that position and we’re confident he can play left tackle.” Ivory Wade, who is second to Blake with 20 consecutive starts, retains his position at right tackle. At the guard positions are senior Robert T. Griffin and junior Cameron Kaufhold, who both keep their starting positions at right and left guard, respectively. Sophomore Kevin Palmer and redshirt freshman Troy Baker are currently second-string at the tackl positions. Junior Jack Jackson and senior John Jones are backups at the guard position, and sophomore Stefan Huber will backup for Blake at center.

Sophomore Prince Kent, the Bears’ leader in interception with two in 2010, currently holds the backup position to Trahan, with junior Rodney Chadwick playing third-string weakside linebacker. Redshirt freshman Bryce Hager will backup Coffey at middle linebacker. Sophomores Ahmad Dixon and LeQuince McCall both look to take over the nickelback position, which is a hybrid position of defensive back and linebacker. Dixon totaled 16 total tackles and a forced fumble his freshman year playing reserve safety and special teams. McCall had 22 total tackles and a sack in his first full season. While Dixon has been scrimmaging with the first team, Briles said that the battle for the spot was one of the toughest in fall camp. “Both those guys are getting after it, playing hard and competing hard,” Briles said. “They’re two really good football players. That’s the good part. Bad part is you can’t put them both on the field at the same time same position. So if they stay at the same position, then one of them’s gonna play a little bit more than the other one.”

niors, including Byron Landor and Tim Atchinson, the two leading tacklers in 2010. Junior Chance Casey currently holds the starting position at cornerback. The Crosby native returns second-most tackles from the 2010 squad with 48. He also forced a fumble and snagged an interception. “Chance has been a tremendous player for us for the last couple years,” Briles said. “And we’re fighting hard to find another guy over there. That’s what fall camp is for, solidifying positions and getting people ready to play. I think that will be a continuing aspect of our practices for the next couple weeks without a doubt.” Starting opposite him at the moment is Lancaster sophomore Tyler Stephenson. In his freshman year, Stephenson played in 10 of 13 games, including four starts. He totaled 21 tackles and three pass breakups. The young cornerbacks have a tough job ahead of them trying to cover the toughest receivers in the Big 12. Redshirt freshman Tuswani Copeland looked to be competing with Stephenson for the position before he went down with an ACL injury during fall practice. Senior Ronnie Blaylock will backup Casey this year. Also getting looks is senior Isaac Williams, sophomore Joe Williams and sophomore Terrance Nathan. Sophomore Sam Holl and junior Mike Hicks currently hold the starting safety positions. Holl, from Katy, played mostly on special teams his freshman year, and only had two tackles. The inexperienced safety will be tasked with filling the shoes left behind by Landor. China Spring native Hicks totaled 28 tackles and an interception playing reserve safety and special teams. He too has some pressure on him, taking over for Atchinson. “Mike could have started any of the years that he’s been here if it wasn’t for the fact that we had Byron and Tim back there last year,” Coffey said. “He definitely would have been there. So it’s exciting to see him back there. Chance Casey has been playing incredible all fall, really been a shutdown corner all fall.” Junior Josh Wilson will back up Holl, and sophomore K.J. Morton will backup Hicks. By season’s end, Baylor football fans will know how much respect Bennett’s new-look defense earned.

New coordinator, scheme, players seek improvement By Tyler Alley Sports Editor

Baylor’s defense has some holes to fill with a number of key seniors gone from the previous season. Defensive tackle Phil Taylor entered the NFL Draft. Taylor anchored the Bears’ defensive line in 2010 and was a key part of the pass rush. Baylor’s top five tacklers from 2010 graduated, including safety Byron Landor and linebackers Chris Francis and Antonio Johnson. New defensive coordinator Phil Bennett now must build a defense around some younger players. “Hopefully, we’re going to continue to get better,” Bennett said. “We’re not where we need to be, I’m not going to sit there and say that, but we’re making a climb to get to where we’re trying to be. Before you can be good, people have to respect you. This defense has to earn some respect.” Bennett comes to Baylor after serving three previous seasons as the University of Pittsburgh’s defensive coordinator. In 2010 Pittsburgh had a record of 8-5 and ranked eighth nationally in total defense. Bennett brings experience and a proven record to a Baylor squad that ranked 104th in total defense last year.

“Before you can be good, people have to respect you. This defense has to earn some respect” Phil Bennett Defensive Coordinator

Defensive Line Senior Nicolas Jean-Baptiste takes over at the nose guard position with Phil Taylor gone. JeanBaptiste totaled 31 tackles and 0.5 sacks his previous season playing alongside Taylor, but now he must lead the Bears’ defensive line in plugging holes in the opponent’s running game. Taking over Jean Baptiste’s former position is senior Tracy Robertson at defensive tackle. Robertson has moved in from defensive end where he totaled 17 tackles, including 2.5 for loss, in the 2010 season. Starting at the defensive end positions is sophomore Terrance

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No. 4 linebacker Elliot Coffee runs through tackling drills during practice on Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Simpson Center. Coffey appears to be the leader on defense this season.

Lloyd and junior Gary Mason Jr. Lloyd missed six games due to injury in his previous year, though he did manage to earn 13 tackles, two for loss, with one sack and a fumble recovery in six games played. Hopefully a full season for Lloyd will yield even better results. “[Terrance is] a guy that just has maintained quite a bit of consistency throughout his career,” Briles said. “The thing that he’s fighting a little bit is a weight issue. He’s got to make sure he keeps his weight up so his strength will stay high. He’s been real steady all the way through, and we really appreciate that.” Mason Jr. totaled 21 tackles, three for loss, one sack and a fumble recovery in the 2010 season. Chris McAllister has moved over from linebacker to defensive end. McAllister finished the 2010 season as one of Baylor’s top 10 tacklers with 42 tackles, along with a sack and forced fumble. As of spring practice’s end, McAllister is behind sophomore Tevin Elliot on the depth chart at defensive end.

of the other linebackers, but he’s already proving himself and impressing teammates. “He’s transitioning well,” middle linebacker Elliot Coffey said. “I mean that’s really hard to make that move from a really not physical position on offense to the most physical position maybe second to that D-line, on defense. So it’s been good to see him progress but at the same time it’s a difficult move so I’m excited to see what he does.” Senior Elliot Coffey returns

his starting position at middle linebacker. With 61 tackles in his previous season, Coffey is the top returning tackler on the squad. Surrounded by young talent, Coffey appears to be the leader on defense. “I think when you’re a senior, you’re a leader by association,” Coffey said. “I think once you’ve been around as long as I’ve had you have no option but to help lead these guys because you’ve been through the ropes.”

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Linebackers One of the biggest changes to Baylor’s defense is the move of sophomore Brody Trahan from quarterback to linebacker. Trahan made the move during the spring and earned the starting slot at weak side linebacker. The 5-foot-11, 215-pound Dickinson native may be smaller than some

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Briles still searching for tailback in Finley’s absence By Chris Derrett Editor In Chief

Coach Art Briles’ playbook features a passing offense, just not every single time. Therein lies the challenge. While the Bears’ passing game is essentially copied and pasted from last year’s depth chart, Briles knows that will not be the case on the ground. Baylor still lacks a featured running back like former Bear Jay Finley, who, as a senior in 2010, became the seventh player in school history to break 1,000 rushing yards. “We’re seeing some good things,” Briles said. “These backs are running tough, the lineman are doing a pretty good job, and we’re going to have to be effective running the football if we’re going to be a good offense.” The competition and wide range of running styles among his backs even has Briles questioning whether he wants to name a starter at all. “I don’t know if that’s something we need to do, honestly, because two or three of them will

play,” Briles said. Several players have battled to show Briles they can be the No. 1 ball carrier, including senior Terrance Ganaway, junior Jarred Salubi, sophomore Glasco Martin and freshman B.J. Allen. All five players have had a summer to mull over Briles’ comments following last spring’s annual scrimmage, where Briles said nobody had stepped up and secured the top spot. “I took it as constructive criticism, just try to work on things to be the person to step out in his eyes, to be the person to emerge from the crowd,” Salubi. Briles hasn’t addressed concern over the running game, but as of Thursday, when Baylor began closing its practices, he has not specifically named a starter. As denoted by the depth chart in the team’s fall prospectus, Salubi and Ganaway look to be the top backs this season, with shorter and smaller but quicker and more agile Salubi listed at No. 1 and Ganaway, a more downhill runner, behind him. Martin falls at No. 3 on the depth chart. The competition, however,

is just as alive now as it has been since the Bears opened spring drills in February. “It doesn’t allow you to get complacent,” Salubi said. “It allows you to always have a fire burning behind you to work harder than the next person.” Among all the candidates, Salubi has taken the most snaps with the first string offense. Fans did not get a chance to see him in action in the team’s Aug. 13 scrimmage, as he was held out. Ganaway carried four times in the scrimmage for 21 yards, and Allen took five rushes for a teamhigh 50 yards. Allen was the only running back to receive passes out of the backfield, snagging two for a total of 13 yards. Before taking the field for the team’s first day of fall practice, Salubi voiced confidence that he could be the starter. “I think I can. It’s just going to take a lot of hard work and proving myself every day over and over again that I can do that,” Salubi said. Ganaway felt the same way, echoing the message drilled into him by Briles and the coaching

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Junior running back Jarred Salubi practices staying low and accelerating in a drill at last Thursday’s practice at Highers Athletic Complex. Salubi is one of several players competing to earn the starting spot.

staff. “Just produce. [I’m] stuck on that word, production. We just have to produce, whoever’s there. If I’m there, I will produce; I just have to be consistent when I do it,” Ganaway said.

Ganaway added the possibility that there might not be, at least for non-conference play, a back who takes the fair majority of the carries. “If we have spells when one of us is hot and one of us is not,

I think there will be a lot of rotation then,” Ganaway said. “I think [Briles] wants somebody to take it over and be that guy, have somebody come in and break [long runs] just like Jay Finley did last year.”

Miami faces allegations of serious NCAA violations By David Hyde McClatchy Newspapers

At a time of new beginnings, they’re slapped with new allegations. Payments. Prostitutes. A booster gone wild. In a year about tomorrow’s hope, they’re blindsided by yesterday’s reported dopes. Allegations about basketball coaches. Football players. Maybe the university president, too. The University of Miami is back in the headlines in every way it doesn’t want with former players making claims, athletic leaders playing defense and the school’s image chained to cheats again and dragged around the country. In a story that raises as many

questions as it answered, Yahoo! Sports alleges Miami committed major NCAA infractions primarily through the salacious spending and South Beach sins of former booster and convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro. To simplify the story, imagine Shapiro playing the Jose Canseco role of the jilted lover with all sorts of baggage who could be dropping the full truth on everyone. And to condense the story to Shapiro’s most concrete claims: 1. Former basketball coaches Frank Haith and assistant Jake Morton have some answering to do about Shapiro saying he allegedly paid $10,000 to get recruit DaQuan Jones. 2. Several former football players will be questioned by the

NCAA about payments Shapiro told Yahoo! Sports they received from Shapiro and his partner and player-agent Michael Huyghue. But the crux of the questions starts with Miami President Donna Shalala and former Athletic Director Paul Dee: What did they know about Shapiro, and why didn’t they know more? Miami thought enough of Shapiro and his money at one point to put his name and etched picture on the players’ lounge. As soon as word of his Ponzi scheme broke a couple of years ago, the name came off, the picture went down. But Miami will have a hard time selling a case of complete ignorance here. A rogue booster shelling out money for strippers,

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cars, meals, jewelry, televisions and sex parties with prostitutes is one thing. A booster with his name on the players’ lounge is another matter. Now perhaps it’s understood why when Randy Shannon took over the football program from Larry Coker, Shalala’s primary mission statement to him was to clean up the program. Neither former head coaches Shannon nor Coker is implicated. But Shapiro says assistants Clint Hurtt, Jeff Stoutland and Aubrey Hill are. Who knows what or who else will tumble out in coming days and weeks? NCAA investigators are on Miami’s campus. And the damage to the program’s image, if not its

future, is clear from Shapiro’s claim that Vince Wilfork took payouts to sign with the player agency to Tyrone Moss reportedly confirming he took a $1,000 handout. You think football coach Al Golden wants to hear about this on the edge of his first season? Or new basketball coach Jim Larranaga wants to deal with this before he’s even coached a game? The NCAA has a lot of sorting out to do here, a lot of concluding how much of this was the work of a crazy booster and how much Miami should have policed on its own. Here’s the crazy part: The Miami athletic director for much of this time, Paul Dee, now heads the NCAA’s investigative committee.

Or, well, he did head the committee as far as this investigation is concerned. Some of the allegations are more salacious than substantive. As the story reads, “Shapiro named 39 Miami players or prospective recruits” who had prostitutes paid for by Shapiro. But the story only confirmed it with two of them. And they’re not named. So a lot of these allegations start with Shapiro. Who is he exactly? What is his motivation here? The only thing for certain is Miami athletics has a cloud hanging over it in a way it hasn’t for a while. This was supposed to be a time of new beginnings. Instead, it’s time for old headlines.

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Big hit leads to defensive transition By Krista Pirtle Sports Writer

Last November, the Texas A&M Aggies were in town for the Battle of the Brazos. Running back Jay Finley had just run for a 69-yard touchdown, increasing the score in Baylor’s favor 30-21. Aaron Jones’ extra point field goal attempt was blocked and picked up by A&M’s Terrence Frederick. In Frederick’s eyes and almost all watching the game, he was about to score. However, the holder, Dickinson native Brody Trahan, who was also listed as third-string quarterback, had a different plan in mind. He chased down Frederick and pushed him out of bounds at the one-yard line. Trahan was glad he saved his team seven points, but his coaches were thinking otherwise. “We set in there the next day in the coach’s office, went around the room and said, ‘Who else on

our football team is going to make that play?’” Baylor head coach Art Briles said. “There weren’t a lot of names that came up. He just kind of showed a competitive, tough guy, and it’s proved to be true.” This play was the deciding factor that decided the move of thirdyear sophomore Brody Trahan from third-string quarterback to vying for a starting spot as weak side linebacker. Now during practice he isn’t protected by the red jersey; giving and taking hits is making him stronger. One major thing Trahan has had to work on is his size, going from quarterback to linebacker, increasing his weight to increase his strength. “Coach Kaz [Kazadi] has a pretty good workout plan,” Trahan said. “He upped my weights so I’m doing a lot more shoulder stuff. I have to be a lot stronger and be mentally and physically stronger.” New defensive coordinator Phil Bennett has noticed Trahan’s improvement and work ethic in the

weight room. “He’s a phenom in the weight room,” Bennett said. “He works extremely hard. He’s a conditioned athlete. He’s a football player.” From the beginning of this

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transition, Trahan has been open to the idea of learning defense, not only because it brings about more playing time, but also because it offers him a way to help the team. Baylor’s offense has come a long way in the past two years under the leadership of junior Robert Griffin III in the pocket. The main issue that is still under scrutiny for Baylor is the defense. According to the Big 12 pre-

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Sophomore Brody Trahan participates in defensive drills as he makes the transition from quarterback to linebacker for the 2011 season. Trahan currently looks to be starting at weakside linebacker for new coordinator Phil Bennett.

season all conference teams, Griffin, senior wide receiver Kendall Wright and senior center Philip Blake were chosen to the second team offense, but no one represents Baylor on the defensive side of the line of scrimmage. With the move of former defensive coordinator Brian Norwood to associate head coach, the entrance of new defensive coordinator Phil Bennett has brought more accountability to the defensive side of the ball. One big nugget of wisdom from Bennett is knowledge is power. “If you know where you’re supposed to fit and you fit there every time, then the defense will be sound and we’ll make a lot of stops,” Trahan said. When told that Trahan tried to make the phrase work on the gridiron, Bennett grinned. “Well, it means that if you know what you’re doing, then you can excel,” Bennett said. “Knowledge, that comes from us as coaches. If you know your assignment, if you read things on defense, you can play well.” Trahan is still working on increasing his knowledge of Baylor’s defensive strategy. Moving from a backup quarterback in the shadow of Griffin to a linebacker with great potential to start against TCU on Sept. 2 has been an intricate process. “He’s had a good camp,” Bennett said. “He’s had a couple of rough days and he’s come back and had two really good days, so we’re very hopeful in the situation.” The defense is not on the level it wants to be, but it’s continuing to climb. “Before you can be good, people have to respect you,” Bennett said. “This defense has to earn some respect.” The move of Trahan from offense to defense adds to the respect the Bears hope to receive this fall. “He’s done well,” Briles said. “It’s innate. He grew up a coach’s kid. He’s been around football his whole life. He breathes and plays football. That’s what he does.”

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Senior Brittany Ridenour, left, and senior Melissa Jones, right, practice blocking drills with coach Barnes as they prepare for their 2011 schedule.

Volleyball preps for opportunity By Krista Pirtle Sports Writer

With Nebraska leaving the Big 12 for the Big 10, there is no set No. 1 for women’s volleyball. “It’s more open than ever,” head coach Jim Barnes said. “Texas lost some key players. I think the team that keeps it together and stays healthy [will win the Big 12]. I don’t think any spot is set and the opportunity is set if the team puts it together.” Last season, the Lady Bears finished 16-15 overall, ranking sixth in the Big 12. This year’s Big 12 preseason coaches’ poll places Baylor sixth out of nine teams. Elizabeth Graham and Caitlyn Trice both graduated in the spring. Graham led Baylor in hitting percentage, kills and blocks while Trice became the first player in Baylor history with 600-plus digs in a season. These shoes are big to fill, but the team for the 2011 season looks like the perfect fit.

Junior Torri Campbell was second to Graham in hitting percentage, kills and blocks. Because both Nebraska and Colorado bid adieu to the Big 12, there is an opportunity for byesand the chance to play everyone in the conference. “We’re allowed to get some byes in the conference race with the absence of Nebraska,” Barnes said. “The opportunity to play other teams besides the same ones, I think, is refreshing for the ladies.” The Lady Bears start out their 2011 season competing in four tournaments. First on the slate is the Purdue Mortar Board Premier in West Lafayette, Ind. Baylor faces Purdue on Friday and then has two games on Saturday against the College of Charleston and VCU. Their next tournament, the Fairfield Inn North Baylor Classic, will be held in Saturday Waco Sept. 2 and 3. Big 12 conference play will begin Sept. 21 when Baylor hosts Oklahoma.

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know what happened between games, but we kept each other up. We played for each other.” For their first game of the World Series, the Lady Bears faced a familiar foe, Oklahoma State. This was a game where an unexpected hero answered the call when she could have ignored it. Junior Kelsi Kettler has been next in line for her position as catcher when sophomore Claire Hosack came in and got the start. The game was scoreless in the eighth inning. Kettler was at the plate with two outs and two strikes. The very next pitch she sent over the left field wall just around the foul pole, giving Baylor the win, 1-0. “She didn’t play all year, so then she gets her chance and it just means the world,” sophomore first baseman Holly Holl said. “We all know how much she wanted it and

how hard she works, so to see her hard work pay off like that is really cool.” The second game of the series didn’t go well, as Baylor got shut out by Alabama 3-0. Their next game, again, was against a familiar foe in Missouri. The battle started at 8:30 p.m. and lasted for three and a half hours before a run finally crossed the plate. In the bottom of the 13th, Holl stepped up to the plate and smashed a shot over the left field wall for the 1-0 victory. The team left the softball diamond early in the morning, with limited options for food. Walmart appeared to be the best option they had. As they got off the bus in the Walmart parking lot, the Lady Bears received standing ovations from people in the parking lot and in the aisles of the store. The team ate in the store’s McDonald’s, catching their breath and

enjoying the moment. Arizona State was well rested and eager to play Baylor on Sunday afternoon. The Lady Bears had not had an adequate amount of rest since the extremely physical, mental and emotional game against Missouri they finished 12 hours prior. “Whatever gas was left in their tank, it wasn’t much, they played their hearts out,” Moore said. “I think Arizona State was in better shape than we were.” A team picked to finished No. 6 out of 10 teams for the Big 12 in the preseason went the furthest in the World Series than any other team, both in the Big 12 for the season and in Baylor’s history. The Lady Bears will return nine players to the 2012 team that started at least one game in the World Series, including All-American USA team member Canion, and unanimously All-Big 12 selection Kathy Shelton.

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Barnes, through Jones’ imperfections and improvements, already sees her stepping up as a leader. “It [Jones’ leadership] just naturally takes over when she starts competing,” Barnes said. “She’s surrounded by girls who are just like her with blue-collar attitudes. They are feeding off each other.” Whether or not to head into the WNBA was a big decision for Jones, just like choosing Baylor over Colorado State University. Last April, as Jones’ basketball jersey was retired, the possibility of her going to professional basketball seemed like it was going to happen. However, for the 2011 volleyball season, a familiar blonde ponytail will be flipping back and forth as Jones returns to the hardwood of the Ferrell Center, hoping the lead yet another Baylor team.

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has been playing BU for 107 years. Why would you tear that [rivalry] asunder?” Texas A&M has stated that even if it left the Big 12, the school would like to continue playing the University of Texas on Thanksgiving. “You want to leave the conference but continue one specific rivalry?” Starr questioned. “Stay the course. We can work our way through these issues.” One of the biggest issues many believe has led to Texas A&M looking to leave the Big 12 is the Longhorn Network, which was created by the University of Texas in a 20year deal with ESPN worth $300 million. Critics of Texas A&M have claimed the Aggies’ displeasure with the Longhorn Network is built on envy of UT. Regardless, A&M has complained about the Longhorn Network being able to broadcast high school football games, which Starr also addressed. “The LHN present issues that we are dealing with,” Starr said. “The NCAA has already dealt with issue of unfair high school recruiting with the LHN showing high school games. The board of directors of the Big 12 conference voted overwhelmingly to declare a moratorium of the broadcast of high school games on university network.” Starr took the job as Baylor’s president two years ago, and both years he has dealt with Big 12 instability. Last summer, the University of Nebraska decided to leave the Big 12 in favor the of the Big 10, while the University of Colorado bolted for what was then the Pac-10. However, Starr claims both of these departures, while hurtful, were understandable. “It’s one thing for Nebraska, who never seemed content in this conference, to leave,” Starr said. “It’s one thing for Colorado, who recruits heavily in California, to go to the Pac-12. But Texas A&M is in the heartland.” With two years of talks foreseeing “the destruction of the Big 12,” even Starr had to admit to having a backup plan. “Of course we have an option B,

C and D,” Starr said. “The Big 12 was in worse trouble last year, and we had a contingency plan. Baylor would be popular. We got calls from the Air Force Academy and Utah saying ‘we love Baylor.’ But we love the Big 12 and our rivalries with the other Texas schools. We prize our relationships with Oklahoma, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, who by the way, is in the Big 12, happily.” The University of Missouri had been named, along with Florida State and Clemson, as a possible team to pair with Texas A&M to join the SEC. Starr also described how happy he was with the setup of the Big 12 prior to Texas A&M’s announcement. “We had conference unity,” Starr said. “We would have a round robin. We will have all played each other in football. Other conferences, you can be in and not play [every team]. What kind of conference is that? Sounds more like a business arrangement.” Starr went on to explain that Texas A&M, based on informal numbers, would owe about $20 million to the Big 12 if it were to leave. Originally, Nebraska owed $19.4 million and Colorado owed between $15 million and $20 million, the schools were reported to have settled with the Big 12 for $9.25 million and $6.83 million, respectively. Although the future of the Big 12 and its members remains unclear, Starr’s optimism is unwavering. “I am hopeful that through a happy set of circumstances, including Baylor adding its own voice of ‘please don’t go, we want to honor you,’ we can encourage Texas A&M to stay,” Starr said. If the Aggies were to leave, Brigham Young University and the University of Houston have both been mentioned as possible replacements for the Big 12. Starr also wrote two guest columns regarding Big 12 instability. One article appears in the Waco Tribune-Herald , and a separate article appears in USA Today. To read a copy Starr’s column, you can visit our website at www. baylorlariat.com

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>> The Heming Way

Is Ernest Hemingway as much of a role model as he’s made out to be? Find out in the Lariat’s review of Marty Beckman’s hilarious new book, “The Heming Way.”

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>> Kanrocksas? A major music festival was hosted at Kansas Speedway outside Kansas City. But it may have been a little more Texan than its name would lead you to believe. Page B9

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as much as other assassinated presidents. What made you decide to focus a book on President McKinley?

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Scott Miller is the author of “The President and Miller: McKinley the Assassin: McKinwas a natural vehicle ley, Terror, and Emto describe America’s pire at the Dawn of the coming of age as so American Century” much happened during and was a recent guest the five years he spent on “The Daily Show in office. There was of with Jon Stewart”. The course the Spanishbook highlights the American War, but conflict between two more important was very different men, all the new territory one of whom was we acquired as a reMiller President of the Unitsult - Cuba, the Philiped States. This will pines, and Puerto Rico. be part of an ongoing Q&A series McKinley also annexed Hawaii. with artists and authors will be interviewed for the Lariat. Lariat: Besides McKinley, who do you think is the most fascinatLariat: How did you initially ing American president? get into writing? Miller: I’m not sure he’s the Miller: Like a lot of people, I be- most fascinating, but I have always gan on my high school newspaper. thought Herbert Hoover was inI recently came across an article I teresting. He’s a true success story, wrote back then, and going from being an it was pretty painful orphan to becoming to read. But writvery wealthy, traveling, like any skill, is ling the world, and something that gets then undertaking better with practice. a number of admiReading also helps rable projects such and I was, even back as helping Europe then, a big fan of narrecover from World rative historians like War I. Sadly, he was Barbara Tuchman. ill-prepared to deal with the Great Depression and many of his acLariat: What led you to write complishments are now overshadthis book specifically? owed by that failure.

Miller: I was interested in a story with which I could describe America’s rise as a global power. The period covered by the book – essentially the 1890s – marks a crucial turning point in American history on a number of levels. The economy was rapidly becoming more industrial and consumer driven. Average Americans were also becoming very patriotic and anxious to show the U.S. belonged in the club of great powers like Britain. Lariat: You’ve mentioned in interviews previously that William McKinley is often not focused on in historical works

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Lariat: A large amount of your work and life has been in Europe. What made you write a book about an American president? Do you think your experiences with European politics shaped the book in any way? Miller: One thing I heard some years ago that rings true for me is that you have to live outside your country to understand it. Living abroad as a reporter for “The Wall Street Journal” and “Reuters” as long as I did really gave me a fresh lens through which to view U.S. history. I think I have a greater appreciation for our country’s many strengths and some of its weaknesses than I did before spending so much time abroad. Lariat: What interests do you have outside of history? Any plans to write works based on these interests?

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Miller: I suffer from having too many interests. Skiing is a big deal in our household. I really enjoy fly fishing and mountain biking for exercise. I’m also a huge college football fan and haven’t missed seeing a University of Washington football game in years, either in person or on TV. I don’t have any plans to write about that stuff though.

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larly about American presidents, are being adapted into film, like “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin. You’ve cited the excitement of the McKinley era in interviews previously - do you think that the story told in your book would work as a film? Miller: Yes, I think it would make a great film. With McKinley and his assassin, you have two compelling characters moving toward a dramatic conclusion. It’s also set in a colorful period of American history. So, Mr. Spielberg, I’m waiting! Lariat: Your book is also selling in Kindle format. How has that affected the publishing process? Miller: I don’t know specifics, but I think any technology that makes it easier to buy books or stimulates interest in them can’t be all bad. Lariat: A lot of non-fiction writers now look forward to an

appearance on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” What do you think it was about your book that got you an appearance on the show? Miller: You are right. Loads of writers send their books to “The Daily Show” every week. Jon, I think, simply liked this subject area and the fact that it related to today. I was impressed by his questions. It was clear that he really had read much of the book, if not the whole thing. It’s great that someone like that – who is so popular and can have any guest he wants – makes time to have authors on. There is probably no better way to promote a non-fiction book these days than on his show.

finding a really compelling story. Additional information about “The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century” can be found at Scott Miller’s website, www.scottmillerbooks. com. The website also contains links to order the book and to other reviews and interviews with the author.

Lariat: What projects do you have planned for the future? Miller: I’m working on a couple of ideas now. I’d like to stay in U.S. history, preferably focusing on foreign policy. The trick, though, is

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Lariat wants your content for A&E pages By Joshua Madden A&E Editor My name is Joshua Madden and I will be serving as the Arts & Entertainment editor for The Baylor Lariat. Let me be the first to welcome you to this section of the paper. If you’re like me, this is probably the first part of the paper you turn to – to read film and book reviews, find out about local performances, to find things to make the

school year a little more fun and to procrastinate your studying a little bit longer. As an incoming graduate student, I am not only new to this position at the Lariat, but I am new to Baylor University as a whole. Because of this, I want your suggestions right off the bat. What local artists do you want to see covered in this section? Are there events in the Waco area that you’d like to see covered? Texas has a vibrant artistic community and I want to make the most of my time

here as both a resident of the state and as the Lariat’s Arts & Entertainment editor. So let me know what you want covered. You can email me at Joshua_Madden@ baylor.edu and let me know what you would like to see in the paper. While there will be plenty of “Dexter” references and film reviews for you to read here, I want you to also be able to read about something you really care about: you. Are you in a band? Are you performing in the area? What about writing? Paint-

ing? Let me know what you’re up to and you just might see yourself in the paper. As evidenced by the first section of our “Great Video Games” series, this section of the paper is going to try to cater to your interests as much as possible. If you have a great video game to talk about, choose a game and send me a justification for why you think it’s one of the best of all time. You can even send me a full column if you want. The best stories are the ones that you

want to read – we will try our best everyday to find and produce this content for you, but the more feedback you can give me, the better off we’ll be. This section is going to be about finding the most entertaining things going on around Baylor and that might just be whatever you’re doing this weekend. So get on your email and fire away. Please send comments or suggestions to lariat@baylor.edu.

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Kanrocksas features Muse, Texas-based artist The Black Angels By Joshua Madden A&E Editor Although the glory days of Woodstock are long gone, big music festivals are not merely an element of the 1960s. As evidenced by the popularity of more modern festivals like Lolapalooza and Coachella, music in America is alive and kicking. Another soon-to-be giant, The Kanrocksas Music Festival, roared through the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan. on Aug. 5 and 6. The event featured headliners Muse and Eminem in addition to more than 30 other artists including Kid Cudi, Bassnectar, Tinie Tempah, Flogging Molly and A Perfect Circle. I had the opportunity to attend the event after being provided with a media pass so that, amongst other journalists, I could review the first incarnation of what organizers hope will become an annual festival. Featuring five different stages, there was rarely a moment in which there were less than two artists performing at once during the two-day festival. Stages included the “Critical Mass Tent” which featured smaller audiences for a more intimate event with performers like Tempah and other deejays. Despite being named for the its loca-

tion, Kanrocksas boasted attendees from 47 states as well as Canada, Australia and Ireland, according to officials associated with the event. According to these same officials, 32,000 people attended the event’s Friday night concerts and about 25,000 people attended on Saturday. Even Waco was represented at Kanrocksas, with former Waco resident Ryan Parnell standing out in the crowd and wearing a Waco T-Shirt. Others guests from out of state included a representative from Kicker Audio, Connor Schuman. Kicker Audio is a division of Stillwater Designs. “I suggested that it would be really beneficial to go to somewhere like Kanrocksas where college students and audiophiles are running around,” Schuman said, “There are music lovers of all age at Kanrocksas and these are people who might be interested in our product, since we are a performance audio company. The marketing department liked the idea,” Schuman explained that the company is interested in expanding to Baylor in the future. “Kicker is aware that Baylor is an extremely prestigious school and we would love to expand our programs there in the future so that we can share our products with the students,” Schuman said.

Although Schuman saw marketing opportunities in attending, others simply enjoyed the scene. Bassnectar’s performance was amazing and the crowd seemed to enjoy it every bit as much as I did. I overheard several concert-goers calling it the best performance at the festival. In what was a particular crowd-pleaser, Bassnectar performed a remix of Ellie Goulding’s song “Lights”, which was a nice move given that Goulding had performed at Kanrocksas earlier in the day. Goulding had been a popular performance in her own right, with many attendees at Kanrocksas citing her as one of their favorite artists. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals gave what was one of the most surprisingly terrific performances at the event, generating a positive reaction from the crowd that rivaled that of most of the more well-known

bands at the festival. The song “Paris (Ooh La La)” was a particular hit and is one of the group’s best known singles. Muse also put on a terrific show, bringing out the energy in the crowd as they played what almost all of their hit songs. Like many artists at the event, Muse had the lyrics to some of their hit songs flash across the screen as they performed and the crowds enthusiastically sang along. Finally, Kid Cudi deserves credit for giving one of the most creative performances at the event. Easily shifting between his upbeat songs and his comparatively laid-back ballads, Kid Cudi seemed to have the audience in his hands as he sang radio-favorites like “Day ‘n’ Nite.” Austin natives The Black Angels also performed at the event, bringing a decidedly Texan flair. A press release for the band speaks to the Texan origins of their

music, revealing that previous albums “Passover” and “Directions to See a Ghost” were recorded in the band’s hometown of Austin. Although attendees to the Kanrocksas festival had to travel to Kansas, music lovers here in Texas can check out The Black Angels, who plans to perform at several venues in Texas, including the Whitewater Ampitheater in New Braunfels on Saturday, the El Cosmico in Marfa on Sept. 24, Fitzgerald’s Upstairs in Houston on Oct. 13, and The Prophet Bar in Dallas on Oct. 14 for a little taste of Kanrocksas. Bill Brandmeyer, Kanrocksas Music Festival co-founder, thanked all the fans who attended the event. “We’re very appreciative of the fact that so many people took a chance on us this year,” Brandmeyer said. It was the first performance in what I hope will become an annual event.

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Members from The Black Angels perform at the Kanrocksas Music Festival. The Black Angels are based out of Austin. and have recorded multiple albums in the area.

Headliners Muse perform at the Kanrocksas Music Festival on Saturday, August 6th. In addition to Muse, Eminem headlined the event on Friday, August 5th. Other artists at the festival included Kid Cudi, A Perfect Circle, Bassnectar and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.

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By Joshua Madden A&E Editor Editor’s Note: This is part of an ongoing series in which readers and writers alike will submit a wide variety of video games that they believe should be recognized as some of the greatest of all time. As a kid, I remember lying awake in bed and hearing the sounds of Mario Kart 64 in my head – I had played it so much during the day that I could still hear the noise of the races as I began to drift off to sleep. Eventually, I realized that the noise was not in my head and that, in fact, my dad was downstairs playing the game by himself. Such is the power of Mario Kart 64 that adults and kids alike can enjoy shooting red and green shells at family members who desperately want to cross the finish line as the winner. I can think of few other games as fun. The fact that my dad would actually sit up by himself at night to play more says a lot about a game that was sup-

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Let us know at lariat@baylor.edu! originally released on the Super Nintendo. The changes were so extreme that, despite their similarities, it is hard to even argue that the two really belong in the same franchise. While later entries in the series have

been terrific, there is little doubt that Mario Kart 64 is the best one released so far. The franchise, however, is long from dead and it is likely that some later generation will also have fond memories of lying awake at night with the sounds of the latest

Mario Kart game in their heads. Do you have an idea for a great video game to be featured here? Send us an email at lariat@baylor.edu. We’ll check it regularly.

Think you’ve got style? Lariat searches for Baylor’s Best-Dressed Bears By Krista Pirtle Sports Writer Are you feeling snazzy? Looking fly? Expressing your personality through the medium of fashion? Have you seen any fabulous people around campus lately? If you are (or you do), nominate yourself (or that fabulous person) to become Baylor’s Best-Dressed Bear. That’s right: the Lariat is starting a new column recognizing Baylor’s best-dressed people. Once a month, your friendly Lariat staff will choose one well-dressed Baylor

student to receive this prodigious honor. Imagine being named the most fabulous person on campus for an entire month. Submit candidates by e-mail to lariat@baylor.edu. We’ll check it throughout the month. All submissions must include the candidate’s name, classification and contact information. We’ve got to be able to let you know if you win, after all. Be sure to include your year and major. Remember, it’s not just about outer beauty. Character counts. “Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting…” says Prov-

erbs 31:30, but a well-dressed, well-rounded Baylor student might just find lasting recognition as Baylor’s Best Dressed! You don’t necessarily have to be the most beautiful person on campus - just the best dressed. You don’t even necessarily have to be that, because if we don’t get any good submissions, we might pick the actual bears on campus. They don’t even wear clothes, so that’d be a pretty embarassing loss for the Baylor community. So, are you looking straight paid? Do you look like a million bucks? Even if you didn’t actually spend that much, creativity

and character can go a long ways toward becoming Baylor’s best-dressed bear. We’re even willing to look at game day attire. If you have what it takes to impress Erin Andrews on ESPN, how could we ignore you? If your game day threads have what it takes, we’ll definitely consider you for best dressed bear. I can already hear you asking questions about this contest. “Are there going to be PRIZES?” Well, maybe. We say maybe because here at the Lariat, we’re only going to award true greatness. We’re not going to give out

prizes to just anybody. If you win handsdown and completely stomp the competition, then yes, a prize may be possible. But otherwise, you’re fighting for honor. That’s a pretty big deal too. So, what are you waiting for? If you want a chance at the glory and possible prizes we have in store for Baylor’s bestdressed bear, then you better you go ahead and send your emails now. Caroline Brewton and Joshua Madden contributed to this article. Submit candidates to lariat@baylor.edu.

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‘The Help’ features clever humor, well-written script Movie REVIEW By Emilly Martinez Copy Editor Scandals, big hair and deep southern accents overlay “The Help.” Starring Emma Stone as Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan, Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark, and Octavia Spencer, as Minny Jackson, the film is an exploration of racial injustice in the southern United States. Adapted from the 2009 novel “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett, the film is set in Jackson, Miss., in the 1960s. “The Help” follows the unlikely friendship of Skeeter, a recent college graduate pursuing a writing career, and Aibileen and Minny, AfricanAmerican housemaids, as they attempt to fight local social injustices by writing an anonymous tell-all book from the perspective of the maids. Many organizations have criticized the film for reinforcing archetypes through the use of stereotypical African-American southern dialects, speech, and behaviors. Others say the use of stereotypes allows the film to be more believable as a story based in the early civil rights era. Despite the film’s serious nature and the dangers Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny face from Mississippi laws in their efforts to correct injustices, “The Help” only

touches superficially on the severity of the issues, which allows it to remain an upbeat story with intermittent comic relief and various subplots. Both the maids and women they work for have extreme personalities ranging from venomous to bubblegum-sweet. Unfortunate events and circumstances plague the good and bad alike, giving the charac-

ters more relatable depth. Audience cheers and clapping were at their highest, however, when the antagonist Hilly Holbrook (Bryce Dallas Howard) was the victim of a prank by Minny. Thorough character development and a well-written plot gives “The Help” an emotional link to the audience, created without the use of explicit conflict, allowing it to maintain a PG-13 rating. Writers of the film allude to more serious issues throughout the film, such as domestic violence, but never show the acts. The story follows the creation of the tell-all book from conception to publication, exploring the dangers faced during the writing process and the repercussions of the creators’ actions on all parts of their lives. While the film is appropriate for younger audiences, its mature themes and references may lose teens early in the film. Although the script was well developed, more could have been done under a PG-13 rating, such as including more scenes featuring the danger Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny faced. This would have helped audience members better understand the gravity of what they were doing and could have fostered a deeper connection to the storyline. The film places emphasis on the stories of the maids, causing a subplot love story between Skeeter and Stewart (Chris Lowell) described in the book to be awk-

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Emma Stone, who is known for her recent work in the films “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” and “Friends with Benefits,” is one of the stars of the new surprise hit film “The Help”.

wardly placed throughout the movie. Its placement, however, suggests greater importance in the novel, leading the viewer to wonder what else he or she may possibly be missing out on by not reading the book. Minor criticisms aside, Stone, Davis, Spencer and the rest of the cast took viewers on an emotional ride and made “The Help” an instant summer hit.

“The Help” is a touching story riddled with themes of courage, self-confidence, finding one’s own path and fighting for beliefs despite social opposition. While serious in nature, it is a feelgood story laced with eccentric characters and hearty laughs. This film is appropriate for all 13 and older.

Taylor’s film serves as great escape from summer blockbusters By Sarah George Contributor With a summer box office overrun by superhero and action movies, “The Help” might not seem like a go-to flick for a Friday night. It definitely should be, however. While Emma Stone (who recently starred in “Crazy, Stupid, Love”), Viola Davis (who was nominated for best supporting actress

for her performance in the film “Doubt”), and Octavia Spencer (who is probably best known for her role on ABC’s sitcom “Ugly Betty”) may not look like the average heroines, their character portrayals in “The Help” give audiences a new definition of courage. In addition to an exceptional script and competent direction, Tate Taylor’s first film shines with its stunning production design, thorough costume and location,

as well as its attention to historical detail. While there might not be explosions or fight scenes, Aibileen draws viewers in through her narration and storytelling. The interactions between the characters keep the audience thoroughly entertained, especially through Minny’s “Terrible Awful”. Before any male readers write “The Help” off, I’d like to claim that this movie is NOT a “chick flick.” While the director

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could have translated more of the romance in Skeeter and Stewart’s relationship from the novel, he chose not to. By doing this, “The Help” gave the audience more with feelings of suspense than it did warm-andfuzzies. After a humorous and emotional ride with Minny, Skeeter and Aibileen, “The Help” leaves audience with a sense of hope for the characters and their community, as well as a few tears in their eyes.

Editor’s Note: Sarah George is from San Antonio and is a film and digital media major. We will be periodically including her comments on film in addition to our feature reviews in order to gather the film student perspective. As with any review in The Baylor Lariat, her reviews represent her views only and do not necessarily represent the views of the rest of the Lariat staff. Please send your comments and suggestions to lariat@baylor.edu.

Arts & Entertainment B12| Baylor Lariat Marty Beckerman’s ‘The Heming Way’ is hilarious the

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By Joshua Madden A&E Editor

Manliness, ladies and gentlemen, is under attack. Or at least that’s what Marty Beckerman argues in his satirical “The Heming Way” in which he advises that today’s men need to start living “the Heming Way.” Acknowledged as a brilliant writer, Ernest Hemingway is almost as admired for the way he led his life. He spent large periods of time in Africa hunting large animals, documented in the non-fiction “Green Hills of Africa.” Some have said

BOOK REVIEW that his lifestyle was the epitome of what a man’s life could be. Marty Beckerman explores this idea in his book “The Heming Way”, but he does so from a satirical perspective. Echoing the writing style of George Ouzounian (who is better known as “Maddox”, the creator of “The Best Page in the Universe” and author of “The Alphabet of Manliness”) rather than Hemingway, Beckerman spends the book criticizing Hemingway as much, if not more, than he admires him.

“The Heming Way” is written as a humorous self-help book. Beckerman looks at Hemingway in a different way than most everyone else, focusing less on the success of his literary career and he instead takes the chance to find humor in his personal life. Readers will likely have trouble disagreeing with some of Beckerman’s thinly veiled conclusions. When one takes Hemingway’s philosophy of life to its logical conclusion, it is not a lifestyle that should necessarily be admired, Beckerman implies. In fact, it is a lifestyle that often falls short from the values that are spoken so highly of in his literary works. This is the idea that Beckerman seeks to reveal to the reader – one who, much like myself, likely picked up the book at least partially because of an interest in Ernest Hemingway. It is clear that Beckerman himself has an admiration for, or at least an interest in, Hemingway and his writing. The book, although humorous, is filled with quotes about or by Hemingway. For a satirical work, it is remarkably wellresearched and thought out. It would be difficult to find isolated quotes to cite from the book, partially because they all fit into a larger context and partially because a great deal of the laughs from the book are as a result of its crude humor. I do not say this disparagingly – there are elements of Hemingway’s life that were quite crude and Beckerman is well within his rights to explore them – but it does mean that this book’s audience should be limited. Even those who have found a great deal of enjoyment out of Hemingway’s literary works may struggle to enjoy “The Heming Way”, but the reverse is also true. Many people who have tried to read “A Farewell to Arms” and found it too dry may find that “The Heming Way” is the perfect way to delve into an exploration of Hemingway and his life. The main criticism of this book, however, needs to take into account that “The Heming Way” is quite short. At 90 print pages, “The Heming Way” is likely significantly shorter than Ted Kaczynski’s “Industrial Society and Its Future” (more commonly known as “The Unabomber Manifesto” – Beckerman’s work does succeed in avoiding a pitfall in which similar books often stumble into. Satirical works often go on too long, to the point where

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Ernest and his wife Mary Hemingway on a safari in Kenya, Africa, Hemingway, who was an avid hunter throughout his life, wrote often of Africa and spoke highly of the hunting opportunities available on the continent.

they are no longer funny. When I finished reading the book, I wanted to read more, but since the book is only $2.99 for a Kindle edition, it is hard to complain. Ultimately, because of the relatively minimal cost in terms of both time and

money and the sheer novelty of what the book strives to do, I would highly recommend that readers pick up a copy. Reviews in the Baylor Lariat represent only the viewpoint of the reviewer and not necessarily those of the rest of the staff.

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Ernest Hemingway posing with a water buffalo while hunting in Africa. His hunt for animals is documented in the autobiographical “Green Hills of Africa” as well as other works.

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