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Increasing Fund by Victoria Marie S MEN’S BASKETBALL HEADS THE CORNY COLLINS SHOW TO VACATION HOT SPOT COMES TO WACO WITH ‘HAIR- FOR PARADISE JAM TOURNAMENT SPRAY’ BROADWAY PRODUCTION PAGE 6 PAGE 7 ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007 Sophomore dies from car wreck complications By Kimi Willingham event. burned down during the Cali- One of Bronstein’s room- She said Bronstein was her always extended encourage- Reporter Bronstein had a servant fornia wildfires. mates, Clear Lake sophomore first true friend in Kappa Delta, ment to her friends just to “let heart and deeply cared for oth- “She was always one of the Jenny Brumfield, described and after pledging together that them know she was thinking of Houston sophomore Kate ers, Kappa first ones to step up and help Bronstein as ambitious, full of spring, they immediately made them.” Bronstein died Wednesday in a D e l t a people,” McLoed said. life and a go-getter. plans to room together the next “She was my little sister, and Houston hospital from injuries president Memphis, Tenn., junior Lucy She said she was the kind semester. she will always be,” Silverman sustained in a one-vehicle acci- H e a t h e r Berry, chaplain for Kappa Delta, of person who knew what she “I knew that this girl was said. dent Friday on Highway 6 near M c L e o d said all the sorority’s members wanted in life and ran after it. someone I wanted to spend the “We were shocked and College Station. said. are devastated. “Kate was the kind of person next four years with,” Brum- saddened to hear about the Bronstein was an art his- B r o n - “We’re all just mourning who would bend over back- field said. accident,” said Eagan, Minn., tory and international studies stein had right now,” Berry said. wards for you,” Brumfield said. Rolling Meadows, Ill., senior senior Emily Spangler, presi- double major and a member started a Berry described Bronstein She said Bronstein was a Kathryn Silverman was Bron- dent of Alpha Chi Omega. “Our of Kappa Delta sorority, where collection as a strong-minded person. She loyal friend and student. She stein’s Kappa Delta big sister. thoughts and prayers go out to she served as the special events of money said she was always there for said that she was joyful and did She said that Bronstein was a Kate’s family and the ladies of coordinator. for Kim- anyone who needed her. not do things half-heartedly. “little butterfly” in the chapter Kappa Delta.” Bronstein was in charge of ber Fowl- Bronstein “She was very determined,” “She shined. She was just so room. A prayer service was held planning the sorority’s tail- er, a fel- Berry said. “Anything she start- ambitious and so dedicated to Silverman said Bronstein Wednesday night for Bron- gates and annual Mother’s Day low Kappa Delta whose house ed, she finished.” Kappa Delta,” Brumfield said. loved art and singing and stein’s family and friends. For better or for worse? Increasing fund By Victoria Marie S. Bongat could up student Reporter While some people Using religion choose to take advantage fees next fall of the immunizations to prevent the diseases, as a reason for By Sommer Ingram legislation or anything to raise others believe the risskk ofof Staff Writer the student fee, but there is defi- the side effects associated nitely a positive buzz among with the vaccine outweighed medical exemption The Student Life Fund has the senators about doing so,” the benefit. diminished this semester from student body president Travis A recent Associated Press close to $30,000 to barely Plummer said. report drew attention to par- $2,000. The use of the Student Life ents who made false religious Photo Illustration by Laurisa Lopez/Lariat Staff The fund, designated for the Fund is left to the sole appropri- claims so that their children purpose of financing individu- ating power of Student Senate, would be exempt from immu- als and organizations hosting which hears requests for alloca- nizations required foror them to events on campus, will be replen- tions and debates the use of the enroll in kindergarten. ished at the beginning of the fund in weekly meetings. Parents who did not want new semester, but the amount “It is the duty of Student Sen- their children to receive immu- depends upon the enrollment ate to see to the dispersal of the nizations were forced to claim figures for that semester. fund,” internal vice president opposing religious beliefs Each full-time student pays Samer Baransi said. “We try to because local laws did not a general student fee of $1,135, be generous and allow as many allow them to claim and $2.50 comes out of this fee organizations to put on events p h i l o s o p h i c a l to comprise the Student Life as we can, but it depends on the exemptions. Fund. This amount has not been quality of the events and how Why are peo- increased in at least four years, well put together they are.” ple willing to use but Senate has recently consid- The diminishing of the Stu- religious beliefs as an refusal of par- c h i ld re n ered proposing legislation that dent Life Fund does not mean excuse to by-pass health care? ents because could be the would add more money to the that Senate has used money Dr. Jonathan Tran, assistant it demon- means of spreading the fund. carelessly, Baransi said. professor of ethics, said parenntts strated a targeted diseases in the gen- Though no plans are set in Groups come to the finan- who claimed religious exemp- t y p e of eral population,” Hillis said. stone, members of the execu- cial committee with prepared tions to avoid getting their resistance to children by religious “Some complications have been tive branch said they have heard proposals for bills, as well as children vaccinated have two the allures of groups is actually very lim- repoorrted for the occurrence ofof brief talk throughout the Senate itemized budgets to ensure that explanations for their actionons. technology and ited. allergic responses, and such about raising the fee each stu- money is used in the most effi- “They think they have a rea- medicine. “The failure of increasing histories ought to legitimize a dent pays since the need has cient way possible. son to be fearful and they think Dr. William Hillis, Cornelia numbers of children to receive medical reason for not being arisen to allocate more funds to “We don’t just let them put science supports their fear,” Marschall Smith Distinguished vaccinations that are required vaccinated — but it needs to be more organizations. down any dollar amount when Tran said. Professor of Biology, said the for childhood diseases increas- “There are no official steps Tran said he admired the forbidding of vaccines for es the probability that such Please see HEALTH, page 8 being taken toward creating Please see FUND, page 8 Labeling Muslims moderate not relevant, student says Hoda Said. Said is also an officer Labeling someone a moder- lims. He spoke Wednesday at a also speculated that the use of By Shannon Daily with the Islamic Studies Project, ate or extremist Muslim would “If we are following the defi- lecture sponsored by the Islam- the term “moderate” has some- Reporter a project with the Center for be the same as calling Adolf Hit- nition of what in the media a ic Studies Project. thing to do with a belief that Jewish Studies. ler an extremist Christian, she moderate Muslim is, a moderate Alaswad said that a majority someone can be a faithful and With terms such as liberal, Said said she believes these said. Muslim in that context would be of the 1.3 billion Muslims in the practicing Muslim without liv- conservative, moderate and terms all came up after Sept. 11 “Whenever you put the term the pro-American Muslim,” Said world fall under the moderate ing under Sharia, or Islamic extremist floating around, mod- 2001. She also said she thinks moderate or extremist in front said. “But those labels are irrel- label. law. erate Muslims have also begun these terms have been attrib- of the term Muslim, it’s miscon- evant because Islam teaches us “Actually, as Muslims, we’re “It’s complicated because in to be labeled pro-America or uted to differentiate between struing Islam,” Said said. “And to be tolerant of all people, all supposed to be moderate. Islamic theology Sharia is an pro-West. Muslims who have committed first of all it’s overused in the faiths, all nationalities.” Muhammad said do not be too ideal that’s really hard to meet,” Muslim society, however, terrorist acts and those who media. Second of all it’s a way Labels should not be used at extreme or too liberal, but be said Carrollton senior and phi- doesn’t necessarily appreciate haven’t. of differentiating Muslims in the all, she said. in the middle,” Alaswad said. “I losophy major Nick Howard. the label. “I don’t believe (the labels) minds of people who don’t nec- Ahmad Alaswad, a 20-year- guess that’s the problem with He also said that this issue is “For people who don’t under- are valid, because Islam is clear. essarily understand the faith.” old student of criminal justice at media. Not a lot of people know worth discussing both politically stand, they think there are two There is one Islam.
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