Keeping It All in Perspective
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STUDENTS REMAIN LAST CHANCE: mulkey’s TEAM POLITICALLY ACTIVE TWO WINS AWAY TODAY IS THE FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO IN THEIR OWN WAY FROM BIG 12 TITLE GET YEARBOOK PORTRAITS TAKEN PAGE 8 PAGE 6 ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2007 Questions continue to arise in coal debates Independent studies quested more time to prepare TXU has named Texas’ grow- demand that we did,” he said. conflict on effects of their opposition case. ing demand for energy as the “One of the things his order did Back to the future One of the complaints on this reason for the construction of was eliminate all the adminis- New U.S. electric power generation from coal has fallen since proposed facilities issue has been the lack of clear the new plants. trative processes. It maintained the 1980s, but is projected to rise in the next few decades. and objective information. A The company cites a study the same time for public input By Kate Boswell quick Internet search will reveal by the North American Elec- and technical review, which are Added electric capacity from coal power plants each year: Staff writer that even the stated number of tric Reliability Council (NERC) the most important parts of the 20 gigawatts proposed plants varies, depend- that says electric demand will process.” Gov. Rick Perry’s October ing on who the source is. increase by 19 percent over the Others have criticized the 2005 executive order to fast- “It looks to me like we have next 10 years, but that the con- fast-tracking of the permits, 15 track permits for 18 coal-fired two political campaigns here,” firmed power capacity will only which allow six of the proposed power plants met with imme- said Michael E. Webber, associ- increase by 6 percent. Texas is plants to be reviewed together diate controversy, which has ate director for Center for Inter- listed as one of the areas where as one plant. 10 reached a fever pitch in Central national Policy at the University demand is expected to outstrip “I’d like to see people step Texas. of Texas. “A lot of the facts are confirmed power capacity. away from a sense that we have 5 State District Judge Stephen being misinterpreted or are mis- TXU spokesman Tom Kleck- to hurry,” Webber said. Yelenosky’s Tuesday ruling stat- leading.” ner said this urgent need for He emphasized the need for Projected ed that Perry does not have the What is certain is that TXU power is the reason behind Per- objective facts and a reasoned 0 constitutional authority to issue is has a proposition to build 11 ry’s executive order. decision, and pointed out that 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s such an order, and Wednesday, coal-fired plants. Nine of these “Because the governor recog- Texas could help reduce its cur- a panel of judges agreed with are in Central Texas and four in nizes the same need for power to Source: Energy Information Administration, U.S. Dept. of Energy environmental groups who re- McLennan County. reach the state’s growing energy Please see COAL, page 5 Graphic: The Philadelphia Inquirer © 2006 MCT Senate Keeping it all in perspective passes NFL champion keeps same struggles we do.” Miller’s life as a football player strong roots in Texas, sprouted from humble beginnings. with Baylor football He caught the NFL’s intoxicating smoke aroma early in Houston area Pee By Will Parchman Wee Football leagues, and he soon Sports writer discovered he had raw athleticism few could claim. bill Fred Miller looked cautiously “That really started things going down the gun barrel, pulled back for me because I fell in love with hard on the trigger and waited. football. It was first sport I played. I By Jon Schroeder He immediately heard the famil- was really a tall skinny kid more fit Staff writer iar thud and watched as the grazing for basketball. Fortunately, I put on deer fell sleepily to the ground. weight and muscle and kept working Student Senate passed a reso- Watching him in his element just hard at it.” lution Thursday recommending outside his Aldine home, you’d never Miller became a standout high that smoking be banned within know the man with a penchant for school athlete at Eisenhower High 30 feet of all on-campus build- hunting is one of Baylor football’s School, and as his skills grew, so did ing entrances. most decorated graduates, winning a he. He sprouted gangly arms and By a vote of 20-4, with one Super Bowl with the St. Louis Rams legs which soon grew to the size of abstention, the senate passed a in 1999. You’d never know Miller tree trunks. At 6-foot-7 and putting resolution formally requesting spent two weeks immersed in the Su- on more weight by the week, size was the ban. per Bowl XLI media blitz as a mem- one of the many things that drew Vincent Harris, a Fairfax, Va., ber of the NFC Champion Chicago Baylor to Miller. freshman and resolution spon- Bears not three weeks ago. “The main thing I remember sor, said he thinks this recom- Out there he’s not the starting about Fred was that he was a man mendation will become a part right tackle for one of the most suc- mountain,” said John Morris, one of of Campus Living and Learning cessful teams in football. Out here Baylor’s radio commentators during policy in the near future. he’s home. Out here he’s just Fred, Miller’s career. “He was just huge and “The vote shows the large and that’s just fine with him. he had the perfect prototype size guy degree of support for a safer, “For me it’s all about getting out- to be an offensive tackle. But more cleaner Baylor,” he said. side and relaxing and enjoying the than that, he had great feet. He was In other business, with a vote moment,” said Miller, who was born very athletic.” of 21-6, with no abstentions, and raised just outside of Houston. Miller insists that there was never the Student Senate bylaws were “It’s not that you’re killing some- any other choice for him than Baylor. amended Thursday to create the thing. It’s being outside and enjoy- Then-head Coach Grant Teaff agrees. new activity planning commit- ing the moment and concentrating But one thing the two could never tee, which will streamline the on what you’re doing. It’s going out have predicted was that Miller would allocation and event planning there and having fun and just being turn into one of the most efficient of- process for small organizations in nature.” fensive lineman the Baylor Bears had and events. Miller, the 34-year-old veteran ever seen. Dubbed the “fast-track” bill who preps himself with a solitary “We bet on the future with him,” by student senators, the amend- prayer at his locker before each game, Teaff said. “He was tall, but he was ment allows allocations under is one of a select few Baylor players not a very big guy, and his weight $2,500 to skip some of the Stu- to make it in the NFL. Being from wasn’t anything where we needed dent Senate red tape, getting Baylor and clinging to its Christian it to be at the college level. But the money to organizations faster ideals, he said, has been a challenge minute I met his parents and saw the and providing experience to in itself. kind of people they were, I discov- help provide guidance in plan- “It’s definitely tough being a ered he was a person of real charac- ning the event. Christian in the NFL,” Miller said. ter and integrity. He knew he would To qualify for the fast-track “But it’s hard no matter where you’re work, and we felt like we could grow program, the organization must at. I think it’s glamorized because him to be a size person. That’s why Courtesy photo/ Bill Smith be holding an all-university people see our lives on TV, but ordi- Former Baylor football player Fred Miller eyes the defense Dec. 11 against the St. Louis Rams event, which is “well advertised nary people go through some of the Please see MILLER, page 6 in St. Louis. Miller played in his second Super Bowl on Feb. 4 against the Indianapolis Colts. Please see BILLS, page 5 Students popular BU raises awareness target for break-ins about eating disorders By Sapna Prasad will address the education and By Melissa Limmer and that it would be “an awful Reporter awareness of eating disorders Staff Writer big assumption” to assume the through a variety of daily activi- incidents were committed by a For the 2005-2006 academic ties, documentaries and motiva- Students have a new reason single individual. No one has year, Baylor Health Center re- tional speakers. to watch where they park after been arrested in connection ported that 8.6 percent of 535 Seven influential women on a string of car burglaries this with the crimes. students they saw struggled campus, named Team BODY week. Austin sophomore Carolyn with an eating disorder. I.Q, created “Baylor Know Your Steve Anderson, spokesman Lynch said she discovered her The Health Center noted that Body I.Q,” said Van Smith-Da- for the Waco Police Department, 2002 Ford Explorer had been this percentage fails to include vis, team member and fitness said four car burglaries were broken into around 7 a.m.