Participate in Lariat ‘Called It’ Super Bowl competition Use #LariatChallenge on Twitter to send in your predictions for the ‘big game.’ Entries taken up until game time Sunday. baylorlariat com The Baylor Lariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE This week onDon’t Feed the Bears: Baylor basketball’s exciting season and what to expect from Baylor tennis. Wednesday | January 28, 2015 Women’s exit of IT studied at Baylor By Amanda Yarger Reporter Women working in informa- tion technologies still represent a minority, but do have opportunity to expand due to today’s tech-savvy culture, according to one Baylor pro- fessor’s study. SKYE DUNCAN | LARIAT PHOTO EDITOR Dr. Cindy Riemenschneider, as- New York sophomore Ruru Idahosa and Lagos, Nigeria junior Raphael Ozoude showed the locations of their hometowns in Nigeria, where attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group have sociate dean for research and faculty claimed hundreds of lives. Ozoude is wearing a traditional Nigerian ceremonial outfit. development, co-authored a research study focusing on factors that have caused an “exodus” of women from the IT field and possible ways to re- verse it. Pertinent factors include social factors and the work-family Students reflect on home, terrorists conflict. By Rachel Leland ram advocates that Sharia law be churches,” said Horseheads, N.Y., don’t want that, because why reasons the Nigerian government, “With people who have dual- Staff Writer instituted in all of Nigeria and are sophomore Ruru Idahosa. “It would you want Sharia law?” which commands one of the larg- career marriages, the fact that you highly opposed to Western cul- stuck out to me as an issue.” Though the Boko Haram has est militaries in Africa, has been can end up with a child who’s sick or After the Boko Haram terror- ture influencing the country. The Idahosa was born in Nigeria been operating since the early unable to stop the terrorist group needs to go the doctor, well, whose ist group killed as many as 2000 group’s name translates: “Western in 1995 but moved to the Carib- 2000s, they have little support over the decade. turn is it?” Riemenschneider said. people in Baga, Nigeria, Baylor education is forbidden.” bean island of Antigua when he within Nigeria. “If you look at the numbers, “With both parents career oriented, students from the region ex- Many of their targets in- was 3. His family then moved to “It’s going to take the country we outnumber those guys so bad,” delegating family responsibilities can pressed their concerns about this clude federal buildings, schools, the United States five years later. backwards,” Ozoude said. “They Idahosa said. “We have one of be a challenge.” group’s operations in their home churches and even mosques. “They are trying to promote want to open doors for them- the largest militaries in Africa. Traditional society has possessed country. “I think towards the end of my Sharia law wherever they go,” said selves, not to close them.” We should be able to wipe out a a perception of women being the pri- According to the Bureau of high school career, that’s when Lagos, Nigeria junior Raphael Both students said lack of mil- mary child care provider regardless Counterterrorism, the Boko Ha- they started bombing Christian Ozoude. “And most Nigerians itary resources and corruption as SEE NIGERIA, page 4 of career ambitions or placement; however, with the advancement of technology, women can still be ac- cessible to both work and family units Riemenschneider said. “You can have your laptop at Obama plans for home,” she said. “We have the tech- nology where we can take a laptop and sit at a child’s soccer practice and finish something for work.” Atlantic drilling Factors that have also discour- aged women from joining or staying By Dina Cappiello oil production, and three off the in IT include knowledge of the fact Associated Press Alaska coast. that not many women are in it, Rie- “This is a balanced proposal menschneider’s report found. WASHINGTON — Thethat would make available nearly Women may have a harder time Obama administration floated a 80 percent of the undiscovered finding mentors in their field, who plan Tuesday that for the first time technically recoverable resources, are important to advancement in would open up a broad swath while protecting areas that are their career and knowledge. While of the Atlantic Coast to drilling, simply too special to develop,” a man could easily find a mentor in even as it moved to restrict drill- Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said their same area of expertise, a wom- ing indefinitely in environmental- in a conference call with report- an may have to look outside of their ly-sensitive areas off Alaska. ers. “The areas off the table are group, according to the study. The proposal envisions auc- very small in comparison to areas “Because of the imbalance with tioning areas located more than on the table.” regard to gender, a woman that wants 50 miles off Virginia, North and The plan, which covers poten- that type of a mentor may need to South Carolina, and Georgia to tial lease sales in the 2017-2022 seek out a mentor from another or- oil companies no earlier than time frame, drew immediate reac- SKYE DUNCAN | LARIAT PHOTO EDITOR ganization,” she said. “She might 2021, long after President Barack tion from Capitol Hill, where Sen. participate in the Association of In- Obama leaves office. For decades, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, called formation Technology Professionals oil companies have been barred it a war on her home state, and Happy bear-thday! and get in a professional group where from drilling in the Atlantic where Northeastern Democrats Baylor’s two mascots, Joy and Lady, both have birthdays this week. Joy turned 14 yesterday and Lady she can find mentors for her. She has Ocean, where a moratorium was objected to the proposal for the turns 13 on Saturday. They both reside in the Bill and Eva Williams Bear Habitat. to be proactive.” in place up until 2008. Atlantic Ocean, saying an oil spill In 2012, Yale University per- The plan also calls for leasing knows no boundaries. The pro- 10 areas in the Gulf of Mexico, SEE WORK, page 4 long the epicenter of U.S. offshore SEE OIL, page 4 Storm continues to stack snow on Northeast; cities unprepared By Bob Salsberg and Denise snowdrift threatening to cover a The weather lived up to its bill- Lavoie window at his home in Scarbor- ing in New England and on New Associated Press ough, Maine. York’s Long Island. But in the The snow in New England be- New York City area, the snowfall BOSTON — Its winds howl- gan Monday evening and contin- wasn’t all that bad, falling short of ing at more than 70 mph, the ued most of Tuesday. A blizzard a foot. By Tuesday morning, buses Blizzard of 2015 slammed Boston warning for Boston ended Tues- and subways were starting to run and surrounding parts of New day evening as the snow tapered again, and driving bans there and England on Tuesday with none of off, but one remained in effect for in New Jersey had been lifted. the mercy it unexpectedly showed the south coast, Cape Cod and The glancing blow left fore- New York City, piling up more nearby islands. casters apologizing and politi- than 2 feet of snow. The area also was dealing with cians defending their near-total The storm punched out a bitter cold: The low in Boston on shutdown on travel. 40-to-50-foot section of a seawall Wednesday is expected to be 10 “I think it’s like the situation in Marshfield, Massachusetts. In degrees, with wind chill minus 5, with Ebola: If you over-cover, Newport, Rhode Island, it toppled and forecasters said it will not get people are ready and prepared, a 110-foot replica of a Revolution- above freezing for the next week. rather than not giving it the atten- ary War sailing vessel in dry dock, The Philadelphia-to-Boston tion it needs,” said Brandon Bha- breaking its mast and puncturing corridor of more than 35 million jan, a New York security guard. its hull. people had braced for a paralyz- National Weather Service di- The blizzard’s force and re- ing blast Monday evening and rector Louis Uccellini said his JOE PHOTOGRAPHER | LARIAT STAFF lentlessness stunned even winter- into Tuesday after forecasters agency should have done a better Pedestrians make their way through snow Monday in New York. More than 35 million people along the Philadelphia- hardened New Englanders. to-Boston corridor rushed to get home and settle in Monday as a fearsome storm swirled in with the potential of 1 to warned of a storm of potentially job of communicating the uncer- 3 feet of snow that could paralyze the Northeast for days. “It’s a wicked storm,” Jeff Rus- historic proportions. tainty in its forecast. sell said as he fought a mounting Vol.117 No. 5 First copy free. Additional copies 25 cents each. © 2015 Baylor University Opinion Wednesday| January 28, 2015 2 The Baylor Lariat Invest in economy with free two-year community college dents than ever will need to attend be $25,862; a student would have Editorial college. Unfortunately, the cost of a to work almost 70 hours per week college degree has risen faster than to come close to affording that, not President Barack Obama tack- almost any other price over the taking into account other bills he led many issues in his State of past 30 years.