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How do you remember?

Adriana McKinney > Houston junior “I think [9/11] is going to be remembered as years a patriotic time and a time when we [began] focusing on what was important and we later came together as a nation.” 10 Dr. Charles Weaver > Professor of psychology and neuroscience “It’ll be a little different for everybody, but I think we’ll remember the way it impacted us personally. But more, we’ll remember the way it impacted us as a nation.”

Randall Fowler, > Abilene senior “I think it’s going to be remembered as a defining moment of George W. Bush’s presidency and more than that it will be the one moment you have, kind of like Pearl Harbor, where it changes the paradigm of America.” On the Web A decade after the Sept. 11 attacks, America takes time to reflect

Never forget

Baylorlariat.com will run a special Sept. 11 Reliving to remember commemorative video this Sunday. By Amy Westfeldt talking about a stabbing in busi- Associated Press Maybe you’ll hear Brian ness class, a hijacking and some- baylorlariat.com Sweeney, a passenger on United thing that had been sprayed The planes will crash. You’ll Flight 175, calling his wife min- around the cabin. “We can’t hear police sirens, the voices of utes before his plane barreled breathe,” she says. Viewpoints those who lived and many who into the World Trade center’s An immersion room? Who didn’t. You’ll feel like you’re in south tower. needs one. Ten years after it hap- the buildings. And then they’ll “Jules, it’s Brian. Listen, I’m pened, Sept. 11 is everywhere. fall. on an airplane that’s been hi- It’s difficult to move around the We all There’s long been talk of a jacked,” his voice cracks. “If country and not experience a “ room in the Sept. 11 museum things don’t go well, it’s not look- sliver of it — the day — in some remember the that will look something like ing good, I just want you to know way. To some extent, the entire World Trade this. Planners spoke years ago of I absolutely love you.” nation remains an immersion an “immersive” area where visi- Or Betty Ong, a flight atten- room. Center attacks. Associated press Photos tors will hear, see and know what dant on the second plane that Look no farther than your Pedestrians in lower Manhattan watch smoke rise on Sept. 11, 2001 from Sept. 11 really felt like. was steered toward New York, We remember the World Trade Tower after the early morning terrorist attack in New York. SEE RELIVE, page 4 the disbelief, fear, anger, shock and other 9/11 commemorative quilt uncontrollable emotions evoked by what we saw. There makes last stop at Baylor is no denying the By Robyn Sanders According to the artist’s web- a source of healing for her fam- Reporter site, The Lost Heroes Art Quilt, ily and other families of soldiers scale of the attacks created by Julie Feingold, depicts killed in action. Baylor University in American A quilt commemorating sol- one fallen soldier from each of the “The quilt’s all about loss and The Lost Heroes Art Quilt created by artist Julie Feingold will be on diers who lost their lives in Iraq 50 states, along with other fallen remembrance and honoring display today in the Allbritton Foyer of Moody Library to commemorate history. and Afghanistan following the soldiers along the quilt’s border. those who serve,” Hecker said. the tenth anniversary of Sept. 11. ” terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Nancy Hecker, a Gold Star “And so it gives us an opportunity will be on display today in the All- Mother who lost her son in the to stand tall and proud in sup- “So many people that aren’t war, you know, made the ultimate britton Foyer of Moody Library. line of duty, books the venues for port of our heroes, in fact all of connected to the military at all sacrifice for us, they see them as At 3 p.m., the quilt will be the quilt’s display and arranges for our military, to bring awareness will see a list of the fallen heroes a child and it surprises them and displayed in a special event, “A its transportation. about the sacrifices that are being and they’ll think of them as statis- kind of grabs on their emotions. It Tribute to Fallen Heroes,” on Hecker’s son, Army Maj. Wil- made on behalf of the rest of the tics, but when they see the quilt, brings a renewed appreciation for the northwest patio of Moody liam F. Hecker III, was killed in country.” the artist uses their childhood those who are willing to volunteer Memorial Library. Baylor is the action in Iraq in January 2006 and Hecker said the quilt affects picture in there, like age eight to to serve in our military.” quilt’s last stop before heading to represents the state of Missouri people emotionally because it 12,” Hecker said.“And when they The quilt will be put on per- Arlington National Cemetery in on the quilt. shows the fallen soldiers as chil- see the pictures of these young manent display at Arlington Na- men and women who went to Washington D.C. Hecker said the quilt has been dren. SEE QUILT, page 4

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Our generation must preserve 9/11 memory

It’s difficult to find a starting point for this editorial. Editorial That might be because on Sunday, when we look back on the last 10 years, we’ll see that Sept. 11, 2001, was as much where close to New York City and knew the same to everyone as it was different to nobody physically hurt in the attacks; each individual person. they could only watch the tragedy unfold We all remember the World Trade from thousands of miles away. Center attacks. We remember the disbe- But regardless of the different ways we lief, fear, anger, shock and other uncon- woke up and began that day, many of us trollable emotions evoked by what we finished it the same way. saw. There is no denying the scale of the By the end of the day, our schedules attacks in American history. and obligations, even if just for that day, Yet at the same seemed a little less time, every demo- significant. Regard- graphic of readers less how it impacted were affected differ- “What will people say us, all of us, the third ently. about Sept. 11, 2001 in graders and young For Baylor’s 50 years? If we do our adults alike, knew class of 2012, his- people were hurting tory changed right as job, it won’t change and nothing could re- those students were much from what we’ve pair that. reaching the age of been saying over the last Now 10 years later, developing their so- it doesn’t matter ex- cial and political decade.” actly how we remem- ideologies. War and ber Sept. 11 or what national security be- specific details we came a topic those recall. The important 11- and 12-year-olds would have to grasp thing is that we do, in fact, remember it. just to be considered educated, aware citi- There are several stories in today’s zens through their junior high and high Lariat about how people and groups are school years. memorializing all those involved and all Most current freshmen were third- those who suffered on Sept. 11. graders, able to understand the images All of those gatherings, the Lost He- from the attacks but probably years away roes Art Quilt, the Poage Library exhibit from comprehending the political impli- and the Islamic Center of Waco’s candle- Associated Press cations. light vigil to name a few, are not just com- A test of the Tribute in Light rises above One World Trade Center and lower Manhattan on Thursday in New York City. The memorial, Faculty and staff might remember mendable – they are a necessity. Sept. 11 sponsored by the Municipal Art Society, will light the sky on the evening of Sept. 11 in honor of those who died ten years ago in the having to explain the events to their is one of this generation’s defining events. terror attacks on the United States. young children, while others were taking Previous generations dealt with Viet- their first steps into the real world after nam, and before that came Pearl Har- we’ve been saying over the last decade. it, we all look the photos and video from end. That’s fine, but for at least a moment, graduation. bor and the subsequent World War II It is our job to keep this part of our Sept. 11 and reach a consensus. People let’s reflect on the last 10 years. Let’s think For some, the attacks hit home more involvement. To this day there are still history alive. It’s not to create a national stumbling away from the World Trade about what might have been the worst than others. Some readers might have memorials in America and around the day of sorrow, but to make sure our chil- Center or leaping to their deaths from the day in America’s history in the new mil- lost family or friends in the attacks. May- world commemorating those generation- dren, our children’s children and so forth upper floors suffered terribly. Firefighters lennium, and let’s appreciate people will- be some were there, in New York City defining times. know both the triumphs and tribulations and everyday citizens who tried to save ing to give their lives to something larger or its surrounding area when the planes What will people say about Sept. 11, our country has experienced. those lives were heroes. than themselves. More than anything struck the towers. 2001, 50 years from now? If we do our It’s not about politics, either. Whether We all have things we’re looking for- else, let’s make sure future generations And there are those who were no- job, it won’t change much from what you support the war on terror or abhor ward to or need to accomplish this week- think about that as well.

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tional Cemetery’s visitor center the quilt and wipe away tears and versity’s close proximity to Fort been a big part of Baylor’s history.” Baylor’s Air Force and Army Regional Office. Also present following its visit to Baylor. The give a hug and say ‘thank you for Hood and because of the con- According to a Baylor press ROTC detachments will also be will be Gold Star Mothers, moms cemetery will be the quilt’s per- your son’s service,’ and that means nections Baylor has with veterans release, “A Tribute to Fallen He- recognized, as well as Baylor’s who have lost a son or daughter manent home so that future gen- everything,” Hecker said. here in Central Texas. roes” will be an event remember- military veterans. Other special in military service, and Blue Star erations can honor and remember Dr. Karla Leeper, chief of staff “Baylor has a very significant ing the men and women of the guests will include local elected Mothers, moms who have chil- the fallen, which, Hecker said, is to President Ken Starr, said the representation of veterans among U.S. Armed Forces who have died officials, representatives of local dren who serve, or have served in the whole mission of the quilt. quilt being displayed at Baylor is our student population,” Leeper in the line of duty, and honoring veterans’ organizations and the the military. “Many people stand in front of meaningful because of the uni- said. “Students who serve have those who still serve. Veterans Administration Waco

RELIVE from Page 1 smartphone, where StoryCorps every angle, one of the most own. Were you there? Did you awaken him and put him in front means the first to recreate or sim- fiery buildings would look like promises an oral history for ev- digitally documented events ever. know anyone who was? of the television. “I got to the tele- ulate cataclysmic American expe- they were falling down as visi- ery victim on a 9/11 memorial And so it remains. In the era of 9/11, Wikileaks vision just in time to see the sec- riences. It’s something Americans tors hurtled in a car down a dark app. More than half a million text Abraham Zapruder’s grainy and a minute-to-minute news ond plane hit and then I watched love — under the right, and some- track. At Universal Studio theme and pager messages sent that day film of President John F. Ken- cycle, we crave information, and in utter disbelief as they fell,” he times delicate, circumstances. parks, tourists survive the fright- are online, courtesy of Wikileaks. nedy’s assassination is invaluable, authentic experience. So our ex- writes. “I remember feeling so Civil War re-enactors gather eningly real (tornadoes), the once (“DO NOT GET ON THE PATH but it’s just one, heavily analyzed perience, and everyone’s experi- helpless and it was the first time on battlefields every year to feel real (dinosaurs) and the fancifully TRAIN...THE WORLD TRADE angle. There are no emails from ence, is of enormous value. It was in my life something major had what their predecessors felt in the fictional (the villains of “Shrek”). CENTER IS ON FIRE,” reads one. Pearl Harbor or D-Day, no text a shared one. And maybe we just h app e n e d .” midst of the fight, even though At Orlando, Fla., visitors can And there’s “President has been messages from the passengers of can’t understand it still and need “The Day-9/11.” That’s the title their weapons are filled with go to “Titanic: The Experience.” rerouted wont be returning to the Titanic sent as the great ship to look again. of the memorial museum’s day- blanks. They board the ill-fated ocean washington but not sure where he went down. This anniversary, everyone’s of section, which won’t open for Videogames like “Call of liner, tour staterooms, eat dinner, will go.”) So Sept. 11 will always be dif- looking for 9/11 stories, authen- a year. As it’s described online, Duty” simulate what it’s like to and touch a frosty stand-in for an The Internet Archive just put ferent, for the generations that tic, up close and personal stories: it will present the events as they be an American soldier in the iceberg. They are assigned pas- 3,000 hours of footage online of a follow. More people will be able to the survivors, the families, the happened, moment by moment. middle of modern warfare, be it sengers’ names and find out at the week of Sept. 11, 2001, coverage see it and curate their own Sept. transformed, the winners, the los- “Using artifacts, images, video, Afghanistan or Iraq. end if they’re among the 700 or so beginning that Tuesday morning 11 story from a wealth of sources. ers and the dead. first-person testimony, and real- At the National Civil Rights who survived or the 1,500 who at 8:30 a.m. You can watch the We will never be too far from this And we’re looking for how it time audio recordings from 9/11, Museum in Memphis, visitors can drowned on that night in 1912. twin towers vaporize into a dust past. affected everyone. the exhibition will provide insight peer into the hotel room where How many years away are we plume on 20 different U.S. and For those who lived through The AP posted the question on into the human drama under way Martin Luther King Jr. was as- from an interactive experience, or international networks, and hear it, we can re-experience it on de- Facebook, asking people around within the hijacked airplanes, the sassinated. In Dallas, in the for- an “attraction,” in which people television anchors struggle to mand, as often as we want, and the world to describe their most twin towers, and the Pentagon.” mer Texas School Book Deposi- go into a reconstructed World make sense of that incomprehen- this anniversary, again, we’re do- vivid memory of 9/11. The an- Families had long asked for an tory Building, you can stand steps Trade Center and try to get out. sible event as it happens. ing it. swers came within minutes, exhibit like this, so people would from where Lee Harvey Oswald Fifty years? Twenty? Ten? Television brought the 2001 When it comes to the day, visceral, you-are-there remem- know and understand what hap- did when he aimed at the presi- It could be called “Escape attacks to the world in real time, and everyone returns to the day, brances as if it had just happened pened. Charles Wolf, who lost his dent. from the World Trade Center.” and forever linked the thousands Sept. 11 is relived more than it is yesterday. wife at the trade center, says it’s Back in the 1960s, the Cedar And everyone who goes could who lived through it and the mil- remembered. Why else is it that Jeremy Suede, now 28, lived going to be rough. But “we don’t Point amusement park had a San finally know what Sept. 11 really lions who watched. It became a when the topic comes up in con- in Santa Clara, Calif., at the time. want this to be forgotten.” Francisco Earthquake Ride mod- felt like. collective experience, and, from versation, the first story is one’s His mother banged on his door to The Sept. 11 museum is by no eled after the 1906 disaster, where Lives lost and remembered in the decade since Sept. 11

By Nicholas Spangler They comfort but they also also “take them back to the mo- tional book on the table next to around New York City and sought that’s enough,” she said. McClatchy Tribune cause pain. The razor that re- ment when the tragedy happened his bed. Titled “Grace for the Mo- friends and witnesses who might JoAnn Cross keeps her hus- minds Fairben of his only child’s and as such it is a painful remind- ment,” the bookmark was on a have seen him, the devotional band Dennis’ Ford F-150 truck A black Gillette safety razor daily routines also reminds him er of that ripping or wrenching Sept. 10 reading. “Who Can Fath- book was a reminder: “I had that and his wedding ring. rests on the bathroom sink at of his murder. of their loved one from them. ... om Eternity?” was the chapter sense he would not be found on The truck is parked on the Kenneth Fairben’s Floral Park “I curse everybody who was Tragedies keep people fixed in a heading, with a quotation from Earth anymore, that God took street in front of her Islip Terrace home, its blade long-ago rusted. involved,” Fairben said. “It’s made moment.” Ecclesiastes. him immediately.” house. The razor has been in the same me a very bitter, angry person. So Geraldine Halderman She and her husband had Without a body or remains, When she sees the truck, spot since Sept. 11, 2001, the last I hate when people say closure. keeps her 40-year-old son David’s raised Joseph in the Presbyterian there was no funeral. There was, bought two weeks before he died, morning his son, Keith, used it There is no closure. When you’ve answering machine in her Bohe- Church, but a year earlier, her instead, a memorial service at- she doesn’t think of how he died before walking out the front door lost your child, there is no closure. mia basement, having played its son, an investment banker with tended by 700. “We feel the pub- but of their 42 years of marriage. to his job as a paramedic in Man- ... I hate the people who did this messages just twice in 10 years. Sandler O’Neill, had told her he lic has to remember,” Anchundia “We were together since I’m hattan. to him.” “David, this is Mom. ... Please was sleeping late Sundays in- said. “For us, we remember every 12 and he’s 15,” she said. “We had Fairben sees it every morning For Fairben, the razor is a tie _ call me to let me know that you’re stead of going to services and had single moment of every day.” a great life.” when he shaves; he sees it every however tenuous _ to his son and OK,” Halderman says in the first stopped reading the Bible. Anc- Anchundia, whose son Elias She wears around her neck his night when he brushes his teeth. to better times. message she left for her son, an hundia, a religious woman, was died in 2007 when a transformer wedding ring, which was recov- He can’t bring himself to get rid “It was something that was FDNY firefighter who lived in shocked when she saw the book, exploded beneath him in Water- ered from his body and returned of the razor. Keith, using it every morning,” Amityville, on the morning of and also elated. bury, Conn., donated the book to to her. She will never, ever, let it It evokes memories and voic- Fairben says to explain why he Sept. 11. An operator for the deaf “It was so wonderful, to know the September 11 Memorial and go. es: “Hey Keith, can you give me a will not part with this small re- calls from California, relaying that he had that in his heart,” she Museum. She purchased dozens “He never took his ring off, hand?” the father said to the son minder of his 23-year-old son. two desperate messages from a said. “It was a beautiful confirma- more for her family and friends. and when they found him and when there was work to be done “It’s just something very tangible hearing-impaired friend there. tion for me. God was almost pre- She misses her son- the living, brought him home, I got the ring in the yard. “Hey, Dad, a bunch of that I can touch in the morning. A man named Jerry leaves a paring him.” breathing boy who played ball and this has been on my neck for us are going to Great Adventure, It’s like having a part of him with message that starts gruffly _ “I In the first, frantic days after and hugged his mother. That book almost 10 years and it will be on what’s the best way to go?” the son m e .” know you’re probably working the attack, “We didn’t really know is her proof that he was saved. my neck forever,” she said. asked when he was going out with Together, father and son your tail off” _ but ends tenderly. if he died,” she said. But even “Even though we’re separated, his friends. painted the family house and “Take care,” he says, then, so soft as they posted Joseph’s picture as long as I know my son is safe, The things that the survivors shoveled the walk in the winters. that it’s hard to hear: “Bye-bye.” of the 2,753 victims of the Sept. 11 Together, they volunteered at the Those voices show the mark World Trade Center attack keep Floral Park Fire Department, the her son left on the world, Halder- to remind themselves of who they father as a chief and the son as an man said. “It’s all the people who lost are myriad and varied. There EMT. loved him and were concerned are bills, birthday cards, books, Keith joined as soon as he about him. ... It’s very hard for bracelets, coins, driver’s licenses, turned 18, and Fairben saw a me to listen to. It’s as if the past hats, helmets, paperwork, pho- different side to his son. The son 10 years never happened.” But she tographs, record covers, skates, who had skated through most will never erase it. “Then it’s gone, wristwatches, an answering ma- of high school was now a young it’s really gone. That’s something chine that still bears messages left man who finished at the top of his else that’s now gone.” a decade ago that day. class in paramedic school, hitting For families like the Anchun- In the manner of religious rel- the books with a seriousness that dias of Syosset, something found ics, they hold many meanings. “surprised the heck out of us.” and cherished can be especially They are mundane and dispos- Are the mementos they keep comforting when there are no able but irreplaceable and cher- obstacles to moving on with life remains to bury, no cemetery to ished. They are artifacts of late and letting go of the past? Or do visit. That’s true of about 40 per- 20th-century American life and they help in mourning? cent of those who died on Sept. of a historic event that may mark “That item brings them back 11. the true end of that time period, to a time before all this pain came Christine Anchundia, clean- but they also bear witness to the into their lives,” said Dr. Thomas ing out her 26-year-old son Jo- McClatchy Tribune minute particulars of their own- Demaria, director of C.W. Post’s seph’s Manhattan apartment after The shadow of Chris Braman is seen at the entrance of the 911 memorial at the Pentagon, August 22, 2011 ers’ days and daily routines. 9/11 Families Center. But it can the attack, found a daily devo- which is dedicated to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. inspired by a art thankfulsOul Your Baylor story...in the form of art. Show the world $1000 &compete for a award More info at: www.baylor.edu/development/artcontest FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 www.baylorlariat.com News the Baylor Lariat|5 Baylor libraries pay tribute to the memory of Sept. 11 By Ashley Yeaman formation technology and dean of The Poage exhibit also memo- Reporter university libraries was in Boston, rializes victims of all three attacks, Mass., working at Wellesley Col- including the World Trade Center, A new exhibit at the Poage Leg- lege on the day of the attacks. the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa., islative Library presents a visual “I remember that we all went where United Airlines Flight 93 memorial of the Sept. 11 attacks, to give blood, thinking the victims crashed. focusing on the sequence of events, would be sent to Boston hospitals Amid the tragedy there are also the initial responses and the lasting later that day, but they never came. stories of survival. aftermath. So sad. No victims to help and so Texas Sen. Brian Birdwell, rep- Marking the 10-year anniver- many lives lost,” Orr wrote. resenting District 22, which in- sary of the event that transformed Sinai Wood, an associate pro- cludes McLennan County, was in America, “Not Forgotten” salutes fessor and documents librarian at the Pentagon when it was hit. both those who lost their lives that Baylor, said on her comment card He survived after receiving day and those left behind. that the attacks left a permanent third-degree burns on more than Ben Rogers, director of the li- mark on America. 60 percent of his body and has brary, said the exhibit was designed “The day unfolded and so did since received more than 39 sur- to focus on Americans rather than the realization that our lives and geries to treat his injuries. their attackers. our country would be changed Many of Birdwell’s personal ar- “In the last 10 years, we’ve col- forever,” Sinai wrote. “We have tifacts are on display at the Poage lected videos and books and maga- to always remember the bad, but Library, including military awards zines and anything related to 9/11 also the very good that makes and a piece of the Pentagon, along and terrorism,” Rogers said. “But our country what it is, the ‘can do’ with his book “Refined by Fire.” for this particular part of the ex- spirit, the American spirit of never A short documentary of Bird- hibit, we didn’t want to go into the giving up, persevering.” well recounting his personal story terrorism aspect of it. The exhibit at the Poage Library is being shown as well. The docu- Ambika Kashi Singh | Lariat Photographer seeks to capture the dual nature of mentary can also be viewed online This is just commemorating the W.R. Poage Legislative Library’s 9/11 exhibit, “Not Forgotten,” will be open until Dec. 2. The exhibit is a visual people who died and the event it- the attacks, illustrating both the at www.iamsecond.com. memorial of Sept. 11 and seeks to honor those who lost their lives in the attacks and those who were left behind. s e l f .” tragedy as well as the will of a na- Birdwell will be the keynote At the Wall of Remembrance in tion to carry on. speaker at “Baylor Remembers: the exhibit, visitors can write their Rogers said immediately after A Service of Remembrance” at 5 done by Rachel Carson, curator; this event had on our country.” Neal T. Jones, a former Hill County thoughts and memories of Sept. 11 the Sept. 11 attacks, the library p.m., Sunday in Waco Hall. Emily Carrington, graphic design- Likewise, Rogers said he hopes prosecutor and state representa- on comment cards that are then began to collect newspapers from Humanitarian relief efforts are er; and assistants Mary Goolsby the exhibit educates individuals tive who currently co-owns a lobby pinned to the wall for visitors to 24 different cities, including Dal- also documented at the Poage ex- and Edwin Cook. about the event, as well as the Po- practice in Austin, submitted a read. las, Houston, Waco, Miami, San hibit, which includes a display of Carrington hopes the exhibit is age Library. comment card about the persever- “An integral part of the exhibit Francisco and Washington, D.C., commemorative T-shirts designed a vivid reminder of the events of “It’s really an educational ex- ance of Americans in the face of is people’s response to the event,” to document the events. by Mimi Irvin, co-owner of Village Sept. 11. hibit to bring Baylor students up- tragedy. His statement captures the Rogers said. These front pages and other ar- Bakery in West. “It is important that events such to-date on what happened,” Rogers overall theme of the exhibit. To get a head start on the wall ticles are on display at the exhibit, The sale of the shirts helped as 9/11 are remembered so we can said. “We see the exhibit as bring- “The immediate response of before the exhibit opened, the li- along with supplementary exhibits raised money for Los Angeles fire- better understand the world we ing the Baylor community up-to- the American spirit was incred- brary sent out comment cards to at Moody Memorial Library and men. live in,” Carrington said. “I hope date, as well as hopefully bringing ible to witness,” Jones wrote. “I individuals in the Baylor and Waco Jesse H. Jones Library. Lasting impact from the attacks that anyone who sees the exhibit in the Waco community. We also was moved by Americans who community. The newspapers have also been is illustrated through displays of takes some time to remember that do the exhibits to let students know united to seek God’s guidance, his The returned cards describe a scanned and are now available to changes in airport security, along day. It is sometimes easy to become that there is a library here that col- strength and his grace to carry on mixture of feelings, from shock researchers online through the li- with pictures of buildings to be distant and numb with events such lects political materials.” in the face of terrorism. 9/11 will and hopelessness to courage and brary’s Project 9-11, an attempt to placed around the World Trade as this. But 10 years was not that The exhibit will be on display be forever etched in our beings, but determination. preserve as many of the original Center Memorial and Museum. long ago, it is still fresh, and I think through Dec. 2. so will the American spirit and will Pattie Orr, vice president of in- publications as possible. The exhibit is the result of work we need to remember the impact On the “Wall of Remembrance,” to overcome.” Vigil to be held at Islamic Center

By Jade Mardirosian ment of silence and a prayer for the She also feels it is important for Staff Writer victims of 9/11. the Waco community and various Pastor Dorisanne Cooper of places of worship to hold services On Sunday, the 10th anniver- Lake Shore Baptist Church will like the vigil. sary of Sept. 11, communities and speak Sunday at the vigil. She also “Of particular significance [to people of all faiths across the coun- spoke last year. our congregation] is that the ser- try will gather to remember and “I was invited as the Christian vice is being held at the Islamic reflect on the terrorist attacks that speaker,” Cooper said. “I spoke Center,” Cooper said. “This speaks forever shaped history. about the Christian tradition of to their leadership in the commu- Waco will be one of those com- peace and our calling as followers nity and the reality that different munities, as the Islamic Center of of Jesus Christ to be peacemakers faiths can find common ground Waco prepares to hold a candle- even and especially in the midst for the good and well-being of all. light vigil in honor of the memory of the difficult and overwhelming It also acts as a symbol against the of the victims of 9/11 for the sec- times in which we live.” notion that differences in our faith ond consecutive year. Siddiq said the vigil had a very must somehow lead to conflict be- “[The vigil is held] to be a part positive response last year and tween us.” of the community, bring people about 500 people attended. Siddiq feels the Waco commu- together and have an understand- Siddiq said he hopes that this nity is accepting and open to peo-

Associated Press ing [that] we are all together in this year’s vigil will draw and even ple of faiths other than their own. tragedy,” said Al Siddiq, president larger crowd, as well as promote “Central Texas has been very Constant security in post-9/11 world of the Islamic Center of Waco. “A an increased amount of interfaith kind and compassionate to the lot of times the presumptions are dialogue. Muslim community,” Siddiq said. A pedestrian passes under the eyes of surveillance cameras in Times Square in New York, Aug. 19. Since made that the Muslim commu- Cooper said last year’s vigil was “I have spoken in several churches Sept. 11, the NYPD has become one of the country’s most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies. nity is separated or isolated. I like a special experience for those in at- since 9/11, speaking about Islam, people to know we are all together.” tendance. and it has been well-received.” Siddiq said the vigil on Sun- “It was a very meaningful time The Islamic Center of Waco day will include speakers from the of our faith traditions coming to- welcomes people of all religions Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu gether to share our hopes for peace and cultures to visit the center. Islamic leaders seek acceptance and Ba’hai faiths, mirroring last and community. The Islamic Cen- The vigil will be held from 7 to 8 year’s event. ter is a model of hospitality and p.m. at the Islamic Center of Waco, of local, national communities The vigil will also include a mo- warmth,” Cooper said. located at 2725 Benton Drive. By Jordan Hearn as unfavorable rose 2 percent. ceptance, rejection and suspicion Reporter Siddiq said he believes the neg- about their new faith. Caleb Carter ative views toward Islam across the of Dearborn, Mich., a convert after New ‘Veterans of Baylor’ student Since the Sept. 11 attacks, a nation can be attributed to people the Sept. 11 attacks, was inspired stigma has been attached to the re- placing judgment based on the ac- to study Islam after his high school ligion of Islam in relation to terror- tions of a few Muslim radicals. teacher claimed Muslims made organization to launch this fall ism. Waco has taken the first steps “Don’t blame the religion of Is- the attack because of their reli- in learning what Muslims stand for lam or Muslims for any individual gion. Even though they were sup- By Anna Flagg be a difficult one, and I want this groups within McLennan County, by beginning cultural education person’s acts,” Siddiq said. portive, Carter’s Christian parents Reporter group to help meet some of their and Pirko hopes to seek opportu- that many hope will spread across In a 2011 poll, the Pew Re- approached his conversion with needs.” nities for the club to participate in search Forum addressed the Unit- caution, wondering if it was sin- the country. A new student organization, When Pirko came to Baylor, military-related volunteer efforts. Islam has been widely accepted ed States’ fear of Islamic extremism cere and “what kind of Muslim he Veterans of Baylor, is coming to he was interested in finding out if He wants Veterans of Baylor to and appreciated locally, said Al – 48 percent of Americans felt that would be.” campus this fall with the help of veterans operate on campus, but be a place to come together, but Siddiq, president of the Islamic U.S. Muslim leaders have not done Davi Barker of Fremont, Calif., retired Lt. Col. Matt Pirko. found there was no local veterans’ also a group that can reach out to Center of Waco. as much as they should to speak converted after looking for a faith Pirko served 20 years in the U.S. club. the community. “The Waco community and the out against extremists. In relation that blended his “hodgepodge” of Air Force before retiring in April Dr. Janet Bagby, a senior lectur- One group Pirko hopes to work Central Texas area has been very to these findings, Siddiq said Mus- beliefs. While he has not faced hos- 2009 and is now at Baylor working er in educational psychology and with is the Veterans’ Coalition in different from other areas,” Siddiq lims in areas other than Central tility directly, Barker told the As- to earn a doctorate in management the faculty advisor for the veteran McLennan County, which was said. “They have opened their door Texas tend to isolate themselves sociated Press he believes much of information systems. group, was able to assist him in started by Maggie McCarthy in or- to us.” from the rest of the world. the blame for 9/11 placed on Mus- Pirko resides in Waco with his forming the organization. der to provide services to veterans More than 52 different Chris- “It is up to us as the local Mus- lims is a propaganda campaign Though there has not been a under one umbrella. tian churches in Central Texas, lim people to extend our hand,” through “anti-Muslim rhetoric.” wife, and has two children, one of previous veterans’ club on campus, In a recent Waco Tribune-Her- along with local synagogues, have Siddiq said. Hsanani viewed Sept. 11 as an which is in the Marine Corps serv- visited the center and allowed Sid- Another factor that may con- attack on humanity in general, as ing in Afghanistan. there is a national organization, ald article, McCarthy discussed the diq to speak to their congregations. tribute to the national view of Is- is consistent with the Islamic belief “Veterans are a unique kind of Student Veterans of America, that coalition and said she wants feed- Ricky Hsanani, a member of lam is the lack of knowledge about that an attack on one person is an people with an experience level provides services to these campus back from Waco veterans in order the Islamic Center of Waco’s out- the difference between the reli- attack on all of humanity. and sense of family that a lot of clubs. to sufficiently serve them. reach program who strives to share gion’s traditions and cultural cus- “This was not an Islamic act. I other students may not have,” Bagby is looking forward to With the 10th anniversary of community knowledge, said most toms. Hsanani said a large portion do not consider the perpetrators of Pirko said. working with the students and Sept. 11 approaching, Pirko is hop- of the people in Central Texas were of Americans blend Islam with po- 9/11 to be followers of Islam,” Hsa- He hopes that by creating a providing support for the organi- ing to raise even more awareness generally curious. litical ideology and cultural norms. nani said. veterans club, students can have a zation. for the military and the work they “Many people give in to nature,” “When people see a woman in a With the 10th anniversary of place to vent and share war stories. “I am thrilled the club will fi- have accomplished. Hsanani said. “They are fearful of burqa or a hijab, they think ‘Islam.’ 9/11 approaching, Siddiq had an Pirko wants the group to be nally be chartered early this fall,” “Baylor has a lot of strong ties the unknown, and most know That’s wrong,” Hsanani said. idea about how to strengthen unity a community where people can Bagby said. “Matt [Pirko] will pro- to the military, and a lot of notable nothing about Islam. They are cu- He believes in educating those of the community. feel comfortable and find unity vide excellent leadership as club past presidents were in the mili- rious to know what it represents.” who are not Muslims about the “There is a candlelight vigil at through shared experiences. president.” tary,” Pirko said. “I am pleased with According to a 2010 Pew Re- religion to reduce prejudice and the mosque to honor all of the vic- “This group is not about me, Pirko hopes to connect with the the focus Baylor places on veterans search Center poll, only 30 percent negative assumptions. tims,” he said. “Come join me.” but instead it is about creating a ROTC on campus. He sees oppor- and the way Baylor is addressing of general Americans view Islam According to the Associated The vigil will begin Sunday at 7 place for people like myself who tunities in the future to mentor the Sept. 11.” favorably, compared with 41 per- Press, Americans who have con- p.m. at the Islamic Center of Waco. have been taken out of a familiar cadets in both the Army and Air For more information on Vet- cent in 2005. In addition, the num- verted to Islam after 9/11 have People from all faiths are welcome environment and placed in a new Force programs. erans of Baylor, contact Pirko at ber of Americans who cited Islam experienced mixed feelings of ac- to attend. one,” Pirko said. “The change can There are a number of veteran [email protected]. FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 6 | the Baylor Lariat www.baylorlariat.com | 7

President Bush announces at Emma E. Booker Elementary North tower of South tower of School in Sarasota, Florida Hijacked United World Trade Center World Trade Center Use of New York that the country has suffered Flight 93 crashes in hit by hijacked hit by hijacked airspace halted by an “apparent terrorist attack The New York Stock Pentagon hit by World Trade Center a Shanskville, Pa., World Trade Center American Flight 11 United Flight 175 FAA and a national tragedy” Exchange Closes American Flight 77 South collapses field North collapses 8:46 a.m. 9:03 a.m. 9:08 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:32 a.m. 9:40 a.m. 9:59 a.m. 10:07 a.m. 10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001

13 National Airspace reopened

15 Financial Markets reopened 9/11 September 11, 2001 October 7 U.S. begins bombing Afghanistan

26 President George W. Bush signs the USA Patriot Act An attack that should never be forgotten

November 19 President Bush signs the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, allowing the federal government the authority to screen passengers in airports and reinforcing all cockpit doors November 25 Department of Homeland Security is established in the Homeland 2002 Security Act of 2002

December 13 U.S. forces apprehend Saddam Hussein 2003 September 25 Passengers are allowed to travel through security checkpoints 2006 with toiletries in sealable bags of 3 ounces or less

November 4 President Barack Obama is elected into the White House 2008 May 5 The American Society for Muslim Advancement and the Cordoba Initiative share plans to construct a mosque from Ground Zero at 2010 a meeting of the Community Board of lower Manhattan August 19 The last American combat troops leave Iraq McClatchy Tribune 2010 Former New York fireman Bill Spade holds up a picture from Sept. 11, 2001, as he tells his story overlooking the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan on July 8, 2011. Spade is telling how he survived the World Trade Center attacks to a group November of tourists on the WTC Tribute Center tour. Spade has been volunteering and giving tours since Aug. 2007. TSA uses pat-down procedures on passengers through security 2010 checkpoints May 1 President Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden

2011 Associated Press

In this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo, people covered in dust walk over debris near the World Trade Center in New York.

Associated Press Abaca Press | McClatchy Tribune This Sept. 15, 2001, file picture shows the Statue of Liberty from a vantage point in Jersey City, N.J., as the lower Manhattan skyline is shrouded in smoke following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. A flag containing the names of those killed in the terrorist attack is on display July 26 inside the 9/11 chapel at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. Today’s college population was between 8 and 11 years old when terrorists attacked on American soil. Most middle schoolers can’t remember the events. Children in elementary school weren’t even born.

13 National Airspace reopened

15 Financial Markets reopened 9/11 September 11, 2001 October 7 U.S. begins bombing Afghanistan

26 President George W. Bush signs the USA Patriot Act An attack that should never be forgotten

December 13 U.S. forces apprehend Saddam Hussein 2003 September 25 Passengers are allowed to travel through security checkpoints 2006 with toiletries in sealable bags of 3 ounces or less

2011 Associated Press

In this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo, people covered in dust walk over debris near the World Trade Center in New York.

Associated Press McClatchy Tribune Associated Press In this Sept. 14, 2001, file photo, President George W. Bush embraces firefighter Bob Beckwith while In a Sept. 13, 2001, file photo, a New York City firefighter looks up at what remains of the World In this Sept. 13, 2001, file photo, an American flag flies over the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center buildings in New It’s up to us to remember standing in front of the collapsed World Trade Center buildings in New York as rescue efforts continue. Trade Center after its collapse following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. York City. FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 | the News 8 Baylor Lariat www.baylorlariat.com Bloomberg’s decision to exclude prayer, clergy sparks controversy By Grace Gaddy she wrote. son said. He believes in that sce- know in this life.” Reporter Previous commemoration cer- nario, religion will inevitably be a Student opinion on the issue is emonies have not included clergy factor. divided. Alvin freshman Rebecca After New York City Mayor participation either, she added. “It’s not like you can go, ‘Ex- McSwain believes the mayor made Michael Bloomberg decided to ban “It has been widely supported cuse me, leave your religion at a tough call. formal prayer and clergy partici- for the past 10 years. And rather the door,’” Burleson said. “You’re “He’s in a really hard position, pation from the 10th anniversary than have disagreements over always bringing your values and and either way, what he chose, commemoration ceremony of the which religious leaders participate, your core beliefs and things into there are going to be people who 9/11 terrorist attacks, controversy we would like to keep the focus of any kind of moment.” are opposing him,” she said. erupted—and is growing each day. our commemoration ceremony on Perhaps event planners could And the mayor’s decision will The event will mark the dedication the family members of those who have created a program in which not stop people from celebrating of the long-awaited 9/11 Memo- died,” she wrote. But the conversa- attendants would experience hope faith in their own personal way rial, comprising two 30-foot water- tion has not stopped. for moving forward while celebrat- during the ceremony, McSwain Associated Press falls and acre-size reflecting pools “There’s actually nothing un- ing their loved ones without giving said--a point that Joshua freshman A construction worker sets up a U.S. flag Thursday at ground zero in New which are set within the footprints constitutional about him doing a “stiff arm to faith,” he added. Anahi Solis also underscored. York. The National September 11 Memorial will be dedicated Sunday, the of the twin towers’ locations. Vic- this,” said Dr. Francis Beckwith, Dr. Thomas Kidd, assistant “I think it’s better,” Solis said of 10th anniversary of the attacks and will be open to the public the following tims’ families will be able to see the professor of philosophy and professor of history, felt strongly the mayor’s decision. “He did the day. names of their loved ones--nearly church-state studies at Baylor. enough to dedicate a post on his right thing.” 3,000 men, women and children- Beckwith said he believes it within personal blog to the issue. Other students felt that faith -inscribed in bronze parapets sur- a mayor’s rights to exercise that “Tragedies such as 9/11 beg for should be represented. San Anto- rounding the pools, and hear them kind of discretion. reference to God’s transcendent nio freshman Cullen Hardin called Local events to honor 9/11 read aloud during the ceremony. “But to me, it seems that is- purposes and ultimate sovereign- the mayor’s decision a “slap in the But one thing that won’t be sues of life and death are issues ty,” he wrote in the post. “Refusing face” due to the fact religion is a heard from the podium is any for- on which people think about their to address these themes deprives cornerstone in so many Ameri- Wacoans from all walks of life the university and the larger Waco mal prayer or religious representa- eternal fate. If you’re going to have the grieving of their most impor- cans’ lives. will be setting aside time this Sun- community will hold memorial tion. a memorial to honor people that tant frame of reference. A com- McAllen senior Alex Prez be- day to remember the tragic events services, vigils, presentations and The announcement ignited a have died, to sort of exclude the memoration without prayer—or lieves the situation is a catch-22 of Sept. 11, which marks the 10th lectures. The Lariat will provide in- storm of nationwide protest, pri- religious element on purpose is to at least without recourse to theistic with consequences for any choice. anniversary of the attacks. Both depth coverage. marily from conservative religious deny that that’s important in peo- principles—can’t say much that is “I see why you wouldn’t want to leaders, groups and citizens, ac- ple’s lives,” he said. meaningful about 9/11, other than, put faith into it, because there’s no Baylor Waco cording to the Associated Press. University Chaplain Dr. Burt ‘We’re sorry this happened. We’ll way to please everybody, but at the Others have stood with Bloom- Burleson echoed Beckwith’s try to make sure it doesn’t happen same time—I really don’t know,” berg’s choice, fueling the debate. thoughts. again.’” she said. Evelyn Erskine, a spokeswom- “When you’re talking about Kidd also wrote in the post that While prearranged prayer or >> Tribute >> Firefighter an for Mayor Bloomberg, affirmed dealing with things that are ulti- he believes that the evil shadowing religious leaders may not appear presentation memorial the mayor’s stance in an email to mately life and death, the meaning that dark day in American history in the program, the ceremony will Today at 3 p.m. on the steps The City of Waco Fire Station CNN. The ceremony was planned of our world, challenges to human requires more than nice sentiments provide six separate moments of of Moody Memorial Library, #1 is hosting a ceremony to to honor 9/11 families with a “mix- survival and to society and civiliza- in order for us to heal, but requires silence for personal prayer or re- Baylor will hold “A Tribute honor the 343 New York fire- ture of readings that are spiritual, tion, I think you are dealing with reassurance that God “has plans flection, according to the Associ- fighters who died in the attack historical and personal in nature,” inherently religious issues,” Burle- and purposes beyond what we can ated Press. to Fallen Heroes.” Brigadier General Joseph DiSalvo, the on the World Trade Center. III corps deputy commanding The ceremony will start at 8:30 general at Fort Hood, State a.m. Sunday at the fire station Sen. Brian Birdwell, a retired located at 100 Peach St. and Army officer who survived the will consist of a ceremonial attack on the Pentagon, and lowering of the flag to half-staff Waco Mayor Jim Bush will be by the Young Marines. sharing remarks. There will be “The Waco Fire Department a reception held in the Allbrit- Honor Guard and a bagpiper ton Foyer of Moody Library will post the colors and a me- following the program. morial flag followed by hon- ored speakers and a reading of >> Flags on the Mall the names of the 343 New York From 9 a.m. today through firefighters,” the City of Waco 11:30 p.m. Sunday, the Baylor website said. Young Conservatives of Texas is honoring each victim lost in >> Memorial Services the attacks on the World Trade At 2 p.m. Sunday, both the Center towers and the Penta- Waco Habitat for Humanity gon with 3,000 American flags and the Heart of Texas (HOT) placed on Fountain Mall. Chapter of the Military Of- AP ficers Association of America The new Flight 93 National Memorial undergoes final preparations on Thursday for Saturday’s dedication ceremony in Shanksville, Pa.. Sunday will >> Naming the fallen will hold separate services. mark the tenth anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Habitat for Humanity will At 2 p.m. Sunday, a memorial have a memorial service to recital will be presented by the begin its Interfaith Build at Baylor University Carillonneur 1914 McKenzie Ave. The HOT Lynnette Geary. It will be held Chapter’s service, at the Waco at the McLane Carillon in Pat Lions’ Den, 1716 N. 42 St., Neff Hall Tower. In the wake of Sept.11: will feature Clifton Robinson, chairman of Robinson Media. >> Sunday evening Ten years after the attacks, America encounters new Sunday evening begins with >> Benefit concert “Baylor Remembers: A Service Two churches will be com- of Remembrance” at Waco bining their choirs under Da- threat, reflects on changes in policy and regulations Hall, starting at 5 p.m. Texas vid Fleuriet, music minister at Senator Brian Birdwell will be By Daniel C. Houston word of the anniversary threat had curity and liberty is one that the been a security incident in which Central Presbyterian Church, the featured speaker. Birdwell Staff Writer gone public. American people, to my knowl- passengers would have actually for a fifth annual concert Sun- will be relating his experience “There’s not going to be a so- edge, are not willing to accept that been put in harm’s way. day at 4 p.m. at Central United at the Pentagon sharing how U.S. officials said Thursday they lution to it,” Thayer said. “We gross imbalance toward security.” “We’ve had incidents that I Methodist Church, 5740 Bagby should expect, again, that Islamic In response to the 2001 at- don’t think are intentional,” Mar- he was affected and changed were investigating a detailed and Ave. Donations received will credible al-Qaida threat to bomb fundamentalist terrorism is going tacks, the U.S. Congress approved tinez said. “To my knowledge, we by Sept. 11, 2001. There will benefit the Waco Fire Depart- bridges or tunnels in New York to remain with us and they will the creation of the Department of here at the Waco Regional Airport also be two opportunities for ment and the Woodway Public City or Washington on the 10-year conduct successful attacks against Homeland Security to better coor- have not had somebody intention- reflection during the presenta- Safety Department. anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist the U.S. homeland in the future, dinate the state’s intelligence-gath- ally try to gain access to an airplane tion. One will highlight a Bay- “This is the fifth year that attacks. against U.S. allies and against the ering efforts, as well as the Trans- with contraband.” lor Law School alumnus that The threat has yet to be con- U.S. military and American inter- portation Security Administration, Although he believes another the two choirs have combined,” was on the 50th floor of one of firmed, but officials were consid- ests abroad in other countries.” which is mostly responsible for terrorist attack in America is all Fleuriet said. “In years past we the towers. Dr. Mark Long, di- ering updating the nation’s terror The 2001 attacks prompted a enforcing security standards at air- but inevitable, Thayer, who co- had various local humanitarian rector of Middle East studies, alert level Thursday night. widespread recognition of the na- ports. authored the prescient 1998 book organizations and we’d just got tion’s serious vulnerability to the The Waco Regional Airport “America’s Achilles Heel” warn- will be providing perspective The officials, who spoke to the to thinking about firefighters Associated Press on condition of possibility of another terrorist at- was not immune to changes in se- ing about the capability of terror- for the events. that had lost their lives.” anonymity, said this is the first tack, Thayer said. The public’s per- curity procedures mandated by the ist groups like al-Qaida to extend “The 10-year anniversary Central United Methodist and credible threat the intelligence ception of this vulnerability was TSA after 9/11, according to Joel their reach into the U.S., does is important for the entire Central Presbyterian church community has received about an used to justify heightened levels Martinez, city of Waco director not expect al-Qaida or associated country and especially for choirs carefully selected songs “active plot” targeting the anniver- of domestic surveillance, bolstered of aviation. While Martinez said groups to try to hijack another students on campus who were sary. security measures in public places enforcing the additional require- plane. He said even if terrorists in special tribute to the tragic between the ages of 8 and 12,” “No need to panic,” Rep. Peter like airports and engagement in ments the TSA placed on the air- were able to bypass the improved day. King, R-N.Y., told the AP. “[Law foreign conflicts that would not port proved to be a “very difficult security screening procedures, the Jana Hixson, director of com- enforcement officials] have not likely have been politically viable transition,” he believes the changes U.S. would not allow a hijacked munity relations said. “Now been able to confirm it yet.” in a pre-9/11 world. were necessary for the safety of the plane to make it all the way to a they’re adults, while when it >> Church services The United States government A Thursday tally compiled by passengers. highly populated urban area again. happened they were children.” A number of Waco churches has greatly expanded its efforts to the New York Times estimates the “I think the regulations the TSA But the threat of terrorism will will also be commemorat- combat al-Qaida in the 10 years total cost of the 9/11 attacks in the has created do make our passen- remain potent, he said; the ques- >> Continuing ing 9/11 during their services since the morning of the Sept. 11, past decade including initial dam- gers safer,” Martinez said. “I don’t tion is how a generation that hard- coverage Sunday including Antioch 2001 tragedy, adopting new foreign ages, economic impact and fund- think an airport can self-regulate ly remembers what life was like Community Church, Lake and domestic policies intended to ing for the wars in Afghanistan itself into compliance. I don’t think before 9/11 will react to the threat. The Lariat will continue to Shore Baptist Church, First and Iraq to be around $3.3 trillion. any airport can adequately regulate “It’s often said that the govern- prevent future attacks. provide coverage of these Baptist Church Woodway and Despite widespread dread in Thayer said this level of invest- themselves.” ment has to be right 100 percent events as the weekend unfolds. St. Mary’s Catholic Church of the following days and months that ment has succeeded in weakening While the Waco airport does of the time and the terrorist only A multimedia presentation the Assumption. another attack could be imminent, al-Qaida and preventing another not use the full-body scanners that has to be right once,” Thayer said, will be available on the Lariat large-scale attack, but also said the have caused controversy across “so that gives you kind of a sense no attempt at a second large-scale website Sunday, including text terrorist attack on American soil U.S. does not have the capacity to the country, it does utilize metal of the imbalance... And that’s an >> Candlelight vigil and a video featuring inter- has been successful. But Baylor completely secure itself. walk-through detectors and X-ray impossible standard, so you should views. Write in via facebook or The Islamic Center of Waco professor of political science Dr. “If you look at American soci- machines that check passengers’ expect that al-Qaida attacks are go- will be holding a candlelight ety, there’s a large universe of po- baggage for explosives. It has also ing to continue. Again, terrorism Twitter and be sure to follow Bradley Thayer said Americans vigil starting at 7 p.m. Sunday should anticipate terrorist attempts tential targets,” Thayer said, “and increased the size of its perimeter has been woven into your life now.” the Lariat’s Twitter feed to stay in memory of the victims of on the scale of the 9/11 attacks to to protect all of them would mean fences, and has implemented a se- up-to-date! continue, despite the measures the United States would have to be curity plan that includes routine the attacks 10 years ago. the U.S. is taking to prevent them. radically different in its domestic perimeter checks. The Associated Press contributed Thayer made his comments before politics. The trade-off between -se Martinez said there has never to this story. FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 www.baylorlariat.com Arts & Entertainment the Baylor Lariat|9 Hop this Way: ‘Frogger’ found place as classic video game By Molly Dunn Assistant City Editor Video Game REVIEW

So there’s this video game where ported to the Xbox 360 as a game you hop a frog across the street in on the Xbox Live Arcade. an attempt to round up all the baby It’s a shame games like “Frog- frogs. It’s a simple concept. It’s an ger” have seemed to disappear addicting game. It’s “Frogger.” among all the new “hip” games of Throughout the 1990s, I spent this generation. Whatever hap- most of my time playing “Frogger.” pened to racing your brother While all my other friends played across the streets and laughing “Super Mario Brothers” or “Sonic hysterically when an 18-wheeler the Hedgehog” (both great games), smashes him? Some of my greatest I enjoyed hopping my green frog memories as a child involved this across the streets and rivers. I en- little green frog. joyed floating across sinking tur- As pathetic as it sounds, I miss tles and lily pads. I enjoyed every- “Frogger.” If my dusty PlayStation thing about “Frogger.” still had life in it, I would definitely I can still imagine strategically play “Frogger” any chance I could working my way across the street get. Now, I guess the only place to as speeding blue and red cars drove play this classic game is in movie by, trying to maneuver through theater arcades or on a low-quality floating logs and avoiding landing website, but it’s just not the same. on a crocodile’s head. Each level For those of you who miss that brought new excitement and al- little green frog and wish you could ways guaranteed a rush of adrena- hop through “Frogger” world one line. last time, I feel for you. Maybe one Although it’s been a couple of day we will all realize how amazing years, I could probably pick up my “Frogger” was and still is and we Play Station controller and remem- can bring it back for one last hoo- ber all the secrets and tricks it took rah or ribbit. to finish the game. “Frogger” was originally re- Reviews in the Lariat repre- leased as an arcade game in 1981 sent only the viewpoint of the and has since seen various incar- reviewer and do not necessarily nations developed for nearly every represent those of the rest of the notable video game console, in- staff. If you are interested in writ- cluding “Frogger 3D” and “Frogger ing a ‘Great Video Game’ piece 2: Swampy’s Revenge” for the Sony for the Lariat, please email us at PlayStation. In 2006, “Frogger” was [email protected].

“FROGGER” TRIVIA: games but had only come up According to a twoop.com with the name for “Frogger.” timeline of “Frogger” events, The interesting part of the during the 2003 MTV VMAs, joke is that Ferrell says the Will Ferrell parodied the “Ma- name of “Frogger” was original- trix” series by portraying “The ly going to be “Highway Cross- Architect” and claiming that ing Frog.” Interestingly enough, he had designed several arcade that’s actually true.

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Across from Worthington, Chastain, Hinds 1 Gung-ho response 7 Delay By Joshua Madden provides the best link between the 10 Evans of country A&E Editor Movie REVIEW two decades of any of the actors. 14 Buff The major issue this film never 15 Farm female sions of David and Stefan should seems to overcome is the older ver- 16 Left have been cast differently. sion of the characters always feel a 17 Village with very little garden- I think there is some validity little less relevant to the overall plot ing equipment? 19 The NCAA’s Runnin’ Rebels to this claim, but overall, it didn’t than the makers of the film prob- prevent me from enjoying the film, 20 Lab, for one A great number of films have ably intended. The structure allows 21 Reject attempted to document Israel’s partially because the performances for a connection between the two 22 Sends struggle for recognition and state- from the younger actors are simply plotlines that I didn’t see coming, 24 Jacket label letters hood, but “The Debt” goes about so good. but it struggles to find a balance 26 Get off the shoulder, say this in an interesting way: by focus- Sam Worthington is perhaps when figuring out how to conclude 27 Entrance purchases for a con- best known for his work in the ditioning program? ing not on Israel’s efforts to elimi- the two storylines in a satisfying 35 Actor Milo smash hit “Avatar,” although that’s nate its current enemies, but its way. 36 Pool game call effort to bring Holocaust architects too bad because he is a much more It’s a small issue for a film that 37 Tiny beef to justice. talented actor than he revealed in does such a good job of remain- 38 Fly on a line The story follows Rachel (who that film. ing tense, but it is something that 39 Gives credit where credit is is portrayed by Jessica Chastain His previous film “Terminator: prevents “The Debt” from being due Salvation,” oddly enough, might 40 On the safer side as a younger woman and Helen comparable to “Munich” in quality. 41 Rational ending? have actually been Worthington’s Mirren as an older one) who is as- Film buffs will inevitably com- 42 “__ it Art?”: Kipling signed to help capture Dr. Vogel best performance up until “The pare “The Debt” to “Munich” be- 43 1955 UN joiner (Jesper Christensen, who is best Debt” was released, but in “The cause of the similarities in subject 44 What Ruth forgot to bring to 4 Med. research agency 34 Writer of short letters known for portraying Mr. White in Debt” he is able to create a char- matter, but the two films are so pool night? 47 Morgan Freeman won its 2011 5 Bar opening? 39 Honey the recent “James Bond” films) and acter that is, in many ways, the different — and “Munich” is such 6 Pistons’ place 40 NYPD notices emotional center of the film. As Life Achievement Award: Abbr. bring him to trial in Israel. a masterpiece — that it’s difficult to 48 Morning talker 7 Last non-priest to be named 42 Ones who’ve got your back, in Working alongside Rachel is an audience member, I was able to compare the two in any meaning- 49 Fly over the equator? pope Internet shorthand David (who is portrayed as a young empathize with his struggles in a ful way. 52 Pleased cry 8 “Isn’t that cute?” 43 Future George W. Bush Presi- 9 It involves mapping dential Library site man by Sam Worthington and as way I wouldn’t have expected. The only thing worth saying 53 Droid, e.g. 10 Gripe 45 “Hondo” et al. an older man by Cirrán Hinds) Chastain is arguably the sur- about the inevitable comparisons 56 Slip through the cracks? 57 Like calls between drudges? 11 Reunion attendee 46 Dutch brewery and Stefan (who is portrayed as prise star of the film and, in my that will be made is “The Debt” is a 12 Stir up 49 A-one opinion, outshined Helen Mirren 61 Run well a young man by Marton Csokas worthy entry to the genre encom- 62 Unsound 13 Off-rd. rides 50 Food in a memorable “Sein- and by Tom Wilkinson as an older while sharing the same role. That’s passing “Munich”. It is a terrific 63 Like Napoleon 18 Worker with light metal feld” episode man). not to say that Mirren did a bad exploration of Israeli identity and 64 Relaxing locales 23 Bonkers 51 Pound of verse 24 Slush Puppie maker 52 White partner If you’re a little confused, that’s job — quite the contrary, her per- revenge, but it does have its short- 65 The Hartford logo formance was also excellent — but 66 Failures (and in another 25 Radical ‘70s group 53 “__ Eterno”: 2004 sports understandable. The story jumps comings. 27 __ acid: vitamin B9 documentary back and forth between 1966 and Chastain simply created a charac- way, a hint to 17-, 27-, 44- and If “The Debt” had been able to 57-Across) 28 Amigo on the road 54 Active sort 1997, so we see all of the main ter that worked for the film. more aptly balance the various as- 29 Crowd starter? 55 Addenda characters as both young agents in After having seen “The Debt,” pects of its own plot, it would have Down 30 “Socrate” composer 58 Lascivious leader? the field and older citizens trying I will be shocked if Chastain does been a masterpiece. As it stands, it’s 1 Tune carrier 31 Nice compliment 59 Big name in kitchenware to justify their actions. It’s not ac- not turn out to be a major star in 2 One-track 32 Zhou __ 60 Tecs still a very good film, just not per- 33 Happy Meals toy, e.g. tually as hard to follow as it might her own right. This film gave her fect, which is why I’m awarding it 3 Couturier Cassini seem — the transitions between the opportunity to shine and she four stars out of five. the two decades are well done and did. easy to keep up with. I felt that Cirrán Hinds gave The only real problem is that the strongest performance out of Reviews in the Lariat repre- many people have argued that the the older trio in the cast, but that’s sent only the viewpoint of the 9/9/11 casting decisions make for some partially because his character is reviewer and do not necessarily awkward links between characters, arguably given more to do in this represent those of the rest of the saying that perhaps the older ver- plot line than Wilkinson’s. Hinds, staff. Please send comments to however, rises to the occasion and [email protected]. Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. 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By Krista Pirtle and senior inside receiver Kendall matchup depends on Gilbert and Junior quarterback Collin Klein Sports Writer 9 Oklahoma State Wright led with 189 yards and two both teams’ defenses. If Gilbert threw for 128 yards, 61 of them to touchdowns. cannot effectively command his junior wide receiver Chris Harper. 1 Oklahoma Even The defense looks to have im- troops, the Longhorns will fall Sophomore running back John though proved since 2010; however, the down to a resilient BYU. These two Hubert rushed for a total of 91 Art Briles It shocked no one that the Heisman unit is still not up to par with de- will face 6 p.m. Saturday. yards. Sooners broke open the 2011 sea- candidate fensive coordinator Phil The Wildcats did not score un- son with a 47-14 win over Tulsa. receiver Jus- Bennett’s expectations. til the fourth quarter, hitting a field Baylor University received Heisman candidate junior quar- tin Blackmon Defensive stands were Texas Tech goal with 10:11 left and finally a the following awards: terback Landry Jones threw for didn’t made when they were touchdown with 1:39 left to take 375 yards and one touchdown. His needed, but the 25 Texas Tech entered the 2011 the lead. Kansas State needs this favorite target, senior wide receiver - Ranked No. 20 in the nation points scored by season with a 50-10 dominant per- bye week to strengthen its offense Ryan Broyles, caught 14 passes for TCU in the fourth formance over Texas State. Junior and get ready to play the remainder by the Associated Press 158 yards and one touchdown. q u a r t e r quarterback Seth Doege threw for of the season. The big surprise for Oklaho- leaves 326 yards and three touchdowns, -Named the Tostitos Fiesta ma was the offensive presence room proving his talent in the pocket. Kansas Bowl National Team of the found in junior running f o r Tech’s offense consisted of 348 Week back Dominique Whaley, im- passing yards and 157 rushing The Jayhawks brought in the who rushed for 131 yards yards. 2011 season with a decisive victory and 4 touchdowns. Cumu- provement. Junior wide receiver Darrin over McNeese State, 42-24. latively, the Sooners had Baylor also lost 116 yards Moore caught 12 passes for 221 Sophomore quarterback Jor- 663 total offensive yards. due to 11 penalties. The Bears yards and one touchdown while dan Webb threw for 146 yards and The one snag for the have this weekend off before junior running back Eric Stephens three touchdowns while sopho- No. 1 team in the nation they host SFA Sept. 17 at 6 rushed for 118 yards and two more running back James Sims led was their allowance of 400 p.m. touchdowns. Whether this reveals the rushing game with 104 yards offensive yards by Tulsa. the talent of the Red Raiders’ re- and one touchdown, and freshman Oklahoma has this weekend 21 Missouri ceivers or the weakness of Texas wide receiver JaCorey Shepherd off to prepare to defend its State’s secondary is debatable. led the team in receiving with 107 top ranking. The Tigers also Tech, as well, is off for the week- yards and two touchdowns. Robert Griffin III had a weak end. This will allow the Red Raid- Kansas favored the run game Quarterback Robert Griffin 7 Texas A&M offensive ers time to spread their offense. As over the pass, acquiring 301 yards III received the following find himself in the end effort; they expand their targets offensive- rushing and only 146 passing, to- Despite all the drama with the zone against University of however, ly, they will threaten at more than taling 447 yards for the evening. honors: Aggies, the fact that they have a Louisiana at Lafayette, his they were one angle and can become more This large number is impressive, strong football program cannot be 144 reception yards as- able to intimidating. but they allowed 420 yards to -Named Big 12 Conference overlooked. Texas A&M defeated sisted the Cowboys to McNeese. The Jayhawks need to Offensive Player of the Week the SMU a 61-34 win. claim the Kansas State step up their game defensively if Mustangs Senior victory over Mi- they have any hopes of containing - Named Davey O’Brien 46-14. quarterback ami of Ohio, 17-6. Despite five turnovers, the Northern Illinois, who beat Army Quarterback of the Week Brandon Weeden Sophomore quarter- Wildcats managed to pull out a 49-26 last weekend. threw for 388 yards; back James Franklin threw victory over Eastern Kentucky, This game is the second game - Named National Offensive however, his three for 129 yards and rushed for 10-7, last weekend. Four in a row at home for Kansas, but inter- ceptions 72, scored 2 touchdowns but fumbles and an intercep- Northern Illinois has the offensive Player of the Week by show that he threw one interception. Franklin tion showed a less potential to beat the Jayhawks on Rivals.com still has room for is a young gun in the pocket, and than impressive of- their own turf 6 p.m. Saturday. improvement. Sophomore looks like he is still trying to find fensive performance - Named National Offensive running back Joseph Randle his way around. He leads his team b y Kansas State. It is not Iowa State Player of the Week by Walter led the way rushing for 129 to face Arizona State on the road clear whether this performance Camp Foundation yards and two touch- Friday. was a one-time fluke or a preview Iowa State won a close one with downs. As a whole Arizona State comes off of what the season will look Northern Iowa, 20-19. The Cy- - Named Player of the Week by offensively, OSU gained an easy victory against like. clones accumulated 328 offensive HeismanPundits.com 666 yards. Thursday UC Davis. Arizona yards on the night but gave up 385. the Cowboys hosted State accumulated 517 Junior quarterback Steele Arizona. The battle be- total offensive yards. Jantz led the team in pass- - One of four finalists for Senior tween Wildcats quar- Because the Tigers are ing and rushing yards with Capital One Cup Impact quarterback Ryan terback senior Nick on the road, Arizona 187 and 80, respectively, scor- Performance of the Week Tannehill threw Foles and Weeden State has the prime ing three touchdowns but for 246 yards and will decide the opportunity to come throwing three intercep- - One of four finalists for two touchdowns to winner of this out on top. tions. AT&T All-America Player of junior wide receiver game. Receiving yards were the Week Ryan Swope, who led in slim as junior wide receiver Aaron receiving with 109 yards 20 Baylor 24 Texas Horne led the receivers with 69 for one touchdown. yards. To win more games, Senior running back Iowa State will need to expand Cyrus Gray lived up to T h e its offensive threats. Jantz ap- his face on the cover of B e a r s I t ’ s interesting pears to be their lone weapon, Texas Football Magazine opened up how beating Rice 34-9 can earn a and one-dimensional teams can with 132 rushing yards for their 2011 sea- s o n team the No. 24 spot in the country. be easily stopped. two touchdowns. with a nationally televised win Junior quarterback Garrett Gilbert Defensively, the team needs The Aggies have a bye over the No. 14 TCU Horned looked to have improved some to get stronger a n d this weekend, which allows Frogs. Junior quarterback and over the offseason as he threw for faster. them time to sort through Heisman candidate Robert 239 yards and a touchdown. the complications of the realign- Griffin III threw for 359 Sophomore wide receiver Mike Aaron Jones ment. They also could use a little yards and five touch- Davis was Gilbert’s target of the This defense strengthening for their defense as downs. night with 115 receiving yards. will not be able to con- Kicker Aaron Jones also they allowed SMU to gain 347 of- Senior running This weekend, the Longhorns tain in-state rival Iowa, who de- earned Big 12 Special Teams fensive yards. If they continue to back Terrance Gan- host BYU, who narrowly defeated feated Tennessee Tech 34-7. That Player of the Week play their games with no turnovers, away led the rush Ole Miss 14-13. Offensively, BYU matchup will be 11 a.m. Saturday. they could surprise some big-name with 120 yards and only totaled 208 yards, not even Only half the Big 12 is in action organizations. one touchdown reaching 100 yards rushing. This this weekend.

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As for right tackle Tyron Smith, Ondrasik will perform at a few who also hurt a knee Wednesday, events this weekend, including the outlook is less clear. playing “Superman” at halftime Smith suited up, but only of the Dallas Cowboys-New York watched as Jermey Parnell and Jets game Sunday at MetLife several other linemen auditioned Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. for his job in case he doesn’t heal Ondrasik tells The Associated quickly enough to start. Press he has been careful since “I think he’s doing better,” 9/11 when he plays the song, coach Jason Garrett said. “He re- especially in New York, “because sponded well to the treatment. you want to be very respectful We’ll just evaluate him as the week Associated Press and you never want a tinge of goes forward. 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Six days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Major League Baseball returned to the The Cowboys and Jets play at field with a new ritual with playing of “God Bless America” in the seventh-inning stretch, along with the classic “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” center who’s only played the line 8:20 p.m. on NBC Sunday Night in two NFL games, and is com- Football. ing off a knee injury that knocked him out of the last two preseason games. Even if Smith had been healthy, there was no telling what OSU tallies to expect from a 20-year-old rook- Lariat sports desk makes week 1 NFL picks ie, except that hopes were high for someone who was the ninth over- 594 yards, all pick in the draft. But now Smith either will be hobbling or missing. His replace- dominates ment would be Parnell, a football novice, or an interior lineman asked to play outside. Garrett said Arizona right guard Kyle Kosier and back- By Jeff Latzke up guards Derrick Dockery and Associated Press David Arkin all got work at right Week 1 Tyler Alley Krista Pirtle Daniel Wallace tackle Thursday “in some way, Sports Editor Sports Writer Sports Writer STILLWATER, Okla. — shape or form,” either with the New Orleans at Green Bay Brandon Weeden connected starters, the backups or the scout (Thursday game) Packers ✔ Saints ✘ Saints ✘ with Justin Blackmon on two team. short touchdown tosses, Joseph Parnell is a former college bas- Atlanta at Chicago Falcons Bears Falcons Randle ran for two scores and ketball player who spent only one No. 9 Oklahoma State used an season playing football, and spent Cincinnati at Cleveland early burst of offense to beat it on defense. He was switched to Browns Browns Browns Arizona 37-14 on Thursday night offense while with the Saints’ prac- in a rematch of last year’s Alamo tice squad in 2009. He’s yet to play Buffalo at Kansas City Chiefs Chiefs Chiefs Bowl. in an NFL game. The Cowboys (2-0) scored on “You certainly see the athletic Philadelphia at St. Louis their first three drives to open a ability, the arm length, the foot Eagles Eagles Eagles 21-0 lead in the first 16½ minutes, quickness,” Garrett said. “It’s pretty then put it away with two scores obvious to see his physical traits, Detroit at Tampa Bay Lions Lions Buccaneers midway through the second half. and that’s one of the reasons we Randle had 121 yards rushing were attracted to him. But what Tennessee at Jacksonville Titans Jaguars Titans and nine catches for 99 yards, and you need to see is some football Blackmon had 128 yards on 12 instinct, some football savvy and receptions to extend his NCAA some understanding about offen- Pittsburgh at Baltimore Ravens Steelers Ravens record streak to 14 straight games sive and defensive schemes ... It’s with at least 100 yards receiving. a process for a guy like that. It’s Indianapolis at Houston Texans Texans Texans Weeden finished with 397 really a process for every young yards passing, one less than p l ay e r.” New York Giants at Arizona’s Nick Foles, in a duel Garrett said he has “no hard Washington Giants Giants Giants between the nation’s top two and fast rules” about whether passers from the first week of the Smith has to practice again before Seattle at San Francisco Seahawks Seahawks Seahawks season. Weeden’s first 13 passes he can play. were completed before he overshot “We just want to make sure he’s Tracy Moore on a deep ball. making progress,” Garrett said. Minnesota at San Diego Chargers Vikings Vikings The Wildcats (1-1) played Newly signed receiver Laurent without Juron Criner, who was Robinson did not practice because Carolina at Arizona Cardinals Cardinals Cardinals the Pac-10’s top receiver last of a hamstring injury. Tight end season and tied the school record Martellus Bennett also did not re- Dallas at New York Jets with 11 touchdown catches. turn to practice because of a high Jets Jets Cowboys He had an appendectomy on ankle sprain. Monday, and it’s unclear whether Receiver Miles Austin (ham- New England at Miami (Monday Night) Patriots Patriots Patriots he’ll be able to return in time for string) and center Phil Costa Arizona’s home games the next (knee) also were listed as limited Oakland at Denver two weeks against No. 6 Stanford participants. (Monday Night) Raiders Broncos Raiders and No. 12 Oregon. FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 | the News 12 Baylor Lariat www.baylorlariat.com Job fair coming to Baylor, bringing opportunities

By Brittney Coulter next steps in the process.” students the opportunity to repre- Mushka also recommends that Reporter Mushka said the job fair can sent themselves face-to-face aside students bring multiple copies of benefit students from all academic from simply submitting a resume. resumes printed on high qual- Students in the market for an backgrounds, not just those from “Any time you feel like you ity bond paper and be prepared internship or post-graduation job the areas represented at the fair. would do a much better job rep- to present themselves efficiently can potentially find employment at “Even if you see that maybe resenting yourself in person rather using what she refers to as a “one Baylor Career Services’ STEM Job they’re not looking for your major, than on paper, it’s absolutely a good minute commercial” that gives Fair, Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. on you can still talk with them about idea to go to a job fair,” Sparks said. recruiters pertinent information the fifth floor of the Cashion -Aca different opportunities,” Mushka Mushka and Sparks said that such as majors, areas of interest demic Center. This is the first suc- said. preparation is essential for suc- and career goals. cessful year to hold the fair in the So far, 30 companies have com- cess at the fair. Among the things Students are highly encour- last two years due to the previous mitted to attend the fair. Recruiters students should do to prepare is aged to attend the fair regardless state of the economy. will be in attendance from compa- research the companies listed to of where they are in their college Short for science, technology, nies such as Anadarko, AT&T, the attend. careers. engineering and mathematics, the FBI, SpaceX and National Instru- “There is a list of them that “Don’t miss the opportunity to STEM Job Fair, will give students ments. [students] can find by going to our attend,” Mushka said. “Too many and alumni a chance to meet with Donna Sparks, assistant direc- website: HireABear.com,” Mushka times we hear from students that company recruiters offering jobs tor of career services, said job fairs said. “Pick out the top three to five are graduating or from alumni that from these respective areas. can open the door to opportunities that you’re interested in, look at they wish they would have taken “It’s a great opportunity to net- that may have previously not been their website and learn about what advantage of this.” work with a room full of recruit- considered. they’re doing and what they might The STEM Job Fair is just one ers,” said Carolyn Mushka, associ- “Campus Crusade for Christ is be here recruiting for.” of many job fairs offered through- ate director of career services. “You going to be at the STEM fair look- Students should also plan out out the year. Students can visit Ca- may not have the opportunity to ing for computer programmers,” their visit in advance to make ef- reer Services in the Paul L. Foster do that somewhere else.” Sparks said. “Most people think ficient use of their time at the fair. Success Center in the Sid Richard- According to the career services of Campus Crusade for Christ as “Map out a plan for who you son Building for more information website, job fairs provide students a more missions-based kind of want to see because a lot of times on upcoming fairs as well as more with the opportunity to “learn thing, but they need people to pro- you don’t have enough time to talk information on how to prepare for about their opportunities, gather gram their website and things like to everybody,” Sparks said. “You them. Ambika Singh | staff Photographer information you can use when ap- t h at t o o.” really want to be intentional so that Professional dress and a student Mannequins on display in the Paul L. Foster Student Success Center teach plying for jobs and find out about Sparks also said job fairs give you make it to your key prospects.” ID are required to enter the fair. students to dress appropriately for a business setting in order to land jobs. IBM’s Smarter Planet Comes to You tour comes to you

By Jennifer Kang students will have the opportunity to The Lariat. es and so forth.” hopes to show that students need Reporter to win up to $200 for each mem- Dr. Andrea Dixon, the execu- Daniele O. Coper, marketing to take an initiative to develop ber of a two-person team. In order tive director of the Keller Center program execution manager at skills further because companies Baylor will be the first of nine to compete, students must register for Research and the Center for IBM, thinks this is an excellent way today are demanding more from “The tour aims to help schools to kick off IBM’s Smarter online. Professional Selling, said this is a for all students of any major, un- employees. students understand Planet Comes to You University According to Tim Willeford, great way for all students on cam- dergraduate or graduate, to come “Part of the objective of this there is a growing Tour on Tuesday at the Cashion global communications leader at pus to learn more about the dif- together and learn more about cre- event is to show students examples Academic Center. IBM, the universities that were ferent ways they can develop the ating a smarter planet. of the current marketplace and demand for The tour aims to help students chosen to participate are already right skills to enter the workforce “The scavenger hunt will have make it real for students to realize highly-skilled workers understand there is a growing de- engaged and have dialogues about and set themselves apart from the about 30 questions where students that they live in a smarter planet,” due to current work- mand for highly-skilled workers sustainability and solving complex competition. get clues on their cell phones that Coper said. due to current workforce condi- problems with logical analysis. “IBM is sponsoring this univer- deal with how to make a smarter The tour will feature four force conditions: the tions: the best jobs are toughening “In all cases, we are excited to sity tour and they handpicked a set planet,” Coper said in a conference IBM skill zones that students can best jobs are their requirements. IBM is also share IBM’s Smarter Planet strat- of schools this year to help students call on Sept. 7. “At the end of all of choose to attend: the job zone, the toughening their integrating the idea that students egy with future leaders of the tech- understand what it means to com- this, we will have a discussion for skills zone, the gaming zone and need to build a smarter planet by nology and business world through pete and differentiate themselves,” students on what employers are the expert zone. Students will also requirements.” creative thinking and applying technology demonstrations and Dixon said. “But at the same time, looking for when they hire stu- be able to meet with representa- technology in new ways in order to discussions and other real-world this helps students work for a more dents and what skills they should tives and discuss job opportunities solve business problems. examples and case studies of how sustainable planet, while work- have to differentiate themselves and find out more about other re- Jennifer Kang | Reporter The tour will host a Smarter IBM is helping to build a smarter ing in the context of technology from others.” sources that IBM has to offer dur- Planet Scavenger Hunt, in which planet,” said Willeford in an email changes and environmental chang- By the end of this event IBM ing the tour.