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ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2008 Communication key for unity, says alumni

By Ashley Corinne Killough theme could be found threaded published responses serve as a ments from alumni on building such as the unusually high num- Staff Writer throughout the answers. representative cross-section of unity at Baylor, so we are unable ber of tenure denials in March, “People want better commu- the ideas posed by alumni. “People want better com- to comment on the content or has also added to the tension. After soliciting input from nication between the different “The BAA tries to be a forum munication between suggestions at this time,” Fogle- Several alumni also cited a alumni about ways to address groups at Baylor,” Copeland said. for alumni to voice their support, man said. “However, the Board of lack of communication between division within the Baylor com- “They’d like to see more clarity as well as concern, for Baylor. We the different groups at Regents and the administration the board and the BAA after the munity, the Baylor Alumni Asso- and collaborative efforts.” want to be a place were people Baylor.” always invite and welcome sug- board voted in May 2007 to end ciation received more than 100 Copeland said the BAA of different viewpoints can come gestions and active participation financial support for the BAA, an responses. A majority of the recently sent out a mass e-mail together in conversation and fel- Todd Copeland from alumni and friends about act that was finalized in March. recommendations have been to more than 19,000 members, lowship,” Copeland said. Editor of The Baylor Line how we can all work together to Bob Morrison of San Antonio, published in the fall issue of The asking, “What can be done to Baylor spokesperson Lori move Baylor forward.” a 1960 Baylor graduate, said he Baylor Line magazine. unite Baylor?” Fogleman said Interim Presi- In recent years, Baylor has would like to see a moderator, Todd Copeland, editor of With statements both criti- dent David Garland was travel- witnessed disagreements over one who is honored by all par- the Baylor Line, said the BAA cizing and praising various ing back to Texas Monday, and “Not all of the board or the the goals of Baylor 2012, a vision ties at Baylor, step in to help received a variety of opinions, constituents at Baylor, includ- it wasn’t known whether he had administration have had the that seeks to propel Baylor to but that in the end, one common ing the BAA, Copeland said the seen the feedback from alumni. opportunity yet to see the com- top-tier status. Faculty concerns, Please see UNITY, page 6 Wallets pick-pocketed

coordinate constructive ideas that would bridge gaps between during football game groups. “Theoretically, I’m talking Jade Ortego and while trying to enter the would get in front, one behind about a Billy Graham type of per- Staff Writer stands, right before kickoff, “a and one to the side. The person son, someone from the Baptist young lady got in front of me would feel jostled around and side who’s both conservative and “In all the years I’ve been here with someone I thought was her when they got back to their seat, moderate and someone from the I’ve never seen that,” said Chief boyfriend,” Montgomery said. they would say, ‘Where’s my wal- university side who understands of Police Jim Doak, of the pick- “I looked away and the boy- let?’” Doak said. how a university functions but pocketing that happened at last friend was gone. The young lady The other victim could not be isn’t a current president,” Mor- Saturday’s game. sort of stopped and was talk- reached for comment. rison said. Two people reported their Chief Doak said that pick- Morrison mentioned the wallets missing after being pocketing is not easy. threat posed by internal division bumped into in a crowded line “There is an art to “There’s an art to pick-pocket- on the students’ side of Floyd pick-pocketing. You ing. You have to be very nimble Casey Stadium. have to be very nimble and very quick,” he said. “It’s old- The thefts were apparently fashioned but effective. They did a team effort. The victims were and very quick.” very well.” reportedly blocked by someone According to the victims, the in line and bumped into from Jim Doak pick-pockets were two black behind. When they got to their Chief of Baylor Police males and one black female, all seats they realized their wallets in their early twenties. were missing. “I feel pretty confident it David Montgomery, a senior ing to someone else when I felt wasn’t a student. These people research analyst for Litton Loan a bump. Someone hit me from were not wearing Baylor colors Services from Spring, entered behind. I turned to my right and and (sports officials) were giving the stadium for his first Baylor the person that I thought was her away yellow T-shirts to Baylor game at 11:20 a.m. and had seats boyfriend was walking off to the students,” Montgomery said. in Section 2. right,” he said. After purchasing two drinks “It was a concerted effort. One Please see STOLEN page 6 New method developed to determine age of bones ers used spectroscopy, a science of bones, we thought that when By Sommer Ingram that deals with the interaction bones die, they may begin to dry Staff Writer of light with matter, to measure out, and that the protein might that time frame. start to decompose and break Baylor chemistry professors Because apart,” said Dr. Kenneth Busch, and graduate students have bones con- professor of chemistry and a found a new way to determine tain pro- lead researcher for the project. the age of bones. tein and “So then we thought we could They have applied a statisti- water, the use spectroscopy to follow that cal method to chemical mea- re s e a rc h - process.” Sarah Morris/Lariat Staff surements to develop a new ers chose Through regression model- method that could help speed a particu- ing, Busch and fellow research- up the forensic process of dating lar type of ers were able to correlate their skeletal remains. spectrosco- data with the post-mortem inter- Reflecting on a rainy day This is the first time this tech- py sensitive val. Regression modeling is a nique, termed chemometrics, to moisture method of correlating one thing has been used to determine the and pro- Busch to another that is often used to Puddles reflect Pat Neff Hall after Monday afternoon’s rain. Weather for Waco this week will be sunny with post-mortem interval of bones, tein. see if something that is measured a range of temperatures from the mid- to high-80s. which is the time period since a “When we thought about person has died. The research- how we could determine the age Please see BONES, page 6 Beleaguered stock market suffers largest point drop to date

By Joe Bel Bruno Investors have come to the are cleaning out portfolios and past week, the blue chips have and Tim Paradis realization that the Bush admin- getting rid of everything because fallen more than 1,100 points, The Associated Press istration’s $700 billion rescue nothing seems to be working.” or nearly 11 percent. This latest plan and steps taken by other The selling was so extreme decline indicates that investors NEW YORK – Wall Street suf- governments won’t work quickly that only 264 stocks rose on are becoming more convinced fered through another extraor- to unfreeze the credit markets. the NYSE — and 2,986 dropped. that the country is leading a dinary and traumatic session That sent stocks spiraling That’s a telling sign considering prolonged economic crisis that Monday, with the Dow Jones downward in the U.S., Europe and the stock market is considered a is shifting to other nations. industrials plunging as much as Asia, and drove investors to sink leading economic indicator, with “The market view is shift- 800 points — their largest one-day money into the relative safety of investors tending to buy and sell ing from looking just at the point drop — before recovering to U.S. government debt. Fears about based on where they believe the misery of the financial sector close with a loss of 370. The cata- a global recession also caused oil economy will be in six to nine to the global economy,” said lyst for the selling, which also took to drop below $90 a barrel. months. Georges Ugeux, chairman and the Dow below 10,000 for the first “The fact is, people are scared Monday’s stock trading extend- chief executive of New York- time in four years, was investors’ and the only thing they’re doing is ed what has been an exceptional based Galileo Global Advisors. growing despair that the spread- selling,” said Ryan Detrick, senior stretch of volatility, in which triple- “There are enough indication ing credit crisis will take a heavy technical strategist at Schaeffer’s digit drops in the Dow are becom- toll around the world. Investment Research. “Investors ing almost commonplace; in the Please see DROP, page 6

VOL. 108 No.21 www.baylor.edu/Lariat © 2008, BAYLOR UNIVERSITY 2 The Baylor Lariat OPINION Tuesday, October 7, 2008 Attacks on Obama’s patriotism hold no merit With under a month until imperfect enough, that he’s pall- leads to one conclusion; Palin’s the Republican base before the time around is that they are com- election day, Sen. John McCain’s ing around with terrorists who attack is based on a lie without needs of the country. And now ing from McCain’s campaign. campaign stepped up its rhetoric would target their own country.” merit. Obama has never “palled” McCain, down in most national The same John McCain who against Sen. Obama. She continued, “This is not a point around with Ayers, nor does polls and in many swing states, stood up to “agents of intoler- The latest charge this week- man who sees America like you he subscribe to Ayers’ political is making his last-ditch effort ance” in 2000 and has tried to end from the McCain campaign and I see America.” of view views. trying to convince voters he’s build a career around principle was not that Obama will raise Palin was referring to Obama’s The fact that Obama was only more American than Obama and and character. your taxes or will prematurely known loose association with BY ANDREW MARTINEZ a young boy when Ayers was a that Obama is someone Ameri- McCain has shown in the pull out of Iraq, but rather that former Weather Underground member of the Weather Under- cans should fear. past few weeks that he’s more Obama is not American enough. member Bill Ayers. Ayers was According to the article, both ground reinforces the absurdity The he’s “not a man who sees than willing to put politics above Such a line of attack is not a member of the radical leftist Obama and Ayers served on a of an implication that Obama is America like you and I” attack is principle, as his campaign has only disappointing and disre- organization responsible for the charitable board from 2000- secretly tied to radical politics. another in a long line of attacks becomes increasingly more about spectful but is also a distraction bombings of government build- 2002, and Ayers once made a A few weeks ago when the questioning Obama’s patriotism. fear then about the future. from the issues that face our ings during the 60s and 70s. $200 donation to Obama’s re- credit crisis worsened, McCain Obama is an easier foil than most With unresolved wars in Iraq country. Palin referred to an article, election campaign for Illinois showed us his worst political because he comes from a diverse and Afghanistan, a financial cri- Speaking at rallies across “Obama and 60s Bomber: A State Senate in 2001. The article instincts as he waffled back and background and has, as Obama sis and other pressing issues the Colorado and California on Sat- Look Into Crossed Paths,” from goes on to say that there is no forth trying to find a position himself admits, “a funny name.” country deserves better than a urday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin The New York Times in making evidence that Obama and Ayers that would gain public approval. We have seen these kinds campaign of fear and innuendo. repeatedly said, “ Our opponent her comments about the extent had a close relationship while Before that, his pick of Palin for of attacks before in politics, Andrew Martinez is a senior is someone who sees America, of Obama and Ayers’ relation- working on the same board. vice-president showed a candi- but what makes these negative journalism and political science it seems, as being so imperfect, ship. Any reading of this article date willing to put the needs of attacks so disconcerting this major from San Antonio.

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Editorial The Baylor Lariat welcomes reader viewpoints through letters to the editor and guest col- umns. Opinions expressed in the No-fee Lariat are not necessarily those of the Baylor administration, the Baylor Board of Regents or the Student Publications Board. parking is Letters to the editor should include the writer’s name, major, graduation year, phone number a privilege, and student identification number. Non-student writers should include their address. Letters that focus on an issue affecting not a right students or faculty may be considered for a guest column at the editor’s discretion. All submissions become the The subject of parking is always met property of The Baylor Lariat. with complaints amongst students. Last The Lariat reserves the right to week saw more than its fair share of park- edit letters for grammar, length, ing complaints, but this time it’s not stu- libel and style. dents who were complaining. It was the Letters should be e-mailed faculty and staff. to [email protected] or The recent uproar about a new pos- mailed to The Baylor Lariat, One sible parking fee for faculty and staff Bear Place #97330, Waco, TX solidified the fact that nothing will come 76798-7330. between them and their free parking spots. Not only did the news conjure up a large amount of negative response from the Federal Insurance Contributions Act a parking decal and are not guaranteed a With the compensation, faculty and The Baylor Lariat is commit- faculty and staff, but it also revealed an (FICA). parking spot. With the overcrowding on staff are still parking for free, and may ted to ensuring fair and accu- absurd unwillingness to pay for the pro- The idea behind the change is to pro- campus, finding a parking spot at 10 a.m. even be getting a little extra money in rate reporting and will correct posed parking fees even though com- mote sustainability. Faculty and staff who can be like finding a pot of gold. Not to return, when you figure in the pay raise. errors of substance on Page 2. pensation for the parking decals will be choose to carpool, ride the bus, walk or mention the fact that faculty and staff fre- That’s sounds pretty good compared to Corrections can be submitted to provided. bike to work would avoid buying the quently park in student parking, whereas the University of Texas’ $464 parking fee the editor by sending an e-mail The university’s parking committee is parking decal and essentially receive a students are ticketed if they occupy a fac- and the University of Oklahoma’s $222 to [email protected] or made up of twelve members representing permanent raise. This would serve to ulty or staff spot. parking fee. by calling 254-710-4099. students, faculty and staff. Upon the rec- better the campus’ sustainability efforts, The faculty and staff who have com- If Baylor’s compensation scheme isn’t ommendation from a parking report by according to the committee. In addition, plained are not helping their case. good enough, then good luck trying to The Consulting Engineer’s Group Inc., the committee is suggesting that staff Instead, they are coming off as a bunch find another university at Baylor’s level a third-party firm hired to study Baylor’s utilize the parking spaces at the Ferrell of penny-pinchers. that will readily offer free parking to fac- parking system, faculty and staff may Center free of charge and ride a shuttle Lets face the facts. Free parking at any ulty and staff. It is a privilege to have free A subscription to the Lariat have to join students in paying for park- to campus to alleviate parking spot short- university is a rarity nowadays. Baylor parking, not a right. costs $45 for two semesters. ing starting the next academic year. ages. faculty and staff have been pampered The bottom line is that parking will Send check or money order to The consulting firm estimated the For whatever reason, one would think and lucky in avoiding these fees alto- still be free of charge and faculty and staff One Bear Place #97330, Waco, parking decal should cost approximately that this generous compensation to cover gether. Now that parking fees are being will still have the best spots on campus. TX, 76798-7330 or e-mail Lar- $225. the cost of the decal would be welcomed considered, the university has been gen- Nobody likes change, especially when [email protected]. Visa, Dis- The parking committee recommended with open arms, but that is not the case. erous enough to provide compensation, that change involves money being taken. cover and MasterCard payments that this figure be compensated into fac- If this type of response can be expected so what more could Baylor faculty and It is understandable that there would be may be phoned to 254-710-2662. ulty and staff paychecks by raising their after a simple recommendation, then who staff ask for? opposition to this idea, but the fact that Postmaster: Please send address salaries to cover the price for the park- knows what type of madness will ensue if All of this complaining makes it seem there is still lingering opposition even changes to above address. ing decal and associated taxes related to this parking fee is actually instated. as if there is an attitude of entitlement to after compensation has been suggested the pay raise, such as Social Security and Students pay the full price, $200, for free parking among faculty and staff. is ridiculous. Cowboys need more than offense to win division, Super Bowl

Few teams have received as Now, after narrowly beating Indeed, few teams have been points, 111, than any other team of the best tight ends the game much preseason love as the Dal- the Cincinnati Bengals in week as sloppy about holding onto the in the NFC East. has ever seen. Even young play- las Cowboys did before the start five, the Cowboys find themselves sports football as the Cowboys. At nega- Part of the reason the Cow- ers like Austin and rookie Felix of the 2008 season. Having as tied for second place in the NFC tive 4, they are tied for the second boys have managed to hang on to Jones have showed their explo- many talented, high profile play- East, trailing the undefeated New take worst turnover differential in the most of their games despite their sive capability this year. ers as the Cowboys do, they are York Giants, and causing many NFL with the Bengals, behind tendency to turn the ball over, No doubt having that many early favorites to represent the to wonder if the team is luckier BY JOE HOLLOWAY only the Detroit Lions, who have and despite a defense that is at offensive weapons works in the NFC in the Super Bowl. than it is good. a negative 5 margin. times porous, is the fact that they Cowboys’ favor. But until they After New England lost quar- In no game was Dallas’ luck fact happened, was that a Romo What’s the difference between do have many talented players on can find a way to cut down on terback Tom Brady for the sea- more evident than Sunday’s 31-22 pass knicked off the hands of those teams and the Cowboys? offense who are liable to explode the turnovers and plug up their son in week one, and San Diego scrape past the Bengals. In truth, receiver Miles Austin and landed Neither the Bengals nor the Lions at any moment. defense the Cowboys better hope opened the season 0-2, Dallas the game could have gone either in the hands of Crayton who hap- have posted a win this year while Owens’ 57-yard touchdown their luck doesn’t run out if they seemed to have a comfortable way and was decided largely by pened to be more alert than the Dallas sits at 4-1. on Dallas’ first possession of the want to make it to the Super spot atop ESPN’s Power Rank- what on paper looks like a Tony two Bengals defenders in the area. A team that coughs it up as fourth quarter Sunday was the Bowl, or even win their division ings as the best in the NFL, stay- Romo touchdown pass to receiv- It was a play that more often than much as the Cowboys do and latest evidence that no one can for that matter. ing there for three weeks straight er Patrick Crayton just inside the not is an incompletion and, with still wins games must have a sleep on the Cowboys. Running Joe Holloway is a senior jour- until a loss to the Washington last two minutes of the game on Romo quarterbacking, is often pretty solid defense right? Again, back Marion Barber can truck nalism major from Marshall and Redskins in week four bumped third down and eleven. an interception. And it sealed the Dallas defies the odds. They have over just about anybody given is a sports writer for The Baylor them down to No. 3. On live television, and what in victory for the Cowboys. allowed more yards,1526, and the chance. Jason Witten is one Lariat.

The Baylor Lariat THE Daily Crossword Edited by Wayne Robert Williams Editor in chief Anita Pere* City editor Bethany Poller* ACROSS 59 Letters for 1051 24 Weakly colored: pref. Opinion editor Lynn Ngo* News editor Charly Edsitty* 1 Alone 60 Smooth cotton thread 25 Poi base Entertainment editor Kelli Boesel 5 Acronym before the World Series 61 British flyer? 26 __ Park, NJ Web editor Stephen Jablonski 66 God of Assyria 29 Group in “The Godfather” Asst. city editor Liz Foreman 9 African fever Editorial cartoonist Claire Taylor 14 Unhinged 67 Host before Carson 31 Check fig. Sports editor Brian Bateman* 15 Honolulu’s island 68 Son of Seth 32 Japanese drama Sports writers Joe Holloway 69 Chicago tower 35 Part of a wd. Garrett Turner 16 Heavenly hunter Staff writers Sommer Ingram 17 Wernher von Braun? 70 Work units 36 Water pitchers Ashley Killough 19 Brit’s wireless 71 Blow-gun ammo 38 Bossy’s bellow Jade Ortego DOWN 39 Coastal eagle Chad Shanks 20 Quick/flash connection Copy desk chief Kate Thomas 21 Cageless canary? 1 Camera letters 40 Track gathering Copy editors Jessica Belmares 23 UHF word 2 Also 41 To be, in Tours Photo editor Sarah Morris Photographers Christina Kruse 26 Have in mind 3 Coll. sports grp. 44 Old pol. unit Alex Song 27 Born in France 4 Mini-racer 45 Furry marsupials Shanna Taylor 28 When scones are served 5 __ bene 46 Carve Advertising sales Shamara Sneed Kate Williams 30 Sacred river of India 6 Hasty retreat 47 Brandy’s sitcom Delivery Sean Donnelly 33 Part of E.U. 7 Cause friction 49 Puppy bark James O’Brien 34 San __, CA 8 Composer of “The Nubians 50 Posted * denotes member of editorial board 37 Pilot’s request? of Plutonia” 53 Hanging open Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 42 Ripken’s team 9 Traditional stories 54 Cut sheep 3X3 box contains the digits 1 through 9 with no repeats. 43 UFO pilots 10 Part of U.A.E. 57 Elide 11 Short section of track 58 That woman’s Newsroom: 710-1711 45 Geisha garb 48 Card poets 12 Evening party 59 City near Essen The Baylor Lariat is owned by Baylor University and over- Advertising: 710-3407 13 Battery terminals 62 Gossip sheet seen by the Student Publications Board. Sports: 710-6357 51 Lennon’s beloved The entire content of The Baylor Lariat is protected under Entertainment: 710-7228 52 Give guff to 18 Actor Morales 63 Santa __ winds the Federal Copyright Act. Reproduction of any portion of any Editor: 710-4099 55 Diner 22 Pool spin 64 And also not For today’s crossword and sudoku answers, issue by any means, mechanical or otherwise, is not permitted [email protected] 56 Elevens, not ones, in blackjack? 23 Shoshone 65 Superlative suffix without the expressed written consent of Baylor University. visit www.baylor.edu/Lariat Tuesday, October 7, 2008 NEWS The Baylor Lariat 3 Retired Army colonel sheds light on Middle East crisis

ber 2001, Wright volunteered to taken after The U.S. must withdraw said. “Make sure you know who versial war and the Middle East By Rebecca LaFlure help reopen the U.S. Embassy in the Sep. troops in order for Iraq to have the vets are, and talk to them. crises, the U.S. military needs to Reporter Afghanistan. 11 attacks, the political space needed to See what they’ve been through. be supported. Also, she served in the U.S. she said to bring a compromise between all See if they’re having difficulty. “Even though some people Wearing a T-shirt that read, Army and the Foreign Service, defeat the the Iraqi factions, Wright said. Know how to help veterans may not agree with the war, we “We will not be silent,” peace and has since devoted her life ter ror ist s “The removal of U.S. forces is coming back.” still need to support the troops activist and retired Army Col. to speaking out against the war in the Mid- really important,” Wright said. Grapevine senior Collin Lot- while they’re there,” Sammons Ann Wright addressed a group and other military issues. dle East, “There will never be peace in ter, who attended the lecture, said. “They are doing their job.” of political science students “It was not clear if there one must Iraq while America is occupying said overall, the speech was an At the end of Wright’s lecture, Monday in the Draper Academ- were weapons of mass destruc- first know the country.” informative one. Wright said students should ic Building, about the ongoing tion,” Wright said. “I was a little where the The war has a long-lasting “Her experiences were valu- challenge everybody. conflicts in the Middle East. uneasy of that explanation of enemy is. affect on the men and women able in forming our mind-set “Governments, not just this After serving 29 years of why we had to go in and why “ T h e r e Ann Wright serving in the military, and about Afghanistan and Iraq ... It’s administration, but all the way government service, Wright we couldn’t wait for the weapons was no al- students should get to know hard to disagree with a 30-year through, are not all they’re became one of three U.S. state inspectors to have another few Qaida in Iraq,” Wright said. “al- the veterans attending Baylor, military vet,” Lotter said. cracked out to be,” Wright said. department officials to publicly months to look for them.” Qaida was in Afghanistan, and Wright said. Dallas sophomore Gabe Sam- “It is your responsibility and resign in objection to the inva- Wright said that although she we never dedicated sufficient “The level of post-traumatic mons said that no matter what a your right to challenge them on sion of Iraq in 2003. In Decem- agrees some action needed to be troops in there.” stress is really dramatic,” Wright person’s stance is on the contro- things.” Study abroad students feel financial strain

By Janna Quinn and Prisca K. ways to cut back on their spend- my, Erickson said the number of ent, some students focus on the Anuolam ing. Atlanta, Ga., junior Sarah students interested in studying value in the experience rather Reporters Bliss is currently studying at in Europe has not decreased. than the value of the dollar. St. Louis University in Madrid, Valley Mills junior Lace Whit- “I’m not too worried about A weakening American Spain. ney is also attending St. Louis being affected by the economy,” economy and U.S. dollar makes “I try to spend less money University in Madrid, and is tak- Wolf said. “I think I’m more wor- studying abroad more expensive when we go out,” Bliss said. ing measures to compensate for ried about strong accents and for students, unless they choose “Another way I try to save the weak dollar. language barriers than money.” a non-traditional location or money is by taking the metro or “I am not eating out a lot receive a scholarship. walking when we go out instead and I won’t be shopping much Mansfield junior Sarah Wolf of taking a taxi, which can get because I’m saving that money Exchange Rates is currently participating in pricey.” for traveling,” Whitney said. the Baylor in London/Founda- Bliss said she chooses to have Whitney will be visiting as tion for International Education a positive attitude. many places as she can while she Currency Per U.S Dollar (FIE) program. The exchange “The time I have here is lim- is studying abroad, she said. rate in Great Britain is currently ited,” Bliss said. “I think it’s The price for some programs, British Pound: .57490 1.74 pounds to one U.S. dollar. a good thing I’m forced to cut such as the semester program Euro: .74360 “I try to stick with cheap food back on traveling a bit so I can in Maastricht, are basically all- I can cook in my flat as opposed spend more time in Madrid to inclusive. Canadian Dollar: 1.1043 to eating out a lot,” Wolf wrote get to know the city better.” The program fee includes in an e-mail. “I usually don’t Baylor tuition and usually tuition, housing, airfare, two Chinese Yuan: 6.838 spend more than about $30 to housing is paid directly to the meals a day, books, a Eurorail $40 a week.” host university. If the student pass and health insurance, said Japanese Yen: 101.010 Wolf said she does not have studies in a country where the Karen Connors, coordinator of many problems traveling within dollar is stronger, sometimes semester abroad programs. Mexican Peso: 11.856 London because she can walk or housing is even cheaper. Connors and Erickson said take the London Underground Katie Erickson, exchange pro- they expect an increase in non- Indian Rupee: 47.915 metro system. gram and study abroad adviser, traditional study abroad desti- The exchange rate, however, recommends that students talk nations in countries where dol- Russian Rouble: 26.2809 prevents her from traveling out- to her about their options. lar is stronger. Sarah Morris/Lariat Staff side the United Kingdom. “I think students who start “China is becoming a huge “Sadly, the only place I’ve off thinking that (the study player in world economics and This means, for Throw down Mondays. made it to is Istanbul on a study abroad program) is too expen- business, and for students want- example, that an American dollar tour with one of my classes,” she sive are generally the ones who ing to work for a business that is worth .57490 British Pounds or Baylor law student Luke Brown (standing) and Houston sophomore wrote in an e-mail. “It’s not in don’t even try and meet with is very global, having studied Kyle Caulkins (top) practice Jiu-Jitsu Monday evening at Rena Marrs the European Union, so I didn’t me or talk to the office about in China will make them stand 26.28090 Russian Roubles. McLean Gymnasium. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art that aims to have to worry about the Euro, studying abroad, because they out in the job market,” Erickson achieve positional dominance to obtain submission through use of and the Turkish lira is almost 1 have pretty much made up their said. leverage and control. Rates are according to MSN to 1 (U.S. dollar.” minds,” Erickson said. Despite the financial costs Money. Moneycentral.msn.com Other students are finding Even with an unsteady econo- that studying abroad may pres- Texas death row inmates lose at Supreme Court

By Michael Graczyk execution. Kelly faces lethal injection parents, Rick and Suzanna Associated Press Among the Texas cases the Oct. 14, the first of six convicted Wamsley, at their home in Mans- high court refused to review as killers set to die this month in field, near Fort Worth. HOUSTON – A dozen con- it began its new term was the the nation’s most active death Richardson, 24, is among demned Texas inmates, includ- appeal of Alvin Kelly, an East penalty state. only 10 women on death row in ing one set to die next week and Texas man convicted of the Also losing Monday at the Texas. The appeals of Richard- one of the few women on death death of a 22-month-old boy Supreme Court was Chelsea son and Thompson, however, row in the state, lost appeals in a shooting near Longview Richardson, convicted of her remain early in the process and Monday before the U.S. Supreme that also left the child’s parents involvement in the December execution dates for both are not Court, moving them closer to dead. 2003 slayings of her boyfriend’s imminent.

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By Kelli Boesel house by his two gay best friends movie. She delivers laugh-out- Entertainment Editor because the three of them have loud actions and lines through- a show to play and also because out the movie. “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Nick’s favorite band, Where’s In fact she steals some thun- Playlist” is 90 minutes of pure Fluffy, is playing somewhere in der from Dennings. entertainment. the city that night. The interest- I was a little disappointed in ing twist is, no one knows where how Dennings played Norah. MOVIEREVIEW or when the Where’s Fluffy con- I thought the character was cert is going to happen. It’s a well-written, but Dennings was concert scavenger hunt. lacking in areas. She is much Being a self-proclaimed indie Norah (Kat Dennings), like- better suited for the dark, rebel- movie lover, I was excited to see wise, is on the quest to find lious role she played in “Charlie “Playlist” after I saw the preview Fluffy, but she and her best Bartlett” and less suited for the earlier this year. I tend to like friend Caroline (Ari Graynor) straight-edged, genuine charac- slightly offbeat movies with stop first at the place Nick’s ter like Norah. quirky characters you wished band is playing. I can’t talk about “Nick and you knew in real life. Neither character knows that Norah’s Infinite Playlist” without I was a little nervous that the they have a common acquain- talking about the soundtrack. movie wouldn’t live up to my tance: Tris (Alexis Dziena) — Being a movie with “playlist” expectations. Nick’s ex and Norah’s occasion- in the title, the music is expect- To my pleasant surprise, the al friend. ed to be good. The soundtrack movie was far from a disap- To get away from Tris, Norah is phenomenal. Some bands pointment. tells her she is with her boy- included on the album are Vam- The interesting, colorful char- friend. Trying to make the lie pire Weekend and Band of Hors- acters carry the movie, because look real, Norah kisses the Courtesy of Sony Pictures es, to name a few. its plot is nothing revolution- unsuspecting Nick. She doesn’t Nick (Michael Cera) and Norah (Kat Dennings) are strangers thrust together in a night that neither will forget in “Nick The soundtrack does every- ary. But in this type of teen-love realize he is Tris’ ex until after and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.” thing it should — complement movie, that works. the lip-lock. the movie and stand alone as a Everything happens in one The two are then thrown “Arrested Development,” where Ellen Page’s baby-daddy in on screen and delivers cool, dry great collection of music. long night in New York City. together in the quest to find he played George-Michael Bluth, “Juno.” humor with brilliance. I walked out of the theater The movie opens with Nick Fluffy and to get the now-drunk a teen struggling with family As Nick, Cera plays a similar Graynor is a newcomer to and immediately said, “I need (Michael Cera) on the phone Caroline back home. and his inappropriate feelings character. He is a tortured soul the big screen, but she is no that music.” leaving a message for his ex-girl- All the actors pull their for his cousin. that is a little nerdy, but you doubt a scene-stealer. Caroline Overall, the movie was friend. Cera’s near perfect deliv- weight, but the two that stand Soon after the show ended, can’t help but love him. Nick is intoxicated the entire time refreshing despite an overdone ery of the call sets a hilarious out as brilliant are Cera and Cera dropped off the map until makes a lot of mistakes, is a little and Graynor plays one of the plot line. tone for the rest of the movie. Graynor. he played the adorable Evan in mopey, but has his few moments most hilarious, true-to-life wast- Nick is forced out of his Cera was on my radar after “Superbad” and then played of glory. Cera demands attention ed girls I have ever scene in a Grade: A- Top 10 new faces on television expected to have promising careers By Rick Bentley in advance. the chance to build a larger fan Angelina Jolie. She’s got a great He had a story arc in “Grey’s cial detail that looks into the odd McClatchy Newspapers So instead of trying to boil base though this updated action start on fulfilling that dream. Anatomy” and was a recurring and creepy, as the start of much down dozens of potential actors series. The original “Knight Fans of the FX Network series character on ‘Men In Trees.” bigger things. I’ve compiled a “10 to Watch” with the skill to find real star- Rider” made David Hasselhoff a “Nip/Tuck” have already seen Those were lightweight com- 9. Tristan Wilds, “90210,” list of actors on TV, every year dom, this year’s list is just the star. And Bruening has far more how McCord can heat up a pared to this role as a police The CW: The New York native since 1998. These are actors on best of what is a very weak 2008- talent than Hasselhoff. scene. This series should estab- detective who finds himself in has already shown his acting new network shows who have 2009 television season field. 3. Lucy Kate Hale, “Privi- lish McCord as one of television’s the wrong decade. abilities on the HBO series “The the potential to go on to bigger 1. Kyle Bornheimer, “Worst leged,” CW Network: The actress best bad girls. 7. Anne Slowey, “Stylista,” Wire.” But that series had a lim- careers even if their new series Week,” CBS: Since he moved to began to get some attention last 5. Niecy Nash, “Do Not Dis- CW Network: Everyone loves a ited audience because it was fails. Los Angeles from his hometown year playing Jamie Sommers’ lit- turb,” Fox: The firecracker come- villain. The Fashion News Direc- on pay cable. His role on this Past years have been easy. The of South Bend, Ind., the actor has tle sister on the failed NBC show dian has built a small follow- tor of Elle magazine will fill that high-profile show should launch first “10 to Watch” included Keri appeared in a host of shows from “The Bionic Woman.” She back ing through her work on “Reno role in the new reality series. Wilds into stardom. Russell, Kevin James and Sean “The Office” to “Jericho.” playing another little sister but 911.” Her sharp wit and comic She’s going to be tough and 10. Philip Winchester, “Cru- Hayes. Even the cast of “That This comedy puts him in the the role will give her a lot more timing is deserving of network demanding. Imagine a female soe,” NBC: This is the shakiest ‘70s Show” was singled out and spotlight. Because he is playing to do. exposure. She even manages to Simon Cowell. pick of them all. NBC has not let almost all of them have contin- a guy who has nothing but bad She had a small role in “The be funny when the comedy isn’t. 8. Anna Torv, “Fringe,” Fox: critics see the show. And there ued to work. luck, this is a chance to build Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (And this one wasn’t _ Fox can- Female stars in J.J. Abrams series are no guarantees it will launch This year was a nightmare. some real empathy from the 2.” It was memorable enough to celed it after three episodes.) have gone on to fame and for- in October. But starring in a The lower number of new shows, audience. show she could star in “Travel- 6. Jason O’Mara, “Life on tune: Keri Russell, Jennifer Gar- series where you are at times the 19, would have made the task 2. Justin Bruening, “Knight ing Pants 3” if such a film gets Mars,” ABC: If the network does ner, Evangeline Lilly. And this only actor on screen will get any- difficult enough. But the net- Rider,” NBC: Daytime drama made. not mess up this American ver- Australian actress has just as one’s attention. works, particularly the CW Net- fans know Bruening from his 4. AnnaLynne McCord, sion of the British miniseries, the much talent. 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By Joe Holloway both doing well.” because we went really deep Volleyball’s Breyfogle Sports Writer Johnson recalled relief after into our bench today and they earns Big 12 Defensive seeing Seelhorst make good play did a good job, too.” Player of the Week Freshman defender and mid- after good play. Substitutes also came in Buda junior Anna Brey- fielder Bethany Johnson scored “Courtney was screaming her handy when sophomore forward fogle was selected as the her first career goal of the sea- head off, (she) lost her voice, was and midfielder Lotto Smith had Big 12 Defensive Player of son after only four minutes of giving everybody good direc- to come out 15 minutes into the the Week last week. It’s the play and Baylor held on to take tion. She was picking things out game and when senior defender fourth honor for Breyfogle in a 1-0 win over the University of the air,” she said. “And Giana Elena Sutherland went down her career. Against the Uni- of Nebraska Sunday afternoon got an assist. The keepers were with a little over a minute left in versity of Colorado last week, at the Betty Lou Mays Soccer everywhere today.” the first half. she totaled 10 kills and 10 Field. Another key to the Bears’ “Lotto’s been playing on a blocks. Coming off of a 110-minute, success was their ability to bring little bit of a knee issue, but it The Bears also added 0-0 tie against Iowa State Uni- in subs off the bench effectively just limits her in heavy minutes another vote in the Coaches’ versity on Friday night, the Bears and keep fresh legs on the field. on a weekend. We’ve just got to Poll, but it wasn’t enough to (5-5-2, 1-1-1) got their first con- Twenty-two of the 27 players on give her a little bit of healing crack the top 25. ference win of the year against a the Baylor roster saw some mea- time this week and I think she’ll Baylor returns to action at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Aus- tough Huskers team (7-5-1, 3-1- sure of playing time against the be good to go on Friday,” Jobson tin, as the Bears visit the No. Alex Song/ Lariat Staff 0) which had just upset then-No. Huskers. said. “Elena got a little bit of an 3 Longhorns. Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin (10) carries the ball, avoiding Oklahoma 8 University of Texas in their “We had to use a lot of play- ankle sprain. That will heal up defensive end Alan Davis. The Sooners scored 28 points in the first quarter, Friday night game. ers,” Jobson said. “Some of our this week.” Broosova and Borsanyi leading to a 49-17 Oklahoma victory at Floyd Casey Stadium. Head coach Marci Jobson, really good headers’ legs started Baylor will travel to Lubbock fall in consolation finals who likened the game to David to go, so we had to make some to take on Texas Tech University Lenka Broosova and Csilla and Goliath, said that the win more subs. I was just really (6-5-1, 1-4-0) in their next game Borsanyi reached the consola- Grounded offense showed that all the hard work proud of the subs that went in Friday night. tion finals of the International her team has put in is making a Tennis Association’s Riviera difference. All-American tournament “It’s so great for them to real- Saturday. The event is held in ly get a big win like that,” Jobson Pacific Palisades, Calif. trouble for Baylor The duo fell to No. 25 Kelcy said. “It’s encouraging for them to say ‘I’m putting in this time, Tefft and Kali Krisik of the Uni- By Joe Holloway Whatever Wright and Griffin I’m putting in this effort and it’s versity of Notre Dame. Sports Writer think of the OU defense, it was going to pay off.’” In the semifinals, the good enough to limit the Bears The goal came after junior tandem defeated Stanford Freshman quarterback Rob- to 75 yards passing. That’s a goalkeeper Gianna Quintana University’s Hilary Barte and Lindsay Burdette 8-3. ert Griffin was the leading far cry from the 208 yards they took a free kick from about mid- Baylor returns to the court rusher in Baylor’s 49-17 loss to put up in their 31-28 loss to the field. Freshman forward and Oct. 10 at the Midland Invita- No. 1 University of Oklahoma University of Connecticut, or midfielder Christine Clark was tional. on Saturday. His 102 yards on even the 156 yards Griffin and able to flick Quintana’s kick the ground eclipsed even OU’s senior quarterback Kirby Free- into the middle of the box where Men’s tennis begins top running back, sophomore man combined for through the Johnson sent it into the goal. ITA tournament this DeMarco Murray, who rushed air in Baylor’s 41-13 loss to Wake “It’s really important for us to week; Bruche out in for 96 on the day. Forest University, which Griffin score in the beginning,” Johnson pre-qualifying round As head coach Art Briles has said had a better secondary than said, “especially on set pieces, Men’s tennis freshman said in previous weeks, Grif- the Sooners. which we’ve been working on a Marc Bruche advanced as far fin’s rushing ability is a big part Meanwhile, the Baylor lot.” as the second round at the ITA of what has made the Baylor defense had problems of its After the quick goal, the Baylor D’Novo All-American Men’s offense successful. own, allowing Oklahoma to run defense became the story of the Tennis Championships Satur- If Griffin’s only talents were up 28 points in the first quarter. day. Nebraska totaled 24 shots. day in Tulsa, Okla. his speed and elusiveness, he Junior safety Jordan Lake, who Sixteen came in the second half, Bruche defeated University would be a running back. As a tallied seven tackles and one but the Huskers weren’t able to of Denver’s Johan Gunnarsson quarterback, he’s also expected interception against the Soon- get any of them past freshman 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-1 in the pre-qual- to make plays through the air. ers, attributed the early deficit goalkeeper Courtney Seelhorst. ifying round of 128. He then fell Griffin only went 11-for-26 pass- to mental mistakes. “I was expecting them to be to Louisiana State University’s ing against a Sooners defense “We had some missed gaps coming at us,” Seelhorst said. Neal Skupski 6-4, 6-3. that freshman receiver Kendall and missed assignments, which “We played really great team Junior Attila Bucko, sopho- Wright called “not as good as gave them at least 21 or 28 defense.” more Jordan Rux and fresh- everybody thinks they are.” points,” he said. “Hat’s off to Between Seelhorst’s eight man Julian Bley will all begin tournament play this week. Even Griffin himself was them because they beat us, but saves and Quintana’s single save For results, visit the ITA’s less than complimentary of his at the same time, we didn’t help and assist, it was a big day for Sarah Morris/ Lariat Staff Web site at www.itatennis. opposition in the post-game ourselves.” Baylor goalies. Baylor redshirt freshman goalkeeper Courtney Seelhorst (1) stops a Nebraska com/events/mensallamerican. press conference. Baylor returns to action “The goalies did a great job,” shot on goal. 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from page 1 that fall in between. from page 1 closed 4.25 percent lower. into the abyss where the econ- from page 1 BONES “There is a sort of in DROP Europe’s stock markets also omy grinds to a halt and the STOLEN will correlate to another prop- between time period in which that two things are happening: declined, with the FTSE-100 financial system goes into com- The thefts were reported erty that is already familiar. it’s difficult to pinpoint the The crisis is spreading to other down 5.77 percent, Germany’s plete disarray. But, what the during the game. Baylor police “In this case, we shine light date of death,” said Dr. Mari- sectors, and that it is becoming DAX down 7.07 percent, and market is really reading here is responded by putting officers to on a bone and measure how anna Busch, professor of global.” France’s CAC-40 down 9.04 that this is a global phenome- the concession areas, “but we’re much it reflects back,” Busch chemistry and biochemistry Ugeux believes Monday’s percent. non, and when you delever like not going to go up to people and said. “We found that the sig- and Dr. Kenneth Busch’s wife. rout had little to do with any The global sell-off came after this, it is a process that takes a start accusing them,” Doak said. nal from our instrument did “Hopefully our technique will short-term problems facing governments across Europe very long period of time mea- “It was very frustrating, trying to change as a function of time, provide a method for these the market, such as paralyzed rushed to prop up failing sured in years, not quarters.” watch for that,” he said. and were able to correlate that bones that fall in the middle credit markets or ailing finan- banks, while the governments The anxiety was again obvi- Montgomery and Doak said change with a time interval range.” cial companies. He believes of Germany, Ireland and Greece ous in the credit markets. The they were surprised pick-pocket- — the post-mortem interval, The Baylor researchers that, regardless of the late-day also said they would guarantee yield on the three-month Trea- ing happened at a Baylor game. which ultimately tells how are targeting their research rebound in stocks, “the reac- bank deposits. As the U.S. tries sury bill fell to 0.43 percent “I’ve been to New Orleans, long it has been since a bone towards forensic interest, not tion is clearly giving a down- to repair its battered banking from late Friday at 0.50 per- New York, I’ve been to Europe, has died.” archaeological. trend and that there is a lack of system, the German govern- cent. Demand for bills remains and I’d expect that at any of those This method, diffuse reflec- “We’re looking at a situa- confidence of investors into the ment and financial industry high because of their safety; places before Baylor. I know tance spectroscopy, was tested tion where the bones haven’t future growth of the U.S. and agreed on a $68 billion bailout investors are willing to take that it’s a very religious-backed on 28 different pig bones. been there for hundreds of the world economy.” for commercial-property lend- extremely low returns just to school,” Montgomery said. “We do it over a certain set years, but for shorter inter- The Dow fell as much as er Hypo Real Estate Holding have their money in a secure “Obviously I hold no animos- of wavelengths, then take all vals,” Dr. Kenneth Busch said. 800.06, then recovered in errat- AG. And France’s BNP Paribas place. ity for the school. I don’t think the data from our instrument “In any criminal investiga- ic trading to a loss of 369.88, agreed to acquire a 75 per- Investors also moved into it was anyone associated with and put it in a statistics pro- tion, the police need to estab- or 3.58 percent, to close at cent stake in Fortis’s Belgium longer-term Treasury bonds. Baylor.” gram and analyze it in various lish when the person was last 9,955.50, closing below 10,000 bank after a government rescue The yield on the 10-year note Doak advises students to be Communication key for unity, says alumniways,” said Patricia Diamond, alive. That’s why our research for the first time since Oct. 26, failed. fell to 3.47 percent from 3.60 astute during the game Friday. “If graduate student of chemistry is important.” 2004. The Dow surpassed its The Fed also took fresh steps percent late Friday. I were a fan at the next game, I and fellow researcher. “No There was an error rate previous record for a one-day Monday to help ease credit Frederick Dickson, chief would have my wallet in my front one is doing the spectroscopic of only four to nine days for point decline — 778, which markets. The central bank said market strategist at D.A. David- pocket, or certainly not exposed. work we’ve done.” 90-day-old and younger bones the blue chips suffered a week Monday it will begin paying son & Co., believes investors Be careful in concessions area, Diamond said other when the researchers tested ago when investors feared the interest on commercial banks’ are eager for any signs about the when there’s a big crowd, at pre- researchers tend to look at the method of estimating age. bailout package might not pass reserves and will expand its well-being of the economy. He game or half-time,” Doak said. various elements of carbon “Our method isn’t absolute Congress. loan program to squeezed doesn’t believe that will happen “We’ll be having officers to serve and nitrogen, and also at larg- — we can just give a range — The Dow is down 30 per- banks. until Wall Street overhauls its as deterrents.” er age ranges of bones. but once a regression model cent from its peak a year ago Joseph V. Battipaglia, chief expectations for growth of cor- Waco freshman Kelsey “We are trying to look at is built, the time it takes to this week, when it traded as investment officer at Ryan Beck porate earnings and the overall O’Neill said she doesn’t think a lot smaller age ranges,” she determine the age of a bone high 14,198.09. & Co., said government inter- economy. about the prospect of being pick- said. “We haven’t looked at is cut down significantly,” Broader indexes also tum- vention certainly might help. “Wall Street at this point pocketed. “People bump into you anything over a year old. We Dr. Kenneth Busch said. “Our bled. The Standard & Poor’s However, he believes investors is shifting its attention from all the time (at games),” she said. are hoping that spectroscopi- hypothesis was correct in the 500 index shed 42.34, or 3.85 are sensing that what’s happen- whether Congress was going to She keeps her wallet in a purse cally we can take some bones sense that we were able to percent, to 1,056.89; and the ing in the economy is a shift in act on the emergency stabiliza- that crosses her and zips up, so that are only separated by a correlate our spectrum with Nasdaq composite index fell the extent to which consumers tion bill to the realization that she’s not worried about it being few weeks and tell the differ- a time interval. Regardless of 84.43, or 4.34 percent, to and businesses take on debt, a the economy is slowing signifi- stolen. ence between them.” whether this really has to do 1,862.96. The Russell 2000 change that will take years to cantly faster than most analysts Similarly, Joli Horner, Plano Determining the age of with the moisture and protein index of smaller companies play out. had expected,” he said. “The freshman, was not aware of the very old and very young bones in the bones, we don’t know. dropped 23.49, or 3.79 percent, “This is a global deleveraging downturn has shifted from threat of pick-pockets. “Some- isn’t as much of a challenge as But that’s kind of the fun of to 595.91. of many economies,” he said. “It first gear to about third gear in one could steal my wallet and I determining the age of bones science.” In Asia, the Nikkei 225 might appear that you’re going about two weeks.” wouldn’t even notice,” he said.

to potential donations. idea that people unite in support Notre Dame and the University is a good place to begin.” Baylor have an opportunity to UNITY from page 1 “I have no desire to give to of sports teams, several alumni of Texas, it seems that what you Dr. Robert Baird, professor build bridges. coordinate constructive ideas the university at the moment, recommended the university see on a Saturday afternoon at a of philosophy, said he was con- “Certainly the person who that would bridge gaps between because I’m not sure of the direc- focus on improving its athletic football game or basketball game fident in Baylor’s ability to over- is chosen as the next president groups. tion we’re going toward,” Morri- program. is all the fans drawing together come the “stresses and strains” will play a crucial role in help- “Theoretically, I’m talking son said. “We all want what’s best “If there’s any factor of college to support that university and the university has experienced ing unify the Baylor community. about a Billy Graham type of per- for the university, but anyone is life that I’ve seen over the last the symbol of the university,” and believes it will continue to It would be a mistake, however, son, someone from the Baptist reluctant to give money where 50 years, it’s unity that evolves Chrestman said. be a strong force in higher edu- to think that that responsibility side who’s both conservative and goals are not clear and clearly out of sports,” Don Chrestman Chrestman said that while a cation. will just be his or hers,” Baird moderate and someone from the supported.” of Weatherford said. Chrestman strong athletic program is impor- “The strength in the various said. “All of us, alumni, faculty, university side who understands Others offered suggestions, received his bachelor’s degree in tant, he doesn’t believe it’s the dimensions of the Baylor com- regents and students should see how a university functions but such as a stronger emphasis on 1965 and his juris doctorate in only possibility in healing some munity convinces me that this is ourselves as assisting him or her isn’t a current president,” Mor- Baylor’s Baptist heritage, more 1970 from Baylor. of the division at Baylor. so,” Baird said. in this task. In fact, we should all rison said. Baylor merchandise in stores “If you look at sports life or “I would never discount aca- During the current transition- assume responsibility of assist- Morrison mentioned the across Texas and a reorganized the life on campuses throughout demics,” Chrestman said. “But if al phase on the presidential level, ing our interim provost and pres- threat posed by internal division model of governance. With the the rest of the country, such as you’re talking about unity, sports Baird said the various groups at ident in this task.”

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