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TheWEDNESDAY |FEBRUARY 2,Baylor 2011 Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com NEWS Page 3 A&E Page 4 SPORTS An American in Paris Gallery of shadows Basketball game rescheduled Students have an opportunity to An artist with a connection to Baylor men’s basketball’s away game against travel to France in summer and Baylor opens a shadowy exhibit at Oklahoma was postponed until 2 p.m. today; learn French firsthand Rice University’s art gallery stream the game live at BaylorBears.com Vol. 112 No. 9 © 2011, Baylor University

A little Mubarak defiant as crowd seethes birdie Internet outage told us doesn’t stop communication Tweets from around campus By Stephen Strobbe Today’s topic: Frigid weather Reporter @hannahdecker An action essentially unprec- “It’s uneventful. This same edented in global telecommunica- weather would cause no tions took place Thursday when, reaction anywhere north of seemingly as a result of civil unrest, Texas.” most of Egypt was effectively dis- connected from the Internet. @Baylor_Bears Renesys is a company that acts “We woke up and decided as an authority in global Internet it would be best to go right intelligence by “operating a real back to bed. Sleeping in time global sensor grid that contin- and staying out of the wind uously monitors, collects, analyzes today! Stay warm Baylor!” and correlates Internet routing data with other data,” according to its website. @efilgo In a blog post written for Rene- “I’m from the north, this sys on Thursday by James Cowie, weather is not that bad. the co-founder and chief technol- That said, I want last ogy officer of Renesys, he noted week’s weather back.” the company discovered almost all Egyptian Internet addresses be- @cate_w came suddenly unreachable. “It doesn’t seem much “This is a completely different worse than the first week of situation from the modest Inter- school.” net manipulation that took place Associated Press in Tunisia, where specific routes Effigies of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak can be seen hanging from traffic lights early Wednesday as Egyptian anti-government protesters were blocked, or Iran, where the gathered in Tahrir (Liberation) Square watch U.S. President Barack Obama, not seen, live on a TV broadcast from Washington. Internet stayed up in a rate-limited Follow The Lariat: form designed to make Internet bers multiplied more than tenfold connectivity painfully slow,” Cowie @bulariat Obama pushes in a single day Tuesday for their said. “The Egyptian government’s biggest rally yet, have insisted actions tonight have essentially for peaceful they will not end their unprec- wiped their country from the glob- edented week-old wave of unrest a l m ap.” until their ruler for nearly three Dr. Randal Vaughn, professor In Print transition decades goes. of management information sys- By Hadeel Al-Shalchi Mubarak’s halfway conces- tems, teaches courses on cyber se- and Sarah El Deeb >> Trading churches sion — an end to his rule seven curity and cyber warfare. Associated Press months down the road — threat- “Information has strategic and A new project encourages ened to inflame frustration and tactical value. Talking heads have changing congregations by CAIRO — President Hosni anger among protesters, who have suggested the Egyptian govern- “church swapping” Mubarak defied a quarter-million been peaceful in recent days. ment is limiting communication Page 3 protesters demanding he step In the Mediterranean city of to prevent the populace from us- down immediately, announcing Alexandria, clashes erupted be- ing that technology to coordinate Tuesday he would serve out the tween several hundred protesters their actions and to lessen dissent,” >> Homegrown talent last months of his term and “die and government supporters soon Vaughn wrote in an e-mail to the Local high school football on Egyptian soil.” He promised afterward, according to footage Lariat. not to seek re-election, but that defensive end commits to by Al-Jazeera television. The pro- “I actually think this will back- did not calm public fury as clash- testers threw stones at their rivals, fire on the Egyptian government,” playing for Baylor Associated Press es erupted between his opponents who wielded knives and sticks, Vaughn wrote. “The action drives Page 5 and supporters. President Barack Obama delivers a statement on Egypt Tuesday in the The protesters, whose num- SEE EGYPT, page 6 Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington. SEE INTERNET, page 6 On the Web Recent graduate’s savvy airplane stunt pays off By Sara Tirrito trust God on this and not know will give himself to it.” Staff Writer all of the answers for once.” And so Burford boarded a Matthew Armstrong, Bur- flight to Seattle on Jan. 1 without Just two months before his ford’s section leader at Antioch a job but with a plan to find one. December graduation, Shelby Community Church in Waco, said He had 250 cocktail napkins Burford completely dropped his that despite his uncertainty, Bur- with him, each printed with his post-graduation plans. He had ford had objective — “Seeking creative intended to start a dessert and never been and entrepreneurial employment coffee shop in downtown Waco one to shy in Seattle” — followed by his and had already created a busi- away from abridged resume, contact infor- Bust a move ness plan for the project, but as he God’s call. mation and seat number. After Who has moves? Dr. Burt prayed about his future, Burford “There the flight attendants had served felt called to find work and join a Burleson, that’s who. was defi- everyone’s beverages, Burford church plan called Mosaic in Se- nitely un- followed up with his specialized Watch a video of Burleson attle. certainty, napkins, hoping someone on the “slapping the devil” in “I tend to be very ambitious but I never flight might be searching for an Chapel at the Lariat’s blog at and kind of control every aspect saw any employee that fit his qualifica- baylorlariat.wordpress.com that I can control, so in this when Burford fear in tions. I felt like God was calling me to Shelby, I nev- But no one was. Seattle without a job and without er saw any question in his heart,” So Burford came up with a Courtesy Photo Viewpoints a plan it was very counter to the Armstrong said. “He’s the kind of new plan. He called the Seattle Baylor graduate Shelby Burford’s abridged resume, printed on 250 way I usually am,” Burford said. guy that once he feels like God is cocktail napkins and given to airplane passengers, helped Burford SEE page 6 “I just felt like I really needed to telling him to do something, he BURFORD, generate publicity and eventually land 12 job interviews. “Because of how high school recruits are Concealed firearms bill unlikely to affect Baylor policy portrayed, efforts By Daniel C. Houston carry of firearms, Simpson said Legislative Council, a nonpartisan both require private institutions been filed in the Texas House last Reporter he intends to include an opt-out organization that assists state leg- like Baylor to “[consult] with fall addressing the carry on cam- must be made clause exempting private univer- islators in writing the language of students, staff, and faculty” be- pus issue, and that it didn’t appear to educate them Baylor and other private uni- sities from its provisions. bills, and plans to substitute this fore establishing rules prohibit- to include an opt-out clause for versities in Texas will likely not be “As long as people are free to new draft for the old one when it ing license holders from carrying private institutions,” Cervera said. about handling the required by law to allow licensed choose their university, whether is considered in committee. handguns onto campus. “I asked him to draft a letter to coverage before it students, faculty, administrators that be public or private, then Two similar bills, H.B. 750 Prompted by a request in No- the Baylor student body assuring or staff to carry concealed hand- that’s their choice,” Simpson said. in the House and S.B. 354 in the vember from Wichita Falls junior them that he does intend to in- is too late. Lack guns onto campus, according to “If someone doesn’t want to go to Texas Senate, both include such Daniel Cervera, a member of the clude an opt-out clause in his bill.” of judgment and sources in the Texas Legislature. an institution that allows them opt-out clauses already, according Student Senate, Simpson sent a The letter was sent directly Although H.B. 86, a bill intro- to defend themselves personally, to the bills as filed the Texas Leg- letter on Dec. 1 addressed to the to Cervera and then forwarded humility can set duced in the Texas House of Rep- they can choose to go to a private islature’s online database. Baylor community, assuring his on to other student leaders. This up an athlete for resentatives by Republican Rep. university.” Both H.B. 750, authored by bill would not require Baylor to letter was provided to the Baylor David Simpson, would currently Simpson said he has received Republican Rep. Joe Driver, and conform with potential weapons Lariat on Monday, and in it Simp- failure.” require both public and private a new draft of H.B. 86 including S.B. 354, authored by Republi- policy changes. Page 2 institutions to allow concealed the opt-out clause from the Texas can Sen. Jeff Wentworth, would “I discovered that a bill had SEE FIREARMS, page 6

Newspaper of the Year | Texas APME TheLariat Best Student Newspaper | Houston Press Club WEDNESDAY| FEBRUARY 2, 2011 | the Opinion 2 Baylor Lariat www.baylorlariat.com Five weeks at No. 1 increase target on backs of Lady Bears, push team harder

The swagger of being No. 1. ers will praise the No. 1 team for The pride of being the trend-set- their accomplishments, but they ter throughout the league. The will also strive to provide a look inside to the team’s weaknesses. It is true that no team is per- fect, no team can have perfect stats game in and game out, but a No. 1 team is willing to accept that fact and improve on what they were not pleased with. Secondly, opposing teams and fans cannot wait until they have a shot at the top team in the country, an opportunity to face off against the best, seeing how they match up and hoping for an upset. This game will call for more than just the average fan base, but more people will show up to see Krista Pirtle | Sports writer what the No. 1 team is all about. For example, at the women’s discipline of knowing you have a basketball game in College Sta- target on your back but not let- tion, between the Baylor Lady ting it hinder your play. Bears and the Texas A&M Ag- From their back-to-back gies, a record crowd of 13,162 championships in 2009 and 2010, was in attendance. the University of Connecticut’s Why? women’s basketball held this title, Well, the Battle of the Brazos had this swagger and dominated is a huge rivalry, especially con- despite the growing target on its sidering that roughly 88 miles back. separate the two schools. Plus, But, when Stamford pulled off Baylor is No. 1 in the Big 12 and Media pressure too much for an incredible upset, 71-59, Dec. No. 1 in the country, whereas 30, 2010, the Baylor Lady Bears A&M is No. 2 in the Big 12 and stepped up from the No. 2 spot No. 6 in the country. Probably and have held the top ranking for the biggest reason for the record- aspiring collegiate athletes the fifth straight week now. breaking crowd was that the Ag- Not only are the Lady Bears gie fans were hoping they would top college programs have been recruiting news on a daily basis. will earn playing time. Because dominating their opponents be the ones to defeat the Lady Editorial picked apart and analyzed by ESPN RISE, a subsidiary of of how high school recruits are on the hardwood, they are also Bears, knocking them out of the websites netting millions of dol- ESPN.com, reports on high- portrayed, efforts must be made learning what it means to be the No. 1 spot in both the conference In the world of college foot- lars from subscribers. Some of schoolers in seven boys’ sports to educate them about handling No. 1 women’s college basketball and the nation. ball, no day in the offseason car- the players traveled thousands and six for girls. the coverage before it is too late. team in the country. Sitting atop the nation should ries as much as importance as of miles with their teams last se- This year-round attention to Lack of judgment and humility Being the top program in the not cause a team to coast through the first Wednesday of February. mester to play interstate teams as high school athletes is detrimen- can set up an athlete for failure. nation is quite an honor and does the next game and the next. The Today is National Signing Day. part of ESPN’s high school game tal to athletes and places them on “There’s no unknowns, from not mean that a team gets to ease team should be well aware of the All around the country, athletes telecasts. All of these athletes, a stage equal to that of current an athlete to what an athlete’s up in practice because it’s the target growing on its backs, as the will sign their letters of intent, men and women in a wide range college and professional athletes. thinking or doing,” Baylor foot- best. other teams in the country are signaling where they will play of sports, also carry a ranking Like most high school stu- ball coach Art Briles said in an Practices should become preparing for their shot. their college football. that fluctuates with their perfor- dents, athletes have enough Oct. 8 Lariat article. “It’s a wide- more intensive, focusing on how Being No. 1 and the swagger Everybody is watching, mil- mances. pressures without having their open Internet world that every- to better what is already good that comes with it is a very spe- lions of television viewers and Such coverage has not always performances critiqued by pro- one has access to.” Ideally, high and strengthen any weaknesses cial thing and should be appreci- millions more on Internet fo- existed. The self-proclaimed fessional analysts and a national school athletes would once again that are apparent. ated by whoever gets to experi- rums, discussing why they feel or worldwide leader in sports, audience. But exposure is at a be allowed to go relatively un- The top spot comes with mul- ence it. don’t feel their school’s recruits ESPN began its first full sched- level that is simply unavoidable watched before putting on a col- tiple pressures: being put under a Consequently, it does not give them hope for their team’s ule of high school football games unless one avoids the Internet lege uniform. microscope by the entire sports come with only fame and glory, future. in 2006 with 13 matchups. That and television altogether. In today’s world, that won’t world as it tries to exploit your but hard work and discipline are While signing a letter of in- same year the network featured Another issue involves the happen. Rivals.com sold its rights weaknesses so as to defeat you, needed to stay atop the masses, tent is undoubtedly a colossal day nine boys’ basketball games as mentality that this coverage can to Yahoo for $98 million in 2007, while opposing teams and fans improving on weaknesses and for these players and equally as well. Recruit rankings have exist- breed. After receiving praise and and another popular high school circle your game on their sched- not letting the adversities that important to their new schools, ed even before the 2011 recruit- high reviews throughout high athletics website, MaxPreps.com, ule, knowing they will get to be arise slow the team down. the coverage leading to this day ing class was born, but it was not school, it is easy for an athlete to sold to CBSsports.com for $43 a part of a great game and hop- Krista Pirtle is a sophomore has unfortunately ballooned to until 2001 that recruiting website develop a false sense of security. million the same year. ing they are the ones to bring the journalism major from Olney and unmerited levels in football as Rivals.com was founded. The In reality, no rating guarantees Barring a massive reordering upset. a sports writer for the Lariat. well as other sports. website now charges customers success in the NCAA, nor does of priorities, profit will continue Sports analysts and report- The recruits going to the $100 per year to receive the latest it even guarantee the athlete to be placed before athletes.

Game marketing endangers kids Letters Letters to the editor should include the writer’s name, Recently, I was watching tele- is the way in which the game was I think that the entire market- hometown, major, graduation year, phone number and student identification number. Limit letters for publica- vision and a commercial came marketed. I think that, at any age, ing scheme of the game is wrong, tion to 300 words. Non-student writers should include on the screen. things should not be done, sim- including the website for the their address. Letters that focus on an issue affecting Pictured were mothers ply to rebel against authority, es- game: yourmomhatesthis.com. students or faculty may be considered for a guest col- watching a television screen of pecially that of one’s parents. Even in the name of the web- umn at the editor’s discretion. the video game being played. Moreover, the question must site, the makers of the game are All submissions become the property of They expressed their disgust at be asked, who is the target audi- emphasizing the aspect of defy- The Baylor Lariat. the horrific nature of the game. ence for this video game? ing one’s parents. “Why would they even make If one is over 17, the legal age If the game is marketed to- something like this?” one of the to purchase the game for them, ward young players, which it mothers asked with a puzzled they have already entered into a seems to be, this can be a dan- look on her face. state of independence. gerous issue. Each of the mothers shown They do not need their par- Those wanting to rebel expressed their disgust at the ents to purchase the game, so the against their parents, typically in gruesome and violent images opinion of their parents probably junior high or high school, are shown to them from a game won’t affect their decision to play impressionable. called “Dead Space 2.” Jessica Acklen | A&E Editor the game. God placed parents as au- The footage of their reactions This game is being marketed thority over their children and it to the game was used in the com- a commercial. to children despite the fact that is unbiblical to encourage blatant mercial to mimick the fact that Typically, I have no issue with the game is in no way appropri- rebellion. moms were appalled. video games that are gruesome ate for that age group. I may be old-fashioned, “But if you’re telling me that or have M (Mature) as a rating, “I don’t understand the per- but I believe it is wrong to this is to be some kind of joke, as long as the player is over the son that would make something glamorize something that your it’s not funny. It’s not a game. It’s age of 17. like this. … What even brought mother wouldn’t approve of. a dangerous, mind-numbing, To be honest, I don’t particu- this into your mind that you Jessica Acklen is a junior mind-altering weapon,” another larly have an issue with the game should make this? What brought double major in journalism mother exclaimed after being itself. I wouldn’t be interested in this into your mind that you and political science from told that this was not a focus playing it, but to each his own. thought this was OK?” asked one Arlington and the A&E editor group, but footage to be used in The issue that I have with this of the mothers. for the Lariat.

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WEDNESDAY | FEBRUARY 2, 2011 www.baylorlariat.com News the Baylor Lariat|3 Church swap: Fake pimp tricks on a mission abortion provider By David Crary and complying with the law, and Associated Press appropriate action is being taken.” to desegregate Lila Rose, in a telephone inter- NEW YORK — An anti-abor- view, declined to say whether Live tion group Tuesday released un- Action would be releasing videos went to college she began attend- dercover video taken in its latest from any of the other clinics that Changing the ing Lake Shore United Methodist attempt to discredit Planned Par- Planned Parenthood says were Church, which has a predominant- enthood — footage of operatives visited between Jan. 11-15 by men ly white congregation. posing as a pimp and a prostitute posing as sex traffickers. face of the Curtis has done extensive re- seeking health services at a New After forming Live Action, search on segregation in churches Jersey clinic. Rose gained prominence with a se- congregation and the reasons people worship The group releasing the video, ries of undercover videos in which Courtesy photo in a congregation that shares the Live Action, said it depicted a clin- she posed as a girl in her early teens By Jade Mardirosian same race. “Church Swap” is the brainchild of Ramona Curtis, director for the Acad- ic employee offering to help cover who had been impregnated by an emy of Leader Development and Civic Engagement. The project encour- Staff Writer Dr. Kevin Dougherty, assistant up a sex ring so that its prostitutes older man. The aim was to portray ages members of the faith community to experience worship in a new way. professor of sociology at Baylor, could receive health services. Planned Parenthood staff as will- Baylor’s Academy for Leader has done extensive research on Participants in the project can despite differences, is essential.” As depicted in the video, the ing to ignore laws that required Development and Civic Engage- segregation in churches, some of expect to see changes in themselves Welter said participants will clinic manager advises that the un- the reporting of cases of suspected ment is partnering with Waco’s which has been used by Curtis to- as well as those close to them, Jo benefit because they have a chance derage girls could lie about their statutory rape. Community Race Relations Coali- ward the church swap project. Welter, board chair of Community to become close with people they age to lessen the chance of trig- Citing the new video, Marie tion on a project that will work to- He explains people have many Race Relations Coalition, said. might not normally befriend. gering an investigation once they Tasy of New Jersey Right to Life ward racial healing in the commu- reasons for choosing to attend a “We are hoping that the partici- “Dr. [Martin Luther] King [Jr.] sought health services. urged lawmakers to ensure that nity through “swapping churches.” pants in the swap will have expec- said so many years ago that ‘Men The video also depicts the em- funds to Planned Parenthood were The project is “A Grassroots tations, then have experiences, and often hate each other because they ployee suggesting that prostitutes cut off. Approach to Dismantling the Most “Some people have never then share how their expectations fear each other; they fear each oth- could get cheaper contraception by “New Jersey taxpayers ... should Segregated Hour in America,” experienced what it were met or how reality was differ- er because they don’t know each claiming they were students. be outraged that an organization or “Church Swap” for short, and ent than their expectations,” Welter other; they don’t know each other “Yeah, just kind of play along would be like to be inte- claiming to conduct ‘extensive works by having its participants said. “What we know is that each because they can not communi- that they’re students — we want to community outreach’ has been attend a church of their same reli- grated at that [church] of us as an individual influences cate; they can not communicate make it look as legit as possible,” caught on tape doing everything gious denomination, but of a race hour and so I thought the people in their circle of influ- because they are separated;’ that the woman identified as the clinic in its power to conceal the sexual other than their own. that might transform a ence. When one person’s behavior certainly exists in Waco,” Welter manager says. abuse and exploitation of girls as Ramona Curtis, director for the changes, then the behavior of the said. “This proves beyond a shadow community.” young as 14,” Tasy said. Academy of Leader Development people around them automatically Welter stresses the project is of a doubt that Planned Parent- Planned Parenthood, a frequent and Civic Engagement, is the driv- does.” open to anybody of any socioeco- hood intentionally breaks state target of protest campaigns, oper- ing force behind the project, which Ramona Curtis | Academy of Leader Development and Civic Engagement Dougherty stresses that people nomic, denominational or racial and federal laws and covers up the ates more than 800 health centers is being funded by a grant from the must have willingness and a com- background. abuse of the young girls it claims to across the country offering a range Kellogg Foundation. mitment in order to benefit from “Our goal is not to make all serve,” said Lila Rose, president of of health and family planning ser- “Particularly in Waco our attending a church of a predomi- churches racially diverse, although Live Action. She called for federal vices to about 3 million patients churches are segregated. We have nantly different race than their that would be nice,” Welter said. and state investigations of Planned a year. The centers accounted for all these different denominations church that is predominantly their own. “Our goal is to see what happens Parenthood practices, and urged 324,008 abortions in 2008, about but we are segregated,” Curtis said. own race. “Unless people see value in within individuals.” Congress to cut off federal family- one-fourth of the national total. “Some people have never experi- “People choose a place to wor- diversity, there is no motivation The project will begin in mid- planning grants to the organiza- In detailing the series of clinic enced what it would be like to be ship where they feel comfortable,” to worship with others different February with an orientation, book tion. visits, Planned Parenthood spokes- integrated at that hour and so I Dougherty said. “They want to than themselves,” Dougherty said. discussion and Civil Rights Tour. Phyllis Kinsler, chief executive man Stuart Schear last week as- thought that might transform a be with others that share similar “Accommodating differences in Participants will begin at- officer of Planned Parenthood of sailed the undercover tactics. community.” beliefs, sing similar songs and are congregations will come with dif- tending their assigned churches Central New Jersey, said the clinic “Falsely claiming sex trafficking Curtis has attended predomi- like them in other ways as well. For ficulties. Church may not always in March and will continue into employee’s behavior, as portrayed to health professionals to advance a nantly African-American churches most Americans, being comfort- be comfortable; it might be chal- summer, all the while document- on the video, “violates PPCNJ poli- political agenda is an astoundingly throughout her life, up until a few able involves being around people lenging at times. A commitment ing their journeys in journals and cies, as well as our core values of cynical form of political activity,” years ago. Around the time her son of the same cultural background.” to being a community of believers, through video recorded interviews. protecting the welfare of minors he said. Baylor in Paris offers authentic taste of French life

By Kelly Galvin Having just graduated from of time we spent with them,” Some French people can be impa- Reporter Baylor in December, Lisa Mozejko Mozejko said. tient with Americans, but for the participated in the program during San Angelo junior Ryan Pulun- most part they appreciate the effort One of many opportunities the summer of 2010. sky went on the trip with Mozejko when you try to speak their lan- students in college have is the “I loved having the freedom and said living with a host family guage,” Mozejko said. chance to study in another country. to explore Paris and learn about was a great experience. There are many historical sites During the summer session, Bay- French culture. Everything there is “My family had two younger and architecture to see in Paris and lor has an opportunity for students old and beautiful; we had opportu- children that lived in our apart- the trip gives students plenty of studying French to participate in a nities every day to see parts of Paris ment and two children about my time to visit them all. program in Paris. and we had the privilege to choose age away at college that came to “We took a class trip to the visit for a week. My roommate and Loire Valley, where we toured I were introduced to close fam- several castles. It was amazing to “I loved having the freedom to explore Paris ily friends and neighbors, which see how well they were being pre- made a difference for me because I served; it was interesting to learn and learn about French culture. Everything actually felt like they tried to make about some of the history behind there is old and beautiful; we had us part of their family,” Pulunsky them,” Mozejko said. said. Uber said each student comes opportunities every day to see parts of Paris For future students thinking back with fond memories and a and we had the privilege to choose what about making this trip to Paris, great improvement in language Nick Berryman | Lariat Photographer we wanted to do ...” Mozejko and Pulunsky highly rec- abilities. San Angelo junior Ryan Pulunsky participated in the Baylor in Paris pro- ommend taking this opportunity. “This experience certainly im- gram in the summer of 2010. She said the host family and daily language Lisa Mozejko | 2010 Baylor alumna “I would advise anyone going proved my French-speaking abil- practice make the trip a worthwhile summer venture. on this trip to keep an open mind ity. Simply being immersed in the fidence in the language and the was the first in Europe to set up about the people and the culture... culture helped, but being forced to Dr. David Uber, professor of what we wanted to do or where we culture,” Uber said. The students student living with host families. and to at least try to speak French speak the language with our fami- French, said this program gives wanted to go when we went out,” take two classes a day, but have “It can be intimidating at first, with everyone they can,” Pulunsky lies helped immensely,” Pulunksky students a new perspective while Mozejko said. ample time to explore Paris. but if you resolve to learn and see said. said. learning the French culture. To apply for the program, stu- “We take tours in and around as much as you can, your family is Both women agreed that even The program applications for “The students get to live with dents must be in intermediate or Paris and visit parts with well- a very valuable resource. My fam- trying to speak the language was this summer are due by March 14. host families, which is very impor- advanced French and have taken it known art that is very lively,” Uber ily had great suggestions for fun helpful when communicating with For any further information, con- tant because it sets up for language in the spring semester. said. things to do and we learned a lot French natives. tact Uber at david_uber@baylor. emergence,” Uber said. “This trip gives students a con- The Baylor in Paris program about the culture over the course “Don’t be shy or afraid to speak. edu.

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(Dine In Only) In The Riversquare Center WEDNESDAY | FEBRUARY 2, 2011 | the Arts & Entertainment 4 Baylor Lariat www.baylorlariat.com Artist connected to Baylor opens show at Rice By Liz Hitchcock light interior is either a stain on the Martin Museum. Reporter hardwood floors or paint,” Temple “I had met Mary Temple pre- said about her most recent instal- viously at Baylor in Spring 2004 Artist Mary Temple, who was lation. when she visited Julia’s Drawing formerly featured at Baylor, along One of Temples’ assistants is II class, and I was in that class,” with her assistants, one of whom a Baylor alumna, Hana Shoup. Shoup said. “So, it was really neat graduated from Baylor, set up an Shoup graduated in 2007 with a to be able to meet her again and installation at Rice University’s art Bachelor of Fine Arts and was cho- work with her.” gallery this past week. The instal- sen because of her painting skills. Hitchcock recalled Temple’s lation is titled Northwest Corner, Although it may seem like work from their time at ASU, re- Southeast Light, and covers three Temple’s paintings are one color membering that she used line and walls and a large space on the hard- of paint contained in a simple out- colors to indicate spatial separation wood floor of the gallery. line, there is a fastidious method to and platforms, but now Temple Using latex paint and wood obtaining the exact consistency of creates these illusions using light stain, Temple creates images of paint needed to fool the eye. and illumination. light pouring through a window “It’s very precise work. We had “Her abstractions were ex- and reflecting on the surfaces in to make sure that our brush strokes tremely large paintings, so it seems the room. were even and matched every one normal for her to be doing what Detailed depictions of shad- else’s in order to create this optical she is now,” Hitchcock said. ows cast by branches, leaves and illusion,” Shoup said. Hitchcock said Temple creates windowsills, create an image that Julia Hitchcock, associate pro- intricate models of the spaces she Courtesy tricks the viewer into believing Mary Temple, an artist formerly featured at Baylor’s Martin Museum, opens an installation at Rice University Art fessor of art at Baylor, attended shows in, making her installations Gallery with the help of Hana Shoup, a 2007 Baylor grad. there is a window nearby. graduate school at Arizona State extremely site specific. This specific piece is part of University with Temple, and she “All the colors she uses are me- Temple’s series of light installations invited her to speak at Baylor. ticulously chosen to work with the “The director of the gallery saw Temple is currently showing you can. … Find a community that she began in 2002, according “Mary Temple and I went to space,” Hitchcock said. “She creates her work at a couple different mu- at a couple other very prestigious where you can show this work. to the Rice Gallery’s website, and is ASU and were both graduate stu- these small models of the spaces seums. The artists that are shown institutions, including the San As artists we are creating work to an ongoing progression of installa- dents, studying figurative paint- she will be working in and plans here are always chosen by the way Francisco Museum of Modern Art communicate with someone; at tions. ing, and we were both oil painters,” exactly how the light will be cast they can work in the entire gallery and even a permanent installation least for me, I want some one to be “There is a pool of light that you Hitchcock said. “She changed from inside of them.” space. We do large-scale installa- in the Q line subway in New York able to respond to that work.” are able to walk into and onto the figurative painting to abstraction Joshua Fischer, the assistant cu- tions,” Fischer said. “Her work fit City. Temple’s installation will be fea- hardwood surface, but when you before she graduated.” rator for the Rice Gallery, said the that kind of mission. She works She encourages aspiring artists tured February 3 through May 25 do, you realize that you cannot cast In 2004 Temple was invited to reason they chose Temple is be- with the entire gallery space. ... to continue to do work that they at Rice University Art Gallery at a shadow on this shard of light... Baylor’s art department as a visit- cause of her ability to work within It causes the illusion that light is love. 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas and on closer inspection, you real- ing artist and gave a lecture. In a space and create installations completely flooding the gallery “Find a place where you can 77005. Admission is free and open ize that everything that looks like 2006 her work was shown at the specifically for the gallery space. space.” work, and do the best work that to the public.

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By Matt larsen point guard. elle Robinson. I think that she’s Sports Writer It just so happens that with that good,” the fifth-year coach senior guard Danielle Robinson, said. “So you better be able to de- Overcoming a Reed Arena they get both. fend those other players and not let crowd and a No. 5/6 Aggie squad “Danielle Robinson is the en- another player for Oklahoma have may have been the toughest con- gine that makes them go,” Mulkey 20-plus points, or you’re probably ference challenge for Baylor this said. “She can score 30 and you not going to win the basketball season, but the Lady Bears should can’t stop her. But what she does game because Robinson’s going to not expect a much easier foe when that’s so impressive is that if you get her points.” they host No. 13 Oklahoma at 7 focus on Danielle Robinson and The Sooners’ senior point p.m. today at the Ferrell Center. stopping her, she’s going to find the guard will likely match up against “I don’t anticipate tomorrow’s open player. Then you’re going to Baylor’s Odyssey Sims, the only game to be any different than what get burned by that player.” freshman with more Big 12 Fresh- you saw at A&M,” head coach Kim Often that open player is fresh- man of the Week honors than El- Mulkey said in a press conference man Aaryn Ellenberg spotting up lenberg. Tuesday. “It’s just going to come behind the 3-point line. Sims provided 25 points and down to players making plays in Second only to Robinson’s 19.3 the answers when her team needed the crunch.” points a game, Ellenberg puts up them last Sunday at Texas A&M. Like the Aggies, the Sooners 17.1 a contest. The three-time Big “The wings weren’t going to be (16-4 overall) sit at 6-1 in the Big 12 Freshman of the Week leads her able to get open. They were dou- 12. The head-to-head matchup team with a .438 percentage from bling down on [sophomore post knocks them to third in conference behind the arc. Brittney Griner], so I had to cre- standing, however, as Oklahoma’s When it isn’t Ellenberg spot- ate myself some space,” the Lady only loss came at the hands of the ting up for a three, it’s one of the Bears’ second-leading scorer said. Aggies, 80-78, just two games ago. four other guards who all shoot “I had to work for my shot.” Most recently, the Sooners better than 33 percent from three- Now her team may need her came off an 82-77 road win against point land. just as much on the defensive end in-state rival Oklahoma State. Nick Berryman | Lariat photographer When it comes to defend- as they did offensively against the The Sooners boast a wealth of Freshman No. 0 guard Odyssey Sims brings the ball down the court during the game against Texas Tech on Jan ing the wealth of talented guards, Aggies. talent around the perimeter and 22. Baylor won, 64-51. The Lady Bears put their 6-0 Big 12 record on the line against Oklahoma today at 7 p.m. Mulkey expects plenty of screens “I think a lot of people are very find ways to cash in on 3-pointers around the perimeter and knows excited to see that matchup,” senior more consistently than anyone else “They’ve always shot it well; floor together at the same time,” To spread the floor success- that just accounting for Robinson guard Melissa Jones said. “They’re in the Big 12. Nationally, they rank they probably just have more Mulkey said. “They spread the fully, the Sooners need a go-to will not be enough. so valuable to each team that it’s fifth, sinking 8.4 treys a game. [three point shooters] on the floor on you.” scorer and distribution-savvy “I don’t think you stop a Dani- going to be exciting to watch.” Local defensive end among 2011 football recruits

By Daniel Wallace program.” guess,” Blackshear said. best team we would face all year Reporter Future Bears He said he is excited to play un- Roethlisberger sat out the first and we beat them late in the fourth der new defensive coordinator Phil four games of the 2010 NFL season quarter,” Blackshear said. One of Waco’s finest football For a complete Bennett, and thinks Bennett will be serving a suspension for a sexual Midway won, 35-28. stars will be playing for a new team recap of Baylor’s a good change for Baylor. assault complaint filed against him. Blackshear hopes to bring feel- this fall, but he but he will not be 2011 Signing Blackshear knows playing in He takes on the Green Bay Packers ings and moments like that when leaving the city. college will be much different than in the Super Bowl Sunday. he plays for Baylor. Midway High School senior Day, check out in high school, but feels well pre- Blackshear talked about his fa- “I just want to make the best im- and Waco native Beau Blackshear Thursday’s issue pared and attributes that to Coach vorite aspects of the game, which pact I can for the team; just know- has verbally committed to play- of the Lariat. Gambill. include, “Being able to hit all the ing I contributed to the team in ing football at Baylor beginning in “His way of coaching helped me people and not get in trouble for whatever way they needed would 2011 and will make it official today get more into the college level. He it,” he said, and the feeling “when be success,” Blackshear said. when he signs his National Letter the way you are supposed to play was a pretty big part of my senior you walk off the field at the end of Blackshear will have plenty of of Intent. it; his motor is always running,” year,” Blackshear said. a game and you know you played guidance and leadership at his po- At 6-foot-4, 230 pounds, Black- Gambill said. Blackshear has one more better than the other team.” sition, as the Bears have retained shear is hailed as “one of the best Recruited strongly by TCU, chance this season to watch one of In one of his favorites mo- several defensive ends from last defensive ends in the state of Texas,” Houston, Rice, and Baylor, Blacks- the NFL players who inspires him, ments of his high school career, season like Zac Scotton, Gary Ma- by his head coach, Terry Gambill. hear chose to be a Bear for a num- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Blackshear had just that feeling. son Jr. and Tevin Elliott. Scotton Although his strength and ber of reasons. Ben Roethlisberger. That came on Oct. 29 when Mid- will be a senior next year, Mason Jr. Courtesy Photo | Rivals.com athleticism draws double and tri- “[Baylor] is close to home “He messed up really badly, but way faced Stephenville, coinciden- and junior and Elliott a sophomore. Midway High School defensive ple-teams in games, what makes where my family and friends can then he realized how blessed he tally where Briles worked from With Blackshear, the Bears will end Beau Blackshear, at 6-foot-4, Blackshear truly stand out is that come see me. I also like what [head is, that he gets to play in the NFL. 1988 to 1999. have five Midway graduates on the 230 pounds, is a member of Baylor “he plays the game of football coach] Art Briles is doing with the He just put his life in perspective, I “We knew they would be the roster next season. football’s 2011 recruiting class. Super Bowl media day includes journalist wearing mask, cape By Stephen Hawkins the 2009 season. Bay fullback will get the experi- Green Bay the next year. Sainz was at the Jets’ training Bowl media day. Associated Press “It’s sweet, I like it. Jerry did ence of playing for the champion- “I’m just thankful to be here facility in September, waiting to There are strange questions a good job, as you thought he ship. with the Packers playing in the interview quarterback Mark San- and even stranger get-ups. ARLINGTON — Ben Roeth- would. Jerry’s World,” Steelers Five years ago, Kuhn was a Super Bowl,” he said. “It could chez, when a few players made Among those who stood out lisberger was focused on the tiny safety Ryan Clark said. “I don’t practice squad member for the be against anybody and it would catcalls. The NFL responded by Tuesday was the man dressed as screen of his video camera as he know what to say about it; it’s Pittsburgh Steelers when they be just as big. The fact that we’re developing a workplace conduct a superhero, mask and cape in- walked toward his assigned po- sweet. I’m not very often speech- won. going against [the Steelers], that’s program, underwritten by New cluded, as he interviewed players dium for Super Bowl media day. less. I talk a lot.” just like a little added bonus.” York owner Woody Johnson. and coaches. Like so many others new to Packers fullback John Kuhn “Actually, I think it’s an overre- Steelers coach Mike Tom- Cowboys Stadium, the Pittsburgh said it is clear why “they call it one “Jerry did a good job, as Sainz Steps Out action,” Sainz said. “I never want- lin said he was comfortable with Steelers quarterback was in awe. of the wonders of the world.” you thought he would. ed to cause any problems to the capes. His sons dressed up as Bat- While a crowd of cameras sur- About 15,000 temporary seats Jerry’s World. I don’t The Mexican television report- Jets. I work a lot with the NFL. ... man and Robin for Halloween, rounded him, Roethlisberger’s have been added for the Super er who said she felt uncomfortable Right now, everything is clear. The then wore the capes for several own camera was focused on the $1 Bowl. Hanging over the field as know what to say about in the New York Jets’ locker room NFL recognizes I didn’t do any- more days after that. billion-plus building and the mas- usual are the twin HD screens, it; it’s sweet. I’m not drew plenty of attention on media thing. They offered the opportuni- “I did see that guy dressed up sive high-definition TV screens about 72 feet high each and very often speechless. I day. ties to do my job and keep going.” as Batman,” Pittsburgh lineback- hanging over the field. stretching nearly 60 yards be- Ines Sainz of TV Azteca con- Sainz is picking the Steelers to er LaMarr Woodley said. “(Two

The Steelers and Green Bay tween the 20-yard lines. talk a lot.” ducted interviews wearing a win Sunday’s game, though she years ago) somebody was out here

Packers both had one-hour media “It’s unreal. ... It’s worth every slinky silver dress and shiny black wouldn’t have had any problem in a wedding dress. Somebody’s Ryan Clark | Pittsburgh Steelers safety sessions Tuesday at the stadium penny,” Steelers receiver Mike heels, standing out among the covering the game if the Jets had always doing something that’s where neither has yet played a Wallace said. more conventionally dressed me- made it. funny. It’s entertaining.” game. “I can’t even imagine it on Sun- “It was a tremendous experi- dia. They lost to Pittsburgh in the There were no wedding dresses “Awesome, awesome,” Green day. I know it’s going to be crazy. It ence, something I’d never trade Actually, Sainz appeared to AFC title game. this time, but there was a female Bay defensive back Charles just feels different. It feels like the back for anything,” Kuhn said spend more time being inter- “It doesn’t matter,” Sainz said. reporter wearing a crop top and Woodson said. “If every stadium Super Bowl. It just feels like you’re Tuesday. “But I always wanted viewed by other reporters and Besides, “I support the Chargers. doing push-ups using only one could look like this, it would be supposed to have a good game in to get back here and play in this posing for photographs than she I want to see the Chargers here arm and with only one foot on the aw e s om e .” h e re .” game since I was on the sideline. I did talking to players from the s om e d ay.” ground. A crowd of more than 100,000 wanted to get in and play between Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh “I was like ‘Wow!’ That makes is expected for Sunday’s game. Ring Times Two the lines.” Steelers. Caped Questioner me know I have to work harder,” The stadium, which was built Kuhn made his NFL debut “It’s the greatest day,” she said, Pittsburgh defensive tackle Steve and financed mostly by Cowboys John Kuhn already has a Super playing nine games for the Steel- “and all of us can share it togeth- There are always some odd- McLendon said. “It gave me a lot owner Jerry Jones, opened before Bowl ring. This time, the Green ers in the 2006 season. He went to e r.” balls credentialed to attend Super of motivation.” Luikart’s Foreign Car Clinic Since 1976 Noted for Honesty, Integrity and Skill CLASSIFIEDS Honda, Mercedes, HOUSING EMPLOYMENT Two BR Units. Walk to Class. Part-time Leasing Agent Needed. BMW, VW, Volvo, Toyota, Cypress Point Apartments. Rent: Flexible hours including week- $550/mo. Sign a 12 month lease ends. Apply 1111 Speight. Nissan, Lexus, Infinity before 2/28/11 and get ½ off the summer rent! Call 754-4834. FOR LEASE

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communications to other channels Times and offered to tell them his cision on where he will accept. professor of Burford’s, said he was that are easier to hide, thus more story, thinking if it reached the Although the process was not surprised that Burford left for difficult to limit and the action pro- right people he might be offered a somewhat uncomfortable, Burford Seattle without a job. vokes the populace.” job. said he is glad he trusted God’s call “He’s a very kind of purpose- The Internet itself works as a And he was right. and went to Seattle. driven person, and it was clear in decentralized communications net- Dozens of e-mails from people “It would be a lot easier to do talking to him that it wasn’t just a work between computers that is, by all over Seattle filled his inbox the whim,” Leman said. “He was a lit- its very nature and definition, not day the story ran, and Burford end- “It would be a lot tle gutsy in that regard, but again, located at one place that can simply ed up with 12 interviews. that’s Shelby.” be turned on or off with a switch. Members of the corporate easier to do my usual Dr. Marlene Reed, visiting pro- Internet access, however, is typically world searching for employees — go somewhere fessor of management in the Han- provided by the various telecommu- weren’t the only ones to express where there are kamer School of Business, and a nications companies that have pur- interest in Burford’s story, howev- former professor of Burford’s, said chased and placed the cable, which er. He also heard from a 12-year- options and where she was not surprised by his ac- can transfer information both with- old named Benjamin who wished things are easy and tions either, because of his spon- Associated Press in and between counties. That cable he could offer Burford a job, an practical — but God’s taneity and liveliness. Burford had An Egyptian woman chants anti-government slogans during a protest in is then used to allow computers to 86-year-old woman who wanted to been a creative student as well, she Tahrir (Liberation) Square early Wednesday. send out and receive data and essen- personally welcome him to Seattle radical plans are said. tially “talk” to each other across the and invite him to attend her church “He’s a very creative person and until soldiers fired in the air and tenure as president is coming to a always bigger and network. It is at these points of en- and one businessman who simply better.” just always thinking of ideas for stepped in between them, said a close,” according to an administra- try into and out of the country that wanted to meet the now-famous businesses and projects that are local journalist, Hossam el-Wakil. tion official, who spoke on condi- seem to have been throttled. How it Burford. kind of out of the normal range of The speech was immediately tion of anonymity because of the was done is still unknown. “There was one company that I Shelby Burford | Baylor alumnus possibilities,” Reed said. derided by protesters in Cairo’s delicacy of the ongoing diplomacy. As Internet service providers learned once I got to the interview “Most people wouldn’t think Tahrir Square. Watching on a giant The United States has been were losing their ability to commu- that they didn’t have any open- of the really creative things that TV, protesters booed and waved struggling to find a way to ease nicate with the outside world from ings, and he said, ‘I really wanted my usual — go somewhere where he thinks of, or be willing to do their shoes over their heads at his Mubarak out of office while main- Egypt, other companies spent time to meet with you because you’re there are options and where things something like apply to Wheel of image in a sign of contempt. “Go, taining stability in Egypt, a key ally and resources in an attempt to cir- a Seattle rock star,’” Burford said. are easy and practical,” Burford Fortune.” go, go! We are not leaving until in the Mideast that has a 30-year- cumvent the loss of the Internet. “That was probably the funniest said, “but God’s radical plans are And apply to Wheel of Fortune, he leaves,” they chanted. One man old peace treaty with Israel and reaction.” always bigger and better.” Dr. Greg Burford did. He was accepted, and screamed, “He doesn’t want to say has been a bulwark against Islamic His other interviews did lead Leman, clinical professor and di- will have another 15 minutes of it, he doesn’t want to say it.” militancy. “I actually think to several job offers, but Burford is rector of the university entrepre- fame when the April 22 episode of In the 10-minute address, the Mubarak would be the second still in the process of making a de- neurial initiative, and a former Wheel of Fortune airs. 82-year-old Mubarak appeared Arab leader pushed from office by this will backfire on somber but spoke firmly and with- a popular uprising in the history of the Egyptian govern- out an air of defeat. He insisted that the modern Middle East, following ment. The action even if the protests had never hap- the ouster last month of the presi- pened, he would not have sought a dent of Tunisia — another North drives communica- sixth term in September. African nation. tions to other chan- He said he would serve out the The U.S. ambassador in Cairo, nels that are easier to rest of his term working “to ac- Margaret Scobey, spoke by tele- complish the necessary steps for phone Tuesday with Nobel Peace hide...” the peaceful transfer of power.” He laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, the said he will carry out amendments embassy said. ElBaradei, a pro- Randal Vaughn | Professor of MIS to rules on presidential elections. democracy advocate and one of Mubarak, a former air force the opposition’s most prominent On Monday Google announced commander, vowed not to flee the leaders, has taken a key role in a new feature created by collabo- country. “This is my dear home- formulating the movement’s de- rating with SayNow, a company it land ... I have lived in it, I fought mands. He is also a member of a acquired only last week, and Twit- for it and defended its soil, sover- new committee formed by various ter. The feature would allow anyone eignty and interests. On its soil I factions to conduct any future ne- who is able to make a phone call will die. History will judge me and gotiations on the protesters’ behalf and record a voicemail to upload a all of us.” once Mubarak steps down. message to Twitter. Users can tweet The step came after heavy pres- There was no immediate word a message by calling one of the sure from his top ally, the United on what he and Scobey discussed. three international phone numbers States. Soon after Mubarak’s ad- Only a month ago, reform (+16504194196, +390662207294 or dress, President Barack Obama activists would have greeted +97316199855) provided by Google said at the White House that he Mubarak’s announcement with and recording a voicemail. Anyone had spoken with Mubarak and “he joy — many Egyptians believed can then visit http://www.twitter. recognizes that the status quo is Mubarak was going to run again com/speak2tweet and listen to the not sustainable and a change must despite health issues. But after the messages that are being recorded. take place.” Obama said he told past week of upheaval, Mubarak’s American citizens and a grow- Mubarak that an orderly transition address struck many of his oppo- ing majority of the world function must be meaningful and peaceful, nents as inadequate. daily and sometimes even almost must begin now and must include “The people have spoken. They exclusively online. With the advent opposition parties. said no to Mubarak, and they will of smartphones, 3G and 4G wireless Earlier, a visiting Obama envoy not go back on their words,” said networking capabilities and WiFi — former ambassador to Egypt Saad el-Katatni, a leading mem- hotspots becoming accessible in Frank Wisner, who is a friend of ber of the fundamentalist Muslim more and more locations, it may be the Egyptian president — met with Brotherhood. “Enough suffering. difficult to imagine what a life with- Mubarak and made clear to him Let him go, and leave the Egyptians out Internet access would look like that it is the U.S. “view that his to sort themselves out.” throughout the West. This loss of global communication for Egyptian FIREARMS from Page 1 citizens is hugely important, but, Vaughn warned, it must also be put son affirmed his belief that Baylor to defend themselves on campus into proper context. has the right to determine its own a s w e l l .” “It may be fascinating to think of weapons policy. Simpson said his bill will likely life without the Internet, but I won- Cervera, also a member of the serve as a backup to Driver’s bill, der how connected the Egyptians Young Conservatives of Texas, which Simpson believes has “no actually are. Here in the U.S. the In- supports the opt-out clause, but substantial differences” compared ternet is so pervasive that we would also supports Baylor allowing li- with his own. suffer without network connectiv- censed handgun owners to bring Simpson does not believe his ity,” Vaughn wrote. them on campus. colleagues in the House will op- As much of the rest of the world “I think in principle,” Cervera pose an exemption for private uni- is now watching Egypt to see what said, “we agree that there is a con- versities at any point in the legisla- will happen next, only time will cern — private property rights — tive process, but thinks that Baylor tell how exactly it was possible for that merits the inclusion of an opt- administrators should still take the practically an entire country to go out clause for a private Christian policy seriously, despite university offline. But without even knowing institution such as Baylor, though President Ken Starr publicly call- the how, in a world that has grown I believe participation in this pro- ing the policy “unwise” at a Nov. 11 increasingly connected over the gram is a step that Baylor should Student Senate meeting. past few decades, the ramifications be prepared to take. With the in- “I think administrators are go- of losing that connectivity are be- crease in crime and violence on ing to think long and hard before ing demonstrated across Egypt and campus, those who are legally able they remove the right of self-de- subsequently throughout the rest of to carry concealed weapons for fense,” Simpson said. the world. self-defense may wish to be able