Kenya Defeats Mall Terrorists; 67 Dead David Risisng Nounced the Arrest of Seven at the Airport and and Tom Odula Three Elsewhere

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Wednesday | September 25, 2013* Kenya defeats mall terrorists; 67 dead David Risisng nounced the arrest of seven at the airport and And Tom Odula three elsewhere. Associated Press “These cowards will meet justice as well their accomplices and patrons, wherever they NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s president pro- are,” Kenyatta said, in a televised address to the claimed victory Tuesday over the terrorists nation. who stormed a Nairobi mall, saying security Kenyatta, 51, has visited wounded survi- forces had “ashamed and defeated our attack- vors in hospital and made other emotion-filled ers” following a bloody four-day siege in which speeches about the terrorist attack, which has dozens of civilians were killed. been the harshest test of his leadership since he of background material that would support their President Uhuru Kenyatta said the dead became president in April. viewpoint,” Rogers said. included 61 civilians whose bodies have been “Fellow Kenyans, we have been badly hurt Rogers said one reason the Kennedy assassi- recovered so far and six security forces, while and feel great pain and loss. But we have been nation holds public interest is that it grabs a per- some 175 were injured, including 62 who re- brave, united and strong,” said Kenyatta, the son’s imagination. main hospitalized. son of the country’s founding president, Jomo “It just may be the mystery of the ages, like Three floors of the mall collapsed and sev- Kenyatta. “Kenya has stared down evil and tri- who built the pyramids,” Rogers said. eral bodies were trapped in the rubble, said u mp h e d .” Erik Swanson, Moorpark, Calif., museum Kenyatta. His office later said a terrorist’s body Kenyatta’s statesman-like demeanor over studies graduate student, is a graduate assistant at was among those in the debris. the terror crisis is at odds with the charges he the library and has been working with the exhibit. Five other extremists were killed by gunfire faces at the International Criminal Court for Biswaranjan Rout | Associated Press and another 11 other suspects had been ar- Indian sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik, foreground left, and his team pay tributes to the victims of the terror attack on a Kenya mall “I think it’s hard for us to rationalize why one rested, he said; authorities had previously an- SEE KENYA, page 6 by creating a sand sculpture Tuesday on the Bay of Bengal coast in Puri, Orissa state, India. person would just kill another person for no reason - especially someone like JFK,” Swanson said. “He kind of became mythicized after he died because he was obviously a very popular president. And the fact that he was cut down so young — there’s no really one explanation. It’s more just a big question of ‘why.’” Waco ‘Passport’ The section of the exhibit concerning Ken- to help students nedy’s legacy pays homage to his work in the arts, explore town By Claire Cameron June of this year. Reporter Holt said the “passport” is a booklet with various foods, cloth- New ways to get involved in ing and other stores around Waco the Waco community, and even a where students can go and, if they chance to win a free iPad, are just purchase something, they can get a few things Passport To Waco has a stamp for that store. If they com- to offer. plete the entire booklet by the end The program is organized by of the program and turn it back in External Vice President Lexington to the student government office, Holt, who wanted to get Baylor they will automatically be entered students more involved in the area to win an iPad. outside of Baylor. “Students can also win various “A major part of being in a prizes along the way, like $10 gift community is being involved in cards or discounts on merchan- it, and that’s what I hope this pro- dise,” Holt said. gram does for students,” Holt said. The program launches Tuesday Passport to Waco was original- and students can pick up a booklet ly started three years ago but Holt at the student government office. said, it was not very successful. The program ends March 31. This year, the program is being “It’s my baby,” she said. “I just

Robby Hirst | Lariat Photographer revamped and includes not only love everything about it, and the Baylor, but also McLennan Com- best part is it’s going to be a tri- A foamy day munity College and Texas State campus program.” Technical College. Holt said she is looking for- The members of Tri-Delta and their friends enjoy a “Foam Home” theme party Tuesday outside Brooks Hall complete with a with a slip-and- Holt said she has been working slide and a blow-up pool filled with bubbles. “Foam Home” was the sorority’s theme for 2013 fall Crush.. on improving the program since SEE PASSPORT, page 6 50 years later: Exhibit highlights life, legacy of Kennedy By Rebecca Fiedler Objects like press camera mod- Rogers said one thing the li- icated to the research done around Staff Writer els and bullets of the same type as brary has that can be found no- the assassination of Kennedy, in- those used on the day of the assas- where else is a letter from the priest cluding glass slides, an analytical This November, it will have sination are available to view, along who read Kennedy’s last rites. The drawing and writings that have been 50 years since President John with newspapers from Waco, Dal- letter describes how the priest, been made by various profession- F. Kennedy was assassinated, and las and many other publications. Father Oscar L. Huber, perceived als over decades. W.R. Poage Legislative Library is Kennedy campaign buttons and those moments that surrounded The exhibit also highlights honoring Kennedy’s life and leg- posters have been donated and are reading the rites, along with a page many different theories that have acy with an exhibit that will last on display, as well as teletypes from from the book which he used to arisen over time about the reasons through May 2014. the Associated Press and United read the rites. Kennedy was killed. The exhibit opened to the pub- Press International from the time “I will never forget the blank “Did the Cubans do it, did the lic on Sept. 3 on the first level of of the attack. stare in her eyes and the sign of government do it, did Lyndon B. the library, featuring numerous The exhibit also displays a vi- agony on her face,” Huber said in Johnson do it, was the KGB behind artifacts and photographs relevant nyl LP record donated by a radio his letter of the president’s wife, it, was the Mafia, UFO cover-up to Kennedy’s life. Ben Rogers, di- broadcaster of recorded quotes Jacqueline Kennedy. theories; there are all kind of wild rector of W.R. Poage Legislative from Lee Harvey Oswald himself. The items on exhibit have been theories, and some of them cer- Library, said the exhibit is divided Travis Taylor | Lariat Photo Editor The back of the album cover reads, donated from people across the na- tainly have put together a good list The John F. Kennedy: His Life-His Presidency-His Legacy exhibit is on into three sections: Kennedy’s life, “Was Oswald insane? Listen and tion, Rogers said. display today through May 2014 at the W.R. Poage Legislative Library. his legacy and his assassination. judge for yourself.” Much of the exhibit is also ded- SEE KENNEDY, page 6

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Vol.116 No. 14 First copy free. Additional copies 50 cents each. © 2013, Baylor University OpinionWednesday | September 25, 2013 2 Black market adoptions need to be stopped sign over guardianship to the new background checks, home inspec- parents and never have to see their tions and other precautions par- kids or the new guardians again. ents going through the legal adop- Editorial The process could even be done in tion process have to go through. as little as 24 hours after the two Reuters lists one safeguard Many couples dream of adopt- sets of parents have made contact. against the tragedy of this black ing a child and will do whatever it Many children relegated to market, the Interstate Compact on takes to bring a child to the family, being part of the black market- the Placement of Children. This even if it means through less than esque system are the result of in- agreement requires parents who legal means. A Reuters reporter ternational adoptions that did not want to transfer adopted guard- investigated an underground net- turn out as the parents had hoped. ianship to notify the authorities of work for adopted children where Rather than try love and care for the current state the child resides children and teenagers are handed the child, after a while, the parents in and the potential new state the off to other families. just give up, often fulfilling the child will live in with the new cou- An underground market can distrust the children already have ple. This will allow for the prospec- seem like a dream come true for in their adoptive parents and rein- tive families to be vetted appropri- couples who desperately want chil- forcing their motivation for acting ately through background checks dren but do not have the time or out. and home checks. money to go through the lengthy Many of these children have Unfortunately, this is rarely en- adoption process to become of- been taken from their home coun- forced. Instead, families use this as ficial adoptive parents. However, tries, everything that was once a way to get inexpensive children, if one child is sold, or given, to a familiar to them, and then thrust whether with good intentions or family that will abuse him or her in into a brand-new society. bad. The Interstate Compact is not any way, it negates anything posi- Their adoptive parents who well known to law enforcement tive that can be gained from this took them out of their home coun- personnel. underground market. tries into this new society have Even if parents are found guilty As the Reuters investigation then decided they no longer want of re-homing, the child is merely pointed out, there are cases where them and give them to someone taken away and the parents are children are traded, sold or just else who may sexually abuse them. rarely, if ever, punished. given to pedophiles and other unfit One girl recounted how she We strongly condemn this un- parents. was forced to dig her own grave. derground market and urge par- After an analysis from a five- Another was taken by a pedo- ents of troubled adopted children year period on just one Internet phile who said, “Just have to raise and teenagers and hopeful parents message board, there was a child them to think it’s fine and not to to use legal pathways of adoptions. offered for “re-homing” about once tell anyone. What is done in the We also encourage law enforce- arise in the families. If after that, child. kets. And finally, we urge law en- per week. Most of the victims were family stays in the family.” There ment authorities not to turn a deaf they still cannot make a cohesive We urge hopeful adoptive par- forcement agencies to keep an eye children and adolescents, but some are countless other stories that are ear towards these practices of “re- unit, they should use the appro- ents to use the appropriate path- out for these transactions. These were infants as young as 10 months equally as graphic and disturbing. homing.” priate channels to ensure the child ways even if it is expensive and children cannot stand up for them- old. The parents that these children So again, we urge families to goes to a loving home that has been time-consuming in order to drive selves, so they need us to look out In “re-homing,” the parents just are being given to are not subject to first try to work out issues that may vetted as a safe environment for the down the demand for these mar- for them. Post-college plans fuzzy, but life will sort itself out After you graduate high years, I’ve been able to answer that I consider this simple fact to creative writing, knowing I may ing what you want to do for a pro- school, everyone wants to know I’m a journalism major (though it be the most valuable information not get in this first year. fession is without merit. about your life at college. used to be medical humanities, I could learn at Baylor, and it’s If my plans are this muddled, If you have known you want They ask about the friends you pre-med before I bombed the first something many students have a who’s to say other students on to be a doctor since you were a have made and the organizations biology class). hard time understanding. campus aren’t going through the child, then great. you have joined. I have told some people that We are often told as freshmen same thing? But don’t let that title define They ask if you go to football I’m planning on finding a job in we don’t need to know what we’re When I think about my future, you. And if you don’t know what games or, particularly for Bay- the magazine or newspaper in- doing yet but that we need to at I think of a scene from “Eat, Pray, you want to be, don’t let the noth- lor, if you ever got to meet Rob- dustry. least have an idea when sopho- Love” where the main character ingness define you either. ert Griffin III or Brittney Griner For people I know are more more or junior year rolls around. Liz is having dinner with people Find meaning in who you are while they were students. Typical concerned with financial security, By senior year, we should have it in Rome during her year of self- right now and let life happen. stuff. I have said I’m looking at public figured out and have interviews exploration. So when I get that same But without fail, when you go relations or law school. lined up. They are all characterizing question about my future in the home and see them — distant I have told my old high school But that’s not how it was for places with a single word, like months leading up to graduation, family members, people from teachers I’m thinking about edu- me. Junior year, I wanted to for- “stuffy” for London and “ambi- I won’t say I’ll be a journalist or a church, old teachers or next-door cation. get about journalism and become tion” for New York. lawyer or a teacher. neighbors — they all manage Taylor Rexrode | Copy Editor I’ve said a lot of things that re- first a lawyer, then a public rela- Liz gives herself the word Instead I’ll say, “I’ll let you to ask the same two questions: ally culminate into nothing. But tion specialist, then a teacher, “writer,” but her friends are quick know when I get there.” What’s your major again? So, As a senior, I’ve had plenty of the truth is I don’t know what I’m then a school psychologist. to point out that “writer” is what Taylor Rexrode is a senior jour- what are you going to do with experience answering these ques- doing when I graduate, and it’s re- Now I’m applying to gradu- she does, but it’s not who she is. nalism major from Forney. She is a that? tions. For the better part of three ally OK. ate schools across the country for I don’t mean to say that know- copy editor for the Lariat.

Grackles are jerk birds, should leave Waco for good So God created all the crea- coronet player choking on a Fruit tory noises or using scarecrows, as a currency, and use that money gression. Give them backhanded tures of the Earth and gave them Rollup. but let’s be honest with ourselves; to buy stale bread to throw to the compliments such as “Oh, that to Adam to rule over, and God I don’t know what the black, grackles are too impertinent to be Brazos River ducks, adding insult bath you just took in the gutter saw that it was good. On the sev- shiny and disgusting birds known gently coaxed away. to injury. water almost washed away the enth day God rested. as grackles did to romance Uncle If we can’t hunt them, then I 3) Treat grackles like the Poke- dirt that covers up the bald patch If you’ll look closely at your Sam, but killing grackles is a fed- suggest taking some of the follow- mon known as Pidgey, catching under your left wing. Glad it’s all Bible, pay attention to the aster- eral crime, and they swarm into ing measures to kick the rumps them and cramming them into OK .” isk at the end of Genesis Chapter Waco every fall in seemingly infi- of the winged monkeys that rule small plastic balls and giving them Grackles have been allowed to 1 that notes how while God was nite droves. Waco: the least attention of all animals in rule us as jerks of the air for far too sleeping, Alfred Hitchcock cre- They harass other birds local to 1) Erect a large statue of a pi- our possession, only taking them long. ated grackles and sent them to the area. They carry disease. They geon and pray to it. The grackles out to sacrifice in battle so that our It’s time to protect our red car- Waco, telling them they didn’t entrench the city in the ranch will think themselves a persecut- favored pets can fight a slightly dinals and our finches and robins have to answer to anyone so long dressing of their defecation. I’m ed religious minority and fly to more weakened enemy. the only practical and effective as they always stayed together in pretty sure that we all want them Washington, D.C. to seek justice 4) Carry Macaw parrots on our way the government will allow: large groups, sacrificed one of the gone somehow. through the court system, where shoulders and make the grack- bullying the crap out of grackles. flock to be entrapped inside a gro- There are options available to they will spend two years waiting les feel self-conscious about their Rebecca Fiedler is a junior jour- cery store once a week, pooped rid us of grackles other than hunt- to get their case heard. looks. nalism major from Waco. She is a Rebecca Fiedler | Staff Writer on sidewalks and screamed like a ing, such as making loud preda- 2) Begin using grackle feathers 5) Treat them with passive ag- staff writer for the Lariat.

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By Matthew Lee weapons stocks and facilities. The forces for the attack. At the same time, Obama sig- Associate Press U.S. also is demanding that the Obama aggressively pushed naled that the U.S. might drop its resolution not contain ambiguities back against those claims in his opposition to Iran participating or loopholes, they said. U.N. speech. in the international conference on UNITED NATIONS — U.S. The officials said several "key "It's an insult to human reason Syria that U.N. Secretary General and Russian negotiators remain at conceptual hurdles" are points of and to the legitimacy of this insti- Ban Ki-moon and others are hop- odds on a U.N. Security Council contention with the Russians as tution to suggest that anyone other ing to schedule for next month in resolution that would hold Syria both sides seek agreement on the than the regime carried out this at- Geneva. The U.S. opposed Iran's accountable if it fails to live up to language of the resolution. The U.S. tack," the president said. attendance at the first Geneva con- pledges to dismantle its chemical and Russian ambassadors to the Obama also said that while the ference on Syria last year because weapons stockpiles, American of- United Nations have been tasked international community has rec- of its support for Assad and the ficials said Tuesday, as President with working out the language. ognized the stakes involved in the Lebanese militant group Hezbol- Barack Obama warned the world U.N. diplomats say differences civil war, "our response has not lah, which has been fighting along- body that it risks its credibility and between the U.S. and Russia on matched the scale of the challenge." side Assad's forces against the op- reputation if it does not act. how a resolution should be en- He announced that the U.S. position. Secretary of State John Kerry forced have held up action in the will provide $339 million in ad- "I welcome the influence of all and Russian Foreign Minister Security Council. Russia is op- ditional humanitarian aid to refu- nations that can help bring about a Sergey Lavrov met for nearly 90 posed to any mention of Chapter 7 gees and countries affected by the peaceful resolution of Syria's civil minutes at the United Nations and of the U.N. Charter, which includes Syrian civil war, bringing the total war," Obama said. though progress was made in some military and nonmilitary actions to Mary Altaffer | Associated Press American aid devoted to that crisis Ban urged world leaders to stop areas, they were unable to reach promote peace and security. U.S. President Barack Obama is seen on a television monitor Tuesday as to nearly $1.4 billion. The White fueling the bloodshed in Syria with agreement on the text of a reso- Russia and China have vetoed he speaks during the 68th session of the General Assembly at United Na- House said the aid will include weapons and get both sides to the lution that would meet Obama's three Western-backed resolutions tions headquarters. $161 million spent inside Syria for negotiating table to end the "big- standard, the officials said. The that would have pressured Syrian completed and agreed in tandem and asked Kerry to try a last-ditch medical care, shelter and sanitation gest challenge to peace and secu- officials spoke on condition of President Bashar Assad to end the if the U.S.-Russian agreement is to diplomatic approach with Lavrov. projects, with the remainder going rity in the world." anonymity because they were not 2½-year war that, according to the succeed, the U.S. officials said. In his address to the Security to help Syrian refugees in Lebanon, He said the international re- authorized to discuss publicly the U.N., has killed more than 100,000 The U.S.-Russia agreement Council on Tuesday, Obama said Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt. sponse to last month's "heinous use closed-door meeting. people. came as Obama was pushing Con- the council had to act. And, he called on Assad allies of chemical weapons" in Syria "has Kerry told reporters after the Work on the resolution is go- gress to approve a military strike "If we cannot agree even on to stop supporting his regime. created diplomatic momentum — meeting that the session had been ing on at the same time as the Or- against Syria for a chemical weap- this," Obama said, "then it will "The notion that Syria can the first signs of unity in far too "very constructive." ganization for the Prohibition of ons attack last month on civil- show that the United Nations is in- somehow return to a pre-war sta- long." And he urged the Security Three senior officials familiar Chemical Weapons, the body that ians outside Damascus, which the capable of enforcing the most basic tus quo is a fantasy," he said. "It's Council to adopt an "enforceable" with the effort say negotiations re- will be in charge of securing and Obama administration contends of international laws." time for Russia and Iran to realize resolution on the chemical weap- main a work in progress as the U.S. destroying the arms, is working on was carried out by Assad's regime. Despite the framework chemi- that insisting on Assad's role will ons deal and bring the perpetrators pushes for a binding, enforceable, its own document to lay out its ex- With Congress appearing all but cal weapons deal, the Russians lead directly to the outcome that of the Aug. 21 chemical weapons verifiable arms-control regime that act duties. certain to withhold its approval, have challenged the Assad's cul- they fear: an increasingly violent attack outside Damascus to justice. strips Syria of its entire chemical The two resolutions must be Obama did an abrupt turnaround pability. Assad has blamed rebel space for extremists to operate."

Syrian conflict: What students need to know about America’s role

By Shelby Leonard part of American foreign policy. to pull out or change something vent it from doing that. A: I might suggest that what it has changed things from where Reporter Having said all that, I still think about what it’s currently doing. In some cases, that’s resulted in they’ll say about this episode is they seemed to be headed three it is wiser not to intervene with Certainly those photos of the a political settlement that left the that it demonstrates how much weeks ago. Dr. David Clinton is a professor American military forces for rea- bodies of the victims of the chemi- country intact, and in some cases unexpected events can change the The president asked for a reso- of political science, studies interna- sons including the danger of an cal attack were quite terrible, and that resulted course of af- lution to authorize force. It looked tional relations theory, American escalation that we really don’t want the video of the people who were in a settle- fairs. like Congress was not going to give foreign policy, the art and practice and that the President says now still alive but were slowly dying ment that Three him such a resolution and the Se- of diplomacy and ethics and inter- that we won’t have. Military inter- from inhaling these chemicals allowed for weeks ago, curity Council seemingly was not national relations. The Baylor Lar- ventions sometimes have a way of were at least as horrifying. the peaceful nobody was willing to endorse such an Ameri- iat asked Clinton to share some of growing beyond what was origi- separation of talking about can action. his thoughts on the Syrian conflict. nally conceived. Q: Do you think the graphic that part of the kind of The administration was look- In late August, the city of Da- It’s a terrible thing that 1,400 images could eventually be a de- the country. process that’s ing, therefore, at having to con- mascus was hit by a chemical people would have been killed ciding factor in the final course of There under way duct some kind of military opera- weapons attack which killed over with chemical weapons but if tens action? are cases of now. tion without the backing of either a thousand people. The Obama ad- of thousands of people have been A: We’re talking with the Rus- successful Secretary Congress or the Security Council. ministration has expressed interest shot to death is that any less worse? sians and having to negotiate the nonmilitary of State John Nobody is talking about all of in getting involved with the con- If we didn’t think it was wise to in- terms of a possible Security Coun- intervention Kerry made this anymore and that’s not because flict in hopes of finding a reolution tervene in that case, does this really cil resolution. and I’m very what seems to somebody was working behind the and preventing further attacks. create such a red line? The text of such a statement, much in fa- have been an scene months ahead of time to fig- I think that certainly the United how long any deadlines in it would vor of follow- offhand com- ure out how to make this change. Q: America States should be be and whether there would be ing up those ment about has decided that concerned about consequences for the Syrian gov- pathways. how the only Q: What are the top three something needs this. It should be ernment failing to meet those way for the things you recommend that Bay- to be done to help involved in ef- deadlines could take a long time. Q: Do you Syrian gov- lor students learn and under- the mass murder forts to try to All of this plus the actual in- believe the Clinton ernment to stand about the Syrian conflict? of innocent civil- bring the civil spection of the chemical weapon western cul- avoid military A: I might say that none of the ians in Syria. Does Q war to an end sites in Syria is going to take a ture can fully action is for it things they should learn is only America have any through some while. The longer all of that goes grasp the significance of the Syr- to give up all its chemical weapons, about Syria. business interfer- kind of diplo- on, the further into the past these ian conflict without understand- establish a verifiable process for • One, they should learn about ing in what is, in matic media- horrifying photos recede, the less ing the history of the Middle making sure that it has done what the interrelation between diploma- essence, a civil tion. I’m even effect they have on American pub- East? it promised to do. cy and the use of armed force any- war? willing to listen lic opinion. A: A person really can’t under- Well who knew that the next where and the limitations of both A: Let me talk A to the case for So, I would think that having stand what’s going on without hav- day the Russian government would forms of power. in terms of whether providing some entered into this process now with ing a much greater familiarity with pick up on this. It would propose a • Second, they should learn it’s wise. I think it’s kinds of mili- the Russians and the Syrians and the history, the culture, religion, plan that it said would accomplish about the general importance of wise for the United States to in- tary assistance to the Syrian rebels, others, we’re guaranteed the less- the economics of this region that this very thing. understanding culture and his- tervene in the civil war, and I can assuming that we can assure our- ening of the emotional impact of would be much greater than any The American government tory in any foreign policy problem see why, even though it’s a civil selves that the weapons won’t fall those photos. non-specialist could have. That’s then feels it has to respond to the whether it’s Syria or not. war, it could have effects outside into the hands of forces that are just true by the nature of things. Russian government and explore • Third, they should learn about Syria: refugee flows going into even more opposed to us than the Q: Can America actually Foreign policy involves distant, this possibility, so now we’ve had the connections between domestic other countries, people fleeing the Syrian government is. change the course of events of unfamiliar places. the secretary of state going over to politics and international politics, civil war inside Syria and then too a civil war in another country It’s unrealistic to expect general Geneva, meeting with his Russian the connections on the Syrian side, many of them wind up in another Q: What was your reaction to through military or diplomatic public opinion fully to grasp those. counterpart. this domestic civil war spilling over neighboring country that is already the graphic videos and photos methods? The most the general American They’re hammering out a tenta- to the outside world, the connec- poor. It could have destabilizing that were released of the torture A: I think that it is possible. public opinion can do is try to find tive, a preliminary agreement that tions on the American side, role of effects in, say, Jordan. So, it does that is going on Syria? There have been cases in which the and put in office people whose now has to be put in real paper Congress, how that situation devel- have an international aspect to it. A: Particularly horrifying pho- United States, working with other judgment it respects in the belief codified form and then approved oped so that the president felt im- There is also the concern that tos or videos can affect public countries, was able to achieve some that whatever unknown problems by the United Nations and then ac- pelled for domestic reasons to go the Assad regime is supported by opinion. People in international measure of stability and cessa- happen a year or two years from tually carried out. to Congress and ask for a resolu- Iran, and Iran is in something of a relations talk about the CNN ef- tion of violence in armed conflicts now, this person will have the wis- Well, all of this has come about tion authorizing the use of military competitor with the United States fect. People see something that’s among participants within another dom to deal with them correctly. not because of careful planning force and how that whole effort has over influence in the Middle East really dramatic on their television country. Forces that were battling by the Russian government or the been undone by what happened and the Persian Gulf region. So, I screens and they demand that for control of that country, or cases Q: When history looks back American government or anybody internationally when the Russians can understand why people would something be done about that. in which a part of the country was on the moment, how do you think else, but by spur-of-the-moment jumped on this idea about a diplo- say this is not just a domestic affair That forces the hand of the Ameri- trying to secede and the central textbooks will explain this situa- seemingly unplanned events. matic solution. for Syria and, therefore, it becomes can government to intervene or government was fighting to pre- tion? Whether this plan works or not,

Learn more about the Ansel Adams Exhibit The Ansel Adams exhibit will be explained and further developed from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, in the Martin Museum of Art, in 149 Hooper-Shaefer Fine Arts Center. This will be a free event and refreshments will follow. The actual exhibit will be on display until November 14.

Students can take a breakfast break Take a break from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. this Friday, in the UB Room (1st floor of the SUB). The UBREAK program is held every two weeks. Breakfast snacks will be served and students can purchase a $3 mug for free coffee during UBREAK and acoustic cafe. Arts & Entertainment Wednesday | September 25, 2013 4 Taylor Griffin | A&E Editor Pinbusters Testing Pinterest’s too-good-to-be-true recipes and crafts

By Taylor Griffin While The Lariat certainly doesn’t con- (only a little). In a saucepan, bring the water, A&E Editor done substance abuse, this recipe is all in the sugar and corn syrup to a boil, stirring and spirit of fun and referencing a popular televi- wiping down the sides with the brush to pre- Tread lightly: This recipe is almost as ad- sion show. vent crystals. Bring to 285 degrees Fahrenheit dicting as the stuff it spoofs. This Heisenburg-approved recipe is so and immediately pull off heat. With the series finale of “Breaking Bad” easy, even Jesse couldn’t screw it up. Mix the flavoring and one drop of color- set for Sunday, “Heisenburg’s Blue Sky Can- ing into the sugar. Pour onto the cookie sheet Photo from Sugar Hero dy” is the perfect way to nurse the imminent evenly. Wait until the candy has hardened withdrawals following the show’s curtain call. Name Heisenburg’s Blue Sky Candy (about 45 minutes). Using the mallet, crack As an avid fan of this Emmy-hauling the fresh batch of “ice” into pieces. show, I jumped on the chance to craft or bake something inspired by it. After exploring the Originally pinned from bowels of Pinterest, I discovered the perfect www.yumsugar.com/Breaking-Bad-Candy- Final consensus recipe to adequately honor this grungy dra- Recipe-Video-31114650 Although it’s a fairly simple recipe, I didn’t ma: a sweet spoof of Walter White’s purest expect the candy to turn out so realistic. After crystal meth. a little research, I found that the first two sea- Confirmed What you’ll need sons of the show featured rock candy supplied Granulated sugar by a confectioner in Albuquerque where the Light corn syrup show is set and filmed. Water The irony of the final steps in the recipe Blue gel food coloring made me chuckle. The instructions say to Colorless flavoring extract pour and break up the candy just like Wal- Candy Thermometer ter and Jesse finish their own batches of “the good stuff.” Cookie sheet lined with foil I used coconut extract, and to make mat- Think you can do it too? Cooking Spray ters more tongue-in-cheek, I sprinkled my Pastry brush sweet treat meth on a dozen vanilla cupcakes. Mallet While this recipe can be modified to fit Send us your proof on Instagram: any occasion or taste, this Blue Sky Candy is a What to do quirky twist on an iconic prop. @BaylorLariat Spray the cookie sheet with cooking spray Disney, Bruckheimer part ways following box office flops By Daniel Miller In an interview with the Los Angeles Don Simpson, who had been enormous- Studios weren’t in the Disney fold, and the for example, “The Matrix” producer Joel Los Angeles Times Times, Bruckheimer acknowledged the ly successful on the Paramount lot with studio relied heavily on independent pro- Silver parted ways with Warner Bros., with via McClatchy-Tribune picture’s poor performance, but said the “Flashdance,” “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Top ducers. which he had a 25-year relationship. separation from Disney was set in motion Gun” and other movies, signed a deal with But with Marvel and Pixar reliably Also, “The Lone Ranger,” which will re- LOS ANGELES—The spectacular 22- long before “The Lone Ranger” grossed Disney in 1991. The duo’s first movie for churning out hits like the “Iron Man” and sult in a loss of as much as $190 million for year partnership of Walt Disney Co. and just $245 million against a production the studio was 1994’s “The Ref,” a disap- “Shrek” franchises—and Disney’s 2012 ac- Disney, wasn’t Bruckheimer’s only recent producer Jerry Bruckheimer will come to budget estimated at $250 million. pointment that was followed in 1995 by quisition of Lucasfilm ensuring a steady disappointment. an end next year, signaling the Burbank “It’s never about one movie,” said successes “Dangerous Minds,” “Crimson pipeline of “Star Wars” movies—the stu- Since 2009, the producer’s “The Sor- company’s changing priorities and how the Bruckheimer, who turned 70 on Saturday. Tide” and “Bad Boys.” Simpson died in dio has become less inclined to make the cerer’s Apprentice,” “Prince of Persia: The shifting sands of the movie business are af- “This was something that was coming long 1996. sort of riskier, more adult fare that Bruck- Sands of Time” and “G-Force” have all fecting A-list producers. before ‘Lone Ranger’ was made.” “Jerry is one of those unique people heimer said he wants to pursue. fallen short of expectations. The producer’s first-look deal with Walt The filmmaker said rather that he and with a unique set of talents that comes “Disney’s strategy with Marvel and “If you look at the last five years ...every- Disney Studios will not be renewed when Disney don’t want to make the same kinds along every so often that you just want to ‘Star Wars’ played a big role in this,” said thing else has missed the mark to greater it expires in 2014, ending a run that result- of movies anymore, and he lamented Dis- be a part of,” said Dick Cook, chairman of analyst Harold Vogel, who has long cov- or lesser extent,” said Bruce Nash, head of ed in 27 movies, from early hits like “The ney’s decision in 2010 to stop releasing in- Walt Disney Studios from 2002 to 2009. ered Disney. “They’ve made no secret of film business analytics firm Nash Informa- Rock” and “Armageddon” to the long-run- house productions under its Touchstone However, Cook added, “Clearly every- the direction they are going in. Their stra- tion Services. “I think that will influence ning “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, Pictures label, which was home to many of body is watching their costs, everybody is tegic direction is away from these kinds of the studio’s thinking. Do they really want and almost $9 billion in box-office receipts. the producer’s biggest hits. watching how expensive these movies are, films that (Bruckheimer) is known for.” to spend another $200 million on a film?” But Bruckheimer’s most recent picture, “We wanted to make the kind of movies how expensive they are to market. Every- Vogel also noted that studios generally Bruckheimer will remain partners with “The Lone Ranger,” released July 3, was a we made in the past with Touchstone,” he body is trying to get the biggest bang for are “trying to prune or cut back on produc- Disney on the fifth film in the “Pirates” costly disappointment for Disney and led said. “But unfortunately they have a busi- every dollar.” tion deals on the lot because basically they franchise, which has generated $3.73 bil- to speculation among Hollywood observ- ness plan that doesn’t include the kind of When Bruckheimer began making cost too much.” lion in global box-office receipts, and is de- ers that Bruckheimer’s relationship with movies we made in the past.” movies for the Burbank studio, Marvel In recent years, other studios have cut veloping another picture in the “National the studio would soon end. Bruckheimer and producing partner Studios, Lucasfilm and Pixar Animation ties with big-name producers. Last year, Treasure” series.

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By Shehan Jeyarajah better raw physical skills than some receivers at Sports Writer the NFL level. “Antwan’s performance may be a surprise to Baylor junior wide receiver Antwan Goodley some people, but it’s his time,” head coach Art was one of six receivers added to the Biletnikoff Briles said. “He’s a really good football player award watch list after a stellar start to the sea- who does what we need him to do.” son. Goodley joins fellow teammate senior wide With the addition of Goodley, Baylor has a receiver Tevin Reese as one of two Baylor repre- dynamic duo at receiver. Reese has more than sentatives on the watch list. 1,800 receiving yards in the last two seasons. The Fred Biletnikoff Award is given yearly to Reese has exemplified explosiveness this the “nation’s outstanding college football receiv- season with 15 catches for 350 yards and three er” by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foun- touchdowns. He is 12th in college football with dation Inc. Former Baylor receiver Terrance Wil- 116.7 yards per game. His 23.3 yards per recep- liams was a finalist for the award last year and tion ranks him ninth in college football, and sec- receiver Kendall Wright was a semifinalist the ond in the Big 12 behind only Goodley. year before. “We’ve got a lot of options,” “It’s definitely good to Goodley said. “With Tevin and be on the watch list, but I’m “Antwan’s performance I, you have to pick your poi- still not where I need to be,” may be a surprise to son.” Goodley said. “A lot of peo- Combined, Goodley and ple haven’t seen me play. I some people, but it’s his Reese are one of only three sets think the people that have, time. He’s a really good of teammates in Division I who can see that I can play.” football player who average more than 100 yards a After coming into this game each. season as an unproven tal- does what we need him Among players who have ent, Goodley is forcing to do.” played at least three games, people to notice his play- Goodley and Reese lead by far making ability. Through Art Briles | Head Coach with 240.0 total yards of receiv- three games, he ranks sixth ing a game. in all of college football “Goodley and Reese have with 123.3 receiving yards done well,” Briles said. “They’ve per game. done everything we’ve expect- Goodley also ranks sec- ed for them to do.” ond in the country with 26.4 yards per recep- Baylor’s first team offense has not played tion and leads all players who have played three more than a few drives into the second half so far games with four touchdowns. Goodley leads this season thanks to blowouts against all three the Bears in receving yards this season with 370 opponents. yards and four touchdowns on 14 catches. Reese and Goodley have had 29 receptions At 5-foot-10 and 225 pounds, Goodley pos- between the two of them because of limited sesses a rare skill set. Goodley runs a sizzling playing time. There are 10 players with more 4.39-second 40-yard dash. He also squats 685 receptions themselves than Reese and Goodley pounds, which ranks second on the entire team. combined. Despite his sturdy frame, Goodley possesses The potential for Baylor’s explosive passing a 39-inch vertical jump and broad jumps 10- attack to become even better is a definite possi- feet-7 inches. bility. Maybe that production can lead to another To put that into perspective, current Seattle Biletnikoff finalist or two for Baylor at the end of Seahawks receiver Golden Tate is also 5-foot-10, the season. but weighs 199 pounds and runs a 4.42-second The Bears have a bye week before beginning Matt Hellman | Lariat Multimedia Editor 40-yard dash. Tate’s vertical jump is 35 inches. Big 12 Conference play on Oct. 5 against West Junior receiver Antwan Goodley celebrates a score with senior receiver Tevin Reese against ULM on Saturday at Floyd Casey As a junior in college, Goodley already has Virginia at Floyd Casey Stadium. Stadium. The Bears won 70-7, much in part to Goodley and Reese’s combined 279 yards receving and three touchdowns. Seastrunk’s personality as dynamic as his game

By Parmida Schahhosseini you’re thinking he might score. I’ve “I get to kick my feet up and Sports Writer said it, if he gets 20 carries, he’ll get play video games and study,” Sea- 200 yards a game.” strunk said. “OK, study and then As he cuts through a barricade His sheer natural abil- play video games.” of defenders with his sole purpose ity combined with his 5-foot-10, Seastrunk only plays with Bay- being to give the offense a spark, 210-pound physique, is enough to lor, but that’s not a problem since junior Lache Seastrunk is more pose a threat to any defense. Sea- the creators of the game have rated than just an average running back. strunk averages 11 yards per carry him at 99. Fans can also get a sense Seastrunk has averaged 139 and has scored six touchdowns this of his video game skills by compar- yards a game this season and holds season. His production has taken ing it to his play on the field. When the nation’s longest consecutive pressure off of junior quarterback asked if he’s able to score quickly, 100–yard game streak at seven Bryce Petty, who has reaped the he gave a quick response. games, but his personality is equal- benefits of being the quarterback “Definitely” Seastrunk said. ly as dynamic as his game. in such a talented offense. “I’m throwing straight to T-Reese Despite making controversial “He’s a freak,” Petty said. “He’s [Tevin Reese] all day, I’m pushing comments in regard to winning got a lot of God-given ability. The the ‘B’ button saying ‘Oh! He’s go- the Heisman, Seastrunk won’t back guy really works hard and we ex- ing to catch it!’” down from it. He is honest with pect nothing less, that’s Lache. He’s His dominant play and person- himself and will tell it like it is. The our spark.” ality have made him a fan favorite confident star running back stays While he came from humble at Baylor. His cockiness can be true to his personality. beginnings, Seastrunk uses that to confused with arrogance, but that’s Seastrunk rushed for 156 yards fuel his fire as he translates that to just who he is. His personality is on 10 carries against a University his game. With his unquestioned the exact replica of this play on of Louisiana-Monroe defense that work ethic, Seastrunk is motivated the field, explosive and dynamic. allowed 15 rushing yards to Wake to be the best. Having confidence in his own Forest and 54.5 yards in its last “We work our butts off every abilities, Seastrunk still is quick to two games prior to facing Baylor. single day,” Seastrunk said. “Noth- give credit to his teammates, un- As Seastrunk continues to put up ing is given to us. It’s all earned.” derstanding that football is a team impressive numbers, the college With Seastrunk, it isn’t all busi- sport. The respect he has from his football world continues to keep a ness. While his dominant person- teammates can be partially cred- close watch. ality may be on display most of ited to his charismatic personality “It’s mind-boggling to people the time, he also has a lighter side. and work ethic. Seastrunk doesn’t that don’t know Lache and have not When he isn’t on the field practic- back down from anything. watched him the last eight football ing, his teammates and friends can When asked which running Matt Hellman | Lariat Multimedia Editor games,” Baylor head coach Art find him on the couch watching back he admires, Seastrunk said he Junior running back Lache Seastrunk races to the end zone on Aug. 31 in Baylor’s 69-3 win over Wofford at Floyd Briles said. “It’s not to us and it’s Cartoon Network or playing as wants to create his own legacy. Casey Stadium. Seastrunk has rushed for 417 yards and six touchdowns on 38 carries this season. not to you because you’ve watched himself on the NCAA video game. “I want to make my own foot- him. Every time he touches the ball Bye weeks are no exception. steps,” Seastrunk said. Volleyball wins over UTSA By Shehan Jeyarajah and has now done it three straight digs for Baylor. She also added two Sports Writer times. Over those three matches, kills and two blocks. she is averaging 15.0 kills and 4.0 Baylor is at .500 for the first Baylor volleyball won its last total blocks per match on a .303 time this season. The Bears have non-conference match prior to Big hitting percentage. won four of their last five matches 12 Conference play against Univer- Head coach Jim Barnes was and six out of the last eight. sity of Texas-San Antonio on Tues- pleased with Bardaji’s perfor- “Our chemistry is really good day. The Bears won the match 3-1, mance. out there,” Bardaji said. “We’re re- (25-17, 26-24, 24-26, 25-20). “She’s playing the way we knew ally starting to all work together. I With the win, the Bears moved she could,” Barnes said. “She just think we’re ready for the Big 12.” to 8-8 on the season heading into had to get used to playing, she’s The Bears will begin their con- Big 12 conference play. never been a starter in the same ference schedule with a road test Junior middle hitter Nicole way she is now.” against No. 25 Iowa State in Ames, Bardaji led Baylor with 16 kills and Sophomore setter Amy Rosen- Iowa this Saturday. The Bears then five blocks on a .243 hitting per- baum contributed all around the come home to play defending na- centage. Bardaji hit double-digit court for Baylor. She finished with tional champion No. 5 Texas on kills for the first time on Saturday, her first double-double, a career- Wednesday Oct. 2, which will be high 50 assists and a career-high 19 broadcast on ESPNU. | baylorlariat com News WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 6 Baylor Lariat www.baylorlariat.com* KENYA from Page 1 crimes against humanity in which killed, and it seemed certain that the government reports. day. “Remove your forces from our he is alleged to have incited vio- the number of confirmed deaths “There are countless number of country and peace will come.” lence following Kenya’s 2007 elec- would rise as security forces search dead bodies still scattered inside Kenyatta said “initial reports tions. the building. the mall, and the mujahideen are had suggested that a British wom- Kenyatta declared three days Nairobi’s city morgue had al- still holding their ground,” the So- an and two or three American of national mourning starting ready braced for the arrival of a mali rebel group al-Shabab said in citizens may have been involved Wednesday. large number of bodies of people one Twitter message considered to in the attack,” but that “we cannot At the Westgate mall, there killed, an official said. be genuine. confirm the details at the moment. were no immediate signs of the Ke- Kenyan Red Cross spokesman It added it still held hostages, He said experts were working nyan Security forces closing their Abbas Gullet said it was still not who were “still alive looking quite to try and determine the nationali- operation. known how many more may be disconcerted but, nevertheless, ties of the terrorists. Two Kenyan soldiers who had dead inside the building. a l i v e .” Earlier, Kenyan Foreign Minis- recently been inside the mall told “It is certainly known that there Kenyatta did not mention the ter Amina Mohamed had said “two The Associated Press shortly be- are more casualties,” he said. fate of the hostages — if it was in- or three Americans” and “one Brit” fore the president spoke that the A government official told The deed true that there were still some were among those who attacked operation was effectively finished, Associated Press that the morgue being held — in his address. the mall. but they said security forces were was preparing for up to an addi- Al-Shabab, whose name means A security expert with contacts still combing the facility and had Ben Curtis | Associated Press tional 60 bodies, though the official “The Youth” in Arabic, said the inside the mall described the at- not definitively cleared all the Armed police leave the Westgate Mall Tuesday night in Nairobi, Kenya. didn’t know an exact count. mall attack was in retribution for tackers as “a multinational collec- The terrorists who took control of a Nairobi mall and held off Kenyan secu- rooms inside. They spoke on con- rity forces for four days have been defeated after killing at least 67 civilians The government official insist- Kenyan forces’ 2011 push into tion from all over the world.” dition of anonymity because they and government troops. ed on anonymity so he would not neighboring Somalia. U.S. officials said they were were under orders not to speak to face retribution from government African Union forces pushed looking into whether any Ameri- the media. building. building could also be heard. Fresh officials. the al-Qaida-affiliated group out of cans were involved. State Depart- Kenyan forces had for two days Explosions rang from the smoke rose from the building in Earlier Tuesday the al-Qaida- Somalia’s capital in 2011. ment spokeswoman Jen Psaki said said they were in the “final phase” upscale Westgate mall in Nai- the afternoon. linked attackers used social media “You could have avoided all this that the department had “no defin- of the operation, only to be battled robi throughout Tuesday, and the The Kenyan Red Cross had pre- to give accounts of the fighting in- and lived your lives with relative itive evidence of the nationalities back by the militants inside the chatter of gunfire from inside the viously said 62 people had been side the mall that conflicted with safety,” the group Tweeted Tues- or the identities” of the attackers.

KENNEDY from Page 1 of background material that would support their his creation of the Peace Corps and his role in the viewpoint,” Rogers said. initiation of the Civil Rights Movement and the Rogers said one reason the Kennedy assassi- space program. nation holds public interest is that it grabs a per- “We wanted students to know what is the re- son’s imagination. sult of President Kennedy’s three years in office,” “It just may be the mystery of the ages, like Rogers said. who built the pyramids,” Rogers said. The section on Kennedy’s life shows photo- Erik Swanson, Moorpark, Calif., museum graphs of him with his family and of him serving studies graduate student, is a graduate assistant at in the military during World War II.

Biswaranjan Rout | Associated Pressthe library and has been working with the exhibit. “We thought Baylor students would not be fa- Indian sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik, foreground left, and his team pay tributes to the victims of the terror attack on a Kenya mall “I think it’s hard for us to rationalize why one miliar with the history of President Kennedy and by creating a sand sculpture Tuesday on the Bay of Bengal coast in Puri, Orissa state, India. person would just kill another person for no rea- that era of U.S. history, which is what Kennedy son - especially someone like JFK,” Swanson said. referred to as ‘the American Camelot,’” Rogers “He kind of became mythicized after he died be- said. cause he was obviously a very popular president. Swanson said it’s easy to overlook what Ken- And the fact that he was cut down so young — nedy did in his presidency because his term was there’s no really one explanation. It’s more just a cut short “so terribly” by his assassination.

big question of ‘why.’” The exhibit is free and open to the public. Travis Taylor | Lariat Photo Editor The section of the exhibit concerning Ken- More information can be found by visiting bay- The exhibit is divided into three sections: life, legacy and assassination. Included in the Kennedy feature is a letter from nedy’s legacy pays homage to his work in the arts, lor.edu/lib/poage. Father Oscar L. Huber, the priest that read Kennedy his last rites.

PASSPORT from Page 1 ward to future collaboration with the other campuses. “If this program accomplishes one thing, I hope it brings all June of this year. three campuses and their student Holt said the “passport” is a bodies together,” she said. booklet with various foods, cloth- Holt said she wanted to re- ing and other stores around Wacoally bring together the three cam- where students can go and, if theypuses and make Baylor students purchase something, they can getmore aware of the other college a stamp for that store. If they com-students in Waco. plete the entire booklet by the end “Passport To Waco will get of the program and turn it back in students outside of Baylor and to the student government office,its reach,” Holt said. “You see they will automatically be enteredthe community and it becomes to win an iPad. more visible and then we won’t “Students can also win various see each other as separate entities prizes along the way, like $10 giftany m ore .” cards or discounts on merchan- Holt said she believes this dise,” Holt said. project will be vital in getting The program launches TuesdayBaylor students more involved in and students can pick up a bookletthe community. at the student government office. “I want to make a difference,” The program ends March 31. Holt said. “Passport to Waco en- “It’s my baby,” she said. “I just compasses everything I’m sup- love everything about it, and the posed to do, and it makes me best part is it’s going to be a tri-h appy.” campus program.” Another improvement to the Holt said she is looking for-program is the number of businesses involved in the program. Some of the businesses involved in the program are Smash Burger, Congress Clothing, What About Cupcakes and more. “With more businesses, it’s better and has more value for 50 years later: Exhibit highlights life, legacy of Kennedy students. It’s bigger and more profound,” Holt said. icated to the research done around Outdoor Waco is one of the the assassination of Kennedy, in-many businesses involved in the cluding glass slides, an analytical program. drawing and writings that have “I really like the idea of Bay- been made by various profession-lor and downtown Waco getting als over decades. connected,” said Trinity Robb, The exhibit also highlightsgeneral manger for Outdoor many different theories that haveWaco. arisen over time about the reasons Robb said he was hoping to Kennedy was killed. see more Baylor students and “Did the Cubans do it, did the students from the other schools government do it, did Lyndon B. coming in and hanging out. Johnson do it, was the KGB behind “In the past, there was the ste- it, was the Mafia, UFO cover-upreotype of the Baylor Bubble, and theories; there are all kind of wildthat’s not the most beneficial,” he theories, and some of them cer-said. “This is really exciting in tainly have put together a good listgeneral and we wanted to be a part of that.” SEE KENNEDY, page 6 Holt said she hopes the program will get more students all over Waco connected to the community and one another. Once the program launches and the booklets are out, Holt said she suggests getting dessert at Lula Jane’s on Elm Street. “The deserts are homemade and delicious,” Holt said. “It’s like eating a cloud.” Holt said the program offers students not only a chance at getting discounts off their next bike rentals, but also a chance to explore and discover new opportu- nities around Waco. “The program was created to get students more involved in Waco because it’s an interesting place,” Holt said.