WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE LADY BEARS from Page 1 TheTUESDAY | MARCH 22, 2011Baylor Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com NEWS Page 3 A&E Page 5 SPORTS Page 6 Row, row, row your boat Album review BU wins one, drops two Anyone can join Baylor crew, but A new worship CD provides Baylor baseball wins a 14-13 the demanding sport requires early an accurate summary of thriller Saturday but loses two of mornings and tough workouts American praise music three games to Texas Tech Vol. 112 No. 31 © 2011, Baylor University In Print >> Keep SXSW global Rugged defense propels BU to win Austin’s raucous South by Southwest fascinates with Lady Bears must Williams wasted no time getting The sophomore was responsible acts from around the world started offensively either, connecting for nine during a 13-2 run that led to on her first jumper and following that Mulkey sitting her starting five and Page 5 rebound to beat up with two layups en route to a 16-0 sending in five reserves to finish out the West Virginia today opening run. game. >> Play outside The Panthers managed their first “No matter what you did at the be- Men’s and women’s track By Matt Larsen points at the 10:56 mark in the first half ginning of the season, no one will re- Sports Writer opens its outdoor season at and finished the half with just eight member,” Pope said when asked about points, the fewest first half points in her energy. “You pretty much remember TCU and performs well A stingy, glamour-less first half de- Women’s NCAA Tournament history. the end. It’s time to go get it.” Page 7 fense paved the way for the No. 1 seed The Lady Bears did not look as sharp Pope and company will not be physi- Lady Bears to overpower No. 16 seed as Mulkey would have liked on either cally going anywhere just yet, though. Prairie View A&M, 66-30, in the first Shining moment end coming out in the second half, Round two features No. 8 seed West >> round of the NCAA Tournament Sun- though. Virginia tonight in the Ferrell Center. The 2011 men’s basketball day at the Ferrell Center. “I thought we were kind of sloppy in The Mountaineers are fresh off their tourney thrills with buzzer “It was a game that we took care of the second half with that first group; and own 79-73 win against No. 9 seed Hous- beaters and big upsets business, I guess you’d say,” head coach the thought crossed my mind to take all ton Sunday in which they carried their Page 7 Kim Mulkey said. five of them off the floor,” the 11th-year knack for rebounding into the postsea- A collective defensive effort on Bay- coach said. “But I thought better, and I son. lor’s part led to Prairie View A&M go- thought, ‘Let them work through it.” Senior Madina Ali led all players ing 3 of 27 from the field in the first 20 Meanwhile, the Panthers began to with 15 boards and tacked on 13 points minutes. find their shooting touch. as well. “Before every game that’s what I Siarra Soliz hit the Panthers’ first The Mountaineers came up just one always say is play our defense and our 3-point shot of the evening in the open- rebound shy of 50 boards. On the Web offense will come,” sophomore Brittney ing minutes of the second half. “Whoever has the most rebounds is Griner said. The freshman kept the Lady Bears going to win,” Williams said of the im- NICK BERRYMAN | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER Griner, usually to blame for altering from building on their lead by hitting portance rebounding will play today. and blocking the most opponents’ shots, two more threes and finished with a “They had 25 offensive rebounds No. 32 forward Brooklyn Pope and No. 42 center took the back seat initially to sopho- team-high 12 points. [against Houston]. Our job is to keep Brittney Griner jump for the block against Prairie View more Destiny Williams’ three first-half Following the slow second-half start, A&M’s No. 25 Robin Jones during the first round of the swats. Griner would finish the night Pope took it upon herself to extend her NCAA tournament Sunday at the Ferrell Center. The SEE LADY BEARS, page 8 Lady Bears defeated Prairie View A&M 66-30. with six of her team’s 14 total blocks. team’s lead. Alumnus Tasty night Watch a recap of Sigma chosen Alpha Epsilon’s 2011 Salsa Fest, including interviews with festival attendees to help baylorlariat.com BU reach goals Viewpoints By Sara Tirrito Staff Writer “The scary thing Baylor alumnus Dr. Jerry Haag here is not that I has been named vice president for university development, ending a could have had a national search begun in the fall stroke or a heart to fill the position. attack at 21. The He will be- scary thing is not gin work at how easy illegal Baylor on April 18. drugs are to obtain Presi- or how frequently dent Ken MATT HELLMAN | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER Starr said they are abused. he chose The real problem Haag be- Eye on the ball Haag cause of here is not Adderall. his “distin- It is not students No. 24 midfield Evan Pixley passes the ball to No. 1 attack Andrew Pandora just before Baylor scores against the UC Davis Aggies Monday guished career” and love for Bay- at the Westmoreland Intramural Field. buying and using SEE HAAG, page 8 illegal drugs. The real problem is that students feel there is Libya rebels attempt to Japanese no other option.” advance after strikes students Page 2 By Ryan Lucas said a new round of strikes had be- Associated Press gun in the capital, Tripoli, marking aid home the third night of bombardment. ZWITINA, Libya — Coalition But while the airstrikes can stop Bear Briefs forces bombarded Libya for a third Gadhafi’s troops from attacking despite straight night Monday, target- rebel cities — in line with the U.N. The place to go to know ing the air defenses and forces of mandate to protect civilians — the the places to go Libyan ruler Moammar Ghadafi, United States, at least, appeared distance stopping his advances and hand- deeply reluctant to go beyond that By Sara Tirrito ing some momentum back to the toward actively helping the rebel Staff Writer ASSOCIATED PRESS rebels, who were on the verge of cause to oust the Libyan leader. Dodgeball tourney defeat just last week. President Barack Obama said An anti-Gadhafi rebel runs away Monday as smoke rises following an air After the recent disasters in Ja- Baylor’s chapter of the But the rebellion’s more orga- Monday that “it is U.S. policy that strike by Libyan warplanes near a checkpoint of the anti-Libyan Leader pan, several of Baylor’s exchange National Society of nized military units were still not Gadhafi has to go.” But, he said, the Moammar Gadhafi rebels in the oil town of Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya. students found themselves facing Collegiate Scholars is hosting ready, and the opposition disarray international air campaign has a the challenges of truly compre- cover for rebel operations. Gen. Abdul-Mullah, a 38-year-old civil a dodgeball tournament underscored U.S. warnings that a more limited goal, to protect civil- hending what had happened in Carter Ham said Gadhafi might engineer from Benghazi who was their homelands and trying to find from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday long stalemate could emerge. ians. The air campaign by U.S. and “Our military action is in sup- cling to power once the bombard- fighting with the rebel force, said ways to help from afar. and Saturday at Russell European militaries has unques- port of an international mandate ment finishes, setting up a stale- government troops stopped all Fukuoka, Japan, junior Yuki Gymnasium. It is $5 for tionably rearranged the map in from the Security Council that mate between his side and the reb- resistance after the international Ayukawa, who is studying at each participant and players Libya and rescued rebels from the specifically focuses on the humani- els, with allied nations enforcing campaign began. Baylor as an exchange student, must email Donte Williams immediate threat they faced only tarian threat posed by Col. Gadhafi a no-fly zone to ensure he cannot “The balance has changed a lot,” has family both in Fukuoka and with their Baylor ID at days ago of being crushed under to his people. Not only was he car- attack civilians. he said. “But pro-Gadhafi forces Tokyo. Though her family and Donte_Williams@baylor. a powerful advance by Gadhafi’s rying out murders of civilians but Henri Guaino, a top adviser to are still strong. They are a profes- friends are OK, she has found it edu. The winning team will forces. The first round of airstrikes he threatened more,” the president the French president, said the al- sional military and they have good difficult to watch the situation -un lied effort would last “a while yet.” equipment. Ninety percent of us be awarded a trophy. smashed a column of regime tanks said on a visit to Chile. fold on television. that had been moving on the rebel In Washington, the American Among the rebels, as well, capital of Benghazi in the east. general running the assault said there was a realization that fighting Monday night, Libyan state TV there is no attempt to provide air could be drawn out.