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WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE TheTUESDAY | MARCH 6, 2012Baylor Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com A&E Page 4 Lariat Special SPORTS Page 5 Music on the horizon To celebrate Baylor athletics, the Lariat is Lady Bears triumph Houston music festival Free Press printing commemorative posters highlighting Women’s basketball celebrates an Summer Fest releases summer players or teams. Look on the back page of undefeated year after dominating lineup for June 2-3 Wednesday’s paper for Quincy Acy. Iowa State in last game Vol. 113 No. 27 © 2012, Baylor University In Print >> Gamers’ delight Settlement house to break barriers Highly anticipated “Assassins’ Creed III” to By Linda Wilkins Dr. Laine Scales, Baylor pro- This idea of community, she said, feature American Revolution Staff Writer fessor of higher education, said is a part of social work history. theme the house is in the process of be- Scales told the volunteers Page 4 Two Baylor students will have coming a modern-day settlement people in modern-day neigh- the opportunity to interact with house, modeled after the 19th borhoods stay disconnected >> Bears end season the Waco community on a daily century settlement house move- from their neighbors because of Men’s basketball’s 80-72 loss basis, possibly beginning in the ment. economic, social and racial dif- against Iowa State lands fall. Scales said the settlement ferences. In the Sanger Heights them the No. 4 seed in Weeding, painting, garden- house experience has potential neighborhood, where the house is Big 12 tournament ing and cleaning outside the to be incorporated into Baylor located, the residential make-up Page 5 2301 Colcord Ave. house, where classes such as the BIC, social is 50 percent Latino, 25 percent the two students will live, was work, education, business, and African-American and 25 percent the focus of volunteer work by any relevant subject. She said uni- Caucasian, Scales said. >> Nurse faces charges Baylor service organizations versity students in the 18th cen- The settlement house is a way DAVID LI | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER Saturday in association with tury established a gathering place to break the various types of bar- Trial begins for Texas nurse Tulsa junior Tyler Jones, Sugar Land sophomore Lanre Aboderin and accused of injecting kidney Waco resident Marcus Brown help renovate a garden on Saturday in the Good Neighbor Settlement for people in their neighborhoods dialysis patients with bleach Waco for the Good Neighbor Settlement House. House-Waco. to come and fellowship together. SEE NEIGHBOR, page 6 Page 6 On the Web Antioch severs bonds of slavery with UnBound By Meghan Hendrickson fight against sex trafficking: Reporter • Working with the Waco Po- lice Department through its vic- Hundreds of Baylor students tim services group and faculty, city officials and • Matching missing person Photo of the day adults joined together for one files to victims marketed online purpose Sunday night: to com- via organized research Little Rock junior and Baylor bat sex trafficking in Waco and • Participating in prayer point guard A.J. Walton has beyond. groups and prayer drives interview with film and digi- UnBound, a new anti-human • Advocating in social media tal students on Monday in the trafficking organization, launched and social networks Castellaw Communications publicly during its first education • Participating in community and prayer meeting at Antioch Center. outreaches and activities Community Church on Sunday • Helping with UnBound’s ad- baylorlariat.com night. Although UnBound is an ministrative activities Viewpoints initiative that originated with An- Baylor social work professor tioch, volunteers are not limited Jennifer Smyer, director of global to the local church body. mission leadership, gave an edu- MEAGAN DOWNING | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER “The working Elizabeth Griffin, UnBound cational presentation about sex director of outreach, said anyone trafficking at the meeting. class should who wants to be involved in help- Smyer received her master’s Shenanigans at the marina want a candidate ing to bring an end to sex slav- degree from Baylor with a focus Students surround an employee in kayaks on Monday at the Baylor Marina in a competition to be one seeking to help ery in Waco and throughout the on human trafficking and the of the first 50 on the water to reach a free tank during a celebration of the marina’s spring opening. world is welcome to volunteer. church’s response to it. Smyer said them have the best The meeting kicked off with she has hope in the face of some- lives they can. This an introduction to UnBound by thing so painful because she be- Susan Peters, a pastor of Antioch lieves in the power of God. means receiving and a member of UnBound’s According to the Trafficking ‘Mass Effect 3’ launched leadership team. Peters said Un- an education for Victims Protection Act of 2000, By Matt Hellman tiplayer mode as a new feature to action while having a pre-set Bound’s mission is to open peo- sex trafficking includes “the re- Reporter the series, allowing for co-oper- story line, the story mode which ple’s eyes to the reality of human self-betterment, cruitment, harboring, transpor- ative play that links back to the emphasizes decision and conver- trafficking — both on the local not just to have tation, provision or obtaining [of BioWare, a label of Electronic main player’s campaign. sation selections, and the “Role- and international scale — and or- victims] through force, fraud or Arts Inc., released its new action “I’m cautious about the multi- Playing Mode” that follows the access to desk jobs ganize efforts to combat the issue coercion for sexual exploitation.” role-playing game (RPG) ‘Mass player option since the series itself same game play as the rest of the head-on. Smyer said just one of these and a retirement Effect 3’ today. is predominantly a single-player series. Orlando, Fla., senior Claire elements of sex trafficking has to Its trailer debuted Feb. 19. franchise and introducing multi- ‘Mass Effect 3’ will combine package.” Berlinsky helped lead worship at be present for a situation to be As a continuation of its pre- player abilities could take away intense action, in-depth plot and the event and said she is commit- considered “trafficking.” Page 2 quel, ‘Mass Effect 2’, the story- a bit from the game,” Southlake complex relationship role-playing ting to serve through UnBound The theme for Smyer’s pre- based game follows the theme of sophomore Nicholas Behren, an in order to intrigue and involve Bear Briefs in any way the Lord calls her to, sentation was “Eyes Wide Open.” saving Earth from the alien race avid gamer who is familiar with players in building suspense that whether that is through raising Smyer said evidence of human known as the Reapers. the series, said. will make them want to keep awareness or serving in more trafficking is easy to miss when “With ‘Mass Effect 3’, we’re “BioWare is trying to make an playing, Dr. Dan Shafer, assistant The place to go to know hands-on and practical ways. people are not looking for it. “Let taking players on a more personal the places to go “My greatest hope for Un- it be said of us that we are ones effort to appeal to the different professor in the film and digital journey, even though the scope Bound is to see people saved,” that have our eyes wide open just tastes of gamers. I’m interested to media department, said. Celebrated culture Berlinsky said, “to put faces on as he [God] does.” is bigger than ever — an all-out see what the final product will be,” “Certainly, a game that has The Indian Subcontinent statistics and to see, in a practi- Smyer said it is important for galactic war,” Casey Hudson, ex- Behren said suspenseful elements can be more Student Association will be cal way, that God can move and people to be educated about sex ecutive producer of the Mass Ef- The game will also feature a enjoyable than a game without selling henna tattoos from prayers have weight.” UnBound trafficking so they might educate fect series, said in a June EA press new twist to the role-playing for- those elements, as long as the 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. through has developed six main ways for others — perhaps those who are release announcing the game’s mat by offering three pregame Friday in the Bill Daniel volunteers to get involved in the release date. selections: the action mode that ‘Mass Effect 3’ features a mul- SEE GAME, page 6 Student Center lobby to SEE UNBOUND, page 6 allows the player to focus on the support 17th Annual Gate- way to India Cultural Show. Prices start at $3. You may Laura and Barbara Bush headline first ladies’ conference also purchase authentic In- dian jewelry from bangles By Jamie Stengle ducing the best first lady ever,” willingness to rise above it and to necklaces. Associated Press Bush said, pausing as his wife and just do it,” said Allida Black, a re- mother each pointed at the other. search professor of history and in- Let’s talk literature DALLAS — Laura Bush and Then he continued, “Mom, would ternational affairs at The George The Literary Society will her mother-in-law, Barbara, talk- you take a tie?” Washington University. meet at 8 p.m. today in ed about life in the White House “Obviously, I don’t mind being The conference was a collabo- the Houston Room of the — from the joys of having their surrounded by strong women. I ration between the White House SUB for a discussion on the own chefs to making the land- was raised by one, I married one, Historical Association, American relevance of literary maga- mark their home — and briefly and I believe we’re raising two,” he University and the National Ar- zines.