WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE TheFRIDAY | OCTOBER 7, 2011Baylor www.baylorlariat.comLariat SPORTS Page 6 NEWS Page 4 A&E Page 5 Redemption Baylor baker makes it big Spectator sport The Bears return home from a Baylor alumna and baker Megan Rountree ‘Kingdom Hearts’ proves tough loss to play the first home whipped up some tasty treats on “The Next one-player games can still conference game of the season Great Baker” and now at her own Dallas bakery be fun for large groups Vol. 112 No. 23 © 2011, Baylor University In Print A light at the end of >> Road less traveled the tunnel Uproar artist Trannie Stevens knew from the TCU looks to fill Big 12 void beginning she wanted to join the label, but that By Krista Pirtle The Big East recently lost doesn’t mean the journey Sports Writer Pittsburgh and Syracuse to the has been easy. Atlantic Coast Conference, but TCU in place of A&M? This commissioner John Marinatto Page 5 is not a bad idea, Big 12 officials has said previously the Big East agreed unanimously. would make Pitt and Syracuse Thursday morning, the con- honor the 27-month exit agree- >> Stepping forward ference officials sent an invitation ment, meaning they couldn’t join A 5K walk in Waco aims to TCU to join the Big 12, which the ACC until 2014. to put an end to world would bring the total number of Without TCU, Pittsburgh hunger. teams in the conference to 10. and Syracuse, the remaining Big “TCU is an excellent choice as East football members would be a new member of the conference,” Louisville, West Virginia, Cincin- Page 3 Oklahoma president David Bored nati, UConn, Rutgers and South said in a statement. “They bring Florida. strong athletics and academic As for the Big 12, joining a >> Dream team credentials and were enthusiasti- The Lariat sports desk local conference offers multiple cally and unanimously supported benefits. is starting a new fantasy by all of the members of the con- “These discussions with the football advice column, ference.” Big 12 have huge implications for making it easy to pick the Last year, the Horned Frogs TCU,” the statement from TCU perfect team. made the decision to move from Chancellor Victor Boschini Jr. the Mountain West conference to said. “It will allow us to return to Page 6 the Big East. old rivalries, something our fans Stability issues of the Big East and others have been advocat- provide a shaky future for the ing for many years. As always, >> No kidding conference, a factor most likely we must consider what’s best for MATT HELLMAN | LARIAT PHOTO EDITOR One Baylor student hopes discussed among the TCU re- to bring a few laughs to gents. No. 1 wide receiver Kendall Wright carries the football past TCU No. 17 safety Sam Carter in the Baylor vs SEE TCU, page 8 TCU game Sept. 2. in Floyd Casey Stadium. The bears celebrated a victory of 50-48 over the horned- frogs. Baylor with a stand-up comedy group. Page 3 Parking Conference explores Viewpoints permits religion, philosophy “There are not By Jade Mardirosian help to advance this field of study. Staff Writer “One value of the conference many people I short on is having really good scholars Baylor joined with George- pushing the field forward and respect as much as town University and the Univer- having other scholars participat- Steve Jobs simply sity of Notre Dame to host a con- ing,” Beaty said. because there aren’t interest ference Thursday to discuss the “Second is the visibility it philosophy of religion. gives to Baylor as it participates at many men who do The conference is being held these high-level conferences, and By Daniel C. Houston on the Georgetown campus locat- as it does it in cooperation with Staff Writer as much with their ASSOCIATED PRESS ed in Washington, D.C., and will other outstanding research uni- last until Saturday night. versities.” lives as Jobs did. Brighton Wallace takes part in an “Occupy Austin” protest at Austin Baylor Parking Services re- The conference will be held The conference will include cords show fewer students opted City Hall on Thursday in Austin. Demonstrations across the U.S. In many ways, I protested the state of Wall Street and the growing financial crisis. annually, moving between the speakers from Baylor, George- think his death is to purchase this year’s new dis- three universities and coming to town and Notre Dame as well counted parking decals for the Baylor in 2012, according to a as other universities throughout the end of the era East Campus Parking Garage and Obama acknowledges university press release. the United States and the United the Ferrell Center parking lots Dr. Michael Beaty, chair of Kingdom. he kept alive with than parking services employees the philosophy department, ex- Dr. Trent Dougherty, assistant each innovation he had hoped. protests, public concerns plained the idea behind begin- professor of philosophy at Baylor, While 216 students bought ning this conference. will be co-presenting at the con- made.” stickers granting them access ex- “The idea of the conference by verena dobnik over more than two weeks, ference a paper he coauthored clusively to the east campus ga- was basically to bring people to- Page 2 Associated Press with the president’s acknowl- with Alexander Pruss, associate rage, only 56 decided to buy the gether, both people who have professor of philosophy at Baylor. Ferrell Center permit, which fell edgment at a news conference Concerns over Wall Street well-established reputations as “[We] are going to be present- short of the expectations Matt a sign they might be jelling Bear Briefs practices and economic in- well as some younger faculty, to ing a paper...on the problem of Penney, director of parking and into a political movement. equality that have led to sit-ins talk about issues in the impor- evil and suffering for Christians, transportation services, had for Obama said he understood The place to go to know and rallies in New York and tance of the area of the philoso- and how it is a lot like the prob- the program. the public’s concerns about else- phy of religion,” Beaty said. lem of anomalies in scientific the places to go Penney said he had hoped how the nation’s financial sys- where Beaty said the philosophy of theories,” Dougherty said. parking services would sell 500 tem works and said Ameri- rever- religion includes a wide range of Dougherty further explained decals for the east campus garage cans see Wall Street as an ex- Baylor Bears ber- topics, including “questions about the topic of the paper. and 100 for the Ferrell Center ample of the financial industry ated up whether it is reasonable to believe “Sometimes scientific theories There’s one week left parking lots. not always following the rules. to the God exists, are there any good ar- make predictions about almost to bring in your bears. The east campus garage, which “It expresses the frustra- White guments for God’s existence and everything and sometimes those Help provide comfort can hold more than 800 cars at tions that the American peo- House issues about the characterization don’t come true, so there’s a prob- any given time, routinely holds ple feel that we had the big- to children who lost o n of God, what are God’s attributes.” lem for the theory. But you don’t only a fraction of that capacity gest financial crisis since the everything in the Thurs- Dr. Jonathan Kvanvig, distin- just give up the theory because during peak parking hours. Great Depression, huge col- d a y , guished professor of philosophy there is something that doesn’t Bastrop wildfire. Bring “We basically have 400 park- lateral damage all throughout w i t h Obama at Baylor, organized the confer- quite fit, you keep working with your bear or donation ing spaces in a multi million the country, all across Main Presi- ence and explained its value in a it,” Dougherty said. -dollar facility that aren’t being Street,” the president said. of $10 to the Service dent Barack Obama saying the Baylor press release. He said perseverance is also utilized,” Penney said. “We have “And yet you’re still seeing Learning Office in the protesters are expressing the “These conferences provide common among Christians. another 2,000 parking spaces that some of the same folks who frustrations of the American the opportunity for our faculty “In a way, Christianity is a lot Bill Daniel Student are just across the street from acted irresponsibly trying to public. and students to see what first-rate like a scientific theory. It is a the- Center. campus with a bus [stopping] ev- fight efforts to crack down on Thousands of protesters, work is being done elsewhere, ory about everything,” Dougherty ery seven minutes that students abusive practices that got us including many in union T- and also allow us to showcase the said. aren’t interested in. And so, in- into this problem in the first shirts, marched the day before equally good work being done in Dougherty said he believes the stead of starting a conversation place.” in lower Manhattan, joined by our department,” Kvanvig said. value of these conferences is to about ‘there’s nowhere to park on He said, though, that the labor leaders who say they will “Such opportunities are essen- make progress in understanding campus,’ I’d rather focus on ‘how U.S. must have a strong and ef- continue to support the pro- tial to the mission and future of different philosophical theories can we utilize what we have that’s fective financial sector for the tests with manpower and do- Baylor University as a Christian about religion.