SPRING FOOTBALL FEVER: GRIFFIN PASSES FOR 310 YARDS IN ANNUAL SPRING GAME PAGE 3 ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2009 Improved Hillcrest hospital to open By Brittany Hardy completed ahead of schedule crest Baptist Medical Center, new hospital with a strong Staff writer and under budget, Reitmeier it’s a done deal. It’s a done deal emphasis on convenient loca- said. and this is a significant and his- tion and offering families and After 10 months of construc- It features $30 million worth toric day for both of these insti- patients new services. The tion, the new state-of-the-art of new equipment and medical tutions,” Reitmeier said. relocation is based on several Hillcrest Baptist Medical Cen- technology, a more convenient Scott & White Healthcare issues, said Jim Gebhart, Hill- ter will open its doors 6 a.m. location and offers a wide vari- has worked with Wacoans for crest chief operating officer. Saturday at it’s new location at ety of services for patients and more than 100 years and moved One issue was the aging infra- Interstate 35 and Loop 340. families. to Waco to develop a practice structure of the old location. “We have completed con- Hilcrest Health System and more than 25 years ago. “Whenever we went to struction of the longest sin- Scott & White Healthcare also “We want to see Hillcrest upgrade our buildings it cost a gle construction process in officially announced their part- Baptist Medical Center con- lot of money­­ — Even after you McLennan County history,” nership at a news conference tinue to develop as a regional finished remodeling (the build- said Mike Reitmeier, chairman Thursday at the new location. medical center … Scott & White ings), they didn’t look as good of the Hillcrest Health System “Today is really special. It is is more than excited about this …” Gebhart said. Board. “This is a proud day for my distinct privilege and great opportunity. We think it is so The old campus was located Hillcrest and it’s a day I believe pleasure to announce the Hill- natural for us to work together,” at 3000 Herring Ave., an area all of Waco and all of our Cen- crest Health System and Scott said Dr. Alfred Knight, presi- of Waco that has become resi- Brittany Hardy/Lariat staff tral Texas neighbors should be & White Healthcare have an dent of Scott & White. The new Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center is slated to open 6 a.m. Saturday in its proud of.” agreement a signed and execut- Along with the new partner- new location on Interstate 35 and Loop 340. It will features $30 million in new The new campus has been ed agreement — to manage Hill- ship also comes a completely Please see HOSPITAL, page 4 equipment and offers new services to patients and families. Faculty Senate election results Penn State Arts and Sciences Beck, Rosalie (REL) Blackwell, Frieda tops Bears (MFL) Cannon, Ray (MAT) Duhrkopf, Richard (BIO) in NIT title Losey, Jay (ENG) By Dave Skretta postseason game since 1950 Supplee, Joan (HIS) The Associated Press before its run to the NIT final. Fellow guard Curtis Jerrells NEW YORK — Penn State added 14 points and Tweety Business turned the NIT championship Carter and Kevin Rogers had Johnson, Kevin game into a party, and several 10 points each. (MGT) thousand Nittany Lions fans It was a physical game, and Neubert, Mitchell sure seemed like the hosts. both teams spent most of the (MGT) Jamelle Cornley scored 18 night scrambling for loose points and the Nittany Lions balls. used a big second half to beat Penn State guard Danny Education Baylor 69-63 Thursday night Morrissey was trying to corral and win the NIT title, just the one near the scorer’s table with Wilkerson, Trena (CI) second postseason tournament about two-and-a-half minutes to championship in school his- go and the Nittany Lions lead- tory. ing 57-48 when he slammed Law Sophomore Talor Battle his head into the floor, laying Ron Beal added 12 points, all in the sec- motionless on the sideline for a ond half, for the Nittany Lions few moments. (27-11), who were spurred on Trainers hurried over and Music by raucous chants of “We are ... tended to the senior, who had McKinney, Timothy Penn State,” led by none other a cut above his lip but eventu- (AS) than Joe Paterno, the 82-year- ally walked off the floor on his old football coach sitting about own. four rows behind the team’s The Bears trailed 62-50 after Nursing bench. Stanley Pringle made a pair of Garner, Linda Associated Press Guard LaceDarius Dunn free throws with under 2 min- Baylor guard Tweety Carter defends Penn State’s Jeff Brooks during the first half of the NIT championship college bas- scored 18 points to lead Baylor ketball game Thursday in New York. The Bears fell to the Nittay Lions 69-63. (24-15), which hadn’t won a Please see NIT, page 6 Filipino culture show debuts By Lauren Hollon Indonesian influences. You can The show will focus on dif- “At the end, we take the Reporter see that in the language, the ferent Filipino dances, including glasses off our heads to show dances and the music.” Spanish-influenced, Muslim- the audience that we were really The word “Mabuhay!” has The Phillipines are very differ- influenced, rural, folk and mod- balancing them the entire time,” decorated campus bulletin ent from the rest of Asia because ern dances. Villapana said. boards since last week. it was under Spanish control for The history and cultural sig- Another folk dance is the Pan- It means: “Long live the Phil- 300 years, Amaro said. nificance of each dance with danggo Sa Ilaw. Like the Binasu- ippines!” and is an invitation to The official languages of the be explained before its perfor- an, this dance involves a balanc- join the Filipino Student Associa- Philippines are Filipino, which is mance. ing act. Using votive candles in tion’s culture celebration today. based on Tagalog, and English. The Binasuan folk dance tra- glass jars, dancers balance one The show starts at 7 p.m. in Hispanic influence is espe- ditionally involves three small candle on the back of each hand Barfield Drawing Room and will cially visible in Tagalog; the glass jars filled with wine. Danc- and one on their head. Fire will introduce people to the fusion language features thousands ers hold one in each hand and not actually be used in the dance that is Filipino culture. of words borrowed from Span- balance the third on their heads. on Friday as a safety precaution. “The Philippines are very ish. English, Chinese, Japanese, Dancers are able to roll on the Alan Nguyen, a Houston diverse,” El Paso senior and FSA Arabic, Sanskrit, Old Malay and floor without letting their glass graduate student, said the most Shanna Taylor/Lariat staff vice president Mary Jo Amaro Tamil have also influenced the jar topple off, El Paso senior and widely known Filipino dance is Dallas freshman Mary Concepcion rehearses a traditional dance Wednesday said. “There are Spanish, Ameri- Filipino language, according to president of FSA Kate Villapana in the Barfield Drawing Room for the Filipiono Student Association. can, Chinese, Malaysian and www.eslteachersboard.com. said. Please see SHOW, page 4 Brazos nights offers concert goers country twang By Caley Carmichael Park, located at 100 University Cook said. dle, mandolin, piano and banjo ment for concertgoers, Foster songs “She Left Me For Jesus” Reporter Parks Drive Stoney LaRue and the Arse- to the mix for an extra kick to said. and “Trouble in Mind” have “This event is a great oppor- nals, Hayes Carll and the Mod- its music. “Stoney LaRue is full of ener- received an overflow of media Contrary to popular belief, tunity to see some great Texas ern Day Drifters will rock the “Stoney is one of the best gy,” he said. “The band is a cast attention and are continuing to the shores of the Brazos after country (music) and get stu- 36-foot wide stage with rhythm musicians in red-dirt music,” of talented, professional musi- increase in popularity. sunset may not be daunting dents involved in the commu- and rhyme. Foster said. “There are not as cians and they are very enter- After Hayes Carll’s Brazos after all. nity,” said Jonathan Cook, com- Wayne Foster, marketing many people who can sing and taining on stage.” Nights show, the band will The 22nd annual Brazos munity promotions director for manager for the Stoney LaRue play guitar as well as he does. Hayes Carll, a renown Hous- spend the summer touring the Nights concert series will kick the event. band, said the six-member He really makes for a well- ton-based country rock band, U.S., as well as shows in Mani- off four nights of free shows at This year’s event will high- band specializes in southern rounded package.” continues the musical triumvi- 7 p.m. today at Indian Spring light regional Texas artists, country rock that brings a fid- The band guarantees amuse- rate. The band touts that its hit Please see BRAZOS, page 4 VOL. 108 No.1 www.baylor.edu/Lariat © 2008, BAYLOR UNIVERSITY 2 The Baylor Lariat OPINION Friday, April 3, 2009 Speakers need to address what’s in minds of students I have always enjoyed being to ready my generation for going leaders of today. I would have these ten- or fifteen-minute long while still turning out a (for the able to hear some of the bright- out into a turbulent economy.