TAYLOR UNIVERSITY Weekly Edition Women’s basketball gets stuffed at the 3-point line page 12 Celebrating 100 years as Taylor’s News Source Since 1913 1 Volume 100, Issue 15 Friday/Thursday, February 15-February 21, 2013 TheEchoNews.com HEADLINES Million Dollar Marion Café Valley Inc., a baked goods supplier based in Phoenix, Ariz., will be undertaking a multi-million dollar construction project that will lead to hundreds of job opportunities in Marion. Page 3 Roe V. Wade Continued Continue reading from last week about 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, covering the physical, emotional and spiritual complications of abortion. Page 4 Google augments reality Although Google Glass remains shrouded in secrecy, the first developers are now getting their hands on the new device. How long will it be before we’re all wearing phones on our faces? Page 5 Volleyball in Israel Photography by Timothy P. Riethmiller Last month Coach Brittany Smith traveled to Israel to work with Palestinian volleyball teams and coaches. Page 9 Dorm culture forms from ground up Baseball Preview Students will form identity The Trojans will look to improve on last leadership positions for the fall, according pioneer and contribute to the new resi- be a hall retreat at the beginning of the year, season by mixing the new freshmen for new dorm this fall to Dean of Residence Life and Discipleship dence hall’s culture. giving students a common experience and with the experienced upperclassmen. They kicked off their season yesterday Steve Morley. This dorm, like the other residence halls, pride in the place they live. by splitting a doubleheader. Page 11 Rachel Vachon The building, attached to, but separate will integrate all class levels. Academic Morley has already had several students Staff Writer from Gerig, is designed to house 150 stu- year is one factor in creating a balanced approach him about moving into the new dents and is set to be completed by the hall from the applicants. Morley said at an hall, and feels the responses are positive. Meredith Sell start of the 2013-2014 academic year. What informational meeting about moving into Current Gerig resident and sophomore Weekend Features Editor is currently an open structure of concrete the new dorm that Debby Cheruiyot Bii, the Alli Russell, is one such student who is plan- and bare steel will soon take on a new current Gerig Hall director, will move to the ning to move to the new dorm this fall. She Forecast Announcing its plans in the fall of 2012 to shape as the university begins the applica- new hall. She will be joined by an assistant and her roommate who have lived in Gerig build a new residence hall on campus, Tay- tion process. hall director who will live in Gerig, and both since their first day are anticipating the new FRIDAY lor promptly began construction on the While approximately 50 of the 150 rooms will be responsible for the two halls, accord- hall’s features, but also love the atmosphere space located behind Gerig Hall. will be set aside for incoming freshmen, ing to Morley. of Gerig. High: 31° This month, Taylor will begin re- the university is beginning the application Another idea Morley anticipates using to Low: 20° cruiting students for housing and process for current students who want to establish identity throughout the dorm will Continued on page 2 SATURDAY High: 25° Obama Special ed Low: 16° addresses basketball SUNDAY High: 29° education, tourney sees Low: 25° energy participation FULL 7-DAY FORECAST ON PAGE 3 Erika Norton Staff Writer increase Across the country, Americans gathered FOLLOW US around their television and computer Tom Gbean screens Tuesday to watch the annual State Contributor of the Union Address. TheEcho_Taylor Viewers listened eagerly to President Taylor Disability Outreach (TDO) is hosting Barack Obama as he spoke to Congress a Special Olympics Basketball tournament, about the many issues he will face in his known as Take it to the Hoop, this weekend. TheEcho_Sports next term as President and what he plans to Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy The Special Olympics is a non-profit or- do to resolve some of these problems. President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address ganization that hosts many sports activities He addressed the political hot topics, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2013. for people with mental disabilities. many of which may affect Taylor and its According to the organization’s website, students and graduates in the near future. affordability and value?’” dollars would be a $1.75 increase from the “Special Olympics is a global movement of facebook.com/ One of the topics Obama addressed was These changes could be positive or neg- current federal minimum wage. people creating a new world of inclusion TaylorUniversityEcho the state of the American education sys- ative, according to King. According to King, if this happens with- and community, where every single person tem and how he plans to reform schools “It may be positive because it may cause in the next few months, those students who is accepted and welcomed, regardless of and higher education. institutions like Taylor to look inwardly and are working in minimum wage-paying posi- ability or disability. We are helping to make The Echo QR Code “Tonight, I ask Congress to change the identify the areas that may need change. As tions are going to benefit. King said, “This the world a better, healthier and more joy- Higher Education Act, so that affordabili- a result, it could very well mean schools like will not solve the problem. I think it’s a ful place—one athlete, one volunteer, one ty and value are included in determining Taylor will have to make adjustments, which short-term fi x .” family member at a ti m e .” which colleges receive certain types of fed- could mean cuts,” King said. “Nowhere is the promise of innovation The tournament, which occurs annual- eral aid,” Obama said during his speech. And cuts could mean that students will greater than in American-made energy,” ly on Taylor’s campus, featured 21 teams Depending on the specifics of this pro- end up paying more. Obama said in his speech. “This country last year and will have 24 this year, ac- posal, changes to this act could affect Taylor. “Just because they’ve created better loans needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strate- cording to sophomore TDO co-director “What does affordability and value mean? and more scholarships, college tuitions are gy that develops every available source of Kelsey Meredith. How is it defined, how is it going to be op- still super expensive,” said sophomore Polit- American energy – a strategy that’s cleaner, “The tournament has been around for erationalized and thus, how is it going to ical Science major Tori Calderhead. “You’re cheaper and full of new j o b s .” eight years,” said Kelsey Snyder, co-direc- be applied?” said Stephen King, professor still going to be graduating from college The issue of energy will affect Taylor stu- tor of TDO. “It has slowly gotten bigger over of Political Science at Taylor. “If it includes with debt.” dents as well. One way, through gas prices. the years as people learn about it .” TheEchoNews.com institutions like Taylor and other Christian Another proposal Obama made was to “I just don’t see how we can continue to Each team has approximately five ath- liberal arts colleges, then Taylor will have to raise the federal minimum wage to $9.00 per sustain $3.75-$4 per gallon for gasoline at letes with disabilities. The teams are then look inwardly, as well as other Christian col- hour. He said his goal was to, “tie the mini- the pace we’re going. I think we need a solu- split up into three skill levels, ranging leges, and say, ‘at our high-priced tuition lev- mum wage to the cost of living, so that it fi- tion, not only for the short-term, but also for els, are we providing individuals with that nally becomes a wage we can live on.” Nine the long-term,” King said. Continued on page 2 CONTENTS News .........................Pg 1, Pg 2 Local News ...................... Pg 2 World .................................. Pg 3 Sci & Tech ........................ Pg 5 Life & Times ........Pg 6, Pg 7 A&E .....................................Pg 8 Features ............................Pg 9 Opinions .........................Pg 10 Sports ................... Pg 11, Pg 12 “Many people have asked me why I would want to leave a very successful career at a research institution for something so different . an overwhelming sense that God had a differ- ent chapter in mind for m e .” Aronson to oversee new public health major NEWS 4 TheEchoNews.com February 15, 2013 FRIDAY TOP FIVE NEWS EVENTS OF THE WEEK Dorner manhunt: A car chase, Obama challenges Republicans GOP prevents vote on Hagel US north-east shuts down for DHS chief: Menendez intern should a gunfight and a fiery cabin, to do more than just cut deficit as Defense secretary huge winter snow storm have been deported earlier cnn.com chicagotribune.com latimes.com guardian.co.uk washingtontimes.com New dorm continued the overall identity of the dorm. “I hope it has a similar feel to Gerig,” Rus- During the month of February, the Board sell said. “I love that there is a close relation- of Trustees will vote on a name for the new ship between the girls’ floors and the boys’ residence hall. According to Morley, each floor, and that I feel like I have at least some dorm on Taylor’s campus has received a sig- level of friendship with everyone in the nificant name derived from a person who building.