ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT VOL. 109 No. 12 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 © 2009, Baylor University Greener Days Bears On Ice Blast Off Club sounds off The club hockey Oldest man to on air quality team starts their space speaks season Sunday and visits BU PAGE 6 PAGE 9 PAGE 4 PAGE 9 TODAY IN PRINT H1N1 claims 99 percent of Texas cases • RESEARCH PROGRESS Center thriving after 2 BY LENA WATERS that we typically see in January It has now been established Wednesday, Dr. Stern said that with flu symptoms on Sept 10. years of existence REPO R TE R and February of each year,” said that the predominate strain of while there have been a few “The doctor asked me what Dr. Sharon Stern, medical direc- flu in Texas is H1N1. cases of H1N1 on campus, there my symptoms were and then PAGE 6 While reports of flu-like ill- tor of Student Health Services in “For Texas, 99 percent have not been as many cases of just to be on the safe side they •GLOBAL THINKING nesses in McLennan County an e-mail to students Thursday of what has been confirmed the flu in general as during reg- did a flu test. She came back and jumped more than 650 percent afternoon. through the Centers for Disease ular flu season. handed me a mask to wear,” Network active in global to 1,494 cases last week, Bay- But with seasonal flu not Control has been H1N1, so we However, Craine said that Clay said. “She said I had the flu happenings lor Health Services reported on expected to peak until January can pretty much say, if the doc- the rapid rise in cases is “not and she was pretty sure it was a PAGE 4 Thursday that only 25 students or February, according to Dr. tor says you have the flu, you typical for this time of year,” a strain of swine flu.” have been treated for the illness Stern’s e-mail, the Waco and can be 99 percent sure that you further indicator that the strain Clay was insructed not to • CONSTITUTION day since school began. Baylor communities must con- have H1N1,“ said Kelly Craine of flu being dealt with is not sea- attend class unitl she had been “Although we suspect that Professors talk on found- front the reality that the H1N1 of the Waco-McLennan County sonal flu. fever free for at least 24 hours. number may rise, it has not virus, commonly known as Public Health District. Midland freshmen Courtney ing document reached the level of seasonal flu swine flu, has arrived. In an e-mail to the Lariat Clay went to the Health Center PAGE 5 see H1N1 pg. 10 • REFORM PROBLEMS Why health care legislation may be stuck in Congress Obama junks PAGE 8 • PROFESSOR PROFILE Bush’s European Getting to know a BU turkish profesor defense plan PAGE 7 BY ASSOCI A TED PR ESS shield, however, means upend- ing agreements with the host • FASHION Foward WASHINGTON (AP) countries that had cost those Look through the fashions — President Barack Obama allies political support among that hit the runway in NY abruptly canceled a long- their own people. Obama called planned missile shield for East- Polish and Czech leaders ahead PAGE 11 ern Europe on Thursday, re- of his announcement, and a • HOT AS FIRE placing a Bush-era project that team of senior diplomats and was bitterly opposed by Rus- others flew to Europe to lay out BU football player used sia with a plan he contended the new plan. to fight fires would better defend against a “Our new missile defense PAGE 18 growing threat of Iranian mis- architecture in Europe will siles. provide stronger, smarter, and • Sports PICKS The United States will no swifter defenses of American longer seek to erect a missile Lariat sports writers pre- forces and America’s allies,” base and radar site in Poland Obama said in announcing the dict college football scores and the Czech Republic, poised shift. PAGE 17 at Russia’s hemline. That The replacement system change is bound to please the would link smaller radar sys- Russians, who had never ac- tems with a network of sen- STUDENT cepted U.S. arguments, made SENATE sors and missiles that could JED DEAN | PHOTO EDITOR by both the Bush and Obama be deployed at sea or on land. Student Senate met for the administrations, that the shield Some of the weaponry and sen- was intended strictly as a de- sors are ready now, and the rest Paws Up, It’s Game Time 57th legislative session on fense against Iran and other would be developed over the The freshman class share a sic’em in the Thursday in the SUB bowl at the annual traditions rally. The Thursday, Sept. 17th, 2009. “rogue states.” rally gathered students to kick off the start of Parents’ Weekend. Senate was introduced to, Scrapping the planned see MISSLE, pg. 10 debated on and confirmed student body president, new cabinet members, se- nior senators, senior class secretary/treasurer, student After bye week, court chief justice and com- munication director. Bears poised for Senate passed SR 57-5, Waco City Officials’ Sup- port Resolution, which was home opener a resolution thanking Waco City Council members for BY BI ll Y CO ll INS what you get on the offensive attending Welcome to Waco CONT R I B UTO R side of the ball,” Briles said of two weeks ago. UConn’s talented defense. The past two weekends Last weekend the Huskies External Vice President have once again sparked a se- certainly made North Caro- Emily Saultz encouraged the ries of triumphs, defeats and lina work, but lost by two in a senate to continue collect- necessary upsets that inevita- fourth-quarter Tar Heels come- ing box tops for education, bly mark each season of college back. which benefit J.H. Hines el- football. “(UConn) is a very hungry ementary. Yet, while some squads bat- team,” Briles said. tled for rankings Saturday, the Saultz also invited the “They’re coming off of a loss Bears approached their early- so we expect some changes to Senate to take out two season bye week as a time to their game plan.” hours of their week for the COURTESY PHOTO correct some first-game errors. Briles said he doesn’t lack next nine weeks to read with “We saw there were a lot Graduate student Gaurav Gupta talks with a member of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program at Clev- confidence in his team as it a fifth grader at Doris Miller land Correctional Facilty near Houston. of things that needed to be heads into Saturday’s home Elementary. This program worked on,” senior lineback Joe opener at Floyd Casey Stadi- is part of an initiative be- Pawelek said. um. “(The bye week) was a great gun last year at the Greater With the first-game jitters chance for us to do that.” out of the way, the Bears are Waco Education Summit Business students give back The Bears sit undefeated at both calm and anxious to be to have all Waco students Program offers prisoners a chance to alter life, learn business 1-0 after defeating the Demon back in Waco. reading on grade level by Deacons of Wake Forest 27- “It’s exciting to be home and third grade. BY RYAN PIER C E Baylor’s MBA program and classes taught by PEP staff and 24 in their season opener two show our fans what we have LAF passed an allocation CONT R I B UTE R Baylor Business Women who professional volunteers, includ- weeks ago. on our own home turf,” Briles to fund Emory Quinn who now views prison as PEP does: ing CEOs. “We went up there in a said. Mark is a high school drop- “A storehouse of untapped po- Mark has experience work- tough environment, played a was the performer at the tra- For sophomore quarterback out from Texas — just out of tential.” Gupta and the others ing with concrete and hopes to good game and left with our Robert Griffin, the Wake For- ditions rally Thursday night. prison, he’s trying to make a aim to tap that potential. eventually start a business of first win,” Pawelek said. est and UConn losses are two Freshman Class Council new life for himself. Gupta’s experience is typi- his own. So ,throughout the Last season, the Bears fell to games from last year that he’d elections will be held on Gaurav Gupta is a graduate cal for MBA volunteers. He was three months, Gupta exchanged Wake Forest 41-13 in their na- rather forget. Monday, Sept. 21. student from India, and an MBA paired with Mark, encouraged weekly e-mails with Mark to tionally televised home opener. “You have to be able to erase Voting is available on line will further brighten the engi- to help the inmate of five years help him craft a detailed busi- But, with Coach Art Briles it in that season,” Griffin said. neer’s future. develop a plan to restart his life ness plan, from how to get a at the helm, Baylor football is “After that game you have from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The two men make for an and reenter the workforce. job in the short-term to estab- showing off some obvious im- to move on to the next game.” running for the position of unlikely pair, but an organiza- To be eligible for the pro- lishing his own company in the provements.