Feel It Dance It It

WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 15, 2013 TheFRIDAY | FEBRUARY 15, 2013Baylor Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com SPORTS Page B4 NEWS Page A3 A&E Page B6 A player evolution Walk for cause A Baylor tradition unwrapped Isaiah Austin has made a smooth transition from high The National Eating Disorder Association The Lariat goes behind the scenes, giving a school to college and expects the same in the NBA walk will hit Baylor campus glimpse into all things Sing 2013 Vol. 115 No. 15 © 2013, Baylor University feel it dance it it DREW MILLS | ROUND UP PHOTOGRAPHER MONICA LAKE | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER Kappa Sigma members, from left: Travis Parker, Tucker Brackins, Stephen Harrison and Tanner Cobbs, execute one of their signature moves in the finale , “This is War,” of their American Revolution act “United We Stand.” Quality, energy separate good from great By Taylor Rexrode way we invite judges and the reaching back to the 1960s. hance that mood, the higher they will Sing debut—have fun Staff Writer way the final tallies are cre- Mathis said this organiza- score,” Mathis said. and give it your all. ated is very intricate and tion, along with other repeat Baylor alumna Kim Turner, as- “At this point, there’s There’s a trick to making it to Pig- it’s quite tedious. I want Pigskin groups, have re- sistant director of student activities no need to stress about skin Revue, and no, it’s not bribing the people to know that ceived high scores at Sing at TCU, judged last year and said things to fix because it’s Sing judges. the scores they are because of their work judges notice the attention to detail When asked about the secret to given are honest to keep the tradition and professionalism displayed making Pigskin, Cheryl Mathis, as- and true.” alive. in many Sing acts. sistant director of Campus Programs, Performing “These groups “I think professionalism, said that there is no one special for- organizations that are the tra- polish and energy on stage sepa- show time. If you’re having mula for success. can receive a ditional win- rate the great from the really good,” a great time and can commit “It’s up to the judges’ opinions on maximum ners hold that Turner said. “You can tell when they to what you have rehearsed, what they think is best,” Mathis said. score of 100 very dear and are enjoying what they’re doing. As a not only will you have “I saw acts in years past that I thought points. are proud of judge that energy is contagious and a good time but the were pretty good, and it was shocking Points are it,” Mathis said. that makes you score them higher.” audience and the to see some of the ones I thought could awarded based “They want to con- Turner said judging can be chal- judges will have use a little extra work make it. It’s im- on entertain- tinue that tradition lenging and scores can be close with a good time pressive to see how many different acts ment value, of excellence and many talented performers and t o o.” are seen differently by the entire audi- musical quality, want to live up to creative shows. ence.” creativity, cho- what past alumni “Being a student and hav- Chi Judges come from four main back- reography and have experienced.” ing family that have participat- Ome- grounds: dance, theater, music and theme devel- Most of all, ed, I have probably been to Sing ga higher education/student affairs. DITOR opment. Mathis says that com- 20 years now,” Turner said. “Judging E member Mathis said judges follow strict The top eight mitment from all per- is hard because we know how much HOTO Chelsea P policies and procedures and are cho- acts are invited to formers within a group time and energy students put into it. Cunning- ARIAT sen carefully to avoid biased opinions. perform at Pigskin in the can separate the good Sing acts People may not realize how difficult it | L ham, left, and “I know it can often get rumored fall. from the great Sing acts. is to judge when every year there are Pi Beta Phi ELLMAN that things aren’t fair and that we pre- Kappa Omega Tau “Whether happy and so many high quality groups.” H member Maggie ATT King dance with fer groups over another,” Mathis said. has the longest history cheerful or slow and dramatic, Mathis offers one piece of advice M their sororities during “But the way the scoring is set up, the ATT ELLMAN ARIAT HOTO DITOR of attending Pigskin, M H | L P E the more they can en- for students getting ready for their Sing. Baylor, Moody Library cater to breast-feeding mothers By Josh Day tor for Central Libraries, said the will be following the rooms’ us- Young Adult Collection. tie Orr, the Dean of University staff who were also new mothers, Reporter spaces came out of a need that age in the coming months and The initiative to create the Libraries, because of the Moody consulted about what the rooms Baylor had not yet fulfilled: a need determining if the nursing rooms rooms began last fall with Tiffany Library’s central location. needed in order for them to be Moody Memorial Library is for privacy and security for nurs- should continue to exist. Hogue, Baylor’s chief of staff to “Everyone knows where the comfortable. now the first of any facility on ing mothers among Baylor’s on- Although the library staff is the provost. Hogue said the idea library is and all students use the Filgo was also aware of the campus to have private rooms for campus faculty, staff and students. “hopeful”, Farwell said the project came from graduate students who library regardless of discipline,” problem of privacy for nursing breast-feeding. “There’s not a really good place is a pilot because of the possibil- needed a space to breast-feed or Hogue said. mothers on campus. The two rooms on the second for you to do that on campus, be- ity of the rooms not being used or pump on campus, but didn’t have According to Hogue, Orr was “I have an office with a door floor of the library include a chair, cause that really has to be private,” needed. one. able to quickly to put together a that closes, so I’m really lucky,” side table, lamp, changing table, Farwell said. “Even the faculty “What if it doesn’t get used at “As a working mother who team, including Farwell, to ex- Filgo said. “I could have some pri- clock, trash can and an electri- that have an office, they may or all? What if people just don’t want loves Baylor, I was honored to plore potential places in the li- vate space, but that’s not the case cal outlet, according to the Bay- may not share an office, some- to do this on campus? What we’re have a small role in the conver- brary to repurpose as nursing for everyone.” lor Central Libraries website.The times their doors have windows hearing is that they do,” Farwell sations that led to the creation of rooms. Filgo said she was glad that the keys to each room are available to in them, sometimes they can’t said. these rooms,” Hogue said, “Our “Dean Orr was really support- central libraries were providing be checked out at the main circu- lock the doors. A student could Along with the rooms for the provost, Dr. Davis, was very sup- ive, right from the beginning. So for nursing mothers. lation desk and require a Baylor just walk in.” new mothers, Moody has also in- portive of this initiative as well.” I give her a lot of credit,” Hogue “I think it’s great that we’re I.D. card. There is no time restric- The rooms are considered by stalled baby-changing stations in Dr. Elizabeth Davis, Executive said. providing a space, because there tion for the rooms’ usage. the library as a “pilot” project. its garden-level bathrooms and Vice President and Provost, and Assistant Librarian Ellen Fil- isn’t anything else like that on Beth Farwell, associate direc- This means the staff of the library added to the Zeta Children’s and Hogue decided to contact Pat- go was among a group of Baylor campus,” Filgo said. Rounding up campus news since 1900 TheLariat Best Student Newspaper three years running | Houston Press Club FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 15, 2013 | the Opinion 2 Baylor Lariat www.baylorlariat.com Facebook crosses line with Graph Search own privacy settings — if you can figure out how — but as navigat- ing Facebook’s confusing-at-best Editorial privacy settings is difficult, information you may not want available Thanks to Facebook’s new might be available. 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