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Senate Recommends New Syllabus Policy by Madison Miller to Registering So you think you can cook? Why not get Scorched? The Baylor Lariat is hosting a cooking competition and seeking applicants. Find out more at baylorlariat.com/scorched baylorlariat com The Baylor Lariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE On ARTS, page 5: See what’s coming up at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. Friday | February 6, 2015 Senate recommends new syllabus policy By Madison Miller to registering. The syllabuses will provide in- ities, and Dr. Kevin Jackson, vice Reporter There is already an established formation regarding books, what president for student life. precedent of what implement- all the course is going to offer and There is no set time for this bill Student Senate unanimously ing the bill would look like in the the tentative course schedule. to be implemented and for the de- passed a bill Thursday that recom- mathematics department that in- Ruiz said he does not plan on partments to have the syllabuses mending departments upload to cludes sample syllabuses for many it being a really complicated bill, uploaded. Canvas or the department’s web- courses. but the implementation of the “I didn’t want to make a time- site a syllabus for each course prior The bill proposed that each de- bill could be trickier due to pos- table,” Ruiz said. “That makes it an to registration. partment decides whether it wants sible technicalities such as website extra task for professors and de- According to the bill, which to provide a syllabus for each class problems or willingness to provide partment heads.” was authored by Las Vegas junior specific to the professor or a gen- the generalized syllabuses. According to the bill, a better Gilbert Ruiz and Coppell junior eralized syllabus for each specific From here, Ruiz said the bill understanding of course expec- Dustan Dendy II, the University of course. goes to Student Body President tations would lower overall class Texas at Austin and the University “It’s not going to give you any Dominic Edwards for approval. drop rates which would help with of Florida provide open syllabuses definitive information,” Ruiz said. If the bill gains Edwards’ ap- the freshman retention rate, and KEVIN FREEMAN | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER for students for the purpose of ex- “It’s there to give you a broad sense proval, it will be forwarded to Matt Student senators discuss a bill that recommends a university-wide policy amining the class’s workload prior of what the class is going to offer.” Burchett, director of student activ- SEE SENATE, page 4 that professors or departments upload syllabi before each semester. GOP sees Bush as ‘rising star’ By Will Weissert n o.” Associated Press His grandfather and an uncle are former presidents. AUSTIN — George P. Bush’s In the past, the land com- new job as Texas land commission- missioner’s post has led to loftier er has nothing to do with abortion, political heights in Texas. David and it lacks any authority to funnel Dewhurst served in it before his 12 public dollars to private schools. years as lieutenant governor, which But after barely 30 days in office, ended last month. Bush’s more im- he’s already headlined high-profile mediate goal might be to buoy his from Page 1 rallies on both issues. father, former Florida Gov. Jeb COLL The 38-year-old has a political Bush, if he seeks the White House ter, the court must reach a resolu- surname far better known than his in 2016. tion to the lawsuit brought against obscure office, which administers The son could help the father Katy junior Lawren Kinghorn. Texas’ vast public lands and min- build a political beachhead in The suit was filed by Woodin- eral rights. Texas, where Jeb Bush’s brother ville, Wash., junior Gannon Mc- Though and George P. Bush’s uncle, George Cahill and San Antonio junior he insists W. Bush, served as governor from Chase Hardy. JESS SCHURZ | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER he’s not 1995 until becoming president in A decision must be reached yet eying 2000. It’s also a state where Jeb Bush within five class days after the end any moves may have to battle two Texans with ‘Schindler’s List’ flutist brings out fellow musicians of the hearings against Kinghorn. up Texas’ probable presidential designs: for- Student Court deals with cases Baylor School of Music hosted the renowned flutist Marianna Gedigian on Thursday night at Roxy Grove Hall. Gedigian was a regular performer political mer Gov. Rick Perry and tea party- involving students and organi- with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for over a decade. She is also featured in many of John Williams’ most recognizable movie scores, including ladder, backed Sen. Ted Cruz. Another “Saving Private Ryan” and “Schindler’s List.” zations that do not involve the the new- likely GOP candidate, Sen. Rand Baylor Honor Code, such as the est Bush Paul, represents Kentucky but grew Interfraternity and Pan-Hellenic in politics up in Texas. Bush councils. has wasted George P. Bush has “always been “There’s usually a concen- no time viewed as inevitable for a national tration of cases, typically two becoming a leading voice for top position, and I think he’s acted Firm brings Olympians to campus or three right in a row together conservative causes and seizing the deliberately and very astutely in spotlight in a state already full of everything he’s done,” said Daniel from Page 1 By Rachel Leland ner Billy Demong, spoke of the a roadside bomb during her 2004 ington DC. powerful Republicans. Garza, executive director of the Li-OLYMPICS Staff Writer leadership at the event which is deployment in Iraq, became the “Their mission is to get you “He’s a rising star in our state bre Initiative, which has collectedthe recruiting event to inspire stu- part of Deloitte’s recruiting strat- first Iraq War Veteran chosen out of your hospital bed and get and nationally,” said Matt Mackow- millions of dollars from the billion-dents with her resolve to endure Thursday night Two Olympic egy to hire 20,000 people by the to compete in the Paralympic you to do things that you didn’t iak, a Republican strategist based aire industrialist Koch brothers andand win despite circumstances. athletes inspired students with end of the 2015 fiscal year. Games. think you could do with two legs, in Austin. “He’s going to be in very seeks to promote conservative val- Choosing to push through the stories of endurance and team- Deloitte, one of the largest “I had gone all my life with two much less with one,” Stockwell high demand this year. They’re go- loss of her leg above the knee was work. recruiters in the country, ap- legs,” Stockwell said. “Suddenly I said. ing to have to get good at saying SEE BUSH, page 4no small feat, Stockwell said. Deloitte, one of the world’s proached the Olympians, both was missing one. The first thing Stockwell completed the New “I had two paths. One path was largest professional service firms of whom have been pioneers in was learning to walk and then to York City marathon on a hand- poor me. The other path was being that assists both companies making Olympic firsts, because be independent again, and after I powered bike six months after she thankful for what I did have and and individuals with tax audits, leadership and endurance are was able to do that then athletics lost her leg. not letting it stop me from doing brought the two Olympians to skills the company wants to at- came to mind.” “I thought if I can do these, I what I wanted,” Stockwell said. Baylor as part of a recruiting tract in its hiring. After the bomb went off, can do anything,” Stockwell said. Demong entertained the audi- event. Demong was the first Ameri- Stockwell was sent to a medical Stockwell, along with her ser- ence by demonstrating the prepa- The Olympians, paratriathlon can Olympian to win a gold center in central Baghdad before vice dog, Jake, took the stage at ration for the ski jump part of the runner Melissa Stockwell and medal in a nordic event. Stock- being transferred to Walter Reed nordic combined. nordic combined gold medal win- well, whose leg was blown off by Army Medical Center in Wash- SEE OLYMPICS, page 4 The Nordic combined is a winter sport that combines cross- country skiing with ski jumping. Demong, who did not come from a family of skiers, recalled Justices hope to rule the beginning of his career when he and some other guys from his hometown in upstate New York formed a cross-country team. in favor of BU future The importance of teamwork By Shanon Barbour tice, eight associate justices, one Reporter court clerk and one assistant court clerk. Student Court will hear pro- “We do have the power to ceedings on the first case of the issue written and oral repri- semester on Feb. 16. mands, as well as some other Roswell, N.M junior Cody forms of sanction,” Coll said. Coll, chief justice, and Texarka- “We can suspend an organiza- na, Ark. junior Daniel Pellegrin, tion, suspend a member from SKYE DUNCAN | LARIAT PHOTO EDITOR deputy chief justice, will attend participation in co-curricular the hearings along with the oth- activities and we can recom- Par for the course: A hole-in-NoZe er seven justices and the three mend that further action be individuals involved in the case. taken by Judicial Affairs.” A NoZe Brother plays campus golf in Fountain Mall on Thursday after- noon.
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