Wal-Mart increases wages; speculations arise Baylor professor questions strategy of superstore chain see BUSINESS, page 3
baylorlariat com The Baylor Lariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE From Food and Feminism: Expand your literary horizons beyond “6 ways to a better you” articles. Wednesday | March 4, 2015 Faculty diversity grows, but still lagging By Shannon Barbour partments are working on recruit- fall 2014 data gathered by SMU’s Reporter ing professors of a diverse nature,” Office of Institutional Research said Dr. Mia Moody-Ramirez, as- and UTA’s Office of Institutional Almost 36 percent of under- sociate professor of journalism, Reporting, Research and Informa- graduate students at Baylor are mi- public relations and new media. tion Systems. norities, while only 12.3 percent, or “It’s a process.” In fall 2014, SMU’s faculty mi- 122 out of 990, of faculty members According to Baylor Institu- nority rate was 19 percent. Baylor’s are minorities, according to Baylor tional Research and Testing, fe- was 12.3 percent. Institutional Research and Testing. male faculty rates in fall 2014 were In the same semester, SMU’s fe- “We all have different filters 38.9 percent, lower than the under- male faculty rate was 39.2 percent, through which we see the world,” graduate female composition of 58 0.3 percent higher than Baylor. said Macarena Hernandez, pro- percent. Even though SMU’s student fessor of journalism, public rela- “You’re going to see increases body is less gender and ethni- tions and new media. “We all ben- in the hiring of women,” Moody- cally diverse than Baylor, with 50.5 efit when we get to see the world Ramirez said of faculty recruit- percent female and 26.9 percent through other people’s filters and ment trends. “And then after that’s minority rates, its faculty is more if everyone around you sees the established, you’re going to see in- diverse. world through the same filter, creased hiring in minorities. That’s UTA also has a higher female SOURCE: Baylor Institutional Research & Testing Illustration by Skye Duncan | Lariat Photo Editor you’re missing out.” usually how it trickles-down. It’s faculty rate. Females make up 39.1 Despite this low percentage, the a trickle down effect. That’s tradi- percent of UTA’s faculty while fe- Moody-Ramirez lists negative let people know that it’s a good mographic may make it difficult to from Page 1 faculty minority rate is 4.7 percent, tionally how its been done.” male students make up 50.7 per- perceptions of Waco and compet- place to live. Dallas doesn’t really recruit more diverse faculty. SCHOOL higher and has 61 more minority Compared to peer campuses cent of undergraduate students. ing with areas such as Dallas and have that negative connotation,” “If you don’t have as diverse a professors than 10 years ago ac- such as Southern Methodist Uni- UTA’s minority faculty rates are Austin as reasons for a lower diver- Moody-Ramirez said. faculty as you would like, that can cording to past reports by Baylor. versity in Dallas and The Univer- higher than both Baylor and SMU sity rate among faculty. Dr. James Bennighof, vice be a factor that works against you “We have more diversity in sity of Texas at Austin, Baylor falls at 22.2 percent, although not en- “There is still that perception provost for academic affairs and because diverse faculty will not students than we have in faculty short in both female and minority tirely representative of its 53.1 per- that Waco is unsafe. So we have policy, said in addition to location members. But I know that all de- faculty representation according to cent minority student body. to work against that. We have to concerns, the current faculty de- SEE DIVERSITY, page 4 Hill sends TX bill DHS bill calls for to Obama By Erica Werner and David Espo Associated Press school
WASHINGTON — Bitterly ad- mitting defeat, the Republican-con- trolled Congress sent legislation to reform President Barack Obama on Tuesday that funds the Department of Home- By Will Weissert land Security without any of the im- Associated Press migration-related concessions they demanded for months. AUSTIN — Top legislative con- Obama promised to sign the bill servatives clamoring for Texas to as soon as he received it, while criti- adopt a school choice voucher plan cizing Congress for taking “far too proposed a series of other education long” to pass it. changes instead Tuesday that are less “Sanity is prevailing,” said Rep. Pe- controversial but could still spark ter King, R-N.Y., a former chairman heated debates. of the Homeland Security Commit- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Sen- tee, before the House voted 257-167 ate Education Committee Chairman in favor of the $40 billion spending Kevin Freeman | Lariat Photographer Larry Taylor presented a package bill. All 182 Democrats present voted of bills including plans to issue A for the bill, while it received only 75 through F grades for individual pub- Republican “yes” votes. While the sleet is away, the students will play lic schools — rather than just giving “I am glad that House Republi- Alpha Delta Pi members and their crushes play kickball Tuesday at Edge Field. Even though Waco saw snow, sleet and frozen roads a letter grades to school districts, which cans finally came to their senses,” said week ago, the temperatures throughout Tuesday exceeded 60 degrees. The warmer weather was welcomed by student around campus, lawmakers approved last session — but won’t be here long. Weather predictions expect temperatures to dip as a low of 25 degrees. SEE DHS, page 4 SEE SCHOOL, page 4 NYU professor speaks for silenced By Rachel Leland Staff Writer
Renowned lawyer and pris- oners’ rights activist Bryan Ste- venson wants Baylor students to change the world. Last night, Stevenson spoke to students about injustice of Amer- ica’s criminal justice system and Dane Chronister | Reporter his work as the Executive Direc- Pearland sophomore Mark McComb experiments with his biodiesel full Monday in a laboratory of the Baylor Sciences Building. tor of the Equal Justice Initiative at a lecture hosted by the Acad- emy for Leader Development in Waco Hall which has brought six Biodiesel experiments speakers to campus. Stevenson’s flight was can- celed because of the fog, so the fueling students’ future Academy for Leader Develop- ment sent a driver to meet him at Skye Duncan | Lariat Photo Editor By Dane Chronister McComb plan to travel to Abilene the airport in Dallas. The speaker Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, spoke Tuesday night about changing the Reporter Christian University in order to walked across the stage an hour world with four things: having the power of proximity, changing the narrative, holding onto your hope and work with the biodiesel reactor and ten minutes after the event choosing to do uncomfortable things. He also spoke about his clients’ experiences with racial injustice and Pearland sophomore Mark Mc- alongside another group of scien- was planned. poverty and how he is working to change that. Comb and Dr. Larry Lehr, senior tists to see what they need to im- Students watched Stevenson’s lecturer of environmental science, prove or change in their own pro- acclaimed 2012 Ted Talk before Walter McMilian who was exon- “In aviation, we would never den. It’s not our struggle.” took their biodiesel project to the cess. the speaker arrived in an im- erated from a murder he did not let people fly on airplanes if for Stevenson, a New York Uni- Baylor Science Building’s labs for Through a process known as promptu attempt to pass time. commit in 1993. According to the every nine planes that took off versity law professor and Harvard the first time last week in order to transesterification, vegetable oils, Stevenson represents clients Ted Talk, for every nine people one would crash,” Stevenson said. graduate, said he spends most of grasp better understanding its abili- animal fats and used restaurant who are victims of the criminal executed in the United States, one “But somehow we can insulate his time visiting prison, jail, or ties. justice system on a racial and person on death row is found in- ourselves from this problem. It’s on death row, where he says 2.3 nocent. not our problem. It’s not our bur- In the next few weeks, Lehr and SEE FUEL, page 4 socioeconomic bias, including SEE STEVENSON, page 4
Vol.115 No. 74 First copy free. Additional copies 25 cents each. © 2015 Baylor University Opinion Wednesday|March 4, 2015 2 The Baylor Lariat No-smoking policy on campus is hazy tarily comply with the new policy. if enforcement isn’t, then what is? Editorial But to enact a policy without clari- Money? fying penalties is dangerous and Or could it be for the univer- Walk around campus at dusk undermines the university’s au- sity’s image? and, chances are, someone will ei- thority. If police and governments By enacting anti-tobacco poli- ther be smoking or cigarette butts did not enforce laws, would people cies, Baylor may seem more pro- are lying around where someone still respect them? More than likely gressive and modern than schools finished smoking. But isn’t Baylor a not. who have not. Our generation has tobacco-free, smoke-free campus? In addition, “funding [became] been coached that tobacco is a In August 2014, the university negative image, thanks to Nancy enacted a policy that banned all Reagan’s “Just Say No” program forms of tobacco use on campus. and that commercial where the girl This ban includes cigarettes, cigars, Take the Survey peels off her face. e-cigarettes, hookahs and all other Only if deemed necessary will tobacco products. What do you think about action be taken against violators. The ordinance is considered le- But who determines when action gitimate on all properties owned, the no-smoking and is necessary? And to what extend leased, operated or occupied or no-tobacco use policy on can the administration punish de- controlled by Baylor. This includes Baylor’s campus? Tell us tractors? Nowhere is this listed. all facilities at the main campus at baylorlariat.com. The tobacco-free, smoke-free and Waco extensions, all stadiums, policy is merely a policy of expec- Baylor’s Louise Herrington School tations. Baylor expects students of Nursing in Dallas, sidewalks, and staff to follow its anti-tobacco internal roadways, parking struc- available to the university by the guidelines. tures and university housing. Cancer Research Institute of Tex- And while Baylor does not re- The university states that it is as” to accelerate the tobacco-free, quire that students, staff and visi- not requiring students or staff to smoke-free policy, according to tors quit smoking outright, it does you aware that we are now a to- on its campus. There are more sarily enforcing – their respective stop smoking completely, but it is Baylor’s dedicated webpage. With expect them to self-enforce the bacco-free, smoke-free campus. than 600 colleges and universities, policies. encouraging that smokers explore only minimal signage, a few web- new rules. However, when self- Tobacco products and smoking are both public and private, that disal- However, even though other nonsmoking as an option. At the pages and no clear course of pun- enforcement is not followed, the prohibited on our grounds.” low tobacco use on campus. The universities have smoke-free poli- same time, the policy does not ishment, it seems that the univer- university expects bystanders to The university should consider University of Texas implemented cies, Baylor should not follow suit definitively list what will happen sity is merely posting a faux paux intercede. that few students want to appear as such a rule in 2012, making it the merely for funding or image. if someone is caught smoking on policy to receive grant money. One such suggested approach snitches, and so will rarely follow first school in the Big 12 to do so. And if the university enacts any Baylor property. Baylor’s webpage for the policy to calling someone out for tobacco as this script directs. Many of these colleges and univer- policy, to ensure full legitimacy Instead, the university states it even states that “enforcement is not use reads verbatim on the policy’s Baylor is not the first to enact sities employ the same vague tones and respect, it should also outline expects students and staff to volun- [the university’s] first priority.” So FAQ page: “Hello. I want to make a tobacco-free, smoke-free policy about enforcing – or not neces- proper courses of penalization. From the Lariat blog Straw polls can be skewed
This past week, thou- The only people per- Check out sands of conservatives mitted to vote in the gathered from across the straw poll were registered Austin senior nation in National Har- attendees. It can be pre- bor, MD for the Conser- sumed that most people Ada Zhang’s vative Political Action attending a political active weekly blog Conference (w). People conference are politically attend CPAC to network charged individuals who “Food & and listen to a variety of may not vote on the same “I get it — we’re at that age when relationships and love renowned conservative criterion as the rest of the are at the forefront of our minds, but every time I’ve Feminism.” speakers. During the con- country. clicked on an Elite Daily article that someone posted to ference, attendees were en- Alas, the polls were not couraged to vote for their monitored. As voters wait- Facebook, I’ve been disappointed.” nominees out of 20recorded poll presidential preference in a straw ed in line for their chance to vote results. poll. The poll included: Rand in one of the straw poll stations — Austin senior Ada Zhang It is important to recognize Paul, Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Ben provided at the event, campaign- that an overwhelming majority Carson, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, ers for various candidates ap- of CPAC attendees were students Donald Trump, Rick Santorum, proached voters for a last-chance or young adults, a population that Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, opportunity to sway votes. tends to lean more libertarian, Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal and What do the straw poll results thus a generation that gawks over Sarah Palin. mean? Currently, Rand Paul and Rand Paul. Nevertheless, this is a Feminism isn’t ‘us vs. them’ Winning for the third con- Scott Walker are extremely strong voter range with a historically low secutive year was Rand Paul, candidates, even forerunners, for “Umm … I don’t think tricia Arquette make state- voter turnout. with Scott Walker trailing only a presidential nomination, but so,” I said hesitantly and ig- ments that suggest femi- Additionally, many students four points behind. Combined, not necessarily the strongest can- norantly when my English nism and minority rights were able to come to CPAC be- Paul and Walker accounted for didates. To write off candidates professor asked me if I was are not related, it sets back cause organizations provided 47 percent of people’s first-choice who ranked low in the CPAC a feminist during my fresh- the movement altogether package deals for tickets and candidates. straw poll would be prema- man year of college. because it implies that these lodging. Some organizations The famed straw poll results ture. Candidates, issues and the While feminism simply issues are separated when were better represented than oth- indicate Paul has maintained his country’s status are all subject to means equality of the sexes, they aren’t in the case of ers. For instance, Young Ameri- popularity and Walker is growing change between now and 2016. and that means equality for many women. cans for Liberty (YAL) gave each in popularity as he jumped from In this scenario, time is the all races of women, why do It’s important that all member who registered with fifth place last year to second only thing that will truly tell who so many flee from being la- women support each other them an “I Stand With Rand” place this year. will win a presidential nomina- beled feminist? in this movement. After all, shirt, an indicator of how the Although the straw poll is held tion. Maybe they’re how I nism can take are beneficial be- if women can’t come to- members of that organization in high regard across conserva- Rachael Oury is a sophomore used to be and think feminists are cause it makes room for more gether for themselves advancing, generally voted. Even Jeb Bush tive networks, in CPAC’s 41 year economics and marketing major intimidating, aggressive, bra-burn- people to have a place within the why would men, who often benefit bused in a mass of supporters to history only three winners have from Hartland, Wis. She is a guest ing man-haters. movement. Whether they are in fa- from this inequality? rally for him during his speech. Twenty percent of Americans vor of a gradual or a more insistent When women such as Taylor gone on to become presidential columnist for the Lariat. call themselves feminists, accord- approach, they can be a part of the Swift say they aren’t feminists be- ing to a 2013 poll by The Huffing- conversation and bring new ideas cause they don’t think of gender ton Post and You Gov, and 82 per- to the forefront. issues as “guys versus girls,” it con- cent said “men and women should Women do need feminism or fuses me because feminism isn’t an Opinion be social, political and economic they will be treated unequally. This “us versus them” issue. It’s an issue The Baylor Lariat welcomes reader viewpoints through letters to Contact equals.” is especially true in the case of mi- that affects everyone and therefore the editor and guest columns. 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Murphy Eliciana Delgado Maleesa Johnson* Asst. broadcast producer Carly Laucella BusinessWednesday| March 4, 2015 The Baylor Lariat 3 Waging The Bottom Line A Student Economist’s View Opinion Federal Reserve: Let’s Baylor professor says Wal-Mart’s keep politics out of it decision to raise By Reubin Turner mer Fed governor Sarah Raskin City Editor stated in a hearing to Congress, wages is stategic they did nothing that was outside Last week, Federal Reserve their scope of authority. Desper- Chairwoman Janet Yellen testified ate times call for desperate action, By Amanda Yarger before Congress and was ques- Reporter and the Fed had to take unprec- tioned by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, edented action to prevent eco- Rep. Jeb Hensarling who serves as Following Wal-Mart’s deci- nomic calamity. chairman of the House Financial sion to raise its starting wage from Perhaps its Yellen’s refusal to Services Committee, and others. $7.25 to $9, Baylor economist Dr. adhere to the Taylor Rule that During the hearings, Yellen was Charles North, associate profes- Congress disapproves of when asked about inflation, the unem- sor of economics, said the com- it comes to the Fed’s policy deci- ployment rate and the Federal Re- pany may have acted to improve sions. The Taylor Rule is a rule serve System’s top legal counsel. customer perceptions of the com- proposed by economist John B. At the hearing, Yellen made one pany, in addition to benefitting as- Taylor that determines how much thing abundantly clear — interest sociates. the Fed should change the nomi- rates aren’t ready to Executives of Wal-Mart Stores nal interest based go up, and the Fed Inc. announced last month the on economic condi- will not raise them company’s plans to implement a tions, like inflation yet. Some lawmak- $9 minimum wage and allow flex- Associated Press and real GDP. Yel- ers disagree with len said last week ibility in scheduling to promote a Wal-Mart President and Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon speaks during an interview with The Associated Yellen about wheth- higher quality of life for associates, Press on Feb. 17, in Bentonville, Ark. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is spending $1 billion to change how it pays and trains that although she er or not to increase according to Doug McMillon, the hourly staff in a move it hopes will help reshape the image that it only offers dead-end jobs. agrees with certain interest rates and company’s president and CEO. principles set forth out of frustration, in the rule, the Fed North said Wal-Mart’s wage in- headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., one session, a female associate ex- that’s the case, then maybe we get are working to get will not be “chained” crease can also improve the com- post-graduation. pressed that her current pay was them back like the same way Cost- bills through Con- to a formula when pany’s reputation with customers. “I’ll be becoming a replenish- not enough to support her grand- co does, ‘We treat our employees gress that would it comes to mon- “Economists assume when we ment manager for them,” he said. children to whom she was guard- so well,’ and Wal-Mart might say, make Yellen more etary policy. Yellen model firm behavior they are prof- “My job is to work with the sup- ian, even with federal benefits like ‘Look, we’re treating our employ- accountable for the stressed that she was it maximizers — wages that does a pliers and get the merchandise to food stamps. ees well, too.’” Fed’s actions. Before not a proponent of pretty good job of assuming what the stores, all the stores in the U.S. McMillon released the news In addition to the new $9 an passing such legis- Reubin Turner the rule in 1995, and firms will do. It’s not perfect, but — that’s over 4,000.” of the wage increase in a letter to hour minimum wage for employ- lation that would 20 years later, she it does a pretty good job,” North After his sophomore year of store associates with the promise ees, McMillon also shared that ultimately reduce stands by her choice. And if I’ve said. “My suspicion is, Wal-Mart is college, Mitchell did not return to of proving the company’s dedica- by 2016, the wage would increase the autonomy and power of the learned anything as an economics doing this because it will help their Wal-Mart as an associate to pursue tion to their employees. again to $10 an hour. This figure Fed, however, Congress should student, it’s that this is probably a business.” a higher-paying job. Instead, he “Our statistics show that about has both impressed and surprised consider the consequences politi- wise decision on Yellen’s part. Wal-Mart has faced scrutiny chose a job as a waiter and worked 75% of our U.S. management many critics who hope Wal-Mart cal interference could have on the Variables within the nation’s over the past years from econo- on his double major in distribu- teams began in an hourly role,” may start a nationwide trend to in- nation’s highest economic policy- economy, and life in general, mists and labor activists who be- tion management and technology McMillon wrote in the letter. “Ev- crease the starting wage. making institution. make it extremely hard to follow lieved the wage rate was too mini- and management information sys- ery one of us is writing our own “I think it would increase pro- When the Fed was created in a strict rule. If it was as simple as mal for the requirements of the tems. career story, and there are some ductivity,” Mitchell said. “You get a 1913, legislators were clear in their this, make me the next Fed chair. job. “On my reports when I didn’t powerful stories coming to life raise to $9 working 30 to 40 hours intent to create an institution that I think I could manage a 2+2=4 “It might actually help on the do something as great, they always right before our eyes.” per week? That’s a do-able job. It could effectively guide the nation’s approach to monetary policy. But customer side,” North said. “If found some reason to not give you In 2014, Americans for Tax could improve company morale.” economy without political dis- I along with Yellen, agree that it’s customers think ‘Oh, Wal-Mart is that extra cent raise,” he said. “But Fairness reported Wal-Mart re- McMillon said although only tractions. Instituting policies that not that simple. Years of training being nice to their workers, I’ll go I always got 50-cent raises every ceived, on average, $6.2 billion in an estimated 6,000 associates were call for the head of the Fed to be in the field, study and a great intu- shop there,’ it might actually be a year... I was working an average of mostly federal taxpayer subsidies on minimum wage, most associ- appointed rather than elected and ition are needed for a job like Fed little mild stimulant on demand.” 25-30 hours a week at that point. because “Wal-Mart pays its em- ates made more than that. establishing that the Fed’s board of chairman. Yellen’s Ph.D. in eco- In McMillon’s letter, he ad- Thinking about the schedule I had ployees so little that many of them “Wal-Mart is so big. There governors do not have term lim- nomics from Yale, coupled with dresses the necessity of investing at school, plus that — it’s crazy, and rely on food stamps, health care are 2.2 million associates within its all help ensure that the lead- her experience as the vice chair of more in their associates this year I wasn’t making enough money.” and other taxpayer-funded pro- the company, let alone within the ers of the Fed are not subject to the Fed and chairman of the board — a benefit Rockdale senior Pat- Prior to the start of his senior grams.” store,” Mitchell said. “Hours are the political pressures of the day. in San Francisco, qualify her quite rick Mitchell said would be a wel- year, he accepted an internship As the economy picks up after always a problem. Like, I always They could make decisions based well for the position. In addition come addition. with Wal-Mart. the recession of the early 2000s, got my hours cut just because they on their experience and superior to her credentials, Yellen was Mitchell has worked for Wal- “I did an internship with them stores like Wal-Mart that capital- always had new associates, or they knowledge of economy. Nothing credited by her nominator, Presi- Mart since he was 16, continu- over the summer for replenish- ize on cheap products may decline had some kind of week where else. dent Barack Obama, and other ing his job into his freshman and ment,” he said. “I pretty much just in sales. they didn’t have a projected sales This idea of subjecting the Fed peer economists as “sounding the sophomore years at Baylor. Be- had fun.” “With the economy improving, amount where we couldn’t have to Congress even in the slight- alarm” of an impending financial ginning as an hourly associate, During his internship, Mitch- Wal-Mart may not be as popular so many people on the sales floor est of ways threatens that entire crisis if policy did not change in Mitchell has secured a manage- ell said the interns met weekly a place to shop for people who working — it’s complicated.” idea. The Fed’s viewed power has the housing markets. A formula ment position at the company’s with upper management. During have more income,” North said. “If increased tremendously since the can’t tell you that. Only experi- 2006 Great Recession, but as for- ence and intuition can. US stocks drop after historic mark By Bernard Condon “We’re seeing a market that is Associated Press fairly valued, earnings are behind us and no major catalysts are com- NEW YORK — U.S. stocks fell ing up,” she said. “It’s a market from record highs on Tuesday and ready for a pause.” the Nasdaq dropped below 5,000 a The slump in the U.S. fol- day after passing that milestone for lowed losses in European markets. the first time since the dot-com era France’s CAC 40 and Germany’s 15 years ago. DAX each lost 1 percent. Britain’s The losses were modest but FTSE 100 dropped 0.7 percent. broad, with eight industry sectors On Monday, the Nasdaq rose in the Standard and Poor’s 500 to just 40 points from its 5,048.62 index falling. Higher oil prices peak reached March 10, 2000. The helped oil drillers and other en- index has changed significantly ergy companies buck the trend. since then. Gone is the heavy They eked out a 0.2 percent rise for weighting of telecommunications the day. stocks and big bets on Internet With no major economic news companies with little or no earn- and few earnings reports, inves- ings. tors were at pains to point to a Among other stocks in the catalyst for the stock slump other news: than jitters that sometime follow — Personal finance company big gains. Springleaf Holdings rose $12.19, “It’s only natural we would get or 32 percent, to $50.23 after it said a little flutter after a milestone like Associated Press it would buy Citigroup’s OneMain yesterday,” said Wells Fargo Funds’ People walk past the Nasdaq Marketsite on Tuesday in New York’s Times Financial for $4.25 billion. One- Chief Equity Strategist John Man- Square. The Nasdaq fell below 5,000 a day after passing that milestone for Main provides personal loans at ley, referring to the Nasdaq closing the first time since the dot-com era 15 years ago. more than 1,100 branches across above 5,000. “It may very well go 43 states. on for a few days.” Arabia raised prices for Asian reports earnings on Wednesday, —Best Buy gained 55 cents, The Dow Jones industrial av- customers and fears of heighten- followed by Costco Wholesale on or 1.4 percent, to $39.18 after erage fell 85.26 points, or 0.5 per- ing tensions with Iran after Israeli Thursday. Staples, the nation’s big- the company said it would raise cent, to 18,203.37. The Standard & Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- gest office supply chain, reports on its dividend 21 percent and give Poor’s 500 declined 9.61 points, or yahu addressed Congress. Several Friday. shareholders an additional one- 0.5 percent, to 2,107.78. The Nas- oil drillers surged. Denbury Re- Financial analysts expect earn- time payment. The nation’s biggest daq gave up 28.20 points, or 0.6 sources, an oil and gas producer, ings to drop compared with the electronics chain also reported percent, to close at 4,979.90. jumped 28 cents, or 3.4 percent, to year-earlier periods for the next fourth-quarter earnings that were Ford Motor slumped after re- $8.58. two quarters, but that is mostly higher than financial analysts had porting U.S. sales from last month With nearly all companies in because of a drag from energy expected. that disappointed investors. Ford the S&P 500 having reported their companies as oil prices have fallen Benchmark U.S. crude rose 93 sales fell 1.9 percent as dealers fourth-quarter results, earnings more than 50 percent since last cents to close at $50.52 a barrel in lacked the inventory to meet de- per share for companies in the S&P June. New York. Brent crude, a bench- mand for the new F-150 pickup 500 index are expected to have ris- Anastasia Amoroso, global mark for international oils used by truck. Ford dropped 40 cents, or en a healthy 7.7 percent, according market strategist for J.P. Morgan many U.S. refineries, rose $1.48 to 2.4 percent, to $16.17. to S&P Capital IQ. Asset Management, said she wasn’t close at $61.02 a barrel in London. Oil rose on reports that Saudi Liquor giant Brown-Forman surprised by the pullback. The Baylor Lariat 4 WEDNESDAY | MARCH 4, 2015 News
DHS from Page 1 Rep. Loretta Sanchez of California, believe this decision — consider- a top Democrat on the Homeland ing where we are — is the right one Report reveals bias in Ferguson Security Committee. for this team, and the right one for The outcome averted a partial this country.” By Eric Tucker by the department, if city officials agency shutdown which would “Our Republican colleagues in Associated Press accept its findings. Past federal in- have begun Friday at midnight. the Senate never found a way to vestigations of local police depart- It was a major victory for Obama win this fight,” he said, noting that WASHINGTON — A Justice ments have encouraged overhauls and the Democrats, and a whole- the matter is now in the courts. Department investigation found of fundamental police procedures sale retreat for Republicans, who A federal judge last month put sweeping patterns of racial bias such as traffic stops and the use of have spent months railing against Obama’s directives on hold, a rul- within the Ferguson, Missouri, service weapons. The Justice De- an “unconstitutional overreach” by ing the White House is appealing. police department, with officers partment maintains the right to Obama in extending deportation Conservative lawmakers who routinely discriminating against sue police departments that resist stays and work permits to millions humiliated Boehner last week by blacks by using excessive force, is- making changes. of immigrants in this country il- voting down a three-week spend- suing petty citations and making The city of Ferguson released legally. ing bill he proposed did not speak baseless traffic stops, according to a statement acknowledging that In the end, Republicans who’d up in the private meeting to dis- law enforcement officials familiar Justice Department officials sup- tried to use the DHS spending bill sent or ask questions, people pres- with its findings. plied a copy of the report to the Associated Press to undo Obama’s actions had little ent said. The report, which Ferguson mayor, city manager, police chief A police tactical team moves in to disperse a group of protesters on Aug. to show but weeks of gridlock and Afterward, they said they were city officials said would be re- and city attorney during a private 9, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo. chaotic spectacle on Capitol Hill disappointed but had no more leased Wednesday, marks the meeting Tuesday in downtown St. in the wake of assuming full con- moves to make. culmination of a months-long Louis. The review also found that not reflective of the community’s trol of Congress in the November “I don’t know that there is one,” investigation into a police depart- The investigation, which be- blacks were 68 percent less likely demographic makeup. At the time midterm elections. The turmoil said Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. “This ment that federal officials have de- gan weeks after Brown’s killing than others to have their cases of the shooting, just three of 53 of- brought the Homeland Security is the signal of capitulation.” scribed as troubled and that com- last August, is being released as dismissed by a municipal court ficers were black, though the may- Department to within hours of a In a statement, Homeland manded national attention after Attorney General Eric Holder judge. And from April to Sep- or has said he’s trying to create a partial shutdown last Friday be- Secretary Jeh Johnson thanked one of its officers shot and killed prepares to leave his job follow- tember of last year, 95 percent more diverse police force. fore Congress passed a one-week Democrats and Republicans who an unarmed black man, 18-year- ing a six-year tenure that focused of people kept at the city jail for Brown’s killing set off weeks of extension, and raised questions voted for the bill and, “in particu- old Michael Brown, last summer. largely on civil rights. The find- more than two days were black, it protests and initiated a national about Republicans’ ability to gov- lar, those in Congress who showed It chronicles discriminatory ings are based on interviews with found. dialogue about police officers’ use ern responsibly. the leadership necessary to get the practices across the city’s criminal police leaders and residents, a re- Of the cases in which the po- of force and their relations with On Tuesday morning, ad- job done.” justice system, detailing problems view of more than 35,000 pages of lice department documented the minority communities. dressing an uncharacteristically In his own statement, Obama from initial encounters with pa- police records and analysis of data use of force, 88 percent involved The report says there is direct subdued gathering of House Re- praised Homeland Security em- trol officers to treatment in the on stops, searches and arrests. blacks, and of the 14 dog bites for evidence of racial bias among publicans, Speaker John Boehner ployees as “law enforcement pro- municipal court and jail. Fed- Federal officials found that which racial information is avail- police officers and court work- indicated he was out of options. fessionals and brave patriots who eral law enforcement officials de- black motorists from 2012 to 2014 able, all 14 victims were black. ers, and details a criminal justice “I am as outraged and frus- do a remarkable job, and deserve scribed its contents on condition were more than twice as likely as Overall, African-Americans system that issues citations for trated as you at the lawless and un- our gratitude and respect. Today, of anonymity because they were whites to be searched during traf- make up 67 percent of the popula- petty infractions such as walking constitutional actions of this presi- after far too long, Congress finally not authorized to speak publicly fic stops, even though they were tion of Ferguson, about 10 miles in the middle of the street, putting dent,” Boehner told his caucus. “I voted to fully fund their mission.” before the report is released. 26 percent less likely to be found north of downtown St. Louis. The the raising of revenue from fines The full report could serve as carrying contraband, according to police department has been criti- ahead of public safety. a road map for significant changes cized as racially imbalanced and SCHOOL from Page 1 a summary of the findings. and expanded online learning. and students the time and resourc- STEVENSON from Page 1 There are also proposals link- es they need to improve teaching million people currently await the “I get excited when I go to col- “I ultimately found my way to racial-bias, Stevenson said. ing teacher pay raises to annual and learning,” Texas State Teachers end of their sentences, or in the lege campuses like Baylor because an organization providing legal Stevenson said he attributes evaluations, and allowing parents Association President Noel Can- case of those who await execution, I believe that many of you come services to people on death row lingering injustice to the wounds to petition to close failing schools delaria said in a statement. Instead their lives. to college with something that’s and it opened up this new world of slavery and white-supremacy. after just two years, instead of the the group would like to see law- SEE DIVERSITY, page 4 Stevenson, an African-Ameri- rare and precious, and that’s heart, where things were changing,” Ste- “We are heavily burdened current five. makers fully restore $5.4 billion can, does not ignore the asymme- that’s vision, that’s hope,” said Ste- venson said. by the legacy of racial inequal- “Education is not a partisan in cuts to classroom approved in try in sentencing and execution of venson. Many of the people he repre- ity. This country has never really issue,” said Taylor, a Republican 2011. black people versus white people. Stevenson said he hoped the sented were children. According confronted the difficult challenges from Friendswood. Taylor also called for scrapping “In the states of the Old South, words he imparted to the audito- to Stevenson there are currently that have been created by our his- Indeed, less outspoken Re- rules that students enrolled in we execute people -- where you’re rium would inspire the audience 10,000 children serving time in an tory of slavery and terrorism,” publicans and even Democrats online classes also be enrolled in 11 times more likely to get the to change the world. adult prison where they are eight Stevenson said. “I’m talking about and teachers groups have cheered public schools. He ducked a ques- death penalty if the victim is Stevenson, now 55, grew up in times more likely to be raped. slavery, because I think we are still some of those ideas in the past. But tion, however, about educational white than if the victim is black, rural Alabama during segregation “We’ve allowed this big gap to haunted by it.” much of what was listed, especially accountability standards for online 22 times more likely to get it if the until a group of lawyers forced exist between where we are and The Initiative released the teacher evaluations that would courses if they don’t follow state defendant is black and the victim the local high school to honor where are most vulnerable chil- Lynching in America report ear- clash with traditional, seniority- benchmark set for public schools. is white,” Stevenson said. desegregation policies. Stevenson dren are,” Stevenson said. lier this year documenting the based pay scales, and issuing in- Taylor also noted that the Sen- When the speaker arrived he attended college in Pennsylvania The Equal Justice Initiative 3959 people who were lynched dividual schools around Texas ‘Fs’ ate last session passed a bill allow- greeted the well-packed Waco before attending Harvard Law provides legal counsel to those between 1877-1950 including the should prove contentious. ing a majority of parents in school Hall before quickly diving into his school. He said he was disappoint- whom the criminal justice system 20 lynchings that took place in “None of the proposals offered districts to petition to shutter speech which he tailored for the ed to find did not explore racial or fails. 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By Allie Matherne before they are worthy of redemp- by extension, Denman said. Reporter tion.” It forces the characters to deal “Appropriate” tells the story with the sin in their own lives, as “Make them feel how uncom- of three siblings’ return to South- well as the forgiveness of other fortable you are — you think hav- east Arkansas to settle the estate people’s sins, and shows the worst ing the sex talk is hard? Try giv- parts of humanity, said Aledo se- ing it,” Stan Denman, director of nior Jennifer Nickell, who plays a upcoming play “Appropriate,” told March 24-28, 7:30 p.m. lead character named Toni. his cast during rehearsal Tuesday March 28 & 29, 2 p.m. “You have to show the fallen be- night. fore you can show the redeemed,” It only seems atypical for a Bay- Denman said. lor production, Denman said. The Tickets are $18. The story revolves around one show is ultimately about sin — our fallen family, but typifies the emo- Kevin Freeman | Lariat Photographer ability to deal with our own and ac- Purchase tickets at tions that an individual can feel Tickets for Baylor Theatre’s newest play, “Appropriate,” went on sale Monday. Lucas McCutchen and Kat Wilson, cept the depth of others’, Denman www.baylor.edu/theatre. about their own sin, Denman said. as Rhys and Cassidy, (left) rehearsed parts of the production Monday night. Marco Munoz and Devin Perry, as said. “I hope [people] would leave Frank and River, were also present for the rehearsal. (bottom right) Tickets for Baylor Theatre’s respecting other people’s stories newest production, “Appropriate,” of their father, who passed away. more,” said Los Angeles junior tions; past recipients include Sam- “You’ve been handed a legacy core of humanity, he said. went on sale earlier this week. The During this time they uncover Devin Perry, who plays River. “It’s uel Beckett and Morgan Freeman. of sin or a life of sin. Okay, what do “It resonates with all people, dark, comedic play scrapes the things about their father’s past that so beautiful and powerful the depth Sonora senior Colyer Dermody you do with that?” Denman said. not just Christians,” Denman said. complexities of truth, forgiveness shock them. The artifacts linger as that people feel and the amount recalled a compelling quote made “How do I redeem that?” It is important that audience and grace. the characters try to decide what to people can ignore that depth. This by his lead character, Bo: “I didn’t Denman said the play appeals members realize that this is not ex- “This play doesn’t behave well,” do with them, Denman said. story gives them a voice.” choose to be white and Southern.” to the South — it is a relevant story pository preaching, Denman said. Denman said. “Too often, whether “It’s about the legacy of sin,” The playwright, Branden Ja- This moment in the play is sig- that many people can resonate Good plays are a platform to begin it’s in our plays, movies or even Denman said. cobs-Jenkins, won an Obie award nificant because it shows the ten- with. the conversation. churches, we believe that people If the objects are a part of their for the play in 2012. This award sion between choice and legacy, The understanding that hu- “I want them to go away from need to dress right or speak right father’s life, they are a part of theirs is given to off-Broadway produc- Dermody said. mans need to be redeemed is at the the theater talking,” Denman said. Lewinsky shadows Tribune News Service Clinton YouTube Music Awards to return By Gerrick D. Kennedy showed the biggest growth in original music video directors alive portrait Los Angeles Times (TNS) views, subscribers and engage- today," according to a news release. ment over the last six months on YouTube has also tapped Vice Me- By Maryclaire Dale After taking a year off, YouTube the popular video site. Collectively, dia to produce the online event. Associated Press Associated Press is set to bring back its awards show the winners have more than 146 The inaugural event was live- Former President Bill Clinton, left, unveils his portrait with Lawrence M. on March 23. million subscribers and 44 billion streamed from New York's Pier 36 PHILADELPHIA — A Phila- Small, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, on April 24, 2006. However, the format for the views from 10 different countries. — and it was a beautiful disaster. delphia artist has disclosed that his 2015 YouTube Music Awards is Instead of a conventional award Aside from honoring stars of museum portrait of former Presi- delphia newspaper. She said she is unaware of any slightly different. show — although it should be viral videos, the show staged eight dent Bill Clinton contains a shadow “The Clintons hate the portrait,” pressure from the Clintons to have There are 50 winners, selected noted its inaugural 2013 event was "live music videos" from the likes reference to Monica Lewinsky's in- he said. “They want it removed it removed from the collection. Nor by number of views — so all those far from conventional — YouTube of Eminem, Arcade Fire, Lady from the National Portrait Gallery. had she heard the artist previously famous blue dress. people who watched Beyonce's will simultaneously premiere a col- Gaga and Tyler the Creator. Nelson Shanks told the Phila- They're putting a lot of pressure on comment on his use of imagery. selfie-driven video for "7/11" to lection of music videos from both The show was completely un- delphia Daily News that a shadow them.” “That's the first time we've heard learn the dance moves just helped emerging acts and some of the scripted. Gaga wept through one beside Clinton is a literal reference The National Portrait Gallery in of those comments,” Bentley said. performance. One winner's envelope to the dress and a nod to the shad- Washington, D.C., commissioned A Clinton spokesman did not her win an award. Rihanna, Taylor night's winners. was buried in cake. ow the affair cast on his presidency. the 2006 painting and had it on immediately return an email mes- Swift, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, One Ed Sheeran, Charli XCX, Mi- And there were crying babies. “If you look at the left-hand side display until about three years ago. sage seeking comment. Direction, Pentatonix, Lady Gaga, gos, Martin Garrix, Max Schnei- Despite the mess, or probably be- of it there's a mantle in the Oval Of- It's one of 55 images of Clinton that The stained dress became a piece Sam Smith and Katy Perry are also der, Cahoots, Megan Nicole, Nicky cause of it, the show attracted 54 mil- fice and I put a shadow coming into rotate on and off display, spokes- of evidence in Ken Starr's special in- among the winners. Jam and Shamir will premiere vid- lion views. the painting,” Shanks told the Phila- woman Bethany Bentley said. vestigation of the 42nd president. Beyond clicks, winners also eos directed by "some of the most
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By Cody Soto on top of their opponents quickly. While the crowd still announce Sports Writer erupted after each big play, the Bears also showed their emotions on the court. The Baylor vs. TCU rivalry is alive and well, but for Rios looked unstoppable in his opening set. His deci- ticket plan the No. 5 men’s tennis team, the argument is one sided. sion making at the net forced TCU’s Trevor Johnson to Associated Press The Bears swept the Horned Frogs 4-0 Tuesday night hit too many long shots, and the Vina Del Mar, Chile at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center for their 15th- native walked off court six with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 win AUSTIN, Texas — Getting the straight win over TCU. for the 2-0 Baylor lead. best seats for University of Texas The Bears (10-2, 1-0 Big 12) were shaky in the begin- “Felipe getting off the court early was big for us,” sporting events will be based on a ning of doubles play, and the Horned Frogs looked in Knoll said. “Momentum plays a big role in matches, and new loyalty points system tied to control midway through the match when Baylor trailed we got off quick there 2-0. It puts a lot of pressure on the how much a fan donates or spends 3-1 on each court. The Bears fought back and used the team, and we rode that momentum.” on tickets. energy coming off the rafters at the Hawkins Indoor Ten- Sophomore Max Tchoutakian shook off his two-set The school on Tuesday said the nis Center. loss on Sunday and played a competitive match on court plan won't affect current season “They absolutely jumped on us in doubles,” head three. No. 40 Tchoutakian gave up three straight games ticket holders or their seats. But it coach Matt Knoll said. “They have a great doubles tradi- after leading 5-0 in the opening set but closed out the set will be used to reward top loyalty tion at TCU, and their guys were more aggressive and in a memorable fashion. He won four straight games in earners when new seats or special decisive at the beginning. All three courts dug in and got the second set to win 6-3, 6-2 to push Baylor out to the event tickets, such as bowl games, tough.” 3-0 lead over TCU. or other postseason or high-de- It sounded like an old-fashioned yelling contest be- Fans had to wait awhile longer to figure out who mand events. tween Baylor and TCU fans, and junior Felipe Rios and would deliver the final point for the Bears. Schneider The 2015 football season tick- sophomore Vince Schneider stirred up the crowd with a took a big 6-4 win on court four but fell in set two which ets will be the first use for loyalty three-game comeback to take a 6-4 win on court three. forced him to play a third and final set. No. 23 Lup- points. Totals are based on full- After that, seniors Mate Zsiga and Tony Lupieri ieri dropped his opening set 6-3 but forced a third set season ticket history, seat-related dropped a close 6-4 loss on court one to No. 20 pairing on court two while No. 11 Lenz was fighting off No. 28 contributions and philanthropic of Nick Chappell and Will Stein to tie up doubles, forcing Cameron Norrie on court one. gifts. court two to decide the doubles point. Zsiga delivered the final punch in the in-state rival Renewing foundation and sea- After being down 3-1, senior Diego Galeano and matchup on court five. The 6-foot-2 senior dominated son-ticket members earn points junior Julian Lenz fought back to tie up the score 4-4. the opening set and didn’t drop a single game heading from past contributions and pur- Lenz slammed the ball at the net and sent it soaring in into set two. No. 110 Facundo Lugones changed up his chases since 1986. That's when the the stands for the exciting 6-4 win, giving the Bears their speed and took an early advantage, but Zsiga outlasted Longhorn Foundation was estab- 12th-straight doubles point of the season. the TCU player for the match-clinching 6-0, 6-4 win. lished. “We got off to a slow start in doubles,” Zsiga said. “We “In the second set, he slowed it down and I had a hard Five points are awarded per $100 had to pick it up. It was a good test; it helped us realize time there,” Zsiga said. “It was really close, but it was a Skye Duncan | Lariat Photo Editor contribution for philanthropic gifts that we’ve got to step up from the first point.” challenge. I had to serve really well and got some good Senior Mate Zsiga returns a ball during Baylor’s match against No. received since Sept. 1. One point will The momentum was knocked out of the Horned first serves when I needed it. It was really good because 11 Virginia on Sunday. The Bears opened Big 12 Conference play be awarded per $100 contribution Frogs at the beginning of singles play, and Baylor kept he pushed me, and it brought the best out of me.” with a win after sweeping in-state rival TCU. for all ticketed sports since 1987. Lady Bears buck rebuilding in surprise Big 12 title season
By Jeffrey Swindoll by Odyssey Sims and Makenzie Robertson last year, Sports Writer Wright was given room to blossom this year in a more open field of point guards. Baylor women’s basketball has been one of the Wright had clearly improved her jump-shot from most consistent sports in the school’s athletic program last season and increased her confidence level. Cave in past six years or so. It seemed as if those high points often found herself in the starting lineup because of would be counter-balanced with rebuilding years. her athletic superiority over Agbuke and junior post With a young, undeveloped team, a Big 12 confer- Kristina Higgins. ence championship was not really in the script for the “The gelling has been tremendous. This team, they Lady Bears this season. Yet, just a few days removed are who they are,” Mulkey said. “What I mean by that from the Lady Bears clinching the Big 12 regular is sometimes as a coach you can make them more vo- season title with every reason to believe Baylor head cal. You can make them talk more. You can help them coach Kim Mulkey can lead her team to another deep become a leader. This one challenges me because run in the NCAA tournament in a couple weeks. they're very low-key, but they're competitive. So I can't Mulkey admitted she had no idea how she would misread a Nina or a Niya and think they're not com- line up her team this season. She knew she had great petitive and giving their all.” players like sophomore forward Nina Davis and ju- The Lady Bears faltered in two of their final three nior guard Niya Johnson, but even how those players games, snapping an unprecedented 25-game winning would contribute was in question at the beginning of streak and an undefeated run in conference-play. Both the season. It was like Mulkey was opening puzzle for conference losses came after the Lady Bears had al- the first time this season and started by searching for ready clinched the Big 12 title. the corner pieces to frame the solution. “You're going to see [fatigue] this time of year,” At first Mulkey was distraught by the issue of her Mulkey said. “You have desperate teams who have to team not being a overly vocal group. She searched for play out of their mind to host, to even get to go to the a flag-bearer to no avail. This was a bit of blessing dis- tournament, not to mention that there's Baylor across guise that become an overarching theme for the Lady the front of the jersey. Not to mention that we already Skye Duncan | Lariat Photo Editor Bears this season. won the championship. There are so many things I “I don't have just that one dominant player, that Head coach Kim Mulkey and her stuff applaud their team during the Lady Bears’ 79-51 win over the Mountaineers could come up with – youth. Maybe I'm tired. Maybe one big leader. So they're all just kind of chipping in on Feb. 15 at the Ferrell Center. Baylor won its fifth-straight Big 12 Championship in 2014-15. the team's tired. I don't know, but it's not anything any and doing their part,” Mulkey said. “Improvement is different than you see happening everywhere." shown in a lot of areas, but we still have a long way to players started every game. Much of the Lady Bears not have been successful without the improvement of The Lady Bears are the No. 1 seed in the 2015 Big go. Sometimes I have to make people and myself real- success this season rested on the shoulders of Davis the rest of the roster, Mulkey said. Freshmen players 12 Conference Tournament hosted at the American ize we’re [ranked in the top 10], [27-3], but my gosh and Johnson. like Kristy Wallace and Dekeiya Cohen ended up be- Airlines Center in Dallas. The Lady Bears look to win we're still young and still have so much more to im- Davis completed a record-breaking season for ing staples in the Lady Bears’ lineup. Wallace earned a their fifth-straight conference tournament title. prove on. We'll just keep working, keep recruiting and herself in many areas this year. She averaged approxi- starting role early on in the season and maintained it “I have trust in my teammates and I believe we’re hope to stay up there and maintain the level we're used mately 20 points a game, scoring in double figures 29 for the most part. Cohen impressed Mulkey with her ready for the post-season,” Davis said. “Honestly, we to playing at.” times in 30 games, 18 of which were 20 or more points. reserve minutes at the ends of games so much that she don’t have a choice. It’s here now. We can be beat on If one was to pinpoint exactly who the impact play- Johnson leads the country in assists and broke single- eventually functioned as a favored alternative for the any given night, which I think we’ve opened our eyes ers were for the Lady Bears this season, they would season records in the Big 12 and on Baylor’s all-time semi-injured senior post Sune Agbuke. to in last few games. I just feel that at the young age probably end up on sophomore Nina Davis and ju- list of assists. Sophomores Imani Wright and Khadijiah Cave that we’re at that you shouldn’t be tired. You should be nior guard Niya Johnson. Mulkey used seven different Baylor’s attack needed more than just two play- also played big parts in the Lady Bears’ extraordinary excited to play in this part of the season. This is what starting lineups in the 2014-15 season, but those two ers doing the work though. The Lady Bears would season. Returning from a season in the shadows cast you live for. It’s ‘March Madness’.”
Skye Duncan | Lariat Photo Editor Davis named Naismith semifinalist Junior forward Nina Davis goes up for a basket during the Lady Bears’ 79-51 win over the Mountaineers on Feb. 15 at the Ferrell Center. Davis was just named a semifinalist for the Naismith Trophy as the top player in women’s basketball. The Memphis product is one of 10 finalists and the only one Big 12.