ARE YOU READY FOR SOME BASKETBALL?: LADY BEARS SEASON PREVIEW PAGE 8 ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT THURSDAY, NovEMBER 8, 2007 Honors College changing status to fit growth By Anita Pere “In some ways, the shift is really ences for about five years now,” dents have already signed up to stay Staff writer something that’s been happening Shushok said. “If you want to mea- in their current residence, further for a long time. (This change) is put- sure the student enthusiasm for illuminating this point. The Honors College Living- ting a name to what it has already these things, you just simply look at Only 5 percent of students in tra- Learning Center, located in Alexan- become,” Shushok said. “In most participation.” ditional residence halls return for a der and Memorial residence halls, ways, it’s already operating as a resi- Indeed, student demand for living second year, Shushok said. will ease into a residential college dential college.” and learning centers and residential “I think the high demand for platform in time for fall 2008. Although Brooks Residential Col- colleges has grown exponentially. housing in Alexander and Memorial With this development, the lege, the first of its kind on Baylor’s The Honors College - Living Learn- reflects the dynamic community Baylor 2012 imperative to house campus, opened less than three ing Center, the Engineering and we have here,” said Dr. Sarah-Jane 50 percent of students on campus months ago, Shushok is convinced Computer Science Living-Learning Murray, who serves as faculty-in- becomes more attainable, consider- the Honors Residential College will Community and Brooks Residential residence in Memorial Hall and will ing residential colleges aim to keep be a success. College all established wait lists for become the Honors Residential Col- students on campus for four years. “Residential colleges are not new this school year, according to infor- lege headmaster. Dr. Frank Shushok, director of kids on the block. They’ve been mation provided by Shushok. Residential faculty are expected Stephanie Jeter/Lariat staff student learning and engagement, around for centuries and we’ve been 50 percent of current Brooks resi- to lead as well as befriend students Students eat at the Great Hall in Brooks Residential College said this transition is almost as sim- moving toward the integration of dents and 60 percent of Honors Col- Wednesday. The Honors College is changing to a similar ple as renaming. academic and residential experi- lege - Living Learning Center resi- Please see HONORS, page 5 residential platform to aid retention rates. By Kimi Willingham Study reveals Reporter Sheer endurance occupies the mind of seri- Too much of a ous college athletes; however, some students 5 types of take working out to an extreme state. The American Heart Association lists numer- ous benefits that come along with working out good thing including weight loss, increased blood circu- Christianity lation, management of high blood pressure, stress regulation, improved self-image and bet- ter sleep. Leadership Journal report shows According to a poll conducted in 2006 the University of Phoenix, 51 percent of college stu- 24 percent of Christians trending dents claim to workout at least three times a toward more private faith week and 25 percent say working out relieves stress from overloaded class schedules. But what happens to those who take working By Shannon Daily out too seriously? Reporter With every grind of his athletic shoes, The Woodlands senior Jonathan Canterbury runs The label “Christian” covers a wide range of with purpose. The rocks on the Bear Trail actual practices, according to a recent survey by crunch beneath his feet. He does not grow tired “Leadership Journal”, an associate of Christianity but races onward with steel endurance. Today International. Five different types of peo- Canterbury has been running since his ple with practices ranging from passionate and junior year of high school. He said the ambi- evangelical to the most tion to get in shape and better handle stress in minimal of spiritual his life spurred him on to push his body to an Do you have to experiences make up extreme state. go to church to what the survey con- However, Canterbury, like many other stu- be a good siders the five types of dent-athletes, experienced the negative effects Christian? Christians. of pushing his body to the limit after training These different for a marathon in 2005. types include active, After two months of an intense daily train- professing, liturgical, ing schedule — running six to eight miles, an private and cultural hour and a half of lifting weights, 30 minutes Christians. of swimming and 1,000 repetitions of jumping Active Christians rope — Canterbury reached rock bottom. believe in salvation He said he woke up one morning and his through Jesus Christ body would not function. He tried to work out ,and 79 percent of peo- but could not complete his normal routine. He ple within this group said he felt abnormally sluggish. feel obligated to share “Basically my body just shut down as a their faith. Excess means to protect itself,” Canterbury said. Professing Chris- exercise can In addition to this scare, Canterbury said he “Just because tians also believe in has experienced numerous injuries from run- you go to church salvation through have harmful effects ning too much and too often. Last year he tore doesn’t make you Jesus Christ, but are his calf muscle and fractured his ankle. a Christian, and less committed to on the bodies of athletes who He soon realized his body needed time to being a Christian being involved with rest and heal, not just in the physical aspect, but doesn’t mean their church or shar- take fitness to the extreme in the emotional side as well. you have to go to ing their faith. “Everything you do to your body today will church. But Liturgical Chris- have lasting effects on your body when you are fellowship with tians attend church older,” Canterbury said. other Christians more regularly and are Photo Illustration by Laurisa Lopez Van Davis, McLane Student Life Center fit- is very important. more active within the ness coordinator, recommends athletic indi- That’s biblical.” church. viduals practice 30 to 45 minutes of physical Cultural Christians exercise such as walking, jogging, biking, aero- Taylor Allen, show little religious Everything you do to your body today will have bics or weightlifting four to five days a week. Austin junior behavior and believe She said that more than 45 minutes of exercise there are many ways “lasting effects on your body when you are older. a day can be potentially hazardous to a non- to get to God. athletic individual. But the largest, Jonathan Canterbury Davis said overexercising over an extended and youngest, of these ” The Woodlands senior groups is the private Please see FITNESS, page 5 group, which included 24 percent of people interviewed. Private Christians exhibit a specific type Disaster plan prepares campus for emergency of spiritual behavior: they believe in God By Amanda Allen The plan doesn’t prevent a crisis and we had to pull a group together Baylor recently fully implemented and doing good things, Reporter from occurring, but it provides a to figure out what to do,” Ricks said. the service to enable Risk Manage- they own a Bible but process to manage crisis once it has Ricks started drafting the risk ment to contact faculty, staff and don’t read it and they If some kind of natural disas- occurred. management plan in 2005, and since students via e-mail and voicemail to have a spiritual inter- ter, bomb threat or school shoot- The process consists of establish- then, teams have participated in two their cell, office and home phones. “I think it’s help- est but not within a ing occurred on campus tomorrow, ing three different teams: the crisis risk management disaster drills. This way campus leaders and secu- ful but there’s a lot church context. Also, would Baylor be prepared? management team, which is made up Besides disaster drills, crisis rity professionals have the ability to more to it. You have according to the sur- In spring 2006, the risk manage- of executive staff; the incident sup- teams can learn from other real cri- reach all students within minutes to have that vey, only one-third go ment department produced a 107- port team, made up of faculty and ses that have happened, such as the through phone calls, e-mails and teaching put in you to church, and almost page document providing thorough staff from different areas of campus; Virginia Tech University massacre text messages and provide them to grow.” none are church lead- answers to different disaster situa- and the emergency response team, a in April 2007 when 32 people were with information and updates dur- ers. tions. flexible group that could, for exam- killed. ing unforeseen events or emergen- Sarah South, There has been Risk Management oversees ple, respond directly to the scene of “You continue to develop your cies. Tyler freshman a movement toward Baylor’s exposure to loss, which a residence hall fire. plan to accommodate all different The e-mail students received last “Lone Ranger Christi- encompasses a variety of areas: The emergency response team is areas and lessons you’ve learned,” month informed them they can now anity” within younger finance, human resources and loss made up of a representative of Facil- Ricks said. note their cell phone numbers on generations, according to the article. This is a of income. ity Services, a representative of Cam- Students may recall an emergen- BearWeb, which would be helpful in type of do-it-yourself Christianity that relies on “We try to keep the university pus Living and Learning and others, cy notification e-mail that was sent sending a mass text message during spiritual books, podcasts, music and television from suffering any loss due to dam- such as the fire marshal from Risk out last month.