Four Organizations Punished for Hazing by Ashley Corinne Killough Spring
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Phi Delta Theta was ultimate- (the board) they were right and new member activities, Dunn Phi Delta Theta’s sanctions “It was like being in a knife ly disciplined for making new we were wrong.” said Phi Delta Theta was inten- Baylor sanctioned four orga- included community service fight with your hands tied members wear blue jeans and a Dunn noted he had to skip tionally abiding by Baylor’s haz- nizations for hazing incidents and forbiddance from taking a behind your back,” he said. collared shirt one day, he said. c l a s s t o at t e nd he a r i n g s a nd w r i t e ing policy. that occurred in spring 2008: new pledge class this fall. Dunn said he was required to He also said they were charged reports for the judicial board. Dr. Elizabeth Palacios, dean Sigma Chi, Phi Gamma Delta, Denver senior Preston Dunn, attend three hearings on behalf for making new members run at Dunn said they never admitted for student development, said Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Delta president of Phi Delta Theta, of his organization to settle the an intramural practice after find- to the original charges. she couldn’t specify Phi Delta Theta. said the university’s actions hazing allegations. He said the ing out some of them had con- “We were treated like experi- Theta’s hazing violations but In compliance with state law, taken against his fraternity in Student Organizations Judicial sumed alcohol. ment animals in the whole situa- denied that they involved cloth- Baylor released a statement on connection with the hazing Board originally brought up “It was like interrogation tion,” he said. ing. hazing last week with a list of charges were unwarranted. He charges of physical abuse, alle- room after interrogation room,” With study halls, intramural organizations disciplined in the said he also believed the case gations he said were untrue and he said. “I felt like the only way practices, new member meetings Please see HAZING, page 6 Library sings Reserve political ‘toon’ comes with exhibit to AIG’s Poage showcases 18 rescue; political cartoon artists resists David Poe Reporter rate cut Since the appearance of a chopped-up snake titled “Join or Die” in Pennsylvania Gazette, the editorial cartoon slowly but surely became a major ingredient in the recipe for a great newspaper. By Ellen Simon Although Benjamin Franklin printed the first editorial cartoon Associated Press in The Pennsylvania Gazette, editorial cartoons did not become a regular feature in newspapers until the 1860s, in the New York NEW YORK- The Federal Evening Telegram. Reser ve resisted a cut in interest In 1890, the New York World began featuring editorial cartoons rates Tuesday and then forged on the front page of the publication. During the McKinley-Bryan a plan to take over American campaign in 1896, editorial cartoons became an established news- International Group Inc. and paper feature. rescue the insurance giant from In an effort to create interest in Baylor University’s libraries, The the brink of bankruptcy with an Poage Legislative Library and Darden put together the “Drawing extraordinary $85 billion loan. Power: Original Editorial Cartoons” exhibit. The moves, along with a Editorial cartoons have played important roles in influencing slight rebound on Wall Street, popular culture as well. Thomas Nast, a German-American editorial offered some respite after the cartoonist for Harper’s Weekly in the mid-1800s, created pieces for chaos that shook the financial the newspaper that led to the elephant and the donkey becoming system Monday when invest- mascots of the Republican and Democratic Parties, respectively. ment house Lehman Brothers “(Editorial) Cartoons are a mixture of art, commentary, and his- declared bankruptcy and the tory and can hit the viewer at different angles,” said Dr. Robert Dow Jones industrials suffered Darden, associate professor of journalism. “They make the viewer its biggest point drop since the think and laugh.” 2001 terrorist attacks. Until recently, editorial cartoons were the second-most read fea- Investors worried that a fail- ture of a newspaper, beat only by headlines. ure by AIG, the world's largest “Editorial cartoons are one of few genuine distinctives of the insurer, would set off even more newspaper that no other form of media has, and epitomizes what financial turmoil. is good about newspapers,” Darden said. “Newspapers make a AIG is little known off Wall very serious mistake when they no longer have local editorial car- Street but does business with toons.” almost every financial institu- When newspapers using editorial cartoons drawn non-locally, tion in the world. the newspapers miss an opportunity to connect with their reader- Shanna Taylor/Lariat Staff It insures $88 billion worth Editorial cartoons are displayed in the lobby of the Poage Library, as part of the ‘Drawing Power’ editorial cartoon of assets and plays an outsized Please see CARTOON, page 6 exhibition, which opens Thursday. Eighteen political cartoonists and their work will be showcased until Dec. 20. role insuring mortgages and corporate loans, but even more threatening was its integral role in the murky world of hedge funds and credit derivatives. People with knowledge of Students find new ways the situation, who asked not to be identified because of the sen- sitive nature of the negotiations, said bankers and federal offi- to avoid parking squeeze cials had decided a government bailout of AIG was the best solu- tion to save it from collapse. Editor’s note- This is the first ing and skateboarding,” asso- “Roadways are for automo- An announcement of the installment of a three part series ciate vice-president and chief biles and bicycles, not skate- takeover was expected late covering campus overcrowding. risk management officer War- boards. Impeding traffic is suf- Tuesday. ren Ricks said. ficient to give citation. (Skate- The plan called for the gov- By Melanie Crowson and Currently, according to the boarders) may find themselves ernment to seize up to 80 per- Prisca K. Anuolam Baylor Police Department Web facing heavy fines,” he said. cent of the company and remove Reporters site, skateboarding on campus Out of concern for the well- its management, similar to the being of the student popula- way it took control of mortgage It is a well-known fact that tion, Doak will be cracking giants Fannie Mae and Freddie with 14,541 students on cam- “People on bikes are down on skateboarders and Mac. pus, parking spots are limited cyclists, and issuing more A collapse of A IG would force and students are using other required to do the same citations. Wall Street to untangle the com- modes of transportation than as in a vehicle. Stop at Cyclists, who ride on the plex credit derivatives markets cars to get around campus. stop sign...” roads around campus, are and send the market scrambling Cycling, boarding and rid- subject to obey the same to figure out who owes what to ing the Baylor University Shut- traffic laws that automobiles whom‚ or even who owns what. tle are other ways students use Jim Doak obey. The Fed stepped in hours to get around each day. Chief of Baylor Police “People on bikes are after it decided, in its first unan- But, there are huge risks Department required to do the same as in imous vote this year, to keep the involved with cycling and a vehicle. Stop at stop sign… closely watched federal funds skateboarding. We could address the issue rate unchanged at 2 percent. “Risk management hasn’t is not allowed. but there will be so many cita- At the same time, however, Shanna Taylor/Lariat Staff taken a position on either Baylor Police Chief Jim Doak tions it will leave your head the Fed noted that strains on Grapevine senior Aaron Reynolds and Houston senior Kayla Hart board the (cycling or boarding), but I has great concerns regarding spinning,” Doak said. the market have "increased sig- Baylor Red line shuttle Tuesday at the Speight Street stop. Reynolds said he would say that there are inher- skateboarding on the streets nificantly" and said it was ready takes the bus because it’s easier than finding a parking spot. ent risks associated with bik- around campus. Please see SQUEEZE, page 6 to act if needed. VOL. 108 No.10 www.baylor.edu/Lariat © 2008, BAYLOR UNIVERSITY 2 The Baylor Lariat OPINION Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Griffin’s talent has chance to usher in new era In a year with an abundance of His accomplishments have freshman. Griffin comes from a rare around him in hunger for, dare I football experts, Big 12 coaches begun to garner the attention Before Friday night’s game, breed of exceptionally physically say, a bid to a bowl game? and what even Baylor fans con- of the rest of the conference, as point a reporter asked Griffin how he gifted, yet level-headed players. While I think that some of sidered to be another destined well as national media. felt about Cougar wide receiver In an era of egotistical and self- the “next Vince Young” and cellar-dweller season, an 18-year As the most recent Big 12 of view Jeshua Anderson, one of the two centered athletes, Griffin’s hum- “future Heisman” talks are a bit old has instantaneously sparked Offensive Player of the Week, the hurdlers who had beaten Griffin ble yet confident personality is premature, saying that Griffin is anticipation into a desolate pro- 6-foot-3 physical specimen has BY JUSTIN BAER in the spring at the NCAAs.