Prayer Fights Sex Trade on I-10 Corridor
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WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE TheTUESDAY | OCTOBER 11, 2011Baylor Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com SPORTS Page 5 A&E Page 4 NEWS Page 3 Bears bring it back Strange happenings Lights, camera... Baylor beat Iowa state Saturday Brad Pitt’s latest movie is make believe, Campus visits added a few new in an exciting rebound, but a SWAT raid of supposed fake features, including a photo bringing the Bears to 4-1 weapons made the situation very real booth to capture the memories Vol. 112 No. 24 © 2011, Baylor University In Print Prayer fights sex trade on NOBEL from Page 1 I-10 corridor >> Let’s eat By Grace Gaddy from the Immigration and Cus- El Charro Tapatio proves Reporter toms Enforcement and an article restaurants in a small in The Jersey Journal. town can still offer big A 15-year-old girl recounted This case of trafficking- un excitement. her painful story to police. She derage girls is one of many cases Page 4 told them of a man who went by appearing in the United States, “Santana.” The man arranged for said Tomi Grover, director of someone to lure her into his Flor- TraffickStop, an anti-human traf- >> Raising the bar ida residence, where he raped her, ficking education and awareness Baylor soccer beat two recorded images of her unclothed campaign. Grover leads a coali- Big 12 teams this week, and forced her into a life of pros- tion connecting Texas Baptists, continuing the undefeated titution. churches, state conventions and Eric Antwan Bell was arrested season record. other anti-trafficking groups Sept. 1 on counts of producing across the country. child pornography, unlawfully Most recently, organizers Page 5 possessing a firearm, and aiding joined forces to launch an initia- and abetting the sex trafficking of tive known as “10 at 10 for 10.” >> Lecture minors. Bell was accused of sexu- “We hope to unveil for the ally abusing the girls and advertis- The Parchman Endowed tenth of each month to become a ing them for prostitution via vari- focused day of prayer from Jack- Lecture series, consisting ous Internet sites. sonville to Los Angeles along the of four lectures, has Three months after appearing I-10 corridor, because the FBI returned to Truett on Fox’s “America’s Most Want- has named I-10 as the primary MEAGAN DOWNING | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER Seminary and will ed,” and following a multi-agency trafficking corridor in the United continue through and federal FBI investigation, Bell States,” Grover said. Thursday. The series was arrested. Authorities traced The initiative debuted at 10 Worship together explores topics and the accounts of sex trafficking a.m. Monday with a conference over several states extending back Nathan Tasker from Australia performs at Kappa Chi Alpha’s Campus Wide Worship on Monday at common questons such as Burleson Quadrangle. to 2008, according to information the role of Christianity in SEE PRAYER, page 6 our culture. Page 3 On the Web Conference simplifies grant funding process By Robyn Sanders NSF policies and procedures, posals to be accepted. Reporter discipline-specific breakout ses- “To write a successful pro- sions, and new programs and ini- posal is really an art,” Hyde said. Baylor professors and re- tiatives. Dr. Bryan Shaw, assistant pro- searchers planning to apply for NSF representatives and pro- fessor of chemistry and biochem- research funding from the Na- gram officers will be present for istry, said this will be his first Sold out show ASSOCIATED PRESS tional Science Foundation will attendees to meet with, ask ques- NSF conference. TCU head coach Gary Patterson runs onto the field with his team before have the opportunity to learn tions and get feedback from. “I expect to learn what this an NCAA college football game against SMU in Fort Worth. Leaders of more about submitting proposals MuteMath’s show Saturday The National Science Foun- funding agency is looking for the Big 12 Conference cleared the way Thursday to add TCU and the at the NSF Regional Grants Con- dation is a federal funding agency in terms of research projects, at Common Grounds was university accepted the conference’s invitation. The move brings in a ference next week. that is responsible for close to 20 research areas, how they have rising program and potentially shores up a league that seemed ready to a hit, with 600 tickets sold The University of Texas at fall apart just a few weeks ago. percent of all federally funded ba- determined to prioritize science and a few people even Austin will host the conference sic research conducted by colleg- funding,” Shaw said. “I also ex- sneaking in to see the on Oct. 17 and 18. es and universities in the United pect to learn some of the rules band play. Dr. Truell Hyde, vice provost States. and nuances of the application See what all the excitement for research, said having the con- About 40,000 proposals are process, which change from ev- was about with a videos of TCU Big 12 move ference in Austin provides a great accepted by the NSF every year, ery few years to every few years.” the performance at opportunity for faculty and staff and of those about 11,000 are Dr. Touradj Solouki, a newly because these conferences are baylorlariat.com funded. hired professor of chemistry and effective early 2012 held only twice a year and are Hyde said because of the ex- biochemistry, was previously typically far from Baylor. tremely exacting standards of the a professor of chemistry at the Viewpoints by angela k. brown American Sammy Baugh, who The conference will feature NSF, it can be difficult for pro- SEE GRANTS, page 6 Associated Press both played in the NFL. More re- presentations on new and current cent alums include New York Jets “Timing aside, TCU accepted an invitation to running back LaDainian Tomlin- Baylor has done a join the Big 12 on Monday night, son and Cincinnati Bengals rook- Americans win Nobel Prize; work seizing an opportunity to be a part ie quarterback Andy Dalton. poor job of making of a conference with natural geo- The Horned Frogs went 13-0 graphic rivals despite the league’s last season and won the Rose Midnight Madness’ recent instability. Bowl. They also went undefeated helps fight global economic crisis The board of trustees unani- in the 2009 regular season, then By geoff mulvihill and presence known on mously approved the move and lost to Boise State in the Fiesta paul wiseman Chancellor Victor Boschini Jr. campus. There are Bowl. Associated Press made the expected announce- “It was a challenge winning the ment in front a packed room of no posters, and all Rose Bowl ... and there’s been a lot Christopher Sims and Thom- more than 200 people. Athletic of people that told us we couldn’t as Sargent have no simple solu- director Chris Del Conte fought the student body do a lot of different things, and so tions to the global economic cri- back tears as he recalled receiving we’re going to take it one step at a sis. But the work that won them has received is four the phone call from the Horned time,” football coach Gary Patter- the Nobel Prize in economics Frogs’ new conference last week son said after the announcement. Monday is guiding central bank- emails from the in which the Big 12 extended an “It’s not going to be easy ... but I ers and policymakers in their invitation to TCU. Baylor marketing do believe that if the Big 12 did search for answers. “This is living proof that not feel like we couldn’t be com- The two Americans, both 68, dreams do come true,” he said. staff about the petitive in the league, then they were honored for their research in The move could provide some wouldn’t have asked us.” the 1970s and ‘80s on the cause- 3-point contest.” much-needed stability for the Big ASSOCIATED PRESS Patterson said the financial and-effect relationship between 12, which lost Nebraska (Big Ten) Page 2 benefit of being in the Big 12 and the economy and government Christopher Sims, left, looks on as Thomas Sargent talks about winning and Colorado (Pac-12) over the resuming those rivalries also will policy. the Nobel Prize for economics during a news conference Monday at summer and will lose Texas A&M Princeton University in New Jersey. Their research sheds light on help Fort Worth. Sims is a professor at Princ- to the Southeastern Conference the cause-and-effect relationship between the economy and policy “Are you going to win 10 to 12 eton University. Sargent teaches next year. Missouri is also explor- instruments such as interest rates and government spending. games every year? Probably not,” at New York University and is a ing a move to the SEC. Patterson said. “But the key is ... visiting professor at Princeton. TCU has a strong football analyze how changes in interest solve today’s crises. Rather, their to have a chance to challenge for Among their achievements, background that includes cel- rates and taxes affect growth and achievement has been to create the conference title, always try to the two Nobel laureates — work- ebrated athletes from the 1930s inflation. mathematical models that central get back to bowl games, and that’s ing separately for the most part — including Heisman Trophy Their work doesn’t provide over the years — devised tools to winner Davey O’Brien and All- SEE TCU, page 6 prescriptions for policymakers to SEE NOBEL, page 6 Newspaper of the Year | Texas APME TheLariat Best Student Newspaper | Houston Press Club TUESDAY | OCTOBER 11, 2011 * | the Opinion 2 Baylor Lariat www.baylorlariat.com Waco needs more unprocessed foods in supermarkets If you’re vegan, vegetarian, gluten-intolerant or just love or- ganic and natural food, there are not many options to buy foods that fit your diet.