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STORM from Page 1 TheTHURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 23,Baylor 2010 Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com SPORTS Page 5 A&E Page 4 NEWS Page 3 Volleyball falls short Music in Africa Food fight! The Bears won the first set School of Music students will In an effort to go green, filthy clothes from against Iowa State Wednesday travel to Kenya in May on a the upcoming Freshman Follies will be but lost the match 3-1 mission trip washed and donated to charity Vol. 111 No. 15 © 2010, Baylor University In Print Senators >> ShareFest Area churches to team up for community work projects on lobby for Saturday during ShareFest Page 3 storm aid B S T >> Movie review S  W  Ben A eck’s “ e Town” receives high marks for its U.S. Senators Kay Bailey seat-gripping narrative Hutchison and John Cornyn put their voices behind Texas’ e ort Page 4 to get a presidential disaster dec- laration for 13 counties that suf- >> Golf takes fifth fered  ood damage from Tropical Storm Hermine by sending a let- Baylor men’s golf  nished ter to President Barack Obama on   h Tuesday at Golfweek’s Wednesday. Conference Challenge “Tragically, this storm claimed Page 5 the lives of eight Texans and dis- rupted communities throughout our state,” Hutchison and Cornyn Viewpoints wrote in their letter. “It is crucial for victims of Hermine to receive federal as- “ e tragedy at sistance, which may be enabled Fort Hood greatly through a Presidential disaster declaration.” a ected the citizens  e 13 Texas counties are Bell, Blanco, Cameron, Coryell, Den- of Central Texas — ICK ERRYMAN ARIAT HOTOGRAPHER ton, Hill, Jim Wells, Johnson, Me- N B | L P and America as a dina, Tarrant, Travis, Willacy and whole. Keeping this Williamson. Bell, Coryell and For BU the bell tolls Hill border McLennan County, trial in the public where Waco is located. The bells that hang in Pat Neff Hall are adorned with lyrics from “That Good Old Baylor Line.” The bells can be heard chiming throughout eye allows truth to J. P. DeMeritt, Heart of Texas the day across campus. emanate while the SEE STORM, page 6 world learns what happened that ill- f a t e d d a y.” Waco, students react to recession Page 2 Report nds Despite recovery, students Bear Briefs reasons for prepare for tough job search hope, growth B W C market will have more time to  e place to go to know C E  straighten out.” the places to go B C G Gardner said students who S  W  Most people endure high plan on going to graduate school school and tolerate college in will have more time to prepare to Girls  ght back Despite declining values in the hopes of  nally getting their dream venture into the job market, while Alpha Delta Pi’s   h annual housing construction, home sales job. Since December 2007, the eco- students who plan on working “Girls Fight Back” will be and consumer spending markets, nomic recession has put a damper a er graduation need to prepare held at 7 p.m. today in the Waco hopes to increase its eco- on the aspirations of many new now. nomic growth a er reaching its graduates. Bar eld Drawing Room of “If students plan to go straight lowest point since 2007 in Febru- According to the National Bu- into the job market, they have to the SUB; Alpha Delta Pi and ary 2010, according to a report reau of Economic Research, the give a lot more thought to their Baylor Panhellenic invite the from Wednesday’s Economic In- recession ended in June 2009, clos- job search,” Gardner said. “When Baylor campus to attend a dex Media Conference. ing the door on an 18-month eco- the economy’s not so strong, stu- free, interactive workshop Representatives from the Waco nomic downturn. But according to dents need to be preparing along designed to provide self- real estate and construction indus- PHOTO BY DANIEL CERNERO | PHOTO EDITOR some economists, the economy is the way.” defense tips for women tries attended the news conference far from full recovery. Granbury senior Brandi hosted by the First National Bank moderated discussion among par- ects requiring permits within the With a current unemployment Moore, an accounting major, is of Central Texas and the Waco ticipants. industrial and medical sectors. rate of 9.6 percent, students enter- skeptical of the new economic pe- Jazz kicko Tribune-Herald in order to re- Waco o cially entered its re- Roberts reassured participants ing the work force will still have riod of expansion. ceive an updated economic report cession in September 2008 and with Ingham’s economic analysis, plenty of competition even with “I’m graduating soon, and I’m  e Baylor Jazz Ensemble compiled by Karr Ingham, a pro- saw a 6.3 percent economic de- which states that “the decline in the lack of continual economic still a little weary of the economy will perform its  rst concert fessional economist and owner of cline until February 2010, Roberts 2010 is not terribly surprising in decline. and how it will a ect my job of the semester at 7:30 p.m. Ingham Economic Reporting. said. Since then, Waco has steadily light of the strong growth in 2008 “Baylor students are facing a search,” Moore said. “I don’t think today in Jones Concert Hall Although Ingham was not pres- moved out of its recession. and 2009, which would suggest a di cult job market,” Dr. Stephen the economy is as stimulated as of the Glennis McCrary ent to introduce his  ndings, Sarah However, last month Waco natural cyclical retreat, in addition Gardner, chairman of the econom- they think. It’s still not that great of Music Building Roberts, senior vice president of experienced a 0.6 percent decline to the generally sluggish condition ics department, said. “Education an economy.” economic development for the because of a fall in the value of of the Waco economy.” will prepare them well to compete Moore said she plans to forgo Greater Waco Chamber of Com- building permits.  is drop signi- in the job market. Plus, by the time SEE WAC O, page 6 SEE RECESSION, page 6 Acoustic Cafe merce, summarized the report and  es a lower number of work proj- they’re done with grad school, the Acoustic Café, hosted twice a semester by the O ce of Campus Programs, is at 8 p.m. today in the SUB Kicker Jones aces  eld goals Den; students will perform original music at this free with cool nerves, lucky socks event B M L Possibly his most noteworthy kicks, but he also hit another S  W  kick came this past weekend on 48-yarder Sept. 11 against Buf- the road against No. 4 TCU, when falo. Fall Premiere Calm, cool and collected. he nailed a 48-yarder to put the  ough Jones seems to have Fall Premiere allows high  ree qualities you want in your Bears on the board. a knack for 48-yard kicks, he school students, transfer president, accountant and also “It felt real good,” he said of the actually won the spot in Baylor’s students and their parents to your kicker. kick. “I had hoped it might spur spring game with an even longer explore the Baylor campus When Baylor football coach our team on to greater things. It boot of 53 yards. and meet current students Art Briles went in search of a was only 14-3 at that point. It was “ at really just cemented it and Baylor professors and starting kicker this past spring great to be close to home and play in my mind and I think in a lot of will be happening all day a er junior kicker Ben Parks in- in front of an opposing crowd.” the coaches’ and players’ minds, jured his back, he settled on a guy Jones entered Baylor as a pre- too,” Jones said of snagging the Saturday throughout campus he says  ts all three. ferred walk-on, meaning he was starting job. “It’s a good advantage to have, recruited to come kick for the Even before the kick, Jones felt Soccer match knowing that whenever you get Bears but didn’t immediately re- good about his chances. Accord- inside the opponent’s 30-yard line ceive a scholarship. ing to his holder, fellow redshirt Women’s soccer will face you are going to put three points A er earning the starting freshman Brody Trahan, Jones’ Stephen F. Austin at 3 p.m. on the board, which has been the job this past spring, the 6-2, con dence probably came from Sunday at Parker Brothers case a couple of times this year so 175-pound former soccer player the kicking competitions held Sport Complex on La Salle far,” Briles said. nicknamed “Stork” by his head during the spring practices. Avenue A redshirt freshman from coach also earned himself a foot- “Before the spring game, we MAKENZIE MASON | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER Crowley, Aaron Jones is  ve of six ball scholarship. would come out every day and No. 43 kicker Aaron Jones kicks a fi eld goal as No. 13 quarterback Brody on  eld goals and has hit all nine  e long  eld goal against Trahan holds against Buffalo on Sept. 11. extra points thus far for the Bears. TCU is the most recent of Jones’ SEE JONES, page 6

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Fort Hood trial should stay open to public

n Sept. 16, a military official lowing the public to be present for the The open hearing would foster a a potential jury pool has, the more fair them better understand the incident and ruled in favor of keeping open hearing. more knowledgeable public concerning an outcome will likely be. The evidence the events that surrounded that day. to the public the hearing out- The shooting has affected many lives the events that took place on Nov. 5. that will be outlined in the trial is per- The tragedy at Fort Hood greatly af- Olining evidence against U.S. Army Maj. of Central Texas residents, and they John Galligan, an attorney for Hasan, tinent information to both the families fected the citizens of Central Texas — Nidal Malik Hasan regarding the mass should be allowed to witness the trial hoped to have a closed hearing, saying of the shooting victims and the general and America as a whole. shooting that occurred on Nov. 5, 2009, surrounding such an impactful event. that allowing the public to hear the tes- public. Transparency in this case would also at Fort Hood in Killeen. Pohl plans to have the 32 people who timony of 32 people would cause more Having the public present at the hear- allow for the proper treatment of the Hasan is accused of killing 13 people were injured during the shooting testify pretrial publicity, resulting in an unfair ing would not, as Galligan stated, lead to gravity of the shooting because though and injuring 32 people. at the trial. trial for his client. N­ ow that a public an unfair trial for Hasan. On the con- we were not all directly involved with the Col. James L. Pohl, the military It is important for the public to be hearing has been confirmed, Galligan trary, having the hearing closed would incident, we were all intensely invested judge acting as the investigating officer, able to hear what those who were injured said he plans to appeal the ruling in likely result in more public concern since in the care and safety its victims. said keeping open the Oct. 12 hearing, have to say about the incident. With a hopes of closing the hearing. people would not be allowed to hear Keeping this trial in the public eye which will be held at Fort Hood, would shooting of that magnitude occurring on Galligan holds that a public hear- what occurred in the hearing. allows truth to emanate while the world preserve the integrity of the military jus- a military base that has housed so many ing would hinder Hasan’s right to a fair The public would also be unable to learns what happened that ill-fated day. tice system. of America’s fighters, a public hearing is trial by compromising the jury pool in hear the testimony of those who were The right decision was made in al- the only fair choice. Killeen. However, the more information victims in the event, who could help

Lariat Letters Undecided future not cause for panic Mending the BAA, BU to eliminate any objective or relationship differing views held by those in Recently I have found myself Park, marveling at the wondrous the beauty of nature. I am very excited about power. overwhelmed with thoughts of creation that God has placed all I would encourage all those President [Ken] Starr’s first 3. Baylor’s board of regents my future. I wonder if I am walk- around us in the form of sky, reading to do the same and to steps at Baylor and as an alumni does not use acceptable best ing in the right direction, and I earth and the brotherhood of fel- spread the word. Enjoy the life want to support him as well as practices for governance in wonder where life will lead after low man. God has given us. students. The latest appeal and higher education, including Baylor. Reflecting on even these sim- Don’t panic because you are contribution by Starr to the current conflicts of interest, lack Should I continue school or plest pleasures of life has helped still “undecided” about your life, new goal of $100 million for of transparency about Baylor’s try to find a job? Add in some me realize its beauty. don’t overstress because it’s al- student scholarships is a great financial condition, not abiding stress from day-to-day school I recall a close friend telling ready midnight and your home- goal. If President Starr wants by their fiduciary duty of loyalty and work, and you have one frus- me that she had an amazing rev- work is due at 8 a.m. to meet that goal, he should to Baylor by marginalizing and trated and slightly over-emotion- elation about life one day in high Simply stop, take a deep start by mending fences with disregarding the BAA as well as al Baylor Bear. I’m sure many of school. As she says, “I just woke breath, and take just one minute the BAA. Until he understands neglect of their fiduciary duty us can relate to this at some point up one morning and I realized to look around you and smile that Baylor regents have created of care with wasteful spending in our college careers. that the world is beautiful.” at the blessing of being a Baylor and forced this divide, many and unchecked decisions. However, I have realized Well, I have made this real- Bear on such a beautiful campus Baylor alumni will not sup- 4. The board of regents something this past week. I have ization as well, and I am deter- of fellowship. should not be self-sustaining Carmen Galvan | Staff writer port him or Baylor with their realized that it is important to mined to revel in the perfection Then say a prayer for strength money. Alumni contributions without any accountability to the preservation of our sanity of my stories are centered on and beauty of creation rather and guidance, and continue on- have dropped from 29 percent students, faculty or alumni. We to stop, breathe and admire the the Waco community, and while than obsess over the unnecessary ward. If God has brought you several years ago to 6.8 percent are naive if we think men in beauty of the world around us. researching and interviewing stress and frustration. this far, He can undoubtedly today. As long as Baylor powerful positions do not need It may be difficult to make I cannot help but to see all that It is no doubt difficult to let continue guiding you forward. continues to have two groups, to be accountable to those they time for this, since we all know Waco has to offer. go and enjoy life for a minute, as And so, walk proudly through Baylor Alumni Association govern. To solve the immediate that college does not seem to I am rather humbled as I most students, including myself, campus and life as a Baylor Bear (organized in 1858) and Baylor problem of rising tuition, we schedule in free time, but it is watch the compassion displayed are striving for academic success and as a child of God. Just watch Alumni (organized in 2010 to must look to the source of the without a doubt a critical part of by the community when it reach- and wish to remain focused on out for the squirrels. replace the BAA), there will problem before we can fix the living a full life of happiness and es out to its poverty-stricken assignments and tests. However, Carmen Galvan is a junior not be unity among the alumni. problem. rejoicing. members, and I somehow find think of it in this way: You will public relations major from Bay- Alumni supporting the BAA are Everyone may be tired of Never do I realize this more my worries drift away as I sim- become more focused after re- town and a staff writer for The not being close-minded and are hearing about the regents and than when I am writing. Many ply drive through Cameron ceiving the grace of God through Lariat. not against change. I and many the BAA, but when the regents other alumni who align our- continue to marginalize the selves with the BAA are against BAA (even to the unprofession- Opinion Corrections the following things. al low of making their logo and 1. 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THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 www.baylorlariat.com News the Baylor Lariat|3 Freshman Follies works toward ‘green’ fun throw the clothes that get messed “We kind of get a bad rap for StuFu collects up away,” Getterman said. using all this food,” Davis said. “We canned goods, A er an event such as Fresh- are hoping that we can ask fresh- clothes man Follies, clothes will be in no men to bring a can of food that we shape to be immediately donated, can donate a erwards.” B TJ J as they will be extremely messy.  ere is no organization in par- R  “When they get their clothes ticular lined up to accept the dona- dirty, if they layer their clothes they tions, but once the  nal count is in Student Foundation’s Freshman can take that top layer and put it in on how many articles of clothing Follies event will go green this year a bin we will have,” said Jenna Bull- and how many cans of food were in an e ort to make another one of ock, Houston senior and campus collected, Student Foundation will Baylor’s traditions an eco-friendly promotions co-chair for Student take the donations to a local char- event. Foundation. ity. “[Freshman Follies] is an event Baylor Dining Services has vol- “ e great thing about this year we hold every year for Freshman. unteered to wash the clothes so is with the cans of food and the op- We want an event for them to feel they will be suitable to donate. portunity to give back, it becomes tied to campus and to get to know In addition to the clothing an event where it’s not a waste of who Student Foundation is,” Lizzy drive, Student Foundation will also food event. It’s an opportunity for Davis, director of Student Founda- have a canned-food drive at the freshmen to have fun, meet each tion, said. food  ght. other and still give back to the “Every year we theme it, have “ is year we are asking that Waco community,” said Seabrook lots of food and come up with students bring a can of food with senior Michael Horne, campus games involving the food.” them when they come … Just to promotions co-chair for Student Student Foundation is work- encourage people to bring it so that Foundation. ing with sustainability coordinator we are giving back as well as having Freshman Follies will be held Smith Getterman and Baylor sus- fun,” Bullock said. from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Foun- tainability to help turn the Fresh- Davis said one of the criticisms tain Mall and will be superhero man tradition into a no-waste that has been made over the years themed. For more information on event. about Freshman Follies is that Student Foundation or other up- “We are encouraging people while it does provide a fun event coming events, visit the Student ROUND UP FILE PHOTO to wear clothes in layers. We are for freshmen, a lot of food is used Foundation website at baylor.edu/ Dallas freshman Stephanie King-Brown slides through a mixture of different food toppings on Sept. 29, 2009, dur- aware that generally people just but not consumed. student_foundation. ing Freshman Follies at Fountain Mall. New seminar series focuses on workplace skills

B M H also a strategic partner and certi- the workplace exhibiting very in-  e  nal seminar will enable Epsilon Iota is partnering with right reasons.  en, as they begin S  W   ed trainer with 360Solutions, an formal communication skills, such students to discover and work to- the Beyond Baylor series, giving that base of professionalism, op- employee training and business as e-mailing too much instead of ward their passion. An assessment its members registration priority. portunities will be made available Career Services provides ample consulting company. meeting face-to-face. will accompany the session and However, this series is open to all to them because they demonstrate opportunities for Baylor students “Beyond Baylor is a training  e second session is meant students will learn the value of not Baylor students. that they know what they’re doing to learn how to land a job, but program to equip students with to help students build con dence just taking a job, but being inten- Four new sessions will be of- and will bene t and be rewarded learning how to excel in the work- the skills they need to go into the through negotiation. Employees tional about which jobs they pur- fered in the spring, and Nall said for it.” place is a skill that has not previ- work force and to give them an are faced with negotiation in the sue.  is session will also welcome students will ideally participate in Students interested in being a ously been taught. advance on skills needed to apply,” workplace concerning business a guest speaker, Cyndy Davis, the both the  rst and second semes- part of the Baylor Beyond series Kevin Nall, associate director Mathis said. “Also, once they are a airs, internal a airs, salary and senior vice president of human re- ters, but students who become next semester should contact Ca- for Career Services, believes Baylor in the job, being able to focus on projects. sources at Extraco banks in Waco. interested later in the year will be reer Services. needs to help students learn how communication, negotiating tech-  e third week’s lessons will “ is is an excellent oppor- welcome at the spring sessions. “We want students to walk to succeed once they are hired. To niques, goal setting and con ict instruct students on successful tunity to make Baylor students “Ultimately, we hope students away with real skills that they can achieve this goal, Nall created Be- resolution [is valuable].” ways to deal with di cult people more well-rounded and better able walk out of here feeling comfort- apply right now to the process of yond Baylor, a career training pro-  e series begins Tuesday and and di cult work situations. Nall to relate to a team in the future,” able and con dent they do have searching for and obtaining their gram for Baylor students. will meet for the following three points out that when students get Colorado Springs, Colo., senior what it takes to move into a career job a er college,” Mathis said. Jay Mathis, 1989 alumnus and Tuesday nights. a job, not everyone is going to be Brandon Wold, president of Delta and profession,” Nall said. “We “We’re encouraging them to go be- founder of Mathis Training and  e  rst week will focus on alike.  e session will be centered Epsilon Iota, said. “Not many other hope they will think more inten- yond the collegiate level with some Development Company, will facili- results-oriented communication. on equipping students with the schools are o ering a program like tionally about what to do when real skills in getting a job and be- tate a four-week series of seminars Nall said employers have expressed tools to navigate through tough this.” they get the job, and this program ing ahead of the game in the work called Baylor Beyond. Mathis is concerns with recent graduates in situations. Academic honor society Delta will help them get noticed for the forc e .” Churches unite CLASSIFIED (254) 710-3407 EMPLOYMENT See the benefits All Sport Collegiate Brand of scheduling and volunteer Manager. We are looking for an active student interested in your classified B J M a playground at a child develop- a fun marketing role to build advertisement S  W  ment center, making repairs at an the All Sport brand at Baylor. addiction rehab facility, helping This is a part-time paid posi- in the Area churches are banding to- with upkeep at an elderly resi- tion. For info contact AllSport- Baylor Lariat. gether for a day of Gospel sharing dence, hosting a blood drive and [email protected] through community work projects assisting with food collection. Sev- Contact us this Saturday, during the third an- en churches will be involved and Cool Job! Get paid to scare nual ShareFest community work- more than 400 volunteers from others! Contact Barbara at of- Today! day. those congregations will be work- [email protected] 254-710-3407 Terri Tippit, the board chair- ing in the community. man for ShareFest Waco, says al- John Nickell, a member of First though many Waco area churches Woodway Baptist Church, has do a lot of service in the commu- participated in ShareFest all three nity, ShareFest is a unique oppor- years. He has worked on various tunity to work in a larger capacity projects, including building wheel- in the community. chair ramps, painting houses and “Individual churches all over apartments, and landscaping and Waco certainly do a lot of outreach painting Waco public schools.  is into the community, but ShareFest year he is working to put in basket- speci cally pools resources to ball goals at a school and repairing make a larger impact by connect- sidewalks at a local church that has ing and getting churches to work had  ooding problems. together to make a larger presence “[ e response is] very posi- and impact,” Tippit said. tive,” Nickell said. “In some cases  e impact of ShareFest is two- it’s a de nite physical need and in fold, with Tippit citing a positive other cases it’s a spiritual upli ing impact on both the community that is met in the communities that and the churches involved. we work in.” “It is, one, an opportunity for Most of the churches involved individual churches to work to- have been working with ShareFest gether to partner with another since it began. congregation that they normally “[ e churches] look forward wouldn’t,” Tippit said. “ en, ul- to it every year because of the timately the greater impact is for opportunity to work with other people in the community to see the churches,” Tippit said. “It’s also an universal church actually up and opportunity to do something that doing something for the bene t of is really making a di erence in the the city. To be able to say we are a community.” part of a local church and this is  e churches will meet at the what we are called to do is well re- Extraco Events Center at 8:30 a.m. ceived in the community.” for a brief worship service and Matt Reynolds, associate pastor prayer time –before heading out at Fellowship Bible Church, cites to various project sites. Volunteers two reasons for initially becoming will work until 2:30 p.m. involved with ShareFest when it  e ShareFest organization  rst began in Waco three years ago. originated 10 years ago in Little “We wanted to show the practi- Rock, Ark., and is now in cities all cal love of Jesus Christ to the com- over the country. Tippit and her munity through trying to meet the husband, along with another cou- various needs that are in our com- ple, decided to bring ShareFest to munity,” Reynolds said. Waco a er moving here  ve years “Second, we wanted to try and ago. help our people get out of their “ e mission of ShareFest Waco comfort zones and get out there is to mobilize the local church to into our community and serve meet the deepest needs of our city. while sharing the gospel in a very We strongly believe it is the job of tangible way.” the local church to be on the front Various projects are planned lines of meeting those needs,” Tip- for Saturday, including resurfacing pit said. THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 | the Arts and Entertainment 4 Baylor Lariat www.baylorlariat.com Musicians double as missionaries to Kenya

By Liz Appling and orphanages.” “We will use singing to build Reporter Bradley went to Kenya in 2005 Want to sing in Kenya? bridges, build relationships and with the Baylor Men’s Choir and encourage people,” Bradley said. Tonight the first of two interest went back again in 2007 with a Interest Meetings Swahili translators are essen- meetings will be held for students group of mostly music students. Today at 5:15 p.m. tial to the trip because they will who desire to participate in the The teams learned choral music Monday at 5:15 p.m. help the team communicate with School of Music’s summer mission and performed impromptu a cap- Kenyans, including the singing of trip to Nairobi, Kenya. pella concerts everywhere they some American folk music. Dr. Randall Bradley, the Ben H. went. 109 Waco Hall East The group will also work with Williams professor of music, will Chris Pillsbury, a graduate stu- translators at Baylor to help them lead a team that will use the art of dent from Amarillo, said the group sing several hymns in Swahili. For more information contact: music to reach out to various com- is going to be a choir that performs “There’s one particular piece munities in Africa. primarily without instruments, [email protected] that we’re doing called ‘The Word though there may be a guitar ac- Was God’ by Rosephanye Powell. companiment. It is a very rhythmic and engaging “We will use ral thing,” Jacob Sensenig, a gradu- Courtesy photo Bradley said an advantage of ate student from Bowling Green, piece,” Pillsbury said. Baylor students and professors sing to children on a May 2007 Africa trip. singing to build performing with few or no instru- Ky., said. Sensenig will be a student Bradley thinks of this trip as that started two boarding schools for three years now. ments is that they “are able to sing leader on the trip. a way to give to the African com- bridges, build intended to house and educate “It’s a way that our team could wherever” they go. Pillsbury said this musical ex- munity and participate in African relationships and girls to keep them out of that cycle. do something,” Bradley said. “One “We are going to visit a place change is a way to join together culture. “The problem here is supersti- of the things we want to do on this encourage people.” where refugee women sew and and share cultures. In 2007, the group visited a tion in education. This way, these trip is connect back with that same make things to sell to provide for “Part of this choir is to share remote village that was home to a girls are provided a different way of community and check in with the Dr. Randall Bradley | Professor their children. We’ll sing while American culture with them as a Pokot tribe in the Baringo district life,” Bradley said. families of these girls that we are we’re there and we’ll share our mu- sort of cultural dialogue because of Kenya. While there, they saw The group now supports several linked to.” sic.” they will be singing for us as well,” extreme poverty as well as a no- of the girls that come to the schools The trip will take place from “This team will reconnect with Not only will the mission choir Pillsbury said. ticeable decrease in the number of from the remote village. May 15 to May 30. friends that we’ve made in Kenya be singing for the Kenyans, but the The mission trip is not limited adolescent girls in schools because A bulletin board on the first Those interested in participat- in the past and people that we al- Kenyans will be singing for the to music majors, but those inter- of arranged marriages following fe- floor of Waco Hall East features ing should contact Bradley at Ran- ready have relationships with,” mission choir. ested should be able to sing, Brad- male genital mutilation. pictures and letters from the girls. [email protected] or 254- Bradley said. “We will sing in “Everyone in Kenya is musical. ley said. The group now works with Zip- schools, churches, public settings For them, it’s a very internal, natu- porah and Daniel Sindiyo, a couple The group has supported the girls 710-6522. ‘Eat Pray Love’ album presents world music

By Tara Steuerwald crowd-pleasers blended perfectly track, will take you back to free love Contributor to send you on your own mini- and VW vans while mirroring the vacation. Forget waiting at airport free-spiritedness put forth by the Unless you’ve been living in security for two and a half hours story. The music supervisors must a cave, completely devoid of any behind the lady who just can’t seem have been abiding by the cardinal outlet for entertainment news, you to figure out what she’s wearing rule of arrangement when they McClatchy Tribune News Service know that the latest best-seller to to set the metal detector off. The added Sly & The Family Stone and Ben Affleck, left, as Doug MacRay, and Jeremy Renner as Jem Coughlin star in the crime drama “The Town,” from hit the big screen is Elizabeth Gil- “Eat Pray Love” soundtrack has all Marvin Gaye to the mix: when in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures. bert’s “Eat Pray Love,” an inspiring the splendor of jet-setting to the doubt, get funky. Who doesn’t love memoir of the author’s post-di- world’s most spectacular places, the feel-good “Thank You Fallettin vorce trip around the world. without the inconveniences. Me Be Mice Elf Again” or the soul- Josh Rouse prepares you for fully catchy “Gotta Give It Up”? Album REVIEW takeoff with his tranquil “Flight All in all, the soundtrack is en- Lines of good, evil blurred Attendant.” Rouse’s buttery vocals joyable. It’s not something I would and the mellow tune behind it are regularly listen to and is obviously Pulsing with girl power, spon- like curling up with a feathery pil- aimed at an older age group, but it’s taneity and the freedom of sim- low and cup of chamomile tea. interesting and enlightening none- in Ben Affleck’s ‘The Town’ ply letting yourself go, “Eat Pray Two cultural stand-outs are theless. The diversity of the songs Love” serves as a sort of feminist Gato Barbieri’s “Last Tango in is exciting and educational (in a By Cara Leigh Rogerson tangling their lives, and stran- counters a hiccup or sag. Renner manifesto rich in colorful culture Paris,” a theatrical composition good way), and the arrangement Contributor gling the bond between MacRay, breathes life into Coughlin expert- and a powerful range of emotion. interspersed with a romantic Pa- as a whole is a fair representation Coughlin and their kin. ly, bringing welcomed dimension Accordingly, the music from the risian accordion, and “Kaliyuga- of the story it’s born from. I would I know what you’re thinking. Based off Chuck Hogan’s novel to a brutal, hot-blooded character. motion picture conveys those very varadana,” a kind of Indian dance recommend it to expand your mu- Saturated gray tones, machine “Prince of Thieves,” “The Town” is Affleck is striking as well, giving ideas. party by U. Srinivas. Both were sical horizons or, if nothing else, to guns, creepy masks, general mel- a successfully seat-gripping adap- arguably the best performance of I have yet to see the movie, but effective in their ability to share look cool and evolved when your ancholy...? This is a boy’s movie. tation directed and co-written by his career as the weary and ill-fated if it is as fun and adventurously glimpses into another life and I friend flips through your iPod and It has to be. A typical, masculine Ben Affleck. It’s a megamonster of MacRay. eclectic as the soundtrack suggests, didn’t even mind the absence of sees the Wiener Philharmoniker. festival of cheerlessness, decorated film genres crammed into one riv- This film seizes you with its I wouldn’t mind forking over five lyrics, which may have bored me Never underestimate the power of with ribbons of blood and pain. eting experience, blending action, enthralling action sequences and dollars to check it out. otherwise. multiculturalism. romance and drama into one tan- suspends you with its romantic The music from “Eat Pray Love” The liberating folk styles of Ed- talizing movie morsel. tension. MacRay and Keesey’s is a broad assortment of fascinating die Vedder and Neil Young, who Grade: B Movie REVIEW The town — Charlestown, blossoming, controversial love is culture, folksy crooning and funky both have two songs on the sound Mass., to be exact — is the “capital a surprisingly touching story. It is Good news is that you’re right. of crime” and serves as the dreary natural, believable and grippingly Greater news is that you’re wrong. backdrop of our tale. It’s a wound- raw. Cleverly disguised inside of an After a heist-gone-awry, Doug ed city, festering with violence intensely manly film, the nuances MacRay (Ben Affleck) and Jem and misery, and through its veins of their love prove poignant, and Coughlin (Jeremy Renner) — pump the poisons of indifference. Keesey’s soft, understated beauty Boston’s finest in criminal mis- Criminal hierarchy dominates the adds to the realness. It’s a romance chief — find themselves saddled city streets, where MacRay and men cannot snicker at. with a hostage, young bank man- Coughlin execute their robberies “The Town” challenges its ager Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall). and obey the laws of a tyrannical viewers, daring them to distin- Looking beyond murder or ran- and corrupt crime system. guish black from white. It leaves som, the thieves choose to simply The movie dances a fine line -be you disoriented within its con- release Claire back into town, un- tween seriousness and satire. The crete walls, unsure as to whether scathed but badly shaken. masks the thieves wear range from your sympathies truly rest with the Sounds easy enough, right? eerie to sacrilegious to scathingly justice-seeking FBI agents or with Well, therein lies their problem: ironic. The dialogue is rough, witty the two men they are desperately Claire only lives four blocks from and well-delivered and the camera trying to capture. In truth, among them. To ensure she remains weaves seamlessly from scene to the cracked sidewalks and bruised oblivious of their identities, Mac- scene, providing glossy transition society, “The Town’s” warped sense Ray decides to keep vigilant watch to a notably coarse film. of good and bad is as infinitely am- over her, and in the process, falls The character development is biguous as its soul. Associated Press in love with her. The complexity of intricate and extremely well con- Julia Roberts arrives at a photo call with (left to right) Spanish actor Javier Bardem, director Ryan Murphy, film their relationship is barely realized ceived, and the script never en- Grade: B+ producer, Dede Gadner and actor Richard Jenkins promoting their film ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ at 58th San Sebastian Film before the FBI intercedes, further Festival Cinema in San Sebastian, Spain on Monday, Sept. 20.

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THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 www.baylorlariat.com Sports the Baylor Lariat|5 BU drops conference home opener to No. 10 Cyclones B R R In the third set, the team let S W  themselves get into another de cit.  e Bears never quite took the lead A er a 1-3 (21-25, 20-25, 25- even though there were some runs 22, 25-19) loss against the Iowa that had potential. State Cyclones on Wednesday, Bay- Senior outside hitter Ashlie lor remains optimistic and thank- Christenson, King and Graham ful for the competition. lead with double digit kills and “We all came together, even Campbell’s service ace gave the though we didn’t win, it was still team hope for improving their productive,” said junior hitter Al- serving. lison King. “We’re de nitely trying to work  e Bears won the  rst game on tougher serves because that gets with a solid o ensive performance. us a lot of points but we just have Hitting with an 80 percent attack to be more consistent with keeping average and accumulating 16 kills, them in,” said Harris. the team started out fast and took  e fourth set looked hopeful the momentum. for the Bears with their 13-7 lead. King and senior middle block- Byrd and Christenson each had er Elizabeth Graham led the of- three kills early in the set. How- fense with respective .667 and .400 ever, Iowa had an 8-0 run, followed kill percentages. King and senior later by a 4-0 run, that ended the defensive specialist Caitlyn Trice match for the Bears. took charge on defense accumulat-  ere was a great level of play as ing 7 and 9 digs, respectively. the bears took No. 10 Iowa to four Sophomore setter Katie Harris sets versus a clean sweep by the No. claims the  rst match’s win came 8 Longhorns. from the Bears ability to take con- Baylor stayed close throughout trol. “In that  rst set we played the match with Iowa. Christensen more of our game,” Harris said. claims that the ladies performed However, as time went on Bay- really well playing as “one team.” lor was unable to take over the re-  e Bears agree that they just maining sets. Harris attributes the need to work on getting the moti- lapse to not making adjustments vation to pull through tough spots NICK BERRYMAN | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER soon enough. in games and stop giving up con- A er a consistent back and secutive points. Barnes said that No. 8 outside hitter Allison King spikes the ball Wednesday during the game against Iowa State. The Bears lost 3 sets to 1 against the Cyclones. forth  ght for points in the second skill comes with experience and Texas, and if we continue to get set, Baylor was unable to take con- chemistry of the team. better and shorten those runs, Baylor Match Stats Iowa State trol and ended at a 20-25 defeat. Barnes sees the season going then we’ll beat the teams we should Graham helped the team with her well if the team keeps progressing 58 Kills b e at .” 58 7 kills and second highest attack they way they have against such  e players remain con dent as .250 percentage. highly ranked teams. Hitting Percentage well. Christenson claims that “it’s .261 “We’ll get leads. We’ll work re- “Not many teams ever play not going to be very long before we 84 Digs ally hard, and then give up a run to three top 10 teams in a row, and 86 take over.” give them back the lead,” said head hopefully what it’s going to do for 15 Blocks  e Bears are set to play No. 4 15 coach Jim Barnes. “When we learn us is accelerate us as far as getting Nebraska at 7 p.m. on Saturday at 2 how to manage that we won’t let better,“ said Barnes. “We’re a lot Aces home. 7 teams back in.” better today than we were against Golf takes 5th in Iowa Nebraska, Colorado B T  A bests. He battled back in the  nal R   round from being 2-over-par on the 17th hole by carding an eagle forfeit millions to Big 12 Baylor men’s golf  nished   h on the 18th and then hitting two Tuesday at Golfweek’s Confer- consecutive birdies to  nish with a ence Challenge in Riverside, Iowa, 1-under-par 71. He was the only for 2011 departures matching its  nish at last year’s Baylor golfer to shoot below par all tournament at the same course. three rounds, including a 3-under- B C C will be reduced by $500,000 if the Golfstat, a NCAA golf ranking par 69 on the  rst day. MC N   Cornhuskers are one of two Big organization, released its initial Scotto and his teammates were 12 football teams to reach a BSC 2010-2011 standings Wednesday, unavailable for comment a er the  e timetable for the leaner Big game. ranking Baylor 22nd in the nation tournament, but Priest spoke at 12 was  nalized Tuesday, with a Colorado's Board of Regents among more than 250 Division I length about his players’ perfor- 10-school conference for 2011-12, approved terms of the school's men’s golf teams. mances. minus Colorado and Nebraska. departure for the Pac-12 a er the  e Bears carded a 5-under- “Lorenzo did what we need  e announcement brings clo- 2010-11 season, joining fellow par 859, Baylor’s best 54-hole score and expect from him,” Priest said. sure to a turbulent process that newcomer Utah. in nearly two years. However, the “He was 1-over for a long time, started with the Pac-10 targeting  e Bu aloes will forgo $6.863 Bears su ered from a lack of con- but in the end, he put a really solid six Big 12 members this summer million in conference revenue dis- sistency throughout the tourna- round together [Sunday].  at’s and threatening the conference's tribution. With Colorado's exit ment, which hurt their score, said what a veteran does.” very survival. date now con rmed, the Big 12 head coach Greg Priest. Drammen, Norway, junior Joa- "We're very excited about our can avoid an awkward scheduling “We didn’t get o to a good kim Mikkelsen carded 3-under- TODD DREXLER | COURTESY PHOTO future," Big 12 commissioner Dan format with 11 teams for 2011-12. start again [Tuesday],” Priest said par 213, tying him for 15th place, Beebe said. " e delay in going  e remaining Big 12 schools in a press release. “Towards the his 14th career top 15  nish. Mik- Senior Payne Gniewek takes a stroke at last year’s NCAA championship. forward...as a 10-team conference will divide the $16 million with a end, we bounced back and got it to kelsen excelled in the  rst round Gniewek shot a team-low, 4-under-par 68 in his last round at the Golfweek was going to be problematic.  at's formula to be determined, Beebe 9-under, but then we had four bo- when he scored a 4-under-par 68 Conference Challenge and tied for 17th overall. what motivated us to work hard said. geys to close out the round.” through 18 holes, tying him for to go forward next year as soon as While the $16 million is sig- Host school Iowa dominat- third at the time. He hit three bird- shot the team-low score in the  nal third then carded even-par in the possible." ni cantly less in early-exit penal- ed the tournament by carding a ies in a row on holes seven through round with a 4-under-par 68. He second round and fell to fourth President Ken Starr played a ties than the $30 million originally 31-under-par 833, 15 strokes ahead nine and showed major improve- and Graham senior Drew McGee place.  e team  nished   h over- role in the Big 12 negotiations, projected, the settlements avoid of second-place North Carolina ment in the eyes of his coach. started strong in the  rst round to all with a last day score of 2-under- as was reported by Baylor Proud legal action. State.  e Hawkeyes had two play- “[Mikkelsen] hit the pin on 16 help Baylor lead at one point, but par 286. in an e-mail sent to students on "As a law professor and a law- ers tie as individual champions. and it  ung o the green,” Priest both faltered on the back nine and “We still have some things to Wednesday. yer, I think we had signi cant ar- Liberty University  nished third said. “If something like that hap-  nished over par on the day. work on, but I liked our team’s ef- “President Starr’s diplomacy, guments that would prevent us with a 9-under-par 855, carding pened in the past, he would have McGee, who was making his fort – this is a group that doesn’t experience and legal acumen were from paying any penalty," Nebras- 17-under-par in the  nal round unraveled and let it get away. In-  rst career appearance in the start- quit,” Priest said. “ is is the just of great bene t to the Big 12 during ka chancellor Harvey Perlman said with all but one player shooting stead, the [16th hole] was his only ing lineup, carded a 14-over-par  rst tournament of the year. We’ll this process,” Beebe said to Baylor at a news conference. under par. New Mexico  nished bogey of the day; he didn’t let it 230 and tied for 62nd place. Salado make some corrections, tee it up Proud. Beebe indicated that confer- fourth with a 6-under-par 858, one bother him at all.” sophomore Ryan O’Rear  nished again and go from there.” Nebraska, which will leave ence athletic directors will meet with a 10-over-par 226 and tied for  e men’s tournament is the stroke ahead of Baylor. Trenton, Mich., senior and for the Big Ten on June 30, 2011, next week to  nalize a round-robin 58th. William H. Tucker Intercollegiate, Pordenone, Italy, junior Lo- Michigan State transfer Payne agreed Tuesday that it will for- football schedule for 2011. Baylor shot a 3-under-par 285 held Oct. 1-2 in Albuquerque, renzo Scotto carded a 5-under-par Gniewek carded a 2-under-par feit $9.255 million in conference e Lariat contributed to this on the  rst day to tie the team for N.M. 211 and tied for 6th, both career 214 and tying for 17th. Gniewek revenue distribution.  e penalty report. THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 News the Baylor Lariat | www.baylorlariat.com 6 STORM from Page 1 RECESSION from Page 1 Area Chapter Red Cross emer- Armstrong said. “Because not ev- dations.” graduate school and will start an “ e economy is still in a di - for jobs,” Gardner said. “So when gency services director, said fed- ery  ood results in a presidential In determining whether a di- internship at a Houston accounting cult situation and not back to where people hear the recession is over, eral assistance would be helpful to disaster declaration, and even saster declaration will be issued,  rm in the spring. it was before,” Green said. “It has they start looking [for jobs] again families in these counties because then, that won’t put everything various factors are taken into con- “ ere’s a lot of cutbacks, and it’s taken a long time for con dence making the [unemployment] rate many of those a ected were not back where it was.” sideration, Armstrong said.  ese a ected my job search,” Moore said. to return to a normal level, but it’s rise at the beginning of recovery.” required to have  ood insurance. Bell County and Hill County, include the populations a ected, “ e accounting department does encouraging to see that it’s turning  ere’s a cycle of unemploy- “Any assistance that our pub- two of the 13 counties being con- the amount of insurance in e ect, recruiting and sets up interviews to arou n d .” ment, Gardner said. A er layo s, lic o cials can provide would be sidered for the disaster declara- how widespread the disaster is, the prepare. It de nitely helped me get Gardner said even though the employers become pro table again. helpful, particularly because a tion, fell under the jurisdiction of concentration of the disaster and the internship.” economy is in a period of expan- If sales continue to grow, they hire lot of these homes were not in an the Heart of Texas Area Chapter whether any other disasters are Dr. Steve Green, professor of sion, that doesn’t mean economic more people to increase production. area that was designated for  ood Red Cross. occurring in the state. economics, said economic recovery problems like unemployment will “Companies must restructure insurance,” DeMeritt said. “If the DeMeritt said the chapter re- Preliminary damage assess- is not an immediate, but rather a go away quickly. and develop new products and need congressional delegation is suc- corded damages and provided ment teams have been working steady expansion. “When the economy turns employees to help them do that,” cessful in making a case to the services to more than 60 cases in for several days to assess the area, “Because the recession is de- around you don’t start adding jobs Gardner said. “When times are president, I am sure that he will do Central Texas and also opened a Armstrong said. clared over doesn’t mean the econ- quickly. Because companies have good, they tend to overestimate and the right thing.” shelter in Belton where meals were If a disaster declaration is omy is back. It just quit shrinking,” found ways to operate e ciently, hire too many people, and when Earl Armstrong, spokesman provided. made, Armstrong said those af- Green said. “It’s more about the they are slow to hire back,” Gardner times are bad, they tend to  re too for the Federal Emergency Man- “We did record quite a num- fected by  ooding could receive direction of where the economy is said. “ ey take advantage of the many people.” agement Agency regional o ce in ber of people’s homes damaged, grants for minor home repairs going than a measure of where it is.” e ciency and don’t want to lay o Gardner said the recovery will Denton, said FEMA encourages having major damage or being and needs assistance for funeral Green said when examining the again if the economy declines again be slow, especially because of the everyone to get  ood insurance. classi ed as destroyed,” DeMeritt expenses or the replacement of economy, economists focus on three and another recession arises.” forces that caused it. “ e most common disaster in said. “We’ve seen everything from items such as dentures or glasses, things: rate of production growth, Gardner said the unemployment “ e decline is so big it won’t the U.S. is  ooding, that’s why we houses that have just a few inches among other types of assistance in ation and unemployment. He rate won’t decline and may even in- quickly reverse itself,” Gardner said. urge people, no matter where they of water in them to houses that from FEMA. said signs of a good economy are crease a er a recession. “ e economy is basically going live, to purchase  ood insurance,” have been washed o their foun- fast growth, a low unemployment “ e Bureau of Labor Statistics through big structural change, and rate and low in ation. doesn’t count people not searching it will take time to strengthen it.” Obama defends U.S. approach to world aid at U.N. B B F goals adopted 10 years ago, a highly A P ambitious e ort that has yielded mixed results.  e mission is to UNITED NATIONS — Presi- cut extreme poverty, reduce child dent Barack Obama on Wednesday and maternal mortality and expand defended U.S. aid to impoverished primary education, among other people even during sour economic objectives, by 2015. times at home yet promised a stern-  e president, met by applause er approach, favoring nations that as he took the grand U.N. stage, commit to democracy and econom- sought to elevate the mission of U.S. ic revival. development. Addressing world leaders, Noting the Americans hurting at Obama o ered no new commit- home, where a recession has eroded ments of U.S. dollars, but rather millions of jobs, Obama defended a blueprint of the development the spending of U.S. tax dollars to policy that will drive his govern- help others build up their agricul- ment’s e orts and determine where ture, transportation and health sys- the money  ows. His message was tems. He called it not just a moral that the United States wants to help imperative but an investment that countries help themselves, not o er can help the global economy and aid that provides short-term relief reduce the threats of instability and without reforming societies. extremism. “ at’s not development, that’s “Let’s put to rest the old myth dependence,” Obama said. “And it’s that development is mere charity a cycle we need to break. Instead of that does not serve our interests,” just managing poverty, we have to Obama said. o er nations and people a path out  e White House framed the of poverty.” president’s blueprint as a fresh, Obama spoke at a major anti- far-reaching approach to helping poverty summit convened by the other countries, although it builds United Nations, one day ahead of on programs of other presidents. his main speech to the U.N. General Obama sought to o er a sense of Assembly.  e president is in the clarity of why the United States aids midst of a three-day trip to the U.N. other nations, saying it is “rooted in for its annual meeting. America’s enduring commitment to World leaders on Wednesday the dignity and potential of every were wrapping up an intensive human being.” review of the poverty reduction JONES from Page 1 there would be a competition be- kicker focused, the routine doesn’t tween kickers, last man standing,” keep the aviation science major Trahan said. “Just about every day from laughing at himself some- he was that guy.” times, too. Trahan attributes Jones’ suc- “I have been wearing these cess to leg strength and accuracy, socks for some time,” he said, but also to a mental characteristic glancing down at a patch of bare invaluable to kickers. skin poking through the heel of his “It’s almost weird how nothing sock. “ ey have got some holes in really a ects him,” Trahan said. “I them.” could even be nervous and he is  ough just in his  rst year, just like, ‘All right, man, let’s just Jones knows it takes more than a punch this in.’ I guess that’s just his lucky pair of socks to keep hitting personality.”  eld goals when the Bears need When it comes to personality, him most. Jones likes things to  ow a certain For now though, he will settle way. with the starting job, a nickname “I really just try to stay in a pat- and the respect of his coaches. tern,” he said. “I don’t really mind,” he said, “When I actually kick a  eld when asked about being called goal I try to focus on taking the ‘Stork.’ “As long as it makes Coach same steps back, lining up the Briles happy, he is the important same way, taking the same deep one. I’m glad … that the team and breath, in the same order.” especially the coaches have that  ough rhythm keeps the con dence in me.” WAC O from Page 1  e banking industry remains erts said that although the plan will optimistic about the decline and is help in the long-term growth of the waiting for the market to reach a economy, it will not make a signi - steady level of improvement. cant di erence within the next few “From a banking standpoint we months. feel optimistic, and most builders “We expect permit values to in- seem to think things are moving crease with the master plan within well and they feel that a lot of posi- the next  ve years,” Roberts said. tive things are happening for Waco,”  e First National Bank of Cen- Monte Hulse, chairman of the board tral Texas and the Waco Tribune- for the First National Bank of Cen- Herald plan to continue holding tral Texas, said. these monthly economic updates, Kathy Schroeder, vice president which serve to inform the a ected of residential services at Coldwell economic sectors of the community Banker Jim Stewart, Realtors, also as well as the community itself. remains positive about the decline “We are really pleased to be able and said she already sees higher to do this with the Waco Tribune- sales in the real estate area. Sales are Herald,” Hulse said. expected to increase during the win- “We are excited to do this, and as ter months as more people decide to we get into it we hope it will make “nest” in Waco, Schroeder said. us more educated and feel good or When asked if the Greater be concerned, and to do something Downtown Waco Master Plan will about it.” aid future economic growth, Rob-