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WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE NELSON from Page 1 TheWEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER Baylor 16, 2011 Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com SPORTS Page 5 NEWS Page 3 A&E Page 4 A sweet reunion Baylor green is gold It’s no secret Baylor and the San Diego State Aztecs An initiative by the sustainability Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar,” follows the met Tuesday in the team’s first NIT department aims to make organization life of an FBI secret-keeper, from his semifinals together since 2009 meetings more environmentally friendly career highs to personal lows Vol. 112 No. 43 © 2011, Baylor University In Print >> 3-D flop “Immortals,” from the Willie Nelson talks music legends same producers as “300,” is just as bloody but not Documentary highlights as big of a hit with some audiences. Tommy Duncan’s career page 4 By Mandy Power Tommy Duncan fan club, with the Contributor idea for the documentary. “I had recently started work- >> An end in sight Willie Nelson is a famous ing at Baylor and thought this The Lariat Super League is musician in his own right, but would be a great opportunity for still going strong, with five the country star says his career my students to have a real-world teams coming close to the wouldn’t be the same without the experience,” Callaway said. playoffs this week. influence of old friend and west- The documentary highlights ern swing legend Tommy Dun- Duncan’s career as the lead singer can. for the band Bob Wills and the Page 5 Three students and a Baylor Texas Playboys. Many people are lecturer, who are filming a docu- unaware that Duncan’s voice was >> Private entity mentary in Waco, spoke with the driving force behind the band. Baylor will host a panel Nelson before he took the stage Nelson, an avid fan of Duncan, to perform in Granbury on Sat- to discuss organizations’ said he was never confused be- urday. tween the two. privacy in today’s digital Nelson welcomed the Baylor “I heard Bob sing and I heard world. group into his tour bus to inter- Tommy Duncan sing. I knew view him for a documentary, “The the difference for sure,” Nelson Page 3 Shadow of a King — The Tommy said. “Tommy was a great singer. Duncan Story,” started by Cal- I knew every song Tommy ever laway and two of his students in sung.” On the Web fall 2010. Nelson said Duncan had a Nelson agreed to be a part of profound role in his musical de- the documentary because Dun- velopment. can had a huge impact on his “I loved Bob Wills’ music. I music. was raised on it,” Nelson said. “I Callaway and his students played it practically every night of have interviewed many country my life once I started playing.” COURTESY PHOTO | CAITLIN FAIRLY figures, such as Floyd Domino, Houston senior Kyle Beam led Carolyn Martin and Billy Mata. Houston senior Kyle Beam interviews Willie Nelson Saturday for “In the Shadow of a King - The Tommy Callaway was approached by Pam Duncan Story” documentary. The documentary was started by Curtis Callaway, lecturer in the department of SEE NELSON, page 6 Townley, the president of the journalism, public relations and new media, and three Baylor students in 2010. Copycats Judge says An interesting lesson for Armed man hurt a university class had students playing follow the no free leader Tuesday, making for in UC Berkeley today’s Lariat photo of the day, only on speech for baylorlariat.com campus shooting Viewpoints By Lisa Leff Cal movement, said Ute Frey, a Wall Street And Terence Chea spokeswoman for the university. Associated Press “I just hope it wasn’t from the ASSOCIATED PRESS “Media figures on protest or the movement, because A woman who did not give her name sits near students and faculty protesters A day of demonstrations by that’s not what the movement is Tuesday outside of Haas School of Business on the campus of University the right made an students and anti-Wall Street about,” said Sadia Saif, a 19-year- of California Berkeley. A man with a gun was shot by police Tuesday By Chris Hawley inside the campus building, school officials said. effort to justify activists was disrupted Tuesday old sophomore at UC Berkeley. And Meghan Barr when a campus police officer shot Earlier in the day, university Associated Press Perry’s mistake and a man with a gun about a half- officials said a female staff mem- protests, makes the campus feel who have money, it’s going to hurt pundits on the left mile from the main protest site ber reported seeing a man with a really tense,” Kim said. “This is a everyone’s educational experi- Crackdowns against the Oc- at the University of California, gun, who was shot by a university historical moment, but it is also ence,” said Daniel Rodriguez, 28, cupy Wall Street encampments roundly criticized Berkeley. police officer within minutes. The really scary at the same time.” a graduate student who was con- across the county reached the it, but no one The shooting occurred in- condition of the 33-year-old sus- Protesters descended on the ducting an introductory Spanish epicenter of the movement Tues- side the Haas School of Business pect was not immediately known. university after ReFund Califor- language class outside. day, when police rousted protest- seemed to want as thousands of demonstrators His name was not released. nia, a coalition of student groups Occupy Cal activists said they ers from a Manhattan park and a gathered on campus for a gen- Dong Hwan Kim, 27, a senior, and university employee unions, would try again to establish an judge ruled that their free speech to point out the eral strike and protests against big said he was terrified when he called for a campus strike and encampment Tuesday night after rights do not extend to pitching obvious. It simply banks and education cuts. learned of the shooting. teach-ins. a tent and setting up camp for Officials did not know if the “If the only people who can months at a time. “The shooting, in addition to SEE SHOOTING, page 6 was not a big deal suspect was part of the Occupy what’s happening here with the come here in the future are those It was a potentially devastating worthy of extensive setback. If crowds of demonstra- coverage.” Page 2 Japonisme topic of guest lecture, new course “People are really By Ashley Yeaman other art objects, Weisburg said recognizing that Bear Briefs Reporter Japonisme took hold in the art we need to build world but also in general society, a movement here. The expeditions of the United influencing trends in fashion and The place to go to know States to Japan in the mid-1850s the home. What we’re dedicated the places to go created an increasing apprecia- Artists were copying what to is not just about tion of Japanese culture and arts they saw, Weisburg said, but the occupying space. That’s Express yourself in the U.S. and the West, which general public was also creating would spark the artistic move- an alternate, romanticized view a tactic.” Looking for free ment known in the art world to- of Japan, fueled by Western shops music, snacks and day as Japonisme. selling Japanese collectibles, such Hans Shan | coffee? Check out Dr. Gabriel Weisburg, profes- as Siefried Bing’s shop in Paris in Wall Street Protest organizer sor of art history at the University the late 1800s. Acoustic Cafe at 8 of Minnesota and Japonisme ex- “[Their ideas of Japan] are fan- p.m. Thursday in the pert, spoke at the annual Allbrit- tasies rooted in a kind of dream den of the Bill Daniel ton Art Lecture on Wednesday world,” Weisburg said. “They are tors return to Zuccotti Park, they Student Center. about the history and lasting in- creating a fantasy world out of ob- will not be allowed to bring tents, fluence of the movement. MATT HELLMAN | LARIAT PHOTO jects appealing to the individual.” sleeping bags and other equip- Come participate Dr. Karen Pope, senior lectur- An art magazine at the time, Dr. Gabriel Weinberg signs Austin junior James Tadlock’s drawing pad ment that turned the area into a as students, faculty er of art history at Baylor, said the and flier after his lecture on “The Orient Expressed: Japan’s Influence Le Japon Artistique “helped peo- makeshift city of dissent. and staff share their event, sponsored by the Allbrit- on Western Art, 1854-1918” Tuesday in The Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts ple at the time understand what But demonstrators pledged to ton Art Institute of Baylor, was in- Center. Japan contained,” Weisburg said. carry on with their message pro- music. spired by a new museum exhibit As the Japonisme period con- testing corporate greed and eco- titled “The Orient Expressed: Pope said. The initial contact with Japan tinued, Weisburg said artists be- nomic inequality, either in Zuc- Japan’s Influence on Western Weisburg said Japonisme is brought about a transformation gan to employ the art techniques cotti or a yet-to-be chosen new Art 1854-1918,” housed at the important to study because of its in art in the West, Weisburg said. and aesthetics of Japanese art into home. Koogler McNay Art Museum in encompassing nature. “It was a means of breaking their own work, often learning “This is much bigger than a San Antonio. “Japonisme is an all-pervasive away from out-of-date conven- by actually traveling to Japan in- square plaza in downtown Man- “The proximity of the exhibit cultural phenomenon [illustrat- tions [in art] to pursue something stead of just seeing what had been hattan,” said Hans Shan, an or- inspired this lecture and a special ed] in all [art media], seen in new new,” Weisburg said.

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