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NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE BRAVING BOULDERING: A SHORT CLIMB THAt’s growing in popularity PAGE 4 PAID BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2007 15-minute intervals to ease rush New passing times to start summer of 2008 By Anita Pere Staff writer Gone are the days of apologizing to teach- ers for your tardy. Gone are the days of huffing and puffing from running to class in hopes of arriving on time. Starting summer 2008, Baylor will enact 15 minute passing times between classes. It’s a bold move, presenting pros and cons to Laurisa Lopez/Lariat staff class schedules and extra-curricular plans at Baylor. Other Texas schools have grown comfort- able with extended periods between classes. The University of Texas grants students 10 minutes to get from class to class on Mon- day, Wednesday and Friday and 15 minutes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Texas A&M stu- dents have 20-minute intervals because of the size of their campus. And like those universities, Baylor has grown significantly, requiring students more time to get from class to class. and Dr. Naymond Keathley, senior vice provost, WAR PEACE attended a much smaller Baylor campus. By Brad Briggs Their numbers once in the thousands, meeting and an explanation of “When I was a Baylor student, campus was Opinion editor the cause for which her son died. defined by 5th Street and 8th Street, Dutton anti-war protesters in Crawford have now Soon after, people showed up in Street and Speight Street, and we had 10 min- CRAWFORD — On a blistering dwindled to a handful. Plagued by conflicts droves to support her and pro- utes between classes. That was more than ade- August Tuesday in nearby Craw- of their own, they see themselves as the test. With the help of the Craw- quate at that time,” Keathley said. “We have ford, three men were preparing ford Texas Peace House, Camp since flung our green and gold afar,” to take a short drive. They came voice of a silent American public. Casey was born. Keathley said many students formally from different backgrounds, but In her subsequent days after complained last school year about their tar- had come to know one another Camp Casey began, Sheehan dies and inability to walk across campus in over the years through their endeared herself to anti-war 10 minutes. shared purpose: protesting Presi- activists as well as drew the ire “Complaints were registered in almost dent Bush and the war in Iraq. of critics. The resulting attention every administrative office by students who The protests at Bush’s ranch in given to Sheehan’s actions by the could not get from one class to another on Crawford have been well chroni- media helped change the national time,” Keathley said. cled since anti-war activist Cindy conversation about the war. Administration members acknowledged Sheehan first began camping out- “I don’t know what it would the outcry and took action. side the checkpoint on the road have been like had Cindy’s Keathley formed a task force of six fac- leading to the ranch in 2005. actions and the peace house not ulty members, four staff members and three The media coverage lately has existed,” Ward said. Northcutt students who researched and explored the waned and so has the number of said he thinks Sheehan and the available options for increased time between people protesting. But that hasn’t protests at Crawford were crucial classes. Former student body president Mark stopped Carl Rising-Moore, Dr. in changing public opinion and Laymon recommended dependable students Alan Northcutt and Harrison galvanizing the anti-war move- for the positions. Ward from making their pres- ment. The task force, chaired by Dr. Baxter Johns, ence known. “There’s no doubt,” he said. professor of mathematics, met three times last “Here’s my buddy,” says “Before Cindy and Camp Casey, spring. Each member worked closely with two Northcutt, a Waco pathologist, Laurisa Lopez/Lariat staff there was very little real, vigorous academic departments, gaining feedback on pointing to the Secret Service Above and top: Members of the Crawford Texas Peace House and Waco Friends opposition being expressed on a their views of extending time between class- agent manning the checkpoint. of Peace protest against the Iraq War in Crawford on August 25. national level. Ten thousand peo- es. All three men are familiar with ple showed up in ’05 and it just “All departments said (not having enough the different agents who have exploded across the country.” time to get to class) was a problem,” said Erica been posted there. Rising-Moore, Northcutt connects the actions Mooney, a Baytown, TX junior. a Vietnam-era Army veteran, said at Camp Casey with the change Mooney was responsible for conversing he spent the previous night, the Local peace groups in public opinion about the war, with the sociology and philosophy depart- first of Bush’s monthlong vaca- along with the Democrats win- ment about the proposed change. tion, in the ditch alongside the ning a majority in the 2006 mid- The group composed six potential plans road with his signs posted for coexist separately term elections. based on their findings. Some plans called oncoming traffic. “It really did take off in August This time, the car stops at By Brad Briggs of ’05 when people from all over the bend of the road about 25 Opinion editor the country and the world showed Please see TIMES, page 6 yards away where the men begin up here,” Northcutt said. to unpack their gear. Out of the CRAWFORD — Although things have been quiet at the Ward agrees. trunk they pull signs, an ice chest Crawford Texas Peace House recently, it hasn’t always been “The beginning of Camp Casey and a large banner. They stick the peaceful. Back in March, the peace house lost its corporate was kind of a Rosa Parks moment. signs into the grass and begin charter with the state for failing to submit the required paper- It had tremendous impact — it to stretch out the banner while work. This caused some internal strife within the peace house was a turning point regardless of Book shows Ward, a semi-retired computer and Sara Oliver, a former member of the house, claimed that what happened after or what hap- repair business owner, starts the hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations were unac- pens now,” Ward said. car. Ward explains that they are counted for. Since then, Sheehan has been individual not allowed to park anywhere on Although she doesn’t speak for other organizations that surrounded by further controver- the side of the road and that he were taking donations at Camp Casey in 2005, Moody resi- sy. In a written statement posted has to take the car away, dent and peace house director Kay Lucas said there was no on the Internet on May 28, 2007, “It’s not a ranch, it’s a com- fraud taking place, and the failure to submit the paperwork she announced her retirement belief trends pound,” Rising-Moore says. was purely a careless oversight. from political activism. In it, she “There are no animals — ranches “As far as what came into the peace house, every bit of it expressed her desire to return By Star De La Cruz are where you’ve got animals.” has been accounted for,” Lucas said. home and also said, “Goodbye Staff Writer The other two men laugh. Ward After appearing before an arbitration committee, Oliver America … you are not the coun- mentions that the Bushes origi- obtained the rights to the name “Crawford Peace House,” try that I love and I finally real- After the Baylor Religion Survey, Ameri- nally purchased the property and the peace house name was legally changed by remaining ized no matter how much I sac- can Piety in the 21st Century, was released from the Engelbrecht family in members to the “Crawford Texas Peace House.” rifice, I can’t make you be that last September, two sociology professors were 1999. Rising-Moore said it also Lucas said the dispute is largely over now, and the peace country unless you want it.” intrigued by the findings and decided to write used to be a pig farm. house’s tax documents are available to view on the group’s But her retirement would be a new book, Who is Your God? “I guess it’s gone downhill Web site. short-lived. Assistant professors of sociology Dr. Paul since then,” Northcutt says, Some members of the anti- Froese and Dr. Christopher Bader traveled laughing. “There goes the neigh- Please see LOCAL, page 6 war movement also have across the country to interview people of dif- borhood.” grown unhappy with Sheehan’s ferent educational level, ethnicity, religious As they approach the check- approach. On July 23, Sheehan background and age. point, the sign comes into full in enough time because of the for the actions of one woman and and a group of protesters staged The religion survey revealed national trends view. Rising up through the vapor uncertainty of the president’s the resulting furor. a sit-in at the office of Rep. John in areas such as belief rates and church atten- fumes of the roadway it reads: schedule. The protests at Bush’s Cindy Sheehan came to Craw- Conyers, D-Detroit, the chairman dances. Froese said while the survey gives an “Worst President Ever.” ranch clearly aren’t what they ford after her son Casey was killed of the House Judiciary Commit- overview of the nation as a whole, the book There are only the three of were in 2005.