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New Study Center Provides Space for Graduate Students STAY CONNECTED >> Follow The Baylor Lariat on Twitter @BULARIAT for daily updates Baylor LariatWE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE DISASTER RELIEF: pg. 6 SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 THURSDAY BAYLORLARIAT.COM Changes GRC Hours: to come Monday-Friday with new 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. iPhone 7 Incubator Regular Hours: BRANDON BAILEY Sunday AND MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press 1 p.m. - 1 a.m. Monday-Thursday SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s latest iPhone may 7 a.m. - 1 a.m. be more notable for what’s missing than what’s been Friday added, as the consumer tech 7 a.m. - 11 p.m. giant tries to revive demand for its top-selling product and Saturday nudge consumers closer to its 9 a.m. - 11 p.m. vision of a wireless world. That’s a world where, in Apple’s view, consumers will use the same wireless ear buds to shift seamlessly from listening to music on their iPhone to talking with Timothy Hong | Lariat Photographer their Apple Watch and other IDEAS IN THE INCUBATOR Baylor graduate students gather in the new Graduate Research Center located between Moody and Jones libraries. The GRC gadgets made by the California serves to meet the needs of graduate students who want a space to work around others in a “similar stage of education,” said Graduate Research Center tech giant. programming manager Kevin Singer. The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus unveiled Wednesday come with a faster processor, longer battery life and better cameras — including a new dual lens New study center provides system in the pricier 7 Plus model that provides higher quality zooming. But the new phones won’t have the analog headphone jack that’s been a space for graduate students staple for decades in just about every consumer electronics device that can play audio. KAYLA FARR “It’s a space for grad students, and they can said. “It enhances anything you put on it.” Apple is betting its legions Reporter come here and study or relax,” Hernandez said. The study rooms in the center are similar to the of loyal fans will embrace the “For them, it’s a place they can branch out and not study rooms that are offered at the Paul L. Foster shift to digital headsets that The start of the new school year came with be holed up in their tiny spot.” Campus for Business and Innovation. use wireless connections. Or the opening of the new Graduate Research Center “They are great for individual or group study, — if they insist on sticking between Moody and Jones libraries. and those can be reserved online, which is very with their old ways — that Programming manager Kevin Singer says convenient,” Singer said. “They have large they won’t mind using a new he is pleased with the completion of the center, televisions with click-share technology, so you style of earbuds that plug which has been in the works since early summer. “The vision to provide can plug your laptop in and put your screen on the into the iPhone’s “Lightning” The study space specifically for graduate students a space for graduate [big] screen.” charging port. stemmed from a space for graduates in fall 2014 Hernandez said the team is focusing on the The redesigned earbuds — in Moody Library, according to Baylor’s website. research has sort of needs of the graduate students at the GRC. with cord — will be included Singer said the center offers a lot of space for always been in the “We are making sure that we are meeting with the new iPhones. Also in graduate students to get work done. the needs of the students and taking suggestions the box: an adapter that will “The vision to provide a space for graduate vision for the university and thinking about how we can help the grad let older headphones plug into research has sort of always been in the vision for students,” Hernandez said. the digital charging port. But the university libraries,” Singer said. libraries.” Singer encourages graduate students to study Apple would clearly prefer to Many parts of the center are geared toward in the Graduate Research Center. push consumers to make the Kevin Singer | Programming Manager graduate students. The floor plan is available on “The GRC is exclusive real estate for grad leap into what it envisions as a Baylor’s website. students,” Singer said. “Sort of having that “wireless future.” “The hallmark of the GRC is what we call confidence and security that when they walk in, “The reason to move on is the Incubator,” Singer said. “It is a large study/ there are others in that similar stage of education. courage,” said Philip Schiller, collaboration space where students can work on There are students working on projects of similar Apple’s senior vice president their various projects and trust that it will be quiet The center includes a lounge, as well as a rigor, and so there is something special for grad of worldwide marketing, who and susceptible to doing hard work.” break room and a Visualization Studio. students, knowing that the university is committed spoke during the company’s Sylvia Hernandez, the Graduate Research “The Visualization Studio is a state-of-the-art to their research.” fall product event. “The Center’s operation manager, said the center is a classroom with a large visualization wall that is courage to move on and do new venture for the libraries. perfect for presentations and scholarship,” Singer GRAD >> Page 4 something new that will benefit all of us.” >>WHAT’S INSIDE First Sundays free at Mayborn Museum opinion MORGAN PETTIS and learn about the cultural history Reporter of Waco and partake in engaging Ishmael Zamora: Was his scientific activities,” said Lesa sentence too light? pg. 2 The start of each school year Bush, assistant director of visitor brings new students with little experience. knowledge of Waco’s history. Admission to the Mayborn The Mayborn Museum Complex, Museum is free for Baylor however, is seeking to change students every day of the week that while bringing the Waco with a student ID. arts & life and Baylor communities closer “I love the proximity to campus together. and all the childish activities,” On the first Sunday of every said Dallas sophomore Ellie Four things to do to month, the museum lifts admission Dabrowski. “I love that it’s free, beat the heat: creative fees as a way to encourage families too.” ways to keep cool in to enjoy a fun, educational day at Mayborn opened its doors in Waco. pg. 5 the museum. 2004 and has been offering the “Free Sunday started as a way community a chance to come to reach out to the community and out and explore ever since. Since have them come check us out,” 2010, businesses in the community said Drew Triplett, coordinator of have aided the museum’s outreach sports guest services. by sponsoring these free Sunday However, Mayborn isn’t just events. Softball and Baseball for families. Students are just as “Museums are a place for went to Louisiana over welcome to engage in exhibits everyone to come and have a great Lariat File Photo the weekend to help with that feature a tornado simulator, a and formal learning experience, flood relief.pg. 6 walk-on piano and even bubbles. and we really want that opportunity CENTER OF DISCOVERY The Sue and Frank Mayborn Natural Science and “The museum is an amazing Cultural History Museum Complex provides scientific and historical exhibits way for people of all ages to come MUSEUM >> Page 4 for the Waco community. Vol.117 No. 7 © 2016 Baylor University Thursday, September 8, 2016 2 The Baylor Lariat opinionbaylorlariat.com GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? We want to hear it. Send us your thoughts: [email protected] EDITORIAL Zamora’s punishment too light The Bears’ season rocketed don’t want more band-aid-type-fixes? into victory with their win against What Baylor needs is a cultural shift: Northwestern State on Friday. a shift that would address violence and Excitement sparked among fans at close the gap that allows for certain the staggering 55–7 blowout, yet the exceptions for athletes to slip through. excitement was tainted for some with This type of shift would mean the frustration over Ishmael Zamora’s three- creation of unilaterally applied zero- game suspension. When the athletic tolerance policy towards violence. The department announced Zamora’s university is in no place to be making punishment in response to an animal exceptions in regards to violence, abuse charge, students, alumni and and that also goes for the athletic others across the nation criticized the department. Every case of blatant punishment as being too lenient. violence that is overlooked plays into We agree Zamora’s suspension was the idea that physical injury or abuse too lenient, yet this stance is not based to another being is tolerable when on the severity of the punishment in compared to other grievances. This relation to what Zamora did. Zamora is precisely the ideology that Baylor was charged with a Class C Misdemeanor needs to help stifle, especially since the and he is required to relinquish rights to school administration has failed in the the dog, go through intensive therapy past. If students are subject to review and complete 40 hours of community and possible expulsion for underage service for his actions. We believe that drinking or having premarital sex, while his court mandated punishment they should be subject to the same was sufficient for his actions, once again punishment for violence. the Baylor athletic department that fell The implementation of such policy short in exacting their punishment.
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