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baylorlariat com The Baylor Lariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE Church Under the Bridge welcomes people from all walks of life. Check out our video to find out more about this local ministry. Wednesday | March 25, 2015 Federal site, one payment Proposal for singular loan site could benefit students By Amanda Yarger federal loans and private loans. She Reporter said her family’s intention was to pay the accruing interest during her Paying back student loans can time in undergraduate studies, but be the makings of a nightmare for accidently did not do so. many higher education seekers, but “My dad said he would pay the the newest Obama legislation will interest during college and I would attempt to ease some of the pres- take the payments after I gradu- sures. ated,” she said. “But I was the old- Earlier this month, President est child and he forgot to pay them. Baarack Obama announced his Now I have the interest and the loan intentions to better regulate the amount.” federal loan system by providing a The process for setting up ac- singular loan site for users to visit counts for her federal loans was their accounts and file complaints simpler than the setting up her pri- about lenders, servicers, collection vate loans, but she would have ap- agencies and institutions of higher preciated only having one site for Kevin Freeman | Lariat Photographer education. the federal repayments, Hairston Out of Baylor’s 13,019 under- said. graduate students, nearly 90 per- “It would be super useful,” she Catch and release cent receive financial aid. said. “If anything, it would be com- Butler freshman Brentyn Young lunges to catch a frisbee with Midland freshman Anthony Madrid on Tuesday on Fountain Mall. They were two San Antonio alumna Erica among the many student who were enjoying the warm weather. Hairston, B.A. ‘14, said she received SEE SITE, page 4 Justice week talks Obama agrees to sex trafficking, aid slow US pullout By Shannon Barbour less of choice or coercion. Reporter One hundred thousand chil- dren and thousands more women By Josh Lederman liable. Ghani went out of his way Guest speaker Dennis Mark are victims of sex trafficking in Associated Press to thank the U.S. for its sacrifices shared stories of how he started America, according to “In Plain in his country, offering a window saving women from sex trafficking Sight.” WASHINGTON — President into the efforts by Obama and him and rehabilitating victims Tuesday “It’s important for people to Barack Obama agreed Tuesday to to rehabilitate the U.S.-Afghan re- night. understand that this doesn’t just slow the U.S. military pullout from lationship. Justice Week continued with happen in Cambodia and Thai- Afghanistan at the request of its “This visit is an opportunity to a showing of “In Plain Sight,” a land,” Klitgaard said. new government but insisted the begin a new chapter between our documentary about trafficking, Mark discussed the growing delay won’t jeopardize his com- two nations,” Obama said during a and discussion led by Mark, the presence of female traffickers and mitment to end America’s longest joint news conference in the East executive director of Redeemed how male traffickers also manipu- war before leaving office. Room. Ministries in Houston. late them. In a shift from his previous As for the delayed drawdown of Community Engagement and plan, Obama said the U.S. would U.S. troops, Obama said he and his “A few years ago, 60 percent of Skye Duncan | Lariat Photo Editor Service and International Justice the traffickers in the world were leave its 9,800 troops currently in military leaders believe “that pro- Dennis Mark, executive director of Redeemed Ministries, speaks about Afghanistan in place rather than viding this additional time frame Mission hosted the event in Marrs women and it’s a survival tech- sex trafficking and victim rehabilitation Tuesday after the screening of downsizing to 5,500 by year’s end. McLean Science Building and dis- nique to work your way up in “In Plain Sight,” a documentary about trafficking in the Marrs McLean during this fighting season for us cussed ways for students to get in- management,” Mark said. Science Building. The size of the U.S. footprint for to be able to help the Afghan secu- volved. Brownwood junior Brianna next year is still to be decided, rity forces succeed is well worth it.” “It’s really hard to comprehend Childs said events like these are help fight sex trafficking by coun- drive.” he said, but he brushed aside any He acknowledged the change that this still goes on in our coun- necessary because many people seling victims and prosecuting of- Unbound is a Waco organiza- speculation the withdrawal will of plans will prevent some U.S. try and so many people sweep this aren’t educated about the issue and fenders. tion that educates and empowers bleed into 2017 when the next troops from coming home when under the rug and don’t realize it don’t like to talk about it. Mark suggested students get at-risk youth and educates local president takes over. they expected, but he suggested or don’t fully comprehend what it “This is such a taboo subject. involved by connecting with out- communities and organizations “The date for us to have com- the danger will be minimized be- means,” said Ellen Klitgaard, Har- That’s why events like this are so reach organizations and fundrais- about human-trafficking. pleted our drawdown will not cause they won’t be in combat. lan, Iowa, senior and president of important, just to keep this con- ing. Justice Week will continue change,” Obama declared. The U.S. combat role in Afghani- IJM. versation going. Sometimes it’s “Getting engaged locally with with a prayer service Wednesday Afghan President Ashraf stan officially ended late last year, According to federal law, sex easy to hear about these things and Unbound,” Mark said. “Get con- at the Bill Daniel Student Center Ghani’s inaugural visit to the a down payment on Obama’s re- trafficking is a commercial sex act then just go about your life,” Childs nected with an organization that’s and a free trade market and ben- White House offered a stark con- election pledge to wind down the induced by force, fraud or coer- said. doing aftercare work. We use $5 efit concert Thursday at Common trast to visits by his predecessor, war the U.S. launched in the days cion. Any minor engaged in a sex Klitgaard and Childs said they gift cards as incentives in our pro- Grounds. Hamid Karzai, who was viewed by act is a trafficking victim regard- plan on pursuing careers that will gram. You can have a gift card U.S. officials as prickly and unre- SEE OBAMA, page 4 150 people killed in plane crash
By Greg Keller and Angela The Airbus A320 operated by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Charlton Germanwings, a budget subsid- Steinmeier said after being flown Associated Press iary of Lufthansa, was less than an over the crash scene. “We must hour from landing in Duesseldorf now stand together. We are united SEYNE-LES-ALPES, France on a flight from Barcelona when in our great grief.” — A black box recovered from it unexpectedly went into a rapid It took investigators hours to the scene and pulverized pieces of descent. The pilots sent out no dis- reach the site, led by mountain debris strewn across Alpine moun- tress call and had lost radio contact guides to the craggy ravine in the tainsides held clues to what caused with their control center, France’s southern French Alps, not far from a German jetliner to take an un- aviation authority said, deepening the Italian border and the French explained eight-minute dive Tues- the mystery. Riviera. day midway through a flight from While investigators searched Video shot from a helicopter Spain to Germany, apparently kill- through debris from Flight 9525 on and aired by BFM TV showed res- ing all 150 people on board. steep and desolate slopes, families cuers walking in the crevices of a The victims included two ba- across Europe reeled with shock rocky mountainside scattered with bies, two opera singers and 16 and grief. Sobbing relatives at both plane parts. Photos of the crash German high school students and airports were led away by airport site showed white flecks of debris their teachers returning from an workers and crisis counselors. across a mountain and larger air-
Associated Press exchange trip to Spain. It was the “The site is a picture of hor- plane body sections with windows. A helicopter takes off on Tuesday at Seyne les Alpes, French Alps. A Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least deadliest crash in France in de- ror. The grief of the families and cades. 150 people crashed in a remote section of the area on Tuesday. friends is immeasurable,” German SEE CRASH, page 4
Vol.115 No. 82 First copy free. Additional copies 25 cents each. © 2015 Baylor University Opinion Wednesday|March 25, 2015 2 The Baylor Lariat Cowboys threw pick by signing Hardy been worse. Editorial The Cowboys signed a player who, according to On June 15, 2014, a North Carolina judge found court documents, was initially found guilty of chok- Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy guilty of ing a woman, dragging her across the floor and throw- assaulting a female and communicating threats. After ing her on a couch covered in loaded assault weapons the conviction, he filed for appeal and a jury trial, set while threatening to kill her. By adding Hardy to their for November. roster, the Cowboys are condoning his In September Hardy, sentenced to 18 actions — as long as he can play football months probation, suited up and played pretty well. during Carolina’s week one win over Tam- It may seem unfair to bring so much pa Bay. attention to an individual, but that’s the Then, the Baltimore Ravens Ray Rice reality of professional sports and employ- domestic abuse video surfaced and Hardy ment in such a public domain. Former was placed on the commissioner’s “ex- NBA superstar Charles Barkley said years empt list,” which allowed him to receive ago, “I am not a role model.” He is wrong. his $13.1 million salary while suspended Whether they intend it or not, athletes are from the NFL. in the public eye. Every athlete is a public representation In February, the charges were dropped Hardy after the alleged victim, Nicole Holder, of his or her organization. Dallas’ percep- disappeared and was unable to be served tion just became much more negative. a subpoena. The Dallas Cowboys subsequently signed There are ways Dallas can try and salvage the situa- him. tion. One of the reasons NFL quarterback and former Even though Hardy has historically been a success- felon Michael Vick was able to reintegrate and success- ful football player, the Cowboys should not have add- fully join an NFL team again was by doing a significant ed him to the roster. By signing him, the Cowboys sent amount of work in the community. The Cowboys can a very clear message: If we can make money off of you, do the same and require Hardy to do community ser- we’re not worried about the threat you pose to society. vice. He’s going to be around regardless; let him earn A comparable situation is that of Rice. He was also his reputation back. cleared to play in the NFL after his domestic abuse NFL teams are only going to be as moral as the lo- charge, but teams are not willing to touch him. The cal community forces them to be. When it comes to only difference between these two situations is that bringing a dangerous individual into Dallas, the Cow- there was a video released. Hardy’s crime may have boys should have thought twice.
From the Lariat blog Jolie’s decision promotes awareness On Tuesday, actress and humanitarian An- other dimension to the toll the disease can have gelina Jolie released an op-ed in the New York on a person’s life. Times titled “Angelina Jolie Pitt: Diary of a Sur- Like Jolie Pitt states in her article, deciding gery.” The article revealed her choice to remove how to deal with cancer or the possibility of it both her ovaries and fallopian tubes just two is ultimately a personal choice. It requires re- years after she had a double mastectomy — a search and much deliberation. decision she also publicized. It’s important to note that the only problem Her essay was both a raw and very personal with Jolie Pitt’s encouragement for women to account of the journey to make the decision, “take control” and “tackle head-on” issues re- given her family’s history of cancer and a mu- garding their health is the fact that this is a call tation in her BRCA1 gene. Personal essays like that is easier said than done for many women Jolie Pitt’s are a step in the right direction to in- around the world. crease the number of conversations about can- Financially speaking, multiple screenings, cers that directly affect women. is a topic that is especially relevant as each year doctor visits and treatment is more than some With a new web and social media editor One of the points most emphasized in Jolie an estimated 20,000 women will develop ovar- women can afford. comes a new vision for the Lariat’s Pitt’s essay is that she made the decision to have ian cancer, according to the Centers for Disease That is why we must be willing to support the surgery with her family in mind. Control and Prevention. charities that help research and treat cancer web presence. See what Kilgore junior While she could have solely focused on how In addition, the CDC also cites that breast among women. the possibility of cancer directly affected her, cancer remains the most common cancer When we help give women the means to Jonathon Platt’s plans are for Lariat online. she chose to mention how her role as a mother among women in the United States. Because of deal with the issue of cancer, we help empower played into the decision-making process. this, conversations regarding family and cancer them to make the appropriate choices concern- Check out the Lariat’s weekly blog “Meanwhile at the Lariat.” At one point in the essay, she triumphantly in women’s lives are growing increasingly vital ing their health and, most importantly, their Each week, one of our staff members will discuss the going- states that by removing her ovaries she knows as research develops in the field. future. ons, shenanigans, special projects and day-to-day workings at that her kids will never say, “Mom died of ovar- Whether a woman has kids or plans to have Didi Martinez is a freshman political science the Lariat. ian cancer.” kids in the future, the effects of cancers that di- and journalism double major from Katy. She is the The mention of how cancer and family relate rectly affect the reproductive system adds an- copy editor and a regular columnist for the Lariat. Only reading Buzzfeed articles Take the Survey Do you think visiting hours in the feeds our narcissism, vanity residence halls on campus should Instead of picking up cles.” The lack of orig- a newspaper or turning inality is astounding – be made all the same? on the local news, the mil- Graphic Interchange lennial generation looks at Fromats, for example, shared Buzzfeed articles are a crutch. “34 Zac Tell us what you think by going to to satisfy their news con- Efron Moments That www.surveymonkey.com/s/dormhours. tent intake. With the shift Totally Describe Col- from paper to online news, lege” is just new-age a monumental shift in plagiarism. The en- mindset came as well. The tire concept of a GIF move to online news was a is to take a scene that the game-changer for news or- someone else slaved Meet Staff ganizations. Instant access, instant fact checking over, reduce it to a moment, and call it your own and interactive features hardly scratch the surface because you attached a relatable headline to it. So Editor-in-chief Sports editor Staff writers Cartoonist of the shift. Unfortunately with this shift came a to build an entire article – a term I use loosely – Linda Wilkins* Shehan Jeyarajah* Shannon Barbour Asher F. Murphy new-age style of journalism: shallow, viral news around GIFs is hardly journalism. Kalli Damschen content. These platforms provide a blueprint for our City editor Photo editor Ad representatives These “news sites” such as Buzzfeed and The generation to delve deeper into self-love. The driv- Reubin Turner* Skye Duncan Sports writers Taylor Jackson Cody Soto Jennifer Kreb Odyssey Online play to our weakness: seeing our- ing question is what should we expect from our Asst. city editor Copy editor Jeffrey Swindoll Lindsey Regan selves on a screen — figuratively, of course. 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A helicopter crew that landed The voice recorder takes au- briefly in the area saw no signs of dio feeds from four microphones life, French officials said. within the cockpit and records all “Everything is pulverized. The the conversations between the pi- largest pieces of debris are the size lots, air traffic controllers as well of a small car. No one can access the as any noises heard in the cockpit. site from the ground,” Gilbert Sau- The flight data recorder captures 25 van, president of the general coun- hours’ worth of information on the cil, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, told position and condition of almost The Associated Press. every major part in a plane. “This is pretty much the worst Germanwings is low-cost carri- thing you can imagine,” said Bodo er owned by Lufthansa, Germany’s Klimpel, mayor of the German biggest airline, and serves mostly town of Haltern, rent with sorrow European destinations. Tuesday’s after losing 16 tenth graders and crash was its first involving passen- their two teachers. ger deaths since it began operating The White House and the air- in 2002. The Germanwings logo, line chief said there was no sign normally maroon and yellow, was that terrorism was involved, and blacked out on its Twitter feed. German Chancellor Angela Merkel Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr urged reporters not to speculate on called it the “blackest day of our the cause. company’s 60-year history.” He “We still don’t know much be- insisted, however, that flying “re- yond the bare information on the mains after this terrible day the flight, and there should be no spec- safest mode of transport.” ulation on the cause of the crash,” Germanwings said 144 passen- she said in Berlin. “All that will be gers and six crew members were investigated thoroughly.” on board. Authorities said 67 Ger- Lufthansa Vice President Heike mans were believed among the vic- Birlenbach told reporters in Barce- tims, including the 16 high school lona that for now “we say it is an students and two opera singers, as accident.” well as many Spaniards, two Aus- In Washington, the White tralians and one person each from House said American officials the Netherlands, Turkey and Den- Associated Press were in contact with their French, mark. Spanish and German counterparts. Contralto Maria Radner was Rescue workers and gendarme gather on Tuesday as search-and-rescue teams struggle to reach the remote crash site of the Germanwings passenger “There is no indication of a nexus returning to Germany with her plane that crashed in Seyne-les-Alpes, French Alpes. to terrorism at this time,” said U.S. husband and baby after perform- National Security Council spokes- ing in Wagner’s “Siegfried,” accord- tor of flight operations, Stefan-Ke- Loup tourism office, told the AP. gendarmes remained in the deso- fly ... then we respect this,” Graenz- woman Bernadette Meehan. ing to Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del nan Scheib. Authorities faced a long and late ravine to guard the crash site, doerffer said. Merkel, French President Fran- Liceu. Bass baritone Oleg Bryjak At 10:30, the plane lost radio difficult search-and-recovery oper- authorities said. The aircraft was delivered to cois Hollande and Spanish Prime had appeared in the same opera, contact with the control center but ation because of the area’s remote- Winkelmann said the pilot, Lufthansa in 1991, had approxi- Minister Mariano Rajoy were to according to the opera house in “never declared a distress alert,” ness. The weather, which had been whom he did not name, had more mately 58,300 flight hours in some visit the site Wednesday. Duesseldorf. Eric Heraud of the French Civil clear earlier in the day, deteriorated than 10 years’ experience working 46,700 flights, Airbus said. The French Interior Minister Ber- The plane left Barcelona Air- Aviation Authority told the AP. Tuesday afternoon, with a chilly for Germanwings and its parent plane underwent a routine check nard Cazeneuve said a black box port at 10:01 a.m. and had reached The plane crashed at an altitude rain falling. Snow coated nearby airline Lufthansa. in Duesseldorf on Monday, and its had been located at the crash site its cruising height of 38,000 feet of about 6,550 feet (2,000 meters) mountaintops. Florian Graenzdoerffer Luf- last regular full check took place in and “will be immediately investi- when it suddenly went into an at Meolans-Revels, near the pop- French Interior Ministry thansa Spokesman for North Rhine the summer of 2013. gated.” He did not say whether it eight-minute descent to just over ular ski resort of Pra Loup. The spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet Westphalia said the company had The A320 plane is a workhorse was the flight data recorder or the 6,000 feet, Germanwings CEO site is 430 miles (700 kilometers) said the crash site covered several to cancel seven flights out of Dus- of modern aviation, with a good cockpit voice recorder. Thomas Winkelmann told report- south-southeast of Paris. acres, with thousands of pieces of seldorf because a number of crew safety record. The two devices — actually ers in Cologne. “It was a deafening noise. I debris, “which leads us to think the members felt they were unfit to fly The last time a passenger jet orange boxes designed to survive “We cannot say at the moment thought it was an avalanche, al- impact must have been extremely following news of the accident. crashed in France was the 2000 extreme heat and pressure — why our colleague went into the though it sounded slightly differ- violent at very high speed.” “I can’t tell you any details be- Concorde accident, which left 113 should provide investigators with descent, and so quickly, and with- ent. It was short noise and lasted Search operations were sus- cause this is a personal decision dead. a second-by-second timeline of the out previously consulting air traffic just a few seconds,” Sandrine pended overnight and were to re- and in our business we have an plane’s flight. control,” said Germanwings’ direc- Boisse, the president of the Pra sume at daybreak, though about 10 agreement if a crew feels unfit to Obama from Page 1 after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The policy shift followed weeks of White House deliberations about whether to fulfill Ghani’s requests to keep more troops in Afghanistan longer — particularly as the tough spring fighting sea- son approaches. Afghan security forces are still struggling to gain the strength needed to protect the volatile country and to fend off Is- lamic State fighters whose attempts to recruit in Afghanistan have been Associated Press cause for regional concern. President Barack Obama talks with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani “Afghanistan remains a very following their news conference on Tuesday in the East Room of the White dangerous place,” Obama said, not- House in Washington. ing that insurgents still launch at- tacks and plot suicide bombings to for withdrawal. House Speaker Ghani, who lived in the U.S. target civilians. Yet he declared his John Boehner of Ohio said he was for more than a decade, has been confidence in Ghani, who he said reviewing Obama’s proposal and a welcome change for the U.S. had “taken on the mantle of com- hoped it would “meet the requests administration. Frustration with mander in chief in a way that we of our Afghan partners, our com- his predecessor reached a boiling have not seen in the past from an manders on the ground and bipar- point when Karzai refused to sign Afghan president.” tisan members of Congress.” the security agreements needed Obama’s foreign policy critics, For Obama, Ghani represents a for the U.S. to leave troops in his including some hawkish Republi- last, best hope to make good on a country. Ghani signed them within cans, have long urged him to leave key component of his foreign pol- days of taking office and has sought more forces in the country and icy legacy: his promise to end the to differentiate himself by showing have accused him of setting arti- war before leaving office, keeping deep appreciation for U.S. invest- ficial, politically driven deadlines a thousand or so troops at the em- ment in his military — more than bassy to coordinate security. $60 billion so far. Site from Page 1 forting. It’s a little frightening com- Rouse said. “Hopefully I can re- rowers had to keep track of who ing out of high school and then duce my debt, but a lot of schol- their loan had been distributed taking out thousands of dollars of arships don’t pertain to me- like through and access that company’s student loans and having to learn program-specific scholarships.” portal- multiple years of loan bor- how to pay them back on your Smith said she plans to defer rowing could mean a user had sep- ow n .” her payments until after her under- arate loan agencies for each year. Hairston works at a church and graduate graduation while she also Abdullah Ghali, a freshman chose to repay her loans by auto- focuses on medical studies. from the country of Jordan, set up deduction from her paychecks. “When you’re paying as you go his user accounts before even ac- She currently pays the amount and tuition keeps rising, it almost cepting his subsidized loan. Dur- appropriate for a ten year repay- feels like it doesn’t make a differ- ing set up, he emailed the provider ment schedule, but she said hopes ence,” she said. “The interest rate for further clarification on certain to actually finish the payments in is a little up there, but my mom al- terms and conditions. 3-4 years. ways taught me to look at it as an “I read through all the terms “[The paycheck] is not very investment in myself. Despite me and conditions just to make sure I much so I can’t pay extra, but it’s having so much debt after the fact, was on the same side,” Ghali said. enough to be making my loan pay- I think it’ll be worth it- especially “I didn’t have any communica- ments comfortably,” Hairston said. since I’m working towards the ca- tion with them though. I tried to Unlike many recent graduates, reer I want to do.” ask them a few questions and they Hairston said she felt surprised by Of the 90 percent of students didn’t respond. I tried to search for the simplicity of actually paying on financial aid, university and [the answers] and everything, but back the loans. federally awarded amounts are in- I had to resort to the financial aid “It’s actually not that bad once cluded. Federal loans for students office to explain everything.” you start working towards paying include subsidized and unsubsi- The centralized loan site’s mis- them back,” she said. “I’m super dized with a current interest rate of sion is to alleviate some of the con- thankful for that.” 4.66 percent for those granted after fusion on behalf of the borrowers Wichita Falls freshman Imani July 2014. as they focus on educational goals Rouse said she borrowed the sub- Texas higher education loan and their futures. sidized and unsubsidized loans borrowers near $82 billion in “Realistically thinking about it, under her name, in addition to her debt, second in the nation behind I won’t have enough personal mon- parent’s borrowing the Direct Par- California, as reported by a White ey to cover medical school,” Rouse ent Plus loan for her. House study. said. “Loans will probably be it, but “I hope that the amount I bor- Federal loans have been scat- I’m hoping I can find more schol- row will go down, but I’m looking tered across various loan agencies arships and save as much money as for outside scholarships as well,” utilized by the government. Bor- I can until then.” Arts & Entertainment Wednesday | March 25, 2015 The Baylor Lariat 5 Jolie: Beating IJM promotes cancer before fair wages at trade market By Allie Matherne it even starts Reporter By Danica Kirka ity gene. These mutations are most Baylor’s chapter of the International Justice Mission is re- Associated Press commonly found in women of invigorating the purpose of free trade and socially responsible Eastern European Jewish descent, shopping through an accessible venue for students. LONDON — Oscar-winning though other groups, including the IJM is hosting its annual Justice Week, which will include actress Angelina Jolie revealed Tues- Norwegian, Dutch and Icelandic, a fair trade market and free concert Thursday at Common day that she has undergone more also have slightly higher rates of Grounds. preventive surgery, having her ova- these mutations. The market will consist of 11 organizations showcasing their ries and fallopian tubes removed in The average woman has a 12 per- fair trade products. The products range from jewelry to painted hopes of reducing her risk of cancer. cent risk of developing breast cancer canvases. Writing in The New York Times, sometime during her life. Women The concert will fea- the filmmaker and philanthropist who have inherited a faulty BRCA ture artists from Waco, said a recent blood test showed a gene are about five times more likely Fair trade market including Brenna Haffey, possible early sign of cancer. The to get breast cancer. T. Ryan and Brin Beaver. news was a blow to the star who had Jolie said that while having the 5 - 9 p.m. Thursday The concert will be from already had a double mastectomy. gene mutation alone was not a rea- Common Grounds 5 – 7 p.m. “I went through what I imagine son to resort to surgery — other Fair trade helps fight thousands of other women have medical options were possible — her 1123 S. Eighth St. injustice by increasing felt,” she wrote. “I told myself to stay family history influenced her deci- the standard of wages calm, to be strong, and that I had no sion to have further surgery now. for laborers, said Orange reason to think I wouldn’t live to see The surgery puts a woman in meno- County, Calif. sophomore Loren Aguirre. Associated Press my children grow up and to meet my pause and Jolie wrote she’s now tak- Aguire, IJM’s Justice Week chair, said she is passionate about grandchildren.” ing hormones. Director Angelina Jolie arrives at the 86th annual Academy Awards on March 2 in Los Angeles. Jolie announced in an op-ed in The New York Times on Tues- empowering people through the abolition of slave trade. Jolie, 39, revealed two years ago Her decision to publicly an- day that she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to prevent cancer. “Obviously fair wages are different in every country … but that she carries a defective breast nounce her double mastectomy was it’s important that they can live properly,” she said. cancer gene that puts her at high praised as a watershed moment in is to learn about the options and the person into surgical menopause Fair trade goods differ from standard goods, said Fort Worth risk of developing breast and ovar- efforts to persuade women to get choose what is right for you person- so it is not a decision to take lightly.” junior Drake Osborn. ian cancer. Her mother died of breast cancer screening — and to ally.” Jolie’s article makes plain the an- “It’s a product that the workers have been justly compen- ovarian cancer, and her maternal raise awareness of the need for early Coming forward to tell her guish the results of the new blood sated for all throughout the line,” said Osborn, chaplain of Bay- grandmother also had ovarian can- detection. story will play a vital role in raising tests brought. She said she immedi- lor’s IJM. cer — strong evidence of an inher- The same sense of mission led awareness, those who work for can- ately called her husband, actor Brad The market will feature well-known Waco groups such as ited, genetic risk that led the actress her to write about her follow-up cer charities say. They hope other Pitt, who flew home from France Unbound, Bearforphans and World Cup Café. The café will sell to have her healthy breasts removed care, although she said her decision women at risk will be encouraged to within hours. headbands and jewelry from all around the world, said Shan- to try to avoid the same fate. wasn’t necessarily the right one for speak with their doctors. “The beautiful thing about such non Williams, fair trade manager at World Cup Café. Only a small percentage of everyone. “Angelina Jolie has made a really moments in life is that there is so It is important to call attention to fair trade because of how it women inherit the same faulty “There is more than one way brave decision,” Katherine Taylor, much clarity,” she wrote. “You know benefits laborers in other countires, Williams said. gene, known as BRCA1 — the name to deal with any health issue,” she acting chief executive of Ovarian what you live for and what matters. It “Fair trade means living wages for people around the world, stands for breast cancer susceptibil- wrote. “The most important thing Cancer Action. “It immediately puts is polarizing, and it is peaceful.” good labor practices and working conditions,” Williams said. Aguirre said it is vital that consumers celebrate those who are making strides toward fair wages. That is what Thursday is about, she said. “People are forced into slave labor, and while me not shop- ‘X-Files’ to get a summer reboot ping [at these places] isn’t going to make them stop using slave By Stephen Battaglio the new version. Century Fox TV studio's best- labor, we should support those who have been successful in fair Los Angeles Times (TNS) “I think of it as a 13-year com- known franchises from the past. trade,” Aguirre said. mercial break,” Carter said in a There have also been discussions Osborn said he agrees. The truth is still out there. statement. about reboots of “Prison Break” “The biggest push for a fair trade market is to get the com- “The X-Files” will be back “The good news is the world and “24” due to their popularity munity involved,” Osborn said. on Fox as a six-episode event se- has only gotten that much strang- on online streaming services. Osborn said Justice Week is always pivotal for the organiza- ries with its original stars David er, a perfect time to tell these six “The X-Files,” which premiered tion’s mission. Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, stories.” on Fox in 1993, has been one of “This week is our biggest event of the year and an opportu- the network announced Tuesday. Production on the series will the most durable properties. The nity to bring awareness,” Osborn said. The short-run revival of one of begin this summer. Fox has not set series about two FBI agents — one The purpose of Justice Week is to bring awareness to the TV's most successful sci-fi series an airdate. a believer in extraterrestials, the causes around Waco that are working toward ending the injus- Associated Press ever comes 13 years after ending Fox Television Group co-chairs other a skeptical scientist — who tice around the world, Aguirre said. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny will its nine-season run in prime time. reprise their roles as FBI agents Dana Scul- Dana Walden and Gary Newman investigate paranormal phenome- “This is a way for us to educate other students about some- ly and Fox Mulder for a six-episode run of Series creator and executive said in January that they were na, became the basis of two theat- thing we’re so passionate about,” Aguirre said. “It’s about fight- “The X-Files” this summer. producer Chris Carter will oversee open to revisiting some of the 20th rical films released 10 years apart. ing for people who don’t have a voice.”
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Moreland allowed just three Both teams earned a decent amount hits and pitched four strikeouts in five of hits for run supply, but each side innings, but the damage was done. struggled to get their players home in Most of the Bears’ offense occurred in the later innings. Baylor had the better the first two innings, punishing Laberge opening moments from its offense and for a start that was all-too-easy for the File Art superior pitching and ended up winning Bears on the bats. the game. Senior outfielder Logan Brown went Baylor softball alumna Whitney Canion pitches during Baylor’s 4-1 win over the University of Houston on April 23, 2013. On Saturday, With some key pitchers out of the 1-4 and scored one of the Bears’ runs. Se- Canion will become the first player in program history to have her number retired. lineup, freshmen pitchers Theron Kay nior first baseman Duncan Wendel had and Troy Montemayor led the way for two RBIs off two hits and five at-bats. Ju- the Bears on the road. Kay pitched seven nior infielder Mitch Price posted a team- innings, allowing six hits and two runs. leading three hits with one run and one The Mavericks’ grand total of two runs RBI. Sophomore first baseman Aaron Baylor to retire Canion’s jersey came in the first inning from Kay. Bay- Dodson went 1-5. Freshman third base- lor’s pitching did not allow any other man Jonathan Ducoff posted three RBIs By Jeffrey Swindoll Hailing from Aledo, Canion became injury, she struck out 15 batters she faced runs and very few hits for the rest of the from five at-bats. Freshman outfielder Sports Writer one of the most storied Baylor softball against UT-Arlington on Feb. 12, 2012. game. Levi Gilcrease picked up two hits and players of all time in her longer-than-ex- Canion holds the program records in Kay pitched near-perfect frames one run with four at-bats. Baylor will honor former softball stand- pected time with the Bears. Canion was wins (123), shutouts (40), innings pitched for six innings before head coach Steve The Mavericks took advantage of the out pitcher Whitney Canion this weekend awarded two separate medical redshirts (1,121.2) and strikeouts (1,473). She was Smith looked to the bullpen to relieve non-conference weight of the game and by retiring her No. 11 jersey – a first in during her time at Baylor. also Baylor softball’s first First Team All- Kay. Montemayor took over the game substituted a few players into the game, program history. Canion’s number will Her six-season career (2009-2014) American and was named to the Women’s for the Bears from the eighth inning, giv- as did Baylor. UTA threw in two more be retired prior to Baylor’s game against spanned some of Baylor softball’s most College World Series All-Tournament ing up just three hits and zero runs. Just pitchers in addition to Laberge and Mo- Oklahoma State at 2 p.m. on Saturday at successful years, including two appear- team in 2011. four players from UTA ended the night reland. Senior pitchers Zach Hobbs and Getterman Stadium. ances in the Women’s College World Series Though Canion’s jersey will be the first with at least one hit compared to Baylor’s TJ Whidby pitched one inning apiece. “For the last half decade when you (2011, 2014) in which Canion was crucial retired number in Baylor softball history, widespread hit production. Sophomore outfielder Ryan Romo and think of Baylor softball, you think of Whit- to the Bears’ success. she will also be joined by three-time All- The Mavericks’ pitching was gen- sophomore infielder Hayden Ross saw ney Canion,” head coach Glenn Moore She earned one of the redshirts during American Brette Reagan. Reagan’s No. 4 erally solid too. It was simply a worse playing time for Baylor later in the game. said. “No single athlete has done more for her true sophomore year after leaving for jersey will be retired in a pregame ceremo- start for them than for the Bears. Baylor Baylor plays a three-game series this program, so it is very fitting for Baylor the season with a forearm injury and an- ny before Baylor’s game against Texas Tech earned their only runs in the entire game against Oklahoma starting on Friday at University to honor Whitney with the re- other during the 2012 season after tearing on April 4. in the first and second inning, scoring Baylor Ballpark. tirement of her No. 11 jersey.” her ACL in her left knee. Before the knee J.R. Smith’s form, Timofey Mozgov’s defense key to Cavs’ turnaround
By Jason Lloyd open,” Smith said. “I'm not really surprised Indiana and applied it to Mozgov. Akron Beacon Journal (TNS) – it's just a matter of teams picking their Mozgov, who still struggles sometimes poison in who they're going to leave. For- understanding English (particularly slang) MILWAUKEE -- It's rare for contend- tunately it's me a lot of the times.” and getting his points across, said his im- ing teams to overhaul their roster in season Smith credited the Cavs front office for provement has come with more minutes. and even more unusual for the moves to knowing the team and targeting the appro- “Everything comes with experience,” take hold instantly. priate players. he said. “You tell me, show me how to do Typically an adjustment period of some “They knew what they were looking for it and also let me do it. Let me play. You sort is necessary, but the Cavaliers flour- and the type of players we were,” he said. can talk about something all day long but ished almost immediately after acquiring “They knew going in it was going to com- if you don't have experience and practice J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert and Timofey plement their team. I think they were more you're not going to do it right.” Mozgov. worried about personalities than anything. Mozgov has been in and out of Blatt's They enter Wednesday's game at the Everybody knows the basketball is going fourth-quarter rotation in recent weeks. Memphis Grizzlies with the best record to fit but personality-wise, how that's go- He sat the entire fourth quarter of Sunday's in the league since Jan. 15. The lingering ing to fit?” win at Milwaukee, but he wasn't alone. question, of course, is why did those moves The personalities have fit perfectly in Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love also sat the trigger such a dramatic turnaround and part because Smith has been on his best entire quarter while the Cavs pulled away why did they fit in so well with what was behavior. from the Bucks in the final 12 minutes. already here? “J has been great since day one,” coach Blatt said it was a function of the lineup Mozgov was used to the defensive style Associated Press David Blatt said. “I'm not tooting his horn he had on the floor playing well together so the Cavs were trying to transition to from Cleveland Cavaliers’ Timofey Mozgov (20) takes a shot as he gets between Orlando Mag- more than he deserves. He's just playing he stuck with it, but Mozgov has become playing it for years. Shumpert and Smith, ic’s Nikola Vucevic (9) and Tobias Harris (12) during the first half of an NBA basketball great basketball.” accustomed to sitting the fourth quarter. game on Sunday in Orlando, Fla. meanwhile, are at their best in transition As for Mozgov, Pacers coach Frank He maintains he doesn't have an issue with and in space. “He was a big reason for our success attempts per game when the nearest de- Vogel saw a change in his defense when it and he has never had a talk with Blatt “Iman and J.R. have always been explo- and you could see he's playing at a high fender is at least 4 feet away. While with former coach Brian Shaw (a former Vogel about his usage. sive and aggressive out in transition,” James level right now for Cleveland,” Kidd said. the Knicks this season, he was only getting assistant) took the Denver Nuggets job. “We don't talk about that,” he said. “I Jones said. “They went from a triangle sys- Of course, there is no sixth man award about 2.6 such shots. Suddenly Mozgov was doing a better job don't ask him. It's not something we have a tem with half-court sets to a wide-open, in Smith's future this season. Despite the By comparison, the Atlanta Hawks' of going straight up defensively and taking problem with.” fast break, push it and space the floor. J.R. team's initial wishes to start Shumpert and Kyle Korver leads the league in 3-point advantage of the league's "rule of verticali- Mozgov is accustomed to defending is playing a very similar set to what he did bring Smith off the bench, the current for- shooting and plays in a system that consis- ty," which prevents a foul from being called pick-and-rolls the way the Cavs were tran- in New York a few years prior when they mat is working too well to change now. tently gets him open looks. Yet Korver is if contact is made between the shooter sitioning to defend them through the early were very, very good.” The NBA is now measuring all sorts averaging four 3-point attempts per game and defender provided the defender goes months of the season. His arrival sped that Bucks coach Jason Kidd made the same of intricate statistics. Among them is when the nearest defender is at least 4 feet straight up with his arms and hands. process and that's when the Cavs defense connection, comparing Smith's time with how close the nearest defender is when a away. Roy Hibbert has become a master of started to turn. the Cavs to two years ago when he won player releases a shot. Since arriving from “You've got to leave somebody open the verticality rule with Vogel's theory was “He's big. That helps,” Blatt joked. Sixth Man of the Year with the Knicks New York, Smith is averaging five 3-point and the percentages are to leave the 3 that Shaw took what was being taught in “Can't teach that.” while Kidd was the point guard.
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