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ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 The Baylor Lariat friday, march 30, 2007 Freshman recovers from meningitis scare
By Aileen Wong The next morning, his par- ing out, not eating right and just Providence Health Center and father arrived, he saw his con- ber a whole lot. I was transferred Reporter ents took him to Seton Hospital wearing my body down without waited until 4 a.m. for him to be dition and took him home to in an ambulance to a different in Austin, and after a blood test, considering the consequences released. The doctors diagnosed Austin. hospital.” He thought he had the flu. Austin freshman Preston Wal- of it,” Wallace said. him with the flu and sent him That afternoon, Wallace’s In Austin, doctors tried to di- At least that’s what the hos- lace was diagnosed with bacte- He began experiencing se- home with pain medication for condition worsened. agnose Wallace. pital told him. So he returned to rial meningococcal meningitis. vere flu-like symptoms Feb. 10 a headache and instructions to “I had the worst headache “The doctors didn’t know his dorm room at Penland Resi- Wallace said at the time he and said he felt cold when his rest. in my life,” he said. “I couldn’t what it was till I was in a near- dence Hall. contracted the bacteria, his im- body was running a fever. He threw up all night and think. I didn’t remember my comatose state,” Wallace said. “I Later that night, the flu-like mune system was weak. His condition worsened, and called his father at 6 a.m. to own name, so my mom took wasn’t very responsive at all in symptoms worsened and he be- “I was going to the (McLane his roommate, Austin freshman send him some medicine. The me to the emergency room, and gan vomiting violently. Student Life Center) a lot, work- Madison Sadler, took him to next morning, when Wallace’s from there I don’t really remem- Please see SICK, page 4 Security The end main of the line priority Baylor dumps p.m. to 2:30 a.m. seven days a blue bus route week and offers the only late- night bus service on campus. for ITS after inactivity Another transportation pro- gram, The Ride, is available By Claire St. Amant through Student Activities By Jon Schroeder Staff writer and runs from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Staff writer Monday through Thursday. The bus stops here. Peak hours for the night bus The days are getting longer, Effective Sunday, the Blue route occurred around 9 and the leaves are turning greener Bus Night Route will no longer 10 p.m., with the lowest rider- and it’s time for students to be running. The route, which ship occurring at 2 a.m. change their Bear ID passwords provided transportation from Deats said there are plans again. But this time there’s east campus areas to various to increase publicity for The a twist — both students and locations near Eighth Street, Ride in an effort to absorb the Baylor employees may receive a was created Nov. 26 in con- students who were riding the Windows update prompt asking junction with Waco Transit night route. them to change their passwords. to offset the closure of the “The Ride should be more But if they click yes, they may Eighth Street parking lots for than sufficient for the nightly lose access to some university construction. Shelley Deats, transportation needs on cam- services. manager of parking services, pus,” she said. Technology support special- said the night route is being Mark McKown of Waco ist Patricia Black sent out an cancelled because of low rid- Transit said the cancellation e-mail Thursday on behalf of ership and high costs. of the route was made for lo- Information and Technology “Our statistics show that gistic and budgetary reasons. Services informing students of the route isn’t being utilized “Students never really the method they need to use. very much,” she said. “The picked up on the idea,” he “Windows will prompt you cost outweighs the gain.” said. “It wasn’t cost effective about needing to change your Deats said there have only to keep it running.” password several days before been around 600 riders total Freshman class president it is required,” the e-mail read. since the route’s inception, Noah Hutchison Jr. said that “When you receive the notice, with numbers as low as six after meeting with Deats and it will prompt to change your riders per night. password now. It is important The route runs from 5:30 Please see BUS, page 4 that you click no. Changing your password by following this prompt will not make the change for all Baylor systems.” Blue Night Route — Ridership by location To change passwords cor- rectly, users should instead go 3% to www.baylor.edu/bearID and 13% 18% make the changes on the Web site. Donna Herbert, ITS manager of client support systems, said she used the Windows update 9% on a university computer to change her password, then tried out some of the Baylor software 57% to see what works and what doesn’t. For her, at least, most of Eighth Street (20) Speight St. Stop (351) Abbie Rosen/Lariat staff the programs worked. Herbert Allen/Collins Hall (112) Misc didn’t have trouble accessing After months of infrequent use, Baylor transit has decided to do away with the blue route, which takes students her e-mail account, logging into East Campus Garage (53) from the east side of campus to stops near Eighth Street. The route was started on Nov. 26 because of parking Blackboard or using university Waco Transit shortages caused by construction of a new garage adjacent to Collins Residence Hall. printers through PawPrints. Some programs and services still might not work — Herbert mentioned GetGrades in par- ticular, along with “a few pro- grams” that use a different au- thentication method. Former aide implicates attorney general in firings scandal “But the safest route is to go through the Web site,” she By Lara Jakes Jordan this process of asking certain U.S. attor- needs to explain himself to Congress, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., stopped short said, adding that students who The Associated Press neys to resign,” Sampson said. and quickly. of calling for Gonzales’ ouster. But may have mistakenly updated Sampson’s testimony, for the first The attorney general is not scheduled Leahy reminded a reporter Thursday, their Bear ID passwords already WASHINGTON — Attorney General time, put Gonzales at the heart of the to appear publicly on Capitol Hill until “I voted against him,” when the Senate through the Windows update Alberto Gonzales was briefed regularly firings amid ever-changing Justice De- April 17. “I agree three weeks is a long confirmed the Gonzales as the nation’s can still “re-update” through the over two years on the firings of federal partment accounts of how they were time,” Perino said. top law enforcer in 2005. Web site without problems. prosecutors, his former top aide said planned. The Justice De- “If the president feels Mr. Gonzales Baylor first required pass- Thursday, disputing Gonzales’ claims Gonzales has said repeatedly that he partment did not is upholding the highest level of profes- word changes by Nov. 12, and he was aware of the dismissals from was not closely involved in the firings have an immedi- sionalism that he wants in his adminis- the system requires that pass- afar and newly undercutting his already and largely depended on Sampson to ate comment about tration and that the president wants to words be updated every 180 shaky credibility. orchestrate them. Sampson’s testi- be remembered for, then he’ll stay on,” days. If passwords are not up- Gonzales and former White House Sampson resigned March 12. A day mony. Leahy said. dated by the deadline, users counsel Harriet Miers made the final later, Gonzales said he “never saw docu- A growing The stony-faced Sampson, a long- must reactivate their accounts decision on whether to fire the U.S. at- ments. We never had a discussion about number of Demo- time and loyal aide to Gonzales, said before the password change can torneys last year, said Kyle Sampson, the where things stood” in the firings. crats and Republi- other senior Justice Department offi- be made. attorney general’s former chief of staff. The White House stepped back from cans has called for cials helped to plan the firings, which Since deadlines for the “I don’t think the attorney general’s defending Gonzales even before Samp- Gonzales to step the White House first suggested shortly change are user-specific, there is statement that he was not involved in son finished testifying. down. after President Bush won a second term no single cut-off date. But some any discussions of U.S. attorney remov- “I’m going to have to let the attorney D e p a r t m e n t in 2004. students have already passed als was accurate,” Sampson told a Sen- general speak for himself,” White House spokesman Brian Gonzales Sampson said he was never aware of their deadlines and the rest are ate Judiciary Committee inquiry into spokeswoman Dana Perino said as Roehrkasse said any case where prosecutors were told to fast approaching. whether the dismissals were politically Sampson entered his third hour in front Thursday the attorney general has no step down because they refused to help However, faculty, students motivated. of senators. plans to resign. “I remember discussing with him Perino made it clear that Gonzales The Senate committee chairman, Please see LAW, page 4 Please see ITS, page 4
VOL. 106 No. 88 www.baylor.edu/Lariat © 2007, Baylor University 2 The Baylor Lariat Opinion Friday, March 30, 2007 Baylor students should unite to fight crime problem
“Anyone whose car or house bat under his bed. If a criminal crimes committed in the “scary” students, everyone should carry To Baylor and Waco police: has been broken into while at were to mess with someone in part of Waco? In the Baylor area, pepper spray. I don’t care how When my car gets broken into I Baylor please raise your hand,” the family, he would suffer the there were 51 assaults, 89 bur- big of a guy you are, when a gang don’t want to hear “this happens my professor asked. wrath of the Tamers. We would point glaries, 268 car thefts and nine of 10 approaches you, muscle all the time.” If it does, then let’s More than 90 percent of the unite. We would fight back. We sexual assaults — a total of 1,450 size won’t matter much. make some changes. Whatever’s students in class raised their would take them down because of view criminal offenses in 2005. These Personally, I have a can of being done isn’t working. Stop hand in the air. The fact that the we are a family, a team; we’ve got statistics don’t even include pepper spray by my bed, in my writing tickets and defend me. majority of Baylor students have each other’s back. by christine tamer crimes that occurred under car and several keychain sprays. On Eighth Street there’s a been a victim of crime absolute- Let me put this bluntly — Baylor jurisdiction, but those The big can I have is made to faded advertisement on a bill- ly enrages me. The way I see it, Waco is unsafe. Baylor is unsafe. numbers can be found online. take out a mob and sprays more board. I want it to say some- Baylor is at war. We’re all unsafe. In fact, it bog- list of the most dangerous cities These numbers absolutely than 30 feet. A one-second burst thing to the extent of: “Don’t At Welcome Week, we learned gles my mind that some of us in the U.S., according to 2006 terrify me, but what terrifies me causes temporary blindness, Mess with Baylor University. We that Baylor University is a fam- are still alive. Folks running the FBI crime figures. It is the fourth even more is that some of us are choking, coughing, burning and are trained in self-defense and ily. Let’s go with this. Back in Bear Trail at night, women walk- most dangerous city in Texas. In completely unaware of the dan- nausea to the attacker. armed with pepper spray. Our Colleyville, my family stands at ing to their car alone in the H-E- 2005, there were 13 murders, 71 gerous city we live in. To Baylor: How about self- police will hunt you down. You arms. The house is protected by B parking lot and students not sexual assaults, 2,904 assaults, So, let’s do something. It’s defense classes? There are 227 will go to jail. You mess with an alarm system. There is a gun locking their apartment doors — 1,723 residential burglaries, time that we play defense. Crim- sexual offenders within five one of us, you mess with all in my dad’s safe. My mom car- consider yourself utterly blessed 2,734 vehicle thefts and 754 inals vs. Good Samaritans. Let’s miles of campus. Eliminate Cha- 14,000.” ries a can of pepper spray. My to be unharmed. stolen cars, according the city of defend our Baylor family. pel Friday and teach students Christine Tamer is a junior jour- brother sleeps with a baseball Waco is ranked 105 in the Waco. Well, weren’t all of those So here’s my message: To how to defend themselves. nalism major from Colleyville.
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All-natural food craze not exactly what it’s cracked up to be The other day I came across — the real state of our environ- preparation like washing and some products would be a real- bodies should be treated, too. an article titled “Humans Strug- ment is not nearly as bad as the cooking. So why pay more for ity, not a ploy. The media has The government spends bil- gle to Survive on Earth.” media make it out to be. organic? created hysteria about the use lions of dollars every year on It unreasonably went on and In actuality, the earth is point I noticed this hypocrisy the of chemicals, but it’s important research related to the state of on about how our world is now healthier than it was just ten last time I was at the poultry to note that when used correct- our environment. Incessant toxic and contaminated from years ago — thanks to so-called of view counter of a natural grocery ly, they have potential for more hype has convinced many peo- the chemicals we use every day. harmful agents. store. A sign above the coun- good than harm. ple — including legislators — that I couldn’t help but wonder: In The media have gone to great by christina lascalea ter read, “Our poultry is free of Remember the E. coli spin- ridiculous practices like cutting this age where everyone is seem- lengths to persuade society that antibiotics and hormones.” ach scare? The contamination back on chemical treatments ingly obsessed with “all-natural” organic and all-natural foods foods to be nothing more than Interestingly enough, the actually resulted from organic should be enacted. and “organic” ways of life, why benefit the environment by a marketing scheme. No offi- government prohibits the use of spinach that lacked bacteria- Don’t get me wrong, I sup- are we not seeing any changes? removing the synthetic fertiliz- cial agency checks every single hormones on all chickens any- killing substances. port maintaining the planet we Probably because if people ers and antibiotics. product to verify what’s organic way, whether you buy from an Did the media mention this love 110 percent. would react based on fact instead Each year, consumers spend or all-natural. That means any- expensive grocer or Costco. As detail? Nope. I just wish people would stop of emotion, they would see that millions of dollars on organic thing claiming to be natural for pricy “free-range” chicken, I doubt anyone refrained reacting on emotions before cutting back on chemical pesti- products, thinking they’re mak- may not be. they didn’t have as much fun from buying produce at Whole they know the reality. And con- cides and fertilizers doesn’t do ing the earth a better place. According to research by The in the sun as you’d like imagine Foods, either. sidering that life expectancy much to save the environment. I just don’t buy that. Environmental Working Group — the USDA requires only five Without pesticides on farms and health levels have dramati- I spent some time research- Not only did I discover the — an organization devoted to minutes of outdoor air per day and antibiotics on animals, the cally improved over the centu- ing the use of chemicals and chemicals used in growing and protecting human health and to label it as free-range. earth would be overgrown with ries, maybe we aren’t doing such their effect on human and envi- preserving foods hardly pro- the environment — most pro- If organic and all-natural disease. a bad job after all. ronmental health. I concluded duce adverse effects on the envi- duce carries the highest levels foods really helped as much as Just like humans need vacci- Christina LaScalea is a senior that — as harsh as it sounds ronment, I found most organic of pesticides after typical home environmentalists claim, whole- nations, the food we put into our journalism major from Plano.
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By Kate Boswell senior and student leader in to them,” Formas said. “This is a nie Kremer said the event was for sale and raffle, Cooper said. Dine with Democrats Staff writer Baylor Impact. There will also small step in our idea to get en- inspired by similar bike rodeos Senate voted in favor of a bill The Baylor Democrats will be T-shirts and free cake avail- ergy conservation on campus.” held in San Antonio, and there advocating that Baylor expand hold Dine with the Democrats Student Senate voted Thurs- able at the sign-up table. Senate voted 32-2 with one would be other events besides its recycling program and that at 6:30 p.m. today at Uncle day to allocate funds to Baylor Senate voted 32-4 with four abstention and one conflict of safety education. students show support for the Dan’s BBQ. The cost is $12 for Impact, Baylor Democrats and abstentions to allocate $680 interest to allocate $700 to Cir- “There will be skills events plans to expand recycling al- Baylor Democrats members Circle K International and a res- to create energy conservation cle K International for its first as well, like seeing who can ride ready in motion. and $15 for nonmembers. The olution calling for an expanded magnets. annual Bike Rodeo. slowly through the cones,” she The bill encourages Baylor to dinner will serve as a get-to- recycling program on campus. The magnets list energy con- The Rodeo will be held April said. purchase the maximum number know-you event for Democrats Senate voted unanimously to servation tips and will be given 14 in front of Waco Hall and is Baylor DPS will be at the of recycling bins possible so the from Baylor and Waco. Anyone allocate $250 for Baylor Impact’s to incoming freshmen in their “geared towards teaching bike event to register bicycles for recycling program can be ex- in Waco is invited but should Spotlight 2007. move-in packets, Plano sopho- safety and cycling skills,” ac- Baylor students, said Dane Coo- panded. R.S.V.P. to baylordemsrsvp@ Impact, a part of Campus more Stephanie Formas said. cording to the bill. per, a Plano senior. Kansas City, Kan. junior gmail.com. Crusade for Christ, will hold its The magnets were designed “I think this is a great event The Waco Volunteer Bike Thomas Herndon said recycling annual talent show at 6:30 p.m. and endorsed by Baylor Demo- because it targets all skill levels Center also will have a booth could also save Baylor money. Round up your pics Submit your mission trip pic- April 13 in the Russell Gymna- crats, the Environmental Con- and age groups,” said Larry San- at the event and will be offering “At the University of Texas tures to the Round Up, with the sium. cern Organization and senate’s digo, a Glendale, Ariz. junior. “A free service for bicycles. they implemented a full recy- following information: name Students will be able to sign social responsibility commit- Baylor senior and a little kid are There also will be informa- cling program,” Herndon said. of people in photo, where you up to participate in the show tee. both going to benefit from this tion available on The Waco Vol- “It was expensive to start up, are, what group you are with in the Bill Daniel Student Cen- “Texas Tech did a study on event. It really creates a sense of unteer Bike Center’s charitable given their size, but it’s now sav- and a brief description of what ter the week before the show, their recycling program and community,” project, “Bikes for Haiti.” ing about $1 million a year for is going on in the photo. Send said Nathan Allotey, a Houston we’re the worst in the state next San Antonio junior Stepha- Bicycles also will be available them.” pictures to Heather_Fogt@ baylor.edu.
Island Party T-shirts on sale POLICE Panel explores music-culture connection BYX Island Party T-shirts can now be ordered at the Bill Dan- BLOTTER iel Student Center; Collins, By Nathan McCoy The members of the panel Memorial and Penland resi- Accident Reporter included Armstrong, Dr. Jean dence halls; Baylor Sciences Wednesday — An accident Boyd and Dr. Laurel Zeiss, music Building; or online at www.bay- with failure to stop and identify Dr. Anton Armstrong under- history professors; Dr. Garrett lorip.com. T-shirts are $10 and include a meal at the event. occurred at the Speight Plaza stands the relationship between Cook, professor of anthropol- Parking Garage sometime The event will be held at 5:30 music and culture. At Thurs- ogy; Dr. Barry Harvey, professor p.m. April 20. The Grammy- between 7 a.m. Tuesday and 5 day’s panel discussion, Arm- of religion; and Dr. Stuart Rosen- p.m. nominated band Switchfoot strong put it simply: “As you baum, professor of philosophy. will perform. understand music, you’ll under- Boyd explained how eth- Thursday — A student on a bike ran into the side of a car stand people.” nomusicology can help people To submit a bear brief, e-mail and was thrown from the bike The Panel on Music and Cul- understand how cultures use [email protected]. in front of the McLane Student ture featured music, philosophy, music. Life Center around 12:30 p.m. anthropology and religion fac- She examined how and why The student refused ambulance ulty members discussing music certain behaviors can lead to treatment and “appeared to and culture in the Beckham music, “Music is culture,” she CONTACT US have no major injuries,” Baylor Room in the Bill Daniel Student said. Cook followed, asking Police Chief Jim Doak said. Center. questions of how our music-less The panel took place in ancient ancestors evolved into Editor 710-4099 Assault honor of Armstrong, recipient homo sapiens, creatures that Newsroom 710-1712 Sports 710-6357 Saturday — A Class A assault of Baylor’s Robert Foster Cher- live with music, and when that occurred at the Baylor Plaza I Entertainment 710-7228 ry Award for Great Teaching evolution happened. Advertising 710-3407 parking lot at 1:30 a.m. in 2006. Armstrong was con- Zeiss argued that music can ductor of the St. Olaf Choir in bring people together, especially Burglary Minnesota before receiving the in its live form, where it forms a Chris Weeks/Lariat staff Sunday — A burglary of a habi- Cherry Award. “temporary community that will tation occurred at the 300 block Dr. Jean Boyd and Dr. Laurel Zeiss, music history professors; Dr. Garrett Cook, of Guittard Ave. at 8 a.m. He is in residence at Baylor not exist again.” professor of anthropology; Dr. Barry Harvey, professor of religion; and Dr. Stu- this semester directing choirs Zeiss then explained the role art Rosenbaum, professor of philosophy take turns speaking at the Panel on Theft and teaching choral literature. of music as a tool to evaluate dif- Music and Culture Thursday in the Beckham Room in the Bill Daniel Student Tuesday — A theft of less than “The purpose for the panel ferent cultures and societies. Center. $50 occurred at the Hankamer was for Dr. Armstrong to be “Music can act as a mediator, School of Business between 10 integrated into the larger cam- bringing people to a communi- good, the true and the beauti- spoke about how music impacts and 10:10 a.m. pus life and find some interde- ty. Or it could act as a mirror: ful” and how that applies to cul- us personally because “culture partmental connections,” said it can reflect society as it is or ture. is who we are.” A theft between $50 and $500 Randall Bradley, music profes- show us perhaps how it could “Music is, in its way, who “To me, music is an incred-
occurred at the McLane Stu- sor and event coordinator. be,” Zeiss said. we are and who we aspire to ible gift from my creator,” BLADES OF GLORY MEET THE dent Life Center between 5 and “We want the Cherry profes- A philosophical approach to become,” Rosenbaum said. Armstrong said. “In the end, [PG-13] 1210 220 430 ROBINSONS [G] 1200 5:30 p.m. sor to be integrated in campus music and culture was given by “Music, along with the other music becomes a way in which 645 905 210 420 705 920
life, not just in the home depart- Rosenbaum, who explained the arts, is truth and goodness.” our culture is transformed and MEET THE BLADES OF GLORY A theft between $500 and ment.” philosophical search for “the To conclude, Armstrong redeemed.” ROBINSONS [G] 100 [PG-13] 110 320 530 $1,500 occurred at the McLane 310 520 805 745 1015 Student Life Center between 5:30 and 6:15 p.m. WILD HOGS [PG-13] 300 [R] 1230 315 600 900 1220 250 515 730 955 Truett to hold Hispanic Preaching Conference REIGN OVER ME [R] 1245 355 700 945 A theft of less than $50 occurred PREMONITION [PG-13] at the McLane Student Life Cen- 1200 220 440 710 940 By Rafael Benavides ish, with the exception of one This will be Roldán-Figueroa’s to everyone. THE LAST MIMZY ter between 6 and 6:40 p.m. [PG] 1210 225 445 715 935 Reporter biblical interpretation course third year to present at the His- Rodríguez said many His- SHOOTER [R] 705 1000 PRIDE [PG] 1220 240 505 A theft of less than $50 occurred that will be taught in English. panic Preaching Conference. panic pastors find it hard to pre- DEAD SILENCE [R] 730 950 at the McLane Student Life Cen- George W. Truett Theologi- The conference is free to He said many of those who at- pare for their churches because 1215 230 450 ter between 5:15 and 6:20 p.m. cal Seminary will sponsor its Baylor students and costs $10 tend are lay people who haven’t they often have another profes- THE LOOKOUT [R] HILLS HAVE EYES II 1230 255 510 725 945 fifth annual Hispanic Preaching for visitors. had seminary training. sion outside of the church. [R] 1225 235 500 715 940 A theft between $50 and $500 Conference today and Saturday. Those who plan on attending Among the attending pastors, “Eighty percent of our pas- SHOOTER [R] 1235 330 occurred at the McLane Stu- The conference is headed can register at the Truett Web Roldán-Figueroa said, many tors are bivocational,” Rodríguez TEENAGE MUTANT 615 910 dent Life Center between 6 and by Truett Seminary, the Baptist site or at the door. deacons, church members and said. “This is just one resource NINJA TURTLES [PG] 105 330 545 800 TEENAGE MUTANT 8 p.m. General Convention of Texas The program for this confer- Sunday school teachers from we provide for them where we NINJA TURTLES [PG] and the Baptist University of the ence is also available at www. Hispanic churches usually at- can connect them with books 300 [R] 1005 1205 215 435 700 915 A theft between $500 and Americas. baylor.edu/truett. tend the event. and sermons and other resourc- $1,500 occurred at the McLane René Maciel, assistant dean The conference will begin “I really hope Truett can make es.” Student Life Center between of Truett Seminary, helped orga- with a buffet dinner at 5 p.m. at a contribution to strengthen the He also said this conference 7:15 and 8:10 p.m. nize the event. the Paul and Katy Piper Great Hispanic-American churches is designed to assist pastors A theft of between $50 and “This is a preaching confer- Hall inside the seminary. The throughout the state,” Roldán- with a series of sermons and PAN’S LABYRINTH THE MESSENGERS ence to train pastors who are conference will begin at 6 p.m. Figueroa said. to put in pastors’ hands a tech- [R] 110 405 720 945 [PG-13] 520 935 $500 occurred at the O’Grady CHARLOTTE’S Building between Thursday, already in a church. We hope “It (the conference) serves Roldano Rodríguez, director nique that they can use in their SMOKIN’ ACES [R] WEB [G] 1255 305 725 March 1 and Tuesday. this conference will help them as a concentration or meeting of Hispanic ministries for the ministries. 1250 315 525 740 1000 NIGHT AT THE to become a better pastor in the place for Hispanic-American Baptist General Convention of “One of the things we’d like MUSEUM [PG] 100 ARTHUR & THE 350 715 955 Compiled from reports on www. church,” he said. churches,” said Dr. Rady Roldán- Texas, which has a partnership to accomplish is to assist our INVISIBLES [PG] 105 HAPPY FEET [PG] baylor.edu/dps. The conference will be pre- Figueroa, assistant professor of with Truett, said this conference pastors in this area,” he said. 310 515 730 940 1245 400 710 930 sented almost entirely in Span- historical theology. is designed for pastors but open
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By Michael Graczyk said defiantly from the gurney. He was pronounced dead at The Associated Press In a blanket statement meant 6:42 p.m., eight minutes after to hit for all the courts that heard his the lethal drugs began to flow. HUNTSVILLE, Texas — case, he added, “You will an- At midday, before being Hours after setting a fire in his swer to your maker when God moved to the prison where ex- Baylor cell to protest his punishment, has found out that you have ex- ecutions are carried out, he a Houston air conditioning con- ecuted an innocent man. made a pile of trash and ignited tractor was executed Thursday “May God have mercy on it by sticking a wire in an elec- Annual dance contest night for the deaths of two Flor- your souls,” he said. tric outlet, filling his cell with ida men gunned down in a dis- Pippin expressed love to fam- smoke before officers used a wa- expands to 12 groups pute over missing drug money. ily members and then asked for ter hose put out the blaze. after humble start Roy Lee Pippin, 51, had forgiveness from “all the people When he arrived at the vowed to fight his execution and of the United States for all the Huntsville Unit, about 45 miles By Perla Sanchez be uncooperative with correc- poison I brought into the coun- away, he repeated his intention Reporter tions officers, but he walked to try I love. Please forgive me for to not cooperate with officers. the death chamber and caused my sins. If my murder makes it “I promise you, my oath, I Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., no additional disturbances. easier for everyone else, let the won’t try to hurt any guards,” he will host Stomp Fest 2007 at “I charge the people of the forgiveness be part of the heal- said. 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Waco jury, the trial judge, the pros- ing.” Prison officials credited talks Hall. The event, which began ecutor that cheated to get this He ended his final state- he had throughout the after- in 2001 with three groups and conviction, I charge each and ment by telling the warden, “Go noon with a prison chaplain was called the Afro-Olympics, every one of you with the mur- ahead warden, murder me. Take with calming him before the ex- has now grown to include 12 der of an innocent man,” Pippin me home Jesus.” ecution. groups. This is the fourth year the event will happen as a part of from page 1 he made the change in Novem- words using Windows update is Special Performances. ITS ber, adding that if it needed to crucial.” Zoe Grant, a Pasadena ju- and staff can change their pass- be done, ITS should have found Herbert said Thursday’s e- nior and Stomp Fest chair- File photo words at any time, even if their a way to make the change less mail was sent out mostly to woman for Zeta Tau Alpha, Bryant Livingston, a junior from San Antonio and Colin McKentie, a Hous- current passwords haven’t ex- confusing this time. remind people using a non- said groups will be judged on ton senior, perform Sept. 1, 2005, by the Marrs McLean Gym. pired yet. Since this round of changes Windows operating system to crowd participation, creativity, “(Network users) are encour- has been further complicated change their passwords, since difficulty of the steps, length of aged to change their passwords with the warnings not to use the they won’t get an automatic re- Security the show and other categories. Naroby Bush coached the a chance to approve or disap- before they expire,” Herbert Windows update, Harris said minder before theirs expire. Grant said their team start- Asian Student Association prove it. However, this year, said. the change seemed unneces- Those who haven’t yet received ed practicing three times a for the second time this year. the whole group has worked Vincent Harris, a Fairfax, Va., sary. e-mails probably will soon, she week for two hours, but lately, Last year, Bush coached with with Bush in coming up with freshman working at one of the “Security is important, but said. main they have been practicing ev- a friend who needed help, but a theme by incorporating their university computers in the Bill convenience for Baylor students If you have trouble updating ery day. she has done it by herself this own moves. Daniel Student Center, called with hectic schedules is more your Bear ID password, ITS help For their routine, they put year. Mike Reimer, coordinator the need to change passwords important,” he said. “I appreci- desk personnel are available to songs they liked on a CD and “It was a little different be- of Special Performances, said again “inconvenient.” He said ate the security concerns, but walk you through the process, priority the coaches listened to what cause I’m the only coach this the event consists of a female the process was confusing when the ability to easily change pass- at 710-4357. songs they could make up year,” Bush said. “It was time- division and co-ed division. steps to. The groups’ themes consuming, but it was bet- The winning group in each are kept from the public until ter because I felt like I could division will be awarded $350 for ITS the day of their performance. get more feedback from the in cash that will go toward the “I’m really excited about our group.” charity the group is represent- act,” Grant said. “The girls have Bush said working with an- ing. been working really hard, and other coach last year kept them Tickets for the event are $3, they’re really looking forward from getting feedback because $5 and $7 and are on sale in to it.” they’d teach the group the rou- the ticket office in the Bill Dan- Natchitoches, La., senior tine and didn’t really give them iel Student Center.
originally created on a tempo- must have made their own ad- BUS from page 1 rary basis, but the cancellation justments after the closure. representatives from Baylor, decision was made in a meet- “We wanted to help the stu- the freshman class officers at- ing after spring break. dent parking situation transi- tempted to raise ridership by Both Deats and Hutchison tion smoothly,” he said. “Some- promoting the night route. expressed confusion over the how all the cars disappeared, Hutchison, a Lyndale native, lack of parking problems as a and there isn’t a need for an- said the officers spoke to stu- result of the Eighth Street park- other route.” dent government and to other ing lot closures, which were Deats said the rest of the student groups to publicize the expected to create a need for daily routes are flourishing services but received little re- the nightly shuttle to trans- and in no danger of being can- sponse. port people to the east campus celled. “It seemed students weren’t parking garage. “Ridership overall is up this very interested in riding the “We’re not sure where every- year,” she said. blue night bus,” he said. “They one’s parking,” Deats said. “But “It was just the blue night didn’t find it helpful.” it’s not in the east lot.” route that wasn’t performing Deats said the route was Hutchison said students well.”
837 doses of the preventative After being in school for David Poe/Lariat staff SICK from page 1 pill. a few weeks, he said, he has the hospital. I don’t remember Baylor immediately took oth- already completed all of his a lot for three days, so they told er actions to prevent the deadly make-up work, and even though Splish splash my parents I had meningitis, bacteria from spreading. he missed so much school, he Students enjoy the spring rain Thursday with a game of ultimate Frisbee on the field behind South Russell Resi- and I had no idea what that “The dorm room was detoxi- doesn’t think Baylor’s strict at- dence hall. meant. All I know is that at one fied on Monday,” Sadler said. tendance policy will affect him point in the hospital, people “There were these two people much. He said his teachers are were coming in without masks. in white jumpsuits in the room. counting his absences as ex- Thirty minutes later, people They took out all of our clothes cused. were coming in with masks and things to detoxify them. It Wallace said his friends also LAW from page 1 and gloves.” was like something in a mov- have been supportive of his Republicans in local election or University Rentals On Feb. 11, Wallace had a ie.” recovery and have even joked corruption investigations. blood test done, and the results As a safety precaution, around with him, saying, “Are He also said he saw little 754-1436 • 1111 Speight • 752-5691 for meningitis came back posi- Wallace’s roommates were re- you all right? I’m not going to difference between dismissing tive. located. get it from you, right?” prosecutors for political reasons ALL BILLS PAID! “We didn’t realize how seri- “Housekeeping came in Wallace said he did receive versus performance-related ous the situation was until his and cleaned every doorknob, the recommended meningitis ones. 1 BR FROM $430 • 2 BR FROM $710 parents called,” Sadler said. “It’s every piece of furniture, every shot when he entered Baylor. “A U.S. attorney who is un- GREAT SELECTIONS! one of those things you think, inch of the room,” said Gary However, the shot only covers successful from a political per- this will never happen to me or L. Stout, co-director of Pen- four of the five most common spective, either because he or FURNISHED someone I know.” land Residence Hall. News of strains of meningitis. she has alienated the leadership POOLS Wallace’s other roommate, Wallace’s diagnosis quickly Because he lived in the of the department in Washing- 24-HR MAINTENANCE Austin freshman Michael Duc- spread around Texas, making dorms, he also was more sus- ton or cannot work construc- ci, was out of town and experi- headlines in Waco, Dallas, Fort ceptible to contract the bacteria tively with law enforcement or ON SITE MGMT. enced flu-like symptoms, which Worth and Austin. because students live in such other governmental constituen- LAUNDRY FACILITIES were inaccurately suspected Sadler said people would constant, close contact with cies in the district, is unsuccess- WALK-IN CLOSETS of being meningitis. He had a approach him and ask about one another. ful,” Sampson said. spinal tap done and recovered Wallace. Some assumed that According to the World But Sampson admitted he MON-FRI 9-6, SAT 10-4, SUN 2-4 from it in Austin, where he of- he had the bacteria because he Health Organization Web site, should have been more careful ten visited Wallace, who was in lived with Wallace. bacterial meningitis is quick to prevent Paul McNulty, the the hospital for eight days and “They’d be like, ‘You’re Pres- and deadly — 5 to 10 percent deputy attorney general, and in the ICU for three. ton’s roommate,’ and everyone of patients die within 24 to 48 William Moschella, the princi- Wallace said he received a would immediately back away,” hours of the onset of symp- pal associate deputy attorney Blair’s Cove Apartments lot of support from friends and Sadler said. toms, and 10 to 20 percent of general, from giving incomplete family during that time. However, Sadler did not have its survivors have disabilities. or misleading information to FURNISHED UNITS AVAILABLE • WATER PAID • COURTESY PATROL • SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS “One of the coolest things the bacteria, nor did he have In spite of these odds, Wal- Congress in describing the dis- OFFERING DISCOUNTS TO BAYLOR EMPLOYEES! was when I was in the hospital any symptoms of meningitis. lace has made a full recovery. missals. and all of my pledge brothers He took Cipro on Feb. 13. “I’m pretty much back to Sampson himself was unable came and visited me,” said Wal- “I was afraid I had it at first normal now,” he said. “There to answer many of the senators’ Affordable Luxury Living lace, a member of Sigma Alpha because I thought I felt hot, are some pretty bad side ef- specific questions, claiming a 2 BEDROOM Epsilon. then cold, but I took my tem- fects. I didn’t really know any- fuzzy memory. Student Life alerted the perature and everything was thing about it until I looked it Furor over the purge has out- 2425 S. 21st Street Baylor community about Wal- fine,” Sadler said. “It’s pretty up the other night. I had hear- raged lawmakers and current 2 BATH Waco, Texas 76706 lace’s condition through an e- amazing that I didn’t get it.” ing loss for the first two weeks, U.S. attorneys. mail on Feb. 12, a day after he After a two-and-a-half week but that has gradually come With televisions throughout STARTING AT was diagnosed. The e-mail list- absence from school, Wallace back. One of the side effects is the Justice Department tuned ed symptoms of the illness and returned to Waco Feb. 27 and mental retardation, and I had to Sampson’s testimony, Gon- preventive measures for stu- was in classes the following a little trouble concentrating zales spent two hours trying to dents to take if they had come day. when I first got back to class, soothe a group of seven prosecu- in close contact with Wallace. “It was weird the first two but it’s all getting a little bit bet- tors he met with in Washington $504 His class schedule was even days, but now I’m slowly get- ter slowly.” that day. 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Freshman right fielder Aaron Baseball hits road to face Pokes Miller talks to third base Coach Steve ahead of them this weekend. series with the University of beat.” “Hoot” Johni- By Justin Baer “They have one of the best Texas, the team has averaged But Weems said a trip to gan between Sports writer offenses in the country,” Smith more than 11 runs per game in Stillwater is not the same as innings during said. “They’re a big, physical its five outings since. playing in the friendly con- the Bears’ The Baylor baseball team club that can hit for average “We’re starting to get on fines of Waco, especially with 9-7 win over continues Big 12 action at 6:30 and power. The way they’re hit- a roll,” freshman right fielder the way the Bears have played the Univer- p.m. today as the Bears travel ting this year is no surprise to Aaron Miller said. “We’re start- on the road. The Bears are 2-6 sity of Texas to Stillwater, Okla., to take on anyone in this conference.” ing to get comfortable in the away from Baylor Ballpark this at Arlington on the Oklahoma State Cowboys Sophomore shortstop Beam- box, and our confidence is season, and only two of those Feb. 27. Miller (19-6, 2-1) in the first game of er Weems said the Bears real- growing.” eight games were played on the is one of sev- a three-game series. The Bears’ ize they are going to need to After being swept by Texas opponent’s home field. eral freshmen series this weekend is their first play their best baseball if they to open up conference play, the And despite recent efforts on which head conference road series of the hope to contend with a team as Bears took two of three games to make it less so, Oklahoma Coach Steve season. strong as the Cowboys. from the Red Raiders of Texas State’s Allie P. Reynolds Sta- Smith relies heavily. Miller Senior starter Jeff Mandel “Oklahoma State is a sol- Tech University, including a dium is notorious for being a is hitting .315 said the Cowboys, who are id team, and it’s going to be 14-4 rubber match victory that hitter’s ballpark, evidenced by this season ranked No. 14 in the most re- a tough series on the road,” made the Red Raiders’ trip back the 12.8 runs per game scored and is second cent Baseball America Top-25 Weems said. “We’re going to to Lubbock a long one. there. on the team in Poll, should prove to be a tough have to bring our A-game ev- “Our series against Tech “I’ve pitched in Stillwater RBIs with 24. road opponent for the Bears ery game to take two or three showed me our team is resilient before, and it’s an extremely (16-11, 2-4). games up there.” and has some resolve,” Smith tough place to pitch,” Mandel So far this season, Okla- Weems is the reigning Big 12 said. “After a disappointing loss said. “It’s a hitter’s park for homa State has lived up to its Player of the Week after going on Saturday, we turned around sure, but as any park, you try preseason hype as an offensive 11-for-17 (.647) with five runs, and played our best game of the to keep the ball down, keep it juggernaut, leading the Big 12 three doubles, two triples, one series.” in the yard and let your defense with a team batting average of home run and nine RBIs. He Miller said the Bears’ young help you.” .346 and 37 home runs. But has helped the Bears unleash offense is learning on the fly. Smith said Mandel would you don’t need to tell the Bears an offensive spark of their own “We’ve learned that we start today, junior Randall Line- that. Head Coach Steve Smith in the past two weeks. can hit in bunches when we baugh would pitch on Saturday and company are well aware After being held to a total want to,” he said. “When we’re and Sunday’s starter would be a of the strong offense that lies of seven runs in its three-game clicking, we’re a tough team to game time decision. File photo Bears’ spring Gagne to start ‘07 season on DL The Associated Press the Los Angeles Dodgers’ closer only for him, but for us,” pitch- heats up with that Gagne will be on the dis- ing coach Mark Connor said. SURPRISE, Ariz. — Eric abled list before pitching. In his third and last “A” game Gagne will start the season on Gagne had elbow surgery in appearance Tuesday, Gagne al- the disabled list for the Texas June 2005, then another opera- lowed four runs and five hits in SMU tourney Rangers, a move the team is tion last April to remove a nerve one inning against San Diego. making to give the closer more from his pitching elbow. He had That was the same game, played By Will Parchman time to come back from elbow surgery last July to repair a her- in gusty winds, that No. 1 start- Sports writer and back operations. niated disk in his lower back. er Kevin Millwood allowed 10 The Rangers said Gagne Akinori Otsuka, who con- runs in 4 2-3 innings of a 24-7 The Baylor volleyball team entered the spring hasn’t had any health setbacks. verted 32 of 36 saves last sea- Padres’ victory. season this week with a particular goal in mind: The 2003 NL Cy Young Award son, will handle the closing du- For spring training, Gagne prepare for the fall and shed some of the off-sea- winner has pitched only 15 1/3 ties until Gagne returns. had a 15.00 ERA (five earned son rust. innings over the past two sea- The move will be retroactive runs in three innings) with six With a tournament in Dallas at Southern Meth- sons. to Wednesday, meaning Gagne strikeouts and six walks. He al- odist University this weekend, they’ll be taking “I feel pretty good, but I think could rejoin the Rangers on lowed a home run on the first the court for the first time since losing their last this is going to help the team,” April 13 for the start of a series pitch he threw. regular season game to the University of Oklaho- Gagne said after throwing 15 in Seattle. Gagne had 152 saves from ma last November. pitches in a minor league game Gagne will pitch for Double- 2002-04, including all 55 chanc- While they’d like to win now, head Coach Thursday. “We are here to have A Frisco and Triple-A Oklahoma es in 2003, when he had a 1.20 Jim Barnes said the most important thing in the a successful season and make until then, and will make back- ERA and won the Cy Young. He spring is adjusting lineups and finding the right the playoffs.” to-back appearances before converted a major-league record combinations. This is the third straight sea- joining the Rangers. 84 consecutive saves from Au- “Everything we’re trying to do with our team son since his dominating run as “It’s the right thing to do, not gust 2002 to July 2004. — we’re trying to set up the foundation of what File photo we’re going to do in the fall,” said Barnes, who led Freshman middle blocker Anna Breyfogle hits the ball the volleyball team to its best finish in five years through a Texas A&M-Corpus Christi block during the Arkansas official: Gillispie staying put last fall. Bears’ win over the Islanders on Nov. 11. Breyfogle and “So (the spring) is really about finding out the Bears play their first spring tournament on Saturday. who’s going to fit into the different positions,” he By Noah Trister increase,” Byrne said in a state- lispie the highest paid coach in said. The Associated Press ment. The regents would then the Big 12. Freshman Anna Breyfogle, one of only three have the things we’re working on down so we can vote to approve the contract Fri- Gillispie could not be reached Baylor freshmen to play in 100 games last year, rely on them in the fall.” LITTLE ROCK — Texas A&M day morning, Byrne said. for comment. said the team will be using the tournament at The Bears return nine players in 2007 and will athletic director Bill Byrne told Gillispie, 47, makes about He took the Aggies to the SMU this weekend to get back into the swing of be trying to build on their best non-conference Arkansas officials that basket- $1.25 million a year. Texas A&M NCAA tournament’s third round competition. record (12-1) in school history. Carrying over that ball coach Billy Gillispie intends officials would not confirm the this year. He has been at Texas “I think we’ll definitely use this competition to kind of performance to next season, Coach Barnes to remain with the Aggies, an terms of the new deal or say A&M for three seasons, going see where we stand,” Breyfogle said. “Just to see, said, is high on the team’s list of priorities. Arkansas official said Thursday. when an announcement might 70-26 with a team that was 7-21 ‘OK, we’ve been doing this in the spring and how “We know we’re a good program, a young Gillispie reportedly has come. But newspapers citing the season before he arrived. is it going to be when we’re competing?’ We just program,” he said. “Nationally I think we’ve agreed in principle to a new unidentified sources reported Gillispie was a prominent need to put some different things together and see been thought of as one of the hot programs com- deal with Texas A&M that it could be worth anywhere be- candidate for the Arkansas job, what works.” ing up, and that’s because of the young players could raise his salary by at least tween $1.6 million and $2 mil- which opened when Stan Heath Breyfogle and freshman Taylor Barnes were we’ve brought into this program. We’re going to $350,000 a year. lion a year. was fired Monday. both cornerstones on a young Baylor team last be young, but there’s a lot of optimism within the The Texas A&M Board of Re- The $2 million figure would But a person close to Arkan- year, and Jim Barnes said the maturity and pro- team.” gents was reviewing revisions exceed Texas coach Rick Barnes’ sas’ search told The Associated gression of those two players will determine a lot Taylor Barnes agreed that the team has placed to Gillispie’s contract Thursday salary of $1.8 million, and the Press on Thursday that the Ra- about the team’s 2007 fall season. a great deal of faith in its ability to succeed this that include an extension, incen- $1.6 million salary of Kansas’ zorbacks are ready to focus on “Katie (Sanders) and Taylor and Anna started year. tives and “a substantial salary Bill Self, and would make Gil- other candidates. as freshmen and did a great job,” the coach said. “We’re young, so we’re just going to keep going “Now they’re going to have their hands in every- higher and higher every year,” she said. thing, so this is the time for them to learn. 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Chris Weeks/Lariat staff Roma sophomore Shannon West is on the clock as she David Poe/Lariat staff massages a client in the comfort of her own home. Murray Watson Jr., owner of Murray Watson Jr. & Associ- ates, guides Waco senior Justin Tepe in his various law clerk responsibilities. Making massage a business For Shannon West, giving massages is more Jack-of-all-trades at law firm than just a part-time job. It finances her Baylor While Justin Tepe’s official title at law firm is education. “law clerk,” Tepe describes his title as “lackey.” After taking time off from school for financial At his job the Waco senior does everything reasons, the Roma sophomore attended a massage from filing documents with the court to picking therapy school in Lorena to help earn money to up dry cleaning and chauffeuring. return to Baylor. Now that she is back at school, Tepe got the job mainly for the experience and West continues giving messages to help pay to help decide if he really wanted to go to law tuition. school. Tepe still hasn’t made a final decision, but “It can be a little stressful, like any other job,” said one member of the law firm, Ray Rushing, West said. But overall, she said, she enjoys giving has acted as a mentor to him and counseled him massages and gets satisfaction out of it. about his future. “Preventative wellness is really important,” she Murray Watson Jr. & Associates does a lot of said. pro bono work, and this has encouraged Tepe to Her unusual student job can get her into some go into nonprofit law if he does choose to go to tight places — literally. West comes to the client law school. for a massage, which has on occasion landed her Working at the firm, Tepe said he has learned in dorm rooms. practicing law “is not as glamorous as it is on TV.” “It is a tight squeeze, but it works,” she said. Tepe has also learned that a lot of work goes into Her favorite part of the job is the appreciation a case before it ever even gets to court. she gets from clients, she said. Some literally jump MCT Campus Tepe said his current job as a law clerk is defi- off the table, she said. nitely a step up from the retail job he had at Pier Her least favorite part? Having her phone number One Imports for six years. on fliers, West said, can lead to some weird calls. Working 20 hours per week has forced Tepe Having her own business has been a learning to balance work with homework, with class from experience for West. “It can be a mixed blessing. Working students have reasons in mind 8 a.m. to approximately 2 p.m. and work from ... It is hard to maintain a level of professionalism 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tepe said his schedule is like a with your peers.” By Melissa Limmer is a need-based financial aid program. This real work day. “It can be challenging. Sometimes West charges $35 for a one-hour massage and Staff writer program allows qualified students to work I put my job before school. That is not the right $20 for half an hour. part-time and use their earning toward supple- choice,” he said. Whether it is to pay those annoying electric menting tuition and college expenses. The best part of Tepe’s job? Not picking up dry bills, finance a bad iced latte habit, or just to To determine qualifications, a student must cleaning, he said, but getting to know people in gain experience for a future career, students fill out the Free Application for Federal Student the community offices and the people who work are forced to perform a delicate balancing act Aid. in the law firm. between work and school. The second type of work study is called At Baylor, 1,700 students have work-study university work-study. This program applies to jobs, Celeste Sheehy, associate director of pro- students who do not qualify for Federal-Work cessing and audit services said. While there Study and limits them to working 20 hours per are a variety of jobs available on campus, from week “in order to protect their academic pur- cafeteria workers to telecounselors, the largest suits,” Sheehy said. employer of work-study students is the McLane Students can even hold work-study jobs Student Life Center. over the summer. Most positions pay minimum wage, $5.15 For more information about work-study an hour, but some jobs that require “special- jobs, students can visit www.baylor.edu/stu- ized skills or hours” make a little more. dent_employment. What makes a job work study? All part-time If you want to do something exciting off- jobs on campus are considered work study, campus, or you just want to find a interesting Sheehy said. There are two types of work study. work-study job, check out the innovative ways David Poe/Lariat staff One is the Federal Work-Study Program, which these students earn extra dough. Rowlett freshman Brittany Myers serves up drinks at the Dr Pepper Museum soda fountain. Myers found her job during a visit to the museum with her parents. Chris Weeks/Lariat staff Convenience store employee doesn’t equal school dropout San Antonio sophomore Tessa Recendes carefully climbs Being mistaken for a high school dropout is all the rock wall in the McLane Student Life Center. Running a soda fountain in a day’s work for Waco Senior Annalee Janke. A simple sight-seeing trip resulted in a job for “Most people don’t believe I go to Baylor,” Janke Rowlett freshman Brittany Myers. She picked up said. Students are often surprised when they see Scaling great heights at rock an application at the Dr Pepper Museum when the “girl from the gas station” in one of their class- she was visiting with her family in October. Now es, she said. A job is not a job when you are doing some- she does “pretty much everything” at the museum Janke is anything but a dropout. She works thing you love. At least this is true for Houston including selling memorabilia in the gift shop, about 22 hours a week at the Exxon and Shell gas sophomore Kayla Ritter, who works at the McLane serving up Dr Pepper floats at the soda counter stations adjacent to campus. Besides working at Student Life Center rock wall. and sending mail orders to destinations as far the gas station, she also works 20 hours as a desk “I look at my job as a break from school,” she away as Germany. attendant at Kokernot Residence Hall. said. “The best part of my job is that I am work- Myers said most people come into the gift shop On top of her two jobs, Janke also balances ing and doing something I like to do in my free for the special pure cane Dr Pepper. Don’t dare classwork. “It makes me really disciplined. I have time.” call it Dublin Dr Pepper, either. “We get pretty to write everything down,” she said. Ritter had been climbing the rock wall recre- territorial about it,” Myers said. This pure cane Janke said the best part of her job is talking ationally for about a year before she took a trip Dr Pepper is no longer made in Dublin, Texas with different kinds of people who come into with the Outdoor Leadership Lab, where her and brings customers to the museum from Waco the stations. She’s met a variety of people, from Chris Weeks/Lariat staff interest for rock climbing grew. to England. “We get people you wouldn’t expect Brooks Village construction workers to secret ser- Waco senior Annalee Janke greets customers with a smile When she saw there were job openings for the in Waco,” she said. vice agents to Ashlee Simpson. “She looked like a when they enter the Shell station on Fifth street. rock wall, she jumped at the chance to work at a Working the gift shop, Myers has become quite normal Baylor girl,” Janke said. places she loved. the Dr Pepper collector herself. “So much of my The worst part of the job is dealing with rude Now Ritter works about 12-16 hours per week money goes back to that place,” she said. When customers, Janke said. “Most people don’t really ethic and “made me appreciate my education and at the rock encouraging students to climb the new orders come in, she said she has to decide realize they are being rude,” she said. people who don’t have the same opportunities I wall and helping belay and create new routes for which hat or shirt she will buy first. Performing a balancing act of long work hours do,” she said. “I have grown a lot more by working. climbers. She has also developed quite the taste for Dr and classes has been rewarding for Janke. She has I feel a lot more responsible.” Ritter said interacting with all the different Pepper. “I didn’t like it as much till I started work- been able to support herself and pay her tuition After her graduation in the spring, Janke said people who come to climb the rock wall also ing there. It has grown on me,” she said. and bills with the help of her salary, grants and she plans to attend law school at the University makes the job interesting. Myers said the best part of the job is the peo- scholarships. “It is a really fulfilling accomplish- of Notre Dame, where she will get a little “break” She’s seen everyone from football players to ple she works with. “It is different, and I love my ment,” she said. from working at the gas station to focusing on a theater students to Truett Seminary professors job.” Having dual jobs also has taught her a work new line of work: becoming a lawyer. climb the wall.
Cold calling for the cause Night at the museum Remember getting a call from a friendly stu- Carrie Weiner, a second-year graduate student dent encouraging you to attend Baylor or offer- from Collierville, didn’t know how much she loved ing to answer any questions? You may have just museums and everything that goes into creating talked to telecounseling center supervisor Phillip their exhibits until she started working at the Dr Ashley. Pepper museum. Ashley, a Crowley senior, works and super- As a curatorial assistant, Weiner processes vises calls to prospective Baylor students. Tele- memorabilia into the museum collection, storing counselors talk to the students and assess what memorabilia, researching for exhibits and creat- the student is looking for in a university, then ing museum display cases. shows them how their interests can be met here Her favorite part of the job is the exhibits she at Baylor. gets to create. “It is a lot of fun to teach people and Making cold calls can be a little nerve-racking to tell a story about Dr Pepper and the soft drink Kristina Bateman/Round Up staff and a little monotonous when all you get is an industry itself,” she said. Collierville grad student Carrie Wiener works with Dr Pep- answering machine, Ashley said, but the best part Through her work Weiner said she has learned per memorabilia and exhibits at the Dr Pepper Museum. of the job is getting the opportunity to discuss that she truly has a passion for being a curator. student’s needs. Abbie Rosen/Lariat staff “Thinking about doing anything else is foreign,” Weiner’s favorite piece of memorabilia? Some Telecounselors get to put a name with a face Belle Mead, N.J., junior Dana Reierson works diligently she said. of the original oil paintings that were used for when they give tours to prospective students and as a Baylor telecounselor calling prospective Baylor An exciting aspect of Weiner’s job is interact- advertising. show them what they have been talking about freshmen. ing with antique memorabilia dating back to 1900 Working at the museum has been a learning over the phone. and earlier on a daily basis. “It is pretty cool to experience, not just about Dr Pepper but about “Going into the job, I already liked Baylor,” “It is really interesting to see how many differ- hold that history in your hands,” she said. Wein- people. “I learned the value of a good team,” she Ashley said. But “working there made me realize ent types of people are at Baylor,” Ashley said. ers said it is also interesting to imagine that 100 said. Working with her team of three museum what I really liked about Baylor.” “I have gotten to know a lot of people I work years ago these antiques were just a piece of every- curators Weiner said has been a wonderful expe- Working with a diverse group of student tele- with that I probably never would have spoken day life. “At the time it was just like everything rience. “Really good teamwork is very rare, but counselors “is definitely fun,” he said. to.” else we take for granted,” she said. very good when you can find it.”