First Offense DWI Stresses Bankrolls by Madison Ferril Istrative License Revocation “If There’S No Way to Get the Reporter (ALR) Program

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TheFRIDAY | MAY 3, 2013 Baylor Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com SPORTS Page B3 NEWS Page B5 A&E Page B10 Bases loaded Ring by Spring continues Have a hot cup of joe Baylor baseball heads to Unofficial tradition carries on Baristas in Waco lay down the Lawrence, Kan., for a three-game through unexpected spouses met ins and outs of ‘coffee culture,’ a series during Baylor years growing trend among coffee lovers Vol. 115 No. 51 © 2013, Baylor University First offense DWI stresses bankrolls By Madison Ferril istrative License Revocation “If there’s no way to get the Reporter (ALR) program. If someone fails charges refused or dismissed, we a breath test, his or her license try to get a plea bargain,” Hunt You’ve had a few too many is automatically suspended for said. drinks and decided to drive home. 90 days. Someone can refuse to A plea bargain means some- You feel fine and your apartment’s take a breath test, but if they do, one pleads guilty or no contest to only a few miles away. their license is suspended for 180 a charge in exchange for a lighter As you make your way down days. A $125 reinstatement fee is sentence. No contest means the the road, you see the red and blue required before someone can get person did not dispute or admit lights in your rear view mirror. their license back. to the charges against them. You pull over, and after failing a Waco Police Department Sgt. “An average plea bargain is Breathalyzer test, you’re charged W. Patrick Swanton said there is about 18 months probation and with Driving While Under the In- no set sentence for someone who a $2,000 fine, of which our cli- fluence (DWI). receives a DWI. ent will pay $1,000,” Hunt said. So what does this mean for “There’s a variety of factors “They’ll also have to pay court you or your parent’s bank ac- that go into deciding a charge,” fees, which are around $300.” count? Swanton said. In addition to the fines and Baylor Police Department Swanton said someone could court costs, the state of Texas re- chief Jim Doak said by the end receive jail time, a fine or jail time quires an annual fee of $1,000 for of the process, a DWI charge and a fine. three years after the case is over. will end up costing more than Someone who receives a DWI If the case goes to trial, Hunt $10,000. must appear in court, and there- said he charges an extra $5,000. “It’s a high cost for one night of fore have to hire a criminal de- If a student lives outside of foolishness,” Doak said. “It takes a fense lawyer. Waco or McLennan County, they long time to undo.” Attorney Russell Hunt Sr. said and their parents may have to Doak said he has given many attorneys can charge anywhere consider cost of travel to and from students DWIs and it’s not an from hundreds of dollars to thou- Waco. uncommon occurrence. Eight sands of dollars. Peter Miller, the deputy direc- students have received DWIs this “My typical fee for a first-time tor of McLennan County Com- semester from Baylor Police De- adult DWI is $5,000,” Hunt said. munity Supervision and Correc- partment. Hunt said once he receives tions Department, said the court In Texas, DWI is classified as a DWI case, he goes to the dis- can charge fees such as restitution a Class B misdemeanor on first trict attorney and tries to get the for an accident or damages in ad- offense if Blood Alcohol Content charges refused or dismissed. A dition to the fine and monthly Travis Taylor | Lariat Photographer (BAC) is 0.08 percent or lower, refusal means the prosecutor de- probation fee. He said auto insur- and a Class A misdemeanor if cides not to try a case before the ance rates also increase due to a BAC is 0.15 percent or above. case is filed. A dismissal means DWI charge. Grillin’ some grub These standards became effective the prosecutor can dismiss a case Miller said the average length Brentwood, Tenn., senior Brandon Seibert roasts a marshmallow Thursday at Vitek’s BBQ Restaurant. in 2011. with the signature of a judge. Vitek’s gave out free Gut-Paks in celebration of winning the College Eats National Championship. Texas also has an Admin- SEE DWI, page 9 Rhode Island 10th state to pass gay marriage bill

By David Klepper Providence man who has been with to see this,” Tevyaw said. “I’m sure one of civil rights, arguing in daylong from Page 1 Associated Press his partner for 32 years. “For the first she’s watching, but she’s not here next legislative hearings that gay and les- FAFSA time in my life, I feel welcome in my to me. Before she died, she told me, ‘I bian couples deserve the same rights and their college enrollment decisions.The PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Is- own state.” started this, and now I’m leaving it in and protections given to opposite-sex IRS data retrieval form was rendered use- land on Thursday became the nation’s After Chafee signed the bill, the your hands.’ We worked hard for this. married couples. The Catholic church less for the people this delay affected. The 10th state to allow gay and lesbian hundreds of people who gathered on There were petitions, door knocking, was the most significant opponent, retrieval form simplifies the FAFSA applica- couples to wed, as a 16-year effort to the Statehouse grounds erupted into phone calls. I think people decided, with Bishop Thomas Tobin urging tion process as it takes information directly extend marriage rights in this heav- cheers as a chorus sang “Chapel of ‘just let people be happy.’” lawmakers to defeat what he called an from the IRS. ily Roman Catholic state ended with L ov e .” Once consigned to the political “immoral and unnecessary” change The retrieval form was implemented the triumphant cheers of hundreds “Now, at long last, you are free fringe, gay marriage advocates suc- to traditional marriage law. into the FAFSA process in January 2010. of gays, lesbians, their families and to marry the person that you love,” ceeded this year thanks to a sprawling On Thursday, Tobin repeated his The Department of Education realized that friends. Chafee told the crowd. lobbying effort that included support opposition, writing in a letter to the there was a need to simplify and streamline Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed the The day was bittersweet for Debo- from organized labor leaders, reli- state’s Catholics that “homosexual the FAFSA process in order to make it easi- bill into law on the Statehouse steps rah Tevyaw, whose wife, state correc- gious clergy, leaders including Chafee acts are ... always sinful.” er for families applying for aid. Thursday evening following a final tions officer Pat Baker, succumbed to and Providence Mayor Angel Taveras “Catholics should examine their The IRS issued a statement on the delays 56-15 vote in the House. The first lung cancer two years ago. Months and hundreds of volunteers. Their ef- consciences very carefully before last month. They said that they were aware weddings will take place Aug. 1, when before she died, Baker, relying on an forts overcame the opposition of the deciding whether or not to endorse of a limited number of software company the law takes effect. oxygen tank, angrily told lawmakers it Catholic church and lawmakers in- same-sex relationships or attend products that affected some taxpayers who “I’ve been waiting 32 years for was unfair that Tevyaw wasn’t consid- cluding Senate President Teresa Paiva same-sex ceremonies,” Tobin wrote. filed form 8863, Education credits, between Charles Krupa | Associated Press Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee holds up a gay mar- this day, and I never thought it would ered her wife in Rhode Island despite Weed, who voted no but allowed the “... To do so might harm their rela- Feb. 14 and Feb. 22. riage bill after signing it into law outside the State House come in my lifetime,” said Raymond their marriage in Massachusetts. issue to come to a vote anyway. Thursday in Providence, R.I. Beausejour, a 66-year-old gay North “I’m ecstatic, but sad she’s not here Supporters framed the issue as SEE MARRIAGE, page 9 Benefits of FAFSA hampered by delays in filing tax forms By Sanmai Gbandi for government aid, why wouldn’t process. and Ashley Pereyra you take it?” For Baylor students, the appli- Reporters In order to begin a FAFSA cation for the 2013-2014 school form, students and/or their par- year was available to submit after Completing the Free Appli- ents need two sets of completed January 1. cation of Federal Student Aid tax return information—their The priority deadline to sub- (FAFSA) is an integral part of parents’ and their own from the mit the FAFSA to Baylor was helping to pay for college for most current year. If that is not avail- March 1. Students who file for aid students. However, not many of able, then use the information before the FAFSA deadline are them actually do it themselves. from the taxes that have submit- given priority in considerations Houston senior Amanda Pa- ted or will be submitted. The cor- for financial aid. After the March

dilla said her parents have com- rect information can be updated 1 deadline, funds will be distrib- Travis Taylor | Lariat Photographer pleted her FAFSA application on the FAFSA website using a pin uted based on availability. Miami, Fla., sophomore Julian LeFort works in the Starbuck’s located in Moody Library as part of the work- every year that she has gone to number once the parent’s current Although completing the study program to help pay for his tuition. Baylor. tax information becomes avail- FAFSA application can be simple, “I started to do it sometimes, able. things like late tax returns can but for the most part I just know A pin number can be an im- lead to a more complicated and Work-study helps cost of college it’s going to be a hassle,” Padilla portant tool as it is the fastest way sometimes frustrating process. said. “So I let my parents do it.” to sign the application. Students According to the Department By Madison Ferril minimum wage, which is current- land Dining Hall, said she does a New Orleans junior Taylor and parents apply for their own of Education, this year there was Reporter ly $7.25 an hour. Students cannot little bit of everything at her job, Jones works on the FAFSA ap- pin numbers on the Federal Stu- a major delay on processing tax earn more than their work-study from supervising student workers plication with her parents, and dent Aid Website. The pin not returns. Jeff Baker, director of For students who are a part of award in a semester. Baylor also to creating schedules and filling she said she understands the need only works as an identifier, but it policy liaison and implementa- the work-study program, the add- offers jobs to students who do not out paperwork. She makes $8.05 students have for financial aid to allows access to the online student tion with the U.S. Department of ed element of work can provide receive federal work-study, but an hour. She said students who be able to pay for college. aid report and corrections can be Education, issued a statement on help with bills and give students they must wait three weeks after work for Baylor Dining Services “College education is expen- made if needed. March 13 and said the delays had extra spending money for a few the school year begins to apply for receive a 10 cent raise for each sive,” Jones said. “I feel like it’s one Once pin numbers have been the potential to impact students hours outside of class per week. student worker positions. year they work and a 25 cent raise of the fastest increasing sectors acquired, completing the appli- Federal work-study requires Houston senior Sabrina Bosia- of our economy, so if you qualify cation online becomes a simple SEE FAFSA, page 9 the college to pay students federal cki, the student manager at Pen- SEE WORK-STUDY, page 9

Rounding Up Campus News Since 1900 TheLariat Best Student Newspaper Three Years Running | Houston Press Club FRIDAY | MAY 3, 2013 | the Opinion 2 Baylor Lariat www.baylorlariat.com Anonymous evaluations aren’t really anonymous

is a record of him logging in and ationKIT to find out what student which computer he logged in at. submitted that evaluation. He browses to Blackboard, where EvaluationKIT provides the Editorial he logs in. data back to Baylor. However, Baylor has an Internet filter in there are ways they can provide place to prevent students from go- “anonymous” data that would still This year, Baylor moved from ing to illegal or illicit sites through allow Baylor to determine who a paper-based system to an online Baylor’s servers. This means Bay- gave what responses. system of teacher evaluations. lor has a log of every website that For example, if you fill out Normally, we would applaud every person that uses Baylor’s evaluations for multiple profes- this move. However, we have res- computers visits. sors, your Baylor ID, which has ervations about the current system. Since Joe Baylor logged in to been encrypted in a process called For one thing, the paper evalu- the computer, Baylor knows every hashing, will be entered multiple ations were required to be com- website he visited while he was times and could point to your pleted in class, meaning that every logged in at the library, and at what class schedule. You could then be student who showed up on evalua- date and time. identified by your schedule, un- tion day would fill one out. Unless Say he then completes an online less there are other students in the class time is given to complete the evaluation. While the website used same semester with your schedule. online version, what would moti- for the online evaluations uses It’s not likely. vate students to do them? Fewer https secure browsing, meaning Even if EvaluationKIT didn’t students participating may mean that the data transmitted from the provide that encrypted ID, if they less accurate evaluations. computer to server is encrypted, were to provide a date/time stamp, That pales in comparison to the that does not prevent Baylor from that would allow Baylor to com- main reason why we are opposed having a log of when the user sub- pare the data with their logs and to online evaluations, though. mitted an evaluation because of the determine who provided the eval- Anonymity. time stamps. Nor can we as stu- uation. Baylor University has contract- dents be assured that they do not There are a couple of solu- ed with EvaluationKIT to perform have access to data transmitted via tions Baylor should choose from these online evaluations. However, Blackboard. to ensure that responses are truly there is one fundamental flaw with Furthermore, there is no way anonymous. the whole process. A student is re- to evaluate what information gets The preferred method, and the quired to log in to Blackboard to passed to EvaluationKIT, mean- one we strongly propose, is that be able to access the online evalu- ing they may have your Baylor ID, Baylor needs to move back to the ations. which they would then attach to truly anonymous paper evalua- Anyone who thinks their re- your response in their system. The tions. We think online evaluations tinue with online evaluations, we ficials never have access to the ac- access code and be taken to a page sponses at that point are anony- likelihood of this occurring is high, will never accomplish the response propose that EvaluationKIT gen- cess codes). That professor would on EvaluationKIT’s website to do mous are unaware of the types of because if Baylor decided to pursue rate that the paper-based system erate randomly generated access then distribute that section’s access the evaluation for that course. logging that take place across the pressing charges against a student achieved unless class time is given codes for each section and class codes randomly to the students. Baylor also needs to allow guest Internet on a daily basis. for their responses on an evalua- to complete them. being evaluated and those access EvaluationKIT would need a web- access on computers so a student Let’s say Joe Baylor logs in to a tion (in the event of a threat), the Barring that, online evaluations codes are distributed to the ap- site completely under its control doesn’t have to log in on the Baylor computer in Moody Library. Im- attorneys involved would be able to should be detached from Black- propriate professor without Baylor where students can go. Here the network to perform these evalua- mediately in Baylor’s system there subpoena the records from Evalu- board. If Baylor decides to con- involvement (meaning Baylor of- student would enter the random tions. Review misses humanity in book; people both good and bad

The epigraph of E.M. Forster’s sort of stepfather to my brother rell and his brand of revivalism. embodied so much of the spirit of rences such as miracles and exor- “Howards End,” which reads “Only and me. It is recounted without ad- Christianity. I refer to their treat- cisms as real events. connect...” could serve as a state- The book recounts a spectacu- ditional vitriol for many reasons, ment of the poor and marginalized I am trying to immerse the ment of purpose for many a writer. lar fall from grace, and I do not the foremost being that as I under- and their stand for integration, de- reader in a mystical world where This may hold especially true for brag when I say it does so without stand it, literature works better as spite being hounded and beaten by anything is possible. This may writers of personal narrative. bitterness. Brewton thinks so, too. a venue for exploration than score the Ku Klux Klan. strain credulity for some, but it is As one such writer, it was my She writes in her review that I for- settling. The injunction of creative My mother and stepfather crucial to understanding the world privilege and pleasure to spend a give Terrell and my mother again writing to show rather than tell is broke the commandments regu- from which I came. day and a half with Baylor journal- and again, that I refuse to hold also at work here. larly, yet they loved God whole- Perhaps the real quarrel with ism students discussing the subset them to scrutiny and that by doing Brewton states my lack of bit- heartedly. As one fellow writer put “Holy Ghost Girl” is that I tell my of creative nonfiction called mem- so I allow them to achieve a kind of terness left her wondering what it, the Bible is filled with stories family’s story without wholly re- oir. (unearned?) redemption. thoughts and feelings I experi- of people just like them. I do not pudiating or endorsing their belief The spirited dialogue we had In my address to the journalism enced in evaluating my childhood. mean to justify bad behavior. I’m system. This is hard for readers on remains with me and indeed grew class, I stated that as a trained jour- I recount the cruel and humiliating simply saying that good and bad both sides of the faith question to louder when I read editor-in-chief nalist I opted to err on the side of treatment my brother and I re- are intertwined in an individual in accept. Caroline Brewton’s recent review fairness. The characters in my book ceived at the hands of caregivers. I the same way that faith and doubt As a writer, I try to navigate Donna Johnson| Guest contributor of my memoir “Holy Ghost Girl,” cannot present their side of the sto- write that I prayed for my mother’s often coexist in believers. It is sim- the confluence of faith and human published on April 11. The book ry to readers, and so I felt bound return, that I thought her absence plistic to think otherwise. frailty, which is the murkier, and I has been favorably reviewed in a Terrell when I was 3 years old. De- to try to understand their actions meant God hated me. I state that I Finally, there is the reviewer’s think the deeper water. Here there number newspapers, including spite Terrell’s marriage, she began from their point of view. Since left home first at 15, then again for mention of “absolute truth” and are no absolutes. The New York Times, but I par- a secret affair with him that lasted these characters are also members good at 17, that my mother and I my unwillingness to sacrifice my Once that is accepted, a truer ticularly enjoyed the Lariat review. for more than 20 years. She aban- of my family whose backstories argued about Terrell for years. mother and Terrell to that glitter- story may surface, flawed but rich Brewton was the only reviewer doned my brother and me for a and limitations are known to me, I In short, I felt wretched and ing ideal. with connection. to attempt to evaluate the tone and time to travel with him. erred also on the side of kindness, that wretchedness is on the page. Given that my book focuses on Donna M. Johnson is the author shape of my story. I applaud her Terrell was a gifted and dedi- reporting only what concerned my It is not, however, the point of the what happens when people think of “Holy Ghost Girl,” an award-win- critical thinking, though I do not cated preacher during the early immediate story. book. they know the absolute truth, I ning memoir critically acclaimed by agree with all of her conclusions. days. Like others before and after The book circles around an im- The disparity between my find the reference astonishing. the New York Times, O Magazine “Holy Ghost Girl” tells the story him, he was seduced by sex, power plied set of questions: Why did my mother’s and Terrell’s professed As a freelance religion writer, and others. Her work has appeared of my family’s association with one and money, though it could be ar- mother and Terrell behave as they beliefs and their behavior is an old I’ve learned the only way to re- in the Shambhala Sun, the Huffing- of the last of the sawdust trail tent gued the first two vices are one and did, and what was the cost of their story. port on faith is by entering into ton Post and the Austin American- preachers named David Terrell. same. behavior? The strange and I hope fascinat- the framework of believers. In the Statesman. She is currently at work My mother began working for Over time, Terrell became a The story is a reckoning of Ter- ing aspect of the story is how they book I recount fantastic occur- on a second memoir. I liked the convenience of using BearBucks off-campus. Why no more?

This morning, I received an This is really annoying, actually. participation for canceling the off- Now that I can’t go off campus going and using the machines that email from the Cashier’s Office. The reasoning stated in the campus part of the program. for some Taco Bell with my Bear- are currently “obsolete” or the fact After the normal, mini panic at- email is as follows: Now don’t get me wrong—I Bucks, I would have to go home that Wells Fargo Bank can’t pro- tack I had, featuring questions like “The decision to terminate the use my debit card when I go out and get my debit card first. vide staffing or anything like that— “Oh gosh, did I miss a payment?” off-campus program is a joint one to places that require me to go off This move means I’ll probably but I can definitely say that this is and “Are they about to kick me between Baylor and Wells Fargo campus that don’t use BearBucks. be less likely to go off-campus. not helping the whole “getting out out of school?!” I actually read the Bank, our program administra- However, I also have BearBucks Aren’t we supposed to be trying of the Baylor Bubble” thing. email. tor. This decision is also driven by for a particular reason: I feel safer. to burst the Baylor Bubble? Maybe there should be a new The email informed me I was the fact that the existing merchant If I lose my debit card, it’s a huge Aren’t we, as students, encour- program, or maybe I’m the only no longer allowed to use Bear- equipment is obsolete and no lon- ordeal to cancel and figure out all aged to do more things for the one thinking all this—but hey, I’m Bucks off-campus. I disregarded it ger repairable and the Bank can no the paperwork. Waco community? a bit peeved for having to carry my and tossed it in the trash, going on longer provide staffing for a pro- If I lose my Baylor ID, on the I enjoy going out with friends debit card around for a drink at with my daily routine. gram that is now the only one of other hand, all I have to do is just and I like to use my BearBucks to Common Grounds. But then —about 10 minutes its kind.” call the office or cancel the old card do them. Mashaal Hashmi is a junior later — it hit me. This does affect The email gave the addition- online and go pick up a new one at There’s not a lot I can do about from Fort Worth. She is a copy edi- Mashaal Hashmi| Copy editor me, because I use BearBucks. al reason of declining student Clifton Robinson Tower. the rest of the student population tor for The Baylor Lariat.

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By Linda Nguyen tions have something to offer to strength but rather an MD and she said sometimes, A&E Editor the public health infrastructure of health,” scholars of his caliber aren’t the best com- Levin said. municators. Baylor is home to renowned research- In his time at Baylor, Levin has pub- “He strikes me as someone who loves ers and scholars. Scattered around the uni- lished several scientific articles as well as people and looks for ways to help share his versity, they produce research and papers, two books. experience and expertise,” Barron said. many of which define their fields. Dr. Larry Dossey, internal medicine Barron said the first time she had lunch One such scholar is Dr. Jeff Levin, pro- doctor and New York Times bestselling with him, she was intimidated by his ac- fessor of epidemiology and population author, said he has worked with Levin complishments and academic stature, but health. His research looks at how religion throughout his career. that was immediately gone when she met affects public health and he is considered “We go back about 20 years,” Dossey him. by some as the “Father of Epidemiology said. “I have written several books of the “He was extraordinarily warm, engag- and Religion.” role of spirituality and health. One of my ing, chatty, relaxed, passionate,” she said. Levin came to Baylor in 2009 with an books was about healing which wound up “He was warm and kind and interested in appointment at the Institute for the Studies in the New York Times bestseller list. That the program and very generous in his will- of Religion. book brought me and Jeff together. It was ingness to share his work and expertise.” “What’s unique about my position here, almost an automatic friendship as far as I’m trained in biomedical sciences and in professional and personal interests are con- Personal Life health,” Levin said. “I function as a social cerned.” Along with his accomplishments in aca- scientist but my background is in the hu- Dossey said he has tremendous respect demia, he has also found a way to balance manities. What’s unique about here, I do for Levin. family life and work. medical research but I work in an institute “He is one of those rare individuals who “That’s not a challenge,” Levin said. “My with sociologists.” has almost single-handedly created a field wife is also on staff here, Dr. Lea Steele. He said being at Baylor has been a great of interest in academia,” Dossey said. We’re a two-epidemiologist-family. I think fit for him and his research. for both of us, our work is very important “I appreciate there are few places, may- Medical Humanities to us. The fact that we’re both epidemi- Courtesy Photo be Baylor is it, where I can conduct with Levin is also a professor of medical hu- ologists, I don’t have to compartmentalize Dr. Jeff Levin and his wife, Dr. Lea Steele, are both epidemiologists at Baylor. Levin is the research I do with the colleagues I do, manities. Dr. Lauren Barron, clinical pro- work and home. It’s not a challenge. I love considered the “Father of the Epidemiology of Religion.” focused on religion,” Levin said. fessor and associated director of medical being a professor.” humanities, has Steele, a research professor of biomedi- Academic Background tate to. Decades down the road, there could Research worked with Levin cal studies, said Levin has eclectic interests Levin graduated from Duke Univer- be a new field of study. In a way, this is how Levin said his current research has through the de- inside and outside of academia. sity and went to University of North Caro- science and biomedicine advance. It’s kind three main foci: analyzing data from glob- partment. “He is funny and he’s just so smart,” lina Chapel Hill to study epidemiology in of been rewarding. That’s how it starts, as al health surveys to identify religious de- “He writes pro- Steele said. “He’s very unique in the way he graduate school. He said the origins of his a graduate student who wrote up a term terminants of physical and mental health, lifically on the in- thinks about things. He’s definitely outside research over religion and public health p ap e r.” studying healing and the work of healers tersection of faith the box in how he approaches intellectual, stemmed from a term paper in a class on Levin said for now, he’s focusing on his and outlining the public policy implica- and health,” Bar- personal challenges. He’s got a lot of inter- social and cultural factors in health. third focus of research. He said he would tions of faith-based resources for the public ron said. “The fact ests. He’s a film buff. He just knows a lot “The professor said, ‘This is interesting, like to be involved in the public policy health sector. that we have this about a lot of things. He’s knows a lot about you ought to write it up as an article for a making process in Washington. He said part of his research involves renowned scholar country music. I think of him as mostly an journal,’” Levin said. “I want my work to count for something working with larger data sets. right in the middle intellectual but he has great instincts in a Levin said he then went back to the li- other than a long list of publications,” Levin “I’ve been working on these huge data of Baylor who is Dr. Jeff Levin lot of areas.” brary to search the literature again to en- said. “I want to reach people with decision sets,” Levin said. “I haven’t done real data doing extremely She said she hopes Levin’s unique career sure he hadn’t forgotten anything. making authority.” collection. Especially the last couple years. influential work path will inspire students. “I started searching the literature,” he Levin said if he had a piece of advice I’ve done a number of analyses of data.” in the field of religion and health; it’s ex- “I think it will help students,” Steele said. “I found more and more studies. Over to give to students he would say to “follow His research with healers is something traordinary to have a scholar of his caliber said. “Because students don’t really know the next four to five years, I would go to the your heart.” he said has always been one of his interests. at Baylor.” there are fields you go into that can recon- library. In 1987, I had discovered over 200 “This is a decision that will affect you “I’ve known a lot of these folks, inter- She described him as charming and in- cile and allow you to pursue how science of these studies, wrote it all up and ended for the rest of your life,” Levin said. “It viewed a lot of these folks,” Levin said. telligent. She said he is a pioneer in the field and faith are connected.” up sending it to a medical journal. This was should be something that energizes you so “Maybe they are healers, maybe they aren’t of epidemiology and religion. She said being at Baylor has been a great the first literature review that suggested even if you weren’t a doctor, you’d what to but it’s been really fascinating. I’ve written “I guess something that sums him up is opportunity for Levin to pursue the kind of religion was related to health. That kind of read about. The same thing when it comes some historical pieces on healing.” his willingness to come speak to my class work he’s interested in. got me started.” to research. Pick a topic that hasn’t been re- His third main area of focus looks at and share,” Barron said. “He’s generous “This is unique in the world,” Steele He said he didn’t set out to find this searched to death. It’s easy to pick a subject the more political, policy-oriented side of with his experiences and expertise. And said. “It’s the only place where you get field, but he is glad to have been able to where there’s a huge infrastructure down. research. He looks at the public policy im- in a way that’s engaging and exciting. He’s scholars in different disciplines look at contribute. Follow your heart. It’s your life.” plications for faith in public health. very unique and I think his presence at their disciplines as it compares to faith. All “There’s also a helpful and inspiring “I’ve written some public policy-orient- Baylor is an amazing gift.” kinds of great scholars. The Institute for the message,” Levin said. “The ideas you have This story was shortened for print. For ed pieces trying to promote the idea that Barron said unlike many other profes- Studies of Religion is such a great place for and the research you do can potentially the full version of the story, visit www.bay- religious organizations, religious institu- sors at Baylor, she does not hold a Ph.D. his love.” create a field that other people will gravi- lorlariat.com. FRIDAY | MAY 3, 2013 www.baylorlariat.com News the Baylor Lariat|A5 Hearing wedding bells: The Ring by Spring tradition

By Sarah Forsman that lab for two previous semesters. mouth passed on from one love- so much fun’. So basically she drug Ring by Spring a positive or nega- Reporter He was across the lab bench and he sick college girl to another. me there to try out.” tive tradition? had seen me at church, so he struck Ring by Spring is a saying for Gray’s partner for the Sing The opinions on Ring by It was a nice day in April. The up a conversation.” young college women who want to practices and performances Spring vary. On March 29, sun shone down on an emerald Despite the diamond ring on get engaged before they graduate would later become her hus- Susan A. Patton, a 1977 green pasture spotted with golden- her finger, Sunderland said their from college, and in the opinions band. Princeton graduate, rods and oak trees. Guests followed romance took a while to get start- of some, solely go to college for this “So Darren suppos- wrote a letter to The a grassy trail that had been carved ed. purpose. edly said, ‘I want her to Daily Princ- by golf carts giving the elderly and “He asked me out at the end of be my partner’ when etonian stiletto-clad women rides to their that summer session, but I turned I walked in,” Gray urging seats. The guests soon took their him down,” Sunderland said. “So “People always used to smiled. “I ended up designated places to watch a Baylor we didn’t date until a year later.” being his partner. woman get her Ring by Spring. This chance encounter, then say to me, ‘I met my It was Sing and you Leawood, Kan., senior Leigh rejection, then acceptance, and fi- husband at Baylor.’ practiced a lot so we Sunderland said she met her future nally engagement, all add up to the You’re always sup- were together a lot. husband in a lab at Baylor. one thing that all Baylor women We had our first date “I met Blake in summer school are presumed to desire: a Ring by posed to be watching. probably a week later.” during Chemistry lab,” Sunderland Spring. I always thought that Gray insisted that she said. “Blake was trying to finish his “I had heard if you go to school was so dumb. My had never heard of Ring by last year of school and it was the at Baylor, you’ll get your Ring by Spring in her days at Baylor. Chris- only science lab he Spring,” Sunderland said. “People junior year, I really “We talked about getting mar- tianity, it makes sense that could get into. I would always say to me, ‘I met my didn’t think I’d meet ried a lot but he never would offi- Ring by Spring is a popular had been try- husband at Baylor.’ You’re always cially ask me,” Gray laughed. “We saying in many Christian-based my husband at Baylor, schools such as Notre Dame, Lib- ing to supposed to be watching. I always knew we were going to get mar- Courtesy Art g e t thought that was so dumb. My but then it happened ried, but he just wouldn’t give me erty University, Oklahoma Baptist into junior year, I really didn’t think to me.” a ring and it was driving me nuts.” University, and of course, Baylor. I was going to meet my hus- After graduating, Cathy and “I had kind of heard of the tra- women to marry before they leave dition of Ring by Spring,” Cleburne band at Baylor, but then it hap- Leigh Sunderland |Leawood, Darren Gray got engaged and were college. Patton’s letter caused an freshman Allie Wheat said. “It’s al- pened to me.” Kan. senior married in July of 1989. outcry among many feminists. So what exactly is Ring It is possible that, like the Grays, ways a joke of Ring by Spring, and These feminists, and others by Spring? Ring by Spring emerged from the girls trying to get it. It was never who share the same view, believe “Sounds like some- large number of couples who seem necessarily my goal to try and get a that Ring by Spring interferes with thing a Mrs. Degree Many of these women believe to get married right out of college. Ring by Spring.” women successfully completing would come up that college is where they will find But according to data from the Wheat said she felt strongly their collegiate studies and becom- with,” said John their future spouses — and marry Pew Research Center, many college that Christianity influences mar- ing independent. Ginn, a 1986 them — before they graduate in the educated people are delaying marriage. While those like Patton, who Baylor grad- spring. riage until they are close to age 30. “The way society has made it, approve of Ring by Spring, be- uate. “It wasn’t a big deal,” said Cathy According to college students, it’s almost like you need to go to lieve that women will never have There is Gray, Baylor class of 1988. the most widely held belief on the college and get established in a ca- so many eligible and like-minded no textbook Gray, now a resident of Sulphur origin of Ring by Spring can be reer before you can get married,” men from which to select a mate, definition of Ring Springs, transferred into Baylor af- found in the roots of Christianity, Wheat said. “They’ve also made and that it would be foolish to not by Spring, or as ter attending two years of school at and some may argue, the origin of it seem like some of the Christian take advantage of the opportunity. some call it, a Texas Tech University. man. In the book of Genesis, God morals that were so common back Regardless of all of the opin- Mrs. Degree, After transferring, she met her creates a woman named Eve to be then aren’t so common today.” ions and statistics and what many but what is future husband at one of Baylor’s the help mate for the first man, Wheat has been dating Pres- may think of Ring by Spring, the available oldest traditions: Sing. Adam. ton Hughes, also a freshman from words spoken by the bride-to-be, is only “It was my senior year, my last Genesis 2:24 states that, “a man Cleburne, Texas, for two and a half Sunderland, are an example of w o r d semester at Baylor,” Gray said. “My leaves his father and mother and is years. They are engaged to be mar- the thoughts of those who follow o f roommate was trying to talk me joined to his wife, and the two are ried at 19 years old. through with this unofficial Baylor into trying out for Sing and I didn’t united into one.” “We definitely have prayed tradition. want to because I was an elemen- A large number of Christian about our relationship and we felt “I think we were just ready,” tary education major. I was student women take from verses like this that this is the right thing for us to Sunderland said. “And maybe teaching that semester plus I was that getting married is a necessary do,” Wheat said. “The way we got some people aren’t. If you really taking a night class because I need- part of their religion--as well as be- together was totally a God thing.” focus on maturing in Jesus and ed one more class to graduate. She coming an adult. With people like Wheat getting setting a foundation for the rest just wouldn’t let up. She was like, Due to the emphasis on mar- married so young, at least accord- of your life, come senior year, you ‘You really need to do this, it’ll be riage in at least some branches of ing to the national standard, is just might be ready to settle down.” Courtesy Art FRIDAY | MAY 3, 2013 | the News A6 Baylor Lariat www.baylorlariat.com FRIDAY | MAY 3, 2013 www.baylorlariat.com News the Baylor Lariat|A7 War vets fire opinions on open carry bill, gun restrictions

By Tori Hittner least two points of resistance and be either “The Second Amendment is there for a rea- Guest Contributor wholly or partially visible. Having recently son: to protect ourselves. I’ve got to protect been introduced to the House Committee on my family, too.” A patchwork It’s a straight shot north on I-35 until you Homeland Security and Public Safety, the bill, Not all the Legionnaires were so in favor reach exit 343 toward Elm Mott. Hang a right if pushed through, must be put on the legisla- of open carry. Both Chad Williams, 43, and at the corner Dairy Queen and drive half a tive calendar and then reach the floor for a full Lee Mitchell, 57, urged caution when debat- of American gun laws mile until you see the old white sign. You vote of the House. ing gun rights. Williams, who quipped he had can’t miss it. Not all are in favor of the bill, however. In been a “passer, not a catcher” of bullets as a Tucked away on a nondescript side road, light of recent firearm-related national trag- Navy Seabee, believes that “any gun that has the small building doesn’t look like much edies, many citizens question whether the the capacity of over ten rounds needs to be at first. Your initial reaction of indifference expansion of gun rights is prudent. Like the off the market.” Military experience taught won’t last long. state of Texas itself, the local veterans of Unit him that guns are dangerous tools made even The sloping parking lot gives way to a sin- 121 were divided over the issue of open carry. more deadly in the hands of the wrong people. gle door with a bold print sign reading “Bar Billy Elkins, 64, the commander of Unit “There are a lot of people out here who will Entrance.” A handful of glinting motorcycles 121, would be the first to welcome you into be willing to shoot you over spilled milk,” Wil- rest under the awning, an intimidating con- the Post. His easy smile and affable personal- liams said. “We’ll have more murders.” centration of streamlined metal and muscle. ity could make anyone feel at home. His un- Mitchell, too, cited human error and un- Inside, smoky haze drifts around neon signs wavering convictions would also make him a predictability as reasons open carry may not and simple tables and chairs. Tom Petty and force to be reckoned with. be the safest option. After 20 years of service the Heartbreakers blare in the background, in the Army, “I know how people are with filling the room with assertions that they “The Second Amend- their tempers. I could see where it could be a “won’t back down.” deterrent, but I can also see that it could lead This startling oasis of motorcycles and ment is there for a to bad things happening if people can’t con- classic rock is the American Legion Post 121 reason: to protect our- trol their tempers.” of Waco. It may seem like an unlikely venue, selves. I’ve got to protect The veterans at Post 121 may not all have but it’s home to elementary school programs, agreed on the overall prudence of the open ice cream socials and oratorical scholarship my family too.” carry bill, but they seemed to unknowingly contests. It’s also home to some very special find something the public has yet to learn: people. Harold Shilling | Vietnam veteran compromise. Though spoken to separately, The American Legion Unit 121 consists the Legionnaires found common ground in of a diverse group of veterans from the Waco Elkins did not hesitate to support the idea several key areas. area who provide vital support for each other of open carry. “The more visible the better. If Nearly every contacted veteran asserted in life after combat. These men and women you’re in a store and a thief walks in and sees that our most concentrated efforts for reform aim to make their community a better place a gun, they’re going to think twice before they should be focused on the people themselves, and consistently offer their time and services rob the store.” not their weapons. to those in need. Underneath the tough ex- Having served 21 years in the Army and “It’s the person, not the gun,” Elkins said. terior of denim and leather lies a bond of Reserves, Elkins finds the proposed bill to be a “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. friendship and compassion that not only natural extension of the Second Amendment. The guns don’t do it unless you have a person brings solidarity into their own lives, but joy “That’s what we fought for,” Elkins said. pulling the trigger. They could come and take into the community, as well. “That’s what we went to Vietnam, Korea, every gun the honest person has and there are The tough biker personas may be con- World War I, World War II, Desert Storm, Af- still going to be guns on the street. And they’re vincing, but they’re not meant to be. It is ghanistan, and Iraq for: for our rights, to keep going to be with the bad guys.” simply how these veterans cope with the ca- America free.” Williams and Mitchell, though opposed to lamities they have seen. In light of the recent Fellow veteran Brent Dodd, 40, heartily open carry, voiced thoughts similar to their tragedies that devastated the nation, it stands agreed. “I fought for my rights. I fought for my post commander. to reason that if we are looking for opinions kids’ rights. And I don’t like them infringed “We need to increase background checks on key issues such as gun control, we need upon.” and try to catch people…before they get the look no further than our very own veterans. Dodd served in both the Navy and Re- gun,” Mitchell pointed out. “It seems like all of They are the ones who have seen firsthand serves and raised his sons to hold a healthy the problems we’ve had with guns have been what firearms—and the people wielding “respect” for firearms, teaching the boys prop- people that never should have had the guns in them—can do. They’re the ones who fought er care and handling. According to Dodd, the first place. If we would have had the back- so that we as Americans could even have this open carry is not only practical but necessary ground checks in place that were effective, discussion and make new laws in order to en- for protection. these may not have happened.” act change. They’re the ones we should turn “The law-abiding citizens that actually go No matter what the ultimate decision in to when faced with important issues regard- and take the courses and are legal to carry are Texas, fellow Legionnaire Williams believes ing the handling of weapons. not the ones committing the crimes,” Dodd that the national gun debate will be “a never- It is no secret that Texas has been a his- said. “So it’s actually going to be a protection ending battle.” torically pro-Second Amendment state. for them. If you can open carry, just the sight Ana Martinez, 43, knows from personal Texas boasts some of the most lenient gun of it—you’d never have to pull it. If they can experience that gun policy changes must be restrictions in the Union, yet is one of the few see it, they’re not going to mess with you. made. remaining states to restrict the open carry of They’re not going to mess with anyone around A small arms specialist in the Army during firearms. Unsurprisingly, multiple open carry y ou .” Desert Storm, Martinez believes that “anyone bills have been proposed in the past decade, Vietnam veteran Harold Shilling echoed who owns a weapon should have some kind of but have had little success. The congressional the sentiments of his fellow Legionnaires, sup- military background training more than just session of 2013 seems likely to push another porting the idea of open carry in Texas. Shil- that for a CHL [concealed handgun license].” open carry bill through committee—perhaps ling claimed that “at 64, I’ve seen a lot.” And Martinez said she understands that there will all the way to the House floor. seen a lot he has. After two years in the Army, be those who “fall through the cracks” of any Reps. George Lavender and Chris Pad- Shilling returned to Waco where he worked policy, but strongly suggests we try to make a die co-wrote and sponsor the 2013 bill, for the Texas Department of Transportation. difference by spreading gun safety education dubbed “HB 700.” Essentially, the bill seeks Only a handful of years later, he witnessed an- among the public. to modify existing Texas law that prohibits other “gruesome” tragedy that remains “em- “It’s a hard question, and I don’t think the unconcealed carry of a firearm in pub- bedded” in his memory: the aftermath of the there’s a right answer,” Martinez said. “I’ve lic. The proposed changes include the words raid upon the Branch Davidian compound. It seen good things and bad things. There’s a lot “and unconcealed” after any law pertaining was traumatic events such as this that shaped of power in carrying a weapon, but there’s also to “concealed” firearms, defining a legal un- Shilling’s opinion regarding open carry. a lot of responsibility.” concealed firearm as a “loaded or unloaded “You can’t stop a man with a gun with a handgun carried upon the person in a shoul- knife. But if he knows that you have a gun and der or belt holster.” Holsters must have at he has a gun, he’s not as apt,” Shilling said. Shots fired in Houston area airport; suspect killed on site By Michael Graczyk Associated Press

HOUSTON — A man who had fired a gun inside a ticketing area at Houston’s largest airport was killed after being confronted by a law enforcement official during an incident that sent people in the terminal scrambling and screaming, police said Thursday. It’s unclear if the man fatally shot himself or was killed by a Homeland Security agent who had confronted him, said Houston police spokesman Kese Smith. The man’s name was not released by police, but they said he was about 30-years-old. Karen Warren | Associated Press Police say the man walked into Airport security members divert traffic at Terminal B at Bush Intercontinen- the ticketing area in Terminal B tal Airport on Thursday after shots were fired. at Bush Intercontinental Airport around 1:35 p.m. and fired at least were reopened to passengers. The rected them to the floor above. one shot into the air. The agent, rest of the airport remained open Greg Newburn, who was in who was in his office, came out and after the shooting. the terminal waiting for a flight to confronted the man, telling him to Darian Ward, a spokeswoman Oklahoma City, said he was sitting drop his weapon, but the man re- for the Houston Airport System, in a cafe area when he heard two fused, police said. said some passengers who were gunshots and after a pause, several “The suspect then turned to- scheduled to leave from Terminal more. ward the special agent. The special B were rerouted to other terminals. “It seemed like quite a few shots. agent, fearing for his safety and Dale Howard, of Tomball, was Everyone was scrambling, running all the passengers in the terminal, at the baggage handling area of the left and running right, turning discharged his weapon at the same airport waiting for his sister to ar- tables up and hiding behind tables. Matt Hellman | Lariat Photo Editor time it appears the suspect may rive on an incoming flight when Nobody knew what was happen- have shot himself,” Smith said. he heard two shots fired from the ing. I couldn’t tell where the shots The man died at the scene. An floor above. A few seconds later, he were coming from,” he said. Blown away autopsy will be conducted Friday. said he heard three more shots. Newburn, from Gainesville, Police would not say what kind “People were screaming. I knew Fla., said it took him a few seconds Students form various Waco elementary schools gather at the Dr Pepper Museum to commemorate of weapon the man had. exactly what it was — gunfire,” to realize that the shots had come the 60th anniversary of a tornado that devastated the city in 1953. The disaster killed 114 people and injured nearly 600 others. The tornado rated an F5 of the Fujita scale, damaging nearly 1,000 buildings The terminal was closed imme- Howard said. from the ticketing area, near the and destroying 600 more. diately after the shooting. But later Police from an adjacent station security checkpoint. Thursday, parts of the terminal rushed in, and Howard said he di- FRIDAY | MAY 3, 2013 | the News A8 Baylor Lariat www.baylorlariat.com Going back to Baylor? VISTA lets volunteers go back to college ... kind of

By Kara Blomquist Reporter

Serve America while still staying at Baylor: AmeriCorps VISTA members placed on Baylor’s campus have the opportunity to do just that. AmeriCorps VISTA, Volunteers in Service to America, is a national program created to fight poverty. VISTA members serve for one year at either a nonprofit organization or a government agency. There are two available VISTA positions at Baylor, and only college graduates are eligible for the program. Benefits of the position include a modest living allow- ance and health care. The AmeriCorps VISTA members placed at Baylor will work with the Office of Community Engagement and Service. The contract for both jobs is from July 2013-July 2014. Current VISTA members say their time at Baylor serving the university and the Waco community through Ameri- Corps VISTA has taught them a lot. Poverty education AmeriCorps VISTA member Chloe Toohey graduated from Centre College, a small liberal arts university in Kentucky, in May 2012 and said she wasn’t sure what her next step should be. “I was like, ‘Hmm, what am I doing with my life?’” she said. “I wanted

“What appealed to me was the fact that I could serve at Baylor and really make an impact on the community that I had grown fond of through four years at Baylor.”

Randall Fowler | VISTA member

Courtesy Art Chloe Toohey, poverty education AmeriCorps VISTA member, joined the program after graduating from Centre College, a small liberal arts university in Kentucky. She is currently serving at Baylor. to take a year off before going back to school, and I wanted to have a meaningful experience during that year.” to the program last year but was put on the alternate list. Toohey said she was attracted to the VISTA position at Baylor because “So I decided to do this and then reapplied this year and it incorporated many of her interests. got in,” he said. “I joke that AmeriCorps made all the differ- “I really like how it melded the passions I had for not only poverty ence.” and homelessness, but also my passion for student affairs and pursuing Graduates who aren’t sure of their future plans should that professionalism,” she said. “This was an invaluable experience to have consider applying for an AmeriCorps position, Fowler said. under my belt.” One of the open positions at Baylor involves working AmeriCorps VISTA member for community development Randall with the re-entry of ex-offenders into society and working Fowler, a Baylor alumnus, said the fact that the job was at Baylor is what with the Parent Resource Centers in Waco ISD, said Mary initially attracted him to the position. Katherine Leslie-Van Hook, project coordinator and office “Really what appealed to me was the fact that I could serve at Baylor manager for the Office of Community Engagement and Ser- and really make an impact on the community that I had grown fond of vice. through four years at Baylor,” he said. “I learned to love Waco and really The other VISTA member will work with the Heart of liked this place. So it was really a way for me to get plugged in here.” Texas Urban Gardening Coalition, she said. This person will Fowler said his work with both the community and student organiza- also help with the Campus Kitchens Project at Baylor. tions on campus has helped him expand his worldview. Leslie-Van Hook said applicants should apply as soon as “It’s been really cool to be able to get the bigger picture, for me, and possible. The deadline is May 10. be able to learn more about Baylor and learn more about service and help Courtesy Art “We are already looking at applicants right now,” she said. connect student groups together,” he said. Students can find more information at: https:// AmeriCorps VISTA member for community development and alumnus Randall Fowler, Fowler will be taking his widened worldview to Amman, Jordan, my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/search.do. left, said he chose to come back to serve at Baylor after his graduation. where he will teach English as a part of the Fulbright program. He applied

to/from Baylor FRIDAY | MAY 3, 2013 www.baylorlariat.com News the Baylor Lariat|A9 WORK-STUDY from Page 1 MARRIAGE from Page 1 for each promotion. tionship with god.” support giving gay and lesbian “I’m clocked in for 15 hours The Rhode Island legislation “Today a dream has come couples the right to marry, up from each week, but I also do a bit of states that religious institutions true. No more hiding in 27 percent in 1996. work outside of hours answering may set their own rules regarding Rep. Frank Ferri, D-Warwick, emails and things like that,” Bosia- who is eligible to marry within the the shadows. No more who lobbied for gay marriage be- cki said. faith and specifies that no religious being ashamed of who we fore becoming a lawmaker himself, Bosiacki said her shift starts at leader is obligated to officiate at are.” recalled that years ago he asked a 3:30 in the afternoon and she tries any marriage ceremony and no re- sitting lawmaker if he would con- to get everyone out by 8:30 p.m. ligious group is required to provide Frank Ferri | Representative of R.I. sider supporting same-sex mar- The latest she has ever had to stay facilities or services related to a gay riage. “He said, ‘I’ll pour gasoline is 9:15. marriage. While ministers already Delaware could be the next on my head and light myself on “I live on campus, so the money cannot be forced to marry anyone, state to approve gay marriage. fire before that bill passes,’” Ferri I make at my job is just spending the exemption helped assuage con- Legislation legalizing same-sex recalled. That has changed, said money, like if I need groceries or cerns from some lawmakers that marriage has narrowly passed the Ferri, who is gay. Ferri said he want to go shopping,” Bosiacki clergy could face lawsuits for abid- Delaware House and now awaits a hopes House Speaker Gordon Fox said. ing by their religious convictions. vote in the state Senate. — who is gay — can marry him Bosiacki said she would recom- Under the new law, civil unions Advocates in Rhode Island say and his partner on Aug. 1, the day mend a work-study job to students will no longer be available to same- that while they’re proud the state is the new law takes effect, which also because of the convenience of on- sex couples as of Aug. 1, though the 10th to legalize gay marriage, happens to be the couple’s 32nd an- campus jobs and the opportunities the state would continue to rec- they expect other states to follow niversary. to move up. ognize existing civil unions. Law- quickly as support for same-sex “Today a dream has come true,” “If you’re going to work, you makers approved civil unions two marriage grows around the coun- he said. “No more hiding in the may as well do it on campus,” Bo- years ago, though few couples have try. According to a November Gal- shadows. No more being ashamed siacki said. sought them. lup poll, 53 percent of Americans of who we are.” Baylor limits student hours to 20 hours per week while they are DWI from Page 1 enrolled in classes to “protect the of probation for a DWI is less than academic interests of the student.” two years. In an email, the Student Financial “The sentence lengths vary Aid Office said students are al- Travis Taylor | Lariat Photographer now,” Miller said. “But the average lowed to work more than 20 hours Grapevine freshman Austen Shearouse referees at an intramural softball probation sentence for a DWI is per week, but they must be paid for game for his work study job. 12-18 months.” overtime, which is one and a half Miller said in addition to the times their usual pay. Media com- Baylor Catering. She helps create parents help her pay for gas and monthly probation fees, a first munications director Lori Fogle- student schedules, does paperwork groceries. offender must take a DWI class, man said students can work over- at the Aramark office and helps “Most people don’t know ca- which costs $75. Multiple offend- time in instances of single events or train new employees. tering has seasons,” Rose said. ers have to pay up to $300 for short-term need by a department. She generally works 15-30 “From about December to Febru- the class. A person on probation Payroll alerts the financial aid hours per week, depending on the ary, there’s not a lot going on so my must notify a probation officer of office if a student works overtime, number of events going on during parents have to help me out more.” all non-essential travel at least 48 and the financial aid office contacts a given week. If she works more Pickton junior Alyssa Miller hours before they intend to leave the department to make sure the than 20 hours in a week, she re- said she works for the Executive the county. All changes of resi- student is receiving overtime pay. ceives overtime pay. office in the Sid Richardson build- dence, job, or employment must They said they might recommend She currently makes $7.80 per ing. She usually works 15 hours a be reported to the probation officer the department hire additional stu- hour, and said students who work week and receives minimum wage within 72 hours. dents if a student is regularly work- for the catering service receive a for her work. She said working as Fees must be mailed in or taken ing over 20 hours per week. 15 cent raise each semester they an office assistant does not provide directly to the McLennan County According to the Student Fi- work. She said she also received a opportunities for raises. C.S.C.D. office, open from 8 a.m. nancial Aid Office, students get raise when she became a student “I worked at Brookshire’s last to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. paid every two weeks, though the supervisor. semester in addition to my office There’s no online payment system federal requirements state students “The latest I’ve ever had to stay job and school,” Miller said. and all mailed in payments must be must only be paid once a month. after an event during the school She said she did not return to cashier’s check or money order. Students cannot receive their week was until about 11 or 11:30,” her job at Brookshire’s this semes- The state of Texas requires work-study amount before classes Rose said. “They’re good about letter, so her parents help her pay anyone convicted of a DWI to file Photo Illustration courtesy of Travis Taylo | Lariat Photographer begin. The Student Financial Aid ting students go early. They under- bills. a Financial Responsibility Insur- Office could not be reached for stand we have tests and classes and “I usually make just enough to ance Certificate, also known as an eight hours of community service cording to the McLennan County comment about why some student things like that.” cover my rent,” Miller said. “I was SR-22, which costs about $70 per on first offense. “Some students ask District Clerk Fees, the cost to file salaries are capped. Rose said the latest she’s ever supposed to have another person month. Lesser alcohol charges, for more community service in lieu an expunction is $258, plus $18.50 Fogleman said the recom- had to work is 2 a.m. after a foot- in my room at my apartment, but such as minor in possession or of the fine,” DeCluitt said. for every agency the order is sent mended student wage is $7.25 per ball game. she ended up not being able to minor consuming alcohol, are Doak said a student could file to. A charge could disqualify a stu- hour. “We started work late in the move in with me. So I pay half the Class C misdemeanors and come for an expunction, or removal of dent from certain jobs, such as fed- “Departments work with fi- afternoon, and the football game rent myself.” with their own set of rules. Class a charge, if they receive a minor in eral law enforcement. nancial aid if there is a compelling starts at about 6 or 7, so it’s not like These experiences do not de- C misdemeanors are finable-only possession or minor consuming al- “It’s not devastating, but it’s need for a higher wage,” Fogleman we work all day,” Rose said. scribe those of all students who offenses. If someone is charged, cohol charge, but they may have to costly and embarrassing,” Doak said. She said she generally makes participate in work-study, but they they could pay a fine up to $500. hire a lawyer, which would be more said. “I’ve never had a student Garland senior Chloe Rose, enough per month to pay her rent, provide a snapshot of those stu- Justice of the Peace Kristi DeCluitt expensive than the ticket itself. The come to me and tell me they’re a forensic anthropology major, electricity and credit card bill. Her dents who choose to do so. said students must take an alco- court also requires filing fees. Ac- proud of their charges.” works as a student supervisor for hol awareness course and perform FAFSA from Page 1 and their college enrollment decisions.The This caused those tax returns to require to approach this problem. IRS data retrieval form was rendered use- more review by the IRS. “We offer a tool online, and it’s called less for the people this delay affected. The The FAFSA website also acknowledged the FAFSA forecaster, “ Christine Isett, the retrieval form simplifies the FAFSA applica- the delay. Department of Education representative tion process as it takes information directly In Baker’s statement, he listed what to said. “And students are still able to apply from the IRS. do until the tax returns were in. The current the previous year’s tax information in there The retrieval form was implemented federal deadline for the FAFSA is June 30. to get a better idea of an estimate of what into the FAFSA process in January 2010. However, in Texas, it depends on the school. they may be eligible for. Also, they can The Department of Education realized that For example, Baylor has set a priority work with their financial aid office. The- fi there was a need to simplify and streamline deadline of March 1. nancial aid office can help them complete the FAFSA process in order to make it easi- As Baker said, a student can file an ini- their FAFSA.” er for families applying for aid. tial FAFSA with their copy of the tax return Isett said despite the delays, the correct The IRS issued a statement on the delays but without the processed return. After the information needs to be put onto the form. last month. They said that they were aware tax return comes in, then the student can “The FAFSA does require that you pro- of a limited number of software company update their FAFSA with final, correct in- vide current year tax information,” she said. products that affected some taxpayers who formation. “Although there are delays, we know even- filed form 8863, Education credits, between If tax returns are late, the Department of tually that information needs to be provid- Feb. 14 and Feb. 22. Education said there are a number of ways ed for verification purposes.” Photo Illustration courtesy of Monica Lake | Lariat Photographer

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