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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2008 BU to sell Frat instability $274.1 inconsistent with sororities million By Shannon Daily groups, including why new Staff writer groups are being brought to campus if groups already here Fraternities on Baylor’s cam- continue to struggle. pus seem to come and go as Staff within Student Activi- in bonds much as your average pop star. ties declined to comment on Over the past few years, groups these issues. By Anita Pere such as Alpha Tau Omega, Pi “There’s a natural turnover Staff writer Kappa Phi and Sigma Phi Epsi- in fraternities and sororities. lon have joined (or re-joined) You know, one group will be on Baylor University will begin selling $115 million the ranks of Baylor fraternities, top, one group will be on bot- in fixed interest bonds to the public Wednesday. while others have faded from tom. Somebody’s going to win The university, through an independent banker, will the public eye. Sing one year, or somebody will look for buyers for an additional $159.1 million of Alpha Tau Omega and win Float. That’s just kind of variable interest bonds April 7. Sigma Phi Epsilon have both how it works,” San Diego, Calif., A bond is a loan to a community, school district or been chartered at Baylor before senior David Hammack said. company for a specific purpose. Unlike stockhold- but were removed for disciplin- Within the Panhellenic ers who own a piece of a company, a bondholder ary reasons. Sigma Phi Epsilon Council, the same nine sorori- merely loans money to an entity. The bondholders is still in the process of having ties have remained on campus, receive their loan back, plus interest, by a specified its new charter approved. Both no matter their size, for the date, known as the bond maturity date. groups have reorganized to past several years. This has The bonds issued Wednesday will come with a help prevent future disciplin- happened partly because of the fixed interest rate of close to 5 percent, while the ary problems. support system the council and bonds issued April 7 will have a variable rate that Some groups also have left Student Activities provide the is yet to be determined. A “fixed rate” is a set inter- because they’ve become too organizations, said Lubbock est rate that won’t change over the life of the loan. small to function. Others have senior Alex Knight. A “variable rate” fluctuates according to economic simply faded into the back- “Whenever I’ve met with factors. ground. At the moment the Student Activities throughout Reagan Ramsower, vice president for finance and Student Activities Web site lists my time at Baylor, they’ve gen- administration, said variable rate bonds are tradi- 14 active fraternities within the erally been helpful...I think the tionally traded every week as the market fluctuates. Interfraternity Council. main difference in the strength The university favors offering investors “a diversi- Sigma Tau Gamma and Pi of fraternities and the strength fied mix of bonds,” Ramsower said of the two bond- Kappa Alpha are two examples of sororities is between the Pan- types. of fraternities that have left hellenic and the IFC councils,” The bonds issued this year will be used to pay Baylor for different reasons Knight said. back bonds issued in 2002 and 2006, which total within the past few semesters. The IFC council generally $274.1 million. The IFC organizes fraterni- hasn’t taken a role in anything “This particular refinance will not have an impact ties at a national level, helping the fraternities do other than on our operating budget,” Ramsower said, reiterat- Courtesy photo them to streamline their poli- recruitment, Knight said. ing that the university isn’t looking to raise money cies and promote interfraternal “And it’s nice to have that through the bonds. brotherhood. The Panhellenic freedom, unless you’re really Part of the bonds issued this year will also be April Fool’s Council operates the same way struggling. And then you’ve got used to cover costs associated with the circulation for sororities. freedom, but now there’s a sup- of bonds, according to a Waco Tribune-Herald classi- South Russell Residence Hall director Nadine Bruner reacts to an April Fool’s Day joke The question has turned to port net,” he said. fied ad appearing in early March. played on her by South Russell residents and staff. Buner’s office was filled almost com- what Student Life and the IFC The ad served as an announcement of a public pletely with multi-colored balloons. are doing to help struggling Please see FRAT, page 6 hearing regarding the bonds March 18. The Waco Education Finance Corporation gave the meeting, with their attorney Dan Pleitz overseeing. The Waco Education Finance Corporation is a non-profit organization that helps area private Raul Castro offers more reform schools borrow money tax-free. The tax-free aspect translates into a lower interest rate on the bonds, Cubans were afforded lives of Cubans. cost $814. The Chinese-made Pleitz said. Public schools may borrow money tax- greater rights Analysts wondered how far bikes can be charged with an free on their own behalf because they are govern- the communist government is electric cord and had been ment entities. for consumer goods, willing to go. barred for general sale because The Lehman Brothers Investment Bank will private farms “Cuban people can’t sur- officials feared a strain on the underwrite the bonds and connect the university to vive on the salaries people are power grid. lenders. The bank has served this intermediary role By Will Weissert paying them. Average men and On Monday, the Tourism between the university and lenders for all past bond The Associated Press women have been screaming Ministry announced that any issuances, Ramsower said. that at the top of their lungs for Cuban with enough money Attaining a lower interest rate will be possible HAVANA — Cubans snapped many years,” said Felix Masud- can now stay in luxury hotels with the drop of the bond insurer, XL Capital. As up DVD players, motorbikes Piloto, director of the Center for and rent cars, doing away with XL Capital struggled to keep its head above water and pressure cookers for the Latino Research at DePaul Uni- restrictions that made ordinary this year in the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the com- first time Tuesday as Raul Cas- versity. “Now after many years, people feel like second-class pany’s credit rating plunged to a BB-. tro’s new government loosened the government is listening.” citizens. And last week, Cuba Corporations are assigned a set of letters to show controls on consumer goods Many of the shoppers filling said citizens will be able to get credit rating, AAA being the highest score and DDD and invited private farmers to stores Tuesday lamented the cell phones legally in their own being the lowest. plant tobacco, coffee and other fact that the goods are unaf- names, a luxury long reserved Ramsower said of XL Capital’s score, “You can’t crops on unused state land. fordable on the government sal- for the lucky few. get much worse than that,” adding that most compa- Combined with other aries they earn. But that didn’t The land reform, however, nies that invested heavily in sub-prime mortgages, reforms announced in recent stop them from lining up to see potentially could put more food “suffered huge setbacks.” days, the measures suggest electronic gadgets previously on the table of all Cubans while The Dallas Business Journal reported a similar substantial changes are being available only to foreigners and helping to develop a new con- Associated Press problem debt taken on by the City of Arlington and driven by the new president, companies. sumer economy. A woman leaves Tuesday after buying a pressure cooker the Dallas Cowboys. who vowed when he took “They should have done this Government television said in a store in Havana. Cuban shoppers are buying goods for “The city of Arlington and the Dallas Cowboys over from his brother Fidel to a long time ago,” one man said 51 percent of arable land is the first time that were previously available only to foreign- remove some of the more irk- as he left a store with a red and ers after the government of new President Raul Castro Please see BOND, page 6 some limitations on the daily silver electric motorbike that Please see CUBA, page 6 lifted a ban on products that affected Cuban citizens. Congress presses oil chiefs on big profits By H. Josef Hebert paying record gasoline prices record $40 billion last year. at the pump, now averaging The Associated Press at the pump. “We depend on high earn- $3.29 a gallon amid talk of $4 “On April Fool’s Day, the ings during the up cycle to a gallon this summer. WASHINGTON — Don’t biggest joke of all is being sustain ... investment over the “I heard what you are hear- blame us, oil industry chiefs played on American families long term, including the down ing. Americans are very wor- told a skeptical Congress. by Big Oil,” Rep. Edward Mar- cycles,” he continued. ried about the rising price of Top executives of the coun- key, D-Mass., said, aiming his The up cycle has been energy,” said John Hofmeis- try’s five biggest oil companies remarks at the five executives going on too long, suggested ter, president of Shell Oil Co., said Tuesday they know record sitting shoulder-to-shoulder Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo. echoing remarks by the other fuel prices are hurting people, in a congressional hearing “The anger level is rising sig- four executives including but they argued it’s not their room. nificantly.” representatives of BP Amer- fault and their huge profits are “Our earnings, although Alluding to the fact that ica Inc., Chevron Corp. and in line with other industries. high in absolute terms, need Congress often doesn’t rate ConocoPhillips. Appearing before a House to be viewed in the context of very high in opinion polls, While Democrats ham- committee, the executives the scale and cyclical, long- Cleaver told the executives: mered the executives for their were pressed to explain why term nature of our industry “Your approval rating is lower profits and demanded they do Associated Press they should continue to get as well as the huge investment than ours, and that means more to develop alternative Sean Dickey with Pinnacle Construction, installs a sign on a new fuel pump Tuesday at billions of dollars in ta x breaks requirements,” said J.S. Simon, you’re down low.” energy sources such as wind, a Chevron gas station in Anchorage, Alaska. The BP building and fuel prices are seen when they made $123 billion senior vice president of Exxon Several lawmakers noted in the background. last year and motorists are Mobil Corp., which made a the rising price of gasoline Please see OIL, page 6
VOL. 107 No. 83 www.baylor.edu/Lariat © 2008, Ba y l o r Un i v e r s i t y 2 The Baylor Lariat Opinion Wednesday, April 2, 2008 College, reality get in way of childhood dreams Growing up, they always tell to be, in perfect boy band har- what that last one meant, but it ing my oil and I get more flat to make your dreams a reality, you that you can be whatever mony. I didn’t watch Sesame sounded important so I wanted tires than I can count, so I or something equally cheesy. you want to be. President, chef, Street regularly at that age, to do it. Since then I’ve added think being a mechanic could And I am excited to start the Barbie; you name it, you can be but if Snuffalufagus and Justin point hundreds of careers to that list. be a good fit for me. career that college is preparing it, as long as you set your mind Timberlake are teaming up for I want to be a photographer, Even with so many aspira- me for. to it. a duet, I’m going to listen. of view a novelist, a greeting card writ- tions, 6-year-old me wouldn’t But what about the other In pre-school, we put on a I miss those days when we er, a painter, a taste-tester and have been discouraged. I had no careers I want? College is doing show for our parents where we were allowed to dream often b y b e t h a n y p o l l e r a professional sleep-study par- reason to believe that I couldn’t nothing for my career as a tra- all sang about what we wanted and dream big. When thinking ticipant. fit all of those careers into one peze artist. It has killed my to be when we grew up. No one about careers as a kid, I never bells and patted me on the I want to be a rock star, even lifetime. dreams of ever being a derma- said anything when countless had to consider the rising cost head. Those were the days. though I have a lack of musical But since elementary school, tologist. College is keeping me princesses, cowboys and super- of living or the job market or Now my parents would just talent and an aversion to leath- my parents, those same people from being all the things I want heroes took the spotlight and employment benefits. I didn’t refuse to pay for the sex change, er pants. But I’ve played Guitar that told me I could do what- to be. proclaimed their career goals. even have to think about talent protein shakes and psychiatric Hero and I’ve got a new addic- ever I set my mind to, have also Six-year-old me would be so Instead, they just clapped and or gender or reality. help necessary to make my tion to Garage Band so I think told me that I have to go to col- disappointed. N*Sync would encouraged us to go after those If I had said I wanted to be a dreams come true. I’m on my way. lege so that I can support them be, too. princes or bad guys. member of a male weight-lifting In elementary school, I I want to be a mechanic, even in their imminent old age. Bethany Poller is a junior jour- Even N*Sync sang about it team in an alternate dimension, wanted to be a writer, a pianist, though I have dainty hands and Don’t get me wrong. I like nalism major from Mansfield and on an episode of Sesame Street. I’m sure my parents would have a teacher and a biochemical hate getting grease under my college. I like the idea that col- the assistant city editor of The You can be whatever you want just handed me some dumb- engineer. I didn’t even know fingernails. But I enjoy chang- lege is the place where you start Baylor Lariat.
Opinion policy Editorial The Baylor Lariat welcomes reader viewpoints through let- ters to the editor and guest Task force columns. Opinions expressed in the Lariat are not necessar- ily those of the Baylor admin- for fans istration, the Baylor Board of Regents or the Student Publica- tions Board. Letters to the editor should not needed include the writer’s name, major, graduation year, phone number and student identification num- It’s no secret that things got a little ber. Non-student writers should out of hand at the last men’s home include their address. basketball game against Texas A&M All submissions become the University. At a student government property of The Baylor Lariat. meeting last week, President John The Lariat reserves the right to Lilley addressed the incident, sug- edit letters for grammar, length, gesting the formation of a task force libel and style. to watch activity at basketball games Letters should be e-mailed in the future. The task force might to [email protected] or include monitors to keep an eye on mailed to The Baylor Lariat, One students and other fans who may get Bear Place #97330, Waco, TX too rowdy. 76798-7330. Another suggestion was to make students sit in the seats assigned to them on their student tickets. Though Corrections policy these suggestions are well-intentioned, The Baylor Lariat is commit- they are premature and ultimately an ted to ensuring fair and accu- overreaction to the situation at hand. rate reporting and will correct By forcing students to sit in their errors of substance on Page 2. assigned seats, a key aspect of extra- Corrections can be submitted to curricular activities and sporting the editor by sending an e-mail events is neglected. The idea of com- to [email protected] or munity and social interaction is lost by calling 254-710-4099. when sporting events become more rules-driven than fan-driven. Impos- ing guidelines about who can sit Correction where and by whom would most like- In The Baylor Lariat’s April ly detract from spirit and potentially one game. If a task force was formed entire student body. onstrated a few instances of poor fan 1 article “Bearathon turns out even discourage students from attend- to impose strict guidelines for fan Baylor Athletic Director Ian McCaw behavior, but that Baylor Athletics wants more than 500 runners,” the age ing games at all. behavior, it would confirm the false said a “sportsmanship initiative” has to focus on the positive things that have limit for the masters overall cat- Sporting events, and particularly reports in the press that Baylor fans been discussed even prior to the occurred in the past year as well. egory should have read 40+, not basketball games this past year, have are unsportsmanlike and need to be events at the Texas A&M game and “Student attendance at the basket- 45+. The Baylor Lariat regrets become a highlight of student life. By controlled. would entail a marketing campaign of ball games has really skyrocketed, the error. limiting the ability of students to fully Instead, we should ask Baylor fans sorts to promote positive fan behavior reaching nearly 3,000 students at engage in events, student life and the to step up and be a true representa- and sportsmanlike conduct. times,” McCaw said. A subscription to the Lariat events themselves are compromised. tion of the university by showing posi- McCaw also echoed the idea that We agree that although the few costs $45 for two semesters. The idea of a task force is a valid tive spirit and sportsmanlike conduct. the fan behavior at the A&M game instances of bad fan behavior are dis- Send check or money order to proposal in theory, but a less severe With regard to the Texas A&M basket- was an isolated incident and that in appointing, a focus on promoting posi- One Bear Place #97330, Waco, approach should be taken. Baylor ball game, a number of factors led to general, Baylor fans “are doing great,” tive aspects of fan involvement would T X , 76798 -7330 or e -m a i l L a r i at _ fans have never been known to be the bad behavior of a small handful of with excellent enthusiasm and energy be a better solution than implementing [email protected]. Visa, Discover hostile on a regular basis and will not fans. It should be a lesson learned, but at most games. more rules that could restrict involve- and MasterCard payments may suddenly become so just because of not an instance for punishment for the He remarked that the game dem- ment. be phoned to 254-710-2662. Free albums only help artists if there’s an eventual payoff
The past year has seen an band flipped the script on the And if you’re like me, a typical advertising, which also costs seconds and 99 cents and buy it onslaught of change in the music industry and things have college student who can’t live tons of money. on iTunes (or Amazon, or count- music industry, much of which not been the same since. without your tunes, this is a bad Now I’m not suggesting that less other Web sites). was spurred by the introduction Like a domino effect, the point sign. you’re going to hell if you down- Record stores nationwide of free downloadable albums Radiohead-effect has been Artists like Radiohead and load music illegally (I’ve done are closing in record numbers initially launched last fall by pervasive, with numerous art- of view Nine Inch Nails have well-es- it, too), and I’m not saying that because no one is buying music Radiohead. ists from Trent Reznor of Nine tablished careers and extensive you should never download any anymore, and that means artists The idea that a band or art- Inch Nails to Jack White and b y a m a n d a r o b i s o n fan followings that have allowed songs. What I am suggesting is don’t get paid and eventually ist would offer its album (the the Raconteurs offering albums them the freedom to offer their that if you download music and may have to stop making music fruit of hours of hard work) to (almost immediately after their of ease. albums as no- or low-cost down- you like it, support that artist completely. listeners for whatever price they completion) to listeners as a Though the advancements loads. and buy the music. If you down- I know you’ve heard it a mil- feel like paying, or, even more digital download online, forgo- the Internet has brought for But this definitely isn’t the load it and it sucks, don’t. What- lion times, but if you really love shockingly, for free, seemed ing the need for a label at all. music are incredible, there is case for most artists out there. ever. music and appreciate the art at absurd at first. The Internet has undoubt- also a big downside. The vast The term “starving artist” didn’t The point is, all of these tech- all, show some love and sup- The notion of an unpriced edly revolutionized the industry amount of music that is avail- come out of nowhere. For many nological advancements have port the artists so we can keep album was innovative in itself, and allowed for innovation pre- able through the Internet and artists, it is a struggle just to not only made music readily enjoying the tunes we live our but the other revelation was that viously unimaginable. file-sharing is taking away from get their music out there. The available for free, but they have lives to. the album would be available for The availability of music is as the artists and threatens to de- price of producing an album also made it as easy to purchase Amanda Robison is a senior download directly through the easy as the click of a mouse, and value and ultimately decrease is extremely high, and if you it online as off. journalism major from Waco and band itself, instead of through legal and illegal downloads can (or worse, completely destroy) want to get word out about it, If you can’t get enough of just the entertainment editor of The a label release. Suddenly, one be found with the same amount the value of music altogether. you have to have marketing and one song from an artist, take five Baylor Lariat.
The Baylor Lariat THE Daily Crossword Edited by Wayne Robert Williams Editor in chief Grace Maalouf* City editor Claire St. Amant* ACROSS 54 Singer Flack 23 John Henry’s tool Opinion editor Kate Boswell* 1 Colorado resort 56 Singer Brewer 25 Kind of sch. News editor Rachel Wakefield* 6 Tobacco plug 58 Epidermal opening 29 Element No. 86 Entertainment editor Amanda Robison* 59 NOW element 30 A mean Amin Web Editor Josh Matz 10 Certain mil. awards Asst. city editor Bethany Poller 14 Former NYC mayor Abe 60 Writer Kingsley 31 Scathing review Copy desk chief Rea Corbin 15 Molten rock 61 Frisco gridder 33 Economist John May- Editorial cartoonist Ben Humeniuk 16 Billy or jack 64 Decent chap nard Sports editor Will Parchman 65 “Star Trek: TNG” char- 37 Chat-room laughter let- Sports writers Justin Baer 17 Seven-time N.L. home Brian Bateman run champ acter ters Staff writers Shannon Daily 19 Type of type: abbr. 66 Plant swelling 38 Hit the slopes Sommer Ingram 20 Thick-brick link 67 Transition point 39 Apple choice Christina Kruse 68 “Back in Black” rockers 40 Kidnap victim Victoria Mgbemena 21 Quite angry Anita Pere 22 “Fiddler on the Roof” vil- 69 Clan emblem 41 Plotted Copy editors Caroline Korsawe lage 42 Coming closer Kate Thomas 24 Attacks zealously DOWN 45 Knight’s superior Photo editor Luis Noble 1 Chafed 46 Outermost Photographers Jeff Leslie 26 Mountain ridge David Poe 27 Henry James biogra- 2 City near Fort Ord 47 Explanatory drawing Alex Song pher 3 Chitchat 49 “__ Fideles” Advertising sales Shelly Avery 28 One operating a dragline 4 Part of HRE 50 Sensuous Elizabeth Bayer 5 Some grape sodas 51 Golfer Sabbatini Kevin Giddens excavator Shamara Sneed 32 Shortstop Jeter 6 Grisham novel, with “The” 55 “John Brown’s Body” Delivery Jason Chang Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 34 First man 7 Deck worker poet Ashley Richard 3X3 box contains the digits 1 through 9 with no repeats. 35 Grads-to-be 8 5th or Park 57 Mennen product * denotes member of editorial board 36 Where Flo worked 9 Violent conflicts 58 Cattle poker Newsroom: 710-1711 40 Sales channel 10 Composer Shostakovich 62 “The Lord of the Rings” The Baylor Lariat is owned by Baylor University and over- Advertising: 710-3407 43 John’s beloved 11 Shiny fabrics baddie seen by the Student Publications Board. Sports: 710-6357 44 Dressed like a judge 12 Loud noise 63 Wedding vow The entire content of The Baylor Lariat is protected under Entertainment: 710-7228 48 QE2, for one 13 Clouseau portrayer the Federal Copyright Act. Reproduction of any portion of any Editor: 710-4099 52 Extra-long skirt 18 Actor/singer Kristoffer- For today’s crossword and sudoku answers, issue by any means, mechanical or otherwise, is not permitted [email protected] son without the expressed written consent of Baylor University. 53 Specter visit www.baylor.edu/Lariat Wednesday, April 2, 2008 News The Baylor Lariat 3 Walk Across Texas begins
By Lynn Ngo held at 3 p.m. Thursday in 308 are to keep track of the miles Reporter Student Life Center. they’ve walked and report the Because The program seeks to improve number to their choosen team From border to border, cov- the health of individuals and captain on either Sunday or ering 830 miles in the span of does not seek to raise funds for Monday. about two months is the goal of any particular cause. The team captain is respon- Walk Across Texas. “The program encourages sible for entering the mileage The walking challenge, people to become active for the on the Walk Across Texas Web which starts Saturday and ends next couple of months,” she site. personality May 31, will consist of teams of said. Keeping up with the miles eight working together to collec- Judy Mills, academic/student walked will be easy to do since tively walk the distance across support associate, was immedi- each participant will receive a doesn’t always the state. ately interested in joining Walk pedometer, free of charge from This is the first time Baylor Across Texas. Division of Student Life, Davis will be participating in the walk, “I almost died in 2005 from said. which was started in 1996 by the a heart attack, so I’m more pas- According to the Walk Across Texas AgriLife Extension Ser- sionate about getting going and Texas Web site, participants can vice and today includes the par- getting others motivated,” Mills choose to do other activities ticipation of numerous counties said. such as swimming, dancing, or in Texas, said Van Davis, assis- Prior to her health scare, roller skating for mileage equiv- sell tant fitness director of Campus Mills considered herself to be alencies. Recreation. active but not active enough. “It’s almost too easy not to “The whole point of the “I just really believe that peo- do,” Clement said. campaign is to try to reduce ple take their health for grant- Teams that reach the 830- instances of obesity in McLen- ed,” she said. “The main thing mile mark by May 31 will be nan County,” said Marianna is to get people up and to show awarded with T-shirts. Clement, health services coor- them that exercise can be fun “If everyone averages about dinator and health educator of and not hard.” 13 miles per week, then it should Waco-McLennan County Public Mills said she hopes that be easy to complete the miles,” Health District. Walk Across Texas can help Davis said. Students, faculty and staff make a difference in keeping All teams are invited to the are encouraged to sign up by people active. Walk Across Texas Kick-Off at 9 Saturday, and there is no regis- The teams will have roughly a.m. Saturday at Bledsoe Miller tration fee, Davis said. two months to walk individu- Recreation Center on 300 Mar- An interest meeting will be ally. Each week, team members tin Luther King Boulevard.
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Vern struck out with The Bears loaded two outs in the eighth, the bases later in the but reached first base inning, but Jon Ringen- on a passed ball, essen- berg struck out to end tially giving the Horned the threat. Frogs (15-12) an extra TCU starter Seth out. Garrison struck out Ellington followed eight and gave up one with a double to center run on three hits in 6 field, scoring Vern. 2-3 innings. Relief pitcher Craig Fritsch fell to Andrew Cashner (4-1) 1-2. He gave up two pitched a 1-2-3 inning runs on four hits in five in the ninth, striking innings, striking out out two. seven. Baylor (16-10) tied The game started Courtesy of Texas Christian University the game at 2 in the top more than an hour late of the eighth inning because Baylor’s team Alex Song/Lariat staff Gregg Glime prepares to bat in the game against Texas Christian University at the Lupton Stadium with a leadoff home bus broke down on the Tuesday. Baylor lost, 3-2. run by pinch hitter Ben way to Fort Worth. Members of the softball team are warming up prior to a tripleheader against the University of Louisiana at Monroe on March 1-2. Baylor won all three games. Baylor Crew in need of new equipment Softball can’t bank By Joe Holloway Reporter on former success The Baylor Crew will hold a fundraiser from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. By Justin Baer players in here, they just have to today at La Fiesta Mexican Res- Sports writer decide they can get it done.” taurant and Cantina. But crawling out of a slump is Members of the club rowing With the amount of success a lot easier said than done, espe- team will be on hand to encour- the Lady Bears have had in cially when competing in the Big age guests to tell their servers previous years — most recently 12, one of the toughest confer- that they’re “with Baylor Crew.” a trip to the Women’s College ences in the nation. Fifteen percent of participants’ World Series in 2007 — there’s Even then, it will take a lot bills will go directly to the team a distinct standard of excellence more consistency in the circle to and will be put toward the pur- which Baylor softball is obliged revive the Lady Bears this sea- chase of new boats, equipment to live up to. son. and the maintenance of existing But as the midway point of One of those players who has boats, equipment and facilities. the conference season approach- been struggling in the circle is “Everything gets really es, the Lady Bears’ concerns Shortridge, who finished Big 12 expensive,” sophomore cox- have shifted more toward the play last season with an unblem- swain Alison Macfarlane said. prospect of just making it to the ished 6-0 record and 1.84 ERA. “Especially the boats. They’re postseason. So far in conference play this like 50 feet.” Seven games into conference season, Shortridge is 1-2 with an Sophomore head coach Cory play, head coach Glenn Moore’s overwhelming 5.50 ERA. Osburn said most of the boats team (18-12, 1-5) has already “I am trusting my team, and the team uses are too old for surpassed the number of losses I am trusting my good faith in members to even remember who suffered in Big 12 play from last the way God works and what donated the money to get them. year’s squad. But Moore thinks he’s doing with me to bounce “A lot of these boats were there’s still ample time to create back,” Shortridge said. “I don’t bought with large sums of money success out of this year’s team. know what’s going on. I’m giv- donated directly to the team,” Although the squad is laden ing my heart, and I’m working he said. “Most of the team, until with youth — as many as seven hard every time I step foot on now, couldn’t tell you when or underclassmen start at times the mound. It’s just not falling who what was because it just — the Lady Bears still boast a my way.” fell through the records. “This David Poe/Lariat staff plethora of talent. Even with her sagging pitch- semester, we’re turning that All 11 underclassmen earned ing performance, Shortridge is around.” Baylor students learn how to carry a boat on Sept. 20, 2007 at the boat house. Baylor Crew is holding a fundraiser at La All-State selections in their still making contributions to the A big part of the fundraiser Fiesta Mexican Restaurant and Cantina from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. respective states at least once team. will simply be thanking every- while in high school, including The pitcher/right fielder is one who comes to support of your time to this team and morning, but that just makes it Goodman said. “If people are sophomore Kirsten Shortridge, leading the team with a .370 Baylor Crew. do everything else at the same more fun.” loud, bossy, or petite, they can who was named the 2006 Gato- batting average and 17 stolen “The big thing we’re trying time.” Brame also said that he hopes be a coxswain.” rade National Player of the Year bases. to do is change relations with In addition to raising much- to spend more time on the water Anyone who wants to be while a senior at Keller High But until Shortridge can people who do donate to us,” needed funds for the team, for the rest of the semester. involved with Crew should con- School. cure her blunders while pitch- Osburn said. “We want to be Osburn also said he hopes the “We didn’t have a whole lot tact the team president, Brian So for Moore, it’s not an issue ing, Moore will have to rely on there to let people know that we event will raise general aware- of water time this semester just Reed, at Brian_Reed@Baylor. of whether his team has the tal- another arm to propel Baylor really do appreciate them help- ness. because there was a whole lot of edu. ent to compete in the Big 12 out of its slump. That arm could ing us out.” “We’re really trying to make stuff going on,” he said. “We’re “It’s open for all skill levels,” Conference, but discovering be the one of freshmen Shaina Crew has recently done the team more visible,” he said. training some new guys. We plan Goodman said. “You don’t have a way to get his team to mesh Brock. catering work with Aramark as “This is just another way of to have a lot more people and a to have any experience to join.” together and play prototypical Brock pieced together a another means of fundraising. doing that and getting some lot more time on the water.” Osburn said though sacrific- Baylor softball. strong season thus far and is the They also made shirts, which valuable fundraising in at the Women are also encouraged es have recently been made in “We have established a pretty likely starter for tonight’s game they sold at the Waco Scrim- same time.” to join the team. terms of going to regattas this consistent program here, and in Austin against the University mage held in Cameron Park Members of crew are enthusi- Women make particularly semester, he believes fundrais- this year has just been a fight of Texas Longhorns. March 23. astic about their sport. good coxswains since they are ing like the event at La Fiesta to keep our head above water “I feel pretty confident from Between school requirements Not an easy attitude to have generally smaller than men. will allow the team to do more in all aspects of the game,” said Sunday,” Brock said. “If I do and actually taking time to train when practice often starts at 5 Coxswains steer the boats and next year. Moore, whose team dropped out get the start, I think it will be and row, opportunities to raise a.m. provide motivation and coach- “We’re trying to cut our loss- of the Top 25 Tuesday for the good.” money are few and far between. “It’s really fun. It’s really laid ing while the boats are in the es and build a nest egg for next first time in nearly five years. First pitch for tomorrow is “It’s tough,” Osburn said. “It’s back,” freshman Josh Brame water. semester,” he said. “We can go “This program has a pretty firm scheduled for 6:05 p.m. and entirely student run, so it’s very said. “You don’t always have “We’re always looking for to bigger competitions, do more foundation, so we will weather will be televised nationally on difficult to be giving so much the right mindset at five in the coxswains,” faculty adviser Amy hosting and things like that.” the storm. We have the right ESPNU.
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By Jessica Belmares guitar riff that it gives your ears and loud that crowd-surfing and and motivating show. The crowd Reporter this elegant relaxed peaceful- mosh pits began to form in front was singing, jumping, dancing, ness only the rain and a few of the stage. Jacket’s lively per- moshing and crowd-surfing to Admission lines that move at songs are able to achieve. formance (including his long every song Chevelle played. turtle pace, 10-minute conces- If it wasn’t for the poor man- black hair that he whipped The band began the act with sion lines and a random teeth- agement of such a large crowd at around like a shampoo com- “Antisaint,” a song from its lat- knocking punch to the face were Whiskey River, I would’ve actu- mercial), put a huge smile on my est album, Vena Sera, as well as all redeemed by rock and roll ally been able to see them play, face and made me want to jump songs from prior albums, Point Sunday. but I did make it in time to see just as much as he did, only with #1, This Type of Thinking Could headliners Finger Eleven and an air guitar. Do Us In and Wonder Whats CONCERTREVIEW Chevelle. “It’s all just self-expression,” Next, with songs “Red,” “Get And to my amazement, Fin- Jacket said. “If you can relate to Some,” “Vitamin R” and “SMA.” Whiskey River, formerly ger Eleven rocked the stage so it that’s amazing. If it makes you After Chevelle ended, a man known as Graham Central Sta- much that it erased the idea feel great, then that’s even cooler next to me was punched in the tion, located off of Highway 6 from my mind that it’s a pop- and if we can make you dance — face and had his teeth knocked and Bosque Blvd. hosted a con- rock band. that’s awesome.” out, with no security in sight as cert with performances by God “We’ve always sort of written Some of the songs they played he bled and smiled with only or Julie, Finger Eleven and Chev- Courtesy photo songs in order to write,” Guitar- were from the 2007 album Them one tooth visible. elle. If it wasn’t for the amazing Finger Eleven played at Whiskey River Sunday night along with Chevelle. ist Rick Jacket said. “Sometimes Vs. You Vs. Me, which included Overall, Whiskey River did show the artists delivered, I they turn out like heavy rock and “Talking to the Walls,” “Fall- a poor job handling the large would have never stepped foot songs from This Road Before, God Truth” and “Let it Bleed Again,” roll songs, and sometimes like ing On,” “One Thing” and their crowd both inside and outside in Whiskey River again. or Julie’s most recent album. reminded me of Muse, but make pop-rock, but I think if we had recent hit “Paralyzer.” of the building. But seeing Fin- After arriving when the doors “We started our band about no mistake, they still have their to place ourselves in a genre, we Toward the end of “Paralyz- ger Eleven and Chevelle made opened at 7 p.m., there were two two years ago, but we really got own unique sound worth listen- tend to consider ourselves just a er,” Finger Eleven transitioned up for all of the negativity of the long lines on both sides of the things together about a year ago ing to. rock band.” to a few covers, like Franz Fer- experience, including missing building that took five minutes when Aaron and Matt joined,” “We have a lot of influences,” Guitarist Rick Jacket deliv- dinand’s “Take Me Out” and the the first act. just to walk to the end of. By the said lead singer Jon Paul John- Johnson said. “I grew up with ered a performance that was the Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in The energetic show was much time I arrived inside the actual son. Drummer Aaron Stern bands like Queen, The Beatles, epitome of a rock artist. He and the Wall,” which had the crowd better than listing to the albums building, one hour and 45 min- was previously the drummer of Muse, Queens of the Stone Age fellow band members were so of a few hundred people singing in your car or at home. utes had passed, causing me to Matchbook Romance until its and Foo Fighters.” into the music, you’d think this louder than the band. If you’re lucky enough to see miss the opening act, God or dissolution in 2007. Definitely take a peek at “Say was their first time ever playing After Finger Eleven left the this line-up, then go. Because Julie. Before the show, I was able Although a few songs, such Your Last Goodbye,” which in front of a live audience. stage, rock band Chevelle topped these bands put on a once-in-a- to listen to a few of the band’s as “Nothing Further From the begins with such a beautiful The show was so energy-filled the night off with a very energetic lifetime rock and roll show. ‘Run, Fatboy, Run’ finds quirky fun factor from Simon Pegg
By Stephen Jablonski Personally, I think Black is brilliant, as Her performance as the desirable “one- Reporter is Pegg. that-got-away” relies heavily on assurances Both have constantly managed a reputa- that Dennis and Libby’s relationship was, in I never thought romance would be the tion of outstanding comedic writing — and fact, one of unprecedented chemistry. next domain in Simon Pegg’s portfolio of Fatboy doesn’t disappoint. Libby is beautiful, but bland; Dennis is comic cinema. Dennis (played by Pegg) ran out on his flawed, but personable. Shaun of the Dead managed to impress by pregnant fiancée, Libby, (played by Thandie It takes some imagination to believe that effectively lampooning the range of zombie Newton) on their wedding day. these two were meant to be. Cute-kid Mat- flicks, and Hot Fuzz did the same with the Five years later, he’s trying to win her thew Fenton as Jake seems like the real risk cop action-genre. back and maintain a relationship with his for Dennis. Fans most likely met Run, Fatboy, Run son (Matthew Fenton) as the new boyfriend, Pegg and Fenton are well-paired for a with groans of pure pessimism. Whit, (Frank Azaria) moves in. father-son dynamic, and any scene when Pegg has made a compelling protagonist they share the screen works. MOVIE since Shaun of the Dead. He’s personable Run, Fatboy, Run starts off fairly slow, REVIEW and relatable; you want to see him succeed and some crucial plot points seem rushed, because he’s believable as an honest, kind- including a scene that involves a 30-second The previews made Run, Fatboy, Run out hearted schlub. cameo by Stephen Merchant (co-creator of to be just as easily dismissed as every other Aided by his strange and sloppy sidekick, BBC and NBC’s The Office). hackneyed romantic comedy. Gordon (a character reminiscent of Notting But, like a fat kid on a down slope, the But while it does maintain some resem- Hill’s Spike, played by Dylan Moran) and momentum builds for the last half of the blance to the romantic comedy mol, Fatboy mentor Mr. Ghoshdashtidar (Harish Patel), movie. diverges in the style of writers Pegg and Dennis effortlessly gains the audience’s full- Once the characters are established, the Michael Ian Black (from Wet Hot American fledged support against Azaria’s notable story engages in effortless comedic interac- Summer and short-lived Comedy Central portrayal of the self-absorbed Whit. tion and Dennis’ unsteady metamorphosis. sitcom Stella), and fledgling director David Newton, however, is somewhat stale as Courtesy of New Line Schwimmer of Friends fame. Libby. Grade: B Simon Pegg stars in the comedy Run, Fatboy, Run, which hit theaters Friday.
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By Russ Bynum are too young to be charged as The Associated Press adults, and probably too young to be sentenced to a youth deten- WAYCROSS, Ga. — A group of tion center. and Poor’s, and Fitch Ratings. ageable, debt burden” as anoth- third-graders plotted to attack Police seized a steak knife FRAT from page 1 BOND from page 1 The two companies assigned er detriment, saying this debt their teacher, bringing a broken with a broken handle, steel Baylor a rating of AA-. may become a problem if not steak knife, handcuffs, duct tape handcuffs, duct tape, electrical Within the Panhellenic system, hired MBIA Inc. and Ambac Bonds issued in 2002 and met by philanthropic support. and other items for the job and and transparent tape, ribbons however, the groups seem to come Financial Group, respectively, 2006 were rated AAA, accord- But Ramsower said univer- assigning children tasks includ- and the paperweight from the together to support the sororities to insure their stadium debt, ing to Moody’s Ratings. sity debt, different from per- ing covering the windows and students, Tanner said. in need, Knight said. An example unaware that those companies Jonathan Hook, chief sonal debt, is not something to cleaning up afterward, police Currie said he decided to he gave was of T-shirts the council were heavily exposed to sub- investment officer, supports be rebuked. said Tuesday. seek juvenile charges against sold in the past in support of other prime debt,” the article reads. the financial action Ramsower “Debt for a university is not The plot involving as many two girls, ages 9 and 10, who groups during their continuous “Now that the subprime lend- and the university treasurer’s something that has to be com- as nine boys and girls at Cen- brought the knife and paper- recruitment. ing industry has collapsed, office took to obtain a credit bated. There is a level of debt ter Elementary School in south weight and an 8-year-old boy “That would never happen with both companies have been rating. that is prudent and wise. As a Georgia was a serious threat, who brought tape. He said all fraternities. There’s no way. And I fending off challenges to their “It is important for Baylor university grows, that level can Waycross Police Chief Tony Tan- three students faced charges of think a lot of that is because the top-notch financial ratings, to be able to issue new debt on grow as well, but we always ner said. conspiracy to commit aggravat- sororities are tied together through which reflect directly upon the our timetable and under our have to be very mindful that School officials alerted police ed assault, and both girls were the Panhellenic Council,” Knight quality of the stadium’s debt in own credit rating,” Hook said. the amount of debt is manage- Friday after a pupil tipped off a being charged with bringing said. the marketplace.” He also said the insurance of able, that it is prudent, and that teacher that a girl had brought a weapons to school. Austin junior A.J. Meditz, the Likewise, as XL Capital XL Capital “went from being it is adding value,” Ramsower weapon to school. Tanner said N i n e c h i l d r e n h a v e b e e n g i v e n recruitment chair for IFC, said the continued to decline, the inter- an asset to the University to said. the students apparently planned discipline up to and including council is working to unify the fra- est rate on university bonds being a liability.” He said the primary use to knock the teacher uncon- long-term suspension, said The- ternities it includes. escalated. The better the credit In an article on the Web of the 2006 bonds was fund- scious with a crystal paper- resa Martin, spokeswoman for “Ideally, we’d like the structure score of a company or individ- site of Business Weekly, Fitch ing Brooks Village, while 2002 weight, bind her with the hand- the Ware County school system. that Panhellenic has,” Meditz said. ual, the less interest they will Ratings named “a sustained bonds went to funding the cuffs and tape and then stab her She would not be more specific “We’re trying to create a Greek life pay on borrowed money. track record of healthy operat- Baylor Sciences Building and with the knife. but said none of the children that the fraternities can get plugged The 2002 and 2006 series ing performance and liquidity; North Village. Ramsower said “We did not hear anybody had been back to school since in to.” bonds hovered near a 3 per- storing student demand and incurring debt for these proj- say they intended to kill her, the case came to light. The members of IFC are also cent to 4 percent interest rate, competitive academic profile; ects was worthwhile. but could they have accidentally The purported target is a working to create a medium for Ramsower said, but shot up to and an experienced manage- Another advantage of issu- killed her? Absolutely,” Tanner veteran educator who teaches continuing to host rush events 8 percent in recent weeks. ment team which possesses a ing these bonds, Ramsower said. “We feel like if they weren’t third-grade students with learn- including non-IFC fraternities such R amsower said t he universi- solid planning and financial/ said, is that many generations interrupted, there would have ing disabilities, including atten- as Kappa Omega Tau, Phi Kappa ty has decent credit and would investment management back- of students will ultimately pay been an attempt. Would they tion deficit disorder, delayed Chi and Beta Upsilon Chi. be “rocking along” if it hadn’t ground” as contributors to the for the use of these facilities. have been successful? We don’t development and hyperactivity, At the moment these groups par- looked to an outside insurer. AA- rating. The article also “Should the parents of one know.” friends and parents said. ticipate in IFC recruitment events Dropping the bond insurer listed offsetting credit factors, generation of students have to The children, ages 8 to 10, The scheme involved a divi- without paying the membership meant the university, for the including a lack of fundraising pay for the science building or were apparently mad at the sion of roles, Tanner said. One fees the other chapters do. first time, attained a credit rat- over the last five fiscal years, should the whole cohort of stu- teacher because she had scolded child’s job was to cover windows Outside of the support IFC or ing on its own merit, without but said university fundraising dents who will use that build- one of them for standing on a so no one could see outside, he Panhellenic provides the organiza- the assurance of an insurer’s efforts have picked up in recent ing have to pay?” Ramsower chair, Tanner said. said. Another was supposed to tions, Meditz said he believes the good credit. The university years. said. “That’s the concept of a Two of the students were clean up after the attack. success of a group comes from the applied to receive its own The article also cites “an bond…everybody pays a tiny arrested on juvenile charges “We’re not sure at this point members the group recruits as well credit score through Standard increasing, though still man- bit.” Tuesday and a third arrest was in the investigation how many of as the goals it sets. expected. District Attorney Rick the students actually knew the Director of Student Activities Currie said other students told intent was to hurt the teacher,” Scott Wade said in an e-mail that and produce 60 percent of the Cuba’s revolution, when the investigators they didn’t take the Tanner said. he has found that five things lead CUBA from page 1 island’s agricultural output. government forced or encour- plot seriously or insisted they He said the teacher told to an organization’s success. The “Everyone who wants to aged private farmers to turn had decided not to participate. detectives the children involved first two are the group’s knowledge underused or fallow, and offi- produce tobacco will be given their land over to the state or “Some of the kids said, ‘We weren’t known as troublemak- and pursuit of their goals and the cials are transferring some land to produce tobacco, and form government-controlled thought they were just kidding,’” ers. perseverance the group possesses of it to individual farmers it will be the same with cof- collective farms. But without Currie said. “Another child was “You can’t dismiss it,” Tanner when they encounter challenges. and associations represent- fee,” said Orlando Lugo, pres- more details, it was difficult supposed to bring a toy pistol, said. “But because they are kids, Others include the involvement of ing small, private producers. ident of Cuba’s national farm- to tell the significance of pro- and he told a detective he didn’t they may have thought this was the group’s advisers, alumni and According to official figures, ers association. gram, which began last year bring it because he thought he like a cartoon — we do whatever national organizations, if appli- cooperatives already control The change is a sharp but was announced only this would get in trouble.” and then she stands up and she’s cable. 35 percent of arable land — contrast to the early days of week. Currie said the children OK. That’s a hard call.”
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