ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT VOL. 110 No. 19 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2010 © 2010, Baylor University Sing Special Issue TODAY IN PRINT Scouts Plane crash ruled deliberate research Officials confirm gets grant two deaths, Baylor profs get 13 injuries from $992,000 to attack by man studying scouting angry with and education the IRS BY NICK DEA N PAGE 3 NEWS EDITOR A man allegedly enraged SINGers with the Internal Revenue Ser- vice flew a plane into the Ech- from the past elon Building, where an IRS of- Check out alumni fice is housed, in Austin shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday. stories about how The FBI has identified Joseph A. Stack, a 53-year-old software Sing has changed engineer, as the pilot of the since their acts plane. According to the Associated Press, Stack was presumed dead. PAGE 6 Emergency crews found two bodies in the building Thurs- Baylor day night, but Chief of Austin Police Art Acevedo declined to Baseball say whether either was the pilot. The Bears take At least 13 people were injured, on Duke and with two reported in critical condition. All persons were ac- ASSOCI A TED PRESS Georgia in their counted for. Austin firefighters tend to a fire after a single-engine plane crashed into the Echelon Building, Thursday, in Austin. The FBI identified the pilot as Law enforcement officials, 2010 season opener Joseph A. Stack, 53. speaking on condition of ano- nymity because the investiga- PAGE 11 tion was still ongoing, said that before taking off Stack set his Sing 2010 house on fire. According to the Associ- Crash shocks, rattles nerves ated Press, Stack took off in a BY LAURA REMSO N “More than likely, that’s four-seat, single engineer Piper STAFF WRITER where the guy who crashed PA-28 airplane from an airport the plane – his beef was with in Georgetown, failing to file a AUSTIN — As informa- the collections division because flight plan, and flew a low route tion about the Thursday air- those are the ones that collect over Austin until colliding with plane crash came out , reactions the taxes.” the seven-story building with an ranged from sadness and shock Russell Mahavier lives about IRS office that holds 190 people. to horror and anger. Many re- 10 minutes away from the of- Mike Meyer, an aircraft line membered the events of Sep- fice buildings. After hearing the maintenance controler for Unit- tember 11, 2001, while others news, he decided to bike over to ed Airlines, said the plane was wondered how something like the scene to see for himself. designed in the ‘60s and carries this could happen in a place like “This world is pretty stressed about 40 gallons of fuel. Austin. out right now,” Mahavier said. “Will it cause a lot of dam- Ed Martin has been in the “People put a lot of value on age? Yeah, you splash that much Austin area for more than 35 money and their way of life and gasoline around and ignite it, it years and said the IRS building you get to a point where you’re will make a mess,” Meyer said. holds a special place in his heart. stressed out over it. It happens Engineers were sent to the He used to work there as an IRS to a lot of people, but there is scene to assess the stability of SSOCI A TED RESS agent from 1991 to 2001. While another way. There’s another A P the building once the incident Martin now works as a private means. It’s whatever you can In this aerial view, smoke billows from a seven-story building after a Sing Schedule: was contained. small private plane crashed into a building that houses an office of the investigator, he has friends that handle. And obviously he got Austin Mayor Lee Leffin- federal tax agency in Austin, Texas on Thursday still work in the building. to a point where he couldn’t gwell held several press confer- Tonight: “I know that most of them handle. “ tually worked in one of them,” “When I watched the planes ences throughout the day to up- 6:30 p.m. are safe,” Martin said early Jessie O’Connell lives in the O’Connell said. “So it sort of hit fly into the buildings back then, date Austin residents. Thursday afternoon. “There is neighborhood just adjacent to home to me, that I have spent a you just got a sense that it wasn’t “The mayor has been telling one still missing, but I think I the Echelon office buildings, lot of time in offices in this clus- an accident,” O’Connell said. Saturday: the same message throughout know who it is. More than likely, about a mile and a half away. ter of buildings.” Her biggest fear was the pos- 6:30 p.m. the day: That Austinites can, he’s in the rubble.” She didn’t hear or feel the crash, As a New York native, sibility of others copying the and should, feel safe,” Matt Cur- Martin explained that the but after hearing it was safe, she O’Connell was reminded of alleged pilot Joseph Stack’s ac- tis, communications director for Thursday, Feb. 25: north side of the building where came out to see the scene. Sept. 11, noting that there was tions. 6:30 p.m. the plane crashed is the collec- “I have been in many of a certain feeling she felt that the see CRASH, pg. 14 tions division of the IRS offices. these buildings and I have ac- actions were intentional. see REACTIONS, pg. 14 Friday, Feb. 26: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27: 6:30pm Three students assaulted on campus BY LIZ FOREMA N 13-year-old were each charged was later determined that their when two officers arrived at ceived a call about the third as- Waco Hall EDITOR I N CHIEF with robbery, two accounts of story was contrived, but at the the scene of the first assault, sault, which occurred near North assault and evading arrest for time it was believable, so the of- they immediately received a call Village Residential Community Three Baylor students were their suspected involvement in ficers sent them on their way.” about a second assault. This oc- around 1:45 a.m. The two males assaulted in a string of attacks the three isolated assaults. Approximately 10 minutes curred in the Penland Residence struck Glenrose freshman Mat- In OPINION early Monday morning by two Baylor Police Chief Jim Doak after this stop, the first assault Hall parking lot when two males thew Dulcie in the face twice as suspects who were later appre- said Baylor police officers Andy occurred on Eighth Street near asked a student for a cigarette his girlfriend stood by. hended by the Baylor Police De- Posey and Justin Swanson ac- Dawson Residence Hall. The then struck him in the face and Dulcie said he was walking partment. costed the two males on Tenth suspects struck a student in the on the back of the head. his girlfriend, St. Louis fresh- According to Baylor Police, Street and Speight Avenue on a face, according to police. The Minutes after the second as- man MacKenzie Pfitzinger, back the two suspects committed routine patrol around 1:05 a.m., student was using his cell phone sault, Posey, in the unmarked to her dorm in North Russell The grant con- each assault within the 30-min- minutes before the first assault and dropped it after suffering unit, saw the two male suspects Residence Hall via the sidewalk ute window from 1:15 to 1:45 occurred. the blow. One suspect then re- near Dutton Avenue Parking Fa- between Truett Seminary and test is a great idea. a.m. in separate areas of cam- “They did a courtesy stop trieved the student’s cell phone cility and pursued them on foot North Village Community when pus. to say hello, and in so doing, from the ground and both sus- until they split up and got away, he noticed two males wearing In fact, it may ac- Joe Ricky Mendoza, a they identified them, which was pects fled the scene. Doak said. “ 17-year-old male, along with a quite interesting,” Doak said. “It Baylor police reported that At this time, Baylor Police re- see CRIME, pg. 14 tually bring rise to organizations that parallel the success Sing takes steps to cut environmental effects Teach for America BY HOGA N All COR N all rehearsals and performances encouraged to recycle their pro- Reducing the energy need- “It is extremely important REPORTER of Sing. grams. ed in lighting for rehearsals in for big productions like Sing to has had in effect- “Making an effort for sus- Baylor’s sustainability coor- Waco Hall was inspired by the go green because it would have This year Sing is partnering tainability should be a part of dinator Smith Getterman is the Baylor Sustainability Commit- such a big impact,” Roller said. ing achievement in with the Baylor Sustainability all programs at Baylor, and architect behind the project. tee’s “Last out, Lights out” proj- Roller, a former Sing chair Committee in an effort to make All-University Sing is no dif- “General awareness is one ect where students, faculty and for Chi Omega, confirmed that schools. practical and effective contribu- ferent,” Frazee said. “This year of the main reasons why we staff are reminded by memos other productions such as Pig- tions toward the green move- we are committed to making a turn these major events green,” around various light switches skin, Stompfest and After Dark However, Teach “ ment.