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ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT VOL. 109 No. 49 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009 © 2009, Baylor University OPINION PAGE 2 NEWS PAGE 3 MUSIC PAGE 5 Ranking Higher Education Don’t Text and Drive Zoo Studio “A wide-ranging core curriculum is necessary to a Take a deeper look into The newest Uproar Records well-rounded education, and a ranking system that the dangerous combination band brings wild side to takes that into account is one that should be respected.” of SMS and driving many local venues Christmas on Hasan faces attempted murder th BY ANGELA BROWN diers must The additional charges come military hospital recovering a Fort Hood spokesman. ASSOCIATED PRESS go before less than 24 hours after Hasan’s from gunshot wounds that left The results of the mental being de- civilian attorney was notifi ed him paralyzed. evaluation could prevent Hasan FORT WORTH — An Army p l o y e d . that the Army plans to evaluate “I’m incensed at the way the from being sent to death row or 5 psychiatrist who may face the Witnesses Hasan to test his competency to military is handling this, serving even being tried at all, although death penalty after the mass said he stand trial as well as his mental additional charges on my client those scenarios are unlikely, ex- Street shooting at Fort Hood was j u m p e d state at the time of the shooting. when he’s in the hospital and perts say. Schedule of events charged Wednesday with 32 on a John Galligan, Hasan’s at- defense attorneys are not pres- The exam is done by a board Thursday, counts of attempted premeditat- desk and torney, told The Associated ent,” Galligan told The AP by of mental health professionals ed murder relating to the scores s h o u t e d Press on Wednesday that Army phone from his offi ce near Fort to determine whether the sus- December 5 of soldiers and two civilian po- “ A l l a h u offi cials had not returned his Hood, about 50 miles north of pect had a severe mental illness 6 - 10:30 p.m. lice offi cers injured in the attack, A k b a r ! ” Hasan calls so he did not know when Waco. “And nobody will tell me at the time of the crime; if so, his military offi cials said. — Arabic or where the “mental responsi- what the plans are for the evalu- or her clinical psychological di- Maj. Nidal Hasan has already for “God is great!” Army of- bility” exam would take place. ation.” agnosis; whether that prevented Concerts been charged with 13 counts of fi cials have said he was armed Galligan said he had fi led an ob- Authorities have received a him from knowing at the time premeditated murder after the with two pistols, one a semiau- jection to the evaluation point- request from Hasan’s superior that his alleged actions were 6 p.m. Nov. 5 shooting in a building at tomatic capable of fi ring up to ing out that Hasan was still in for a mental exam but have not the Texas Army post where sol- 20 rounds without reloading. intensive care at a San Antonio yet ordered it, said Chris Haug, see HASAN, pg. 4 Kappa Pickers Burleson Quad 6:30 p.m. Student Jillian Edwards Burleson Quad tells of 6:30 p.m. BRH concert lessons Barfield Drawing Room learned Internships in D.C. 7 p.m. prove to BU student Meredith that ‘anything is Andrews possible’ Barfield BY SARA TIRRITO Drawing room CONTRIBUTOR The worst thing they could 7:45p.m. do was say no. Thus, Emanuel Gawrieh, a Ben Rector sophomore at the time, plunged Burleson Quad into two lengthy internship ap- plications, one to the Supreme 8:45 p.m. Court and one to the White House. Though applicants for Jon the Supreme Court internship typically had to be juniors or ASSOCIATED PRESS McLaughlin seniors, and although the pro- Burleson Quad cess was sometimes intimidat- You Better Not Pout Reading ing, Gawrieh had support from those around him. “[The applications] were Ava Swartz, 14 months, of Taylor Mill cries on Santa’s lap at the Thomas More College annual Winter Wonderland event in Ky. on 7 p.m. about as extensive as graduate Wednesday in Crestview Hills, Ky. Christmas Story schools’, just minus the stan- Burleson Quad dardized tests. What kind of pushed me to apply to [the Su- preme Court internship] was Tree Lighting that the worst that they could say was no. So, I fi gured that I Study: Spirituality peaks in college had much more to gain than to 7:15 p.m. BY ALYSSA MENDEZ lose,” Gawrieh said. “I have a men entering 136 colleges and the study. “The data suggest that veloping their personal values. REPORTER best friend who was there for universities nationwide were college is infl uencing students Baylor is unique because of surveyed. Those same students in positive ways that will bet- its affi liation with the Baptist me and really encouraged me Although college is a time were surveyed again in the ter prepare them for leadership denomination and its desire to the whole way. His name is when students strive to de- spring of 2007. roles in our global society.” educate students by integrating James Nortey. And my father velop intellectually, a study by Although there was a steep Compared to other schools, academic excellence with Chris- and then the faculty master [of the Higher Education Research decline in the number of stu- students at Baylor are presented tian commitment. Brooks], Dr. [Douglas] Henry Institute at the University of dents who attend religious ser- with many resources and oppor- “Baylor provides an environ- was a great mentor to me, and California-Los Angeles found vices, the number of college tunities to grow spiritually and ment in which students can ex- was really encouraging and that college students today students seeking to integrate discover religion within a Chris- plore their spiritual lives among then the former dean for stu- have an increased interest and spirituality into their lives in- tian realm. those other students, faculty dent learning and engagement, involvement in spirituality and creased from 41.8 percent in There are churches and cam- and staff, who will help them Dr. Frank Shushok.” religion. 2004 to 50.4 percent in 2007. pus ministries surrounding the refl ect and grow without trying Shushok found it easy to “Generally speaking, a col- “Many students are emerg- Baylor community that are ea- to tear down their beliefs,” said lege environment gives young support Gawrieh in applying ing from the collegiate experi- ger to connect with students and Dr. Dennis Horton, a professor adults the opportunity to think ence with a desire to fi nd spiri- give them spiritual guidance as of religion at Baylor. “This is less for the internships because of and explore and deepen or dis- tual meaning and perspective in they deal with life experiences. likely to happen at other schools the potential he sees in him to cover the realm of faith,” said their everyday lives,” Alexander The Higher Education Re- without a commitment to educa- make change on a large scale. university chaplain Dr. Burt W. Astin, UCLA Emeritus Pro- search Institute found that 67 tion within a Christian context.” Burleson. fessor and co-principal inves- percent rate the role they want see STUDENT, pg. 8 In fall of 2004, 14,527 fresh- tigator for the project, stated in their college highly play in de- see STUDY, pg. 8 Market Place Purchase various gifts while Troops hopeful plan will wind down war BY DENIS GRAY supporting Baylor emy we face, mass matters,” sas, who is on his fourth tour of security. mander of Task Force Spartan, ASSOCIATED PRESS said Lt. Col. Kimo Gallahue, as Afghanistan and Iraq. “As soon “They have to believe they which has about 4,000 troops in faculty and howitzers fi ring in support of a as the Afghans can do it on their are more secure. You get thou- Wardak and Logar provinces. local vendors FORWARD OPERATING nightime operation against the own without our help, we can sands of troops on some of these Commanders say a troop BASE AIRBORNE, Afghanistan insurgents shook their camp. go home.” bases here, but what are they re- surge which began in January — U.S. service members in Af- The troops at this base in Hauser said the Afghans ally doing? The troops just have dramatically improved the secu- Thursday ghanistan said President Barack Wardak province, west of Ka- were inexperienced — but he to get out there.” rity situation in the two strategic 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Obama’s decision to send 30,000 bul, learned of Obama’s deci- didn’t question their determina- The reason the surge worked provinces, located at the gates of more troops offered hope that sion while watching TV clips of tion. in Iraq, he said, is because troops Kabul. & they can go home — if the re- his speech during their breakfast “They charge in and start were able to get into the fi eld Gallahue, who commands 6 - 10 p.m. inforcements can build up the of sausage, eggs, hash browns, pulling the wires” on the ex- and make Iraqis feel safer. the 2nd Battalion, 2-87th Infan- Afghan army to protect civilians fruit and cereal. Obama said that plosives, Hauser said. “It’s not “The additional forces will try Regiment, said he and other For other events on against the Taliban.