Texas School Funding Ruled Unfair

WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE FUNDING from Page 1 TheTUESDAY | FEBRUARY 5, 2013Baylor Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com A&E Page 4 NEWS Page 3 SPORTS Page 5 It’s a notable app Big talk A touch of Destiny Check out why you should be Chet Edwards will make his way Read one Ravens fan’s take using this new iPad app to help to campus to talk with Baylor’s on why the Super Bowl win you in all of your classes Multicultural Association was in the cards all along Vol. 115 No. 8 © 2013, Baylor University In Print Texas >> STILL A DIVA Beyonce proved that she still had the ‘it’ factor following her lip-synching school mess up Page 4 funding >> PED DEBATE Is using performane- enhancing drugs really ruled cheating? One Lariat sports writer may sway your opinion unfair Page 5 Judge: system >> UNSTABLE violates state’s A veteran accused in SEAL sniper shooting is constitution on suicide watch Associated Press Page 3 AUSTIN — The system Texas MATT HELLMAN | LARIAT PHOTO EDITOR uses to fund public schools violates the state’s constitution by not providing enough money to Just keep swimming school districts and failing to dis- Viewpoints The 26th annual Fishing Event for Very Special People was held on Saturday in the Creative Arts and Exhibits Building at the Extraco tribute the money in a fair way, Events Center. Waco residents participated in a variety of fun activities, including fishing in an indoor pond and playing various games for a judge ruled Monday in a land- prizes. Read the full story on page 3. mark decision that could force the “Changing Legislature to overhaul the way it women’s basketball pays for education. Shortly after listening to clos- is an achievement ing arguments, Judge John Dietz in its own right, ruled the funding mechanism BAA to give $1 million for students does not meet the constitutional and Griner will requirement for a fair and effi- be rewarded for By Kate McGuire lor’s board chair that this gift had how the gift will be distributed, the gift, the significance of the cient system that provides a gen- Staff Writer been approved,” Kilgore said. whether through the President’s gift being the largest the BAA has eral diffusion of knowledge. it, but she will Now that the strategic plan- Scholarship Initiative or endowed given remains important, Kilgore The state is expected to appeal never make the The Baylor Alumni Associa- ning committee is done with its scholarships. said. the ruling to the Texas Supreme tion has confirmed that it plans job of putting the funds together “The details still need to be Kilgore said in the 1960’s the Court. This was the sixth case of millions of dollars to give a $1 million gift to Baylor for the gift, worked out on gift designation, Baylor Alumni Association be- its kind since 1984. In 2005, Di- that NBA players University, the largest in BAA’s the execu- on where exactly the money will came a fundraiser for Baylor Uni- etz found the previous funding make.” history. tive com- go. Those are the details that versity and since then has sup- system unconstitutional and di- from Page 1 On Jan. 26th, the vote came mittee, a the executive committee will be ported the connection of alumni rected the Legislature to devise a BROKEN Page 2 from the strategic planning com- separate working out. We are still in the to current students. new one. parents play a role in the religious mittee that all funds had been fi- committee initial part of the process,” Kilgore Lori Fogleman, Director of The Brownwood school dis- views of the child later on in life. nalized and that the BAA was to under the said. Media Communications at Baylor trict had joined the lawsuit as a The current United States divorce give the $1 million gift. BAA will The BAA’s executive commit- said, “There is excitement about plaintiff, and Superintendent Dr. rate is about 3.5 divorces per 1,000 It wasn’t until Jeff Kilgore, vice be work- tee will finalize details of giving the gift being given to the univer- Reece Blincoe, who testified in marriages, according to the 2013 president and CEO of the Baylor ing with the $1 million with university of- sity because of its amount.” the trial, was in the Travis County World Almanac Alumni Association, made a call President ficials in the following weeks so The Baylor Alumni Asso- courtroom Monday when the “We didn’t really see this effect to the Waco Tribune - Herald on Ken Starr’s Jeff Kilgore that the gift may be completed ciation, and the $1 million gift, is judge ruled. in families where a step-parent Friday that the committee’s deci- office to fi- and agreed to by June 1st. funded by donations from alum- “I think the ruling today was came in,” Uecker said. “A step-par- sion went public. nalize the two group’s agreement Although there has not been ni. just overwhelming,” Brownwood ent made it more likely that a child “It was communicated be- on the gift. an agreement between the BAA school Superintendent Dr. Reece would change affiliation, though.” Follow us on Twitter tween our board chair and Bay- Final details will include and the university on receiving SEE BAA, page 6 Blincoe said by phone from Aus- Uecker said this is due to the @bulariat tin. “It was just clear cut: the sys- fact that a stepparent often intro- tem is unconstitutional. duces their own religious beliefs to “It was a very good day. Most their step-children. Broken religion were elated — except the state, of Though divorce still increases Bear Briefs course. … This is good for Brown- the chances of a child moving away wood, in my opinion, and it is from religion, if the child ends up good for Texas.” in the custody of the more religious The place to go to know can cause broken Blincoe said the judge ad- parent, they are less likely to move the places to go dressed several issues in his rul- away from religious belief. ing, including the adequacy and “Most religious change hap- Walk for a cause the equity of the current system. pens during adolescence or young Pre-register for the He said the Brownwood district adulthood,” Uecker said. “By the National Eating Disorder homes says prof. receives about $4,800 per student Awareness Walk in state funding, and the district By Madison Ferril attend a conference called “Does potentially could see the amount sponsored by the Baylor Reporter the Shape of Families Shape Counseling Center. The increased by $1,000 to $1,800. Faith?” where he presented the That would mean extra money event will take place A sociology professor from initial draft of the paper. to put into salaries for teachers Baylor and his colleague from the from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 28 “There have been studies on and other staff, Blincoe said. University of Texas in San An- in Fountain Mall. Visit this subject before,” Uecker said. At issue in this case are $5.4 tonio have found that children nationaleatingdisorders. “But these studies did not take the billion in cuts to schools and edu- German grocery whose parents were both religious org to register. The cost is religious views of both parents cation grant programs the Legis- at the time of divorce were more $15 for students and $25 into account. We wanted to give lature imposed in 2011, but the likely to move away from orga- more information about the reli- districts say simply restoring that for everyone else. nized religion if the parent with will bring discount gious context of kids growing up.” funding won’t be enough to fix a custody did not remarry. Ellison said he worked on fundamentally flawed system. Keep improving Baylor’s Dr. Jeremy Uecker three previous papers on the topic They point out the cuts have Find out how to enrich and Dr. Christopher Ellison of of religion and divorce. come even as the state requires your Baylor academic UT- San Antonio argue against prices to Waco “You seem to learn a lot more schools to prepare students for experience by taking previous studies which state that about those relationships through standardized tests that are getting the MAP-Works Spring children of single parents are By Taylor Rexrode 7,000 on three continents. The looking at the background of both more difficult and amid a state- more likely to move away from Transition Survey through Staff Writer new Waco store will be one of parents,” Ellison said. “All of that wide boom in the number of low- religion than those with two par- Blackboard. The survey over 1,000 stores across 31 states suggests that the religious back- income students and those who ents, or that the effect of divorce is open to all freshmen Another low-cost grocery in the U.S. ground of the parents should be need extra instruction to learn on religious affiliation is over- and transfer students who store has arrived in Waco, and it’s Bushland junior Trenton Gar- incorporated into the background English, both of whom are more stated. not Walmart or H.E.B. za enjoyed shopping at Aldi when of the child.” costly to educate. began at Baylor in the fall. Uecker, in conjunction with Aldi, a German discount gro- he lived in Missouri. He has been The research used data from “There is no free lunch.

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