WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE WAITLIST from Page 1 TheWEDNESDAY | MARCH 16,Baylor 2011 Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com SPORTS Page 5 NEWS Page 3 A&E Page 4 Giant killers Big priorities at stake Real life guitar heroes Men’s tennis earns a signature Students spend spring break in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame win, beating No. 1 ranked Washington, D.C. lobbying for canonizes artists including Neil Diamond Tennessee in dramatic fashion causes that affect the Big 12 and the Alice Cooper Band Vol. 112 No. 28 © 2011, Baylor University In Print >> On the job hunt Perry, House agree to tap reserve fund Career Services offers a series of events to help Associated Press to the full House where, as in the steadfastly committed to protect- graduates find a job Senate, it would need the approval ing the remaining balance of the AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry of three-fifths of voting lawmak- Rainy Day Fund, and will not sign Page 3 and Texas House leaders ended a ers before becoming law. a 2012-2013 state budget that uses stalemate Tuesday by agreeing to While Perry agreed to use the Rainy Day Fund.” >> True beauty use about one-third of the state’s the Rainy Day Fund to address The state is facing a revenue reserve fund to plug a budget def- the 2011 deficit, he vowed not shortfall that could reach as high The Body IQ work team icit in the current fiscal year and to agree to use it to address the as $27 billion over the next two- hopes to help students to make $800 million in spending massive revenue shortfall that year budget when counting popu- raise self-esteem with the cuts to state agencies. remains as lawmakers tackle the lation growth and cost increases. “I Heart Me” campaign Shortly after Perry and House budget for 2012-2013. The next budget likely will in- Page 3 Speaker Joe Strauss announced “We have worked closely with clude severe cuts to all areas of they had reached an agreement to state leaders and lawmakers to state government, most heavily to tap $3.2 billion of the state’s Rainy balance the current budget, which public education and low-income ASSOCIATED PRESS >> Dress to impress Day Fund to help close a project- includes using a one-time amount and elderly health care programs. Spring fashion is here: Look ed $4.3 billion deficit, the House from the Economic Stabilization Democratic Rep. Sylvester Budget Appropriations Committee chairman Jim Pitts, left, and vice chair- Appropriations Committee voted your best by following these Fund to help our budget deal Turner, of Houston, cautioned man Sylvester Turner discuss a released statement by Gov. Rick Perry unanimously to back the mea- with the impact of the national allowing use of $3.2 billion dollars from the state’s so-called Rainy Day tips and tricks sure. The vote sends the measure recession,” Perry said. “I remain SEE FUND, page 3 Fund to help balance the fiscal budget for 2011 only, Tuesday in Austin. Page 4 On the Web Baylor creates waitlist for fall By Sara Tirrito Staff Writer Hands of steel Baylor has again created a Watch the first part of waitlist for its incoming freshman series on craftsmen and class, with applications having al- craftswomen in Waco; ready topped 38,000, far surpass- this video features a local ing last fall’s 34,224 applications. blacksmith who creates However, students can still apply art out of steel to the university. Jennifer Carron, assistant vice baylorlariat.com president of admission services, said she believes the increasing numbers of applications have Viewpoints probably been spurred by success in previous years, more intentional recruitment and marketing out of NICK BERRYMAN | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER “As a Christian state, among other factors. This year’s applicants are also community, we On top of the world ahead of last year’s class on mak- must realize that ing their spot-securing deposits. democracy, however The Baylor men’s tennis team lifts junior Julian Bley after he won the determining match against No. 1 ranked Tennessee on Tuesday, the The 10.7 percent growth has come team’s first ever win against a No. 1 ranked squad, at the Baylor Tennis Center. See story on page 5. at a higher rate from markets out great it may be, of state, rather than within Texas, said Jessica King Gereghty, direc- doesn’t trump the tor of admissions counseling and love and grace of recruitment. Christ. The people King Gereghty said in talking Green event to overtake zoo for a day to students it seems that Baylor is of Westboro Baptist more often one of applicants’ top Church are lost — By Leigh Ann Henry years. reuse and to cut down on waste,” coordinator at Baylor, said. “We’re two schools, rather than one of Reporter “Part of our mission is con- Kassner said. excited to do that.” their top three as in previous years. perhaps we can servation and education,” Connie There will be several organi- Green Mountain Energy Com- “The deposits coming in at a use Scripture and On Thursday, the Baylor sus- Kassner, education curator at Cam- zations with tables set up in the pany, an electricity provider that faster rate would show that stu- tainability department will be at eron Park Zoo, said. “We’re trying entry area promoting education, specializes in renewable energy, dents are ready to commit to Bay- true faith to show the Cameron Park Zoo while “It’s to do more things that involve the including the Baylor sustainability will have a table where it educates lor at an earlier time this year than the world the true Easy Being Green” takes place. public, more customer service pro- department and the Keep Waco patrons on renewable and sustain- last year or the year before last,” The event is a themed day grams and activities instead of rev- Beautiful committee, a nonprofit able energy. King Gereghty said. beauty of Christ. We geared toward sustainability and enue generating activities.” organization that was founded in The City of Waco Solid Waste However, Carron said uncer- shouldn’t, however, wildlife conservation. Kassner said the event will be 1979. Department is partnering with the tainty about funding for higher This will be the first time the held on St. Patrick’s Day in keeping “We get to interact with a new Hillcrest Professional Develop- education could have an impact suspend First zoo has hosted the event since it’s with the green theme. audience and let people know what ment School to have a table where on the incoming class. been tackling other renovations on Amendment rights “We want to remind people Baylor’s doing in sustainability,” SEE page 6 SEE page 6 zoo grounds for the past several ZOO, WAITLIST, to do so.” how important it is to recycle, to Smith Getterman, sustainability Page 2 Houston’s problem: Theater Bear Briefs human trafficking uplifts, The place to go to know By Caitlin Giddens “Organizations in Houston are the places to go Reporter trying to build trust and empow- entertains erment for trafficking victims,” PRSSA meeting Within 48 hours of running said Katy sophomore Kristina Robert Nash, public away from home, one in three Miller, an International Justice Waco area relations director for Austin’s young girls are at risk for human Mission member who attended By Stori Long trafficking. Sherry Matthews Marketing the trip. “They’re trying to restore Reporter Slavery seems to be a forgot- victims so they won’t fall into the Advocacy, will be the ten struggle. But as members trafficking world they know.” On a street once controlled by guest speaker at the Public of Baylor’s International Justice Houston has the second high- drug dealers and prostitutes, at a Relations Student Society Mission and other students dis- est trafficking population in the theater once used to show por- of America’s meeting at covered during their spring break country, closely trailing Los An- COURTESY PHOTO nographic films, Mission Waco is mission trip in Houston, sex traf- 6:30 p.m. today in the fifth geles. But local city organizations Students gather for a group photo at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Hous- working to create a haven where floor of Cashion Academic ficking brings human slavery to a are striving to end the epidemic. ton after meeting with prosecutors Ed Gallagher and Ruben Perez, as- all people — regardless of social Center. reality. “The reason Houston is so sistants to the U.S. attorney in Houston. status, race or culture — can come According to a 2009 Interna- impressive in its anti-human together in community. tional Labor Organization study, trafficking strategy is that sec- workers to tackle modern day students met with the Houston “People had given up on this Disaster relief 12.3 million people are enslaved tors that usually don’t commu- slavery from the criminal and vic- Restore and Rescue Coalition to neighborhood a long time ago,” Want to help out? Text the worldwide through human traf- nicate are working together,” said tim end. The issue is so systemic, discuss its role in fighting traf- Stevie Walker-Webb, director of word “Japan” to 80888 to ficking, and it’s a reality students Paige Panter, VISTA for service- so wide-reaching that meaningful ficking. Jubilee Theatre, said. “Mission give a $10 donation to The are determined to change by edu- learning in the student activities change will require several enti- “HRRC stressed the difference Waco is showing us that this neigh- Salvation Army’s earthquake cating Baylor and the community department.