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OPINION PAGE 2 OLYMPICS PAGE 4 MOVIES PAGE 6 “Hopefully in the future, people will not be Rounding up the medals Exclusive interview discouraged from doing their duty to society Check out how the events The Lariat talks with without fear of repercussions because of the in Vancouver have been going ‘The Blind Side’ director on prominence of others.” for Olympians across the globe recent Oscar nominations Student officers, Starr talk concerns By Ca t y Hi r st family,” Hannah said. about paying for college. St a f f w r i t e r Hannah said he thought Starr The second issue student was very responsive to the con- government broached with The announcement of Judge cerns presented and that Starr Starr was the involvement of Ken Starr as Baylor’s new presi- was more than willing to work students in major decisions and dent has initiated a multitude together on those issues. high-level strategic planning of of reactions from the student They first discussed Baylor’s the university. body, ranging from confidence increasing tuition. Hannah said master’s candi- in Starr’s abilities to concerns Hannah said, according to date Chelsea Saylor’s involve- about how the new president the Issue of the Week statistics ment in the advisory committee will handle issues that face stu- taken by student government, was an good step in allowing dents. students are increasingly con- more students to participate in Jordan Hannah, student body cerned about the affordability of decision-making at Baylor. president, and other student a Baylor education. “We commend the board for leaders met with Starr Tuesday “That is a major concern, as allowing Chelsea to be a part of to discuss some of the issues stu- students‘ financial aid package the advisory committee and hav- dents are most concerned about does not increase as they further ing a student voice in the presi- at Baylor. their education. Tuition increas- dential search process,” Hannah “Student government is re- es are not taken into account,” said. “That was a great avenue ally excited about working with Hannah said. and a great way to showcase to [Starr] to address student con- Even though tuition con- the board and to the administra- cerns, and we are really looking tinues to rise, the merit-based tion that students are capable of Je d De a n | Ph o t o Ed i t o r forward to working with him President-elect Judge Ken Starr speaks to Baylor students, staff and faculty Tuesday during his formal scholarships for current stu- providing great input.” under his leadership and work- dents remain the same, which introduction as Baylor’s 14th president in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center. see STARR, pg. ing with the rest of the Baylor has increased students’ concern 9 Judge frees 8 of 10 U.S. missionaries By Fr a n k Ba j a k of the earthquake. Ass o c i a t e d Pr e ss The missionaries denied ac- A whole new scale of hot cusations of trafficking and said PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti they were on a humanitarian — Eight American missionar- mission to rescue child quake ies were freed from a Haitian victims by taking them to a hast- jail Wednesday, nearly three ily prepared orphanage in the weeks after being charged with Dominican Republic. kidnapping for trying to take Group leader Laura Silsby eter Piper a group of children out of the originally said they were taking quake-stricken country. only orphaned and abandoned picked a pepper. If he The eight — looking bedrag- children, but reporters found had the new technol- gled and sweaty — walked out that several of the children ogy developed by one Baylor of the Haitian jail escorted by P were handed over to the group them to determine the heat of the pep- spicy a pepper would be ... like in a salsa, U.S. diplomats just after dusk. by their parents, who said they professor and his research team, pers more efficiently, because multivariate for example.” They waited until they were hoped the Baptists would give he could have discovered just analysis eliminates some steps that the liq- Kenneth said the research is still con- safely inside a white van before them a better life. uid chromatography process required. tinuing, and the team hopes to find a flashing smiles, waving and giv- Saint-Vil said he still wants how hot the pepper was. Rabbe said capsaicin has not been ana- method using fiber optics that will allow ing a thumbs up to reporters. to question Silsby and nanny lyzed through multivariate analysis in the them to test the heat of a chili pepper By Sa r a Ti r r i t o Hours earlier, judge Ber- Charisa Coulter about their visit past but can have important application. without damaging the pepper itself. St a f f w r i t e r nard Saint-Vil told The Associ- to Haiti in December before the “Capsaicin is used of course in the “We’re trying to see if we can use that ated Press that eight of the 10 earthquake, but he asked for food industry and medicinally, and the approach to take the spectrum, rather than Dr. Kenneth Busch, professor and missionaries were free to leave Coulter to be hospitalized be- analysis of peppers for the capsaicin con- take the spectrum of the extract,” Kenneth co-director of the Center for Analytical without bail or other conditions cause of her diabetes. tent is really important, and with the tech- said. “And that might be something that Spectroscopy, and his research team have after parents testified they vol- Earlier Wednesday, Coulter, niques that they are working on, it would people would be interested in because eliminated the need for liquid chroma- untarily handed their children of Boise, Idaho, briefly received simplify it, make it faster to do and less you just have to hold the pepper up to this tography in determining the heat of chili over to the missionaries. treatment but was then taken expensive,” Rabbe said. “The multivariate light fiber and get the information, with- peppers. “The parents of the kids back to jail. analysis has not been used in analysis of out having to touch the pepper — you can Working with Busch are his wife, Dr. made statements proving that “We are very pleased that capsaicin before.” still eat it afterwards.” Marianna Busch, professor and co-director they can be released,” he said, Paul, Silas, Drew, and Steve Marianna said the research could help Rabbe said an undergraduate student, of the Center for Analytical Spectroscopy, adding that still wants to ques- have been released by the Hai- farmers know the best time for harvest- San Diego junior Emily Schmidt, has been Dr. Dennis Rabbe, chemistry laboratory tion the group’s leader and her tian court,” said Caleb Stegall, ing. working on the research since the fall and coordinator and lecturer, various graduate nanny. a Kansas district attorney who “What we wanted to do was develop is helping to improve the current proce- students and an undergraduate student. The group planned to fly out has been helping some of the a simpler more rapid method where we dure. “The way you conventionally deter- of Haiti late Wednesday, defense defendants. could do the analysis much more quickly. “We’re trying to refine the proce- mine the hotness of chili peppers is with attorney Aviol Fleurant said. “Their families are relieved It’s apparently very critical when you har- dure that they’ve already done,” Rabbe liquid chromatography,” Kenneth said. A spokesman for Idaho Sen. and anxious to have them safely vest it as to how hot the peppers are going said. “She’s working with us again this “You have to grind up the pepper in a Jim Risch said they would be home, and we are turning all of to be,” Marianna said. “It would give you spring.” blender and then extract the capsaicin (a flown to Miami. our energies toward bringing some kind of a feeling for the optimal time Marianna said the team’s use of molecule that gives chili peppers their The missionaries, most from them back as safely and quickly to harvest them in the field. It’s a com- heat) that you’re trying to measure with two Baptist churches in Idaho, as possible.” pletely different way of assessing how see PEPPER, pg. alcohol and then run it through the chro- 9 are accused of trying to take 33 Gary Lissade, the attorney matograph.” Haitian children to the Domini- for freed detainee Jim Allen, The team replaced the need for liquid can Republic on Jan. 29 without said he expected the charges to chromatography by using multivariate proper documents. be dropped against the eight. Their detentions came just as analysis instead. The new process allows aid officials were urging a halt to

short-cut adoptions in the wake see JUDGE, pg. 9 Retiring prof: It was a memory, it will be a memory By Ja m e s Bl a k e Ew i n g time.” work. painting. asked him to be a teaching as- His initial position as an Re p o r t e r McClanahan said, “Every “It’s been well received, es- Occasionally he visits the sistant. associate professor included piece in that show represents pecially how he creates such Midwest to recharge and to re- “[I] decided that this is what teaching painting and 2-D de- McClanahan’s McClanahan an event, a special occasion or a small art and people can still see turn to the source of it all. I wanted to do for the rest of my sign while also being the gallery is an exhibit that spans the 45 memory.” it,” Ellie Allen, museum atten- As early as grade school, Mc- life,” McClanahan said. director for the department. years of John McClanahan’s ca- The exhibit is on display at dant, said. Clanahan said he always found His first teaching job was at McClanahan said he hopes reer, which is now coming to a Martin Museum of Art in the Through his exhibit, McCla- art easy. He pursued other ma- Stephen F. Austin as an assistant that his students feel a sense of close. Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Cen- nahan was able to see guests jors but was always drawn to the professor. He later taught as an success at the end of the semes- McClananhan, professor and ter. and students he hadn’t seen in visual arts and received a bach- associate professor of painting ter and that trial and error is an chair of the art department, will “I think they find it interest- 40 years. elor’s degree in fine arts from and drawing at Queens College. important part of the process. retire Aug. 1 after 34 years at ing to see the style and stages “The exhibit went very well Bethany College in Kansas. He came to Baylor in 1976, a “We’re only as good as our Baylor. he’s gone through in 45 years,” — I didn’t realize I had so many It wasn’t until graduate job he took in order to be closer last work of art,” McClanahan McClanahan, when talking Karin Gilliam, director of Mar- friends,” McClanahan said. “It school at the University of Iowa to his wife’s parents in Tyler. said. about his art, quotes T.S. El- tin Museum of Art, said. was a memory, became a mem- that McClanahan said he found “The overall experience has In 1985 he became the di- liot’s “Four Quartets,”: And McClanahan’s art is abstract. ory, will be a memory.” his calling. In his second year he been a good experience. I think rector of visual arts and in the end of all our exploring will The flat planes and big sky And even after 45 years, he ran out of money and was ready I made the right choice coming 1989 he became chair of the art be to arrive where we started. of Kansas, his home state, of- finds the landscapes of the Mid- to leave until the head of the here,” McClanahan said. “It’s And know the place for the first ten serve as inspiration for his west new and fresh with each department called him in and just been a good ride for me.” see ARTIST, pg. 9

By Th o m a s Fr i e d m a n temperatures rise and the climate changes. Ne w Yo r k Ti m e s Co l u m n i s t The weather gets weird. The hots are expected to get hotter, the wets wetter, the Of the festivals of nonsense that dries drier and the most violent storms periodically overtake American politics more numerous. surely the silliest is the argument that The fact that it has snowed like crazy because Washington is having a particu- in Washington — while it has rained at the larly snowy winter it proves that climate Winter Olympics in Canada, while Austra- change is a hoax and, therefore, we need lia is having a record 13-year drought — is not bother with all this girly-man stuff like right in line with what every major study renewable energy, solar panels and carbon on climate change predicts: The weather taxes. Just drill, baby, drill. will get weird; some areas will get more When you see lawmakers like Sen. Jim precipitation than ever; others will become DeMint of South Carolina tweeting that drier than ever. “it is going to keep snowing until Al Gore 2) Historically, we know that the cries ‘uncle,”’ or news that the grandchil- climate has warmed and cooled slowly, dren of Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma going from Ice Ages to warming periods, are building an igloo next to the Capitol driven, in part, by changes in the earth’s with a big sign that says “Al Gore’s New orbit and hence the amount of sunlight Home,” you really wonder if we can have different parts of the earth get. What the a serious discussion about the climate- current debate is about is whether humans energy issue anymore. — by emitting so much carbon and thick- The climate-science community is ening the greenhouse-gas blanket around not blameless. It knew it was up against the earth so that it traps more heat — are formidable forces – from the oil and coal now rapidly exacerbating nature’s natural companies that finance the studies skepti- warming cycles to a degree that could lead cal of climate change to conservatives to dangerous disruptions. who hate anything that will lead to more 3) Those who favor taking action government regulations to the Chamber are saying: “Because the warming that of Commerce that will resist any energy humans are doing is irreversible and Nurse acquitted: Bringing taxes. potentially catastrophic, let’s buy some Therefore, climate experts can’t leave insurance — by investing in renewable themselves vulnerable by citing non-peer- energy, energy efficiency and mass transit reviewed research or failing to respond — because this insurance will also actually justice to unjust situation to legitimate questions, some of which make us richer and more secure.” We will happened with both the Climatic Research import less oil, invent and export more Unit at the University of East Anglia and clean-tech products, send fewer dollars Last week a Texas jury Editorial checked, the “harassment” that the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on overseas to buy oil and, most importantly, acquitted a nurse charged with the doctor and sheriff brought Climate Change. diminish the dollars that are sustaining misuse of official information before the courts might have Although there remains a mountain the worst petro-dictators in the world who after she turned in a small- been dismissed and they may of research from multiple institutions indirectly fund terrorists and the schools town doctor for what she believed to be dishonest have not even have been able to subject Mitchell to about the reality of climate change, the that nurture them. practice of medicine. this unnecessary misuse of the justice system. public has grown uneasy. What’s real? In 4) Even if climate change proves less Anne Mitchell, through what she believed to be Another major issue that was brought to the my view, the climate-science community catastrophic than some fear, in a world a confidential letter, filed a complaint against Dr. public’s eyes with this trail was the fear that many should convene its top experts – from that is forecast to grow from 6.7 billion to Rolando Arafiles, a doctor in Kermit, with the Texas “whistle-blowers” face when calling into question places like NASA, America’s national 9.2 billion people between now and 2050, Medical Board. Arafiles, Mitchell claimed, was en- the moral actions of their superiors or more powerful laboratories, the Massachusetts Institute more and more of whom will live like couraging patients to unnecessarily use herbal medi- members of society. of Technology, Stanford, the California Americans, demand for renewable energy cine and wanted to use hospital supplies to perform a Because the doctor had connections to the law- Institute of Technology and the U.K. Met and clean water is going to soar. It is obvi- procedure in a patient’s home. makers of the county, Arafiles may have felt untouch- Office Hadley Centre – and produce a ously going to be the next great global After Mitchell filed the complaint, Arafiles found able or above the law. He was able to manipulate the simple 50-page report. They could call it industry. out who files the complaint, despite its confidential- medical system to his own advantage until Mitchell “What We Know,” summarizing every- China, of course, understands that, ity, and fired Mitchell immediately for ruining his was able to draw attention to the misuse. Then Ara- thing we already know about climate which is why it is investing heavily in reputation. files was able to manipulate the judicial system in an change in language that a sixth-grader clean-tech, efficiency and high-speed rail. Although Mitchell had been already fired, Arafiles attempt to entirely silence Mitchell. could understand, with unimpeachable It sees the future trends and is betting on called for Mitchell’s arrest under the guise of harass- Not only should Arafiles have been kept from uti- peer-reviewed footnotes. them. ment. Arafiles turned Mitchell into the local sheriff, lizing his prominent sway in the community to evade At the same time, they should add a Indeed, I suspect China is quietly who not only was a friend of Arafiles, but a former punishment, he was wrong for subjecting Mitchell to summary of all the errors and wild exag- laughing at us right now. And Iran, Rus- patient, who credited Arafiles with saving his life the trial. gerations made by the climate skeptics sia, Venezuela and the whole OPEC gang after a heart attack. While Mitchell’s acquittal is proof of the ability – and where they get their funding. It is are high-fiving each other. Nothing better Mitchell was charged with the felony of misuse of the judicial system to always encourage morality time the climate scientists stopped just serves their interests than to see Ameri- of official information, for which she could have to prevail, the trial may have discouraged those who playing defense. The physicist Joseph cans becoming confused about climate received up to 10 years in prison. also want to take a stand for morality for fear of the Romm, a leading climate writer, is posting change, and, therefore, less inclined to Fortunately, Mitchell was acquitted, winning a public eye. on his Web site, climateprogress.org, his move toward clean-tech and, therefore, victory for the “whistle-blowers” everywhere under No one wants negative press and felony accusa- own listing of the best scientific papers on more certain to remain addicted to oil. Yes, protection by the law. tions after calling into question the actions of promi- every aspect of climate change for anyone sir, it is morning in Saudi Arabia. This case is an example of small-town justice at its nent members of society. who wants a quick summary now. worst. Had the town and county not been so small, It is a credit to the American judicial system that Here are the points I like to stress: Thomas L. Friedman won the 2002 Pulit- Arafiles would have been subsequently punished fol- Mitchell was not convicted. However, hopefully in 1) Avoid the term “global warming.” I zer Prize for commentary, his third Pulitzer lowing the filing of Mitchell’s complaint. Moreover, the future, people will not be discouraged from doing prefer the term “global weirding,” because for The New York Times. He became the had the complaint had been filed within a county their duty to society without fear of repercussions that is what actually happens as global paper’s foreign-affairs columnist in 1995. where the power of personal relationships were because of the prominence of others.

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When the Super Bowl was over, I curiously community cannot be matched. searched the Internet looking for commercials that As for Mayor Landrieu, he begins an era where I might have missed or just wanted to see again. he can use the unity to his advantage where former Pepperdine, While on my quest I stumbled upon stream- mayor Ray Nagin failed to do so. ing video of New Orleans’ French Quarter, and I Point of Nagin was an outspoken and strong-minded Baylor grad witnessed a scene that only four and half years ago individual who many people in New Orleans did I did not think was possible. not favor because of his lack of leadership after praises choice Instead of people trying to reconstruct their View Hurricane Katrina. city, I saw people taking a break from their Nagin chose not to take advantage of uniting the troubles and truly enjoying themselves for the first b y Jo h n El i z o n d o city after a disaster as former New York City mayor, Congratulations to the time since they returned to New Orleans. Rudy Giuliani, did with his city after 9/11. regents for selecting Kenneth I thought, “Wow, they are having a good time, Instead he decided to alienate other races by Starr as the president of Baylor but too bad once the ticker tape is cleaned off the referring to New Orleans as a “chocolate city” that University. streets the city will go back to normal.” needed to bring back the black people to New Or- I have business and law Normal? Post-Katrina normal? I don’t think so. area. leans so the city could be “chocolate again.” degrees from Baylor and a They are not going back to normal; the rebuilding The Spurs and the Saints are similar in many ways He was often criticized for not being present in masters degree from Pepper- process in New Orleans begins. — they both had a great player, a savior so to speak New Orleans enough after Katrina, not creating and dine. The weekend of Feb. 7 had to be one of the most (David Robinson and Drew Brees), who embraced his acting upon a vision for the city so that former resi- I think Dean Starr enhanced monumental weekends in the history of the city; not new city helped lead their teams to a championship dents would want to come back, and most recently the Pepperdine degree and only did their beloved Saints win the Super Bowl for when the city needed it the most. admitting to using taxpayer’s money to fund his trip will do the same for the Baylor the first time in franchise history, but the city elected If the Spurs had not won the title that year, to see the Saints in the Super Bowl. degrees. Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu as their first white chances are the city would not have been able to pass New Orleans is in dire need of a change in leader- Dean Starr has taken on dif- mayor since 1978. a proposition in the 2000 election allowing for an in- ship and the citizens feel Landrieu will provide that. ficult and controversial tasks in Both events will have lasting effects on a city that, crease in taxes to fund a new arena for the team. The In his first press conference as mayor-elect, Landrieu his career. quite frankly, has not made significant strides in Spurs ownership would have considered relocating announced that he plans to make the city streets safe He has taken on assign- rebuilding the community. the team and possibly causing the city to fade into again and improve the public school system. ments with results that in no First there are the Saints. No one can tell me that obscurity. I think he has a lot of work ahead of him, but with way could please everyone. the impact of professional sports does not matter to a If the Saints had lost the Super Bowl, they prob- the new optimism of the people and the spark the A fair appraisal of his re- city. I have seen firsthand what a team’s first champi- ably would not have left New Orleans, but the mo- Saints have brought to the city, Landrieu now has sults merit a “well done!” onship can do for a city in limbo. rale of the city would not be at the height it is today. the foundation and the momentum to rebuild New I’m confident his service as In 1999, my hometown team, the San Antonio People there would continue to think that, just like Orleans. the Baylor president will make Spurs, won its first NBA championship in franchise their team, they personally would never be able to Not post-Katrina normal, but pre-Katrina normal. us thankful and proud he has history and the city has not been the same since. It excel beyond their expectations. come our way. has brought esteem to the city, has helped bring new A professional team can shape a city like nothing John Elizondo is a San Antonio sophomore majoring in I would also like to thank jobs, and has continued to be a growing metropolitan else; the unity that a group of athletes brings to a journalism. He is a reporter for the Baylor Lariat. Dr. David Garland for the fine job he has done as interim Baylor president. Opinion Policy Ben Ferrell The Baylor Lariat welcomes reader viewpoints through letters to the editor and guest columns. Opinions expressed in the Lariat are not necessarily those Class of ‘50 of the Baylor administration, the Baylor Board of Regents or the Student Publications Board.

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By Jo h n D. El i z o n d o it did break Russia’s 50-year win- Re p o r t e r ning streak in the event on Mon- day. Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao The 2010 Vancouver Winter won gold with an overall score Olympics are in full force right of 216.57 and fellow Chinese now here is a brief recap to help couple Qing Pang and Jian Tong you keep up with the most recent won silver. Germany’s Aliona Olympic results. Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy won bronze.

Alpine Skiing Men’s figure skating started with the short program on Tues- U.S. Veteran Bode Miller won day with Russia’s Evgeni Plush- bronze on Monday after finishing enko in the lead over Ameri- fifth four years ago in the 2006 can Evan Lysacek and Japan’s Olympics in Turin. Miller fin- Daisuke Takahashi. All three ished behind Switzerland’s Di- competitors are separated by .6 dier Defago, who won gold, and of a point going into the long pro- Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal, gram at 7 p.m. today. Controver- who won silver. Miller is not done sial American skater Johnny Weir competing in these winter games; qualified for the long program he still has the men’s super com- and is currently in sixth place. bined downhill on Sunday.

American Lindsey Vonn, who Freestyle Skiing is battling a bruised shin, won Hannah Kearney, 23, won the gold on Wednesday, defeating U.S.’s first gold of these games on fellow American Julia Mancuso, Saturday in the women’s moguls. who won silver, and Austria’s She beat Canada’s Jennifer Heil, Elisabeth Goergl, who won who won silver, by .94 points; fel- bronze. Vonn, one of the most low American Shannon Bahrke talked-about American athletes, won the bronze. won by .56 of a second despite her injury. Canada won its first gold as the host nation on Sunday in the As s o c i a t e d Pr e s s Curling men’s moguls. Canadian Alexan- Sweden’s Anja Paerson speeds down the course Wed. during the women’s downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia. dre Bilodeau edged Australia’s The American men have start- Dale Begg-Smith by .17 of a point ed shaky in these games, losing to win gold. The only American Ryan, David Backes and Ryan normal hill/10 kilometers cross- Apolo Anton Ohno and J.R. Cel- Deborah Anthonioz and Swit- their first three sessions. Tuesday to finish in the top ten was Bryon Malone. The men will now face country event on Sunday. Spill- ski both qualified to compete in zerland’s Olivia Nobs. American they lost to Norway 6-5 and then Wilson, who won bronze. winless Norway at 2 p.m. today. ane broke the Americans’ 86-year the quarterfinals of the men’s Lindsey Jacobellis, who tried to to Germany 7-5, and on Wednes- medal drought in the event by 1000 meters on Saturday. redeem herself after losing gold day they lost 7-6 to Switzerland. winning silver. France’s Jason in 2006, was disqualified after the The men will face winless Den- Luge Ice Hockey Larny Chappuis won gold and semifinal run; Jacobellis finished mark at 4 p.m. today. German Felix Loch won gold Italy’s Alessandro Pittin won Snowboard fifth overall. In women’s hockey, the fa- in the men’s singles Sunday on bronze. The American women have vorite, Canada, won big in its the same track that Georgian American Seth Wescott de- had the same misfortune. They first game, defeating Slovakia athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili fended his gold Monday in the Speedskating lost their first session on Tuesday 18-0. Team U.S.A. has had some crashed and died on a practice Short Track men’s snowboard cross. Wescott to Japan 9-7 and their second ses- impressive victories, too, beating run two days earlier. German Da- In the men’s 1500 meters, defeated Canada’s Mike Robert- Americans Shani Davis and sion to Germany 6-5 on Wednes- China 12-1 on Sunday and shut- vid Moeller won silver and Ital- South Korea’s Jung-Su-Lee won son and France’s Tony Ramoin, Chad Hedrick both won medals day. Up next for the women is ting out Russia 13-0 on Tuesday. ian Armin Zoggeler won bronze gold and American Apolo Anton who won silver and bronze re- in the men’s 1000 meters, giving Denmark at 5 p.m. today. The Americans will face unde- in the event. Ohno won silver after two South spectfully. the U.S. its first medal winners in feated Finland at 4:30 p.m. today. Korean skaters crashed into speedskating this winter. Davis Figure Skating Nordic Combined each other on the final turn. Fel- In the women’s snowboard defended his gold on Wednesday, The American men won their low countryman J.R. Celski won cross Canadian Maelle Ricker and Hedrick won bronze; South China nearly won all the med- first game on Tuesday over Swit- American Johnny Spillane bronze. won Canada’s second gold in Korea’s Tae-Bum Mo won silver als in the figure skating pairs, but zerland 3-1, with goals by Robert won silver in the individual On Wednesday, Americans the Olympics, defeating France’s in the event.

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By Er i n Ni p p e r Dr. Thomas M. Kelly, professor San Antonio senior Lauren Re p o r t e r of economics; and Jerry Milner, McClure, a music education ma- electronics technician for Baylor jor, said Helen Ann has helped Professor of clarinet and co- sciences facilities. her reach her potential during ordinator of woodwinds Dr. Helen Ann Shanley, professor her time at Baylor. Richard Shanley said he met his of flute in the School of Music, “She understands when I need wife’s flute before her. said she has had a passion for in- to be pushed,” McClure said. The pair were members of struments all of her life. “She knows how to help students the Las Cruces, N.M. symphony “I just loved instruments,” she improve.” Orchestra when Richard said his said. McClure said Helen Ann not wife’s flute literally fell for him. She played piano before the only taught her in the classroom, “We were rehearsing, and flute, while Richard said he was but made her life in college a little the risers weren’t set up cor- not always sure of his calling for more like home. rectly. She fell off, and her flute the clarinet. “She is like a mom-away- went one way, and she went the “I started playing in sixth from-home sometimes,” McClure other,” Richard said. “People ran grade, but then I quit because I said. “She’s there when any of us to check on her. I ran to check on didn’t like it,” he said. need to talk about something.” her flute.” But Richard picked up his Richard said his colleagues Helen Ann and Richard clarinet two weeks later and has are “high-quality, good people to crossed paths as he was complet- been playing ever since. work with.” ing his undergraduate degree at The Shanleys came to Baylor “I enjoy their creativeness, New Mexico State University in in 1969, where they both worked musicality and work ethic,” he Helen’s hometown. in the School of Music. said. The Shanleys were honored When asked about their time They both agree that careers Wednesday at the Annual Service at the university, the couple said in music have been a paramount Awards Ceremony for their 40 the atmosphere the university aspect of their relationship. years of service as faculty mem- provides is conducive to build- “I don’t know what it would bers. ing relationships-especially with be like without it,” Richard said. Also recognized for service of their students. 40 years were Mary Adams, host “We work one-on-one,” Helen “We’ve never done it any other Je d De a n | Ph o t o Ed i t o r and exit checker for library access Ann said. “In four years you de- way ... It’s certainly one thing The anuual service awards ceremony was held Wednesday in the Cashion Academic Building. Forty-year services; Tommye Lou Davis, as- velop a close relationship with that’s kept us together: making Service Award recipient and professor of instrumental studies, Helen Ann Shanley (center) stands with former sociate dean for Honors College; your students.” good music with good friends.” students and five-year honorees Susie Etheredge (left) and Debra Burleson, following the awards ceremony.

City budgets try to maintain their Follow us on Twitter: calm and cool despite snowy weather www.twitter.com/bulariat By Mi c h a e l Ta r m gled Tuesday to clear sidestreets — because it costs so much when As s o c i a t e d Pr e s s after two storms dumped 40 the Big One does hit,” said Greg inches of snow in less than a “You won’t see bare Cohen, executive director of the CHICAGO — The forecast: a week. They used small front- Roadway Safety Foundation, mighty winter blizzard sure to loaders to fit down streets too pavement for at least whose own street in Washington dump a record-setting blanket of narrow for plows. They could three weeks — and was still unplowed several days snow that will grow from inches only take small bites of snow after the storms hit. to feet overnight, just in time for and ice at a time, making re- that’s if we don’t get Then there’s the politics of rush hour. moval time consuming, said another snow next snow: Mayors know failure to re- When it happened this month Maura Kennedy, spokeswoman move it can cost them their jobs. in Washington, they called it for Mayor Michael Nutter. week.” Every mayor knows the story “Snowpocalypse” and an over- No place seemed more un- of Chicago’s Michael Bilandic, whelmed city couldn’t keep its prepared for the weather than Steve Shannon the incumbent who lost in the streets clear. When it happened the Washington area: The fed- Operations manager, Virginia 1979 Democratic primary after last week in Chicago, they called eral government shut down for Department of Transportation the city failed to clear streets fast it “Tuesday” and kept the black- days as District residents com- enough after a storm. top black from first flakes to final plained of a spotty, haphazard These days, voters embrace drifts. response that left some streets Mayor Richard M. Daley in part “I’d take my plow drivers all but abandoned. $17 million for the work this win- because the crews at Streets and and put them up against anyone And in the South, where even ter. Washington, with an average Sanitation keeps the city in busi- in North America,” said Bobby a light dusting is enough to para- of 19.4 inches of snow each year, ness every winter: The city’s pub- Richardson, Chicago’s snow re- lyze commuters until the weather has 200 trucks that can be fitted lic schools haven’t had a “snow moval boss. “Ten inches, a foot warms up and melts away the with blades and a snow budget of day” in more than a decade. of snow? That’s nothing for us. problem, most major cities have $6 million. “I got more calls from mayors Nothing.” only a handful of plows — if Some Washington residents during snow storms than at any That’s not the case outside of any at all. In Dallas, a city of 1.2 say the district is in a no-win situ- other time,” said Tom Eggum, a Chicago and other cities in the million people but not a single ation: slammed for not being pre- retired public works director in American snow belt, where the dedicated snow plow, authorities pared when the Big One hits, but St. Paul. “It’s probably because of strategy for cleaning the streets count on snowflakes melting the likely to face criticism if it spent what happened in Chicago.” of winter’s wrath is often based minute they touch the ground. much more on snow removal. While nearly 70 percent of the on a calculated risk that snow That didn’t happen last week, “I don’t know how prudent U.S. population lives in an area won’t fall where snow usually when the worst storm in nearly it would be to throw millions of that gets some snow each year, doesn’t. Most years, that gamble five decades dropped more than taxpayer dollars at a problem there’s a consensus Chicago gets pays off. But this winter, historic a foot of snow in northern Texas. that may not rear its head in a rid of it as well as any place else. blizzards have struck cities where All the city could do was send century,” said Mike DeBonis, a The city received an A grade traffic-snarling snowfalls are rare reconnaissance teams to identify columnist for the Washington for clearing its main streets from or even unheard of, exposing the slick spots and direct trucks to City Paper. the Illinois Policy Institute fol- dangers of counting on the Big spread sand. If the already cash-strapped lowing last week’s storm, which One not to hit. “Historically, that has handled city wanted to spend more on broke the single-day snowfall “You won’t see bare pave- every situation we face,” city snow, he added, it would be record for February by dropping ment for at least three weeks — spokesman Frank Librio said. forced to cut other, arguably more than a foot of snow on the and that’s if we don’t get another So, which city is best at clean- higher priority services, such as city. snow next week,” Steve Shannon, ing up after the Big One? Chi- garbage collection or tree trim- A cool confidence flows an operations manager at the Vir- cago, Buffalo, N.Y., or some other ming. through Richardson’s downtown ginia Department of Transporta- snowy locale? Head farther South and the snow command center, where the tion, said late last week about Those who study the busi- preparation naturally gets even city’s deputy streets commission- suburban Washington’s Fairfax ness of providing such services thinner. In Pensacola, Fla., there er sleeps on a cot so he can work County. say looking at comparable data is no budget for snow removal. around the clock during a storm. To be fair, the one-two punch is the only way to credibly as- The city has a fertilizer spreader He oversees a dozen dispatch- of storms that socked the East sess whether one snow removal that can work with sand, but no ers who comb through satellite Coast this month were record- strategy beats another. But not snow-clearing master plan that in data, watch giant screens show- setting, with snow falling so fast only does such information not snowbelt cities typically includes ing up to 1,000 live camera shots and deep Washington pulled its exist, the hundreds of variables target times for clearing streets. of major streets, and call plow plows from the road. A quarter involved complicate any effort to “If we knew a cold front was drivers to let them know they’ve were knocked out of commission devise a master strategy. coming in, I’d have to go to a pool missed a spot or need to drop entirely by the struggle of trying For example, St. Paul, Minn., company and buy some sodium their blade a little lower. to move so much snow off the is far hillier than its Twin Cit- chloride,” said Pensacola public The drivers at the other end streets. ies counterpart of Minneapolis, works director Al Garza. “Every of a dispatcher’s call are often And yet Richardson and his which is filled with more alleys time we take precautions, (we) under the most pressure, intently legendary snow-clearing legions and more cars — obstacles plows stockpile some masonry sands focused for 12 or more hours at a argue that keeping a city mov- must dodge. Each snowfall is dif- in different locations and end up time on the road ahead, anxious ing during such a blizzard isn’t ferent, too: light, powdery snow not using it.” about clipping curbs, cars or even an insurmountable task. Should falls when the temperatures drop Then comes a month like Feb- pedestrians as they clear Chi- as much snow fall on Chicago as close to zero, and wet, heavy ruary, when snow covers some cago’s 9,500 miles of street lanes. it did in Washington this month, snow comes when the tempera- ground in 49 states; two-thirds of They’re helped by a merciless more than 500 plows and 1,000 ture hovers around freezing. the nation’s land mass had snow towing operation that clears ille- workers — hardened by years of “The snow and ice community cover Friday. After brief respite gally parked cars to make room work in tough Midwestern win- has struggled with this topic for over the weekend, light snow fell for the plows. ters — are prepared to wipe it all years as the methods, equipment, again in Washington on Monday. Cohen, the Roadway Safety away. availability of resources and most The consequences of failing Foundation chief, said Washing- “Chicago would get through importantly, level of service and to clear that snow can be dead- ton and other cities ill-prepared such a storm, and while it would winter severity, vary enormously ly. Each year, more than 1,300 for snow should heed the les- not be total normalcy, the city from state to state, region to re- people are killed and more than sons of this February winter and would still function,” said Matt gion,” said Caleb Dobbins, a state 116,000 injured in vehicle crashes start preparing for the next Big Smith, a spokesman for the city’s maintenance engineer at the New on snowy, slushy or icy pave- One by building up that kind Department of Streets and Sani- Hampshire Department of Trans- ment, according to the U.S. Fed- of snow-fighting force. But he tation. portation. eral Highway Administration. doesn’t have faith it will happen: Buried by snow this month, What can be measured is A storm that shuts down roads As voters, people might remem- cities across the Mid-Atlantic preparation. also closes the door of business, ber street-clearing failures, but as states were forced to scramble With an annual average snow- costing communities hundreds taxpayers, they tend to forget as to locate plows, hiring hundreds fall of 38 inches, Chicago main- of millions of dollars in lost sales soon as the snow melts. from private contractors and tains a fleet of 300 trucks spe- taxes and revenue from income “People say it should be seeking help from neighboring cifically designed for removing taxes. done,” he said. “But then no one states. snow, 200 others that can be fitted “The benefits of being better connects the dots that someone In Philadelphia, crews strug- with plow blades and budgeted prepared far outweigh the costs has to pay for it.” THE BAYLOR LARIAT 6 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ‘The Blind Side’ director talks Oscar nominations By Ja m e s By e r s surprise hit of the holiday season, ball for Baylor. As a student, Han- Re p o r t e r grossing more than $240 million cock’s writing was published in since its Nov. 20 release. “The Phoenix,” Baylor’s student- John Lee Hancock, Baylor Hancock, who also directed run magazine. He graduated in alumnus, writer and director of “The Rookie” in 2002, was ini- 1979 with an English degree and “The Blind Side,” was so excited tially skeptical about directing earned a law degree from Baylor about the Oscar nominations that another sports film. three years later. he slept through them. “I swore that I wouldn’t do He spent four years in Hous- another sports movie, but when ton practicing law before giving Lar i a t Ex c l u s i v e the book came across my desk it up to pursue his dream of writ- and I read it, I thought that it was ing and directing movies. less a sports movie and more an “I decided that I was going One can hardly blame him for unconventional mother-son sto- to give Hollywood a shot, so I missing the Feb. 2 announcement, ry,” he said. packed up and moved west,” he considering it was at 5:30 a.m. As Sandra Bullock was cast as said. “I loved movies and plays, expected, star Sandra Bullock Leigh Anne Tuohy, the strong- and I thought I should just go was nominated for Best Actress. willed adoptive mother of Oher. ahead and do it.” Perhaps more surprisingly, “The Her powerful portrayal of In 1993 he wrote the script for Blind Side” was one of 10 Best Tuohy surprised critics and the Clint Eastwood-directed “A Picture nominees. earned her the first Oscar nomi- Perfect World” and would later “Even though I was fully ex- nation of her career. Hancock work with Eastwood again for pecting Sandra to be nominated, said he could sense during film- “Midnight in the Garden of Good I wasn’t expecting the film to ing that Bullock’s performance and Evil.” As s o c i a t e d Pr e s s be nominated for Best Picture,” was special. Now he’s three weeks away Quint Aaron and Sandra Bullock are shown in the film “The Blind Side,” directed by Baylor almunus John Lee Hancock said. “I figured that if it “I thought she was knocking from attending his first Academy Hancock. happened, somebody would call it out of the park,” he said. “I was Awards. Hancock said he was me. Sure enough, the phone rang hopeful that people would un- honored that both the public and ‘The Blind Side,” which shocked of film and digital media, said Side” benefitted from the Acade- and I was awakened from a deep derstand what a high-wire act the the Academy have responded to people who wouldn’t expect the the success of an alumnus such my’s decision to expand the field sleep.” performance was. It wasn’t some- the “The Blind Side.” film to cater to the tastes of a film as Hancock reflects well on the from five movies to 10, but that “The Blind Side,” was the thing that she’d done before.” “I always thought the movie professor. department. At Winter Premiere, doesn’t mean he isn’t savoring first film Hancock, directed since If “The Blind Side” is Bull- would be well-received gener- “One of the reasons it works Elliott showed prospective stu- the experience. “The Alamo” in 2004. Based on ock’s best performance of her ally, but you never know what is that it’s very sincere,” Hansen dents a New York Times article “There are movies that prob- Michael Lewis’ 2006 bestselling career, it’s also Hancock’s most the box office will be,” he said. said. “Knowing Mr. Hancock’s about Hancock and the film. ably wouldn’t have made it into book, the movie tells the true successful film to date. “It’s made a lot more money than background, I can say with rela- “It absolutely raises our pro- the top five, such as ‘District 9,’ story of Michael Oher, a football Hancock comes from a talent- I ever thought it could.” tive certainty that he’s approach- file,” said Elliott. “People who and ‘The Blind Side,’ that are a prodigy who was adopted off the ed football family, perhaps pre- Chris Hansen, director of ing the material as someone who have come out of Baylor are do- part of it now,” he said. “But I streets by a Memphis family and paring him for “The Blind Side.” film and digital media, a divi- actually believes what he’s put- ing some good things.” think it’s a really good snapshot now plays for the Baltimore Ra- His father, John, and younger sion of the communication stud- ting on the screen.” As for the Best Picture nod, of last year’s films. It’s not as if vens. “The Blind Side” was the brother Kevin both played foot- ies department, said he enjoyed Brian Elliott, senior lecturer Hancock admits that “The Blind ‘Transformers 2’ made it in.” Coroner: British designer McQueen’s death is suicide Ji l l La w l e s s Coroner’s official Lynda Mar- Police detective inspector the funeral. time for memorials will be later by Queen Elizabeth II. As s o c i a t e d Pr e s s tindill told the inquest at West- Paul Armstrong told the inquest In Britain, inquests are held in the year.” She spoke on condi- Outrageous chanteuse Lady minster Coroner’s Court that the there were no suspicious circum- whenever someone dies violently tion of anonymity because orga- Gaga — dressed in a lacy white LONDON — A bereaved Al- body of 40-year-old McQueen stances. After a five-minute hear- or in unexplained circumstances. nizers are waiting for McQueen’s ensemble and towering Marie exander McQueen left a note, was found in an armoire at his ing, the coroner adjourned the McQueen’s death has cast a family to approve the tribute. Antoinette-esque wig — paid then hanged himself in his apart- London apartment on Thursday. inquest until April 28. Full details shadow over London Fashion Known for his dramatic state- tribute to McQueen at the Brit ment on the eve of his mother’s In the dispassionate language of of the autopsy also will be avail- Week, which opens on Friday. ment pieces and impeccable tai- music awards on Tuesday. funeral, a coroner’s inquest said the inquest, she referred to him able in a few months. A spokeswoman said the event loring, McQueen dressed celebri- “Thank you to Lee McQueen,” Wednesday, giving the cause of as “a single man, a fashion de- McQueen’s family, now free would feature a tribute to the de- ties from Cameron Diaz to Lady she said after winning one of the fashion designer’s death as signer.” to hold the designer’s funeral, signer, whose attention-grabbing Gaga and influenced a generation three prizes, using the designer’s asphyxiation and hanging. Days before he died, McQueen issued a statement through their designs helped re-energize Brit- of designers. given name. The inquest has yet to formal- had left several messages on the lawyers appealing to the media ish fashion after a fallow period He was named British De- Onstage she performed a som- ly deliver a ruling of suicide, but social networking site Twitter re- to respect their privacy follow- following the 1970s punk phase. signer of the Year four times and ber tribute song beside a man- police said there were no suspi- vealing his grief at his mother’s ing their “grievous double loss.” “There will be something sim- awarded the title of Commander nequin wearing those signature cious circumstances. recent death. They have not released details of ple and tasteful,” she said. “The of the Order of the British Empire lobster-claw shoes.

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With aspirations to run pro- fessionally after she graduates, Killeen junior and 10-time All- American Tiffany Townsend hopes to build upon her success from the past two seasons. “I want at least 20 All-Amer- icans,” Townsend said. “I would rather have one NCAA title than all my All-Americans, though.” Townsend earned her first four All-Americans her freshman year. She won three outdoor All-American’s in the 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay, and the 4x400- meter relay. She also earned an indoor All-American for the 200 meters event. Tiffany bettered her freshman season by adding six more All- Americans last year. “She’s won more All-Amer- icans than any female athlete in Baylor’s history; that’s pretty amazing,” head coach Todd Har- bour said. “That is a lot, and she still has two years left. She is one of the best in the nation, and the sky is the limit for her.” With the success, Tiffany has placed more expectations on her- Da n i e l Ce r n e r o | La r i a t s t a f f self this year. Junior Tiffany Townsend sprints during practice Wednesday afternoon “I want to become an All- at the Hart-Patterson Track and Field Complex. Townsend has collected 10 All-Americans during her first two years at Baylor. American again in the 200, the Da n i e l Ce r n e r o | St a f f Ph o t o g r a p h e r 60 and hopefully the 4x400,” she No. 24 center Ashley Field goes up for the uncontested layup against Texas Tech Wednesday at the Ferrell Cen- said. “I just want to do really well work ethic as a key to her suc- runners, echoed Harbour’s senti- ter. The Lady Bears were able to stop their two-game losing streak by beating the Red Raiders 65-48 thanks this year. I want to run faster than cess. However, with the number ments. in part to a double-double by Field. I’ve ever ran and I want to get the of races she must participate in, “She has a lot of ability. She’s 60 record; I don’t have that one it is unequivocal she stay in pris- a hard worker and very deter- yet.” tine shape. mined. She wants to be the best,” Already this year, Townsend “She’s a warrior and a work- Ford said. “She ran at the na- Lady Bears maul Tech, 65-48 has provisionally qualified for horse,” Harbour said. “I mean tional level freshman year and the outdoor national champion- she’s probably won more races sophomore year and making the By Ch r i s De r r e t t one field goal was a coast-to-coast driving layup ship in the 60 meters and 200 each year than anybody on the (Junior Olympics) team has given Sp o r t s Wr i t e r that brought the Ferrell Center crowd to its feet. She meters. team, both men and women, be- her a lot more experience at that drew two fouls as well, making all four resulting Townsend believes that the cause she runs so many races.” level.” Ashley Field recorded her first career double free throws. women’s team will do well in Harbour went on to say how As for Townsend, the most and Brittney Griner her 12th as Baylor cruised to a Even when Griner committed her second foul conference and that it has the they have to hold her back at important thing she wants people 65-48 win over Texas Tech Wednesday night. and left the game with eight minutes left in the ability to upend No. 1-ranked times to make sure that she still to know is that “Any and every- A Texas Tech layup tied the score at eight with first half, Baylor did not miss a beat. While Field’s Texas A&M University. has something left at the end of thing that I do, I give all the hon- 15:56 remaining in the first half, though they would eight points were the bulk of the team’s points with “Now I’m just worrying about the season when it counts. or and glory to God. Some people not score again until a Jordan Barncastle 3-pointer Griner on the bench, Terran Condrey also chipped conference play and helping the Coach Michael Ford, who may think that ‘she’s so good that at the 8:53 mark. By that time the Lady Bears gained in four, and Hayden, Morghan Medlock and Kelli team out,” Townsend said. primarily works with the sprint- it probably gets to her head,’but a lead they would not again surrender. Griffin scored as well. Harbour credits Townsend’s ers, short hurdlers and the relay I’m really humble.” During the Red Raiders’ seven-minute drought Seeing the team knock down shots encouraged ,Baylor’s lead grew to 23-8. Griner drew two shoot- Mulkey, who talked earlier in the week about the ing fouls in the Lady Bears’ 15-0 run, making all difficulty of calling plays with opponents triple- four free throws, as Ashley Field and Kimetria teaming Griner and her own squad missing open Hayden contributed a combined four baskets. looks. One of Field’s scores, a 3-pointer off and in- “Anytime you can hit wide-open perimeter bounds pass, was just her third trey of the season shots, it just relaxes everybody. Griner can’t win and fifth of her career. games by herself,” Mulkey said. “When I’m at my best I’m hustling, getting re- Baylor held a 41-22 lead after the first 20 min- bounds and basically being the garbage player, do- utes, and it continued its assault in the second half. ing the little things,” Field said. “Tonight I just went When Griner picked up her third foul four minutes back to basics and doing my job.” into the half, Mulkey kept her in to gain experience Field crashed the boards and hauled in 10 re- playing in foul trouble. bounds. By halftime she had 13 points on 4 of 5 Griner played most of the game guarding soph- shooting, including four consecutive free throws. omore forward Jordan Barncastle. Mulkey said the A bizarre sequence resulting in both a Texas Tech 6-foot-8 freshman did a good job balancing her de- shooting foul and technical foul charged to head fense between Barncastle on the perimeter and in coach Kristy Curry gave Field her trip to the char- the paint to stop Texas Tech’s drives to the rim. ity stripe. As a team Baylor outrebounded the Red Raid- Baylor’s outside shooting plagued the team in ers 52-24 and held them to 8-29 shooting in the first its last two games, a 62-60 overtime loss to Okla- half. homa and a 69-45 defeat handed by Iowa State. Gri- Mulkey called on Ashley Palmer to make her ner scored 19 points and established her position first career start Wednesday night in place of Ter- inside, but head coach Kim Mulkey also had high ran Condrey. Palmer hit an early jumper to put praise for Griner’s supporting cast. her team ahead 4-3 and totaled five points, four re- “I thought our bench play was outstanding, bounds and two assists in 23 minutes. with the exception of the last two or three minutes “I am just thankful that God has given me the of the game,” Mulkey said. opportunity to be a part of this team and a part of Mulkey specifically commended Hayden’s ef- this program. I had a good time tonight. The rest of fort. Hayden was 1 of 6 from the field, although her my teammates just turned it on,” Palmer said.

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By Je f f Sh a i n Woods’ seclusion since then McCl a t c h y Ne w s has been so deep that even Isle- worth neighbor Mark O’Meara, Tiger Woods is set to make who served as a mentor during his first public appearance since Woods’ early professional career, his extramarital escapades be- said last week his calls have gone came worldwide news, with the unreturned. announcement of a Friday brief- Reports have stated that ing at PGA Tour headquarters to Woods recently completed six apologize for his infidelity. weeks of treatment for sex ad- Golf’s No. 1 attraction will diction at a rehabilitation clinic take the podium at 10 a.m. Friday in Mississippi, but the golfer’s at the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse, camp has remained mum on that though his appearance could be front. very short. Reports say Woods Woods also has lost lucrative will make a statement and will endorsement deals with AT&T not take questions. and Accenture and has seen his Attendance also will be lim- role diminished in affiliations ited to “a small group of friends, with Gillette and Gatorade. Ac- colleagues and close associates,” cording to Forbes magazine, according to a two-paragraph Woods last year became the first statement sent via e-mail. athlete to cross the $1 billion “While Tiger feels that what threshold in total earnings. happened is fundamentally a Whether Woods will address matter between he and his wife, his competitive return on Friday he also recognizes that he has remains unclear. His current hia- hurt and let down a lot of other tus has thus far affected only two people who were close to him,” tournaments he typically plays— the statement continued. “He the Farmers Insurance Open in also let down his fans. He wants San Diego and this week’s WGC to begin the process of making Match Play Championship out- amends and that’s what he’s go- side Tucson, Ariz. ing to discuss.” Reports last week indicated Woods has not appeared pub- Woods would make his return licly since late November, when at the Tavistock Cup, the annual he crashed his SUV into a fire made-for-TV team event March hydrant and a tree outside his 22-23 pitting some of Isleworth’s Isleworth driveway in an appar- top tour pros against those who ent hurried wee-hours depar- make Lake Nona their home base. ture from his home the day after No confirmation has been forth- Thanksgiving. coming from Woods’ camp or the Reports quickly surfaced that sponsoring Tavistock Group. Woods had carried on affairs The Tavistock Cup takes place with several women, ranging early in the week of the PGA from a New York events planner Tour’s Arnold Palmer Invitation- to a reality show contestant to a al, the event Palmer hosts at Bay restaurant waitress to two porn Hill Club & Lodge. Woods has stars. won that event each of the past Woods has made only two two years and six times over- public statements since the ac- all. However, no word has been cident, and nothing since a Dec. forthcoming on Woods’ possible 11 statement on his Web site an- participation there. nouncing he would take an in- It’s presumed Woods, whose definite hiatus from golf. 14 major championships are sec- “I want to say again to ev- ond only to Jack Nicklaus, still eryone that I am profoundly is seeking to return to peak form sorry and that I ask forgiveness,” in time for the Masters in mid- Woods wrote at the time. “It may April. not be possible to repair the dam- Woods has won four Masters age I’ve done, but I want to do titles, again second only to Nick- my best to try.” laus. Vonn clinches gold

By Cr a i g Hi l l With only one training run on McCl a t c h y Ne w s the challenging Whistler Moun- tain course, many of the racers American Lindsey Vonn left seemed to have problems, espe- the distraction of a bruised shin cially in the sharp Tree Line Turn along with her competitors beat about midcourse. hind Wednesday on her way to Mancuso was the first to blast making Olympic history. through the turn without trouble “I dreamed about what this and as a result finished with a would feel like,” Vonn said, “but 0.90-second lead. it is much better in real life.” “I saw her run and I said, Vonn, a 25-year-old from Min- ‘That’s going to be the gold med- nesota, became the first Ameri- al run unless Lindsey has a per- can woman to win the Olympic fect run,’” Thomas Vonn said. downhill with a scorching time He relayed a message to Vonn that beat her teammate, Julia confirming the line they’d plot- Mancuso, who happily settled ted was indeed the best path to for a silver medal. It was the first gold and he added “(Mancuso) time American women won two just laid down a run that’s going Olympic medals in the same Al- to take your best skiing to beat.” pine event. “Jules is a big event girl,” Tra- “I think Americans perform cy said of the ‘06 Olympic giant well under pressure,” Vonn slalom gold medalist. said. “... We don’t hold anything Mancuso hadn’t stood on a back..” World Cup podium since she fin- U.S. women’s coach Jim Tracy ished third on the same course says in six Olympics he’s never in 2008. And while she appeared had an athlete perform so well cool on the course, she said that under so much pressure. wasn’t the case the night before. “That pretty much tops it,” Tuesday night her friends and Tracy said. “(In the past) when family prepared her grilled tur- we did well at the big events, it key burgers from scratch with wasn’t expected.” gluten-free pasta, spinach salad Vonn entered the Games as and candied walnuts. America’s biggest star, having “I was so nervous I had to dominated the World Cup circuit force myself to eat,” Mancuso the last three seasons. said. But the Olympic dream sud- Considering the back injuries denly seemed in doubt a week and motivational issues Mancuso before the Games when Vonn suf- has dealt with in recent seasons, fered a deep shin bruise in a sla- she said her silver medal felt like lom training accident. She went a gold. week without putting on a pair of As good as her run was, she ski boots because they hurt her so knew there were a handful of ski- much. ers who could beat her. In fact, Three days of weather de- she fully expected Vonn to beat lays coupled with therapy that her. included applying cheese to her “Just watching her, it was kind shin, helped her recover enough of like ‘she’s skiing well, she’s go- to reclaim her form. ing to do it,’” Mancuso said, but She applied numbing cream when she realized that she skied and, yes, cheese to reduce the the bottom of the course faster pain and swelling before the race, than Vonn it dawned on her she but she said “it hurt the entire had a good shot at a medal. way down the course.” Mancuso seemed as happy “She could have skied without about Vonn’s gold as she was a foot today and she would have about her silver. been OK,” said Thomas Vonn, a “Lindsey had a lot of pressure member of the ‘02 Olympic team, coming into these games and I who later added: “The Olympics think the worst thing is to watch are the best numbing cream there athletes choke under pressure,” is.” Mancuso said. THE BAYLOR LARIAT NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010 9

JUDGE from pg.1 Relatives in the U.S. received the news of the judge’s decision cautiously. ‘Spirit paper’ widespread at games “Until I know they’re on a plane on their way home, it’s hard to react,” said Drew Ham, By La u r a Re m s o n that have made that famous and I think assistant pastor of a Baptist St a f f w r i t e r they are just trying to replicate what those church in Meridian, Idaho. guys are doing. I don’t think it’s just some- Silsby’s sister, Kim Barton, If you’ve been to a Baylor basketball thing that’s just ours here. It’s a tradition said learning that her sister game recently, you may have noticed that a lot of other schools do and (Baylor could not leave Haiti was dif- sprays of confetti flying through the air. students) are just copying other schools.” ficult. While this is all part of the college bas- Scott Patterson, president of Texas Ur- The group earlier had been ketball game atmosphere, it still has to be ban Enterprises, the outside organization embarrassed by revelations that cleaned up following each game. that Baylor contracts for athletic venue a man who briefly served as Baylor ISP, Baylor’s athletic media man- cleaning, looks at the spirit paper confetti their legal adviser and spokes- agement group, creates sheets of newspa- as a good thing. man in the Dominican Republic per print called ‘spirit paper,’ according to “As a matter of fact, my season tickets is wanted on people-smuggling Matt Iazzetti, assistant general manager of are right on the edge of the student sec- charges in the United States and Baylor ISP. tion,” Patterson said. “I have students be- El Salvador. “The intention is for corporate sponsors hind me and I have students to my right, U.S. marshals said they are who want to have exposure to the student so I get to see that firsthand. I’m glad that hunting for Jorge Puello, who body,” Iazezetti said. “They can put their (students) are having fun. I know that they was already being pursued by ads in there and get something directly in may cause a little bit of extra work for us authorities in the Dominican the hands of students. That’s the reason for to clean up, but if coming and getting pea- Republic on an Interpol war- its creation: basically marketing towards nuts and smashing those on the floor or rant out of El Salvador, where the student body.” dropping some popcorn, tearing up paper police say he led a ring that Students hold up the spirit paper dur- means that you’re having fun, then you lured young women and girls ing the introduction of the opposing team. may bring 10 more of your friends. It’s all into prostitution. He also had an Following these introductions, however, worth it to us.” outstanding warrant for a U.S. many students can be found shredding the Additionally, Patterson has tried to im- parole violation. spirit paper and throwing it in the air after press upon the staff that this is job security Puello said he volunteered to great plays for the Baylor team. and if students are having fun and attend- help the missionaries after they “Use it for what it’s for – keep it for ing, then they will still have work. were jailed and said he never schedules and advertisement,” said Hernandez said the cleaning crew re- met any of them before they Porfirio ‘Pope’ Hernandez, who runs the cycles as much as possible, including the were detained. cleanup crew at Baylor athletic events, whole spirit papers, but the shredded pa- Puello — who surged into including basketball games at the Ferrell per is difficult to collect. the spotlight by providing food, Center. “I guess there’s no reason to tear it Smith Getterman, sustainability coordi- medicine and legal assistance up. There really isn’t.” nator for Baylor, expained that soiled ma- to the jailed Americans — ac- Hernandez estimates it takes between terials are not recyclable. knowledged in a phone inter- three and a half to four hours to clean “Obviously, if it’s not soiled it can be re- view with the AP on Tuesday the entire facility when the viewership cycled, but really once it gets torn up and that he is named in a 2003 fed- of a game is smaller. For larger weekend shredded, it becomes very difficult for the eral indictment out of Vermont games, this process takes about six hours. cleaning crew to capture it (for recycling) that accuses him of smuggling After picking up bottles and recyclable ma- without it being soiled by the other stuff illegal immigrants from Canada terials, cleaning crew members sweep any that’s on the ground,” Getterman said. “So into the United States. remaining trash, which includes popcorn, once it’s shredded, to a certain point, very He said he is innocent of the seed husks, candy and torn spirit papers. tiny, little small pieces, or even chunks that accusations. “It’s not really frustrating; it’s part of get mixed up with Coke or cheese from na- their job,” Hernandez said. “(Cleaning chos, it makes it more difficult, and actu- ARTIST from pg.1 crew members) are going to clean it up any- ally if its soiled, it’s impossible to recycle.” department. ways. I guess it really doesn’t bother them, Getterman said that Baylor recycling “My responsibility is to give but when you see paper flying, you’re like collected 16,700 pounds of trash from ath- them what they need and get ‘oh, it’s going to be everywhere.’” letic events alone, including 267,200 indi- Da n i e l Ce r n e r o | St a f f Ph o t o g r a p h e r out of the way,” McClanahan Hernandez noted that the majority of vidual plastic bottles. Trash left behind at the men’s basketball game against the Missouri Tigers Saturday at the said. the mess is limited to the student sections. “When you go to an athletic event, I Ferrell Center. In his 34 years at Baylor, Mc- Doug McNamee, general manager of Bay- just want to encourage everybody, all stu- Clanahan has seen change at lor ISP, noted that similar actions take dents, faculty and staff to be more aware of Baylor, both in its development place at other schools in the Big 12. their impact on started creating confetti, the Bear Pit was age (tearing), but we don’t prohibit it from as an educational institution “Kansas does the exact same thing everybody around them and the environ- asked to keep it off the court. While Bear happening either. Our biggest request for and the construction of new fa- where they bring in newspapers for their ment,” Getterman said. Pit initially tried to stop the confetti, Wes- students is that they throw it backwards so cilities. starting lineups and then whenever the Riesel senior and Bear Pit president ley noted that this was difficult. that we can avoid getting it anywhere close McClanahan said that par- starting lineups are announced for the Wesley Dunlap, said that he has only seen Since then, they have modified their to the court – that’s something that would ents of students show up and home team, they have torn up the paper Bear Pit members use the spirit paper for stance on the issue. be bad for us as well as for the team.” don’t recognize the campus. and thrown it in the air and created a con- confetti immediately following team intro- “We definitely worry about it getting on Since the change, Wesley said there “Their idea of campus ends at fetti-style look to the arena,” McNamee ductions, but before tip-off. the court,” Dunlap said. “We don’t encour- have been no problems. fifth Street,” McClanahan said. said. ”They’ve seen some other schools When students first “When I first came we were in the old Carroll Science Build- from pg. ing,” McClanahan said. PEPPER 1 Back in 1976 when he was multivariate analysis can also There’s a time period between hired, there were only eight fac- have other applications, such as very recent and quite old where ulty members in fine arts. Now pharmaceuticals or forensics. it’s difficult to tell,” Marianna there are 19 faculty members, “In a lot of cases this is this said. “She’s interested in apply- as well as four adjunct posi- marvelous statistical technique ing the multivariate statistics to tions. But it’s not been only the that’s out there and there’s all bone samples to determine the faculty that has changed over kinds of things you can do with age of the bones.” the years, but also the students it. It’s just a question of what do Dr. Lori Baker, associate pro- and the system. “Education you need; where’s the problem?” fessor in the department of an- has changed, methodology has Marianna said. “When you’re thropology, forensic science and changed so expectations have in the field of chemical analysis, archeology, said she believes this changed,” McClanahan said. “I you’ve often got methods and application of multivariate statis- know the product that we cre- you’re looking for problems. tics could bring benefits to foren- ate now is better than it was 34 We’re looking for problems that sics. years ago.” we can apply our techniques to “It’s very exciting. She’s been McClanahan said the fine that are really important.” putting samples at the O’Grady arts department is currently Marianna said one graduate facility and looking at the degra- searching for a replacement. student who previously worked dation of those samples through “It’s time for new leadership with the team is now working time with the methods the Buschs and someone who can take the on using multivariate statistics in have developed,” Baker said. “It department to the next level,” forensics. seems that it has potential to add McClanahan said. “We’d be a “She’s trying to apply this to to forensic science knowledge sorry generation if we didn’t the analysis of bones. In foren- and it may be helpful in our fo- move forward creatively and in- sics there’s a real problem about rensic investigations, and so I tellectually.” determining the time of death. look forward to their results.” STARR from pg.1 Kate Williams, communica- strong political stances will even- “[Starr] has to maintain, like tions director for student govern- tually be detrimental and not the university, being respectable, ment, said she believed the meet- beneficial to Baylor University,” open-minded and tolerant,” Ford ing was successful in establishing the press release stated. “Bay- said. “I think we are still moving a relationship with Starr. lor’s history of striving for unity in that direction. I don’t think “The meeting between the and an inclusive ‘Baylor family’ the specific positions he took on student body officers and Judge faces a big blow from this choice. previous policies have to do with Starr furthered the mission of stu- We are disappointed in Baylor’s how he is going to exactly run dent government: to build the re- choice of a president who has al- our university.” lationship between students and ready had such a divisive effect Boleman is also concerned by the administration. As a whole, on the campus and alumni before Starr’s lack of previous affiliation student government has spent even taking office.” Orr believes with Baylor. this year building upon the rela- that Starr’s previous polices are “[Starr] holds no degree from tionships that we have formed in a nonissue. “I feel that his per- Baylor.” Boleman said. “I think the past,” Williams said. sonal positions should not play that Baylor is a very unique uni- In addition to how Starr will a role in deciding if he is quali- versity and it would be better if handle specific issues that affect fied or not to be the president of he had more experience and time them, students are also interested Baylor,” Orr said. “Every person actually in the school, seeing in Starr’s background and how has their own personal opinion how it operates under students he will lead Baylor. on these controversial issues and and faculty.” Many students are “I think his background and I don’t think it is fair to use that as confident that Starr’s religious experience has provided him a criteria for or against him.” background indicates he will be with the proper tools to handle However, some students are committed to the Christian stan- situations and to manage some- in disagreement with Starr’s de- dards at Baylor. Allison Winney, thing such as a university,” Cody fense of Proposition 8, which stat- president of the Baylor Universi- Orr, chairman of the Baylor ed that marriage was only legal ty College Republicans, said she Young Conservatives of Texas, between a man and a woman. believes Starr will follow through said. “From what I have seen, he “Personally, I don’t agree with with Baylor’s Christian mission. has the right principles to make proposition 8’s attempt to limit “I am really looking forward to sure Baylor stays on track with the rights of a certain groups of seeing Judge Starr as our presi- being one of the leading Baptist citizens,” Oscar Boleman, president,” Winney said. “I think he campuses in the nation. I feel that dent of the Baylor Democrats, will help to create and administer he has his priorities straight, and said. “I really just hope that he new ideas while maintaining the that his goal is make Baylor much maintains a tolerant and respect- model Christian university that better, just like he did with Pep- ful view and treatment of all the Baylor has held.” perdine.” students that he is essentially Winney also said the fact that In contrast, Baylor Democrats working for.” Corsicana junior Starr is so well known will bring released a press release in oppo- Nate Ford said that although he Baylor more national recognition sition to Starr’s background. does not support Proposition 8, and help Baylor compete with “While well qualified for the he does not think Starr’s involve- top-tier universities such as Har- position, we feel that Judge Starr’s ment with it will affect Baylor. vard and Yale. THE BAYLOR LARIAT 10 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010