WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE TheFRIDAY | JANUARY 21, 2011Baylor Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com Chinese president lauds Chicago during first visit SPORTS Page 5 A&E Page 4 Basketball doubleheader prompts January madness Galleries critiqued Both basketball teams will be in action at the Ferrell Center on Saturday Four artists’ work, showcased in a new when the men, looking for their third conference win, face Oklahoma State exhibit at the Martin Museum of Art, at 3 p.m. and the No. 1-ranked women take on Texas Tech at 7:30 p.m. draws a mixed review Vol. 112 No. 3 © 2011, Baylor University In Print >> Chosen few Tuition grants at risk in proposed cuts A Baylor assistant professor is named to the editorial By Daniel C. Houston institutions of higher education. funding. In the course of a legis- Fogleman said. “More than 3,200 ed to his third full term of office, board of an international Reporter State work-study funding would lative session, a bill will evolve Baylor students received the TEG called for addressing the antici- accounting journal be cut by $6.1 million, leaving $8.9 from January to May, but we will award this year. Awards vary due pated budget deficit without rais- Students attending Baylor and million in subsidies for part-time continue to study the bill to de- to need, but the maximum award ing taxes Tuesday in his inaugural Page 3 other private colleges and univer- student jobs at public and private termine how it will impact our is $5,712. So it’s an important pro- address. sities could stand to lose up to 41 institutions across the state. students.” gram that benefits our students.” “We must cut spending to >> Calling all leaders percent of state grant and work- “It’s an extensive document, Even though all of the rami- These cuts have been proposed keep our economic engine on study program funding, accord- Student government is more than 900 pages long,” Lori fications of the proposed budget within the broader context of a track,” Perry said. “As legislators ing to a recommendation by the Fogleman, director of media com- cuts are still being explored, Fo- $156.4 billion operating budget do the hard work of trimming looking to fill several Senate Texas Legislative Budget Board. munications, said. “We are still gleman stressed the importance for the 2012-2013 fiscal period. agency budgets, the headlines will vacancies The proposed budget includes reviewing the document and will of the tuition equalization grants. This represents “a $31.1 billion, be dominated by impacted con- Page 3 an $87.4 million cutback in tu- be for quite some time to identify “What we do know is that the or 16.6 percent, decrease,” accord- stituencies; but these tough times ition equalization grants, which areas that impact Baylor. At this TEG is a very important program ing to the official summary of the dictate government doing more are need-based scholarships given time, we don’t know the specific for students who have financial board’s proposal. >> Spring fever to students who attend private impact of proposed reductions in need and desire to attend Baylor,” Gov. Rick Perry, recently elect- SEE GRANTS, page 6 Designer Michael Kors talks plans for 2011, including his spring collection Page 4 CFOs’ On the Web success began at SCHOOLS from Page 1 Baylor By Molly Packer Reporter Out of 10 people named Dal- las Business Journal’s “Best CFO Lariat on Facebook of the Year,” two winners had one thing in common: a degree from The Lariat’s Facebook page Baylor. features photo galleries from Temple Weiss, a 1994 alumnus activities around campus; go and chief financial officer of- La to facebook.com/baylorlariat Quinta Inn and Suites, and Kellie to tag your friends and Fischer, a 1995 alumna and chief comment on pictures! from Page 1 Viewpoints CFO “Teachers looking to teach AKENZIE ASON ARIAT HOTOGRAPHER M M | L P Weiss Fischer ‘Huckleberry Finn’ should explain to financial officer of the Texas Rang- One shining moment ers, both graduated with degrees in students why Twain business. Weiss and Fischer credit- included hateful Silsbee freshman Hannah Read plays her guitar Thursday during Acoustic Café in the Bill Daniel Student Center Den. ed their Baylor education for their speech in his novel. SEE CFO, page 6 Replacing the word does not — as many supporters of the Giffords to enter Houston rehabilitation hospital censorship argue — help the students. By Marilynn Marchione rehab hospital that will be the Ari- believes she has made attempts and Susan Montoya Bryan zona congresswoman’s home for to speak and can recognize those The only people who Associated Press the next month or two. around her. are helped by this Giffords is recovering from a “I can just look in her eyes and TUCSON, Ariz. — Doctors bullet wound to the brain. In her tell,” Kelly said at a final briefing at degrading move are prepared Gabrielle Giffords and last medical update at University the Tucson hospital. “She is very teachers looking for her family on Thursday to leave Medical Center in Tucson, doc- aware of the situation.” behind the Arizona hospital where tors said she Giffords is expected to be the easiest way to she dazzled them with her rapid has scrolled moved today, traveling by ambu- teach the novel.” recovery so she can get on with an through an lance to Davis-Monthan Air Force even more arduous task: getting life iPad, has Base with an escort from a group of back to normal. picked out motorcycle riders from a Veterans Page 2 Her husband said he’s hoping different of Foreign Wars post who know she’ll make a full recovery, calling colored ob- her. her “a fighter like nobody else that jects and has Kelly; her mother, Gloria Gif- Bear Briefs I k n ow.” moved her fords; trauma surgeon Dr. Peter The doctors who will help her lips. Rhee, an intensive care unit nurse The place to go to know at a Houston rehab center offered Giffords T h e y and Giffords’ chief of staff will be the places to go a more sober outlook. are unsure among those on the medical flight “Not everyone always gets 100 ASSOCIATED PRESS whether she is mouthing words, to William P. Hobby Airport in percent restoration, but we help nor do they know how much she Houston. BU vs. Houston U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is expected to be moved today to Houston’s them to get to a new normal,” said is able to see. Her husband, Hous- SEE page 6 Baylor women’s tennis TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital to begin the next phase Carl Josehart, chief executive of the GIFFORDS, of her recovery from a gunshot wound. ton-based astronaut Mark Kelly, will face Houston at 3:30 p.m. today in the Baylor Tennis Center. Programs allow BU students to tutor, encourage others By Ariadne Aberin aims to provide students with the phy said. dents in the Waco ISD. Mentors Murphy said having the high Staff Writer tools they need to be successful in There is much collaboration will meet with a student for one school students work with college Get your Sing tickets school and overcome barriers in between the teachers and the hour once a week at the student’s students has also helped the stu- Tickets are on sale for About 33 percent of Texas life,” said Amy Murphy, a social tutors as well. Communities in school and participate in monthly dents realize the importance of a All-University Sing at the high school freshmen will fail to worker who also heads the men- Schools has about 60 tutors who events on the Baylor campus or in college education, which is one of graduate with their high school Bill Daniel Student Center toring program for Communities tutor students in Waco ISD and the community with their fellow the program’s main goals. diploma, according to a study in Schools. La Vega ISD. Many of the tutors Baylor buddies. The program, although pri- ticket office. Students done by the Alliance for Excellent She added that academic en- are Baylor students. Tutoring for “The students responded marily an academic enhancement must bring their student Education. Several programs in hancement was the main focus of the Communities in Schools pro- very well to the program,” Stacey program, also has social workers ID; limit four per student. Waco aim to reduce this percent- the program. The program pro- gram counts as work study for Kerr, in charge of recruitment for at the various schools they work Tickets go on sale to the age, and hopefully eradicate it. vides students with tutors for a Baylor students, and Baylor has a Communities in Schools, said. with who act as case managers on Communities in Schools is a wide range of subjects, including partner program with Communi- “College-aged students are able to the campus. public at 9 a.m. today. For dropout prevention program that English, language arts, reading, ties in Schools called Baylor Bud- relate to the students very well, es- Murphy said that generally, additional information, focuses on keeping kids in school. math and science. dies. pecially the high school students, social workers with the program call 254-710-3210 or The program works with students “The tutors mainly provide Through the Baylor Buddies because it hasn’t been that long carry a caseload of 140 students. visit www.baylor.edu/ ages 4 to 17. homework help, but they also can program, Baylor students have since the college students were The social workers mainly work “Communities in Schools bring their own material,” Mur- an opportunity to mentor stu- their age.” StudentProductions.