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WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE TheWEDNESDAY | OCTOBER 20,Baylor 2010 Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com A&E Page 4 NEWS Page 3 SPORTS Page 5 Hips don’t lie BIN there, done that Sense of urgency Shakira releases a bilingual album, Before Facebook there was the Baylor The self-destructing Cowboys are “Sale el Sol,” which will please both Information Network, which gets a running out of time to save their her old fans and gain new ones shoutout in “The Social Network” season, says owner Jerry Jones Vol. 111 No. 29 © 2010, Baylor University In Print >> Doing time Kappa A man who attempted to blow up a Dallas building gets 24 years in prison Delta to Page 3 close BU >> Movie review “Catfish,” a mockumentary built on a twist, is unconven- chapter tional but entertaining By Carmen Galvan Page 4 Staff Writer The Epsilon Chi Chapter of >> Boo birds Sports take: A sports writer Kappa Delta Sorority will sus- pend its operations at Baylor on says fans need to stop Sunday, according to a press re- booing college players lease from the National Council Page 4 of Kappa Delta. The statement, released on Monday, said the chapter is being closed due to low membership. Viewpoints “Unfortunately, Epsilon Chi Chapter has struggled with mem- bership for several years,” said “It may seem like Beth Martin Langford, national a single vote doesn’t president of Kappa Delta Sorority. “After much deliberation, the Na- count and that tional Council has made the diffi- asserting our right MATT HELLMAN | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER cult decision to close the chapter. I want to express my deep appre- to choose is futile in ciation for the chapter members, Toot your own horn alumnae and other stakeholders the grand scheme for all their efforts to make Epsi- of democracy. Baylor University Wind Ensemble performs Tuesday in the Jones Concert Hall located in the Glennis McCrary Music Building. lon Chi a viable chapter.” Baylor was informed by the Logically, this is not National Council of Kappa Del- true. Our one vote ta of their decision on Oct. 14, and members were told of the is part of a larger chapter’s termination on Sun- whole, all made up Exhibit features French artists SEE SORORITY, page 6 of individual votes.” By Jade Mardirosian but be an integral part of campus Staff Writer life,” Hibbs said. “The Honors Col- Page 2 lege is running two courses focus- Two prominent religious artists ing on the exhibition and more White of the 20th century are currently than 50 students, many from the Bear Briefs on exhibit at Baylor’s Mayborn Honors College but also from Art Museum of Art. History and Museum Studies, are attacks The Mayborn Museum and the acting as docents for the exhibi- The place to go to know Honors College worked together tion.” the places to go to bring the exhibit, Sacred Texts, Foster wanted to start a dia- Perry on Holy Images: Rouault’s Miserere logue between art and religion, Pigskin tickets and Chagall’s Bible Series, to Bay- said Rebecca Tucker Nall, chang- Tickets are still on sale for lor. The exhibit features the works ing exhibits manager at Mayborn ethics of French artists Marc Chagall and Pigskin Revue with prices Museum. By Jay Root ranging from $12 to $20; Georges Rouault and is on loan “At the Mayborn Museum we Associated Press Pigskin begins at 7 p.m. from the Mark Foster Foundation, are very excited to fill this role for Thursday in Waco Hall and which was founded by California the exhibition and we hope we AUSTIN — Democrat Bill will also be held on Friday attorney Mark Foster. draw in more people that haven’t White on Tuesday accused ap- This is the first time these two and Saturday. Contact the been to the museum before,” she pointees of Gov. Rick Perry of series have been displayed togeth- said. pressuring Texas teacher retire- Baylor Ticket Office at (254) er. Nall said the feedback from 710-3210 ment system managers to make Dr. Thomas Hibbs, dean of the viewers of the exhibit has been potentially risky investments that V-ball match Honor College, played an impor- very positive. gave state business to politically tant role in bringing the two series Hibbs said he hopes the exhibi- connected companies. Baylor volleyball, with its of prints to Baylor. tion will have an impact on Baylor 10-10 record, will face the A 2009 government whistle- “Mark Foster had read a review students and the community. blower memo released by White’s Kansas State Wildcats at I wrote of an exhibition of paint- “We hope students will come to campaign for governor describes 7 p.m. today in the Ferrell ings of Rouault in Boston and con- an appreciation of great art, of its a series of ethical lapses and insid- Center tacted me about the possibility of importance for liberal education, er deals at the $100 billion Teach- bringing the two series to Baylor,” and of the way these magnificent er Retirement System of Texas, Late-night worship Hibbs said. 20th century artists try to com- where private investment firms A worship service will The Mark Foster Foundation municate perennial scriptural and whose executives made huge con- be held at 9 p.m. today at also founded Fine Arts in the liturgical truths in a very modern tributions to Perry allegedly got Fountain Mall in honor of Academy, which was established artistic medium,” Hibbs said. special treatment. to address the decline of serious The exhibit will be on display Homecoming; the Robbie ATT ELLMAN ARIAT HOTOGRAPHER An external investigation into M H | L P appreciation for the fine arts in lib- Seay Band will lead worship through Nov. 28. David Jeffrey the allegations found no illegali- Plano sophomore Amy Miller visits the Sacred Texts, Holy Images: eral arts education among college and Karen Pope will be speaking ties. White said at a Tuesday news Immunize yourself Rouault’s Miserere and Chagall’s Bible Series exhibit for her class students. at upcoming lectures, respectively, Monday at the Mayborn Museum Complex. The exhibit features the “Foster is also interested in hav- Flu shots will be offered on Chagall and the print making SEE WHITE, page 6 work of French artists Marc Changall and Georges Rouault. ing the art not just sit in a museum, process. between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. today on the fifth floor of Cashion Academic Center and between 3 and 5 p.m. Lecture brings math history to life Thursday in 308 McLane Student Life Center By Meghan Hendrickson attract undergraduate students, wheth- Dunham first examined the life of Staff Writer er they’re math majors or not, to math- Newton as a man who was not fit for Pedal for the prize ematics,” Dr. Lance Littlejohn, chair of business and farming, and thus, went Bear Downs, an on-campus When studying calculus and math- the mathematics department, said. to college. bicycle race hosted by ematical theorems, most people think When Littlejohn got the idea to be- Newton invented several things in of numerical formulas, not the people Student Foundation, will be gin this series in 2008, he wanted Dun- his lifetime, including the generalized who created them, said the honorary ham to kick off the lectures. Unfortu- binomial theorem, the method of flux- held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday; speaker for the Third Annual Baylor nately, Dunham wasn’t available for the ions, the method of inverse fluxions, bikers should register by Undergraduate Lecture Series in Math- past two years but has devoted some the laws of motion, optics and the re- Friday at www.baylor.edu/ ematics. of his fall break this year to share with flecting telescope. studentfoundation Dr. William Dunham, Koehler pro- Baylor students and faculty. Newton was known to be so pas- fessor of mathematics at Muhlenberg “One of the first math books I ever sionate about mathematics and learn- Role models College, presented a lecture Tuesday bought was Dr. Dunham’s ‘Journey ing, Dunham said, that he would do Baylor Buddies, a mentor titled “Newton and Leibniz: Mathema- Through Genius,’” Brian Streit, a gradu- wild things to make a discovery. For program connecting Baylor ticians at War.” The lecture was open ate student in mathematics, said. “I’ve instance, when he was in college, he students with at-risk Waco to the public and did not include any been a fan ever since.” wrote in his journal about a day when children, will have an mathematical formulas. The second Dunham filled his lecture Tuesday he stuck a stick from a tree in his eye in lecture today, titled “Euler’s Amicable information table Monday with a presentation of in-depth biogra- order to learn about optics. Numbers,” will be geared specifically phies of Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried From there, Newton escalated to MATT HELLMAN | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER in the Bill Daniel Student toward mathematics students and fac- Wilhelm Leibniz, two of the creators of several prestigious positions in Eng- Dr. William Dunham, a professor from Muhlenberg Center between 12:30 and ulty. calculus. Since their deaths, people have 4:30 p.m. College, gives a presentation on famous mathematicians “The goal of the lecture series is to debated who really discovered calculus. SEE MATH page 6 Monday in the Baylor Sciences Building. Newspaper of the Year | Texas APME TheLariat Best Student Newspaper | Houston Press Club WEDNESDAY | OCTOBER 20, 2010 | the Opinion 2 Baylor Lariat www.baylorlariat.com A social trend that was once artful mastery By Samreen Hooda That’s 100 times faster,” Bigelow Reporter and Pelli wrote.