WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE TheWEDNESDAY | APRIL 11,Baylor 2012 Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com SPORTS Page 6 NEWS Page 3 MOVIES Page 5 Stay the course Romney rises above fray Studio faces money trouble Basketball player Quincy Miller Santorum drops out of presidential Distributor of “Diving Bell and announces his plans to stay at race, making Romney a finalist for Butterfly,” Mirimax films, is being Baylor next year the Republican nomination sued by producer David Bergstein Vol. 113 No. 42 © 2012, Baylor University In Print >> Find inner warrior Baylor teams face NCAA sanctions Warrior Dash to challenge runners’ endurance and fund By Tyler Alley with its obligations under NCAA missible” due to restrictions in to the Division I Manual. From tablished by the association and raise for St. Jude Sports Editor legislation and therefore the Uni- the NCAA Division I Manual. For there, the school is allowed un- our membership expects those Page 5 versity, and its officials, will make men’s basketball, an institution is limited phone calls. who do not follow the rules will Baylor could face NCAA sanc- no comment,” said Nick Joos, allowed to make one phone call Once a school has reached be held accountable,” he said in tions after a three-year investiga- Baylor’s executive associate ath- per month to an individual or his its limit of calls to a prospective a statement. >> Bears hit home run tion revealed the men’s and wom- letic director for external affairs, parents/guardians between his student-athlete, an institution The investigation began in Baseball wins against en’s basketball programs made in an official statement. sophomore and junior year and may not initiate another phone 2008 during the recruitment of University of Louisiana- 738 impermissible text messages Baylor self-imposed penalties two calls per week during his se- call. This could be how many of a current Baylor women’s bas- Monroe 5-7 at the Ballpark and 528 impermissible phone following the 2008 investigation nior year. Baylor’s phone calls were deemed ketball player, junior Brittney Tuesday calls to recruits. but the NCAA can now decide to In women’s basketball, an impermissible. Griner. Members of the coach- The investigation was made add harsher penalties as it sees fit. institution is allowed “one tele- Text messages to recruits are ing staff spoke with Griner and Page 6 her father about the basketball public in an ESPN.com story Men’s basketball head coach phone call during the month of prohibited. program, academic requirements Monday, citing an NCAA report Scott Drew, women’s head coach April of the individual’s junior NCAA president Mark Em- and the school in general both >> Protecting homefront the website had obtained. Kim Mulkey and their assistant year in high school on or after the mert said the NCAA would not before and after Baylor’s 2007 Baylor ITS to fend off “Regarding today’s premature coaches were said to be involved Thursday after the conclusion of comment on the case because it’s women’s basketball elite camp, malware affecting 600,000 public reports of the matter, the in the calls and texts, according the NCAA Division I Women’s still under review, according to according to the article on ESPN. Mac computers worldwide institution remains committed to the summary disposition ob- Final Four,” as well as one the fol- the Associated Press. com. This contact is a violation of Page 8 to protecting the integrity of the tained by ESPN.com. lowing May, two phone calls in “However, each member totality of the case in accordance The calls are deemed “imper- June and three in July, according agrees to abide by the rules es- SEE NCAA, page 8 Viewpoints “Take a second New local retailer appeals to nature lovers and imagine an By Rob Bradfield 18-story building. Staff Writer The Alico Building Waco’s newest downtown stands at 22 stories, retail option gives students and residents an easy way to enjoy the so start there for outdoors. a reference. Next, Outdoor Waco, owned by Ryan Gibson and Mark Owen, expand that opened its doors Monday, with a building over 434 grand opening scheduled for Sat- urday. acres (just under The combination camping two times the size store, bike shop, sports equipment shop, coffee shop and equipment of our campus), rental store is located on the cor- and imagine it ner of Franklin Avenue and Uni- versity Parks Drive, between Bay- is no longer a lor, downtown, the Brazos River building or a huge and Cameron Park. The store’s grand opening on shopping mall. It’s Saturday will feature discounted a landfill that has equipment rentals, appearances by brand representatives and a conveniently located chance to win either a bicycle or next door.” a $500 shopping spree. The store has distributed fli- Page 2 MATT HELLMAN | LARIAT PHOTO EDITOR ers offering customers discounted drink prices at the grand opening, After recently opening on Monday, Outdoor Waco General Manager Trinity Robb plays with a woven Frisbee while meeting and greeting store cus- tomers. Outdoor Waco offers rental and purchasable gear for many of Waco’s outdoor activities, including paddle boards, kayaks, bikes, longboards Bear Briefs and are offering a free Outdoor and camping gear. Waco T-shirt with every purchase The place to go to know over $20. the places to go Outdoor Waco was originally entity designed to help Wacoans Brazos River],” said Trinity Robb, Outdoor Waco is the first lo- the first store to offer paddle intended to be a conveniently lo- and Baylor students get outside. Outdoor Waco’s general man- cal shop to combine a specialty board rentals, bicycle rentals and Horses all day cated bicycle and bicycle repair “Waco has two unique fea- ager. “We’ve seen those as camping/outdoor store and a The Women’s Equestrian tures [Cameron Park and the being underutilized.” specialty bicycle shop. It’s also shop, but soon became a unique SEE OUTDOOR, page 8 National Championships will be held all day Thursday through Saturday at the Extraco Google’s Faculty Senate Events Center. The championship will begin art site at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday votes to allow and continue through Saturday with the draws BU crowning of champions ‘minus’ grades at 5:30 p.m. This event is open and admission is audience By Daniel C. Houston Some members, she said, ex- Staff Writer pressed concern about whether a free to the public. By Mallory Hisler C-minus grade would still grant Reporter The Faculty Senate voted to students the 2.0 grade point aver- City to honor WBB recommend allowing professors age needed for credit within their Seeing a great work of art from Baylor and the city of to award “minus” grades — like major fields of study. the Uffizi Gallery in Florence Waco will host a down- A-minus, B-minus, etc. — in “We will recommend to the more clearly on your laptop than town parade along Austin addition to the traditional plus provost that minuses now be in- in person seems unrealistic. Avenue starting at 5:30 COURTESY PHOTO grading system, leaving the pro- cluded,” Beck said, “but we also But Google Art Project is hop- p.m. Monday, mov- Van Gogh’s Starry Night is one of the many paintings featured on the vost’s office with the final say over hope to recommend GPA equiva- ing to make viewing art as simple Google Art project website. The website, www.googleartproject.com, of- ing from 11th Sreet and whether to change university lents so that a B-plus is this many as that. fers online tours as well as galleries. Austin Avenue down to grading policy. points and a C-minus is this many “Users can explore a wide The Senate made the recom- points if the professor chooses to Waco City Hall at Heritage ited to one type of art, but displays lecturer in art history, appreciates range of artworks at brushstroke- mendation during its Tuesday give those.” Square. The event will many mediums, including sculp- level detail, take a virtual tour of the site, but said important infor- meeting following a presentation Beck said the GPA recommen- allow the entire commu- a museum and even build their tures, Brazilian grafitti and Afri- mation is missing that should be from Dr. Douglas Henry, associ- dations will likely be determined nity of Waco to show their own collections to share,” accord- can rock art. provided with the images. ate professor of philosophy and at Senate’s next meeting in May. appreciation for the Baylor ing to the website’s information. “Our partners cover huge “The biggest shortcoming is co-chair of the University Under- Henry said his committee’s Lady Bears bringing home The site, which began in 2011 ranges — not just paintings,” Hill the dimensions [not being posted graduate Curriculum Committee. proposal was influenced in part the NCAA Women’s with 17 collections, has grown sig- said. “There is just a huge diver- with the images],” Pope said. “Having a minus-grade option by studying the grading policies Basketball National nificantly since its launch. Google sity and breadth of different kinds Hill said Google welcomes in- alongside the plus-grade option of other universities around the Championship trophy. announced April 3 that the Art of content.” put on the project. first and foremost will allow fac- nation. Project now includes works from The site provides some works “We are continuing to ex- ulty to more accurately represent “There is no university that has more than 151 collections.