DON’T FORGET TO VOTE BEARS PREP NEED POST GAME PLANS? TO FACE SEE BAYLOR WEB SITE ‘demons’ FOOD, MUSIC, AND FANS FOR FRESHMAN ELECTION INFO SATURDAY FOR $5 WWW.BAYLOR.EDU/SG PAGE 5 PAGE 4 ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 Jigsaw, ceramic City of art on display at Waco Martin Museum ‘digs’ Allen said she can appreciate Courtney Webb the work put into Souza pieces. Reporter She could better relate to fossils his pieces because she and her Baylor University’s Martin daughter put together a jigsaw Museum of Art is bringing stu- pictoral, she said. “It has been dents the vibrant works of art- sitting on our coffe table for 15 By Jade Ortego ists Al Souza, Blair Meerfeld and to 20 years.” Staff Writer John Tilton. Another kind of Souza’s The first gallery displayed Al work displayed at the museum Mayor Virginia DuPuy spoke Souza’s “simply stacked, two- is about the Book of Job. There Thursday to a group of one hun- dimensional jigsaw puzzles,” are different verses of the Bible dred donors and members of the said Elnora Allen, a museum portrayed in elaborately cut-out National Park Service who gath- attendant. “I go before work to sketches. He took words from ered to celebrate the ground- see the fascinating and colorful the verses and chiseled shapes breaking of the Waco Mam- pieces on display.” to illustrate the stories in layers moth Site. Congressman Chet Souza is a Houston artist. staked upon each other. Edwards, who has raised money His pieces “(enlighten) view- The two other artists dis- for the preservation of the site, ers with transformations of played in the gallery are John was also present. ordinary material into extraor- Tilton and Blair Meerfeld. They “I asked everybody to dinary visual exhibits,” accord- both design and create ceram- imagine what it was like ing to the museum’s artist biog- ics. 68 thousand years ago, the raphy on Souza. Meerfeld has an exhibit with sights, sounds, smells and Souza trained as a civil engi- multiple pieces made out of salt- humidity … and to fast forward neer and then transferred to glazed stoneware. to 30 years ago when two men New York to study fine arts for “The glazes are extraordi- discovered the bones and could four years. nary,” said Nacogdoches junior have easily walked away from His work has been show- Hunter Chambers. ”Anyone it. But they didn’t … Oh, the cased in The Whitney Museum who comes to see these intri- remarkable things that have fol- of American Art, as well as in cate pieces should not just look, lowed!” museums overseas. but ask more about how they The site is home to the remains “His piece called ‘Mixed Nuts’ were made, because machines of at least 25 Colombian mam- reminds me of grocery store are touching very little of these moths killed by a mudslide, and shelves with tea and strawber- ... they are almost completely the largest known concentra- ries, when all it really is, is dif- hand-made.” tion of mammoth deaths from ferent puzzles stacked together Meerfeld is from Colorado the same event. The bones were with glue,” Allen said. and holds a bachelor’s degree discovered by Paul Barron and Souza has four jigsaw pieces in art education from Adams Eddie Bufkin in 1978. and over 10 smaller pieces along State College in Almosa, Colo. “Right now the groundbreak- the wall. He owns Meerfeld Salt Glazed ing is for the advancement of the Martin Museum attendant Stoneware, a studio and gallery, sight’s protective structure. Our Jack Cobb said Souza’s work which he opened in 1988. He main goal is the preservation of inspires him. has also worked as a ceramic Christina Kruse/Lariat staff the sight,” said Dr. Ellie Caston, “Souza’s work is just great,” engineer for 10 years. Austin senior Lexi Musta and Nacogdoches junior Hunter Chambers look at Blair Meerfeld’s artwork, Thursday. The executive director of the May- Cobb said. “It’s so bright and it artwork of John Tilton and Al Souza will also be on display in the Martin Museum of Art until Oct. 11. just grabs my attention.” Please see ART, page 6 Please see FOSSILS, page 6 Baylor loses Curves research program, relocates to A&M By Ashley Corinne Killough ation in the School of Education, oping top-level programs and accomplishments, and we were wanted for him to stay here.” The funding provided for a Staff Writer where he led the Baylor Exercise didn’t think Baylor was going to able to get a lot of funding. We Engelhardt said that from his number of health studies, includ- and Sport Nutrition Laboratory. get there with that leadership,” did everything we were asked to understanding, Kreider left on ing tests on the impact of high- Curves, Inc. terminated fund- He announced late last spring Kreider said in a phone inter- do and are proud of that.” good terms with the adminis- protein and high-carbohydrate ing for its high-profile research that he had accepted the posi- view. Dr. Jon Engelhardt, dean of tration. diets, calcium supplementation program at Baylor on Sept. 1, tion as the chair of the depart- Kreider said he was also the School of Education, said “We were not happy to see in post-menopausal women and while transitioning to Texas ment of health and kinesiol- attracted to the opportunities he understood that Kreider’s it end, but we understood that the effects of crash dieting on A&M University in August ogy at Texas A&M University , that Texas A&M University disagreement was within the it was his choice to leave,” metabolism for women. under the leadership of Dr. where he would be continuing offered. HHPR department and not with Engelhardt said. Curves also worked with the Richard Kreider, the program’s research funded by Curves. “There’s more resources, the school’s administration. In 2004, Curves awarded engineering and computer sci- principle investigator. Kreider cited administrative potential and better collabora- “There’s a lot of side issues, Kreider and his staff in the ence departments on the design Kreider served two consecu- changes within the School of tion here at A&M,” Kreider said. but the bottom line is that Dr. ESNL a $6 million grant to con- and mechanics of its hydraulic tive three-year terms as chair Education as one of his reasons “I came to Baylor to help develop Kreider decided to leave Baylor duct diet and exercise research fitness machines. of the department of health, for moving. a world-class research program, and went to another university,” related to Curves fitness pro- human performance and recre- “I wanted to continue devel- which we did. We made many Engelhardt said. “We certainly grams. Please see CURVES page 6 Student recounts ‘Change is coming’ Iraq tour of duty vows Sen. McCain By Jillian Henderson are broken down,” Kerr said. Reporter “You’re told to speak a different By DAVID ESPO and ROBERT McCain’s speech was the way and act a different way.” FURLOW highlight of the final night of Army Strong: a slogan that Leah Jackson, associate dean Associated Press the party convention, but before can be seen on TV, in buildings for the Baylor law school, was he took the podium, delegates on campus and on the backs excited to have Kerr speak about ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - John unanimously awarded the vice of countless vehicles driving his deployment in Iraq. McCain, a POW turned politi- presidential nomination to around Waco. For one Baylor “I wanted everyone to hear cal rebel, vowed Thursday Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. She law student, this slogan has an and share in his experiences,” night to vanquish the “constant is the first female ticketmate in entirely different meaning. Jackson said. partisan rancor” plaguing the Republican history. Army reservist and Frisco Kerr explained the heat he nation as he launched his fall McCain, 72 and campaign- law student Sgt. Pete Kerr spoke felt in Iraq. campaign for the White House. ing to become the oldest first- to students and faculty yester- “When I stepped off the “Change is coming” to Wash- term president in history, faced day at the Sheila and Walter plane it felt like a blow dryer hit- ington, he promised the Repub- a delicate assignment as he Umphrey Law Center about his ting you in the face,” Kerr said. Christina Kruse/Lariat staff lican National Convention. formally accepted his party’s experiences in Iraq. “The second day in Iraq, it was Law student Pete Kerr talks about his experience in the Middle East as a “I will reach out my hand presidential nomination: pre- In July, shortly after Kerr 130 degrees with dust storms all reservist on Thursday. to anyone to help me get this senting his credentials as a began law school in spring 2007, over the place.” country moving again,” McCain reformer willing to take on his Kerr was called to begin a tour The soldiers at the Spiker “Being in the military and his presentation to fight back said in a prime-time address. “I own party and stressing his of duty in Iraq. Army base in Iraq were very being so close to someone for tears. have that record and the scars independence from an unpopu- He had decided to join the close and shared a strong broth- so long, the only thing you can “The cost of war is definitely to prove it. Senator Obama does lar President Bush ‚ all without reserves because he loves the erhood, Kerr said.