WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE TheWEDNESDAY | FEBRUARY Baylor22, 2012 Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com SPORTS Page 5 NEWS Page 3 A&E Page 4 Baylor women rise up Religious debates surge Wu revitalizes Target The Lady Bears soundly defeat Romney reveals religious views in Couture designer Jason Wu’s newly released University of Texas on home turf Michigan town hall meeting after line for Target inspired by an American girl 80-59 criticizing the Obama administration in Paris has high demand in the States Vol. 113 No. 21 © 2012, Baylor University In Print >> Music for the soul Tattoo festival makes stop in Waco Christian artist Phil Wickham to appear at By Rob Bradfield their skin. Common Grounds this Staff Writer Garfield said the event is weekend meant to have more of a fam- Page 4 Waco is the next stop for a ily atmosphere than other similar festival that both hardcore and festivals, but the entertainment casual fans of skin art can enjoy. schedule will still be packed. >> TCU strikes out The Immersed in Ink Tattoo “There’s pretty much some- Baylor baseball out-pitches and Arts Festival is making a stop thing going on on the stage at all and out-fields Texas at the Waco Convention Center times,” Garfield said. Christian University at February 24-25. The Immersed in Ink festival the ballpark 7-1 Tickets are $20 per day and might be coming just in time for Page 5 $35 for the weekend. local tattoo artists. Among the tattoo-related at- Kegan Eastham, an apprentice tractions will be artists’ exhibi- at the local tattoo parlor Art Am- Texas home busted >> tions, tattoo clinics, live tattooing bush, said tattooing in Waco has Several children removed and skin art contests. been struggling with legitimacy, from Texas home showed The festival has attracted some and a bad reputation, for a long signs of physical abuse of the best tattoo artists from Tex- time. as and across the nation, such as “When I first came here, it Page 6 Vinnie “Hottdogg” Romero from wasn’t the good side of tattooing Nebraska’s Authentic Ink, and a that was famous in Waco,” East- host of Austin-based artists. ham said. Viewpoints “You can get tattooed on the Eastham, originally from Fort spot from one of the hundreds of Worth, has been tattooing for “There is nothing different artists from across the MATT HELLMAN | LARIAT PHOTO EDITOR close to two years and considers it country, without having to waste Waco resident Kegan Eastham prepares a tattoo design during his shift on Tuesday at Art Ambush, located on another form of art. funny or appealing Franklin Avenue. your time driving around,” Amy Eastham said legitimate shops about somebody Garfield, owner G-Force Produc- in Waco have to compete with across the country for seven years, tattoo art. This weekend’s entertainment beating somebody tions, said. amateur artists operating out of G-Force Productions is the but this is its first stop in Waco. In addition to the tattoo ex- includes live music, roller derby their houses. else. Nothing. company that organizes the fes- Garfield said the goal of the hibitions, the festival will feature shows and human suspension ex- Legitimate shops like Art Period. If anyone tivals. festival is to expose as many a variety of countercultural acts hibitions where participants are still thinks there The festival has been traveling people as possible to quality and other entertainment. suspended midair by hooks under SEE TATTOO, page 6 is, go to Google and find the image BU plan gets student feedback of Rihanna’s face after the incident By Daniel C. Houston know that costs of education are Encouraging student dona- with Brown. It’s Staff Writer skyrocketing across the country,” tions, Rogers said, would promote Davis said. “So there’s two parts a “culture of giving” that could appalling that any Baylor administrators gave to this. We’ve got to figure out a carry over after current students man can do that to students a chance to offer feed- way to generate other sources [of graduate. back and ask questions about the revenue], not just tuition; we’ve “We’ve really reached a point a woman.” university’s draft strategic plan got to have scholarships and other where we feel that it’s very neces- Page 2 Tuesday at a town hall forum revenue sources to make this edu- sary for students to start giving hosted by student government. cation affordable … but then we towards this idea of encouraging Bear Briefs At the forum, which took also have to be very responsible Baylor’s success in the long run,” place in the den of the Bill Daniel stewards of the resources that we Rogers said. “We’re very good at Student Center and was attended h av e .” giving of our time and our talents. The place to go to know by approximately 40 students, ex- Although the university’s ef- … But what we’re having trouble the places to go ecutive vice president and provost forts of fundraising for scholar- with as students is paying addi- Dr. Elizabeth Davis highlighted ships primarily target alumni, tional money than the money that Master to take stage efforts the university is making student body president and Hous- we’re already giving.” The School of Music will to address rising tuition costs by ton senior Zach Rogers said he is Students attending the town raising scholarship revenue. looking for ways to encourage hall submitted questions anony- present flutist Patricia COURTESY “There was a lot of input into current students to give toward mously to be answered by Davis, Surman at 6 p.m. Thurs- Former Victoria’s Secret model Kylie Bisutti has decided to sacrifice her day in Meadows Recital the strategic plan about the cost the university’s scholarship initia- career to answer her calling to be a Proverbs 31 wife to her husband. of a Baylor education, and we tives. SEE TOWN HALL, page 6 Hall of the Glennis Mc- Crary Music Building. Patricia Surman is instructor of flute at Angel quits job to Southwestern Oklahoma State University and Ad- junct instructor of flute at model Proverbs 31 Northeastern State Uni- versity. This event is free By Kayla Reeves Secret dreams came true. She and open to the public. Reporter wrote of her religious “awaken- ing,” when she learned “how to A closer look at earth A former Victoria’s Secret An- be truly beautiful,” which she said gel was inspired to go public with is separate from external beauty, The O.T. Hayward her choice to quit her job as a lin- and how to live for God instead of Distinguished Lecture gerie model by the Live 31 Move- for herself. Series will be held from ment begun by a group of Baylor “I stand for and love every- 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday in freshmen. thing about the Live 31 Move- D109 Baylor Sciences “I quit lingerie modeling alto- ment, and I felt God used the Building and will feature gether because I wanted to honor movement to share my story,” Dr. Bill Deitrich of U.C. God with my life and my husband Bisutti wrote in the email to the Berkley. The lecture will with my body,” Kylie Bisutti wrote Lariat. “When I first heard the COURTESY discuss the influence of in an email to the Lariat. “I strive way [the movement] started, I David Aycock, left and Toby Tull sit on the Milford Track in New Zealand. The two alums are realizing a lifelong dream by taking all of the year 2012 to travel the world and help where needed at every stop. life on topography. This to live in the example of Christ, immediately praised God and thought ‘nothing is too big for event is free and open to and I want girls to feel loved [for] Him.’ God had his hand in every- all students. their inner qualities.” Bisutti said she had already thing that these guys have done, Baylor alums act on global scale made the decision to stop mod- and it’s incredible to witness.” eling lingerie but was inspired to Live 31 has gotten some By Trevor Allison us had to travel the world, as we ed States. Learn how to save lives publicize her choice when she saw skepticism, though. Fort Worth Reporter planned the trip of a lifetime, we “We partnered with more sophomore James Stueckler said A CPR certification class Wildwood, Mo., freshman Alex felt it was very self-serving,” Tull than a dozen elementary schools he sometimes wonders how many will be held at 2 p.m. Friday Eklund’s video about the Proverbs Two Baylor alumni are mak- wrote in an email to the Lariat. nationwide and created a work- people “like” the Facebook Live in 308 McLane Student Life 31 woman. ing their dream to travel the “The primary reason behind cre- book curriculum that follows our 31 page to impress their female Center. Cost is $25. Register “Prior to seeing his video, I world a reality. ating Global Encounter was to 26-country itinerary around the friends. He said he has seen ar- in advance at the front desk hadn’t really expressed my deci- David Aycock and Toby add meaning behind the trip.” world so the students can learn ticles saying the movement could of the SLC. sion to people other than close Tull, 2007 Baylor graduates, are Tull said they made it a point about each country as we visit be insulting to Christian models friends and family,” she wrote.