WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE TheTHURSDAY | FEBRUARY 23,Baylor 2012 Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com SPORTS Page 5 NEWS Page 6 A&E Page 4 Up up and away Layoffs off the table Snapshot of a great game Baylor baseball dominates Texas American Airlines avoids hundreds ‘Pokémon Snap’ is fondly remembered State University 5-1 in Round of layoffs through job sharing and in this latest entry of the Rock voluntary leave ‘Great Video Game’ series Vol. 113 No. 22 © 2012, Baylor University In Print >> Rockify.tv rocks Army ROTC awarded coveted trophy Website founded by Baylor alum integrates Pandora-like By Daniel C. Houston Army teams walked away with Staff Sgt. Lauren Amato. platform with music videos Staff writer overall victories in tug-of-war, “It’s just a really big deal, Presi- Page 4 sprints, soccer, push-ups and sit- dent Starr taking time out of his Army ROTC defeated Air ups, and the sand crawl. Air Force day, especially this late in the eve- Force ROTC Wednesday to win won the ultimate frisbee matches ning, to be a part of our event,” >> We all fall down the President’s Cup, a highly cov- and hula-hoop races. The final Amato, a junior from Fishersville, The Baylor tumbling team eted trophy awarded to the win- score was Army 101, Air Force Va., said. stays strong throughout ner of a series of grueling com- 61. In addition to the trophy, rough trials in competition petitive events. Starr told the Lariat after the Army and Air Force cadets com- Page 5 President Ken Starr an- award ceremony that he was hon- pete against each other annually nounced the results after the ored to be asked to attend and for bragging rights. Although Air event at the Hart-Patterson Track praised all participants. Force Cadet Wing Cmdr. Mandy >> Reminders of the past and Field Complex and awarded “They make Baylor proud, King, Cibolo senior, was disap- Mail containing a “powdery the cup to Army battalion Cmdr. and they make me proud,” Starr pointed by the outcome of this substance” sent to offices of Brian Crookshank, senior from said. “The discipline, the focus year’s competition, she said she is congress is reminiscent of Hackettstown, N.J. — extraordinary. They should all happy with the effort her squads threats received after 9/11 “Last year Air Force won,” be proud. And I’m very proud of displayed. Page 6 Crookshank said, “so this year we them for their willingness to serve “Ultimately,” King said, “what came out with our A-game and we our country. So this is both Bay- we look for is everybody putting won the trophy back. Both teams lor-proud and America-proud.” a 110 percent effort, and to do did very well in all the competi- Although the event was called their best, and to be good sports, Viewpoints tions. It’s always fun working the Commander’s Cup in years and interact with Army and get together [and having] friendly past, Starr’s appearance prompt- MEAGAN DOWNING | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER to know them, because ultimately competition. I’m glad we won it. I ed the organizers to rename this we’re going to serve alongside “Starbucks’ President Ken Starr presents the Commander’s Cup to the Army ROTC think we deserved it this year; we year’s competition the President’s on Wednesday at the Hart Patterson Track Field. practice of aligning gave it our best shot.” Cup, according to Army Cadet SEE CUP, page 6 its stores’ policies Associated Press with state laws across DALLAS — American Airlines the nation is logical. MIT says that because of job-sharing It doesn’t make sense and other steps, it won’t have to furlough 500 flight attendants this to deny gun owners spring. the rights that have looks to American said two weeks ago that it planned to cut 500 flight been preserved for attendants because it’s flying less them in the 43 states than it did a year ago. that allow open Baylor The company and the Asso- ciation of Professional Flight At- By Linda Wilkins carry... Starbucks tendants said Wednesday that the Staff Writer has no reason to furloughs won’t be needed because suddenly infringe A sports research paper writ- so many workers signed up for job- ten by Baylor professor Kirk sharing and voluntary leave. upon its customers’ Wakefield and Anne Rivers, se- constitutional nior vice president of BrandAs- sets Consulting, has been named rights....” one of the top 10 research papers Page 2 selected by judges at the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology’s Bear Briefs Sloan Sports Analytics Confer- ence. The place to go to know Wakefield said the paper fo- the places to go cuses on the business side of ASSOCIATED PRESS Religion center stage sponsorships in the National Football League, whereas other “American Religion: Love Carnival carries on papers in the competition focus it or Leave it,” a lecture by A dancer of Uniao da Ilha samba school parades on a float during carnival celebrations Monday at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, more on gameplay. He said they Brazil. Jeremy Lott, will be held were interested in discovering from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Monday how sponsoring a league effects a in the Cox Lecture Hall company. of Armstrong Browning Using data from more than Library. Lott is the author of 16,000 people, Rivers and Wake- Texas hunger project to be aired on PBS several books and thou- field analyzed the idea of being sands of articles on subjects an NFL sponsor by comparing By Amanda Thomas making only junk food accessible. ger Initiative three years ago. Its to use this money by working ranging from the American the attitudes of fans versus non- Reporter “Food desert kids are physi- mission is to end hunger through with other hunger prevention fans of the NFL. He said the fans Christian culture industry cally obese, however, malnour- policy, education, community or- organizations and the govern- of the NFL had a better attitude to jet packs. To register visit Texas is the second-hungriest ished,” Everett said. ganization and community devel- ment. The initiative works with toward NFL sponsor companies state in the nation, with 4.2 mil- The documentary shows foot- opment. the United States Department of www.baylor.edu or call 254- than non-sponsor companies, in- lion people at risk of experienc- age from seven Texas PBS sta- In it’s website, the Texas Hun- Agriculture, Texas Department 710-7555 by Monday. This dicating that being a sponsor of a ing hunger. At 8 p.m. today, PBS tions, which produced individual ger Initiative that it believes that of Agriculture, the Health and event is free. league is beneficial for a company. will air “Feeding the Minds: Texas documentary packages. Everett by addressing hunger from the Human Services Commission, Rivers said the importance Takes On Hunger and Obesity,” and Camille Miller, president of policy level and from the grass- the Texas Food Bank Network Bears center court of this study is that brand compa- a documentary featuring Baylor the Texas Health Institute, will roots level, coordinating services and local community members nies know School of Social Work’s Texas narrate the documentary. and resources across the state, the involved in the food system to Men’s basketball will play they can Hunger Initiative. The documen- The footage shows what the state of Texas can bring security establish Food Planning Associa- the Oklahoma Sooners benefit from tary will discuss the issue of hun- Texas Hunger Initiative is doing to its citizens. tions across the state. Food Plan- from 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. being a ger in Texas by highlighting the to solve these hunger problems, Everett said Texas has enough ning Associations are associations Saturday at the Ferrell sponsor of a efforts of the Texas Hunger Initia- such as working with community money and food to feed its people, of organizations and individuals Center. Tickets can be league. tive and its partners. and government leaders. The film but the established programs that committed to making their com- purchased in the box “I as- One of the topics discussed will also answer what is happen- help fight hunger need to become munities food secure. office of the Bill Daniel sumed we in the documentary is childhood ing at the state level, the regional organized. Everett said there is “We are working to bring the obesity specifically caused by Student Center or at www. would be in level and the individual level to money set aside by the govern- voice of those living in hunger to hunger. Jeremy Everett, director fight hunger and obesity. ment to help fight hunger, but it baylorbears.com. the top 10,” the FPAs and working to connect Rivers said. Wakefield of the Texas Hunger Initiative, “We have been talking about is not being used as it should be. the FPAs with the Food Policy “I think the said the correlation can be found [a documentary] for several “There is a lot of money to Roundtable in order to help poli- Bears to battle topic is extraordinarily interest- in children that are from food years,” Everett said. “I am excited; address the problem, but we [es- cies reflect the reality of hunger in Women’s softball will play i n g .” desert areas. Food desert areas are it elevates the voices of people tablished hunger prevention pro- the local communities,” (the Tex- a doubleheader against The paper is competing places where people do not have from Waco and [those] who have grams] have not done a good job as Hunger Initiative website said).