ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT VOL. 110 No. 27 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2010 © 2010, Baylor University OPINION PAGE 2 NEWS PAGE 3 A&E PAGE 4 “Not only is UNT making a managerial Laser turns 50 Hanks, Spielberg’s ‘The Pacific’ mistake, but it is also compromising A laser light show will be held New World War II drama series debuts education by threatening the jobs of a with the Waco Symphony on HBO to 3.1 million viewers, university’s biggest asset — its educators.” Orchestra to celebrate laser follows in “Band of Brothers’” footsteps Man wields gun, steals student’s car Baylor Police say seen wearing blue shorts, a dark lor Police Chief Jim Doak. “We and Speight Avenue so he could walk up to Common Grounds The number of people seek- green or blue hoodie, slippers want students to be aware of his speak to a friend, and then re- and be that bold about this kind ing handouts on the streets has suspect may still and a white cap, and is approxi- possible presence.” turned to the vehicle with a gun. of thing.” grown in recent years, according mately 6 feet tall and 220-240 Doak said the man ap- According to the e-mail, the man The e-mail asks students to to the e-mail, and students are be in area, stress pounds, according to an e-mail proached the student outside of then forced the student to drive use sound judgment when con- advised to take care of “number sent to Baylor students and fac- Common Grounds, claimed he to a local bank and withdraw fronted by individuals seeking one” and to avoid putting them- safety procedures ulty Tuesday evening. He also was homeless and requested a cash. Minutes later, the student money, and to avoid permitting selves at risk with a stranger. has a pencil-thin beard extend- ride from the student. was able to safely escape from strangers to gain entry to their Baylor Police are asking that BY KATY MCDOWALL ing from ear to ear. The student agreed to help the vehicle and call 911. Doak vehicles. “Our goal is to keep any sighting of the suspect be REPO R TE R According to the e-mail, the the man and walked with him said that further details of the students cognizant,” Doak said. reported immediately at 254- man was last seen in the stu- to the Fifth Street Parking Ga- crime have been withheld for “These people that are ask- 710-2222. As of press time, The Police are looking for a man dent’s car, a 2004 Saab with Tex- rage where the two entered the safety purposes and that Baylor ing for money are not all safe. Lariat was unable to get com- who threatened a Baylor stu- as license plate Y71CMS. student’s car. Police have been receiving up- People shouldn’t be giving ments from the Waco Police De- dent with a gun and stole the “This guy has been seen re- The man asked the student dates all day. money to them; they should di- partment. student’s car Monday morning cently and we believe he may to stop at an apartment near the “It is unusual,” Doak said. rect them toward something like Nick Dean, The Lariat’s news The suspect is a 25-to-30- still be in the area,” said Bay- intersection of South 10th Street “You don’t expect someone to the Salvation Army.” editor, contributed to this story. year-old black male and was last Faculty raise concerns with BU bookstore Professors see book is released late or other complications arise, the book- need for store receives the books at a later book availability, date. “That is an important issue, price improvement absolutely,” Dr. Dennis Myers, the Faculty Senate chair, said BY CATY HIRST about book availability. STAFF W R ITE R Nors said the bookstore tries to be as accurate as possible but Faculty Senate members ad- sometimes miscalculates how dressed some concerns with the many students will shop at the Baylor Bookstore at their last bookstore. meeting, including the availabil- Myers also said faculty mem- ity of books, the price of books bers are concerned about the and questions about evolving prices of books and said the fac- book technology. ulty members are aware of the ASSOCI A TED PRESS Dr. Sara Stone, journalism high costs of textbooks. professor and senator on Facul- “Students tell me they can ty Senate, said professors have Protesting Calderon get books less expensively on had problems with books being sites such as amazon.com,” My- available to students for the first A protester sits in front of a line of federal police during a demonstration Tuesday against the visit of Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon ers said. “I think faculty, just in in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Calderon is on a one-day visit to the northern border city terrorized by drug gang violence. day of class. general, are aware of incredible William Nors, the director costs of textbooks. So advocates of the Baylor Bookstore, said it for students are finding ways for can be difficult to accurately or- students to get them less expen- der books and that many factors sively.” can influence how many books Nors said the publishers set the bookstore has available to the price of the books at the students. Pulitzer poet Wilbur visits campus bookstore. “Students don’t have to buy “The professor picks a book BY HOGAN ALLCORN They were amazed.” from us,” Nors emphasized. and the publisher sets the price REPO R TE R Wilbur, now 89, published Because students can buy of the book,” Nors said. “When his first poem in John Martin’s from many other vendors or we get the pricing, there is a Two-time Pulitzer Prize-win- Magazine at the age of 8. He even opt not to buy books, Nors contractual mark-up from that ning poet Robert Wilbur gave a won a Pulitzer Prize for Po- said it is hard for the bookstore price that the university and the special reading and discussion etry in 1957 for “Things of This to know how many books are bookstore has decided upon.” of his poetry Tuesday in the Bar- World” and in 1989 for “New needed. Nors said the mark-up pays field Drawing Room of the Bill and Collected Poems.” In addition, Nors said the for labor, storefront, freight and Daniel Student Union Building. Wilbur is the author of availability of books can also The lecture was sponsored by French playwright translations be affected by the vendor. If the see BOOKS, pg. Phi Beta Kappa honorary society of Molière and Racine, nine col- 6 for liberal arts and sciences. lections of poetry, two books of Dr. Michael Foley, an asso- prose and of several children’s ciate professor of patristics in books. His 10th poetry collec- the Honors College and current tion titled “Anterooms,” which National scale of member of Phi Beta Kappa, said included the first poem of the Wilbur is considered to be one of night’s readings, will be pub- America’s greatest living poets. lished this fall. “It’s not just my opinion, it “This book is not called ‘last new curriculums is a widely held belief that he poems,’ but I suppose there is Questions arise as Adoption Process. is one of the best,” Foley said. such implication in the title,” “Texas is one of 22 states that “When I told one of my col- Wilbur joked before his read- SA R A H GROM A N | ST A FF PHOTO G R ap HER the state looks to has a state textbook approval leagues in the English depart- U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer-Prize winner Richard Wilbur hosts a alter social studies process,” Frey said. ment, they couldn’t believe it. see POET, pg. 6 lecture and poetry reading Tuesday in the Barfield Drawing Room. “Texas is one of the two big- textbooks gest states, because of the size of Texas textbook purchases. 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