WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE TheFRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 2, 2011Baylor * Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com SPORTS Page 7 NEWS Page 5 A&E Page 6 A look into the future Church hopping Spoiler alert! The undefeated Baylor soccer Baylor spiritual life discusses “One Day” hit theatres this week, team looks to the future as the the right way to find your new and the Lariat was there to bring Lariat makes a few predictions church home you an in-depth review Vol. 112 No. 4 © 2011, Baylor University In Print >> Movie night Bears seek revenge, Colin Farrell’s new movie is not one to miss. The Lariat weighs the pros and cons of Fright Night. Page 6 redemption tonight >> Lariat League The Lariat fantasy football BU, TCU keep longtime rivalry alive league has officially begun. This should be interesting! by Tyler Alley and a victory.” we’re doing is going to be success- Page 7 Sports Editor The Bears looks to redeem ful. On defense they know what themselves after their disappoint- they’re doing is going to help slow >> Artistic ability The Bears will try to break ing 45-10 loss to the Horned down a lot of offenses and even The University 14th-ranked TCU’s 25-game Frogs last season. TCU’s defense shut down some.” regular season winning streak to- Development art contest boasts one of the few defenses to As an offense, Baylor only night on ESPN in their first home hold Griffin under 200 passing had 263 yards total to TCU’s 558 encourages students to game of the season. yards. Griffin had 164 passing yards. Head coach Art Briles ad- NICK BERRYMAN | LARIAT FILE PHOTO share their meaningful “It’s exciting,” quarterback yard and a touchdown against mitted that he, along with his Football vs. TCU Saturday, September 18, 2010 at Amon G. Carter Baylor experiences Robert Griffin III said. “National TCU last season. team, needed to execute better to Stadium in Fort Worth. BU will face TCU tonight for the first game of through art. TV- it’ll be a good stage for both “I think last year we were win this game. the season at home. Page 5 football teams. We’re looking for- highly motivated, we were ex- “I was not very good last ward to it. It’ll be a good game. tremely hyped,” Griffin said. year,” Briles said. “We were not we had a face and there was dirt scored a touchdown in the third Our fans are looking for some ex- “That was our downfall last year. very good schematically and did there, and next thing we knew we quarter being down 38-3. Viewpoints citement and a victory. Their fans This year it’s more of a sure confi- not very perform very well as a found our face in the dirt there.” “But last I checked we didn’t Briles also acknowledges are looking for some excitement dence. We know on offense what football team. So consequently, SEE page 9 that the team never gave up and REVENGE, “While it does seem that the playing field Fashion would be leveled among the ‘affiliated’ schools students and between the ‘special agreement’ receive schools one can’t help but think that Baylor-the new tool only university Ashley Yeaman Reporter receiving cuts-is being punished” New body-scanning tech- nology acquired by Baylor this Page 2 summer has the potential to rev- olutionize the fashion industry. The university’s family and Bear Briefs consumer sciences department MATT HELLMAN | PHOTO EDITOR is one of the few university de- partments in the nation that The place to go to know ATT ELLMAN HOTO DITOR M H | P E will be using the NX16 scanner, the places to go manufactured by [TC]^2. Old traditions, new season The scanner and included West is best software, which costs $35,000, Westfest starts today INSIDE: Traditions Rally photos and news on page 8 creates a 3-D image of the body in West, Texas with with precise measurements that can be taken without direct a downtown parade body contact. Saturday, 10 a.m., and To obtain the initial body additional activities Baylor named on ‘Best Colleges to Work For’ list scans, an individual walks into at the West Fair and the device, first into a curtained- by Jade Mardirosian ulty and staff are very competi- tutions in each size classification Baylor was recognized include: off area to change into form- Rodeo Grounds. Staff Writer tive, which makes it a great place that were cited most often across collaborative governance, con- fitting clothing, such as biking to work,” John Whelan, associate all of the recognition categories. fidence in senior leadership, su- shorts and tank tops. Fun in the sun The Chronicle of Higher Edu- vice president for human resourc- “Baylor made our honor roll pervisor or department chair The person then enters The Southern Drag cation recently named Baylor to es at Baylor, said. “In addition, by being recognized in the top relationship, compensation and the actual scanner, closing the Boat Races return this its honor roll of great colleges to one of the things we have found group in six or more categories,” benefits, job satisfaction, respect curtain so no light can shine work for, for the first time. Thirty is that the family environment Josh Fishman, senior editor at and appreciation, professional/ through, plants his or her feet on Labor Day weekend. national universities categorized at Baylor is what draws a lot of The Chronicle of Higher Educa- career-development programs, the floor marks and his or her The event will be as large four-year colleges were people to come and work at Bay- tion, said. “[Baylor] was in fact teaching environment, facili- hands on the two lower handle held to celebrate the named to the honor roll, among lor. [Faculty and staff] enjoy the recognized in 10 categories, those ties workspace and security and bars, and then presses a trigger grand opening of the them Sam Houston State Univer- overall culture of Baylor and for are categories in which Baylor ex- work/life balance. to begin the scan. sity and Texas Christian Univer- that reason they want to stay for celled, compared to the 300-odd Whelan cites the senior lead- Lights shine through grids renovated Brazos Park sity. a long time.” colleges that participated in the ership at Baylor, which was a cat- onto the body, and these lines East today from 12:00 “The benefits and the com- Honor roll status for four-year s u r v e y.” contour to the body. The reflec- a.m. to 5:00 p.m. pensation that we offer our fac- colleges was given to the 10 insti- The 10 categories in which SEE LIST, page 9 tion of light is recorded by 32 cameras inside the scanner. Testing 1, 2, 3... The entire process takes less Monthly testing Scholarship Initiative on track to reach $100 million by 2013 than 30 seconds. The scanner is currently of the outdoor Daniel C. Houston ally working goals based on what tance to students can help bridge vice president - to communicate SEE TOOL, page 9 mass notification Staff Writer the perceived needs are,” Aber- that gap.” the need for increased student and indoor voice crombie said, “and by far the uni- The initiative’s progress has scholarships. evacuation systems The President’s Scholarship versity scholarships area, which is been fueled by more than 4,100 “Jordan made an excellent Initiative is roughly on pace to need-based, is the No. 1 priority. individual donors, Abercrombie presentation,” Dube said, refer- during class break, meet its goal to raise $100 million But to say that we’ve achieved said, noting 1,300 of these donors ring to conversations the student between 2:15 to 2:30 in endowed scholarships by May success in the initiative is to reach had never before made a gift to body officers had with Starr and p.m.. During this 2013, which marks the end of the $100 million in endowed scholar- Baylor. This influx of first-time the regents. “Judge Starr was very period, there will three-year campaign. ship support, and to increase our donors confirms progress is being impressed, I think, with how well The initiative has raised $34 alumni participation. That is our made on both major goals of the they researched and how well be two activations million to date, according to Ali measure of success when the ini- initiative, which are not only to they knew what they were talking of the systems, each Abercrombie, assistant vice presi- tiative ends.” raise endowed scholarship funds about and I think it really struck a approximately 30 dent and campaign director, with Bill Dube, director of the en- but also to broaden the base of heartstring there, you might say.” seconds long. most of the money raised so far dowed scholarship program, said participating alumni. Hannah, who also served as dedicated to funding need-based the progress made by the presi- President Ken Starr’s an- special assistant to the president scholarships for Baylor students. dent’s initiative will ultimately nouncement of the President’s during the 2010-2011 school In addition to need-based schol- help to offset the rising cost of a Scholarship Initiative in Sept. year, said he and the other student arships, the initiative is targeting Baylor education. 2010 came on the heels of an ef- body officers gathered student three other areas: merit-based “Students are going to have a fort by the 2009-2010 student opinion through various surveys scholarships, scholarships for need, and costs are going to con- body officers - including Jordan and identified the rising cost of a missions work and study-abroad tinue to go up to some degree,” Hannah, former student body Baylor education as the consen- programs, and scholarships for Dube said.