ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT VOL. 110 No. 17 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010 © 2010, Baylor University OPINION PAGE 2 SPORTS PAGE 5 ONLINE SLIDESHOW “The U.S. government is working diligently Bears top Tech Picture-perfect intro on combating foreign terrorist organizations No. 11 men’s basketball beat Check out The Lariat’s photos and the provision within the Patriot Act is a the Red Raiders, 88-70, covering Starr’s introduction, measure that should remain intact.” claim 20th win for third season on-campus protests on Tuesday Welcoming Ken Starr JED DEAN | PHOTO EDITOR Judge Ken Starr dons his new nose and glasses presented to him by the Noze Brothers Tuesday in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center during Starr’s formal introduction to Baylor. BY CATY HIRST is the answer to prayer, the an- with the Baylor community to the Church as is Baylor’s com- during his years at Pepperdine BU’s new STAFF WRITER swer to a lot of hard work, and determine Baylor’s future. mitment to society.” was a result of his commit- a blessing for the whole Baylor “Maybe I can help form a Starr was emphatic that ment to the highest standards The Barfield Drawing room community.” vision, but it will be a collab- Baylor has great influence in of academic excellence, and president was overflowing Tuesday Starr spoke of Baylor’s rich orative process, and then let’s the world and should live up that Starr would apply this with students, faulty, staff and history and dedication to its implement it together,” Starr to its Christian mission. commitment to Baylor. formally members of the community Christian mission, as well as said. Starr also emphasized his Armes said the search com- who came to witness the intro- the long and interesting his- Starr said that Texas is a desire to serve and interact mittee determined be honest, announced duction of President-elect Ken tory of Texas. great home, and that Baylor with the students, because the open and inclusive to others’ Starr, Baylor’s 14th president. Starr said, as the new presi- has a great influence on Texas. students are the heart of a uni- opinions from the beginning Tuesday, Dr. Dary Stone, chairman dent, it is his vision to be like “Texas is a great hub, which versity. of the presidential search. of the Baylor Board of Regents, Barnabus, the encourager in then projects outward,” Starr “At Pepperdine, we simply “We sought to attract a talks on began the introduction. the Bible book of Acts. said. “Not in any imperialistic say it is all about the students,” person with the academic “I don’t think I have seen a “How can I encourage sense, but in a sense of helping, Starr said. vision, professional experi- plans to concentration of happy faces you?” Starr said. “How can I of being a light to the world, Joseph Armes, chairman of ence, a leadership style and like this in the Baylor family in help?” and that is thus as integral to the presidential search com- encourage a long time,” Stone said. “So it Starr said he wants to work the commitment to God and to mittee, said Starr’s success see PRESIDENT, pg. 4 Students protest ‘controversial’ president BY KATY MCDOWALL Starr’s resume seemed to be protest’s Facebook event page, REPOTER the cause of much concern for held a sign reading “Speech- a number of students. less,” signifying his reason for Students met in front of “I think he’s going to be a protest. the Bill Daniel Student Center step in the wrong direction for “As students we have no Tuesday to protest the appoint- gays on campus,” Missouri say in these matters, but I can ment of Judge Kenneth Starr as City junior Stan Staton said. let people know I’m upset and Baylor’s 14th president. The protesters were asked concerned,” Chambers said. About 20 students protest- by police officers not to protest For a number of students, ed as Dr. Dary Stone, chairman inside the SUB. not having a say was an issue. of the Baylor Board of Regents, “I feel like we’re already be- “My classification is fresh- introduced Starr as president ing stripped our free speech if man and that’s why I’m so en- at 3 p.m. in Barfield Drawing we’re not even in there,” Keller raged,” Fort Worth freshman Room. freshman Nosse Ovienmhada Landon Swartz said. “I didn’t “I’m protesting because Ken said. get a chance to speak up.” Starr is such a political figure,” The group wielded signs Many people also have an Houston freshman Dan Dinh with sayings such as “We need issue with Starr because of said. “He has been a defender a unifier not a divider,” “The his divisive political history, of Prop. 8.” Bears have been Baptist longer Chambers said. Proposition 8 is a California than the president has” and “We don’t need a president amendment passed by voters “Wait ... does this mean Lady that’s as divisive [as Starr],” in Nov. 2008 that dictates the and Joy have to live separate- Waco freshman Alex McElroy LIZ FOREMAN | EDITOR IN CHIE F A Noze brother looks on as Baylor students lead an anti-protest Tuesday in front of the Bill Daniel marriage between a man and a ly?” said. “That’s what we’re look- Student Center in response to the protest by other Baylor students during Judge Ken Starr’s formal woman as the only legal form Nacogdoches senior Hunt- introduction to Baylor. of matrimony. er Chambers, who created the see PROTEST, pg. 4 Regents approve first engineering doctoral program BY SARA TIRRITO areas of cyber-physical systems have our research labs and re- who are the most research-ac- ranks of national universities,” successful, they’ll be delayed STAFF WRITER and energy. We are looking to search facilities in the research tive within the school so they Eisenbarth said. a long time,” Eisenbarth said. collaborate with several depart- park. We’re going to have space will be the anchor tenant in that Dr. Kwang Lee, chair of the “The university will invest a The Baylor Board of Regents ments in terms of research, in- over there for students and re- new facility.” department of electrical and considerable amount of trust in approved the first doctoral pro- cluding both our own mechani- search, and we’re going to be an Eisenbarth said the way the computer engineering, said the the department to build a pro- gram in the School of Engineer- cal engineering and computer integral part of the research ef- program is set up should help program would allow for stu- gram that meets or exceeds its ing and Computer Science at its science programs, as well as the fort at BRIC.” bring in federal funding and dents in various departments to goals.” meeting on Friday. The program other science departments on Dr. Ben Kelley, dean of the that a significant increase in re- participate. “That would be kind Eisenbarth said 10 new fac- will allow students to earn a campus,” Eisenbarth said. School of Engineering and Com- search funding would raise Bay- of a collaborative agreement- the ulty members would be hired as Ph.D. in electrical and computer Eisenbarth said the research puter Science, said that through lor’s national stature. plan to have students in other part of the program’s approval. engineering. involved in the program will work with BRIC, there can be “We’re hoping that at the end departments take advantage of Also at the meeting, former Dr. Steve Eisenbarth, profes- combine with the Baylor Re- more opportunities for funded of 10 years, we’ll be exceeding the program.” board chair Drayton McLane sor and associate chair of the search and Innovation Collab- research. $4.8 million in terms of research Eisenbarth said that although was named Regent Emeritus. department of electrical and orative’s plans for the Central “BRIC is a broad entity be- income,” Eisenbarth said. there are plans for other doctoral McLane is the ninth recipient of computer engineering, said the Texas Technology and Research yond just a research facility, but “To raise the stature of Bay- degrees in mechanical engineer- the honor in Baylor’s history. program should go online with Park. if we hone in on that research fa- lor on the national scene, Baylor ing and computer science, their “It got me by surprise,” its first students in the fall. “Our program, in terms of cility, they’re aiming to capture must increase the amount of re- fate depends on the electrical McLane said. “I had served as a “It is a traditional program in research, will be dovetailing into federally funded research, in- search that it does.” and computer engineering pro- regent for 18 years and I thought that it’s going to be the same in BRIC’s strategy for the research dustrially funded research and “The Ph.D. program is de- gram’s success. I was done. But they said there structure as a program would be park,” Eisenbarth said. “We projects,” Kelley said. signed to increase the funded “We don’t know quite where was more work. I look forward at UT or Texas A&M or SMU,” are a key element embedded in “It was our electrical and research level, to then provide those will occur down the road. to assisting in any ways I can be Eisenbarth said. “We’re going to BRIC. That implies that we will computer engineering faculty the basis for Baylor’s rise in the I expect that unless we’re very helpful.” focus our research efforts in the VOL.