WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE said he believed the proposal was TheWEDNESDAY | OCTOBER 26,Baylor 2011 Lariatwww.baylorlariat.com pushed through the executive board recommendation process too quickly. He also argued that SPORTS Page 5 NEWS Page 3 A&E Page 4 voting to cut Baylor funding would mar the public’s perception of this Baylor tennis goes for the win A challenge for students Having fun for serious charity year’s convention. Diana Nakic won a title for a breakthrough An anonymous donation will fund The Freshman Leadership Organization’s “The headline of this meeting is not ‘everything good we’re doing performance Tuesday, qualifying for the 2011 the first Baylor entrepreneurship annual Frontier Dance Party is for fun and in the world,’” Wallace said. “The National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships challenge in the spring charity, raising funds for the Wells Project headline of this meeting is ‘the BGCT votes to defund Baylor.’” Vol. 112 No. 31 © 2011, Baylor University While several of those speaking in favor of the funding In Print redistribution insisted the change was not intended to be punitive, >> A ‘note’able cause former Baylor regent Ella Prichard, A Baylor undergraduate is BGCT makes representing Windsor Park Baptist using his new EP album, Church in Corpus Christi, pointed “Recycled,” to raise money to Baylor’s decision to allow non- Baptist Christians to serve on the for Hunger for Hope. board of regents as an example of Page 4 final decision Baylor dictating the terms of the relationship. “The BGCT keeps the >> Part of a team Baylor to lose more than relationship with Baylor by Junior wide receiver agreeing to what Baylor wants,” Terrance Williams Prichard said. “I don’t see it as an has already beat his 50 percent of funding equal partnership anymore.” touchdown total from Charlotte Young of First Baptist 2010 but remains a team By Daniel C. Houston Baptist life but to the work of Church Dimmit, who serves as player through his success. Staff Writer God in the world. We understand the chair of the BGCT executive Page 5 that cuts in funding were limited board’s institutional relations The Baptist Generalto Baylor and that many higher committee, stressed the new Convention of Texas approved education institutions supported distribution of funding is based on >> Winning the case a final measure Tuesday to by the BGCT actually saw their a formula intended to be more fair Three Baylor students are slash its cooperative program budgets increased. We are to other Texas Baptist institutions. qualified to compete in funding for Baylor undergraduate grateful that none of our fellow She pointed out Houston Baptist the national moot court programs by more than half, Texas Baptist institutions will be University, which like Baylor has championship in January while simultaneously increasing negatively impacted by the budget opened its board of trustees to after beating out 32 teams funding for every other associated which was adopted today by the non-Baptists, would receive more at the Emory Civil Rights Baptist university across the state. BGCT.” money under the proposal than it Moot Court Competition The BGCT approved $831,175 Supporters of the budget as had in previous years. which focused on First to fund Baylor undergraduate introduced successfully staved off “In no way was it intended to be and Fourth Amendment programs in 2012, a decrease of an amendment that would have a punitive measure,” Young said. “If issues. 51.7 percent from the previous kept Baylor’s share of funding that were so, then Houston Baptist year, as well as $1.1 million for untouched from the previous Page 3 would have had to [take a cut in George W. Truett Theological year’s amount, $1.72 million, funding] as well.” Seminary, whose funding without removing the increase in The cut in funding followed On the Web remained relatively stable with funding levels already proposed the BGCT’s decision Monday to only a 1.7 percent decrease of for the other Baptist institutions. approve a renegotiated special course, we are disappointed in The motion would have agreement that gave Baylor more this action by the BGCT,” Baylor financed the increased influence over the BGCT’s process spokesperson Lori Fogleman expenditure by dipping into for nominating candidates to fill wrote in an email to the Lariat, the BGCT’s annual investment vacancies on the Baylor Board of particularly given Baylor’s strong income. MEAGAN DOWNING | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER Regents. tradition of support for Texas Randy Wallace, pastor of The BGCT maintains its Baptist students and programs, First Baptist Church Killeen and Trick-or-treat ability to select one-quarter of the including George W. Truett member of the BGCT executive Baylor board’s membership, and Theological Seminary. We are board’s education subcommittee, Dressed up residents pass out candy as Snow White shows her mom what she got on Tuesday at the its five-member panel that selects appreciative of those who spoke so Russell dorms. Faculty and staff brought their families to Family Treat Night for some trick-or-treating nominees now includes three fun in campus. positively at the convention about Baylor representatives. SEE BGCT, page 6 Halloween treats Baylor’s impact not only on Texas One of the BGCT’s Trick-or-treaters celebrated representatives on the team Halloween early in the that negotiated the new special Russell dorms during Obama to agreement spoke out publicly in Family Treat Night. See the Baylor alumnus pursues favor of the funding reductions. photo of the day on Ed Jackson of First Baptist baylorlariat.com offer loan Church Garland said the available cooperative program funding would be more fairly distributed Viewpoints congressional dream among the other institutions relief for under the new budget proposal, and said the reductions represent “The beauty and Graduate to run in Florida general election a tiny portion of Baylor’s overall drawback to students operating budget. By Anna Flagg Rep. and Bill Young. Young has they have a choice in the election,” By Kimberly Hefling technology is that Reporter held the seat for more than four Curry said. Associated Press it is constantly decades, but Hull, a libertarian, “It is normally very hard for a Ever since Baylor alumnus said he is ready for the challenge third-party candidate to defeat an Hull Millions of student loan bor- changing and Michael Hull was young, he has in the 2012 general election. incumbent from one of the major rowers will be eligible to lower wanted to be a politician. He is “I felt like this was as good parties, but Michael will not make their payments and consolidate upgrading. The government has no right to imply now working toward making of an opportunity as any to start it easy on Representative Young.” their loans under a plan Presi- it .” middle-schoolers this wish a reality by running for getting involved in politics,” Hull Two main foundations of dent Barack Obama intends to When Hull entered the Congress. said. “A lot of people are saying Hull’s platform include the announce Wednesday, the White who are so Air Force in 2001, he took an At age 36, Hull, a 2009 it is time for a change in this economy and unemployment. House said. oath that he would support the impressed with graduate, has dabbled in many district.” He said he is tired of Obama will use his executive Constitution against all odds. careers, including the Air Force, Hull’s American constitutional politicians finding it too difficult authority to provide student loan having laptops And even after being out of semi-professional hockey and development professor at Baylor, to follow the Constitution that relief in two ways. the military, he wants to live out in science class professional boxing, where he Dr. James Curry, said Hull used America was founded upon, and First, he will accelerate a mea- that oath and help fight for the received his nickname “Prince.” to come by his office to discuss a that the government has drifted sure passed by Congress that re- are going to lose constitutional rights of America’s The husband and father said wide range of political issues, and from serving the people. duces the maximum repayment citizens. interest after they he is ready to move on to his often told him he wanted to run “I want to help get things back on student loans from 15 percent “I am one of the people and I next dream. He is running for for office someday. to the way they were meant to be,” of discretionary income annually have had those will stand up and fight for all of the congressional seat in the 10th “Michael will work very hard Hull said. to 10 percent. laptops for a year.” District, Pinellas County, Fla., as a candidate, so I think voters “If it doesn’t specifically SEE ALUMNUS, page 6 The White House wants it to Page 2 against long-time Republican will certainly understand that say it in the Constitution, the go into effect in 2012, instead of 2014. Bear Briefs In addition, the White House says the remaining debt would be Hot cocoa, community to make forgiven after 20 years, instead of The place to go to know 25. About 1.6 million borrowers the places to go could be affected. first Fall Festival memorable Second, he will allow borrow- Competing for Chili’s ers who have loans from both the Three Students will By Alyssa Maxwell chairs to enjoy a night of fall Foundation will visit residence Family Education Loan Program try for a chance to Reporter festivities, Student Foundation halls the day of the event to and a direct loan from the gov- win Chili’s gift cards members said.