Waco resident Kegan Eastham prepares a tattoo design during his shift on Tuesday at Art Ambush, located on Franklin Avenue.
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By Rob Bradfield
Staff Writer

Waco is the next stop for a festival that both hardcore and casual fans of skin art can enjoy.

The Immersed in Ink Tattoo and Arts Festival is making a stop at the Waco Convention Center February 24-25.

Tickets are $20 per day and $35 for the weekend.

Among the tattoo-related attractions will be artists’ exhibitions, tattoo clinics, live tattooing and skin art contests.

The festival has attracted some of the best tattoo artists from Texas and across the nation, such as Vinnie “Hottdogg” Romero from Nebraska’s Authentic Ink, and a host of Austin-based artists.

“You can get tattooed on the spot from one of the hundreds of different artists from across the country, without having to waste your time driving around,” Amy Garfield, owner G-Force Productions, said.

G-Force Productions is the company that organizes the festivals.

The festival has been traveling across the country for seven years, but this is its first stop in Waco.

Garfield said the goal of the festival is to expose as many people as possible to quality tattoo art.

In addition to the tattoo exhibitions, the festival will feature a variety of countercultural acts and other entertainment.

This weekend’s entertainment includes live music, roller derby shows and human suspension exhibitions where participants are suspended midair by hooks under their skin.

Garfield said the event is meant to have more of a family atmosphere than other similar festivals, but the entertainment schedule will still be packed.

“There’s pretty much something going on on the stage at all times,” Garfield said.

The Immersed in Ink festival might be coming just in time for local tattoo artists.

Kegan Eastham, an apprentice at the local tattoo parlor Art Ambush, said tattooing in Waco has been struggling with legitimacy, and a bad reputation, for a long time.

“When I first came here, it wasn’t the good side of tattooing that was famous in Waco,” Eastham said.

Eastham, originally from Fort Worth, has been tattooing for close to two years and considers it another form of art.

Eastham said legitimate shops in Waco have to compete with amateur artists operating out of their houses.

Legitimate shops like Art Ambush are required by the Texas Department of State Health Services to follow strict guidelines for cleanliness, protective gear and equipment sterility. Eastham said an ideal tattoo parlor should be part art gallery and part hospital, but it’s the dedication to the artistic side that brings tattoo aficionados together for festivals like Immersed in Ink. “It’s like an art show on people,” Eastham said.

Former Victoria’s Secret model Kylie Bisutti has decided to sacrifice her career to answer her calling to be a Proverbs 31 wife to her husband.
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By Kayla Reeves
Reporter

A former Victoria’s Secret Angel was inspired to go public with her choice to quit her job as a lingerie model by the Live 31 Movement begun by a group of Baylor freshmen.

“I quit lingerie modeling altogether because I wanted to honor God with my life and my husband with my body,” Kylie Bisutti wrote in an email to the Lariat. “I strive to live in the example of Christ, and I want girls to feel loved [for] their inner qualities.”

Bisutti said she had already made the decision to stop modeling lingerie but was inspired to publicize her choice when she saw Wildwood, Mo., freshman Alex Eklund’s video about the Proverbs 31 woman.

“Prior to seeing his video, I hadn’t really expressed my decision to people other than close friends and family,” she wrote.

Since then, Bisutti has expressed her support for the Live 31 Movement and her desire to be a Proverbs 31 wife. She wrote a blog post on the Live 31 website, which is run by Baylor students, and has been in personal contact with the students involved in the movement.

In her blog post, the model wrote about how her Victoria’s Secret dreams came true. She wrote of her religious “awakening,” when she learned “how to be truly beautiful,” which she said is separate from external beauty, and how to live for God instead of for herself.

“I stand for and love everything about the Live 31 Movement, and I felt God used the movement to share my story,” Bisutti wrote in the email to the Lariat. “When I first heard the way [the movement] started, I immediately praised God and thought ‘nothing is too big for Him.’ God had his hand in everything that these guys have done, and it’s incredible to witness.”

Live 31 has gotten some skepticism, though. Fort Worth sophomore James Stueckler said he sometimes wonders how many people “like” the Facebook Live 31 page to impress their female friends. He said he has seen articles saying the movement could be insulting to Christian models who do not think they are doing anything wrong.

Bisutti said she couldn’t speak for other models, but personally felt that she could not model underwear and be a Proverbs 31 wife at the same time.

“I feel that if I want to pursue [being] a Proverbs 31 wife, I must be pure in the way that I present my body; I must be a lover of people, kind hearted, humble and meek… When I was modeling lingerie, I was not humble, I was not pure, and many men fell into temptation looking at pictures of me half naked,” she wrote.

Longview freshman Michael Bartlemay, an original promoter for Live 31, said he thinks the choice to quit modeling underwear has to be based on personal conviction.

“I don’t think Victoria’s Secret is evil in what they do,” he said. “They have a product that’s needed; they have to advertise it somehow.”

Bartlemay also said the Live 31 team does not believe models cannot be Proverbs 31 women. They are just trying to say inner beauty is more important, he said.

Springfield, Mo., freshman Kristen Bennett said it is a personal decision for a model to pose in lingerie, but she thinks Bisutti’s choice was respectable and considerate to her husband.

”It’s cool that it involved [the Live 31 Movement],” she said. “It definitely represents Baylor well, and what we stand for.”

Bisutti wrote that she believes Jesus is the only person who should be considered a role model, but she “didn’t want girls to feel as though they have to try and dress sexy or act a certain way to feel loved, worthy or attractive.”

The model’s support for Live 31 has brought more followers to the movement than ever before.

“When she originally did the blog post, we had 2,000 views on the website,” Bartlemay said. “Then when [her story] got popular and we started reposting her blog post, we went to 9,000 views in one day.”

Bartlemay said he and the other students involved in Live 31 are hoping to keep promoting their message.

“I’m going to take it as far as God will let it go, and I think most of the guys feel similarly to the way I do,” he said.

“The main goal right now is to get to where we’re speaking places and can share the message that way instead of just the website,” he said.

Dr. Elizabeth Davis, executive vice president and provost, Dr. Mitchell Neubert, professor of business and Houston senior and student body president Zach Rogers participate as panel members during the town hall meeting to receive student feedback on the draft strategic plan.
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By Daniel C. Houston
Staff Writer

Baylor administrators gave students a chance to offer feedback and ask questions about the university’s draft strategic plan Tuesday at a town hall forum hosted by student government.

At the forum, which took place in the den of the Bill Daniel Student Center and was attended by approximately 40 students, executive vice president and provost Dr. Elizabeth Davis highlighted efforts the university is making to address rising tuition costs by raising scholarship revenue.

“There was a lot of input into the strategic plan about the cost of a Baylor education, and we know that costs of education are skyrocketing across the country,” Davis said. “So there’s two parts to this. We’ve got to figure out a way to generate other sources [of revenue], not just tuition; we’ve got to have scholarships and other revenue sources to make this education affordable … but then we also have to be very responsible stewards of the resources that we have.”

Although the university’s efforts of fundraising for scholarships primarily target alumni, student body president and Houston senior Zach Rogers said he is looking for ways to encourage current students to give toward the university’s scholarship initiatives.

Encouraging student donations, Rogers said, would promote a “culture of giving” that could carry over after current students graduate.

“We’ve really reached a point where we feel that it’s very necessary for students to start giving towards this idea of encouraging Baylor’s success in the long run,” Rogers said. “We’re very good at giving of our time and our talents. … But what we’re having trouble with as students is paying additional money than the money that we’re already giving.”

Students attending the town hall submitted questions anonymously to be answered by Davis, Rogers, and professor of business Dr. Mitchell Neubert.

One student asked whether the university would work to develop new undergraduate business programs as part of its strategic plan; another asked whether there would be room for expanded undergraduate studies of terrorism and world religions.

Davis responded by saying that, while the new strategic plan does not dictate specific programs or courses of action, Baylor’s top priority right now is building on its areas of greatest strength, which she said include undergraduate health care, science and engineering programs.

Davis said the draft strategic plan lacks specific metrics and policy goals — instead outlining broader “aspirational statements” — so the university can gather community feedback on all policies individually and avoid being locked into specific courses of action like those proposed in the university’s last strategic plan, Baylor 2012.

“There are some things in the [Baylor] 2012 document that said, ‘We will [do this],’ that six, seven years later didn’t make sense,” Davis said. “And so that’s what we want to avoid. We want to avoid saying that we will do [specific] things when we’re not sure that it’s going to make sense for the university.”

Neubert, who serves as head of the task force responsible for reviewing community feedback on the strategic plan, updated students on what type of feedback Baylor has received so far on the draft plan.

“In this initial wave of feedback,” Neubert said, “what we’re finding is that most of the comments are about things that they really like and find inspiring, which is an affirmation of the things we’re doing. … The other component is … questions about clarity.”

Members of the Baylor community can offer feedback on the plan through March at www.baylor.edu/strategicplan.

The final draft will go public in May, and will replace Baylor 2012 in June as the university’s official strategic plan.

David Aycock, left and Toby Tull sit on the Milford Track in New Zealand. The two alums are realizing a lifelong dream by taking all of the year 2012 to travel the world and help where needed at every stop.
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By Trevor Allison
Reporter

Two Baylor alumni are making their dream to travel the world a reality.

David Aycock and Toby Tull, 2007 Baylor graduates, are spending all of 2012 on a journey around the world called Global Encounter.

According to their online itinerary the two alums are currently in Cambodia until March.

Tull said the trip started as a dream they had while still in school, but it has undergone some changes in the years since.

“While Global Encounter started off as a dream both of us had to travel the world, as we planned the trip of a lifetime, we felt it was very self-serving,” Tull wrote in an email to the Lariat. “The primary reason behind creating Global Encounter was to add meaning behind the trip.”

Tull said they made it a point to set aside time to volunteer.

“We’ll be helping with flood relief efforts in Thailand, working with an orphanage in Nepal, helping at a school for the deaf in Malawi and serving an organization that sponsors and trains students in Kenya,” Tull said. The two will spend a month in each of those countries.

Tull and Aycock are also working with schools in the United States.

“We partnered with more than a dozen elementary schools nationwide and created a workbook curriculum that follows our 26-country itinerary around the world so the students can learn about each country as we visit them,” Tull said. He said they also created a website where students can watch videos of their adventures and interact with them in a forum.

The travelers said they have partnered with Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth as well.

“We’re also traveling with their stuffed mascot, Safety Bear, who is corresponding with kids there and is even sending back ‘Where’s Waldo?’ style pictures to use as distraction games,” Tull said.

However, the journey around the globe has not been without challenges. Aycock said Internet access has been the biggest obstacle.

“As travelers, we’ve realized that access is a privilege that you either pay for with money or with patience with poor connectivity or bandwidth,” Aycock wrote in an email to the Lariat. “That’s definitely made it a really big challenge to manage our website and upload videos and pictures.”

The language barrier has also been an issue at times. Aycock said he speaks a little French and Tull speaks a little Spanish, but that hasn’t helped them so far, as their stops have been in New Zealand, Australia and China. “Here in Asia, your best bet is to try very basic English, find someone to interpret or just use trial and error,” Aycock said. Tull said they have set up a website, Twitter account and Facebook accounts as a way to stay in contact with friends and family.

He said videos posted on the website are their most frequent updates. Both men have extensive travel experience, Tull said.

“As friends since college, we’ve actually taken several hiking trips to national parks around the U.S., the UK and Patagonia in South America,” he said. They also took a year off in college to do youth ministry and volunteer in Hartlepool, England.

Senior lecturer of finance Colene Coldwell, has stayed in touch with Tull. She said she is not surprised to hear that he is undertaking such an adventure.

“He not only has the passion to do things, but makes them a reality,” Coldwell said. Aycock and Tull offered advice to students who might have a desire to travel in a similar way.

“Do it now before other commitments in life would prevent the possibility,” Aycock said. Tull said that many of the people they tell about Global Encounter say they could never do something like it, or call him and Aycock brave. “The thing is, it’s amazing and it’s challenging and difficult at times,” Tull said. “But when is anything worth it easy?”

The trip is entirely self-funded, Aycock and Tull said.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall meeting Tuesday at Eagle Manufacturing Corporation in Shelby Township, Mich.
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By Kasie Hunt
Associated Press

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s administration has “fought against religion” and sought to substitute a “secular” agenda for one grounded in faith.

Obama’s campaign seized on the characterization, calling Romney’s comments “disgraceful.”

Romney rarely ventures into social issues in his campaign speeches, but people participating in a town hall-style meeting one week before the Michigan primary asked how he would protect religious liberty.

“Unfortunately, possibly because of the people the president hangs around with, and their agenda, their secular agenda — they have fought against religion,” Romney said.

The Obama campaign linked Romney’s remarks to recent comments by rival Rick Santorum, who has referred to Obama holding a “phony theology” only to say later that he wasn’t attacking Obama’s faith but the president’s environmental views.

“These ugly and misleading attacks have no place in the campaign and they provide a very clear contrast with what President Obama is talking about: how to restore economic security for the middle class and create jobs,” said Lis Smith, an Obama campaign spokeswoman.

Religious liberty has been a leading topic in recent weeks because of the Obama administration’s mandate that insurance companies provide free birth control even to people employed by church-affiliated organizations, including schools and hospitals. Opponents frame the debate as one of religious liberty while proponents of the mandate say it’s about women’s health and access to contraception.

Romney hasn’t faced voters or reporters very often since Santorum’s surge and the rise of social issues in the campaign, largely avoiding questions on the subject. But he’s clearly focused on the conservative Republican base that’s still skeptical of him, calling himself “severely conservative” during a speech to activists in Washington earlier this month. And his lengthy, detailed answer Tuesday on religious liberty showed clear attention to the issue.

Romney implicitly invoked his own Mormon faith, also rare for the former Massachusetts governor. He said Tuesday that he cares about the issue because he is “someone who has understood very personally the significance of religious tolerance.”

He also took questions on gay marriage, Supreme Court appointments and abortion — and when asked about whom he might select as his vice presidential running mate, he listed “pro-life” as the first credential he would look for.

Romney faces an unexpectedly difficult fight in Michigan, his native state and a place where his advisers had long assumed he could do well. He’s facing a tough challenge from Santorum, who has excited the GOP base with strong anti-abortion rhetoric and appeals to blue-collar voters.

“I care about Michigan. This is personal for me,” Romney said.

Romney left Michigan for Arizona, where he’s set to debate his GOP rivals tonight. Then he will return to Michigan on Friday to deliver a major economic speech at Ford Field, the NFL football stadium in downtown Detroit.

No. 15 Clare Hosack hits a home run in the fourth inning to give the Lady Bears a 3-0 against Northwestern State Tuesday at Getterman Stadium.
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By Tyler Alley
Sports Editor

Baylor softball took both games of its doubleheader Tuesday against Northwestern State at Getterman Stadium.

Junior left-handed pitcher Whitney Canion started the first game and pitched a complete game one-hitter with 13 strikeouts. She struck out each Demon hitter at least once.

“I felt pretty good about [my pitching] after Sunday,” Canion said. “I had a rough day there throwing a lot of balls. Really just worked on all my pitches and got my screwball back that I was missing the other day so I was happy about that.”

The Lady Bears won the game 3-0. Junior center-fielder Kathy Shelton provided all the offense for the Lady Bears with three runs batted in.

The first run came in the second inning when Shelton was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

The other two runs came in the fourth inning.

Sophomore catcher Clare Hosack got things stated with a double to left field. Freshman second baseman Delaney Guy followed that with a single to left, moving Hosack to third. After Guy stole second base, Shelton singled to right to bring both runners in.

Head coach Glenn Moore said he would like to see more out of his offense than the games so far, but he’s not too worried.

“No cause for concern at all right now because I’m at batting practice every day and I know what the potential is,” Moore said. “We’re still hitting around .330 I’m assuming. I’d look at all the Big 12 stats and I think you’d be hard pressed to find another team hitting those numbers.”

Junior right-handed pitcher Courtney Repka started the second game for the Lady Bears. She allowed zero runs and three hits in five innings.

She got into a jam in third inning with the bases loaded and one out but got two straight batters out. On the day, three Baylor pitchers allowed zero runs and four hits.

“[It was] absolutely phenomenal,” Moore said. “[Canion] was her old self after struggling a little bit last weekend. Courtney Repka was not quite as sharp as she was last weekend but still good, and [sophomore right-handed pitcher Liz Paul] was much better. I thought all three of the arms we put out in the circle held up their end of the bargain.”

Baylor won this game 3-0 as well. Up until Tuesday, softball had not hit a home run this season. With two runners on and one swing in the bottom of the fourth inning, the Lady Bears had their first.

“When it left the bat, I was up going,” Canion said. “I knew that when someone hit it, you would know, because we’ve had a couple of questionable ones. I’m happy to get that one home run out of the way because everyone’s just worried about it. Happy for Clare [Hosack].”

Hosack delivered the three-run shot over the left-field wall to score the only runs of the game.

“Well she missed on the first pitch and came out of her shoes. Her intentions were very good,” Moore said. “And that’s what I’ve been asking for. I want the Babe Ruth mentality. Babe Ruth looked better striking out than most people did hitting it. That’s what I’ve been asking our girls to do. She missed the first one but she got everything out of the second one.”

Hosack said that’s what she was going for.

“Now it is,” she said. “I’m getting more aggressive and swinging out of my shoes each swing and that’s what I’m working on. That’s what I did for that pitch.”

Shelton singled in the third inning, making that her 14th consecutive game with a hit.

By Jamie Lim
Reporter

In September 2011, it was Missoni for Target. Later in November, it was Versace for H&M. Now the spotlight is on Jason Wu for Target.

Earlier this month, Wu’s line for Target was officially available at stores and online. The last time Target released a collection by a couture designer, Target.com crashed. This time, however, the release of Wu’s collection did not harm the website.

“We have so many fans from a younger generation that cannot yet afford Jason Wu but pay attention to what we do,” Wu told USA Today. “It also shows my range as a designer that I’m able to design for two spectrums of the market.”

Wu is famously known for designing Michelle Obama’s white, one-shouldered gown for her husband’s inauguration celebration. The first lady was even spotted wearing the sleeveless, chiffon navy dress from Wu’s Target collection.

The designer may have been born in Taipei, but he lived in one of the world’s fashion capitals — Paris. His collection for Target, coincidentally, was the idea of an American girl in Paris.

Wu also had a muse for his collection, a black cat named Milu. The cat added elements in the fabric with mischief in the details. Milu is also illustrated on some of the garments.

When designing the collection, Wu’s goal was to not duplicate any of his designs from his main fashion line. Instead, Wu wanted to design a fresh, new line that would still reflect his taste in design.

The line is made up of 53 pieces, each retailing under $60. It includes an assortment of handbags, scarves, jackets, dresses, blouses and more. The flowers, pleats and bows in the collection showcase his ability to combine a modern look with a feminine touch.

“Our store is considered a high-volume store,” Waco’s Target executive team leader, Sharon Chacon said. “Our designer section consists of four racks and all four were full of the collection. In addition, there was a rack of scarves and purses in our accessories department.”

When an affordable collection from a high-end designer becomes available, consumers act quickly on it. The acts can sometimes be extreme, like stealing garments out of another shopper’s basket or lining up outside of a store at 6 a.m.

James Roberts, the Ben H. Williams Professor of Marketing at Baylor and author of “Shiny Objects,” a book about modern consumerism, explained one of the reasons why Americans has an obsession with consumerism.

“When we want to see how we’re doing we look to other people. In general, we’re not going to look at other people that we feel are beneath us on the social ladder, we’re going to look upward. When we see them in these types of brands we want the brands too,” Roberts said. “Sometimes we can’t afford it but when something like [Jason Wu for Target] comes along, it’s an opportunity for us to share with our aspirations the products and brands they use.”

In a story titled “Steal of the Month: Super Cheap, But Still Chic,” Alexa Chung, host of “24 Hour Catwalk,” wears the dot-print, navy shirt dress from Wu’s Target collection.

Chung emphasized the ability to remain fashionable without wearing high-end fashion.

Even though the collection is more affordable than his actual couture line, a blouse from the collection can cost around $35, which for some can be too costly.

“Target has value. It’s not an expensive place, but they have better products,” Roberts said, ”You’re expecting to go to Target and pay more, but you’re also expecting a little more stylish products.”

However, even a $35 blouse didn’t stop shoppers from getting their hands on Wu’s collection. Within hours of being available to the public, many garments sold out.

“The pieces sold very quickly. We sold out of the accessories on the morning of the release,” Chacon said. “At the end of the day we had sold about 75 percent of our collection.”

If the jersey dress in red and navy stripes or black pleated skirt being sold out is a problem, then more than likely it’ll be available on eBay­ ­— for double or triple the price.

Some people think the garments are worth the money because Wu took a different approach to his Target line. Even with a different perspective, he was still keen to detail. Wu has said he made sure his garments were not only beautiful on the outside, but inside as well.

It’s not sold out already and the collection is available in 1,200 of the 1,800 total Target stores. Can’t find it an Target? Try their website, it even offers pieces that are not sold in stores as online-only exclusives.

No luck at Target.com? There’s always eBay.

No. 22 senior pitcher Trent Blank pitches against TCU on Tuesday at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears beat TCU 7-1.
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By Greg DeVries
Sports Writer

No. 25 Baylor baseball was four outs away from a no-hitter as it improved to 4-0 on the season, defeating the No. 15 TCU Horned Frogs Tuesday by a score of 7-1 in front of a crowd of nearly 2,800 at Baylor Ballpark.

The winning pitcher was senior right-hander Trent Blank (2-0).

The Bears opened the scoring early. A sacrifice fly to left-center field from junior center fielder Logan Vick put the Bears up 1-0 in the first inning. Junior designated hitter Nathan Orf scored the run.

The Bears’ offense continued its success in the second inning. Junior shortstop Jake Miller scored from third base on a passed ball by TCU pitcher Brandon Finnegan. Baylor extended its lead to 2-0.

“The team that scores first wins a high percentage of the games. I think the biggest thing was getting the four in the bottom of the eighth. That changes the game a little bit in how you manage it,” head coach Steve Smith said.

After stalling in the third inning, the Bears picked the scoring back up in the fourth inning. Sophomore pinch hitter Lawton Langford scored from second on junior third baseman Cal Towey’s single to center field.

Baylor made a pitching change heading into the fifth inning. After pitching four hitless innings, senior right-handed pitcher Trent Blank handed the ball to junior right-hander Kolt Browder.

Browder was pulled in the top of the eighth inning. He threw three hitless innings before senior right-handed pitcher Joey Hainsfurther took the mound. The Horned Frogs finally got their first hit of the game with two outs in the eighth inning.

“You try not to think about [the no-hitter],” Hainsfurther said. “Honestly, I hadn’t thought about it until somebody down in the bullpen thought it was smart to say in the seventh inning, ‘Hey, they don’t have any hits yet, do [they]?’ I don’t think that helped much, but they were battling at the plate so you had to think that one was going to come eventually.”

In the bottom of the eighth inning, freshman right fielder Adam Toth scored on a passed ball. Senior catcher Josh Ludy then hit a single to right field that scored two runs.

After the Bears loaded the bases again, freshman left-fielder Michael Howard drew an RBI walk to make the score 7-0.

“I’ve been seeing the ball pretty well,” Ludy said. “And [I am] just trying to be patient with the situation and understand what they’re trying to … get out of me, and understand where the fielders are playing and trying to adjust to that.”

A sacrifice fly by TCU’s third baseman scored the first run of the game for the Horned Frogs in the top of the ninth inning. This run was the first allowed by the Baylor bullpen this season.

Langford had his first career three-hit game. He had a double and also scored a run. The 4-0 start is Baylor’s best start in four years.

The Bears travel to play Texas State at 6:30 p.m. today in Round Rock.

No. 42 junior post Brittney Griner goes up with the ball against the Texas Longhorns in a 80-59 victory on Tuesday at the Ferrell Center.
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By Krista Pirtle
Sports Writer

Kids are taught sharing is caring, but when it comes to the Big 12 regular season title that is just not the case.

The No. 1 Baylor Lady Bears now stand alone at the top of the conference after beating the Texas Longhorns 80-59 Tuesday at the Ferrell Center.

Before tipoff, junior Brittney Griner was presented a basketball for becoming the fourth Lady Bear to score 2,000 points. Coincidentally, she scored the first bucket for Baylor in less than a minute.

In only 28 minutes of play, Griner scored her 40th career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. This happened to be her 100th game in the green and gold. Junior Destiny Williams also recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 boards.

Junior Kimetria “Nae Nae” Hayden stepped up for the Lady Bears behind the arch, going 3 for 5 and totaling 17 points on the evening.

“I really didn’t have any confidence,” Hayden said. “[Head coach Kim Mulkey] kept telling me someone had to shoot it. Once the ball has been reversed, don’t give up an open look.”

Sophomore Odyssey Sims had only seven points but a team-high six assists. Junior Brooklyn Pope played 20 minutes, scoring 13. She went to the free throw line 16 times but only found the bottom of the net seven.

“It’s embarrassing,” Pope said. “I’ve been working on them. It’s just muscle memory. My muscles aren’t strong enough to remember. I could have had more points than Brittney Griner.”

The Lady Bears out-rebounded Texas 51-39. These boards allowed Baylor 21 second-chance points.

The Longhorns ran a sag two-three zone defense with at least two players within reach of Griner.

“Don’t pass it up,” Mulkey said. “I’ll take you out of the game if you pass it up.”

Despite the wide-open looks, Baylor patiently reversed the ball until a hole was discovered in the defense and an easy bucket was scored down low.

The Lady Bears owned the paint, scoring 40 to Texas’ 26.

On the defensive side for Baylor, the Lady Bears once again held their opponent to under 50 percent shooting from the floor.

“It’s their perimeter defense that sets the tone,” Texas head coach Gail Goestenkors said.

The Lady Bears also had 10 steals on the evening as Griner, Hayden and Pope each had two.

Baylor also played smart, fouling a total of nine times for the entire game.

Texas only made it to the free throw line once on a shooting foul.

With under two minutes left to play, sophomore Shanay Washington went down with what looked to be another ACL injury.

“She thinks it’s torn again and she heard a pop,” Mulkey said. “It’s a big downer. Life’s not fair.”

With its first goal met, Baylor hits the road to finish out the rest of conference play, taking on the Jayhawks at 6:30 p.m. Friday in Lawrence, Kan.

DAYTON — Texas authorities said Tuesday they removed 11 children from a crowded home where a registered sex offender lives after they found eight confined in a small, dark bedroom with restraints tying some to their beds.

Along with the children, 10 adults were living in the one-story, 1,700-square-foot home in Dayton, about 30 miles northeast of Houston, Child Protective Services spokeswoman Gwen Carter said.

One month after a raid on the house, authorities are still trying to determine how the children are related and why they were there, she said.

The children ranged in age from 5 months to 11 years.

Three who were age 5 or older had not been enrolled in school, Carter said.

The children were removed after authorities found two 2-year-old children tied to a bed during a January visit to the home, according to a court document.

A legally blind, 5-year-old girl “was in a restraint on a filthy mattress, and appeared to be in a daze,” the document said.

One child had a black eye and knocked-out tooth.

The adults told investigators they tied the children when they slept or took a nap during the day “for safety,” the document said.

An investigator noted that none of the adults said they saw anything wrong with the arrangement.

Two of the children had what authorities feared was pneumonia and were taken to a children’s hospital.

All have since been placed in foster homes, Carter said.

The case is still under investigation, and Dayton Police Sgt. Doug O’Quinn said officials are looking into criminal charges.

Liberty County District Attorney Mike Little said his office would present a case to a grand jury next month, but he declined to discuss possible suspects or charges.

“Our primary concern was to make sure that the children were stable and safe,” Carter said.

The home with a “No Trespassing” sign out front is in a subdivision near land used for farming and ranching.

A tricycle and other toys were in the backyard Tuesday, and several cars were parked outside.

People leaving the home declined to talk to media assembled outside, and other residents and their relatives declined to comment or didn’t respond to phone messages.

One person in Texas’ online sex offender registry listed the house as his address.

Mark E. Marsh III was convicted in Michigan 15 years ago of criminal sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl.

He did not have a working phone number listed.

Neighbor Wayne Hardin said he never saw the youngest children and had no idea so many people were living in the house.

Though he often saw eight or more cars parked outside, Hardin said he was told the residents had a big family.

“I was shocked,” said Hardin, who had called police about loud music blaring from the house. “We didn’t have a clue.”

Along with the children, two teenage runaways with a stolen car were at the home, authorities said.

The boys, both 16, admitted running away from foster homes, smoking marijuana and driving a car they knew was stolen, authorities said. Carter said the home was not registered as a foster home or day care.