Alum dispels popular myth

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November 27, 2012

jimOscar-2 FTW — Mr. Jim Hillin stands on the red carpet before attending the 2012 Oscar Awards Ceremony.
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By Maegan Rocio

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Baylor and “Beauty and the Beast” have a history, but not in the way many have heard.

A 1979 Baylor alum, Jim Hillin, who was the Computer Generated Imagery Supervisor of the 1991 animated feature, helped design the famous ballroom scene of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.”

“I was looking for a new gig,” he said. “I got a call from Disney, from producer Don Hahn.”

Hillin was working in Hollywood when he was hired as part of the CGI staff after interviewing with Hahn.

“He gave me the job to do the graphics,” he said. “At the time, the department in 1990 was about 12 people. He wanted me to do two sequences: the fight scene at the end on the castle and the ballroom scene. There was so much work to be done to put it together before nine months that I couldn’t guarantee that we’d get it done, so we did the ballroom scene.”

According to a Nov. 8 Baylor Proud Newsletter, the rumor is the famous ballroom scene from “Beauty and the Beast” was modeled after Baylor’s Armstrong Browning Library.

Hillin said the rumor is not true.

“The design came from the art director, and I was just following his directions,” he said.

Some Baylor students were disappointed to hear that the myth turned out to be false.

San Antonio freshman Rachel Hess said she heard the story from her tour group guide while passing the library.

“I guess it’s just a little disappointing, but still it was a nice thought because our library is really pretty,” she said.

Tatum sophomore Emily Roberson said she heard the rumor from her roommate and despite being told the rumor is false, she said the news hasn’t changed her positive perception of the library or the movie.

“I think she heard it on a campus tour and then she told me about it,” Roberson said. “I was really excited like, ‘Oh, that’s so cool!’”

Hillin has a long history working in the film industry.

Born on Oct. 29, 1955, Hillin lived in Corpus Christi with his family until they moved to Houston, where he completed his firstthrough eighth-grade schooling before moving back to Corpus Christi to finish high school.

Hillin said he has had an interest in animation and film since he was a child, but instead chose to study music at Baylor.

After graduating from Baylor, Hillin attended California State University at Northridge where he earned his master’s in composition for television and film.

Hillin said he began his film and animation career when he worked as a composer for the 30-minute film adaptation of “Pickman’s Model,” a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft.

Besides working as the CGI supervisor for “Beauty and the Beast,” Hillin has also worked on other well-known films.

While with Disney, he worked on “Aladdin” in 1992 as the CGI Modeler/Renderman Consultant, then later in 2000 on the Disney film “Dinosaur.”

He was offered a job to work on “The Lion King,” but declined to find work at another film company.

Since then, Hillin has worked for six film companies, including Metro Light, Digital Domain Productions, Warner Bros. Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Hillin has also been on staff for special effects companies, such as Entity FX and Gradient Effects where he worked on big name films such as “Spider-Man 2,” “Beowulf” and “Speed Racer.”

Hillin was inducted into the Motion Picture Academy for his special effects work on “Dinosaur” in 2002.

He is also a member of The Animation Guild, The Visual Effects Society and the Visual Effects Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Hillin worked on the movies “Bullet to the Head” and “Jack the Giant Slayer” last year and is currently working on a horror film called “Home.”

Hillin said he has had a good time working in the animation and film industry since 1984.

“Computer graphics is what I do,” he said. “That’s my specialty.”

Hillin is willing to help any students that are interested in finding professional work in the animation and film industry because he had trouble finding work opportunities after graduating from school.

He said social media and Internet now make this task easier.

“Students can ask me about the business if they are interested in that kind of work,” he said. “They can get in touch with me.”

Hillin has both a Linked-In account and a Facebook account.

He can also be reached via email at jimbo@wire-heads.com.

Baylor honored for grounds management excellence

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November 27, 2012

Campus Illustration — The Sadie Jo Black gardens in Founders Mall is one of the many gardens at Baylor that attribute to the Green Star Award that Baylor recieved. File Photo

By Reubin Turner

Staff Writer

Students at Baylor have all walked by the Sadie Jo Black Gardens located on Founders Mall and noticed vibrant plants and flowers that add a hint of aesthetic beauty amid the hustle and bustle of undergraduates scrambling to class.

With the university’s newest award, it seems there are others who have taken note as well.

The Professional Grounds Management Society awarded the University the 2012 Green Star Award last month.

The society was created in 1911 to unite professional grounds managers while promoting the education of grounds keeping among its members.

The university was one of seven to win the award among the universities who entered the 2012 competition.

Don Bagby, director of facilities management at Baylor, attended the national conference in Louisville, Ky., and accepted the award on behalf of Baylor.

The 2012 awards dinner was held in conjunction with the School of Grounds Management and GIE+EXPO.

Baylor, a city within a city that boasts a population of approximately 15,000 students, has a 26-member groundskeeping staff that helps manage its 350 acres of land.

Bagby says that although that is a relatively small staff for the university’s size, the staff does an excellent job of maintaining the grounds.

“Baylor is very proud of our grounds maintenance team for the diligence required to obtain this recognition,” Bagby said in a university press release.

He also said it is through the leadership of ground managers Andy Trimble and Brandon Martin that the university was recognized as one of the best-looking campuses.

Martin says that many are not aware of the time and effort the staff puts into keeping up the university grounds.

“We spend at least 40 hours a week maintaining the university grounds,” Martin said, which consists of approximately 10 and a half million square feet.”

Martin also said during special events on the campus such as homecoming and graduation, they spend at least two weeks prepping.

During the course of the school year, Martin said, there are two major color changes of the flowers, which include the change-outs of 1,000 flats of flowers.

He added that there is one major chrysanthemum change each year before homecoming, which includes 700-1,000 mum changes.

“There is never a dull moment,” Martin said, adding that throughout the summer and the mowing season, they mow the entire campus weekly.

One of the most well-known gardens on campus, the Sadie Jo Black Gardens, was created in 2005. Black, a Baylor alumna who taught at Baylor for 35 years, established the Sadie Jo Black Gardens Endowment Fund to enrich the attractiveness of the university.

Two benches sit by the gardens to give visitors and students the opportunity to sit and enjoy the garden.

Childress Freshman Joshua Caldwell said the various colors of the flowers and the abundance of trees on campus create a peaceful, calming effect.

“It’s more difficult to be stressed when surrounded by such beauty,” Caldwell said.

New law puts bulk of Medicaid costs on Feds

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November 27, 2012

Election Economic Impact — Supporters of health care reform rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on March 28. Associated Press

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — States will receive more than $9 in federal money for every $1 they spend to cover low-income residents under President Barack Obama’s health care law, according to a nonpartisan analysis released Monday.

Expanding Medicaid to cover about 20 million more low-income people will cost more than $1 trillion nationally from 2013 to 2022, said the joint report from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Urban Institute. But the analysis found that states will pay just $76 billion of that, a combined share of roughly 7 percent. The feds will pay the other $952 billion.

Republican governors have resisted the Medicaid expansion, saying it adds an unacceptable burden to already strained budgets. And the Supreme Court handed the governors a victory this summer, ruling that states are free to reject the Medicaid deal.

Medicaid is one of the two main ways that Obama’s law expands coverage to most of the 50 million uninsured U.S. residents. As a broader Medicaid safety net picks up more low-income people, new health insurance markets called exchanges will offer subsidized private coverage to the middle class. Both parts of the strategy take effect in 2014, at the same time that most Americans will be required to carry health insurance or pay a fine.

The new analysis was unlikely to change the minds of state leaders who have already rejected the Medicaid expansion, but it may help shape the debate in a majority of states still on the fence.

Among those refusing are Texas Gov. Rick Perry, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. For most others, the choice will come into sharp focus early next year as state legislatures meet.

“It’s hard to conclude anything other than this is pretty attractive and should be pretty hard for states to walk away from,” said John Holahan, head of the Urban Institute’s Health Policy Research Center and the main author of the study, which used computer models of population, income and insurance coverage.

Under the law, Medicaid will be expanded to cover people up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line, or about $15,400 for an individual. It’s mainly geared to low-income adults with no children at home, who currently cannot get Medicaid coverage in most states. Washington pays all of the cost for the first three years, gradually phasing down to 90 percent.

Some of the main findings:

— States that reject the expansion could still face a substantial increase in their Medicaid costs, as people already eligible for the program but not currently enrolled are prompted to sign up.

— States will save $18 billion from no longer having to offset the cost of charity for low-income uninsured people.

— Some states will actually come out ahead. New York, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and others that already cover low-income childless adults will be able to reap a more generous federal matching rate than they currently get.

— Texas, the state with the highest percentage of uninsured residents, would see a 6 percent increase in Medicaid spending. About 2.4 million residents would be added to the Medicaid rolls.

Medicaid is a federal-state partnership that varies from state to state. So the consequences for state budgets will be different in each case.

Not so for the uninsured, said Alan Weil, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy, an independent research and policy group. “This is more than a fiscal exercise,” said Weil. “There is a human dimension that needs to be part of the discussion far beyond just the dollars.”

Cyber Monday projected to be biggest online sales day of year

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November 27, 2012

Packages ready to ship move along a conveyor belt at the Amazon.com 1.2 million square foot fulfillment center Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in Phoenix. Americans clicked away on their computers and smartphones for deals on Cyber Monday, which is expected to be the biggest online shopping day in history. Shoppers are expected to spend $1.5 billion on Cyber Monday, up 20 percent from last year, according to research firm comScore. That would not only make it the biggest online shopping day of the year, but the biggest since comScore started tracking shoppers' online buying habits in 2001. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

By Mae Anderson

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Americans clicked away on their computers and smartphones for deals on Cyber Monday, which is expected to be the biggest online shopping day in history.

Shoppers are expected to spend $1.5 billion on Cyber Monday, up 20 percent from last year, according to research firm comScore. That would not only make it the biggest online shopping day of the year, but the biggest since comScore started tracking shoppers’ online buying habits in 2001.

Online shopping was up 28.4 percent on Cyber Monday compared with the same time period a year ago, according to figures released late Monday by IBM Benchmark, which tracks online sales. Sales from mobile devices, which include tablets, rose 10.1 percent. The group does not track dollar amount sales.

The strong start to Cyber Monday, a term coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed people were doing a lot of shopping on their work computers on the Monday following Thanksgiving, comes after overall online sales rose significantly during the four-day holiday shopping weekend that began on Thanksgiving.

“Online’s piece of the holiday pie is growing every day, and all the key dates are growing with it,” said Forrester Research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru. “The Web is becoming a more significant part of the traditional brick-and-mortar holiday shopping season.”

It’s the latest sign that Americans are becoming addicted to the convenience of the Web. With the growth in smartphones and tablet computers, shoppers can buy what they want, whenever they want, wherever they want. As a result, retailers have ramped up the deals they’re offering on their websites during the holiday shopping season, a time when stores can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue.

Amazon.com, which started its Cyber Monday deals at 12:01 a.m. Monday, is offering as much as 60 percent off a Panasonic VIERA 55-inch TV that’s usually priced higher than $1,000. Sears is offering $430 off a Maytag washer and dryer, each on sale for $399. And Kmart is offering 75 percent off all of its diamond earrings and $60 off a 12-in-1 multigame table on sale for $89.99.

How well retailers fare on Cyber Monday will offer insight into Americans’ evolving shopping habits during the holiday shopping season. With the growth in high speed Internet access and the wide use of smartphones and tablets, people are relying less on their work computers to shop than they did when Shop.org, the digital division of trade group The National Retail Federation, introduced the term “Cyber Monday.”

As a result, the period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday has become busy for online shopping as well. Online sales on Thanksgiving Day, traditionally not a popular day for online shopping, rose 32 percent over last year to $633 million, according to comScore. Online sales on Black Friday were up 26 percent from last year, to $1.042 billion. It was the first time online sales on Black Friday surpassed $1 billion.

For the holiday season-to-date, comScore found that $13.7 billion has been spent online, marking a 16 percent increase over last year. The research firm predicts that online sales will surpass 10 percent of total retail spending this holiday season. The National Retail Federation estimates that overall retail sales in November and December will be up 4.1 percent this year to $586.1 billion.

But as other days become popular for online shopping, Cyber Monday may lose some of its cache. To be sure, Cyber Monday hasn’t always been the biggest online shopping day. In fact, up until three years ago, that title was historically earned by the last day shoppers could order items with standard shipping rates and get them delivered before Christmas. That day changes every year, but usually falls in late December.

Even though Cyber Monday is expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year, industry watchers say it could just be a matter of time before other days take that ranking.

“Of all the benchmark spending days, Thanksgiving is growing at the fastest rate, up 128 percent over the last five years,” said Andrew Lipsman, a spokesman with comScore.

Feds seize 132 domain names

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November 27, 2012

By Carolyn Thompson

Associated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. — More than 100 domain names were seized in an international crackdown on websites that sell counterfeit merchandise, federal authorities said Monday, just in time for the biggest online shopping day of the year.

It was the third consecutive Cyber Monday that websites selling knockoff sports jerseys, DVDs, cologne and other goods were blocked from doing business. This year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations coordinated the 132-site effort with Europol and police in Belgium, Denmark, France, Romania and the United Kingdom.

“This is not an American problem, it is a global one, and it is a fight we must win,” ICE Director John Morton said in a statement.

At a news conference in Buffalo, investigators displayed tables full of knockoff Buffalo Bills jerseys, cologne and baseball caps purportedly made by Buffalo-based New Era Cap Co., all of which they had ordered online from mostly legitimate-looking websites with addresses such as newerasonlineshop.com.

“Intellectual property theft is not a victimless crime,” said James Spero, special agent-in-charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Buffalo.

Homeland Security field offices in Buffalo, New Jersey, California, Maryland, Colorado and Texas were among those that investigated. Agents worked with copyright holders to confirm that products purchased from the targeted websites were illegal.

“When IP rights are violated, American jobs are lost, business profits are stolen and, ultimately, consumers are cheated,” Spero said.

Most of the counterfeit goods are produced in and shipped from China, authorities said.

U.S. Attorney William Hochul, whose office is prosecuting the lone arrest made in the investigation, said consumers “particularly on days such as today, need to be aware that when they go online to make purchases, such purchases can come with risks.”

The arrested person, Gary Hammer, was charged with trafficking in counterfeit goods, accused of producing and selling counterfeit Microsoft software on Craigslist. He is due in federal court Dec. 12 after pleading not guilty at an initial appearance last week.

Reached by phone Monday, Hammer, of suburban Cheektowaga, denied he’d done anything wrong and called the case “a big misunderstanding.” He said he rebuilds and recycles computers and has occasionally sold what he assumed to be genuine software obtained in trades, given to him or discarded.

“I would never willingly defraud anyone,” Hammer said. “I live by high standards.”

Authorities offered tips for consumers to avoid counterfeit merchandise, advising against buying goods that seem to be priced too low or have been offered through a bulk emailing.

“A lot of these sites are made up to look like the actual thing but grammar’s incorrect a lot of times and prices are well below what they should be,” HSI special agent Nicholas Peruzzini said. “It’s not tough to tell you’re dealing with counterfeit sites.”

Viewpoint: Bowl Championship Series not long for this world

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November 27, 2012

By Lindsey Miner

Finally, an end to the BCS system. May it rest in peace.

Playoffs have crowned a champion and marked an end to seasons from sports like baseball to curling.

Until a solution was formed in June, college football was the exception. It took commissioners less than three hours to deliberate the decision to have a playoff system. That’s how bad our current system is.

This is huge for college football. The result is a manageable, logical and long overdue playoff system that fans have waited on for years.

The premise of the BCS system makes sense, but the application of the current system is a bit problematic. The stated goal is to have the best teams play in the BCS bowls, however, that doesn’t always end up happening.

The change will begin in the 2014 season and continue through 2025. The existing system places the top two teams in the final BCS standings against each other for a national title game.

College football’s new playoff system will feature six bowl games, and will guarantee access to a team from the five non-power conferences including the Big East, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West and Sun Belt.

Instead of the No. 1 and No. 2 teams matching up for a championship game, the new format will include a pair of semifinal games. The winners of the semis will then advance to the championship game on the first “Championship Monday.”

It seems to be a win-win solution. The bowl system survives. The regular season is still as exciting as ever. Tradition lives on. It’s only unfortunate that we can’t impose it this season.

The majority of fans will find the playoff system to be a solution they’ve been hoping for. Sure, it may still have some kinks in the system. But it has to be better than our current situation.

Under our current system enacted in 1998, the BCS has been criticized for institutionalized bias toward the six Automatic Qualifying (AQ) conferences and Notre Dame, an independent team in college football, at the expense of the non-AQ conferences. Since 1998, 11 non-AQ conference teams have finished the season undefeated without getting the chance to play in the national championship game.

To “Baylorify” some of the frustrations, let’s look at last year’s bowl situation. Baylor went 9-3 and got a bid to the Alamo Bowl. Not too shabby.

West Virginia also went 9-3, but got to play in the Orange Bowl, a BCS game. West Virginia got destroyed in the bowl by LSU, showing that they weren’t one of the top teams. There were other teams playing in BCS games with three losses, just like Baylor. So how do you know who’s better?

Boise State probably hates the BCS more than any other team. They’ve been shafted after undefeated seasons in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009. After finishing 11-1 last season and seventh in the final BCS standings, they were snubbed once again in favor of Michigan and Virginia Tech for the Sugar Bowl.

Teams like Boise State, Arkansas, Kansas State and Baylor were all overlooked because of the amount of ticket sales Michigan and Virginia Tech could bring in.

With the new playoff system, these teams might have a chance now to compete in BCS bowls. Only time will tell if the new system will work as well as it sounds.

College football fans can only hope.

Lindsey Miner is a senior business journalism and entrepreneurship major from San Antonio. She is a lab reporter at The Baylor Lariat.

Viewpoint: After Thanksgiving, try to be thankful for the ‘1 percent’

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November 27, 2012

By Danny Huizinga

It may sound shocking to say that I’m thankful for the “1 percent.” But I am. One of many wise things I learned from my parents is to always be thankful for the blessings you have, because you never know when they will be taken away.

It’s easy to succumb to the temptation of demonizing rich people simply because they have more money, better seats for the football game and nicer cars. We are all guilty of it at some point.

The media does it when they talk about Mitt Romney as a “vampire capitalist,” while claiming his millions in charitable donations were “ungenerous” because they mostly went to the Mormon church.

The Occupy movement does it when they implore us to “eat the rich.”

We do it when we scowl at friends with larger houses or new cars and say, “They don’t deserve that.”

Well, as we return from Thanksgiving break for a final week of classes, let’s try a different approach. Let’s give thanks to the people in our lives who have given us so much. Let’s thank God for the blessings we have without envying the blessings we think we deserve instead.

Have you ever bought something from Amazon? Watched a Disney movie? Shopped at Wal-Mart? Used a computer? Then you too have benefited from the innovations and accomplishments of some of the top 25 richest Americans.

Here at Baylor, we are in the process of building a new $250 million football stadium that would not be even close to possible without the extreme generosity of a few families of the “1 percent.”

Think about your the building you’re standing in. Most likely it has a name attached to it: Hankamer School of Business, Rogers Engineering and Computer Science Building, to name a few. The reason we can go to such a beautiful university is because the “1 percent” invested billions of dollars in universities across the country.

This isn’t some new phenomenon. Andrew Carnegie is most widely known for being a “robber baron,” a ruthless businessman who controlled the steel business in the late 19th century. A lesser-known fact is that Carnegie funded 2,507 libraries across the country.

This doesn’t mean rich people should be worshipped. God calls us to treat all people equally, regardless of their economic status. The point is, someone is not automatically “evil” or “spoiled” just because they are wealthy, for the same reason being poor does not mean someone must be considered “lazy.”

In fact, vilifying the rich can often have unintended consequences. A few months ago, the Economist reported on one such occasion in Italy. In an effort to restrain the excesses of the wealthy, Italians imposed a new tax on yachts, supposedly only affecting those who didn’t pay their “fair share.”

Unfortunately, with the new tax campaign, business at marinas, fuel stations and yacht-service companies dropped as well. Thousands of yacht owners moved their boats elsewhere. Restaurants and bars that drew many of their customers from boat tourism took a hit. The new tax policy, though well-meaning, hurt hard-working employees as these other businesses were forced to cut costs or go out of business.

As Thanksgiving is still fresh in our minds, let’s all remember to be thankful to God for the blessings we have been given. Even if some of them come from the “1 percent.”

Danny Huizinga is a sophomore Baylor Business Fellow from Chicago. He manages the political blog Consider Again. Read more at www.consideragain.com.

Editorial: Creeping Yuletide spirit a danger to turkey day

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November 27, 2012

As Thanksgiving season ends abruptly like it does every year, we are all reminded of the harsh consumerism that inevitably surrounds the Christmas season. But Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, right?

Wrong.

Thanksgiving is the best time of the year. The meaning of Thanksgiving has not changed. Being thankful is in the forefront of people’s minds as they joyfully join their family for a feast. Every American can celebrate because we all have things we’re thankful for.

For Christians, Christmas is supposed to be about remembering and celebrating the birth of Christ. Unfortunately, Christmas is now about spending money. The meaning has been bastardized, and few think about the birth of Christ as they marvel at their new video games.

Sure, we are stimulating the economy, but the Christmas season means we have to go out and spend a lot of money on things for people we might not like a whole lot.

There is also a good possibility that your gift to someone will get re-gifted or put in a musty attic. But it’ll all be worth it when you unwrap your scented candle for the third consecutive year, right? There’s none of that nonsense on Thanksgiving.

Aside from cooking, there is no burden on Thanksgiving. You just meet with the family and pig out.

No useless cookbooks or coffee mugs that you have to unwrap, awkwardly smile at, and pretend to like. It’s just you, your family, and your dog enjoying the blessings you have been given.

And let’s not forget good ol’ Thanksgiving football.

Does Christmas have football?

No.

The closest thing Christmas has to the NFL is people getting sacked on their way into Best Buy.

It’s as if everybody turns into Ndamukong Suh and is ready to blitz the store clerks just so they can get an overpriced toy that giggles when you touch it.

And nothing is worse than standing in the bitter cold for last minute Christmas shopping.

Snow is only beautiful and delightful if you’re looking at it from inside your warm cozy home. Snow is dirty, cold, wet and miserable. If it gets in your shoe, then the rest of your day is completely ruined.

Thanksgiving has the beautiful fall leaves and the different colors of the trees. Jumping into a pile of fall leaves brings back happy childhood memories. Jumping into snow is more closely associated with the common cold and frostbite.

This year, Black Friday actually started on Thanksgiving. Many stores started their sales and lines right after dinner time to try and lure the consumer who likes to sleep in.

And why wouldn’t you avoid Black Friday shopping?

This year in Tallahassee, Fla., two people were shot after a fight broke out over a parking spot.

Last year in San Laredo, Calif., several people got pepper sprayed by a woman trying to push her way to a crate of Xbox games.

In 2010 in Florida, a man was arrested for carrying a handgun, two knives, a pepper spray grenade and drugs while doing some Black Friday shopping at Wal-Mart.

If sleeping in seems like a better option than shopping, that’s because it is. But if you absolutely have to get those great deals, then you could have just shopped on Cyber Monday.

At least on Cyber Monday, you don’t even have to get out of bed to do your Christmas shopping, and it’s a safe distance from Thanksgiving on the calendar.

Black Friday is annoying enough, but now it’s stomping on Thanksgiving’s turf. This needs to stop.

The creeping consumerism that overwhelmed Christmas has planted itself firmly on the doorstep of one of the only true American holidays.

As Americans we need to find a way to separate the wholesomeness of family, football and food from the rash spending that the Christmas season brings.

Christmas, in the words of The Rock, “Know your role, and shut your mouth.”

Christmas on Fifth to host foreign language students

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November 27, 2012

thiltges, alexandre2 — Alexandre Thiltges

By Caroline Brewton

City Editor

This year marks the third year modern foreign language students at Baylor will practice for and perform in a concert during Baylor’s annual Christmas on Fifth Street event.

Students studying various foreign languages, including Italian, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, German, Japanese, French, Arabic and Chinese, will sing carols in their language of study from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the Bill Daniel Student Center Bowl.

Rosalie Barrera, a senior lecturer in the Spanish department, has been participating in the concert since it began in 2010.

Barrera wrote in an email to the Lariat that if this year is anything like the last two years, she predicts about 500 student singers, 15 Global Community volunteers and more than 20 modern foreign language professors will participate.

Barrera is also the faculty director of the Global Community Living-Learning Center, an organization that provides housing and global-oriented events for students.

Barrera will serve as a coach to the Spanish students for their performance and will organize the Global Community volunteers.

Students from the Global Community group will organize the singing groups.

Yoshiko Gaines, a lecturer in the Japanese department and a member of the committee who organized the event says, due to the size and number of participants, each language group must organize itself.

“Professors who are willing to participate will coordinate with their fellow professors regarding the song choice and the practice. Everything is left to the individual professor or each language group. It is up to the professors if they want to incorporate this singing into their class,” Gaines wrote in an email.

Some have.

Barrera said the Spanish students have been practicing in class and will be offered the chance to practice more outside of class for one hour each day this week — even though finals and term projects are looming ahead.

“It has been heartwarming to see more and more people see the great value of this event, especially since it occurs during an extremely busy time of the semester,” she wrote.

Others chose to hold practices outside of class time.

Alexandre Thiltges, a lecturer in the French department said on average, about 50 French students from all levels, from beginner students to French majors, showed up for practices even though they were held outside of class.

Thiltges is also co-coordinator of the French performance along with Marie Level.

Thiltges said he wants to thank his students for spending their time contributing to the event.

Several practice sessions were held for the French student singers to learn the song “Il est né, le divin enfant.” In English, this translate as, “He is born, the Holy child.”

The students will sing a capella, without music or instrument to accompany them.

Thiltges, who chose and arranged the song with Level, said contrary to other years, they didn’t choose a song that everyone will know, like a translation of Silent Night.

However, he said, it is “a song every French person will know” because it is traditional.

Thiltges said the event is important to him and he wanted his students to participate — even without the possibility of extra credit to motivate them.

“We can all do something together for this beautiful event, and I hope they don’t need to think about extra credit,” he said.

Thiltges said he has received positive feedback from students this year and in the past.

Westlake Village, Calif., freshman Hayley Nelson, who will sing with the French group, said she is not nervous and wanted to participate because she enjoys singing.

Nelson said she is currently planning to switch her major to vocal performance.

“I think it’s fun. It’s just kind of a nice experience, having Christmas in a French way,” Nelson said.

Nelson, who attended two practices, said she wasn’t inconvenienced by the out-of-class practice times.

“They were before finals and I didn’t have class at the time,” she said.

Thiltges said he believes spectators will be stunned by the beauty of the songs in languages they may not hear often.

“I think it’s incredible that singing songs in all these different languages, we all understand each other” because of the Christmas spirit, he said.

Gaines echoed his sentiment.

“We would like the audience to join us in celebrating Christ’s birth in a universal way that is singing, good or not so good,” she wrote.

Gaines added that she hoped the audience would sing along if they knew the words.

Robert Griffin III returns to Texas

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November 27, 2012

Nick Florence, Robert Griffin III — Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, right, and Baylor quarterback Nick Florence (11) smile on the field after the game against Texas Tech Saturday in Arlington. Baylor won 52-45 in overtime. Associated Press

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A sea of burgundy and gold overwhelmed Cowboys Stadium and waves of “RG3” chants poured out of the hole in the roof.

Thursday was a homecoming for former Baylor and Heisman-winning quarterback Robert Griffin III as he returned to the Lone Star State as a member of the Washington Redskins.

“It was good to be back in Texas, where I have that feeling of being home and where I spent so many years,” Griffin said.

Arlington was Redskin country, if only for a few hours.

“I’m excited to see him back in Texas,” Temple resident Kaitlyn Rogers said. “My husband saw him play in high school and we have followed ever since. Can’t wait to see him back on the field again.”

The feeling was mutual as fan after fan entered Cowboys Stadium, donning the No. 10 in their selected home- or away- colors.

The jersey of the Redskins’ No. 1 pick is now the second-most purchased in the NFL.

“I ordered my jersey a week after he was drafted and didn’t wear it until today,” Fairfax, Va., native Jessica Rapore said. “We come here every year and this year we have RG3. It’s our year.”

Griffin didn’t disappoint the D.C. fans who made the long trip or the growing number of fans in Texas. By the end of the game, Griffin had brought another first to Redskin fans.

Washington left Dallas with its first-ever Thanksgiving Day victory against the Cowboys, and the rookie became the first Redskin to throw four touchdowns in back-to-back games.

“Finally, the future is bright,” said Hubert Rodriguez, a Dallas native who has been a Redskins fan for more than 20 years. “We’ve been waiting for a quarterback for so long, and finally we have one.”

After Griffin’s third touchdown pass of the second quarter, Cowboy fans let out a sound of disgust and followed with a cheer so familiar to the rookie quarterback.

“RG3. RG3. RG3.”

Griffin provided plenty of reasons to cheer with his play on the field, and the rookie admitted to hearing the chants.

“I played here for a long time,” Griffin said. “I know there are fans of me and my family, of what I’ve been able to do at Baylor and Copperas Cove, Texas. It feels good that they can chant your name and whatever because they feel like, at that point, the game was over.”

Baylor Nation excited for third straight bowl

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November 27, 2012

Baylor v Tech — No. 8 running back Glasco Martin carries the ball for a Baylor first down during the game against Texas Tech on Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium. The Bears celebrated a 52-45 bowl clinching victory over the Raiders. Matt Hellman | Lariat Photo Editor

By By Alexa Brackin
And Lindsey Miner
News Editor and Reporter

Baylor’s dramatic 52-45 win on Saturday over Texas Tech wasn’t easy.

After three missed field goal attempts going into overtime, the Bears’ chances at a bowl game appearance looked grim.

“Baylor’s kind of like the Israelites that wandered in the desert for 40 years,” Houston senior Matthew Morgan said. “So based on history, I wouldn’t [have been] surprised if we didn’t make it because our defense is more lame than Congress right now and doesn’t usually get anything done. So I really thought we were done. Doneskis. Put a fork in us.”

All in all, the defense pulled it together to clinch a spot in one of the 35 bowl games that will be played from Dec. 15 to Jan. 7.

“I just saw this as a rebuilding year, I didn’t see us as being competitive,” Plano senior Landen Ellis said. “We were a strong team and just because you lose RG3 doesn’t mean everything goes down the toilet. I thought it was going to be a bit more of a struggle, so I was pleasantly surprised.”

After leading Baylor to its last two bowl games, RG3 had to take a step back and cheer on the Bears as they took on Tech and solidified their bowl game status.

“It was a dog and pony show,” Morgan said. “He’s good publicity…don’t get me wrong, he did well for the Baylor public image. But hey, it put a smile on people’s faces and improved his public image and ours, so it was a win-win.”

It’s currently undecided which bowl game Baylor will play in, but the Bears have a chance to go to the Heart of Dallas Bowl, the New Era Pinstripe Bowl or the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas. The rest of the Big 12 teams have a shot at the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl, the Valero Alamo Bowl, the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl or the AT&T Cotton Bowl are up for grabs for the rest of the Big 12.

“I just don’t feel like it’s a big deal to go to a bowl game anymore because there’s so many, but I’m excited for Baylor nonetheless,” Ellis said. “There’s bowls left and right I’ve never heard of anymore. Every team in the Big 12 is bowl eligible except for Kansas. I feel like every team is eligible except for the worst team in each [conference].”

The impending appearance will mark the third consecutive trip to a bowl game for Baylor football, a first in program history.

“We have to win if we go to a lower-class bowl game,” said Dallas senior Caleb Powell. “We have to absolutely dominate.”

This will be the Bears’ 19th bowl game since its first showing in 1948. There have been only four other times in Baylor football history that they’ve played back-to-back bowl games. In 1960-1961, Baylor played in the Gator and Gotham Bowls, in 1979-1980 it played in the Peach and Cotton Bowls, in 1985-1986 it played in the Liberty and Bluebonnet Bowls and in 1991-1992 it played in the Copper and Sun Bowls.

“It’s a huge recruiting tool and it proves that we have an actual program now instead of just a one-hit-wonder with RG3,” Waco senior Drew Carini said.

Despite the claims that numerous bowl games seemingly decrease the prestige of appearing in one, it does add to the overall success of a school’s football program.

A school’s bowl game legacy is a great recruiting tool for both sports and academics.

“I think it does water it down, I think it makes going to a bowl game not such a big deal,” Argyle senior Tally Blair said. “Yes I’m happy we’re going to one, but with an 0-4 start and still making it to a bowl game, that not exactly elite status.”

This bowl game is proof that Baylor football can still make history without RG3.

“I think it kind of defines us as a prestigious program even without RG3,” Dallas senior Dave Turner said. “I think that was a big question going into this year, if we can uphold what we did in the past. And moving on, I think we’ll get better recruits and I think the future is bright for Baylor football.”

Get to know The Rocket Summer’s Bryce Avary

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November 27, 2012

By James Herd

Reporter

The Rocket Summer, the stage name for solo artist Bryce Avary, is the prime definition of a self-made musician.

Getting the name of the solo project from a chapter title of Ray Bradbury’s “The Martian Chronicles,” Avary has been recording and performing since age 12.

Sitting down with Avary before a recent performance in Waco Hall, the Lariat learned more about Avary’s entry into the music scene and his life experiences so far.

Q: Tell me a little bit about yourself. You started off as a solo project, The Rocket Summer, and it kind of grew into this full band thing. How did you start?

A: I think when I was 12 I started playing guitar and drums, and I just fell in love with it. I recorded the first Rocket Summer CD a couple of years later. I’ve been doing this for a long time. I love music and I love playing a bunch of instruments, and The Rocket Summer has kind of always, and it actually still is, the same thing it always was. I mean, I play all of the instruments on the record, and I get to tour with really great dudes….I’m really blessed to do it, and I’m going to play music forever, I hope.

Q: How does it feel to have such success? Starting off from a solo project, and slowly going up and up, how does it feel to be at this point in your career?

A: It feels good, you know? You can never get entitled because one night we’ll play a really big show, and we’ll drive somewhere else the next night and play a really small show. There’s never really this feeling of, ‘Oh my gosh, man, I’ve made it!’ It’s not really like that, but what’s good about that is that I’m just so grateful for any time that it’s good… It’s not even that, I’m grateful of the fact that anybody cares and listens, especially because I have been doing this for quite a while now — in rock ’n’ roll years I guess — you can say it’s kind of a long time to be putting out records and touring every 10 years. So yeah, I mean it feels good. If I ever come off of the ground, life has a way of pulling me back with the next show.

Q: What would you say is your genre?

A: Probably a really bland, watered-down way of putting it is ‘pop-rock,’ because I don’t even know how to explain it. It’s rock ’n’ roll, it’s melodic and emotional. I just try to make the music. When I write songs I just think about the life that can come from music. There’s kind of [a] celebratory, jovial vibe in a lot of the music. Even when it’s heavy, like heavier topics, there’s kind of a hopeful common thread throughout the whole thing.

Q: Are there any particular recording rituals that you may have, that you have to do each time you go into the booth?

A: Not really, since I do it all on the records, like every Rocket Summer record if you’ve ever heard a song, everything is actually me playing those parts. I’m never not working, so if I had a ritual before everything, it’d probably take a really long time. I certainly try to pray before I make a record, and during the process, because I just feel like everything good that exists is because God was working through something. Without his favor, I just feel like I would end up just sounding like a hack on whatever I’m playing.

Avary performed alongside David Dulcie and Layne Lynch on Nov. 15 in Waco Hall, with many of his fans in the audience singing along to the words like they’ve known them for years.

For more information on Bryce Avary and The Rocket Summer, visit www.TheRocketSummer.com.

‘Psycho’-babble: ‘Hitchcock’ tries hard but lacks interest

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November 27, 2012

By Kenneth Turan

McClatchy-Tribune

Few directors put up as convincing a mask as Alfred Hitchcock or were as adept at using that public face to sell their work to the wider world. But what was the master of suspense really like in his private moments?

With Anthony Hopkins as the great helmsman and Helen Mirren as Alma Reville, his wife of more than 50 years, “Hitchcock” puts major league star power at the service of its peek-behind-closed-doors premise. But whatever that relationship was like in real life, this is one cinematic portrait of a marriage we could have lived without.

That’s not to say that “Hitchcock” is without its points of interest. Its pair of stars have their moments — a scene of the great man pitching a fit as he cleans leaves out of his pool is hard to resist — and the film buffs in the audience will enjoy having movie history circa 1959 come to life as Hitchcock simultaneously worries about his marriage and his chances of getting the groundbreaking chiller “Psycho” off the ground.

But, as directed by Sacha Gervasi from a script by John J. McLaughlin based on Steven Rebello’s book, “Hitchcock” is unable to overcome a pair of linked problems: Its protagonists turn out to be not especially interesting and the audience is not presented any convincing reason to care about what happens in their lives.

“Hitchcock” tries a number of strategies to make him a person of interest, including emphasizing his voyeuristic, Peeping Tom tendencies, presenting him for instance peering through a tiny hole to spy on actress Vera Miles (Jessica Biel).

Fearing this was not enough, the film dragoons the spirit of murderer and necrophiliac grave robber Ed Gein (Michael Wincott), one of the real-life inspirations for Robert Bloch’s original “Psycho” novel, into the proceedings, positing him as a kind of alter ego for Hitchcock, appearing to the director in visions and dreams. It’s about as appealing as it sounds.

The Gein business only serves to underline Hopkins’ rare inability to make a character come fully to life. Perhaps feeling constrained rather than freed by the considerable makeup he has to wear, Hopkins is unable to push his Hitchcock past the point of impersonation and turn him into a character we have an interest in spending quality time with.

Similarly, aside from some vivid moments of pique at her husband’s peculiarities, Mirren’s Alma is more a cipher than a compelling presence. “Hitchcock” tries to liven her story up with a flirtation with writer Whitfield Cook (Danny Huston), but to no avail.

What is diverting, at least for classic movie fans, is the film’s re-creation of the Hollywood of the time, with effective cameos by Michael Stuhlbarg as Hitchcock’s savvy agent (and later studio head) Lew Wasserman, Richard Portnow as Paramount topper Barney Balaban and Kurtwood Smith as Production Code enforcer Geoffrey Shurlock. Giving the film’s most alive performance is Scarlett Johansson as “Psycho” costar Janet Leigh.

What “Hitchcock” can’t convey is any sense of urgency about its characters’ predicaments. It’s hard to get worked up about whether “Psycho” does or doesn’t get made, and the potential fiscal sacrifices the Hitchcocks have to make, including giving up foie gras flown in from Paris in favor of some produced in Barstow, do not compel us either.

Though the official line is that “Hitchcock” is some kind of a love story, its sensibility is too decidedly odd to make that old-fashioned aspect of the story convincing. There is a listless quality to this production, and invasions of privacy aside, Alfred Hitchcock would definitely not approve.

Renowned philosopher to speak about faith in modern era at BU

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November 27, 2012

By Linda Nguyen
Staff Writer

He’s the greatest philosopher in the world, according to some.

Dr. Charles Taylor, professor of philosophy at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, will speak at 7:30 p.m. today in the Meditation Room in the Armstrong Browning Library as part of the Roy B. Albaugh Lecture series sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa.

His lecture, “21st Century Religion: Faith in the Age of Authenticity,” is free and open to the public.

Dr. Michael Foley, chair of the Albaugh Lecture Committee of the Phi Beta Kappa chapter of Baylor University and associate professor of Patristics in the Honors College, said the annual lecture series has been going on for several decades.

“The goal is to bring a prominent intellectual figure to Baylor for the benefit of the university and the Waco community,” Foley said. “We’ve had very impressive speakers in the past. This year will be no exception.”

Foley said Taylor is considered one of the world’s greatest living philosophers.

“We chose him because, not only is he considered to be one of the world’s greatest living philosophers, but also because we were convinced he would contribute to conversation at Baylor, especially regarding matters relating to religious faith,” Foley said.

“Dr. Taylor is a very intelligent commentator about faith in the modern age.”

Foley said the lecture will build upon one of Taylor’s most famous works, a book titled “A Secular Age.”
“In it, he talked about faith in an age of secularism,” Foley said. “He’s further reflecting about this theme as we continue going forward into the 21st century. It will be really interesting to people interested in Dr. Taylor’s works, and it will also be very interesting to people who are new to Dr. Taylor’s thought.”

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Baylor’s going bowling

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November 25, 2012

By Krista Pirtle
Sports Editor

The Baylor Bears are writing history, becoming the first team in program history to advance to three consecutive bowl games, after becoming eligible with a 52-45 overtime victory over Texas Tech.

A series of firsts were recorded for Baylor: junior linebacker Eddie Lackey’s first game with a pair of interceptions, one returned for a touchdown and a fumble recovery.

“Coach Bennett does a great job of getting us in the right position at the right time,” sophomore nickel back Ahmad Dixon said. “You just have to make the plays and that’s what Eddie was doing. He just made the plays when he was in the right position. On his first interception, if I recall right, the guy was running an over route and he was underneath coverage. And the quarterback threw it and he just jumped the route. The second one he was just at the right place at the right time. On the strip, Chris McAlister stripped the quarterback and he just jumped the ball. I mean, he was just in the right place. That’s what coach Bennett’s scheme does. It gets us in the right place. We just have to execute.”

Plus, sophomore receiver Levi Norwood recorded his first touchdown, and senior receiver Terrance Williams is now the all-time leader in all-purpose yards with 4,583, passing former BU All-American Kendall Wright.

It was also Baylor’s first overtime game of the season.

The Bears had the ball to start overtime play, and quarterback senior quarterback Nick Florence ran the ball for eight yards to the Tech 17-yard line.

Junior running back Glasco Martin would get the nod the rest of the possession, running for 13 yards before a four-yard punch into the end zone.

Tech’s possession started with a holding penalty, moving its offense back 10 yards.

Two incomplete passes later, Tech senior quarterback Seth Doege found a receiver to make it fourth-and-five.

His next pass, however, was broken up by junior cornerback Joe Williams to seal the victory and become bowl eligible.

“I was praying a lot,” Florence said. “I’m proud of this team. I’m thankful for the opportunity to play with this team. Win or lose, all glory goes to God and what he’s done on the cross for us. This team is a fighting team. I love it, and I wouldn’t want to be on any other team. There was a lot of praying going on.”

Florence was 22-of-37 for 396 yards and three touchdowns.

Sophomore running back Lache Seastrunk started for Baylor and recorded 136 yards on the ground, and Martin followed with 98 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Williams ended with 175 yards and a score.

For Texas Tech, Doege finished 30-of-40 for 359 yards and three touchdowns.

Senior receiver Darrin Moore lit up the Bears’ secondary for 186 yards through the air and a pair of touchdowns.

“Texas Tech has a really good football team,” Baylor head coach Art Briles said. “They’re just a tremendously dangerous football team. A team that’s been ranked all year up until this week, they’re a team that you can never blink an eye on or next thing you know, you’re down 14 points, or they’re making a big play on defense, or they’re having a big play on special teams.”

The Bears started out the game on offense, but junior kicker Aaron Jones missed a 42-yard field goal.

Texas Tech scored first when senior corner back Chance Casey blitzed and was blocked, leaving the right sideline open for Doege to run it in 19 yards for the touchdown.

After a Baylor punt, the Red Raiders got the ball back and scored off a five-yard rush.

A 40-yard reception by senior receiver Terrance Williams set up the Baylor offense at the Texas Tech three-yard line, but it took three attempts from Martin at the one-yard line before he crossed the plain for a touchdown.

The Red Raiders started the second half out with a 23-yard touchdown pass.

The half ended with an eight play, 93-yard drive in 1:27, climaxing with sophomore receiver Levi Norwood’s first career touchdown, a 39-yard pass.

That drive was made possible by a sack on Texas Tech senior quarterback Seth Doege by Baylor junior defensive end Chris McAllister, forcing a fumble that was recovered by Lackey.

The Bears forced another turnover in the second quarter, an interception by junior corner back Sam Holl, at Baylor’s own four-yard line.

Baylor’s possession that followed ended by the Red Raider defense stuffing junior running back Glasco Martin at the two-yard line.

In the third quarter, Baylor outscored the Red Raiders 14-10.

The Bears forced Texas Tech to kick a 29-yard field goal in its first possession of the half.

Both teams punted the ball before Baylor scored.

A 36-yard pass to Williams set up the Bears on the four-yard line.

Florence would take the ball, drop it while handing it to Martin, pick it up and run it in for the touchdown.

It wasn’t quite the fumblerooski, but it was a score nonetheless.

Texas Tech was quick to answer, running the kickoff 97 yards to the house.

Just over two minutes later, Florence would throw a pass to senior receiver Lanear Sampson in the end zone, who muscled over the defender to pull the ball down for the touchdown.

“Well I don’t know if the person jumped offsides or not,” Sampson said. “Well, they didn’t call it, but usually we try to get them to jump. And I knew it was just me and the corner one-on-one. I was just trying to make a play for Nick.”

Baylor’s defense would start the fourth quarter out hot off a 55-yard pick-six by Lackey.

“I think he had an interception for a touchdown,” Briles said. “It’s hard to think when you’re screaming.”

This gave Baylor its first lead of the game, 35-31 over Texas Tech.

The Red Raiders, however, trekked down the field and scored a touchdown of their own, going up by three points over Baylor.

Baylor’s next drive was helped out by 22 yards of Red Raider penalties, and Florence found Williams in the corner of the end zone for seven points, making the score 42-38.

Texas Tech would take the lead back with a pass over the top of Casey, going up by three.

After a 33-yard pass to Sampson set the Bears up in the red zone, Baylor had to settle for a 22-yard field goal, tying the game at 45.

With time winding down, what looked like a Texas Tech possession to end the game was cut short by Lackey’s second interception of the game.

For the game, Baylor’s defense forced four turnovers, three interceptions and a fumble, and the Bears’ offense didn’t commit any.

“Well, it’s self-inflicted, but there’s turnovers usually in every game,” Texas Tech head coach Tommy Tuberville said. “They rolled the ball back, dropped it on the goal line, picked it up and scored. It’s just one of those things. I don’t know, you don’t make excuses. We went in today to make enough plays, and we didn’t.”

Each defensive player that came in to the post game interviews said that they were just “in the right place at the right time.”

And that’s just where Baylor is.

With six wins, it is now bowl eligible.

Man faces sentencing for extorting RGIII

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November 21, 2012

By DANNY ROBBINS

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WACO, Texas — A former Baylor basketball player has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for trying to extort $1 million from Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III.

U.S. District Judge Walter Smith also ordered 26-year-old Richard Hurd pay a $1,000 fine for threatening to release unspecified damaging information about Griffin last June.

Hurd could have been sentenced to as many as three years behind bars after pleading guilty in September to two charges relating to the scam, uncovered when Griffin’s agent contacted authorities.

During a brief hearing Wednesday, Hurd told Smith that he had “messed up” and wanted to apologize to his family.

Griffin won the Heisman Trophy at Baylor last year and was the second player selected in the 2012 draft.

Baylor scores by land, by air, by Seastrunk

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November 19, 2012

BaylorKansas2 — No. 25 running back Lache Seastrunk breaks away from the Kansas State defense on Saturday in Waco for a Baylor touchdown. The Bears brought down the No. 1 ranked Wildcats with a crushing 52-24 victory. Makenzie Mason | Round Up Photo Editor

By Daniel Hill

Sports Writer

Usually athletes don’t cry after a win, but they do occasionally shed tears after a loss.

Baylor sophomore running back Lache Seastrunk was so overcome with emotion in the waning moments of Baylor’s 52-24 victory over No. 1 Kansas State that he shed a few tears of joy.

“I broke into tears,” Seastrunk said. “Thirty seconds left, I don’t even know. It just came out. So magical to see your dream unfold right before your eyes, what you wanted for two years.”

Seastrunk’s emotion is understandable. After leaving the University of Oregon, where he redshirted as a freshman and did not play, he transferred to Baylor in August of 2011 and had to sit out the entire season due to NCAA transfer rules.

In effect, Seastrunk hasn’t actually played in a football game in nearly two years.

Seastrunk had a breakout performance on Saturday against the Wildcats as he rushed for a career-high 185 yards.

A major chunk of Seastrunk’s yardage came on an explosive 80 yard touchdown run where he knifed through the center of the Kansas State defense and turned on the jets for a touchdown.

Because of his speed, Seastrunk has been named the “Lightning” of the Baylor backfield and bruising 6’1”, 220-pound junior running back Glasco Martin is the “Thunder” of the Baylor running backs.

Martin rushed for 113 yards and a career high three touchdowns against the Wildcats.

“Glasco brought the punch,” Seastrunk said. “He’s pure power. If he gets going, he’s a locomotive. He’s going to move you over, period. You’re either going to get hit with the loud thunder and your ears are going to start hurting, or just pure lightning and get stuck in place, get stunned.”

The running game was at its best Saturday against Kansas State.

Earlier in the season, the rushing attack might have been undervalued and overused, but Baylor is finding its stride with a balanced rushing attack.

“I feel like we should have been rushing the ball a lot from the beginning of the year,” Martin said. “I feel like we just kind of found the right mix of running backs and when to use who and when to utilize our skills. So I think it’s finally coming together.”

With 342 yards rushing against Kansas State, the Baylor rushing attack is on track.

Even senior quarterback Nick Florence got in on the rushing attack by contributing 47 yards on the ground.

“Really just the offensive line was making holes and we’ve got great running backs,” Florence said. Props go to the offensive line. They did a good job on the run game. They did a good job of protecting me. They did a great job. We’ve got to win up front if we’re going to win the ball game.”

Every facet of the Bears rushing attack delivered against Kansas State, and this bodes well for the rest of the Baylor season.

With thunder and lightning, the Bears are hoping to come up with some late season electricity in the rushing game.

Winning in the trenches

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November 19, 2012

Baylor:Kansas1 — The Baylor offense and the Kansas State defense get set before a play during the game on Saturday in Waco. The Bears walked away with a dominating 52-24 victory against the No. 1 ranked Wildcats. Makenzie Mason | Round Up Photo Editor

By Daniel Hill

Sports Writer

With Baylor’s stunning 52-24 display of dominance over No. 1 Kansas State, one position group stands out from among the rest: the offensive line.

Every game of football is won at the line of scrimmage.

To put it lightly, Baylor dominated the trenches against Kansas State.

Baylor senior quarterback Nick Florence had ample time in the pocket to find his receivers on his way to throwing for 238 yards and two touchdowns.

Baylor running backs junior Glasco Martin and sophomore Lache Seastrunk both had career days behind the potent Baylor offensive line.

“Props go to the o-line,” Florence said.

“They did a good job on the run game, and they did a good job of protecting me. Did I get sacked? I don’t know. I don’t remember. But they did a great job. We’ve got to win up front if we’re going to win the ball game,” he said.

Seastrunk rushed for a career-high 185 yards and turned on the jets for an 80-yard touchdown run where he sliced the Kansas State Wildcats defense.

Martin, rushed for 113 yards and had a career high three touchdowns.

Martin and Seastrunk will deservedly receive credit for their performances, but let’s not forget the offensive line.

The running backs know how crucial the offensive line is to their success and after the game, both Martin and Seastrunk were quick to praise their teammates.

“You’ve got to give full credit to the offensive line,” Martin said.

“They made some very big holes that me and Lache took advantage of. We’ve got to thank them,” he said.

While the quarterback, wide receivers and running backs typically absorb the lion’s share of the glory, the offensive line is typically overlooked.

What the line does isn’t flashy or eye-popping, but it’s an intrinsic part of football.

With Spencer Drango, Cameron Kaufhold, Ivory Wade, Cyril Richardson and Troy Baker, the Bears have a massive offensive line that is loaded with talent, experience and young players with high potential.

Drango, starting left tackle, is only a redshirt freshman and he is already up to the task of protecting Florence’s blindside.

Kaufhold is an experienced senior at left guard that adds veteran savvy to the offensive line.

Wade, the starting center, has played tackle for the Bears in his career and is a viable NFL prospect.

Right tackle Baker is only a sophomore and his upside is through the roof.

The most heralded Baylor offensive lineman is certainly right guard Richardson.

In several publications, Richardson has been projected as a future first-round NFL draft pick.

Richardson is massive at 6’5” and 335 pounds.

He’s exceptionally athletic and is a true mauler at the line of scrimmage.

In run blocking, Richardson has superb technique and overpowers opposing defensive linemen.

With these five at the line of scrimmage, Baylor has an optimistic outlook for the rest of the scheduled two games of the season and possible bowl game.

The future is promising with this offensive line, and the present is rewarding too.

On Saturday against the best team in college football, the Bears outmuscled the Wildcats and imposed their will.

They dictated the flow of the game and they allowed the offense to get into a rhythm.

“Like we always say, it always starts up front,” Richardson said.

“The physicality of the game starts up front. It’s a trenches game for everybody. Once everything in the front line gets started, once we win the front line, it’s the game. We showed everybody that we could run the ball this time. We showed them that our passing was all right, too.”

Baylor also had a homerun shot with the rushing game with Seastrunk’s 80-yard touchdown scamper.

The offensive line was particularly fired up about that explosive play.

“It’s always fun to run like that,” Richardson said.

“Especially with Lache and the big gains,” he said. “We’re always talking him up, always helping him out. It’s real rewarding to run up on somebody like that. We played tough, physical and we executed. That’s basically what we always do. We say we have to focus small, be consistent and be physical, so that’s what we’ve got to do. We also knew who we are, so we’ve just got to play our game.”

Seastrunk was also appreciative of how bruising the offensive line played, and he had high praise for the unit after the game.

“Exceptional,” Seastrunk said. “They were just knocking people over, creating holes for me to run through. That’s how the game is supposed to be played.”

Now, 10 games into the season, the Bears are coming together as an offensive unit and the offensive line is the major reason for the improvement of Baylor down the stretch this season.

With Baylor controlling the line of scrimmage and understanding how to manhandle their opponents, the physical style of football should keep producing wins.

Not so fast, Collin Klein

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November 19, 2012

By Greg DeVries

Sports Writer

The story of the day, aside from David defeating Goliath, was Baylor’s defense playing relatively flawless, something Baylor fans are not used to.

“We had faith in our defense,” junior running back Glasco Martin said, “We knew as an offense that we could potentially score every time we got the ball in our hands. We just jumped on the backs of our defense and they came up with a stop and we took advantage of it.”

The defense has come a long way. It was only six games ago that this same defense let up 70 points to the now unranked West Virginia Mountaineers, and it has only been four weeks since the Bears gave up 56 points to the No. 15 Texas Longhorns.

“Well, we knew coming into this game that we kept getting better and getting better all year, and we just knew tonight that it was just more motivation against the No. 1 team in the nation,” junior cornerback Joe Williams said.

Williams had two interceptions against Kansas State and now leads the Bears with three interceptions on the year. Forcing turnovers has also been a big part of Baylor’s recent success. Baylor forced three turnovers against the No. 1 team in the nation to help them earn the victory.

“Turnovers were huge,” junior safety Sam Holl said. “We really wanted to win the turnover battle. That’s huge in any game. I feel like we did a good job doing it this game. I think everybody showed up and played really well, tackled well, got turnovers, so that was good.”

The physicality of the defense has also notably improved. Earlier in the season, arm tackling plagued the team.

The defense has been wrapping up, and hitting ball carriers low to take them down.

“We definitely brought pressure on them and it was difficult for them to keep up and see where we were coming from, our blitzing lanes,” junior linebacker Eddie Lackey said. “From a physicality standpoint, we just really were on the attack and we attacked everything”

They have also been dialing up pressure. Kansas State senior quarterback Collin Klein was sacked twice against Baylor, and was frequently hurried or knocked down.

“We knew we had to keep [Klein] unhappy back there and unsettled,” junior defensive end Chris McAllister said. “You don’t want him sitting back there able to do what he wants to, having all the time he can get, so we wanted to keep him moving and have some pressure on him. We wanted him to have to make some throws when he’s not able to make them. We were able to do that.”

Baylor still has to win another game to become bowl eligible.

“Our football team is getting better,” head coach Art Briles said. “We’re better now than we were a month ago. We’re becoming a better football team. We felt good about how our game has progressed over the last two to three weeks without question. We’re playing good football right now. We’re playing our best football of the season right now. We’ve still got some growth in front of us. Hopefully we’ll be able to finish the job. The job’s not finished yet.”

Baylor still needs one more win

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November 19, 2012

By Greg DeVries

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With Baylor’s win against Kansas State, the Bears have totaled five wins so far. Baylor has to win at least one of the two remaining games to be bowl eligible.

The difference between five wins and six wins in college football is a lot bigger than just one win. The sixth win, and the opportunity to play in a bowl game, gives a university a lot of exposure and a lot of money.

Beating either Texas Tech or Oklahoma State would give Baylor a lot more than just bragging rights.

Junior cornerback Joe Williams also feels like the team is peaking at the right time.

“Around this time, everybody remembers November and December so it’s our time of the season. Everybody else is banged up right now and we are ready to play,” Williams said.

Junior running back Glasco Martin feels the team is finding its identity.

“It seemed like at the beginning of the year, we couldn’t really find an identity for ourselves,” Martin said. “I feel like we are starting to gain a lot of momentum and catch our stride and we are going to continue that momentum into the next couple of games.”

After starting 3-0 in nonconference play, the Bears lost four games in a row to Big 12 opponents. When asked if beating the top team in the country makes up for the losing streak, senior quarterback Nick Florence said that the ultimate goal is a bowl game at the end of the year.

“Really what makes up for that is winning one more game and getting bowl eligible,” Florence said. “This is a good memory, I won’t forget it, but we’ve got to get bowl eligible and that’s our goal as a team. That’ll make up for the four in a row and another one last week.”

Baylor’s next game will be against Texas Tech in Dallas. The Red Raiders started the year 6-1, but they have struggled lately.

Texas Tech has lost three of its last four games with the only win coming against Kansas in overtime.

11/19/12: The Baylor Lariat

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November 19, 2012

Upset City

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November 19, 2012

By Krista Pirtle
Sports Editor

Baylor rocked college football and stunned the nation with its 52-24 demolition of the No. 1 team in the nation Saturday evening. The Bears, however, weren’t all that surprised.

“All week we believed we were going to beat them, and we weren’t going to be surprised when it happened,” senior quarterback Nick Florence said.

Belief was the key word for Baylor under the lights, filling the gaps for a football team that has been lack luster all season.

With the prime time slot on ESPN, many figured it would be the coming out party for Heisman front-runner Kansas State senior quarterback Collin Klein.

Instead, with Klein going 27-of-50 for 286 yards through the air, only 39 yards on the ground and a trio of interceptions, it gave the nation the opportunity to see the Wildcats get wacked in Waco.

“Oh, everyone’s jumping up and down,” Florence said. “Water and Gatorade is flying around everywhere. That’s the kind of locker room I want after every game.”

The Bears’ two mantras for the season are start fast and finish strong. By scoring on the first drive and stuffing Kansas State on the one-yard line four downs in a row, Baylor was going to work.

“I think we just had a lot of energy,” head coach Art Briles said. “A whole lot of energy, whole lot of belief and a whole lot of want to. When you’ve got that going in your favor, you’ve got the chance to have good results.”

The “thunder and lightning” duo of running backs junior Glasco Martin and sophomore Lache Seastrunk both had career nights for Baylor.

Martin had a hat trick, scoring three touchdowns and rushing for 113 yards.

Seastrunk recorded 185 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown.

Baylor ran for 342 yards, far surpassing the Wildcats’ 76.

So far this season, Kansas State has averaged 213 yards per game on the ground.

“They took the fight to us and I thought we weren’t well enough prepared for it,” Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder said. “We struggled on both sides of the ball and I think we were just not prepared, and I take full control on that.”

Through the air wasn’t so pretty either, with 286 yards and a trio of interceptions for Klein.

“That was our main thing, to keep Collin Klein uncomfortable,” junior nickel back Ahmad Dixon said. “If he was comfortable back there, we knew that we were going to have a long night, and that was something we didn’t want to deal with, facing a quarterback of his caliber. He’s just not any quarterback that you see in this league. He has a special gift, and we wanted to try and make him the most uncomfortable as we possibly can. That’s what we did and it worked out for us.”

Junior cornerback Joe Williams led the Baylor defense with 11 tackles, nine solo and two interceptions.

Dixon and sophomore linebacker Bryce Hager followed up with 10 tackles each.

Dixon had a quarterback hurry. Hager had a sack, two tackles for loss, a break-up and a pair of quarterback hurries.

Junior safety Sam Holl caught the other interception at the beginning of the third quarter and returned it for 18 yards.

“I mean you kind of had that eerie feeing before the game,” junior linebacker Eddie Lackey said. “I think everybody had it. Everybody had just like a weird feeling in their stomach. You could just see the look in everybody’s eyes. The coaching staff knew it. It was just one of those things like I said with the energy, as soon as we got out there, we made a stop and we all looked at each other as a defense and said, ‘Let’s keep this thing going.’ So it was a great feeling.”

On the defensive side for Kansas State, the Wildcats were without their top safety, junior Ty Zimmerman. Baylor took advantage of the backup just under two minutes into the game, as junior receiver Tevin Reese beat him for a 36-yard touchdown reception.

Kansas State answered with another touchdown of its own but didn’t score again until notching 10 straight points with under two minutes left in the first half.

Baylor scored first in the second half, but it seemed as if the momentum switched with 12:55 to go in the third quarter when Florence threw an interception at Baylor’s own one-yard line.

“Honestly, I thought the guy running down the side with Antwan [Goodley] was the corner,” Florence said. “So, I thought T-Dub [Terrance Williams] was standing wide open. I never saw the corner, I guess he was in my blind spot with the lineman. I literally thought T-Dub was wide open, fixing to make 10, 15 yards. It was unfortunate, but we overcame. The defense didn’t get down. The offense didn’t get down. We put a complete game together. You’ve got to overcome adversity in ball games, and we did that.”

After that, junior kicker Aaron Jones made a 50-yarder, Martin punched it in the end zone and Seastrunk turned on the jets for a career-best 80-yard touchdown run.

The Wildcats took eight minutes off the clock in the beginning of the fourth quarter, marching down the field to the red zone.

At first-and-goal on the Baylor six, Klein rushed for four yards before being tackled by Lackey.

At second-and-goal on the Baylor two, Klein rushed for a yard before being tackled by Dixon.

At third-and-goal on the Baylor one, Klein didn’t gain anything as Holl stopped him in his tracks.

At fourth-and-goal on the Baylor one, Klein was stuffed again by Lackey for no gain on the play.

“We’ve been getting bashed for weeks,” Hager said. Knowing the No. 1 team was coming in; we just had a different mindset. To prove every one wrong, it’s a great feeling.”

After the goal line stuff, the Bears got the rock and never looked back.

“It’s just a great night to be a Baylor Bear,” Briles said.

What once was white is now green, as Pat Neff shines as a beacon of success after the country watched the top team in America fall in Waco.

Baylor crushes No. 1 Kansas State’s title hopes

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November 18, 2012

By Krista Pirtle

Sports Editor

This time last season, Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III had his “Heisman moment” with the 34-yard touchdown pass to defeat No. 5 Oklahoma 45-38.

This year, Baylor took down the No. 1 team in the nation, Kansas State 52-24.

“It was a great night to be a Baylor Bear,” head coach Art Briles said. “Our guys rose to the occasion. Our fans rose to the occasion and we got a much needed win.”

Baylor senior quarterback Nick Florence was 20-of-32 for 238 yards, pair touchdowns and two interceptions.

Florence also recorded 47 yards and a touchdown.

“We said all week, we knew we had a good team and had a good game plan against them,” Florence said. “We matched up well. All week, we believed we were going to beat them. We weren’t going to be surprised when it happened. We played a great game and overcame a lot of things.”

The Bears had a pretty balanced attack with 342 yards rushing and 580 total offensive yards.

Sophomore running back Lache Seastrunk was out of control, recording a career best 192 yards, including a career best 80 yard touchdown run, and junior Glasco Martin ran for 113 and got the hat trick with a trio of touchdowns.

Through the air, junior receiver Tevin Reese had 61 yards and a touchdown and didn’t catch any in the second half.

Sophomore receiver Levi Norwood had 43 and senior receiver Terrance Williams had 87 and a score.

On the defensive end, junior corner back Joe Williams recorded 11 tackles, nine solo and two interceptions.

Sophomore nickel back Ahmad Dixon followed with 10 tackles, nine solo.

Sophomore linebacker Bryce Hager had ten total, eight solo, a sack and two tackles for loss.

Kansas State senior quarterback and Heisman hopeful Collin Klein was held to only 27-of-50 for 286 yards, a pair of touchdowns and three interceptions.

Klein also ran for 39 yards and a touchdown.

The Bears made the scoreboard first just under two minutes into the game off a 28-yard pass to Reese.

Reese was wide open in the end zone, beating the backup safety in place of junior Ty Zimmerman.

Kansas State answered its next drive with an eight-yard pass.

Baylor would then go on a 21-0 run before the Wildcats would score again with 1:47 remaining in the first half.

The streak started with Florence taking it 12 yards to the house after a balanced attack 75-yards up the field that lasted 3:05.

The Wildcats’ next drive would end quickly after a quarterback hurry by Hager forced Klein to throw an incomplete pass.

Baylor wouldn’t capitalize on the opportunity and punt the ball away, and Kansas State would start the second half with the rock.

However, three plays into the second half, Williams intercepted Klein’s pass, giving the Bears’ offense the ball at its own 21-yard line.

After getting rocked by an unnecessary roughness call, Florence threw a pick of his own.

Baylor’s next drive would end the way most do, with a 22-yard reception by Williams.

Up 21-7, the Baylor defense would force another punt off a quarterback hurry by junior left end Terrance Lloyd forced an incomplete pass.

The Bears’ next drive would be run-heavy and capitalized with a two-yard run into the end zone by Martin.

Kansas State ended the first half with a 23-yard field goal.

The big story of the first half was the 40 yards in penalties Kansas State had, jumping offsides on multiple snaps.

So far this season, Kansas State has outscored its opponents 239-90 in the second half.

Against Baylor, the Wildcats were held to only seven points while the Bears scored 24.

“Coach Briles said the main thing was to kill them from the start,” Dixon said. “First drive, we scored. Then we came out on kickoff and tried to do a surprise pooch kick. We wanted to see how they would respond. All year, they’ve never been down.”

The second half would begin with back-to-back incompletions followed by an interception by junior safety Sam Holl, returned 18 yards to the Kansas State 38-yard line.

Four plays and 49 seconds later, Martin ran it in for the touchdown, making the score 35-17 in favor of Baylor.

Kansas State’s next drive had two passes almost picked off and an interception, forcing a punt, landing at the one-yard line.

Two plays into the Bears’ next drive, Florence threw an interception to a defender on the half-yard line.

Klein then bulldozed his way into the end zone, making the score 35-24, taking one play, going one yard for five seconds.

Four minutes later, Baylor would settle for a 50-yard field goal by junior Aaron Jones.

The Bears would have had the opportunity for a touchdown but a missed pass interference call on third and long didn’t help the Baylor offense.

Kansas State’s first play of the next drive, a reverse, was read perfectly by junior linebacker Eddie Lackie, pushing the Wildcats back 11 yards.

A five-yard Klein run was followed by a sack by junior right end Chris McAllister for a loss of eight yards, forcing Kansas State to punt.

Williams would go to work on the next Baylor drive with a 43-yard reception, spotting Baylor in the red zone.

Two plays later, Martin ran it in 16 yards for the touchdown.

Kansas State would drive down the field and set up shop in the red zone, but Williams would get his second interception of the game in the end zone.

One play, 80 yards and 12 seconds later, Seastrunk would break free and let the horses run. No one was close to catching him as he ran it in for the touchdown.

Kansas State would march down the field and make it to the one-yard line, but four downs later, the Wildcats left empty handed after four straight stands by the Baylor defense.

“That was just icing on the cake for me,” Florence said.

After the stop with 7:51 left in the game, Baylor ran 10 plays for 7:19 before punting the ball to Kansas State, ending the game.

“They took the fight to us, and I thought we weren’t well enough prepared for it,” Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder said. “We struggled on both sides of the ball, and I think we were just not prepared. I take full control for that.”

42 win streak comes to a halt

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November 17, 2012

By Krista Pirtle
Sports Editor

No. 1 Baylor’s 42-game win streak was brought to a close with a 71-69 loss to No. 4 Stanford in the first round of the Wahine Classic in Hawaii.

Junior point guard Odyssey Sims left the game in the first half with a hamstring injury and never returned.

Senior guard Jordan Madden stepped up big for Baylor with 16 points, eight boards and six assists.

Senior post Brittney Griner led the Lady Bears in points with 22, followed by senior forward Destiny Williams with 16.

Another Baylor streak was broken as the Cardinal shot 50.9 percent from the floor, the first time any team has accomplished that against the Lady Bears since Maryland in 2006.

Baylor advances to Sweet Sixteen with win against Georgetown

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November 17, 2012

Soccer vs TCU — No. 13 midfielder Hanna Gilmore passes the ball during the game against TCU on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, at the Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field. The Bears defeated the Horned Frogs 2-0. Matt Hellman | Lariat Photo Editor

By Greg DeVries

The No. 11 Baylor soccer team advanced to the Sweet Sixteen with a 2-1 overtime victory over the No. 14 Georgetown Hoyas. Senior forward Dana Larsen notched the overtime golden goal to give Baylor the win. The Bears will now take on the winner of North Carolina and Illinois at 1 p.m. Sunday. If the No. 2 seed North Carolina was to win, then the Tar Heels would have home field advantage against Baylor.

Through the first half, the game was scoreless. Baylor did keep the offensive pressure high, however. The Bears recorded eight shots to Georgetown’s three.

In the second half, Georgetown struck first. Hoya sophomore midfielder Daphne Corboz scored in the 82nd minute to give Georgetown the 1-0 advantage. Coming into the game, Corboz was the 10th best scorer in the country, so the Bears knew they had to keep her in check.

With just two minutes remaining, freshman forward Bri Campos evened the game at one. Campos had threatened goal earlier in the game, but finally found the back of the net for some late-game heroics.

In overtime, Baylor took advantage of an early opportunity. Senior forward Larissa Campos found her fellow senior forward Larsen for the game winning goal just two minutes into overtime. Larsen leads the Bears in scoring on the year, and this game-winner is her 11th goal of the year.

Baylor falls to Colorado 60-58

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November 16, 2012

Pierre Jackson, Nate Tomlinson — Associated Press

By Krista Pirtle

Sports Editor

With one second remaining, senior forward Jacob Neubert threw the inbounds pass to freshman center Isaiah Austin at the Baylor free throw line.

The shot didn’t fall and Colorado won 60-58.

After junior guard Brady Heslip sunk nine treys on Colorado in the second round of the NCAA tournament last season, Baylor was three-for-16 from downtown, and Heslip only had seven points.

Junior forward Cory Jefferson led the Bears in points with 17, followed by senior Pierre Jackson with 12.

Colorado’s game plan for containing Jackson after his 31-point outing against Boston College was to put 6-foot-6-inch guard Spencer Dinwiddie on him, hoping his wingspan would limit Jackson.

And it did.

Jackson only had one assist and three turnovers.

For Colorado, sophomore guard Askia Booker had 19 points followed by Dinwiddie with 11.

Junior forward Andre Roberson finished with seven points and 13 boards.

As a team, Baylor shot 36.7 percent from the floor, and Colorado shot 45.5 percent.

Colorado struggled at the charity stripe, however, going four-for-18, but it was 40 percent from beyond the arc.

The Bears perimeter defense struggled, jumping at shot fakes and closing out poorly.

With under a minute to play, Baylor put Colorado at the foul line three different times, but failed to come up with the killer rebounds needed to get a bucket at the other end.

Baylor will play at 5 p.m. Sunday against either St. John’s or Murray State on ESPNU.

11/16/12: The Baylor Lariat

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November 16, 2012

Dress up, roll down

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November 16, 2012

Race down Fifth Street on a decked-out hospital bed and grab some chili to celebrate the fun during the annual Alpha Tau Omega and Chi Omega Bed Races and Chili Cook Off benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The event will take place from 6 to 11 p.m. today in Fountain Mall. Costumes are encouraged.