The Baylor Lariat

Page 1

The Baylor Lariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE

www.baylorlariat.com

WEDNESDAY | FEBRUARY 6, 2013

A&E Page 4

NEWS Page 3

SPORTS Page 5

It’s Fashion Week in New York City. Find out who and what you could be seeing on the runways

More clarity is shed on the past of the man accused of killing a former SEAL sniper and his friend

Don’t miss any action as the men’s basketball team takes on Oklahoma State tomorrow

Strike a pose

Coming to light

Gear up

Vol. 115 No. 9

© 2013, Baylor University

Student ventures get new home

In Print >> LOCAL FUN

Waco celebrities set to hang out with community members at the H-E-B cookoff

Page 3 >> CLEAN SWEEP

The Houston Rockets beat the Golden State Warriors Tuesday night 140-109

Page 5

By Brooke Bailey Reporter

On the Web

Monica Lake | Lariat Photographer

It’s never too late to worship Have you ever seen the man playing guitar on campus? We have and we are here to tell you all about him and what he does. Only on

baylorlariat.com

Students worship during a service sponsored by Vertical Ministries Monday night at the Waco Convention Center. The group hosts the late-night worship services around the time of All-University Sing because many students miss the normal service at 9 p.m. because of practices. Late-night services are at 10:15 p.m. on Mondays in the Waco Convention Center.

Trib publisher gives students hope By Madison Ferril Reporter

Viewpoints “The restaurants in the BSB should stay open later. Right now, students have three choices, but they have limited access to food as the day goes on because of closing time and a potential snack shortage.” Page 2

Bear Briefs The place to go to know the places to go

Try before you buy

The Office of Career and Professional Development is partnering with Kaplan to offer free graduate school practice tests. You can register for the GRE, LSAT and MCAT online at bit.ly/baylornpt2013.

Fly high

Meet at 1 p.m. Saturday to join the Indian Subcontinent Student Association for Uttran, a kite-flying festival in Fountain Mall. Bring your kite and be ready to have fun.

So place thing lished Th lished ten b one c versit It had c workp “W blur life a boun

According to one man, print media will stay around for those seeking journalism jobs. Jim Wilson, publisher of the Waco Tribune-Herald, spoke at the Society of Professional Journalists meeting Tuesday night about his experiences and offered advice to students looking to enter the field after college. Wilson said one of the best ways to get an internship is to send a cover letter and resume by mail rather than through email. “I get thousands of emails,” Wilson said. “If you write me a letter, at least I have to open it. It gets you on the desk.” Wilson said to find some way to stick out a little bit.

Monica Lake | Lariat Photographer

Jim Wilson, publisher of the Waco Tribune-Herald, speaks to Baylor’s Society of Professional Journalists on Tuesday.

“If you’re trying to get an internship, make sure you say something that sets you apart,”

Wilson said. “It’s not just about clips.” Wilson said one of the worst

traits of a new journalist is not asking questions. “It’s worth it to drop by the managing editor’s office or even a senior reporter and ask a couple of questions before running out to catch a story,” Wilson said. “Spend some time understanding where you are.” Wilson used the example of a recently hired reporter. He said he made her read the archives for a week before she began working on stories. “It’s good to go back and understand the historical perspective of the area you’re working in,” Wilson said. Wilson spoke about new trends, such as backpack journalism and platform journalism, SEE

TRIB, page 3

Angels invest to boost student entrepreneurs By Kate McGuire Staff Writer

Baylor students have guardian angels with the support of Robert L. “Bob” Brewton, founder and chairman of the Baylor Angel Network. After only four years of operation, the Baylor Angel Network has 40 Angel investors from all over the country who work with Baylor student entrepreneurs in more than 90 investments. Some businesses are working to create an established name for themselves. “As there is success, there is failure. Some are home runs,” Brewton said. Brewton relates the businesses’ success to oil drilling. “You drill a bunch of holes and some are dry and others are full,” Brewton said. He said it takes three to seven years to get businesses up and running, so the results of how successful the businesses are has yet to be evaluated. A product of the network’s program is the success of Boomerang’s Handheld Aussie Pies,

Rounding up campus news since 1900

an idea that formed from Australian meatpies that resemble small pot pies but are handheld like Hot Pockets, Brewton said. “The company has done exceedingly well,” Brewton said. Boomerang’s is now distributing its product in Whole Food Markets across the nation after selling its name to Nestle for $2.6 billion, according to the network’s annual Bob Brewton report. A n other successful start-up company from the help of Angel investors is myEdu, which helps students in college better direct their course of study so that students can graduate according to their goals and future plans. Some other notable successful businesses are ALL In LearnSEE

ANGELS, page 3

Matt Hellman | Lariat Photo Editor

Dr. Kevin Dougherty, Associate professor of sociology, gives a speech titled “Expand Your Neighborhood” during the Mission Waco World Banquet Tuesday at the Waco Convention Center.

Mission Waco hosts annual banquet By Kara Blomquist Reporter

Five Baylor students and two Baylor-associated organizations received recognition for their volunteer work at the Mission Waco Mission World banquet Tuesday. The students won Volunteer of the Year awards. Brooks Residential College and Zeta Zigga Zamma received special recognition. The awards give the nonprofit a chance to recognize its volunteers, said Seth Dorrell, director of Mission World and volunteer director. “Our organization runs through volunteers,” he said. “We

TheLariat

couldn’t do what we do without our volunteers.” Mission Waco gave out 18 Volunteer of the Year awards. The categories included businesses, churches, philanthropies, adults, students and special recognition. Brooks College was honored for its weekly work with Mission Waco’s King’s Club. Brooks residents play with children at an underprivileged apartment complex each Saturday morning through the King’s Club. While there, the students lead a short Bible study. The student winners can come

Baylor’s Accelerated Ventures program and the city of Addison announced Tuesday that they are partnering to bring office incubator space for student-led businesses. Accelerated Ventures was launched in 2011, to assists Baylor entrepreneur students in creating their own profitable companies. The program was founded by David Grubbs, part-time lecturer; Leslie Palich, assistant director of the entrepreneurial studies program; and Dr. Kendall Artz, the director of the Baylor entrepreneurship program and chairman of the management and entrepreneurship department. Grubbs said the pairing between the city of Addison, a Dallas suburb, and Baylor was a perfect fit. The details of the partnership have been in the works since July. Baylor Entrepreneurship has invested $36,000 in capital to 24 students and eight Accelerated Venture companies. Students in the Accelerated Venture program have the opportunity to run their businesses out of six spaces in the Addison-based office for a year. Students using the office space will be living and working in Addison, a northern suburb of Dallas. The year in Addison gives students time and connections to help grow their businesses, Grubbs said. Addison brings a unique business atmosphere, and Baylor students will benefit from it, Grubbs said. “Addison was wanting to jumpstart a young entrepreneurial community within their city and have young, vibrant start-up companies growing within their boundaries,” Grubbs said. “At Baylor, we were looking for a place to allow our students to continue to grow after they graduate the program.” The first semester in Accelerated Ventures is focused on innovating ideas and starting up the companies. Students are expected to start making a profit the second semester. “They’ve got 45 days to go from an idea on napkin to a physical product or service they can start selling,” Grubbs said. Each semester, 12 students are selected to participate in the program. “We are looking for people who are really driven to start companies with the entrepreneurial spirit,” Grubbs said. Two Addison office spaces are currently in use by student start-up businesses. All six office spaces will be available for student companies by the end of May, Grubbs said. “We saw this as a tremendous opportunity to help leverage the entrepreneurial ecosystem that exists here within our community,” Orlando Campos, director of economic development in Addison, said. He said the temporary office space is located in Addison’s Finance and Economic Development building. A larger, permanent space is under negotiation. “We see this as a long-term investment,” Campos said. “I think that if we’re successful to help grow these companies they will obviously start employing people and picking up office space within our community itself.” Developing a collaborative partnership with Baylor was smart, Campos said. The goal is to help foster the potential longevity of these companies. Grubbs and Campos are working

FB

M Alaba old b engag agent bunk the re Tuesd cians

MI

from Baylo Ro erlan Jarrod Kearn Pham Salaz work O Tunn hours D sistan Schoo adult As ogy K banqu lieved of po tical shrin hood “T

AN

ing, w educa learn on a docu cals, a which or cre as Vo Zilks cado. In to m becom SEE MISSION, page 3 SEE VENTURES, page 3 $200, assets qualifi Best Student Newspaper three years running | Houston Press Club En meet


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.