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THURSDAY | NOVEMBER 1, 2012

SPORTS Page 5

NEWS Page 3

A&E Page 4

Check out the breakdown of week 10 in Big 12 football by the Lariat sports desk

Baylor hires Wheaton College English professor to join Honors College staff in the fall

Find out how to dress like Bond girl Berenice Marlohe on a budget

Ten for the win

Professorial expansion

Stylin’ and profilin’

Vol. 113 No. 37

© 2012, Baylor University

Baylor, Waco pair for job

In Print >> HEAR IT NOW

Ditch your earbuds and up the quality of your music with alternate ways to listen

Page 4 >> THE BIG TIME

Baylor soccer defeats OSU 3-0 in its first game of the Big 12 tournament

Page 5 >> STORM BLEW IN

See how Sandy affected Baylor in NY students and others on a state-to-state basis

Page 3 Matt Hellman | Lariat Photo Editor

Rocking the chicken suit

Viewpoints “This generation of students has the Internet, which puts an unlimited amount of information at our fingertips. What is the point of simply being told the information — instead of taught it — when it can be found quickly online” Page 2

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

Today

Pigskin Performance #1 7 p.m. in Waco Hall

Freshmen Mass Meeting 11 p.m. in Waco Hall

Friday

Pigskin Performance #2 6:30 p.m. in Waco Hall

Pep Rally

9 p.m. on Fountain Mall

Bonfire

9:30 p.m. on Fountain Mall

Pigskin Performance #3 10:30 p.m. in Waco Hall

Saturday

Planned Parenthood stays for now

Program will receive state funding despite slash of federal money GEORGETOWN — Planned Parenthood will continue to receive funds from a joint Texas and federal program providing health care to low-income women, despite the state’s promise to exclude its clinics by Nov. 1 because they are affiliated with abortion providers. Gov. Rick Perry has pledged to boot Planned Parenthood from the Texas Women’s Health Program after the Republicandominated Legislature in 2011 reinstated a law prohibiting state funds from going to organizations linked to abortion providers. The federal government funds 90 percent of the program, which costs around $40 million annually, but the Obama administration claimed the Texas law violates federal rules — prompting Perry to vow to use only state money to keep the program going. The governor traveled to a health clinic north of Austin on Wednesday to announce that the state is ready to begin a program with only Texas funds starting today. Health and Human Service Commissioner Kyle Janek said the program will not begin operating immediately and may not take effect until the end of the year since Texas expects federal funding to

Football vs. Kansas

2:30 p.m. at Floyd Casey Stadium

Pigskin Performance #4 7 p.m. in Waco Hall

continue at least until Dec. 31. Janek said the state has signed up enough health care providers to launch a state-funded program, but acknowledged his agency is still verifying they have the capacity to take on the 50,000 patients currently treated by Planned Parenthood. Complicating matters are three lawsuits that remain unresolved. A state judge last week temporarily ordered the state to include Planned Parenthood in the program as long as it collects federal funds. The judge scheduled a hearing in that case for Nov. 8. Janek said he is hopeful the courts will side with the state and allow the exclusion of Planned Parenthood. He said he also hopes the federal government will continue funding the Women’s Health Program, even with the ban on groups linked to abortion providers in place. If the courts decide in the state’s favor, then a new state-funds-only program will be unnecessary. “The state program is ready to go, but we’re continuing in the federal program until such time that the courts say ‘you either let in Planned Parenthood or other affiliate groups,’ or ‘stop the program entirely,’” Janek said. Still, even if Texas loses in court, it is assuming the federal

Associated Press

Texas Gov. Rick Perry announces that the state-funded Texas Women’s Health Program is ready to begin providing preventative health services to low-income Texas women at a press conference Wednesday at the Lone Star Circle of Care center in Georgetown.

government will not halt funding until the end of year, despite its previous assurances that officials would be ready to run the program using only state funds by today. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid did not immediately respond to calls and emails seeking comment. That means, no matter what, enrollees in the Texas Women’s Health Program can continue to visit Planned Parenthood clinics and have their care covered by the

program — at least for now. Perry’s office says continuing the program for at least two more months is not a retreat from its earlier promises to immediately defund Planned Parenthood. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has filed suit in Washington arguing the federal government should have never severed funding to the program over the socalled “affiliate rule.” SEE

The Baylor-Waco partnership is still going strong. Waco Independent School District, the City of Waco and Baylor University are collaborating with other local organizations to create a new community-wide position that will tackle poverty in Waco: the chief administrative officer for community and family outreach. The Waco ISD board will choose a person to fill the position early next spring. The Waco ISD approved the position last Thursday night. Superintendent Bonny Cain said the position was approved with the need for a collaborative family and community outreach program in mind. “All of us have been working on poverty solutions,” she said. “We’ve been doing so in a disjointed way. We’ve let individual school campuses do it, but we would like to have a person that reaches out into community instead of doing it on the side.” Cain said the person who is chosen must have a doctorate degree and teacher and principal certification to qualify for the job. She said having such qualifications will help them to better work with families in the community. The chosen person will also need to have experience in working with families and communities that are impoverished, said Jon Engelhardt, the dean of the School of Education at Baylor. “One of those tactics is identifying a person who is an expert to interface with the community and working with families and communities by working with the sponsors,” Engelhardt said.

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JOB, page 6

Immigrant killings case to go to grand jury By Christopher Sherman Associated Press

Homecoming Parade

8 a.m. begins downtown at 17th Street and Austin Avenue and travels through campus

By Maegan Rocio Staff Writer

Katy sophomore Mickey Angel dresses up as a chicken during Golden Wave Marching Band practice for Halloween on Wednesday at Edgefield practice field. Many other students around campus showed their Halloween spirit by dressing up as well.

By Will Weissert Associated Press

Outreach office set to expand efforts to fight child poverty

McALLEN — A grand jury will consider the case of two Guatemalan immigrants killed when a Texas state trooper in a helicopter opened fire to stop a tarpcovered truck that authorities thought was ferrying drugs near the Mexico border, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Hidalgo County District Attorney Rene Guerra said after meeting with Texas Rangers that the case “will be taken to a grand jury, there’s no doubt about that.” He added that he asked the investigators to tell the state Department of Public Safety that shooting from helicopters should be suspended until policies are reviewed. On Oct. 25, a DPS helicopter joined state game wardens near

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Associated Press

A red pick-up truck is moved from the scene of an incident after a chase between law enforcement and suspected human smugglers on 7 mile road north of La Joya last Thursday.

La Joya in pursuit of what they thought was a drug-laden truck barreling down a rural gravel road. Instead, the tarp concealed six passengers including the two

Guatemalans who died. La Joya is about 250 miles south of San Antonio. A trooper aboard the helicopter fired in an effort to disable the

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truck. Later it was discovered that there were no drugs in the truck, but rather nine Guatemalan immigrants in addition to the driver and another passenger. The only charge Guerra would confirm was a felony evading arrest for the driver, whom he described as a boy about 14 years old. The boy was detained and later released to a grandmother, he said. The boy did not show up Tuesday for a scheduled appearance before a judge and state game wardens were actively searching for him, said Texas Parks and Wildlife spokesman Mike Cox. Asked about charges for the trooper who fired, Guerra said, “That’s not even under consideration right now.” Grand juries are investigative bodies. While the district attorney guides them in their efforts

and presents evidence, they can take the investigation in any direction they see fit. “The only thing that we’re discussing is an overview of the incident,” Guerra said of his meeting with investigators. “They brought preliminary facts and we are redirecting some areas in the investigation.” The Texas Rangers, an elite arm of DPS that often investigates police-involved shootings, is leading the probe. Guerra asked the investigators to relay to their bosses that the policy that allows shooting from the air should be reconsidered. “They need to review that policy because of the high risk we have to the public and travelers on the roadways,” Guerra said. He said they especially need SEE

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