baylor university is located in waco, texas. it is a private christian university. it is ranked as a high research comprehensive university. and it's a vibrant community home to over 15,000 students, including over 600 student athletes. baylor is a founding member of the big 12 conference established in 1994. we sponsor 19 varsity teams. very blessed at baylor to have student athletes who succeed both in the classroom and on the playing field. over the past three years, baylor university has been the most successful division i program in combined winning percentages of football and men's and women's basketball. but these accomplishments do not count, ultimately, in terms of what we emphasize at baylor. as commencement approaches next weekend on our campus, we are celebrating our academic accomplishments. like we gather together monday evening at baylor's farrell center to do exactly that, to honor our student athletes' performance in the classroom. during the prior academic year, mr. chairman, 86% of senior student athletes at baylor received their undergraduate deg

baylor university is located in waco, texas. it is a private christian university. it is ranked as a high research comprehensive university. and it's a vibrant community home to over 15,000 students, including over 600 student athletes. baylor is a founding member of the big 12 conference established in 1994. we sponsor 19 varsity teams. very blessed at baylor to have student athletes who succeed both in the classroom and on the playing field. over the past three years, baylor university has been the most successful division i program in combined winning percentages of football and men's and women's basketball. but these accomplishments do not count, ultimately, in terms of what we emphasize at baylor. as commencement approaches next weekend on our campus, we are celebrating our academic accomplishments. like we gather together monday evening at baylor's farrell center to do exactly that, to honor our student athletes' performance in the classroom. during the prior academic year, mr. chairman, 86% of senior student athletes at baylor received their undergraduate deg

university is to obtain a degree. do you also realize for division i football athletes and men's basketball players the graduation rates across the board hover around 50%? >> at baylor it's higher. at baylor it's 62% for men's basketball team but i could not agree more, ms. fudge. we need to create, especially in men's basketball, but to a considerable degree in football as well, this culture of student athlete. and it begins with the coaches, the head coach. but the entire infrastructure has to be oriented toward that. at the same time, these are young men and young women making their own choices. they decide what's important for them. all we can do is create a culture that -- of encouragement and of genuine support. >> thank you very much. i see my time is -- i'll yield it back, mr. chairman. thank you all. >> thank you very much. i'll be brief. brief. anyone can answer this question. do athletic scholarships give potential academic opportunities to students who otherwise not -- would not have them available to them because of surely based on their ability to play a sport? mr. muir? >> i would say that the opportunity to attend the institution like stanford and co

fortunate to have in public schools in east texas and public school in the way of university of texas a&m and then law school at baylor, so they didn't know what the ottoman empire was. hopefully they did some research. any of us did not realize that the date 9/11, when the worst that on america occurred it also marked the anniversary that the t defeat islamic caliphate ever suffered in history. that was the devastating defeat o the caliphate, the radical islamic caliphate had made it all the way to vienna, laid 9/11/upon vienna and on 1868, amazingly that was the date that osama bin laden -- and the master minde, khalid sheikh mohammed, currently in guantanamo, hopefully will stay there until his death, that's the date they chose to inflict the worst attack in american history. to many people, dates mean things. my anniversary means a lot. i've never forgotten one. our birth-days mean a lot to most westerners -- birthdays mean a lot to most westerners. some try to forget them, but major dates in caliphate history mean a great deal to radical islamists. there was an article today ritten by dr. sebastian gorca, and i w