Lariat Alive! App The Baylor Lariat @bulariat @baylorlariat Baylor Lariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE JANUARY 29, 2019 TUESDAY BAYLORLARIAT.COM Opinion | 2 Arts & Life | 6 Sports | 7 & 8 Behind the screen J. Cole turns 34 Lady Bears No. 1 Why context is needed A reflection on the Baylor women’s before blindly sharing grammy nominated basketball named top a viral video. rappers career and life. team in the nation. IHOP near Baylor to close Thursday MADALYN WATSON Melant said he will be moving to the out by Baylor. Staff Writer Bellmead location. “Baylor owns the building. We Baylor has owned the lot as well just don’t own the restaurant and the The International House of as the green space around it since franchise,” McNair said. Pancakes (IHOP) on South 4th St. 2002. Lori Fogleman, assistant vice at the edge of Baylor’s campus will Karl “Rock” McNair Jr., assistant president of media and public serve its last stack of pancakes by 2 vice president of real estate operations relations, said that the green space on p.m. this Thursday. and campus services, said the green the opposite side of IHOP and beside General manager Victor Melant, space surrounding the IHOP used University Parks Drive and I-35 will said IHOP’s contract is going to host a strip mall and several other be the future Mark and Paula Hurd expire this May and business has been retail locations. Welcome Center. slow compared to other locations. “The whole area has always “Baylor is fortunate to be located “Back in the day, I would come in been historically referred to as Ivy along I-35, which provides great here late at night to eat, and this place Square,” McNair said. visibility to the university. However, would be packed,” Melant said. In the past, the Ivy Square has been Baylor has not had a visible front door Shae Koharski | Multimedia Journalist All of the staff members have home to a movie theater, apartments, to the university. We have completely IHOP Waco’s International House of Pancakes (IHOP) 4th Street location the option of moving to other IHOP a music store, several restaurants and, outgrown the Wiethorn Visitors is set to close on Jan. 31 and will serve its last stack of pancakes at 2 p.m. locations after the location closes. most recently, a Best Western. Many of which have been owned and leased IHOP >> Page 4 Baylor hosts party for Lady and Joy BRIDGET SJOBERG friends to celebrate Lady and Joy. She Staff Writer appreciates the unique experience of having living on-campus mascots Baylor celebrated its two beloved that she can visit or pass by on a daily on-campus bears, Lady and Joy, at basis. a birthday party hosted at the bear “The bears really bring the Baylor habitat on Jan. 27. The party was held community together,” Dillenberger on Joy’s 18th birthday, and a few said. “This space is a great common days before Lady’s 17th birthday on ground, and I love to come and meet Jan 31. people here or just to see the bears as The birthday party took place I’m walking on campus. It’s a cool from 2 to 4 p.m. and featured tradition that Baylor has.” celebratory activities like bounce The bears are cared for through houses and corn hole. Decorative Baylor’s Bear Program, which balloons and streamers, birthday cake provides students with training on and photo ops with mascots Bruiser animal safety and well-being to and Marigold were also included at interact with and take care of the the event. bears on a daily basis. Fort Worth Kennedy Dendy | Broadcast Reporter Special presentations were made senior John Naya, Katy junior Audrey BEARS Baylor students throw a “Sic ‘em” with one of the bears at the birthday party for Baylor’s beloved mascots by Bear Program trainers to give Chisum and Missouri City senior Lady and Joy on their 17th and 18th birthdays. attendees information about Lady Audrey Hermes all serve as lead and Joy, as well as to offer photo trainers and explained that this year opportunities with the bears, who are marks the first large-scale birthday presents and received a Thanksgiving that he enjoys the personal connection off-campus to a location where they trained to throw up “Sic ‘ems” on celebration for the mascots. dinner. They usually get some type of he has been able to form with Lady can roam freely and climb trees. It’s command. “This is the first time that we’ve birthday surprise as well, but this is and Joy. a daily interactive process, which is Baton Rouge, La., senior had an event that turned out to be the first year their birthday has been “On a day to day basis, we see something I’ve really enjoyed.” Madison Dillenberger saw a poster this big,” Chisum said. “For the this big.” the bears morning and night,” Naya promoting the birthday celebration holidays we try and treat the bears to Naya said that he is able to interact said. “We clean the habitat, do on- and decided to come out with her special things — they got Christmas with the bears daily as a trainer, and campus training and take the bears BEARS>> Page 4 Former congressman turned yogi to speak at expo CAMERON STUART very own Emerald City, a calm they can be combatted safely Radio Director mind.” and effectively. According to Steelman came to Baylor on his website, he has worked with Baylor alumnus and former a baseball scholarship in 1960 world leaders and over 1,000 Texas congressman Alan and served as a Republican CEOs to date. Steelman will be the keynote Congressman from 1973 to When Steelman came to speaker for Baylor Wellness’ 1977. Not only was Steelman Baylor nearly six decades ago, FitWell Expo this Saturday, the youngest sitting member of however, he was in no position teaching students about safe Congress when he was elected, to be the one consulting others solutions to mental health but he also now jokes that he is on mental health. issues through his new career as the only former congressman to “When I got here [to a yogi and from his best-selling be a certified yoga instructor. Baylor], I was damaged goods,” book “Yoga on the Yellow Steelman also credits his Steelman said. “I was popular Brick Road.” yoga career to the stress of his here, but things were dark.” The speech Steelman will political and business career. Van Smith-Davis, the give on Saturday will focus “Politics today is certainly assistant director of Wellness on his book as well as safe a blood sport, if not a contact at Baylor, thinks Steelman is practices for students to attain sport,” Steelman said. “The the perfect voice for students better mental health, avoiding reason I have taken on this new struggling with mental health self-medications like drugs and cause is not to contribute to the issues to hear today. alcohol. The speech will be toxicity by running for office “I think Alan [Steelman] nestled in between morning and again, but to try to bring people is an extraordinary man with afternoon health and exercise together.” a wonderful story to share,” sessions between 11 a.m. and 4 Now, over 40 years removed Smith-Davis said. “I think our p.m. on Feb. 2. from Congress, Steelman students and our faculty and “Like the ‘Wizard of Oz’, it travels the world speaking to staff can come and be inspired Shae Koharski | Multimedia Journal- is the story of all of our lives,” companies and students about by what he has to say.” his book. He also informs For the students themselves, YOGA Former congressman turned yogi Alan Steelman is set to give the keynote speech at Steelman said about his book. people of his new cause about Steelman’s message still the Baylor Wellness FitWell Expo this Saturday. Steelman will be talking about safe mental “Through yoga and meditation, we can find our own path to our the dangers of stress and how health solutions and his new career as a yogi from his book “Yoga on the Yellow Brick Road.” YOGA >> Page 4 Vol.118 No. 33 © 2019 Baylor University Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2 The Baylor Lariat opinionbaylorlariat.com GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? We want to hear it. Send us your thoughts: [email protected] EDITORIAL Context cures viral videos Viral videos are all the rage, thanks to today’s interconnected, instantaneous internet society. From cats falling off high surfaces to children singing their ABC’s wrong, the entertainment of your everyday life can now be broadcast to an international audience, sometimes with as many as several million viewers. However, when videos are shared with so many people, often with no context or background, it can be difficult to process the implications of the content. Sometimes its very straightforward, just a funny, silly or weird video with no purpose but to entertain. Other videos tackle more serious issues like a recent protest video in which several white teenage boys from a Catholic high school smiled and presumably egged on indigenous people protesting in the capitol. The video — which was followed by several other videos filmed from different angles and with varying lengths — showed a young man standing toe to toe with a tribal elder, wearing a Make America Great Again hat and smiling as his schoolmates cheered and jeered behind him. The video was originally inflammatory, with many taking offense to the high schoolers demeanor and believing the boys meant ill will against the indigenous protesters.