The Baylor Lariat

WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 19, 2011 News the | www.baylorlariat.com Baylor Lariat A9 ALERTS from Page 1 MANHUNT from Page 1 a number of people that did not students still followed instructions tact information on Bearweb and people? How would I have found Many campus police officers were locations notifying officers of two receive it.” and some informed others. said she felt lucky she was in her out? Or, what if I was off-campus directing outbound traffic from the loud, gunshot-like noises the call- Doak said his department “Even though, unfortunately, dorm room and had a suitemate and alone?” Ferrell Center following the men’s ers had heard. worked with Baylor Information a segment did not get to all of our to know what was going on during Currently, Baylor’s alert system basketball game against Kansas “We were amazed because we Technology Services on the lack of students, the system did work and is manually updated on a weekly University on Monday night. had five separate calls at different notifications. students heeded the warning and “It kind of concerns basis. This seven-day lag in an in- A Baylor alert e-mail, text locations,” Doak said. “With the Lori Fogleman, director of that was very much appreciated by formation update does not keep message and phone call were sent cooperation of the Waco Police media relations, said Baylor’s risk police,” Fogleman said. me. What if I was the the system constantly complete. out to students, faculty and staff Department and all of [Baylor’s] management department conduct- “Students that did receive the kind of person that “We are working toward, what around 11:15 p.m. notifying them officers, we fanned out and as- ed an investigation Tuesday result- message started to use their own doesn’t know a lot of is probably the important thing, of the two armed suspects and ad- signed people to different loca- ing in the discovery of an incom- network — like Twitter and Face- which is to automate the import vising everyone to remain indoors tions where gunshots were heard. plete file used as the directory for book — to help to spread the people? How would process to run every day and mov- until further notice. It didn’t make sense why we could the alert system. w ord .” I have found out? ing away from a weekly manual re- Doak said some officers were get these calls from different loca- “An incomplete file — contain- One of the nearly 4,800 unin- Or, what if I was off- port,” Fogleman said. instructed to leave their traf- tions at the same time.” ing students’ names, numbers and formed, The Woodlands freshman Until the switch to a fully auto- fic posts and begin a “systematic Doak said officers, after talking e-mails — was selected for upload- Margie McGregor was told about campus and alone?” matic, constantly updating system sweep” of the campus, beginning with maintenance men near one of ing into our notification system,” the incident by her suitemate in is made, the university plans to from the Eighth Street Parking Ga- the caller’s locations, ruled the two Margie McGregor Fogleman said in an interview with Brooks Residential College Mon- make sure the schedule to update rage. The police set up a perimeter loud noises to be fireworks set off the Lariat. day night. The Woodlands freshman the system does not fall on any uni- around the campus while other of- by young people. “As a result, some students were “After [my suitemate] told me, versity holidays. ficers searched every open build- At 3:43 a.m. in front of Brooks left out of the notifications last I got on Facebook and obviously it the manhunt. To update emergency notifica- ing on campus. Residential College on Dutton Av- night.” was all over Facebook,” McGregor “It kind of concerns me,” she tion on Bearweb, check the “view No suspects were found on enue, the Bellmead Police Depart- Fogleman said that despite the said. said. “What if I was the kind of address(es) and phone(s)” link un- campus during the sweep. How- ment arrested a man matching the incomplete information in the file, McGregor had her current con- person that doesn’t know a lot of der the “personal information” tab. ever, a man was arrested near description of the second suspect. Penland Residence Hall during Sammie Jerome Antonio Jack- the campuswide search, unrelated son, an 18-year-old from Dallas, WEBSITE from Page 1 MLK from Page 1 to the manhunt. An Aramark em- was arrested on a charge of aggra- ployee matching the description vated assault and booked into the choice to use WordPress: “A col- www.baylor.edu/lariat, will retain per and has no plans to move to an Bledsoe-Miller Recreation Center of the suspects was stopped and McLennan County Jail at 5 a.m. league at a Texas high school rec- stories from 1995 through the end exclusively digital format. for lunch and entertainment. questioned by Baylor Police, lead- Tuesday. ommended WordPress, which she of 2010. “What we’ve done so far could Converse senior Sabrina Van ing to his arrest for an outstanding Bail was set at $50,000. A sec- was using for her school’s news It took the combined efforts of easily be called an extreme make- Rogue, a member of Zeta Phi Beta, warrant. ond aggravated assault charge was website,” Carr said. “The more I several people throughout different over,” Carr said. “Everything has has marched all four years that she The suspect that ran toward the added at 10:30 a.m. studied and researched WordPress, departments to get things in order changed about the site. It is more has been at Baylor. interstate was last seen near the A jail spokesman said bail had the more convinced I was it was for the new site, from the Lariat attractive, easier to navigate, more Zeta Phi Beta and Phi Beta corner of the I-35 Access Road and not been set for the additional the right choice. It’s currently being web editor Jonathan Angel, to Tim robust in the visuals, slide shows Sigma are the only two constitu- Eighth Street. Doak said Baylor charge. As of press time, Jackson used by a number of national and Logan and Lance Grigsby with the and video components, and much, tionally recognized sister-brother Police assume the suspect crossed was still being held at McLennan international news organizations.” Baylor Electronic Libraries, along much faster.” organizations within the National the bridge that spans I-35. County Jail. The newly designed site run- with the rest of the Lariat staff. With highlighted videos, pho- Pan-Hellenic Council. Baylor sent its second alert mes- The Bellmead Police Depart- ning on Baylor’s WordPress server, The Lariat also intends to ex- tographs and stories on the front Members of the two organiza- sage to students, faculty and staff ment has identified the suspect- which was already hosting Word- pand the multimedia sections on page, easy access to the most re- tions participate in weekly commu- at 12:45 a.m. announcing that stu- at-large as Vernon Ray Hart, a Press blogs for faculty and staff the new site and even plans to re- cent posts, the option to download nity service activities and annually dents could return to their dorms 19-year-old from Dallas. Bellmead members, will contain a database lease Lariat apps for smart phones. the paper as a PDF, and variety of host StompFest, a funedraiser for with caution. However, minutes Police ask that any information for stories written from spring Despite the focus being put on other new features, the new website sickle cell anemia. Last year, they after the all clear was given, Doak about his whereabouts be reported 2011 and onward. The older site, the site, Dean said the Lariat will should serve as a welcome addition raised $6,000 and hope to raise said the Baylor Police Department to the department at 254-799- which can still be found at http:// continue publishing a physical pa- for all of the Baylor community. $8,000 this year, said Van Rogue. received five calls from different 0251. CRISIS from Page 1 open attitude concerning counsel- though, where we need more help about the amount of stress the cur- crisis, Marsh said. proaches. The M&M hour meets at ing among students. to deal with what we’re dealing Counseling Center: rent generation experiences. “We’ve made a few changes to 4 p.m. every Tuesday and Wednes- Dr. Martha Lou Scott, associate w it h .” “A lot of people have chimed try to shift our scheduling,” Marsh day. Students do not need to make vice president for student life, said Although she regrets the fact Crisis appointments in on this and so there’s all sorts said, “But at the end of the day it an appointment and there are no that issues such as border violence that students are facing crisis, Scott by school year of angles about it from parenting does present some challenges to commitment fees attached to the between Texas and Mexico, hav- said she is glad that they are reach- practices of the last generation to our staff in terms of meeting the hour. ing a loved one in the military or ing out to the counseling center for a genuinely a large cohort of stu- needs of students in that high vol- “We’re expanding some of the the financial upheaval that the na- help.

Load more