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NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION saturDAy’S COUNTY CONVENTION DOLED OUT DELEGates FOR THE PRIMARY PAGE 4 U.S. POSTAGE RESULTS ARE IN: PAID BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008 Local businesses offer opportunities At least 49 organizations lege students following graduation. Kev in Nall, associate director of Career will give students reasons Services, said that plans for the job fair to work in Waco have been underway since September. “We’ve been recruiting businesses By Victoria Mgbemena and talking with the Chamber for some Staff writer time,” Nall said. “We started marketing in December. Some students don’t real- This afternoon, students can find out ize that there is a professional community how staying in Waco after receiving their here and that they have options after they degree can pay off. graduate.” At least 49 Waco businesses and com- Chris Franks, unit sales manager at panies are participating in the first Work Bankers Life and Casualty, said that the in Waco Job Expo, sponsored by Baylor businesses are not only looking to attract Career Services, McLennan Community the skills of Baylor students but view College, Texas State Technical College Waco as a growing market for businesses and the Greater Waco Chamber of Com- and a well-rounded community. merce. “We want people to come over and The expo is scheduled from 3 p.m. give us the opportunity to market our- to 6 p.m. on the fifth floor of Cashion selves,” Franks said. “I get the sentiment Academic Center. Students will be able that a lot of students like the Waco area to navigate the tables hosted by each and are interested in staying here because company and find out information about of its small town community feel. It’s the open positions. community that gets people; it’s a great Jeff Leslie/Lariat staff In light of the numerous developments place to invest in for long term and raise and initiatives the city has undertaken, it The Waco Suspension Bridge is a historical Waco landmark. The City of Waco will be one of the organizations looking to hire students at the is increasingly focusing on retaining col- Please see JOB, page 8 Work in Waco Job Expo at 3 p.m. today on the fifth floor of the Cashion Academic Center. Beara- thon winner Bearathon turns and Student Dallas native Ernesto out more than Cabal- government lero, 42, crosses the fin- ish line 500 runners after campaigns one By Ashley Killough the students, swerved too late and hour, 12 Reporter struck the pickup truck and Fricke. minutes The driver stopped immediately and and 11 under way The hills of Cameron Park were no rendered aid. sec- match for over 500 runners Saturday It was reported that the Silvera- onds. during the sixth annual Bearathon. do had its hazard lights on to alert Courtesy The race is a half-marathon put on oncoming traffic, and all three stu- of Round Wednesday by Student Foundation as a fundrais- dents standing outside the truck were Up ing event for scholarships. Student wearing reflective vests. The driver By Sommer Ingram Foundation director Chandra Ford told police he didn’t see the hazard campus, crossed the Washington speakers, an excited crowd of sup- Staff writer said this year’s Bearathon had the lights because he said the young men Street Bridge, wound through Cam- porters waited at the finish line as highest turnout since the tradition were standing in front of them. eron Park and finished back at Baylor. contestants circled around Fountain Candidate filing for student government offices began in 2003. Fricke was taken to Hillcrest Bap- To appeal to more runners, an un- Mall to complete the last leg of the officially ended Monday at 5 p.m. Official campaign- To prepare for the race, Student tist Medical Center with a broken timed 5K fun run was added to this race. ing for student body president, external vice presi- Foundation members stayed up the femur and other leg injuries that year’s event. Both races kicked off at In last year’s event, Student Foun- dent, and internal vice president begins Wednes- night before placing cones, chalking were serious but not considered life- 8 a.m. dation raised $15,000. Frisco senior day. the course and setting up tents. An threatening. According to an e-mail With a time of 1 hour, 12 minutes, Will Simmons said this year the For the past two years, the person running for accident occurred at 2:43 a.m. Satur- by Lori Fogleman, director of media 11 seconds, Ernesto Caballero, 42, of money will go into an endowment, student body president has run an uncontested day when Plano junior Justin Fricke, communications, Fricke is expected Dallas was the first to finish. A sea- and the interest earned will be used race. But this year, current external vice president Student Foundation member, was hit to be released from the hospital this soned marathon runner, Caballero to pay for student scholarships for Bryan Fonville will fight three other people for the by an automobile while setting up week. said he likes the Bearathon because years to come. distinction of president. cones at the 700 block of S. Univer- Will Acomb, The Woodlands it helps him understand where he Various student groups were sta- Fonville said that it is unusual to have so many sity Parks Dr. near Robinson Tower. junior, is one of many Student Foun- stands physically as he gears up for tioned at each mile marker to cheer contenders for president. According to a police report, dation members who worked through the two marathons he runs each on runners and hand out water. Plano “More people than ever are interested in the polit- Waco police spokesman Steve Ander- the night before the race to prepare year. freshman Caitlin Price volunteered ical process,” he said. “I think that shows with the son said that Fricke was standing on for the event. “This was my second time to run with Zeta Tau Alpha at mile eight. number of candidate applications we’ve received. the street near a Chevrolet Silverado “Just knowing that what we do for it,” a winded Caballero said. “I like “We all dressed up in ‘80s cloth- With so many candidates on the ballot, I think stu- with two other students, when anoth- students at Baylor made it all worth the Cameron Park hills. They create ing and held up signs for the runners. dents can look forward to an exciting student gov- er student driving down University it,” Acomb said. character.” ernment season.” Parks Drive apparently did not see The 13.1 mile course started on With upbeat music playing from Please see RUN, page 8 Despite the large number of candidates that filed to run for office, Dallas junior Parker Short will run unopposed for internal vice president. This is Short’s second year in student government, where he currently serves as chair of the academic affairs ‘Purple State of Mind’ opens dialogue on difference committee. “The main reason I’m running is because I feel By Elizabeth Herring the event can gain “a more generous like I’m well-suited not only to be in charge of Stu- Reporter posture in the discussion and a great- dent Senate, but to serve the student body as well,” er generosity to the other.” he said. Left versus right. Christian ver- “It is not an unwillingness to have Only two students will fight for the position of sus non-Christian. Blue versus red. a conversation or to disagree,” he external vice president: Sugar Land junior Alexan- Many differences can separate peo- said. der Dubois and Lindale junior Nicole Yeakley. ple from one another. In the movie One aspect of the film that Jorgen- “I really want Baylor to be more active in two Purple State of Mind, two old friends son likes is that the two men, although areas,” Yeakley said. “First, I want us to interact more hash out their differences and learn they disagree, are still friends. with other universities in the Big 12, and second, to from one another’s life views. “This idea of diversity does not be more involved with state legislation. Next year I Craig Detweiler, one of the men mean we ignore our differences,” he want to keep building relationships with state leg- involved with the movie, has written said. islators so we can get legislation passed to lower for the New York Times, CNN, and You can, in love, engage in a con- textbook prices.” NPR. He currently co-directs Reel versation with a friend who has dif- Yeakley has been a member of student govern- Spirituality at Fuller Theological Sem- fering viewpoints to you, and still ment for two years. Last year she was vice chair- inary in Pasadena, Calif. He works to disagree, Jorgenson said. woman of the academic affairs committee, and cur- connect different aspects of popular Professor Sarah Jane Murray, rently she serves as chairwoman of the legislative culture with God. Courtesy of Purple State of Mind who teaches in the Honors College relations committee. The other side of the dialogue Craig Detweiler and John Marks star in Purple State of Mind, a story about change, in the Great Texts department, said This was Dubois’s first year in Student Senate, comes from John Marks. Marks is a growth and tolerating difference. “In many ways we have to be open to but he said he feels that he is ready to move up from novelist, journalist, and former 60 otherness.” the role of a follower into a leadership position.

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