Votes Counted, Edwards Wins

baylorlariat com 8 SPORTS p. 12 No. 12 softball hosts No. 13 Oklahoma in pivotal Big 12 series this weekend. BaylorLariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE Friday | April 11, 2014 Votes Students pave counted, way for bike Edwards sharing wins service By Allyssa Schoonover Reporter By Ashley Altus Reporter After a competitive campaign season for stu- The founders of Campus Bike, a TRAVIS TAYLOR | LARIAT PHOTO EDITOR dent body elections, Ar- company created to support more President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pay their respects to the three soldiers killed in the April lington junior Dominic environmentally sustainable cam- 2 shooting at Fort Hood on Wednesday. Edwards was elected stu- puses, plan on changing the way student body president. He dents use on-campus transportation received 1,617 votes, 502 by bringing bike-sharing to Baylor’s more votes than his oppo- campus. nent San Antonio sopho- Bike-sharing is an automated more Chase Hardy. system that gives users 24/7 access A nation mourns at to a group of bicycles shared by a Katy sophomore Law- ren Kinghorn was elected community. Dominic Edwards “Right now, you can look around the new internal vice presi- Student Body President dent, and Woodville soph- campus and see there are messy bike omore Kristyn Miller was racks everywhere, and it’s an eye- elected the new external Ft. Hood memorial sore,” Glenrock, N.J. freshman and co-founder Kyle Bogert said. “Our vice president. Both candi- By Paula Ann Solis them with long-barreled weapons those who have the courage to seek mission is streamlining transporta- dates ran unopposed. Staff Writer and trained soldiers on response help.” tion and environmental awareness Edwards has served in tactics for insider attacks. An at- “This tragedy tears at wounds and sustainability.” a number of student gov- FORT HOOD — For the sec- tempt was also made to better still raw from five years ago,” Houston freshman and co- ernment positions, includ- ond time in the past five years, identify troubled service member, Obama said. “Once more, soldiers founder Jonathon Permetti said ing his current position as Army officials have been forced a joint effort with an FBI intelli- who survived foreign warzones one of the advantages they have as internal vice president for to reexamine the level of security gence-sharing program. were struck down here at home, a company is being their own cus- this school year. He said he available to residents of Fort Hood But in the end, another troubled where they’re supposed to be safe. tomers. is devoted to this position after another deadly rampage soldier made his way onto base and We still do not yet know exactly “I wake up every day pretty much and has high aspirations for claimed the lives of three soldiers. a tragic history was repeated in the why, but we do know this: We running to class to be on time,” Per- the coming year. He said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Forth Hood community. must honor their lives, not ‘in word metti said. “We know the needs and his previous experience has said authorities are reviewing secu- President Barack Obama was or talk, but in deed and in truth.’” are able to suit them because we’re prepared him to serve the rity procedures at Fort Hood, also grieving this part of that repeated Obama referred to Scripture of- living them. We feel that it’s a need student body and to be a Lawren Kinghorn known as “The Great Place,” after history as he stood before a famil- ten from 1 John and 1 Corinthians that needs to be filled.” voice for the students. Internal VP Spc. Ivan A. Lopez, 34, released iar crowd Wednesday and mourn- as part of his message of hope and Bogert said Campus Bike does “I’m in disbelief,” Ed- 35 rounds on his soldiers in eight ed alongside soldiers and families love for the families of those fatally not provide the bicycle-sharing but wards said. “I’m humbled minutes, injuring an additional 16 at the memorial for the three sol- wounded struggling to understand instead is a consultant firm for uni- and I really felt that I was soldiers and taking his own life in diers fallen soldiers. how this could happen twice. versities to license its technologies. called to this position. I feel the end. Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Michael Obama said to the 3,000 members Permetti said the company is great about my [vice presi- “What motivated this person to Ferguson, 39, Staff Sgt. Carlos Al- of the Fort Hood community in looking to be on Baylor’s campus dents].” do this,” Hagel asked. “Where was berto Lazaney-Rodriguez, 38, and attendance at Sadowski Field that within a year with its goal of about Edwards said his first the gap, why did we have a gap, why Sgt. Timothy Wayne Owens, 37, love could bear all things and guide 350 users and 160 bikes. action as Student Body did it happen?” were killed on that ill-fated day the nation through this tragedy. Campus Bike offers different President will be to meet But these questions are the April 2. “In our lives, in our joys and packages for students. A yearly pass with his other officers. same that were asked by many in “Today, four American soldiers in our sorrows, we’ve learned that with Campus Bike is $79.95 which “It will take a team to get 2009 when 13 soldiers were killed are gone,” Obama said. “Four Army there is ‘a time for every matter includes unlimited 45 minute rides. our goals accomplished,” and 31 injured at the same base families are devastated. As com- under heaven,’” Obama said. “We Bogert said he drew his original Edwards said. and by one of their own. Maj. Ni- mander in chief, I’m determined laugh and we weep. We celebrate concept of his docking system full- He said he is dedicated dal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, that we will continue to step up our and we mourn. We serve in war to-scale on his dorm room wall. to what his campaign stated opened fire on unarmed soldiers in efforts, to reach our troops and vet- and we pray for peace. But Scrip- Bogert pitched his bike-sharing he would do throughout his a medical facility at the base. erans who are hurting, to deliver to ture also teaches that, alongside the Kristyn Miller concept to his roommates to get In response to that attack, Fort them the care that they need, and External VP them to be a part of his idea in the Hood posted more guards, armed to make sure we never stigmatize SEE ELECT, page 8 SEE FT. HOOD, page 8 Entrepreneurial Living-Learning Center in North Village. “We weren’t really on board at first, but then after looking at how things go, we hopped on board and decided to keep working on it,” Dal- Obama celebrates 50 years since Civil Rights Act las freshman and co-founder Paul Worrell said. The group meets three to five By Josh Lederman “They swung open for you and they legislating more than President Johnson,” days per week in the Dottie S. Riley Associated Press swung open for me,” he said. “That’s why Obama said. “He was charming when he Conference Room in Moody Me- I’m standing here today. needed to be, ruthless when required.” morial Library to work on Campus AUSTIN — A half-century after the Obama spoke at the end of a three-day The president also offered rare personal Bike. passage of sweeping civil rights legislation, summit commemorating the landmark insights into his views on the office he has The team said they work 40 to 60 President Barack Obama declared that he law that ended racial discrimination in held for more than five years, casting it as hours per week on their company had “lived out the promise” envisioned public places. a humbling perch with powerful possibili- and have seen their social lives and by Lyndon B. Johnson, the president who The anniversary has spurred a renais- ties. grades slip. championed the push for greater racial sance of sorts for Johnson’s domestic agen- “Those of us who’ve had the singular “It’s like having a full-time job equality. da, which included the creation of Medi- privilege to hold the office of the presiden- and taking classes,” Clinton, N.J. Marking the 50th anniversary of the care, Medicaid and the Voting Rights Act. cy know well that progress in this country sophomore and co-founder T.J. Ga- Civil Rights Act, which Johnson signed And against the backdrop of Obama’s can be hard and it can be slow, frustrating. walis said. into law, Obama lauded his Democratic own troubled relationship with Congress, And sometimes you’re stymied,” he said. Campus Bike will also have a predecessor’s ability to grasp like few oth- there have also been fresh bouts of nostal- “You’re reminded daily that in this great chance to gain more funding for the ers the power of government to bring gia for Johnson’s mastery of congressional democracy, you are but a relay swimmer in company by presenting on the FOX about change and swing open the doors of deal-making. Obama opportunity for millions of Americans. “No one knew politics and no one loved SEE OBAMA, page 8 SEE BIKES, page 8 Inside WEB NEWS p. 3 A&E p. 9 Visit us online for Baylor athletes Magician/ hypnotist video footage and strengthen faith, Max Major wowed highlights from the find victories the audience at 2014 Diadeloso on and off the Diadeloso with his festivities.

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