It's Not Their Fault

STAY CONNECTED >> The Baylor Lariat @bulariat @baylorlariat Baylor Lariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE APRIL 6, 2018 FRIDAY BAYLORLARIAT.COM Opinion | 2 Arts & Life | 5 Sports | 7 Trump vs NAFTA Talk More Meals One Year Later Trump should not Local health food Nina Davis finds discard NAFTA business inspires success in post- agreement. connection at the table. Baylor career. Empty Walls Police investigating Old Main art heist DID MARTINEZ manager, she suggested, Digital Managing Editor ‘Why don’t we take them all down, just to be safe?’” Bare plastic hooks line Long said. “Because to get the walls of Old Main as a them replaced, each one series of building robberies costs around $300. Three have forced officials to go missing, you’re already take several decorative looking at $1,000.” paintings down. In an effort to Building officials protect the department’s first noticed that a investment of replica and painting belonging original paintings, building to the Department of officials took more than 88 Modern Languages of the remaining works of Baylee VerSteeg | Multimedia Journalist and Cultures had gone art down and have stored TALKING ABOUT IT Temple junior Tristen Coffee and Houston junior Susan Sullivan visit the “What Were You Wearing, Waco?” missing on Thursday with them in an undisclosed exhibit on Austin Avenue Thursday. The exhibit will travel around the Waco area until the end of April. no indication as to who location. Long said they might have committed the would like to bring back robbery, according to Dr. the works of art, but will Michael Long, interim be meeting with the Baylor chair of the Department Police Department today to of Modern Languages and consider ways to prevent It’s Not Their Fault Cultures . further robberies. The most recent “Baylor PD has told us painting stolen from the that they had reviewed or Exhibit supports sexual assault survivors department was Victor were going to review tapes Vasnetsov’s “The Three from the cameras to see if Knights,” but this was just MOLLY ATCHISON they saw anyone leaving outfits posted on doors to kind is solidified, we will continue with clothing and reflect on one of two other paintings with the size of one of these Print Managing Editor of represent the idea that all to utilize our resources in what gives this particular rape that have been reported pictures,” said Long, who of these assaults happened student government, in the culture myth so much power in missing by the department. believes it unclear whether In honor of National behind closed doors, and we’re Title IX office, and in the local the first place,” said Geneece Back in fall 2016, Robert the missing paintings were Sexual Assault Awareness now opening those doors to Waco community to bolster Goertzen, Waco Family Abuse Delaunay’s “Tour Eiffel” all taken by the same Month, Baylor’s It’s On Us shed light on assault,” said San our cause.” Center board member in the went missing and nearly person. organization is partnering Antonio junior Paige Hardy, The organization got the press release. “The clothing a year later, so did Gustav The Department of with the Waco Family It’s on Us member. “The idea for the “What were you is not to blame for the assault. Klimt’s “Ms. Adele Public Safety confirmed Abuse Center, the Waco goal of the exhibit is to try to wearing?” project from similar People in everyday clothing Bloch-Bauer,” according Thursday’s robbery to the Advocacy Center and Baylor have people see themselves exhibit, which was put on in are still sexually assaulted. to Long. Because of this, Lariat via a statement, to bring awareness to the in the shoes of sexual assault 2013 by Kansas University. When assessing sexual department officials were and said they will be issues of sexual assault and survivors and to show them The Waco exhibit has been a violence, the only question forced to take action this conducting an “ongoing interpersonal violence. Baylor that it’s not what you were year-long work in progress. that matters is consent. But week. investigation.” Title IX and It’s on Us have wearing that caused a person “It’s been a lot of hard work rape culture has caused some “When this last organized an art exhibit titled to be assaulted; it’s the person and intentional conversations people to assert that clothing one disappeared, I, in “What were you wearing?” It who assaulted them.” to try and get the ball rolling,” matters, which shifts the focus consultation with my office HEIST >> Page 4 will be displayed in downtown The president of It’s Hardy said. off the obvious reason for the Waco from today until April On Us, Fort Worth senior The opening night of the assault – because the attacker 14, on Baylor’s campus from Caroline Grace, said that It’s exhibit will include speakers, was a rapist.” April 16-28 and on McLennan On Us has been in the process who are either survivors The exhibit will also be Community College’s campus of a transition. “It’s On Us themselves or friends and displayed on Baylor’s campus until the end of April. is currently in the transition family of survivors speaking from April 16-28. Hardy The exhibit displays from being an arm under the on how they handled their said the goal is to make sure a collection of articles of Title IX department to being loved-one’s assault. Hardy the community is having clothing worn by sexual assault an official student activities said the organization has had meaningful and important victims during their assaults organization,” Grace said. “We a massive amount of support conversations early, in order on movable doors. It is meant are grateful to be in frequent from the Waco community. to prevent a situation like the to “bring what happens behind communication with the Panera offered to cater the sexual assault scandal that closed doors and stigmas that interim Title IX Coordinator opening night and Austin’s on happened at Baylor last year. are nurtured in closed minds to and the Prevention Specialist, the Avenue has offered their For members of the Waco an outdoor space and debunk who is our informal advisor, space for the speaking portion community wanting to become the myth that a survivor and we have no intention of of the event. After the opening involved in the conversation, could have prevented the cutting ties with our friends of the exhibit, the display will the “What were you wearing?” attack by wearing something and advocates in the Title be transported around Waco, exhibit can offer meaningful different,” a March 20 press IX office. The organizers stopping at the Waco Family and informative opportunities release said. The exhibit will and leadership in this group Abuse Center, Jesus Said Love and resources, and aims to end be formally presented to the simply deserve the stability gallery and several churches in stigmas and lift up survivors of public in conjunction with that would come with being an the area. sexual assault. Cultivate7twelve art galleries’ official student organization “We want to challenge Didi Martinez | Digital Managing Editor Gallery Night on April 6. over the ever-changing tides of people to engage with the WANTED: INFORMATION Flyers hang around Old Main “We have all of those bureaucratic hoopla. Until that universal connection we have after all art was stored following several robberies. Electoral Commission finds Causey not guilty of complaint BAILEY BRAMMER “The decision of the an Instagram post that had Waco Native’s post, Causey Editor-in-Chief Commission is clear,” Causey originally been made by asked Teague whether or not said. “There was no violation Waco Native, a local clothing the inclusion of the discount Dallas junior Hannah and I haven’t tried to gain retailer. The post acted as an violated the electoral code, Causey, a candidate for any unfair advantage. Instead endorsement for Causey’s and Teague told Causey there student body president, was of speaking to us about it, campaign, and offered a 30 was no cause for violation. found not guilty of breaking Allaire wrote a suit and percent discount to customers Allaire’s complaint against the electoral code after an waited to submit it until a very with the code “CAUSEY.” Causey was based on the Electoral Commission hearing inopportune time for us to give Allaire filed the complaint grounds that the “discount on Wednesday. us inadequate time to prepare. against Causey through Ithaca, [functioned] as a free handout The hearing was called Thankfully, it was a frivolous N.Y., senior Elaine Renberg, material, and should be after a complaint was raised and groundless lawsuit the elections marshall. By expensed to the campaign on a by another candidate, Huxley, because we have tried to run a filing through Renberg, Allaire per-use basis.” Iowa, junior Austin Allaire. very clean campaign and have was not required to be present According to the decision, Houston senior passed on filing suits.” at the Electoral Commission Causey and her team brought Chelsea Teague, electoral According to the decision hearing to represent himself. up the notion that “since commissioner, presided over of the Electoral Commission The decision states when candidates endorsed by the Allaire Causey the Commission and said they in “Elections Marshall v. Causey became aware that her Lariat student newspaper are found Causey not guilty and Causey,” Causey reposted campaign team had re-posted had no reason to penalize her. SBP >> Page 4 Vol.118 No. 48 © 2018 Baylor University Friday, April 6, 2018 2 The Baylor Lariat opinionbaylorlariat.com GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? We want to hear it.

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