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STAY CONNECTED >> Follow us on Twitter @BULARIAT for breaking news updates and more Baylor LariatWE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE LTVN Online: Castro’s death NOVEMBER 30, 2016 WEDNESDAY BAYLORLARIAT.COM Wonderland Run benefits local schools MEGAN RULE Staff Writer The Wonderland Run will take off for the first time this Saturday as a part of the Waco Wonderland extravaganza taking place this weekend. “This is our first year doing this, so I’m excited to see how it turns out and how it goes,” said Aaron Mize, director of development and community partnership with Communities in Schools of the Heart of Texas. “We’re excited to see the turnout because there has been a lot of excitement already.” The organization had a race for the past two years in the spring, but the city of Waco didn’t have a holiday-themed run, and Mize said the organization saw the opportunity to make this an annual event. Communities in Schools is working with the city of Waco to coordinate the run. “I’m so excited about this run; it’s a great way to get into the holiday spirit,” said Basking Associated Press Ridge, N.J., sophomore Rachel Creedon. “It’s a great addition to this weekend’s festivities.” FIRST RESPONSE Ohio State University student Nicholas Flores reacts as police respond on Monday to an attack on campus in The Wonderland Run features a one-mile Columbus, Ohio. walk, a 5K run and a 10K run. Both the running races will start at 8 a.m. Saturday at the corner of Austin Avenue and Third Street in front of City Hall. The runners will head toward Cameron Park then loop back to finish at the In the Aftermath start line. Mize said the courses are USA Track and Field approved, meaning the distances have been certified for accuracy. Mize said the one-mile portion is a walk for people to get Baylor police reiterate campus safety procedures involved even if they don’t want to run, and it starts at 9 a.m. Saturday. The walk will go KALYN STORY down Austin Avenue and finish just in time for Staff Writer the parade that will also travel down Austin Avenue, starting at 10 a.m. A mass stabbing at Ohio State University “We’re excited and already looking forward Monday morning was the third violent attack to next year,” Mize said. “We will learn from at an American post-secondary institution in this kickoff year and hopefully make it better 2016, according to the National Center for by getting more sponsors and more support.” Education Statistics. The registration fees are $45 for the Monday morning, an OSU student was 10K run, $35 for the 5K run and $20 for an shot dead by police after driving his car individual one-mile entry or $40 for a family into several pedestrians on campus and of four. Packet pickup will take place from then stabbing 11 people. The incident was 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at 1001 Washington Ave. originally reported as an active shooter For those who cannot make it Friday evening, situation by OSU’s emergency alert system packets will be available for pickup starting “Buckeye Alert.” The Columbus campus at 7 a.m. Saturday. The race will take place was locked down during the incident, and no matter the weather. Those interested can classes were canceled for the rest of the day. Associated Press register on the race website. Baylor is involved in a national program All CLEAR Ohio State students duck under police tape after a shelter-in-place notification Mize said there will be Wonderland Run out of Texas State University called was lifted following an attack Monday at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. T-shirts for the first 300 people who register. ALERRT, Advanced Law Enforcement People are also encouraged to dress in holiday- Rapid Response Training, in which officers best training programs available.” threats in real-life scenarios, Wigtil said. themed clothes and “bring out the holiday are trained on how to respond to emergency Wigtil said the Baylor Police Department “I’m familiar with a lot of other spirit.” There will be medals for age-category situations, including an active shooter on does monthly training with its officers on universities and their tactical training, and winners. campus or an event similar to what happened how to handle active shooter situations. we are tip of the spear when it comes to Communities in Schools of the Heart of at OSU on Monday. Once or twice a year, the department has preparing that response,” Wigtil said. Baylor Police Chief Brad Wigtil called simulation exercises using paintball-like RUN >> Page 4 the program “state of the art” and “one of the devices for officers to practice engaging with SAFETY >> Page 4 Students to apply for regent position >>WHAT’S INSIDE opinion BAILEY BRAMMER of Regents can select up to two student Staff Writer regents each year. The Board of Regents “You’re a student leader serving needs to be more transparent with the Student government held an interest Baylor in a lot of different ways,” Thomas meeting for students looking to apply said. “People who end up getting selected Baylor community. pg. 2 for the position of student regent for the are people who have a fairly good grasp of 2017-18 school year on Tuesday evening where the student body is. You need to be at the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business aware … A lot of it is making sure I have arts & life and Innovation. an understanding of what’s going on with The Baylor Board of Regents has two the students.” A Baylor Christmas is an student regents, Charlotte, N.C., senior Thomas said that aside from attending annual concert hosted by Daniel Thomas and Waco senior Emily quarterly meetings, the time commitment the School of Music. pg. 5 Neel, both of whom serve as non-voting each week averages about eight to 10 members of the board and are expected to hours, which is spent meeting with attend four board meetings each year. administrators, serving on various student “Being a student regent is an councils and preparing for meetings, sports extremely unique position that not all among other tasks. The student regents universities have,” Neel said. “For Baylor also work alongside Port Barre, La., to offer this to students and to have this senior Lindsey Bacque, student body communication between students and the president, and Dr. Kevin Jackson, vice board is extraordinary.” president for student life. Student regents serve a one-year term Neel and Thomas both said that one and must be full-time undergraduate of the most important aspects of being a student regent is to recognize that the students at Baylor. They are required Baylor Volleyball heads Liesje Powers | Photo Editor position is not to act as a lobbyist but to have at least a 2.67 GPA to apply, as to the NCAA tournament. well as a committed Christian faith and rather as a bridge between students and the SEARCH A group of students learns about the role of a student pg. 6 regent at an interest meeting Tuesday evening at the Paul L. Foster a signed confidentiality agreement and Campus for Business and Innovation. conflict of interest disclosure. The Board REGENT >> Page 4 Vol. 117 No. 47 © 2016 Baylor University Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2 The Baylor Lariat opinionbaylorlariat.com GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? We want to hear it. Send us your thoughts: [email protected] COLUMN EDITORIAL It’s time to Dear Board of Regents dump the You recently announced that you will not be releasing past minutes from your quarterly ‘R’ word meetings. Individuals such as John MEGAN RULE Eddie Williams, a Baylor donor Staff Writer and member of the Bears for Leadership Reform, have criticized If you want to this decision. Sure, you will release know how not to be future minutes, but that's not my friend, use the enough. We join with alumni and word “retarded.” If former regents such as Drayton you want to be my McLane to call for complete friend and if you transparency. want to have my For a governing body that has respect, then don’t been under such national scrutiny use it. Don’t use it as for its lack of transparency, a joke, don’t use it to one would think this would be make me mad and an opportunity to exonerate please don't use it to refer to someone's yourselves. There are sure to be disability. some of you who are fighting for The biggest piece of my heart belongs transparency from the inside — to my brother, a 16-year-old who sleeps and we implore you to continue until 1:30 p.m. on the weekends and who doing so — but when it comes would eat a cheeseburger for every meal down to the wire, it seems to be of the day if my mother allowed him. difficult for the group as a whole A 16-year-old whose favorite sport is to deliver. Notable examples of a baseball and who knows every lyric to lack of transparency are the details of the Pepper Hamilton report every classic rock song on the radio, and Joshua Kim | Cartoonist that's not an exaggeration. A 16-year-old and the non-disclosure of former who has more love in his left pinky than I head football coach Art Briles’ the questions asks why it took source of the scandal, it should be leadership outside of Baylor.