Leading Women a Leading Voice in the Ongoing Threats Presented by North Korea
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STAY CONNECTED >> The Baylor Lariat @bulariat @baylorlariat Baylor Lariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE MARCH 29, 2018 THURSDAY BAYLORLARIAT.COM Opinion | 2 Arts & Life | 5 Sports | 7 Endorsements Tortured Artists? Softball vs. OU Elections are next Professionals weigh Softball takes on No. 2 week. Here’s who we in on pain behind OU in conference play endorsed this year. artwork. opener. Dan Coats talks Trump, North Korea DIDI MARTINEZ Digital Managing Editor Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats says he remains “skeptical” of Kim Jong Un’s upcoming talks with President Donald Trump, citing what he sees as time lost through concessions and broken promises over the years. The former U.S. Senator and ambassador to Germany spoke at Baylor University on Wednesday ahead of a speaking engagement at an intelligence conference in Austin. Coats was appointed as the fifth director of the agency by Trump last January and has since been tasked with providing the president with daily intelligence briefings. Josh Aguirre | Multimedia Journalist He said that on Tuesday his intelligence team met with Trump for over an hour to catch the president up to speed LAUGHING LEADERS Lila Holley, DeLisa Russell, Elizabeth Palcaios and Amye Dickerson laugh along with Pearl Beverly (speaking) as Beverly shares her story of how she has reformed Multicultural Affairs at Baylor. on the latest developments abroad. Coats said the intelligence community is non-political, but that there is “a lot of turmoil going on is Washington.” Still, this hasn’t left Coats out of the political realm as he has become Leading Women a leading voice in the ongoing threats presented by North Korea. “North Korea will be among the most volatile and confrontational Women share stories of servant leadership WMD threats to the United States over the next year,” Coats said in Coats BROOKE HILL take the uniform off for the last time to Iraq, she said. an on the record assessment of Copy Editor make that transition, those emotions, “This brokenness, this thing that threats abroad. that was the brick wall I hit. And I really people are going through, I didn’t learn As Trump prepares to meet with North Korean leader Eight female leaders from the wasn’t ready for it, it really caught me off about that at Baylor,” Russell said of the Kim Jong Un, Coats’ evaluation of possible negotiations military, the campus and the community guard ... in my transition I realize one big war. “I didn’t learn about this in the book. have become even more prevalent. encouraged students Wednesday at the thing. I didn’t have a healthy system to But we’ve got to do something.” “That if they just want to talk or if they just want to buy Bobo Spiritual Life center with their process those emotions.” Senior veteran Katy Humphrey’s time, we’ve seen that movie and we’re not gonna do that stories of servant leadership. Holley said the public should be gentle baby, Millie, became internet famous again,” Coats said. “Maybe we want to look at a different The panel opened up discussions with veterans, as it took three to five years when Humphrey brought her to class after approach and actually, we have a different approach now on transitioning between stages of life, for her to really feel like herself again. her babysitter cancelled last minute. Her because what we’re saying is commitment to denuclearize perceptions of femininity and advice on “Who are you now that that uniform is professor picked Millie up and calmed has to be the first issue addressed, not the last issue to be how to become the best leader. off?” Holley asked. “What are the things her for the duration of class after she addressed.” Combat veteran, retired US Army you’re passionate about? It may seem like had gotten fussy. Humphrey said she felt Coats pointed to experience as a factor to consider as chief warrant officer and award-winning an easy question to answer, but who are called to lead after two of her friends lost the country moves forward with talking to North Korea. author Lila Holley, said she didn’t have a you, to a soldier? I’m a soldier. Once that their legs overseas and she felt called The 74-year-old intel officer pointed to a failed six-year proper support system when she started uniform comes off, who am I now? That to help them after they became double effort in working with the rogue state in the early 2000s as the transition from active duty to civilian was a tough questions to answer.” amputees. reason enough to go into negotiations with caution. after serving for 14 years. DeLisa Russell, Director and Military “I felt this calling to just be helpful,” At the event, which was held in the McClinton “I went into it like everything else in Veteran Peer Network Coordinator for Humphrey said. “I don’t know if it’s Auditorium at the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business my military career with a can-do attitude, Veterans One Stop, is the daughter, wife because I’m a woman or because I was and Innovation, Coats said keeping up with emerging but I hit a brick wall. It hit me right in and mother of veterans and actives. As higher rank ... I just felt this need to take technology has become a “challenge” for the intelligence the face,” Holley said. “It becomes who a civilian, she said people sometimes care of others and I felt I could do it in a community. we are. I was a soldier for 22 years, it’s underestimate all she does to support different capacity, better. Especially with “We have to stay ahead of the game,” Coats said. “This who I was, I was chief ... It was who I those in the military. Her time to step up women, you just juggle, and you just do. is why we are looking at young people. Those kinds of embodied. When it came time for me to came when America went to war with I think the military can definitely help skills are coming out of the younger generation.” LEADERSHIP >> Page 4 COATS >> Page 10 Habitat for Humanity puts on egg hunt fundraiser RIDER FARRIS to go on an Easter egg hunt?’ repairs and construction at the Waco Habitat for Reporter because we don’t get to do that projects throughout the Humanity Restore located anymore.” community. Every once in downtown. This store sells Baylor’s Chapter of Members of Baylor Habitat a while, members of Baylor donated home improvement Habitat for Humanity held its for Humanity started planning Habitat for Humanity will items at a fraction of the cost. second annual Easter egg hunt the event in January and spent also meet up to help with Danaszewski said Baylor fundraising event Wednesday the weeks leading up to the emergency repairs for those Habitat for Humanity wanted at the Student Union Building event going around to different in need. Edwardsville, Ill. to make sure attendees got Bowl. The event helped raise businesses asking for prizes to junior Austin Pizzini, vice their money’s worth at the money for the Waco regional give away at the event. Over president of Baylor Habitat for Easter egg hunt event. He Habitat for Humanity group. 150 coupons or food vouchers Humanity, said the event is an said participants had a one-in- Keller junior Connor were collected and placed into easy way for students to get seven or one-in-eight chance Danaszewski, president of the over 1,200 eggs that were involved and help out. of getting something good in Baylor’s Habitat for Humanity stuffed for the event. “We go out and work hand their egg. He said the event organization, said the event “I was shocked at how in hand with Waco Habitat for was planned to be a fun way to was so successful last year many businesses that you Humanity helping families raise money. that they decided to hold the walk up and just mention build their homes,” Pizzini “It’s supporting a good event again. Attendees had Waco Habitat and suddenly a said. “Otherwise, they would cause,” Danaszewski said. “A the opportunity to make a lightbulb goes off and they go have to hire contractors out to lot of people have at least heard donation for the ability to hunt in the back and like ‘here you do minuscule tasks that we as of Habitat, or at least heard of for eggs containing coupons, go’,” Danaszewski said. “And an organization can do through it mentioned, but a lot of them vouchers and gift cards. they hand you this huge fat our service. It is a great way aren’t super familiar with “We just wanted to have stack of buy-one-get-ones and for students to give back not the work. And if I can even something that was fun,” you’re like ‘sweet’.” only to our organization but in educate some of the people Danaszewski said. “We felt Over the course of the an indirect way back to Waco.” that are brand new coming out, like this wasn’t going to be semester, Baylor Habitat Baylor’s chapter of Habitat that’d be a great thing because MJ Routh | Multimedia Journalist a drag. We’re older — we works with Waco’s Habitat for for Humanity also volunteers it really is a great organization TEAMWORK Members of Baylor Habitat for Humanity smile at thought ‘how fun would it be Humanity group to conduct at the biannual half-off sale to be a part of.” their second annual Easter egg hunt.