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#everyoneinblack Baylor fans are encouraged to wear black for the game against OSU at McLane Stadium tomorrow. This marks the second blackout at Baylor. Sports, Page 8 baylorlariat com The Baylor Lariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE Friday | November 21, 2014 Nonprofits Professor aid elderly, develops disabled in new view need of heat on diabetes By Sergio Legorreta Reporter By Rebecca Flannery Staff Writer Nonprofit organizations in Waco are helping to keep the homes of the elderly and disabled warm, as The American Diabetes Association is making temperatures dropped substantially. efforts to educate the public about the widespread “Share the Heat” is a campaign by a collabora- disease during November. tion of nonprofits to help these individuals. The cam- As the final installment of the Diabetes Aware- paign’s goal is to raise funds to donate portable and ness Month series, Brett Christenson, lecturer of safe heaters to those in need. Participating organiza- marketing in the Hankamer School of Business, tions include Meals on Wheels, Friends for Life, Cari- explains how his perspective of Type I diabetes tas, Act Locally Waco and the Area Agency on Aging condition has changed over time. of the Heart of Texas. The Area Agency on Aging has donated heaters When were you diagnosed? to elderly citizens in the past, but its resources were I found out I had diabetes my senior year of limited this year after the Texas Legislature cut the high school in February of 2002. What I noticed agency’s budget by $1,500. Misty Stipe, program di- was, over the winter that year, I was seeing symp- rector, said in past years they were able to purchase toms of diabetes. I didn’t know what was wrong. 100 heaters at about $20 each. After the budget cut I just thought I was a lazy high school student. I they were only able to purchase 25. was tired all the time, I was The campaign’s initial goal this year was to dis- thirsty a lot of the time, and tribute 200 heaters. I just thought I was being “As of Wednesday afternoon, we had enough lethargic as a senior in high funds for 198 heaters,” Stipe said. school – a severe case of “se- Stipe said after reaching the 200-heater goal, nioritis.” funds will go toward Caritas, which will distribute Then what happened heaters to the needy over the age of 60. was, I stopped playing sports Becky Guerrero, the Friends for Life regional su- and I began exercising on pervisor of independent living, said many of the peo- my own and I lost about 30 pounds in a month. I was ple receiving heaters have homes with little insulation CONSTANCE ATTON | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER Christenson against the cold and live on fixed incomes. losing a lot of body content. “If they’re in need, we give a heater,” Guerrero Throw pies, not punches I was sleeping a lot and it got said. “They’re coming in and going out as quickly as to the point where I was only awake for three to they’re coming in.” Hamilton sophomore Sarah Beshears and sophomore Jocelyn Flores take pies to the face Thursday at the four hours a day. Bill Daniel Student Center. The event, Break the Silence, was held by Alpha Chi Omega. All money raised SEE HEATERS, page 5 benefited the Waco Family Abuse Center. SEE DIABETES, page 5 BU evaluates effectiveness of faith programs in Dallas By Abigail Loop evaluate programs in the West Dallas area and Staff Writer measure the effectiveness of their initiatives. The study showed the impact of programs at Serve Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion has West Dallas on at-risk communities and sug- joined forces with a Dallas nonprofit, faith-based gested new community transformation models to organization to transform and improve at-risk help West Dallas residents. communities in West Dallas. “Our main goal was to provide something Researchers at the institute released a research to change the dialogue between programs and study this month called “Community Transfor- funders,” Wubbenhorst said. “We wanted to focus mation in West Dallas: Developing and Measur- on programs that could show positive outcomes. ing Collective Impact Initiatives.” The study was It’s rewarding to help organizations collect data the result of a joint effort between the institute and become part of a change. It’s essential for and Serve West Dallas, a nonprofit collaborative long-term sustainability.” that is composed of 13 faith-based nonprofits, Wubbenhorst said researchers focused mainly Dallas churches, Dallas residents and businesses. on the return of investment for programs and William Wubbenhorst, a non-resident fellow taxpayers and the implementation of Services for the institute, led the research for the study Optimizing Academic Research (SOAR) in pub- alongside Dr. Byron Johnson, director of Institute lic schools in West Dallas. They also focused on for Studies of Religion. Wubbenhorst said when various activities and resources for Serve West Serve West Dallas approached Johnson over two COURTESY ART years ago, the organization wanted research to SEE ISR, page 5 Serve West Dallas is partnering with Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion to see how helpful the efforts of faith-based programs have been to the at-risk communities in West Dallas. FSU shooter thought government was targeting him, journal shows By Gary Fineout students were studying for midterm “I ran for my life,” said Alli- and Brendan Farrington exams, but was blocked by lobby se- son Kope, a freshman from Cocoa Associated Press curity barriers that permit only stu- Beach, who was on the library’s first dents and staff inside, Tallahassee floor. “I ran right out the backdoor. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Flor- Police Chief Michael DeLeo said. My laptop and everything is still in ida State University alumnus and “Based on our initial review of there. It was shock. It was just in- attorney who shot three people at the documents and his videos and stinct. You don’t think about any- the school’s library early Thursday his postings, it’s clear that Mr. May’s thing else, you just go.” believed the government was tar- sense of being and place in our com- One person is in critical condi- geting him for persecution, detail- munity was not what most people tion and one is in good condition at ing his thoughts in a journal and in would refer to as a normal,” DeLeo a local hospital, while the third was videos detectives obtained, authori- said. “He had a sense of crisis and he released. ties said. was searching for something.” May’s Facebook page shows he Officers fatally shot Myron May, The shooting sent students posted mostly Bible verses and links 31, during an exchange outside the scrambling for cover in the book to conspiracy theories about the ASSOCIATED PRESS library about 12:30 a.m. May re- A Tallahassee police officer talks to several students Thursday outside the Strozier Library on the Florida State aisles and barricading themselves government reading people’s minds. University campus in Tallahassee, Fla., where a shooting occurred early that morning. The gunman was shot loaded at least once and tried to in with desks amid screams from and killed by police officers. enter the library, where about 450 classmates. SEE FSU page 5 Vol.116 No. 44 First copy free. Additional copies 25 cents each. © 2014 Baylor University Opinion Friday| November 21, 2014 2 The Baylor Lariat Yik Yak Yuck mous media outlets are all about con- enter after the first threat, this message Their naivety, however, is question- media service to mourn and other to Editorial necting with people, making “friends” followed: "nice try Costa, today was just able. Long before Yik Yak hit the scene, make inappropriate assumptions about Hiding behind anonymity is a com- or gaining “followers” to grow social a drill.” Facebook too aspired to be an applica- his death. The vile nature of the posts do mon practice today. From sources in circles. But when people in our circles In response to this, district officials tion only for college students and failed. not warrant repeating and the Yik Yak news stories to social media, knowing become violent or offensive, we usually blocked the app’s usage with the school’s However, even if Yik Yak did manage to service, which only holds on to com- the name behind a comment or quote have the option to unfriend them or un- Wi-Fi. keep their user pool to college students, ments for hours at a time, helps anony- is well on its way to becoming a rarity. follow. With Yik Yak, you have to physi- This anonymous bulletin board that there is no assurance the postings would mous cowards stay hidden. What this means for social norms is yet cally escape the 1.5-mile radius or the now plays host to fear mongers and cy- improve. This portrait of Yik Yak is not com- to be determined, but social media apps comments keep coming and sometimes ber bullies was never intended for high According to an article in the Des plete. Yes, anonymous Web surfing can like Yik Yak indicate it could lead our with dangerous consequences. school students. According an interview Moines Register, a Drake University bring out the worst in people, but it can society down a disturbing path without For two days this week in Manhattan with Yik Yak co-founder Brooks Buff- student was accused of using Yik Yak also challenge them to resist the trend. regard for those around us.

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