Baylor Alumna to Walk Stage 38 Years After Her Graduation

Baylor Lariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE Friday, November 15, 2019 baylorlariat.com Opinion | 2 A&L | 5 Sports | 7 ‘OK, Boomer’ The Football attitude is Mandalorian Preview harmful The show sets Bears face The rhetoric new high for Sooners with isn’t productive Star Wars 10-0 hopes Baylor alumna to walk stage Mayborn creates 38 years after her graduation community TYLER BUI at ‘Science of Staff Writer Lacy Schneider O’Connor, class Coffee’ event of 1981, will walk at commencement alongside her nephew in December, 38 years after her graduation from Baylor. MATTHEW MUIR misconception that Scneider O’Connor has known Spring Staff Writer dark roast [has the most senior John Crichton since he was born, caffeine,] but actually dark and they consider each other to be Aunt Baylor students roast gets rid of some of and nephew. She attended Baylor from quenched their thirst for the caffeine,” Willhite said. 1977 to 1980 but was unable to walk at her knowledge and caffeine “Coffee can range from graduation. at the Mayborn Museum light roast to medium “I consider her just part of the family. Complex’s Science of roast to dark roast, and I love my aunt so much,” Crichton said. Coffee event. there’s a super dark roast “I’ve known her my entire life, and ever Thursday night’scalled Italian roast which since my cousins were little, I’ve helped event was open to Baylor basically tastes like burnt.” raise them—babysitting, hanging out students, and Houston Willhite walked through with them or just going to family events junior Gabby Hicks, an the process of making a together. We’re a really close family.” intern for the Mayborn, mocha, beginning with the With Crichton preparing to graduate said it was intended espresso. Photo Courtesy of John Crichton in December, Schneider O’Connor took to provide a relaxed “What’s unique about the opportunity to reach out to Baylor and TWO FOR BAYLOR Lacy Schneider O’Connor, and John Crichton said that they share atmosphere where students an espresso machine is that see if she could finally walk the stage 39 a special connection because they are the only two in their families to attend Baylor. were encouraged to grab it’s really high pressure. It’s years later. some refreshments, hang 10 times the atmospheric “I’ve been waiting a long time to be out and enjoy the night. pressure of this room, able to do it; I’m very excited. I very much “We are marketing which is a lot,” Willhite regret that I didn’t do it when I should this as a study night and said. “That’s what allows it have. I still can’t believe that it’s going to a hangout session where to have very concentrated happen. I bought my cap and gown when students can gather and coffee. We pour all of I was in Waco the other day,” Schneider see this as a very casual our coffee at Common O’Connor said. “I should have graduated environment to enjoy the Grounds as double shots. in May 1981, but at the time they didn’t museum,” Hicks said. “We There’s the same amount of have commencement in December, and I had a band that played, caffeine in a double shot as would have had to come back in May. At and we had catered donuts pure coffee.” the time, it wasn’t economically possible and coffee and sort of a After preparing the for m e .” designated study area, espresso, Willhite moved Schneider O’Connor said she was and then we had our on to the mocha’s next overwhelmed with the support and main event, which was component: steamed milk. excitement that Baylor responded with the demonstration of the Willhite said a barista must when she asked if she could walk the stage science of coffee.” be precise to get this part with her nephew. Dallas seminary student correct. “I sent an email one morning around and Common Grounds “This allows us to do 10 a.m., then I went to go run errands,” barista David Willhite two things: it makes the Schneider O’Connor said. “By 11:30 a.m., Photo Courtesy of John Crichton performed demonstrations milk kind of silky but it the first email had come back saying, 39 YEARS LATER Spring senior John Crichton stands with Lacy Schneider O’Connor, throughout the night, also puts air into the milk ‘Absolutely,’ and it was forwarded on. The Baylor graduate of 1981. O’Connor did not walk at commencement when she mixing coffee facts with to make it kind of a foam,” second email was less than an hour later graduated, but will walk the stage this December. a slow drip of jokes while Willhite said. “If you saying, ‘Absolutely, we would be honored preparing a drink. Willhite submerge the steam wand for you to come back and walk across said there is a common too far it doesn’t change at the stage.’ This whole thing happened SCAN FOR LARIAT TV misconception about the all, it just makes hot milk, within two hours while I was out running caffeine content of different and if you don’t submerge it errands. I started crying when I read these coffee roasts. NEWS COVERAGE “It’s a common GRAD >> Page 4 COFFEE >> Page 4 Baylor Equity Office expands positions, works to prevent bias SOPHIE ACEBO are in-person seminars,” Driskell said. “These Reporter really look at biases, discrimination, how to respect others... those types of trainings.” Baylor’s Equity Office joined campus These trainings also extend to different in keeping with the university’s mission of departments and areas of campus so they can creating a caring atmosphere for its entire focus into smaller groups. Driskell said they community, and has recently expanded even train faculty through the hiring process. positions within the department. “We also train faculty when they’re going Officially established a year and a half ago, to do a search for new faculty members,” the Equity Office “handles matters concerning Driskell said. “It’s not just the legal aspect of Nathan De La Cerda | Multimedia Journalist equal opportunity, affirmative action, civil what you can and can’t do; it’s really a training LOCAL BENEFIT The blood donated from MAPS blood drive will go to serve the Waco rights, and related training.” They are located of unconscious biases and how to obtain a very community. Members of MAPS stressed the importance of this as a way to give back. in the same suite as the Title IX Office on the deep and diverse pool, logistics of where to second floor of Clifton Robinson Tower. advertise and all aspects of a job search so that Dr. Robyn Driskell, vice president for we can get the best candidates for positions.” internal administration and compliance and Driskell said the Equity Office also handles chief of staff, oversees all members of the discrimination reports directly and works Equity Office. She also reports directly to toward investigating these claims and bringing MAPS hosts blood drive Baylor president Dr. Linda Livingstone. justice. “The Equity Office has officially been an “We also handle any discrimination office for about a year and a half,” Driskell claims or civil rights claims; we will see said. “We had pieces of it that we were doing if it is a violation of policy and work with to benefit local patients at Baylor, but it was not under one umbrella those individuals,” Driskell said “We’ll do of the Equity Office, and so we were able to investigations when they rise to a policy bring the individuals and the services together MEREDITH HOWARD Memorial Library and the Bobo Spiritual Life violation and then work with all parties on under one office.” Staff Writer Center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. that to do our best to resolve it.” The office serves Baylor in an effort to El Paso senior Antonio Cardenas, MAPS’ Driskell said the office is also heavily fight any type of bias discrimination. Driskell community health chair, coordinated this involved in the President’s Diversity Council. Baylor’s Multicultural Association of said that one objective of the office is to offer drive. With representatives from a variety Pre-Health Students (MAPS) is running a trainings for the campus, including both “We try to get people to come donate of areas on campus, the council works to blood drive this week that will end at 4 p.m. faculty and students. today. The drive began Monday, with Carter “We have different trainings, and these BloodCare donation buses parked by Moody BLOOD >> Page 4 EQUITY >> Page 4 Vol.118 No. 24 First copy free, any additional copies 25 cents © 2019 Baylor University Friday, November 15, 2019 2 The Baylor Lariat opinionbaylorlariat.com GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? We want to hear it. Send us your thoughts: [email protected] EDITORIAL COLUMN Include sales tax in market prices MATT MUIR Waco’s sales tax is Staff Writer 8.25%. Imagine this scene: you (6.25% state and 2% local) walk into a restaurant, order a $5 sandwich, pay with a $5 bill and get your food. Does buying. anything stand out to you? In some other countries, There’s one glaring omission this isn’t a novel idea, but that should become is required by law. In the the standard across our United Kingdom, the cost economy: the lack of added of the Value Added Tax (the sales tax at the register.

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