Lariat Alive! App The Baylor Lariat @bulariat @baylorlariat Baylor Lariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE FEBRUARY 19, 2019 TUESDAY BAYLORLARIAT.COM Opinion | 2 Arts & Life | 6 Sports | 6 & 7 Evolve, Instagram Fav. cult classics Rocky weekend Instagram needs to A breakdown of one of Softball opening create a Facebook-like our favorite cult classics, weekend presents ups feature for invitations. ‘The Cheetah Girls.’ and downs. Oakman trial We delight in the “beauty of the jury selection butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through in process to achieve that MORGAN HARLAN sexual assault trial out of beauty.” Staff Writer McLennan County. The motion was requested because MAYA ANGELOU Approximately of the high amount 200 potential jurors of publicity were summoned surrounding sexual to the McLennan assault cases in County courthouse McLennan County. Kennedy Dendy | Broadcast Reporter Friday afternoon Some of these TEA PARTY San Antonio senior Sydney Drake, planned the event and combined ttwo student organizations, Baylor’s to fill out surveys past cases include Women in the NAACP chapter and the Pi Mu chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) to host a PreTea “pretty” party on Feb. 17 to test potential the former Baylor in honor of Black History Month. bias against fraternity president former Baylor Jacob Anderson’s football player and plea agreement in defendant Shawn December 2018 Oakman. Oakman Shawn Oakman and the Baylor has been indicted football scandal on sexual assault which broke in PreTea Party honors charges and awaits trial in the 2016. county. Out of the jurors, 137 “Jurors when they come said they were available for in to serve they take an oath jury duty the week of the trial to tell the truth, but we have and filled out the questionnaire, seen experiences, and I have according to the district court in my own practice that jurors Black History Month clerk’s office. withhold information because 19th District Court Judge they have an agenda,” Bennett Ralph Strother and attorneys said in a Feb. 1 Lariat article. MADALYN WATSON San Antonio senior Sydney Drake, through NAACP and through Pi Mu for both sides will be examining “There are jurors out there Staff Writer the WIN Chair for Baylor’s NAACP as and be able to be in a nice, comfortable the jurors’ questionnaires to who may find that they have well as a Programming chair for AKA, environment for us to be able to relax determine if there is enough an agenda to try to correct what Baylor’s Women in the NAACP planned the event that combined the chill out but then also be able to bias towards the defendant they perceive are the wrongs chapter and the Pi Mu chapter of Alpha two organizations. empower one another,” Gee said. to warrant a change of venue from the Jacob Anderson case Kappa Alpha (AKA) hosted the The “I wanted two historically black Everyone dressed in their Sunday for Oakman’s trial. Attorneys and take that out on somebody PreTea “pretty” Party: Delighting in organizations to come together. I best, wearing nice dresses and some will begin trying to select an else.” the Beauty of the Butterfly on Sunday thought it would be great for us to even sporting hats and gloves. impartial panel by Feb. 25. Oakman’s trial has been in honor of Black History Month. celebrate each other this February,” Attendants were charged $5 at the Their success will be a big part pending since he was indicted The inaugural event, in honor Drake said. door of the event, and all of the money of Strother’s ruling on a change by a grand jury in July 2016 on of Black History Month, featured Sugar Land junior Madelyn Gee, earned will be given as a scholarship to of venue motion. a sexual assault charge from a speech from Dr. Tyhra Lindsey the Ivy Leaf reporter for AKA, said a high school student in Waco. On Feb. 1, Oakman’s April 2016. Oakman has been Warren, a clinical assistant professor of the purpose of the event was to bring “We have an HBCU initiative, attorney, Alan Bennett, filed out on bond since shortly after marketing. There was also a tea party everyone together to lift each other up which is historically black colleges and a change of venue motion his arrest. at the Foster Campus for Business and and empower each other. to move Oakman’s pending Innovation at 3 p.m. “For us to be able to come together PRETEA >> Page 3 Baylor responds to campus-adjacent vehicle burglaries BRIDGET SJOBERG valuables with you.” Staff Writer Sgt. Patrick Swanton of the Waco Police Department said that incidents A safety notification was sent involving motor vehicle burglary Claire Boston | Multimedia Journalist out to Baylor students on Monday around Baylor’s campus aren’t afternoon after numerous motor PROGRAMS Baylor’s three student programming groups have begun the process of accepting applications. unusual and typically result from vehicle burglaries were reported belongings being left in cars. to the Waco Police Department at “Unfortunately, these types of locations adjacent to the Baylor theft are not uncommon in that area,” campus. Swanton said. “We strongly urge According to Baylor’s crime students and citizens alike to stop Student programming groups log, 14 offenses specified as motor leaving valuables in their cars. This is vehicle burglary have been reported the number one reason these vehicles since Feb. 11, six treported on are being targeted.” Feb. 16 alone. The burglaries have Baylor’s notification also alerted accepting new applicants occurred on numerous streets located students as to how suspects typically nearby Baylor’s campus: 8th Street, search for vehicles to target and urged Speight Avenue, 11th Street, James them to be on watch for suspicious BRIDGET SJOBERG plans weekly events and activities skills and teaching her how to work Avenue, Wood Avenue, 12th Street, activity. Staff Writer in the Bill Daniel Student Center in a professional setting. 5th Street, Bagby Avenue and 14th “The suspect(s) mode of operation (SUB) and Student Productions “BAC has been incredibly Street. The burglaries took place on is to check the vehicle to determine Baylor’s three student campus works to help execute top impactful to me by teaching Feb. 11, Feb. 13, Feb. 14 and Feb. 16. if it is unlocked. If the suspect(s) programming groups — Baylor performance events on campus. me tangible skills for my career and are being handled by the Waco find an unlocked vehicle, they enter Activities Council, Union Board Applications to apply for these and expanding my boundaries,” Police Department. and remove any items of value,” and Student Productions — have groups are available at the campus McBride said. “I’ve learned so Baylor alerted students about the the notification read. “All students, begun accepting applications from program’s website and are being much about how to work in a incidents in a safety notification over faculty and staff are encouraged students interested in planning accepted until March 20. professional environment, and email and provided recommendations to be alert and cautious of their Baylor events and activities like Trussville, Ala., junior Maggie how to work with groups that share for ways to keep vehicles and surroundings on and away from All-University Sing, UBreak or McBride serves as the current different cultures and viewpoints belongings safe. campus.” Christmas on Fifth Street. president of BAC and said the group from my own, which is deeply “Without exception, always lock To report an offense of motor Although all three groups is responsible for the planning and enriching. BAC is the most the vehicle and close the windows, vehicle burglary or any suspicious operate under the campus execution of large-scale events on formative leadership experience regardless of the duration of your activity, students can contact BUPD programming umbrella, they all campus like Pi Beta Phi’s Howdy, I’ve had at Baylor — I’m grateful anticipated stay at any location,” the at 254-710-2222 or through the BU function in different ways to serve Asian Student Association’s Lunar for the opportunities it’s opened up notification read. “Leave nothing of Campus Guardian app, a free phone the Baylor community. BAC New Year and Phi Gamma Delta’s to me and the friendships it helped value in the passenger compartment. application allowing students to is responsible for planning all- Fright Night. She appreciates BAC Place valuable items in your trunk. quickly contact university police, university events, Union Board for helping to develop leadership JOIN A GROUP >> Page 3 If you do not have a trunk, take your along with other features. Vol.118 No. 38 © 2019 Baylor University Tuesday, February 19, 2019 2 The Baylor Lariat opinionbaylorlariat.com GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? We want to hear it. Send us your thoughts: [email protected] EDITORIAL COLUMN Don’t trust online quotes LEXI DONNEL Reporter Whatever happened to skepticism when it comes to the Internet? Growing up, many of us heard from our parents and other adults in our lives, “Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.” Yet when the topic of politics is involved, these same people who told us this are the ones sharing fake quotes and stories. “If I were to run, I’d run as a Republican. They’re the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie, and they’d still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific.” — Donald Trump, People Magazine, 1998. This quote made its rounds on Facebook during and even after the 2016 election.