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ELISABETH GEORGE amusement of the audience, Reporter loudly telling some students to “please remove your In commemoration of chapeaus,” (referring to their the 250th anniversary of baseball caps) out of respect the Boston Massacre, the for the proceedings. History department and In a Baylor press release, Baylor Law School put on Sweets said that the students an improvised mock trial in performing have studied Bennett Auditorium Thursday historical documents from afternoon. which they have based their Dr. Julie Sweet, history characters. She said that the Brittney Matthews | Multimedia Editor professor at Baylor, organized goal of the performance was the performance along with COOL FOR COLOR ISSA Baylor hosted their annual Holi festival 5 p.m. Thursday on Fountain Mall. to show that history is not Baylor Law professors Gerald boring and that there are Powell and Abner McCall. many different ways to learn The performance was an and experience it. improvised, unscripted, mock Powell said he thought it trial based on real events that “presents a unique opportunity Holi unites BU in color happened in 1770. In her for history students to do opening statements, Sweet research in their field and our CAMILLE RASOR explained that while only men law students to practice their Staff Writer were permitted to be in court trial skills.” at that time, both men and Blue Springs, Mo. senior Colorful powder covered Fountain women would be participating Caleb O’Donnell portrayed Mall and the Baylor community on in the trial. the witness Benjamin Davis Jr. Thursday as the Indian Subcontinent The clerk read theHe said that the groups have Student Association celebrated their indictment to which the been preparing for the mock fourth annual all-campus Holi festival. defendants Private Hugh trial since November. Holi, also known as the Festival Montgomery and Private “We all had to prepare of Colors, is a Hindu festival that High White, portrayed by witness statements that originated in India but has since spread Temple master’s candidate included what was actually to places in the Indian subcontinent Danny Dunn and Solon, said in the testimony,” and beyond. The festival celebrates the Iowa senior Katy Clevenger O’Donnell said. “We each coming of spring and the triumph of respectively, pleaded not got a person who was in that good over evil. guilty. The trial proceeded trial. And then we took other “We really just want to spread our with the presentment of people’s testimonies, we took culture around Baylor’s campus and charges, opening arguments, surrounding scholarship, show the traditions that we celebrate witness testimony, closing mainly primary sources, and the festivals that we have,” Burleson Brittney Matthews | Multimedia Editor Brittney Matthews | Multimedia Editor arguments, jury deliberation and tried to craft who our senior Krishna Jayaswal, president of FRIENDSHIP OF FUN The Festival LIFTED UP The Holi festival has and the publication of the character was.” ISSA, said. of Colors, also known as Holi, involves significance for Hindu people. Some verdict. O’Donnell is a history Holi will be celebrated around the participants throwing colored powders modern-day interpretations of the A bailiff strode around major with a rhetoric, public world on March 10, but ISSA decided on other participants, celebrating the festival state that the colors can help the room during the event coming of Spring. symbolize that discrimination based on keeping order. He hushed the HOLI >> Page 4 race is nonsensical. occasional hecklers and to the 250 YEARS>> Page 4

Area authorities continue to monitor COVID-19

MATTHEW MUIR Staff Writer

While COVID-19, better known as the novel coronavirus, has thus far stayed away from McLennan County, authorities are preparing to combat cases in the local area. The Waco-McLennan County Public Health District announced the formation of the McLennan County Leadership Response Team Wednesday to plan a response to the global outbreak. While there were no confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases in the county as of Thursday, the announcement said the team is “actively monitoring patients for risk factors and working to ensure our local health care system is prepared to respond to the situation as it unfolds.” Kelly Craine, public information officer at the Waco- McLennan County Public Health District, said the risk to McLennan County residents is minimal, but everyone should stay vigilant regardless. “We know that in McLennan County we are not seeing what they call community spread, that means person-to-person spread where the people that are spreading it or getting sick have not been in a travel situation,” Craine said. “Right now the risk is very low. It has the potential to grow, but at this moment it’s low.” The Leadership Response Team is composed of the Waco- McLennan County Public Health District, Ascension Providence, Baylor Scott & White and the Family Health Center. Craine said the team is scheduled to meet weekly, but through its member organizations, it has the flexibility to act quickly as the COVID-19 situation continues to develop. “On an agency level or institutional level all of our teams are meeting daily,” Craine said. “We meet daily, we know the hospitals are doing their own meetings and planning meetings for their own entity on a daily basis, so we have the option of course of ramping this up.” Baylor University assembled its COVID-19 Task Force in late Associated Press January and tasked it with monitoring the situation and advising university leadership on how to respond. In a Presidential CORONAVIRUS CONTROL Jay Butler, Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases at the The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks to the media in regards to the Novel Coronavirus, while standing in front of a map marked with areas having TASKFORCE >> Page 4 reported cases, inside the Emergency Operations Center, Feb. 13, 2020, in Atlanta.

Perspective email Thursday, Baylor discourse and legal reasoning minor. to celebrate on Thursday because the President Dr. Linda Livingstone He said that he wanted to get involved international celebration will happen said the task force continues to in this re-enactment because he loves while students are away from campus monitor the “rapidly evolving” this area of history. for spring break. situation. Both legal teams and the witnesses The celebration began with “[O]ur COVID-19 Task Force were dressed in period clothing, and music and dance performances by continues to actively monitor some of the audience members were Baylor students, then continued with guidance from the Centers for dressed in period clothing as well. everyone grabbing bags of colored Disease Control and Prevention Pam Webb, a re-enactor from Grand Holi powder and throwing them at and state and local public Prairie, said she was impressed with each other. health agencies to ensure the the costumes and thought the actors “The diverse colors represent continued health and safety of our community,” Livingstone said. “Let had worn them very well. Webb said facing adversity and creating a me reiterate that there are NO cases she has been involved in reenacting unified unit,” Euless sophomore of coronavirus at Baylor, in Waco or since 1989. Inaara Tharani, one of ISSA’s social Central Texas.” “My ex husband went to an event, chairs who was involved in planning Baylor temporarily suspended and he says, ‘Oh you got to see this, and facilitating the event said. university-sponsored travel to you got to see this!’ and drug me out Jayaswal spoke on both the China Jan. 29, to South Korea Feb. there and we were hooked,” Webb modern and traditional significance 26 and to Italy as of Tuesday. Travel said. “It was actually a rendezvous, of the colors within Hindu culture, to these countries will remain which is the mountain Cartwright and the different meanings the suspended until further notice. era, which is a later time period than celebration has carried throughout Lori Fogleman, assistant vice this. And through the years, we’ve the years. president for media and public just, you know, you see other things “In modern day, people believe relations at Baylor and member and you just [think] ‘oh, I want to it’s also to reduce racism and of the COVID-19 Task Force, play there!’” discrimination because we all get one said Baylor learned from working Webb said that she has worn Peter Enoch | Multimedia Journalist colorful appearance, which signifies with the Waco-McLennan County reenactment clothing for the Civil our souls are all one,” Jayaswal said. Public Health District when a JUDGING OFFICIALS Judges carefully listen to a testimony War, Mountain Fur Trade, and the Students across campus and suspected case surfaced in January. during the reenactment of the Boston Massacre trials in 18th century, the latter being her celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Massacre, people in the Waco community were Baylor has plans in place to deal hosted by Baylor Law and History students. with “any disruption to university favorite. invited to participate, and people operations,” Fogleman said. from several different organizations “The university has business attended the event. By the end of the continuity plans in place depending event, everyone who participated on the circumstance,” Fogleman was covered from head to toe in said. “As long as students, powder. faculty and staff heed the CDC’s “We ordered a whole bunch preventative measures, such as of Holi colors so we could have washing your hands, covering your everyone enjoy,” Arsh Ladhani, cough and staying home when the other ISSA social chair, said. you’re sick, we hopefully will not “We’re opening up all the packets, need to execute those plans.” we’re putting them in four different For anyone who suspects they corners so everyone can go get some may have contracted COVID-19, packets, run to the middle and then Craine said they should continue just explode the entire field.” to follow guidelines to prevent the Tharani said she was very disease’s spread and consult with a thankful that Baylor was so inclusive physician. of ISSA’s culture and traditions. “Make the phone call first and discuss that with your physician “We feel like it’s important for us on what is the best treatment for to commemorate our culture and you, and then we’ll go from there,” bring it to the campus, a campus Craine said. “If they determine that that’s predominantly Christian,” you do need testing then that will be Tharani said. “We want to thank taken care of … We’re monitoring Baylor and all the staff members for and taking care of the testing as being so welcoming and open to our far as it’s being coordinated with culture and our religion.” the health district and we’re not charging anything for this test.”

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EDITORIAL Spring into break while you still can

Spring break is the last time college seniors are allowed to be kids before they graduate and brave the new world. Most students travel, go on a mission trip or find other ways to enjoy the time-honored holiday. However, many students decide to return to their hometowns or stay in Waco for what has become known as a ‘staycation’ where students spend most of the break sitting on a couch. Instead of opting to lounge at home for spring break, students should go out and explore different opportunities before they lose their chance. Staycations have many benefits because they allow students to stay at home and recover from the first part of the semester. However, they do not allow students to fully enjoy the opportunities they have during spring break. Compared to other holidays throughout the academic year like fall break or Diadeloso, spring break offers students a full week to travel any and everywhere they want, and students should maximize the amount of time they have to enjoy it. By using spring break to enjoy time away from classes, students also have the opportunity to catch up on all of the activities they say they want to do outside of the classroom. Throughout the semester, students oftentimes form a list of things they want to do but end up never getting to after coming down from a stressful test week. Spring break provides a way for students to check items off that list, and also lifts some of the pressure from feeling guilt about doing a fun activity instead of paying attention to your studies. Students who don’t have the budget for a more extravagant trip can still find creative ways to do new things in their hometown. Make the trip your own. Hannah Holliday | Cartoonist Planning a fun trip or making any sort of chance for students to get their first chance at the spring break could prove most beneficial world and explore new things before returning plans for spring break apart from your parents planning, budgeting and organizing processes because it allows students to get out of their to campus to finish out the semester. Staying at can end up being another step in the “adulting” that go into planning and saving for trips. normal routines, settings and try something home can be fun, but taking a trip will provide process. For most students, up till now their While many students see staycations as a way new. Sometimes all students need to clear their memories that will last a lifetime and students parents have made all of the arrangements and to relax after a stressful school workload, taking minds is a change in scenery, and spring break shouldn’t let stress or a lack of effort hold them plans for vacations. Spring break is the perfect a trip or going on some form of adventure for allows time for students to go anywhere in the back from those opportunities.

COLUMN Retelling of an unfortunate spring break tale

LUCY RUSCITTO way to get to the Virgin Islands for Finally, after two days in the city to get to the most awe-inducing and give us devastating headaches. Staff Writer two days. from hell, we boarded our flight to the viewpoints. Despite the bug bites The vacation gifted by Satan Not only was our flight missed, Virgin Islands and arrived days late we received due to the humid himself wasn’t all bad, however. When Spring break should consist of but the airline we had used had to the rental home we booked. We conditions, it was a tranquil and I was in Miami, I did discover that I golden rays, captivating beaches, hundreds of cancellations, because got settled, headed to the beach and green wonderland. love Cuban food and the dry heat of some unproductivity, slight sunburns a tropical storm was approaching to enjoyed ourselves — for a while. Fast forward almost a week later the West Coast; I learned to always and quality time with cherished add to the wicked luck my family had We had booked a fishing excursion — we had arrived back home in keep a fresh outfit in one’s carry-on in friends and family. My 2016 spring been doomed with from the start. The one of the last days of our trip in the Orange County, Calif. My mom and case of a baggage fiasco; I came to the break consisted of muggy air, one of airline that had our luggage refused to turquoise waters surrounding the I unironically came down with nasty determination that the hotel I stayed Miami’s most crime-ridden pockets, give it to us due to the insane number keys, and the guide was to take us flu symptoms at the same exact time. in Miami will never again receive my borderline cancerous sunburns and of suitcases accumulated from all of to multiple other islands in the near We didn’t go in to the doctor because business; I got to encounter some of the Zika virus. the hundreds of missed flights. vicinity of St. John. Cool, right? we both had gotten the flu shot for the most wildly beautiful beaches I 2016 was my We were forced to find a hotel Wrong. Somehow, half of our that year. I missed a few days of will ever see; and I got to make some freshman year for two nights. Although we lost the family managed to get ridiculously school; she stayed in her room. pretty unique memories with my of high school, two nights in the rental house we had seasick from the unexpected rough It wasn’t until weeks later that family that I don’t think many others and my parents already paid in full for, my parents current on that windy day, we caught we realized what had happened. We can boast of. had decided to decided to try and make the most out about less than the number of fingers reflected on our flu-like symptoms: Although we had to endure some treat my younger of being in Miami since none of us on one hand of offensively dinky- achiness, irritated and inflamed pretty interesting circumstances, to sister and me had ever visited the city. looking fish and were overcharged by whites of my eyes — all from say the least, one thing (and seriously, to a trip to the That goal may have been much the guide by double of what we had what I thought was typical jet-lag only one thing,) remained constant Virgin Islands, more attainable, though, if we had initially agreed to pony up to. The exhaustion. during my tropical getaway: my starting in St. Thomas and ending stayed somewhere more adequate. experience was so intense my sister Immediately, it struck us that we family’s seemingly never-ending in St. John. They had traveled there Within hours upon arrival, the police now has naviphobia, or the fear of didn’t contract the flu from the airport optimism and overall excitement just for their honeymoon and wanted us had already made an arrest in the boats. Nice. like we had assumed. We had been to all be in the same place at once. to experience the beauty and people lobby for theft. Night one, our toes To top off the whole weeklong of bitten by the infected mosquitoes Between the Uno matches while of the gorgeous islands that they had were greeted with the nipping of bed misfortune and lost opportunities, carrying the Zika virus, which the hiding in the hotel, experiencing nearly 20 years prior. bugs. My parents were afraid to leave the days dwindled down to one of Virgin Islands had an immense new cultures and foods together and The plan was to fly to Florida my sister and I alone in the room while our final days on St. John, and we outbreak of while we were visiting. getting unnaturally baked by the sun, for the connecting flight from Los they Ubered to grab us toiletries. made a catastrophic choice. It was a And apparently, drizzly conditions I have memories that I will continue Angeles, and from there catch the Left without contacts, clean rainy, muggy day. The beach wasn’t an such as the day of the hike set off the to hold near to my heart well into 20-seater plane to the island of St. clothes or any form of toiletry items, option, so we decided to go for a hike laid mosquito eggs for hatching early. college and beyond, and I think that Thomas. my family cowered in the “hotel” in a highly rated meditation garden Thankfully, neither my mom nor I may have made contracting the once Our flight left 30 minutes later room, occasionally going out for along the side of a dirt road. had plans of having a child, which the global health emergency disease all than planned, causing us to miss our meals, with the utmost precaution We admired the luscious flora virus affects. We were so immensely worth it. connecting flight, and leaving us and due to our hotel being in a highly and fauna, snapped photos in the thankful that all the virus did to us Lucy is a sophomore journalism about 15 other passengers without a rated crime pocket. dominating green and climbed stairs was make us look like slight potheads major from Yorba Linda, Calif.

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Madalyn Watson DELIVERY DRIVERS Eje Ojo Aleena Huerta Friday, March 6, 2020 The Baylor Lariat News 3 Dr Pepper Rhoades named Museum to Under Armour host event AD of the Year Peter Enoch | Multimedia Journalist for sensory DEBATE Teammates Takuto Kasahara and Yuta Watanabe compare notes during the debate over COVID-19 policy in regard to quarantines. VIVIAN ROACH sensitivity Staff Writer Baylor’s athletic director BU, Japanese teams debate won a title of his own after SARAH PINKERTON numerous Baylor athletic Staff Writer teams have brought home COVID-19 quarantine rules titles under his guidance. Mack B. Rhoades IV, The Dr Pepper Museum he Baylor University vice will host a sensory sensitivity MEREDITH PRATT while the Japanese were debaters.” president and director of event for those with special Staff Writer in the U.S. visiting,” Dr. “Our goal [was] not to intercollegiate athletics, was needs from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 Matthew Gerber, Baylor’s win this debate, but rather awarded the Under Armour The Japanese National p.m. today at the museum as debate team director and to generate an in-depth, AD of the Year Award for Debate Team participated a part of their monthly First moderator of the event, objective discussion with 2019 to 2020 Tuesday by Photo courtesy of Baylor Athletics in a public deliberation with Friday. said. our colleagues from Japan, the National Association the Glenn R. Capp Debate ATHLETIC LEADERSHIP First Friday gives the local The Baylor team chose and to reach a “meeting of Collegiate Directors of Forum, Baylor University’s Mack B. Rhoades IV is the community free admission the negative position of the minds” with regard Athletics. debate team, on Thursday vice president and director to the museum and aims to and presented several to the question of how The award acknowledges night as part of their United of intercollegiate athletics at pair with a special event each arguments against to contain the spread of seven divisions and this year’s States tour. Baylor University. month. March’s First Friday quarantining. One point COVID-19,” Gerber said. winners will be recognized on Nic Nave and event centers around sensory they debated was that Nave said she “really June 9 during NACDA’s 55th Jacob Smith, two sensitivity. quarantines lead to citizens enjoyed” meeting the Annual Convention at the both on and off the court, graduate students Everything in the museum not reporting symptoms Japanese debaters. Mandalay Bay Resort in Las and additionally to better the from the department will be open as it normally due to fear of being “It’s really cool to find Vegas. athletes’ future after Baylor. of communication, is, but the event will allow contained. out that even though we Out of the 28 individuals San Antonio senior James represented Baylor those with special needs to The Japanese team, live so far apart from each awarded, 22 received the Greenwood said he remembers in the event. Japan’s get hands-on with activities. who chose the affirmative, other, things really aren’t honor for the first time. The when Baylor football was 1-11. representatives were law Lighting will be modified and argued that quarantines that different across the organization’s chief executive “We have really made students Yuta Watanabe sounds will be minimized. are necessary for protecting world,” Nave said. officer, Bob Vecchione, said strides in our athletic program and Takuto Kasahara. Quiet areas and sensory citizens and can prevent Smith said he hoped he he is excited to see new faces since I was a freshman,” Going into the event, sensitivity maps will also be discrimination by limiting was “able to translate [his] among athletic leaders. Greenwood said. “The athletic Smith said he was “ecstatic provided, which highlight infected patients’ access to skills [he’s] honed over the Rhoades joined the Baylor director and his whole staff about this opportunity.” areas with louder noise and other people. last few years in debate in athletic force as the vice has put Baylor on the map “Getting the privilege to brighter lights. “Researching this topic this public debate.” president and director of for athletics. I never thought I debate people from across Mary Beth Farrell, has really changed my “My mom always told athletics in July 2016. Baylor would see it.” the world is an experience director of development and perspective on the issue in me that I argued too much has seen four head coach Dallas sophomore Nick that not many people get,” communications at the Dr a way that I didn’t expect,” with her and she needed transitions since then for the Muhlenpoh is a team manager Smith said. Pepper Museum, said the Smith said. me to find an outlet for it, football, tennis and equestrian for Baylor men’s basketball, A few days before museum has hosted these As Baylor’s chair of the so I joined the debate team teams. Rhoades has overseen and said that he believes the event, the topic was events in the past and is committee on international in high school on a whim,” several Big 12 Championship Baylor athletics are on the rise. changed from whether doing a lot to ensure that the deliberation and debate, Smith said. “Here I am eight wins and post-season play “The work that Mack the United States should museum is accessible for the Gerber has been involved years later still doing it.” during his role as athletic Rhoades and all the coaching significantly reduce its evening. in the planning of the event Smith admitted that his director, including: Baylor staff on every team has military presence in Japan “We’ve gotten a lot of really for several months. competitiveness has “worn football Big 12 Championship, bought into this school and to whether quarantines great feedback about it,” Farrell Gerber said some of his off” as the years have gone 2020 Allstate Sugar Bowl and into the future of our athletic and/or public closings are said. “Specifically, with the goals for the event were on. 2019 Women’s Basketball program,” Muhlenpoh said. justified to contain the sensory sensitive population, “to show our guests from “What sticks with me NCAA Championship. “With all of the things going spread of COVID-19, or it’s been overwhelmingly Japan the finest in Baylor now is the drive to ... find Additionally, he launched on at this school, it shows that novel coronavirus. positive. People are very excited hospitality, tradition and different perspectives on 16 department-wide strategic we are growing and will soon “Given that all about these opportunities.” culture” to “engage in a how the world should initiatives aimed to better be a power-house school in all government offices and Atlanta sophomore Lauren meaningful, civil debate work,” Smith said. student-athlete achievement sports.” public schools in Japan are Gassel has a younger sister about a very timely issue,” currently shut down due with special needs, and said she and “to allow a space for to fears over the spread of thinks it is vital that museums our audience, the Baylor COVID-19, we thought it have days set aside for those students, to ask questions might be a unique time to with sensory sensitivity. and interact with the tackle this particular topic “A lot of special needs kids Japanese and Baylor can’t be around the normal things that we can be,” Gassel said. “There can be a lot of triggers that wouldn’t affect us but would affect special needs kids, and it’s so awesome that society is becoming more aware of that.” Farrell said the public programming staff has been passionate about hosting events like this and reaching out to these populations of people. “It’s a great companion to our active school programs that we do, which are more structured,” Farrell said. “We want to have experiences for as many different types of people as possible.” Both buildings at the Dr Pepper Museum are wheel- chair accessible and offer earbuds and sunglasses free of charge to the public for those with sensory sensitivity.

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WHAT TO DO IN WACO

FRIDAY

“Euphoria” by Kavitha Saminathan Opening | 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. | Kieran- Sistrunk Fine Art Gallery, 2120 Washington Ave. | Free | A soulful expression of contemporary paintings through color and texture that will run continuously throughout March

Melinda Adams Concert | 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. | Balcones Distillery, 225 S. 11th St. | Free

Landscape of the Soul Opening | 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. | Cultivate 7Twelve, 712 Austin Ave | Features abstract works of multiple mediums including encaustic work and acrylic paintings

Beatlemania64: A Tribute to the Beatles | 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. | The Hippodrome, 724 Austin Ave. | $29 - $39 Claire Van Zee | Reporter | A live multimedia spectacular that takes SPREADING THE CREATIVITY [From left to right] Fiona Bond, Amanda Dyer and Kennedy Sam are a part of the Creative audiences on a musical journey Waco team. Creative Waco is a nonprofit organization with a mission to support the art community in Waco.

Johnny Joe Ramos Concert | 9 p.m. - 11:59 p.m. | The Warehouse, 727 Austin Ave. | Free Local arts agency shapes SATURDAY Waco into cultural hub Downtown Farmers Market | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. | 510 Washington Ave, across CLAIRE VAN ZEE the street from McLennan County Reporter Courthouse | Free For years, people have looked outside of Waco for their Mindful Movement Dance Workshop entertainment and arts experiences, but with the help of It’s just been so amazing | 10:30 a.m. - Noon | Cultivate Creative Waco, the local arts agency, the city’s arts and culture scene is evolving into a hub of its own, and quickly becoming a “to see how much Waco’s 7Twelve, 712 Austin Ave. | $15 | place students might want to stay in after graduation. changed in the five years Mindful Movement integrates basic Current executive director, Fiona Bond and a group modern dance technique, gentle of locals came together in 2015 when there wasn’t any we’ve been established. infrastructure supporting the art scene in Waco. somatic movement, conscious deep “At that time, every arts organization was constrained by Everything is very organic breathing,and mindfulness exercises. the lack of opportunity and advocacy,” Bond said. In order to make a change, the group worked to and really driven by locals officially establish the city as a cultural district by the Texas Native American Style Flute Circle | Commission on the Arts. According to the Texas Commission wanting to bring cool 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. | Good Neighbor House, on the Arts, cultural districts help to harness the power of things to Waco. 712 Austin Ave. | Free cultural resources to encourage economic development and community revitalization. Officially making Waco a cultural district was important JD Hicks and the H.O.T. Road Gang to the group because they knew it would open doors to new | 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. | Rocky’s Roadhouse, funding and elevate local artists’ abilities to get funding from KENNEDY SAM | DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND 926 Lacy Drive | Free outside the city, Bond said. “It’s just what makes Waco seem like more of a grown-up COMMUNICATIONS AT CREATIVE city when it comes to arts and culture,” Bond said. WACO Dueling Pianos Concert | 7:45 p.m. Now the agency focuses on strategy, funding and catalyst - 9:45 p.m. | The Hippodrome, 724 projects that help to grow Waco as a center known for its arts and culture. Austin Ave. | $10 Kennedy Sam, director of marketing and communications Waco doesn’t need to copy someone else to be successful, at Creative Waco, said everything they do falls under three Bond said. Improv Comedy Club | 8:30 p.m. pillars — public art, funding, advocacy and professional “We don’t try to shoehorn ourselves into any particular - 10:30 p.m. | Brazos Theatre, 7524 development. shape. I think the city already has its own shape and its own peculiarities which are interesting enough without us having Bosque Blvd | $10.50 - $12.50 to impose any kind of identity on that,” Bond said. Creative Waco Sam believes Waco is truly growing and diversifying in the Jody Booth Concert arts. | 8:30 p.m. - 11 p.m. | The Backyard, 511 “It’s just been so amazing to see how much Waco’s changed Website: in the five years we’ve been established. Everything is very S. 8th | $15 - 20 organic and really driven by locals wanting to bring cool www.creativewaco.org things to Waco,” Sam said. Address: Creative Waco’s initiative also has its perks for Baylor SUNDAY students. Their hope is to make Waco the kind of place where 712 Austin Ave. people might want to stay after graduation. They also hope to give new graduates a reason to stay by creating pathways for those with great ideas and creative assets Skellington Curiosities Grand “Since our projects are so dynamic, they don’t always that they could offer the community, Bond said. Opening | Noon - 5 p.m. | Skellington just fit into one. They often intersect. The main thing is just “When you look at places you want to go, you think, ‘O.K., to make sure that Waco has a well-rounded arts and cultural Curiosities, 7524 Bosque Boulevard | so what is the arts community like? What can I do on the Free | A pop up market in the parking community,” Sam said. Another part of supporting the artistic growth of the city weekend? What can I do after school or after work to relieve lot to celebrate the event will feature is nurturing the local cultural identity. Sam believes Waco stress and have fun?” Sam said. local vendors, artists and food already has an identity of its own, and they’re not trying to So if your city doesn’t have a notable arts and culture change that. identity, it really is a struggle both to bring in new talent and “The thing we don’t like is when people say Waco is going to retain the current talent you have now, Sam said. to be the new Austin,” Sam said. “We’re not trying to emulate a “I would really want students to realize that Waco is new Austin, Dallas or Fort Worth, we’re just trying to amplify probably one of the richest places that they could dive into the things that people are already doing to make Waco more new arts experiences while they’re a student and experiment Waco.” while it’s affordable,” Bond said. Friday, March 6, 2020 The Baylor Lariat 6 A&L ‘Books Matter’ to celebrate reading community

TYLER BUI Waco a terrific community,” Thornton said. Assistant News Editor “We try to provide channels of communication where people can figure out how to get involved Students from a Reporting and Writing for in Waco and what role they want to play in Media class partnered with Act Locally Waco making this a great community to live in.” to create “Books Matter,” a blog to celebrate Thornton said National Reading Month is National Reading Month. held to energize communities about reading. “Books Matter” will post throughout the She said she wanted to create something that month of March, and it will feature some of would not only celebrate reading but encourage Waco’s most prominent figures, including the Waco and Baylor community to read a wide Mayor Kyle Deaver, the Waco City Council as variety of books. well as other members of the Baylor community. “I love to read, and I was curious about other Each post discusses the individual’s favorite people in Waco were reading. I thought it would book and why it is so important and influential be fun to celebrate this month and feed my to them. curiosity about what other people in Waco are In addition to the blog posts, the Waco- reading,” Thornton said. “It was so fun reading McLennan County Library and Fabled all the different [blog posts.] Some of them Photo courtesy of Megan Messer Bookshop & Café will put the mentioned books really give you insight into that person.” BOOKISH HABIT Austin freshman Megan Messer wrote a blog entry interviewing Amy Sassatelli, on display for readers to easily find. When choosing the group of people to be a library assistant for Waco-McLennan County Library, about her favorite nonfiction book “The Amber Adamson, lecturer in the journalism, featured in the blog, Thornton said she picked Power of Habit.” public relations and new media department, is people who were not only interesting to her but represented a diverse group within the Waco one of the co-creators of the series. Her students and understand their perspective,” Adamson out and meet with the leaders of the community community. in her Reporting and Writing for Media are said. “We were very intentional on creating one-on-one. “I went to some different organizations like writing the blog posts. this list that was diverse, that included lots of “From the journalistic perspective, that’s MCC, Baylor, libraries and the family health Along with Adamson, the other co-creator different people from different backgrounds and important for my students to do, but then just center and asked them to pick some people so of the series is Ashley Thornton, who is also the perspectives.” from the community-building perspective for that we could have a nice mix of all different founder of Act Locally Waco. In addition to the mayor and members of the them to see community leaders in different kinds of people,” Thornton said. Act Locally Waco is nonprofit geared toward city council, students interviewed Alfred Solano, positions, might inspire them to be community Adamson also said they made sure to create uniting the Waco community and creating president of the Cen-Tex Hispanic Chamber of leaders themselves,” Adamson said. a list of people that would represent a vast a platform for Wacoans to find ways to get Commerce, Hillcrest PDS Elementary Magnet Both Thornton and Adamson said the blog majority of life experiences that readers can involved in their city. School’s outstanding teacher Ashley Toscano, is not targeted toward a specific audience, learn from. “The purpose of Act Locally Waco is to make Dr. Mia Moody-Ramirez, department chair of but rather anyone who cares about Waco and “I think reading is one of the most powerful it easy for people to get involved in making the journalism, public relations and new media reading. ways that we can step into another person’s story and Alan Bond, external vice president. “Reading together and talking about what San Antonio freshman Kaitlyn McMillan you’re reading is one way to build community,” is one of Adamson’s students who wrote for Thornton said. “To me, one of the best ways to “Books Matter.” get to know somebody is to talk to them about McMillan interviewed Council Member, some book that was important to them. That’s John Kinnaird. She said he very nice and how you get into what they really care about and genuinely wanted to help her adjust to college. get into some deep conversations.” “[Kinnaird] was just really helpful and Adamson said she hopes that “Books Matter” thoughtful— I [enjoyed] just getting out and and National Reading Month will inspire people getting involved in the community since I’m in the Waco and Baylor communities to pick up new,” McMillan said. “I’m a freshman, so it’s a book for leisure. difficult at times, so I think that getting out in “I think we consider reading sometimes the community and getting involved is a great as only an academic pursuit. It can be a stress opportunity.” reliever and leisure activity that can take you to Adamson said “Books Matter” created a great other worlds to experience other perspectives,” opportunity for her students to get involved Adamson said. in the Waco community outside of the Baylor Whenever she is feeling stressed, Adamson campus and, to also gain journalism experience picks up a book and recommends it to others. in the real world. “Look for stories and perspectives that are “Anytime that we, as the Baylor community, different than you because that’s how we grow,” connect with Waco, I think that’s really Adamson said. “Looking at this list and finding Photo courtesy of Lucy Ruscitto important. I think it was a great opportunity someone who’s different than you and reading LITTLE BOOK OWL In a blog entry, Yorba Linda, Calif. sophomore Lucy Ruscitto interviewed one for my students to get out into the community,” something that they recommend could be the of the co-owners of the Fabled Book Shop & Cafe, Allison Frenzel who suggested that Wacoans Adamson said. first step in understanding someone who’s read “The Which Way Tree.” Adamson said she wants her students to go different than you.”

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Emileé Edwards | Multimedia Journalist QUEEN OF THREES Senior guard Juicy Landrum lines up to shoot from beyond the arc during Baylor’s 69-53 victory over the University of Texas, Thursday night at the Ferrell Center for Senior Night. Lady Bears defeat UT on Senior Night

PRANAY MALEMPATI Juicy Landrum and starting forward Lauren Cooper finished the game as Baylor’s leading Both times, they have locked down the Sports Writer Cox. scorer with 20 points while Cox added 17 points Longhorns’ top two scorers, Charli Collier and Mulkey said it was awesome for the team to and 12 rebounds, including six on the offensive Joyner Holmes. Collier and Holmes, who each No. 2 Baylor women’s basketball defeated come out victorious on a special night for their glass, giving her a double-double for the game. average 13-plus points per game for the season, the Texas Longhorns at home Thursday night players. Baylor, which came out sloppy in the second had 16 points total, shooting just a combined 69-53. The team improved to 28-1 on the season “They got a win for themselves,” Mulkey quarter with turnovers and missed shots, only 7-25 from the field. and 17-0 in the Big 12, just one game away from said. “It’s so exciting because all four of them scored five points in the first five minutes of Cox said the players take the matchup as a completing a perfect conference slate. scored, and all four of them were emotional for the period. The entire quarter turned out to be challenge on defense. Thursday was a special night for the Lady different reasons. They had their families here low-scoring as each team notched just 10 points. “We take it personal,” Cox said. “I don’t know Bears. Not only was it the last regular season and it’s just something about – if you’ve put on Baylor entered halftime with a 34-20 lead. if it they were just missing shots, or if it was our home game, but it was also Senior Night. that uniform – something about taking it off for The Lady Bears used the third quarter to ice defense tonight, but we take it personal.” The team celebrated its seniors by holding a the last time [for a regular season home game].” the game. Near the end of the third, DeGrate The Lady Bears rode their consistent defense, celebration at halftime, as well as by showing a Regarding the game itself, Baylor stormed came onto the court for the first time and made the backbone of the team, to a 21st straight post-game tribute video. out to a 15-4 lead in the first five minutes of the use of her opportunity. With just four seconds victory. First, head coach Kim Mulkey presented game after Cooper was fouled and successfully left in the quarter, she converted on a one-and- Baylor finishes off the regular season at noon gifts to the four senior student managers. The converted a three-point play. Cooper had one, firing up the Ferrell Center crowd and Sunday on the road against Iowa State before team celebrated its four senior players: graduate 10 points in the first quarter, as every starter giving Baylor a 57-34 lead heading into the final going up to Kansas City, Mo., for the 2020 Big transfer Erin DeGrate, graduate transfer and contributed to a 24-10 Lady Bears lead heading quarter. 12 Championship Tournament next week. starting point guard Te’a Cooper, starting guard into the second period. Baylor has played Texas twice this season. Honoring Baylor’s Seniors

Emileé Edwards | Multimedia Journalist Emileé Edwards | Multimedia Journalist LAUREN COX The Flower Mound native has received three All-America selections as a junior JUICY LANDRUM The Waco native entered her senior year ranked seventh all-time with a .397 and was named 2019 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. Cox scored 17 points on Thursday. three-point percentage. Landrum set a new three-point record with 14 vs. Arkansas State.

Emileé Edwards | Multimedia Journalist Jacobi Reynolds | Roundup Photographer TE’A COOPER The South Carolina transfer took over the point guard position after the departure ERIN DEGRATE A graduate transfer from Texas Tech, the Waco native has been one of Baylor’s of Chloe Jackson and has become one of Baylor’s leading scorers. Cooper shot 20 points vs. UT. essential bench players this season and has provided a particularly strong presence in the paint.

2020 Phillips 66 Big 12 Basketball Championship Tournaments

Men’s Basketball @ The Sprint Center | Kansas City, Mo. Women’s Basketball @ Municipal Stadium | Kansas City, Mo. Possible game times if Baylor is seeded No. 1 or No. 2: The Lady Bears will be the No. 1 seed. Thursday, March 12: Friday, March 13: Game 4: No. 1-seed vs. No. No. 8-seed/No. 9-seed @ 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Game 4: No. 1-seed vs. No. No. 8-seed/No. 9-seed @ 1:30 p.m. (FSN) Game 5: No. 2-seed vs. No. 7-seed or No. 10-seed @ 6 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, March 14: Friday, March 13: Game 7: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner @ 11 a.m. (FS2) Game 7: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner @ 6 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, March 15: Game 8: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner @ 8 p.m. (ESPN) FINAL: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner @ 3 p.m. (ESPN2) Saturday, March 14: FINAL: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner @ 5 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, March 6, 2020 The Baylor Lariat 8 Sports Baseball makes first true road trip to California

DJ RAMIREZ which they shut out Connecticut 5-0, fell 8-5 to No. Sports Editor 8 Michigan and took a dramatic 9-8 walk-off win over No. 1- ranked reigning national champion Vanderbilt. The 8-4 Baylor baseball team hits the road for the Cal Poly, however, has lost eight of its last 10 games, second straight weekend in its first true road test of the including six of eight at home. season, taking on Cal Poly in a three-game series. The The Mustangs starting rotation has been strong, Mustangs made the trip to Waco last year, falling to the holding a combined ERA of 2.79, but their bullpen has Bears in two of three games at Baylor Ballpark. been a little shaky, tallying up a combined 5.08 ERA. Baylor will be looking to erase a 12-2 midweek The team from the Big West conference returned 10 loss to Texas State, which the Bears suffered coming of 11 position players and eight returning pitchers. off a sweep of the Shriners College Classic in Houston. Offensively, the Mustangs are led by catcher Myles Senior Sunday starter Hayden Kettler, who had a clean Emmerson, who’s hitting .320 and has five RBI so far, and effective outing against No. 13 Arkansas in the and first baseman Tate Samuelson who leads the team tournament, said the team expects Cal Poly to bring with nine RBI. its best. “The reason I like playing them is simple: they have “They had a very good opening weekend, but that’s really good pitching, they’re going to be very well- what we expect,” Kettler said. “I think every team we coached, it’ going to be a different kind of baseball play we need to expect them to be the best team in the than we play out here,” head coach Steve Rodriguez country… Cal Poly is a very respected program. They said. “They’re going to be prepared for us, so we’ve just played us well here in Waco last year so I’m looking got to make sure we’re the same.” forward to going up there and getting a rematch.” The Bears open the series against Cal Poly at 8 p.m. DJ Ramirez | Sports Editor The Mustangs are coming off a solid performance tonight in San Luis Obispo, Calif. All games will be BE READY Senior righty Hayden Kettler throws a pitch during Baylor’s 7-2 win over in the MLB4 Tournament in Scottsdale, Ariz., in broadcast on BigWest.tv and on ESPN 1660 AM radio. Nebraska on Feb. 16 at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears are 8-4 so far this season.

SPORTS TAKE XFL struggles to gain foothold amid ratings slump

BRADEN SIMMONS turnovers, bad QB play shows the weakness that the league needs has gone up every week until this past week where it dipped 14 Reporter to address in order to stay afloat in a competitive market. % from week three. This seems rational as only two of the teams Overall, attendance is still averaging 14,000-18,000 fans, have winning records after last week’s matchups (Houston and As the XFL wrapped up week but TV ratings have plummeted for a third straight week. The St. Louis.) two, much of the early hype with the on-field production has a big part in the dip of ratings, as the Every team in the XFL has had two home games through week newness of the league has died down. quarterback play, even with of Houston’s P.J. Walker, needs to be four and only one team, the Dallas Renegades, has improved The question is raised: can the XFL better for this league to survive past the incubation period. their attendance from week one to week two. survive? The answer seems to vary by In the stadium, the environment is electric. Baylor senior The drop in attendance is natural as no one wants to watch region and is contingent on the team’s Matt Webb attended the Houston Roughnecks’ second home a losing team, especially in a league fighting to stay afloat in a play. game, which was against the St. Louis Battle Hawks, and said he competitive market. As the fifth week approaches, the attendance As the Houston Roughnecks enjoyed the environment. for home teams will be easy to predict. The Houston Roughnecks finished off their new cross-state rivals, “It was a lot of fun being at the XFL game and it was more and Dallas Renegades will have a decent number of fans while the Dallas Renegades, in a sloppy 27-20 family-friendly and not as rowdy as I thought,” Webb said. “It had the LA Wildcats and D.C. Defenders will struggle to boost game victory, there was one blaring sign that fewer people than a Baylor football, but it was very energetic and attendance. the XFL may be in trouble: quarterback play. lively, and I am excited to go back for another game.” As we approach the midway point for the league, the future is In a game where Houston forced five total turnovers, Webb added that the atmosphere in person is a lot more uncertain. Commissioner Oliver Luck wanted the XFL to come bad quarterback play has been a trend that has created some exciting than just watching it on TV. This would follow the out with a sense of urgency and come out of the gate playing good mediocrity in the league. Only one quarterback, P.J. Walker, statistics as the attendance has dropped a bit but has been more football, but after week one, the product on the field has seemed has risen above the rest to gain traction toward possibly consistent than the drastic drop in TV ratings. to decline as the wear and tear of the season progresses. being considered to join an NFL roster for next season. Other According to the Sporting News website, if you take out A popular solution being thrown out by some fans is the quarterbacks have had an inconsistent play, like DC Defenders’ Walker’s statistics, the rest of the league averages 211.4 passing possibility of the NFL adopting the XFL as a developmental league quarterback Cardale Jones, who started the season strong but was yards per game with 28 touchdowns to 28 interceptions. Jones and for players, similar to the minor league system implemented in shut out against the Tampa Bay Vipers this past week and posted the St. Louis Battlehawk’s Jordan Ta’amu are the only quarterbacks baseball. This would help teams scout talent when injuries arise an abysmal quarterback rating of 30.9. who have started in all three games and average more than 200 as well as give players on the bubble of making a roster a chance In a league that has hyped-up quarterbacks such as former passing yards per game outside of the Roughnecks’ star. to make a living while also playing the game they love. Oklahoma signal-caller Landry Jones, who has struggled with Based on research done by the XFL news hub, the attendance