STAY CONNECTED >> FOLLOW US ON TWITTER : @bulariat for the latest news updates Baylor GUERRILLA-SIZED LAUGHS LariatWE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE See pg. 5 JANUARY 21, 2016 THURSDAY BAYLORLARIAT.COM This Matters Charlene Lee | Photographer CAMPUS CARRY Students gathered on Wednesday at the Bill Daniel Student Center to discuss the implications of campus carry at the university. Students asked panel members such as Mark Childers (center), associate vice president for the department of public safety, questions about the university’s stance on the issue. Panel offers perspectives on campus carry JESSICA HUBBLE similar higher institutions of addressed campus carry, associate general counsel university’s and they were things in mind when Reporter learning. Private universities, gun violence in America for Baylor, which means he simply speaking from their deciding an opinion on however, have the option to and campus safety. The aim advises the university on own perspectives. campus carry, including Over the next week, decide whether or not they of the discussion was to the requirements of Senate Jackson spoke from a what happens if the gun is student government is will allow it. Baylor has yet educate students about those Bill 11. Mark Childers is higher education perspective. left behind somewhere by sponsoring several events to to make a decision on the topics. associate vice president for He pointed out that the vast accident or if a gun falls inform students on campus matter. The panelists included the Department of Public majority of higher education down and discharges. He carry. On Wednesday, Student Dr. Kevin Jackson, Chris Safety on campus and leaders don’t think it is a also mentioned a scenario The law, which takes Government hosted a Holmes and Mark Childers. he was a member of the good idea to have campus where an active shooter on effect Aug. 1, will allow for “This Matters” discussion Kevin Jackson is the vice Secret Service for 26 years. carry. campus and a concealed the carrying of handguns on in the Bill Daniel Student president for student life Each panelist stressed that Childers wanted public college campuses and Center den. The discussion at Baylor. Chris Holmes is their views were not the students to keep a few MATTERS >> Page 4 Top Gun event offers day of training, networking ERIC VINING executives at 3M, Oracle, IBM help students cultivate strong generations,” said Dr. Andrea Reporter and other major corporations. workplace relationships with Dixon, Executive Director at “It’s an opportunity… superiors in both formal and the Center for Professional Nearly 100 Professional for the students to network informal settings. Selling and the Keller Center Selling majors and corporate with business professionals, Historically, Top Gun for Research. “All four executives met for a half-day and also an opportunity to Training has covered a variety of those generations had Top Gun Training last Friday learn what it’s like to be a of topics aimed to equip different experiences in their at the Paul L. Foster Campus businessperson and experience students with unique skills mindset about what constitutes for Business and Innovation to different types of roles in and experience they can’t effective communication and network over a formal lunch different companies,” said necessarily get in a classroom tend to defi ne those concepts and series of workshops. Curtis Schroeder, a Baylor setting. Last year’s Top Gun differently. It’s something Top Gun Training, graduate and a member of Training was designed to that’s not necessarily covered which has been hosted for the Center for Professional better acquaint students with in a particular course.” Professional Selling students Selling’s Ambassador Board. the challenges of operating in While a major event each semester since fall 2013, Friday’s training began a multigenerational workforce. for students majoring in Courtesy Art is a workshop that helps with a formal networking lunch “When you go into a Professional Sales, the Top BUSINESS NETWORKING Professional Selling students and Professional Selling majors for students and executives to typical workforce setting, executives collaborate during a group breakout session dur- gain skills vital to their future meet and mingle, followed by you’re going to be working ing Top Gun Training on Friday at the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation. trade as well as network with a series of workshops aimed to with four different TOP GUN >> Page 4 >>WHAT’S INSIDE Sing Alliance welcomes all to perform opinion KENDALL BAER was the obvious choice, Night at the McLane Reporter and the best choice I ever Student Life Center made in my life.” is also another way The Sing Alliance has How does someone students can go about built a tradition since its get involved in Sing getting involved with start in 1997 of allowing Alliance? Sing Alliance the organization. students all across Baylor includes anyone who “Seeing the the opportunity to perform wants to get involved and people like me Editorial: There is a need in All-University Sing. is able to make the time freshmen year at for reliable Feminine This group of students commitment regardless of Late Night who are product dispensers. pg. 2 gather together each year previous song and dance really overzealous to put together a seven- experience. and excited about minute performance to “My favorite part is Sing Alliance, and a variety of songs and File Art being able to interact SING OFF The Sing Alliance performs at a dress rehearsal knowing they came compete for one of the sports with so many people on Feb. 18, 2015. and found us and then coveted Pigskin spots as from so many different getting to see them Bastketball Recap: The well as other awards. parts of campus,” said come together, and do “Go to all of the events again at practice is “I fi rst saw Sing in the highlights of last night’s Collin McMinn, president something together as a that we have before sign- one of my favorite parts,” third grade,” said Emily men’s basketball game and music chair for Sing family.” ups,” says Lofquist. “We says Rachel Gruehn, Lofquist, administrative against Kansas State. Alliance,.“We get a pretty The organization hosts will have interest meetings costume chair for Sing chair for Sing Alliance. pg. 6 wide variety of members, many opportunities to but also other fun things Alliance. “I knew I wanted to do so it’s really interesting meet with older members like a cook-out, a bowling As an organization, it since then. I didn’t go to see a lot of science and get an idea for what night”. through recruitment so it majors and business major Sing Alliance is all about. Lofquist said that Late SING >> Page 4 Vol.116 No. 55 © 2016 Baylor University Thursday, January 21, 2016 2 The Baylor Lariat opinionbaylorlariat.com GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? We want to hear it. Send us your thoughts: [email protected] EDITORIAL Overlooked, Understocked Baylor needs to fi ll, add feminine product dispensers on campus Mother Nature is ckle. Sometimes she needed to stock her backpack with she sneaks up on unsuspecting females feminine products. Either way, without who aren’t prepared. In order to aid working dispensers, her only option is to women in this monthly struggle, many go home or reach out to another woman women’s bathrooms are equipped with for help. is can be embarrassing and feminine product dispensers. Baylor’s inconvenient. bathrooms, however, o en fail to provide Asking another woman, while the products women can’t go without. sometimes awkward, generally works. at is not to say Baylor doesn’t However, it is not guaranteed that the have dispensers. Many of the buildings rst person asked will be prepared and on campus feature bathrooms with armed with a feminine hygiene surplus. machines o ering feminine products If the woman asking only uses pads, she for an average of 25 cents. e problem may have a hard time nding someone lies with the condition and stocking of without only tampons. Even if she uses the dispensers. Many of them are out of tampons, the product o ered may not stock. Others are old enough to make be the right size or the preferred brand. a woman wonder if she should trust Every woman has her preference, and what comes out of it. In places like the not having the option to choose from Baylor Sciences Building, there are signs a dispenser makes being unprepared a to direct ladies to another bathroom in punishable o ense. the building for their feminine needs. Worst case scenario, the woman in In Castellaw Communications Center, need may nd that everyone around her sometimes a box of products will be is equally unprepared. If this is the case, placed on top of the empty dispenser by she has no choice but to go home or go a kind, unknown Samaritan. to the store. If she is at work or school is problem is somewhat surprising and cannot leave, she may have to revert considering females make up over half to so-called solutions many girls learned of Baylor’s population. Last semester, about in grade school. ese include there were 9,414 female students to tying a jacket around the waist or forming 7,373 male students, according to Baylor a makeshi pad out of toilet paper. If she Institutional Research and Testing. e does not have a jacket, the rst option is sheer number of females on campus adds out. e second option may su ce for a to the amount of times reliable, stocked few minutes at most, depending on the dispensers may be needed.