Baylor Lariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE Wednesday, March 4, 2020 baylorlariat.com Opinion | 2 A&L | 6 Sports | 8 “I am not okay Pranay with this” Baylor falls to Malempati Netflix’s show Texas State The Electoral surprises Baseball faces College needs despite cliche surprising loss change topic after big wins Super Tuesday sweeps the states Biden Bloomberg Sanders Warren Gabbard Not called as of midnight Tuesday Graphic by Emilee Edwards | Multimedia Journalist. Photos courtesy of Associated Press BIG NIGHT FOR BIDEN Joe Biden won upsets in both Massachusetts and Minnesota in the Super Tuesday Democratic primaries, while Bernie Sanders won the big state of California. As of midnight Tuesday, the races in Texas and Maine were still uncalled, but both were leaning in support of Biden. Sanders wins top prize, California; Biden surges across the nation STEVE PEOPLES & WILL WEISSERT The other two high-profile candidates still started a movement,” Biden charged in Los when he leveraged a blowout victory in South Associated Press in the shrinking Democratic field, New York Angeles, knocking one of Sanders’ signature Carolina to score sweeping victories on Tuesday billionaire Mike Bloomberg and Massachusetts lines. that transcended geography, class and race. A resurgent Joe Biden scored sweeping Sen. Elizabeth Warren, were teetering on And without citing his surging rival by name, And lest there be any doubt, he cemented his victories across the country with the backing of the edge of viability. Warren finished in an Sanders swiped at Biden from Burlington, status as the standard-bearer for the Democrats’ a diverse coalition and progressive rival Bernie embarrassing third place in her home state, and Vermont. establishment wing. Sanders seized Super Tuesday’s biggest prize Bloomberg planned to reassess his candidacy “You cannot beat Trump with the same-old, The former vice president showed strength in with a win in California as the Democratic on Wednesday after spending more than a half same-old kind of politics,” Sanders declared, the Northeast with a win in Massachusetts, won Party’s once-crowded presidential field suddenly billion dollars to score a single victory — in ticking down a list of past policy differences Minnesota in the upper Midwest and finished transformed into a two-man contest. American Samoa. with Biden on Social Security, trade and military on top across the South in Virginia, Alabama, The two Democrats, lifelong politicians with The new contours of a nomination fight force. “This will become a contrast in ideas.” North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas — in starkly different visions for America’s future, pitting Biden against Sanders, each leading The balance of Super Tuesday’s battlefield addition to Oklahoma. were battling for delegates as 14 states and coalitions of disparate demographics and — with Biden winning at least eight states and Sanders opened the night as the undisputed one U.S. territory held a series of high-stakes political beliefs, were crystallizing by day’s end Sanders four — raised questions about whether Democratic front-runner and was in a position elections that marked the most significant as the former vice president and the three- the Democratic primary contest would stretch to claim an insurmountable delegate lead. And day of voting in the party’s 2020 presidential term senator spoke to each other from dueling all the way to the July convention or be decided while he scored the night’s biggest delegate-prize nomination fight. The winner will take on victory speeches separated by 2,500 miles (4,000 much sooner. in California, he scored just three other decisive President Donald Trump in the November kilometers) Tuesday night. Biden’s strong finish punctuated a dramatic general election. “People are talking about a revolution. We turnaround in the span of just three days RUNDOWN >> Page 4 Waco watch parties House field draw political crowd whittled down MATTHEW MUIR & midnight. In a dynamic primary MEREDITH PRATT race which saw Tom Steyer, Pete Staff Writers Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar CASSANDRA SHIN “The goal that we drop out in the days leading up & BECCA MUNCY have always had is to The major political parties to Super Tuesday, Erin Shank, Reporters offer strong messaging of McLennan County gathered an election judge and precinct and representation to Tuesday eager to discover which chair, said her choice came at the Candidate Pete the people of this district candidates would win their last minute. Matthew Muir | Staff Writer DEMOCRAT Katherine Turner-Pearson (D.), running for Texas Sessions led the where they understood respective nominations. “Well you know I’m a very House of Representatives, was one of two candidates to attend. Republican primary how important T-17 is, As polls closed around strong Democrat and it really election for the U.S. not just to the Republican the country, Democrats and took me until the last minute to House of Representatives Party but really to kind of figure out who to vote Republicans found their Tuesday night with the conservatives of for, but today I did vote for Joe Reporting from the respective election night 30.39% of the vote as of Congress,” Sessions said. Biden,” Shank said. “I think he watch parties. Members of the midnight Tuesday. Democratic candidate is the candidate that is most McLennan County Democratic Rick Kennedy led David Jaramillo received qualified to beat Trump and I event by Party met at the Klassy Glass the Democratic primary 31.92% of votes, and said think we need someone after the Wine Bar, while McLennan for the House seat with at a McLennan County damage that Trump has done to County Republicans gathered at LTVN. 49.61% of votes as of Democratic Party us, especially in foreign policy, their offices around town. midnight Tuesday. election watch party to bring us back into respect The Democratic race for the Hailing from Waco, that the district needs presidential nomination came internationally.” Scan and Sessions previously representatives who down to a showdown between Brad Holland, the unopposed served in the House for “represent the district, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden 11 terms before losing a which was still too close to call at watch! WATCH >> Page 4 Dallas-area seat in 2018. HOUSE >> Page 4 Vol.118 No. 45 First copy free, any additional copies 25 cents © 2020 Baylor University Tuesday, March 3, 2020 2 The Baylor Lariat opinionbaylorlariat.com GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? We want to hear it. Send us your thoughts: [email protected] EDITORIAL COLUMN Grow up with grown-ups Voting process misrepresents From a young age, we for these people, it is are taught to respect our important to remember elders. Sayings like “this that you don’t need to be is grown-up talk” and afraid of adults anymore; majority vote “you’ll understand when you are one. you get older” instilled a Fear of adults can concept of a bar of entry manifest in nervousness PRANAY MALEMPATI Sports Reporter to adulthood. There is and timidness that an invisible yet very keeps you from fully salient relational distance communicating. At one The Electoral College gives each state a certain between those who are point, everyone has number of electors based on its population; in adults and those who are operated within an ultra- most states, all the electoral votes in the state go not. formal persona in front of to the candidate who wins the popular vote in For college students, an adult they were afraid that state. This system has been in use for over who have always grown- of: few in words, stiff in 200 years. up with this reverence movements. But the Electoral College and even fear of adults, Continuing to resort has to be changed. It causes it is time to knock those to this guise will hold you many voters to stay home walls down. back in the career field. on Election Day, specifically The gap betweenIn interviews, you may those who live in states us and the adult world come off as too closed that have been historically is quickly closing. The off or unconfident if dominated by one party. reality is that we are adults you feel you can’t share This system makes these now, too. Once we hit that anything of substance voters believe that their 18-year mark, we earn the about yourself. In the votes will not matter since legal standing of “adult.” workplace, you may the state’s outcome is essentially guaranteed. And college seniors are not negotiate salary or The issue is that often these voters are right. approaching the next life contribute ideas in fear of Every vote for a losing candidate in a state is landmark at which they speaking out. essentially eliminated from the electoral equation. lose the classification of While we should still For example, in the 2016 election, Hillary “student” and trade it in act within professional Clinton received 43% of the votes in Texas, while for a job title. bounds, we should learn Trump received 52% of the votes. However, Embracing adulthood how to make substantial Trump received all 36 electoral votes that were means beginning to connections with other delegated to the state, washing away the nearly 4 associate with other adults. million voters who voted for Clinton. This works adults. You are one of This can start in in both directions, as the same thing happened them; start acting like it. college by making more to Trump in Virginia. He received 44% of the We can feel meaningful relationships votes while Clinton received 49% and swept all intimidated by the with professors. Hannah Holliday | Cartoonist 13 electoral votes in that state.