STAY CONNECTED >> LTVN ONLINE: Singer songwriter Ejay Mallard’s popularity grows Baylor LariatWE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE LTVN ONLINE: Fall Festival NOVEMBER 18, 2016 FRIDAY BAYLORLARIAT.COM Regents looking forward, chair says KALYN STORY while they do have a record of past minutes in with everything going on, we think that being The announcement came days after the Staff Writer their business records, they do not at this time transparent is the best way to do that.” Bears for Leadership Reform held its first plan to release minutes from previous meetings. Murff said this decision was the result of meeting. At the meeting, the group requested The Baylor Board of Regents announced “We just think it is reasonable as we go deliberation. transparency from the Board of Regents, asking on Monday night that they will be releasing forward to release minutes,” Murff said in a “We as a board have talked about a lot of for a seat at the table during the selection of minutes for future meetings, but clarified that phone interview with the Lariat. “We are trying different opportunities to be more transparent Baylor’s next president. They also demanded this will not include past meetings, causing to make sure we are looking forward with and open. We thought [releasing future minutes] implementation of Title IX and additional some frustration among the Baylor community. everything. We are trying to be the best that was one of the things that would be reasonable Ron Murff, Board of Regents chair, said that we can be, which as far as being transparent to do,” said Murff. REGENTS >> Page 3 Suicide loss survivors to gather MEGAN RULE Staff Writer This Saturday, Waco area residents affected by suicide loss will gather for International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day to share stories and find comfort. “It gives me hope because last year, there were other families there who were further along in their journey,” said Annamaria Fajardo, coordinator of this year’s event. “We had peers that could let us know that it would get better. It helps to know that you’re not the only one going through this as an individual or a parent or a sibling.” Saturday is International Survivors Jessica Hubble | Lariat Photographer of Suicide Loss Day, and events like ON THE AGENDA Baylor Student Senate discusses a new bill at the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation on Thursday, the one in Waco will take place around condemning the acts of racism that have occurred on campus in recent months. The bill passed unanimously. the world. Each event will include a screening of “Life Journeys: Reclaiming Life after Loss,” which is a documentary about the journey of both grief and healing after losing someone to suicide. The documentary was produced by Student Senate bill seeks the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and features a few Texas- native survivors of loss. “Drawing on stories and insights from to address racial incidents long-term loss survivors, the film shows us that through resilience and support BROOKE BENTLEY reports of hate crimes on campus following heard,” said Artesia, N.M., sophomore Nolan we can achieve hope and understanding Reporter the presidential election due to racial and Chumbley, one of the bill’s drafters. “We’ve in our lives while celebrating the lives political differences. The student senators who put the word ‘we’ in this bill a lot, and we did of those we lost,” according to the event At their weekly meeting on Thursday, proposed the bill said they felt the need to that intentionally because we want this to come flier. several members of Baylor’s Student Senate acknowledge what has been happening as well from the Student Senate as a whole and not just Fajardo said the video was uplifting presented a bill to address the recent racially as create conversation about change. the authors listed on this bill.” and offers hope for the future. Last charged incidents on campus. “Right now, there has been so much The bill, which passed unanimously, is year’s event was the first of its kind in The bill, which highlighted Student negativity in the air that I think it’s time for us an effort by Student Senate to follow in the Waco as the Central Texas branch of Senate’s disapproval of recent events as well to make sure that the students that we represent as their efforts to combat hateful acts on that know that that’s bad have their voices SUICIDE >> Page 4 campus, came following recent increases in SENATE >> Page 4 Chaplain discusses campus political climate >>WHAT’S INSIDE ISABELLA MASO What are the main concerns opinion Reporter students have voiced to you? I’ve had students come to me Environmental Policy: It Dr. Ryan Richardson, associate who have expressed fear concerning matters and here’s why. chaplain and director of worship immigration. I have had students pg. 2 and chapel, has been at Baylor for come to me to tell me that their 15 years. He has seen the transition parents are worried about their own of three U.S. presidents in his time status, whether they can stay in the at the university, but there has never United States or not. I have also arts & life been an election quite like the 2016 had students come to me afraid that What to do if you’re presidential election. sexual assault or the degrading of not going home for the women has been romanticized or holidays. pg. 5 Since the final results of the placed on a pedestal. election were announced, what are the most common sentiments, What are your thoughts about positive or negative, that you’ve #IWalkWithNatasha? sports heard from Baylor students? The most important thing about Because of my role, I typically that, in my opinion, is that students hear from students who are in pain, saw injustice and they said, ‘We so by nature of my role, I end up are not OK with that.’ I was so talking to students who are struggling impressed and amazed, but it did in moments of distress. And so the make me wonder: If we were to have sentiment I have gathered from said to students, ‘Hey, there have been people that have been sexually students tends to flow more along Baylor football takes assaulted on this campus over the last Jessica Hubble | Lariat Photographer the lines of frustration and fear. That on Kansas at 11 a.m. many years, what are you going to being said, I’m fully aware that there Saturday at McLane LOVE TRUMPS HATE Arden and Skylar, children of Dr. Ryan Richardson, are students who are excited and do about it?’ Rather than leaving it in Stadium. pg. 6 associate chaplain and director of worship and chapel, hold signs at the hopeful on both sides. sit-in on Fountain Mall on Nov. 10. CHAPEL RYAN >> Page 4 Vol. 117 No. 45 © 2016 Baylor University Friday, November 18, 2016 2 The Baylor Lariat opinionbaylorlariat.com GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? We want to hear it. Send us your thoughts: [email protected] COLUMN EDITORIAL Why I Environmental issues matter Our environment is changing, NASA reported another record think you and we’re witnessing it every low wintertime for the Arctic sea year. The summers are getting ice in March 2016. Polar bears longer and hotter and the winters were saved from extinction and should shorter and warmer. 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