A&E EDITORIAL: CIVIL DISORDER SPORTS Heart of Texas Fair “This idea of painting America in a positive light is supposed Take a look at the age- closes early because to promote patriotism, according to the board’s proposal. But old rivalry between the of severe weather. in fact, this idea is as unpatriotic as they come.” Page 2 Bears and Longhorns. Page 6 Page 8 baylorlariat com The Baylor Lariat WE’RE THERE WHEN YOU CAN’T BE Friday |October 3, 2014 Storm wrecks Waco By Abigail Loop Waco police and other emergency teams injuries. Staff Writer were left to deal with the aftermath of the Baylor students were alerted through storm, he said. an emergency text of the severe weather The storm that swept through at 6 p.m. “There was wind damage to a lot of to stay safe and find shelter indoors. Thursday did not come to a close before West Waco,” Swanton said. “There’s been According to the National Weather causing damage to several parts of Waco. power outages, windows blown out, traf- Service, Thursday’s storm will continue Rain, high winds, thunder, lighting fic lights out, trees down and numerous to move east and southeast. Residents in and golf ball-sized hail caused people to buildings have been damaged.” areas ahead of the storm should plan for seek shelter and caused a number of traffic One such accident involved a blown- very strong winds, hail and heavy rainfall. accidents, said Sgt. Patrick Swanton, pub- over 18-wheeler in the 400 block of Jewel A cold front will usher in gusty northwest lic information officer for the Waco Police Drive in North Waco. winds. Department. Swanton said the Heart of Texas Fair To stay updated with the Waco weath- Although Waco went through the was also shut down because several ticket er, visit the National Weather Service worst of the storm in roughly two hours, booths were tipped over causing minor website, www.weather.gov. CONSTANCE ATTON | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER KEVIN FREEMAN | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER KEVIN FREEMAN | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER Lightning fills the sky above Pat Neff Hall. Students received Baylor alerts for severe weather Powerlines droop off of Valley Mills Drive. The storm caused pow- A tree’s trunk in Ridgewood Country Club splits from strong winds. Thursday at 6:58 p.m. er outages in multiple parts of Waco. This is one of several trees blown down. Lieutenant governor candidate speaks on education, protection By Rebecca Flannery tough to live the American dream,” “There are more people appre- der secure first.” Staff Writer Patrick said. “We have to make hended crossing the border every There was a time at the end of sure young people have that op- week than there are people born his conversation to answer ques- A Texas lieutenant governor portunity and know how impor- in Texas,” Patrick said. “We need tions from the crowd. In the panel, hopeful, Sen. Dan Patrick, and tant that is.” to have legal immigration reform, questions about legislation on Sen. Brian Birdwell spoke at 5 p.m. Cisco junior Whitney Mech- we need after-the-border security the allowance of guns on college Thursday to members of the Bay- ling, the chairwoman of Baylor’s to find a way to address the people campuses were addressed by Bird- lor chapter of Young Conserva- Young Conservatives of Texas, who are here.” well, the author of Senate Bill 182, tives of Texas. said the chapter discusses the same He said taking control of the known as the “Campus Personal Patrick, the Republican candi- policies the senator spoke about border and stopping the flow of Protection Act.” date from Houston, spoke about Thursday. immigrants into Texas before ad- “It’s not just the Second issues from education in the state “His policies match what our dressing other issues caused by il- Amendment of the U.S. Constitu- to protection along the Texas and legislative policies stand for,” legal immigration has been one of tion, it’s article one section 23 of Mexico border. Patrick said one Mechling said. “We as a chapter the most discussed solution to the the state constitution,” Birdwell of his largest passions is education and as conservatives on campus issue. said. “There are some people who for the population. hold very strongly to our beliefs.” “I don’t think it’s the will of the say more guns on campus are “If you don’t have an educa- Sen. Patrick said another issue people to deport people,” Patrick equally unsafe. I’m here to tell you tion, unless you’re very fortunate, on the forefront of his mind is bor- said. “I think the will of the people KEVIN FREEMAN | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER Texas Sen. Dan Patrick gives a brief talk Thursday to members of Baylor’s very skilled, very talented, it’s very der control. is to find a solution to get the bor- SEE CANDIDATE, page 5 Young Conservatives of Texas organization. Hong Kong’s youths Starr, U.S. Rep call for leader to resign lead talk over By Viola Zhou The students had threatened to Reporter surround or occupy government buildings if Leung did not step hunger initiative Hong Kong’s leader refused de- down and police warned of serious mands by pro-democracy protest- consequences if protesters carried ers to resign Thursday and instead out that threat. By Sara Katherine Johnson offered talks to defuse the massive Hong Kong Baptist University Reporter demonstrations that have grown has sent an email to all its students, into the biggest challenge to Bei- urging them to stop demonstrating. The sixth annual Hunger and Poverty Summit at Baylor, “Together jing’s authority since 1997. “In view of the media reports at the Table,” will conclude today with a discussion between President Student leaders of the protests about the possible confrontation at and Chancellor Ken Starr and U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro. said early today they planned to the demonstration scenes tonight, At 11 a.m. in the Baylor Club at McLane Stadium, Starr and Cas- join talks with the government, Hong Kong Baptist University urg- tro will discuss practical methods for reducing poverty and domestic focused specifically on political es all students who are now at the hunger. reforms. They reiterated that Chief demonstration scenes, especially The summit took place this week as part of a collaboration between Executive Leung Chun-ying step outside the Chief Executive’s Office, the Texas Hunger Initiative, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the down, saying he had lost his integ- to leave as soon as possible for the nonprofit Feeding Texas. A series of leaders came together to discuss rity. sake of your own safety,” the email food insecurities around the nation. A wider pro-democracy group read. “If we all work together from different sectors, we can comprehen- that had joined the demonstrations, Iverson Ng, a journalism major sively address the issues to end hunger,” said Jeremy Everett, director of Occupy Central, welcomed the at HKBU, has been outside Leung’s COURTESY ART Texas Hunger Initiative. talks and also insisted that Leung Police stand outside the Chief Executive’s Office Thursday morning. Everett said the summit was attended by 400 people from around quit. SEE CHINA, page 5 Those on the front line are holding shields and batons. SEE HUNGER, page 5 Vol.116 No. 19 First copy free. Additional copies 25 cents each. © 2014 Baylor University Opinion Friday| October 3, 2014 2 The Baylor Lariat Civil disobedience is American keep in mind. They are three of the five voting mem- Editorial bers on the school board calling for these changes. The fear of civil disobedience as a lesson in the Students from the suburbs of Denver, Colo., took classroom, especially when factoring in the impres- a move straight from the pages of American history sionable minds listening, is understandable. last week when they walked out of class and picked up But fear is not reason alone to stop doing some- signs to protest a proposed change to their curricu- thing. In fact, it is disrespectful to heroes of our his- lum. tory such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Susan B. An- At a meeting this month, the Jefferson County thony and Rosa Parks who made it their mission to School Board considered changes specifically to the safeguard our liberties. Advanced Placement U.S. history course for high Young minds have a right to know these things and school students. Without mentioning specific events in the past, young people have acted with the knowl- or characters in American history, the proposed edge of civil disorder to make changes for the better change called for materials in class to no longer en- when it was necessary. courage or condone civil disorder, social strife or dis- Students who participated in sit-ins at Nashville regard for the law. businesses in 1960 to fight segregation were verbally “Instructional materials should present positive as- and physically abused because they refused to obey pects of the United States and its heritage,” according laws that said they were less than everyone else. to JeffCo’s school board documents. Their tenacity paved the way for critical changes It’s hard to think of America’s history without re- and all that from the minds of young Americans. membering wrong turns our leaders made and move- The decision for the proposed changes to the cur- ments by the disenfranchised to have things changed. riculum will not be made until October, according to The story of America’s very birth would be hard to tell the New York Times.