Crossword solution: 3/17/11

Baylor Symphony Orchestra will perform and students from theatre arts department will offer dramatic readings at “Art That Changed the World: The Siege of Leningrad and the Shostakovich Symphony No. 7” at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building. Admission is free. The event tells first-hand accounts of Russian resistance and defiance to Nazi totalitarianism and militarism during the attack’s earliest months at the close of 1941.

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https://vimeo.com/21140722 Margie Phelps, of the Westboro Baptist Church, answers questions from attendees at the College Media Advisers’ 2011 spring college…

Within 48 hours of running away from home, one in three young girls are at risk for human trafficking. Slavery seems to be a forgotten struggle. But as members of Baylor’s International Justice Mission and other students discovered during their spring break mission trip in Houston, sex trafficking brings human slavery to a reality.

While most students were enjoying the beach or mountains during spring break, five students from Baylor’s student government and the Baylor student ambassador program traveled to Washington, D.C. for the “Big 12 on the Hill,” a program lobbying for causes that affect the Big 12 conference as well as Baylor in particular.

Now into its second quarter-century, its rebellious youth largely a memory and its adolescence rapidly receding into the past, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s annual induction ceremony canonized Neil Diamond, the Alice Cooper band, Tom Waits, Dr. John and Darlene Love as its newest performer honorees on Monday night at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan.

Senior Chris Slater took advantage of a rare chance at redemption to give Baylor baseball an 11th inning, 7-6 win over Florida International Tuesday night.

Baylor has again created a waitlist for its incoming freshman class, with applications having already topped 38,000, far surpassing last fall’s 34,224 applications. However, students can still apply to the university.

After coming off a big week, there was some worry that the Baylor Lady Bears softball team might let up on the University of Texas at Arlington on Tuesday night.

Baylor and the Body IQ work team hope to change the community in regards to diversity, respect, compassion, justice, acceptance, service and freedom with the “I Heart Me” campaign.

In the midst of preparing for final exams, maintaining good grades and counting down the days to graduation, searching for a job still lies on the horizon for many seniors. Over the next several weeks, Career Services is offering several opportunities to students seeking assistance in their job search.

Junior Julian Bley hit a cross-court winner to earn a third set, tiebreak win and clinch a dual match victory for the men’s tennis team over the No. 1 ranked Tennessee Volunteers 4-3. As if the first ever win for Baylor men’s tennis over a No. 1 ranked squad wasn’t enough, his clutch play came on his birthday.

On a street once controlled by drug dealers and prostitutes, at a theater once used to show pornographic films, Mission Waco is working to create a haven where all people — regardless of social status, race or culture — can come together in community.

We can officially enjoy more sunshine thanks to daylight-saving time, and we’re finally free to pack up our snow boots and heavy coats.

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Snyder v. Phelps involving Westboro Baptist Church has enraged many, but for others it proves that the foundations of the First Amendment cannot be shaken.

College is a pretty magical time for a lot of reasons, most of them obvious and well documented. One of the most underrated, though, is the ample opportunity and free time that students have to discover and consume music.

Sudoku solution: 3/16/11

Crossword solution: 3/16/11

Want to help out? Text the word “Japan” to 80888 to give a $10 donation to The Salvation Army’s earthquake relief work.

Robert Nash, public relations director for Austin’s Sherry Matthews Marketing Advocacy, will be the guest speaker at the Public Relations Student Society of America’s meeting at 6:30 p.m. today in the fifth floor of Cashion Academic Center.

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John Nickell of Nickell Metalsmiths shares his business’ model and personal story.

Popular Christian authors Anne Lamott and Donald Miller will meet with an audience of students, faculty and the general public to discuss writing as an act of faith at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.

Baylor’s six students studying abroad in Japan are safe and expected to remain in the country to complete their studies despite the tragedies that occurred last week, unless the situation changes, according to Katie Erickson, exchange program and study abroad adviser.

Over spring break, the Lady Bears softball team landed the No. 22 spot in the national ranking as they brought home some big wins, most notably over No. 6 UCLA and No. 4 Arizona.

While nobody at the Ferrell Center was surprised on Monday, the Lady Bears’ basketball team still joined those in attendance in a burst of celebration upon seeing Baylor’s No. 1 seed for this year’s NCAA tournament announced on ESPN.

The fourth time won’t be a charm for Baylor men’s basketball this year. Hoping to make their fourth straight postseason appearance, the Bears found out Sunday their season is finished without an NCAA tournament or NIT bid.

Downtown parking will be restructured in accordance with the downtown economic revitalization plan. That plan includes the possibility of paid parking.

College journalists explored First Amendment issues Monday afternoon at the College Media Advisers’ 2011 spring college media convention at the Marriot Marquis Times Square.