Baylor New Student Programs will offer an Honors Program Line Camp session for the first time this summer. Emily Sandvall, assistant director for new student programs, is working with the Honors Program to coordinate the specialty line camp session.
Month: March 2011
For those looking for an overall body workout, Bearobics is now offering two new fitness classes: Street Jazz and HardCORE Conditioning. Street Jazz will be taught by graduate student Heather Jade at 3 p.m. every Monday and HardCORE conditioning will be taught by Houston freshman Becca Dixon at 3 p.m. every Wednesday, both in the Bearobics studio location.
“Rango” is a big, unruly hoot. The first animated effort from director Gore Verbinski is an homage/sendup of cowboy cliches – and about a half dozen other movie genres to boot.
The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments this week for a case that will ultimately determine whether a university or the creator should hold the patent of a federally funded invention.
After more than a semester of collaboration and deliberation, the Student Senate last week approved by a two-thirds majority the last of a sweeping set of revisions to the student government electoral code.
Jan. 29 was a sad day for Baylor basketball. I’m not talking about the scoreboard, which showed a 70-66 win over Colorado, nor am I talking about how the Bears’ 17-point comeback transpired on the court.
Crossword solution: 3/4/11
Sudoku solution: 3/4/11
Students can catch a free screening of “Blue Like Jazz the Movie” and chat with the author of the book that inspired the movie afterward at 9 p.m. March 15 in the Mayborn Museum Complex’s Sony Theater.
The Baylor Rowing Team will have its first regatta all day Saturday in Austin at the at Festival Beach Park. Come out and support the Bears in Austin before starting your Spring Break.
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It’s been a while since the Baylor Lariat, the university’s student newspaper, has seen so many letters to the editor on a single topic. Current students, alumni and faculty all want us to spread the word about ESPN’s College GameDay coming to Waco.
J.H. Hines Elementary School students walked hand-in-hand with their volunteers through the Mayborn Museum Complex, sprawled on the floor as they drew pictures of artifacts and got a chance to apply their reading and writing skills in a new way last week.
In 2002, Ryan Young was like any other freshman at Baylor — he was looking for a place to live after the dorm. “I couldn’t find an apartment,” Young said. Amid the frustration of traveling from leasing office to leasing office, Ryan had an idea to create one place for Baylor students to find specific listings for apartments around campus.
Traditions Plaza heats up today as the fourth annual Salsa Fest kicks off at 6 and lasts until 9 p.m. featuring free food, live music and plenty of salsa. Hosted by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the flavorful event pits teams of four against one another as they dice, spice and blend their way into the judges’ hearts.
The Lady Bears walked onto the court Wednesday night wearing No. 5 T-shirts in warmups; they walked off with shirts that read, “Big 12 Champions.” Even without senior Melissa Jones on the court, her presence in the Ferrell Center was all Baylor needed as it went on to soundly defeat Missouri, 84-52.
So Charlie Sheen says he is on a drug called Charlie Sheen. Can you imagine how long the commercial would have to be to list all the side effects of that? One of them, apparently, is that those who talk to the “Two and a Half Men” star, whose hit CBS sitcom has shut down production for at least the rest of this season, seem to think they are the only ones doing it.
Baylor’s squad battled the rest of the conference at the Big 12 Championships on Feb. 25-26 in Lincoln, Neb. Starting the weekend with a victory was sophomore Gavyn Nero, as he led a Baylor comeback to win the men’s distance medley relay title.
Spring break presents a time for most students to escape. But six Baylor students will embark on a true escape as they pilgrimage to Taize, France, to participate in a community of fellowship.
The Nu Chapter of Gamma Alpha Omega sorority is hosting a school supplies collection drive until April 30 and has begun volunteering with Communities in Schools — The Heart of Texas.
In a decision that will change lives for years to come, the Texas House of Representatives furthered legislation that would regulate the questionable way suspect identification is handled throughout state law enforcement agencies.
Most people think of visual art as the old masters’ work, oil paintings and drawings, even photography. When I think of visual arts, my view is slightly less conventional.
The trial of Mark Ciavarella Jr. took 10 business days.
ESPN College GameDay is coming to Baylor. The show will include two hours of live coverage starting at 9 a.m. on ESPNU and continuing from 10 to 11 a.m. on ESPN. The Ferrell Center will open at 7 a.m.
Crossword solution: 3/3/11
Sudoku solution: 3/3/11
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The Lariat will be on spring break March 7-11. Students can get their Lariat fix when school resumes March 15.
Students from all over campus played their part in planning the future of Baylor on Tuesday by going and voicing their opinions at Student Government’s strategic planning input sessions.
The February calendar ended in the first loss of the season for the Lady Bears, but as it turned to March, the team wasted no time getting back into the win column. In fact, they did it convincingly, beating Prairie View A&M 6-1 in the first of a double header on Tuesday afternoon.