In an effort to lower the obesity rate in South Carolina, this year’s freshman class at Coker College will be required to complete fitness assessment tests and partake in physical activities, such as intramurals, aerobics classes and wellness programs.
Month: August 2011
Former pastor Al Staggs brought German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer back to life through an original dramatization during Monday’s chapel in order to encourage students to think seriously about society’s ills.
As someone who once lived in New York City and now lives in Texas, I never would have guessed I would be the one who could successfully avoid a hurricane while my friends in New York City would spend the weekend preparing for a natural disaster.
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Baylor football officially begins this week as the Bears take on TCU this Friday at Floyd Casey Stadium! The game starts at 7 p.m. Bears are encouraged to wear the green and gold in support of BU football.
The Traditions Rally, an annual event that celebrates the beginning of the Baylor football season on Sept. 01, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Sponsored by Baylor Athletics, Student Activities, the Baylor Activities Council, and Greek Life, the Traditions Rally takes place in the SUB Bowl and Fountain Mall. Free food, live music, and a chance to meet Baylor’s coaches and players make this an event not to miss.
The weekend of the Sept. 23 and 24 will offer students a chance to invite parents to campus in order to experience Baylor life. Sign up parents for a weekend pass and offer your family a chance to see their favorite bear.
Tied at 1-1, the Baylor soccer team jogged into the locker room disappointed in its first half of play.
The soccer team walked away from Betty Lou May Field Friday night with a win against Cal State Northridge 1-0 at the, making Baylor two for two at home with a season record of 2-0-1.
The thermometer at Waco Regional Airport hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit today.
Residents at Collins Residence Hall were prompted to evacuate the building Friday around 1 p.m. after a dryer motor in the sixth-floor laundry room caught fire.
Students looking to see everything Late Night has to offer will have to explore multiple locations this year. Instead of concentrating the entire night at the Student Life Center as in past years, Baylor will use four locations for Friday night’s festivities.
Running back Lache Seastrunk signed a financial aid contract and will enroll at Baylor Tuesday as well as join the Bears’ football team.
https://vimeo.com/27998211 The class of 2015 moved into Baylor campus and we were there with the questions.
A university-wide policy mandating minimum attendance requirements for all Baylor students is no more, but most students will still be required to attend 75 percent of their course lectures to receive a passing grade.
The Baylor board of regents has decided how much tuition and scholarships will rise in the next two years.
Returning students may notice a little more Baylor green around campus as they arrive for classes this August, with the final aesthetic touches of Baylor 2012 coming to reality.
Baylor women’s basketball standout Melissa Jones has hung up her basketball shoes but stepped back on the Ferrell Center court in volleyball shoes.
Baylor’s defense has some holes to fill with a number of key seniors gone from the previous season.
Following a season filled with injuries and disappointment, Art Briles and the Bears returned for the 2010 season and hoisted Baylor football to a place it had not been in over a decade.
Scott Miller is the author of “The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century” and was a recent guest on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”. The book highlights the conflict between two very different men, one of whom was President of the United States.
After a five-month legislative struggle in Austin in which the Baylor administration was an active lobbying force, steep budgetary cuts to the Tuition Equalization Grant program have hit Baylor graduate students and incoming freshmen the hardest.
Manliness, ladies and gentlemen, is under attack. Or at least that’s what Marty Beckerman argues in his satirical “The Heming Way” in which he advises that today’s men need to start living “the Heming Way.”
Coach Art Briles’ playbook features a passing offense, just not every single time. Therein lies the challenge.
Scandals, big hair and deep southern accents overlay “The Help.” Starring Emma Stone as Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan, Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark, and Octavia Spencer, as Minny Jackson, the film is an exploration of racial injustice in the southern United States.
The 2010-2011 Baylor Lady Bears softball team went further than any team that preceded them, finishing the season with a record of 47-15.
Last November, the Texas A&M Aggies were in town for the Battle of the Brazos. Running back Jay Finley had just run for a 69-yard touchdown, increasing the score in Baylor’s favor 30-21.