Month: October 2011

There is a stereotype that most freshmen come to Baylor, choose the default pre-med degree and then change it at least twice before figuring out what that they want to do with their life; however, there are a few that seem to have it figured out who displace that stereotype. Fort Worth freshman Clark Nowlin is one of those rarities.

Three Baylor law students returned from the Emory Civil Rights Moot Court Competition qualified to compete at the national moot court championship in January.

In the age of iPads, email and texting, there can be no question that the younger the generation, the more technologically savvy its members. As our culture becomes increasingly inundated by screens – TV screens, phone screens and computer screens – educators need to decide where to draw the line.

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The Baptist General Convention of Texas voted Monday at its annual convention to approve a new special agreement with Baylor, replacing the 20-year-old agreement that preceded it and setting up today’s consideration of a budget proposal that could strip Baylor of $889,053 in cooperative program funding next year.

Every October, independent filmmakers and established Hollywood names flock to Austin for the Austin Film Festival. Keeping in tune with Austin’s determination to be different, this festival has one major focus that sets it apart from all the others before it: the writer as the key to a great film.

Successful journalists do the little things right, panelists said at the sports writing panel as a part of the Legacy of Excellence in Journalism Education events last week.

Although no one walked away with a title, junior Roberto Maytin and freshman Mate Zsiga each won quarterfinal matches in singles before falling in the semifinals as men’s tennis competed in the USTA/ITA Texas Regional this weekend in College Station.