Month: October 2011

It can be easy to think you’re not a writer, especially if you cringe at any sort of writing assignment and have absolutely no desire to write that next great American novel that everyone’s always talking about. And even if you do believe you’re a writer, it can be easy to think you’re not a good one— between writer’s block and merciless editors, the talent can often feel elusive.

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Need an internship? Baylor Career Services will host the event “How to Find an Internship” from 4 p.m. to 5…

An internationally renowned physicist presented a colloquium Monday at Baylor on his research, which he will relocate to the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative facility beginning in 2012.

“Christians have a responsibility to stand up in positions of global leadership across the medical field, specifically reaching out to the needs of Third World countries,” Dr. Fred Yaw Bio said Monday during the annual events presented by Baylor’s Academy for Leader Development and Civic Engagement.

After Adenola Adepetun and I bonded over our lust for a pair of red-soled Christian Louboutin shoes, I got to know this young style star and found out that although he dresses impeccably, he does not want to be known for his great taste in bowties, alone.

The Bears outscored their opponents 8-1 this weekend at Betty Lou Mays Field. Baylor defeated the Missouri Tigers on Friday 3-1 and was victorious again over the Jackson State Tigers, 5-0, on Sunday afternoon. Friday’s win was due in part to a fiery start to the game and Sunday’s victory was sealed in a dominant second half.

John Patrick Shanley, an Oscar-winning screenwriter, director and Tony-awarded playwright, talked about his childhood, struggles and successes at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Cashion Academic Center as a part of the Beall-Russell Lectures in the Humanities.

Rolling through small Southern towns Monday in a campaign-style bus, President Barack Obama pressed lawmakers back in Washington to start taking up pieces of his rejected jobs bill and mocked the Republicans who had shot it down. Though the Senate moved to vote soon on an individual bill based on the plan, the proposal seems doomed.

The Baylor volleyball offense was stuck in neutral as the Big 12 leader No. 15 Iowa State Cyclones swept the Bears 3-0 (19-25, 14-25, 18-25.) Saturday in Ames, Iowa.

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Alex Epstein, founder and director of the Center for Industrial Progress, will speak at 5:30 p.m. Monday in Morrison 120. Epstein will discuss how the green energy movement is a threat to our economy and our environment in a talk entitled “Two things every American needs to know about energy.”