Texas A&M leads Baylor 24-14 at halftime.
Month: October 2011
Baylor men’s basketball kicked off its 2011-12 season with Moonlight Madness Friday at the Ferrell Center, as part of ESPN’s Midnight Madness.
After conference exits, unsigned waivers, a maroon billboard on I-35 and a whole lot of trash talk between the students, the game is almost here.
Government, non-profit and corporate leaders came together to celebrate the statewide launch of the Texas No Kid Hungry campaign Wednesday at Capitol Hill in Austin.
A nationwide coalition of anti-abortion groups said Wednesday it is preparing to push legislation in all 50 states requiring that pregnant women see and hear the fetal heartbeat before having an abortion.
The Princeton Review has ranked students at the Baylor Law School as the most competitive in its 2012 edition of the “Best 167 Law Schools.”
Acclaimed “Doubt” playwright, screenwriter and director John Patrick Shanley will visit Baylor on Monday. Shanley will be discussing his career as a part of the Beall-Russell 2011 Lecture in the Humanities.
Four years ago and almost four hours away from Waco, four guys from the same hometown got together to do what they do best: jam.
More than 80 percent of children from high-income homes graduate college, compared to 8 percent of children from low-income homes, according to a statistic quoted by Teach For America representative Ana Wolfowicz. The organization is fighting to change that statistic one teacher at a time.
Baylor’s running back corps does not receive much focus with the athletic ability of junior quarterback Robert Griffin III. Praise usually goes to him for game performance week in and week out.
A hot, dry summer in key producing states and competition from more profitable crops have shrunk the U.S. peanut crop this year by an expected 13 percent. It would be smallest harvest recorded since 2006. The tight supply means consumers will soon pay more for another grocery staple.
Here is part two of our new weekly advice column, this time with answers from A&E Editor Joshua Madden (1-4 in the Lariat Super League), sports writer Daniel Wallace (1-4) and photo editor Matt Hellman (4-1).
Whether or not McMenamin is right about the reality of a Kraken, the Kraken has a very real history in a very unlikely place: fiction.
The opening day of the 2011 “Footloose” movie is finally upon us. The highly analyzed, applauded, assessed and anticipated remake of the 1984 release is Friday, Oct. 14, and it has both old and new fans across the nation in a frenzy
If the rivalry wasn’t heated enough, throw in the conference realignment fiasco that took place in September. Kyle field threatens a hostile environment for Baylor, but the Bears are ready for the Aggies.
I have never really been one for the political scene, but it seems like everyone, including myself, takes an interest in the underbelly of the American government. From the conspiracy theorists to the romantic idealists, everyone has an opinion of how our elected officials actually behave behind the scenes. The film “The Ides of March” deals specifically with the presidential campaign.
Coming off a historically successful weekend for Baylor soccer, the team looks to repeat its recent victories. This past weekend, the Bears surged past two Big 12 teams, Kansas and Iowa State, both on the road. This weekend the Bears will face Missouri at 7 p.m. Friday at home and will play host again for Jackson State at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Baylor women’s golf team won its second straight tournament Wednesday at the Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Intercollegiate in Las Cruces, N.M., and senior Jaclyn Jansen tied for the individual title and her second career victory.
“Breaking Bad” is television’s best show and will end its fourth season on Sunday. Although the season got off to a slow start, the writing, acting and late season have made this one of, if not the show’s best season.
Two Minnesota women accused of funneling money to a terror group in Somalia talked about collecting money for al-Shabab, supporting fighters instead of other charities and the possibility that FBI was listening in on their conversations according to hours of recorded phone calls played for jurors.
A construction vehicle served as a makeshift waterfall Wednesday, soaking Mayor Jim Bush and other city of Waco officials as part of the groundbreaking ceremony for a new private theme park that will replace the original Waco Waterpark.
A Nigerian man pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to bring down a jetliner with a bomb in his underwear, telling a federal judge that he acted in retaliation for the killing of Muslims worldwide and referring to the failed explosive as a “blessed weapon.”
Two Ukranian brothers were convicted Wednesday of smuggling desperate villagers into the United States to work in bondage. The brothers forced them to work long hours at little or no pay cleaning retail stores and office buildings.
Want to watch something horrifying without Krakens?
For a college student, a restaurant’s merit is often found in the simplicity and affordability of its meal options. These qualities, among others, make visiting Baris III Pizza & Pasta a graduation requirement for Baylor students.
Baylor and McLennan Community College are pooling their resources in a way that we expect will be truly beneficial to future students.
As the semester moves by and midterms approach, it is inevitably that time of year where students are packed in the hallways surrounded by mounds of 15-pound textbooks and enough papers to have wiped out an entire forest.
“Kids dancing in crazy outfits to music that editorial page editors don’t understand aren’t automatically evil.”
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