The Chronicle of Higher Education recently named Baylor to its honor roll of great colleges to work for, for the first time. Thirty national universities categorized as large four-year colleges were named to the honor roll, among them Sam Houston State University and Texas Christian University.
Year: 2011
New body-scanning technology acquired by Baylor this summer has the potential to revolutionize the fashion industry.
The President’s Scholarship Initiative is roughly on pace to meet its goal to raise $100 million in endowed scholarships by May 2013, which marks the end of the three-year campaign.
Baylor’s Center for Professional Selling began a new course, Sales for Social Impact, this semester that will work to help solve clean water issues in Nicaragua.
Hundreds of freshmen united in voice with the spirit squad and the Golden Wave Marching Band ushered in the beginning of the Baylor Bear’s football season.
Baylor soccer looks to keep its undefeated streak alive this weekend as it travels to Kentucky for two games. Baylor (3-0-1) will face Louisville (1-1-1) tonight and Kentucky (3-0-0) on Sunday. Both games will be played at Cardinal Park in Louisville, Ky. Coach Marci Jobson said this will be her team’s biggest test of the season so far, as it will have to face a speedy Louisville squad and a Kentucky team that has not lost as well.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s autobiography, “In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir,” was released on Tuesday and has caused a stir in the political community. Cheney’s memoir, however, is hardly the first memoir to be controversial or intriguing.
CityStreak, a local “Amazing Race”-style adventure created by recent Baylor grads Carter Hopkins and Daniel Goldstein, is coming to Waco on Sept. 10.
University development is holding an art contest for undergraduate students that will allow them to share meaningful experiences they have had at Baylor.
As the academic school year takes off, one point on the to-do list for many incoming Baylor students includes finding a local church, a task often known to stir up anxious thoughts.
Unconventional for a love story, “One Day” follows the lives of two friends, Emma (Anne Hathway) and Dex (Jim Sturgess), who met on July 15, 1988, the beginning of their complicated and frustrating relationship.
The horror-comedy remake of the 1985 classic “Fright Night” was one of many movies this summer to do little with its 3D format. That aside, the witty dialogue and edge-of-your seat action pick up where the effects fall short.
Free-spirited, lively, team-oriented, intellectual, carefree and dominant were some of the words used to describe freshman midfielder Alexa Wilde by her head coach and teammates.
This year at the Lariat sports we are trying something new. We have created a Yahoo! fantasy football league of ten teams and have already completed a draft.
Through Baylor’s several teaching and interning abroad programs, such as the Teach in London, Teach in Costa Rica, and Teach in Australia programs, students have the opportunity to travel beyond the comforts of home and learn more about other cultures and education systems.
If a mixed message has ever been sent, the Baptist General Convention of Texas is certainly sending one to Baylor.
As a former member of the Baylor Lariat staff and a proud graduate of Baylor University, I am writing this letter to all members of the Baylor family. Today will be one of the biggest moments for our university in a long time, and thanks to ESPN, we will have a national audience. With our friends 90 miles down the Brazos making a decision that could affect all of us, our administration is working tirelessly to ensure the long-term vision and mission of Baylor University.
The last time most of us heard the name Javaris Crittenton, it was as the other guy in a news story starring Gilbert Arenas. The story grew from a December 2009 incident in the locker room of the NBA’s Washington Wizards in which a supposed “joke” between the two escalated until they produced guns from their lockers. Arenas got most of the attention – and blame – which is fitting. He was the team’s star, considered one of the better players in the game.
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Westfest starts today in West, Texas with a downtown parade Saturday, 10 a.m., and additional activities at the West Fair…
The Southern Drag Boat Races return this Labor Day weekend. The event will be held to celebrate the grand opening…
Monthly testing of the outdoor mass notification and indoor voice evacuation systems during class break, between 2:15 to 2:30 p.m..…
An Arkansas man who wanted to capture aerial photos of his home during his first plane ride instead helped catch two men burglarizing it.
The State Fair of Texas has offered fried bubblegum and seven other lip-smacking delights as finalists for the Big Tex Choice Awards.
The executive board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) is considering a budget proposal that would cut Baylor’s non-seminary share of cooperative program funding by more than half.
Aramark presented a check for $3,000 to the Campus Kitchen Community Garden on Wednesday morning. The completely organic and self-sustainable garden is used to grow produce to donate to programs that feed the needy.
When Noah Mortel graduated from Baylor in 2008, he headed to Los Angeles with high hopes of working in the entertainment business. After two years of frustration and unstable jobs, he moved back to his hometown of Houston and worked as a payment processor. Although he was thankful for the job and the money, this was not his passion.
