Month: September 2012

The Baylor cross-country team opened the season this past Friday night, Aug. 31, at the Bear Twilight Invitational in Waco.

The women claimed a first-place victory, and the men earned second.

Baylor Information Technology Services is alerting students about potential identity thieves and the importance of keeping email account information confidential.

Jon Allen, of information security at Baylor ITS said Baylor has had about five compromised email accounts since Aug. 1, and 13 since July 1.

Thirty-five years after leaving Earth, Voyager 1 is reaching for the stars.

Sooner or later, the workhorse spacecraft will bid adieu to the solar system and enter a new realm of space — the first time a man-made object will have escaped to the other side.

Perhaps no one on Earth will relish the moment more than 76-year-old Ed Stone, who has toiled on the project from the start.

This year’s freshman class may expect to have a difficult time deciding who to vote for on Sept. 12 at the freshman elections. About 40 candidates hope to fill the positions open to freshmen in Student Government. The candidates come from different backgrounds and majors, but each one possesses the desire to serve their classmates through Student Government.

Texas’ independent film industry is getting a boost from the Texas Independent Film Network, which devotes its services to promoting Texas made films, bringing them to small towns, college campuses and museums for exhibition.

I had never heard of “Lawless” until a few days before I saw it.

It didn’t seem like a movie I would jump at the chance to go and see, but those sneaky Hollywood producers managed to credit an all-star cast that deemed this movie as a “must-see.” Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Shia Labeouf, Dane Dehaan Pane, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce and Jessica Chastain star in this film.

After reading about Jake’s Texas Tea House in our Welcome Back issue, I was excited to try it out. This weekend I did just that.

I walked in and loved the ambiance. It had a ’50s feel to it with aqua and red and white booths, vintage Americana décor and the catchy old music everyone loves at a sock hop.