Month: February 2014
Don’t Feed the Bears is back! Greg DeVries and Daniel Hill break down the Seahawks dominant 43-8 Super Bowl victory…
“I’m just out here to tell people how much God loves them,” he smiled.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers made several narcotics, weapons and traffic related arrests Wednesday during the department’s high intensity traffic enforcement day, said trooper D. I. Wilson, a public information officer for DPS.
WASHINGTON — Legislation to raise the federal debt limit and prevent a crippling government default cleared Congress on Wednesday with an awkward assist from top Senate Republican leaders who were forced into a politically treacherous vote engineered by tea party favorite Ted Cruz.
Dr. Pedro Reyes’ dream of having an indoor sports facility in Waco has finally come to reality.
In the fall, Baylor students will have the chance to give back to the community. Students of the university’s new Philanthropy and the Public Good course will have the opportunity to allot $50,000 to $100,000 to multiple local nonprofit organizations to help meet needs in the Waco community.
SAN ANTONIO — A lawyer representing Texas asked a federal judge Wednesday to reject pleas from two gay couples to suspend the state constitution’s definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, calling the legalization of same-sex marriages “a more recent innovation than Facebook.”
NEW ORLEANS — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, best remembered for his impassioned pleas for help after the levees broke during Hurricane Katrina, was convicted Wednesday of accepting bribes in exchange for helping businessmen secure millions of dollars in city work, including after the devastating storm.
A wedding is one of the most memorable events in a person’s entire life.
CVS shoppers will have to get their smokes elsewhere because the U.S. pharmacy recently announced it would phase out the sale of cigarettes by Oct. 1. The company’s move is bold and brave.
I think pretty much anything and everything there is to be said about the topic of marriage and the LGBT community has been said. My opinion probably carries much less credibility than many others’ opinions do. I’ll quote Forrest Gump: “I don’t know much about anything.”
The apparel program at Baylor has been ranked among the top 32 most influential fashion schools in the world by fashionplaytes.com.
Dinner and a movie.
Yes, I realize it represents a profound failure of imagination, but this was the date I had proposed to my wife for Valentine’s Day this week. But sometimes life’s obligations (not to mention two kids) limit your options for an evening out, so you flail around, punt and resort to an old standby. It still beats takeout and loading the dishwasher, right?
Testing Pinterest’s too-good-to-be-true recipes and crafts
Baylor acrobatics and tumbling kicks off its 2014 National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association season against three-time reigning national champion Oregon at 9 p.m. today in Eugene, Ore.
Baylor came into Wednesday night’s matchup with TCU in desperate need of a win. The Bears had lost two in a row and eight of their last nine in conference play after their hot start to the season. Baylor (15-9, 3-8) finally was able to finish the job in a 91-58 win against TCU (9-14, 0-11) at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth
The No.19-ranked Lady Bears tennis team claimed a 6-1 victory over No.22 Rice on Saturday at the Hurd Tennis Center.
The No.6-ranked Baylor men’s tennis team extended its unbeaten streak to six matches with a pair of 7-0 wins over Cameron and Louisiana at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center on Friday.
It was a blowout in Waco last time the Lady Bears played Texas Tech, but being away from home changed the dynamic of the matchup in Lubbock.
Baylor came into Wednesday night’s matchup with TCU in desperate need of a win. The Bears had lost two in a row and eight of their last nine in conference play after their hot start to the season. Baylor (15-9, 3-8) finally was able to finish the job in a 91-58 win against TCU (9-14, 0-11) at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth.
Crossfit from Baylor Lariat on Vimeo.
The federal government is attempting to make college life after military service worth it to veterans. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released the GI Bill comparison tool online on Feb. 4, which will assist student veterans in researching benefits they can receive from different colleges.
Tamera Mowry-Housley, co-host of the daytime television show “The Real,” took part in an open and honest discussion about her battle with depression and conquering the unknown Tuesday at Baylor’s Black Heritage Banquet.
Students worrying about what to do after graduation can take a new class next semester focusing on professional development.
In the new course titled Professional Development 2101, students will learn about career exploration, internships, resumes, mock interviews and personal statements.
Each semester around finals week, students can be found wandering around the library searching for an available spot to study. Student Senate addressed this situation when they discussed a new bill that would make additional space available.
