Eight years ago in Richmond, a Habitat for Humanity chapter was erecting the frame of a structure soon to be someone’s house. It was Framing Day, as Habitat volunteers call it. Now, Richmond junior Allison Carrington is the president of Baylor Habitat for Humanity and still remembers the day of her first experience as a volunteer.
Year: 2014
At the start of the semester, each dorm room was a generic, empty space with nothing to set it apart from the rest. The only thing to distinguish one from another was a name taped to the door. On the inside were just naked mattresses and empty dressers waiting to be claimed by new occupants.
When Beeville sophomores Claire and Paige McKinney went on family road trips as children, it wasn’t exactly the most pleasant time. They were shoved in the back seat, not because they wanted to, but their other four sisters occupied the rest of the seats.
Professors and staff members do not see the previous 20 years of denominational drift among students as a bad thing.
Valeria McDonald counted to five, heaved out a shaky breath, and took one last look in the full-length mirror hanging on the wall.
Baylor game days can be hot with cheering fans enduring temperatures well into the 90s and sometimes the 100s.
For decades, not only on Baylor’s campus but across the nation, rumors have permeated the minds of the masses and spread as fact with little credibility.
Action. Reality TV shows generally feature a cast of people who do interesting things. Typically unscripted (for the most part), these shows portray people who perhaps weren’t widely known before the show premiered.
Expectations were high for “The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay – Part 1,” and Director Francis Lawrence wastes no time getting straight to the point.
No. 7 Baylor football battled past two obstacles Saturday night in the team’s 49-28 win at McLane Stadium: Oklahoma State and Mother Nature. The Bears used a big rushing offense to finish the game after rain continued to make its presence.
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Hiding behind anonymity is a common practice today. From sources in news stories to social media, knowing the name behind a comment or quote is well on its way to becoming a rarity. What this means for social norms is yet to be determined, but social media apps like Yik Yak indicate it could lead our society down a disturbing path without regard for those around us.
“Your Baylor mailbox is almost full.” It’s about time we put those repetitive emails from Information Technology Services to rest.
The American Diabetes Association is making efforts to educate the public about the widespread disease during November.
Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion has joined forces with a Dallas nonprofit, faith-based organization to transform and improve at-risk communities in West Dallas.
Nonprofit organizations in Waco are helping to keep the homes of the elderly and disabled warm, as temperatures dropped substantially.
From the Oscars to the classroom, associate film professor Sandra Lee’s influence spans large arenas.
Every year in cemeteries across the country, people gather to pay respect to veterans who have died since the founding of the United States. This Christmas, the tradition will continue in Waco.
The St. Louis region is on edge in anticipation of an announcement from the grand jury that is weighing whether to charge police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
Roofs began to creak and collapse and homeowners struggled to clear waist-high drifts atop their houses Thursday as another storm brought the Buffalo area’s three-day snowfall total to an epic 7 feet or more.
French authorities have found a mysterious stone sculpture at the bottom of the River Seine, which may have been there for centuries.
Spurning furious Republicans, President Barack Obama unveiled expansive executive actions on immigration Thursday night to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation and refocus enforcement efforts on “felons, not families.”
A Florida State University alumnus and attorney who shot three people at the school’s library early Thursday believed the government was targeting him for persecution, detailing his thoughts in a journal and in videos detectives obtained, authorities said.
Two dozen modern and surrealist art works amassed by a private collector, including important paintings by Joan Miro and Rene Magritte, are expected to fetch at least $100 million when they go on auction on Feb. 4 in London next year.
Ryan and Nadira Hurley, founders of the Vert & Vogue boutique, take a serious approach to style. Nadira’s background in fashion and Ryan’s longtime advocacy for the environment led them to open their clothing store in Durham in 2008 with a commitment to running it as a green business.
The bye week is over and the final stretch of the season is out in front of No. 7 Baylor football. Three games remain for the Bears to defend their Big 12 conference title.
After taking an early season road win at South Carolina on Tuesday, Baylor men’s basketball will play in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational and will face four opponents in the next week.
Waco has flourished into one of the nation’s epicenters of women’s basketball. For the second year in-a-row, the Lady Bears will host the Basketball Travelers Inc. (BTI) Classic – a three-day, weekend-long round-robin tournament between Baylor, Utah State, Stetson University and Texas Pan-American.