Women have been in baseball for most of the sport’s history. While they have faced obstacles for around the last 100 years, the Women’s Professional Baseball League is reminding people that women always belonged.
Author: Addison Gernenz
Addison Gernenz
Addison Gernenz is a senior from Eldon, Missouri, majoring in Professional Writing & Rhetoric with minors in Political Science and Creative Writing. She loves going on long walks, playing strategy games, and is an avid sports fan. She holds wildly overconfident opinions on a wide assortment of topics and enjoys spirited conversations about anything and everything. In her free time, you can find Addison rummaging through thrift stores or taking road trips with her friends. After graduation, she plans to pursue a career in political or sports journalism.
In the final weeks before graduation, time feels different for students preparing to walk the stage. Outside Pat Neff Hall, caps and gowns hang from arms while seniors in suits and white dresses stop to take turns for one more picture in front of the building which has framed their time at Baylor.
Across Baylor’s campus, students are taking action to live more sustainably, whether through personal habits, volunteer opportunities or launching campus initiatives.
Throughout the show, Crist interacted with the audience, joking with some attendees in the front row and sending the crowd into applause and laughter multiple times. He captured the attention of the room well, telling stories with excellent timing and delivering the punch lines with precision.
The City of Waco will kick off its annual free Brazos Night concert series on April 17, featuring Candlebox and Fastball at Indian Spring Park. The event has been a Waco tradition for over 35 years, having previously hosted other notable acts such as Whiskey Myers, Blake Shelton and The Chicks.
Intellectual humility involves the awareness and responsibility of one’s own intellectual limitations. This means recognizing the presence of your intelligence and your lapses in such. Through this awareness, individuals will be able to pursue deeper knowledge, truth and understanding.
A24’s recent release “The Drama” is an intersection of romantic dark comedy and psychological thriller. What begins as a light, cute, character-driven romance becomes a weightier study of identity, love and forgiveness.
Art Center Waco’s current exhibit, titled “More is More is More: A Melody of Maximalism,” will be on view until April 25. The exhibit features a variety of media, messages and materials that invite viewers into an eclectic, intimate world of artistry.
Saturday evening brought a crowd to Waco Hall for Gateway to India, an event heavily organized by the Indian Subcontinent Student Association and the Gateway to India student board.
Jazz is a century-old language, but on a campus where most students are not old enough to rent a car, a group of students learn the fluency of the genre together. Baylor students have formed a Jazz quintet called Taylor Tots, named after their beloved teacher, senior lecturer in the music department Dr. Edward Taylor.
If public libraries disappeared tomorrow, the world would lose more than books and programs. We would lose one of the rare places where people of different backgrounds can exist on an equal platform, outside of financial or societal barriers. We would lose access to free information and a space where communities can flourish.
Once a year, Fabled Bookshop & Cafe hosts a Local Author Book Faire to showcase local authors to the Waco community. On Feb. 19, three young authors were included in the array of writers.
Beachy’s Baking Co. was founded by Travis and Rosa Beachy, who are both Robinson locals. The business was launched last March, and their menu offers an array of fresh-baked donuts, as well as scratch-made warm pretzels.
From being in formations together and going through steps to admitting you don’t know what you’re doing and laughing when the other person agrees, Sing Alliance presents several opportunities to meet people and build new, meaningful friendships.
When driving around Waco, the Hispanic and Latino presence is evident through restaurants, supermarkets, food trucks and churches. From El Charro Tapatio to Las Trancas Taco Stand, Waco has a multitude of grassroots businesses that run deep with Latino and Hispanic culture, as well as the city.
While most students are still figuring out their calling after college, Los Angeles senior Samuel Koo has just launched his second business: SaaS Console. The site went live just months after Koo launched EvolveDaily, a life-improvement app for college students.
Over a decade has passed since I read “Little Women” for the first time, but it has remained at the top of my list of favorite books. The March sisters have been monumental in shaping the person I am today, and modern storytelling would look very different without Louisa May Alcott and her work.
Baylor’s Classics Department will present performances of Plautus’ “Casina” for Creating Arts Experience theater credit at 6 p.m. on both Jan. 29 and 30 in the McLean Foyer of Meditation at Armstrong Browning Library.
