By Jillian Anderson As students get ready to look for jobs, resumes and work samples are a must. More often than not, employers are looking for online information and sources. An online presence gives people an edge in the race to employment. ePortfolios are a window into that future. ePortfolios gives students an opportunity to collect their own work and course assignments. Built into Canvas, ePortfolios can be used for establishing a small web presence or displaying work samples. “If you turn in a paper and did really well on it, you can bring that into your portfolio,” said Lance…
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Happiness is a diner mug filled with fresh coffee intermittently between sips. It’s an over-hard egg next to buttered toast and three strips of bacon. It’s a conversation with a frequent customer sitting at the bar as you wait for your food to be prepared before your eyes. Happiness is Cupp’s Drive-Inn.
Baylor soccer is back on track after beating Oklahoma on Friday and tying the No. 17 ranked Texas Tech team on Sunday at Betty Lou Mays Field.”Nobody is willing to walk off the field without [a win], so these girls play as hard as they can. This is top to bottom in the conference.” – Paul Jobson The Bears, who had their seven-game win streak snapped against Kansas on the road regrouped at home beating the Sooners 1-0, and tying with the Red Raiders 1-1. The Bears improve to 8-5-2 overall and 3-1-1 in the Big 12. With a packed…
Baylor fans enjoy tradition of tailgating from Baylor Lariat on Vimeo. Before each game, Baylor fans of all ages enjoy tailgating “Bears style” with family and friends.
After having their seven-game win streak snapped on the road against Kansas, Baylor soccer looks to return to its winning ways at home against Oklahoma tonight and No. 17 Texas Tech on Sunday. “There are things from every game, win or lose, that you can take from it and get better at,” said head coach Paul Jobson. “Our philosophy is getting better every day. We were able to take quite a few things from that game, not because we lost.” Adding on to the excitement of tonight’s conference game, it is Scarf Night, where the first 200 fans in attendance…
The Central Texas Walk-N-Roll Celebration is held to recognize National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Heritage Square in downtown Waco. Walk-N-Roll is focused on making the community aware that people with disabilities are just as capable as any other employee. The event will feature a short walk with people of varying disabilities, as well as music and food. “Our goal is to make the community more aware that people with disabilities are very capable of working,” said Laura Lupfer, member of the Waco Mayor’s Committee for People…
I was very heartened when someone e-mailed your article [“BU speech support group to aid students who stutter” published Oct. 2] about the formation of the Baylor University Speech and Language Hearing Clinic Stuttering Support Group. I know that this new support group at Baylor will serve to help many people who stutter. I just want to point out that stuttering affects all segments of the world population equally. There is a valuable resource for Spanish-speaking people who stutter at www.tartamudez.org, which is the Spanish-language version of the Stuttering Foundation website. This resource has been very helpful to the Hispanic…
As midterm exams are in full swing, Baylor rewards its students at the finish line with a much-needed fall break, a Friday off in October to enjoy the cooler weather and perhaps some family time. This semester, the mini-break falls on the weekend of Halloween, giving students a jumpstart on their harmless — or debaucherous — fall fun. But let’s be honest: Fall break is an absolute hoax. While a day off is never unwelcome, this one-day-only respite isn’t as spectacular as it looks on the academic calendar. To remedy this, Baylor should either add an extra day — the…
From the piano to the colorful walls on Austin Avenue, downtown Waco has undergone a transformation over the last few years. Members of the community like Andy Anzollitto, Mike Trozzo, Tanner Freeman, Matt Shepard and Chris McGowan, have come together to make Waco more beautiful and inspire people to love where they live. Through their passion for Waco, the Wacotown effort was born.
Baylor volleyball was unable to spoil the Jayhawks undefeated season at home Wednesday night, falling short in four sets (21-25, 25-13, 20-25,17-25). Excitement filled the Ferrell Center as fans were encouraged to wear gold and yellow shirts to support the Bears. Adding on the match’s excitement, the match was being broadcasted on FOX Sports Southwest. The Bears went down early after the Jayhawks came out attacking. After battling to come back the Bears went down, losing the first set 25-21. “We missed a lot of serves in that first set that cost us,” said head coach Ryan McGuyre. The Bears…
I enjoyed Matthew Dotson’s column [“More than a Disability”] in the Oct. 9 Lariat and plan to send it to my son. His son, my grandchild Gavin, is six years old and also sustained a birth injury. Gavin is in a wheelchair and doesn’t speak much because of his cerebral palsy. However, he is very smart and loving, which people realize when they take the time to know him. Currently Gavin is mainstreamed in a kindergarten classroom, where he is on grade level and learning to read. Like you did, he is going to physical, occupational and speech therapy several…
By Ashley Webb Baylor University has been working hard for the past month conducting sleep research in its newly opened Sleep Neuroscience and Cognition Laboratory. Dr. Michael K. Scullin, director of the sleep lab, has been conducting research on the effects of sleep on cognition, memory and learning in young adults. Scullin’s lab is a 1,650-square-foot lab consisting of three bedrooms equipped with sleep recording technology. There are monitoring screens and equipment to measure the brain’s electrical activities. “We are getting individuals of all different ages, from college students to people from the community in their 40s, 50s, 60s, and…
Members of the Baylor community can walk through areas outside the Bill Daniels Student Center and around Fountain Mall with access to AirBear, Baylor’s wireless network, thanks to a bill passed by Student Senate. These are some of the main areas affected by the wireless network. After a bill proposed January 29, by Student Senate, vice president for information technology and dean of university libraries, Pattie Orr initiated plans to expand AirBear in outdoor areas. The AirBear network to date has 1722 access points on campus that serves 15,000 concurrent users and 42,000 unique devices. This wireless network is one…
One of the most concise and clearly laid out disciplines in the Bible is the practice of tithing. It’s mentioned throughout the Gospel as an integral part of worship. It’s outlined in parables and stories the disciples recount in their respective books. It’s something not necessarily controversial about church life because, as a body of believers, it’s understood that tithing is an important part of honoring the Lord. For anyone who grew up going to church with their parents, tithing was most likely a discipline they witnessed every Sunday. It would go something like this: 10 percent of the family…
Four Baylor University Professional Selling students were selected to compete in the Ball State University Regional Sales Competition Ball State University Regional Sales Competition on Friday in Muncie, Ind. This competition will allow students to put into practice the knowledge and skills they have acquired in a real-world business setting. Each student competing will be in a room with an executive and will have 20 minutes to engage the executive and ask good questions. The student must demonstrate the value of the product or service they are representing, said Dr. Andrea Dixon, executive director of the Center for Professional Selling…
U.S. Congressman, Pete Sessions is making an appearance at the McLennan County Republican Club monthly meeting this coming Thursday.
The Baylor volleyball team looks to make a dent in in the No. 9 ranked and undefeated Kansas team at 7 p.m. tonigh at the Ferrell Center. The Bears (13-5, 1-3) are ranked No. 30, which matches the volleyball program’s highest ever RPI ranking. Although playing the undefeated Jayhawks (17-0, 5-0), the Bears have momentum going their way after sweeping Texas State last Friday. “I think the Texas State match showed us when we are in rhythm, we can make some very great plays,” said junior middle hitter Tola Itiola. “We need to make sure that is a standard that…
Ella Kimberly, Reporter Dr Pepper Hour is a Baylor University tradition that has been happening for more than 60 years. This semester, the Department of Student Activities added a program, the Dr Pepper Hour Club, to reward loyal connoisseurs.Every Tuesday at 3 p.m. approximately 500 to 1000 students gather in the Barfield Drawing Room to enjoy a Dr Pepper float. According to the Texas Collection, this tradition started in 1953 as the Coke Hour when Marie Mathis, the assistant dean at the time, wanted to take a moment to relax with students.In 1997, Coke Hour changed to Dr Pepper Hour…
Pregnancy loss, for any family, is an emotional and lonely experience. A local nonprofit in Waco nurtures and cradles grieving families so that they can honor their loss and not feel so alone. Cradled by Love, Hope and Healing offers support and a safe place for these families to grieve.Cradled is hosting its annual Painting with a Purpose event to recognize National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday at Painting with a Twist at 1621 N. Valley Mills Drive.The event will raise funds and provide support for women and families experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, early infant…
By Sarah Pyo, Photographer Through countless falls, scarring wounds and a torn ACL, Arlington senior Ryan Richbourg sacrifices his time and money to share his passion with others. Almost every weekend, Richbourg travels to participate in downhill longboarding races. He enjoys these events and wanted to share it with others by continuing The Gnarathon tradition, where students race through Cameron Park on their boards. In 2013, Richbourg took on the planning and funding responsibilities for the Waco Longboard Club’s annual Gnarathon races. “I wasn’t planning on taking over Gnarathon,” Richbourg said, “but after everyone in the club graduated, I noticed…
The Baylor University Business Professional Development Program is hosting a Marketing and Professional Selling Career Fair at 4 p.m. today in Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation 250. Students in all disciplines in the business school are eligible to attend. More than 61 companies will be featured at the event, and each company has committed to bringing at least two representatives, said Dr. Andrea Dixon, executive director of the Center for Professional Selling and Keller Center for Research. A list of these companies can be found on Baylor’s Professional Development Program website. This gives the students looking for…
Balance: A seven-letter word that means to keep something in steady position so it does not fall. We typically think of the word “balance” in the context of science where you are balancing weights and objects or in terms of math where we are balancing equations. We might even think about balance when it’s Wing Wednesday at Penland and we are trying to balance numerous plates of different types of wings on the way to find a table. But what does balance mean in the great scheme of life? That’s, of course, the real question — the one most of…
Fabulous vocals and contagious grooves. That’s what was heard and felt when Seattle, Wash., singing group Groove for Thought visited Roxy Grove Hall at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
Elm Mott and Waco fire departments responded to a house fire around 5 p.m. Tuesday in Elm Mott.
My first preconceived idea of the Austin City Limits Music Festival was one of pure excitement and one of pure fear. I didn’t know what to expect and so prepared for the worst. I was told it would be hot, loud and that I would need to ice my legs after standing for hours… Nonetheless, I expected to have a blast.
By Katie Grovatt, Reporter Waco has made huge progress this past year, according to local leaders at the fourth annual State of the City address earlier this month. The cities main goal throughout the year has been to improve the prospect of Waco and McLennan County. Waco mayor Malcolm Duncan Jr. and McLennan County judge Scott Felton spoke of continuous successes throughout the year in increasing attendance and overall allure of the city. In June, the city debuted a LED lighting system in the new twin bridges on Interstate 35 by McLane Stadium. The lights can be turned any color,…
All too often, women are bombarded with sexist comments that are, to say the least, inappropriate and disrespectful. Women of all races and nationalities should have the same opportunities as men. I find it appalling to hear stories on-air and in print of men sexually harassing a woman. Growing up, I was always encouraged to follow my dreams and told that with hard work I could be and do whatever I wanted. However, society as a whole had a different mindset. It placed emphasis on men being superior to women. In fifth grade, I was no longer allowed to play…
Baylor University rescinded the honorary degree given to entertainer Bill Cosby last Thursday. The degree was presented to Cosby in 2003 when he visited the school to perform for the Baylor student body and faculty. Many years later, the former comedian found himself in hot water. Cosby has been in the national limelight amid multiple past sexual assault accusations. A man once adored and respected for a wholesome style of comedy is now alleged to have kept years of darkness under wraps in his private life. Though it probably comes with reluctance and disappointment, Baylor made the right call to…
With the opening of Co-Town Crepe’s new food trailer, crepe lovers don’t have to wait until Saturday to satisfy their cravings.