By Brianna Bassett | ReporterButtoned Bears has changed the game for student fashion at Baylor. Buttoned is a fashion blog that posts the latest trends and fashion tips and even highlights different students around campus to let them share their unique styles. Buttoned was started three years ago by Baylor students Ranhco Santa Fe, Calif., senior Taylor Wong, Plano senior Abby Thompson and Westlake Village, Calif., senior Hannah Kleinick. Wong, founder, said Buttoned was started in their dorm room freshman year, and it was just for fun. “We figured our parents and close friends would think it’s cool and read…
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By Brianna Bassett | ReporterBaylor’s Indian Subcontinent Student Association is hosting a masquerade ball at 6 p.m. on Friday to wrap up Asian Heritage Month, celebrated this semester from Oct. 17 to Nov. 18. This is the first year Asian Heritage Month has been celebrated. Plano junior Sahir Almani, service chair of ISSA, said this is the organization’s 10th year holding a masquerade ball. The ball will take place at the Waco Palladium on Austin Avenue, and there are expected to be between 100 and 150 attendees. There will be performances by different cultures, authentic Indian food, an auction to…
Being the sentimental senior that I am, this fall I’ve had some time to look back on my past four years at Baylor. More specifically, I looked back at all the glorious hours spent in the one-of-a-kind Castellaw Communications Center. Switching majors from business to journalism halfway through college seemed a little daunting. I was coming into journalism classes significantly behind the other juniors that were my age. I felt overwhelmed, like I could never catch up or be the same caliber as them. However, this daunting feeling didn’t last long. I was lucky enough to have one of the…
By Brianna Bassett | ReporterThe Baylor Round Table will host an International Thanksgiving Dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Meyer Conference Center in the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation.Baylor Round Table is a women’s organization designed to assist in the development of the social and cultural life of Baylor. Baylor Round Table holds different actives and events to bring the community together. The event is designed to honor national students and scholars who represent 78 countries on campus. The event will include a Thanksgiving buffet dinner, music by Baylor’s very own musicians and a…
By Brianna Bassett | ReporterBaylor’s Center for Global Engagement took 39 international Baylor students as well as two ambassadors and staff to the Texas State Fair on Saturday.Melanie Smith, international student relations coordinator, helps put on these events and said the trip to the fair was one to remember. “It is a Texas tradition, so it represents the American culture they came to learn about in the states,” Smith said. “The main thing they had heard about that they wanted to see was ‘Big Tex.’” The Center for Global Engagement takes international students on various trips throughout the semester to…
By Brianna Bassett | ReporterThe Hispanic Student Association will be hosting its 29th annual Hispanic Heritage Month Banquet at 7 p.m. today in the Cashion Complex fifth floor banquet hall.Sept. 15 marked the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. To celebrate this, Hispanic Heritage Month runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. During this month, people recognize and celebrate the contributions and culture of Latin America. The banquet was originally planned for Oct. 6 but was postponed to today. The event is open to students, faculty, staff and the general…
By Brianna Bassett | ReporterMany students call Baylor a home away from home, and Monterrey, Mexico, senior Priscila de Alba is no exception. De Alba shares her experience going to school in a different country and reflects on how, through different communities and her Baylor family, she has found a home away from home at Baylor. How did you make the decision to go to Baylor? I was already accepted into the University of Mexico in Monterrey, but if I got into Baylor, then I was going to Baylor, and I didn’t think I was going to get accepted, but…
By Brianna Bassett | ReporterBaylor’s Business Excellence Scholarship Team (BEST) went on a week-long trip to Prague from Sept. 18 to 24. The organization is a two-semester program that helps develop students’ professional skills through teamwork, innovative learning, field cases and international exposure, according to the BEST page on the Baylor website. Prior to the trip, BEST students had conducted research and studied businesses in Prague. While on the trip, they were able to hear from the companies they had researched and ask them questions about how their businesses are run. While in Prauge, the group toured Skoda Auto Plant,…
We’ve all reached that point where we feel completely overwhelmed with stress. We feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to study, get that project done, write that essay and whatever else we have to do. Then, when our friends start complaining about how stressed they are, we might think to ourselves, “They have no idea. I’m way more stressed than they are.” It seems like a constant competition of who can be the most stressed. Whether it’s in person, your Snapchat story or another form of communication, we’re all trying to show the world that we are…
By Brianna Bassett | ReporterBaylor Undergraduate Research in Science and Technology (BURST) is giving students the opportunity to participate in research experiences and learn scientific research techniques they will carry into their future careers. One of the many opportunities BURST has is called “Scientia.” Scientia is the Baylor Undergraduate Research Journal of Science and Technology. It is published every spring, and each research paper must go through a review process before getting published. Bedford, Mass., sophomore Jianna Lin, vice president of BURST, hosted an informational meeting Wednesday to share with undergraduate students the process of getting their research published. Scientia…
By Brianna Bassett | ReporterThe Baylor Athletic Training Student Association raised almost $300 for the Louisiana State Athletic Training Student Association students to help with flood relief on Friday. Some Louisiana students lost their homes due to the recent flooding. The American Red Cross calls this flood the “worst U.S. disaster since hurricane Sandy.” Over 40,000 homes were destroyed and least 13 people were killed. The director of a related student organization at Louisiana State University reached out to other student associations across the country asking for donations. Scottsdale, Ariz. senior Shani Thompson, Vice President of the Baylor Athletic Training…
It seems each year textbooks increase in price. A statistic from NBC’s review of Bureau of Labor Statistics data found a 1,041 percent increase in the price of textbooks from January 1977 to June 2015. Highlands Ranch, Colo., junior Ashlyn DeNeui said she has spent as much as $700 on textbooks during one of her semesters at Baylor. “This year, I decided to look into other sources to purchase my books, like Amazon. It’s just ridiculous how expensive these books are,” DeNeui said, “Especially when some teachers barely even use the books.” DeNeui was able to save $450 this semester…
