Author: Cassidy Pate

The Baylor School of Music presents their annual A Baylor Christmas.

Ding, dong.

Bachelor of fine arts students present years worth of work in senior showcase.

“Club Moody” remains open for business.

By Cassidy Pate | ReporterWhat is country music? After 244 million Google search results, one thing is for sure – it is not what it used to be. Following the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards last week, my father Jerry Pate reached out to me and said it would be hard to depict what category country music falls under nowadays. “A lot of what we heard last night on the CMA’s would be hard pressed to be called country,” he said. Beginning in the ’20s in the southern United States, country music has grown to be a staple in American…

One concert can make a difference, inspire and leave you with hope.

By Cassidy Pate | ReporterJudah and the Lion’s lyrics, “I ain’t trading my youth for no suit and jacket,” gave me a newfound perspective of what the college years are meant to look like –– youthful. In college, and today’s world especially, being consumed by the idea of what the future holds has become too easy. For me, high school was the phase before college. Naturally, college was the phase before the real world. This left me with little to no room for the here and now. I spent every minute of high school thinking about college and my high…

Hopeful, melancholy and unpredictable.

A look inside an overlooked major.

Halloween will bring out a different side of the organ.

Not beating to the same ole drum.

By Cassidy Pate | ReporterThe Baylor Univeristy men’s and women’s choirs lifted the spirits of the Baylor and Waco community as they sang at their annual fall concert on Tuesday in Jones Concert Hall. With each choir’s incorporation of secular and religious selections, instrumental accompaniments and a even bit of dancing by the men, those in attendance were able to experience an hour and half of captivating musicianship.Before the concert began, Dr. C. Randall Bradley, the Ben H. Williams professor of music and director of the men’s choir, said the audience should expect to hear music in a wide variety…

Experience a Baylor tradition that introduces homecoming in a unique way

Saddle up your Wacoans, we’ve got a trail to blaze.

Lights, camera, action!

Who let the Wacoans out?

Danville Chadbourne spoke at the opening night of his exhibition to the public about his work and the process behind each individual art piece.

By Cassidy Pate | ReporterFrom the moment my mother carried me into my first Baylor basketball game, I was hooked. Though I wasn’t even a year old, the institution called out to me. My father was the athletic trainer for the men’s basketball team at the time, so a trip to the Ferrell Center was a night on the town for my family. My Baylor onesie said it all: Baylor was my destiny. Nevertheless, throughout the years I had my doubts that Baylor would be my forever home. I mean, who could blame me when I was a grouchy toddler…

An evening of fantasy, fun and opera-singing-students in one!

By Cassidy Pate | ReporterThe Allbritton Art Institute hosted artists Doug and Mike Starn alongside art critic Jason Kaufman for their Bienneal Allbritton Artist Conversation at 7 p.m. on Thursday in Roxy Grove Hall. The Allbritton Art Institute was established in 1998 and has funded travel and undergraduate scholarships, as well as frequent visits to Baylor from artists and lecturers. Kaufman, a world-renowned arts journalist and critic, introduced the identical Starn twins who were born in small town in New Jersey in 1961. Kaufman described how they became well-known in the art world because of their collaborations on architecture, sculpture…

Go see “Crazy for You” in a (Baylor) theater near you.

A behind the scenes look at what it takes to create a halftime show

Baylor School of Music prepares students for the future in a supportive community

How to make college the best four years of your life

Bippity bop bop, Baylor jazz can’t stop stop

Four lions among a crowd of bears, oh my! If you didn’t go to the Traditions Rally, here is what you missed.

Did Picasso have a deadline?