Dr. Ronald Johnson, the Ralph and Bessie Mae Lynn Chair of History, said during his first semester at Baylor, a majority of classes were online due to COVID-19. He said the opportunity to meet other faculty of color in person for the first time was a joyous occasion.
Author: Emily Cousins
The first listening sessions for a potential chartered LGBTQ group at Baylor took place on Thursday and Friday. Students spoke about their thoughts on the group and other avenues through which the university can support LGBTQ students.
Pinewood hosted its first Oktoberfest on Saturday with vintage vendors, pumpkin carvings and fall-themed food and drinks.
For a Senate rule that wasn’t included in the Constitution, people get really riled up when talking about abolishing the filibuster.
Baylor ITS will accelerate the transition of Baylor’s telephones to the Microsoft Teams Calls platform due to multiple telephone outages across campus.
The new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion course was posted Thursday on Canvas and is required to be completed before students can register for classes. The course includes videos, text and quizzes to check progress.
Baylor in Washington hosted a Braver Angels debate on Thursday evening. The debate centered around whether local governments should defund the police and was moderated with civil discourse in mind.
Baylor administration is in the process of potentially forming a new LGBTQ student organization that follows the university’s policies and procedures. The group will be a place for people to have conversations about human sexuality.
After 10 years of Gamma Alpha Upsilon applying to be a chartered organization, its president announced at an LGBTQ protest that it will no longer be seeking to become an official Baylor organization.
Family Weekend returns in person with a few twists not seen before the pandemic. The weekend is guaranteed to be filled with Baylor traditions as families attend a home football game and the sold-out shows of After Dark.
Beginning in May 2022, Collins Residence Hall will be renovated as part of the master plan for campus residence hall renovations. The $38.5 million project is scheduled to be completed in July 2023.
Additional shots for the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines have been approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, but they have only been recommended for immunocompromised people.
Baylor faculty and staff presented and discussed ten trailblazing women at the sixth annual Boundary Breaking Women’s Panel on Thursday. Hosted by the Women’s and Gender Studies program, the event was set to celebrate women’s accomplishments.
Study abroad programs are up and running this fall after being canceled in past semesters due to COVID-19. However, new travel restrictions from the European Union could affect international travel.
Muslim students who were alive for the tragic events of 9/11 have little memory of that day, but they were raised in a country that was taught to fear them.
When we hold all politicians accountable, we can have a much healthier democracy, and we can also be better educated on the government and how we can improve our communities with its help.
The heartbeat bill has sparked huge controversy after going into effect on Sept. 1. Baylor students are divided, as some rejoice and others are saddened.
Without regular breaks during the semester, students’ mental health suffers.
After the withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan, discussions across communities are discussing the best way to respond and what to expect next.
Students are adjusting to the cancellation of the Baylor University Shuttle Service to Ursa, the Domain, the Outpost and the Oso Verde apartment complexes.
The Baylor Line returns without masks and capacity restrictions this year. First-year students will be preassigned to one of the first three home games to ensure they get to participate.
Baylor students who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine celebrated after the Food & Drug Administration approved it on Monday. In turn, Baylor continues to encourage students to get vaccinated.
COVID-19 cases are rising. Local Waco hospital beds are filling up. The Waco area has reached its capacity in morgues. Mayor Dillon Meek begged Wacoans to get vaccinated at a press conference on Wednesday.
“It was also important not just to preserve the history and remind us of what this building means to this campus, and really what it represents about our mission, but also to make it a facility that really meets the needs of our faculty and staff and students today in terms of the dramatic changes we’ve seen in the way we teach and learn and do research on our campus,” Livingstone said during the rededication.
While people who got the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines have another shot to protect against the delta variant, people who got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine may be wondering how to protect themselves against a more contagious variant of COVID-19.
Student government plans to set a foundation based on students’ needs for a ‘new normal’ at Baylor as they evaluate what is worth carrying forward from online learning and virtual events.
The only way for us to contain the virus and end the pandemic is for everyone to get vaccinated.
With a record-breaking freshman enrollment this fall, Baylor has sought to find ways to open more space in the dorms and freshman classes by offering some freshman full tuition and housing to defer fall enrollment, tuition discount for freshman to begin early in the summer online, contract buyouts and a hotel stay for around 150 freshman.
Students held a demonstration to unite allies and members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community after the recent assault of an Asian American student near campus and the continuation of hate crimes against the AAPI community across the United States.
Expanding the Supreme Court is pivotal to protecting the rights and safety of minorities and women.
