Latin Dance encompasses many types and styles of dance. The Latin Dance Society provides a window into the art of Latin dance. The organization is hosting Salsa Invasion, an event that provides the public with the opportunity to learn Latin dance styles and watch professionals perform, this weekend. Salsa Invasion will be held Friday night at 8 p.m. and all day Saturday. Groups from various universities will be in attendance to perform, and eight professional groups will perform and teach workshops. There will also be social hours where those in attendance can practice their skills and dance with new partners.…
Author: Faith Miletello
By Faith Miletello | ReporterChi Omega’s Wish Week has been in full swing since Sunday. During the week, the sorority celebrates and fundraises for its philanthropy, the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The organization will end the week with its second annual Sandblast Volleyball Tournament from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at the McLane Student Life Center. “We are raising money by teams signing up, and there is an entry fee of $5 for people that come,” Arlington junior Lauren Knapton said. “We will have the Baylor basketball game playing and different places to buy food.” Along with the tournament, Chi Omega will…
“What do you want to do when you grow up?” This is a question asked of us since our earliest childhood years. The outlandish answers are cute when toddlers say them, but when teenage years arrive, the world expects more ambitious and serious answers. Once students get to college, the question becomes ever more real and much harder to answer. In his book, Will College Pay Off? Peter Capelli defines “The Home Depot Approach,” an idea that employers believe all employees fit a specific job for a specific purpose, just like a tool in a toolbox. Capelli says that this…
By Faith Miletello | ReporterNinety-five percent of college counseling centers surveyed said significant psychological problems among students are a growing concern, according to the American Psychological Association. Active Minds is an organization that works to give Baylor students an opportunity to open up about their struggles. The group is hosting a stress less event from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday on Fountain Mall. The goal is to offer an outlet for students to relax and learn about ways to reduce anxiety in their lives. “Active Minds is a mental health organization. We partner with the counseling center,” Edinburg senior Allison…
By Faith Miletello | ReporterBe The Match is an organization that provides a bone marrow registry for those in need of blood or bone marrow transfusions. Baylor’s Delta Tau Delta fraternity has partnered with Be The Match to offer students the opportunity to join the registry. “Be The Match is a national organization. Basically, what you do is show up, get your mouth swabbed, and they put it in a huge registry and then categorize you based on your blood,” said Huntington junior Taylor Ernst, Delta Tau Delta philanthropy chair. “The information will be put in the database and help…
By Faith Miletello | ReporterThe comfort of a dog can help children open up about stressful situations while going through the court system. The Baylor chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta has partnered with the Austin based nonprofit Labs for Children, which places trained dogs with forensic interviewers to help abused children. “Kyle, the founder of Labs for Children, reached out to us earlier in the semester. His wife works with our philanthropy, and he is an abuse and neglect investigator,” said Chicago sophomore Denae Gerasta, Kappa Alpha Theta’s service chairwoman.“They started this organization to help give a voice to children…
The Baylor communications department is in the final stages of releasing its 4+1 joint bachelor’s and master’s degree in corporate communication program.The program will join the accounting and social work department’s joint programs to allow students to receive their master’s in a shorter time frame than otherwise offered. “This program is truly a joint degree,” Dr. Lacy McNamee, associate professor of communication, said. “It means that if you are participating in this program, you would have your B.A. and M.A. conferred at the same time. They are rolled in one together.” Dr. McNamee will be the director of the 4+1…
By Faith Miletello | Reporter Health and fitness are important aspects of my life, and because of that, I regularly take advantage of the Student Life Center and fitness room. Though it is convenient to have a gym on campus, the SLC fitness room doesn’t offer the best resources or the most comfortable workout environment for students. For those of us on campus who spend the same amount of time in the SLC as we do in class, there are some improvements that could be made to ensure the best experience for students and faculty. A huge issue facing students…
By Faith Miletello | ReporterSome of the most epic love stories are found on the pages of history books, and Phi Alpha Theta hosted its Valentine’s Day book sale to share those tales with Baylor’s campus. “We are the history honors society. It is a national organization,” Kauffman senior Stephen Gentzel said. “We try to promote history and the academic life, so part of what we do is work with our professors, and majority of the books are donated by professors.” Gentzel said many of the members are history majors, minors and also professors. Joining the honor society makes you…
The Baylor Community has been called to pray over the university at the same time everyday. The 1845 Prayer was established Founders Day to commemorate Baylor’s founding on Feb. 1, 1845. The initiative will be held from Feb. 1 until Easter, April 16.1845 is significant because it is the founding year of Baylor and also the international time 18:45, which translates to 6:45 p.m., when the prayer will be practiced. “We want it to be a moment where people say ‘Lord remember Baylor’, ‘Lord bless Baylor today’,” University Chaplain Burt Burleson said. The Spiritual Life Advisory Committee is a group…
By Faith Miletello | Reporter The Asian Student Association honored Chinese tradition by hosting its annual Lunar New Year event on Friday. “It’s a festival for Chinese New Year. We have tables with games and cultural stuff relating to the Chinese New Year,” Huntington Beach, Calif., sophomore Thomas Kalatschin said. “We have performances and prizes. It’s just a great celebration.” Lunar New Year is the Chinese celebration of the first new moon of the year, the official date was January 28. This Lunar New Year starts the Year of the Rooster; according to Time Magazine, the animal signifies what personality…
The Baylor Libraries offer students an accessible way to get information and resources through the department of research and engagement.The department gives each academic section a library liaison who knows the specific databases designated for specific majors and can buy new resources to help aid student and faculty research. “I think the greatest resource we offer is having specific librarians dedicated to specific departments across campus,” Sha Towers, art liaison librarian and associate director of the Central Libraries, wrote in an email to the Lariat. “This allows each librarian to customize the services and types of engagement to the unique…
By Faith Miletello | ReporterDr Pepper Hour is a Baylor tradition that has evolved into more than a mixture of Dr Pepper and Blue Bell ice cream. The Bill Daniel Student Center now gives the Baylor community various opportunities to connect through the weekly event. This Tuesday, Dr Pepper Hour doubled as a Student Organizations Fair where students could get information about different groups on campus. From service organizations to social clubs, the fair allowed students to find their niche. “This week, student organizations had the opportunity to register for the fair to get people to know who they are…
Kappa Alpha Theta will host its annual event, CASA Couture, today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.The sorority will present vendors who sell crafts and merchandise for Greek organizations. The event will be held in Kappa Alpha Theta’s chapter room in the Stacy Riddle Forum and is open to the public. All proceeds will go to CASA for Children, Theta’s national philanthropy partner. CASA, or Court Appointed Special Advocates, is a nonprofit where, “volunteers are appointed by judges to watch over and advocate for abused and neglected children, to make sure they don’t get lost in the overburdened legal and…
Faith Miletello | ReporterService fraternity Alpha Phi Omega hosted the APO and Angel Paws event Tuesday on Fountain Mall.APO is a co-educational service fraternity holding formal recruitment next week. The group brought Angel Paws on campus to allow students to relieve stress by petting the therapy dogs, while learning more about service opportunities through the organization. The Waco non-profit is that provides trained therapy dogs to people and organizations. The dogs are trained through the national Pet Partners organization. Dlaine Miley, a recent graduate of Baylor, volunteers as an Angel Paws dog handler. Miley and her therapy dog O’Riley were…
The first day of the spring semester also means the first practice for the organizations participating in All-University Sing. Sing is a Baylor tradition where 18 organizations create seven-minute singing and dancing acts that follow a specific storyline. For students, tickets go on sale at 6 p.m. today, and for the general public, at 10 a.m. tomorrow. The students involved dedicate their time throughout the weeks and months leading up to the event to create and perfect their acts. Each group selects Sing chairwoman to facilitate and prepare their act. Dallas junior Sabrina Fisher is a Sing chair for Zeta…
The effects of the technological age are evident across Baylor’s campus. Many people’s eyes are glued to their phones while walking to class, and lecture halls are littered with laptop screens displaying social media pages. People’s online personas have become important parts of their lives, and it is time for an evaluation of the outcomes of social media use. Psychologists have now coined the term “social media addiction,” and you may have it if you constantly check your phone, if you feel the world is ending due to a lack of access to social media sites and if you start…