By Isabella Maso | ReporterStress is nothing new for most students, especially around this time in the semester when finals are fast approaching.It is the time of year where students can feel hopeless or are struggling to make it to the end of the semester. If you or someone you know is struggling, there are various services on Baylor’s campus for students to turn to in times of need. The first is the Baylor Counseling Center. “We see a pretty steady flow of students all semester. However, we do see students towards the end of the semester who are feeling…
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By Isabella Maso | Reporter Dr. Ryan Richardson, associate chaplain and director of worship and chapel, has been at Baylor for 15 years. He has seen the transition of three U.S. presidents in his time at the university, but there has never been an election quite like the 2016 presidential election. Since the final results of the election were announced, what are the most common sentiments, positive or negative, that you’ve heard from Baylor students? Because of my role, I typically hear from students who are in pain, so by nature of my role, I end up talking to students…
By Isabella Maso | ReporterSummer Shine is just what her name describes: a bright, energetic, bundle of personality.Shine is the owner and operator of Luna Juice Bar, but she has also recently opened a recovery house in Waco for women battling drug and alcoholic addiction. Shine had a tumultuous past with lesser drugs and alcohol throughout her teenage years, and on the eve of her 26th birthday, she ventured into hard drugs for the first time. Now 38, Shine has turned her life around and is celebrating over three years of sobriety. When analyzing what she could do for the…
By Isabella Maso | ReporterIn partnership with Cray Inc., the Baylor Libraries will update its current high-performance computing system (HPC), also referred to as a supercomputer.“The supercomputer will replace Baylor’s current HPC system, enhancing and expanding its capacity for computational research projects,” Cray Inc. announced on their website through a press release.The current HPC that Baylor uses has not been updated since 2003. “You can consider this an update,” said Richard Gerik, the director of client services for the electronic library. “You replace the technology when it gets too old and isn’t as useful anymore, so that’s what this was.”…
Throughout my college career, I’ve come across some good professors, but in all of the classes that I’ve taken, I have had only two truly great professors. Including the courses I’m in now, I have taken 43 classes. Assuming there was one professor per course, that’s 43 people that have been in charge of my learning here at Baylor. And of the 43, only two have made the cut. To put that into perspective, that means 4.65 percent of the total number of educators that have been above average and fall into my category of great professors. I suppose it’s…
By Isabella Maso | ReporterIt’s time to celebrate the nation’s oldest homecoming once again. Celebrations kicked off Thursday night with Mass Meeting, hosted by Dr. Ryan Richardson, or as students call him, Chapel Ryan. Mass Meeting is a tradition in which first-year students learn about the Immortal Ten, the tragic death of 10 student-athletes in 1927. This year is Richardson’s 15th Baylor homecoming. He said he is most excited for the parade, especially because of all of the cancellations last year due to bad weather. “I think that the parade is a way that students get to express themselves and…
As part of First Friday, Welcome to Waco see’s a big turnout Friday night
Isabella Maso | ReporterThe City of Waco and Creative Waco are holding a pop-up, carnival-style event from 6 to 8 p.m. today in downtown Waco. The event is called “Welcome to Waco” and is part of the event series known as First Fridays.On the first Friday of every month, various businesses extend their hours and offer special deals for attendees. Along with the extended hours and special deals, there will be live attractions to enjoy at tonight’s First Friday.“Our role is to bring in some of the artists in the community,” said Fiona Bond, executive director for Creative Waco. “We’ve…
By Isabella Maso | ReporterToday and Friday, Baylor Libraries is hosting its annual symposium to celebrate the 225 anniversary of Thomas Paine’s ‘Rights of Man.’ “Every year, the Baylor libraries has a symposium that recognizes the anniversary of a major published work,” said Dr. Christine Chan-Park, chair of the organizing board for the event. Paine, writing in response to the French Revolution, examined the innate rights of mankind and the responsibility of government to recognize those rights, according to the Baylor Libraries website. “For the past four years, we have picked a different public work, with this year focusing more…
By Isabella Maso | ReporterThis week, Baylor School of Music, Pruit Memorial Symposium and Baylor University Libraries are hosting music scholar Dr. Guthrie Ramsey as part of its ongoing Lyceum series. Ramsey gave the first of two presentations Monday evening at Ebenezer Baptist Church, located across the street from the Baylor campus. His presentation on Monday, titled “Y’all like that? Contemporary gospel music and the sacred-secular divide,” was interactive and engaging. Ramsey started his presentation by dedicating the evening to journalism, public relations and new media professor Robert Darden for all of his hard work in regard to gospel music.…
By Isabella Maso | Reporter The threats to online security are not idle. In 93 percent of hacking cases online, hackers took less than one minute to access the information they were after, according to the 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report. Recently, a Baylor staff member had her bank account drained of thousands of dollars after hackers stole her information. This specific incident occurred right before October, also known as National Cyber Security month, which highlights the need to maintain online security. “People are often very lackadaisical about their security until something happens, and it’s when something happens, major or…
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By Isabella Maso | ReporterEvery Tuesday night, the Bobo Spiritual Life Center hosts a Cross Cultural Engagement dinner as a way for students to experience different cultures and find a community. The Hispanic Student Association hosted this Tuesday’s Cross Cultural Dinner, and the Bobo was filled with the smell of garlic and onions that came from the HSA’s cooking. In the kitchen, were nine members of the HSA frantically preparing and cooking the meal for the evening’s dinner. The dish? Shredded chicken with rice, vegetables and fried plantains. “We find that community is built around cooking and sharing a meal,…
By Isabella Maso | ReporterFor me, playing guitar on stage is my happy place. The feeling of being up there, no matter how many people are present, is exhilarating. You inhale, step on stage and play a show, and only after you finish playing do you exhale. Later when you get home, unload all your gear and settle down for the evening, you will be unable to sleep as the residual adrenaline from performing will be too much. Playing music has quite the effect on me. The first time I played a show to more than just a few friends…