An ensemble featuring the Chancel Choir and St. Paul’s Singers will perform Gabriel Faure’s “Requiem” at 5 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The choir will be directed by Shawn Cody Miller, Baylor graduate conductor of a cappella choir and chamber singers and associate director of music at St. Paul’s. It will include nearly 20 choir members. The instrumentalists include Baylor organ professor Dr. Isabelle Demers and a few horn students. The string players consist of teachers and students of the Central Texas String Academy as well as harpist Katherine Kappelmann. The “Requiem in D minor, Op. 48,” is…
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Four of “Baylor’s Finest” women discussed feminism and the workplace at the Women’s Leadership Panel at 7 p.m. Tuesday night in the Collins Residential Hall lounge. Panel members included Tommye Lou Davis, Alice Starr, Jennifer Carron and Emily Sandvall. Jacksonville junior Maddy Stotlemyer and organizer of the event, introduced the collection of women as “Baylor’s Finest.” The qualifications listed about each of the guests were clearly defined during the extended question session. Jennifer Carron, assistant vice president of undergraduate enrollment and mother of four young children, touched on her experience as a woman and mother in a field that requires…
Members of Zeta Zigga Zamma performed in the third annual Zing, a comical rendition of Sing, at 7 and 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Hippodrome – just two in a series of perfomances that began Sunday night. The acts were co-hosted by ZZZ president Corinth senior Mitchell Heffington and Conroe junior Lucas McCutchen. The show sailed through several antics, including a Guerrilla Troupe, a dancing segment with bath towels and a chubby bunny contest. Leading up to the final act, there were several videos made up of a spoof DJ Khaled snapchat story, a dramatic fight between roommates and a…
This weekend, I participated in my first half marathon, the Bearathon. Prior to this, the longest distance I had attempted to run at once was about 6 miles. The distance seemed daunting at first, but with the help of a wonderful running buddy, she and I progressively chipped away at the mileage. The morning of the race did not go quite as planned–we woke up late and ran a mile to the start–but we made it just on time for the singing of the national anthem and were able to start running with the crowd. Mile 1 passed us by…
Members of Baylor fraternities and sororities attended mandatory meetings on Sunday and Monday night, respectively to discuss issues covered by Title IX, such as sexual harassment and unhealthy relationships. In an effort to combat sexual crimes, Baylor’s Title IX office has implemented a required courses for various student groups. These groups include first-year and transfer students, student athletes and members of Greek life.“Ideally, our goal is that all students have access to training,” Title IX coordinator Patty Crawford said in a previous interview with the Lariat. “So everyone is aware and they get all these resources.”Dallas senior Darrell Leggett attended…
Chapel-based “Change the World in a Day” offertory focused on Shoot 4 Life this year, raising about $10,000. The money will be put toward building a basketball court in a rural village in Africa. Shoot 4 Life is a mission partner with BU Mission and uses basketball as a means to educate kids in Central Africa about integrity, environmental awareness and the love of Christ. The organization is run by Vincent Asamoah, a Truett Seminary graduate. He visited Chapel to explain what an impact the courts would make in Africa. “We believe that a healthy mind lives in a healthy…
Student honored in D.C. for contributions toward serving others
BAA, university reach settlement amid legal battle
Former U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards will be speaking at the opening of the Thomas Chester ‘Chet’ Edwards Papers exhibit at 3:30 p.m. today in the W.R. Poage Legislative Library. President and Chancellor Ken Starr and previous Baylor football coach Grant Teaff will also be featured before the ribbon -cutting ceremony. A collection began in 2012 at the library, but was not made into a fully accessible research database and exhibit until now. The event is expected to be well-attended, said Debbie Davendonis-Todd, a Bob Bullock Archivist at the legislative library. Davendonis-Todd said the library is grateful for the opportunity to…
In light of Super Tuesday, the attention of the presidential race turned to Texas. With students who are from many parts of the country, Baylor holds a large number of students who are not registered to vote in Waco. Students involved in the Baylor Democrats and Baylor College Republicans partnered in January to raise awareness among students for the election. Medford, Ore., senior Micah Furlong, president of the Baylor Democrats, encouraged students to get involved with programs that are supportive of voting, like the NAACP. “We encouraged people to get involved in the campaign no matter what side they were…
Heidi Cruz, wife of presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, campaigned on Sunday at the local Heart of Texas Cruz Crew Center on Lake Air Drive. Reps. Bill Flores and Charles “Doc” Anderson were among those in attendance, as well as Mel Birdwell, wife of Sept. 11 Pentagon attack survivor Brian Birdwell. Holly Cobb, a volunteer for the campaign event, has been a volunteer for Sen. Cruz since before he was elected senator. She was asked to help as a medical volunteer for a summer rally because of her experience as an EMT. “Initially that’s how I got started, but we’ve…
Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton served as secretary of state, campaigned for presidency in 2008 and served on the Senate for eight years. She also spent time in the White House during her husband’s presidency. Clinton is opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement as well as the Keystone XL pipeline. She plans to raise taxes on capital gains and raise wages for working families. Clinton is also a strong advocate for the lessening of racial tension and building of economic opportunity. Senator Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders has served as a Vermont senator since 2007 and previously worked in…
Congress asks private universities to release endowment spending information
The School of Engineering and Computer Science is hosting an invitational week of activities in honor of National Engineers Week. Flower Mound junior, Roy Sherwin, an engineering major and one of the planners for the event, is working with students involved in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (AMSE) to create a yearly program for National Engineers Week. Ben Blandford, a graduate assistant, is also a planner for the project. “Engineers Week is an opportunity for us to show others just how excited we are to be studying for work in our field, and to celebrate the engineer’s role in…
Floyd Casey Stadium is undergoing demolition and many people are mourning the loss of this former home of the Baylor Bears. The work began in January and is expected to end in late spring or early summer. The stadium is being torn down in order to fulfill the $35 million Tax Increment Financing (TIF) grant given to Baylor for the building of McLane Stadium. The city of Waco agreed to finance the project with the promise of use of the land where Floyd Casey currently stands. According to the agreement, the Floyd Casey Stadium either had to be torn down…
After much deliberation, regents approve campus carry ban
The service industry is a hard one to be in. No matter your skill set, your income is in the hands of those who sit at your tables. Living in a small town like Waco and working in a restaurant with medium range prices, it becomes apparent that those who come to eat are not always willing to pay for the service that comes with their food. Being a server is like a heightened game of judging a book by its cover. The initial greeting of your table often reveals who is going to demand more attention from you and…
Hoverboards not allowed in residencies
At 9:30 p.m. inside the gates of the Albritton House, a large number of people gathered for a candlelight vigil in in an effort to support those in the Baylor community who have been victims of sexual violence. Those present stood in a ring with candles in hand and listened to statements by the organizer of the vigil, Stephanie Mundhenk, recent Baylor graduate. Sexual assault survivors and their sympathisers were invited by Mundhenk to attend the vigil. “We hope to show in a visible way just how much rape affects us, those we hold dear, and our community in a…
A recent technology hoax at local Midway High School led to a discussion of social ethics with Jon Allen, Assistant Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer of Baylor ITS. A few weeks ago, two high school students copied a message sent from administration and edited it to warn students and parents to avoid going to school because of a possible threat. The false information was spread via Twitter and caused Midway great confusion, including numerous parent calls and cases of student stress. “Pranks have changed,” Allen said. “It’s a joke, but when it goes from kind of playing around…
Lt. Col. Allen Smith will speak at “A Town Hall Meeting” in celebration of Black History Month at 6:30 p.m. today at the Bledsoe Miller Recreation Center located on 300 N M.L.K. Jr Blvd. Smith enlisted in the Air Force in 1950, when integration in the armed forces was still looked down upon by many. During his many years of service, Smith went through basics, taught cadets to read in Wyoming, attended officer’s candidate school at Lackland Air Force Base, served as an intelligence officer in Korea, learned to fly cargo planes, was promoted to captain and was chief of…
By Liesje Powers Lariat Staff WriterWhat started out as a social media rumor in January at Midway High School ended in serious consequences. The incident started with a tweet warning students to stay away from school. The message appeared to be an official post from the district, but was an edited version of message that had previously been sent out through the school’s Edmodo account. New text was placed on the message and the image was then screen-shot and posted on social media. Edmodo is a private communication site for students, parents and staff at schools to interact. “You could…
