By Sarah Pinkerton | Staff WriterThe top floor of campus parking garages were closed beginning Wednesday night and into Thursday morning due to ice and snowfall.“When there’s snow or ice on the top floors of the parking garage, that presents a life safety issue, so the top floors were closed overnight,” Lori Fogleman, assistant vice president for media & public relations, said.The top floors were opened by 10 a.m. Thursday. Electronic signs on the parking lot still indicated when the garages reached capacity and no parking citations were issued yesterday due to the issue.No warning was issued to students from…
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By Sarah Pinkerton | Staff WriterThe Thomistic Institute hosted Dr. Ulrich L. Lehner from the University of Notre Dame for a lecture entitled “God Is Not Nice” at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Alexander Reading Room. The Thomistic Institute is a national organization that aims to bring Catholic intellectual thought to different schools around the country. The Baylor chapter hosts two speakers in the fall and two speakers in the spring each year.With the subtitle, “Rejecting Pop Culture Theology and Discovering the God Worth Living For,” Lehner’s lecture discussed his point of view that “nice” is too empty of a…
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By Sarah Pinkerton | Staff WriterIn addition to the birthday celebrations for Baylor’s anniversary, a student organization fair will be held at Dr Pepper Hour on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 3 p.m. The fair will allow students to talk to organizations about involvement opportunities and the chance for recently chartered organizations to grow their numbers. Macy Warburton, assistant director of student organizations and leadership development within student activities at Baylor, said while the “Late Night” event held each fall semester offers this opportunity, this fair offers another chance for students to get connected on a smaller level. “Not all of…
By Sarah Pinkerton | Staff WriterTo celebrate Baylor’s official 2020 Founder’s Day alongside the 175th anniversary of the university, a celebration will occur at the Baylor Men’s Basketball game at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1 in the Ferrell Center followed by a year-long array of events. Karen Kemp, associate vice president for university marketing and brand strategy, stated that the basketball game on Saturday will be a birthday-like celebration and attendees will receive party hats and popcorn boxes in addition to a break in the game to sing “Happy Birthday” to the university. Buildings such as Pat Neff Hall,…
Updates from The Center of Global Engagement to come
The Center for Global Engagement said they hope to increase the number of international students and introduce a new on-campus resource for these students
By Sarah Pinkerton | Staff WriterTo celebrate the Year of the Rat, residents of Allen Hall gathered together on Sunday evening for a Chinese New Year Feast.Hunan, China, freshman Yuncheng Yao was provided with a budget for food and prepared a meal consisting of tofu, eggs and peppers for other residents. Yao said it took him around four hours to cook the meal. Allen Hall residents gathered in the lobby, decorated the room with red and yellow streamers and ate the meal together. Chinese New Year has always been a holiday Yao celebrates alongside his family. He said his favorite…
The regular admissions application deadline is approaching for incoming freshman students. Feb. 1 is a non-binding application. However, there are many different application deadlines with separate admissions options. Mary Herridge, senior director of admissions counseling at Baylor, said that there are three admissions options. Within the Nov. 1 deadline are two options: early decision, which binds the student to the university if admitted, and early action, which guarantees an admittance response by Jan. 15. The approaching Feb. 1 deadline informs students of their admittance no later than April 10.“There’s not necessarily a difference, per se, in regular decision or early…
By Sarah Pinkerton | Staff WriterThe City of Waco hosted a variety of events and service-based activities that began on Thursday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day with events slated throughout the upcoming week. These events include a special Neighbor Night for MLK Day hosted by Better Together Tuesday evening and an annual luncheon on Wednesday in Cashion Academic Center. A guest speaker attended Neighbor Nights, and did an impersonation of Martin Luther King Jr. While the holiday served as a day off from classes for Baylor students, many found themselves a part of various celebrations of the…
Working with Veteran’s One Stop to raise funds to support local veterans
By Sarah Pinkerton | Staff Writer Scientists from the Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research will be a part of a Meet the Scientists Event at 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Mayborn Museum Complex in order to test the water quality of the Brazos River.“CRASR has been coming over once a month this entire academic year to do water quality testing, and so we’re inviting people to come along and help them do that water quality testing,” Rebecca Nall, Mayborn’s Assistant Director of Communications, said. Involved in a type of “citizen science,” the…
By Sarah Pinkerton | Staff WriterPenland Hall’s Outdoor Adventure LLC will be hosting an overnight caving trip in Austin this weekend. Around 20 students will be visiting the Whirlpool Cave and will camp at Bastrop State Park. For many students, this will serve as their first experience caving. “It’s not a cave that you probably think about when you think what a cave looks like,” Gabe Garcez, Outdoor Adventure Graduate Assistant, said. “This cave has minimal standing room at the entrance and pretty much the whole time you’re in there, you’re either squatting down or on your knees or sliding…
By Sarah Pinkerton | Staff Writer Associate Dean of User Services at McGill University Jeffry Archer will join Baylor in June 2020 as the new Dean of University Libraries. The search for a new Dean of libraries began in the fall with in-person interviews. They were conducted by eight individuals, including the College of Arts and Sciences Dean. “As Baylor University moves forward on its aspirations to become a Research 1/Tier 1 university, we are pleased that Jeffry Archer will bring his extensive academic library experience at McGill University and the University of Chicago – two prestigious institutions – to…