Author: Savannah Cooper

HSA hosted a heritage banquet Thursday night in Barfield Drawing Room.

Asian Fest will occur on Friday evening starting at 7 p.m. and it’s a time of celebrating diversity and overall Asian culture.

BURST is hosting a two-day research internship event that will help students network with research-based companies.

Student activities partnered with Spiritual Life to provide a new position to further help the spiritual development of student leaders.

By Savannah Cooper | Staff WriterNearly halfway through last spring semester, Baylor nation was ecstatic with the double headlines announcing the faces behind the new and needed changes in our leadership. Not only were we gaining Baylor’s first ever, more than qualified, female president Dr. Linda Livingstone, we also gained a credible head football coach from the City of Brotherly Love.The arrival of head coach Matt Rhule, despite being in the height of March Madness basketball, was nothing shy of red carpet treatment. Attached to his arrival, a mantra for Baylor football, the upcoming season and his presence as a…

Alpha Phi Alpha hosted a scholarship pageant Sunday evening with eight contestants.

John Morris is the Voice of the Bears, not Chalk Talk, and he spoke with me about his great career at Baylor and some of his favorite moments from some of the best seats in the house.

For The Kids is hosting a BU Dance Marathon that’s 8 hours long and raising money for a Temple children’s hospital.

Alpha Phi Alpha is hosting their Miss Black and Gold Pageant on Sunday evening where eight contestants compete for a scholarship.

Church Fathers is the Truett flag football team that plays intramurals for three years now, this is their story.

Robert Shane Kimbrough is a Baylor parent who also happens to be a NASA astronaut coming off of a four month tour in outer space.

The sophomore class recently published a website dedicated to having a one stop shop for all things benefitting students.

The Class of 1967 had a 50-year class reunion during Homecoming weekend.

Host of Chalk Talk, Derek Smith, has been involved in many aspects of Baylor athletics and enjoys it every day.

The class of 1967 is having a 50-year class reunion dinner this Friday afternoon.

On their seven city tour of Texas, Franklin Graham and David Crowder Band, visited Waco at touchdown alley.

Three finalists are speaking at Baylor competing for the award of the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching.

By Savannah Cooper | Staff WriterDespite being in the United States for a brief, 19-year period, I have lived through most of the deadliest mass shootings in modern American history, going all the way back to Columbine High School (1999) and Virginia Tech (2007) to Pulse nightclub (2016) and the most recent Las Vegas shooting (2017). When such news gets to me, like many others, I’m heartbroken and become even more concerned with the state our country is in. Soon after the news is spread across the country and the world, our timelines and vernacular switch to the now infamous…

A three-part series discussing Christianity in practice while in this current political climate.

BSM is back on campus and looking to unify all types of on campus ministries.

Baylor Missions Fair is hosting a two-day event where 26 organizations are coming to network with students.

Baylor’s newest tradition is a unique hymn for each incoming freshmen class since 2008, and Dr. Ryan Richardson and Dr. Burt Burleson partnered together to make this possible and an instant success.

Sid Richardson is busy with students coming in and out discussing their futures at Baylor.

This fall break, Baylor missions is sending a group of students to Houston for Hurricane Harvey relief.

Video by Kennedy Dendy, Story by Savannah Cooper | Staff Writer With the simple goal of creating a community on campus, last year a group of friends saw the need for students to come together to talk about natural hair and all that comes with it. ROOTS natural hair club is now in full swing with bi-monthly meetings in the Bill Daniel Student Center. ROOTS is a multicultural student ran organization hoping to educate Baylor’s campus and the greater Waco community not just about natural black hair, but hair across the chart. Hosted on every other Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.,…

There are 15 resident chaplains who are here for the sole purpose to help further the spiritual development of students.

New director, Bo White along with Dr. Jeffrey Hamilton are working towards expanding the study abroad programs at Baylor and want students to know that it’s accessible for everyone.

By Savannah Cooper | Staff WriterDr Pepper Hour is already special week after week, but on Tuesday it went abroad with the Center for Global Engagement hosting the hour. Once a semester there’s a study abroad fair thrown with 30 tables representing all corners of the globe with faculty members and programs representatives eager to answer any and all questions.With 104 programs, pawprints are placed across the world but at the same time it can be quite overwhelming for some and this hour is to help those students find their first step.Exchange Program and Study Abroad Advisor Bobby Leis knows…

Highlighting the daily things that occur to people of color throughout different areas in their life.

Outside of the usual traditional family weekend, this year chamber is striving to break out of its usual mold and let the families choose.