Trick or treating turns to the wild side as children and their parents are invited to attend Cameron Park Zoo’s annual Zoo Boo.
Zoo Boo is an event for children from two to 12 years of age. Zoo Boo takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Halloween night only.
Watergate scandal reporter Bob Woodward imparted his knowledge on presidents, politics and reporting at a live interview at McLennan Community College Tuesday night.
Woodward is most known for breaking the Watergate scandal in 1972 alongside fellow reporter Carl Bernstein, as well as writing 17 nonfiction bestsellers.
With all of the firepower of Baylor football, it’s no surprise a valuable weapon has slipped through the cracks. Junior wide receiver Clay Fuller may be sensationalized. There’s no doubt in his teammates minds, Fuller is one of the leaders of this team.
Flashback to Sept. 29, 2012: Baylor had just put up 581 passing yards, 700 yards of total offense and 63 points against No. 9 West Virginia… and lost.
In that game, the Baylor defense allowed West Virginia to pass for an astounding 656 yards and finish with 807 yards of total offense.
Khaled Hosseini, New York Times best-selling author of “Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” has somehow outdone himself. In his newest novel, “And The Mountains Echoed,” Hosseini takes readers once again on a spiritual journey, but this time, instead of following one story, Hosseini combines many stories into a single narrative.
LOS ANGELES — Jackie Chan is not dead. And he’s not retiring.
“There are so many different rumors, I am getting used to it,” the 59-year-old actor-director says of online reports of his demise. “Don’t worry, before I die, I let you know.”
According to the Los Angeles Times, 40 percent of U.S. food is thrown away. Yes, you read that correctly.
Roughly 90 percent of Americans misread the “sell by,” “use by” and “best before” labels on food. This causes people to throw away perfectly healthy food just because of a simple mistake.
I hate late-night studying. I also hate late-night driving. So naturally, there’s nothing more horrendous than having to drive home from Moody during the wee hours of the morning after a long, brain-frying study session.
The film surprises you with vast silences.
It is an emptiness that at first seems jarring to sensibilities trained to believe every moment must be crammed. By contrast, this movie takes you into moments of pregnant stillness: no movement on the screen, no dialogue, no swelling music to cue your emotions. At one point, the camera takes what feels like a minute to study Solomon Northup’s face as he absorbs the awfulness of his predicament. He does nothing. He simply is.
By Claire Cameron Reporter Spend the night reliving the past and take the chance to be a kid again with the fifth annual Board Game Tournament hosted by the Honors College. The tournament will be held from 7-9 p.m. tonight in the Alexander Reading room. The BIC leadership council organizes the tournament. Each team must have four to six people. Anyone is welcome to join and form a team as long as there is one student from the honors college on a team. To form a team students only need to register the night of the event and come up…
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A student at a Nevada middle school opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two 12-year-old boys and killing a math teacher who was trying to protect children from their classmate.
Fright Night is canceled this year because of Phi Gamma Delta’s suspension from campus activities and a decision by Delta Delta Delta’s executive council.
Fiji started the tradition of Fright Night in 1996 and included the sorority in the event eight years ago. Fiji was suspended earlier in the semester and is unable to participate in campus activities.
The only thing better than finding crêpes, freshly squeezed juices and homemade beauty products in the same place is finding all of the above — and more — between classes at an on-campus farmers market.
The Baylor Sustainability Office will host the second annual on-campus farmers market from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday in Vera Martin Daniel Plaza, next to the Bill Daniel Student Center.
“We’re going bowling,” senior wide receive Tevin Reese yelled repeatedly while running up and down the sideline, celebrating the Bears clinching bowl eligibility for the fourth season in a row. In previous years, this would have been a big deal. Not this year.
Only after a tough overtime win against Texas Tech in the 11th game of the season did Baylor clinch a bowl berth last season.
It was a heartbreaking weekend for Baylor soccer (8-5-3, 1-4-1) as it added two more tallies to the loss column after falling 1-0 against Iowa State in overtime on Friday and 2-0 against Kansas on Sunday.
Baylor played sound soccer this weekend, but came up short on the road in two tough matches.
From 8 p.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays in October. Exit 345 North Interstate 35 near Elm Mott. Visitors get scared silly at this double feature Waco haunt. Tickets are $13 for each house or $20 for both.
Starts at 9 a.m. Saturday at the BSR Cable Park at 5347 Old Mexia Road Participants may register for $45 or for $50 the day of the run. Proceeds will go to Susan G. Komen of Central Texas. For more information and to register, visit colormerad.com and search for the Waco location.
7 p.m. Monday Waco Hall The alternative Christian rock band comes to Baylor with new music and the premiere of the new film “Fading West.” Tickets can be purchased for $15 at the Bill Daniel Student Center box office or online at baylor.edu/studentactivities.
7 p.m. October 28-29 at 1517 Lake Air Drive for the theater’s next production, “Cash On Delivery.” The play revolves around a man who creates alter egos to bring in government aid money. The show is set to run Dec. 6-15.
The art lobby of Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center comes alive at 11 p.m. on Tuesdays. In just one night personalities change and new characters emerge as Baylor’s Guerrilla Comedy Troupe holds its weekly practice.
The semester began with discussion on how to improve the audience experience based on the last show. The improvisation group sat around the lobby allowing each member to voice his or her opinion on the show.
Audiences remain intrigued by the idea of Dracula, by the possibility of a monstrous, blood-draining creature who is nonetheless charismatic and certainly sexual if not sexy. It’s no surprise, then, that NBC is trying out a new “Dracula” TV series, premiering at 9 p.m. CST Friday.
The next meeting for Habitat for Humanity is at 6 p.m. Wednesday in C105 Baylor Sciences Building. It is not too late to join the club. For additional information, contact Katrina_Herzik@baylor.edu.
The 2014 Baylor Stompfest interest meeting will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Houston Room of the SUB. For additional information, contact Luke_Harle@baylor.edu.
The following times are available for students to get their portraits taken for The Round Up yearbook: 1 to 6 p.m. today, Bear Faire in the Ferrell Center (seniors only) 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday- Friday, first floor of the Bill Daniel Student Center 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 29- Nov. 1, first floor of the Bill Daniel Student Center
Hundreds of bones may be under your feet yet to be discovered because Waco’s fossil history runs deep.
The Waco Mammoth Site celebrated National Fossil Day by hosting the Fall Fossil Festival.
The festival took place on Saturday although National Fossil Day was on Oct. 16. National Fossil Day promotes public awareness of fossils and a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational values, according to National Park Service website. The festival featured pumpkin painting, live camels, an excavation station and tours of the site every 30 minutes.
There are a lot of things said about our generation, Gen Y, and one of the things is our apparent sense of entitlement. And we agree. We grew up in a time where we were coddled into thinking we were great at something, even if we weren’t.
Throughout our life, our parents and society in general have treated us with “kid gloves.” In other words, in this idealized reality, everyone is special.
