For freshman guys living on campus, dorm life is all fun and games, especially the gaming part.
Men in their first year at Baylor are thrust into the sometimes quiet, lonely or silly dorm life. Knowing only a few other residents, if any, upon move-in day, scores of men stumble upon new friends and a sense of community through a popular common interest: video games.
Students from the fourth floor of Penland Residence Hall, also known as the McLane House, hosted a video game tournament involving nearly 50 students from all over campus on Friday night. The video game of choice for this tournament was Nintendo Wii’s “Super Smash Bros. Brawl.”
“Everybody loves Smash Bros., and I thought it would be a great way to get the everybody together and bonding with each other,” said Hood River, Ore., senior Elijah Maletz and the tournament’s organizer.
Complete with cowboy boots and a mechanical bull, Howdy is ready to bring a fun evening for all Baylor students at 7 p.m. Friday in the Burleson Quadrangle.
Howdy is an all-university event co-sponsored by Pi Beta Phi and the Baylor Activities Council and offers all Baylor students a chance to enjoy a fun night of boot scootin’ and country tunes.
Welcome to i5, Baylor’s innovative program centered on a curriculum for technology ventures.
Faculty members in Hankamer School of Business, Rogers School of Engineering and Computer Science and Baylor School of Law have worked to create what they believe to be the one-of-a-kind program that equips students with the savvy to make career success possible.
Baylor’s Psychology and Neuroscience Clinic welcomed Dr. John Klocek this summer as its new full-time director.
Klocek now oversees Baylor’s clinical psychology doctoral program as well as the basic clinical services offered to the citizens of Waco.The Baylor Psychology Clinic showcases Baylor’s mission of producing servants and leaders.
Klocek said the clinic’s goal for the graduate program is to be able to equip students with the proper education and experience needed to effectively help those in need.
As temperatures drop, some students could see their asthma conditions worsen as allergens and viral infections heighten during this season, according to Dr. Sharon Stern, medical director at the Baylor Health Center.Though most asthma is diagnosed during childhood and adolescence, college students are still prone to the condition without having been diagnosed in childhood.
Most transfers can agree that while choosing to go to Baylor may have been an easy decision, the journey getting here was an uphill battle. Once the financial aspect is worked out, another hurdle arrives — transferring credits.
With nearly 500 community college transfers within the student body, Baylor makes it difficult for them to seamlessly transition into their new school.
I have played fantasy football every year since eighth grade and there are some trends that have formed that need to be corrected. I don’t pretend to have any kind of authority on the matter, but my suggestions might make your own fantasy football league a more fun and entertaining environment.
One thing that sucks the fun out of a lot of leagues is when a team owner keeps their default team name. Nobody wants to play Team DeVries. That’s boring. Teams need real names.
Baylor’s Association for Information Technology Professionals held it’s annual IS Career Development Dinner on Tuesday with guest speakers from Hewlett-Packard Company, or HP, an information technology corporation.
The dinner was held in the Hankamer School of Business and was an opportunity for Management Information System students to meet with industry professionals.
Students were welcomed with free Vitek’s Gut Packs and black MIS T-shirts, which they were told to wear on Wednesday.
Greg and Daniel discuss Week 1 in NFL action, preview Week 2, discuss the college football top 25 and measure up the Baylor Bears. Follow the show on Twitter @DFTBPodcast, and follow our hosts @GregDeVries3000 and @D_Hill80.
The American Red Cross has allocated $295,000 to long-term relief in West, five months after a fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people. The Red Cross announced this gift on its website on Friday.
Those who work closely with recovery in West say the city is still in need, though opinions differ as to which areas of need are most pressing.
The money the Red Cross is giving comes from donors all over the country, said Bristel Bowen, regional director of communications for the Central Texas region of the American Red Cross.
Americans have a history of grieving and remembering in unity the lives lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the nation 12 years ago. Today, the Baylor community continues that tradition as the McLane Carillon bells ring out hymns of remembrance.
Carillon performer Lynnette Geary will hold a free recital at 5 p.m.
While the bells can be heard throughout campus, the public is invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets to gather in front of Pat Neff Hall.
President Ken Starr announced Tuesday evening the official termination of the Baylor Alumni Association’s license to use the Baylor name after the Transition Agreement vote on Saturday failed to reach the two-thirds yes vote majority.
The agreement, had it passed, would have merged the BAA with the university and allowed The Baylor Line, the official BAA magazine, to continue using the Baylor name.
The termination notice was sent to the BAA on May 31 and became effective on Sunday, according to a university wide email from Starr. The university is giving the BAA 90 days to phase out its use of the Baylor brand.
The declining importance of religious freedom and civic education in society is a reflection of the decline of society as a whole. This was the underlying message from Os Guinness, author and social critic, during his On Topic session with President Ken Starr Tuesday night.
Guinness has authored and edited more than 30 books, worked as a freelance reporter with the BBC and served as executive director of The Williamsburg Charter Foundation. This foundation’s focus is celebrating the First Amendment, a passion clearly shared by Guinness as displayed during his discussion with Starr.
There is a great awakening in Baylor football and it has everything to do with the Bears’ improvement on defense. Picking up where it left off last season, the defense has made big plays sending a message to the offense that it can get the job done.
A new fear has developed as this hard-nosed, tough and physical defense begins to pose problems for the opposing team. Baylor is always a threat offensively with the ability to score points quickly, and in the past, opponents were able to keep pace. Those days are over. At least that’s what the defense hopes.
Baylor volleyball lost in four sets to Texas State on Tuesday night in San Marcos. The Bears dropped the match 3-1 and the sets read 15-25, 19-25, 25-20 and 24-26.
The Bears fell to 2-6 after the loss, and Texas State improved to 8-2.
This marked the first time Texas State beat Baylor in volleyball since 1996.
Baylor was led by a strong showing from senior outside hitter Zoe Adom. Adom tied a career high with 20 kills on a .250 hitting percentage.
Rarely do pins with unique ingredients or unconventional methods of baking actually become more than a failed noble attempt to make a sweet treat.
This cookie was the best exception to that norm I’ve ever encountered.
A conglomerate of chewy caramel and rich Nutella goodness swirls around in the brownie-like crust that holds it together.
President Barack Obama told a war-weary nation Tuesday night that diplomacy suddenly holds “the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons” in Syria without the use of force. But he also vowed the U.S. military will be ready to strike against President Bashar Assad if other measures fail.
For now, Obama said he had asked congressional leaders to postpone a vote on legislation he has been seeking to authorize the use of military force against Syria.
In a 16-minute speech, the president repeatedly offered reassurances that even the failure of diplomacy — in promised talks at the United Nations or elsewhere — would not plunge America into another war.
By Jordan Corona Reporter Baylor’s Texas Hunger Initiative and the Hankamer School of Business will help decide how the state of Texas approaches summer child-nutrition programs for the next five years. Last May, the Texas legislature approved a bill that brought together the Texas Hunger Initiative and Texas Department of Agriculture to develop a five-year plan. Under the bill, the plan must increase statewide participation in the Summer Food Service Program. The act took effect Sept. 1. Jeremy Everett, executive director of the Texas Hunger Initiative, said the organization is now meeting with the state’s Healthy Schools=Healthy Families advisory committee…
Baylor’s Air Force and Army ROTC detachments and Veterans of Baylor will host the first Waco Wounded Veterans 5K Run at 8 a.m. on Saturday at the Lake Waco Dam.
The cost to register is $30 for civilians and $25 for students, veterans and active military. Online registration is open until midnight on Thursday. Day-of Registration will be available as well.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicole Powers, who began planning the race last April, said she had two goals in mind: to raise as much money to the Wounded Warrior Project as possible, and to start a tradition that will last years after she leaves Baylor.
Victims of rape and sexual assault now have expanded opportunities on where they can go for treatment and collection of a rape kit thanks to SB 1191 that went into effect on Sept 1.
This bill requires all hospitals with an emergency room have staff trained in basic forensic evidence collection from sexual assault victims.
It is important to note that the standard set in SB 1191 is less rigorous then what is required for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners. There are currently two SANEs practicing in McLennan County and a total of 312 in the entire state.
Throughout history technological innovations have often led to greater efficiency in our daily lives.
Whether those advances occurred during the industrial revolution or in this time period, the world is constantly changing as a result of these advances.
Creating and developing new technologies is important because it continues to make life more efficient.
President Ken Starr announced today the official termination of the Baylor Alumni Association’s license to use the Baylor name after the Transition Agreement vote on Saturday failed to reach the two-thirds ‘yes’ vote majority.
The agreement, had it passed, would have merged the BAA with the university and allowed The Baylor Line, the official BAA magazine, to continue using the Baylor name.The termination notice was sent to the BAA on May 31 and became effective on Sunday, according to a university-wide email from Starr. The university is giving the BAA 90 days to phase out of its use of the Baylor brand.
Nigerian graduate student Sunkanmi Agbomeji came to Baylor last year and was thrown into a culture that was completely new to him, but by the end of his first semester he started Global Business Connect (GBC).
Global Business Connect is a group started by a few friends who had a desire to see Baylor become more globally minded and a way to connect students to the world.
The Baylor Alumni Association remains an independent voice after members voted Saturday not to pass the Transition Agreement that would merge the BAA with the Baylor Alumni Network.
This will mean the termination of the BAA’s license to use the Baylor name, according to a letter sent by the university on May 31.
Tensions built up for months leading up to meeting as some alumni wished to remain an independent entity while others wished to dissolve and become a part of the university.
Alumni wishing to remain independent voted no to the agreement and those wishing to dissolve voted yes.
For the first time in Baylor’s history, university sustainability efforts have been recognized by the Sierra Club. Baylor was ranked 133 on the organization’s “Cool Schools 2013” list, which honored 162 four-year colleges and universities that offer exemplary environmental initiatives.
Schools featured on the list, which was released in August, were ranked based on the presence of campus sustainability resources.
Participating universities completed an extensive survey regarding student, staff and faculty access to green initiatives such as environmental organizations, campus-wide energy saving efforts and sustainability-oriented curriculums.
Baylor will kick out the old to make way for the less old.
Faculty and staff using Windows XP on their computers will soon have to change to a newer version of Windows.
Any computer still using the Windows XP operating system will be blocked from the Baylor network come April 1, according to the Baylor ITS web page. The campus-wide operating system block will take effect in preparation for Windows XP’s End of Life on that date. The Windows XP End of Life is when Microsoft will stop providing security updates that protect Windows XP computers from viruses, spyware and other malicious software. Each Microsoft product that is released has a lifecycle that ends with this step.
President Ken Starr will discuss current national and world events with Os Guinness, promoter of cultural and religious freedom around the world, during the president’s On Topic session today.
Guinness will discuss his newly released book “The Global Public Square: Religious Freedom and the Making of a World Safe for Diversity” at 7 p.m. in Waco Hall. Guinness has written and edited more than 30 books and worked for some time as a freelance reporter for the BBC.
“In his wonderful book, ‘The Global Public Square’, Os Guinness articulates a much-needed solution for maintaining healthy perspective amidst the conflicts that arise in modern life,” Starr said in a press release. “In what he calls ‘soul freedom,’ Os offers a constructive vision for how society can address the issue of human dignity and justice for all.”
