Yesterday, the music portion of the Waco Independent Media Expo, held at Common Grounds coffee shop in Waco, showcased a diverse range of musicians.
The music festival began slowly with Common Grounds staff members composing a large amount of this audience, along with a small handful of music supporters.
For students who aren’t leaving for spring break until Sunday, they can go see the Casey Donahew Band, a popular country/Texas Red Dirt band that has been traveling across the country for the past couple of months.
The Washington D.C. Internship Program, which provides students the opportunity to work with congressmen and women, is setting the stage for Baylor’s new vision, Pro Futuris.
Every year, Baylor’s dept of political science offers the Washington, D.C. Internship program to 10-15 students. Students are selected to work with representatives and committees in Congress, departments in the executive branch and other associations.
He lives in Dallas now, but his legacy remains with Baylor.
Currently a successful lawyer in Dallas, 27-year-old Hunter Lewis liked Baylor so much he spent years here and remains involved as an alum.
Student government hosted two prominent Baylor figures during the weekly meeting Thursday.
Dr. Kenneth L. Hall, senior vice president for university development and strategic initiatives, spoke in depth about his life and his role at Baylor.
Trying to stop Internet piracy is like playing a never-ending game of whack-a-mole.
One site may shut down, but in no time, it will be replaced — and the sites and those who frequent them just keep coming.
Imagine yourself lying on an ice-cold bed with tubes running throughout your body as you begin to wonder if you’re going to make it. You stare out the window wishing you could be free and enjoying life. While this may sound depressing, it is the sad reality for many cancer patients.
At Baylor, sometimes the names can be a bit confusing.
For example, the English department is located in the Carroll Science Building, there is no fountain on Fountain Mall and nobody knows what the name Minglewood Bowl has to do with that patch of grass behind the Martin Parking Garage.
The U.N. Security Council responded swiftly to North Korea’s latest nuclear test by punishing the reclusive regime Thursday with tough, new sanctions targeting its economy and leadership, despite Pyongyang’s threat of a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the United States.
Hugo Chavez’s body will be preserved and forever displayed inside a glass tomb at a military museum not far from the presidential palace from which he ruled for 14 years, his successor announced Thursday in a Caribbean version of the treatment given Communist revolutionary leaders like Lenin, Mao and Ho Chi Minh.
North Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a vote by U.N. diplomats on whether to level new sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test.
Men’s basketball will play Kansas University on Saturday at the Ferrell Center. Tickets can be obtained at www.baylorbears.com or in the Bill Daniel Student Center box office.
June 1 is the deadline to turn in applications for the alternative loans in order for the loan to apply to the fall 2013 bill. More information can be found at www.baylor.edu/sfs
The Baylor chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas and students for concealed carry aren’t going down without a fight.
Cisco senior Zachary Maxwell, director of operations for the organization, started a petition as a way to show his support for Texas Sen. Brian Birdwell’s bill for on-campus concealed carry.
In honor of Women’s History Month, the of multicultural affairs department welcomes author and certified distance running coach Monisha Randolph.
Randolph will speak today about women’s health and unhealthy fashion trends in a workshop titled “Fit: The New Fabulous.” Those who attend the workshop can learn about realistic fitness goals and will also gain knowledge about online fitness sources. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be at 6 p.m. today in the Bobo Spiritual Life Center.
“Master Greek this summer!”
These bold words line the top of the flier for the classics department’s intensive program.
Spring break is on the horizon. For the Texas Department of Public Safety, this influx of students on the road means trouble.
Starting today, Texas DPS patrols will double in number and focus on high-risk areas at times when crashes are most frequent, according to Texas DPS.
Arkansas lawmakers overrode a veto Wednesday and gave the state the most restrictive abortion law in the country — a near-ban on the procedure from the 12th week of pregnancy onward that is certain to end up in court.
The Baylor Bears defeated Louisiana Tech in walk-off fashion 5-4 on Wednesday night. In the bottom of the ninth, the Bears were trailing Louisiana Tech 3-4 and scored two runs in the frame to come away with the 5-4 victory.
No one who races sled dogs is going to get filthy rich any time soon, even if they win Alaska’s 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
The prize for winning the sport’s premier race is only $50,400 and a new 2013 Dodge Ram pickup truck. That doesn’t even cover the annual dog food bill for many competitive mushers, who keep dozens of dogs in professional kennels geared to breed the sturdiest, fastest runners.
The 26th-ranked men’s tennis team will face its toughest test of the season, taking on the No. 5 Kentucky Wildcats at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Hurd Tennis Center.
This is the start of a three-game stretch in which the Bears (9-1) will take on three top-five teams in three days.
Waco history is coming to life for citizens and tourists via the cattle drive statues in front of the Waco Suspension Bridge.
The statues are meant to represent the cattle drive of the Chisholm Trail, which passed through Waco.
Today the Wind Ensemble concert will give a preview of the music the ensemble will take on tour over Spring Break.
The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building and will be the ensemble’s first opportunity to run the program from beginning to end before the tour. The concert is free and open to the public.
A group of 20 Baylor social work students took the trip to the legislature Tuesday in Austin as part of the annual Social Work Advocacy Day.
The goal was to lobby bills that advocate social work services and the profession itself.
An insurance agent accused of helping a Zumba instructor use her fitness studio as a front for prostitution was convicted Wednesday in a case that set off a guessing game in a small Maine town over who was on her customer list.
