“Ally the Alligator” looks on as Angela Everett, 40, hands out a cup of shrimp gumbo from the Boudain Shack restaurant at the 2014 Feast of Caring “Soup Cook Off” event, which benefited Caritas of Waco on Tuesday at the Waco Convention Center.
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San Diego, Calif., senior Andre Jackson paddles out onto the river to enjoy a Tuesday afternoon at the Baylor Marina. Today, the Baylor Marina will host Dia Del Rio. The event will offer free hot dogs and drinks, as well as free tank tops to the first 250 people that paddle out to the bridge.
When the West fertilizer plant suddenly exploded last April, the media and emergency response teams scrambled to respond. Now, nearly one year after the explosion that left 15 dead and over 160 wounded, a panel discussion and luncheon Thursday will spotlight the lessons, triumphs and mistakes made with the communication following the disaster.
Many people typically wouldn’t pair the words Snickers and fuzzy together. However, the Snickers found at Cameron Park Zoo isn’t a furry candy bar – it’s a tiny baby ring-tailed lemur, born March 18. The baby has been out for the public to see as of Saturday, clinging to his mother’s tummy.
The Texas Board of Education considered a long-shot proposal Tuesday that would add a Mexican-American studies course as a statewide high school elective, listening to dozens of supporters who said such a class is the only way to understand a state where Hispanics make up 51 percent of public school students and which was once part of Mexico.
What happens when you combine southern tradition, moderately priced clothing and a flair for business? You get The Southern Gentleman, a clothing company owned and operated by Dallas junior Jackson Vaughn and Nashville, Tenn., sophomore Scott Dalton.
This season marked the end and beginning of a new era in Lady Bears basketball. A common question was brought up over and over— how can Baylor succeed without Brittney Griner?
Baylor baseball extended its agonizing road losing streak to ten straight games after falling 4-3 to the Sam Houston State Bearkats Tuesday.
A Houston woman was convicted of murder Tuesday for fatally stabbing her boyfriend with the 5½-inch stiletto heel of her shoe, hitting him at least 25 times in the face.
Three years ago, doctors reported that zapping a paralyzed man’s spinal cord with electricity allowed him to stand and move his legs. Now they’ve done the same with three other patients, suggesting their original success was no fluke.
Love of God. Love of learning. Love of neighbor. This motto, for which the Honors Residential College is founded on, has transcended mere speech and moved a group of honors students to action within the East Waco community.
Millionaires and billionaires are increasing their influence in federal elections, leaving political parties to play more limited roles, and raising questions about who sets the agenda in campaigns.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis told a gathering of Texas journalists Saturday that the state’s public education system needs to change and that her Republican opponent represents the status quo.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s March 7 media statement called the decision to eliminate pledging from its fraternity experience “historic.”
I write to you today after much prayer and contemplation to discuss something that is imperative to the future of student representation on this campus: the selection of our next student body president.
There are two distinct groups that will be celebrating Diadeloso on Thursday. The campus crew and the 10th Streeters. The challenge in planning an event such as this is finding a way to make groups with obvious differences want to come together. The most obvious being booking a performer that will bridge the differences.
The Supreme Court’s opinion in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission is an important development for campaign finance regulation and a victory for those who support the First Amendment.
In case the chalked circle emblems haven’t taken over everyone’s daily walk to class, the third annual Art on Elm Avenue is taking place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The storm between the Weather Channel and DirecTV has finally cleared. The network will return to the satellite television provider on Wednesday, the companies said, following a carriage dispute that had left the channel blacked out for DirecTV’s 20 million customers since January.
Being fashionably late can be cool when you’re hitting the party scene, but students won’t want to be late for this year’s annual Baylor fashion show.
Mickey Rooney’s approach to life was simple: “Let’s put on a show!” He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant personal life.
Baylor softball may not win them all, but they sure like to keep things interesting. Their opponent, the Houston Cougars, had won 11 straight heading in, including impressive wins over both Texas and Texas A&M at Cougar Softball Stadium.
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U.S. Army officials retraced the steps of the gunman in Wednesday’s Fort Hood shooting at a press conference Monday afternoon.
In front of an estimated crowd of 3,750 fans, Baylor football took part in its annual spring scrimmage at the Highers Athletic Complex Saturday to give Baylor fans a preview of Baylor’s 2014 squad.
Baylor men’s and women’s tennis played Big 12 opponents over the weekend and won all three matches.
The No. 7 men’s tennis team recorded its first conference win of the season with a 7-0 sweep of No. 28 Texas Tech Saturday at the Hurd Tennis Center.
Artists have their own stories of struggles and overcoming obstacles to achieve greatness. For one Baylor student, it wasn’t just hours of practice. His hardships came in a different form: no car, no ID and no home.
