Saturday night is full of debauchery — the fake ID gets her drinks at the restaurant. The drinks get the crude words flowing with his friends. His drunken alter-ego gives him confidence to hit on the girl at the bar and take her home. They wake up with a hangover, maybe even still drunk, but two hours later, they are on the fifth row of the Sunday service.
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The No. 7 Lady Bears beat the Texas Longhorns 72-58 in another huge Big 12 road win on Sunday at Frank Erwin Special Events Center in Austin. Baylor (22-3, 12-1) climbs even higher atop the Big 12 standing with the win over Texas (17-8, 8-5) on Sunday, all but solidifying first place in the Big 12 regular season.
After a huge comeback win from the Bears on Friday, the Bears would have to find a way to dig out another comeback against the No. 19 Arizona State Sun Devils. It was not enough this time, as ASU defeated Baylor 7-4 in the second game of the weekend series.
By Shehan Jeyarajah Sports Writer Senior guard Brady Heslip could not hit the broad side of a barn for 39 minutes and 59 seconds. Heslip missed his first seven three-pointers against Kansas State and looked completely ineffective. But with the game on the line, with time expiring, there is no one you would rather have shoot a game-tying three-pointer. “Brady is a great shooter,” sophomore center Isaiah Austin said. “We tell him to shoot the ball, even when he’s missed a couple.” Heslip’s three sent Baylor to overtime, where they would eventually go to double-overtime. When the dust had settled,…
Top of the fifth inning, bases loaded, no one out for Baylor. Third baseman Sarah Smith hit a fielder’s choice that led to a ground out at home, No. 14 Baylor had opportunity after opportunity like this, and failed to take advantage. Ultimately their poor base running and lack of hitting would be their downfall in a 1-0 loss against Lipscomb. Lipscomb right fielder Gracey Aguirre reached first on a throwing error by Baylor shortstop Jordan Strickland to set up an RBI triple by shortstop Bridgette Begle for the only run of the game in the bottom of the sixth.…
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The Baylor men’s golf team placed second at the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational in San Antonio that ended on Tuesday.
As a team, the Bears shot 29-over-par 881 to finish five-strokes behind fellow Big 12 opponent Oklahoma. This marks the fourth time, in six tournaments this season that Baylor has finished in the top 3. It is the highest finish in a tournament field of more than 12 teams. Head coach Greg Priest said he could not have been more proud of his team.
The Baylor women’s golf team finished in seventh place at the Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif. As a team, they shot a 32-over-par 884, including 15-over-par 299 performance in the final round.
The Lady Bears finished the first round of the tournament in the lead with a score of 286. Baylor head coach Jay Goble said what started as a good week quickly turned upside down.
The acrobatics and tumbling team lost 280.2-274.38 to Oregon in their season opener on Thursday at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore. The Bears finished 5.82 points behind Oregon, the three-time reining NCATA National Champions.
“This meet was a great start to our season and will be a good stepping-stone to get better and better,” head coach LaPrise Harris-Williams said.
Friday, President Ken Starr notified the Baylor Board of Regents the university will install a plaque on the pedestrian bridge in honor of Jose Dario Suarez, the construction worker who was killed on the job Jan. 28.
University President and Chancellor Ken Starr appointed Truett Seminary Dean Dr. David Garland, interim provost, Friday.
The Baylor Board of Regents met Friday and approved construction on a new chapel and an official name for the new track and field facility.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, this week’s “Frankly, My Dear” revolves around gushy romance movies. Which flicks will Taylor Griffin and Taylor Rexrode name as their top 3 favorites? Also, Melissa McCarthy’s upcoming comedy, “Tammy,” gets dissected in “Trailer Trash.”
The winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia has been creating a lot of buzz lately – seemingly about anything but the Olympic events. From terrorist threats and government spending to the Sochi Problems Twitter account, the amount of media coverage on the Olympics can be confusing. Assistant professor for the political science department in the school of arts and sciences, Dr. Sergiy Kudelia teaches a class on terrorism and will teach a government and politics of Russia class in the fall.
WASHINGTON — The weather is warm at this year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, yet U.S.-Russian relations are still in the deep freeze. Back in 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave Russia’s top diplomat a red button labeled “reset” to
symbolize how U.S. relations had thawed — even though it was mistranslated into Russian.
Some professors have stepped into the 21st century, ditching their squeaky,
always-fading Expo markers to go digital, using an iPad to teach their classes.
Students of all majors can find opportunities at a internship and career
fair despite misconceptions that companies only consider hiring students with
specific majors.
Want to know when you will put a ring on it? There’s an app for that.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the good folks over at Time Magazine have released an app that will tell you amount the of time you have remaining to tie the knot.
Waiters and waitresses are like parents.
City Year, a service organization which stretches from Los Angeles to Miami, undertakes a daunting task.
They serve nearly 250 of the nation’s highest need primary and secondary schools. City Year’s goal is to keep kids in school and helping them succeed in and beyond the classroom.
The Baylor Alumni Network is hoping to keep recent graduates connected to the Baylor community through an interest group that targets them called the Young Grads’ Network.
The Young Grads’ Network, started in 2003, is one of several interest groups provided to Baylor graduates through the Baylor Alumni Network, and is available for anyone who has graduated from Baylor in the last decade.
Freshman class officers wanted to find a way to “Thank our lucky Starr” this Presidents Day.
On the eve of Valentine’s Day, Zeta Phi Beta along with the Black History Month Committee presented “Jazz and Stanzas” in the SUB Den.
Valentine’s Day evokes images of passion, fun and love. All things are colored red, even the Texas dirt.
No. 14 Baylor softball is off to a strong 4-1 start after a dominant showing in the Sportco Kick-Off Classic in Las Vegas. In their four wins, the Bears outscored opponents 38-5.
Baylor baseball won its third ever Big 12 title in the 2011-12 season and the team’s success was one reason 2011-12 was nicknamed “The Year of the Bear” as a result of widespread success throughout Baylor athletics.
